Watching Wang Zhi leave, Zhu Di said, "You all stand down, I have something to talk to Yu Qian alone." ”

The Qianqing Palace is the sleeping palace of the Son of Heaven, and several palaces around it are in charge of the guards with knives belonging to the four guards of the government army who are subordinate to the command of the pro-army.

The commander of the guards with knives arranged here is the henchman of the henchmen, and only the absolutely loyal guards can have this kind of honor of guarding the emperor's dormitory.

This kind of work is also very face-saving to go out and talk about it.

The commander of the guard with a knife looked at Yu Qian with some vigilance, he naturally knew that this minister was not comparable to the rest of the ministers who were civil.

But when he saw Zhu Di's eyes, he still said: "Obey." ”

After that, the commander of the guards with knives commanded the surrounding guards to retreat, and finally Gong'e and Xiao Gelding, and gradually, only Zhu Di and Yu Qian were left inside and outside the Qianqing Palace.

"What does Your Majesty want to say to the ministers?"

"Yu Qian, what do you think about the Cao Law, water control and folding acres?" Zhu Di smiled and said, "I'm curious about your thoughts. ”

Yu Qian was stunned for a moment, it turned out that it was for this, he said: "What does the minister think, does it matter?" ”

"Yu Zhen is important." Zhu Di looked at him and said.

Seeing this, Yu Qian sighed and said, "Your Majesty really wants to hear it, so the minister said bluntly, this flood in Henan is not a single flood. ”

"Behind the scenes, there are countless ministers in the court, the interests of the noble family, and even the foundation of the Ming Dynasty will be shaken, I am afraid that Your Majesty will be difficult to continue."

"Shandong and Henan dynasties have not been cured, it is not that the Yellow River is turbulent, but it is a man-made disaster, just like the Yamen of the Henan River, some people don't want to let the flood subside, what can be cured?"

"The flood is endless, although it will damage the small people, but there are a string of officials and powerful people who have benefited and made a lot of money, and the life and death of the small people are really not worth mentioning."

"That's why I left you behind." Zhu Di's eyes showed a firmness that Yu Qian had not expected, and said, "I intend to reshape the world, what about you?" ”

"Are you willing to follow me to the end?"

Yu Qian looked at Zhu Di in a daze, and then exhaled lightly, as if spitting out the few turbidities in his chest, and said: "Your Majesty has taken the lead, how can the minister be cowardly." ”

......

First fold the mu, and then go to Jingcha, and now it is directly cut off the entire Henan River Yamen.

The second year of Jingtai is destined to be an ordinary year.

In the whole of Henan, because of the three edicts issued one after another, the entire power structure was broken up by Zhu Di with the power of the Son of Heaven, and it became a mixed table.

However, the game has only just begun.

Henan.

Kaifeng Mansion, Zhuxian Town.

An official in gray clothes came to the village with seven or eight miscellaneous servants, beating gongs and drums, and shouted to the busy peasants:

"In the first year of Jingtai, Su Song and other Jiangnan guards had a deficit of 1.6 million stone in Caojing's grain, and now they are levying and consuming to make up for the deficit of the guards, and the official land is newly levied and consumed five liters per mu of three in five spoons, and the private land can be reduced by two liters per mu."

Hearing this, many farmers raised their heads and looked at this place with blank expressions.

"What, I heard you right, it's still going to be levied, didn't you levy it once this year?"

"That's right, every time it's to make up for the loss of the guards in various places, if it goes on like this, how can we afford it, isn't this going to force people to death?"

Seeing that they had the intention of resisting, before the chief could speak, the handymen who followed him began to pretend to be powerful.

One of them bared his teeth and shouted, "What are you doing, ignoring the king's law?" The levy and consumption are the new regulations of the imperial court since the fifth year of Xuande, and you must abide by the legal regulations! ”

"You are a bunch of Diao people, are anyone familiar with the guards in Susong and other places? Do any of you know about the rest of the local policies? ”

"If you don't abide by the rules of the imperial court, you will delay the deadline for the payment of grain and consumption, and even the grain chief will not be able to protect you!"

After a few words, the farmers were scared back.

Most people plan to continue to swallow their anger, after all, it has not yet reached the point of starvation, so they can still stay a little, don't ask too much, and just survive.

But not everyone was like this, and a middle-aged farmer who was tanned by the sun knelt down with a pout, pleading:

"Okay, give the small one a way to live, the grain chief, my family has paid the full amount every year, and the harvest of the field this year is not good, and I really can't afford it."

"The small ones don't want to be relieved, they just want to be able to give them a little time."

The grain chief rubbed his mustache, looked up and down at the peasant in coarse linen clothes in front of him, and said, "I see that there are no good things at home, and the increase in consumption and depreciation silver stipulated by the imperial court is gone?" ”

The farmer nodded hurriedly and kept kowtowing.

When the rest of the farmers saw it, they couldn't help but feel pitiful, and they talked about it sentence by sentence.

"Grain chief, we don't pay less every year, why do we have to collect it, the court is so expensive, won't I have no way to live."

"Yes, the grain chief, let's give some time, Kaifeng Mansion is in trouble every year, and everyone can't bear it."

"If you can't bear it, I'll eat it?" The grain chief sneered and said, "Do you know that I don't have time to attend my son's coming-of-age ceremony this year!" ”

"All of this is for you people to find a boss and beg grandpa to sue grandma!"

"But I'm just a grain chief, in charge of thousands of households like you, and I don't give me grace, what's the use of you begging me, delaying the big grain matter of the imperial court, I also want to move my head!"

Speaking of this, the grain chief squatted down, touched his chin and said, "You can't pay for it, and you can't fold the silver, but it's not impossible, so be it!" ”

"Your family has always been honest, I'll sell you a face, break people!"

"I look very smart with your daughter, and she has lost weight in your family over the years, this is not good, send it to my house to be a maid, serve tea and water for the grain official, and I will avoid your family's additional consumption this year."

"How?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, his eyes widened.

"It's... How can this be done? ”

He naturally understands that over the years, this old thing has used this high-sounding excuse to take away people's wives and daughters, and he has only seen those who have entered, but he has never seen those who have been sent back.

Send your daughter in, I'm afraid that the world will be separated!

The middle-aged man couldn't help but be troubled by this old thing with chicken feathers as an arrow, knowing that there was absolutely no good result today, so he had nothing to be afraid of.

He got up and grabbed his shoulder, and shouted, "You old thief, my daughter is only fifteen years old, and she is only fifteen years old!" Can you say that too? ”

The miscellaneous servants immediately swarmed up, and there were many people, and they still had a reason, so naturally they were not afraid, and they shouted one after another: "If you want to rebel, you can't do it!" ”

"It's the other way around! This guy is going to rebel! ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, the grain chief hurriedly took a few steps back, and said with teeth and claws:

"It's against the sky, obstructing the imperial court to increase the consumption of major events, and also intending to rebel and violently resist the levy! Come on, take him down for Lao Tzu, tie him up and deliver it to Caosi Mansion! ”

The surrounding people were also angry and began to resist the grain requisition, but it didn't take long for a team of people to drive from the corner of the street, under the banner of the local Caosi.

As the first grain transport officer, with his hands on his waist, he commanded many Cao Si officials: "Diao people gather crowds, resist the major affairs of Cao grain, and take them all!" ”