Chapter Eighty-Four: Gifts
The Emperor of the Apocalypse was delighted.
He was tired of those eloquent conversations, and felt that Zhang Jingyi's words were very appealing to him and shared his heart.
So he stood up excitedly, then sat down again, and said: "In today's imperial court, money and food are a problem, the laxity of the guards is also a problem, and repeated civil changes are a problem. But what really gave me a headache was the noise. ”
He couldn't wait to shake out all the things he thought in his heart like pouring beans, thinking that he had been aggrieved for too long.
"What's the root of the noise? It's just a struggle for power. The Emperor of the Apocalypse gritted his teeth and continued: "So the officials talk about it every day, this one talks about benevolence and righteousness, and the other talks about morality, isn't it just for authority after all? I sent people to guard Liaodong, but they were still noisy, and everyone was expressing their opinions, and the border generals were like this, and the governors were still fighting. It seems that the people who are governed are not important, and the slaves are not important, the important thing is that everyone thinks that their method is the smartest, and they wish to take this power of conquest into their own hands! ”
"I have repeatedly decreed that you should not quarrel, and you should not quarrel, and do your share of things, if you are the governor, you will do the governor's business, and if you are the chief soldier, you will do the business of the general army. But it can't be done, this one says to build a city and consolidate the Quang Ninh defense line. The one who said that he would attack, and if the other side suffered a defeat, they would not be embarrassed. I didn't expect that the thief was a little bigger, but I was overjoyed in my heart, and hurriedly read the book, eager to use the mistakes of my colleagues to prove my correctness. ”
"Hey...... If he makes the artifact easier in the future, he is afraid that it will be bad on Zhuge Liang of the Manchu Dynasty. "The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked depressed.
He is a little powerless, this is true, some individuals, they quarrel, you ordered him not to quarrel, annoyed to death.
But they are still arguing, so you punish them, and they quarrel even more.
You were annoyed, and you directly made a killer move, and the factory guard took action, but death was imminent, as usual.
"If you have such an idea, you really know the difficulties of doing things, and it is easier said than done." The Emperor of the Apocalypse encouraged Zhang Jing: "So don't listen to any big truths outside in the future, and feel that you have been empowered and it is important to get things done." Your 100 households have done a very good job, far beyond my expectations...... Wei Banban...... What do you think of this exercise? ”
Wei Zhongxian kept smiling, and his heart was bleeding.
What do we think, let's look at the fuck.
But at this time, Wei Zhongxian could only say against his will: "Zhang Baihu is really a rare talent, such a talent can be used by His Majesty, and the slave maid is very pleased." ”
The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Or, next time, there will be another exercise?" ”
"No...... Not necessarily. Wei Zhongxian hurriedly shook his head: "The drills can't be frequent, if they are frequent, it's too much, and everything can't be too much." ”
The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled again and said: "It's good that you have such thoughts, I hope that the factory guards will be harmonious, and I also hope that you can be harmonious, you are all your own people, and you must not hurt your righteousness." ”
Zhang Jingyi and Wei Zhongxian both said: "We are friends. ”
The Emperor of the Apocalypse had a trace of something in his eyes, but he said sincerely on his face: "This is very good, Zhang Jingyi, I am here, you don't want to say hello well......"
Zhang Jing said: "There is only coarse tea and light rice here." ”
As he spoke, he stood up, he didn't dare to let Zhang Suhua come to greet him, so he summoned the little girl and hurriedly asked her to make a pot of tea again.
Wait for this little girl to bring tea.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse raised his eyes to look at the thin girl, who still had yellow hair on her head, withered and yellow, her face was sunken, and she was not very good-looking.
However, Zhang Jingyi remembered that the first time she saw this girl, it was much more terrifying than now.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse took the tea, took a sip, and sighed: "It's still the fragrance of tea poured by Gonggong Wei." ”
The girl was at a loss.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse asked her with a smile, "Where are you from?" ”
The girl shook her head in confusion.
"How did you come to Zhang's house?"
"My mother sold me."
The Emperor of the Apocalypse said, "What is the price?" ”
"Five buckets of rice." The girl thought for a moment and replied.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse sighed: "This is cheaper for the Zhang family, five buckets of rice...... Your father and mother sold you? ”
"My father is starving to death, and my brother is starving to death, so my mother brought me to join relatives in the capital...... Later, my relatives ignored me, and my mother said that she would sell herself...... Somewhere to sell, she is reluctant to let me go, and wants me to be a slave in a good man's house...... Sell me first. ”
When the Emperor of the Apocalypse heard this, his face was gloomy and terrifying: "Zhang Qing, where is she from?" ”
"This ......" Zhang Jing opened her mouth, but she couldn't answer for a while.
The things in the family have always been cooked by his father and Zhang Suhua, how do he know these things?
Wei Zhongxian said with a smile: "Your Majesty, listening to her accent, it looks like it's from Guanzhong." ”
"Guanzhong?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse said: "Guanzhong has suffered any disasters these days?" ”
Wei Zhongxian glanced at the Emperor of the Apocalypse cautiously, and then muttered: "This year has just started spring, but this woman ...... Being able to come all the way to Jingshi should have happened last year......"
The Emperor of the Apocalypse sighed, as if he understood something.
We have not suffered disasters to this point, but we have suffered disasters this year, but we do not know what it looks like.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse immediately said: "This is the case when the five grains are harvested, and so is the disaster......
Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but say, "Has Your Majesty ever thought about hoarding a batch of grain for emergencies?" I would like to think that after the beginning of spring this year, there is a great possibility that a huge disaster will occur. ”
In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, a disaster that swept half of the world will occur, which Zhang Jingyi knows very well, and it is precisely because of this disaster that the Ming Dynasty fell into an endless rebellion.
The whole of Guanzhong and Henan and other places will not be harvested, first by drought and then by locust plague......
In fact, Zhang Jingyi does not have a deep understanding of people's lack of food.
But now that I heard this girl's words, my heart couldn't help but move.
Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but get nervous when he heard Zhang Jing say that a huge disaster would happen this year, and immediately said: "Zhang Baihu, don't talk nonsense, I'm ...... Own ...... heaven"
The Emperor of the Apocalypse waved his hand and said, "Let's prepare more food in the treasury, even if there is no disaster, I want to stock up more." It's just that in the past few years, the imperial court has collected less and less grain, and the disasters in various places are also continuous. ”
He was telling the truth.
Who doesn't want to stock up on more food and save more money?
Don't say it's the emperor, even ordinary people think so.
But is it easy to do?
Speaking of this, the Emperor of the Apocalypse stood up and said to Zhang Jing with a smile: "As for whether there will be a catastrophe at that time, the heavens have their own certainty, but ...... I'll still be vigilant, it's not a bad thing to be prepared. This time you have made a great contribution, you want to sweep the house well, then sweep it well, this Qingpingfang...... I'll leave it to you, you're not only a hundred Jinyi guards here, I'm ...... And here, set up a town......"
Town?
This town, of course, does not mean the township of later generations.
Townships are civil institutions.
In Daming, the meaning of the town is mostly the meaning of the military town.
But...... There are many kinds of military towns, one is the traditional military town on the border town, this kind of military town is very high-standard, and the commander is often the chief soldier.
But what kind of place is Qingpingfang, this is just a place with a big palm!
The radius is only a few miles, which is equivalent to a street office in later generations, and there is a town here, obviously...... It's the so-called town.
It's just that the problem comes out again, the town is a supplement to the system of Damingwei, that is, in some traffic arteries, set up a town, and then arrange the inspection department.
The responsibilities of this inspection department are actually equivalent to the military version of the local government, and the inspection is the chief, who is responsible for checking the past lines; Inspect people who have no way out, arrest spies, intercept deserted soldiers and prisoners, crack down on smuggling, and maintain normal business and travel exchanges.
Because this kind of inspection department is often located in a place where thieves are crowded or traffic is strong, it belongs to the place where the local government and county whip chief of the Ming Dynasty are out of reach.
And Emperor Taizu Gao was more stingy, although he set up such a thing at the beginning, but he did not pay people's salaries.
Since you won't be paid, you still have to eat, and the inspection department will have to solve the problem yourself.
Therefore, he also quoted the system of the guard, that is, you should support yourselves by cultivating your own fields.
In this way, the inspection of various places has become a more embarrassing existence to a certain extent!
You have to feed yourself by farming, you have to catch thieves like the local government, you have to supervise the merchants, and you have to train the people!
You are self-reliant, you are not only a military commander, but also a civil affairs commander, and you have to take care of everything except criminal and prison proceedings.
Wei Zhongxian, who was on the side, was confused about the Emperor of the Apocalypse at this time, and in a place like the capital, there is also an inspection department?
This is a barren mountain and a wilderness, and it is only set up in a place where the magistrate whip is out of reach.
This is the capital ...... At the feet of the Son of Heaven, where is the land for this inspection department to go to Tuntian?
What's more, this obviously doesn't fit in with the ......
Just when Wei Zhongxian was thinking nonsense, the Emperor of the Apocalypse had already looked at him: "As for how to set up the Inspection Division, I don't care, Wei Companion will do it, Wei Companion will do it, Wei Companion will bother more, don't you have many children and grandchildren?" Let them play, and when the performance reaches the cabinet, you will try to get the ministers to approve in the vote. Didn't Huang Ge always hope that his son could be favored, and secretly told him that I would find a way, and when this ticket was sent to me, I would personally approve the red. ”
Wei Zhongxian couldn't help but be stunned for a long time, just for such a small inspection department, His Majesty spent so much effort?
You must know that even if Wei Zhongxian is nine thousand years old now, this kind of non-compliant thing is logical to change, and I don't know how much effort it takes, how many people it buys, and maybe even a burst of scolding.
This...... It's too big a problem.