In the imperial study, you can hear the needle dropping.

Although people have a selfish side after all, many Wenchen have a heart of "continuing to learn for the sake of the saints and opening peace for all generations" at the beginning, but they are often defeated by the hypocritical reality.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has ushered in such a British lord, even if they don't think about their future, they want to witness the prosperity of China with their own eyes, and even want to participate in it.

Now the imperial court is facing the big problem of properly relocating millions of victims, but there is no good solution to this stubborn disease throughout the ages, just as He Zhixin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said that self-destruction is the most common means of the dynasty.

On the contrary, many people present had similar thoughts to Wu Yu, the right attendant of the household department, but they believed that this problem was still difficult for this wise and martial emperor.

It's out!

When Li Si, the head of the household, saw Zhu Youji who appeared on the edge of the guardrail of the attic, his eyes couldn't help but flash with excitement.

After a lot of things, now more and more important ministers are impressed by the emperor's wisdom, so they are looking forward to Hongji coming up with a way to break the situation.

In the past, the value of virtuous ministers was because the emperor relied on them for everything. It's just that the current Emperor Hongzhi is simply a demonic emperor, and their biggest role is to "talk less and work harder" and implement the emperor's decision-making.

Whether it is the courage to rectify the salt policy, or the wisdom of using the Diao people's book to boost the Qingzhang fields, or the main focus on the elite soldiers and generals in the military and politics, it all reveals the wisdom of the emperor's governance.

Although it is difficult to resettle the millions of victims now, they believe that under the leadership of this British lord, it may not be impossible to solve the problem.

"Crazy, right? The emperor can solve this kind of problem, he is really sick and rushed to the doctor! ”

He Qiaoxin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, had different thoughts from the ministers, and when he saw that this right servant of the household department who stepped on shit luck actually intended to ask the emperor for help, he couldn't help but feel a burst of contempt in his heart.

Although he admits that the emperor has done a good job since he ascended the throne, he doesn't necessarily see how good Zhu Youzhi is, it's just that Zhu Youzhu is a self-righteous emperor, plus the two mad dogs Wang Yue and Wang Zhi.

If he is in his position, he is definitely ten times stronger than Zhu Youji, and he uses virtuous ministers such as Wang Shu, Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia, and the world will definitely be ruled greatly.

As for the problems that he can't solve, this little emperor is naturally impossible to solve, and he is purely making a big joke.

Zhu Youzhu was serving tea to a beautiful woman in the pavilion just now, and after a little hesitation, he walked to the guardrail and said lightly: "Since this is the case, then let's start a war immediately!" ”

War?

Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and other officials looked at each other, but they were messy for a while.

Obviously, everyone was discussing the resettlement of the millions of victims in Henan, but the emperor suddenly said that he was going to war, which seemed to be the answer to the question.

As for the war in the emperor's mouth, it undoubtedly refers to the bloody bloodbath of the Jianzhou Jurchens by the Ming soldiers of Liaodong, but now that there is a major disaster in the country, shouldn't it be more appropriate to make a truce at this time?

"Sure enough, this little Hubu right servant is unreliable, this already powerful emperor is simply a war maniac. Obviously, everyone is discussing the resettlement of millions of victims, but it turns out that the war in Liaodong is stubbornly involved, this emperor wants to fight and wants to go crazy, right? He Zhixin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is heart in Cao Ying, and his heart is in Han, but in the face of Zhu Youji's unreliable answer, he secretly discussed it.

"Your Majesty, but you want to conquer the Jianzhou Jurchen?" Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, asked tentatively.

Zhu Youzhu shook his head gently, causing the important ministers below to be stunned immediately, but he didn't expect to guess wrong.

Zhu Youji's eyes were bright, and he said in a firm tone: "Wrong! The people of the Heavenly Dynasty are the people of the kingdom, and the Jurchens of Jianzhou are attached to the country and are more disloyal, and they have flattered Korea several times to see their wolf ambitions, and the first emperor has said that they will not be of the kind. Today, I don't want millions of people to be displaced, so this time I want to level the Jianzhou Jurchens and return the old land of my Ming Dynasty to settle the millions of victims of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Yes? Flat?

Wan An, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the others were dumbfounded, and couldn't help but look at the emperor who was high above.

Just when they were thinking hard about how to subsidize the people and let millions of people regain their livelihoods, the emperor jumped out of the "country", but set his sights on the fertile land of Jianzhou.

The Jianzhou Jurchens are no longer nomads in the true sense of the word, and the reason why they are transitioning to a semi-agrarian society is precisely because of the unique land conditions of Jianzhou.

If that fertile land can be recovered and water conservancy can be built, it will really be a good place to resettle millions of victims, so that the millions of people affected by the disaster will not become slaves or starving corpses.

Zhu Youzhi didn't care what the silence below was, but he knew that important things had to be made up by himself, the emperor: "I am not a warlike king, but I am strong in China, and I am connected to the four seas in the outside, and I am in the land of China inside." Qingshi scolded me for the tyrant, now Jianzhou is not a conquest, but a peaceful Jianzhou, restore my old land in China, can you be willing to help me? ”

"Your Majesty puts all the people first, and the ministers are willing to go to the soup for Your Majesty!" Wan An learned Zhu Youji's true intentions, and he also expressed his position loyally.

Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was originally a frenzy for his career, but after seeing the various actions of this emperor, he couldn't help but shed tears of loyalty.

Although this emperor is contrary to the benevolence advocated by Confucianism and the blessing of peace advocated by the ruling class, he is the emperor who really has the people in his heart.

How many prosperous times throughout the ages, in fact, they can only be the prosperous times of some people, and the vast majority of them are silently carrying the burden for this prosperous era.

It's just that in order to settle millions of displaced people, the current emperor did not hesitate to bear the notoriety of a tyrant, and directly sent troops to wipe out the entire Jianzhou Jurchen, so how could the king not swear to die?

This......

He Qiaoxin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was stunned, and his head was buzzing.

I thought that this kind of eternal problem was unsolvable, but this emperor found another way to solve it by recovering the old land and investing heavily in water conservancy projects.

But...... Isn't it detrimental to the reputation of a great power to wage war in order to settle its own people?

Zhu Youzhu felt that these important ministers were also pretending to be the people, so he said seriously: "Since the ministers have no objections, who should be in charge of the expedition next?" How did Dangping Jianzhou relocate displaced people and build water conservancy? Jianzhou is flat and fertile, even if the imperial court spends 500,000 taels of national funds to build water conservancy and build the granary of the northeast of the Ming Dynasty, so this move can solve the disadvantages of Cao Yun and build the foundation of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Contrary to the thinking of the ruling class in this era, if you want to raise a place, you need to invest capital upfront.

The fertile land of Jianzhou is a good place to develop agriculture, but in fact, it takes time and manpower to reclaim, and it also needs the investment of water conservancy projects, so that Jianzhou can truly become the granary of Northeast China.

Although the initial investment is expected to be one million taels, once the northeast granary rises, the capital's demand for grain in the south will be greatly reduced, and the problem of disadvantage will be solved, and it will also be able to provide food security for the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Yes!" Li Yu and other important ministers felt that the emperor was strategizing, and immediately bowed respectfully.

I...... Against!

He Qiaoxin was very reluctant to do things that harmed the state of etiquette in order to settle millions of victims, but he looked left and right and found that everyone had no objections, and couldn't help but swallow back the words that were spit out to his mouth.

Hey?

The right attendant of the household department glanced at He Qiaoxin, the secretary of the criminal department, with disdain, but he noticed He Qiaoxin's strange appearance, and decided in his heart that this secretary of the criminal department was really disloyal, and immediately regarded the other party as his first political enemy.

Since Zhu Youzhu set the tone, everything became simple in the following deliberations.

Although these important ministers can't open up the pattern, who will take command and settle the displaced people, etc., this is actually their old business.

Since ancient times, the problem has actually been a money word, but Hongzhi's finances are still very healthy, and he has just raided the Ye family and obtained a large amount of stolen silver.

Since there is no need to levy and distribute more money to the people, there is naturally no need to revolve, and everyone only needs to think about how to spend money.

"We have enough money for the disaster relief, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate must do a good job in anti-corruption work!"

"We have the money to repair the embankment, but the Ministry of Industry has trouble polishing its eyes when selecting river officials!"

"The granary of our household department is solid, but the military department must formulate a good charter for transporting grain!"

……

Li Si, the head of the household, has simply become a veritable god of wealth, and he has allocated funds in the face of various yamen applications, but he also made requests with confidence.

The biggest feature of the Hongzhi Dynasty is that it abandons the previous mode of fighting alone, and instead cooperates with various departments, thus greatly improving the efficiency of work.

Although some corruption cannot be prevented, the determination of the imperial court to combat corruption is unprecedentedly strong.

The status of the Special Metropolitan Procuratorate has suddenly risen, and Wang Yue is an upright king who has cut off his head, so the Metropolitan Procuratorate is silently shouldering the sacred mission of fighting corruption.

After listening to the opinions of the officials of the six ministries, Zhu Youzhu handed over the work of rescuing and relocating the victims to the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Industry undertook the task of repairing the embankment of the Yellow River and planning the water conservancy project in Jianzhou, with the rest of the departments assisting.

As for the most important candidate for the command of the Jianzhou Jurchen, Zhu Youzhu was originally inclined to Liu Xuan, the governor of Liaodong, but Liu Xuan's military talent was still a little worse, and it was finally decided that Wang Yue, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, would take command of the expedition.

With the end of the highest meeting of the imperial study, the largest "Jianzhou Jiyou Project" since the Ming Hongzhi Dynasty was released.

In the next few days, the household department and the military department became the busiest departments.

The Household Department was fully responsible for disaster relief work in Henan and other places, while the Military Department was responsible for the logistics of the war in Liaodong, and other departments mainly cooperated with these two tasks.

It was only when the news reached the outside world, especially the appointment of Zhang Yong, the eunuch of Wang Yue and the new commander-in-chief of Liaodong, Wu Jingbo and Zhao Chengqing, the anti-war sentiment suddenly soared.

"Levying because of the lack of deer tendons, is it not the work of a big country?"

"Da Ming is a state of etiquette, and such an act can be a tyrant!"

"The loser is helpless, the virtuous minister will not be the king, and the wise man should resign!"

……

The scholars from the outside world ignored the millions of victims, and when they learned that the imperial court was seeking to establish a state, they immediately objected angrily.

Fueled by well-intentioned people, public opinion in the capital was almost one-sided, and many scholars pointed the finger at the imperial court.

Worse still, some advocate that virtuous people should resign and leave such unscrupulous kings.

These voices naturally reached the palace, and although Zhu Youzhu knew that the power of the capital against him was rising instead of falling, he did not plan to focus on this group of beam-jumping clowns, but focused on leveling the establishment of the state and disaster relief.

East of the city, Dongsheng Inn.

Xu Hong and Gao Kui are the two lucky ones who stayed in the capital, and they will meet in this fate-changing place when they have time.

Although there is still about a month before the Suncheon Academy exam, there are already candidates who have come to prepare for the exam, and these "active" candidates like to criticize current affairs the most.

Anti-war seems to have become politically correct, and a table in the middle is talking, pointing the finger at the "willful" emperor.

Xu Hong naturally heard these discordant sounds, but he noticed that Gao Kui arrived first, so he walked towards the wine table in the corner.

Gao Kui saw Xu Hong coming, and personally poured wine for Xu Hong and said, "The two of us are coincidental!" I thought I was the only one staying in Beijing, and I didn't want to be sent to Henan on an errand! ”

"Your procuratorate is getting wider and wider, and now the officials of the six ministries say that they are most afraid of you, for fear of being arrested by your inspection hall!" Xu Hong sat down at the table and picked up his wine glass.

There was a hint of mockery at the corner of Gao Kui's mouth, and he said uprightly: "Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door." Those who are really afraid of us must have a ghost in their hearts and have done something lawless. If I dare to reach out for disaster relief money this time, I will definitely not recognize my six relatives, and I will never do anything in the same stream! ”

"This time, due to the tofu slag project in the river, most of Henan has become Wangze, and millions of people have been displaced. In the past, I thought that His Majesty gave you too much authority to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but it was only after this incident that I realized that Your Majesty was really the British lord. However, now, there are people in this capital who call His Majesty a tyrant, and I really can't wait to eat it! Xu Hong took a sip of wine and frowned slightly.

Gao Kui looked up at the few scholars who had just criticized the emperor, but asked seriously: "In the matter of conquest of Jianzhou, Your Majesty used the deer tendon as an excuse, right?" ”

"If I'm right, this is an excuse! At the beginning, His Majesty was afraid that he was trying to establish a state, but now that millions of people are displaced, this battle is imperative, and it is inevitable to win! ”

"What do you mean......"

"Anmin!"

As soon as these words came out, a flash of light flashed in Gao Kui's mind, and then he looked in the direction of the Forbidden City in shock.

Several scholars in the center of the front hall were still criticizing the emperor, but Gao Kui in this corner looked at the Forbidden City in shock, and Xu Hong's eyes were also full of awe.

Although it is impossible for the imperial court to announce the project of establishing a state, it is inevitable that some clues will not be revealed, and some politically gifted talents can also get a glimpse of it.

In fact, Xu Hong's intelligence is one thing, but more importantly, Xu Hong has seen Emperor Hongzhi earlier, but he knows that this is a rare hero.

In addition, Zhang Sui was sent to Liaodong earlier, so Liaodong must not be a war caused by deer tendons, but Emperor Hongzhi had the idea of recovering the entire Jianzhou, and even pacified the savage Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens based on Jianzhou.

Combined with the current disaster situation in Henan, Xu Hong has every reason to infer that the real intention of the Jianzhou War is to resettle millions of victims.

"Hey, what are you two muttering? Just now, the head of this case seems to have heard you say that the British Lord? ”

At this time, a few children who were still pointing out the country just now had already come over, and the black mole man at the head looked yin and yang and asked in a strange manner.

Sorry, in the hospital, it is expected to be normal in two days.

(End of chapter)