"Two adults, how many victims are there in Xuanhua Mansion now?"

Li Yuntian glanced at Li Qingzheng and Zhao Weide, and asked quietly, in his opinion, the top priority now is to settle those victims who came to take refuge, otherwise it will cause a series of public security problems and social problems.

"Your Excellency, the victims of the disaster in Xuanhua Mansion are basically in Xuanhua City, and the lower officials have counted that there are more than 50,000 victims in the city, and the number of victims outside the city is around 200,000."

When Li Qingzheng heard this, he bowed his hand to Li Yuntian, and said with a stern expression, "My lord, there is no surplus grain left in the hands of the lower officials to help those disaster victims, and I implore you to order the opening of the Xuanhua warehouse to release grain, save the people from hunger, and prevent disasters before they happen." ”

"That's what the official thinks." Li Yuntian nodded, looked at Li Qingzheng and said, "However, there are many people in Xuanhua City, and if you have nothing to do for a long time, it will inevitably lead to incidents, so if you want to solve this matter, you can't rely on relief alone. ”

"Cash-for-work!" Li Qingzheng and Zhao Weide couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, with a look of surprise on their faces, although this idea is good, but what do you want those victims to do?

"Build water conservancy and open up land." Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and explained to the two of them in an orderly manner, "This official has asked the emperor for his favor, and the victims of the disaster can return to their hometowns in exchange for one mu of wasteland after the rebellion is quelled, and each adult male can be exchanged for a maximum of five acres of wasteland, and they will be exempted from field taxes and forced labor within two years." ”

"Exempt from land and servitude?" Li Qingzheng and Zhao Weide were taken aback, usually speaking, the imperial court is exempted from field tax, and the conscription belongs to the ranks of the exemption of the Ding tax, otherwise there will be no one to send the local yamen, and the operation will come to a standstill, but Li Yuntian actually asked Emperor Xuande to agree to exempt the conscription, which is really not simple.

"Master Li, you can arrange for the victims to be divided into groups of 2,000 people and resettled in sections." Li Yuntian bowed slightly, affirmed the statements of the two, and said to Li Qingzheng in a deep voice, "In addition, select a number of stewards from the disaster victims to manage the affairs of each group, and they can receive a salary every month. ”

"My lord, how do you choose those who are in charge?" Li Qingzheng nodded when he heard this, and felt that Li Yuntian's idea was good, although it was a bit troublesome to implement, it was indeed the best way to manage the victims, so the role of those in charge would be crucial.

"The first assessment, the assessment of the guò through the training for training, after passing the training, they will become managers, the official will issue them a letter of appointment." Li Yuntian had already prepared and said in an orderly manner, "In the future, these stewards, this official will give priority to becoming local officials in Jiaozhi." ”

"That's a great way!" Li Qingzheng's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, nodded again and again, and then sneered, and looked at Li Yuntian with a dissatisfied face, "Don't hide it, the lower officials are very disappointed in the officials appointed by the imperial court, especially the town guard lieutenant Ma Qi, who can do whatever he wants, and the lower officials have already made many recitals to impeach him, but they are all like mud cows into the sea, and there is no news." ”

After the establishment of the Jiaozhi Political Envoy Division, it governed 15 prefectures, 41 prefectures, and 210 counties.

It stands to reason that Jiaozhi, which originally had wars with neighboring countries from time to time, should bid farewell to the era of war after being included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, because the countries of the Indochina Peninsula are all vassals of the Ming Dynasty, and no one dares to be unfavorable to Jiaozhi.

It is a pity that the reason why Jiaozhi has come to this point is not caused by external factors, but that the officials of the imperial court at that time did not really realize the complexity of Jiaozhi-shaped shì, and as a result, the crisis of Jiaozhi burst out from within Jiaozhi and eventually became a prairie fire.

The reason for this is that the imperial court made two major mistakes in handling the Jiaozhi ceremony, one is that the selection of local officials is too simple, and the local officials are not only embarrassed by their responsibilities, but also corrupt, and the other is that Ma Qi, a lieutenant official who was supposed to guard Jiaozhi for the royal town, deceived his superiors and subordinates, did whatever he wanted, and wantonly looted the people's wealth.

Because Jiaozhi is located in a remote area, it is a wild place that has not yet been civilized in the eyes of people, so the officials of the imperial court do not pay attention to it, and according to common sense, the local officials of Jiaozhi should be mobilized by the Ministry of Officials to go to their posts.

However, because the officials were reluctant to serve in Jiaozhi, the imperial court adopted another form of appointment and dismissal of Jiaozhi officials: except for important officials who were transferred from the Ministry of Officials, the rest of the officials were appointed from among the scholars in Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guangdong, which were adjacent to Jiaozhi.

The result can be imagined, those who study hard in the cold window and want to win fame will naturally not come to Jiaozhi as officials, and those officials who are appointed to Jiaozhi as officials can be imagined, many of them are only a little literate, they venture deep into the wilderness of Jiaozhi to become officials, with only one purpose, that is, to make a fortune.

Under the rule of these officials, the lives of the people of Jiaozhi can be imagined, and when Li Li and others rebelled, it became a natural thing for them to go and join them.

The exploitation of Ma Qi, the official of Jiaozhi Town, made the life of the people who were already oppressed by those local officials even more difficult, and the peacock tail alone cost 10,000 horses a year, and if the number was insufficient, the people who handled the matter were ordered to be arrested and tortured.

In this situation, the rebellion of Jiaozhi eventually broke out, and battles were fought everywhere.

It is worth mentioning that the leader of the rebel army, Li Li, was originally an inspector in Ole County, Thanh Hoa Province, and a local official appointed by the imperial court, when he first raised troops to rebel, Feng Gui and Hou Bao of the Jiaozhi Buzheng Division immediately informed the Jiaozhi Division, and asked the Jiaozhi Division to mobilize troops to go with the two to encircle and suppress, and at that time, Li Li was weak and could have been easily exterminated.

However, Ma Qi had a gap with Feng Gui and Hou Bao on weekdays, and did not want to see the two succeed in exterminating the rebels, so he blocked the Jiaozhi Dusi from sending troops as a lieutenant guard, so that Feng Gui and Hou Bao only brought hundreds of old and weak soldiers to encircle and suppress, and as a result, the two died in battle, and Li Li's forces were out of control since then, and finally became the largest rebel leader in Jiaozhi.

Li Yuntian knew all these things, but he was also helpless against Ma Qi, in the final analysis, Ma Qi was an internal servant and was under the management of the royal family, so it was really inconvenient for him to interfere, so Emperor Xuande sent Wang Jin, the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the governor of Dongchang Factory, to deal with this matter.

Not only that, Li Yuntian also knew some things that Li Qingzheng didn't know, and most of the rare and exotic objects that Ma Qi had looted in Jiaozhi were sent to the palace.

For example, the peacock feather was used by Emperor Yongle, Emperor Hongxi and Emperor Xuande to reward the royal nobles and ministers of civil and military affairs.

Therefore, although Ma Qi deserved to die for what he did, he was not afraid, after all, it was a natural thing to pay tribute to the palace, which was also a potentially important factor in why he could stand tall in Jiaozhi.

In the final analysis, Ma Qi is just a house slave of the royal family, he does his best to do things for the royal family, and the royal family will naturally not treat him badly.

What is especially important is that the royal family has great trust in Ma Qi, and it is very reassuring to have him as the eyes and ears of Jiaozhi.

As a result, it invisibly fueled Ma Qi's arrogance and became the out-and-out emperor of Jiaozhi, and the three divisions of Jiaozhi were firmly suppressed by him, and even Huang Fu, the political envoy of Jiaozhi, was driven away by him.

It's a pity that Ma Qi was a little too carried away, not only wantonly collecting money and reaping a lot of benefits for himself, but also interfering in the military and political affairs of Jiaozhi, committing a big taboo of the royal family, and eventually becoming an abandoned son abandoned by the royal family.

"The emperor has his own arrangements for the affairs of Ma Zhongguan, so Lord Li should be calm and impatient." Li Yuntian knew that Li Qingzheng was dissatisfied with Ma Qi, so he comforted with a smile.

As the prefect of Xuanhua Prefecture, Li Qingzheng inevitably had conflicts with Ma Qi, who once asked him for money and goods under the banner of paying tribute to the royal family, but was rejected by Li Qingzheng.

Li Qingzheng is different from those officials in Jiaozhi, he came down from the capital, and he is also a dignified Hanlin bachelor, so naturally he did not take Ma Qi, a eunuch, in his eyes.

Ma Qi also knew that Li Qingzheng had a deep foundation in the capital, and he had many colleagues and disciples in the officialdom, so he was a figure who was not easy to provoke, so he didn't dare to provoke Li Qingzheng openly, you must know that this stubborn old man didn't even dare to give Emperor Hongxi face.

Therefore, Ma Qi secretly stumbled Li Qingzheng a lot, and the relationship between the two gradually became like fire and water.

"The emperor is already preparing to investigate and punish Ma Qi?" Li Qingzheng's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian in surprise, he had been honing in officialdom for many years, so he could naturally hear the meaning of Li Yuntian's words.

"Lord Zhao, how many troops does Xuanhua Mansion have?" Li Yuntian smiled and nodded, and then looked at Zhao Weide, who was sitting on the side.

"Your Excellency, since the rioters of Jiaozhi made trouble, the Governor of Beizhi and Li Zhifu have recruited the people of various counties, and there are more than 12,000 soldiers and more than 3,000 native soldiers." Zhao Weide bowed slightly to Li Yuntian and replied in a deep voice.

"Lord Zhao, this official is going to select five thousand people from these soldiers to join the Xiaowu Army, you arrange it, and the people of the Xiaowu Army will test them at that time."

Li Yuntian groaned for a moment when he heard this, and gave an order in a loud voice, "Sue the Tusi in the sù mansion, the official does not use their people in vain, each official will give them one tael of silver per month, and if they die in battle, the official will give them a pension of five taels!" ”

"Yes." Zhao Weide was slightly stunned when he heard this, he seemed a little surprised, hugged his fist to Li Yuntian and agreed, and then asked with some puzzlement, "My lord, why do you want them to join the Xiaowu Army?" ”

"This official won't hide it from you, this official only brought 3,000 Xiaowu troops this time." Li Yuntian couldn't help but smile bitterly, "The news of the disastrous defeat of our army in Jiaozhi came, the government and the opposition were shocked, rumors spread in the capital, and the people all ignored the Jiaozhi rebels like a flood of beasts, in order to calm the situation in the capital and defend the majesty of our Ming Dynasty, so the official hurriedly set out to fight, where is there time to prepare the army to quell the rebellion." ”

"Three thousand! Not 100,000? Li Qingzheng and Zhao Weide couldn't help but be shocked when they heard this, and looked at Li Yuntian with stunned expressions.

If the two of them are not mistaken, now those cavalry of the Xiaowu Army are still hyping up along the streets in Xuanhua City that the Xiaowu Army is coming to put down the rebellion with 100,000 troops this time, and 3,000 people is only a fraction of the 100,000 army, how can they fight with the rebels with 200,000 people?!^!

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