The internal problems of the Ming Dynasty cannot be solved in a day, Rao is Zhu Houxi's decentralization of power, emphasizing that the country is higher than the monarch, his own ideological values do not need to change, but others are extremely difficult to change.

Not to mention the eternal humanity.

For example, the report that is coming back from Cochin now.

Zhu Houxi looked at Zhang Bo: "What did you say about the news over there?" ”

"It's generally the same as what Tian Qin played." Zhang Bo calmly reported, "The minister got the news that Ruan Gan had repeatedly fought unfavorably, and had fled into Ailao Mountain. Although there were some other people in Jiaozhi who were interested in the Li clan, there were fewer and fewer soldiers, and they were all quickly exterminated by the Mo clan. Among these people, none of them are descendants of the Li family, but only former ministers of the Li family. ”

Zhu Houxi frowned, and looked at Yang Yiqing again: "Tian Rucheng knows the purpose of this trip very well, right?" ”

"Naturally, it's clear." Yang Yiqing paused, and then said, "Your Majesty, if Tian Shuhe's plan can be successful, he can also get Na Ji Po Island." Over time, Yuntun Zhugang is no problem. ”

"Da Ming's purpose is not only that."

Yang Yiqing's face was sad and he stopped talking.

It is true that the emperor's purpose is more than that, but now the situation has changed. The strategic purpose of the Great War was to defeat the Tumut tribe, not only to destroy the real enemy in the emperor's heart, but also to allow Bodi to let go and try to control the left and right wings. In this way, the Khan Court will not be able to take care of Daming for several years.

Unexpectedly, the first battle beheaded Bodi, but I was even stronger. Now that Qinghai has changed hands again, the focus of the Ming Dynasty must be on the north.

In Yang Yiqing's heart, it would be a good thing if he could obtain a steady stream of money, grain and other goods from Jiaozhi through trade.

What's more, the Mo clan has obviously and firmly controlled Jiaozhi, what kind of waves will it be difficult for the old Li clan to set off? The strategy of sitting back and watching their internal friction has no basis for realization.

Zhu Houxi also did not speak for the time being.

He knew that there was a drama of the Li clan asking the Ming clan to send troops, but now more than two years have passed since the Mo clan usurped power, and no descendants of the Li clan have appeared. The vast majority of the other former ministers of the Li clan have surrendered, and those who did not surrender were also defeated and those who fled.

He looked at Tian Rucheng's recital again: Mo Dengyong said that it was just that Li was the last resort, and he had to accept Zen as a last resort. He had no intention of being the lord of Jiaozhi, but he was willing to abdicate and make way for Xian, and take fishing as a profession to enjoy himself, only hoping that the Celestial Dynasty would see that the Li clan was exhausted, and then crown the king of Jiaozhi. The Celestial Empire has arrived, and the Jiaozhi is extremely excited. It is also heard that the embassy is set up to promote trade, and the harbor can be opened again on Na Kep Po Island, which is regarded as the gateway for ships to and from the Ming Dynasty.

Needless to say, Tian Rucheng has already revealed the meaning of Da Ming's intention to get involved in Yuntun Zhugang. The Maritime Trade Bank and Cochin Trade have been trading for many years, and ships come and go frequently. Tian Rucheng must have said it mildly, just to have a place to anchor and concentrate trade, but how could Mo Dengyong not see it?

Just as Yang Tinghe didn't care much about Tuen Mun Island at that time, Mo Dengyong didn't care that Daming had a harbor on Cat Ba Island, as long as Daming could give him what he needed.

Abdicate and give way to Xian, who else can you give it to? Naturally, it was his son.

However, Tian Rucheng did not insist that the letter of state could only be canonized to the Ming Dynasty, but instead put forward such a request. On the surface, he asked the emperor and the court to call the shots, but in fact, I'm afraid he has been stunned by sugar-coated cannonballs, right?

However, Yang Yiqing also thinks that this result is also okay.

There is nothing to do, and Mo Dengyong's posture is extremely low. Since the Ming Dynasty is unknown, and now it is unable to prepare for the Nanyang War, is it just waiting for the domestic situation in Jiaozhi to change, and the descendants of the Li clan will raise the flag and ask the Ming to send troops to suppress the rebellion?

Zhang Bo's words corroborated the internal situation in Jiaozhi, and the reason why Tian Rucheng dared to go against the instructions he received before setting off was naturally that he was making meritorious contributions.

Zhu Houxi thought for a long time, and finally said: "Summons Tian Rucheng, please don't allow it." ”

Yang Yiqing's brows furrowed even tighter, and he didn't say anything for the first time.

"Let him tell Mo Dengyong that since Jiaozhi has this change, it is advisable to send envoys to Beijing to play the details. The Li family has always saluted the Ming Dynasty, and hastily named him another master, which is not in line with the ceremony. I also want to see whether the Li clan is exhausted, whether the Mo clan is in the hearts of the people, and whether it respects the Ming Dynasty. Let the mission retreat to Cat Ba Island first and wait for the time being. ”

"Your Majesty's intention, is it to delay it a little longer?"

"What's the use of just procrastinating?" Zhu Houxi said lightly, "Mo Dengyong wants my canonization, and the Jiaozhi Xuanjiao embassy will not be officially established, and trade will not stop." What can be earned, there will always be. In the meantime, it is time to help Ruan Gan. The situation has changed so far, and it doesn't matter so much whether the descendants of the Li family are true or not. ”

Zhang Bo's eyes flashed: "Your Majesty's intention is...... After finding someone to pretend to be Lai? ”

"As long as Ruan Gan doesn't give up, he must be looking for it. He can't always find it, and he must think of this method too. The Li clan has been slaughtered, presumably as long as some old ministers and old servants in the palace can prove it, the fake is true. Zhu Houxi looked at Zhang Bo, "Can you do this?" ”

"I understand! Even if it's just a few rumors, Ruan Gan will be tempted. Even if what he finds is actually fake, he must have a way to make it true. Zhang Bo's eyes suddenly lit up.

With my words, Mo Dengyong thinks that there is hope, so he will pay tribute to me with his heart. Rumors are spreading, and he must also be frantically suppressed, and he would rather kill the mistake than let it go, in case I think that Li's qi is not exhausted. Zhu Houxi looked at Yang Yiqing, "What does General Staff Yang think about this?" ”

Yang Yiqing sighed: "Then let's wait and see for a while." Even if the old ministers of the Li family are still difficult to become a climate, it is good to let the Mo family pay more filial piety to the Ming Dynasty. ”

One thing is clear, His Majesty really does not have the mentality of the lord of the Celestial Empire like the monarchs of previous dynasties for the vassal clans. Using means like this to stimulate people's internal worries and seek practical benefits, to be honest, although Yang Yiqing knows that it is good for Daming, the education he has received since childhood is not like this.

Zhu Houxi could hear the helplessness in his tone.

Yang Yiqing has an unshirkable responsibility for the northern trouble, and he can actively plan, because the northern captives are the confidants of the Ming Dynasty.

For Shangjiaozhi, Yang Yiqing was not only worried that Da Ming's energy was involved, but also felt that Da Ming was bullying people.

He didn't object, just because he was very old. If it weren't for the fact that there was no enough person to take his place now, Yang Yiqing would have planned to do it this time. Therefore, the subsequent changes of Cochin will not be his business.

Zhu Houxi did not blame him for his conservatism on the issue of Jiaozhi, Yang Yiqing did not know the turbulence of the Age of Discovery, nor did he accurately understand what the future Ming Dynasty was in the emperor's mind.

Even if it is Zhang Fujing, Yan Song, and Yang Shen, the younger ministers of this generation, the best Ming in their minds is the Han and Tang dynasties: the power of the four seas, all countries come to the court, and the people in the country live and work in peace and contentment, which is enough.

It does not pursue a clear level of people's living conditions and living standards. The foundation of the eternal life they imagined was nothing more than an improved system, and it would not be specific to the level of geography and resources, and what new solid land would be beneficial to future generations of China.

Now in the face of Tian Rucheng's invitation and Yang Yiqing's opinion, Zhu Houxi can only make a decision by himself.

Yan Song, who had never spoken, noticed the emperor's resoluteness, and immediately said in a dignified voice: "The minister is going to write an official document and pass it to Jiaozhi!" ”

……

Before the heavy snow fell, there were still Koubian in the border towns, but now they are concentrated on the western three sides.

The people and horses of my answer were recuperating, but Xuanda calmed down.

Xia Yan ran on three sides, trying his best to support the invasion of the Ordos Wanhu commanded by Gunbilik from the north and south.

Naturally, the money and grain of the Ming Dynasty had to go through a longer, more difficult, and more lossy route to Shaanxi.

However, Huguang has a serious drought this year, and the imperial court is still needed for disaster relief.

In the far southeast, the South Zhili Suzhou Mansion is noisy. The Imperial History of Disaster Relief sent by the Beijing Metropolitan Procuratorate is called Supervising Disaster Relief, but in fact, together with Governor Yingtian, has been investigating the real reasons why Suzhou was so seriously affected.

The emperor only gave three months, and the emperor's anger on that day was not fake, and Zhang Fujing also needed to give a dismissal in the first year of the direct collection of grain from Nanzhili and the three provinces in Beijing.

The matter has been investigated so far, and the result is not unexpected by Yang Shen at all.

In the official hall of the household department, Zhang Fujing sat at the top, Yang Shen accompanied him on the other side, and there were several more than four grades below, one of whom was standing.

"So, it not only involves a member of the General Department of the Ministry of Industry today, but also involves the current Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and the Right Squire of the Ministry of Household in Nanjing, and the seven sages of Nanzhili?" Zhang Fujing opened his mouth.

"Exactly. Although Nanzhili did not set up a provincial capital and county three-level township sage institute, in the past three years, the township sages who have been invited for approval have accounted for nearly thirty percent of the entire Ming Dynasty. In particular, the year before last, when the war was declared, there were many people who donated money and food, and 63 people were asked for approval at one time. This time, forty percent of the fertile fields destroyed in Suzhou belonged to the families of these seven villagers. In the past, these seven people also made a lot of efforts to clean up the water conservancy, and many river sections and seawalls were repaired by them. ”

Yang Shen sneered.

Zhang Fujing frowned.

The special case of Nanzhili has not been reformed so far. At the time of the water conservancy, it was only the project that was implemented in Guangdong to procure. However, in order to do things in various localities, in addition to allocating silver, they also increased local taxes and levy labor. In the end, most of the people actually paid the money, and then the government organized people to work and purchase materials for construction.

To say that those seven families have made up their minds many years ago when they will destroy their fertile land by natural disasters, it is naturally false. But this year there is a new situation, and it is possible to take advantage of natural disasters and do something with one's own knowledge of those river sections, lose part of the year's harvest, and throw a thorny problem to the imperial court.

Yang Shen opened his mouth and said coldly: "When it is cleaned, there must be no problem with the river embankment and seawall. But after so many years, the people have fought for water, digging and changing indiscriminately. The wind is blowing, the water is rushing away, and it is normal for something to go wrong. In short, no matter how you investigate, these seven village sages are victims, and there must be no ironclad evidence pointing at them. If you really want to care, it is that the Suzhou government is overlooked and unprepared. Whoever is charged with this kind of crime is afraid that it will only chill the hearts of other prefectures and counties. People are not saints and sages, not to mention natural disasters, who can guarantee that they will not be unlucky next time? ”

Zhang Fujing's brows furrowed even tighter, but he was afraid that the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Court was also having a headache.

What is the result? Who can do it? What are the rules?

Seven points of truth, three points of falsehood, the truth that is difficult to be violated by manpower, and the truth of human nature.

How many local officials can be saints?

"I'll discuss with Yongxiu first, you guys go down first." When the others left the official hall, Zhang Fujing looked at Yang Shen: "According to the new amount, how much can the total money and grain of the provinces be levied this year?" How many percent are the three provinces of Nanzhili and the three provinces? ”

"In all provinces and counties, major disasters and minor disasters will total more than 70% after reduction. Judging from Jiajing's figures five years ago, it was 40 percent more than in the past. Nanzhili and the three provinces can collect 60 percent this year, one and a half more than in the past. ”

Yang Shen reported this number, and Zhang Fujing was silent.

According to the yellow book made by re-clearing the fields, if the quota is fully collected, the money and grain of the Ming Dynasty can really be "doubled in years".

But now the situation is that only more than seventy percent can be received. The reason is like Suzhou. Although it is not a heavenly wind, there are earth dragons, liukou, and floods......

Although the actual amount received is already more than in the past, it is not very effective, not to mention that the financial expenditure of the imperial court is now greater than in the past.

One of the biggest reasons is that Nanzhili and the three provinces are dragging their feet. Combined, these four places accounted for nearly half of the Ming Dynasty. If they can put it away a little more, the increase in the total amount will be considerable.

"Sixty percent, heh......" Zhang Fujing also looked cold, "This year is Huguang Tiangan, Nanzhili and Zhejiang Tianfeng, what about next year?" Especially in Nanzhili, because of the collection of household departments in Nanjing in the past, the accounting law did not even implement new accounts, which is more troublesome to check. In addition, Nanjing's new training Zhenwu camp has more surviving. I am afraid that there will only be one more than in the past. ”

"The state ministry did exactly what it expected." Yang Shen corroborated his assessment, "It's not easy to get more." ”

"If you want to use this extra one percent to buy a peaceful place, that's wrong!" Zhang Fujing stood up, "I'll go back here and discuss with Mr. Fei." Since Your Majesty is responsible for the important task of the Civil Affairs Committee and the State Palace, isn't most of the affairs of Nanzhili a civil administration? What His Majesty is inconvenient to do, it is being done in the State Affairs Palace! ”

Yang Shen was shocked, and couldn't help but stand up: "Zhang Guowu, is it ......?"

Zhang Fujing showed the indomitable momentum in Guangdong again: "With such a small case, you can't find anything, and you can't handle anything." If you don't get into a corner, who will jump your feet? The Ming Dynasty can't have only one Nanzhili and is always an outlier, and the money law is about to be implemented, and it is not allowed to allow Nanzhili to become a world of its own. Rest assured, you know what to do with your country's affairs. ”

For the first time in the sixth year of Jiajing, grain was levied nationwide in accordance with the new standards after the land was cleared, and the grain supply that year was 20 percent higher than in the past.

Last year, it was one and a half more.

This year, Nanzhili, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Zhejiang have all been included in Beijing's household direct collection system, but only half of them are more, and a total of 40% more than in the past.

Although after the implementation of the commercial law, the amount of silver directly collected was much higher than in the past, but the silver had to be exchanged for various materials after all.

At present, the growth rate of the results of this new law in terms of grain supply is getting slower and slower, and I am afraid that in the end it will only reach more than 80 percent of the quota, after all, it is inevitable that some places will suffer disasters every year and will have to be reduced or reduced.

Ten times the year, Zhang Fujing still remembers what was the dispute between the monarchs and ministers of the court in the year of his palace examination.

It is now the ninth year of His Majesty's accession to the throne, and it will soon be the tenth year.

The tax silver has been doubled, but it is the result of the clan lords under the pressure of the emperor, and so many enterprises have to pay taxes and silver every year according to the commercial law and tax law.

What about the rations?

Jiangxi, Huguang, and Zhejiang are grouped around Nanzhili, always dragging their hind legs. Many decrees of the State Hall and the Six Ministries of Beijing have always passed through the Six Ministries of Nanjing.

One more process, one more oil and water, one more loss in the imperial court, and one more layer of space for the upper and lower hands in the place.

Before the deadline given by the emperor for finding out the truth about the disaster in Suzhou Mansion within three months, Zhang Fujing, who was secretly called Zhang Killing, was secretly called Zhang Killing, and said awe-inspiringly: "Zhang Fujing, the minister of state and the household minister, has something to do, please play." ”

Zhu Houxi looked at him and said calmly, "Speak." ”

Zhang Fujing took a deep breath and said loudly: "The Huanghuai flood, Liu Tianhe, the governor of the river, has a management strategy. Things are beneficial, but it is not a day's work to govern the river, and it also involves the prefectures and counties in the lower reaches of the Huanghuai River. In order to avoid many orders and poor passage in the future, the minister asked the south to set up a Huaiyang Cheng to announce the political envoy north of the Yangtze River! ”

There was a light snow outside the National Assembly Hall, and many court counselors shuddered: Split Nanzhili?

Zhu Houxi's eyes lit up: Zhang Fujing found a good reason! Good timing!

This timing refers to the approaching New Year.

This bright color was immediately hidden by him, and after a while, he slowly spoke: "It's a big matter, let's discuss it after a while." Among the pros and cons, Mao Gong should have a book to explain in detail, right? Present it first, and I will think about it. ”

He has to think about it carefully, and the meeting after the year means that this matter is not impossible.

This year, there are destined to be many people uneasy, and the new year will also be lively.

(End of chapter)