Chapter Twenty-Three: Starting from Zhili

Zhu Qizhen's resentment against the Yellow Book is not a day or two.

He wanted to transfer the Yellow Book from Houhu in Nanjing to Beijing for a long time.

It's just that the relocation of the Yellow Book is also a project, and the Yellow Book is very valuable information, and if something goes wrong along the way, it will not be easy to do, so the entire relocation of the Yellow Book lasted for several years before it was moved to Beijing.

It's just that at that time, Zhu Qizhen was not very interested in the yellow book, because Zhu Qizhen took the yellow book of Shuntianfu, sometimes asked Jinyi Weidong Factory to verify it, and sometimes visited it himself, and came to a conclusion that there were too many mistakes in the yellow book of Shuntianfu.

The yellow book is generally divided into three parts, one point in Houhu, one point in the Yamen, and one point in the Yamen of the Political Envoy.

Zhu Qizhen took it from the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion.

The ability of Dongchang Jinyiwei is still worthy of dependence near Beijing.

However, there is also a reason why the Yellow Book has such a problem.

Do you dare to believe that the decennial statistical yellow book, which is as important as the country's population statistics, is actually unfunded.

During the Hongwu period, Emperor Taizu sent the students of Guozijian to participate in the compilation of the Yellow Book, and there were thousands of people. In the fourth year of Yongle, it was the first time that Emperor Taizong checked the yellow book after he ascended the throne. It has quite a strong political significance, and it is one of the actions of Emperor Taizong to determine his orthodoxy, so the people below dare not cheer up.

So after four years of Yongle, the yellow book is getting worse and worse day by day.

Even rotten to the point that only the total number is in effect, because this total is a quota. The court demanded taxes from below, and it was based on this quota.

Yu Qian said: "The minister is incompetent and can't share his worries for His Majesty. ”

Yu Qian had been a magistrate and knew what the local yellow book was like. And how much energy it takes to rebuild the Yellow Book, so he hasn't touched this thing.

But he doesn't feel that he has a reason for not doing a good job, and it's none of his business.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I said that the previous matter was not about Mr. Yi, it was just a bad habit, but now that Zhili Water Conservancy, all the fields and acres must be cleared again, I want to ask Mr. to pay more attention to this aspect and give me a credible Zhili Yellow Book." I will also allocate an additional 30,000 taels from the internal funding. ”

Yu Qian took a deep breath, only to feel that the workload was too much.

The newly baked Zhili Province, there are Yongping, Baoding, Zhending, Hejian, Shunde, Guangping, Daming, as well as the new Tianjin, Bafu, and there are millions of people, especially here in a large-scale work for relief, so that Shanxi, Henan part of the disaster victims also ran over.

It adds a lot of difficulty.

However, Yu Qian is used to doing hard work, and the work of disaster relief at the beginning may not be much easier than now, but it is a little more effortless, since the imperial court wants to repair all the water conservancy in Hebei. Naturally, there is time for Yu Qian to travel all over the Eight Mansions of Zhili and Shuntian Mansion.

Yu Qian said: "The minister does not dare to say anything, please ask Your Majesty for three years, and after three years, the Yellow Book of Zhili will be presented to Your Majesty, and if there is a non-conformity, the minister will ask Your Majesty to cut it." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, I'm waiting for Hebei Dazhi." ”

After Zhu Qizhen finished speaking, he glanced at Cao Nai.

Cao Nai seemed to interject though. But he also knew that he would be a person on the emperor's ship from now on. What Zhu Qizhen said to them today may or may not be kept secret.

But the secret talk on the dam already says a lot.

Cao Nai secretly said in his heart: "If I can really subdue the water of the Hutuo River, what if I sell this one to Your Majesty?" He said: "The ministers of Hebei will entrust the lords." ”

Yu Qian said: "You're polite, you're polite. ”

The two bowed to each other. These two are both Yang Shiqi's disciples, but they have formed an alliance at this moment.

After Zhu Qizhen instructed the matter here, he ordered the people below to come and see. 、

The first person to see Zhu Qizhen was Shen Qing.

Shen Qing is a veteran, but the old man Taizong, the origin of the former Yanshanwei, the fifth from the frame to the north, and in Xuande from the Emperor Xuanzong to the north.

In other words, in several battles out of the fortress, he was almost undefeated.

However, now he is old.

During the Xuande period, he presided over the repair of the Beijing city wall, and this time he was responsible for organizing the construction of the three major palace projects, but in the same way, although the work was for relief, Yu Qian used it all for the victims. But even then, there must be soldiers to maintain order.

Shen Qing sent the following people over to call Ruan An.

This time, when I heard that the emperor was coming, I hurriedly ran over.

Zhu Qizhen saw that although the old general was full of gray hair, he was full of momentum, and sighed in his heart, the veteran left by Emperor Taizong was still supporting the Ming Dynasty, but it was difficult to say how long it could be supported. said: "The old general has worked hard. ”

Shen Qing said: "It's not hard, the old minister can still serve the imperial court for thirty years." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "As long as the old general can assist Mr. Yu to repair the water conservancy in Hebei, I will not be stingy with the reward of the knight." ”

When Shen Qing heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, "This is true. ”

"Bold." When Wang Zhen heard Shen Qing say this, he was immediately annoyed and reprimanded.

Zhu Qizhen felt that the old general was reckless, waved his hand, signaled that Wang Zhen was okay, and said, "You have no jokes." ”

Shen Qing opened his big mouth, his white beard shook up and down, and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, there are ministers, and these people below can't get out of trouble." ”

Shen Qing is old, he is the same age as Zhang Fu, and even a year or two older than Zhang Fu. Now that he is dying, it is difficult for some strong men to let him go into battle to kill the enemy again.

And Zhu Qizhen has also heard of Shen Qing's name.

But although he Taizu made five Northern Expeditions and Xuanzong Northern Expedition once, although he had no fights, he was all in front of the frame, and he did not lead an army alone, although he made a lot of military achievements. But it was hard work, but it didn't work much.

And this year, Shen Qing thinks most about the thing is to fight for a title in the future.

It's just that Shen Qing's credit is still a little short.

This is the reason why Shen Qing worked tirelessly, did not enjoy Qingfu at home, and came out to run around, that is, to find a way to make meritorious contributions, so that he could be knighted and shade his descendants.

At this moment, with Zhu Qizhen's promise, the interest was very high for a while.

The person who came next was Tongzhou Tongzhi Li Jing.

This person Yu Qian has already recommended to Zhu Qizhen, and Yu Qian is ready to make Li Jing the first prefect of Tianjin, presiding over the demarcation of Tianjin, Shuntian Mansion and Hejian Mansion.

This person is Yu Qian's old subordinate in the Shuntian prefect's office, and he is outstanding in governance. Yu Qian can't stay on the construction site all the time, and many things are presided over by Li Jing.

This Lugou River can build a 180-mile river channel within a few months, and Li Jing's contribution is not small.

Zhu Qizhen didn't talk to Li Jing much, but just wrote down the name of this person, although this person is not famous, he may not be able to become a party in the future.

Zhu Qizhen naturally has to pay attention from time to time.

After seeing these people, he walked down the embankment for several miles, and ordered the guards to stab their spears at the embankment, and the soil on the embankment was all rammed earth, and all the rammed earth was boiled before it was rammed, so that plants and trees could not grow in the soil. Even if the guards around Zhu Qizhen stabbed hard, they only stabbed a small hole, and they couldn't get into it at all.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Not bad. ”

Wang Zhen saw that it was a little late, and said, "Your Majesty, aren't you going back to the city now?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I can't go back now, pass the order, I will stay on the embankment today, Mr. Yu." ”

Yu Qian immediately came out and said, "The minister is here." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Send someone to invite the fathers and elders from all over the vicinity, and I will invite them here." ”

Yu Qian was stunned when he heard this. This is one of the village rituals advocated by Emperor Taizu, and local officials often govern the local area through the elders of various places.

It's just that Yu Qian didn't want Zhu Qizhen to come like this, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and said secretly: "Although it is small today, it has the atmosphere of a saint tomorrow." ”

Immediately, my heart was slightly hot.

Since the emperor is sage, isn't it the time to make great achievements. Yu Qian's heart of making contributions became more and more excited.

You must know that in this era, science has gradually become the main existence from the folk to the official, but this also requires a process, such as Yang Shiqi and others, but they are mostly influenced by the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, such as Liu Bowen and Yao Guangxiao, they can hardly be said to be serious Confucian scholars.

Although Yu Qian has a very strong temperament as a Confucian scholar, this does not prevent him from having an impassioned heart.