"Wang Chengen, you quickly draft the decree and send it to Jiangnan and other places, Shaanxi is a disaster, I am afraid that there will be no harvest, and the people will suffer a lot, and the excess grain will be collected by the government in Jiangnan, and it will be distributed by the household department and sent to Shaanxi, and the household department will also try its best to extract grain from the inner treasury of various places and transport it to Shaanxi. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"The old slave obeys." Wang Chengen said respectfully.

"Also, I am preparing a will to send it to Li Shuo, Shaanxi, military rations, which can be used for disaster relief, and the people must not be allowed to starve to death."

"Yes." These two wills are relatively urgent, and Wang Chengen does not dare to delay and hurried down to do it.

"Guo Shangshu, you said that the officials and gentry pay taxes as one, how long have you been thinking about it, can there be a charter?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Guo Yunhou and said softly.

"Since the emperor has decreed the rehabilitation of Zhang Gelao, he should strike while the iron is hot and resume the new policy as soon as possible, Weichen proposed, led by the cabinet, with the participation of six ministries, within three days, renegotiate the new policy, as for the new policy of the official gentry to pay taxes as a whole, this is a national policy, officials at all levels should be summoned to discuss together, even if Weichen has some ideas in his heart, he can't say it now." Although Guo Yunhou is loyal to the official, but he is not stupid, the official and gentry pay taxes together, which no one dares to mention in the Ming Dynasty, today he put it forward, he has offended many people, and now if he is in front of the emperor in a few words, he is afraid that his future days will be even more unsightly, although he is dedicated to the country, but there is also a little bit of consideration for himself in it, of course, for these, Zhu Youzhen also saw it, but he did not blame Guo Yunhou, he can say the words of the official and gentry to pay taxes as a whole, and he has proved that he is loyal to the monarch and patriotic.

Because of the catastrophe in Shaanxi, Zhu Youzhen was a little confused, he hurriedly issued an order, Li Guopu and the six Shangshu discussed the new policy together, and the charter must be taken out within three days, and the confidential department was also prepared by Yuan Chonghuan in Beijing, and the main administrative rights of the confidential department Zhu Youzhen and the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet also discussed, set up six confidential ministers, manage confidential emergencies in various places, including disaster relief, rebellion, etc., because it had just been established, Zhu Youzhen needed the help of the cabinet, so he decided to be under the cabinet under the cabinet, six confidential ministers, Zhu Youzhen appointed Yuan Chonghuan, Guo Yunhou, Wen Tiren, Hong Chengchou, Luo Yangxing, and Zhou Yanru as the first batch of confidential ministers, and their original positions remained unchanged.

Zhu Youzhen has considered the candidates for these six confidential ministers for a long time, Yuan Chonghuan and Guo Yunhou don't need to think too much about it, they can be on the list, Hong Chengchou is still young, but Zhu Youzhen has always felt that Hong Chengchou is smart, and now he is also loyal to Daming, let him become a confidential minister, but also to let him enter the cabinet logically in the future, Luo Yangxing is in charge of Jinyiwei, he becomes a confidential minister, and it can also make it more convenient for the confidential department, and Wen Tiren, he is a villain, Sometimes villains can do many things that a gentleman can't do, and come up with a way that a gentleman can't think of, and the use of Zhou Yanru as a confidential minister is to stabilize the Donglin Party.

After the establishment of the Confidential Division, many officials wondered if this was just a small cabinet, but no one knew how much of a role this Confidential Division would play in the future.

When Wen Tiren knew that he had become a confidential minister, he was in a very comfortable mood, he knew that the emperor valued the confidential department, and was thinking about doing a great career, but the emperor ordered him to go out of Beijing and go to Shaanxi to supervise the disaster relief in Shaanxi.

Wen Tiren doesn't want to go, there is a rejection of Shaanxi in his heart, everyone in Beijing knows that supervising disaster relief, stunts are not a good job, if there is no mistake in disaster relief, the credit is the local government, but if there is chaos, they still have joint responsibility, and all people know that Shaanxi is now a place, the imperial court beat gongs and drums, and vigorously provide disaster relief to Shaanxi, but the disaster suffered by Shaanxi this time is too big, Wen Tiren knows that there will be an accident in Shaanxi in the future, if he supervises disaster relief as a confidential minister, In the end, there was a mess, there was a civil uprising, it would become a stain that could not be washed away on his way, and how to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister in the future, but under the emperor's will, Wen Tiren did not dare to refuse, so he could only pack up and set off as soon as possible.

Li Guopu and Guo Yunhou and others came out of the new deal, because it came from the first year of Chongzhen, so it is also known as Chongzhen's new deal, Chongzhen's new deal originated from Wanli New Deal.

However, Chongzhen's New Deal made a great breakthrough compared with Wanli's New Deal, that is, it proposed that the officials and gentry pay taxes as a whole, and abolished the privileges of those with meritorious reputation.

The new deal came out in March of the first year of Chongzhen, and the whole dynasty was shocked and the world was shaken.

The squires of all the provincial capitals wrote to them, and all the officials above the court also opposed it, and Zhu Youzhen dismissed three governors, 16 prefects, 42 imperial historians, and 85 officials from various departments in Beijing, and the new policy was implemented.

Because of the New Deal, Zhu Youzhen spends every day in a busy life, and there is no leisure at all.

Of course, after Wen Tiren entered Shaanxi, he was arranged in a mansion in Chang'an Mansion, and in the evening, Li Shuo invited Wen Tiren to come over.

When Wen Tiren arrived at Li Shuo's mansion, he found that Li Shuo and Cao Dezhang were greeted at the door, and he was a little flattered, Wen Tiren had seen Li Shuo, when he was in Beijing, Li Shuo was just an inconspicuous small role, but now he is mixed in the power center of the Ming Dynasty, which really makes people sigh that the world is impermanent.

After Wen Tiren got out of the carriage, he hurriedly handed over his hand: "Governor Li, Cao Bu's political envoy is here to greet you, which really flatters the official." ”

"Lord Wen is serious, Lord Wen is a confidential minister, and he is under the emperor's name, and he came to my bitter cold land in Shaanxi. Li Shuo said with a light smile.

"This official can't afford it, Governor Li must not say such a thing." Wen Tiren said again, Wen Tiren knew that the emperor valued Li Shuo very much, of course, Wen Tiren did not have a good impression of Li Shuo, just because Li Shuo now seems to be leading the direction of the court and has become a figure like Zhang Juzheng, which makes Wen Tiren very uncomfortable, thinking that Li Shuo will be his biggest opponent in the future, but Wen Tiren is very smart, even if he is dissatisfied with Li Shuo, but he has never said anything bad about Li Shuo in the court, Wen Tiren is not afraid of Li Shuo, he wants to follow the emperor's wishes.

"Don't say any more about the two adults, the food is about to be cold, Xia Guan has just returned from the outer mansion, and his head is already hungry and dizzy at this time, so let's eat first and talk while eating." Cao Dezhang laughed on the side.

After listening to Cao Dezhang's words, the two laughed out loud and entered the house one after another.

The meals prepared in the house are all commonplace, Wen Tiren sneered in his heart after seeing it, presumably Li Shuo deliberately let himself see that he used food so plainly, there are only six dishes, except for a plate of eggs, there is no meat, but Wen Tiren thinks so, but he is wrong, the Shaanxi disaster has passed in March, although the imperial court allocated money and grain, and allowed himself to use military food, but Li Shuo knows that military food must be in stock, otherwise in case of rebellion in the future, how to quell the chaos of the army, the grain in various places has a long time to come and go, and the government in Jiangnan and other places are all written to the imperial court, I really can't get too much food, so the cabinet of the imperial court suspected that Shaanxi disaster relief was unfavorable, so Zhu Youzhen sent Wen Tiren to supervise the disaster relief, and Li Shuo's family often drank porridge to survive, and the eggs were still under the chickens raised by Mrs. Li, and they were usually reluctant to eat.

After the three of them sat down, Li Shuo picked up his wine glass and said, "Lord Wen, don't dislike coarse tea and light rice, this official respects Lord Wen with a cup." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." As he spoke, he picked up his wine glass and drank a glass of wine with Li Shuo.

"Lord Wen, now the whole territory of Shaanxi is suffering, and there will be no harvest this year, I don't know if the cabinet and the confidential department can make arrangements." Cao Dezhang said tentatively.

"Now the border defense of Liaodong is tense, the emperor just issued a holy decree yesterday, and sent 200,000 taels of silver and 100,000 denier of grain to Liaodong, and the matter of Shaanxi, the imperial court did not dare to be careless, and Lord Guo, the head of the household department, also went to all parts of Jiangnan the day before yesterday to urge food, hey, it's just that the official doesn't have any hope. Governor Li, Lord Cao, do you have to be prepared? ”

"How to prepare."

"Preparation for food shortages."

Li Shuo and Cao Dezhang glanced at each other and were silent.

"What did the emperor say?"

"The emperor once mentioned that the strength of the whole country is enough to feed Shaanxi, but the power of the imperial court is not as simple as raising a Shaanxi, Liaodong is related to border defense, there is a naval battle in the south, and North Korea has also begun to garrison troops, hey, the imperial court is really powerless to take care of it." Wen Tiren said everything he knew, and the meaning of this was just to have a good relationship with Li Shuo, although he didn't like Li Shuo in his heart, but Wen Tiren also wanted to take advantage of Li Shuo's east wind to move forward.

In fact, the imperial court was even more difficult than Wen Tiren said.

The new policy has just been implemented, and the resistance encountered in various places is great, and crying poverty in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River is also a way to resist the new policy of the imperial court.

Li Shuo sighed, stood up and said, "Lord Cao, you and I are well aware of the emperor's difficulties, but the Shaanxi disaster is not something that can be done by manpower, how about we save ourselves?" ”

"Soldiers and civilians in various places carry water to irrigate the land, but some state capitals are no longer able to provide water. I'm afraid that when the rainy season comes, the crops will die. Cao Dezhang sighed, and the unoptimistic situation also made Cao Dezhang feel upset.

"How about Henan, Shanxi and other places?" Li Shuo asked.

"Although there are some disasters in Henan and Shanxi, the Central Plains are much better than ours."

"If I remember correctly, all parts of Shaanxi, including military rations, have 320,000 quintals of grain, 180,000 deniers of rice, and 2,650,000 taels of silver." Li Shuo turned his head to look at Cao Dezhang and said softly.

"Yes."

"How long can it last?"

"Less than two months."

Wen Tiren interjected at this time: "It is not enough to borrow grain from Henan and other places, and borrow it in the name of the Shaanxi government." ”

Li Shuo glanced at Wen Tiren and chuckled: "Lord Wen doesn't know, the affairs of this place are not as good as the court, even if we borrow it, if there is no support from the court, they will not lend it to us." ”