Chapter 28 The Flood in Jingzhou
In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Ma Jin was lying bored on top of the warm collapse, since he handed over the daily affairs of the imperial court to the celebrant and the cabinet. Ma Jin is idle, of course, it is not that he has nothing to do, but in the past, he used to deal with the twists and turns all night, but now it will be done in four or five hours, which really makes Ma Jin feel a little unaccustomed.
Ma Jin didn't know what to do in this spare time, and he didn't want to have the Internet and mobile phones to pass the time in ancient times. In ancient times, up to the emperor, down to the ordinary civil and military officials in addition to handling official business, there is only food and drink left, this courtier can also drink flowers and wine to have fun or something, but what about the emperor? It's not who made him emperor.
Ma Jin doesn't really have nothing to do, such as reading a book, painting a picture, writing a poem or something if he can't do it, if you add a beauty with red sleeves to add fragrance, it would be even better.
But Ma Jin has experienced nine years of compulsory education in his previous life, plus three years of college entrance examination to the present, as long as he sees a book, he has a headache, not to mention that most of the ancient books are some classical Chinese, and Ma Jin can only read one and know a little.
This is not to say that Ma Jin has no culture or anything, Ma Jin was also a second-rate university graduate in his previous life. But even so, Ma Jin looked at the ancient texts one by one, and still didn't seek to understand.
It's like crossing the bridge of the rotten street in the novel, a certain person who travels to ancient times, one year to show talent, two years to raise people, three years to enter the scholar, just look at it and laugh, you don't have to be serious. Because if you take it seriously, you know that this is very illogical.
If nothing else, just writing. Can a modern person who usually likes calligraphy and occasionally practice his hands compare calligraphy with the ancients who used a brush all their lives? Of course, if you say that you are talented or have any fox spirits, snake spirits, or dragon girls to help, then we won't talk about it.
After lying down for a while, Ma Jin felt really bored, staring at the roof above and sighing, extremely boring.
At this time, Wang Chengen stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, if you feel bored, why don't you let the old slave go to the Phantom Music Workshop of the Vocal Music Department to find a team of dancers to come and pass the time for Your Majesty to dance a song?" ”
"Then you don't want to go quickly!" Ma Jin had never seen ancient songs and dances before, and when he saw Wang Chengen mention it, he became interested and hurriedly ordered Wang Chengen to go and deliver the decree.
After a while, Wang Chengen led a team of gorgeous palace ladies into the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, and after a while, the music sounded in the Palace of Nourishing Hearts.
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Not wanting to do so at this time, Wang Chengen hurriedly ran in and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Sun and Lord Chunyu of the cabinet ask to see you!" ”
"Why are they here?" Ma Jin wondered in his heart, but he still spoke: "Quickly announce that they are coming in!" He waved his hand again and told the ladies to retreat.
Seeing the two of them coming in, Ma Jin asked, "Why did the two Aiqing come here?" ”
"Big companion, give the two Aiqing a seat!"
"Wait, thank you, Your Majesty!"
After the two sat down, the eldest grandson Wuji said: "Your Majesty, Li Wenshan, the governor of Jingzhou, has reported that the recent heavy rain in Jingzhou has caused the water level of the Jingjiang River to rise sharply, and several dikes have burst, and the water has affected several counties. ”
As soon as he heard that there was a flood in Jingzhou, Ma Jin couldn't do it, hurriedly stood up, and said, "How could there be a flood in Jingzhou?" But are there demons? How is Jingzhou now? How many victims are there? ”
The eldest grandson Wuji replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Li Wenshan's recital said that the Jingzhou breach embankment has been blocked, but the number of people affected by the disaster is too large to be counted for the time being. As for whether there were demons causing trouble, Li Wenshan said that the Jingzhou City God's Mansion and the Yangtze River Water Division had already asked for orders to send personnel to investigate, and there would be a report from the Tang Dynasty in the near future. ”
"Your Majesty, but I think that there is no demon in this world who dares to offend my Great Zhou Tianwei, and now that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is thin and it is not easy to cultivate, it is impossible for anyone to have such a great magical power to set off such a big flood."
"The population on both sides of the Jingjiang River has been very dense since ancient times, and according to the minister's estimates, the number of people affected by the disaster should be no less than millions. Li Xunfu should be organizing manpower to rescue the disaster now, but the minister thinks that he may not be able to rely on the power of Jingzhou alone. ”
Hearing this, Ma Jin looked at Chun Yuyan and said, "How much treasury silver does the household department need now?" ”
Chun Yuyan replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the household department now has less than two million taels of silver!" ”
"What?" Ma Jin couldn't help but be stunned and said, "How can it be so little?" ”
Chun Yuyan replied with a look of regret: "Your Majesty, when Weichen took over as the head of the household department, the household treasury only had more than 10 million taels, which was more than half a year ago. During this period of time, the imperial army was frequently mobilized, and it was necessary to give relief to the people in the prefectures, so there were only less than two million taels of silver left in the treasury of the household department. ”
"Also, because the treasury and silver of the household department are useful and should not be touched lightly, the officials of the various ministries of the Shendu have not issued the money for two consecutive months!"
Hearing this, Ma Jin couldn't help but be stunned and said, "The hundred officials in Beijing haven't issued the money for two months, why don't I know about this?" ”
Chun Yuyan replied in a low voice: "Weichen thought that this little thing was not good to disturb His Majesty, so he didn't report it. Originally, Weichen wanted to stay up for another month, and wait for the tax money to be collected at the end of autumn before distributing money to the ministries. I don't want to ......."
Chun Yuyan's words came to an abrupt end, but Ma Jin understood the meaning of Chun Yuyan's words, and couldn't help but say to Chun Yuyan with emotion: "I'm really wronged Aiqing."
Then, Ma Jin said to Wang Chengen, who was standing aside: "Quickly allocate five million taels of silver from my inner money and transport it to Jingzhou." ”
"Forget it!" After thinking about it, Ma Jin said again: "Then allocate one million taels of silver from the internal treasury and hand it over to the household department, so that it can send the arrears owed to the officials of the ministry!" Moreover, the taxes of the disaster-stricken prefectures and counties in Jingzhou will be exempted for three years! ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!" After Ma Jin finished speaking, the eldest grandson Wuji and Chun Yuyan hurriedly got up and bowed to Ma Jin.
"What's holy about this? You can't let the officials below go hungry and run errands for me! ”
That being said, Ma Jin's heart was in pain, and his internal money was no more than 10 million taels of silver, which almost emptied more than half of his internal money at this time, if he hadn't copied the homes of Li Shifang, King Jin and others some time ago, he wouldn't have been able to take out the money.
At this time, Chun Yuyan said again: "Your Majesty, there is a flood in Jingzhou this time, and Weichen wants to personally escort the disaster relief money and grain to Jingzhou, in case the local officials are full of private pockets and can be dispatched in the middle. ”
"What Lord Chun Yu said is not unreasonable, but in a year of great calamity, there are always some local officials who fill their pockets and engulf themselves with the relief money, which is really hateful." The eldest grandson Wuji agreed with Chun Yuyan's self-recommendation.
But Ma Jin said: "There are a lot of things in this cabinet and the household department, which one and which one can leave Chun Yu Aiqing?" ”
After thinking about it, Ma Jin said: "I heard that Di Renjie, the secretary of Dali Temple, has always been loyal and upright, and he is like a god in judging cases, so let Di Renjie be the messenger and personally escort the money and grain to Jingzhou!" ”
Kindness! Yes, during this period of time, Ma Jin was not idle, and summoned Di Renjie, Cao Huachun, and Li Siye three times in a row.
Needless to say, Di Renjie is a famous generation of celebrities and when Ma Jin summoned him, he found that this Di Renjie was actually the Lord Di Renjie in the TV series, because along with the summoning of Li Yuanfang, Ruyan, Di Chun, Zeng Tai and the leaders of the eight armies, then "Yuanfang, what do you think?" "But it's all over the country!
This Cao Huachun is not an ordinary person, but the master of ceremonies during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, and the commander of the East Factory. The trust of Emperor Chongzhen, who is capable and effective.
And Li Siye is even more unbelievable, known as the "Modao God General" is a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, brave and good at fighting, loyal to the country all his life, every time he goes to war, he is invincible, and has repeatedly established military exploits. He successively defeated the ten surnamed Sulu, the small Bolu country, the stone country, the big food country and other countries.
No further ado.
"......" Chun Yuyan opened his mouth, but in the end the words still did not come out.
"Your Ministers obey!"
Ma Jin looked at the two, then turned his head to Wang Chengen beside him and said:
"Companion, you immediately draft a decree and order Di Renjie, the secretary of Dali Temple, to be the minister of the Imperial Mission, add the title of cabinet participant, and confer the title of Longtuge University; Jiahu Guangdao deposed the ambassador, the governor of Jingzhou, and the commander-in-chief of all important military and political affairs in Jingzhou, but he can act cheaply! ”
"Message! Li Yuanfang, the commander of Qianniuwei, was the general of Qianniuwei, and led the Qianniuwei sergeant Hu from Di Renjie to Jingzhou, and escorted the disaster relief silver taels.
After Wang Chengen listened to Ma Jin's will, he bowed down and hurriedly went to write the holy decree.
"Then Weichen and the others will retire first!" The eldest grandson Wuji and the others saw that Ma Jin had nothing to order, so they hurriedly bowed and saluted and retired.
Saying that, the eldest grandson Wuji and the two left the Heart Cultivation Palace.
Out of the main hall, the eldest grandson Wuji said to Chun Yuyan: "I saw Lord Chun Yu open his mouth to speak, but I think there is something wrong?" ”
"There are indeed some!" Chun Yuyan nodded and said: "This Di Renjie is capable, I heard that this Di Renjie has just taken up the position of temple secretary, and he has disposed of the old case of Dali Temple, and any case in his hands has been investigated clearly and clearly, and it is true to say that the case is like a god." But this trip to Jingzhou is not to investigate the case, it is all the state and county affairs I don't know if it can be disposed of, the old man is worried, Di Renjie is going to Jingzhou, I am afraid that it will cause a storm. ”
"Lord Chunyu has filtered!" The eldest grandson Wuji smiled and arched his hand to the sky and said to Chun Yuyan, "Today's saint knows how to make good use of people, since it will not be wrong to let Ren Di Renjie be the messenger, as long as the local area is safe and self-serving, what kind of turmoil can it cause?" ”
Chun Yuyan shook his head and said: "I know this Li Wenshan, the number of people affected by the disaster in Jingzhou this time is millions, although the silver money allocated by His Majesty is a lot, I am afraid that it will not be enough for the victims to spend the winter." I'm afraid that in order to avoid local turmoil, Li Wenshan will use his hands and feet on disaster relief grain and grass."
"This Li Wenshan dares to use disaster relief money and food, he doesn't want to live anymore?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked in surprise.
Immediately, the eldest grandson Wuji said again: "Then why didn't Lord Chunyu explain the situation to His Majesty?" ”
Hearing this, Chun Yuyan smiled bitterly and explained: "The old man just looked at His Majesty's intentions, and it seems that he specifically wanted to let this Di Renjie be the Qincha, otherwise he took the initiative to ask for help, why didn't His Majesty agree, but used Di Renjie as the Qincha?" ”
The eldest grandson Wuji sighed and said: "Listening to Lord Chunyu's words, this pavilion is very conscious, this Di Renjie should be a smart person, as long as it does not harm the country and hurt the people, nothing big will happen, Lord Chunyu can rest assured!" ”
"Hopefully!" Chun Yuyan let out a long sigh......
In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Ma Jin lay down on the bed weakly.
This time, there was a sudden loss of six million taels of silver, how can I live this life in the future.
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