Chapter 164: Resurgence
"If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat."
It was another day of the early dynasty, and since Zhu Youxiao served as the first assistant of the cabinet, the previous dynasty has become a lot more diligent, and he will go to the early court every seven days.
"The minister has something to do." The imperial history Zhou Qiyuan came out of the ranks, and everyone couldn't help but look sideways. This guy is regarded as the 'remnant' of the Donglin Party, and there are still many Donglin parties in the DPRK and China that have not been purged, but they are mostly some small minions, and these Donglin parties are doing things with their tails between them during this time! I didn't expect to jump out early this morning.
"Quasi-play." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand.
"The minister impeached Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai, and drowned thirteen soldiers in the middle of the process during the transportation of grain. I also ask Your Majesty to hold Yuan Keli accountable and stop the sea to prevent such a serious accident from happening again. Zhou Qiyuan raised his voice in distress, "Everyone was born and raised by their parents, and thirteen soldiers were drowned, so how can my court explain to their parents?" ”
"Ahem! Aiqing is kind and commendable. It's just that this sea is shipping, and it is normal for a shipwreck to occur. Zhu Youxiao coughed, said in a calm tone, and then asked the civil and military officials below, "What do you think Aiqing?" ”
"The minister thinks that what Zhou Qiyuan said is reasonable, the sea is unpredictable, once a shipwreck occurs, the court Cao Piao did not say anything, and there are also personnel losses, which is really too risky."
"The minister seconded the proposal, although this shipwreck only caused thirteen people to be killed, but if there is a big storm next time, what if there is no more?"
A group of Donglin Party jumped out at this time, Zhu Youxiao was a little surprised, he didn't expect the Donglin Party in the DPRK to resurrect so quickly and recover its organizational planning ability. I thought that after Ye Xianggao and these guys went down. They have no leader to stop for a few years. Obviously, such an estimate is grossly wrong. These Donglin Party members have no big brother to take the lead. Naturally, there will be a new big brother taking the lead.
Zhu Youxiao cut half of the share of the grain river transport, which obviously shook the interests of some businessmen. In the past, these merchants could carry their goods through these boats. It is equivalent to using the ships organized by the imperial court to transport their goods. After cutting it in half, the transportation cost immediately became high.
Zhu Youxiao hurriedly looked at Shen Yun, and Shen Yun also stood up very cooperatively at this time, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is a lot to be done by sea. Although there were some shipwrecks on the way, and thirteen soldiers were drowned, the transportation did not cost the people and money. Moreover, the accident was due to the fact that the sea vessel was too small to withstand the wind and waves at sea. If the imperial court used large ships to transport grain, it would be much safer. ”
"The minister seconded the proposal."
"The minister seconded the proposal."
The group of Qi Chu and Zhejiang Xuan Party horses that Zhu Youxiao incorporated also stood up at this time, and they all agreed with Shen Yan's remarks.
"The so-called loss of money and labor is nothing but alarmism. Over the years, I have shipped grain by sea several times, but in the end, they were all cancelled. It can be seen that the harm of shipping outweighs the benefits. "Zhou Qiyuan is like a-stirring stick, still persistently messing around.
"Your Majesty. It is normal for all things to coexist with yin and yang, and there are interests and harms, but it is only a matter of choice. The benefits of sea freight are obvious. The river transported grain from Jiangsu to Gyeonggi, and nearly 30% of the grain was lost on the way, and the imperial court had to lose 1.2 million stone of grain every year. But if you take the sea, this time Governor Yuan organized the sea, and only 800 stone grains were floated on the way, and none of the rest were lost. If calculated at market prices, one stone of grain is one yuan and eight anise, and this shipping will save 2 million yuan for the imperial court. Wang Shaohui jumped out, first brought out some data, and then attacked Zhou Qiyuan: "Dare to ask, what is your intention?" To make the imperial court lose 2 million yuan of finances every year? ”
"Emperor Qiqi, as far as the ministers know, Cao Yun's high loss is too laborious and costly, and Cao Ding has no choice but to steal and sell Cao grain. Merchants then took the opportunity to carry smuggled goods, so that the canal was chaotic and full of miasma. This opening of the sea must have harmed the interests of those profiteers. ”
"The minister impeached the imperial historian Zhou Qiyuan, colluded with profiteers, and disregarded the interests of the imperial court."
"The minister impeached Zhou Qiyuan, with clever words and intentions to deceive the saint, and committed the crime of deceiving the king. Please ask the emperor to send this villain to prison for questioning. ”
A group of horses jumped out one after another, like vicious dogs. One by one, the basins were buckled on his head, and Zhou Qiyuan's whole face turned black.
At this time, as long as Zhu Youxiao pushes the boat down the river, he can immediately put Zhou Qiyuan in prison.
"Since all of you Aiqing think that shipping is beneficial, there is no need to discuss this matter again. Zhou Qiyuan attacked the local officials for no reason and fined them for three months to set an example. Zhu Youxiao dealt with it tepidly, and Zhou Qiyuan retreated. The officials who had just put pots on Zhou Qiyuan's head were suddenly a little puzzled.
Isn't this a good chance to beat up the water dogs? Why don't you start for Emperor Mao?
Zhu Youxiao naturally won't do it indiscriminately, the bigwigs of the East and East Forestry Party are all finished, what is there to beat these little minions of the East Forestry Party.
If the East Forestry Party in the DPRK is completely gone, then the party struggle will be too much. After all, there are still some talents in the Donglin Party who can be used, such as Xu Guangqi, who can be used.
Therefore, this time, Zhu Youxiao held high the anti-corruption card to crack down on the Donglin Party, although people can't find fault with it, but it is already very targeted. If you continue to target, you will be overdone.
A little minion like Zhou Qiyuan can be kept. Anyway, it can't turn the sky upside down, and keeping it can also put some pressure on those Qi Chu Zhejiang Xuan Party horses, lest these guys get carried away and start digging the emperor's corner.
Obviously, every day in the morning dynasty, most of the things are political attacks, and today's morning dynasty also opens with attacks. Next, he began to discuss the matter, and Shen Yu reported to Zhu Youxiao about the results of the post station reform.
Over the past few months, the cabinet's reform of the post station has continued. Commissioners were dispatched from the central government to supervise the grassroots level, coupled with the improvement of the remuneration of post guards, and the introduction of punitive measures. The chaos in the thousands of post stations across the country has been rapidly improved, first of all, the sharp decline in 'express delivery'.
In addition to the official decrees, the intelligence of the factory guards, and the commodity intelligence transmission of the royal capital, the private merchants were quickly excluded from the urgent business in XX.
At the same time, the long-distance passenger transport business was standardized, and the mailing business was officially launched. The shipping business launched at this time is equivalent to the ordinary shipping of later generations, not the express delivery level.
"After the completion of the reform, only a little more than a month, the income of the national post station has exceeded the expenditure, and there is a surplus of 12,000 yuan." Shen Yu reported.
"Well done, but not slack." Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction, the post station reform can achieve results so quickly, but it is satisfying. And the profitability of the post station is also expected. After all, the post station system is unique in Daming, and Daming is a commodity economy flooding environment, such a good resource can not produce profits, it is simply unreasonable.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"By the way, how is the sweet potato promotion executed?" Zhu You asked Shen Yun.
"The provinces have issued trial planting subsidies, with a subsidy of 100 per mu, a total of 2 million mu of planting has been promoted, and a total of 400,000 yuan has been spent." Shen Yu reported.
"Okay, the cabinet will send someone to the local area to verify." Zhu Youxiao spent 400,000 yuan to promote sweet potatoes, how much of the subsidy can go to farmers? No one knows that corruption is inevitable.
But corruption doesn't matter, just take advantage of the topic to play, take off their black gauze hats, but this obviously can't be said explicitly, the court has a lot of mouths, as soon as they say that they will be severely punished, the tigers and flies below will soon receive the news. Just said that it should be checked, and the following may not be taken seriously, thinking that it can be fooled.
But the area of sweet potato promotion and the subsidy are clearly stated, and it is not easy to verify? At most, run a little more errands and verify the data before the sweet potato is harvested.
In this promotion, basically except for Fujian and other provinces where sweet potatoes have been popularized, every state and county in other provinces has a showdown with the promotion indicators.
All states and counties in the country will plant a little sweet potato. Although 2 million mu seems like a lot, it is less than 1,000 mu when it is distributed to various states and counties.
In order to prevent the common people from not understanding and triggering civil unrest in the process of promotion. Therefore, the trial planting subsidy is implemented, and the government is not allowed to force farmers to plant more than half an acre of sweet potatoes. It is okay for farmers to ask for a variety of things spontaneously, but they are not included in the acceptance. The cabinet also issued an illustrated agricultural book on planting sweet potatoes to the chief officials of various prefectures and counties, which was not too cumbersome, only a dozen pages, and explained the outline of planting techniques, so as not to make the officials below dizzy.
With such blooming everywhere, it is believed that farmers across the country will spontaneously plant sweet potatoes next year. However, the planting area of each farmer with more than half an acre is not included in the evaluation, which avoids the rude promotion of local officials and the cause of popular unrest. If the government carries out rough promotion, it will not require farmers to plant more than half an acre of sweet potatoes, and even if farmers are unwilling, they will get a little subsidy for trial planting, and they will not rise up.
At this time, it is already April, and officials from all provinces, states and counties across the country have successively reported that they have reached the standard, and the next step is the acceptance process. Obviously, this time the imperial court accepted the inspection, in addition to the number of acres, but also to check whether the subsidy money was distributed to the farmers.
In the Q&A between Zhu Youxiao and Shen Yan, the early dynasty ended. The Donglin Party could hardly interject, and Shen Yu had obviously become the 'Cai Jing' in their eyes.
After the end of the early dynasty, Zhu Youxiao drove out of the palace and went to the labor camp.
There are also a group of Donglin Party bigwigs in the Labor Reform Bureau! It's time to check them out. The emperor's chariot drove through the street, and the people on the side of the road saw it and knelt down one after another. There are also those who do not kneel, but no one is to blame. The people who knelt down and bowed down were spontaneous.
When most of the people saw the emperor's frame, they knelt down and shouted long live.
After some propaganda and some practical benefits, the common people of Beizhili sang and recited Zhu Youxiao, and his reputation was too good.
'On buying the hearts of the people', it is obvious that Zhu Youxiao has gradually become an 'expert'. (To be continued......)
PS: There are definitely two shifts today, go and finish dinner first!