Chapter 231: Hebei Conscription

Generally speaking, this year's disaster is not as serious as in previous years, the most serious is Henan and Shandong, in fact, Hebei also has a drought, but Hebei's perfect water conservancy, so that the disaster is not obvious, maybe there is a reduction in grain production, but it is not to the point where the government needs relief.

And the power that controls almost three provinces has unrestricted power in his hands, and now the war in Beijing is urgent, so he doesn't manage this side.

Once such a senior official has other thoughts, Beijing will be extremely dangerous.

Even though, Zhu Qizhen also understood that in history, there were still loyal ministers in the early Ming Dynasty, and even in the late Ming Dynasty, there was no public rebellion by Wenchen, and Yu Qian's power was a little out of control.

But it didn't get to that point.

It's just that as an emperor, if you don't have this string in your heart, you don't know when someone will kill you? Zhu Qizhen was too humble.

Yu Qian sat in this position, Zhu Qizhen could still accept it, but if he let go of other ministers who Zhu Qizhen did not know, Zhu Qizhen would never rest assured.

Therefore, Yu Qian must not move.

The situation that Yu Qian faced was also very difficult, and some of his actions were also passed on to Jingshi by Jinyiwei.

Anyway, the local gentry have become loyal and patriotic one by one, and they seem to have a bit of the style of breaking the family and serving the country, and sent out all the food hidden in the house.

Henan, Shandong, Fengyang, Huai'an and other places actually donated one or two million stone grain, and even the iron rooster Kong family was bleeding profusely.

Those who don't know think that the gentry of the Northland are loyal to the country one by one. But Zhu Qizhen knew through the Jinyiwei News Network that when the Kong family was not in the official mansion, Yu Qian went to the Kong family, and then the Kong family suddenly remembered the ancient precept of the ancestor who loved the benevolent man.

As for what Yu Qian said in the Kong family? Zhu Qizhen didn't know, and he didn't want to know.

That's enough.

Yu Qian is a capable minister like this.

If it is really a big slash and killing, and the matter is boiling, it is impossible to say that it will make trouble in the court, which will only increase Zhu Qizhen's troubles. And Yu Qian did everything he should have done, but they all collided in private, everyone who knew knew it, and those who didn't know it didn't know, and he really thought that He Qinghai was feasting.

At this time, manpower is always the core resource.

Especially the army, it is one of the dependents for Yu Qian to dare to do this, but he sent these tens of thousands of troops back to Beijing, Zhu Qizhen's loyalty to Qian, while further understanding it, he also secretly felt sorry for Yu Qian in his heart.

But I don't know what Yu Qian should do next?

After all, although one or two million stone grains are a lot, there is no allocation in the central government

In the case of funds, it may not be enough to provide relief to the victims.

Zhu Qizhen was just thinking about it.

After all, Yu Qian has Yu Qian's problems, and Zhu Qizhen also has Zhu Qizhen's problems.

Even if these tens of thousands of troops went north by boat through the North Canal, it would take some time to come to Beijing. Now the only thing that Zhu Qizhen can count on is Tongzhou Daying.

Zhu Qizhen said: "It's hard for Mr. Yu. What is the situation in Tongzhou Daying? ”

Wang Ji said: "Your Majesty, the Tongzhou battalion has exceeded the quota by thousands, but it is Your Majesty who has spread the news of recruiting soldiers and Qin Wang, and the people of Hebei are actively participating, and the places in each county are redundant, and even the people who are close to Tongzhou go straight to Tongzhou to join the army. ”

"However, General Jiang has already said that when the training comes, the excess will be eliminated, and all that remains will be elite."

Zhu Qizhen was a little surprised and said, "Is this really the case?" ”

Having seen the cruelty of war, Zhu Qizhen is actually pessimistic about this recruitment. In his impression, it seems that the people don't like to be soldiers since ancient times, even if they catch strong men in the Republic of China, there are more people who die on the road than on the battlefield, and even Zhu Qizhen is worried that there will be a lot of compulsion in this recruitment.

Although Zhu Qizhen was a little unbearable, he was helpless, a country always has to have someone on the battlefield.

The administrative efficiency of the Ming Dynasty government could not be the same as that of later generations, and some forced conscription was inevitable. Even if he had done a lot of preparation, he didn't think he could avoid it.

It's just that he never expected that such a situation would occur.

Wang Ji also sighed: "The minister went to the Tongzhou camp once, this time the source of soldiers is excellent, they are all good families, the physical fitness is good, and most of them are from the same towns, they are familiar with each other, they don't need much training, a little rectification, they can become an army, maybe the field is not useful, but it is absolutely no problem to defend the city." ”

"This is all because His Majesty's holy virtue is broad, shining all over the world, a few years ago, His Majesty did his best to build water conservancy for Hebei, after the construction of five rivers and three lakes, although Hebei has a spring drought, autumn floods have not changed, but it rarely affects the harvest, Yu Gong loves Hebei, since the completion of the cultivation, even if it is a drought disaster, it has not been extinct."

"The people deeply feel the emperor's grace, and now they have heard that Biansai has been defeated, and His Majesty has issued an edict against him, and the people are willing to serve the court and beat Hu Lu, so the fathers, sons and brothers are vying to join the army first."

"It's something I've never seen in years."

"My emperor's holy virtue is beyond the reach of eternity."

Wang Ji was extremely excited when he said it, and his white hair was fluttering. But of course, many of what he said are true, but there is also a lot of artistic processing.

Although the conscription went so smoothly this time, the water conservancy project built by Zhu Qizhen in Hebei played a great role. The people are the most simple

Truly, whoever has done good deeds for them, they can remember for a long, long time.

Zhu Qizhen has been managing water conservancy for several years, which has greatly changed the appearance of Hebei, and changed the situation of hundreds of miles of ocean from Tianjin to Baoding during the flood season.

During the flood season, the people have to go up to the embankment to hold on, but the embankment is mostly a mixture of iron and stone, extremely strong, most of them are safe and sound, even if the spring drought is severe, the lake water can also be diverted for irrigation near the three large lakes.

Within a few years, the people near the Hutuo River also changed their custom of living by the river, because of the confusion of the land boundaries, but because of the competition for land by the lake and the canal, they fought for it. The magistrates in the Hutuo River area handled this kind of property dispute the most.

After all, the unclear boundaries of the field were a problem left over from history, and it is estimated that several local officials will have difficulties in this matter in the future.

However, if this reason alone makes the people enthusiastically sign up, it is too high to look at the consciousness of the people.

Although the people are the most simple and grateful, they are also the most cunning and the most clever.

If there is a way to avoid this conscription, many people will have to find a way, and some people will find a way to exploit loopholes, and many people will be affected.

This has to mention what Yuqian Hebei did, that is, to re-measure the land, arrange the fish scale atlas, and resettle the displaced people, and even divide the land for the tenants.

Doing so has two effects.

The first effect is that the Hebei Yellow Book is accurate, and it is the first point in the entire Ming Dynasty, and it has only been in the past few years, almost all the men in Hebei are registered.

No one can escape from the call-up.

The second effect, that is, Hebei's population and land structure is a little healthier than other places, after all, the Ming Dynasty has been peaceful for decades, and many local land annexations have begun, such as Jiangxi, Fujian and other places, although not so that the rich have the land of Lianlong, and the poor have no land.

But the number of yeoman farmers is much lower than it was at the time of the founding of the country.

Otherwise, Zhu Qizhen would not have found a way to let Fujian establish a prefecture and county in Taiwan, which is a way to alleviate the pressure on Fujian's population.

Hebei is different. Because of the water conservancy management, Hebei has added a lot of land that can be cultivated, or irrigated fields, and added a large number of self-cultivated farming systems.

Of course, there is another reason for this, that is, the grain output per unit in the north is not as good as that in the south, and many dry and mountainous areas, even if they are planted with fields, are enough for the landlords to live on their own, and there is no surplus at all.

After all, if the more mergers and the more money you lose, no one is stupid.

There are enough yeoman farmers to have the good family that Wang Ji said.

Of course, only the good family is interested in the price offered by Zhu Qizhen.