Zheng Wen looked at them, smiled again, and then said again: "And the erosion of the officialdom of the great cadres, Jiangnan is the top priority!" ”

"Jiangnan Jiedu made Li Yin lead his troops to slaughter the Jinling family on the evening of the 19th, hehe! For such a big matter, I have received such a specious letter by now, and it was played by Li Youshang, the superintendent of Jinling, who said that Li Yin was plotting rebellion! ”

"It makes me feel good and heartache! What about the Jinling County Guard? What about the county? What about the county lieutenant? What about Jiangnan Bingbeidao? What about the counties that are adjacent to Jinling? ”

"For such a big thing, is it so difficult to fold the seal?"

"I see, no!"

"This is Jiangnan's officialdom, it's all rotten!"

"I've decided to focus on rectifying Jiangnan officialdom!"

"Where is Jian Liu?"

"The minister is here!"

"I will appoint you as the minister of the Qin Mission, the prime minister of Jiangnan affairs, give Shang Fang the sword, allocate 10,000 Yulin troops, and lead the officials of various departments to enter Jiangnan and completely rectify Jiangnan!"

"No! Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust! Liu Jian said with a smile on his face, and then bowed to Zheng Wen.

Zheng Wen nodded, feeling a little tired, sat back on the dragon chair, picked up the tea on the table and drank a big sip, moistened the somewhat dry mulberry, and then spoke again: "Where is Wang Yong, the secretary of the ministry?" ”

"The minister is here!" Wang Yong said.

"The officialdom rectification of the entire Daqian will begin here!" Zheng Wen said again.

"No!" Wang Yong also responded loudly, with a happy smile on his face.

"Where is Yang Bo, the head of the household?"

"The minister is here!" Yang Bo also came out and said.

"The granary is resold at a loss, let's start checking it too!"

"No!" Yang Bo responded loudly.

"Zhou Kuo of the Criminal Department, Yang Bo, the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Inspectorate, and Yang Bo of the Great Qiansi Temple, where is it?"

"The minister is here!" "The minister is here!" "The minister is here!" The three of them came out together.

"You three law divisions, you must do a good job in the relevant work, you must go to prison if you should be imprisoned, and you must be sentenced when you should be sentenced, and you must not slack off."

"No!" The three of them responded in unison.

After thinking about it, Zheng Wen said with a smile: "I estimate that many officials have fallen this time, and there must be a lot of vacant positions. ”

"Won't I change the yuan next year! It should be added once, this is just right, next year's imperial examination will be changed to June, the number of admissions will be doubled, and your Ministry of Rites must do a good job of related work! ”

"No!" Qian Chang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, responded.

Seeing this, Zheng Wen nodded at Qian Chang, and then said, "Is there anything else to play?" ”

At this time, Sun Hua, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, came out and said: "Your Majesty, in today's Shandong, many county guards have written a recital to the cabinet, asking the court to allocate silver to govern the Yellow River in Shandong, please show your Majesty!" ”

When Zheng Wen heard this, his head hurt a little, and he patted his head with his hand before he spoke: "Do you Aiqing have any good suggestions?" ”

In the more than 300 years since the founding of the country, there have been no less than 100 times, large and small, with countless amounts of silver, and no less than one million people have been used, but it is not good, and the embankment must still be broken when it should be broken, and the flood must still be flooded......

Most of the countless wastes of money and grain and the mobilization of manpower have been done in vain. That's embarrassing!

However, what should be repaired still has to be repaired.

Therefore, Zheng Wen felt a pain in his brain, and the allocation of silver and food came second, but the gathering of the people made people have a headache.

Because at this time, the conscription is a free service, so it is difficult for the people to mobilize, and if you don't pay attention to it, there will be some chaos, although it is not big but disgusting, Zheng Wen has seen a lot in the previous information, in fact, Zheng Wen does not want to repair it now, because there are too many things in the court, so he will ask each other, ask everyone's opinions, if most of them are in favor, they will repair, otherwise they will not repair!

Anyway, Zheng Wen's cheap father, who has been the emperor for sixteen years, has only repaired the river once, or when he first ascended the throne, he can't resist the opinions of the ministers, so he made an order to repair the river, but the money and food are also picky, and nothing has happened for more than ten years, Zheng Wen feels that there will be nothing for the time being, so he doesn't want to repair it.

At this time, Prime Minister Liu Jian came out and said: "Your Majesty, Daqian has not managed the Yellow River for more than ten years, and he has taken precautions, and the minister thinks that it is better to allocate money and grain as soon as possible and let the local officials in Shandong repair the river on their own." ”

At this time, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites went out to play: "Your Majesty, this must not, this Yellow River flows through many places, let local officials repair the river by themselves, it will be mutually relevant, the effect of the river is afraid that it will not meet expectations, the minister suggested that the court appoint the minister of river governance, the prime minister of the Yellow River governance work, in this way, in order to get twice the result with half the effort, this river governance can be effective!" ”

The courtiers looked at Cai Wei in surprise, but they didn't expect someone to refute Prime Minister Liu Jian.

At this time, Wang Cheng, the left attendant of the household department, opened his mouth and said: "Lord Cai, you are trying to empty the treasury of the great cadres!" Do you know how much it costs to treat a river like this? ”

"Since the founding of the country, hundreds of times have been used to control the river, and no less than 100 million taels of silver have been spent, not to mention food and manpower. The minister thinks that it is absolutely inappropriate for Lord Cai to be like this! The treasury of the Great Dry cannot afford it! ”

Cai Wei listened, but retorted: "Why not? It's not that millions of people are recruited all at once, and tens of millions of silver are spent at once. ”

He saluted Zheng Wen again, and then said again: "Your Majesty, the minister's suggestion is that the court appoint a special minister to govern the river, establish a special army for river control, tens of thousands of people, and the annual cost of money and grain is only a few million taels, according to local conditions, starting from the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and repairing a section every year, so that if you persist in governing the river for decades, the Yellow River will be successfully managed!" ”

Zheng Wen listened to this suggestion, and he agreed with it in his heart, but he still said expressionlessly: "What about Lord Cai's suggestion?" Let's talk about it! ”

Qian Chang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Lord Cai's suggestion, the great cadres have governed the river hundreds of times, and the effect is not great, on the one hand, it is the reason for the Yellow River, on the other hand, it is not the reason of the court, the court governs the river, most of them are tinkering, and there has never been such a systematic way to govern the river, the minister thinks, why not try, the court can still afford to lose that little money and grain every year!" ”

Sun Hua also said helpfully: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Lord Cai's opinion, the minister has never seen such a constructive suggestion from the information of the Ministry of Industry on hundreds of times to control the river, and the minister also thinks, why not try?" ”

As soon as they saw the two bigwigs helping each other, the ministers below suddenly had nothing to say.

Indeed, with the national strength of the great cadres, the little money and grain consumed every year is only drizzle, and it is not a one-time allocation of millions of taels, this is a batch of allocation, and it is the first time that the allocation is a little larger, and after careful calculation, it does not cost much money to control the river.

At this time, Yang Bo, the head of the household department, also came out and said: "Your Majesty, according to Lord Cai's suggestion, the household department can afford the money and food, but this army of river control, the people gathered are all free of charge, and the time is too long, I'm afraid there will be chaos!" ”

"The minister suggested that this time the army of river governance should be paid by the court and adopted a paid system, and this army of river control must be changed once every two or three years!"

At this time, Zhao Shan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also came out and said: "Lord Yang's suggestion is also feasible, but the minister thinks that it is best to gather the people's army from all over the country to repair the river in batches, which is also convenient to manage and more efficient!" ”

As soon as Zhao Shan heard Yang Bo's suggestion, he immediately opened his mouth to play. The so-called people's army in the Daqian court is the one or two times a year when the Daqian court organizes training for young and middle-aged people, which is officially called the "people's army." In fact, this is specially designed to provide manpower support for the logistics of the Daqian army, and sometimes they will join the army to fight. It's like a modern reserve.

On the other hand, the "people's army" of the cadres is under the dual leadership of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, with the Privy Council responsible for training and the Ministry of War responsible for organization. Therefore, when he heard that he was paid, Zhao Shan spoke so actively, which could be regarded as seeking some benefits for the subordinates of the Ministry of War. In this way, the military department will be able to organize these people's armies more smoothly and the work of the military department will be easier.

And Wu Yong, who had not spoken at several court meetings, also came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Lord Zhao's opinion!" His thoughts were similar to Zhao Shan's.

But after thinking about it, he said: "Your Majesty, why don't you let the army go directly, the soldiers who participate in the army to control the river, in addition to receiving a military salary, plus an additional subsidy, in this way, it is more convenient to manage and more efficient!" ”

"Your Majesty, Daqian's army is the most combat-ready and loyal! This kind of hard work, without bothering the labor of the people, should be brought forward by the army of the great cadres, go up the knife mountain, and go down to the sea of fire, we will not give up! Wu Yong said again with a righteous face, his beard mixed with spittle.

All the ministers looked at Wu Yong in unison, this kind of shameless words can be said so justly and awe-inspiring in order to fight for some benefits, which makes the ministers admire in their hearts, could it be that the military attaches have evolved in recent years and become so shameless!

Zheng Wen listened, his heart was also happy, but he felt that it was not impossible, modern times are not yet a production and construction corps, Zheng Wen thinks, you can learn from it!

It is difficult to manage the labor of the people when they have too much, but the same is not the case with the army. Zheng Wen felt that he should set up a large-scale production and construction corps, and whenever he encountered any large-scale projects, he would specially let this corps ensure quality and quantity, and he could open an account for them in the Daqian Royal Bank. But it can never be said.

So, Zheng Wen spoke again: "This is also feasible, but is this army willing?" Zheng Wen asked with some uncertainty, although it was a money, but the work of repairing the river was really hard.

"Your Majesty, how can you be unwilling, this good thing of making money, some people rush to do it!" In fact, after Wu Yong figured out His Majesty's thoughts, the center of gravity of the Daqian's army shifted southward, and in the past ten years, most of the Daqian's troops in the north have to be idle.

Looking at the meritorious service of the southern army, I felt so good that I had to find something for them to do.

Therefore, after listening to Zhao Shan's words, Wu Yong spoke.