Chapter 3 Attacking the body is the bottom, and the heart is the top

The rebellion of the thieves was expected by Zhu Jian. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

And Yang He died!

But Zhu Jian never expected that if according to the development of history, Yang Hedang, the governor of the three sides, was imprisoned by Emperor Chongzhen because of the failure of the appeasement policy.

But now, Zhu Jian feels more and more that because of his arrival, the trajectory of history has changed, and everything seems so strange and unpredictable!

Maybe God is fair, there are gains and losses.

Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, escaped the sword of history, but Yang He, the governor of the three sides, died tragically at the hands of thieves.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jian couldn't help but sigh.

"Pass down my will, and invite the cabinet lord and ministers to discuss matters in the Qing Palace tomorrow! By the way, the Marquis of Wuling will be notified to come together. ”

This night, Zhu Jian was a little insomnia.

Although the siege of Jingshi was relieved, and the affairs of Liaodong were temporarily alleviated, for the interior of the empire, it was already full of holes.

And now the most important thing in front of Zhu Jian is two points, one is that the people of Shaanxi are in turmoil, and the other is how to solve the imperial tax.

Of course, with this money, things in Shaanxi will naturally be solved, but now this 'root' is not easy to rectify, but this 'fruit' has begun to make trouble!

Then, there is no way to avoid it, and the Shaanxi civil uprising has become a roadblock in front of Zhu Jian!

So the main battle, or appeasement?

Appeasement? If it is really the crops who are forced by the situation to rise up, if it is faced with those thieves who use this matter as a leverage, but in fact, they want to fill their own pockets, then appeasement is undoubtedly to quench their thirst!

And if it is a blind main war, it requires a lot of money to be consumed, not to mention, killing can only be used as a means, not an end, not to mention that the people who are killed and killed, the dead and injured are the people of the Ming Dynasty, in the final analysis, it is the loss of the entire empire!

So in the face of Shaanxi, which is now being raided by gangsters, what decision should be made? For Zhu Jian at this time, he already had some calculations in his heart.

Sticks and carrots, this is the best choice!

The next day, just after Yinshi, the cabinet ministers and Yang Sichang, the Marquis of Wuling, were already waiting in the Qianqing Palace.

"Wen is weak, please mourn!"

At this time, Yang Sichang was plain and had a sad face, but he was all looked at by Zhu Jian.

It turned out that the news of Yang He's death in Taiping Yuan had already been transmitted to the Yang Mansion in the Beijing Division by the little servant next to Yang He, and Yang Sichang naturally got the news.

Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety have been the most noble beliefs of Confucian children in ancient China!

Now, his father died tragically at the hands of thieves, how can this Yang Sichang not be sad in his heart.

"Your Majesty, my father died suddenly and tragically, and I am here to ask Your Majesty to allow your father to keep filial piety for three years!"

Keeping filial piety for his father, it was a matter of course at that time, hearing Yang Sichang's request, Zhu Jian was a little embarrassed for a while, if it was in the past, what did it matter if he kept filial piety for three years?

It's just that now, in the land of Shaanxi, there are bandits everywhere, except for Yang Sichang for a while, Zhu Jian has no better candidate in his heart for a while, but now Yang Sichang is actually going to resign for his father to keep filial piety, how can this not make Zhu Jian in a dilemma!

"Brother Wen, Old Inspector Yang died unexpectedly, and we are also sad in our hearts, thinking that the loss of such a handsome talent as Old Inspector Yang in the empire should also be the misfortune of the empire and the misfortune of Your Majesty, but Your Majesty is here to come to me, and please let go of the sorrow in your heart for the time being, so that you can listen to what Your Majesty said."

Seeing the emperor's suspicious face, Qian Longxi stepped forward and patted Yang Sichang on the shoulder and said in a deep voice.

Regarding what Qian Longxi said, Yang Sichang also felt that he was a little out of shape.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is only because of his father's death, his heart is a little chaotic, if there is any inappropriateness between words, please forgive Your Majesty!"

"Wen is weak, why do you say this, suddenly hearing that you have lost your father, and sorrow in your heart is the long-term love of the world, if you really want to punish this, wouldn't you want to go against the love of this world, then I am not the ruthless and unrighteous person!"

Zhu Jian said in a deep voice.

"Wechen don't dare to think about it from death!"

Hearing this, Yang Sichang was busy.

"Wen is weak, I have never blamed you, please get up!"

After appeasing Yang Sichang for a while, Zhu Jianchao said bitterly to everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I summoned you here today, presumably my intentions, you must also know, now that there is a famine in Shaanxi every year, thieves are everywhere, and the people are even more miserable, what is your opinion?"

Regarding Zhu Jian's words, Li Biao responded to the words.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the first way in this troubled world is in the chaos with the hearts of the people, as Mr. Yangming said that Mr. Yangming said that it is easy to govern the thieves in the mountains, and it is difficult to calm the thieves in the heart, so the minister thinks that the thieves in Shaanxi are everywhere, and the first thing is to govern the hearts of the people!"

Hearing what Li Biao said, Zhu Jian nodded secretly, the thieves are easy to treat, but the heart thief is difficult to peace, but it is the foundation of the way to control the people and the country, but now a large part of the thieves in Shaanxi are caused by natural disasters and man-made disasters!

That is, the common people have no way to live, and a spoonful of food and a scoop of water have become a problem.

If there is no way to live, both horizontal and vertical will die, and the natural homeless people will become bandits!

And at this time, if you want to talk to these people who even have a problem with food and clothing, isn't it all empty talk!

Scholars mislead the country, perhaps this is the reason.

Thinking of this, Zhu Jian is the way.

"What Elder Li Ge said is a good word for governing the country, but I am afraid that there is something inappropriate for today's plan, but I think that the first way in Shaanxi is to solve the problem of rations for the common people."

Hearing what Zhu Jian said, after the ministers of the cabinet spoke in a whisper, they were silent, waiting for everything the emperor was going to say next.

At this time, Zhu Jian continued after looking around at everything in this hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I thought it was the top priority at the moment, at that time to solve the problem of rations for the people in Shaanxi, the northern drought in Shaanxi, the red land was thousands of miles, and the people were not able to make a living, so thieves were everywhere in Shaanxi!"

Zhu Jian actually only said half of what he said, as for the other half, it was only the corruption of the officials, the heavy burden of the guards, and the gluttonous mouths of those tyrannical princes and gentry, who were insatiable!

"Ladies and gentlemen! I have decided to exempt Shaanxi from taxes for one year, and I will take out 500,000 taels of silver from the treasury for recuperation, what do you think? ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The emperor took out the silver taels from his inner treasury for disaster relief, which was a rare thing in all dynasties, and those who could do it were undoubtedly called Mingjun!

"Your Majesty for the livelihood of the world, take two taels of silver from the inner treasury, and the old minister is the head of the cabinet, and he should share his worries for His Majesty, and the old minister is willing to donate 10,000 taels of silver!"

"Elder Li Ge, this."

Hearing this, although Zhu Jian was a little apologetic, he was really emotional in his heart.

But the way is that although there are not many Ming officials, but the local officials have a lot of money, Beijing officials, especially high-powered Beijing officials, every time a local official enters Beijing, how much money is enshrined? !

And as I said in the previous life, a large part of the wealth of the Ming Dynasty has flowed into the pockets of these officials, the so-called rich themselves, poor empires, how can the country not be subverted!

Of course, Zhu Jian is not referring to his cabinet ministers here, because of the memory of his past life and this life, Zhu Jian understands that the cabinet headed by Li Biao is relatively clean, and when it comes to the ability to do things, it should also be said to be the number of capable ministers!