West Garden, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

After Zhu Youzhu had breakfast in the Qianqing Palace, he took the jade chariot to this place to deal with government affairs. Now that my life has been settled, the most important job of the day is to deal with the affairs of the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

Liu Jin has already lit sandalwood here, and the clerical office has classified the notes that need to be dealt with, and placed them in a fixed position in order of priority.

After Zhu Youzhu sat down in front of the treasure case, he started today's government affairs and was at the helm of the imperial aircraft carrier.

"Many counties in Guide Prefecture, Henan Province have been affected by locust plagues and reduced production, please ask the imperial court to reduce half of the taxes on this year's summer grain!"

"Shaanxi Kuizhou Mansion is dying, and the number of vain moves is increasing, please ask the imperial court to reduce half of the tax on this year's summer grain!"

"Many counties in Yanzhou Prefecture in Shandong have been affected by drought and locust plagues, please ask the imperial court to reduce all taxes on this year's summer grain!"

"Caozhou Mansion in Shandong Province has been damaged by floods, and countless houses of the people have been destroyed, please ask the imperial court to reduce all taxes on this year's summer grain!"

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As the summer grain harvest is imminent, some local officials have asked for a reduction or exemption of summer taxes, mainly in natural disasters such as droughts, floods, and locusts.

Although the officials of the Ming Dynasty ate the money of the imperial court, there were not many officials who were worried about the imperial court's decree to reduce or reduce grain taxes.

Once a local official successfully asks for exemption from taxes and grain on behalf of the local people, he will certainly be praised by the local people, and even the gentry who own a large number of acres of land will also have an umbrella for the people, so as to gain a good political reputation.

For example, Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, was the governor of Qingzhou, Shandong, when there was a disaster in the local area, he sent tens of millions of stones of grain to the official warehouse so that the hungry people in Qingzhou relied on the famine, and the local people set up a shrine for him in Yuan Haiting in Qingzhou to show their gratitude.

Obviously, these are all favors from the imperial court, but as a result, the credit will go to the local officials, and the local officials are not tired of exaggerating natural disasters.

Of course, as long as the imperial court agrees to reduce or exempt local taxes, then there will be a lot of room for rent-seeking, and even a situation where the imperial court is exempt from taxes and the local government collects taxes as usual.

Especially in some areas where land annexation was severe, the imperial court generally reduced local taxes to restore production, and in fact it was the wealthy gentry who benefited the most.

It is precisely for this reason that, lured by both fame and profit, local officials are so happy to ask for food tax reductions and exemptions, and there have even been cases of falsification of the disaster.

In the original history, the tax grain in the first year of Hongji fell from 26 million stone to more than 19 million stone, which was precisely because Hongji obeyed the advice of local officials and wantonly exempted taxes.

Zhu Youzhi is naturally able to sympathize with the people at the bottom, but he knows that indiscriminate good people can't do it, not to mention that the exempted taxes are actually difficult to fall into the hands of the disadvantaged groups, and the Ming Dynasty needs agricultural taxes to maintain the normal operation of the imperial court.

If you casually use a slogan and agree to reduce taxes, then Ming's finances will only get worse and worse, and in the end you will not be able to do anything.

Like this crackdown on the Gangannan Invaders, financial support is actually needed, so the money cannot be changed out of thin air, so the most important grain tax cannot be lost.

Fortunately, Wan An and Liu Ji are very familiar with the tricks of local officials, so they will not make too many mistakes by handing over these recitals to them.

In addition, the selection of Tobe's right attendant has been undecided.

Since Liu Zhong, the original right attendant of the household department, has gone to the local area to serve as the governor of Huguang, the position of the right attendant of the household department is planned to be held by the thirteen divisions of the household department, but there is no candidate among the thirteen langs who can make his eyes shine.

It's just that you don't need to be too anxious, you have good meat in hand, and you don't need to worry about people who don't work hard at all.

Zhu Youzhu knew that he still had to pay attention to the local disaster situation, so he instructed Liu Jin: "Spread my message, and the household department will count the disaster relief situation in various places over the years, and report it to me in a book!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Jin was even the one who received the order.

In the afternoon, a recital from Gannan was on the desk.

Zhu Youzhu saw the song from Wang Hua, and had a more detailed understanding of the Southern Jiangxi suppression of Kou this time, and it was undoubtedly very easy to protect Wang Hua with this victory.

Even if Wang Yue can't clear Wang Hua's charge of deducting military salaries, with Wang Hua's record this time, he only needs to find a name to help Wang Hua gently wipe it off.

It's just that he was slightly surprised that the hero of this crackdown turned out to be Wang Shouren.

Before the war in southern Jiangxi, Wang Hua chose to believe that his son Wang Shouren helped him clear out the rogues in Tai Mo Shan after realizing that the matter of military salaries was jointly set up by Li Ang, the governor of Jiangxi, and Xu Huai, the political envoy of Jiangxi.

In addition to the eight scribes transferred from the government office, the remaining twelve were personally recruited by Wang Hua, and only four scribes could know the core decisions.

On the way back to Ganzhou, Wang Shouren had already realized that the governor of southern Ganzhou, Yamen, had an internal response, and every major move they took was known in advance.

In view of this, he deliberately took the four suspicious scribes to draw a map in the vicinity of Tai Mo Shan, and then Ganzhou disguised himself as a rogue.

Those two Neiying really fell into the trap, and when they were about to wield a knife to solve them in the face of the "Liukou", even if they revealed their identity as Neiying.

After eliminating the spies in his team, Wang Shouren chose to pardon the sins of the two spies and let them go to Tai Mo Shan's lair to send false information and find out the truth inside.

Tai Mo Shan is dangerous on all sides, and it is the only one that can be faced. Because the thieves set up stones and rolling wood to refuse, the rogue did not withdraw, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to approach, which was one of the reasons why they could not take down this gang of rogue bandits for a long time.

Due to the false information brought by the two internal commanders, they mistakenly believed that the new army in Ganzhou was trying to destroy their branch stronghold in Fairy Village, so they lured a team of men to come to support.

Wang Shouren had already personally led the troops to set up an ambush, and after capturing this group of men and horses, he ordered a group of officers and soldiers to put on thief clothes. Take advantage of the twilight to go up the mountain and deceive the thief who has just returned from the fairy village.

When the thieves guarding the mountain saw Wang Shouren and the others going up the mountain, they did not suspect that they were officers and soldiers pretending, and the accurate intelligence that had always made them careless.

After the officers and soldiers crossed the danger, they pulled out this dangerous pass, so that all the new troops in Ganzhou behind them crossed the danger safely.

Although the thieves soon knew that they had come to the city, the new army in Ganzhou was all selected elite soldiers, and Wang Hua and Wang Shouren personally led a large army into the village.

In the face of the new army in Ganzhou falling from the sky, only a few of the thieves fled from the narrow back mountain road, 500 people were killed, and nearly 2,000 people wept and asked for surrender.

It was Wang Shouren's two-pronged strategy of counter-plotting and concealing the sky and crossing the sea, which caused the most powerful rogues entrenched in Ganzhou to be destroyed and achieved the first great victory of the Hongzhi Dynasty.

With the suppression of the largest group of bandits, there is no need to worry about the remaining small group of bandits, and it is only a matter of time before the bandits in southern Gannan are wiped out.

In the early morning of the next day, after a fire burned down the village at Tai Mo Shan, Wang Hua led the team to return triumphantly.

On the way back, Wang Hua realized that the area to the south was too large. This place is far away from the county seat, which is indeed not conducive to the management of the imperial court, and I can't help but show a contemplative expression.

After all, he was an official from the Hanlin Academy, and he soon thought that he could add a county seat to strengthen governance and build this place into a real king.

"Dad, you have to give credit to Your Majesty for the child this time!" Wang Shouren was very excited about this crackdown operation, and his eyes looked bright and authentic.

Wang Hua was thinking about the establishment of a county, and when he heard this, he casually asked, "Why is this?" ”

"I don't want to be a saint, I want to be a person like Wang Yue, and in the future, I will lead the troops out of the fortress to crusade against the Tartars and knights!" Wang Shouren set a new goal, and he appeared to be determined and authentic.

Wang Hua didn't expect that his son would want to lead the army to fight again, so he glanced at his son and said: "Wang Yue is famous, if you really want to become Wang Yue, then stay at home and study for the exam!" ”

Although he is the champion, he also knows the difficulty of gaining fame.

If his son, who is only 16 years old, wants to be admitted to the Jinshi, he has to study hard for at least ten years before he has a chance, and he just has a chance.

"I can take the merit test, but I'm going to mix up a military position now, so you have to take credit for me this time!" Wang Shouren is like a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and immediately expressed his attitude with confidence.

After thinking about it again, Wang Hua decided to report the whole story to the emperor. As for whether the emperor wants to give his son additional favors and whether to grant his son a military position, it depends on the son's creation.

In fact, after this battle, he also saw his son's military talent.

It's just that what they don't know is that Wang Huake's deduction of military salaries is fermenting in the imperial court, and now the imperial court is handed over to Wang Yue to find out the ins and outs of Jiangxi's deduction of salaries, and Wang Shouren will also see his idol.

The time quietly came to the middle of May, and the West Garden was already a lush royal garden scene.

In addition to occasionally riding a horse in the northwest of the West Garden, Zhu Youzhu often came to this newly built Listening Tide Pavilion and sat on the edge of the large liquid pond to fish.

Blue skies and white clouds are reflected on the mirror-like surface of the lake, where summer waves ripple slightly, and fish swim happily on the clear shores of the lake.

The fish resources in the pond are very abundant, and the eunuchs feed them in the fixed waters here every day, so it has become an excellent fishing spot.

Zhu Youzhu is more and more handy in handling government affairs, and after dealing with the sparseness every day, he will occasionally come to the gazebo fishing place on the edge of the Tingchao Pavilion and sit on the soft couch for fishing.

The wooden buoy sank, and as Zhu Youji's wrist lifted the fishing rod, a three-finger-sized crucian carp jumped out of the water and landed in the open space next to it.

Chen Kun, who was wearing a three-grade official uniform, quickly pounced on the lively crucian carp, and said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, you are really good at fishing, and you are already the fifth!" ”

"It's not that my technology is great, it's that the resources here are good!" Zhu Youzhu saw that the fish fishing he had just thrown off was moved again, revealing a little lazy authenticity.

The entire Taiye Pond is enclosed by Xiyuan, and this area of water is a no-fishing area, and it is very difficult for me to catch fish now. That's why I'm interested in fishing.

"Weichen's house is on the side of the Pearl River, but he can fish like His Majesty every time he moves the target, which is really a master of fishing!" The middle-aged official wearing a five-grade official uniform next to him looked flattering and authentic.

Zhu Youzhu saw that he had a good harvest, so he instructed Liu Jin next to him: "The waiter will bring the two back and hand them over to Niu Mengmeng, so that she can use them to feed Xiaohua!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Jin didn't know where Niu Mengmeng had cultivated the blessings, and this favor made him feel a little jealous, even if he was respectful.

Zhu Youzhu put away the fishing rod, took a sip of the tea just brewed by the palace maid next to him, looked at the middle-aged official wearing a five-grade official uniform and said, "Wu Yu, a member of the Shandong Division of the Ministry of Households?" ”

"Wechen is here!" Wu Yu hurriedly responded.

Zhu Youzhu carefully examined this self-motivated household member, then put down the teacup and asked lightly: "Do you really think that the disaster reported by the Yanzhou Mansion in Shandong this year is a cathole?" ”

"The minister looked through the Yuze records of various prefectures and counties in Shandong over the years, and the minister thought that the drought in Yanzhou Mansion this year may be untrue!" Wu Yu faced the inquiry, looking serious.

Zhu Youzhu turned his head to look at Chen Kun, and asked seriously, "Chen Qing, what do you think?" ”

When the minister saw Wu Yuanwailang's summary, he also thought that Shandong Yanzhou might be tired! Today, there is a project supervision in the Yellow River, and the minister thinks that he can use this as a name, and Wu Yu goes to make a secret visit to check the truth in it! Chen Kun met Zhu Youji's gaze and immediately said his plan.

Zhu Youzhu knew that this matter could indeed be sent down to investigate, so he asked seriously: "What do you think of Qian Yue, the governor of Shandong?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has nothing to do with this person, and I don't know what this person's character is?" Chen Kun knew that his qualifications were shallow, so he couldn't help but say bitterly.

Zhu Youzhu thought for a moment, then made a decision and said: "Qian Yue was promoted from Guizhou to the governor of Shandong at the beginning of this year, but this person's morality is not clear, so this action is not known to anyone!" You secretly went to Yanzhou Mansion in Shandong with Liu Jiyu, a foreigner from the Ministry of Industry Tuntian Shilang, and gave the two of you the right to act cheaply to investigate the reality of the disaster in Yanzhou, Shandong! ”

"The order of the ministers will definitely live up to Your Majesty's grace!" Wu Yu, a member of the Shandong Division of the Ministry of Households, knew that this was his opportunity, and even said respectfully.

Chen Kun saw that Zhu Youzhu was still fishing here, so he took Wu Yu to say goodbye and left.

Zhu Youzhi looked at the driftwood on the lake, and also began to think about the important province of Shandong.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there were many plagues in Shandong, one was due to the flooding of the Yellow River, and the other was the more plague caused by people who starved to death, mainly due to the fact that land annexation was more serious than other regions.

In order to solve Shandong's problems, in addition to controlling the Yellow River, it is more important to deal with the issue of land annexation.

Yanzhou Mansion?

Isn't the Kong family in Qufu there?

Seem...... It's kind of interesting!

Zhu Youzhu suddenly thought of Qufu Kong in Shandong, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face.

It's just that the one who should have come still came after all, and the next morning, he rode from the northwest quickly, and this Tang newspaper was quickly sent to Xiyuan and handed over to Zhu Youji.

When Zhu Youzhu saw the newspaper from Datongtang, his face was full of melancholy.

(End of chapter)