Zhu Xu didn't know what a thrilling night the capital had experienced, and he didn't know that he already had a pair of daughters. Li Banghua, the governor of the West.

In the lobby, Zhu Xu and Li Banghua sat opposite each other and were drinking tea.

The shopkeeper knelt on the ground and trembled in fright, he never imagined that the emperor who was high in the clouds would actually run to their town and live in his restaurant!

Thinking of the 'harshness' of the emperor's treatment in the past few days, he knelt on the ground, his head was covered with sweat, and he didn't know whether it was hot or nervous.

Zhang Rong knelt beside the shopkeeper, pretending to be nervous, but his heart was still spinning around how to rescue Chu Fuyao. Then kill the Dog Emperor, the longer it drags on, the more dangerous it becomes, and she has to find a way.

Zhu Xu looked at Li Banghua and said, "Shaanxi. Things are better for West than I expected, and you're doing well. ”

Li Banghua was frank in his heart, fearless and fearless, and bowed slightly and said: "The minister is against Shaanxi. The governance of the West is still groping, and it has not been fully formed, because it has not been explained to the emperor, and the emperor is asked to forgive the sin. ”

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said: "Your 'farm strategy' is more effective, yes, the problem now is to find the problem, improve the problem, write a script for me as soon as possible, I want to see it, and then promote it in the southwest." ”

"Yes." Li Banghua said. After he finished speaking, he stopped talking a little.

Zhu Xu was curious, and said with a smile: "If there is anything else, you can say it directly!" ”

Li Banghua looked up at Zhu Xu, groaned, and said, "With the judgment of the minister, the disaster situation in the southwest provinces will be further aggravated, and the imperial court will have more money and grain to be relieved. ”

The smile on Zhu Xu's face slowly retracted, picked up the teacup, and thought silently.

The 'cool law' that Li Banghua said is actually to carry out 'military governance' in the southwest, reduce the expenditure of the imperial court, and let some people starve to death......

Li Banghua's words Zhu Xu is not the first time to hear this, some people in the imperial court who know well and see the crisis clearly have written to him, asking for a reduction in money and grain for the southwest, and 'use heavy codes in troubled times'!

For these adults, it's just a suggestion, but Zhu Xu, if the imperial court really wants to implement it, it will definitely leave a thousand years of notoriety, and at the same time, it is too cruel, I don't know how many people will be forced to die.

The most terrible thing is that it will turn the southwest into a pot of porridge, so that the imperial court will spend more and more dangerously!

Zhu Xu knows history well and will never agree!

Li Banghua should just be tentative now, after all, this kind of policy is also very determined for them themselves.

Zhu Xu didn't speak, and Cao Huachun glanced at Li Banghua quietly.

The shopkeeper kneeling not far away thought that the 'cool law' was aimed at lawbreakers and rioters, and didn't pay much attention to it.

Zhang Rong was different, she immediately understood this Shaanxi. The meaning of the words of the governor of the west is to force the people of the southwest to death!

She clenched her hands into fists, frowned, and quietly raised her head, looking coldly at the dog emperor who was facing her!

She had already decided in her heart that if the Dog Emperor dared to agree, she would kill this pair of faint monarchs and dog officials even if she fought now!

Zhu Xu didn't give Zhang Rong a chance, shook his head and said: "In the next few years, nearly 10 million people can be moved out of the southwest, Annan and Liaodong still need people, as long as it takes another five years, these two places will be able to contribute taxes to the imperial court, not only to alleviate the population pressure in the southwest, but also to have money and grain relief, and there is no need to be so extreme ......for the time being."

Li Banghua saw that the emperor still refused to let go, so he didn't say anything more.

He was in Shaanxi. The west is less than a year old, but he knows the situation in the southwest, if he doesn't deal with it early, sooner or later it will become a burden to the imperial court, and he can't get rid of it!

"What do you think of the toast in the southwest?" Zhu Xu held the teacup and said suddenly.

Although Li Banghua is a civil servant, he is basically leading troops on the route, so he naturally knows about the Tusi Rebellion in the southwest, so he frowned and thought about it when he heard it.

Nowadays, toast mainly refers to expensive. Zhou, Huguang, Yun, Nan, IV. The Yi and other ethnic minorities in the Sichuan area, as for the rest, beyond the border, have basically collapsed.

This Yi tribe is mainly two branches, led by the luxury and An clans, since the apocalypse years of rebellion, captured heavy. Qing, 100,000 soldiers surrounded. Both, it is even more besieged by the expensive. In the first half of Yang, it can be said that the momentum is huge, shaking the Ming Dynasty and the opposition, that is, it was suppressed in the third year of Chongzhen, but it was not pacified, and it would be chaotic from time to time.

The Yi people live at the junction of several provinces, poor mountains and bad waters, the army is difficult to travel, easy to defend and difficult to attack, basically have to conquer several times a year in order to ensure the stability of various places.

From the first year of the Apocalypse to the third year of Chongzhen, the cost of the imperial court on the collection of these toasts was as high as 20 million taels of silver, at first 350,000, and then soared to 2 million, 3 million, and even 5 million! In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the imperial court was even forced to cut Liao's salary to support the war in the southwest!

You can see what a scourge this is!

Li Banghua in Shaanxi. Xi, who also knows a lot about these, thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, Tusi has been in turmoil for a long time, and the reasons are complicated. ”

Zhu Xu nodded, he has also been thinking about the matter of Southwest Toast recently, which is close to what Li Banghua thinks.

A large part of the large amount of money he gives to the southwest every year is used for 'maintaining stability', which is too wasteful, if he can appease and calm the war, it is possible to save a few million taels a year.

Zhu Xu pondered in his heart and said, "With Qin Liangyu, Wang Sanshan and others, I am not too worried about the military, as for the appeasement, who do you think is suitable?" ”

"Yang He." Li Banghua blurted out.

Zhu Xu picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly.

Yang He was in Shaanxi. The west insisted on 'fu', but the result was a failure, and he was transferred away by Zhu Xu, and then Li Jingbai was taken away, shaking the government and the opposition, and Yang He's recovery was far away, and now he has been idle in the capital.

This person is also suitable, Zhu Xu said 'um', and said, "The six provinces in the southwest are a game of chess, and they can't do their own thing, I plan to set up a military and political prime minister in the southwest to coordinate the military affairs and government affairs of the six provinces, what do you think?" ”

Li Banghua was stunned, he didn't expect the emperor to have such an idea, and then he thought about it.

The southwest region is vast, the population is relatively sparse, but it is the most severely affected, all kinds of things are disturbed, and it is true that we cannot wait for the court to decide, and it is often bad things to come and go.

It's just that the prime ministers of the military and political affairs of the six provinces not only control government affairs, but also hold hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, not to mention the emperor, they are not at ease!

Li Banghua frowned and said, "Your Majesty, is this temporary, or permanent?" ”

Zhu Xu said: "Three years is one period, at most three periods. ”

"It's good to say ...... three years", Li Banghua said secretly in his heart, it won't be anything in three years, and when the time comes, he will transfer and change someone, he looked at Zhu Xu and said, "The minister thinks it's okay." ”

"Who do you think is suitable?" Zhu Xu continued.

Li Banghua was stunned again, and immediately thought about it seriously.

To say that there are many suitable people, Sun Chuanting of Liaodong, four. Qin Liangyu of Sichuan, Jiang. Su's Cao Wenzhao and others can do it. It's just that he doesn't quite understand why the emperor asked his opinion, shouldn't this matter be discussed with the princes of the imperial court?

In an instant, he thought of the recent boiling matter of adding cabinet assistants, and thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Zhu Xu.

Li Banghua's heart moved, if you want to talk about the candidates for the cabinet, Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu, and Shen Yongmao in the six departments have the highest voice, and Sun Chuanting of Liaodong, of course, there are also people who mention Cao Wenzhao, but this is a martial artist, and it has been automatically excluded.

Then these people couldn't move, Li Banghua thought seriously for a while, and said, "The minister thinks that Jiang. Su's Cao Zongbing is more suitable. ”

Zhu Xu didn't know that Li Banghua had so many thoughts in his heart for a while, and when he heard Cao Wenzhao's name, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Cao Wenzhao? ”

Then he shook his head and said: "Lao Cao, I am very relieved in the military, there are few government affairs, and there is a safe place in the southwest, so he is not suitable." ”

Li Banghua listened to the word 'Lao Cao', his heart beat slightly, it is rumored that Cao Wenzhao is the emperor's first confidant, this rumor is still not accurate enough.

Li Banghua was a little confused about what Zhu Xu meant, so he had to say: "I don't know." ”

Zhu Xu glanced at him and picked up the teacup again.

"Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu, which one do you think is suitable?" Zhu Xu fiddled with the tea and said without raising his head.

Li Banghua looked at Zhu Xu in surprise, and couldn't figure out his thoughts in his heart, aren't these two going to enter the cabinet?

Li Banghua couldn't guess, so he had to follow Zhu Xu's words, compare, and said: "Zhou Shangshu and Fu Shangshu are both stable people, Zhou Shangshu has made great achievements in the governance of officials, Fu Shangshu has been in charge of the treasury for many years, if you choose one...... The minister leaned towards Fu Shangshu. ”

Zhu Xu took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and bowed his head slightly.

The current imperial court, from the cabinet to the six ministries, is generally 'more than safe, not enterprising enough', Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu are unusually low-key because of their own reasons, although they are in power, but in fame, official reputation, a lot worse.

"Yes, I see." Zhu Xu didn't say much, he still had to think about this matter in his heart.

Li Banghua saw that Zhu Xu's main problem was finished, so he began to report that he was in Shaanxi. The affairs of the West, some troubles, especially the problems of the imperial court's policies, I hope Zhu Xu can solve them.

Many of Li Banghua's ideas are good, but they are a little too domineering, aggressive, and seem to be upright, but they will have extremely bad consequences, which is contrary to Bi Ziyan's thoughts, so he has been deliberately suppressing them.

Although there is Zhu Xu's mountain, this kind of 'fighting' is not obvious and does not cause any harm, but now the officials are not cleaned enough, and the fights between courtiers are often not an inch, and they must fight to the death, such a political wrestling will hurt all aspects of the Ming Dynasty.

In the ambiguous state of Chongzhen's attitude, Yang Sichang and others directly forced Lu Xiangsheng to death, and even let the Manchus attack the mountain. East, take millions of people captive!

Zhu Xu would never allow such a thing to happen, he clearly stood on Bi Ziyan's side, and asked Li Banghua to respect the cabinet, respect the auxiliary ministers, not to do things on his own, to strictly implement the imperial court policy, and not to mess around in the general direction!

The governors and prefects of various places must be absolutely consistent with him and the court in terms of policies, words and deeds, otherwise they will be severely punished and will never be lenient!