The soldiers dispersed, and Xu Youzhen appeared on horseback in front of Shouyang Lord Li Yao.
Dozens of Jinyi guards stood in front of Xu Youzhen, especially Baihu Zhao Cong. Although he stood in front of Xu Youzhen, he kept looking back.
He was still thinking about the wink, being persistent and stupid, but little did he know that now that the overall situation had been decided, Li Yao had become a piece of meat on the chopping board, and there was no need for his Xiuchun knife at all.
After Li Yao saw Xu Youzhen, her expression became ferocious.
"Why?"
"Because you are a traitor."
"But you obviously promised me."
"I have no right to promise you anything."
The two asked and answered questions. Xu Youzhen looked indifferent, but Li Yao looked angry.
The reason why Xu Youzhen came back was to see if her plan was successful.
Zhan Yang, Cao Jixiang and the entire mission never returned to Seoul.
Although I was 80% sure that Li Yu could succeed, no matter what, mutiny was extremely dangerous.
Although he was confident in his plan, the person who implemented it was not him, which was also a variable.
There will inevitably be mistakes, and he is unwilling to let the entire mission take risks with him. Originally, a gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall, but he really couldn't resist the sense of accomplishment that this kind of success brought him.
He wanted to take a look, so he came back...
"How did you do it? They, their power is so weak, how could they control Seoul in less than two hours." Li Yao said coldly.
"I can tell you that you succeeded because Huang Puren and Jin Zongrui underestimated you, but now you fail because you underestimated me."
"As soon as you leave Seoul, you have already lost."
"Their first step is to kill your right-hand man first, and then kill the general who controls the troops. They will only kill the evil leader and not even the guilty ones. After seeing the heads of your right-hand man, these people will not dare to act rashly. "
"Not only have you become arrogant, but the people under you have also become arrogant. They have underestimated the desire of Jincheng Lord and others to protect the country. They feel that even if Jincheng Lord and others have an idea in their minds, they will not be able to do it in a short time. Inside, it can’t be used at all.”
"But, you forgot, and they also forgot, when you rebelled, did you rely on shrewd planning? You didn't have the confidence to win, but you did it. As long as you dare to do it, it will be a successful start. Only if you dare to fight can you win.”
After Xu Youzhen finished speaking, she then looked at Li Yu, the king of Jincheng, and said that she gave Li Yu courage, no, it was the Ming Dynasty that gave him courage.
"Jincheng-kun, after saying so much, don't dwell on old times anymore and kill him quickly to avoid a long night of nightmares."
This is another reason why Xu Youzhen came back.
He wanted to see Li Yao die with his own eyes. If Lord Jincheng made a fool of himself and couldn't bear to kill his brother, and exiled or imprisoned him, that would be a hidden danger.
"Slow, wait, Xu Youzhen, do you dare to fight with me?" Li Yao stared at Xu Youzhen and said fiercely.
As long as he can hold Xu Youzhen hostage, can he escape from Seoul?
After leaving Seoul, he still found a way to make a comeback.
After hearing what Li Yao said, Xu Youzhen was obviously stunned. Did you find the wrong person? It's okay to move your muscles and bones with the old men in the court, but fighting for your life with you, a barbarian, is not my style, Xu Youzhen.
"Master Shouyang, I am a scholar and a civil servant of the Ming Dynasty. How can I expose my breasts and wield swords and guns?"
"Are you afraid, Xu Youzhen? Xu Youzhen, you and I are the same people. Don't think that I don't know that your Supreme Emperor was captured by the Mongols. After he sneaked back, you intercepted and killed your Supreme Emperor. Did your little emperor assign you to do this? Are you afraid that his father will come back to steal his throne?" After finishing speaking, Li Yao laughed loudly: "If you think about it this way, is your little emperor nothing more than this?"
After hearing this, Xu Youzhen's face turned pale.
"What are you talking about?"
You can scold me, but you can't insult His Majesty.
"Hahahaha, I was right. Xu Youzhen, you must be angry with shame."
And Zhao Cong couldn't bear it anymore. He turned his head and looked at Xu Youzhen: "Censor of Xudu, I'm humble enough to chop him up."
"Do you have confidence?"
"Don't worry. I'm young and strong, and I'm tall. I can easily deal with such a short and thin barbarian."
"Chop him."
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Ming Dynasty, capital, Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Jianshen looked at the memorial with a somewhat unpleasant look on his face.
And Zhang Bao stayed by his side.
Zhu Jianshen put down the memorial and sighed softly and said: "There are many disasters in the world. Every time I think of the people affected by disasters, I feel extremely sad."
In fact, in these years, there have been droughts and floods in the Ming Dynasty. However, these domestic things were all handled by Yu Qian, and Li Xian and others took the lead in disaster relief.
He had never read these memorials before he was six years old.
After Zhu Jianshen helped Yu Qian to promote the reform of the land and return to the current situation, these official documents for governing the world and the memorials of disasters were also sent to the Palace of Qianqing by Yu Qian.
Let Zhu Jianshen take a look at it.
Zhu Jianshen knew that for a country as huge as the Ming Dynasty, it would not be surprising to say that there would be disasters every year. BIquGe.biz
But when Zhu Jianshen saw the number of casualties and hungry people counted by the local government, he was heartbroken.
He knew that even if he was the emperor, he could not prevent the disaster from happening. All he could do was to supervise the central government, come up with practical regulations, and send supervising officials to carry out disaster relief.
The measures taken by the cabinet are commendable and they are dedicated to serving the people. However, it is still unknown how effective the implementation will be at the lower level.
If natural disasters cannot be prevented, we must find ways to prevent later man-made disasters.
"Your Majesty, you are merciful and don't want to see the people suffer, but the people have suffered like this. As long as they get through it, the next year will be better, and the people's lives will be better." Zhang Bao said softly.
Zhang Bao knew how the poor people lived in the Ming Dynasty. If the weather was smooth, it would be better, but if there were floods or droughts and no crops were harvested, it would be a fatal year.
He was used to seeing life and death, and he was originally a hard-hearted man. Seeing His Majesty the Emperor being so sentimental and not thinking about food or food these past few days made Zhang Bao feel heartbroken.
"I know, I just want to do something for them."
"What your Majesty has to do is to grow up quickly and take charge of the government quickly. Only in this way can you change something and change the situation of the people of Ming Dynasty."
After Zhu Jianshen listened, he remained silent.
In fact, Zhu Jianshen knew that this had nothing to do with his age.
The disaster is not terrible. What is terrible is how the government handles it after the disaster occurs.
I am afraid that after the disaster, there will be another man-made disaster.
The so-called man-made disasters refer to the inaction of grassroots officials, their low organizational skills, and their daring not to assume corresponding responsibilities. In other words, they have to seek the approval of the higher-level government agencies for everything, commonly known as sharing of responsibilities.
Of course, this is also due to the strict laws of the Ming Dynasty. Local officials are not allowed to open grain depots and military depots privately.
The so-called center and localities, to put it bluntly, is a cooperative relationship between power grabbing and power delegation.
Centralization is right, but excessive centralization will make local government actions stiff. In later generations, the central government controlled this degree very well.
Zhu Jianshen knew that the current Ming Dynasty was not yet the future generation.
The central government still needs to control most of the power in order for the emperor to be stable.
But it is related to people's livelihood, especially the aftermath of disasters and disaster relief, which requires decentralization and a complete set of administrative assessments by the Ministry of Personnel.
In the event of a disaster, if local officials handle the situation properly, have a good reputation among the people, and have excellent performance, they can be promoted first.
This can also further promote the enthusiasm of officials.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty had this set of measures, but after the disaster struck, some local officials did not dare to act rashly due to insufficient authority, which led to accumulation of public resentment.
It's easy for the people to say that if they have enough to eat and drink, they won't have so many thoughts. However, if they don't have enough to eat and drink, are not clothed, and live in poverty, it will be the day when the White Lotus Sect and the Five Pecks of Rice arose. , is also the cause of chaos.
Zhu Jianshen stood up and walked to his collection shelf. Looking at the dazzling array of precious porcelain on it, his heart moved slightly.
"Zhang Daban, from now on, if the palace stops purchasing and reduces expenses, how much silver will be saved by the end of the year." Zhu Jianshen asked.
Zhang Bao thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, you have put this servant in a difficult position. I am not sure now. I can only go down to check the expenses of the palace in my later years before I can give you an accurate figure. However, your Majesty, please stop purchasing and reduce expenditures." Yes, but the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowagers of the two palaces cannot stop."
Zhu Jianshen knew what Zhang Bao meant. He could make the decision, but he could not be the boss of the Empress Dowager, nor could he stop the daily shopping in the palace of the Empress Dowager Yi'an, his biological mother.
"I know, I will go to the Queen Mother and Queen Mother, and they have to stop. As for Queen Mother Yi'an, forget it." Zhu Jianshen said slowly. Regarding Queen Mother Yi'an, Zhu Jianshen still felt a little guilty in his heart, and Queen Mother With my mother, I can definitely move.
Grandma Huang might want her sweet grandson to be a frugal emperor, but Zhu Jianshen didn't have to think too much about her mother's thoughts. Even if she was upset, she couldn't fault her son.
"Your Majesty, we have stopped purchasing in the palace. I have only seen you twice in all these years in the palace. Each time I stopped buying and selling for only a month, and it happened during the period of Emperor Renzong. Your Majesty, there are still a few months until the end of the year." , do you want to do something with this silver?"
The Ming Dynasty is not poor now, so it definitely doesn't need the royal family to cut back on food and clothing. That is because Zhu Jianshen has other ideas.
In fact, when purchasing is stopped, the first target is the owner of each palace, followed by the eunuchs below.
The money is sitting there, waiting for someone to pick it up. If you don't use it, it will always be stored in the warehouse.
Therefore, Zhang Bao felt that His Majesty left this silver coin to do something, but he was also a little worried. His Majesty had been looking at his collection. Could it be that he took this money to go to Jingdezhen to buy porcelain...
"You will know what I want to do right away. There is no need to ask anymore." Zhu Jianshen said loudly, and then thought of the astronomical expert Xu Youzhen: "When will Xu Youzhen come back?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know, but the officials from the Ministry of Rites have already urged me three times."
"Send someone more and ask him to come back quickly."
"As ordered, Your Majesty...'
Now that Xu Youzhen is not around, Zhu Jianshen is not used to it. He speaks in a lower voice in the court. It seems that he really needs an invincible troll by his side, no, an eloquent and loyal minister... …
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