After reading this recital, the courtiers immediately discussed it, and they didn't believe that this was actually proposed by Xu Hui, who proposed to move south last year.

This method is simply a huge profit.

Xu Youzhen's meaning, to put it bluntly, is to use work for relief, and all the people affected by the disaster on the banks of the Yellow River are requisitioned as husband servants to control floods and rebuild their homes.

This kind of measure is still somewhat bold and ahead of its time, and it can not only save military spending, but also enable the people to control water with peace of mind, without worries about the future, and improve the efficiency of water control.

"Since the cabinet has put it forward, let's make it clear today, the flood is a major matter, and if it is delayed for a day, more people will be affected."

Zhu Di said, looked to the side, and said, "What is the final opinion of the cabinet?" ”

Chen Xun said: "Back to Your Majesty, the cabinet and the Ministry of Industry decided at a meeting that more than 58,400 assistants from Dingfu in Shandong and Henan will be the first batch of assistants, and the local government will provide food and lodging. ”

"If the response is good, several batches will be levied in turn."

"That's very good." Zhu Di bowed his head and said, "Is there any difficulty in the household department?" ”

Jin Lian, the head of the household department, said: "This is a cash-for-work, the household department does not need to pay cashiers, Your Majesty Shengming, Xu Youzhen This law minister department thinks it is feasible." ”

"It seems that the opinions of all the ministries are very unified, so let's do it accordingly, we must make sure that the water returns to the Cao River, and the military and civilians can transport business and travel unhindered!" Zhu Di said.

Naturally, the ministers have nothing to say, and the method of cash-for-work is to use the surplus people's power to deal with the disaster, otherwise these disaster victims will gather to cause disasters and make trouble sooner or later.

Now that they are all gathered together and let them rebuild their homes and deal with the floods, they will naturally work very hard.

Even for the local government, this is a very simple way to obtain political achievements, and everyone can benefit from it, and there will be no resistance to its implementation.

"The ministers obey."

As soon as everyone finished shouting, Jiang Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have their own music, now Kaifeng has been raining heavily for several days, and the river is rising, if this situation continues, the river defense construction in Henan will inevitably not be able to continue." ”

"In order to prepare for a rainy day, the minister asked His Majesty to send 50,000 troops to Beijing to Kaifeng Mansion to supervise the flood."

"I don't think so." Yu Qian came out and said: "Xu Youzhen's original intention is to soothe the people's strength, if the Beijing army is 50,000, and the army comes and goes at every turn, won't it cost the people and money?" ”

"This is contrary to the method of cash-for-work, not to mention that Warat is still eyeing the border, and once there is a change, it will definitely make a comeback."

Yu Qian said: "The minister thinks that if he believes in Xu Youzhen's control of the water, then he must believe him thoroughly and let him do it." ”

After the two finished speaking, they were waiting for the final verdict from above.

Jiang Yuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, made a suggestion, which was a bit of a suspicion, to put it bluntly, he didn't believe that Xu Youzhen could handle this matter well, and the 50,000 Beijing troops were not going to supervise the floods, but to supervise the more than 58,400 recruits.

And once the water control fails, Xu Youzhen will have another charge of labor and the Jingjun.

It's just that everyone didn't expect that Yu Qian, who had openly said in the court that Xu Youzhen proposed to move south could be beheaded, would now speak for him.

This is more than enough to show that Yu Qian is completely right about things and not about people.

Even if he proposed to move south, Xu Youzhen, who had moved his family's assets south, as long as he had the talent to control water, Yu Qian would put aside his personal prejudices and do his best to help in this matter.

Zhu Di said: "Then send an edict to Fan Guang, the deputy general soldier of the left, allowing him to act cheaply in Henan, if there is a change in the place, the Shenji battalion can rush directly to quell the chaos, and there is no need to ask the Beijing division." ”

"As for sending 50,000 troops to Henan, I thought it would be unnecessary, since Xu Youzhen can put forward this opinion, there is a way to govern it, Yu Qian is right, you can let him try it with all his might."

Jiang Yuan was stunned for a moment and said, "But Your Majesty, in this way, will Fan Guang's rights in Henan be a little too big?" , can manage the clan, and can act cheaply, this is really ......"

"Fan Guang is loyal to the imperial court, I trust him, there is nothing more to say." Zhu Di said, obviously not wanting to mention this matter more.

If Fan Guang still can't believe it, then there is no one to believe anymore, as an emperor, you can be ruthless, you can leave no trouble, but you can't be mean.

In that way, you will lose people's hearts.

And Zhu Di is very confident in his ability to see people, Fan Guang is by no means the kind of person who will do evil with power in the local area and military power.

If that's the case, Zhu Di won't hand over the elite magic machine battalion in his hand to him.

Jiang Yuan also knew that he couldn't be stubborn anymore, so he bowed down and said, "The minister has nothing to say, Your Majesty Shengming." ”

"Retreat!"

......

Soon, the imperial decree reached Henan.

Xu Youzhen really didn't expect that it would pass so smoothly, and the imperial court directly transferred more than 58,400 husbands from Henan and Shandong.

In addition, he also gave himself the right to work in Henan and recruit the affected people as husband and wife.

He looked at this decree and sighed, "In this way, great things can be done!" ”

The flooding of the Yellow River is a common disease in all dynasties, and the so-called long-term treatment has been fruitless, and now many ministers are already afraid, afraid that they will be involved.

Knowing that it is not well governed, once it is put in this position, there will always be the danger of the East Window incident, and the previous Ministry of Industry Shangshu Shipu is the most vivid example.

This is also the reason why the current Ministry of Industry has done everything possible to obstruct and dig a hole on the water of Xu Youzhen's rule, because they really do not believe that this cowardly minister who proposed to move south will be able to manage the Yellow River, which has been plagued by disasters for hundreds of years.

When the time comes, I am afraid that I will be implicated, so it is better to take Xu Youzhen down now and replace it with an irrelevant person, so as to save the time to implicate them.

Xu Youzhen actually understood when she took this note that although the cash-for-work seems good, it is not so easy to put into practice, but she didn't expect that it would be the result now.

Hearing that it was Yu Qian who supported him in the court, he sighed: "I'm not as good as Yu Shaobao." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, an official ran in and said, "Dutang, it's not good, it's raining for days, the river is rising wildly, and the river defense is high and deep, and it can't be measured at all!" ”

"Dutang, how is this good?"

"Quick, take me to see it!" Xu Youzhen didn't care about anything else, hurriedly put down the holy decree, got up and followed the officials to the place where the embankment broke in Kaifeng Mansion.

There were dark clouds in the sky, the wind was howling, and the heavy rain had already wet Xu Youzhen's red official robe, and even some officials avoided it.

Under such circumstances, no river defense construction work could be carried out, but Xu Youzhen climbed on top of the embankment in the shocked eyes of everyone, and looked at the turbulent river in the distance.

He was stunned for a moment, then turned around and shouted, "Set a return date, send them all back!" ”

"What?" The officials below all thought that their ears were blown out by the strong wind, "What did Lord Dutang say about the return date, and what did he send back?" ”

Xu Youzhen walked down and said to them: "With such a big flood, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to carry out river defense in the next few months, so I can only wait." ”

"Didn't the Ministry of Industry transfer more than 58,400 husbands to us from all over Shandong and Henan, set a return date for them, and repatriate all of them to their hometowns!"

"Notify the local government to provide shelter and food for those people who can't go home, this heavy rain is the way for me Xu Youzhen to return to Beijing this year!"

Hearing this, the official was still a little incredulous.

"But Dutang, this is a recruit sent here by the Ministry of Industry, and he will be sent back as soon as he arrives, and the Ministry of Industry is there, I'm afraid it won't be easy to explain, right?"

"What do I think of the Ministry of Stewardship, I will manage the water now, this water can't be cured, and it will continue next year!" In the gale, Xu Youzhen shouted hoarsely:

"Do as I say! You send them home now, and when they come back next year, they will work harder for the court, do you understand? ”

Seeing this, the officials couldn't say anything more, and the group hurriedly left.