Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Aimee Zhu also talked freely with Gao Hongtu and Jiang Yueguang about the specific work of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in implementing the New Deal.

It is mainly a discussion on the scope of the pilot program of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's new policy.

Because the Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for supervising and anti-corruption, Zhu Yuxi believes that if it is only tried in Yingtianfu, the scope is too small, and it is difficult to see the effectiveness of the new policy, and it is difficult to see its shortcomings.

After repeated discussions with Gao and Jiang, the scope of the pilot project was finally set in the whole of Nanzhili.

Trial for three months, if there are no major problems, it will be promoted to Chongqing and Sichuan...

After talking about the matter, when Gao and Jiang were about to leave, they hurried Zheng Sen in from the apse with joyful faces.

As soon as he bowed to Aimee Zhu, he handed the telegram copied in his hand to Liu Zhu, and Liu Zhu handed it to Aimee Zhu, and then said: "Your Majesty, Du Yinxi, governor of Huguang, sent a telegram confirming that Li Zicheng had died in Zhenlei Mountain. The eighth town has joined the fourth town of the border guards in Yicheng.

Li Dingguo has recovered Xiangyang, and surrendered more than 3000 Shunjun soldiers and more than 5000 civilian warriors headed by Tian Jianxiu, Dangshousu, Zhang Shijie, and Helan! "

After Zheng Sen finished speaking, Auntie Zhu was still reading Du Yinxi's telegram. Gao Hongtu and Jiang Yueguang looked at each other and found that they were both full of excitement.

Immediately, the two bowed to Aimee Zhu together and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty for another great victory!"

Afterwards, the two stood up and bowed in the direction of Beijing, weeping: "My late emperor, Li Zicheng is finally dead..."

Auntie Zhu shook her head secretly.

These two people still think that Li Zicheng is the source of Ming's disaster and defeat. They are really confused. It seems that they can work in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for two or three years at most.

When she first escaped from the capital, Zhu Yu also hated Li Zicheng deeply, and blamed Li Zicheng for Chongzhen's death.

But when she and Hao Guangming deepened their understanding of the current situation in the late Ming Dynasty, she realized that the root cause of Chongzhen's death was neither Li Zicheng nor the Qing Dynasty, but the corrupt system of the Ming Dynasty and various moths that parasitized on the body of the Ming Dynasty. It even includes Zhu Ming's royal family and clan!
In addition, according to the later history that Aimee Zhu knew, Li Zicheng died on May [-]th.

This time and space was delayed until May 25th.

Therefore, she was not very happy or excited when she confirmed that Li Zicheng was dead, she just took it for granted.

In addition, Du Yinxi not only reported the great victory in Xiangyang, but also reported the food shortage in Hubei and even the entire Huguang in the telegram, and asked Sichuan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong to support some food.

Not to mention Hubei, counting from the beginning of spring this year, Shunjun fought Zuo Liangyu first, and then Auntie Zhu came to fight Zuo Liangyu and Li Zicheng twice.

The above-mentioned battles all took place on a small scale, and the impact on people's livelihood in Hubei was not that great.

However, after the war between the Qing army and the Shun army, the three prefectures of Xiangyang, Chengtian, and De'an were completely caught in the flames of war.

The rest, such as Yunyang, Jingzhou, Huangzhou, Hanyang, and Yuezhou, also had military battles in parts.

Although military disasters are not as severe as natural disasters, they have an equally serious impact on farming. It is certain that there will be a large area of ​​food shortage in Hubei.

Even Hunan was only controlled by Du Yinxi in March and April this year.

Previously, He Tengjiao controlled only Changsha Mansion and some surrounding areas.

There are not only thieves and bandits gathering in the mountains and forests everywhere, but also officers and soldiers turning into warlords and occupying various places. Not only do they not obey orders, but they also often do harm to the people.

In this case, Hunan's spring grain harvest is estimated to be enough for Hunan at most.This is because Hunan has also experienced wars and chaos before, and the population has decreased. Otherwise, Hunan's spring food may not be enough.

Moreover, what is mentioned here is enough to eat, it is estimated that the people under the control of the government will not starve to death in large numbers due to famine.

As for how many people who are still hiding in the mountains and taking refuge will starve to death, it is hard to say.

Of course, Huguang is always stronger than the north, and there is more or less something to eat in the mountains and fields.

In places such as Henan, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and South Zhili and Jiangbei, that is the real barrenness everywhere...

Therefore, the lack of food is still the number one problem to be solved by the imperial court!

Aunt Zhu put away the telegram and asked Gao and Jiang to leave, then asked Zheng Sen: "Success, will the Zheng family's fleet transport grain from Annan to Daming?"

Success is Zheng Sen's name now, and it was given to Zheng Sen by Aunt Zhu who couldn't withstand Hao Guangming's repeated harassment, so now Zheng Sen can also be called Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Sendao: "Wei Chen devoted himself to studying before, so he didn't know much about it. However, our family's business at sea does not seem to include food trafficking."

"That's it."

Auntie Zhu was not surprised. It is true that there was not much profit from selling grain by sea. The Zheng family was the overlord of the Southeast Sea, and they mainly traveled to Japan. It was normal that they did not traffic grain from the southeast peninsula.

After a short pause, she said, "Successfully write a letter to Nan'anbo for me."

Zheng Sen bowed, "Yes."

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One day, Chen Bangyan went to a bookstore to buy books. When he passed by the Jiangning County Government Office, he found a lot of people gathered in front of a nearby compound, watching something.

Since the empress succeeded to the throne, new things have happened frequently in Nanjing City. In addition, the law and order has become very good, and the market is also quite stable, so the people love to watch.

Driven by curiosity, Chen Bangyan also walked over.

But I saw a new plaque just hung above the gate of the compound, painted with a red background, and written with a few strong black characters-Jiangning County Court.

Nanjing not only has a large number of scholars, but the literacy rate of the citizens is not too low. Some of the onlookers immediately read it out, which aroused discussions among the onlookers.

"Court? Is this the new Yamen?"

"What does this yamen do? Shouldn't there be new taxes?"

"What nonsense? Your majesty stopped the three payments immediately after he took the throne. How could he build a new government office to collect taxes?"

"Don't make a noise, isn't it posting a notice? You'll know what this court is doing right away."

"···"

As a well-educated person, Chen Bangyan mainly focused on the study of managing the world and applying it. He was very concerned about current affairs in his hometown, and he also had a good understanding of the operation of prefectural and county yamen.

At this time, thinking about the word "court", I couldn't help thinking: Is this new yamen a place related to the law?

After the notice was posted, many people wanted to surround it, but were stopped by several officials from the Xinyamen and a team of county officials.

At this time, an official in his 40s and [-]s walked out of the Xinyamen compound, dressed in a green robe with a quail patch, but he was a ninth-rank official.

He said loudly: "My humble servant Zhou Zan, Tian is the secretary of the Jiangning County Court, that is, the official in charge of general affairs.

Everyone is curious about the court, I can understand, but please don't be crowded to avoid trampling.

What the court does is written on the notice.Don’t worry about those who can’t read or can’t see it from a distance, I will read it to everyone right now.

If there is something that I don't understand later, I can explain it one by one. "

This week, Zhou Zan is obviously good at handling common affairs. Not only is he not eloquent when talking to the common people, but he is also quite down-to-earth.

The comments of some people also confirmed this point——

"Isn't this the Zhou scribe of the county government's punishment room? He has become an official?"

"It's really strange. Could it be that Zhou Shuli found a good backer?"

"It's really possible. I heard that he has helped many people in the punishment room over the years..."

Someone who was familiar with Zhou Zan even greeted him directly, "Old Zhou? Why did you suddenly become an official?"

Chen Bangyan was also very curious about this.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a clear hierarchy of officials and officials. Although officials were not necessarily unable to be officials, and there were always some exceptions, in most cases, officials were unable to be officials.

He didn't ask, but listened patiently.

I saw Zhou Zan bowed his hand towards the opposite side of the Forbidden City, and said with a smile: "This is His Majesty's grace, allowing us to be promoted to officials. It coincides with the establishment of the county court, and the officials and servants in our punishment room are almost They were all transferred to the courts, and most of them were promoted.”

"Officials can also be promoted?!" Zhou Zan's words caused an uproar.

Not to mention the many scholars around, ordinary people in the world also know the difference between officials and officials.

Now the newly-inherited empress actually allows officials to be promoted to officials, even if the scope is only limited to the officials of the economic system, it subverts people's inherent cognition.

Zhou Zan didn't say much about the official's promotion, but followed the previous words and loudly preached the contents of the notice...

Zhou Bangyan and other scholars, as well as the surrounding people, were even more surprised after listening to it for a while.

This court is actually a yamen that specializes in judging cases and prisons!