Chapter Seventy-Eight: Purchasing Grain for Military Quarters

Li Shuo did not leave a name in history, and he chose him as the governor of Shaanxi, just to see his ability, if he said anything, he was not allowed, how to see his ability, not to mention supporting the establishment of the imperial party, it has always been Zhu Youzhen's political vision, why not, drive those rich businessmen crazy, and also drive the people to a dead end, this is no better than the Western Han Dynasty, although Wang Mang in the Western Han Dynasty has always been doing things for the people, against the world's heroes, but he miscalculated the situation, the slave solution plan, became Wang Mang's biggest failure, Although the abolition of the slave status of those people who sold themselves and the big and powerful people was a manifestation of social progress, he did not know to consider it deeply, the slaves had no land, no real estate, and no farm tools after the division of the fields, and there was no possibility of survival after being dismissed, so in the war against Wang Mang organized by the Haoqiang, these slaves were the most courageous warriors, why, because Wang Mang robbed them of their jobs, but the current Ming Dynasty is not the previous Han Dynasty, the people are wise, and there are farm tools, who doesn't want to do it alone, Therefore, Zhu Youzhen was not worried that the wealthy merchants in Shaanxi would launch a rebellion against him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

After Zhu Youzhen made up his mind, he slept peacefully in the palace of nourishing his heart for a while, and waited until dawn on the second day, Luo Yangxing entered the palace to ask for a meeting, it was still early at that time, Zhu Youzhen had just had breakfast, and he heard that the little eunuch said that Luo Yangxing asked to see, and it was a little strange, I don't know what he wanted to do, so he came to ask for a meeting.

After being allowed, Zhu Youzhen summoned Luo Yangxing in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

After Luo Yangxing saw Zhu Youzhen standing in the palace of nourishing hearts, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "Weichen Luo Yangxing, knock on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." ā€

After Zhu Youzhen's beating and Wang Chengen's mention, this Luo Yang's temperament has been reined in a lot, so that Zhu Youzhen also germinated a little good impression of him, as a heavy minister, whether you are greedy or not, the emperor doesn't care at all, the thing he cares about is whether you have the ability, whether you can be obedient, if you can't be obedient, then you can't stay in this position for long, you can be obedient, even if you are greedy, he will protect you, this is a disadvantage of the Han Dynasty, of course, it can also be said to be a characteristic.

"Get up, enter the palace so early to see me, you must have something important to say."

After Luo Yangxing got up, he looked at the eunuchs and palace maids waiting around, the meaning was clear at a glance, but seeing Luo Yangxing so careful, Zhu Youzhen laughed out loud and said: "Luo Yangxing, don't you look at what kind of place this is, what you say is afraid that it will not reach the court, it's okay, you can say it." "Joke, if Zhu Youzhen listens to the minister's secret report in the Yangxin Palace and has to retreat from everyone, isn't this a kind of doubt about his imperial power, of course, Zhu Youzhen also believes that no one in these palace maids and eunuchs dares to say that Wei Zhongxian died violently in the Ming Palace, and the people below may not know, but they are more clear than the officials of the previous dynasty, and there is a rumor in the palace among the low-level little eunuchs that Wei Zhongxian did not die of illness at all, but Wang Chengen and Luo Yangxing led the soldiers to beat him to death in Wei Zhongxian's residence and treat the emperor, his heart was full of fear, and he didn't dare to do anything disobedient to him.

Since Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth like this, Luo Yangxing could no longer pretend to be careful.

"Your Majesty, Weichen respects the emperor's will, and sent Jinyiwei to secretly inspect the grain purchase place, yesterday night, Kaifeng Mansion, Jinan Mansion, and the inspection of Liangjiang Jinyiwei wrote a letter to Weichen, to the hands of Weichen, Weichen watched, knowing that the emperor was worried about the military food purchase policy, but yesterday it was too late, did not dare to come to report, can only open the palace door early in the morning, and enter the palace to ask to see the emperor." Luo Yangxing said respectfully.

Zhu Youzhen turned around and returned to the dragon couch, picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and said, "Listen carefully, you are here together." ā€

"Your Majesty, Ge Jingzhong, a thousand households in Jinan Mansion, wrote a letter to Weichen saying that after Zhang Kangbo, the prefect of Jinan, got a share of the grain purchase, he visited more than 60 large and small landlords and wealthy businessmen in Jinan Mansion in one day, and treated people with courtesy.

"This Jinan prefect Zhang Kangbo is really an elegant reader." There is another sentence that Zhu Youzhen did not say, that is, it is okay for such a person to be a prefect, if he is a political envoy, or even a governor, it will not work, although blindly currying favor can achieve his own goals, but he does not have the overall view of the governor and the political envoy, the government let the rich businessman do things, he came to beg for begging, and the government let the rich businessman pay out of his pocket every year, but I am afraid that just saying good things will not play any role.

"This Jinan prefect Zhang Kangbo has an excellent official reputation in the whole Shandong, and I heard that the officials are also ready to promote him to participate in politics in Shandong." Luo Yangxing opened his mouth and said a good word for Zhang Kangbo.

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and smiled: "I have my own thoughts in my heart, you don't want to give me any eye medicine, if the officials are promoted, when they come to me, how can I not allow it?" "Of course, this Luo Yang helped Zhang Kangbo say good things, and he must have received some benefits, but this is not to say that the person who gave him the benefits would be Zhang Kangbo, an honest and pedantic official, there are several drawbacks in the Ming officialdom, that is, there is friendship with classmates, fellow villagers, and it is Zhang Kangbo's fellow villagers who are officials in Beijing who give Luo Yang sexual benefits, Zhu Youzhen knows the Tao between the courtiers below, but he doesn't want to break it, and for Luo Yang's acceptance of benefits, Zhu Youzhen doesn't want to ask, that's because he knows that if he wants the horse to run well, he can't just rely on the whip, Appropriate benefits still have to be given.

Zhu Youzhen's words were backward, and Luo Yangxing spoke again: "Your Majesty, the prefects of Liangjiang are rich, and the prefects of Hangzhou and Suzhou have prepared more than 140,000 stone of rice after learning of the edict, of which 90,000 are taken from the local government's treasury, and only 50,000 are purchased from rich merchants. I also hope that the emperor will watch the concerts of these two places, and beware that they will take the silver allocated by the Quartermaster Department as their own. ā€

After Zhu Youzhen heard this, he smiled and said: "I have known about this matter for a long time, it was played by Guo Yunhou, and the prefects of these two places have already sent a letter to the Quartermaster Division, saying that their treasury grain is enough to fill the share set by the imperial court, but the Quartermaster Department does not allow the two places to transfer out all the stocks, so they bought another 50,000 stone of rice. Because the situation is very good, Zhu Youzhen's mood has also become relaxed.

Luo Yangxing looked at Zhu Youzhen and said with a smile, and then he was relieved to say the next words.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing to show the emperor, and Weichen is afraid that it will affect the emperor's elegance."

"Come on, I just want to listen to these worries, otherwise I will doubt your Jinyi Guard's ability to do things." There will be no perfect score for anything, and Zhu Youzhen certainly does not think that each of the 23 grain purchase plots designated by the Quartermaster Department will be able to hand over a satisfactory answer.

He said that after receiving the edict of the Quartermaster Division, Wu Xin, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, invited all the big households in Kaifeng Mansion to the Yamen of Kaifeng Prefecture for a banquet at night, and forced the big households in Kaifeng to sign the grain purchase documents in public, and late yesterday night, Li Shichao's other letter also arrived at Wechen, he said that after the big households in Kaifeng Mansion were charged, only a small number of people were willing to bear it, but most of them did not admit it. Wu Xin, the prefect of Kaifeng, sent troops to arrest all the squires who refused to admit their accounts, but they almost caused a catastrophe. ā€

Hearing the name Wu Xinxin, Zhu Youzhen felt a little familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was the prefect who played the birth of the golden dragon everywhere, and as Wu Xinxin expected, Zhu Youzhen, who was busy with state affairs, had long forgotten Wu Xinxin, if it wasn't for this incident, I was afraid that he would never think of Wu Xinxin again.

"What a catastrophe." As Li Shichao expected, because of this matter, Zhu Youzhen also glanced at Wu Xinxin.

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