Guo Zi, the political envoy, sat opposite Zhang Zhaohua, pointed to the statistics in the civil register, and said: "Twenty-four thousand two hundred and seventy-six people from Shanxi came to Beiping, divided into three batches, the first batch of people, each person was given 20 yuan, one cow, and the number of grains was the same; the second batch came to give 20 yuan of money, and each family was divided into one cow, and the grain was halved; the third batch came to give 10 yuan, and five families and one cow, and the seeds were halved. ”

Zhang Zhaohua said: "This is not good, every household has to give the cattle breed in full, if the six mansions of Beiping cannot be allocated for the time being, they will write to the court and allocate it from the Beijing Division." ”

She said, "Didn't you say that every family should be given farm tools? Why is there no statistics on this?"

Guo Zi said: "This year's farm tools are especially in short supply, and the four years of fighting are casting plows into swords!"

Casting swords for ploughshares refers to the post-war melting of weapons to make agricultural tools, and during the war, because of the shortage of iron tools, even to requisition iron tools from the people, when Beiping was surrounded by Li Jinglong's tens of thousands of troops, the situation was urgent, and he also ordered to collect iron tools to make arrowheads.

"Oh, I remember," Zhang Zhaohua said: "Iron rakes, big lug blades, and sickles are all called arrowheads, and they can't be dialed out, but now that the world is too peaceful, you look at the blacksmith shops in Beiping City, can you remelt these flying hooks, arrowheads, and thistles into farm tools." ”

"The blacksmith shop is small and there are few people," Guo Zi shook his head and said, "I can't make many things." ”

The Ordnance Bureau is also not good, this is to make weapons and gunpowder, it is impossible to build farm tools, Zhang Zhaohua thought about it, and really reminded her of an institution: "How about the Baoquan Bureau?"

The Baoquan Bureau was the official office that managed the minting of coins at this time, and was established by the government to be in charge of coin minting. During the Hongwu period, the Baoyuan Bureau was set up in Yingtianfu, and the Baoquan Bureau was set up in various provinces, which was actually a monetary financial institution. The currency they issue is Hongwu Tongbao.

In the eighth year of Hongwu, because of the implementation of the Ming treasure banknote, the Baoyuan Bureau was dismissed to mint money, but in the tenth year of Hongwu, he ordered the provinces to set up the Baoquan Bureau to mint small money, and the banknote. In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, only the Jingshi Baoyuan Bureau was allowed to mint money, and other provinces stopped minting again. By August, the circulation of treasure money was blocked, and the use of copper coins was again banned in order to resolutely implement the paper money system.

So the people of the Baoyuan Bureau were also very helpless, they often stopped work, and when the work started, the order was changed every day. Zhang Zhaohua said: "In the short term, the emperor will not cast Yongle Tongbao, so he will first requisition the Baoquan Bureau to create agricultural tools and agricultural tools." Let's take a look at the Baoquan Bureau in the six prefectures of Beiping, how many people are still responding, if it is not enough, recruit blacksmiths from the people, in short, in the spring of next year, I want to see this group of immigrants, every household has farm tools. ”

Guo Zi nodded in response, and was just about to speak, when he suddenly saw a person running in from outside, and said, "Niangniang, the son of the world has fainted!"

Zhang Zhaohua was taken aback, she hurriedly ran over, and saw Gao Chi being helped on the couch, in fact, it was not that she was dizzy, but she was dizzy for a while and couldn't see, and she looked up and fell-

She was just about to ask what was going on, when she heard Gao Chi say: "Prepare the carriage and horses, I want to enter Beijing!"

Wang An knelt on the ground and hugged Gao Chi's legs, crying: "Shizi, you can't enter Beijing! These are all people that the emperor wants to kill, and others have persuaded them, no one can persuade them, Master Daoyan can't do anything, you can't anger the emperor because of this!"

"These are all loyal ministers," Gao Chi said: "Even if you can't use them, you must treat them well, this is the talent selected by Emperor Gao for the country, the first evil is Qi Taifang's filial piety, and it has nothing to do with them!"

Zhang Zhaohua already understood that it should be the news that there was a river of blood in Yingtian City, so he said: "These are the rest of the Jianwen Party, loyal to Jianwen, and cannot be used by their father, what if they are not killed? Do you still let them flee to the people and incite rebellion? Letting the tiger return to the mountains is to raise carbuncles, and if the world rises again in the future, whose fault will it be?"

Gao Chi said: "If you are guilty, you can punish one person, and hundreds of people in the whole family, old and young, will be killed with them if they have any crimes! Look at this 'Hu Yan case,' which implicates 117 courtiers, this is obviously an unjust case! If one person is guilty, even his wife and daughter, clan, relatives, and even students and disciples will be punished with him, is there still such a reason in the world?"

Zhang Zhaohua couldn't help but be shocked when he looked at the report in his hand. In this small half a year, there are hundreds of Jianwen remnants executed in the Heavenly City, and everyone is contaminated, his family will not be able to escape, especially the imperial history Chen Ying, the last performance should be done to eliminate the evil, the first from the Fang Xiaoru case, implicated Fang Xiaoru protégé thousands of people, all of them were killed; and after the Jingqing case, the villagers and neighbors related to Jingqing were all executed, so the whole village became a ruin - this way of raiding the house and destroying the door is called "melon vine copying", that is, it contains the meaning of touching melons along the vine, turning to climb and dye, and would rather kill thousands of people by mistake, and not slip through the net.

"Fang Xiaoru is guilty, I dare not excuse him," Gao Chi couldn't help but burst into tears: "It's just that his protégé is guilty? Do they deserve to die? Look at what is written, Qingzhou Sect Liu Gu has been sent to Shi for many years, because Jingqing once wrote a letter to him, he was subjected to Zhulian, and he died with his mother, because he resisted before the execution, and was killed by the corpse of the corpse!"

Although Zhang Zhaohua was also sad, she did not feel as empathetic as Gao Chi, she didn't know if it was the blood on the battlefield that had turned her heart cold, or if this was the root nature of the Chinese, as long as she didn't witness the wailing scene when pigs, cattle and sheep were slaughtered, she could enjoy the delicious food on the table with peace of mind. In short, she did not allow Gao Chi to enter Beijing, "You said that the killing of protégés was vicious, didn't this be provoked by his Fang Xiaoru? The literati have always been short of lip service, and he Fang Xiaoru wants to be happy for a while, and punish the ten clans, but what is the crime of the disciples and students? Those hundreds of students were not martyred for Jianwen, but for his words!"

"On the side of the king, the faint moves and the defeat are all out; after the end of the king, the disciples and protégés will accompany the beheading," Zhang Zhaohua couldn't help but laugh: "Maybe he is a saint, but the saint does not die, and the thieves do not stop!"

"Wake up!" Zhang Zhaohua shook his shoulder: "If you don't kill them, it will be difficult to be appeased by heaven, and you will never be able to justify your name!" These people will spare no effort to praise themselves and praise their loyalty, and our family will never be able to get rid of the words "", "concubine", "murder", and "usurpation!"

"In order to become the emperor, the white bones have already been piled up," Zhang Zhaohua said: "Why not add a few more pieces? Could it be that Tang Taizong killed his brother and killed his brother in the past, and was not scolded and criticized by others? You must know that there is only one Wei Zheng, and where are the hundreds of people who assisted Li Jiancheng? There is no virtuous monarch in history who would raise a bunch of old ministers of the old dynasty who insulted him for usurping power all day long, let alone let them go back, let them influence and incite the common people to oppose him with him! A hundred years ago, your bloody killing would make everyone tremble, and a thousand years later, everyone in the history books will praise you for your decisiveness, this is history. ”

"Killing, I've thought of it a long time ago," Gao Chi's calm face showed a resolute look: "But I didn't think about being cruel, this is no longer killing, but venting anger." When cruelty becomes a means, I don't know how long my father's throne can last. ”

He stood up and was about to go outside, but Zhang Zhaohua dragged him and hugged him: "Gao Chi, you are my father's own son! Even you oppose him, what is the significance of everything my father did when he was born and died! Jianwen's widow just stabbed him a few times in his flesh and skin, and if you also oppose him, it will be tantamount to stabbing him in the heart!"

"I beg you, don't go to Jingshi," Zhang Zhaohua couldn't help but plead: "Let's be in Beiping, just pretend that we don't know anything, and wait for my father to calm the world, let's go again! This batch of Jianwen's loyal ministers seeds, it's nothing if they are killed, in the future, it's a big deal to treat scholars well, in short, we can also raise a group of loyal ministers who are loyal to themselves!"

"It turns out that the scholars of the world," Gao Chi turned his head and looked at her with an unprecedented eye: "In your eyes, it is like a dog and a horse, like a mustard, kill a batch, as long as you have the heart to cultivate, you can get another batch." ”

He didn't seem to want to talk to Zhang Zhaohua anymore, and pulled the corner of his robe out of her hand.

Zhang Zhaohua watched him walk outside, and suddenly said: "Stop Your Royal Highness! Without my order, who dares to prepare a carriage and horses for him!"

At the sound of an order, the people in the courtyard who were originally bowing their heads and tiptoes all stood up and silently blocked the road ahead of Gao Chi.

"You-" Gao Chi turned to look at her.

"You still don't understand, when my father decided to raise an army, he had the most ruthless and vicious heart in the world. Zhang Zhaohua said: "Whoever dares to resist him will die." It's good that you are his own son, but he is not only your son! You are going to die, but you are implicating me and Brother Chun, what is the difference between you and Fang Xiaoru!"

She stood on the steps and gave orders in a cold voice: "From now on, all the newspapers are not allowed to be shown to the prince, let alone to prepare a car for the prince, and if anyone dares to disobey my orders, I will let him taste the taste of melons and vines." ”

She walked past Gao Chi, tidied up his clothes casually, and said, "You are a benevolent son, you can't see bloody killings, so you should study and cultivate your temperament in the world's office!" 10