Ni Yuanlu saw that the treasury income was more than 40 million taels of silver, and thought that there was a problem with the accounting of the household department.

Now after the emperor said this, he suddenly realized, lying on the ground and kowtowing again and again, saying that it was not too much to throw himself into the ground, and even compared Zhu Youzhen to Emperor Qin and Han Wu.

Zhu Youzhen helped Ni Yuanlu up:

"Aiqing is flat, Emperor Qin is the first emperor of the ages, although he died in the second, but he created the unification of China, and no one in later generations can compare with it."

After Ni Yuanlu's death, Zhu Youzhen remembered the lack of food for the people again, and his face gradually became serious:

"Ni Aiqing, although the treasury is sufficient, the people still can't solve the problem of food and clothing, do you know this situation?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the people are worry-free for the time being, and when they plough in the spring of the next year, they will be able to have enough food and clothing, and now the Ming Dynasty has enough silver to relieve the disaster, which is the blessing of the people."

Hearing Ni Yuanlu say this, Zhu Youzhen's good mood was immediately destroyed by him, and he said sharply:

"I ask you if you know why the people are short of food, where I planted sweet potatoes and potatoes when I first ordered them, and why didn't you report it?"

The emperor's face suddenly changed, which suddenly made Ni Yuanlu tremble, and hurriedly replied:

"Your Majesty, this Weichen has been reported to the Ming Cabinet, if Your Majesty has not received the concession, it will definitely be temporarily suppressed by Lord Li, potatoes and sweet potatoes have been planted, but the yield is too low, the people are unwilling to plant, and then all the rice and wheat planted, although the yield has been greatly reduced due to drought, should not be hungry!"

In fact, Li Banghua also had good intentions at the beginning, and the Ming Dynasty was sending troops to attack the Eastern Capture and Mengyuan at that time, and the consumption was really large.

He knew that the people's harvest was not good, but the people were already very happy compared to previous years, so in order not to worry and distract the emperor, he did not report it for the time being.

I thought that the situation would improve after a while, and everything would be solved by then, but who knew that there was not a drop of rain for most of the year, and it has continued until now.

Although the drought has been alleviated by the snow, the winter is freezing and no crops can be planted.

Zhu Youzhen smiled coldly:

"Disaster relief, it sounds good, there is no shortage of silver now, but how can the grain from the south be transported to the north? The canals are already frozen, and if this happens again next time, you can all go home and farm, and go back to experience the suffering of the common people. ”

Zhu Youzhen turned his face like turning a book, so that Ni Yuanlu deeply realized what it means to be a companion like a tiger, and hurriedly bowed down to salute:

"Weichen knows his mistake, thank your majesty for your kindness."

Although Ni Yuanlu is not the main person responsible, he is also suspected of inaction, and if he does not teach them a small lesson, it is too unfair to the people.

So Zhu Youzhen said coldly:

"Officials above the seventh grade of the household department will be fined for half a year, and you will be given a lesson to remember for a long time, you immediately go back and gather the household officials, let them go to the villages outside the city for field investigations, and if they encounter people who are short of food, they will be solved immediately."

"Wechen obeys the order"

After Ni Yuanlu received the order, he immediately withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, and Ni Yuanlu accepted the emperor's punishment of their households.

Now that the money has increased a lot, it has almost no impact on the family's expenses, and he knows that this is the emperor reminding them to pay attention.

After walking out of the gate of Qianqing Palace, Ni Yuanlu looked back at Qianqing Palace, then knelt on his knees and kowtowed three times in the direction where Zhu Youzhen was.

Then he got up and opened his arms to the sky:

"Thank you, God, you finally opened your eyes, so that our Ming can have such a holy monarch, my Ming finally no longer lacks silver, I hope to bless the Ming Dynasty forever and the people are safe......"

After Ni Yuanlu left, Zhu Youzhen immediately sent an order:

"Spread the green dragon Cao Zhengchun to see me."

"Obey"

The little eunuch received the order to pass on the green dragon Cao Zhengchun, and Zhu Youzhen turned around and explained to Aqing:

"Ah Qing, I'm going to go out of Beijing in a while, you go to see Bi Maokang Ye San, tell Bi Maokang, after he recovers, let him teach Zixuan all the techniques of studying firearms, and he can't be left without one to take over, and when he comes back, bring Ziwei back and hand it over to the princess, and I am ready to accept her as a righteous daughter."

"Obey"

"Lord, you have three daughters now, and you will definitely be very happy in the future."

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, and did not answer Ah Qing's question.

"Go ahead, you'll find out later."

"Obey the order, Ah Qing retires!"

Zhu Youzhen rules the country with such an iron bowl, of course, he needs some young cronies.

Qi Jiguang and they are all middle-aged, Sun Chengzong is over seventy years old, and Zhu Youzhen doesn't plan to use the system to summon people for everything, and the talents of the Ming Dynasty still have to be reused.

Soon Qinglong Cao Zhengchun walked into the Qianqing Palace:

"Qinglong Cao Zhengchun see Your Majesty,"

"Excuse me, you two change into casual clothes and accompany me out of the city."

Zhu Youzhen said, and threw two sets of fur coats and two fur hats to the two.

"Obey"

The two didn't say anything or ask, they immediately changed into fur coats, and a eunuch went to bring three war horses, and the three of them walked out of the Qianqing Palace together.

The weather was still comfortable in a carriage, but the snow was falling all over the sky, and the snow on the ground was already half a foot, and the carriage could not pass at all, so he could only travel on horseback.

The war horses galloped on the snow, they were all wearing fur coats, fur hats, and their whole bodies were wrapped in airtight wind, and they did not feel the cold wind, and the only thing that suffered was the three war horses.

The weather is really cold, there are few pedestrians on the road, and the people stay at home and dare not go out, and there is nothing to do when they go out, and they consume physical strength.

About half an hour later, they came to Changping, where most of the area is mountainous, but there are a small part of the plains, with a land area of about 150,000 acres.

Originally, the land here belonged to the Wei Institute, but later the Wei Station was canceled by Zhu Youzhen, and the land returned to the hands of the people, and the total population of Changping is now about 20,000.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the population was not large, and in the case of insufficient cattle, it was all dependent on manual farming, and it was very difficult to cultivate the land, and in order to maximize the use of the land, each person was only allocated three acres of land.

Even if there are three acres of land per capita, the people still struggle to cultivate it, so 90,000 acres of land are left to establish a farm.

Later, a lot of farming cattle were brought back from Mengyuan and Dongqing, and almost every fifth family was given a farming cow for free, and their farming pressure was relieved.

The three of them dismounted at the entrance of the village and walked directly to a family at the entrance of the village, which had three earthen houses with thatched roofs and closed doors.

Since they came to this kind of place with the emperor, Qinglong and Cao Zhengchun of course knew that it was a private visit, and Qinglong walked to the door and reached out and knocked on the door.

"Bang Bang ......"

"Squeak......

After a while, the dilapidated door was opened, and the head of a middle-aged woman sticking out of the crack in the door, she looked at the three people outside, and was stunned.

Although all three of them wore civilian clothes, they were still rich or noble in the eyes of women, so how could they come to their house?

"Is there anything wrong with you? Gone to the wrong person! ”

Zhu Youzhen was worried that Qinglong would scare people, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile:

"Sister-in-law, excuse me, we're all freezing, I want to go in and warm up for a while, what do you think?"

"Oh"

The woman looked at the heavy snow, and there was a sudden realization, and then she opened the door.

"Come in, don't let the air conditioning into the house."