Zhu Houzhao looked at the "Diagram of Displaced People" laid in front of him by Wang Hua, the first assistant of the cabinet, and did not speak for a while, he knew that migrating to other places, especially to such bitter cold places as Saiwai, was indeed a very painful thing for the Han people who had resettled in the land, but he never thought of immigrating these people in a forced way.

Therefore, although Wang Hua, the first assistant of the cabinet, placed a "Picture of Displaced People" presented by Xue Fengming in front of Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao only asked:

"I remember that since the formulation of the policy of immigration, I have never issued an edict to require forced immigration, and they are all guided by interests, and whether to move to the border is left to the people's will, and the people who move are all landless people, and even many of them are refugees! Why is there still the tragic situation of "Displaced People"? ”

"The minister has been in the center for a long time, and he doesn't know the details below, and it is difficult to do His Majesty's eyes, but the imperial court has indeed not issued any edict on forced immigration, but Wei Chen is worried that the officials below will be wrong and have done something excessive to please His Majesty, which has led to the scene presented in the "Wandering People Map", Your Majesty might as well ask the person who presented this map."

Wang Hua, the first assistant of the cabinet, has no opinion on the matter of immigration, he is a shareholder of the Royal Bank, and the interests of the emperor are the same, and he does not need to compete with the country, but it is precisely because of this that he needs to maintain the stability of the country, so after seeing this "Diagram of Displaced People", he was impatient to dedicate this picture to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao then summoned Xue Fengming, the imperial historian.

"Your Majesty, this picture is painted by Zhang Zhang, the governor of the Hetao, when he moved the people of Shanxi to the Hetao, and this is painted by Niu Kai of Yuncheng, Shanxi.

Xue Fengming took out the notebook as he spoke.

Impeachment of Zhang Zhang?

Zhu Houzhao took the notebook and looked at it slightly, while thinking about what these civil officials were thinking.

But in any case, Zhu Houzhao felt that he needed to find out first whether any people had been killed in the process of moving the border.

At this time, Liu Yu, the second assistant of the cabinet, handed over a notebook: "Your Majesty, here is a copy of Gong Dingjin, the imperial history of Ningxia Jigong, saying that there are immigrants who gather as thieves, besiege the city and siege the fort, and rob the wealth of the merchants and people who cross the border. ”

"Is this saying that immigration is really bad? Or are you saying that the ban on the road guidance system is not good? ”

Zhu Houzhao fell into deep thought, but didn't say much, only asked, "How did you vote?" ”

"Order the local government to arrest thieves and secure the people, abide by their duties, and not discuss the government in vain, the displaced people are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they are naturally helpless when they leave their hometowns. He has no land and no food in his hometown and still does not steal, why should he be a thief in another country! ”

Liu Yu replied.

Zhu Houzhao nodded, he naturally will not re-establish the road introduction system, because in fact, even if he wants to strictly implement the road introduction system, the court and local squires will not be able to control more people to become homeless, because people always have to survive, and if he can't survive in one place, he can only flee to another place, otherwise he can only rebel!

Zhu Houzhao knew that his clear intention to ban the road introduction system would damage the interests of the gentry group, because the escape of the common people was a way to resist the exploitation of the gentry, and the gentry would lose the opportunity to control them, and the loss of a large number of tenant farmers and gentry landlords would be equivalent to the loss of a large amount of rental income.

And if they did not abolish the road system, these gentry could justifiably deal with the people on the grounds that they were guilty of exile, and even force these people to be exploited by them in their own locality.

However, as soon as he abolished the road guidance system, the displaced people became legitimate subjects, and the common people also wanted the right to freedom from the control of the gentry, coupled with the development of industry, a large number of people would definitely go from the fields to the factories, and the gentry would definitely lose a large number of tenants.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao also knew that there would definitely be civil officials who would have opinions on the abolition of the road guide, and would find all kinds of legitimate reasons, but he would not listen to it, because he knew that if the people were not allowed to become legal refugees, the people would only become thieves.

The vote of the cabinet assistant was intended to echo Zhu Houzhao's meaning, so Zhu Houzhao nodded, but what made Zhu Houzhao a little wary at first was that with the development of industry, as more and more people were transformed from peasants to workers, and the gentry who still hoped to rely on the clan to control the villagers and maintain their own land interests did not realize that they were going to transform, but only felt that their interests were being damaged more and more seriously, so that the desire to prevent the imperial court from immigrating and liberating civil rights became stronger and stronger.

Zhu Houzhao walked away for a while, and when he saw that Xue Fengming was still standing in front of him, he couldn't help but smile: "You step back first, I will send someone to investigate this matter in detail, I will not wronged innocent ministers, and I will not sit idly by and watch the people be harmed by cool officials." ”

Xue Fengming retreated.

At this time, Wang Qiong, a cabinet scholar, flipped through a book of notes, and couldn't help but tremble in fright, he looked at Zhu Houzhao, he knew that if this letter was known to His Majesty the Emperor, it might be head-struck again.

But Wang Qiong, a scholar of the cabinet, did not have the courage to make a mistake, so he had to bring it to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, there is a letter here, and the minister does not dare to pretend to it, but the head of the household department wears a crown and advises six things:

The first is to stop the emperor's shop, saying that the court will first collect the world's money, and then occupy the world's benefits, and the people should be dispersed to benefit the world;

the second is to follow the law of the ancestors, bind the people in the township, and avoid the barren fields;

the third is to return the land to Tatar, to cultivate peace with one's neighbors, not to conquer the land of other countries, and to avoid the recurrence of border troubles;

Fourth, the ban on maritime affairs, ordering Xia Yan to return to the dynasty, stopping Shou Ninghou from sailing the world, and saving financial resources;

the fourth is to remove commercial taxes and relieve the suffering of merchants and people transporting grain;

Fifth, the school is suspended, saying that today's schools are indiscriminately established and increase the number of deviant people;

Sixth, respect the way of Confucius and Mencius, the virtue of strict education, and the prohibition of folk dramas! ”

After Wang Qiong, a member of the cabinet, lowered his head, fearing that His Majesty would be angry with him, so he added: "Your Majesty, these are the six things that Dai Guan said, and the minister has finished reporting!" ”

Wang Hua, the first assistant to the cabinet, and Liu Yu, the second assistant, both took a step back, and their backs unconsciously turned cold.

Zhu Houzhao just smiled slightly: "Very good, my civil officials in the Ming Dynasty still have such a tough person, go and pass on that crown!" ”

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao took over the music from Wang Qiong.

Now Zhu Houzhao is not as angry as he was at the beginning, he knows that with the development of the commodity economy and industry in the Ming Dynasty, there will always be many contradictions between the new relations of production and the old relations of production, and the contradictions will become more and more intense, and even wars will break out because of this.

But Zhu Houzhao knew that what he wanted to do as an emperor was not to let history go backwards, not to despise the ideas of the people, and not to be knocked down by complex realities.