Chapter 6: Li Xian's Actions

Zhu Qizhen didn't find out about it, in fact, he gradually lost his heart.

It's like today.

Yes, Li Tianbao's activities in Huguang have been under the supervision of Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

Although the White Lotus Sect is very cunning, and it is impossible for Dongchang and Jinyiwei to monitor it all the time, Zhu Qizhen still knows the specific scale of the White Lotus Sect.

But it's just thousands of fools and fools.

After Zhu Qizhen fought with hundreds of thousands of troops of the tile spurs, Zhu Qizhen was confident that he had the ability to calm down this little mess caused by the White Lotus Sect.

Generally speaking, the Great Tomorrow is still in the era of peace.

Except for a few places, as long as the magistrates are not too tyrannical, the people can still live. And as long as the people can live, the chaos of the White Lotus Sect will not be big.

The only thing that worries people is that the place where the White Lotus Sect is making trouble is in the area of Xiangxi, with high mountains and dense forests, and it is connected to Guizhou.

However, even if the White Lotus Sect, Guizhou Tusi, and even Datengxia were all connected, Zhu Qizhen didn't care, he really thought that the hundreds of thousands of troops in Beijing were vegetarians.

And look at the places where they are, they are all places with high mountains and dense forests in the southwest, which actually does not affect the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

But even so, once the White Lotus Sect sits down, I don't know how many people will be involved, and it will not be one or two people who will die.

But at this moment, Zhu Qizhen had never thought about the innocent people who died because of the White Lotus Sect rebellion, but instead coldly regarded this as a bargaining chip to force the cabinet to make concessions.

I don't feel it at all.

You can also calm down and carefully look at the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

As a masterpiece of the Chinese legal system, some of the provisions used in Hong Kong in the 600 years of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and even in the 19th century, were all in the Ming Law.

I dare not say it was flawless. But it is also a perfect system.

Zhu Qizhen wants to change from above, and he really needs to study one or two carefully.

At this time, Wynne came over and said, "Emperor, Shoufu asks to see you." ”

Penglai Jishi Fan Hong is already old.

Fan Hong is more divided than Wang Zhenan, although Fan Hong has always been in charge of the East Factory, there has been no major mistake. So Zhu Qizhen also let Fan Hongrong retire.

Fan Hong's remaining position was held by Fan Hong's two disciples, the master of ceremonies was Huai'en, and the East Factory was in the hands of Niu Yu.

Huai En and Niu Yu are both from the inner study hall, it can be said that they are full of poetry and books, if it is not for the lack of two taels of meat below, it is not easy to say whether they can be admitted to the Jinshi, but it is not bad to take a show talent and make a name for themselves.

Of course, if it weren't for the offense, they might not be able to study.

In short, this batch of eunuchs is more than before

The prison capital is too much safe.

Zhu Qizhen had been waiting for Li Xian to come over for a long time, and when he heard Li Xian coming, he smiled lightly, rolled the "Da Ming Law" in his hand into a cylinder, and said, "Biography." ”

A moment later, Li Xian came over.

After Li Xian arrived, he seemed to get up as usual, and talked about things with Zhu Qizhen one by one, but he didn't focus on it the most, but the first thing he said was the local disaster.

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

It seems that God's favor has only lasted for two years, the orthodox twenty-three is drought, and the orthodox twenty-four years is a drought locust, of course, this is not absolute.

With such a vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, many times it is normal for the north to be flooded in the south, and the north to be flooded in the south. And the hardest hit area in the past two years is still Shandong.

Even locusts in Shandong have affected Hebei.

In the spring of this year, the most important thing in various places was to catch locusts, and even Zhu Qizhen ordered that the Beijing camp be on holiday, that is, let the soldiers go home to exterminate locusts.

Of course, this locust plague is still not as good as the three-year drought in the early years of orthodoxy, but it still shakes the government and the opposition a little.

Shandong, Hebei, Henan, and Nanzhili, especially within a radius of hundreds of miles with Xuzhou as the center, are extremely troubled and difficult.

Shandong is particularly plagued by many disasters and difficulties, with constant floods and droughts, and locusts and floods.

However, under Zhu Qizhen's attention, the Ming civil official system has long been familiar with disaster relief, and Zhu Qizhen ordered Cao Nai to preside over disaster relief.

Now the situation is clear.

With the help of the government, hundreds of thousands of people were immediately affected, but the people were always able to live. In the view of the disaster relief plan, Zhu Qizhen did not see any omissions, he said: "Pay attention to two points, first, if the displaced people cannot manage their businesses in the local area, they can go to Liaodong, Haixi, and Northeast China by sea. ”

"This amount of money will come out of the treasury."

Li Xian immediately said: "Your Majesty is benevolent. ”

As I said before, in fact, Daming's finances are also quite healthy, but it is because it costs too much money to fight. Only then did Zhu Qizhen feel a little stretched.

Now that there is no war, the inner treasury and the Taicang silver treasury are rapidly full.

Even in Mobei and Liaodong, cities are still being built and wasteland is being reclaimed, but Zhu Qizhen's annual subsidy of one or two million taels is enough.

Not to mention, except for Gansu and Ningxia, the subsidy silver of other towns can also be saved. After all, they don't have to deal directly with the enemy.

At the same time as changing the guard to the county, Zhu Qizhen was actually quietly reducing the army.

Of the more than 3 million garrison troops, hundreds of thousands have been dismantled, merged, or relocated. If you just look at the weight of the Ming army, it hasn't actually decreased much.

But a lot of burdens are slowly being lifted.

If it weren't for the fact that the southwest was still fighting, Zhu Qizhen would have been sure to suppress the overall military expenditure below eight million. Even so, after two years, Zhu Qi was in the town

There were also as many as five or six million taels of silver in the treasury.

There is no way to compare with more than 30 million taels in its heyday. But for Zhu Qizhen, he also has a lot of money.

Zhu Qizhen himself is not a person who loves money, he cares more about the money he spends and what it can bring him than money.

For example, today, people are migrating. How much does it cost? This can be big or small, if you really want to save money, the cost can be very low, but in the process of migration, how many people will die, I don't know.

Since Zhu Qizhen has paid the money, he will naturally send Shaofu, Jinyiwei, Dongchang, plus the people assisted by the government, to transport them together, so that the suffering of the people can be reduced a little.

Even Zhu Qizhen would rather use hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to buy the hearts of the people in the Northeast in the future.

Moreover, this action will not be cut off for a period of time in the future, without him, there have been floods and droughts for several consecutive years, and Shandong's vitality has been exhausted.

It was the time to move east to fill the northeast.

Zhu Qizhen continued: "Isn't there a plan for the Ministry of Industry? My people are in dire straits, is there no way to change the situation in Shandong? ”

Li Xian said: "Your Majesty, this is a natural disaster, it's not that the Ministry of Industry hasn't thought of a way, but it's -------"

With the engineering capabilities of antiquity, many things are unsolvable. If you build a few rivers, you will be able to adjust the wind and rain, and everyone will repair them.

Hebei is not the same as Shandong.

Zhu Qizhen said: "This matter must not be delayed, improve Shandong's water conservancy as soon as possible, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment as soon as possible." ”

Li Xian said helplessly: "Please ask Your Majesty to talk to the prince about this matter, the minister doesn't know much." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, Huaien. ”

Wynne immediately came out and said, "The slave is here. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Let Wang Yonghe come to see me within three days, what I want to ask, you can also tell him in advance, don't say that I didn't give him time to prepare." ”

Wynne immediately said, "The slave understands. ”

But Zhu Qizhen also knows very well that a ghost can be prepared in three days. It's just that the flood and drought problems in Lunan with Xuzhou as the center in Zhuqi Town, Huai'an in Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and near Fengyang Mansion can no longer be tolerated.

There's always a way to figure it out. Wang Yonghe has been in charge of this matter. It's just that the progress is slow, and Zhu Qizhen naturally wants to kick his ass.

This is how this one thing is dealt with first.

Li Xian talked about the progress of the Qingzhang land again.

This matter is also a major event, and it is precisely because of the major event that Li Xian is extremely cautious, Li Xian did not let the provinces carry it out alone, but transferred personnel from various central ministries, and the minister led the foreign affairs to handle this matter. I just don't want to give the officials below room to go up and down. Among them, Zhu Qizhen specially sent the Water Conservancy College, which has been accompanied by other colleges and Guozi supervisors. It can be regarded as being done in accordance with the ancestral system of Emperor Taizu.