Apocalypse said, "I have ignored this matter, let's go first, who does Mr. think is more suitable?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "The current secretary of the military department is Wang Yongguang, and the minister intends to let Wang Yongguang enter the military aircraft department of the Military Affairs Yuan, I don't know what the emperor wants?" ”

Tianqi said: "Since Mr. recommended, then Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the current Ministry of War, will join the Military Affairs Yuan as the Minister of Military Aircraft, mainly responsible for coordinating the contact between the Ministry of War and the Military Affairs Yuan. ”

Wang Yongguang said: "The ministers are grateful. ”

At this time, King Xin also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there have been no more people since Gu Bingqian and Wei Guangwei left the council office a few months ago, do you need to add a few?" ”

Tianqi asked, "Has King Xin been busy these past few months?" ”

King Xin said, "If you have more to do, you will be busy with less and you will be idle." ”

Apocalypse said: "Then add one more, the people of the Military Affairs Yuan are appointed by me and the people of the Government Council are selected by yourself, and my condition is that I must be over sixty years old, and I must first conduct an economic examination. ”

The king said, "My brother obeys." ”

Tianqi also said: "It is not good for the Government Council to be busy if there are many things to do, and it is not good to be idle when there are few things, so that you can set up a pre-government office and do things in front of you, so you will not be busy for a while and idle for a while." ”

At this time, Zhu Yanxi, the assistant minister, asked: "May I ask the emperor, what is the main function of this pre-administration office?" ”

"The main function of the pre-administration office is to make plans for the second half of the year or the next year based on the current situation reports of various localities and the data collected by various ministries," said Tianqi. ”

Ye Xianggao also came out and asked, "Your Majesty, there is no plan for this report and data now?" ”

Tianqi said: "From next year, the chief officials of all provinces, prefectures and counties will have to add an important matter, that is, before you take over, the official who takes office must first make a report on the current situation of the province or the state and county, and this report must include household registration, acres of land, shops, workshops, roads, rivers and reservoirs, and major productions. The process of writing the report is also a process of understanding the place, and the approval and signature of the predecessor is also an explanation to the successor, which can be regarded as a smooth transition of different governance styles. ”

Ye Xianggao continued to ask: "What about the data of each ministry in the local reports?" ”

Tianqi said: "It is also from next year that the grain depots and the treasury where the money is stored in the provinces will be taken over by the household department, and when the property in various places is put into the warehouse, it must be registered with the household department official in charge of the treasury, otherwise it will not be counted; Once the property is put into the warehouse, it is owned by the state, and it is not allowed to leave the warehouse without the document of the Ministry of Household and the approval of the Government Affairs Yuan. The grain depot and the domain treasury are independently guarded by the Jinyi Guards in various places, and the shortage of Jinyi Guards can be recruited and supplemented by meritorious soldiers on the front line, and the data of the household department are used as the main basis for the Advance Administration Department to formulate plans. ”

After listening to the words of the Apocalypse, everyone did not speak, and after a while, Han Yi said: "Your Majesty, the counties have handed over all the silver and grain that should be paid to the provinces, so what will they pay to the guards, post stations and other places that need them to pay?" ”

Tianqi said: "After the counties and state capitals have paid taxes on silver and grain, they will no longer pay money and property to any department, and only need to do two things, one is to complete the tasks assigned by the pre-government office layer by layer, and the other is to sell the title and sell it for the more, and get more for themselves." As for the departments that used to need them to pay for their property, they had to make a request to the higher authorities in advance, and after obtaining the approval of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the approval of the Government Council, they should withdraw it in each province according to the approved amount. ”

Seeing that everyone was thinking about the problem, Tian Qi said: "There are still two months, the Government Council and the six ministries will discuss a few more times to discuss a safe plan, now let's talk about the relocation of the victims, Yang Lian, you will come." ”

Yang Lian stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has sent 200 people to all parts of the country to monitor the situation of immigrants, and several prefectures and counties in the north have sent one person in places with small disasters, and several people from each prefecture and county in places with large disasters; Wherever there are resettlement areas in the south, they have sent personnel to secure the houses and fields of the migrants, and those who are unwilling to emigrate and just want to work for food have also recorded the mines and workshops they need to go to; On the way from north to south, the migrants also sent people to inspect the migrants' food, housing, medical care, transportation and other facilities, so that they could reach their destinations easily and quickly for the Chinese New Year. On the whole, the prefectures and counties in the north and south were very cooperative, and in 17 of them, the county commanders were immediately replaced by the Holy Decree due to illness, anxiety, infirmity, etc., and the people who replaced them also began to be normal directors. ”

Apocalypse said, "Are the people you train up to the task?" ”

Yang Lian said: "Ren Prefecture officials dare not say that they must do a good job, but it is more than enough to be a county magistrate, and they have all undergone economic examination in advance." ”

Apocalypse said: "Very good, but you have to be mentally prepared, I looked at the disaster report of the past few years a while ago, the disaster is getting worse and worse year by year, according to this trend, I estimate that people from the north will have to move to the south at least thirty percent, so I am afraid that the migration of people from the north to the south will continue for a few years." ”

Everyone was amazed when they heard the words of the apocalypse, and the king said, "So many northerners have gone to the south, is there enough food in the south?" ”

Tianqi said: "The climate in the south is good, there are many barren mountains and wastelands, and there are many fish, shrimp and shellfish in the sea, so there should be no problem." In addition, it is necessary to immediately write a document to let the medium-sized and large households with 500 to 5,000 mu in their families sell surplus grain and raise taxes, or should they only be allowed to keep enough grain for three years, and no other fields are allowed to be planted in the fields where grain is grown. The three people who began to go out made them think about it and immediately set up a preaching group to preach in various places, and there were still two months before the Chinese New Year, and the immigration, grain clearance, and land clearance should be completed within two months. I'm not afraid to tell you that Wei Zhongxian has led Dongchang to do it ahead of you, and there are dozens of secret reports in my hands, so let those who try to fool them get away with it be smarter. ”

Nanjing, in the compound of the East Factory Office in Nanjing, Wei Zhongxian wore a cotton jacket and sat under the porch to roast the fire, scolding while roasting the fire: "What the hell is this weather, it doesn't look cold, but no matter how much you wear, your bones are cold, why is Nanjing colder than Beijing?" ”

The eunuch who was waiting next to him said: "The factory officials don't know, the north is dry and cold, and it won't be cold if you wear two clothes, but the weather in the south is damp and cold, and it's cold when you wear more." ”

While they were talking, a guard standing guard outside the door came in and said, "Report to the factory officer, there is a person outside the door who says it is your old friend." ”

Wei Zhongxian was a little puzzled, and after thinking about it, he said, "Let him come in, he is so bored that some people say it's okay to talk." ”

After a while, a tall middle-aged man came in, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and an angular face, which was quite capable. I saw him come to the eaves and be two or three steps away from Wei Zhongxian, kneeling down on one knee and saluting Wei Zhongxian: "Caomin Lu Dacheng has seen the factory father on behalf of his brother. ”

Wei Zhongxian asked, "Who is your brother?" Why haven't we seen you here before? ”

Lu Dacheng took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over and said, "Who is my brother, and the factory will know after reading the letter." ”

The little eunuch next to him took the letter, opened it, looked at it carefully, and saw that there was nothing hurtful, so he handed it to Wei Zhongxian with an expressionless face. Wei Zhongxian took it and looked at it, it turned out to be five silver tickets of 10,000 taels, so he smiled and said: "Sure enough, it's an old friend, since it's an old friend's own brother, let's sit down." ”

A little eunuch immediately moved a stool over, and after Lu Dacheng sat down, Wei Zhongxian whispered: "I don't care who you are, Ming people don't say secret words, and everyone is very busy." ”

Lu Dacheng said: "Happy! I have a steward in the hands of Father-in-law Wei, as long as Father-in-law Wei forgets what he said and hands over people to me again, I will give another 50,000. ”

Wei Zhongxian thought for a while and said, "You are from Hongshanwei?" ”

Lu Dacheng said: "My family commander has admired Father-in-law Wei for a long time, and I hope that Father-in-law Wei will raise his noble hand this time. ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "How can you be a military household, how can you privately cultivate people's land? ”

Lu Dacheng said: "The location there is good, Hongshanwei puts the only intersection and no one can come in, and Dongchang Jinyiwei can't do it." ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "Just because more than 5,000 of you want to rebel? ”

Lu Dacheng said: "I don't dare to rebel, I just want to keep the 80,000 acres of mulberry fields inside, and only for three years." ”

Wei Zhongxian thought for a while and said, "Your steward is gone, you don't have to come again, just rely on your 50,000 taels today, I will guarantee you that no one will check for two years." ”

Lu Dacheng pondered for a while and said: "Cheng, two years is two years, and we will have a period later." ”