Although Chongzhen rejected Huang Liji's many reasons for stopping the rebellion in western Liaoning, at Huang Liji's insistence, Zhu Youzhen finally made certain concessions in exchange for the cabinet's recognition of the results of the rebellion in western Liaoning.

For example, it was agreed that the cabinet would send another person to western Liaoning to review the authenticity of the anti-rebellion case; reducing the number of persons sentenced to death; and pardon persons over 50 years of age and under 10 years of age among those in exile; For the time being, the expansion of the suppression of rebellion was stopped, and study classes were held instead, and officials at all levels in the military towns of western Liaoning were given ideological study to leave their posts in batches.

Whether it was Chongzhen, who tried his best to persuade Huang Liji to accept the method of suppression, or Huang Liji, who firmly wanted to limit the scope of the suppression and prevent this informal method of handling cases from expanding to other regions, after more than an hour of discussion, he felt that he was exhausted. 、

After Zhu Youzhen looked at the sky, he immediately said to Huang Liji: "Sir, if there is nothing else important, you might as well wait until the cabinet meeting tomorrow morning, I will definitely attend the cabinet meeting tomorrow, so you might as well stop here today." ”

Seeing that Chongzhen wanted to get up and leave, Huang Liji hesitated slightly, and then hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty, please wait, the minister has one last matter, and I want to report to Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen had to sit back in his seat again, looked at him and asked helplessly, "What else does Mr. have to discuss with me?" ”

Huang Liji organized his words in his heart a little, and then said quickly to Chongzhen: "The last thing the minister wants to report to His Majesty today is about the implementation of the rationing system by the imperial court in various parts of the north. ”

Zhu Youzhen finally regained his attention and said to Huang Liji: "This is an important matter, Mr. may as well come and listen, is there any problem in the implementation process?" ”

Huang Liji immediately replied: "Your Majesty is right, when the imperial court implemented this rationing system, there were indeed some problems. Your Majesty must also know that although the implementation plan for the rationing system formulated by the Ministry of Household Affairs was approved by more than 60% of the votes at the gentry congress in Beijing, when the implementation plan for the rationing system was distributed to all provinces and counties, there were voices of resistance to the plan.

Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi did not oppose much, because the grain requisition system implemented in these three places was not very different from the content of the rationing system. Moreover, the gentry in the three places have been sorted out by the imperial court once, and this time they did not dare to jump out and oppose the imperial court.

Although the gentry and landlords in Shandong were resistant to the rationing system, there were three clans in Shandong, occupying nearly half of Shandong's fertile land, so the gentry in Shandong were watching, and the attitude of these three clans towards the rationing system issued by the imperial court determined their attitude towards the rationing system.

As for the side of Beizhili, the area near and north of Gyeonggi, because of the two people Cui Chengxiu and Feng Quan taking the lead, although there was some noise, the gentry in these places reluctantly accepted the rationing system and expressed their willingness to try it out for a year or two first.

However, in the areas south of Baoding, because most of the land is in the hands of the lords, especially the British government occupies a large area of land in Baodingfu, these lords are now very opposed to the rationing system, so the gentry and landlords in these areas have a lot of voices to resist the rationing system.

The cabinet thought that if the Xunqi in the south of the northern Zhili and the clans in Shandong could not be dealt with, and the implementation of the ration system would continue to be resisted by these two places, once the summer harvest in June and July began, the gentry would follow suit, and if the imperial court could not collect enough grain and cotton, the rationing system would probably come to an end. ”

Zhu Youzhen stretched out his hand and pinched the back of his neck, Huang Liji's question was really a headache, and he couldn't help whispering: "The three feudatories of Shandong should be the king of Lu in Yanzhou, the king of De in Jinan, and the king of Heng in Qingzhou." ”

Huang Liji nodded and said: "It is these three feudal domains, the acres of land under the names of the three clans are nearly more than 10,000 acres, but the Zhuangtian in Shandong is 540 steps per mu, which is just more than double the area of small acres, and the standard acres implemented by the imperial court are about 25,000 yuan, which does not include the fields held by the royal palaces through the names of others.

In addition, Shandong also has to bear the silver difference and strength difference of the three vassal kings, which can be said to be an extremely heavy burden. If the clan could not accept the rationing system, the people of Shandong would probably find it difficult to afford the requisition of grain and cotton for the summer harvest. The minister feared that the rationing system, which had been intended to stabilize the region, would instead become a factor of instability in the region. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a long time before he said slowly to Huang Liji: "Among the three feudatories, the land owned by King Lu is the widest, and the current King of Lu, Zhu Shouhong, is my uncle according to his generation. I heard that he is quite peaceful on weekdays, but his body does not seem to be very good, so he is very good at fairy magic.

I have heard that there are three sacred mountains on the sea, and there are immortals living on the mountains. If the seafarers encounter these three divine mountains by chance, they can all get some benefits from the immortals. If my uncle can get a pill of elixir, he will definitely be in good health and live longer. I'll send someone here and send him a good boat. As long as he is willing to accept the supply system issued by the imperial court, I will allow him to go to sea to visit the gods, what does Sir think? ”

Huang Li waited for a long time before he reluctantly replied: "I'm afraid that this sea immortal mountain may not be credible, and the risk at sea is not small, if King Lu has any accidents at sea because of this, I am afraid that it will hinder Your Majesty's reputation in the future." ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't have so much worry about Huang Liji, he said indifferently; "In the future, I will naturally worry about my reputation in the future. Besides, I won't let King Lu wander aimlessly on the sea, and now that the route from Shandong to Jeju Island is relatively safe, let him go to Jeju Island for a walk.

Although Jeju Island is not a fairy mountain on the sea, the scenery overseas is different from the mainland after all, and I heard that there are hot springs there, so it is still good for his body to let him go overseas for a break. After broadening his horizons, he may be able to cure his habit of liking fairy magic.

As for King Zhu Changjie, Yu Zhen is a close branch, he is not in good health like King Lu, but he is much more restless than King Lu. It is said that he likes women very much on weekdays, and there have been several cases of robbing people's daughters.

These clans have nothing to do on weekdays, except for the rebellion, they have always ignored the laws of the imperial court, and I feel that it is time to correct the behavior of the lower clans. As the head of the clan and the head of the sect's mansion, King Fu plans to let him rectify the behavior of the clan, and I think he should be able to get some effect.

The prince of Heng, Zhu Youwei, died shortly after I ascended the throne, and due to the busy business since then, I have not yet decided on the choice of King Heng. This time, I just took this opportunity to solve the two things together, and I picked out a Heng Fan who was willing to obey the policy issued by the imperial court. ”

Regarding Chongzhen's arrangement, Huang Liji thought for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement and said: "If things can really develop as Your Majesty expected, the minister thinks that the resistance to Shandong's implementation of the rationing system will be minimized, and it will be able to take a good lead for other regions." If the northern and southern commanders can make concessions, at least this year's rationing policy should be barely implemented. ”

As for how to make these relatives give in, Zhu Youzhen thought for a long time, but still couldn't get any useful solutions, but he finally thought of a way to reduce his influence.

"For these nobles, I haven't figured out a way to make them back down for the time being. Sir must also know that since I ascended the throne, a large part of the interests of my lords and relatives have been curtailed, and if I continue to oppress them on this issue, I am afraid it will be counterproductive.

But if the problem is allowed to ferment, it will give the gentry elsewhere a false hope that they will have the courage to resist rationing. Judging from the current situation, the northern provinces, with the exception of the Northern Zhili, can basically accept the implementation of the ration system.

We can't force the Lords to accept the rationing system immediately, but we can try to get the Northern Zhili to accept the rationing system formally, so as to minimize the influence of the Honorable Relatives in resisting the rationing system. ”

Chongzhen's statement, even Huang Liji was a little confused, and he suddenly asked with some surprise: "What does Your Majesty mean by this?" How to get the Beizhi to accept the rationing system formally? And how to minimize the influence of the lords against rationing? ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said: "I have always felt that the administrative division of the south and north is really large, which also makes the south and north capitals have too much power over the surrounding areas.

Narrowing the administrative divisions of the southern and northern Zhili and lowering the administrative status of the two capitals also helped the imperial court to control Nanjing. However, if you move two areas at a time, the resistance will inevitably be not small.

Taking advantage of this time, the Beizhili will be divided into three parts, Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, and the rationing system will be a beneficiary for cities like Beijing and Tianjin.

After stripping off Beijing and Tianjin, the remaining Hebei Province is similar to the status of the surrounding ordinary provinces. Those relatives will have to go around in a circle for interference in local government affairs. At that time, even if several prefectures and counties in southern Hebei resist the rationing system, it will not be able to affect other provinces.

Of course, we still have to continue to persuade and educate these nobles. However, we can try to suppress these contradictions at the prefectural and county levels. ”

Although the problems he brought have not been completely solved, Huang Liji already thinks that he has gained a lot from meeting Chongzhen today.

After chatting with the emperor for a few more words, Huang Liji left satisfied. After watching Shoufu's back gradually disappear in the path surrounded by peony flowers, Zhu Youzhen sighed and said to Lu Qi beside him: "I heard that Deng Yuhan, Jin Nige, and Li Zhizao have all fallen ill one after another, you can arrange it, I want to visit the condition of the next three people...