"Waste pen? Are you sure? ”

"The news from the palace is like this......"

In the Fang Mansion, a group of officials gathered changed color instantly when they heard the news that the palace was going to abolish the pen.

They surrounded Fang Congzhe's eldest son, and the eldest son explained truthfully.

There are quite a few surviving Five Party officials, and there are more than 70 people who are above the fifth grade, and the reason why Fang Congzhe did not show up was that he was sick and very sick.

Not only that, but in the summer of this year, news came from Zhejiang that Sun Ruyou was critically ill.

From this point of view, if Fang Congzhe and Sun Ruyou, the two cornerstones of the Zhejiang Party, fall, then the future of the Zhejiang Party will inevitably be a little bleak.

The two parties of Qi and Chu are already in decline, and if the Zhejiang party still can't provoke Liangzi, then things will be a little difficult to handle.

"Abolish the pen silver, what do officials at all levels eat?"

When the news of the pen was confirmed, a civil official immediately sat down with his sleeves brushed up, while the others also complained a lot.

"I want us to govern the place, and not to withhold too much silver, and now we have sent Dali Temple and the Soldiers and Horses Division, and the officials to supervise it, not to mention, but also to abolish the silver ...... Scold! ”

"I want the horses to run again, and I want the horses not to graze."

"The horizontal and vertical are all right, let the Qi Wangfu take charge of the world, we don't share the money, do the millions of officials at the bottom want to share the money? Let the Qi Wangfu deal with it by itself! ”

The officials were in a commotion, and the faces of the party leaders were also a little ugly.

Moisturizing silver, intercepting ...... Officials eat these two things.

At present, the mandatory retention is one percent, and the silver will be abolished.

If the household department counts the various benefits of officials such as firewood, charcoal and silver, then the pants they use to cover their shame are really picked up by Zhu Youzhen.

"The plan for now, we still have to see what the elder means......"

Although Fang Congzhe has already made a decision, Yao Zongwen and others still hope that Fang Congzhe will stand up again, and maybe there will be a chance to make a comeback.

This group of people could not see the situation clearly, which also gave the five parties a feeling that there was no successor.

At this time, footsteps sounded, Fang Congzhe's second son walked out of the courtyard gate, and the officials also surrounded him at once.

"Father asked Yao Du to give the matter to Shi Shilang to the courtyard to discuss......"

"Good!" Hearing Fang Congzhe's words, Yao Zongwen immediately responded, and then turned his head to look at the person behind him.

This person is older than Yao Zongwen, and he can be regarded as an old man in the Zhejiang Party, plus his status as the first place in the Ding Weike Examination in the 35th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and the second place in the first and second places in the court examination, and now he is sitting in the official position of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

This person is also the mainstay of the Zhejiang Party at the moment, Shi Fenglai......

"Please ...... you two"

Fang Congzhe's second son led the way for them, and under his guidance, the two walked around the Fang mansion, and finally arrived at Fang Congzhe's bedroom after a stick of incense, and saw Fang Congzhe lying on the bed, dazed.

"Pavilion Elder !"

Seeing Fang Congzhe, the two knelt on the side of the bed excitedly, and when Fang Congzhe heard the news of the two, he also responded intermittently in that weak voice:

"King Qi...... The king of Qi is not easy to get along, if it is...... If his relationship with Banzai remains the same, when he is dormant... When the time comes..."

"Don't worry, Elder Ge, we have already arranged it, and many Yanshan officials have accepted our silver, but at the moment we are still in the eunuch party, if we ......"

Yao Zongwen said everything in a hurry, after all, the appearance of Congzhe under his eyes seemed to be on the verge of dying.

"Looking for an opportunity...... Exit to ...... Don't gather together again with the township party and disperse...... Let Zhu Youzhen not find ......"

"Spread out?!"

Fang Congzhe seems to have returned to the light before his death, which made Yao Zongwen and others think of Zhu Youzhen's treatment of them all along, isn't it just by sowing discord to distinguish which people are which party?

If they are really as Fang Congzhe said, they are directly broken into pieces and scattered among non-party officials, then can Zhu Youzhen still target any party?

"Yanshan's plate is too big...... Mix some sand...... He couldn't see it......" Fang Congzhe suddenly had difficulty breathing, and Yao Zongwen was even more anxious when he saw this:

"Right now, Zhu Youzhen wants to scrap the pen, and he has to be stuck and intercepted, and the people below want to eat, if you don't let the greed, what will the people below do? was greedy and gave Zhu Youzhen a handle. ”

"The officials below have no money, so if they can't call the officers, he will have to change people......"

"Don't embarrass you about this...... embarrass him...... He himself wants to solve the problem of eating for Yanshan officials......" Fang Congzhe suddenly had the strength to say this sentence more completely.

At the end, he looked at Shi Fenglai, and then at Yao Zongwen and said:

"Don't be in a hurry, if you are in a hurry, it will change!" As soon as the words fell, Fang Congzhe closed his eyes groggily.

Everyone was startled, stretched out their hands to probe, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they found that there was still a snort.

Yao Zongwen and Shi Fenglai saluted Fang Congzhe, then retreated, returned to the front yard under the leadership of his subordinates, and dispersed most of the people, leaving only those who could call the shots in the other four parties.

finally everyone sat down, and Yao Zongwen couldn't help but have a showdown:

"Ge Lao means that it will be divided into parts first......"

"It's easy to break it into pieces, but it's even harder to get back together, and who knows if someone else will give a better way?" Tang Binyin responded, the so-called means in his mouth are just interests.

"No, without the elder of the pavilion, they will support the scene, and sooner or later they will be judged by Zhu Youzhen."

Gu Tianjun saw it clearly, and reminded: "Things can't be argued, if you want to fight, just look at the North and South list cases." ”

"It's dormant right now, but it's only been wronged for more than ten years, no matter how powerful he is Zhu Youzhen, he can't wait for the prince to grow up and continue to supervise the country, right?"

"At that time, even if Banzai is willing, we have to see if the prince is willing."

"But right now, Banzai is paving the way for the prince." Yao Zongwen was worried about opening his mouth, while Shi Fenglai said:

"What about paving roads? There is still a gap between the biological father and son because of power, let alone an uncle and nephew? ”

"He Zhu Youzhen wants to push the official school, so let him push it, and after pushing, it will also give us a way to live."

"The people below can't go through the imperial examination, but they can also go to Enko."

Shi Fenglai's words are good, but among all the people here, who is willing to honestly crawl at Zhu Youzhen's feet for decades?

They are all old, and they really want to crawl, and they can't stand this suffering.

Thinking about it this way, they also figured out why Qi Shijiao, Fang Congzhe, Sun Ruyou, Zhu Guozuo, Shen Xiao, Guan Yingzhen and others are all Zhishi, and they are unwilling to lick their old faces as errands.

"No matter what you do, I'll quit tomorrow!"

As soon as Tang Binyin figured it out, he had to temporarily withdraw from officialdom, and Gu Tianjun also said:

"The people of the four prefectures of Suhu Changsong have received the favor of the imperial court, and the county officials of the four prefectures are all Zhu Youzhen's people, and now things are difficult, and I am ready to retreat."

For a time, among the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuankun, and Kunming, two party leaders wanted to retreat, which made Yao Zongwen and Shi Fenglai look a little ugly.

It's just that without waiting for them to speak, the leaders of the two parties of Qi and Chu also followed suit, obviously thinking that after Runbi Silver was abolished, the following things would be more difficult to do.

The so-called breaking up into pieces in Fang Congzhe's mouth is actually asking them all to retreat and not rot things in their own hands.

The people below will become more and more dissatisfied with the time, at this time, pass the drum in their hands early, and still save a life, if they are greedy for power, I am afraid ......

"Drumming and passing flowers...... No one cares about things, is it possible to achieve it because of a pen and silver, and the five parties will be abolished? ”

Yao Zongwen expressed dissatisfaction, and Shi Feng looked at him, his eyes flickered, and after a while, he also echoed:

"I still have to keep some people in the court, and it will be easier to come back in the future."

......Seeing that someone was willing to take the drum, Tang Binyin and others expressed their positions.

In this way, the so-called five parties do not exist, and only one Zhejiang party is left to support the overall situation.

However, the power of the Zhejiang Party is almost comparable to that of Shen's consistent administration.

"First remove us from the eunuch party, and instigate Wei Zhongxian and Zhu Youzhen to do a game."

Yao Zongwen thought very well, and Shi Fenglai poured a basin of cold water on him:

"With Wei Zhongxian's courage, Zhu Youzhen spoke more heavily, his legs were weak, and there was a conflict head-on, he was afraid that he wouldn't dare."

"If you don't dare, you have to look at the power, he Wei Zhongxian can't give up the eunuch party to live alone, right?" Yao Zongwen said:

"I'll do it, don't worry......"

After that, Yao Zongwen got up and prepared to leave the Fang Mansion, while the others also got up and left one after another.

That night, Fang Congzhe, the "lone minister" who had served as the first assistant of the cabinet for eight years, died of his life, and after Zhu Youxiao learned about it, although he didn't like him, he still posthumously presented the Taifu and awarded him the title Wenduan.

A few days later, Sun Ruyou also contracted a cold due to the influx of seawater into Zhejiang, and died of illness at Yuyao's home.

After nine years, the two people who fought with Zhu Youzhen still failed to survive Zhu Youzhen, and when Zhu Youzhen learned these two news, he couldn't help but be a little happy.

After appeasing the people, he did not go back to the capital directly, but went south to Xi'an Mansion, and after meeting with the people of the Qin Domain, he continued to stabilize the situation in Shaanxi in Xi'an Mansion.

Gu Bingqian took the lead in returning to the capital, while Sun Chuanting went to Xi'an with Zhu Youzhen.

When the news of Fang Congzhe's death came, it was still raining in Guanzhong, and Sun Chuanting in the backyard of the Yamen of Xi'an Mansion was wearing a Taoist robe and said to Zhu Youzhen, who was sitting on the top seat:

"The death of these two people will hit the confidence of many officials of the five parties."

"What about the blow? What if you don't crack down? The situation is in front of them, and they have to bow their heads. "Zhu Youzhen is in control.

Since the fourth year of the Apocalypse, when civilian officials had no military power and the nine sides were cleaned up by him, he changed from party struggle to anti-corruption.

Under the great drought, no matter which party or faction, as long as it can be obedient and can protect the people, it is a virtuous minister available in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen glanced up at the courtyard, even if he came to the Guanzhong Plain, even in this mansion, the courtyard was still yellow.

A touch of green is invisible, and the road is full of vegetable diggers......

"Are the tomatoes ripe in Guanzhong and Hanzhong?"

Zhu Youzhen put down two pieces of information, and he did not ask Sun Chuanting, but Zhu Tongmeng, who was the political envoy.

Although the Shaanxi Civil Rebellion broke out, Zhu Youzhen still did not deal with Zhu Tongmeng, because he knew that Zhu Tongmeng could not control the affairs of northern Shaanxi, and he could not be the master.

Even if he used to be the governor of Yansui, he could only master those places.

Now that the entire territory of Shaanxi has been cleaned up, Zhu Tongmeng doesn't have to be afraid to do things, and Zhu Youzhen naturally won't kill him.

After all, if you kill him, who will come up? This is a question worth pondering.

In the late Ming Dynasty, it was too difficult to find some capable civil officials, but as long as a few civil servants like Hu Zongxian and Tan Lun appeared to stabilize the place, the Ming Dynasty would not die suddenly.

Zhu Tongmeng is not good, but it is still possible to stabilize Shaanxi.

In the face of Zhu Youzhen's inquiry, he also said honestly:

"The output of tomatoes is not much, and the shelf life is not long, but more than 10,000 catties were sold out as soon as they were sent to the imperial store."

"The water level of the Wei River, Jing River, Beiluo River and other rivers has all dropped, and nearly ninety percent of the more than 300 water veins in Guanzhong have dried up."

"If you want to ensure the harvest of drought and flood in the Guanzhong Plain, you can only rebuild the Zhengguo Canal, the Bai Canal, the Cao Canal, the Chengguo Canal, and the Longshou Canal......"

"When Xu Shangshu was here, these trunk canals have been repaired, but Shaanxi is short of money and grain, and there is a severe drought at present.

"These 6 million mu plus the fields close to the water vein, it is still possible to ensure that 10 million mu of fields can be produced."

Although Zhu Tongmeng can't control northern Shaanxi, he can still control southern Shaanxi and the Guanzhong Plain, and he knows the situation in these places.

His words also prove that it is not that there is no way for people to win the day at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but that there are not so many "people" who stand up.

The 10 million mu of drought and flood harvest is already great news for Zhu Youzhen.

"These 10 million acres are planted with sweet potatoes and potatoes, and the corners can be planted with high-yield vegetables and fruits such as tomatoes."

"If we take care of them, the more than four million people in Shaanxi will still have a way to live."

Zhu Youzhen's words made Sun Chuanting and Zhu Tongmeng nod their heads, and Zhu Youzhen also continued:

"For the disaster relief food stamps, Gu will allocate another 5 million stones to you, and the Disaster Relief Industrial and Commercial Bank will also allocate 600,000 taels."

"If Shaanxi can't protect itself next year, you can go to the foot of Nahua Mountain to apologize."

"Xiaguan! I will not dare to live up to Long live, to live up to His Highness, to live up to the people......" Zhu Tongmeng immediately got up when he heard this, and after making a big salute, he knelt down and bowed.

"Get up, it's useless to just talk, it's the truth to move." Zhu Youzhen sat upright, and he was tired of hearing all kinds of nonsense.

He turned his head to look at Sun Chuanting and said with a hint of apology:

"The affairs of the capital are too heavy, you can't walk the world alone, you can only let you walk the world, and the drought will be cured."

Sun Chuanting's political consciousness is very low, and it should be shown that among the five commanders at the end of Xiong Tingbi, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Sun Chengzong, and Lu Xiangsheng, only Hong Chengchou's political consciousness is high enough.

The other four were defeated politically, not militarily.

Sun Chuanting is the person who grew up in the Wei Institute, and he is very clear about the temper of the generals in the Wei Institute, which is why he dares to kill, dare to clear Tuntian, and dare to deal with the Shaanxi gentry and heroes.

In the matter of governor of the drought in the world, what Zhu Youzhen needs is a person like Sun Chuanting who dares to deal with the gentry and heroes, dare to kill people, and can govern the people's livelihood.

Sun Chuanting himself is also aware of his own advantages, not to mention that he was unhappy with corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so in the face of Zhu Youzhen's removal of him from the northwest position of Jingluo, he was not unhappy, but said to Zhu Youzhen:

"The lower official is not unhappy with the governor of the world, the governor is not unhappy, but he is very happy, but he still has to tell His Highness before leaving."

"......What do you say," Zhu Youzhen nodded, and Sun Chuanting also said:

"At present, the northwest is nothing more than the three provinces of Shaanxi, Hexi, and Duogan, and the people of the three provinces are nearly 8 million, and after the coordination of the army of the Governor's Office of the Northern Army, there are still 40 battalions remaining in the three provinces, and 10 battalions in Shanxi totaling more than 151,000 people."

"Among them, Cao Wenzhao's general army is in Duogan, and the nine battalions of soldiers and horses under his command are important bargaining chips to recapture Wusizang, and they should not be moved lightly."

"Li Rubai, the governor of Hexi, and the fifteenth battalion of soldiers and horses are fine."

"The remaining sixteen battalions of soldiers and horses were arranged by the lower officials in Ningxia Mansion and Shuofang Mansion."

"As long as these two prefectures are guarded, peace in Shaanxi can be guaranteed."

"But after the lower official leaves, His Highness must be transferred back to Mandu."

Sun Chuanting's words made Zhu Youzhen think so, at present, Man Gui, Sun Shoufa, and Cao Meng are all in Taining Sanfu, although Taining Sanfu is important, but it is indeed overkill to keep Mangui there.

Zhu Youzhen thought about it and prepared to transfer back to Mangui, and then transfer the officials under Sun Chuanting to guard the Duoyan Mansion.

However, Zhu Youzhen still had to ask Sun Chuanting about this matter, so he said:

"Lone wants to be transferred back to Mangui, and then transfer the officials and Fumin to Duoyan Mansion to guard the Jingshi Portal, what do you think?"

"Glad to be!" Sun Chuanting did not mean to be reluctant to let his subordinates go, and Zhu Youzhen was relieved when he saw this:

"The matter of the great drought needs to run around, and I am ready to let Mr. Youke bring people to follow you, one is to protect your body, and the other is to prevent some of the epidemics that have broken out in the drought."

Zhu Youzhen is very reluctant to Sun Chuanting, if Sun Chuanting is infected in the drought and dies earlier than in history, then Zhu Youzhen is estimated to be unhappy for the rest of his life.

Leaving Wu Youxing to treat the epidemic by his side, Zhu Youzhen is more assured.

"Thank you, Your Highness......" Sun Chuanting was a little moved, after all, how could he let an imperial doctor stay by his side?

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand, signaled him not to be a little daughter, and said to the two of them by the way:

"I will return to the capital in a few days, and the stability of the northwest and the world will depend on the two of you......"

"The subordinate officer takes the order...... the two of them got up and made a move, and Zhu Youzhen also waved his hand to signal the two to be flat, and then asked them to retreat.

While they retreated, Lu Wenzhao walked in from outside the courtyard and brought two military reports:

"Your Highness, this is a military report sent by Nu Ergan, Guo Sangdai went to Shangjing City and Xingjing City, and saw some things, and the summary of the household department this year has also arrived, you may be interested."

Lu Wenzhao presented the military newspaper with both hands, and Zhu Youzhen also took it and looked at it.

is the same as the one handed over to Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youzhen is also in a slightly complicated mood after reading it.

He knew the cruelty of the great drought, but he never thought that the great drought could cut the tax of 80 million stone in half to 50 million stone.

He also looked at the expenditure of the household department, as far as the current situation is concerned, unless another batch of corrupt officials is killed and a batch of silver is copied, it is indeed unrealistic for the Shangzhi and the Eastern Army Governor's Mansion to want to go north to sweep away the prisoners.

To fight an Annan, there were more than 5 million taels of silver for beheading and pension alone, and although Hong Chengchou handed over more than 1 million taels after seizing it, he also spent more than 3 million taels of silver.

Fighting in Annam, which is close at hand, is like this, and it is much more difficult and intense to encircle the entire northeast and encircle and annihilate the captives, which is much more difficult and intense than the Thirty Years' War in Europe.

Of course, more importantly, the problem of the people's husband......

At present, Liaodong is increasing production, and Taining Sanfu is self-sufficient, and it cannot be swept in winter, because the heavy snow is all over the mountains, and the spring is a little delayed in farming.

The only way to do this is to wait until there are more people and there are enough finances.

However, judging from the sweet potatoes that Jianyu has begun to plant, they can at least be self-sufficient now, after all, more than 200,000 Han people are exhausted.

Let them be self-sufficient, and it is not quite in line with Zhu Youzhen's goal, so they should be beaten or beaten, but they have to grasp the scale......

"Take the ...... of Yimihe River City"

Zhu Youzhen squinted, but after looking down at the household's recital, the whole person had a headache again.

He wanted to fight, but judging from the current situation, there was no money......

If the grain cannot be moved lightly, then it will have to wait for next year.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing, look at ......"

When Zhu Youzhen was struggling with whether to sell grain and sweep the prisoners, Lu Wenzhao took out a military report again and presented it with both hands.

Zhu Youzhen took a look, what was written on it was the behavior of Zhu Yujian and others holding together, and it was not difficult for Zhu Youzhen to understand their behavior in holding together, and even he had some encouragement and support.

Who is the most advantageous of the vassals and Tianzhu? It's nothing more than the Ming Dynasty.

The only one in the whole world who has the size and strength to compete with the Ming is the Mughals.

The feudal clans swept Tianzhu, and all the gold and silver were sent back to the Ming Dynasty for immigration and the purchase of guns, which were all the profits of the Ming Dynasty.

It is equivalent to them supplying blood to the Ming Dynasty, and as long as there is enough gold and silver, the Ming Dynasty can directly carry out currency reform.

"Help them and give Zhu Qiqi a loan of 500,000 taels of silver."

As soon as Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth, it was 500,000 taels, and Lu Wenzhao said after hearing it: "Will it be too much?" ”

Lu Wenzhao's worries are not unreasonable, after all, the rent and transfer of one battalion of Gongwei Battalion is 200,000 taels, and one battalion of Gongwei Battalion is enough to fight against three times the number of northern captives.

According to the information that Lu Wenzhao had, the Mughal cavalry force was actually inferior to Jianyu, but slightly stronger than the northern captive.

In other words, one battalion of Gongwei could fight twice the number of Mughal troops, and 500,000 taels was enough to rent two battalions and two outposts, that is, more than 7,000 people.

These more than 7,000 soldiers and horses can be regarded as a force in Tianzhu.

"Not much...... Zhu Youzhen put down the army and reported:

"The Mughals are powerful, and besides, my finances are a big problem at the moment, if we increase the number of rents and transfers to them, and transfer out forty battalions of Gongwei Battalions in one go, it means that we not only don't have to support them, but we can also make a profit."

"Forty battalions of Gongwei camp, the imperial court can earn four million taels of silver, which is of great help to control the drought."

Drought control is just a pretense, and what Zhu Youzhen wants more is to transfer out enough Gongwei battalions to save their nearly 2 million taels of military salaries and earn another 4 million taels of silver.

In this way, the imperial court will have six million taels to mobilize, and with other balances, it should be enough to make up the silver for the sweep.

However, the mobilization will not be so fast, the forty arch guard battalion is equivalent to one-sixth of the strength of the Ming Dynasty, so you have to take your time......

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen looked at Lu Wenzhao:

"Tell Huang Long, Huang Fei, and Lu Xiangsheng that the Xiaoxiyang Supervision Envoy must perform his duties well, and the control of the vassal king must be in place, and then the Ming Dynasty will recover the three Xuan and six comforts, and they still need to help."

"Yes!" Hearing this, Lu Wenzhao also retreated, while Zhu Youzhen thought of his own problem and couldn't help muttering:

"Xu Xiake ......"

Meeting this afternoon, update around six

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