The foundation of Daming can be said to be very thick, but this is not an ordinary time, there is a big drought and flood every year, there is no normal season, it lasts for more than ten years, and no matter how thick the foundation is, it can't withstand such a toss.

Zhu Xu sat in the carriage with an expressionless face.

It's one thing to be in the book, it's another thing to be realistic, and his heart is getting heavier and heavier, panicked, and then urgent.

The 'political reform' must be completed as soon as possible!

When Zhu Xu's carriage was slowly moving, a man in regular clothes galloped over, came to Zhu Xu's carriage, and handed a secret letter to Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun took it, waved him back, and then slowly spread it out.

This is the flying pigeon biography, Cao Huachun's eyes condensed slightly when he saw it, turned into the carriage, and whispered to Zhu Xu, who was closing his eyes and pretending to sleep: "Your Majesty, the capital is secret." ”

Zhu Xu opened his eyes, took a look, and raised his eyebrows.

The small print on the top: Lu Wang Zinan and Hou and Xin Wang Ning want to go down to the old grandson of the cabinet.

There was no punctuation, and Zhu Xu thought carefully for a while. To put it simply, it was the group of assassins that Zhu Xu met before, King Lu had funding, Nan Hehou participated, King Xin was quiet and fine, and Wei Zhongxian wanted to do something to Sun Chengzong.

Cao Huachun was worried, nothing could happen in the capital, and he hesitated: "Your Majesty, do you want to make some arrangements?" ”

Zhu Xu had a hint of urgency in his heart, his eyes were beating coldly, he looked up at him, and said: "It is to arrange, pass on the decree, and order Bi Ziyan to go out of Beijing to inspect the floods, and urge all localities to strictly prevent this year's flooding." Shen Yongmao went out of Beijing to conduct routine inspections of the standing army near the capital...... Then let Liu Shimin go out of Beijing to Liaodong and inspect everywhere. ”

Cao Huachun's expression changed greatly, Bi Ziyan is equivalent to Shoufu, if he is not there, the government affairs of the capital will fall on Sun Chengzong's head, Shen Yongmao is the secretary of the military department, if he leaves Beijing, the military department will fall into the hands of Cao Qincheng, including the patrol battalion! Liu Shimin left Beijing, and the celebrant was empty!

In this way, once Sun Chengzong has an accident, the entire capital will completely fall into the hands of Wei Zhongxian!

Cao Huachun intuitively felt that his scalp was numb, and he was extremely frightened, and admonished, "Your Majesty, something big will happen like this!" ”

A sneer hung on the corner of Zhu Xu's mouth, and said: "Give Wei Zhongxian another decree, ordering him to work with Shuntianfu to screen the officials and gentry of Beizhili within three days, register the list of honest taxpayers, and require truthful reporting of details such as acres, population, and income. ”

The emperor is forcing Wei Zhongxian!

Cao Huachun's heart was shocked, even if he knew that the emperor had a deployment, he was still uneasy, so he had to bite the bullet and pass on the decree.

Not long after, Cao Bianjiao appeared in the carriage again and said, "Your Majesty, you have basically figured it out, Tai. In this area, the harvest is decreasing every year, especially this year, I am afraid that the output will be reduced by fifty percent, but the rent in various places has not decreased, it is still the same, and some are even increasing. ”

Zhu Xu had already expected it and asked, "Then how did they get through?" ”

The sky doesn't let you live, and people push again, what can these ordinary people do?

Cao Bianjiao glanced at Zhu Xu, lowered his head and said, "Back to the emperor, there are many ways, selling sons and daughters, escaping famine, falling into the grass for cowards, etc., if it really doesn't work, you can only starve to death. Ann has starved to death in recent years. ”

Zhu Xu frowned, these were obviously not the answers he wanted, and said, "What about the disaster relief point of the imperial court?" ”

Cao Bianjiao looked up at Zhu Xu again, and said, "The relief points of the imperial court are limited, they are all concentrated in the county seat, and they rarely go to the countryside, and in addition, the food supply is also limited, and it will not be long before it will be robbed." I heard that those high-ranking officials and nobles, the rich will send people to grab the first, and there is not much left for the victims. ”

Zhu Xu's face twitched, his eyes were gloomy, and his chest was full of anger.

In order to prevent corruption, he forbade officials at all levels to intervene, and these disaster relief points and food were not given to the locality, but the household department directly rearranged and expanded the channels, including the participation of many departments such as the Ministry of Officials, Jinyi and Wei, just to curb corruption!

But he never thought that he ignored another thing - 'neglect of government'!

Local officials turn a blind eye to these things, and they are afraid that they will secretly get a piece of the pie!

"Why haven't the household department, the ministry and the officials reported it?" Zhu Xu pressed the fire qidao.

Cao Bianjiao didn't mix with government affairs, lowered his head and said, "Weichen doesn't know." ”

Zhu Xu glanced at him and did not speak.

Maybe there were too many things in the household department before, or there were too many major events recently, and they didn't have time to pay attention to them......

Zhu Xu lifted the curtain and looked outside, there were more and more people, obviously about to arrive in the town.

"Cao Huachun." Zhu Xu didn't turn his head.

Cao Huachun came in, bowed down and whispered, "The slave is here." ”

"Send a message to the Jinyi Guards, and let them touch the mountain. I will see the specific disaster relief situation in the east as soon as possible. Zhu Xu said expressionlessly.

"Yes." Cao Huachun said, when he withdrew, he looked up at Zhu Xu, and stopped talking.

In his opinion, the emperor is high, and some things are destined to 'pretend to be confused', not to mention that this matter involves the household department and the official department, which is the emperor's hardcore supporter, if there is a disagreement with them, it is not a good thing for the emperor and the court.

However, he also saw the emperor's firmness from Zhu Xu's expression, and retreated silently.

Zhu Xu lowered the curtain and sat in the carriage alone, thoughtful.

For many years, he has been trying his best to pry into the corrupt officialdom and atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty. Even though he changed a group of people, set up a new political structure, and the atmosphere was improved, he did not move at all. The thought is still the same thought, like an iron plate, which cannot be touched in any way.

"It seems that the Confucian classics are going to be re-edited......" Zhu Xu muttered softly, his eyes flickering slightly.

The college from the 'primary school students' are all new textbooks, which play a marginal ball on the Confucian classics, with very little use, emphasizing the 'loyalty', 'patriotism' and the like, the ideological constraints are relatively small, but this group of people to grow up, it will take a long time, not to mention that the Ming society is a big dye vat, and the change of thinking still has to start from the current stage of 'Shilin'.

Zhu Xu thought so, and the carriage suddenly changed from swaying to stable.

Zhu Xu lifted the curtain, and sure enough, he entered the town, and the dirt road turned into a cement road, which was quite flat and clean everywhere.

At this time, the Ming people, whether they were Confucians who read poetry and books, or ordinary people, had very high requirements for themselves, the streets were very clean, the crowds were orderly, and the rows of houses were lined up one after another, which seemed quite lively.

The carriage stopped, and in front of a restaurant that seemed to be quite high-end, Cao Huachun whispered beside the carriage, "Childe, this is a joint industry between Huitong Commercial Bank and He Spruce, which can ensure safety." ”

Zhu Xu got off the carriage, looked up, nodded with a smile, and said, "Although it is not as good as the capital, it is quite good in this town." ”

Huitong commercial banks and cooperative industries are often relying on official roads, waterways or big cities as the center, radiation expansion, because politics, capital, services, operation and other aspects are the best, so often can quickly gain a firm foothold in the local area, naturally, the profits are also considerable.

Cao Huachun, Cao Bianjiao and several personal guards surrounded Zhu Xu and walked in, which immediately attracted a lot of attention.

In recent years, the Grand Canal has been strongly dredged and has re-become an important road between the south and the north. An is an important port, wharf, and naturally a place where merchants and travelers gather.

Zhu Xu didn't care, looked at it with his hands behind his back, and curled the corners of his mouth silently. They are all unified systems, decorations, and a little trace of modernity in a strong Ming style.

The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man, he has been greeted a long time ago, and when he saw Zhu Xu and the others, he looked slightly startled, and hurriedly walked over and said, "Childe, the room is ready, you come with me." ”

Zhu Xu hummed and followed the shopkeeper to the second floor.

They are all people who come and go from the north to the south, observe for a while and then continue to do their own thing.

"Hengbo, Hengbo, listen to me, Xiaowan and I are just piano friends, and we don't think about it......"

"I chased you from Jiangnan to the capital, and then came here, don't you even want to see me?"

"Heng Bo, Heng Bo, I wrote a new poem, you can help me see ......"

As soon as Zhu Xu went up to the second floor, he heard a young man with a somewhat embarrassed appearance not far away, pleading in front of a room.

A maid stood in front of him and said quite reasonably, "Mao Gongzi, my young lady said, 'The family and the country are in trouble, and please ask the son to put his career first, and don't make a mistake in the personal affairs of his children'." ”

The embarrassed young man naturally ventured to open up the frontier, he listened to the words of the maid, his expression was stunned, and Orr said loudly: "Hengbo, Hengbo, I have nothing to ask for, I just want to see you, after seeing you, I will go back, study seriously behind closed doors, this year's imperial examination, will definitely be high school ......"

Mao Bijiang shouted and shouted, which naturally attracted the dissatisfaction of others, and many guests opened the door.

"Hey, if you don't rest, we have to rest, don't make a noise......"

"If people don't see you, it means that there are others in their hearts, so let's go......"

"Is this the character of today's readers?"

"Isn't it just a prostitute, Sven corrupts ......"

Mao Bijiang was said for a moment, and then shouted loudly: "Hengbo, for you, I don't even want Sven, are you really so ruthless, see you all the time?" ”

The maid was not in a hurry, and seemed to be waiting for her own lady inside to make a statement, and after a while, she frowned and said, "Mao Gongzi, my young lady is really unwell, you better come back another day." ”

Mao Bijiang was willing to die, standing in front of the door and talking non-stop, and even the meaty words came out later, which made Zhu Xu cold and goosebumps.

couldn't help frowning, he looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, you don't care if you're so disturbing, can we live comfortably?" ”

The boss got the greeting from above, and knew that Zhu Xu was a distinguished guest who could never be offended, so he hurriedly said, "Son, wait a minute." ”

He walked towards Mao Bijiang, with a calm face and an unhappy gaze: "This son, our restaurant hopes that every guest can live comfortably, and we don't want to disturb guests, so please respect yourself." ”