eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 464

Walking in the countryside, he suddenly asked Liu Jin to arrange a place suitable for the emperor, but the old eunuch was too anxious to do so. Finally, he found the magistrate of Wanping County and chose a relatively clean courtyard in the county seat.

The county magistrate of Wanping was originally recommended by Gu Renyi with the surname of Zuo and Shansong.A Jinshi in the 15th year of Hongzhi, to the emperor's surprise, this person is Gu Renyi's brother-in-law.

Gu Renyi thinks that he is upright and upright, and when recommending people, he does not shy away from relatives, and he doesn't care what other people want to impeach.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and chuckled, this group of literati are all sour and stubborn.

Of course, the report he heard did say that this person did a good job.But today I won't see him here. As an emperor, I want to bestow favors, but I can't just grant them to anyone I meet, otherwise it will be somewhat rash.And since he is Gu Renyi's brother-in-law, as long as he does a good job, he is not afraid of being buried.

Zuo Shansong saw that the king was unsuccessful, so he had to go back, but unfortunately he didn't sleep well when he went back, because the emperor was here after all.In addition, it is also heard that the emperor went out of the palace to inspect the distribution of fields in various places.

I have been looking all the way along the way, and I don't know if I have found any mistakes or omissions.

Helpless, anyway, he didn’t have to serve the emperor, so he summoned all the people from the county government overnight, and carefully went over the various affairs of the land distribution in Wanping County. How is it distributed?

In addition, I need to repair a book and send it to Gu Renyi as soon as possible.

I have always heard that the emperor attaches great importance to this matter before, but no matter how important it is, I have never seen anyone come out of the palace to see it in person.

At the same time, Wanping County also poured in many people from Dongchang and Shenwuwei. These people had three floors inside and three floors outside, and basically surrounded the courtyard with water.

Wang Zhi lived in a remote room, so it was difficult to feel sleepy at this time, so she had to look at the main hall from time to time, where the candles were still on.Occasionally, there would be a black figure moving in front of the window, and by looking at his figure, he could tell that it was the emperor.

The maid said: "Your Majesty is very diligent in administration, and he doesn't even go to bed when it's dark."

"Out of the palace...it should be fine." Wang Zhi guessed like this, but she couldn't guess why the emperor didn't sleep.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao was writing a letter.

During the day, Wang Zhi said that it was no small matter that the little Tatar prince might enter Datong.The difficulty is that this is just a guess. Now the frontier guards are all in the hands of the generals and the governor himself. Although he can be easily transferred as the emperor, he will disrupt the original defense if he is not careful, and the Tatars He's not a fool, he will naturally move when he sees you have adjusted.

What if the soldiers and horses from other places are transferred to move in the direction of Datong, and it turns out that the Tatar army really has never been to Datong?
But his attitude is very correct, he wrote to tell Yang Yiqing, asking him to consider it, don't neglect it, if there are any unexpected things, he won't be caught off guard.

This letter is confidential.

He also thought about whether to write a letter to Zhou Shangwen, the chief soldier of Datong, but later he decided not to.He was very confident in leading the army into the grassland and attacking the enemy's lair.

As soon as the emperor's letter goes here, as a subject, he must be hesitant, and the two sides are in a dilemma. After his will is weak, it may easily lead to unclear goals and lead to defeat.

"Liu Jin,"

"The servant is here."

"Remember something for me. Go back and ask the people in the Beijing City Planning Department. There is an area without city walls outside the southern city of the capital. Ask them to send up a memorandum to clarify how many households and how many people there are. Oh, let the Ministry of War cooperate Let’s deal with it, if the Tatars break into the pass, how will the people outside the city be evacuated and protected.”

Zhu Houzhao felt that some of the previous ideas might be too optimistic.

Wang Zhi thought of a breakthrough, maybe Dayan Khan could think of other breakthroughs.

There is no war in this world that is guaranteed to be won before it is fought, so some precautionary preparations are still necessary.

"Yes, this servant has remembered. Your Majesty, it's late at night, should I go to bed soon? I still have something to do tomorrow."

"No hurry, just wait."

And he couldn't sleep.

After a while, there was movement outside the courtyard, and all the people who came came with knives hanging from their waists.

They walked straight in to the door and knelt down.

"Commander Chen Jinyiwei envoy Mao Yuwen has an audience."

With a creak, the brown wooden door was opened, and then Mao Yuwen lowered his head and walked in, while the rest of the people waited in the courtyard outside the door.

Zhu Houzhao didn't talk nonsense, and asked while writing: "Have the fields around the capital been distributed in place? Is there any villain who has the idea of ​​annexing the people's fields?"

"Your Majesty ordered the courtiers to make multiple rounds of inspections. Under the heavy pressure, many people were allocated fields. However, the situation in various villages is complicated. Some people have already owed huge debts and were suppressed to pay off their debts. There are also some rural bullies. , the poor people have been afraid for a long time, according to what I see, this year and next year will probably not be the same, but once the court relaxes...the speed of rebound will be beyond expectation."

"In the past, Gu Renyi also made a memorial. He suggested that the imperial court freeze the sale of land properties. Those who sold the land should only sue the government, and the government will rule that the sale is invalid, including paying off the debt with the land. In essence, this is also a sale. If you use this If you use this punishment method, there will be no one to buy land. However, this kind of blocking of transactions affects the whole body, and I only allow him to implement it in Daxing County. Listening to what you said today is exactly the same as what he said at the time That's right. Forget it, after I go back, I will order the cabinet to make an order and spread it."

"Your Majesty Shengming."

The reason why Zhu Houzhao has been worried about the division of land in the countryside is that in that movie, even if someone stands up for the people, the people still fear Huang Silang from the bottom of their hearts.

The field can be divided, but it is actually very difficult to get rid of this fear.

"Where I walked, Jin Yiwei will go and touch again, and investigate those who like to bully men and women on weekdays, and convict them and arrest them."

"Yes."

"Do you understand my intention?"

"Please show your majesty."

Zhu Houzhao still kept his head down and wrote: "The people in the world are actually the weakest. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Even if I want to, I can't make decisions for them every day. But many of them regard the holy man sitting on the golden palace Take it as your hope. It is not a secret that I am leaving the palace this time, and it will be spread throughout the capital after tonight. All officials, big and small, know why I am leaving the palace.

So if I take a trip, everything will be as usual.Even the emperor can't preside over the common people's justice, so isn't the emperor a joke?In terms of language, you should also pay attention, the middle and lower classes of Jinyiwei must not be in cahoots with local officials.You are an old man by my side, don't think that I am strict, the past few years are very critical, and you can't make mistakes in such critical matters. "

"Your Majesty's meaning, I understand."

"Where is the Tatar side, what news do you have?"

According to Jin Yiwei's current division of labor, the Fusi of the North Town is responsible for spying on the situation outside the country, and the Fusi of the South Town is in charge of the territory.The secret letter last time was also delivered by Beizhen Fusi.

"After the last time, it hasn't happened yet."

a long time.

The emperor replied, "Understood. You will follow secretly tomorrow."

"Yes."

When Mao Yuwen was thinking about whether to resign, the emperor almost finished writing and put down the brush.After taking a breath, he folded it again and stuffed it into the yellow envelope that had been prepared by the side.

"Find a prudent person and send this letter to the Governor's Mansion on all three sides of Guyuan." He emphasized, "Remember, no one is allowed to open it except Yang Yiqing."

Mao Yuwen took it with both hands raised, and then disappeared into the night.

the next morning,
Zhu Houzhao went out after washing up. When he passed by Liu Jin, he said, "Take the carriage today. Let the girl from Weiningbo House also get on the carriage. The sun outside is too poisonous."

"The servant understands."

When he walked outside the door, he found that many officials were kneeling, but most of them were blocked from approaching.Both Xu Guan and Liu Jin couldn't figure it out for sure, they recognized some people and some didn't. If it was a certain official, couldn't it be someone pretending to be it?
"Why are there so many people?" Zhu Houzhao frowned.

"Your Majesty, they all heard that Sheng Jia is here, so they came to pick him up."

"Tell them to go back to their own yamen! There are so many fields, come here before they are divided. I don't need them to accompany me all the way."

After speaking, he got into the carriage by himself.

The county seat of Wanping County has also been largely cleared, otherwise there would not be few people.

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to pursue it any further. He dealt with many people for many key matters. Forget about such trivial matters, it's better to leave quickly by himself.

Wang Zhiduan was more or less nervous while sitting, the emperor's complexion was not good, so she shouldn't touch his brows.

Fortunately, after the convoy drove for a while, Zhu Houzhao opened the curtain from time to time and saw golden wheat fields everywhere, and gradually felt relieved.

"I should have come out sooner. I always stay in the deep palace, and I will never see such a scene in my life as an emperor."

After saying this, there was no response.

Zhu Houzhao thought of something, "What's wrong? Are you scared?"

"Yesterday my brother also said that I don't know the rules in the palace, and I'm afraid that what I said is wrong and it will only make His Majesty angry."

"I just don't want to pay attention to the rules of the palace when I leave the palace."

"Your Majesty's departure from the palace should be for the people of Beizhili."

"Same as you, half and half."

Wang Zhi smiled when she thought that she had said the same thing yesterday.

"Wang Zhi, judging from the many words you taught Wei Ningbo, you are still clear about the emperor's thoughts. After all, I just hope that everyone in the world can have enough food. However, only one in Beizhili It is already so difficult to save one land, but how difficult would it be to complete such a division of land in two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty?"

"Holy will, how can I, a woman, guess it? The reason why I can teach my brother to say that is also because of His Majesty's holy will. In fact, I have told my subjects over and over again, and I just believed it."

"You're right, I've already told them."

"As for His Majesty's statement that it is difficult to divide the land, that's fine in my opinion."

"nothing?"

"To build a province in a year can be completed in more than ten years. The Han Dynasty had the rule of Wenjing, and the Tang Dynasty had the prosperity of Kaiyuan. It was the efforts of two or three generations to make the world rule. If all the provinces can be like today's Beizhili, it can be regarded as an emperor through the ages."

"If it's more than ten years, I think it's too long?"

Wang Zhi understood the meaning of the emperor's words, but she couldn't believe it. She could only insinuate, "Your Majesty, no matter how great the Nanyang Company's maritime trade is, it can't buy all the land in the world."

If there is not enough interest to redeem the land, then the interest of the country gentry in the world will be affected, and this will have a great relationship.

Zhu Houzhao also knew that Kang Mazi of the Qing Dynasty wanted to measure the world's acres several times, but he couldn't do it several times.

"You really are smart."

Wang Zhi's words seemed to be wrong, but they were actually talking about the key point.

Zhu Houzhao turned his gaze to look at her, and found that she had a small mouth, the skin on her cheeks had a hint of tenderness, her eyes were big and energetic, and she had a very pure air in a glance.

"You should be old enough to marry."

He is an old hand, so thick-skinned, such a blunt transition, but he said it very naturally, without a trace of embarrassment.

It made a girl like Wang Zhi blush all of a sudden, so she could only let out a soft 'hmm'.

"Why didn't you get married? Is there no one in the family to tell you?"

"It's also... I'm self-willed and don't want to marry."

"Oh, that's fine too."

Zhu Houzhao felt relieved.

"If... If Your Majesty really wants to do what he just said, I have a piece of advice."

"You said."

"Rectify the guards and take charge of the military power."

"Tell me in detail."

"Northern Zhili has the Nanyang Company, so many gentry are not in a hurry. But the remaining provinces do not have such conditions, so it is hard to guarantee that some chaos will not happen somewhere, and the court will have to use some strong measures. Coincidentally, the guards in various places were dilapidated, and the court used the name of rectification to rebuild the guards. As long as the guards in the various places are not lost, His Majesty can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai."

"You're a girl, but you speak spicy."

"Thank you for your criticism, little girl, pay more attention in the future."

"We have to eat one bite at a time. It's too hasty to rebuild the guard house now."

"Yes."

Zhu Houzhao opened the fan and slapped it slowly a few times. No matter what, Wang Zhi still dared to think and speak.

"If you don't get married, there will be no husband who can control you. Maybe you can manage "Ming Pao" for me. The current person has been working for so many years. If he doesn't get promoted, he should be lazy."

"Ah?" Wang Zhi said "Ah" directly, and she was really surprised, "This... I'm afraid that the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will think it's inappropriate."

"Although it's leisurely to be raised in a deep boudoir, you have extraordinary wisdom after all. It's really meaningless to spend the rest of your life there, right? As for the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs who thinks it's wrong... If you are an official in the court, it's really wrong. However, "Ming Pao" itself did not open the government office, and they can do nothing if they talk about it."

Wang Zhi raised her eyelids so that Zhu Houzhao could take a closer look at her real appearance, "If Your Majesty is willing to trust her, I will naturally. Although she is born as a daughter, Wang Zhi is also a loyal queen."

"What a loyal queen. I can count what you said. In fact, in the past, "Ming Pao", as the mouthpiece of the government, actually played a role in controlling public opinion. But it is not particularly successful in itself, and its influence is also great. It is really limited. I sometimes think that the scope of "Ming Pao" can actually be expanded. This is also my real intention, to use this name on it, and then do something."

Wang Zhi listened intently.

Unexpectedly, the carriage suddenly stopped at this moment.

Because of the sudden stop, even Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but fell forward.

Although Wang Zhi is a girl, she always respects and loves the emperor in her heart. In a hurry, she stretched out her arms to block the emperor, "Be careful, Your Majesty!"

At the same time, the horses outside the carriage neighed suddenly.

Zhu Houzhao didn't have time to take care of the outside, because he was bumping into another girl's leg.

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My back hurts from sitting for a long time, I will write [-] words today

(End of this chapter)