Chapter 172: Good Medicine Bitter Mouth

Because it is a demonstration in the Mandarin Hall.

Therefore, the Wenhua Hall was in a mess.

After all, it's muddy. Many people have to clean it up, but Zhu Qizhen also knows that what he talked about with Yang Shiqi, no matter what the content is, it is not easy for the people below to hear it.

Zhu Qizhen took Yang Shiqi to a side hall.

It seems that books are a kind of ornament.

Zhu Qizhen deals with several halls of government affairs, whether it is the Qianqing Palace, the Wenhua Palace, the Wuying Palace, and even the Wenyuan Pavilion, there are many collections of books.

Wenyuan Pavilion itself is where the books are collected, and there is a set of the famous Yongle Classics in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Even in the middle of the side hall of the Wenhua Palace, there are many books stacked on top of each other.

The sunlight shines through the window paper in the side hall, and it seems that in the sunlight, there are countless fine dust dancing up and down, mixed with the fragrance of books in this room, and there is a peculiar taste.

After the two sat down, Zhu Qizhen said, "Sir, I don't know what is going on, I want to tell me." ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Let the old ministers guess, Your Majesty is looking for ministers, and it must be said that after Yu Qian has governed the Lugou River, he will lead Hebei to control the water, and His Majesty wants to solve the floods in Hebei since the Song Dynasty today." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "This matter can't be hidden from Mr. However, Mr. guessed most of the time, but he didn't guess correctly. I want to do more than just control the water. ”

"Mr. Yu wants to lead Hebei Water Conservancy, and if he wants to do this, it is naturally difficult. Therefore, the power of affairs must be unified, in my opinion, the north and south of the direct subordinate do not need to be established, just take advantage of today's affairs, Hebei set up a province, and the province is in Tianjin. In the future, the household department will not care about the northern Zhili, even if it is the southern Zhili, I also intend to divide it into two. ”

Zhu Qizhen's idea is not a day or two.

First of all, he doesn't care about the so-called model of six prefectures and counties. In his opinion, it was never advisable to do so.

If you think about it, you will know that the six prefectures and counties directly under the central government show that anyone can manage these prefectures and counties, but no one will manage them. The so-called Kowloon water control.

Therefore, the establishment of Hebei Province is conducive to the governance of Hebei.

And the separation of Nanzhili has a little other consideration.

After all, Nanzhili was under the jurisdiction of Nanjing, which also made Nanjing the de facto ruling center of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The imperial court had to send important ministers to guard it.

This posture of attaching equal importance to the two capitals.

In Zhu Qizhen's opinion, it is not a taste.

There can be two Jingshi, but there must be a master and a slave. Nanjing's power is also too great.

Nanjing can be Nanjing in the broad sense of the Ming Dynasty, and it must not be the de facto ruling center of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Strengthen Beijing's authority.

Nanjing, without Nanzhili, although important, is not so important.

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty's intentions, the minister understands

。 If the flood in Beizhili can really be controlled, Beizhili alone can reclaim hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land. ”

"With the richness of Beizhili, the imperial court does not have to rely on the canal."

Zhu Qizhen listened and said, "Of course, Mr. knows my thoughts. Although this matter is difficult, it is beneficial for the present and for the future. It can be called Zheng Guoqu of my Ming Dynasty. ”

"Once Hebei's money and grain increase greatly, then you can support Daning, Kaiping, and restore the important town of Monan."

"Watt Thorn, why be afraid!"

Yang Shiqi said: "What the minister wants to say to His Majesty today is this one thing. ”

Zhu Qizhen heard Yang Shiqi say this, and said secretly in his heart: "It's here." Zhu Qizhen's heart has been secretly raised, ready to fight, all kinds of statements, over and over again in his heart, always ready to deal with Yang Shiqi's offensive.

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty, when you ascend the throne at a young age, you want to make meritorious contributions, and the minister knows it. But the minister wants to know, what did His Majesty do first? ”

"Because of the envoy of the old port propaganda department, His Majesty is planning to open the sea, so that Wang Jinghong, the eunuch guarding the town of Nanjing, has been trying to transport ordnance to the old port recently."

"Shi Chang'an, the ambassador of the old port, after seizing the throne in the first year of orthodoxy, recruited pirates, and never made peace with Java, and in the past three or four years, the two sides have fought several times."

"At its peak, there were more than 30,000 troops on both sides."

"It is also because the imperial court opened the port in Xin'an that the old port can be supported."

"Your Majesty is also determined to control the floods in Hebei because of the great flood, if you let the ministers say, the most flooded in China is not Hebei, but Lianghuai."

"Two Huai floods every year. It's already overwhelmed! ”

"Today, Your Majesty wants to cure the floods in Hebei, will he not want to cure the floods in the two Huai in the future, and there are floods in the Yangtze River from time to time? What about Your Majesty? ”

"In the battle of Luchuan, Your Majesty decided to crusade, to deal with the tile thorns, Your Majesty decided to fight, and to Nuer Gandusi, Your Majesty often made Yishu Xuan Xuan, so that for the sake of the Jurchen tribe, Liaodong and Korea were very unhappy."

"Your Majesty also because of the governance of the Beijing Division, and deliberately incorporated the small officials into the imperial court system, changing what Your Majesty said, the official is not feudal, and the official has a feudal pattern."

"Today it means to divide again."

"The minister doesn't dare to say that His Majesty is wrong, but the world is full of trouble, like a mess, Your Majesty wants to cut it with a quick knife, and the minister is afraid that the world will be full of smoke, and Your Majesty is too anxious to seek treatment, and it is too complicated."

"The old minister has been reused by Taizong, Renzong, and Xuanzong for three generations, and today I have to ask Your Majesty to make it clear, Your Majesty, what do you want?"

Zhu Qizhen was speechless when Yang Shiqi said this.

Zhu Qizhen can't look at many things in the imperial court.

There is no need for anything else, anyone in Zhu Qizhen's position feels uncomfortable.

Because accustomed to the administrative system of later generations. Even people who don't understand anything can see that there is something wrong with this, and sitting in the position of the emperor seems to be

There is supreme authority.

Plus there's a tile spur outside.

The Quartet seems to be peaceful, but all kinds of hidden dangers are there.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, decades of rising national strength, or economic recovery growth, have covered up all problems, but now, Zhu Qizhen intuitively feels that perhaps the economy of the Ming Dynasty is still growing, but the growth of the imperial court's financial resources has reached its peak.

But as all sorts of problems intensify.

Daming is used for more and more expenses of all parties.

If he doesn't want to solve it, he doesn't want to change it, even if he is a peaceful son for the rest of his life. Sixty years to live. He is just the Qianlong of the Ming Dynasty.

The more you see, the more you want to do.

But when Yang Shiqi said this, Zhu Qizhen also understood that he was too unplanned, and he almost did whatever he thought?

Zhu Qizhen said: "I naturally want to create a prosperous era for the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty has this heart, naturally it is very good." Yang Shiqi said: "It's just that the major events of the court affect the whole body, and Your Majesty is too chaotic to do this." ”

Zhu Qizhen humbly asked Yang Shiqi for advice and said, "So with Mr.'s words, what should I do?" ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The minister doesn't know. His Majesty can only ask himself this question. ”

Yang Shiqi will not return to this question.

Yang Shiqi has already understood that this little emperor is a very assertive emperor. If he was a few dozen years younger, he would definitely find a way to convince the emperor to act according to his ideas.

But now, he's old.

How many years can you stay in the cabinet at the age of 70?

Don't say it, whether the emperor recognizes his idea or not, even if he can put forward a program, is he capable of implementing it?

The years are unforgiving. In his position in the cabinet, many times, he relied on his old and spicy political sense to balance the inside and outside of the court and keep the big ship running.

If he really wants to make a big change, he really can't do it.

Zhu Qizhen saw that Yang Shiqi had gray hair and walked a little tremblingly. I also knew in my heart that this old man would be good if he could stand the last shift for him.

I want more, but I can't.

As the Empress Dowager has long said, Yang Shiqi is not his enemy. It's not that Yang Shiqi's authority is not strong enough, it's not that Yang Shiqi's ability is not strong enough, it's not that Yang Shiqi doesn't have political ambitions.

It's that Yang Shiqi is old.

There is only time and time to defeat all the heroes in the world.

Zhu Qizhen bowed to Yang Shiqi, saluted, and said, "Students are taught." ”

Yang Shiqi didn't dare to be Zhu Qizhen's gift, and said: "The minister doesn't dare to be." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "No, Mr. woke up the dreamer with a word. The student knows it's wrong. ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Your Majesty must not say this in front of outsiders, this is the fault of the old minister." ”