Chapter 192: The End Is Coming (8)
"Your Majesty Mingjian, it's Weichen's lack of consideration." Fan Sicheng bowed and retreated.
Then Wang Hongzhang stepped forward and admonished: "Your Majesty, in terms of the military department, our gunpowder stockpile is not much left, due to the impact of the plague, the original mining project and transportation channels have been shelved, if we don't find a way to restart, our firearms will be useless." ”
Li Yu nodded, "This is a big problem," he summoned again: "Where are the officials of the Ministry of Industry?" Do you have a good policy? ”
Several officials of the Ministry of Industry walked out of the queue, and one of them Shang Shu admonished: "Your Majesty, the recent gunpowder mining is also in Qihuang Mountain, more than 600 miles away from Luoyang, and now many official roads have been closed, and it is very risky to transport, Weichen proposed to send two teams of sappers to Yunmeng Mountain and Huangshan to investigate, these two mountains are only 100 miles away from Luoyang, and the mountains are wide and horizontal, and there should be sulfur mines suitable for making gunpowder if you look carefully." ”
"Huangshan is the former residence of the prime minister, which is no problem, as for Yunmeng Mountain......" Li Yu frowned slightly, a little doubtful.
The Ministry of Industry Shangshu said: "Now that the country is in trouble, the Jianghu sect should conform to the imperial court, besides, the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, Yunmengshan is the territory of the Yan Dynasty, Your Majesty does not have to worry about it." ”
Li Yu waved his hand, "Then do what you planned, but if you find a sulfur mine, you still have to say hello to the owner there before mining." ”
"Your Majesty, rest assured, Wechen will send a squire to accompany him, and if he can meet Mr. Guigu, he will definitely pay respectful respects." The Ministry of Industry Shangshu said and retreated into the queue again.
Li Yu said: "General Wang, if the gunpowder is tight, then save some money, and if the firearms are insufficient, use more bows and crossbows, and after you go down, I will ask the household department to allocate some military funds to you, and you will use the money to buy a few batches of wood to make crossbow arrows." ”
"Uh...... Timber? Wang Hongzhang scratched his head and wondered: "Where can I find wood in Luoyang City?" ”
Li Yu said: "Doesn't the new decree require 'returning the building to farming'? With so many dismantled beams, how can there be no wood? ”
Wang Hongzhang said: "But many households have used this wood to make charcoal, and I am afraid that there is not much to purchase." ”
Li Yu pointed to the beams of the main hall and said, "Then this hall will be demolished, and hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows will be able to be smashed!" ”
"Don't dare, don't dare, the last general will go to ......" Wang Hongzhang bowed his head and retreated into the queue.
Li Yu said: "Next question."
"Your Majesty, Luoyang, Yuzhou, Anyang, and the three cities have all poured in a lot of refugees, and the arable land in the cities is limited, they cannot be resettled, and they have no fixed income, and they all rely on the relief of the state treasury, which is not a way in the long run...... Wechen proposed to choose a good place outside the city, which would be guarded by the army and concentrate on the resettlement of these refugees, so as to relieve the pressure on the national treasury. Lu Boguang walked out of the queue and made a proposal.
"No way!" Wang Hongzhang immediately stood up again and retorted: "Now that poisonous people are rampant outside the city, the slightest carelessness will lead to infection, that is more than 100,000 refugees, if the poisonous corpses besiege the city, what should we do?"
Lu Boguang said in a deep voice: "General Wang, don't you know that if the refugees are not resettled, it will cause social turmoil, men and women will steal and prostitute themselves, and act recklessly. ”
"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal, Lord Lu's plan is feasible."
"Your Majesty, the minister also seconded the proposal, the bad atmosphere has been formed in the refugee camps, they have no productivity, let alone can not pay taxes, not long after the establishment of the new dynasty, the treasury is not sufficient, it is impossible to support these hundreds of thousands of refugees."
"The minister also seconded the proposal, please ask Your Majesty's permission!"
Three or five civil officials stood up together to support the motion, and the other neutral ones also saw the wind and turned to Lu Boguang.
Looking at Li Yu's expression, most of them didn't want to agree, but with so many ministers seconding the proposal, how could he refute it for a while?
Wang Hongzhang didn't stop doing anything, knelt directly on the main hall, and pleaded: "Your Majesty, there will be a proposal at the end, that is, let these officials who seconded the proposal go out of the city with me and walk a few laps...... These adults probably haven't seen the appearance of a poisonous person, and if they continue to agree with it after experiencing the fear of the plague, I will never refute it again! ”
Li Yu stroked his chin and nodded repeatedly: "Good idea, this is a good idea...... You have lived in the city for a long time, and you haven't seen the power of poisonous people, so it's time to go out and experience it! ”
He then clapped his hands, "Good! I haven't been out of the palace for a long time, and tomorrow I will lead my ministers to go out of the city to hunt poisonous people, so that you can have a long experience, and you can also move your muscles! ”
The civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty all showed a look of horror, most of them were born in school, and some of them couldn't even ride horses, and they could still hunt poisonous people?
"Uh...... Your Majesty, we have long known the severity of the epidemic, and in the opinion of the ministers, it is better not to go out of the city, not to go out of the city well......"
"Yes, yes, we don't care, it's mainly Your Majesty's dragon body, and we can't be threatened in the slightest."
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"Shut up!"
Li Yu waved his hand, "I have made up my mind, there is no need to discuss it anymore, just tomorrow, Zhong Aiqing and I will gather at the gate of the East City...... Commander Cai, General Wang, the matter of guarding will be left to you. ”
"The last general obeys!" Wang Hongzhang stood up with a smile, glanced at Lu Guangbo and other civil officials proudly, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry, Commander Cai and I will definitely protect your safety...... It's just that tomorrow, don't make any excuses for suddenly feeling cold and stubborn diseases. ”
A group of civil officials stared at Wang Hongzhang with black faces, gritting their teeth with hatred.
"Go on, do you have any other advice?"
"Your Majesty, now that the land pipeline has been blocked, only water transportation remains, and Wechen proposes to increase the maintenance cost of the canal to ensure the smooth ...... of logistics and trade."
"This matter is up to your cabinet to deliberate."
"Your Majesty, Xuzhou has been plagued by the plague and suffered heavy losses, and has asked Luoyang for help three times, should we help?"
"We are all tightening our belts to live, how can we have materials to support them? You take all the messengers away, and they are considered dead. ”
"Your Majesty, crimes in the city continue to rise, and Wei Chen proposes to set up a special prison department to severely punish all criminals who take advantage of the chaos to speculate!"
"There's no need to be so troublesome, just add a few strict laws, anyone who commits a great crime will either be assassinated and charged as a dead soldier, or they will all be driven out of the city."
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The ministers admonished one by one, and Li Yu answered one by one.
Yan Yunting waited outside the hall, secretly looking inside, he once thought that Li Yu was a helpless emperor, but after looking at the moment, he found that he was a good emperor who was witty and decisive and knew right from wrong, and he couldn't help but give him several thumbs up.
In this way, from the rising sun to the middle of the sun, the morning court opened for two hours before I knew it. The courtiers stood with sore feet, and the king's mouth was dry.
Li Yu yawned loudly and stretched out informally:
"Complicated and trivial matters, you go to the cabinet to discuss, Yuwen Changqing will return to Luyang in the afternoon, and then you will send the decision to the prime minister's mansion, I have been overworked these days, so I have to rest well...... So next time I go to the morning pilgrimage, ten days and half a month later. ”
Then he got up and left.
"Your Majesty is slow, there is one more important thing to be decrepit, and I deliberately left it to the end."
An old man in a green robe who wanted to wrap a red jade brocade ribbon walked out of the queue slowly with a cane, and he seemed to be more expensive than ordinary ministers.
Li Yu saw the old man and personally went down to the palace to help: "Why didn't the Duke of Xunnan tell me in advance, someone is coming...... Give me a seat! ”
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