Chapter 63 ◎ Theory of Current Affairs
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Yesterday, Bai Qishu had already learned about the content of the palace examination, and Emperor Huaxiang should ask the current policy in the first round.
That is, Emperor Huaxiang will take out what has happened in Huaxiang recently and ask Bai Qishu about his countermeasures. Bai Qishu thinks that although he is in business, most of the things in his antique store are still done by himself, and he has a lot of contact with the people these days, so he is not very nervous.
Sure enough, Emperor Hua Xiang's first question asked about the flooding of the river.
Jianglin, located in the southern part of Huaxiang country, is often flooded. Strangely, however, this year's floods seem to be particularly heavy, which has affected more people, displacing people and destroying crops.
Bai Qishu brushed his thoughts in his heart, and after a while, he replied: "When the river is flooded, the people are the first to bear the brunt, so it is the people who should be appeased the most. Therefore, the grass people believe that to deal with the floods in Jianglin, first, the household department should immediately allocate funds to the Jianglin prefect to build shelters in places where the disaster in Jianglin is relatively light, and distribute food. In addition, it is also necessary to observe the situation of the disaster at all times, analyze whether there is a possibility of the disaster spreading again, and relocate the affected people in a timely manner. ”
Emperor Huaxiang nodded in agreement with Bai Qishu's statement, after the disaster, the first thing he thought of wasting the people, which was a manifestation of stabilizing the people's hearts.
Emperor Hua Xiang raised his hand and motioned for him to continue.
Bai Qishu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the first plan was correct, and he felt a little more confident in his heart, and then replied: "Second, while stabilizing the people's hearts, the Ministry of Industry should step up the construction of yamen in various places, and the Ministry of War should step up local patrols. ”
Emperor Hua Xiang raised his head, "Oh? Why is that? ”
Bai Qishu said calmly: "There are a large number of people in Huaxiang, not every one of them is a pure person, there are always mobs to stir up and spread rumors among the crowd, thus causing local riots, so stepping up the construction of yamen and strengthening local patrols can avoid local riots in time." ”
Many people in the hall cast approving glances, Emperor Hua Xiang bent the corners of his mouth, if it is really the descendants of the Bai family, the descendants of the Bai family who have produced three prime ministers and five imperial histories on their ancestors, can they be ordinary people?
"After doing a good job of these tasks, the Ministry of Officials should send people to Jianglin to investigate the population, count the number of victims and missing, and coordinate the planning of the national land by the Ministry of Households, so as to adjust the new tax rate."
First stabilize the people's hearts, and then patrol majestically, white and special affairs, both rigid and soft, not only that, but also the taxation of these small aspects of thoughtfulness, Jianglin disaster, crops will definitely be reduced, if the tax is still levied according to the previous tax rate, it will inevitably attract the dissatisfaction of the people, so that the previous strategy to stabilize the people's will is useless.
"Third, the Ministry of Industry should build local water conservancy, channel rivers, and reduce flooding." Although Bai Qishu's voice sounded very steady, he was beating a drum in his heart, for fear that he would be caught up by the emperor if he was talking on paper.
Emperor Hua Xiang leaned forward, hooked his lips and said: "What Qing Fangcai said, stabilize the people's hearts and avoid riots, and said that water conservancy will be built immediately after the disaster, so where did these people come from?" ”
Bai Qishu said without hesitation: "Local people can do it." ”
"Huh." Emperor Hua Xiang chuckled, "The local people must be depressed when they lose their homes due to the disaster, and at this time, it will be counterproductive to gather the people of Jianglin to build water conservancy." ”
"This ......" Bai Qishu bit his lip, frowned and thought for a while, the expressions of the people in the hall were different, and they were all thinking about how to answer, but they saw Bai Qishu's brows gradually relaxed, "This is going to look at the fourth." ”
"How's the fourth?" Emperor Hua Xiang easily found out the shortcomings in his strategy, and then asked.
"Fourth, the Ministry of Rites held a sacrificial ceremony, Your Majesty personally walked, I hope God will bless me Huaxiang with smooth wind and rain, and the country and the people will be safe." Bai Qishu smiled in his heart, one thing worth taking advantage of in ancient times was superstition, which regarded natural disasters as God's punishment for being the emperor. For example, if there is a drought here today, and tomorrow there will be a phenomenon of tengu eating the moon, and they will all be classified as the emperor's unvirtuous.
At this moment, as a monarch, it is natural to reflect on it and proclaim it to the world, so as to seek forgiveness from God, even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in history, who is also convinced of the induction of heaven and man, at least on the surface.
Emperor Hua Xiang was silent, and asked a second question for a while, which indicated that he agreed with his answer.
Next, Emperor Hua Xiang asked about the things in the court, compared to the pros and cons of cutting officials, and what are his views on recruiting militia, Bai Qishu answered one by one, although it was inevitable that Emperor Hua Xiang would find out the mistakes, but Emperor Hua Xiang already knew about Bai Qishu's strengths and weaknesses in all aspects of governance.
At the end of the current policy, Emperor Hua Xiang obviously saw Bai Qishu bow his head and exhale, and calm down again.
The chief eunuch beside Emperor Hua Xiang went down the steps, and explained a few words to the little eunuchs in the hall, and after a while, he saw several little eunuchs bring pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, a piece of rice paper was spread on the table, and on the other side, Emperor Hua Xiang also put rice paper in front of him, Bai Qishu's heart beat suddenly, and there was always a bad premonition.
"I heard that Qing is good at learning words, and it just so happens that I also like to watch everyone's fonts, so why don't you write it to teach me to take a look." Emperor Hua Xiang's tone was flat, and he couldn't hear joy and anger.
Bai Qishu took a breath and replied: "The grass people are afraid, and they have only been copying for a few days, and they don't dare to call everyone in front of Your Majesty. ”
Emperor Hua Xiang seemed to smile, "It's okay to write, don't be so alarmed." ”
"Yes." Bai Qishu bowed his head and replied, walked to the table, picked up the pen and looked at the rice paper on the table, the scene of practicing calligraphy in the past to hide his identity is vivid, in order to disguise himself as an antique shop owner who is not easy to discover, Bai Qishu had to contact a lot of things about ancient literature in his previous life, so as to deal with those who doubt his identity, calligraphy is naturally among them.
Lifting the pen and outlining, it seems that there is a bamboo in the heart, between the eyes, as if there is a neat free and easy engraved between the lines, very chic, a hook and a stroke, clear and powerful, just like his character, act freely, without dragging mud and water.
The word is like an orchid, warm and moist contains a sharp edge, beautiful and elegant, and the four words "great rivers and mountains" will be presented on the rice paper after a while.
At the same time, Emperor Hua Xiang on the dragon chair got up, raised his sleeves, and the chief eunuch beside him studied ink, and Emperor Hua Xiang dipped his pen in ink and began to write on rice paper.
After writing and presenting the font, Emperor Hua Xiang looked at the "great rivers and mountains" on the rice paper and couldn't help but admire: "Qing's words are really pen dragons and snakes." ”
Emperor Hua Xiang put down the rice paper in his hand and said something to the chief eunuch beside him, the chief eunuch sent two little eunuchs to hold up the two words, and the people in the hall saw that Emperor Hua Xiang's rice paper was written on the "small pavilion on the platform".