Chapter 53 May Government Affairs

Although Zhu Qizhen felt tricky about the situation in front of him.

I am also troubled by the huge political imbalance between the government and the opposition.

But after all, he has been the emperor of real power for more than half a year, and he is slowly getting used to the current situation.

I am accustomed to the surging government affairs, and I am also accustomed to the prosperity behind these government affairs. If he was worried every day, Zhu Qizhen would not live.

Although Zhu Qizhen was a little worried, he also fell asleep after midnight.

On the second day, before dawn, Zhu Qizhen was called up by the eunuch, and after washing and changing clothes, he used a bowl of porridge and went to the morning court outside Fengtian Gate.

Then in about half an hour, several major events were reported, such as the Korean envoy's request to change the tribute road, Baoding Marquis Meng Ying's invitation to return to the court, King Xiang's thanksgiving table, and so on.

However, Zhu Qizhen had already dealt with these matters yesterday.

Zhu Qizhen said that he would not allow the North Korean envoy to make an invitation.

The North Korean envoy seems to be an application for a change of route, but there are very complex political motives in it, and Zhu Qizhen also saw it from the loss of Ha Shu.

In a nutshell, the territory of North Korea today is not bounded by the Yalu River in later generations, and a lot of land in the Ming Dynasty is south of the Yalu River.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty doesn't rule these lands directly. Instead, the Jurchens lived here.

The attempt behind the change of the Korean envoys to pay tribute was by no means simple.

Although Zhu Qizhen is not very clear, it must be related to the three-way game between the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchen tribe, and the Koreans.

Although Zhu Qizhen has passed through Liaodong Town, the eunuch has already fallen. But what the effect is, it is not very clear what the effect is, and the king of Joseon at this moment is the male lord of Joseon Sejong in the eyes of North Korea.

Zhu Qizhen may not know about this. But he also felt the ambition in North Korea's heart.

It's just that although the ship of Daming is big, there are many things to deal with. Although North Korea has ambitions, it is quite respectful to the Ming Dynasty, and it is not wrong to say that it is the first foreign domain of the Ming Dynasty.

The friction between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea can only be in the shadows.

Even many people in the Ministry of Rites don't know very well.

Therefore, the Ministry of Rites thinks that this is a trivial matter and insignificant. Moreover, Zhu Qizhen was not allowed to cross the cabinet's approval.

Anyway, what the opponent wants to do, we must not allow it.

As for the class teacher after the victory in Yunnan. It's also natural.

It's just that Zhang Fu disagreed, feeling that although Luchuan was defeated, it was defeated too quickly, and there were still many hidden dangers in the Tusi in Yunnan, and King Xiang had to do a lot of things to do if he wanted to seal Luchuan.

Not to mention anything else, just building Luchuan City must be done.

Otherwise, the army of the Marquis of Baoding, the front foot will go, and the back foot of Luchuan will be captured by Burma, and King Xiang will be arrested, which is a big deal, becoming the first case of this dynasty, the fall of the prince.

Even the Mu family in Yunnan can't afford it.

Zhu Qizhen is naturally as good as a stream, on the grounds that summer is approaching this year, the south is suffering from the heat, and it is not conducive to marching. The Marquis of Baoding was temporarily stationed in Yunnan to build Luchuan City. And ordered King Xiang to preside over the military affairs of Luchuan, and the Marquis of Baoding selected the elite of the army as the three guards of King Xiang. And ordered all the toasts under the command of Luchuan to belong to King Xiang.

As for King Xiang's thanksgiving table, there is actually no content, just show the harmony of the heavenly family.

After Zhu Qizhen dealt with these affairs.

I returned to the Qianqing Palace.

At the moment, he is dealing with news about the disaster situation in various places.

That's good news.

After entering May, there is rain in various parts of the north one after another, but it is a little southerly. The drought in Fengyang and Henan has been somewhat contained, but large-scale rainfall has not occurred, especially in Zhili, which is the most serious place for drought.

As for the locust plague, it has also been greatly alleviated.

It seems that Zhu Qizhen's resolute attitude towards exterminating locusts makes the officials up and down dare not slack off.

Yang Shiqi just recommended Guo Jin, the secretary of the ministry. With the attitude of a new official taking office, cleaning up the unfavorable local officials in Beizhili to fight locusts was almost as soon as Yu Qian played, and the officials approved it, and all of them were severely punished.

Such political pressure makes every magistrate dare not approach power.

Plus the life span of locusts has also arrived.

Locusts can only lay eggs in moist places, otherwise the larvae will not grow, but the drought in Beizhili has dried up many rivers, and the people have worked hard for water, and even the breeding of locusts has been affected.

In addition, hundreds of thousands of Beijing battalions, together with local guards, exterminated locusts in a big way.

It's finally working.

Although I don't dare to say all the facts in the newspaper below, the large-scale locust plague has indeed disappeared, and Zhu Qizhen even went to the suburbs of Beijing to see it.

Zhu Qizhen also ordered that Wei Guogong and Cheng Guogong lead the Beijing camp to prepare to return to Beijing.

Although there are still more than 100,000 camps in Beijing, Beijing is still too close to the tile spur.

Zhu Qizhen was a little worried.

As for the rest, there is not a single piece of good news.

The drought in Shanxi is severe, and the following is a request for free grain, and the number is 630,000 stones. Henan side should also be free of grain, look at the number of Henan and Fengyang combined, 390,000 stone.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly felt that the food he had just stockpiled was not enough. He secretly said in his heart: "No, I have to let Li Shimian go on another trip and transport a batch of grain from Nanyang." ”

But under such circumstances, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but be exempted from more than one million stone grains in one go.

This shows that there is another gap of 12 million stone of grain a year between Beijing and Jiubian.

Zhu Qizhen criticized the red on the one hand, and on the other hand

The eunuch beside him said, "Is Li Shimian still in Jingshi?" If so, let him go to the palace. ”

"Yes." The eunuch hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Yu Qianyu is asking to see you outside. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened, paused slightly, and said, "Let him come in." There is also a herald This afternoon, the Wenhua Hall meeting on the governance of the river has been canceled. ”

"Yes." The eunuch immediately agreed.

Yu Qian came in after a while.

Zhu Qizhen saw that Yu Qian's eyes were deeply sunken, and he immediately knew that it was estimated that Yu Qian didn't close his eyes much last night. After Yu Qian sat down, Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. is the important minister of the country, I entrust it to Mr. with millions of people, and Mr. should also take good care of his body." ”

Yu Qian said: "Why do you have a cheap body, but the minister came to ask His Majesty for guilt this time, and the minister was negligent, but he missed the major affairs of the court." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "It's not Mr.'s fault, Mr. is busy outside and is not familiar with the situation in Beijing, but it is natural." I believe that most courtiers are sensible and will not act selfishly. ”

Zhu Qizhen said this, but he still acted according to Yang Shiqi's opinion, which can be seen. What did Zhu Qizhen think in his heart.

Yu Qian said: "The minister is ashamed, but the minister came today to have a heart, these things, the minister originally wanted to say at today's meeting, but now this one has to be delayed, but some things can not be delayed at all, and must be done in front." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "What does Mr. mean? ”

Yu Qian said: "There is a shortage of talents for water control. ”

"The minister surveyed all over the water, Hebei water conservancy from the Ximen Leopard to govern the Zhanghe River, after one or two thousand years, there were repeated repairs, to the Tang Kaiyuan period, as for the extremely prosperous, since then the situation has deteriorated."

"The former Song Dynasty used water as a military strategy to destroy Hebei water conservancy, and then Jin Yuan had no good governance, although Guo Shoujing had the heart to govern Hebei water conservancy, all he could do was the canal."

"Wherever the minister passed, there were many Tang Dynasty water conservants, all of which were unavailable. But some of them have been repaired and can be irrigated. However, the ministers counted the various projects, and the five rivers and three lakes were the major items, including thousands of miles of river embankments and sluices. ”

"There are countless ministers who need to control the water."

"Now the court can use the ministers of water control, and in the palace and the palace, the total number of ministers who control the water is only a dozen people. How to deal with such a situation. ”

"Among them, there is Mu Jing, who is an old minister of Taizong, and there is a candle in the wind. I can't bear to drive. ”

"If you want to do it, you must get it." Yu Qian said: "Ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, money and food, can be delayed, but the cultivation of water control ministers can not be delayed any longer." ”

"This minister must speak to His Majesty."

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, his brows furrowed. He had never thought about it. There is one subject in three years, and there are hundreds of jinshi, but Zhu Qizhen, the minister of water control, can't find a few for a while.