He didn't get the emperor's permission, so he said this, obviously with the emperor's permission, otherwise he wouldn't dare to say it if he had the courage to do so.

Emperor Chongzhen's intention was to hope that the new army could come out as soon as possible. The meaning of coming in person, in addition to showing attention, also used Lu Xiangsheng's report to tell these new soldiers that the prisoners were not terrible. Such a soft and hard beating made the new sergeants tighten the strings for training.

If the training time drags on for too long, Emperor Chongzhen will not be able to bear it. Don't look at it for the time being, it seems that they can pinch the captives and make them no longer pose a threat to the land of Gyeonggi, but in fact, there are still many enemies of the Ming Dynasty, Tusi in the southwest, pirates on the southeast coast, Xiyi, and more importantly, the disasters in various places, the floods in the south and the drought in the north are very serious, and it is easy to make a civil revolt if the hungry people are not appeased.

His worries were not superfluous, no, as soon as he returned to the palace from Jingying, Cao Huachun, the eunuch who held the seal of the celebrant and asked to see him.

This piece was sent by Xue Guoguan, an auxiliary minister who was still sitting in Xuanfu, saying that the signs of drought in Jin this year had appeared, and it seemed to be more serious than in previous years, and he was worried that Jin would be like Qin, because of the famine everywhere there were civil uprisings.

In order to illustrate the authenticity of this situation, Xue Guoguan also announced in the recital, saying that the original grain stock in Shanxi had been purchased by those Jin merchants last year, and now it has been transported to Gyeonggi to rescue the people and help the Jingshi. In the event of a more severe drought, the consequences are absolutely unpredictable.

Therefore, Xue Guoguan demanded in the recital that taxes should be reduced or reduced, and even preparations for disaster relief should be made. Otherwise, if you wait until the civil uprising occurs to suppress and pacify, then the loss will be great!

If it was somewhere else, Cao Huachun knew Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts, and he would reply and tell Emperor Chongzhen the result. But because of the big case of the Jin merchants, he knew that the emperor hated the traitorous Jin merchants, so he was a little unsure of the emperor's attitude. Therefore, he directly handed over the recital to the emperor to deal with it personally.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw the words "the drought is worse than in previous years" written in the chapter, he knew that the drought in northern Shaanxi had begun to spread. Suddenly, his face changed a little.

Emperor Chongzhen remembered that those thieves in Shaanxi had just jumped into Jindi, and they happened to encounter a catastrophe after such a continuous disaster in Jindi, wouldn't it add fuel to the fire, and a spark could ignite the prairie all of a sudden!

He felt that the situation was a bit serious, but the Jin land was different from the inland provinces, this was the border province of the Ming Dynasty, and the land taxes collected were all useful.

Generally speaking, the land tax collected by the local government in Shanxi is divided into two parts, namely retention and shipment. Among them, the transportation part is not for the central government, but for the military needs of the border towns. If this part is reduced, the border towns will not have to eat, and the consequences will be unimaginable, and it is obviously impossible to reduce it.

The other part is to retain, that is, to stay in the local area. However, there are generally several uses. The first is for the military supplies of the local health center, the second is for the clan and the feudal clan, and the third is for the food of the students, etc.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about it, so he immediately called the file and began to check the situation of these fields.

He found that among these field endowments, the two largest expenditures were the border town quartermaster and the clan clan, accounting for more than half of the field endowment. Among them, the clan has always been insufficient, otherwise, all the fields added up to the clan will not be enough. But it can be seen that there are already too many feudal clans.

In this way, the issue of the vassal king's clan was suddenly placed in front of Emperor Chongzhen. And Xue Guoguan's intention in this recital is also obvious, that is, to let the emperor come forward and dismiss the sect and the vassals. It's just that when it comes to royal matters, it's not good for him to point it out directly.

Actually, on this point, Xue Guoguan is too worried. What is royal or not royal, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen today, these are not things, he himself is thinking about how to cut those vassal royal clans!

Before, Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, had already raised the issue of the vassal king's clan, and now that it was in front of him again, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but seriously think about the idea of going to the feudal vassal king outside the land of the Ming Dynasty again.

After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen began to write letters to the vassal kings of Shanxi, no matter what, there were outsiders watching, and it was not good for him to directly issue an order to reduce the part of the clan.

In the letter, he explained the difficulties of the imperial court, the current situation in Shanxi, and hoped that the clans, if they were capable, at least those vassal kings would not only remove this year's field endowment, but also take out some of it for disaster relief. Only in this way will there be no popular uprising that threatens their future income and even others.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen will not be the kind of person who asks for people in a low voice, and there is some threat in his words of reasoning and presenting facts.

After writing it, he simply didn't do anything, and directly threw the letter to Cao Huachun, asking him to copy a few more letters according to this meaning, and also send them to those vassal kings in Qindi.

After dealing with this matter, Emperor Chongzhen found one of the biggest problems, which was once again placed in front of him. This problem is the problem of food shortage!

The problem of thieves who shook the foundation of the Ming Dynasty and finally overthrew the Ming Dynasty was actually very easy to solve at the beginning. It is the food that can keep the victims alive, without these, the thieves are rootless trees, and they will definitely not be able to make any waves under the encirclement and suppression of the government.

But in this Xiaoice period, in fact, the provinces will not have much food wealth. Although he has paid enough attention to it, he even sent Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to inspect various places and promote high-yield crops. But it takes time, and it will take at least a few years to scale.

But in the past few years, the disaster caused by the Xiaoice period has become more and more serious. I have to wait until the day when high-yield crops play a role, I am afraid that it will be a little late, and we must find another way to solve the food problem! Even for the sake of food, at any cost!

When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he immediately thought of the grain in Nanyang. When he was young, he sent a messenger to the countries of Nanyang to ask them to pay tribute to the grain, so there should be a feedback, right?

Although I have a chat group in hand, the number of people does not cover the whole world, and I can't immediately know what is happening in the distance. Now I only hope that everything will go well, and the countries of the South Seas can pay tribute to grain, so that at least part of the disaster can be alleviated.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but worry about another problem, that is, transportation. The grain from the countries of the South Seas must have been shipped by sea, but even if it came in from Tianjin, it would have to be transported to Shanxi and Shaanxi, which were the hardest hit, and a lot would have to be consumed on the road alone. Unlike later generations, a train wagon can be pulled in.

It seems that the train still has to be prepared in advance, even if it is a primitive train! Emperor Chongzhen felt that there were so many things to do, and he couldn't be busy at all!