Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 339 Governor Sun Chuanting

"Waste Runner? Are you sure?"

"The news from the palace is this..."

In the Fang Mansion, a group of officials gathered together changed their colors instantly when they heard the news that the palace was going to abolish the Runbi.

They surrounded Fang Congzhe's eldest son, and the eldest son confessed truthfully.

There are quite a few surviving five-party officials, more than [-] of them are just above the fifth rank, and the reason why Fang Congzhe didn't show up is that he was ill, and he was very sick.

Not only that, when this year's summer came, news came from Zhejiang that Sun Ruyou was critically ill.

From this point of view, if the two cornerstones of the Zhejiang Party, Fang Congzhe and Sun Ruyou, fall, the future of the Zhejiang Party will be somewhat bleak.

The two parties of Qi and Chu are already in decline. If the Zhejiang party can't afford Liang Zi, then things will be a little difficult.

"Abolish the pen and silver, what will officials at all levels eat?"

When the news of Runbi was confirmed, a civil servant sat down immediately, while the others also complained a lot.

"We are also required to govern the local area without retaining too much money. Now we have sent Dali Temple, soldiers and magistrates, and government officials to monitor it, but we also want to abolish the Runbi silver... huh!"

"You want the horse to run, and you want the horse not to eat grass."

"They are right anyway, so let the Qi Palace manage the world. We don't share money, do you want to share money with the millions of subordinates? Let the Qi Palace handle it by itself!"

The officials were making a fuss, and the faces of the leaders of the various parties were also a little ugly.

Moisturizing pens, retaining money... these are what officials eat.

At present, the interception is mandatory at [-]%, and the moistening pen silver will be abolished.

The Ministry of Households then counted the officials' various benefits such as firewood, charcoal and silver, and then Zhu Youjian really took off the underpants they used to hide their shame.

"For now, we still have to see what Ge Lao wants..."

Although Fang Congzhe has retired, Yao Zongwen and others still hope that Fang Congzhe will stand up again, and there may be a chance to recover.

This group of people couldn't see the situation clearly, which made the five parties feel like they had no successors.

But at this time, footsteps sounded, Fang Congzhe's second son walked out from the courtyard gate, and the officials surrounded him all at once.

"Father asked Yao Du to discuss things with Shi Shilang in the courtyard..."

"Okay!" Hearing what Fang Congzhe's second son said, Yao Zongwen immediately responded, and then turned to look at the person behind him.

This person is older than Yao Zongwen, and he can be regarded as an old man in the Zhejiang Party. In addition, he was the No. Arrived at the official position of Minister of Rites.

This person is also the current mainstay of the Zhejiang Party, Shi Fenglai...

"You two please..."

Fang Congzhe's second son led the way for them. Under his guidance, the two walked around the Fangfu, and finally arrived at Fang Congzhe's bedroom after burning incense, and saw Fang Congzhe lying on the bed in a daze.

"Old man!"

Seeing Fang Congzhe, the two knelt beside the bed excitedly, and when Fang Congzhe heard the news about the two, he responded intermittently with that weak voice:
"King Qi...King Qi is not easy to get along with. If... if his relationship with Wansui remains unchanged, he should stay in hibernation...waiting for the right time..."

"Don't worry, Mr. Ge, we have already made arrangements. Many Yanshan officials have taken our money, but right now we are still in the eunuch party. If..."

Yao Zongwen said everything in a hurry, after all, the appearance of Congzhe in front of him seemed to be on his deathbed.

"Find an opportunity... Get out... Don't gather together with the township party again, spread out... Let Zhu Youjian not find him..."

"spread?!"

Fang Congzhe seemed to be a flashback before his death, which reminded Yao Zongwen and others that Zhu Youjian had been dealing with them all the time, didn't he just rely on sowing dissension to distinguish who belonged to which party?
If, as Fang Congzhe said, they were directly broken up into parts and scattered among non-party officials, would Zhu Youjian be able to attack any party in a targeted manner?

"Yanshan's plate is too big... mixed with some sand...he can't see it..." Fang Congzhe suddenly had difficulty breathing, and Yao Zongwen was even more anxious when he saw this:

"Right now, Zhu Youjian wants to abolish the Runbi, and he has to stop it. The people below want to eat. If you don't let greed, what will the people below do? If you are greedy, you will give Zhu Youjian the handle."

"The officials below have no money, and they can't order the servants, and he has to replace them again..."

"Don't make things difficult for you... make it difficult for him... he has to solve the problem of feeding Yanshan officials..." Fang Congzhe suddenly gained strength and said this sentence in a relatively complete way.

Finally, he looked at Shi Fenglai, then at Yao Zongwen and said:
"Don't be in a hurry, things will change if you are in a hurry!" After the words fell, Fang Congzhe closed his eyes in a drowsy state.

Everyone was startled, and stretched out their hands to probe, only to breathe a sigh of relief when they found that there was still breathing.

Yao Zongwen and Shi Fenglai bowed to Fang Congzhe, then withdrew and returned to the front yard under the leadership of their servants, and dispersed most of the parties, leaving only those who could call the shots among the other four parties.

After finally everyone sat down, Yao Zongwen couldn't help showing his cards:
"Elder Ge means to break the whole into parts first..."

"It's easy to break it up into parts, but it's hard to get back together. Who knows, will someone in the future come up with better means?" Tang Binyin responded, and the so-called means in his mouth were benefits.

"Don't change, without Mr. Ge and them supporting the scene, sooner or later they will be punished by Zhu You."

Gu Tianjun saw it clearly, and reminded: "There is no dispute about things. If you want to dispute, you should look at the North and South List Cases."

"I'm dormant now, but I've only been wronged for more than ten years. No matter how powerful he is, Zhu Youjian, he can't wait for the prince to grow up and continue to supervise the country, right?"

"At that time, even if Long live is willing, we have to see if the prince is willing."

"But Long Live is paving the way for the prince." Yao Zongwen spoke worriedly, but Shi Fenglai said:
"So what about paving the way? There is still a gap between the biological father and son because of power, let alone uncles and nephews?"

"He, Zhu Youjian, wants to push the official school, so let him push it. After pushing it, it will also give us a way to survive."

"The people below can't pass the imperial examination, but they can also pass Enke."

Shi Fenglai's words are nice to hear, but among all the people here, who is willing to prostrate honestly at Zhu Youjian's feet for dozens of years?

They are all old, and if they really want to crawl, they can't stand the pain.

Thinking about it this way, they also figured out why Qi Shijiao, Fang Congzhe, Sun Ruyou, Zhu Guozuo, Shen Yu, Guan Yingzhen and others all resigned from office, and the co-authors were unwilling to lick their old faces as errands.

"No matter what you do, in short, I will submit my resignation tomorrow!"

Once Tang Binyin figured it out, Dang even had to temporarily withdraw from the officialdom, and Gu Tianjun also said:

"The people in the four prefectures of Suhu Changsong received the favor of the court, and the county government of the four prefectures are all from Zhu Youjian. Things are difficult now, and I am going to retire."

For a while, among the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuankun, and Kunming, the leaders of two parties were about to step down, which made Yao Zongwen and Shi Fenglai look a little unhappy.

But without waiting for them to speak, the leaders of the Qi and Chu parties also wanted to retire, obviously thinking that after the abolishment of the Runbi Bank, the following things would be more difficult to deal with.

Fang Congzhe's so-called breaking up into parts is actually telling them to retreat and not let things rot in their own hands.

The people below will become more and more dissatisfied with time. At this time, pass on the drum in your hand early, and you can still save your life. If you are greedy for power, I am afraid...

"Beat the drums and pass the flowers...No one cares about the matter. Could it be that the five parties will be abolished because of a pen?"

Yao Zongwen expressed his dissatisfaction, but Shi Fenglai looked at him with flickering eyes, and agreed after a while:

"It's still necessary to keep some people in the court, so it will be easier to recover in the future."

"I will follow the lead of the two of you..." Tang Binyin and others expressed their positions one after another when they saw that someone was willing to accept the drum.

In this way, the so-called five parties no longer exist, and only one Zhejiang party is left to support the overall situation.

However, the power of the Zhejiang Party is almost comparable to that of Shen Yiguan when he was in power.

"First remove us from the eunuch party, and encourage Wei Zhongxian and Zhu Youjian to do a fight."

Yao Zongwen thought very well, Shi Fenglai poured a basin of cold water on him:
"With Wei Zhongxian's courage, Zhu Youjian's legs would feel weak when he spoke more seriously, and he would not dare to confront him head-on."

"If you don't dare, you have to look at the power. He Wei Zhongxian can't give up the eunuch to live alone?" Yao Zongwen said:
"I'll take care of things, don't worry, you..."

After all, Yao Zongwen got up and prepared to leave Fangfu, and the others also got up and followed after seeing this.

That night, Fang Congzhe, the "lone prime minister" who had served as the chief assistant of the cabinet for eight years, died. After Zhu Youxiao learned about it, although he didn't like him, he still gave him the posthumous posthumous title of Wenduan because of his affection.

A few days later, Sun Ruyou also caught wind and cold due to the seawater flooding into Zhejiang, and died of illness at his home in Yuyao.

After nine years, the two people who fought with Zhu Youjian still failed to survive Zhu Youjian, and when Zhu Youjian heard the two pieces of news, he couldn't help being a little happy.

After appeasing the people, he didn't go back to the capital directly, but went south to Xi'an Mansion, and after meeting with Qin Fan's people, he continued to stabilize the situation in Shaanxi in Xi'an Mansion.

Gu Bingqian returned to the capital first, while Sun Chuanting went to Xi'an with Zhu Youjian.

When the news of Fang Congzhe's death came, there was still no rain in Guanzhong, and Sun Chuanting in the backyard of the Yamen of Xi'an Prefecture was wearing a Taoist robe and said to Zhu Youjian who was sitting in the upper seat:

"These two people died of illness, and I think it will hurt the confidence of many officials of the five parties."

"So what if there is a blow? What if there is no blow? The current situation is in front of them, and they have to bow their heads." Zhu Youjian has the chance to win.

Since the civil servants lost their military power and the nine sides were cleaned up by him in the fourth year of Tianqi, he has changed from party struggle to corruption.

Under the severe drought, no matter which party or faction, as long as they can obey and protect the people, they will be good ministers that the Ming Dynasty can use.

Zhu Youjian looked up at the courtyard, even in the Guanzhong Plain, even in this mansion, the courtyard was still withered and yellow.

A touch of green is invisible, and the road is full of vegetable diggers...

"Are the tomatoes in Guanzhong and Hanzhong ripe?"

Zhu Youjian put down two pieces of information, and he asked not Sun Chuanting, but Zhu Tongmeng, the chief envoy.

Although the civil uprising broke out in Shaanxi, Zhu Youjian still did not deal with Zhu Tongmeng, because he knew that Zhu Tongmeng had no control over the affairs of northern Shaanxi, nor could he make the decision.

Even though he used to be the governor of Yansui, those few places he could control.

Now that the whole of Shaanxi has been cleaned up, Zhu Tongmeng doesn't have to be afraid to do things anymore, and Zhu Youjian will naturally not kill him.

After all, if he was killed, who would replace him?This is a question worth pondering.

In the late Ming Dynasty, it was very difficult to find civil servants who could do practical things, but if a few civil officials like Hu Zongxian and Tan Lun appeared to stabilize the place, the Ming Dynasty would not die suddenly.

Zhu Tongmeng is not good, but it is still possible to stabilize Shaanxi.

Facing Zhu Youjian's inquiry, he also said honestly:

"The output of tomatoes is not much, and the shelf life is not long, but there are more than [-] catties, and they were sold out as soon as they were sent to the Huangdian."

"The water levels of the Wei River, Jing River, Beiluo River and other rivers have all dropped, and nearly [-]% of the more than [-] water veins in Guanzhong have dried up."

"If we want to keep the Guanzhong Plain safe from drought and flood, we have to rebuild the Zhengguo Canal, Baiqu Canal, Cao Canal, Chengguo Canal, and Longshou Canal..."

"When Xu Shangshu was here, these main canals have been repaired, but Shaanxi is short of money and food, and there is a severe drought at the moment. If these main canals are repaired and sorted out at the same time as work relief, at least 600 million mu of land can be guaranteed to survive drought and flood."

"With the 600 million mu plus the fields near the water veins, it is still possible to guarantee the output of 1000 million mu of fields."

Although Zhu Tongmeng can't control northern Shaanxi, he can still control southern Shaanxi and the Guanzhong Plain. He knows the situation in these places.

His words also proved one point. It's not that there is no way for man to conquer the sky in the late Ming Dynasty, but that there are not so many "people" who stand up.

1000 million acres of drought and flooding guaranteed harvest, which is already very good news for Zhu Youjian.

"These 1000 million acres are planted with sweet potatoes and potatoes, and the corner land can be planted with high-yield fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes."

"If we take good care of them, the more than 400 million people in Shaanxi will still have a way to live."

Zhu Youjian's words made Sun Chuanting and Zhu Tongmeng nod, and Zhu Youjian continued:
"Disaster relief food stamps, Gu will allocate another 500 million shi to you, and the disaster relief ICBC will also allocate 60 taels."

"If Shaanxi can't protect itself next year, you can go to the foot of Huashan Mountain to commit suicide and apologize."

"Your official! I will not dare to disappoint Long Live, Your Highness, and the common people..." Zhu Tongmeng immediately got up when he heard the words, bowed, bowed, and knelt down to check his head.

"Get up, it's useless to just talk, it's reasonable to move." Zhu Youjian sat upright, and he was tired of hearing all kinds of nonsense.

He turned his head to look at Sun Chuanting, and said with a trace of apology:

"Things in the capital are too serious. I can't travel the world alone. I can only let you travel the world. The drought will be cured."

Sun Chuanting's political awareness is very low. It should be explained that among the five commanders at the end of Xiong Tingbi, Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Sun Chengzong, and Lu Xiangsheng, only Hong Chengchou's political awareness is high enough.

The other four were defeated politically, not militarily.

Sun Chuanting grew up in the guard, and he knew the temper of the generals in the guard very well. That's why he dared to kill people, clear the fields, and deal with the powerful gentry in Shaanxi.

In the matter of governor of the drought in the world, what Zhu Youjian needs is someone like Sun Chuanting who dares to deal with the powerful gentry, dares to kill people, and can manage people's livelihood.

Sun Chuanting himself knew his strengths, not to mention that he was unhappy with corrupt officials, so he was not unhappy when Zhu Youjian removed him from his position in the Northwest, but said to Zhu Youjian:
"The lower official is not unhappy with the governor's drought, but is very happy about the governor's drought. However, before leaving, I still have to explain the truth to Your Highness."

"You said..." Zhu Youjian nodded, and Sun Chuanting also said:

"The Northwest at the moment is nothing more than the three provinces of Shaanxi, Hexi, and Duogan, and there are nearly 800 million people in the three provinces. After the coordination of the army of the Northern Army Governor's Mansion, there are still 15 battalions remaining in the three provinces. The ten battalions in Shanxi have a total of more than [-] battalions. people."

"Among them, Cao Wenzhao's commander-in-chief is in Duogan, and the nine battalions under his command are an important bargaining chip to regain Uszang, so they should not be moved lightly."

"Li Rubai, the commander-in-chief of Hexi, and the fifteenth battalion are fine."

"The remaining sixteen battalions of soldiers and horses were arranged by the officials in Ningxia Mansion and Shuofang Mansion."

"As long as these two prefectures are guarded, the peace of Shaanxi can be guaranteed."

"But after the official leaves, His Highness must be transferred back to the Mandu Governor."

Sun Chuanting's words convinced Zhu Youjian that Man Gui, Sun Shoufa, and Cao Meng were all in the three prefectures of Taining. Although the three prefectures of Taining were important, it would be an overkill to keep Mangui there.

Zhu Youjian thought for a while, and prepared to transfer back to Mangui, and then transferred the officials under Sun Chuanting to guard Duoyan Mansion.

However, Zhu Youjian still had to ask Sun Chuanting about this matter, so he said:

"Gu wants to be transferred back to Mangui, and then transfer officials and people to Duoyan Mansion to guard the gate of the capital. What do you think?"

"Extremely happy!" Sun Chuanting did not mean to be reluctant to part with his subordinates, but Zhu Youjian felt relieved when he saw this:
"The severe drought requires running around. I am going to ask Mr. You Ke to bring people to follow you. The first is to protect your body, and the second is to prevent some diseases from breaking out during the severe drought."

Zhu Youjian was very reluctant to part with Sun Chuanting. If Sun Chuanting contracted an illness during the drought treatment and died earlier than in history, then Zhu Youjian would probably be sad all his life.

Zhu Youjian was more at ease by keeping Wu Youxing, the master of epidemic control, by his side.

"Thank you, Your Highness..." Sun Chuanting was a little moved, after all, how could he let an imperial doctor stay by his side?
Zhu Youjian waved his hand, signaling him not to act like a little girl, and said to the two of them by the way:
"I will return to the capital in a short time, and the stability of the northwest and the world will depend on the two of you..."

"The next official takes orders..." The two stood up and bowed, and when Zhu Youjian saw this, he waved his hand to signal the two to flatten, and then let them retreat.

While they were retreating, Lu Wenzhao came in from outside the courtyard and brought two military reports:
"Your Highness, this is the military newspaper sent by Nuergan. Guo Sangdai went to Shangjing City and Xingjing City and saw some things. In addition, the summary of this year's Ministry of Household Affairs has also arrived. You may be interested."

Lu Wenzhao presented the military newspaper with both hands, and Zhu Youjian also took it and read it.

It was the same as the one handed over to Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youjian felt a little complicated after seeing it.

He knew the cruelty of the drought, but he never thought that the drought could cut the tax from 8000 million shi to 5000 million shi.

He also looked at the expenditures of the Ministry of Household Affairs. For now, unless a batch of corrupt officials are killed and a batch of money is stolen, it is indeed unrealistic for Shangzhi and the Eastern Army Governor's Mansion to go north to sweep up the captives.

Beating Annan only cost more than 100 million taels of silver for beheading and compensation. Although Hong Chengchou handed over more than 300 million taels after capture, he still spent more than [-] million taels of silver.

The same is true of Annan, who is close at hand. To encircle the entire Northeast and annihilate the Jianren, the difficulty and intensity are much greater than those of the 30-year war in Europe.

Of course, the more important thing is the problem of the civilian husband...

Right now, Liaodong is increasing production, and the three prefectures of Taining are self-sufficient, and they cannot sweep captives in winter, because the mountains are covered with heavy snow, and the busy farming in spring is somewhat delayed.

Then we have to wait until there are more victims and the finances are sufficient.

However, judging from the planting of sweet potatoes that Jianlu has already started paving, they can at least be self-sufficient at the moment. After all, 10,000+ Han people were exhausted.

Letting them be self-sufficient is not in line with Zhu Youjian's goal, so they should be beaten or beaten, but they have to grasp the scale...

"Taking Yimi River City..."

Zhu Youjian squinted his eyes, but after looking down at the memorabilia from the Ministry of Accounts, he felt a headache again.

He wanted to fight, but judging from the current situation, there was no money...

The food cannot be moved lightly, so we have to wait for next year.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing, take a look..."

When Zhu Youjian was debating whether to sell grain to sweep up the captives, Lu Wenzhao took out a military newspaper again and presented it with both hands.

Zhu Youjian took it over and saw that it was written about Zhu Yujian and others' group behavior. It was not difficult for Zhu Youjian to understand their group behavior, and he even encouraged and supported them.

The feudal vassals are the vassals of Tianzhu, who is the most beneficial?It's nothing more than the Ming Dynasty.

The only one in the whole world who has the size and strength to compete with Ming is Mughal.

The vassals swept Tianzhu, and all the gold and silver were sent back to Daming for immigration and the purchase of guns, all of which were profitable for Daming.

It is equivalent to that they are donating blood to Daming, and as long as there is enough gold and silver, Daming can directly carry out currency reform.

"Help them and give Zhu Qiqi a loan of 50 taels of silver."

Zhu Youjian said it was 50 taels, but Lu Wenzhao said after hearing this: "Is it too much?"

Lu Wenzhao's worries were not unreasonable. After all, the rent and transfer of a battalion of arch guards cost 20 taels, and a battalion of arch guards was enough to fight against three times the number of northern captives.

According to the information obtained by Lu Wenzhao, the Mughal cavalry troops were actually not as good as Jianlu, but slightly stronger than Beilu.

In other words, one battalion of arch guards can fight against twice the number of Mughal troops, and 50 taels is enough to rent and transfer two battalions and two outposts, that is, more than 7000 people.

These more than 7000 soldiers and horses can be regarded as a force in Tianzhu.

"Not much..." Zhu Youjian reported from the army:
"The Mughals are powerful, and my finances are a big problem at the moment. If we increase the number of rent transfers for them and transfer out [-] battalions of guard battalions in one go, it means that we will not only have to support them, but also earn a fortune."

"Forty battalions guarding the camp, the court can earn 400 million taels of silver, which is of great help in drought relief."

Drought treatment is just a pretense, what Zhu Youjian wants more is to transfer enough guard camps, save them nearly 200 million taels of military pay, and earn another 400 million taels of silver.

In this way, the imperial court has 600 million taels to mobilize, and with other balances, it should be enough to collect the money for the captives.

But the mobilization will not be so fast, the [-]th Arch Guard Battalion is equivalent to one-sixth of the strength of Ming Dynasty, so it has to be done slowly...

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian looked at Lu Wenzhao:
"Tell Huang Long, Huang Fei, and Lu Xiangsheng that Xiaoxiyang Supervisor must perform his duties well, and control the vassal king in place. Afterwards, Daming will regain the three propagandas and six comforts, and they need their help."

"Yes!" Hearing this, Lu Wenzhao also bowed and retreated, while Zhu Youjian thought of his own issue of becoming a vassal, so he couldn't help murmuring:

"Xu Xiake..."

　Meeting this afternoon, update around [-]
　　
　
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