Forbidden City, Wuying Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi was discussing with Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Zhang Mao and others, and suddenly, a little eunuch passed the news to Xiao Jing, who quickly came to Emperor Hongzhi's side, interrupted the deliberations, and said:

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back."

"Let him kneel outside the temple!"

Emperor Hongji said lightly.

Emperor Hongzhi already knew what Zhu Houzhao had done in Tianjin Wei, so there was no need to let Zhu Houzhao come in and say it again, so as not to be upset and affect his mood in handling government affairs.

So, let the rebel kneel! If you kneel for a long time, you should be able to remember it for a long time.

……

"Xiao Daban, what did my father say?"

Zhu Houzhao, who was waiting at the gate of Wuying Hall to meet him, saw Xiao Jing come out, and immediately put on a smiling face and asked.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty doesn't want to see you for the time being......"

Before Xiao Jing finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao, who realized that something was wrong, quickly interrupted Xiao Jing's words and replied:

"Okay, you don't need to say it, if you don't see it, you won't see it, this palace will go to Kunning Palace to ask the queen mother for peace."

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao ran away as soon as he slipped away.

He's not stupid, no, according to the past practice, nine times out of ten, he will kneel at the door of this Wuying Palace, and kneel until the dog emperor remembers himself, so that he can have a chance to enter...... Trained.

Therefore, thirty-six strategies, go for the best policy!

Don't give the dog emperor a chance to pit his son.

"This ......"

Xiao Jing was stunned by Zhu Houzhao's comical operation, seeing Zhu Houzhao's figure running away quickly, he didn't dare to shout Zhu Houzhao loudly, because His Majesty and the ministers were discussing matters in the palace, but the prince just ran away, how could he deal with it?

After thinking about it, Xiao Jing returned to the Wuying Hall with a bitter face.

He had just stood still, and was about to report to Emperor Hongzhi about Zhu Houzhao, but he heard a report from the Hubu Shangshu Zhou Jing:

"Your Majesty, the minister has just received news that drought has occurred in some areas of Kaifeng Prefecture and Guide Prefecture in Henan Province and Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong Province, which has seriously affected the winter wheat harvest, and in the areas where the disaster is severe, there has been a tragedy of changing children and eating them.

A large number of local people who have been affected by the disaster have fled and become displaced people, some of whom have entered Beizhili and are coming in the direction of Shuntianfu. ”

"Drought?!"

Emperor Hongzhi frowned, he was not deeply affected by this disaster, in fact, since he ascended the throne, the natural disasters of the Ming Dynasty have not stopped.

Natural disasters such as floods, droughts, earthquakes, hailstorms, hurricanes, and locust plagues have never stopped, and they occur every year, and they all happen in many places.

On the contrary, it was this year, the eleventh year of Hongzhi, that Emperor Hongzhi heard the news of a natural disaster for the first time.

Therefore, this bit of news will not make Emperor Hongzhi panic.

What he was thinking about was that the homeless people had already entered Beizhili, and he had only received the news here, which was a serious dereliction of duty on the part of his subordinates!

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes became serious, he looked at Mu Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who was standing in the corner, and asked in a deep voice:

"The displaced people have entered Beizhili, how did they get the news? Mu Bin, what are you Jinyiwei doing? ”

"The minister is guilty, and please punish Your Majesty!"

Mu Bin knew that this matter was indeed a dereliction of duty on the part of Jinyiwei, so he hurriedly knelt down and confessed his guilt, anyway, with His Majesty's kindness, he would not be punished too much.

"Forget it, it's important to help the victims."

Sure enough, Emperor Hongzhi didn't pay too much attention to Jinyiwei's dereliction of duty, he turned his head to look at Zhou Jing and asked:

"Do you have a charter for disaster relief?"

Zhou Jing bowed down and replied: "Your Majesty, according to the past practice, first open a warehouse for emergency, and then reduce or exempt the tax and grain in the affected areas according to the disaster situation. ”

"That's right."

Since Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, the natural disasters sent by God have not stopped, so the household department has formed a set of plans to deal with natural disasters, therefore, in this regard, Emperor Hongzhi has not changed much, just follow the past practice!

How easy is it to change!

Blind and indiscriminate changes, maybe more people will die.

"Your Majesty, how should those displaced people be resettled?"

Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet on the side, stood up and asked.

According to the strict and bloody armor protection system, these exiles are capital crimes.

However, the law does not blame the public, if these homeless people are really killed, then the world will inevitably be shaken, and the society of the Ming Dynasty will be unstable.

However, the displaced people are an extremely unstable factor, and it is easy to turn into bandits, or even gather crowds to rebel, and it is obviously not possible to ignore them.

Therefore, these displaced people must find a way to resettle and strangle the scourge in the cradle.

However, how to resettle the displaced people has been a big problem that is difficult to solve in all dynasties.

"Your Majesty, the minister proposes that the displaced people be repatriated to their places of origin, in accordance with the past practice, and that they not be held accountable for violating the armor protection system, and at the same time let them enjoy the benefits of tax and grain exemption." Emperor Hongzhi was still thinking about it, and Zhou Jing spoke first.

"Nope."

Emperor Hongji vetoed.

In the past, Emperor Hongzhi basically stayed in the deep palace, and he had no contact with the homeless people, so he didn't understand.

But some time ago, he went to inspect the Xishan Coal Mine, met the displaced people who escaped from Miyun, and had a conversation, and Emperor Hongzhi had his own opinions on why the people were willing to become displaced people.

He had realized that it would be too stupid to send the displaced people back to their hometowns, because if they could live well in their hometowns, why bother leaving their hometowns.

Therefore, the old method of the past is obviously not easy to use.

"The minister also thinks it's inappropriate."

Liu Jian agreed with Emperor Hongzhi's choice. In fact, if the displaced people were to be resettled according to the previous practice, Liu Jian would not stand up and ask, it was precisely because he had some new thinking that he stood up.

"Master Liu, I see that you seem to have something to say, please speak up."

Emperor Hongzhi heard that Liu Jian had something to say, so he asked Liu Jian to speak out.

Liu Jian replied:

"Your Majesty, the old minister feels that instead of sending these displaced people back to their hometowns, it is better to allow them to enter the Shuntian Mansion and let them find a way out on their own."

"How?"

Emperor Hongzhi had already grasped a hint of Liu Jian's meaning, but he hadn't sorted it out for a while.

Others, after listening to Liu Jian's words, also realized that this year was different from previous years, and began to think.

However, Liu Jian didn't let them bother to think about it, he replied:

"Your Majesty, since the establishment of the stock exchange, a trend has been formed in the capital, and everyone has begun to be keen on doing business for profit, so during this time, there are many new commercial banks in the capital, and they have also used the money obtained from the stock exchange to start large and small workshops inside and outside the capital.

Workshops need people to do, but the population of the capital is limited, and the existence of the armor protection system makes it impossible for people from other places to come.

Therefore, many workshops in Beijing have not been able to recruit enough helpers recently, and they have begun to increase their salaries to find people, but even so, there is still a shortage of labor.

Therefore, Lao Chen felt that it was better to let these displaced people enter the scope of Shuntianfu and let them work in these workshops to make a living. In this way, it can not only resettle the displaced people, but also solve the labor shortage in the capital. ”

In fact, there are not a few people who think like Liu Jian, and most of them are still those homeless people.

Aren't the homeless people stupid, aren't they fleeing their homes just to make a living?

If in the past, they would have gone to the nearby Nanzhili, the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, or the land of Jingxiang, where the displaced people gathered on a large scale, and these places were more alive than the Beizhili at the foot of the Son of Heaven.

But now it is different, there is a labor shortage near the capital, there are a large number of job vacancies, and there is more hope for life, so the displaced people who received the news have come to the north and Zhili.

They don't want to enter the commercial houses with particularly good treatment such as Xishan Coal, Miyun Mining, and Global Construction Engineering, but only want to find a way to live.

"But, Duke Liu, so many homeless people have entered Shuntian Mansion, how to ensure safety, Duke Liu, don't forget, the remnants of the White Lotus Sect are still very active, and they love to trick these homeless people into making trouble."

Mu Bin disagreed with Liu Jian's suggestion, because once a large number of displaced people entered the Shuntian Mansion, the pressure on their Jinyi Guards would be very huge.