The reason why Zhenwu specifically asked about the number of Hui people was because there had been several Hui riots in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, and there were even more tragic Hui people in the Tongzhi Hui Rebellion, and he couldn't help frowning slightly, the Hui people were widely distributed in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, and Ningxia, so it is estimated that the Hui population in the whole country should be about 10 million?

Sichuan and Shaanxi Governor E Hai has been in Shaanxi for a long time, the Hui people have always been quite concerned, because the Hui people like to practice martial arts, and extremely united, often respond to a hundred calls, Shunzhi five years, the Hui people have had a small scale of riots, Shaanxi Hui people are relatively the most concentrated, the total population is large, as the governor, he is very vigilant and precautionary psychology of the Hui people, so the understanding of the Hui people is also quite detailed.

Seeing Zhenwu mention the topic of the Hui people, he took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, the northwest is the place where the Hui people gather, and Shaanxi is the most concentrated. ”

Control? How to control it, I only played the fusion of the Manchu, Han, Mongolian and Hui ethnic groups, and I can't turn around and impose great restrictions on the Hui people, Zhenwu groaned slightly, and then said: "What is the relationship between the Hui people in Shaanxi and the Han people?" ”

"Back to the emperor, it's quite harmonious." Ehai bowed down and said: "It is not uncommon for the Hui and Han to intermarry, and the Hui and Han parties have both religious and religious initiation because of marriage. ”

Nodding slightly, Zhen Wucai said: "You have served as the Shaanxi Provincial Inspectorate, the Political Envoy, and the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and your time in Shaanxi is not short, what do you think of the Hui people?" ”

After a slight groan, Ehai bowed down and said: "Back to the emperor, the Hui people are persistent in religious beliefs, and the taboo customs are very different from those of the Han people. The minions are worried about the fierce temperament of the Hui people. It is very easy to hold a group, widely connected between various places, and there is a family in the world, and it is a family to meet three relatives, and the line is responsible for living and sending, and there is no food for thousands of miles. and so on.

Nowadays, the Muslim population has swelled dramatically, which is not a blessing for the locality. It was not a blessing for the imperial court, and the servants thought that it was necessary to strictly control it, one to limit the rapid growth of its population, and the other to restrict the movement between regions. In addition, the local defense forces should be strengthened. ”

It is true that the rapid expansion of the Hui must be limited, but how can population growth be limited? Family planning? Zhenwu couldn't help but laugh secretly. Obviously this method does not work, like the Mongols, to promote Lamaism? It's impossible, so there is only plague and war, which are the two fastest ways to consume the population.

The plague is not good, it is too hurtful to the heavens and the peace, and it is not bad to form a Hui militia regiment to fight, but it is also a double-edged sword. A bad one will hurt yourself. This is tens of millions of Hui people, Zhenwu couldn't help frowning slightly.

Silent for a long time. Only then did he speak: "Nowadays, Nanyang, Australia, and the Americas all need a large number of immigrants, and the population is already insufficient, how can we limit the growth of the Hui population. ”

Hearing this, Ehai couldn't help but be disappointed, Kangxi was lenient enough for the Hui people, but he didn't expect Zhenwu to be like this, with the current development momentum of the Hui people, in a few decades, they have to make a big mess, these Hui people are different from the Han people, they are not a plate of loose sand, once they make trouble, the consequences are unimaginable.

Zhenwu glanced at him, his tone changed, and said: "However, the Hui people are all sect members, so how to prevent the situation of the conflict between the church and the imperial court?" You can start from four aspects, one is to promote ethnic integration, which is in line with the national policy of the imperial court to integrate all ethnic groups, the Han people have the strongest assimilation power, and they have assimilated many ethnic groups for thousands of years, so can they not assimilate the Hui people? It is necessary to deliberately arrange for the return of Han miscellaneous places, and vigorously advocate the promotion of Sinology to create conditions for assimilation.

Second, the promotion of Hui officials to serve in other places and the wooing of the Hui gentry class will not only have the effect of differentiation, but also use Hui to control Hui. Third, the Hui people's settlements should be arranged into household agreements, and the township covenant system should be implemented to collect the effect of restraint, and the clan system can also be implemented, so that they can believe in religion at the same time, but also discipline the country's grace, describe the ancestors' virtues, respect the clan, and train their descendants.

Fourth, we must strictly monitor the Muslim sects to prevent the emergence of religious leaders, and even more so to strictly prevent the emergence of so-called new doctrines and Protestantism. At the same time, in order to prevent strong opposition from the Hui people, we must flexibly implement this point, and allow the use of the garrison of the Eight Banners, but if the incident is not confidential and provokes an incident, I will not spare it. ”

E Hai secretly admired when he heard this, although Zhenwu's points were peaceful, but if they were implemented effectively, after decades, the Hui people would inevitably be weak, but I don't know why he had to take such strict precautions against the Muslim Protestantism and overseas pilgrimages, and even allowed the use of the garrison Eight Banners to chase and kill the mouth, he didn't dare to think about it at the moment, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The slave obeys the order." ”

Xi'an General Xi Zhu was also overjoyed when he heard it, with the holy decree of Zhenwu, the Eight Banners of Xi'an could be robbed by order, he hurriedly bowed and said: "The slave receives the order." ”

Qi Qi also bowed down and said: "The emperor has a commanding height, which really impresses the slaves, and the servants must respect the will and implement it one by one." ”

Zhenwu nodded and said, "The supervision of the Hui people, education, will be included in the scope of the assessment of Shaanxi officials, and it will be the primary assessment subject. ”

Several people didn't expect Zhenwu to attach so much importance to the Hui people, so they hurriedly bowed down and said, "Slaves and others obey the order." ”

Zhenwu nodded, glanced at the four of them, and said, "I'm tired, let's all kneel down." ”

However, it was said that Shaanxi Governor Qi Qi returned from Mancheng to the governor's department and office in the north of the drum tower on Xi'an West Street, and entered the internal office, before he sat down to drink tea, and the porter hurried to the door to report: "My lord, the political envoy Samuha, the envoy Yongtai, the inspector Yongtai, the superintendent of grain storage, Zu Yi, the prefect of Xi'an, Fan Shimu, the governor of Shangzhou, and other adults are out to visit. ”

These people are all confidants, and Qiqi naturally understands why everyone is here, and hurriedly said, "Please." As he spoke, he put down the teacup, got up and went out, and a few government officials were just a few government officials, and the political envoy still had to greet him, of course, he would not be far away, and when he went out of the gate of the internal office, he stood on the steps.

Samuha and Yongtai came from Mancheng, all of them were eager to know Zhenwu's attitude, a few people came quickly, a little greeting, then entered the internal office and sat down in order, as soon as they sat down, Wang Yonglin, the superintendent of grain storage, asked eagerly: "My lord, will Shaanxi immediately check the deficit?" ”

Qiqi glanced at him before he said: "The emperor did not say whether to clean up the deficit, but he opened his mouth to ask about the deficit." As he spoke, he paused slightly, glanced at Zu Yi, the prefect of Xi'an, and Fan Shimu, the governor of Shangzhou, and said, "The emperor heard that there are prefectures and counties in Fengxiang Mansion that collect fire consumption to three yuan?" An order has been issued, even the provincial officials will be investigated, recalled on the spot, the Beijing division will be escorted, and the yamen and the original family property will be confiscated, can you have such a situation in the prefectures and counties below? ”

Zu Yi felt quite relaxed in his heart, and bowed down and said: "Back to my lord, Xi'an Mansion only received one or five to two coins for fire consumption, and there are no three money prefectures and counties. ”

Fan Shimu was pale, his back was cold, seeing his situation, Qiqi's face also sank, and said, "Is there a fire consumption of three dollars in Shangzhou?" ”

"Back to my lord." Fan Shimu said: "The four counties of Shangzhou are all one money and five yuan of fire consumption, but there are also additional levies, the total is more than three yuan, my lord, Shangzhou is located in the key Tianjin, the officials are frequent, the expenditure is very large, and it is impossible to cope with it without additional levy." ”

Qiqi groaned slightly, and then said: "The emperor will definitely pass through Shangzhou on his return journey, you will hurry back early tomorrow morning to deal with the aftermath, and the post house servants and business travelers should pay attention." ”

"Master Xie." Fan Shimu hurriedly bowed and said.

Qi Qi glanced at a few people, and then said in a deep voice: "The fire consumption of one money and five dollars, the emperor is too high, and he clearly ordered that the fire consumption of Shaanxi Province is only allowed to collect one money, in addition, the emperor also specially instructed that the people should not be exploited to fill the shortfall, otherwise it will not be exiled. ”

As soon as he heard this, Wang Yonglin, the superintendent of grain storage, couldn't help complaining: "If a penny is consumed, then all filial piety will be greatly reduced, how can this deficit be filled?" ”

"How to fill? Naturally, he gave up his wealth to avoid disasters, and his arms could still be stretched over his thighs? It is only right to keep the official position first. According to the inspector, Yongtai said unhurriedly: "It is impossible for the prisoners to always stay in the local supervision, this is not in line with the system, and when the prisoners return to Beijing, it is not business as usual." ”

"It's not that simple." Qi Qi said in a deep voice: "Since the emperor has issued an order, he will inevitably send another supervision official to inspect, you still honestly fill in the shortfall, the new monarch Yuji, it's better not to be lucky." ”

"My lord, this deficit has been filled by us, but it's really a panic." Wang Yonglin muttered softly.

"That's not how you settle the bill." Samuha, the political envoy, glanced at him and said, "Can't you see it?" This clean-up of the deficit is a nationwide clean-up, how many years have you been an official, and now there are people filling the deficit for you,"

was robbed in vain, Wang Yonglin said a little sneeringly: "Lord Fantai, the lower officials didn't mean to complain, but now they are strapped for money, and they can't make up the money to fill the deficit for a while. ”

The political envoy Samuha smiled slightly and said, "It's not good for private people, isn't there still the 'Four Hengs'." ”

'Four constants'? Listening to this, even Qiu Qi was stunned, although the 'Four Constants' have interest-free lending and low-interest loans, but the system is quite strict, they can't borrow at all, and the interest-free lending is for disaster relief, the risk is too great, you don't have to think about it, the low-interest lending system is also strict, and the amount of money that each person can borrow is very small, it is a drop in the bucket, and even plugging the teeth is not enough, how to find the 'Four Constants' to borrow silver to fill the shortfall? (To be continued.) )