Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 614 Suiyuan Province

Feeling the recent disasters and illnesses, Emperor Zhu moved from his body to the world, and then transferred to his own body. After thinking about it for a few days, he couldn't sleep because of tossing and turning.

Finally, he came to an important conclusion:

"This world cannot exist without me."

The core of Emperor Bao is that he must be able to live well.

Therefore, the advancement of medical skills is extremely important, and it is directly related to the life and death of the emperor.

"Why don't I compile a medical book, so that I can take care of famous doctors and go down in history?"

After patting her thigh, Zhu Yixi immediately decided to compile a medical book in the name of the imperial court.

Wenzhiwugong, compilation of books is the best embodiment of Wenzhi. Yongle Dadian and Siku Quanshu were all born under such circumstances.

That is, all common diseases, as well as virus prescriptions and methods such as plague, are compiled into a book, and those witchcraft elements such as monkey brains and human yellows are eliminated, and the real and effective ones are determined, so as to completely standardize Chinese medicine.

For example, medication quantification, standardization.

Instead of using unquantifiable words such as a spoon and a claw, use exact quantifiers, specific to how much money, and it will no longer be ambiguous.

Chinese medicine pays attention to individual differences, so the prescriptions are divided into four types for men, women and children, each with various types.

Even, an important step has been crossed: the cancellation of classical Chinese and practical vernacular.

Using sentence reading to break sentences is enough to spread this medical book on a large scale.

Zhu Yixi, as a later generation, deeply understands that the advancement of Chinese medicine is not based on those top doctors, but the ordinary rural doctors all over the world.

After all, there are too few top doctors, and they are too far away from ordinary people, and the medical skills that cannot be touched are nothing but magic.

As long as this group of ordinary rural doctors can understand it and improve their level, even the rigid prescription of medicine according to the book is better than their family secret recipes.

To set the tone, the person in charge is naturally the Tai Hospital, and then call on famous doctors from all over the world to come to Beijing to improve the level of medical skills in the world.

It is declared to the outside world that it is to compile books for the people of the world, to extract the essence and get rid of the dross.

"The name is "Shao Wu Medical Book""

The emperor gave instructions to the Tai Hospital: "Set up a compilation office under the Tai Hospital, and call on famous doctors from all over the world to go to Beijing to compile books."

Stepping forward, he came to the cabinet again, opening and closing his lips, making the cabinet jump up and down:

"It is ordered that all provinces set up inspection offices for disasters and epidemics, and the provincial inspectors will also serve as censors, while the governor will assume their overall responsibility and coordinate emergency famine relief."

"As soon as the situation arises, the governor can act cheaply, deploy all supplies, and relieve the victims, instead of waiting to act after consulting the imperial court. By then, the day lily will be cold."

The three members of the cabinet were at a loss for a while, and then realized that the emperor was responding to the famine and plague.

As the center of power, the cabinet's butt is naturally inclined to the central government and the emperor, and the pros and cons immediately appear in the mind.

The advantages are obvious. It can effectively curb the emergence of disaster victims, thereby maintaining social stability and making the local peace and stability.

After all, for thousands of years, local governments have always been beggar-thy-neighbor. As long as the disaster victims do not come to their own place, not a single grain will be transferred out, and they will even deliberately guide the disaster victims to neighboring counties.

If you are not from your own country, relief does not exist at all, so when there is a famine, imperial envoys will inevitably be sent, otherwise the supplies from various places will not be used at all.

The disadvantage is that the expansion of local power is not conducive to centralization.

Between the security of the world and power, the cabinet chose power.

"Your Majesty, relief bureaus can be set up in each province, and the chief envoy can coordinate and direct them. The governor doesn't have to be in charge."

"The chief envoy controls the local treasury, so he can act nearby."

Yan Chongxin immediately proposed a compromise plan, which was approved by the cabinet.

"Inappropriate!" Zhu Yixi thought for a moment, and immediately vetoed the proposal: "The chief envoy does not have enough power to appease the victims in the first place."

"Furthermore, it is difficult for the two chief envoys to take on heavy responsibilities because they are constrained left and right."

Unlike the Qing Dynasty, where each province had one chief envoy, there were two chief envoys in each province in the Ming Dynasty, who were responsible for the civil affairs of several prefectures.

This is also the reason why the local three divisions shirked the blame and the administration was low, so the imperial court had to appoint a governor.

"Your Majesty can abolish the chief envoy to one."

At this time, Zhang Shenyan said without hesitation: "What the cabinet is worried about is that the governor's power will grow, which is not good for the imperial court. If this is the case, it is better to let the chief executive and envoy merge into one, so as to check and balance the governor."

"Wonderful!" Zhao Shu couldn't help admiring: "The big and small are in harmony, and the original situation is restored, and the place is balanced again."

As he said that, Zhao Shu was afraid that the emperor would not allow him, so he cupped his hands and said: "As early as Jianwen, the local political envoy was abolished to one member. It's all right."

Centralization and decentralization may seem contradictory, but they are extremely realistic and indispensable.

Since the influence and resistance are not great, and it is suitable for the development of the situation, Zhu Yixi responded immediately: "The cabinet drafts a charter."

"However, the Relief Bureau is headed by the governor, and the chief envoy is the deputy. Only when the two are at the helm can they work together and supervise each other."

"Your Majesty is wise." The three looked at each other, this method is feasible.

After the matter was over, Zhu Yixi sat on the imperial chariot, and only then did he realize that he made some changes to the place unconsciously.

The provinces have been dominated by the governor's family, and have become checks and balances between the chief envoy and the governor.

However, the Qing Dynasty later set up a governor, making the protagonists become the governor and governor, and the chief envoy was completely reduced to a supporting role, becoming the director of the finance bureau.

At the beginning, the governor who was in charge of the army was forced to act as an agent of civil affairs. Instead, the governor was in charge of the army at the top and the people at the bottom, with great power.

To put it bluntly, there is still no escape from the convention of relative size.

Thinking of this, the emperor smiled. Could it be that all this is coming after all?

At this time, the cabinet fell into silence.

The people in Zhongshushe moved their steps carefully, for fear of disturbing the three elders.

"Brother Yan, let you draft this one!"

Zhao Shu took a sip of tea and said calmly.

"Row."

Yan Chongxin nodded.

"What about those chief envoys?"

Zhang Shenyan had no choice but to speak.

"Since they are abolished, let them settle in Beijing!"

Zhao Shu thought to himself: "Lifan Academy still lacks a few servants. By the end of the year, Lu Bingbu will definitely join the cabinet, and the Bingbu will also have shortages."

Suddenly, he laughed: "Your Majesty intends to establish Yinshan Province, but he thinks the name is not good, so he wants to change it to Suiyuan Province."

"But the Hetao area is too small after all, and Dingkou is not as good as the inland prefecture. I think that the Monan Xingdu Division will also be merged to form a Suiyuan Province. In this way, it can accommodate about 700,000 people."

"What about Ningxia Wei?" Zhang Shenyan asked.

"Cutting part of the Hetao area into Ningxia is thought to be a check and balance. Ningxia's central defender, Ningxia's defender, and Ningxia's avant-garde combine the three defenders into one. Dingkou is almost a million, which is enough for a province."

"There is also Yunnan Province, which is about to be recovered."

Zhao Shu smiled lightly: "I was worrying about where the official would come from, but no, he's here in a blink of an eye."

(End of this chapter)