Two days later, the urgent report from the Zhejiang Dusi reached the Central Military Governor's Mansion in the capital.
It stands to reason that the Zhejiang Dusi is affiliated to the Zuojun Dudufu, and Li Jinglong is in charge of the Zuojun Dudufu. This information should be handed over to Li Jinglong for processing.
But after Li Jinglong came back from Guangdong, Zhu Yunwen seemed to have forgotten this incident, and continued to let Xu Huizu take charge of the Zuo Army Governor's Mansion. Even other governor's mansions were vaguely followed by Xu Huizu.
Xu Huizu knew the heavy responsibility on his shoulders and knew his own position, so he never made arbitrary decisions when he was in doubt.
If in ordinary times, the Japanese pirates' invasion of eastern Zhejiang was just a trivial matter, Xu Huizu had full authority to handle it and then report it to the emperor in the form of a "briefing".
After all, there are more than twenty or thirty pieces of this kind of information every month, sometimes there are four or five pieces of information, and it is delivered directly to local documents. The emperor may not be able to understand it, so he can only extract the key points and report briefly.
But now, Xu Huizu was holding the document "Xiangshan Qiancang Qianhu's bloody battle with Japanese pirates" in his hands, and decided not to change a word, and submitted it to Zhu Yunwen in person.
Wuying Palace.
Zhu Yunwen was dealing with official documents, and thorny problems came one after another.
After receiving an urgent report from the Chief Envoy of Shanxi Province, after the news of immigration came out, public sentiment fluctuated, and many people were unwilling to immigrate. Some even panicked and fled to the mountains to avoid the disaster of immigration.
Zhu Yunwen urgently summoned the cabinet ministers and the Minister of Household Affairs Xia Yuanji.
"Immigration is not for a small family, but for the country. Ding Jingfu's pattern is too small."
Jie Jin didn't think Ding Jingfu couldn't solve these problems, but he just didn't want to take the blame himself.
After all, once the people are in chaos in Shanxi, he cannot escape his responsibility as the chief minister. The purpose of filing an urgent report is to explain clearly to the court first that the immigration policy comes from the court and has nothing to do with me, Ding Jingfu. There is going to be trouble now. If something happens to me, you are also responsible.
"It's understandable to be under such pressure to relocate half a million people at a time." Huang Zicheng said something to Ding Jingfu, then looked at Zhu Yunwen and said: "Your Majesty, I still believe that too many immigrants and too short a time can easily lead to disasters. like……"
Yu Xin frowned, and before Zhu Yunwen could speak, he interrupted Huang Zicheng: "Your Majesty, I believe that there are many difficulties in immigrating to Shanxi, so I should appoint important officials from the imperial court to go there in person."
Huang Zicheng was naturally a little unhappy when he was interrupted.
Yu Xin also had difficulties. Since the imperial court had finalized the immigration decision of 500,000 yuan, and everyone agreed whether they agreed or not, it was useless to repeatedly struggle with the issue of approval or not.
The most important issue at the moment is not the number of immigrants, but how to immigrate.
Now that the news has spread and the people know the quota of 500,000, what is the point of changing it now? On the contrary, it will give the court the impression that "orders are changed overnight" and undermine the authority of the court.
Zhu Yunwen agreed with Yu Xin's view and asked: "In your opinion, who should go to Shanxi?"
Yu Xin glanced at Ru Yun, then said to Zhu Yunwen: "I would like to recommend Mr. Ru to go to Shanxi."
Seeing Yu Xin recommending him, Ru Yu knew the great responsibility. He took a deep breath, stepped forward and said, "I am willing to go to Shanxi to appease the people and relieve the immigrants."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ru Yu, and it was indeed a good choice to let this person go.
Ru Yu's ability is good. Although this person is not very glorious in history, he was able to be reused by Zhu Di and was named Zhongbo, which shows that his ability is not small.
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He was once the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he was very familiar with the officials of Shanxi Dusi and Shanxi Xingdusi. Once civil unrest reached the point, he could control the situation.
The most important thing is that Ru Yun is in good health and is in his early forties. He is still like a thirty-year-old boy. He rides to and from teaching sites from time to time, so that he can go to Shanxi quickly so that he will not die from exhaustion.
If it were "pure" civil servants like Huang Zicheng and Xie Jin, by the time they arrived in Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province by carriage, the summer wheat harvest would have been finished.
"In that case, Ru Aiqing should take a hard trip. Xie Jin drafted the decree, and I ordered Ru Ru to be the governor of Shanxi. He has the power to supervise the three departments of Du, Bu and Ji. He will patrol Shanxi and clear away the obstacles to immigration!"
Zhu Yunwen said solemnly.
Jie Jin, Yu Xin and others were surprised. In this way, the governor would become the real official of the frontier, breaking in one fell swoop the "three powers" established by Zhu Yuanzhang: the Department of Commanding and Envoys, the Department of Acknowledging and Proclaiming Envoys, and the Department of Punishing and Provoking Envoys. "separate" state.
Governor!
This official title can be traced back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties. After Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty's Northern Expedition and the defeat of Rouran, Emperor Taiwu ordered Daqian to "inspect six towns to prevent bandits."
In the Tang Dynasty, there were governors, and Wu Zetian once arranged for Di Renjie to be governor of the south of the Yangtze River. However, such official positions were infrequent. They were used when needed and forgotten when not needed.
In the entire Tang Dynasty, there were only three people who served as governors.
As for the Song Dynasty, there were more pacification envoys, Xuanfu envoys and appeasement envoys. The name governor envoy rarely appeared.
After all, it was the Ming Dynasty that really made governor an "institution"!
Although in the 24th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Prince Zhu Biao to inspect Shaanxi, the governor at that time only meant to inspect and subsidize local areas, and did not have real "real power".
The governor appointed by Zhu Yunwen was the "local leader" in the true sense, in charge of the Chief Envoys Department, the Inspectorate Envoys Department, and the General Command Envoys Department.
There is no other way.
Zhu Yuanzhang played "decentralization" smoothly. He divided the power of a province into three parts. He seemed extremely smart and checked each other. But the problem is that the three sums may not be enough.
Immigration to Shanxi is not only a matter of concern to the Chief Envoy, but also to the cooperation of the Commander-in-Chief and Secretary. Maybe some cases will arise, which will also involve the Inspector-General. It will be a mess, and no one will accept it. How to deal with it?
Shanxi is more than 2,000 miles away from Nanjing. For normal business trips, the time unit is "months". If you have to ask for instructions for everything, and keep going back and forth, let alone completing the immigration this year, it may not be completed in three to five years.
There must be one person who takes charge of Shanxi, takes full responsibility, and controls all interests!
As the emperor, he does not want officials with such power to appear, but this is the only way at the moment.
Zhu Yunwen only had better control, that is, the appointment of governors could only be held by important officials of the imperial court. After the matter was completed, the governor returned to the imperial court to continue serving as an official, and soon left a place.
Ru Yun deeply felt Zhu Yunwen's trust and knelt down and said: "I will definitely live up to the grace of the Holy One!"
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ru Yu solemnly and urged: "Remember, this immigration is very different from the immigration during Taizu's time. The court does not force immigration, and cannot increase the number of people with weapons. However, I need to immigrate 500,000 people. How to grasp the details? You have to Be measured.”
Ru Yu knew that the thorny issue lies in the words "not forcing", but now that the matter has come to this point, she can only take it step by step. Even if she has to talk a lot, she still has to convince 500,000 people to move.
Home!
"I have an unkind request."
Rujun said.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ru Yu curiously and said, "Tell me."
Ru Jin said bluntly: "When I was leading the military department, Yang Rong recommended Yang Pu to me many times, praising him for being cautious, simple and upright. The more chaotic he is, the calmer he becomes. The current trip to Shanxi is the time to hire people. , I would like to ask Hanlin Editor Yang Pu to go with him."
"oh?"
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ru Rui.
No wonder this guy always ran to the Hanlin Academy when he had nothing to do. It turned out that he was trying to get under Yang Pu's skin.
On the other hand, Ru Rui also appreciates and protects Yang Rong.
In terms of Ru Yu's identity and mission, even if he had asked Yang Rong to go to Shanxi together, Zhu Yunwen would have agreed, but he did not, and instead chose Yang Pu, who was still a "scribe" at this time.
The reason is that Yang Rong has just established a foothold in the Ministry of War. If he is suddenly transferred out for more than half a year, and the relationship between his colleagues becomes unfamiliar, and it is not clear who he is, it will not be good for Yang Rong's future.
Being an official requires qualifications, and qualifications are earned through hard work.
Besides, Yang Rong is good at military affairs and planning for the overall situation. Going to Shanxi is not a war, so there is no need to take Yang Rong with him.
"Since Ru Aiqing named Yang Pu to go with him, wouldn't it be too stingy if I didn't agree? I will promote Yang Pu to the rank of Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Justice and go to Shanxi to practice."
Zhu Yunwen knew Yang Pu's abilities, but he, like Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong, did not have enough political capital at this time to support them in high positions in the court.
The older generation has not retired yet, and the new generation has not yet grown up. They still need to wait patiently for their time to come.
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Zhu Yunwen didn't want to encourage the young people to grow.
"Xia Aiqing, how are you preparing money and food for immigration?"
Zhu Yunwen asked.
Xia Yuanji replied solemnly: "In an orderly manner, we will ensure that after the autumn harvest, we can meet the rations of a population of 500,000 for one year."
Zhu Yunwen was well aware of the pressure Xia Yuanji was under. The canal at this time was not smooth and it was very difficult to transport food northward, so he instructed: "If there is pressure, we can coordinate with the Fifth Army Governor's Office and secondment Jinan Prefecture, Beizhili and other places Part of the military rations.”
Xia Yuanji did not reject Zhu Yunwen's kindness and took the order to retreat aside.
Zhu Yunwen just wanted to shift from the difficulties of emigration from Shanxi to the issue of Huitong River. Before he could say a few words in detail, the chamberlain came to announce: "The Duke of Wei wants to see him."
"Let him in."
Zhu Yunwen knew that Xu Huizu would not enter the palace easily, so he did not delay.
When Xu Huizu saw that several cabinet ministers were there, including Xia Yuanji, he knew that they were discussing government affairs.
"Your Majesty, Zhejiang Dusi has come to report that two days ago, Xiangshan Qiancang Qianhu Station fought a battle with Japanese pirates. At the cost of 218 deaths and 400 injuries, more than 700 Japanese pirates were completely wiped out. Xiangshan Qiancang Qianhu Station was completely wiped out. Yi Shaozong of a thousand households died heroically for his country."
Xu Huizu raised the document high above his head and said sadly.
"boom!"
Zhu Yunwen stood up and slapped the case, glared angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "Japanese pirates!"
Seeing this, Xie Jin quickly said: "Japanese pirates are wolves and beasts. They cannot be trusted or compromised. I request you to strengthen the coastal guard station and expand the scale of the navy in order to completely eradicate the Japanese pirates!"
The faces of Yu Xin, Huang Zicheng and others suddenly became ugly. Although Xie Jin did not say it clearly, everyone could hear that he was alluding to the three men's efforts to repair Japan, and used this to establish his authority in the cabinet.
