Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 494 Patrol the world
The emperor of the Han Dynasty paid much attention to his love and love for his country. Since then, the emperor has been in court early. Zhu Youxiao has not been in court for two months since the last court meeting. Because yesterday he saw the palace maid who had been lucky enough to pick flowers in the imperial garden yesterday. Fortunately, this girl from the Yao family.

However, unlike the last time when Luoruo just agreed, this time Zhu Youxiao directly sealed Luoruo as Ning Concubine, which surprised the entire Zhu Youxiao's harem. You know, Zhu Youxiao Although Youxiao is the emperor, he has always followed the rules in the inner court. Except for the general election, among the court women who came to luck later, those without children have never been named concubines without authorization, but this Luo Ruo directly became Concubine Ning Not only the women of Zhu Youxiao were puzzled, even the officials in the government and the opposition could not understand how His Majesty would be so kind to Yiyao's daughter so suddenly, but only Li Mingrui, the Ministry of Rites, understood His Majesty the Emperor. In Zhu Youxiao's thoughts, he immediately published a book of memorials. The general content is that the Holy Dynasty has always valued filial piety, and now Concubine Ning is newly appointed, which is originally a mighty emperor's favor. Daughter, my hometown is far away from the capital, so I ask Your Majesty to allow Concubine Ning to save the town. At the same time, Li Mingrui also said that although the people in Da Ming Duo Xinna are now a bit more peaceful, and the rebellion has all been quelled, the newly attached people are still waiting. It is impossible to see the heavenly face of the Holy Majesty and repay the emperor's kindness in case of any eventuality. Therefore, I invite your majesty to inspect the land of Xinna, and use the emperor's kindness and mountains and rivers to advocate etiquette for traffickers and pawns.

All in all, in fact, it was because Zhu Youxiao wanted to leave Beijing again to inspect all parts of the world, especially in the Southwest where a large number of Jiangnan scholars who had previously opposed him and the sea trade had just started and the tax revenue had surpassed that of Su Song. Guangdong and Guangxi in the prefecture, as well as Siberia and the four islands of Japan and Java Island, etc. Zhu Youxiao felt that he had to go to all of them. Like Qianlong, he chose one or two places of interest to inscribe a few strokes or erect a monument or other ceremonies. , and its purpose is not just to brush up the existence and destroy the great rivers and mountains, but to mark the occupation of the area, just like animals will leave some marks in their new occupied areas.

At the same time, it can also be used to attract people's hearts, so that these people who have received a certain amount of new education or new attachments can know who the king they should be loyal to now, and how great this person is.

Zhu Youxiao was able to confirm what Li Mingrui was able to understand, so when Li Mingrui quickly published this memorial, he was not surprised by it, but ordered the Commander of Rituals to give a reply, and the Ministry of Rites was in charge of the inspection. In other words, Li Mingrui is naturally in charge of this inspection tour.

This can also be regarded as an opportunity for Zhu Youxiao to give Li Mingrui a chance to regain political capital. After all, some time ago, because of the cholera incident, he was implicated by his younger brother and household minister Guo Yunhou, and he, the leader of the reformist group, was hit hard. , and now the empire's external expansion is going smoothly, and the establishment of colonial rule in these places in the later period requires more support from the reformers, so Zhu Youxiao took advantage of the trend and released a signal to re-emphasize Li Mingrui. It can be seen that His Majesty has no intention of really suppressing the reformers from the beginning to the end, and will rely heavily on the reformers to carry out further expansion in the future.

Li Mingrui also knows that the planning of His Majesty Zhu Youxiao's inspection this time will determine whether he can restore his previous position in the cabinet, even realize his long-cherished wish of serving as the chief minister and re-consolidate his sacred favor, so he is very happy about Zhu Youxiao's inspection of the world this time. He is active and conscientious. He almost never makes arrangements and plans day and night. He lists all the dangers and problems that may be encountered along the way, and puts out all the resentments that can be avoided. He even asks For traffickers or long-distance merchants, he also went to Qin Tianjian to predict the weather changes in the next year for the actual time required to travel from a certain place to a certain place. This was rather difficult, but he still tried his best to plan ahead.

Hearing that His Majesty the Emperor was going to inspect the world again, Cheng Jiming, the new leader of the conservative faction, did not stop Zhu Youxiao except for frowning, even though he was unwilling to let His Majesty spend so much money to inspect the world. It seems that the political significance is greater than the economic significance, but after the lessons learned by the Donglin Party and the Fushe, even if Cheng Jiming upholds the spirit that the scholar-bureaucrats should strive to make the current majesty a generation of sages, he dare not really dare to directly violate it Or to prevent His Majesty's will, and even some censors who wanted to stop it were stopped by him, because he knew that at this time, whoever touches His Majesty's bad luck will die!

Almost all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty in the capital now know that His Majesty will leave Beijing to inspect the world in the near future, but no one knows the exact time, and no one knows the exact location. From this, it can be seen how well Li Mingrui has kept the inspection secret. In order not to reveal any news, he even stayed in the Ministry of Rites for several months, and so did other officials of the Ministry of Rites. He even went to the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War to discuss funding and dispatch those military escorts in secret.

And two months later, when the peach blossoms were in full bloom, the cabinet suddenly issued a decree that His Majesty the Emperor will patrol the world and order governors from all over the country to maintain law and order in the territory, and not to exploit and disturb the people by building roads and bridges.

At the same time, the Ministry of War also formally dispatched Liu Bin's Department of the Fifth Army of the Ming Army from the Fengrun training ground to the capital, and ordered the South China Sea Fleet, East China Sea Fleet, and Yellow Sea Fleet to eliminate all pirates, large and small, within one month.

No one can see where His Majesty Zhu Youxiao will be inspecting today, but the transfer of the Fifth Army directly back to the capital has the intention of strengthening the capital's security, but Chang Yanling, the first army, has been training in the suburbs of Beijing Therefore, even if the Ministry of War mobilizes the Fifth Army to enter Beijing, no one can confirm which army left Beijing with His Majesty.

In addition, within a short period of time, a large number of Jinyiwei and Dongchang fanzi began to leave the capital, and there would be the sound of horseshoes galloping on Liangjing Avenue at almost twelve hours a day, just like when the houses were raided everywhere in the seventh year of the apocalypse , Ti rode around, making people panic.

Half a month later, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty suddenly issued a decree, ordering His Royal Highness Zhu Cirong to supervise the country, adding Lu Xiangsheng and Cheng Ji to the official titles, ordering people to assist the prince, and at the same time ordering Li Mingrui, Shang Zhouzuo, Wen Tiren, etc. Official retinues, in addition to Xinna's Concubine Ning and Gong'e Liu Ru are retinues, and there are some Hanlin officials who are responsible for recording work and inspectors.

Five days before leaving Beijing, the loess was paved from Miyagi to Tongzhou, and the martial law was tentatively determined around the imperial road. But this time, the Ministry of Rites had already known that they would visit Shuntian Mansion, and they were not allowed to disturb the people for no reason, and they were not allowed to call the people on both sides of the imperial road. Seeing off the holy driver, and Zhu Youxiao's Yiluan specially left the capital at dusk, so even though countless people came spontaneously during the daytime on the day of the trip, they waited hard for five days and did not see the slightest face of the holy majesty.

This time, Zhu Youxiao did not go directly from Tongzhou to the south of the Yangtze River via the canal via Linqing, but went directly to Xi'an from Baoding Mansion via Zhending. Under the double blow of the land, the influence of the gentry group has been eradicated, and after several years of New Deal reforms, it has become stable, and there is no need for Zhu Youxiao to disturb its commercial and economic order.

On the contrary, with the further deepening of the New Deal reform, especially the further penetration of the land reform into the southwestern minority areas, these Miao, Tujia and other raw chieftains who have lived in the southwest for generations have great resistance. At the same time, As a large number of scholars from the south of the Yangtze River were exiled to this area, the thought in this area has become unprecedentedly active. More and more scholars from Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan began to criticize the current affairs and resist the implementation of the new government policy.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao placed the first stop of his inspection in the southwest. In his opinion, as an emperor, he had to give these Jiangnan literati who went to the countryside to support the education of Ming Dynasty another wake-up call, warning them to remember The previous lesson is not to secretly associate with political groups, not to interfere in litigation, or to interfere in administrative matters.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao had to set the tone for the mainstream thinking among scholars in the entire southwest region, what should be said and what should not be said, perhaps he needed to be an example to others, and he also needed to flaunt a few outstanding young people with correct thinking.

Of course, these are just political purposes when visiting the Southwest. Since it’s not possible to go out of the capital once, naturally, you can’t be full of government affairs. You have to relax when it’s time to relax, to appreciate your own country, and to taste places that are not made by royal chefs. Food, folk entertainment and the new changes in Ming Dynasty over the past few years are also the purpose of this inspection.

In Baoding and Zhending Mansions in Northern Zhili, Zhu Youxiao did not stay long, and was basically on his way. After entering Shanxi, he only met Sun Chuanting in Datong, and the two went to Datong Pass to talk with each other. In less than two days after dealing with these military and political issues, Zhu Youxiao set off for Xi'an directly.

At this time, the emperor Sun Chengzong, who had been changed from the trilateral system to the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, had been waiting for a long time. Since the seventh year of the apocalypse, with the high position of a majestic university scholar and the respect of the emperor was sent to Shaanxi, Sun Chengzong has been there for more than ten years. I haven't seen my student and king for many years.

Therefore, Sun Chengzong was still very excited about this. Now that he is over seventy years old, he doesn't know how long he can live, but he can still live, and seeing the holy face again is a matter of death without regret.

According to the original history, Sun Chengzong, who had been dismissed and returned to his hometown, would be killed by the Manchu Tartars in this year because the Manchu Tartars broke through Baoding Gaoyang when they entered the customs and looted. Being destroyed, Sun Chengzong will naturally not die this year, and maybe he can live for a few more years.

But even so, Sun Chengzong is now a man in his seventies, and even if he does not die, he is already a dying old man. In addition, in order to avoid being said by the censor that he is in love with power and position, Sun Chengzong himself took the initiative to ask him to return to his hometown several times.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't approve it. Now the whole territory of Ming Dynasty is no longer comparable to what it used to be, and Shaanxi and Gansu are responsible for the important task of the logistics supply base for the Ming army's westward march and northward Siberia.

Naturally, Zhu Youxiao would not allow Sun Chengzong to retire and return to his hometown. What the Ming Dynasty lacks most now are officials, especially this kind of feudal official who coordinates one side. Sun Chengzong, a senior official with prestige, administrative ability, and prudence, naturally cannot be idle.

To put it cruelly, Zhu Youxiao would rather his teacher die exhausted on the job than let him return to his hometown to rest in peace, because Daming still needs him.

After leaving Xi'an, Zhu Youxiao went to Hanzhong, and happened to pass through Qin'an County where Qi Biaojia was located.

Because of the improvement in the financial revenue of Tai'an County in recent years, the income of Qi Biaojia, who is the teacher of Tai'an County, has also improved. .

But he is used to the farming life and he still planted a few acres of land. On the student's holiday or in the evening or before class in the morning, he would go to the field to toss a few times. For Qi Biaojia, he already liked it. to such a state of life.

When Zhu Youxiao happened to be arriving in Qin'an County, Dongchang's secret sentry reported that Qi Biaojia, the tycoon of Donglin, was teaching in this county. What do Jiangnan scholars who support education in impoverished areas look like now.

So when he learned that Qi Biaojia, who was quite upright and proud but couldn't urinate in the same pot as himself, was actually in this seemingly inconspicuous remote county, he ordered someone to inform the local magistrate, and immediately cleaned up. When the county government came, he, the emperor, would stay in Qin'an County for a few days.

The magistrate of Qin'an County was naturally flattered when he heard this. In order to welcome the holy driver, he obeyed the order and hurriedly used his small treasury to repair the county government in an unprecedented way.Local officials have always been rich and don't repair yamen. After all, repairing yamen not only costs money but also brings a reputation for corruption. But at this moment, in order to make His Majesty live more comfortably, the magistrate of Qin'an County can't care so much, let alone What he used was his own small treasury, and he didn't have any money from the Playboy.

By the time Zhu Youxiao's sage arrived in Qin'an County, the officials of Qin'an County had already knelt outside the city gate to greet him. Naturally, this is also the case, and only Qi Biaojia is quite calm. After all, he was a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi, and he was also an official in the court, so he met Zhu Youxiao.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao got off the carriage, he walked up to a man in a seventh-rank official uniform with his hands behind his back: "You are Yan Dequan, the county magistrate?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I'm right." After Yan Dequan, the magistrate of Qin'an County answered, Zhu Youxiao just nodded, but at this time, the magistrate of Qin'an County was already shaking all over, but Zhu Youxiao didn't notice Yan Dequan, the county magistrate, was frightened into such a state by himself.

At this moment, he was looking at another handsome young official with mud on his cloth shoes, but he couldn't help asking: "I can see that you are not afraid of me. Tell me, who are you?"

"I dare not not be afraid of Your Majesty. I am Qi Biaojia, a disciple of the Son of Heaven. I have received the grace of Your Majesty to come here to teach and practice farming." After Qi Biaojia reported back, he saluted Zhu Youxiao again. .

"Since you dare not be afraid, why did you come to see me with a pair of cloth shoes full of mud?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help asking Yan Dequan: "Did you not distribute clothes, hats, shoes and socks?"

Yan Dequan quickly knelt down and denied it.

(End of this chapter)