"Alas, don't think that five years of tax exemption is a lot, I think that the disaster situation in Shaanxi may not be alleviated in five years, so, Sun Aiqing, after you arrive in Shaanxi, it is very difficult to rely on disaster relief alone, and you must think of other ways to work together to do a multi-pronged approach." Zhu Youzhen said bitterly.

"Your Majesty, the minister has already thought about it, Shaanxi and Gansu are already short of fertile land, but there are still a large number of fertile fields that have been taken away by various vassal kings, which greatly exceeds the number of rewards from the imperial court, and the minister implores His Majesty to send the imperial history to investigate this matter thoroughly!" Sun Chuanting said loudly.

Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng on the side heard this, and they were all nervous.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang is definitely a good father and grandfather, lest the descendants of the descendants will not have enough to eat, and every feudal king who is divided into feudal lords has occupied all the fertile land, but these feudal kings have relied on their noble status, and over the years, they have almost occupied all the fertile land around the fiefdom.

No matter which generation of Emperor Ming it is, he knows that the vassal king is a big financial black hole, but it has always been impossible to solve it for the sake of the ancestral family law and maintaining the face of the clan.

The civil officials and eunuchs, no matter how hard they fight, will not provoke the vassal king.

That is, Sun Chuanting, an upright man, dared to say such things in front of the emperor.

But.

Zhu Youzhen admires his temperament!

"Sun Aiqing is reasonable, I also think so, the king of Su and the king of Qin in the northwest are all lawless, and the first emperor has not pursued it, but I am more serious, and I will definitely send someone to Shaanxi to assist you in a thorough investigation." Zhu Youzhen said.

"The emperor is wise!" Sun Chuanting was excited, and immediately shouted long live.

Dare to break ground on the head of the vassal king, just relying on his Sun Chuanting's title of governor of Shaanxi is not enough, without the support of the emperor, no one can move those vassal kings.

At this time, whether it was Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, or Hong Chengchou, they all thought that the emperor had said that he had thoroughly investigated the vassal king, and it was nothing more than confiscating the illegal occupation of the vassal king.

What they didn't know was that Zhu Youzhen had actually killed these vassal kings!

Lao Tzu, the great tomorrow, is about to be forced to hang himself, so don't think about lying down and enjoying happiness, all of you will give Lao Tzu 'hard work'.

What kind of Daming Sect, in Zhu Youzhen's eyes, it's all bullshit!

Especially the guys such as King Su, King Qing, and King Qin, they have long been a distant branch clan that can't be beaten by eight poles, but they still occupy all the benefits of the vassal king, and they have no contribution to the court.

If it is placed in the Han Dynasty, these guys will not be inherited for eight or nine generations, I am afraid that two or three generations will have to be made by the 'Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty' to find excuses and give them all away.

Zhu Youzhen had already thought about it, he wanted to cut the feudal kings of the world and confiscate their titles and land.

Of course, the current situation in the world is too bad, and Zhu Youzhen does not dare to be in a hurry to prevent another 'battle of appeasement'.

The best way is to attack the vassal kings one by one, starting with several vassal kings in Shaanxi and Gansu.

Anyway, the charges are ready-made, and the butts of these vassal kings are darker than the other, except for killing their heads and stealing their families, how to rectify them is nothing more than Zhu Youzhen's words.

"I recently investigated the eunuchs and got some information, and some people reported that when Wei Wei was alive, he colluded with some vassal kings to assassinate me, and then entered the capital from other vassals to inherit the throne, so as to fulfill Wei Zhongxian's fantasy of monopolizing the dynasty......"

Zhu Youzhen said half of his words, and then he was silent.

The three people present were all from Jinshi, how could they not understand what the emperor meant.

"Your Majesty, the minister must investigate thoroughly!" Sun Chuanting hurriedly said.

"Sun Aiqing, you have to understand that I attach the most importance to the affairs of Shaanxi, and the importance is comparable to the pacification of Liaodong Jiannu, no matter what it is, as long as it helps to stabilize Shaanxi, I can do it!" Zhu Youzhen said firmly in a voice full of majesty.

"Chen understands, thank you Your Majesty for trusting Wei Chen so much!" Sun Chuanting said.

"Finally, after you go to Shaanxi, you can select strong or courageous people among the disaster victims, and integrate them into officers and soldiers, so that there will be no leader among the disaster victims, and even if things worsen, there will be no big chaos." Zhu Youzhen finally put forward another strategy.

"Remember! It's just that in this way, I'm afraid that tens of thousands of people will have to become officers and soldiers, which is a considerable expense! Sun Chuanting reminded.

"After these people are incorporated into soldiers, I will send people to select them and integrate them into my new army, and I will also subsidize the silver for you when the time comes." Zhu Youzhen's words made Sun Chuanting feel at ease.

Under the Ming tax system, the local government had the power to withhold a portion of the tax, and then cooperate with the imperial court to make expenditures throughout the year.

Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, was naturally afraid that the poor Shaanxi would not be able to support these disaster victims.

Regarding the affairs of Shaanxi, Zhu Youzhen will not be stingy with silver.

In addition to Li Zicheng, such as Zhang Xianzhong, Hao Shaoqi, Liu Tichun, Liu Zongmin, Yuan Zongdi, Tian Jianxiu and other famous thieves who broke into the west, which one is not from Shaanxi.

In order to prevent them from 'going astray' and becoming anti-thieves, Zhu Youzhen took out 100,000 taels of silver to raise a Shaanxi army, which was quite a cost-effective deal.

After arranging the three freshly baked feudal officials, Zhu Youzhen's mood felt very good.

With Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, Daming can basically maintain a stable state internally.

Then the next step is to prepare for the layout of the border army.

Now the biggest threat is the Jurchen Houjin in Liaodong, and Liaoxi Town and Dongjiang Town are the only two troops and horses.

These two military towns are all gold-swallowing monsters, especially the generals in Liaoxi, who have been handed down from Li Chengliang back then, and have long played the blood of soldiers to support their families, and they have been properly warlordized.

Zu Dashou and Wu Xiang, these generals in western Liaoning, in addition to asking for silver from the imperial court, have the ability to only shrink into the city when they see the Jurchens attacking.

"I don't know if Yuan Keli can shock these arrogant soldiers."

When Zhu Youzhen thought of the Liaodong issue, he couldn't help but start worrying.

At this time, Empress Zhou sent a eunuch to Qianqing Palace.

"Emperor, the queen sent slaves and maids to ask, this year the palace will release a group of palace maids to return to their membership, do you want to also choose a group of show girls?"

Zhu Youzhen is annoyed, how can he be in the mood to think about the affairs of the show girl.

"Tell the queen to let go out more, all of them are palace maids who eat idle meals, why do you want so much? Moreover, don't draft girls, let such women enter the palace, how many good men outside will be singles! ”

As soon as he said this, Zhu Youzhen's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration.

A brilliant idea, and it popped up in an instant!