Jingshi, Qianqing Palace.

The emperor was flipping through the notebook from Shuofang Town, and said to Fan Yuchang, who had just entered the chamber at the beginning of this year, "Seeing that it is almost October, the temperature on the grassland must be lower, Wang Shouren has always led the troops to anticipate the enemy, and it is estimated that there will be news soon. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

This Fan Yuchang is the grandson-in-law of the late pavilion elder Wang Bing, and after Wang Bing's death, the emperor treated him with great grace. People outside say that it's a pity that Wang Bing broke the incense, and if there are children and grandchildren alive, the glory and wealth will not be exhausted.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao thinks it's better, there are very few families who are still capable for three generations in a row, but picking a mother-in-law's family is different, this Fan Yuchang can be regarded as something he can choose.

Character, family background, talent and learning are the key to ability, which is a temporary choice, on the one hand, it is to choose Wang Bing as his grandson-in-law, so as to show his kindness to his courtiers, on the other hand, he is also regarded as a selection of materials for the country.

And Fan Yuchang also has a special connection with the emperor because of this relationship.

In this world, there are few people who want to rebel, and there are many people who try their best to hug the emperor's thighs, not to mention the emperor, the thighs of other officials are difficult to hug.

Fan Yuchang is the luckiest among them, he got it in one step and took many detours.

It also saves a lot of worries, since he has this relationship with the emperor, as long as he is open, he will have a bright future.

The attendant Jin Gui left, Jing Yang also went to visit, and now Xie Pi and him are left, so in recent months, Fan Yuchang's affairs have also been very heavy, and everyone has lost a little weight.

Next to him were He Jian, the secretary of the household department, the secretary of the military department, and Zhang Zilin, the new secretary of the Ministry of Works.

Mao Ji, the previous secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was dismissed by the emperor because he angered the emperor, and all the people of the Mao clan were demoted to commoners, and then let him return to his hometown to farm.

In the past few months, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry has been vacant.

The left and right servants naturally had the heart to take over, but the Son of Heaven never expressed his meaning, and Wang Wei and Yang Tinghe were not as strong as Yang Yiqing, so although the officials mentioned how bad they were a few times, they were still pressed in place.

The reason why Zhu Houzhao is like this is that he doesn't want to give them the power to employ people casually, probably after a few years of calm, they all began to 'go against him'.

So under careful investigation, Zhang Zilin, the political envoy of Henan, was selected to enter Beijing.

In fact, the political envoy is from the second grade, and the Ministry of Industry is the second grade, and in terms of grade, it is not too much to transfer one person in this way.

But grade is one thing, in fact it's another thing, it seems to be only one level away, but Shang Shu can often see the emperor, and the political envoy only has a few opportunities a year, and the emperor has to think of it to summon you, it depends on luck.

So this promotion is a big leap.

Zhang Zilin is a jinshi who has been in Chenghua for 20 years, and he is fifty-seven years old this year, which is considered an elderly official.

Because of this, he has a long time in the local service and has a lot of experience.

During his tenure as the prefect of Runing, Henan, he enforced the law fairly, paid taxes evenly, and made outstanding political achievements.

During his tenure as a political officer in Shanxi, there was a famine in Zelu and other counties, and he opened a warehouse to help the people, saving tens of thousands of victims.

During his tenure in Huguang, the governor of Jingnan was in the midst of a famine, so he asked the imperial court to release grain for relief, and saved 400,000 victims.

When he was the political secretary of Henan, some bureaucrats and magnates took advantage of the situation to do mischief, and he severely punished them, and the local area was peaceful.

However, he was able to be a political envoy in Daming, and his resume was very eye-catching, and he was not the only one in the process, Zhang Zilin was not alone, it was Zhu Houzhao who was cautious, and asked You Ji to secretly send someone to conduct a secret investigation on several candidates, and finally selected someone.

Among the six departments of the imperial court, the Ministry of Rites has always been the most important, needless to say, anyway, Zhu Houzhao will not be idle to challenge this thing, so it can be regarded as a default.

After that, there is the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households.

As for the Ministry of Industry, most of them are considered to be relatively unimportant yamen.

But by the eleventh year of Zhengde, the situation had changed, and it was like Yu Heng Division of the Ministry of Industry, responsible for key things such as bridges, boats, vehicles, weaving, and bonds, not to mention the craftsmen needed in artillery, ships, textiles and other industries.

The Ministry of Industry is one of the few Shangshu that Zhu Hou would summon as usual.

And through the appointment of Zhang Zilin, breaking the tacit understanding that officials have recommended and appointing personnel to each other in the past few years, it is also the emperor's suppression of the preceding civil official group.

This role was announced at the moment when everyone was shocked to understand that the Ming Dynasty was still the emperor sitting above.

As for today's three Shangshu, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, they entered the palace together, and they were also in accordance with the emperor's will.

Zhu Houzhao said: "In the past few days, I have been looking at the recital from the south of the Yangtze River, and I have a faint posture of wanting to turn the phrase 'the mountain is high and the emperor is far away' into a real situation for me to see, and I don't know if I don't understand, or if they pretend to be confused with understanding. I have said that Liu Jin is in accordance with the holy decree to clear the acres of land, and some people keep saying that I have been deceived and mistrusted the villain, and the implication is that the imperial court's Qingtian order should be stopped. Is it that the wind in Jiangnan is too gentle, blowing so that they don't know what a struggle is? ”

The three Shangshu didn't say anything, the affairs of Jiangnan were very evil, and they didn't know what to say.

The emperor is very assertive, so it is better to listen to him.

At this time, Wang Wei, Yang Tinghe and Zhang Xuan also came together.

As soon as he saw their anxious faces, Zhu Houzhao understood a lot, "What's going on again?" ”

Wang Wei hurried, "Your Majesty, please take a look." Many officials in Nanjing offended Liu Jin before, but now Liu Jin suddenly said that many of them were involved in multiple crimes and were arresting people in Nanjing! ”

The message from the Cabinet must have been played by officials.

Zhu Hou glanced at You Ji, and You Ji immediately understood, bowed his head and went out.

The meaning is very simple, the officials of the foreign court have news, why is there no sound from the celebrant and the celebrant of ceremonies?

Where did they think that the eunuchs were not in a hurry now, but the civil officials of the foreign court were in a hurry, but if there was anything, they would be sent over in a hurry. Naturally, it will be half a day.

"You're just in time." Zhu Houzhao pressed down the note handed by Wang Wei and didn't read it, he didn't have to read it to know what was written, "I was still talking just now, do the officials in Jiangnan not understand people's words, why do they still say that Liu Jin is perverse?" Is this court crooked to the point of being twisted?! ”

After splitting his head and covering his face, the six people were silent.

"I won't send any of you." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, "It's useless." Let Liu Jin arrest a few people. ”

"Your Majesty, think twice."

Zhu Houzhao was a little annoyed, "What are you thinking about?" Liu Jin is picking out people who don't obey the holy order, you know this very clearly, why bother to play this dumb riddle with me?! Can you change your minds, now the people who are against me are those who oppose the Qingtian of the imperial court, do you also want to join them in opposing me?! ”

"The ministers don't dare."

"Then don't say anything bad, it's bad. Just let him arrest a few people. Wang Ge Lao, Yang Ge Lao, Zhang Ge Lao. ”

"The minister is here."

"The cabinet will pay attention to its attitude and words in the future, and it will also restrain hundreds of officials when it returns. The imperial court supports Liu Jin, and it is not Liu Jin who is against me! I just warn me today, if anyone still talks nonsense, I don't mind being dealt with as the crime of arguing about the government! ”

In this way, this recital is even more unnecessary.

Now this situation is a bit like the effect of force is mutual, Jiangnan has a lot of opposition, and the pressure on Jingshi is great, and the emperor did not make requirements for the public opinion of the court before, but now it is different.

"Minister Zhang Xuan, I will obey Your Majesty's will."

He was the first to say that Wang Wei and Yang Tinghe were not good to talk about it more, "The ministers obey the order." ”

Zhu Houzhao was very patient, the twists and turns in this matter were within his expectations, and even this reversal process was a kind of happiness, "Originally, I only summoned the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, and the three of you are also here, so let's go together." There are a few things that I have thought of and want you to do in advance. ”

"Please ask the emperor to command."

"First of all, the household department, according to this form, the situation in Jiangnan this year is not better, more or less will affect the sea trade. Fortunately, the cycle of sea trade is long, and now this file is mainly because there will be much less goods going to sea next year, in other words, next year's sea trade income will be reduced, and the household department should plan in advance, estimate the reduction in scale, and make full preparations at the same time. He Jian, I'm serious, do you understand? ”

"Yes."

This is a precautionary measure, and in fact, by next year, the Japanese side of the silver mountain will definitely improve, and it should be able to fill this vacancy. But this is the real estate developer, whether the future income can plug the hole in the future, this sometimes depends on fate, it may be blocked, but what if it can't be blocked?

Zhu Houzhao doesn't like the feeling of being out of control.

This is called being prepared.

"In addition, autumn grain cultivation is not good, this is something that the military department and the household department will do together, Wang Jing, you think about it all, give me a number in three days, and transfer some military food to Jiangnan. The common people can't grow food, and the court can't ignore it. The food in Jingtongcang is used to deal with such special situations, and it is not interesting to keep raising rats in it. ”

Yang Tinghe, Zhang Xuan and others were suspicious and transferred military rations to Jiangnan? It was a land of abundance since ancient times.

"Your Majesty." Wang Jing said, "Jiangnan was originally prosperous, but there was some chaos, and it was not a scene of thousands of miles of red land, most of the people's homes can still grow food, and Zhang Ge Lao is also taking care of the follow-up matters of Zhangtian, presumably the impact will not be so great." In addition, the Beijing division is thousands of miles away from the south of the Yangtze River, and if the south of the Yangtze River is really short of grain, they can also buy it from the Jianghuai and Zhejiang regions nearby, which is much less labor-saving than transferring from the Beijing division. ”

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, all the grain from the south was transported to the north, how could there be grain from the north to the south.

Who knew that Zhu Houzhao also agreed, "Of course, buying grain nearby is also a way." But don't you know the word market? When there is a shortage of food, how can the people afford it? Transporting military rations can stabilize grain prices at a critical time, and the impact of Jiangnan is not so great, it is you who guess behind closed doors, in case you make a mistake in your estimation, what if the impact is even greater? At that time, the common people are anxious to ask for food, what is the point of you saying 'the fault of the micro-minister'? ”

The last reason is said, and Wang Jing won't say much, because it is indeed his own personal speculation.

"The emperor has thought it through, and after the minister returns today, he will order the collection of ships."

In fact, Zhu Houzhao is not like a god, the reason why he did this is because he has received the news of Jinyiwei, as a guest of later generations, he still remembers this major event in the Zhengde period clearly, so naturally he will still stare at it in advance.

Whether it is ancient or modern, things such as morality and values, it is okay for you to discuss with people like Tao Yuanming who are not worried about life, and for most people, it is more important to feed a family.

Therefore, Mr. Lu Xun said that studying medicine cannot save the Chinese, and many people just want to eat together, and the others do not want to take care of more.

From another point of view, Zhu Houzhao will now start to transfer military rations to the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhejiang on the other side will have military salaries.

Of course, don't take the ministers for fools, these people are very fine now, Zhu Houzhao saw their faces and knew that they were still suspicious in their hearts, it didn't matter, at the end, he added one more sentence:

"Do this in secret, don't make a big fuss. Don't mention it to anyone else. ”

Although the faces of the six courtiers did not move, their hearts were like a mirror, "Yes." ”