Chapter 110: The Appointment

In the Wenhua Palace, the fragrance of books is fragrant.

Yu Qian's feelings for Yang Pu are a little complicated, but Yu Qian was determined by Yang Shiqi to have political sensitivity. But after all, he has been a local magistrate for so many years, and there is still a city government that he should have. He saluted with an immobile expression on his face and said, "Meet Your Majesty, meet Lord Yang." ”

It's as if nothing had happened.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. Yu is exempt from courtesy, let Mr. sit down." I haven't seen Mr. for half a year, how is my husband? ”

Yu Qian said: "Your Majesty cares, the minister is full of food and sleep, there is nothing bad." ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Mr. is old." ”

Yu Qian may not know it, but Zhu Qizhen can see at a glance that Yu Qian's face can't hide the tiredness.

After all, such a big project, the money and grain used are like mountains and seas, which is related to the national grand strategy and the life and death of the people of Hebei.

Yu Qian didn't dare to be cautious, he couldn't be cautious.

He didn't keep a close eye on the big project, whether it was selecting people or verifying the accounts, Yu Qian had to do it himself. It's a hands-on approach.

No, Yu Qian doesn't care about his body. But what Yang Shiqi said to Qian at the beginning seemed to have the opposite effect.

Yu Qian naturally knew that the danger of his position could not tolerate a single mistake. He also regards water control as the biggest and perhaps last thing in his life.

If this life can be filled into the river, it will be able to cure the water conservancy in Hebei. Yu Qian was probably willing to fill in his life.

With his life on his mind, how could he care about physical exhaustion.

Yu Qian said: "Since the flood control, hundreds of people have died on the river. Compared to them, what can the old statue of the minister be counted? ”

Even if he did engineering in later generations, he never said that he would not be injured at work.

Not to mention that in this era, the big project of hundreds of thousands of people has no casualties, but it is a strange thing.

Yang Pu saluted Zhu Qizhen, and then said to Qian: "Lord Yu's hard work, up and down, who doesn't know, there is a big drought this year, up and down Hebei, all rely on water conservancy to save lives, but don't know Lord Yu, how much can the river built last year irrigate?" ”

Yu Qian glanced at Zhu Qizhen and replied in a deep voice: "Since the Tang Dynasty, water conservancy in the south has flourished, while the development of water conservancy in Hebei has almost stagnated. ”

Yang Pu said: "The affairs of the previous dynasty, the imperial court naturally knows, but these old things do not need to be mentioned again, this hall only wants to know, if this year is like last year, there is no rain in spring, then in May this year, how will the harvest in Hebei be?" If the imperial court wants to give relief

and how much is needed? ”

Yu Qian said: "The lower officials can be a guarantee, there may be a big drought this year, but a province directly under the government is enough to be self-sufficient, as long as the imperial court is exempt from the money and grain of the direct subordinate, the lower officials guarantee that the province is directly under the government, and there will never be a displaced person." ”

Yang Pu said: "Lord Yu, this is a royal question, but you should be cautious when speaking." ”

Yu Qian said: "Hui lord, since the arrival of the lower officials, the great development of water conservancy, although there are many anti-flood moves, but mostly for drought relief, especially since the beginning of spring, has been ordered to do thousands of well-drilling machines, the water level in Hebei is very shallow, a zhang is enough to produce water, many places are close to the lake, and it is enough to produce water in a few feet. ”

"This spring, Xiaguan is already preparing to drill enough wells. It is enough to survive this spring, and it may not be a bumper harvest, but it can keep the people's food rations. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened and said, "Mr. is really the minister who saves the time. ”

Hebei can only produce one stone, which saves several stones of grain for the imperial court. Even if it only guaranteed food rations for the people, it reduced a lot of financial burden on the imperial court.

Since last year, in order to make up for the vacancy of the imperial warehouse. The South continued to transport grain to the North. Whether it's by water or by sea.

But if it is still the same as last year, the imperial court will definitely lose its vitality.

Now hearing Yu Qian say this, Zhu Qizhen suddenly felt that half of the heavy responsibility on his body was gone, and he thought that this year's cost was so great that it would definitely not be as good as last year.

Yang Pu glanced at Yu Qian with interest, and he didn't know what he saw. He turned his head and saluted Zhu Qizhen and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty for being able to become a minister, I have someone to succeed." Yu Qian will be able to sit in the position of a minister in the future. ”

Before he could speak humbly, Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. Yu naturally wants to be my prime minister. ”

This sentence, Zhu Qizhen is mostly sincere. Not to mention Yu Qian's reputation in history, Yu Qian's ability and ethics in the water control project alone are enough to make Zhu Qizhen recognize one thing, that is, Yu Qian can trust big things.

The world is so big, what is the big thing, comparable to the first assistant of the cabinet.

Therefore, let Yu Qian become the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhu Qizhen has always had this idea in his heart, but now he is just saying it.

Yang Pu said: "Then what does Your Majesty think of the minister's suggestion?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. Let's talk about it, let Mr. Yu also have a preparation." ”

Yang Pu said: "Yes." Immediately, Yang Pu explained the situation at the border and the movements of the tile spur one by one, and finally concluded: "Therefore, both the British minister and the cabinet feel that the tile spur must be going south, and there will definitely be a big war between the court and the tile spur." ”

"Therefore, the national strength of the imperial court cannot be consumed on water control all the time, so Lord Yu must speed up."

When Yu Qian heard this, he immediately frowned and said, "My lord doesn't know anything, and now the people's power in Hebei has been exhausted, even if the imperial court supplies it."

Grain and grass, but there are only more than 10 million people in Hebei, and several large workers are used, and the manpower is already quite tight, and it can't be fast if you want to. ”

Yang Pu turned around and said to Zhu Qizhen: "Your Majesty, what Lord Yu said is also very true, and the minister thinks that he should send the Beijing camp out of Beijing to help the lordship. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Use Beijing to participate in water conservancy projects? Is this good? ”

Yang Pu said: "There is a precedent for this matter, and when Beijing City was built, the soldiers of the Beijing camp were originally used. The soldiers of the Beijing camp are also divided into Jingwei and the squad army, and the Jingwei naturally cannot be moved, and the squad army is replaced every year, so it is only necessary to not use the squad army for several years to serve in the Beijing division, and it can be directly subordinate to the name of Zhili Province. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "How many soldiers does the northern squad have? ”

Yang Pu said: "One hundred and forty thousand." ”

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while, and he was also very clear about the organization of Jingying. The Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty is known as more than 500,000 and is divided into two parts, one part is Jingwei, that is, the 72 Jingwei near Beijing. The total number is more than 400,000. There is also a squad army, that is, soldiers selected from the northern guard station to serve in the capital. Spring and autumn rotation.

Therefore, it is also true that there are more than 500,000 people in the Ming Jingying camp and suppress the world.

But how many people are in Jingying now, it is a number that Zhu Qizhen doesn't want to know, doesn't dare to know, and doesn't know whether he should know.

Think about it, the national health center is short of 1.2 million, is it that the local health centers are all bad, and the Beijing health guard is good, and this 1.2 million shortage is all in the localities, so it is not in the Beijing camp.

It's just that when it comes to the military, you can't act rashly.

But Zhu Qizhen thought about it, no matter how bad the army is, it must be stronger than ordinary people, this is 140,000 strong men. Even among the 10 million people, there are not many adult strong men.

Zhu Qizhen said: "What does Mr. Yu think? ”

Yu Qian said: "In addition to people, there is also money and food-----

Yang Pu said: "You don't have to worry about this matter, as long as you agree, the day after tomorrow, the morning after tomorrow, I will announce this matter in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, even if the household department has a penny, I will pull it out to you, and Zhou Chen is about to take office." With the God of Wealth here, you will never lose your money and food. Wu Zhong has already decided to give a decision, the meaning of this hall, you can process the title of the Ministry of Shangshu, the supervisor of the water Qingzhang Division, up and down there is no constraint. ”

"It's just that you have to give the court a definite time."

"It is impossible for the imperial court to support Hebei Dagong all the time. There is always a deadline given. ”

Yang Pu's eyes stared at Yu Qian. Yu Qian's mouth was dry for a while, his forehead was slightly sweaty, and a green tendon was jumping at his temple, almost collapsing.

Yang Pu asked for a deadline, and Yu Qian had an accurate estimate for a while. It's just that I think about it repeatedly in my heart, and I can't give a deadline for careful accounting.