Chapter 154: Old Minister Yang Shiqi

Although the Empress Dowager said that she was in power, most of the government affairs were actually handled by the cabinet.

In other words, the real government center of the Ming Dynasty is the cabinet.

At least in the period from the tenth year of Xuande to the fourth year of orthodoxy, this is indeed the case.

First, the Empress Dowager is also old, and secondly, the Empress Dowager is a woman after all, and she may have a unique vision in politics, but she may not be too clear about local conditions.

So the Empress Dowager needs Yang Shiqi.

Now the Empress Dowager has handed over the government affairs to Zhu Qizhen.

Although Zhu Qizhen felt that he had been preparing for many years and wanted to show his strength, there was no place to start in the administrative system.

First, the civil official group headed by Sanyang may not be worse than the Xungui group when it holds the group. Second, Sanyang is doing too well.

The period of Sanyang Bingzheng was the most clear period of Ming politics.

Not to mention anything else, in this era, there are several officials who are called Qing officials by the people, and even made into dramas in later generations, and Yu Qian is just one of them.

The Donglin Party said that it was the Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty, which was nonsense. But during the Sanyang period, most of the officials in the imperial court were still qualified.

Even if some people oppose Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Qizhen has to admit that the character of these ministers is still excellent, such as Wang Wen and Li Shimian.

Once Yang Shiqi is not there, this stall in the world will fall into the hands of Zhu Qizhen, and Zhu Qizhen may not be able to do as well as Yang Shiqi. And Yang Shiqi is old after all.

A seventy-five-year-old man, how many years to live? The son is not angry.

Entrusting the government to Yang Shiqi, Zhu Qizhen was also relieved.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Why did Mr. say this? The first emperor left Mr. to help me, I am weak and I don't know what the world is, but when I just rely on the old ministers, will Mr. abandon me? ”

Zhu Qizhen saw the sweat on Yang Shiqi's head and said, "Sir, do you think that the big inner is too big and inconvenient to move?" Wang Daban. ”

Wang Zhen said: "The slave is here. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Spread my will, Mr. Yang will go to the court in the future." ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen, but the minister's body is really bone?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sir can't abandon me, if Sir feels that the cabinet affairs are busy, he can assign more to young people." As long as Mr. is in Beijing, he will be my Dinghai Shen Needle. ”

Yang Shiqi secretly said in his heart: "This Dinghaishen Needle, what is the language?" ""Journey to the West" is a matter of the late Ming Dynasty. Yang Shiqi didn't understand this either. However, he knew that this was just a minutiae.

Get things back to business.

Yang Shiqi's beggar bones are not fake.

This is not the first time Yang Shiqi has begged for bones.

People are rare in their seventies.

Yang Shiqi already obviously felt that his body was not very good. The idea of returning to the roots of fallen leaves is not once or twice.

And this time the beggar bones are also a temptation.

Test how much the emperor values him.

If Zhu Qizhen didn't pay attention to him, Yang Shiqi wouldn't want to say more.

People in their seventies, can't they stay if they don't fit in, and go if they don't? To put it mildly, with Yang Shiqi's fame, he really gave the emperor a face today.

How can the emperor really not succeed?

The Empress Dowager said that Yang Shiqi was much more twilight than before, and that was true. People in their seventies naturally can't do things like young people.

He knew that a young man of Zhu Qizhen's age couldn't make sense of anything.

However, he was also a little moved by Zhu Qizhen's words, he was deeply affected by Emperor Renzong's Longen, Emperor Xuanzong treated him well, and now the little emperor treats him like this.

He's always going to tell the truth.

Yang Shiqi got up and knelt down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly got up, helped Yang Shiqi up, and said, "Sir, why do you have to do this, just sit down." ”

"Your Majesty." Yang Shiqi said: "The minister knows that when Gong Jian was leaving, he left a message for His Majesty, I don't know if it?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "This is indeed the case. ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The old minister doesn't dare to compare himself with his father, but he also has a few words that he wants to tell His Majesty." Yang Shiqi said this, and paused lightly.

Zhu Qizhen immediately understood and waved his hand.

Wang Zhen immediately took all the eunuchs and palace maids who were waiting on the side.

The heavy wooden door closed.

The sunlight is divided into pieces and spread on the ground by the lattice on the window, which reflects each other with the gold bricks, and looks even more brilliant.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sir, please speak." ”

Yang Shiqi said: "What the old minister said is also an old saying, you will win the world immediately, and you can't rule the world immediately." ”

This is indeed an old saying.

But Zhu Qizhen didn't believe that Yang Shiqi attached so much importance to it, and when he came to see Zhu Qizhen, he only said such an old saying. Therefore, Zhu Qizhen continued: "Sir, how do you say this? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Since the founding of Taizu in this dynasty, for more than 70 years, it seems to be a peaceful and prosperous era, but the crisis is hidden. Of course, Lao Chen is confident that he still has a family foundation for His Majesty, and His Majesty wants to be the Prince of Peace, but he can. ”

"Your Majesty's first time on the throne, there was a word of the thorn, at that time the old minister listened, both happy and worried, happy that the country has an exciting monarch, worried that His Majesty is too young and too reckless."

"But now the old minister is relieved."

"It's just that the minister still has to remind His Majesty that the great enemy of the dynasty has always been only inside, not outside."

Zhu Qizhen listened to it and understood it very well in his heart.

In any big country of China's size, the real crisis has always come from within, not from outside.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sir, but what about the vacancy of the guard? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "This is just one of them, the first is the homeless people in the court. ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard the word homeless, he was taken aback and said, "There are still homeless people in the world? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Yes, the minister is estimated to be in the Yunyang Mountain, where the mountain people live in the village and refuse to go down the mountain, at least tens of thousands, and I am afraid there will be more in the future." ”

Zhu Qizhen always thought that under Yang Shiqi's governance, the world was peaceful, the people lived in peace, even if there were some famines, but the imperial court relief was also very timely.

But I never expected that at this time, there were already displaced people.

This place in Yunyang, Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and then remembered, but it is the upper reaches of the Han River, the junction of Shaanxi and Hubei, not far from the south, that is, Shennongjia, which can be said to be an old forest in the deep mountains.

Zhu Qizhen said: "What's going on? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The minister only found out during this period of time, and the people below still want to hide from me, and most of the actions ordered by the imperial court to resume business are empty." ”

"The minister thought that it was the official's problem, but after careful questioning, he learned that it was a big family in the countryside who embezzled the land of the displaced people, and although the court had an order to resume business, there was no land, and where was the hometown."

"It's not like this twice."

"There are countless Henan, Hubei. After all, the law does not hold the public accountable. ”

Zhu Qizhen also knew that because of natural and man-made disasters, there were always displaced people, but the imperial court's disaster relief was generally very timely.

There are generally two types of disposal for displaced people, one is to return to their hometown to resume business, and the other is to stay in the local area.

In short, Emperor Taizu's decree was very strict, and no ordinary person could travel far without a guide.

But at this moment, Zhu Qizhen knew that there must be a lot of problems among the displaced people.

But where there is some way to live, how can the people be willing to live in the deep mountains and old forests?

You must know that the deep mountains and old forests of this era and the deep mountains and old forests of later generations are completely two concepts, and the Siberian tigers in later generations are all protected animals, but in this era, the activity area of South China tigers is quite large.

In the deep mountains and old forests, there are not too many things that are eaten by wild beasts.

There can only be one sentence, that is, harsh government is fiercer than a tiger.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it one level deeper, since there are many people who have fled to the deep mountains and old forests, then there are more people who have been taken in by big families and become slaves.

Zhu Qizhen said: "How can you ignore such a thing? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The minister also just knew that this matter is just the tip of the iceberg, but the minister's energy is exhausted and cannot be used by His Majesty. Those who can be persuaded to return will be persuaded to return, and those who cannot be persuaded to return, the imperial court will set up another county in Yunyang. ”

"After all, the living beings in the world are important. There is the people of Sri Lanka and there is the soil. ”

Zhu Qizhen's heart was much heavier, as if he had kicked a big stone. said, "I understand. ”