Chapter 135: Cash-for-Work

Although Zhu Qizhen said that breaking the feudal pattern of officials was the first fire, in fact, the first fire was to work for relief.

Of course, such a thing as cash-for-work cannot be entrusted to Yu Qian alone.

Yu Qian couldn't afford such a thing.

However, on the ground of Beijing, many things cannot be bypassed.

So by the time the fourth year of Orthodoxy August passed.

The sun, which had been on vacation for almost a month, reappeared in the sky.

Within a few days of the sun's appearance, the waterlogging in Beijing receded. It's just that the flood of the Lugou River will take a while to recede.

In general, it is necessary to discuss the aftermath.

In the Mandarin Palace. Zhu Qizhen first said: "In the city of Beijing, there are many affairs with different powers, and once they encounter something, they pass the buck to each other. Therefore, I think that all the affairs of Beijing should be entrusted to Shuntianfu. What do you think, gentlemen? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Shengming is nothing but Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Qizhen proposed, Yang Shiqi nodded, and this matter was over. Anyway, it is to increase Yu Qian's power, and Yang Shiqi is happy to see it. In this way, the city of Beijing is the territory of Shuntianfu.

Of course, the soldiers stationed on the city wall and the defense of Miyagi are still places where Suncheonfu cannot interfere.

Yang Shiqi paused slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, thanks to Your Majesty Hongfu, the flood in Beijing has receded, but the houses of the people along the Lugou River have all been washed away, and even the city has lost a lot." ”

"The minister thinks that he should open a warehouse for relief."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Naturally, I want to give relief, but I have the intention to give relief through work, what does Yang Shoufu think?" ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty is smart and old, but I didn't expect this section. You can call the household department, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War to discuss. ”

Zhu Qizhen didn't believe it, but Yang Shiqi didn't expect it. But it is very useful to Yang Shiqi's sycophants. After a while, Liu Shifu of the household department, Li Cheng of the Ministry of Engineering, and the diesel car of the military department all came over.

Let's talk about the meaning of cash-for-work.

Liu Shifu immediately said: "The household has enough food. Because of the flood, a large amount of grain is in Tianjinwei, and it will be sunny in the past few days, and a large amount of grain will arrive. ”

Li Cheng said the projects that need to be done, such as the city tower, such as the bell and drum tower, such as the Lugou River embankment, the military department also reported some, the post road repair and so on.

When everyone is summed up, it takes as much as a million taels of silver.

Zhu Qizhen made a decision and did this thing. And set the standard for conscripting people's husbands, one liter of grain a day. One liter of grain in the Ming Dynasty was enough for a family of three to survive.

However, when it came time to the three major halls project, Li Cheng was stuck.

Zhu Qizhen asked, "Why can't the three major halls?" ”

Li Cheng said: "Your Majesty, there is a shortage of wood, and the wood needed for the three major halls must be the golden silk nanmu transferred from the southwest. This kind of hugging material is in the deep mountains and old forests, inaccessible places. If you want to cut wood out of the mountains, you have to go through the years. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Is it so expensive? ”

Li Cheng said: "When it comes to logging, people below often say that 100 people go into the mountains and 50 people go out. ”

Zhu Qizhen was silent for a moment, he knew that Li Cheng's words actually had the meaning of persuasion. Zhu Qizhen really couldn't bear it, there were so many unjust souls on every golden silk nanmu, I really didn't know if the people who lived in it could sleep.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I heard that there are also big trees in Liaodong? ”

Li Cheng said: "Your Majesty is wise, but Liaodong big trees, most of them are pines and cypresses, not as good as golden silk nanmu, but they can go down the river and put them in Tianjin Wei, saving labor and effort." The Ministry of Industry used to build ships on Heilongjiang and knew the Northeast timber very well. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "In this case, from now on, the palace will ban the golden silk nanmu. All of them can be made of Liaodong big wood. ”

Yang Shiqi was the leader, saluted Zhu Qizhen and said, "Your Majesty is wise. ”

Zhu Qizhen said; "All the people of the world are innocent. How can I not love it? ”

Zhu Qizhen, who had just seized power, naturally knew how good it was to have a good name.

Today's events, with the help of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, can spread all over the world within a month or two.

Zhu Qizhen also knew that the pillars of the Qianqing Palace were also golden silk nanmu, but Zhu Qizhen didn't feel it at all. I don't know what is the difference between a house made of golden silk nan wood and a house made of pine wood?

Just when Zhu Qizhen was in the Wenhua Palace, discussing the aftermath with the ministers. The Empress Dowager, who was gradually getting better, also received a letter from King Xiang.

In fact, King Xiang's letter has already arrived.

It's just that the Empress Dowager was not in good health before, and these documents were stopped by Zhu Qizhen.

When the Empress Dowager looked at King Xiang's letter, she saw that King Xiang actually wanted to conquer Luchuan like this, and her heart was immediately furious.

Emperor Xuanzong has gone, King Yue has just left, and now King Xiang is going to Luchuan again, once there are three long and two short, is it possible that the three sons born to him will go in front of him?

The Empress Dowager immediately said, "Call the emperor." ”

Zhu Qizhen has just finished working for relief, and all departments have taken action, and in the next year or two, the dusty situation that has been interrupted since Xuande for ten years will happen again.

Hearing the summons of the Empress Dowager, Zhu Qizhen didn't know what had happened. But when she saw the female official who came to herald, she whispered to Zhu Qizhen: "The Empress Dowager saw King Xiang's letter, so she summoned Her Majesty, and the Empress Dowager's face was not very good. "In the palace, everyone knows what to do, and it's best for them.

The female officials around the Empress Dowager know the Empress Dowager's body best, and naturally know that in the Forbidden City in the future, the one who can really call the shots will definitely be the emperor.

Therefore, there is no need for Zhu Qizhen to develop, and many people have spontaneously passed all kinds of news to Zhu Qizhen.

The prestige established by the Empress Dowager from the time of Renzong has long been shaken at this moment.

But it was not that someone defeated the Empress Dowager, but that the Empress Dowager was defeated by time.

Time is the only victor in the world, and whoever he stands on will be able to win.

As soon as Zhu Qizhen heard that it was King Xiang, he had a score in his heart.

Zhu Qizhen came to Cining Palace. The Empress Dowager half leaned on the head of the bed, handed the letter from King Xiang to Zhu Qizhen, and said, "What's going on?" ”

Zhu Qizhen saw it and said: "Niangniang, you also know that the affairs in the palace have never been absolutely confidential, I think Uncle Wang heard the news." I want to volunteer. ”

The Empress Dowager stared at Zhu Qizhen and said, "You didn't force him? ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Where is Niangniang, the grandson only has this one uncle, how can he force him." If the mother doesn't believe it, she will summon Uncle Wang to Beijing and ask. ”

The Empress Dowager cheered up and stared at Zhu Qizhen, but the Empress Dowager couldn't see any clues from Zhu Qizhen's face. It took a while for the Empress Dowager to give up seeing something from Zhu Qizhen's face.

The Empress Dowager felt a little bitter in her heart, and said secretly: "The emperor has grown up. ”

When the baby tiger is small, it is naturally cute and cute, but when it grows into an adult tiger, it wants to eat people. When he was a child, Zhu Qizhen's thoughts could not be hidden from the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager could tell at a glance what Zhu Qizhen was thinking.

But now, the Empress Dowager can't see through him.

As an emperor, maybe qualified. But does a good emperor have to be a good nephew? She suddenly remembered his eldest son, Emperor Xuanzong, Emperor Xuanzong's uncle King Han, who had been burned to death by Emperor Xuanzong in the bronze tripod.

The Empress Dowager suddenly opened her mouth and said, "Let King Xiang enter Beijing." ”

The Empress Dowager has already determined that even if the emperor really wants to do something, she can't stop it, even if she can stop it for a while, she can't stop it for a lifetime.

And after she fell seriously ill, her body bones were not as good as before.

Maybe when, I'll go to see Emperor Renzong, and if I can see the third person, I'll see the last one, maybe I won't see him again in the future.

Zhu Qizhen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

He successfully deceived the Empress Dowager, and he should have been happy, but at the moment he felt a little distressed, because Zhu Qizhen was once again sure that the Empress Dowager was really old.

Otherwise, this little trick can't hide from her.

The mountain that once sheltered him from the wind and rain, and the mountain that suppressed him from daring to act rashly, is now declining, and he really can't be happy.

He put away the distracting thoughts in his heart and said, "Niangniang, I will pass on the edict and order King Xiang to enter Beijing." ”