Chapter 177 National Contradictions

After more than half a month, I sat on the dragon chair symbolizing imperial power in the main hall of the palace again, looking at the courtiers kneeling in front of me, I couldn't help but feel a little fluttering, this is the ** of power, even if I am a traverser, I can't avoid this feeling of being high.

"Everyone loves to be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"During my illness and bedridden, the government is still in order, and the ministries are operating normally, I am very grateful, and everyone Aiqing has worked hard."

As the head of the hundred officials, Jia Rudao immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty's health and well-being is the blessing of our dynasty, and the ministers should be conscientious and responsible." ”

"Well, please take a seat." I looked at the different expressions of the ministers and continued, "In the blink of an eye, I have been on the throne for more than half a year, and time flies so fast. Now that all the affairs of our dynasty are in order, and all departments are on the right track, it is still far from the time when our dynasty was prosperous, and you Aiqing still need to work hard. ”

"Please rest assured that your majesty will live up to your majesty's expectations." Jia Rudao led the hundred officials to speak.

During this time, the courtiers were also speculating whether I was really sick and bedridden, or whether I was like the time of the prince, addicted to wine, and delayed in the court. There are many old ministers who are too impressed by Zhao Yu in the era of the crown prince, so that it is easy to think that the three fires of the emperor's accession to the throne have been burned, is it back to the past?

I have heard some rumors to a greater or lesser extent, and I can also see many clues from the different expressions of the officials. I said, "Okay! Now I will talk about the affairs of the various ministries in the next period. Division. ”

"The minister is here." Jia Rudao hurriedly got up and said.

"Shichen, our dynasty borders Mongolia for thousands of miles, and now our dynasty is divided into three major war zones, I think it is not conducive to rapid response, can the Privy Council and the Ministry of War consider increasing the original three war zones to four or five war zones, such as the establishment of a new war zone in the Luzhou (Hefei) area, Luzhou is far away from the Xiangfan war zone, Yangzhou war zone, no matter the control there, it is not conducive to wartime needs, once the Mongols attack Luzhou, wait for the news to reach Xiangfan or Yangzhou, and then the decision will be made by the control envoy, the time will drag on too long and cause our court to react slowly."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War will be summoned to discuss the matter."

I nodded and continued: "Ministry of Commerce, Jiang Aiqing, Liao Aiqing." The guidelines for business conduct must be finalized this month, and the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Households need to work together to complete the formulation and review of the new tax law, and in addition, you can send people to Fujian Road again to conduct land surveys. ”

"Yes, the ministers will take the order. How to deal with the problems found on Fujian Road last time? ”

"Let's not mention the question last time, that is, I said that I sent people to the south and all started over."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jiang Wanli replied.

"Zhao Kui Zhao Aiqing of the Ministry of Agriculture, your ministry assists the Guantian Division, and after the national economic boundary measurement is completed, the Guantian Division will be transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture."

"The old minister obeys."

"The Ministry of Agriculture still needs to increase its efforts to continuously find new varieties and improve existing crops in order to increase the yield of grain per mu, and make suggestions on issues such as irrigation of fertile land, and the Ministry of Industry will cooperate with the implementation."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Nguyen Thang Binh, is the new banknote ready for issuance?"

"Your Majesty, it is still in progress, and it will be issued on time on the first day of the eighth month according to the scheduled time."

"Okay, before the issuance of new coins, the Criminal Department cooperated, supervised the county to strictly enforce the money law, and banned the use of cards by the people."

"Obey."

"Chen Zongli of the Criminal Department, Weng Yinglong of Zhongshu Province, you will work together to revise and improve the current laws of our dynasty and report to the Government Affairs Yuan."

After listening to Jia Rudao, he said secretly, "Report to the Government Affairs Yuan?" Does Zhao Yu want to replace Zhongshu Province with the Government Council? ”

"Yes, your ministers obey." Chen Zongli, Weng Yinglong came out of the ranks.

"Ma Aiqing of the Ministry of Rites."

"The minister is here."

"Ma Aiqing, when will the temple of the first emperor be completed?"

"Back to Your Majesty, in the middle of this month, please nominate Your Majesty."

"Well, I've thought about it, so I'll be named Zhang Xi."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"The Ministry of Officials, Ye Aiqing is not here, Zhu Pisun Zhu Aiqing, immediately issued a document to transfer the Fujian Road system to make Shi Hongsheng enter the court, and his post will be arranged separately, so that Chen Xinshu, the former deputy system envoy, will temporarily take the position of system envoy."

"Yes, the minister." Zhu Pisun said.

The issuance of this decree immediately aroused the whispers of the ministers of the DPRK and China.

"What does that mean?"

"Could it be that Lord Fei Shi has offended His Majesty?"

"Lao Shi is the queen mother, maybe he is promoted."

I sensed surprise on everyone's faces, perhaps too sudden for the ministers, without warning. The Fujian Road System Envoy is equivalent to the governor of Fujian Province in later generations, the official of the feudal territory, and he said that he would change it, which I didn't think about before I went south.

"The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households will continue as originally planned."

"Yes, your ministers obey." Ma Guangzu of the household department and Tang Han of the Ministry of Industry replied.

I turned my head to look at Xiao Qi next to me, and Xiao Qi comprehended: "There is a book to play, and there is no book to retreat." ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a book to play."

"Master, please speak."

"Your Majesty, last night Zhongshu Province received an urgent report from the Chenzhou Mansion on Jinghu North Road that there was a riot among the Miao people in the local Jishou area."

I exclaimed, "Riot? Why? ”

"Your Majesty, according to the Chenzhou government report, the general situation is as follows, the cause is that there are Miao and Han people because of a quarrel disputes, and then a fight, Jishou County Ya sentenced the Miao people guilty, the Miao people are not satisfied, so they gathered hundreds of people to surround the county government, and clashed with the Ya service, resulting in the death of a Miao people, Chenzhou Government heard the news and sent soldiers to go, so it angered the local Miao people even more, many Miao villages near Jishou were involved one after another, the situation became more and more intense, and the situation was out of control for a while. The Chenzhou Mansion did not dare to slack off, and reported to Jinghu North Road in an urgent manner for 800 miles, and the officials of Jinghu North Road had already sent people to Jishou on the one hand, and reported to the imperial court with an urgent report of 800 miles, asking His Majesty to decide. ”

Xiangxi is full of peaks and peaks, towering forests, rivers and rivers, caves and groups, and many ethnic groups, mainly Miao nationality and Tujia nationality, Miao people love and hate clearly, and their surnames are strong, if the local officials do not handle it properly, it is easy to cause ethnic contradictions.

In the historical records of the late Song Dynasty, there were no large-scale ethnic disputes. But as long as it involves the dispute between Han and Miao, it is always a headache for the imperial court. Alas, this late Song Dynasty is really full of holes!

"Shichen, quickly send someone to Jishou to find out the cause of the quarrel, and notify Jinghu North Road, before investigating the facts, you should calm down and not act rashly." I thought for a moment and continued, "The national contradiction has always been an internal contradiction between our dynasty and cannot be equated with the contradiction between our dynasty and Mongolia. Since it is an internal contradiction, it should be judged in accordance with the laws of our dynasty and dealt with in a fair, just and open manner. This matter is very important, I want to send a messenger to go, I don't know who is suitable? ”

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Zhao Shunsun volunteered: "Zhao Shunsun, the minister, is willing to go." ”

The officials of all dynasties were reluctant to go to Xiangxi as officials, and Xiangxi was poor, firstly, because there was no oil and water, and secondly, because they could not handle the relationship between Miao and Han. "This Zhao Shunsun is courageous." I said secretly.

"Zhao Aiqing, you need to complete the official code of conduct, this matter is urgent, so don't go out for the time being. Shichen, after retiring from the court, you immediately send someone to Jishou to investigate the matter clearly, remember the principle of handling this matter, the Han people and the Miao people are all my people, and they should be treated equally. As for the choice of the Qincha, I need to think about it carefully, and then make a decision after I think about it, and retire from the court. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old minister will do it immediately."

"Do I need to walk in person?" I thought about it after retreating.