Chapter 104: The Early Dynasty
After more than a month, Emperor Chongzhen finally convened his first early dynasty to the Ming Dynasty.
In the towering Jinluan Palace, Emperor Chongzhen sat in a wide dragon chair and received courtiers.
After a set of cumbersome etiquette, the rotating eunuch Cao Huachun shouted in a loud voice: "If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat!" ", kicked off the prelude to the early dynasty.
"Your Majesty has something to do!"
After a moment of silence, an imperial historian came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister came back from Jiangnan the day before yesterday, and saw that the villages along the way were all in ruins, there were no people for dozens of miles, and there were herds of wild beasts.
The minister implored the court to quickly allocate money and grain to help the people, so that the people would not be distracted and become thieves. ”
Someone took the lead, and several other section and provincial officials also came out one after another, reporting to Huguang, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Hebei......
Half of the Ming Dynasty, there are disasters and famines everywhere, and there are rebellions everywhere. Large stocks are tens of thousands, followed by thousands, and small stocks of hundreds of people abound.
Even Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places south of the Yangtze River also had famines and riots.
Even the so-called land of fish and rice in Suzhou and Jiaxing has encountered drought and locust plagues, grain prices have soared, and people have constantly rushed to make trouble in groups.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen was silent.
These imperial historians may be exaggerating, but they are basically the truth.
From the Ming Dynasty to the present, natural disasters have continued, spreading all over the country, and it has become a very headache.
However, now is not the time for him to settle the matter.
Although the Jin merchants were cleared, the imperial court received a large amount of grain. But compared with the people who want to provide disaster relief, it is a drop in the bucket.
Now he had to give priority to ensuring the food and salaries of the army, and after driving out the Tatars.
What's more, disaster relief is a systematic project, which needs to be checked at all levels and fortified everywhere in order to prevent Ming officials from working on it.
At present, the imperial court obviously does not have this idle effort.
However, as a king, when the ministers react to the situation, he must also express his attitude and cannot be indifferent.
"The Ministry of Household Affairs counts the actual state capitals that have been affected by the disaster, and then draws up a document and submits it to the Cabinet for processing."
For the time being, let's fool things over, this is Emperor Chongzhen's attitude.
Or else?
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Seeing His Majesty's reply, several imperial historians saluted and returned to the train.
Above the Danqi, Emperor Chongzhen saw that there seemed to be no courtiers who had something to report, so he was ready to announce the matter of the imperial conquest.
It's just that......
Just as I was considering how to say it, someone jumped out again.
"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do."
Emperor Chongzhen fixed his eyes on it, but it was the famous Zodiac Zhou.
Historically, the peace policy of Yang Sichang and the Tatars was destroyed in his hands.
So much so that the former Emperor Chongzhen reprimanded him: "A lifetime of learning can only be done with one mouth!" ”
After that, Huang Daozhou was demoted by six levels in a row and transferred to Jiangxi to take care of the judges.
However, now due to the arrival of Emperor Chongzhen, his situation has changed.
"Your Majesty! Last month, the minister played Shu Zhongyun's "Yang Sichang advocated the proposal of training salaries, poisoning the world, and the people's grievances were boiling", for the sake of His Majesty's society and the people of the world, not because of the view of the door, and in vain.
The minister has been cultivating acres for 20 years, and he is middle-aged, and he has been cut twice, and now he has more than 50 years. Fortunately, His Majesty's grace and forgiveness of the ministers did not die, so that the ministers could be old and look at the sky again.
The minister will do his best, and he may not be able to repay the emperor's favor in case of emergency; If you are silent and do not say anything, how can you report to Your Majesty? Why do you do your duty?
The increase in salaries is really a move that brings calamity to the country and the people. The minister came to Beijing last month, passing through Jiangbei, Shandong, and Jifu, only to see the desolation everywhere, thieves like hair, and white bones in the wild.
If you think about the situation in Henan and Shaanxi provinces, it will be even worse.
Where do thieves come from? At the end of the day,
It's just because the rich rely on the power to oppress and exploit, and the government expropriates and extorts violently, so that the small people and the weak are unemployed and displaced, starving to death on the side of the road, and the strong are desperate to take risks and gather together as thieves.
After the last time the minister was cut down, he returned to the farmland, read and lectured, often with the people in the village, heard more closely, and participated in the past history, and could not help but worry about His Majesty's society.
Please Your Majesty resolutely issue an edict, strike the salary to collect the hearts of the people, and behead Yang Sichang to think that the minister advocates the gathering of people to ring! ”
Huang Dao appeared on Monday and was full of firepower, demanding that Emperor Chongzhen behead the head of Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department.
What's more, disaster relief is a systematic project, which needs to be checked at all levels and fortified everywhere in order to prevent Ming officials from working on it.
At present, the imperial court obviously does not have this idle effort.
However, as a king, when the ministers react to the situation, he must also express his attitude and cannot be indifferent.
"The Ministry of Household Affairs counts the actual state capitals that have been affected by the disaster, and then draws up a document and submits it to the Cabinet for processing."
For the time being, let's fool things over, this is Emperor Chongzhen's attitude.
Or else?
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Seeing His Majesty's reply, several imperial historians saluted and returned to the train.
Above the Danqi, Emperor Chongzhen saw that there seemed to be no courtiers who had something to report, so he was ready to announce the matter of the imperial conquest.
It's just that......
Just as I was considering how to say it, someone jumped out again.
"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do."
Emperor Chongzhen fixed his eyes on it, but it was the famous Zodiac Zhou.
Historically, the peace policy of Yang Sichang and the Tatars was destroyed in his hands.
So much so that the former Emperor Chongzhen reprimanded him: "A lifetime of learning can only be done with one mouth!" ”
After that, Huang Daozhou was demoted by six levels in a row and transferred to Jiangxi to take care of the judges.
However, now due to the arrival of Emperor Chongzhen, his situation has changed.
"Your Majesty! Last month, the minister played Shu Zhongyun's "Yang Sichang advocated the proposal of training salaries, poisoning the world, and the people's grievances were boiling", for the sake of His Majesty's society and the people of the world, not because of the view of the door, and in vain.
The minister has been cultivating acres for 20 years, and he is middle-aged, and he has been cut twice, and now he has more than 50 years. Fortunately, His Majesty's grace and forgiveness of the ministers did not die, so that the ministers could be old and look at the sky again.
The minister will do his best, and he may not be able to repay the emperor's favor in case of emergency; If you are silent and do not say anything, how can you report to Your Majesty? Why do you do your duty?
The increase in salaries is really a move that brings calamity to the country and the people. The minister came to Beijing last month, passing through Jiangbei, Shandong, and Jifu, only to see the desolation everywhere, thieves like hair, and white bones in the wild.
If you think about the situation in Henan and Shaanxi provinces, it will be even worse.
Where do thieves come from? At the end of the day,
It's just because the rich rely on the power to oppress and exploit, and the government expropriates and extorts violently, so that the small people and the weak are unemployed and displaced, starving to death on the side of the road, and the strong are desperate to take risks and gather together as thieves.
After the last time the minister was cut down, he returned to the farmland, read and lectured, often with the people in the village, heard more closely, and participated in the past history, and could not help but worry about His Majesty's society.
Please Your Majesty resolutely issue an edict, strike the salary to collect the hearts of the people, and behead Yang Sichang to think that the minister advocates the gathering of people to ring! ”
Huang Dao appeared on Monday and was full of firepower, demanding that Emperor Chongzhen behead the head of Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department.
It's too late, I'll revise it later!