The first wind and rain drifted away

The next day, Emperor Chongzhen, who had returned from Bazhou, took the initiative to convene a court meeting.

This is an extremely rare thing in recent times, and many courtiers are amazed, could it be that the sun rises in the west?

Unfortunately, there was no time to prepare for the impeachment.

Now, except for the cabinet ministers and the six ministers who can meet with the emperor from time to time, the other courtiers have to wait for the emperor to summon them before they can see each other.

Usually, when something is started, it is handed to the Secretary for General Affairs, or submitted to the cabinet.

If you want to be the same as before, you have nothing to do with the emperor to chat, quarrel and quarrel, it's really difficult.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are two things that require everyone's full cooperation and suggestions."

After the court, Emperor Chongzhen, who was high above, overlooked the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty and said slowly.

Emperor Chongzhen, who used to be the manager of the region in later generations, knew that to solve small problems to hold a conference, to solve a big problem to hold a small meeting, to solve a major problem without a meeting.

He basically doesn't hold a court meeting now because it's useless.

But issues involving public affairs are subject to discussion.

"Today, the locust plague in Bazhou, Baoding, and Renqiu has not stopped, and it has become more and more intense. Now it has spread to Cangzhou, Hengshui and other places, once it spreads throughout Hebei, there will be chaos.

Therefore, for the sake of the stability of the world, and to prevent the recurrence of the locust plague in the coming year, I have made up my mind to exterminate the locusts!

In addition to using civil power to encircle and suppress, I don't know what preventive measures you Aiqing has? ”

Locust plagues have always been a big problem in dynasties where agriculture was the mainstay.

Although Emperor Chongzhen was confident that he would extinguish the locusts of the year, what could he do?

You can't do it every year, every year!

There is some blood in the finances, Emperor Chongzhen can still bear it, anyway, the people have also benefited, but the key is food!

The problem of food shortage in Daming is not a year or two, but a preparation for a protracted war.

If there is a lack of food in one province, it will make it worse!

"Your Majesty, to eliminate locusts, you can start from three aspects.

First, reduce the food sources for locusts.

Locusts prefer to eat corn, wheat, sorghum, rice, etc., but do not eat soybeans, alfalfa, and fruit trees.

Therefore, soybeans, alfalfa, fruit trees and other forest trees can be planted as much as possible in Hebei and other places to control locusts.

Second, reduce the spawning grounds of locusts.

Locusts lay eggs in low-lying places, which can be transformed into ponds to raise fish and shrimp, which can greatly reduce the habitat of locusts.

Third, let the people of Hebei raise more chickens and ducks and other natural enemies of locusts.

In addition, locusts have many natural predators, including frogs, lizards, birds, bees, ......"

This question is very professional, and there is no way for other courtiers to return, so the head of the household department is strictly out of the class to answer in detail.

"Bi Aiqing's method is very good!

You can choose to send capable officials from the household department to Bazhou, Baoding, Renqiu, Cangzhou, Hengshui and other places to be responsible for exterminating locusts, and they must be cleaned up!

The required expenses are estimated by Aiqing clearly, and they will all be allocated by the inner treasury. ”

On the dragon chair, Emperor Chongzhen nodded happily and said generously.

Bi Ziyan's strategy for exterminating locusts is still very practical, except for the absence of biological and chemical weapons in later generations-pesticides, which are basically complete.

It's not easy to even take into account the extermination of locusts in your stomach!

Therefore, the Ministry of Households, which is equivalent to the Ministry of Finance, the Central Bank, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and other ministries and commissions in later generations, would not be able to hold this position if there were not a few brushes.

"Command!"

Bi Ziyan bowed and saluted, and then returned to his original position.

For the current emperor, he now admires him very much.

Although it seems that he is not as diligent as in the past, and even bears the infamy of accumulating wealth and lazy government, the statements of those officials and courtiers are completely out of ignorance.

He knows that although the emperor does not go to court from time to time, he has never been idle in state affairs.

The small court meeting of the Wenhua Hall and the deliberations of the generals of the Wuying Hall are all more efficient means of dealing with court affairs, and the operation of the court and government is many times smoother and more effective than in the past.

Look at the recent past, there are millions of disaster relief funds in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, but the emperor said that he would take it out.

There is no need to say it explicitly, and there is no need for the courtiers to plead repeatedly, how can there be the appearance of greed for money in the legend?

It's a shame that I thought about it and broke into the palace to force the emperor to get disaster relief money!

That is, he ran into the Holy Monarch himself, otherwise, he really didn't dare to think about it.

"There is another thing, the grain harvest of the Ming Dynasty has failed year after year, and I have reduced the salary and training salary, resulting in a serious shortage of grain storage in the household, which is a big taboo in the country!

Except for our own self-reliance, cultivating wasteland, building water conservancy, and increasing grain production, I am ready to ask Honglu Temple to inform the vassal states to pay tribute to grain, and nothing else.

What do you think? ”

The food problem of the Ming Dynasty, since crossing over, Emperor Chongzhen has been thinking about it for a long time.

The first is to equalize the rich and the poor, which is ideal.

It not only eliminates social contradictions, but also condenses national strength, and the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is thriving.

It's a pity that he doesn't have that strength at the moment.

You must know that even if there are continuous natural disasters now, there is no problem for the vast land of the Ming Dynasty to feed the people of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the population of Daming is only in the early reaches of 100 million, which is not too much.

The reason for the problem is that the land is monopolized.

Second, the grain produced was continuously transported to Mongolia by domestic profiteers, who built slaves and financed foreign enemies.

The third is the war, which left a large amount of land idle and uncultivated.

The second is to colonize overseas, which is not bad.

Unfortunately, it's too far away, it takes time, and it needs to be solved before it can be realized.

Daming can't wait!

The third type was proposed by Emperor Chongzhen to borrow grain from the vassal state.

This is the fastest, least costly, and least difficult.

Daming's father has been protecting you for more than 200 years, so it's not too much to pay some protection money, right?

If paying protection money is a bit hurtful, then now that Daming's father is old, you are always good at being a son's filial piety, right?

"Your Majesty, what will we give in return? And, what if some vassal states shirked it? ”

Honglu Siqing came out of class to ask.

Daming is a state of etiquette, and it pays attention to etiquette. is a big country, and does not take advantage of the younger brother and son.

It's about letting them take advantage, otherwise, how can they be fathers?

"There is no return gift, pure loyalty. If any vassal states shirk it, tell them that I will come and take it myself in the future. ”

Emperor Chongzhen's dragon hand held the dragon chair tightly, and the faintly prominent green tendons on his palm became more and more hideous under the dragon robe embroidered with colorful gold wire.

And the sneer on his lips seemed to tear people apart alive.

These ungrateful grandsons, white-eyed wolves who can never be fed, I have put up with you for a long time in my last life.

It's okay not to borrow, then take a small notebook and write it down first, these grievances, sooner or later, there will be a day of reckoning.

"Your Majesty, don't do it!"

Just when Emperor Chongzhen was angry, Chen Jiding, the imperial historian of the Ducha Academy, made a discordant voice.