Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 606 All for Development

Hubu Shangshu Yu Xin was very vigilant during this time, he knew that he was likely to encounter some major events.Already feeling a little lack of energy and thinking about retreating bravely, he naturally hopes to stand on the last post.

There must be no mistakes at this time, and there must be no end in the end at this time. Such a loss is too heavy, and it is absolutely unacceptable.

If it was in the Hongwu Dynasty, Yu Xin probably would not have such thoughts.As a courtier of Emperor Hongwu, he either died of old age or died of illness.

Of course, there are other possibilities, such as being involved in the Hu party, or other cases, it may be a case of copying and killing, or it may be skinning.It is basically an extravagant thing to want to retire and return to one's hometown.

Even Liu Bowen seemed to have retired bravely back then, but just after retiring, Lao Zhu found a reason to call him back to Tianfu, and he had to go to Beijing to apologize.

Compared with Emperor Hongwu, although Emperor Yingshi was also strict, he was not as overbearing and bloodthirsty as Emperor Hongwu.If a meritorious minister wants to retire and return to his hometown to provide for his life, there is still a certain possibility.

Yu Xin now just hopes that he can stand on the last post so that he can retire with dignity.Coupled with the training of Xia Yuanji, and the hard work of these years, maybe it can leave some legacy for the descendants, so that the descendants can avoid a lot of detours.

Now it is necessary to keep an eye on the treasury of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also necessary to fight with reason. It is absolutely impossible to destroy the reputation of the world at this time.In particular, Yan Zhenzhi needs to be careful. Although His Majesty's confidant is not young, he still has great ambitions. Maybe he also wants to do another big thing in office.

What Yu Xin thinks about is retiring from old age and returning home, what he thinks about is caring for his old age.What Yan Zhenzhi may be thinking about is to leave some achievements and leave a legacy for future generations.

Yan Zhenzhi wants to get a good reputation and want to do some big things, so it doesn't matter, that is Yan Zhenzhi's personal pursuit, that is his ambition, and Yu Xin actually admires Yan Zhenzhi's ambition.

But if Yan Zhenzhi has been staring at the household department's money bag, then Yu Xin can't help being nervous.Governing the Yellow River is not an ordinary matter, not to mention that Emperor Yingshi is also the one who can spend money now, so of course he needs to be more cautious.

It seems that Emperor Yingshi's desire to govern Huanghuai is no longer a secret. Although there were some rumors before, many people thought that they were just rumors.After all, the management of the Yellow River is really too big.

Not to mention that Yan Zhenzhi seems to be full of energy now, the Ministry of Industry is in charge of construction projects, and there are many skilled craftsmen.There are also not a few officials who have participated in the management and construction of large or small water conservancy projects.

It's spring, and everyone knows that spring plowing needs to be paid more attention to in this season, and it is true that more attention should be paid to water conservancy.

But now, in addition to maintaining the daily operation of the Ministry of Industry, some officials from the Ministry of Industry have noticed that many officials who are good at water conservancy management have stayed in the Ministry of Industry, or started to return to Yingtian Mansion.

This can be regarded as a relatively obvious signal, and many people have to think more at this time.It seems that the rumor that His Majesty intends to regulate the Yellow River is obviously not groundless, and it may become clear soon.

In fact, during this period of time, not only the Ministry of Industry was acting, but the Ministry of Officials was also actually acting.

As the yamen in charge of the appointment and removal, examination, promotion, promotion, and transfer of civil servants all over the world, the Ministry of Officials has great power.But now, it is said that some local officials who have made great contributions to water control and are good at building water conservancy have also begun to appoint and remove some.

This is obviously so unusual, and coupled with the movement of the Ministry of Industry before, it naturally makes it even more abnormal.

Yu Xin couldn't help gnashing his teeth, the chief official of the Ministry of Officials was Ru Yu, who was the emperor's former companion, who joined the emperor's grandson earlier than Yan Zhenzhi.Even though these old ministers of the emperor's former hidden residence seem to have little contact with each other, they can be regarded as like-minded in many things.

This can be regarded as the end of a morning court again without any risk. Yu Xin wiped off his sweat, and everything seemed to be normal.Regarding the matter of the Yellow River, it has not been mentioned in the court for the time being, and it seems that everything is calm.

It's just that Yu Xin, who returned to the yamen, soon felt his heart ache again, and the Hanlin Academy began to wait for orders.I began to continuously sort out the information on the governance of the Yellow River in the past dynasties. This trip was no longer simply for the emperor to read, but began to be sent to the Ministry of Industry.

At this point, everyone has probably noticed something. The preliminary work of harnessing the Yellow River has not been carried out in a high-profile manner.But no matter what, it seems that such a thing has indeed started, and everyone should not pretend that nothing happened.

Yu Xin can only pray now, praying to Emperor Yingshi just because of a whim, just wanting to read the information.

Or everyone started to prepare and found that the difficulty was too great, so they had to retreat and stop thinking about harnessing the Yellow River.

It's not that Yu Xin has no vision, he also knows that harnessing the Yellow River will benefit the country and the people.But the little money and food in the treasury seems to be enough.But there are too many places that need to spend money. If the Yellow River is to be harnessed, it will be difficult to make ends meet.

The treasury of the Ming Dynasty was finally a little more ample. If the Yellow River is being reorganized now, it will definitely be stretched out immediately without much thought, and there may be some troubles at that time.

Maybe His Majesty will find some corrupt officials, or some local gentry families, and when the time comes, ransacking the house or something will be a large amount of income, which can be used to subsidize the national treasury.

This kind of thing happened a lot in the Hongwu Dynasty. When the treasury was obviously unable to make ends meet, in addition to regular taxes, there must be some other ways to subsidize the treasury. Everyone will not be surprised by this.

Obviously, Yu Xin didn't want such a little trouble to happen when he planned to retreat bravely, he still wanted to retreat safely.

In fact, Yu Xin is also very clear that once the treasury is unable to make ends meet, some gentry may be in trouble.And it is even more difficult for him, the minister of the household department in charge of the country's money bag, to step down smoothly at this time.

At such a time, the emperor is likely to use the official hat or human head of the minister of the household department to sacrifice the flag, and it is very likely that he will use the head of an important minister to quell many material disputes.

This is no longer just a matter of whether one can retire in peace and prosperity, it can even be said to be related to one's own wealth and life, and it is related to the lives and wealth of one's family.

Yu Xin feels that he needs to be more nervous now, it is true that the income of the imperial court has greatly increased, but it is better to prepare quickly now.Absolutely must not allow His Majesty to find any opportunity to get angry and blame, and absolutely must not leave any excuses at this time.

The inner drama on Yu Xin's side is naturally not worthy of attention to the great Emperor Yingshi, and even Zhu Yunying doesn't care what Yu Xin is thinking at all.

Compared with Lao Zhu, Zhu Yunying can be regarded as more lenient, but this lenient is also relatively limited.

For some of her own plans, for what she thinks is right, Zhu Yunying actually doesn't care about fairness and so on.This world is like this, Zhu Yunying often chooses to sacrifice part of his interests, and even sacrifices some people.

It is said that kindness does not control soldiers, if the emperor only thinks about absolute fairness, some things will obviously not be done at all.Zhu Yunying has always been aware of this point, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he is hard-hearted.

Zhu Yunying wrote the letter and handed it to Wang Chengen, "Send it to Duke Kaiping, don't make too much noise."

Naturally, Wang Chengen also understood that this might be something that some civil servants might get angry when they knew about it.So it was better to send it to the Kaiping Palace in a low-key manner. The uncle of the Emperor Yingshi has done some unscrupulous things for His Majesty in recent years.

Wang Cheng'en knew about this matter, many nobles knew about it, and even many civil servants knew about it.

But those who knew these things chose to pretend that they didn't know anything, or they wanted to say something, but they couldn't make a sound.

Since it is necessary to control the Yellow River, it will naturally require huge financial and material resources, which is definitely not a simple matter.Even if corvée can be recruited and civilian husbands mobilized, even many reform-through-labour prisoners have new 'jobs'.

But some jobs are still relatively dangerous, and such a huge project will definitely cause some deaths and injuries due to various reasons.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Yunying will still not be merciful.It's just that if there is a choice, some foreigners who voluntarily come to Daming to participate in the construction can be given some difficult and dangerous jobs.

If they can perform well, if they are lucky enough to survive to the end, maybe they can get an identity in Daming, and they can take root in Daming and become citizens of the Ming Dynasty.

For such foreign workers, Zhu Yunying will definitely be very cruel when he should be cruel.But when it is time to give kindness, there will still be a little bit of kindness, which is not contradictory.

Some people can come from Nanyang, and now that spring is coming, for some savages from Nanyang, it will not be too difficult in Daming.

Some captured soldiers in Goryeo also need to be properly arranged.If they stay, they are young and strong who have fought wars, and this will also become some unstable factors.Disintegration and disintegration is naturally an option, and of course it is also an option to settle everything.

However, Zhu Yunying thinks that is actually not the best choice. Considering that Goryeo is about to be enfeoffed, Goryeo doesn't have much resources and wealth.Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty gave support to the feudal country, it also needed to be rewarded.

These army soldiers are good, young and strong can be driven to work on the Yellow River embankment, not just to atone for their sins over the years.It is also for the benefit of their families. Working in Daming can also allow the Ming Dynasty to give more resources to Goryeo and help Goryeo restore people's livelihood.

In fact, Dongpu can also consider it, but I don't know if the fourth uncle and the others are willing.After all, the war in Japan has been in chaos for many years, and many so-called samurai have either become ronin or been subdued.

After all, Dongying is also short of population now. Compared with Korea, Dongying is indeed more remote.

There is a serious shortage of labor force, and Zhu Yunying can only think of other ways at this time.As for what kind of records will be left in the history books, or whether future generations will criticize Zhu Yunying, Zhu Yunying doesn't care about those things at all.

Harnessing the Yellow River well is what Zhu Yunying believes will truly benefit future generations, and he is willing to do these things.If the people of the Ming Dynasty are not enough, then find a way to recruit some labor from the surrounding area.

No matter how they are recruited, these people can bring a lot of help to Daming, and this is the most important thing.

Confessing a letter from Wang Chengen, asking Chang Mao to do some dirty work, Zhu Yunying seemed calm, without any disturbance in his heart, and continued to review the memorial calmly, it was that simple.

There were so many things going on in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yunying couldn't be free at all.Even if you still need to continue to think about the Yellow River, it doesn't mean that other things can be ignored.

The grand fleet of the Ming Dynasty is still going on, and sooner or later it will go to the West.If possible, Zhu Yunying still hopes to start the great geographical discovery.It's fine to dominate the world or something. Now many productivity levels can't keep up, and Ming can't completely govern it.

But Zhu Yunying would be very happy if he could bring back crops such as corn, potatoes, peppers, etc. from the Americas. Those are good things that benefit the country and the people.

This kind of thing did not happen overnight, although the navy of the Ming Dynasty kept going to Nanyang and accumulated a lot of experience in the ocean.But if you want to go to the direction of the Americas, you have almost no experience, and the farthest you have gone is Japan.

There is no need to be too anxious about great geographical discoveries, but Zhu Yunying has never ignored the continuation of the policy of distributing the land into the land.Although there were some achievements and experience last year, it was only a small-scale trial.

Now it is necessary to continue to accumulate experience, and then slowly implement it in the entire Ming Dynasty. Naturally, Zhu Yunying cannot relax in any way during this period.

Including the bank, although it appeared a little earlier than sharing the money into the mu.However, this also requires continuous improvement and promotion, and Zhu Yunying believes that there should be no slack in this matter.

"These things have been done, and then our Daming's household registration system will be changed." Zhu Yunying rubbed the center of his brows and said, "The current policy binds the people too much, basically preventing them from leaving their hometown. But once the land is spread into the mu, it’s time to liberate the productivity a little bit.”

Thinking about it this way, Zhu Yunying was also a little dumbfounded. Zhu Yunying wanted to change or even overthrow many of the policies that Lao Zhu made at the beginning.

I don't know if Lao Zhu will feel overwhelmed. Many of the policies he thinks can be passed on to the world are constantly vetoed by his proudest and most satisfied grandson.

There is no such thing as a universal strategy, and changes are necessary, because Daming needs better development!

(End of this chapter)