Stranded in the afterlife, I have to go to work after the seventh day of the first month, but in this time and space, of course, it doesn't have to be like this. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info but after the sixteenth day of the first month, now the Chongzhen Emperor still went to the study of the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace to work. Because today, he is going to summon the new governor of Shaanxi, Hong Chengchou, a complex figure in history.

The imperial court's decree to appoint Hong Chengchou to take over the post of governor of Shaanxi has been issued for almost two months, but first, Shaanxi is far away from Beijing after all, and second, it is the 39th day of the lunar month, the weather is unusually cold, and the long-distance travel is also inconvenient.

According to common sense, since Emperor Chongzhen of this life has long known Hong Chengchou's ability, it is not necessary to let Hong Chengchou enter Beijing to see His Majesty and give him a face-to-face lecture, he can directly order him to take over on the spot, and then a secret decree can tell him what to do and how to do it.

But considering the complex history of the character Hong Chengchou, Emperor Chongzhen, who now has experience in later generations, also wants to meet him in person, and since he has made a decree at the beginning, as the emperor, he can't change his order overnight, so he hasn't changed it halfway.

Moreover, the scale and impact of the upcoming civil unrest in Shaanxi are too great, and it is best to explain to him in person, so as not to take a detour on the issue of extermination and relief.

Hong Chengchou, the word Yanyan, the number Hengjiu, a native of Quanzhou, Fujian, was born in the 20th year of Wanli, Wanli 44 years in the Jinshi, the Zhongjin Shi was only 23 years old, and now he has become the governor of Shaanxi, but only 34 years old, it should be said that it is the time to be young and promising, and have the world in mind.

When he received the holy decree of the imperial court, Hong Chengchou had just arrived and participated in the politics of Shaanxi for less than a year, so the imperial court suddenly overtook him to the holy decree of the governor of Shaanxi, and the entire Shaanxi political envoy was taken aback, and Hong Chengchou himself couldn't believe his ears. Fortunately, Hong Chengchou has been very talented since he was a child, and he has always had the ambition to govern the country and level the world, so although he was a little flattered to receive such a holy decree, he was not afraid of difficulties.

So, three days after receiving the holy decree, Hong Chengchou left Xi'an City under the repeated urging of the officials of the Jinyi Wei Hundred Households, all the way to the east, crossed Tongguan, went to Henan Mansion, Huaiqing Mansion, Guide Mansion, and Daimyo's Mansion, and then turned north and rushed to Beijing to meet His Majesty the Emperor.

Along the way, Hong Chengchuan and his entourage also saw many teams of displaced people who rushed to the Daming Mansion to recruit Tuntian with their families and their families braved the wind and snow, and also saw the fiery scene of recruiting people in Baoding, Zhending, and other places, so they rushed along the way, while thinking, walking and stopping, plus a few days before and after Chinese New Year's Eve, the post station was resting for the New Year, and all things were inconvenient, so it was delayed for some time, until the ninth day of the first month of the first month of Chongzhen, Hong Chengqian and his party finally came to Tongzhou. The scene he saw in Tongzhou was an eye-opener for him.

At this time, Tongzhou, the market is prosperous, the population is large, all industries are thriving, Hong Chengchou from Shaanxi and Henan, where all industries are withering, all the way to see the current situation in Tongzhou, his heart is also excited. In this way, after staying in Tongzhou for three days, on the twelfth day of the first month of the first year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou finally entered the Beijing Division, came to the General Administration Division, and lived in the building arranged by the General Administration Division. The accompanying Jinyi Wei also reported to the official office, and Xu Renlong, the left general government on duty in the General Administration Department, naturally reported the situation of Hong Chengchou's visit to Beijing to the cabinet.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen knew that Hong Chengchou had arrived, but it was during the Chinese New Year, and Hong Chengchou had just arrived in Beijing all the way, so he should take a good rest, so he ordered Hong Chengchou to rest for a few days, and then enter the palace after the fifteenth day of the first month.

Now the only cabinet ministers in Beijing are Li Guowei and Xu Guangqi, and Emperor Chongzhen naturally let these two ministers participate in the meeting with Hong Chengchou.

On the sixteenth day of the first month, Hong Chengchou under the guidance of the officials of the General Administration Department, advanced to the noon gate, to the cabinet office on the left side of the noon gate, saw Li Guoyi and Xu Guangqi, after greetings, under the guidance of the two cabinet ministers, came to the gate of the Qianqing Palace, after the Jinyi guard and the eunuch on duty reported, the three entered, to the Qianqing Palace hall under the steps, that is, they saw the emperor come out to greet him, and the three of them knelt down on the spot to meet.

Emperor Chongzhen descended and said, "The three Aiqing are flat." And stepped forward to support the eldest Xu Guangqi.

Hong Chengchou took the opportunity to say: "Minister Shaanxi Governor Hong Chengchou knocked to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

When the three of them got up, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Hong Aiqing is flat and speaks in the pavilion." With that, Emperor Chongzhen turned around and walked up the steps in front of the hall and entered the study of the East Warm Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace.

When Li Guowei, Xu Guangqi, and Hong Chengchou entered the pavilion under the guidance of Wang Chengen, and after the salute was completed, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Hong Aiqing has come all the way north, the journey is long, and there must be a lot to see, what can I teach?" ”

Hong Chengchou looks like he is thirty or forty years old, although he is a southerner, but he is tall, with thick eyebrows and thick beard, thin cheeks, and slightly higher cheekbones.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Hong Chengchou who was dignified in front of him, and his mood was quite complicated, but to say that he didn't make good use of such a capable minister, it was not his style. Besides, today's Hong Chengchou is naturally enthusiastic to serve the Ming Dynasty, and he does not and cannot have any idea of surrendering to the Manchus.

Hearing the emperor looking at himself and asking, Hong Chengchou hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the minister went east from Xi'an, passed through Henan Mansion, entered Huaiqing Mansion, and then returned to Defu. The minister turned to the north in the Daimyo Mansion, but what he saw along the way was very different, the displaced people from all over the country flocked to the north with the young, and what he saw in Tongzhou made the ministers open suddenly, recruited people to reclaim, and all industries prospered, although it was just started, but the follow-up can be expected. This is a little bit of the minister's opinion, please Your Majesty to be aware of it. ”

Hong Chengchou said these words, but also after consideration, what kind of character the emperor is, is what he desperately wants to know, if it is an emperor who can face reality and is willing to solve problems, of course he knows what to do next, if it is an emperor who avoids reality and just wants to be comfortable and happy, he has another set of ways to deal with it.

Today's Emperor Chongzhen, of course, also knows that the famous ministers of this era are a little temperamental, if people think that you are not good as an emperor, people do not necessarily have to serve you.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about Hong Chengchou's temptation, because he also had a clear understanding of today's great tomorrow. So he said: "What Hong Aiqing said, although I haven't seen it in person, I can still think of it." Although I am in the deep palace, I also know a little about the affairs of the world. What Qing said is true. It's just that I want to do this strategy of recruiting people in Shaanxi, can Hong Aiqing do it? ”

This is also a test of Emperor Chongzhen's insight into Hong Chengchou. Shaanxi is not much land suitable for cultivation, and is mainly concentrated in Guanzhong, Hanzhong area, most of the other places are continuous mountains, especially in northern Shaanxi is arid and desolate, there are few places suitable for reclamation, and Shaanxi has been developed for thousands of years, how many dynasties have risen and fallen here, and the problem of more people and less land and poor people has existed since the Tang Dynasty. If Hong Chengchou said that he could recruit people to Tuntian, he would either be fooling the emperor to deal with it, or he would not have seen it.

I only heard Hong Chengchou say: "Your Majesty, Chen Tianqi was ordered to serve as Shaanxi to participate in politics in the seventh year, and after taking office, there was no rain for many years, and there was a severe drought in Shaanxi, and the drought in the northern Shaanxi prefectures was particularly serious, and the people were displaced and starved all over the land. The minister believes that even if it is implemented, it may not be able to reap the effect of Gyeonggi reclamation. ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, but he still asked with no expression on his face: "Since there are people everywhere, why don't you recruit people to settle down?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "The situation in Shaanxi is different from that of Gyeonggi, His Majesty personally donated the Huangzhuang to be used for reclamation, and confiscated tens of thousands of hectares of eunuch land such as Wei Wei, and it is also mostly around Gyeonggi, and it is justified to recruit people to reclaim it. However, northern Shaanxi is arid and mountainous, and there are not many fertile fields suitable for cultivation, and most of them are concentrated in the hands of official eunuchs. His Majesty can copy the eunuchs, but Weichen can't copy the wealthy families in northern Shaanxi for no reason. If there is not enough land, it will not be possible to resettle enough displaced people, and it will be difficult to receive the effect of Gyeonggi recruiting people to settle land. ”