Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 155 Heavy Rain After the Drought, The Soaked Capital!

Shu Liang Mizuo is sent up.

Zhu Qiyu frowned, Yu Shan's growth line was fine, but on the way to Yu Shan's success, there were shadows of Shanxi merchants.

With the money from Shanxi merchants to open the way, how could Yu Shan be relegated to be an accompanying student in Prince Yi's residence?

It shows that Shanxi merchants did not make a fortune in the orthodox dynasty, so they invested in down-and-out officials like Yu Shan. Surprisingly, Zhu Qiyu accidentally ascended the throne, and Yu Shan was accidentally reused.

However, Yu Shan is timid, and he is good at dancing between King Mobei and Emperor Jingtai, and in the end he is not human.

Yu Shan also wants to leave behind his name after death.

It can be seen that he also hates merchants in his heart, but when he was the poorest, he was entangled by Shanxi merchants after being funded by merchants.

According to Dongchang's informant, the problem lies with the Yi Cheng of the Biancheng Office.

This person is called Zhang Guang, from the Zhang family in Pingyang.

At the Xuanzhen Line of the Water Horse Station, the smuggled military supplies are always sold, and all the stolen goods are sold by Zhang Guang.

The Zhang family in Pingyang cannot afford such a large amount of military funds.

Therefore, all Shanxi merchants entered the market and bought military resources at low prices.

That explains it all.

The merchants in Xuanzhen, where did they get the armaments, and use them to trade with Mobei?
Even, the reason why the entire Shanxi merchants can become bigger and stronger is mainly due to smuggling. The most lacking thing in Mobei is armaments. As a smuggler, they can make a lot of money.

and so.

Shu Liang was in Shanxi, but he couldn't find any evidence of Shanxi merchants collaborating with the enemy.

The reason is that the military assets were not sold from various border towns, but from the delivery station. Therefore, when Shu Liang was in charge of Shanxi, the military assets disappeared from under his nose.

Just after Shu Liang left Shanxi, the smuggling line started to move again.

So Yu Shan would rather die than confess.

Once confessed, the sky will fall.

I don't know how many people will be involved!
In this court hall, how many people are standing like people, but they are actually lackeys of merchants!He is the running dog of the Mobei people!It's Tu Han's executioner!
Shu Liang's memorial has both evidence and speculation.

So Feng Xiao didn't dare to say.

Zhu Qiyu leaned back on the chair slowly, his eyes were dark: "I thought Yu Shan was loyal, but I didn't think his loyalty was not towards me."

"My eyes are inaccurate in seeing people."

"I don't know who is a human and who is a ghost."

"So I am worried, if I close my eyes today, will they open them tomorrow?"

Pfft!
All the servants in Qianqing Palace knelt down in horror.

The emperor is talking nonsense again!
"How can I be sure who is a human and who is a ghost?" Zhu Qiyu pouted and thought deeply.

But can't think of a clue.

"Feng Xiao, go and order all the Shanxi merchants in Beijing to come to the Xihua Gate, and I will go see them."

Feng Xiao trembled all over: "My lord, will you startle the snake?"

"What do you think you can get when Dongchang goes to copy it? Hmph, they are much smarter than us. Without evidence, I can only admit it with my nose."

Zhu Qiyu's eyes were dark: "Du Zhao came, I will talk to them in person, they have made such a great contribution to Daming, I should also personally order them, don't you think so?"

Why do you listen to this, it's so awkward.

"They should thank the emperor for his great grace." Feng Xiao didn't care what those merchants thought.

The merchants are all dead, and they are not as important as a single hair of the emperor.

"Go and deliver the decree."

"The servants obey the order." Feng Xiao led the order and left.

Zhu Qiyu looked around: "Get up, you are my close friends, as long as you are not bribed by anyone, I will be able to see the sun tomorrow."

As soon as the palace man got up, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground again.

"You have to know that the wealth and honor of you, and even your whole family, are tied to me."

"Slaves wait to understand!" The palace people echoed in unison.

Zhu Qiyu asked them to get up.

Then he read the memorial that Shu Liang handed over again, and sighed.

"Zheng Youyi."

"The servant is here!" Zheng Youyi entered the hall from outside, his forehead was covered with sweat, he didn't know whether it was from fright or the hot weather.

"I plan to build the West Factory, and you will be the factory supervisor."

Zheng Youyi opened his mouth wide.

The West Factory corresponds to the East Factory. Looking at the majesty of Shu Gonggong in the East Factory, you can foresee yourself!

"Your Majesty, how can a slave servant be able to take on this important task?" Zheng Youyi couldn't believe it, and the big pie fell on his head.

He is just a bearer!
I don't even know a word, how can I be the supervisor of the West Factory?

"Zheng Youyi, are you loyal to me?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.

"The emperor let the servants die, and the servants will not even blink their eyes!" Zheng Youyi said with emotion.

"That's fine, you can learn what you don't know, but loyalty is not something everyone has."

Zhu Qiyu helped him up with his own hands, and said calmly: "I will use people who are loyal to me, regardless of style."

"As long as you are loyal to me, if you do something wrong, I will take care of you."

"People are not afraid of making mistakes. If you make mistakes, you can correct them. Ability is honed. I believe you have this ability."

"Admiral Xichang, there is nothing difficult."

Zhu Qiyu patted him on the shoulder: "Xichang is temporarily responsible for my safety. You have the right to intervene in anything that may threaten my safety. No matter who it is, even the factory guard, you can investigate!"

This power is greater than that of the factory guard?
The emperor gave his life to Zheng Youyi.

However, in terms of real power, Xichang is not big.

But the emperor said it was only for the time being, and when all the factory guards left the capital, Xichang would naturally expand its power.

"My lord, are the slaves recruiting eunuchs?" Zheng Youyi asked.

"Recruit a small number of eunuchs from the Qianqing Palace, and then go outside to recruit a group of men and women, recruiting people according to the structure of the East Factory."

Zhu Qiyu said: "Temporarily be in charge of my safety, and in the future, you will be in charge of supervising the factory guards."

Factory guards must have restrictions.

The West Factory is used to restrict the factory guards, so that the factory guards will always be in his hands, and will not be bribed by others to betray him.

This is his temporary thought.

"Slaves obey the order!" Zheng Youyi still didn't know much about it.

Zhu Qiyu was in a hurry to build the West Factory, mainly because the factory guards had to go out of Beijing to do things for him at any time. Only the Duzhijian was left in Beijing, and the Duzhijian were all eunuchs, which was enough in the palace. If he went out of the palace, his safety could not be absolutely guaranteed.

As for Tiqi, Lu Gao went to Tiqi to gain some new vibes, but after all, it was unusable.

He already has the heart to abolish.

Another point is that he doesn't believe in Lu Gao.

He only believed in the eunuchs around him.

Zheng Youyi left the Qianqing Palace with the envious eyes of others, and started to set up the West Factory.

At this time, Feng Xiao came back: "My lord, it's getting dark, why don't we see those merchants tomorrow."

He was worried that there would be an accident in the dark.

"Let them wait outside the Xihua Gate, and see them tomorrow when I come to court." Zhu Qiyu responded.

"My lord, it's cloudy outside, it might rain."

"what?"

Zhu Qiyu was startled, and rushed out the door.

Next to the setting sun, clusters of black clouds appeared, sometimes covering the sun, and sometimes converging toward the center of the sky.

"Is it really going to rain?"

A smile appeared on Zhu Qiyu's face: "Is there anyone alive in Qin Tianjian?"

Feng Xiao swallowed his saliva: "No, no."

"Their lives are really bad."

"They also blame themselves for fooling me like a fool."

"Every day it says it's raining, it's really a weather forecast, it's never accurate."

Zhu Qiyu's eyes were gloomy and cold: "Don't recruit people for the time being. What's the use of keeping a corpse for a vegetarian meal?"

"Slave obeys the order!" Feng Xiao kowtowed.

"Decree to the Agricultural Bureau, prepare more water storage equipment, store some rainwater, and when the rain stops, irrigate the crops. No rainwater can be wasted."

Zhu Qiyu watched the dark clouds gathering more and more, with a smile on his face.

At this time, Gu Youzhi trotted over: "I want to report to the emperor, Mr. Zhang Ge is begging to see you."

"Quick announcement."

I saw Zhang Feng coming over beaming, and after bowing and saluting, he said, "God bless Daming, it's finally going to rain!"

"The rain is late but it's coming. It's a good time!"

Zhu Qiyu's bad mood disappeared with the gathering of dark clouds: "Zhang Qing, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, I have received Xuanzhen's report. This is Xuanzhen's loss."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu's face sank.

Xuan Town is being rebuilt, and the materials for the reconstruction are what he saved from between his teeth.

I don't know how much I lost this time!
Opening the memorial, Zhu Qiyu's good mood was immediately thrown into the sky.

Oirat cavalry raided and harassed several times, and the loss was as high as tens of thousands of taels of silver.

"You came to me just for this matter?" Zhu Qiyu's face tensed.

"Your Majesty, this is not a bad thing!"

Zhang Feng said with a smile: "You repelled the Oirat attack again, this is a great achievement."

Zhu Qiyu frowned, who will show the deceit?

What merit do I lack?

"Your Majesty, don't you want to Huairou the Seven Guards of Guanxi?"

"Isn't this an opportunity?"

"The Seven Guards of Kansai were robbed by Ming Dynasty and bullied by Wala, so they were in constant panic."

"I, Ming Dynasty, can just take this opportunity to send envoys to the Seven Guards of Kansai, exaggerate the achievements, and treat the people with tenderness."

Zhang Feng said this.

It's really possible.

He coveted the land of the Seven Guards of Kansai, while Zhang Feng coveted the population of the Seven Guards of Kansai, and settled them in Hetao. With the manpower in Hetao, construction saves money and effort.

"Zhang Feng, Zhang Feng, you have become bad too!"

Zhu Qiyu laughed loudly: "However, as the second assistant of the cabinet, you should become bad! Become good! It is the blessing of Ming Dynasty, hahaha!"

Zhang Feng pursed his lips in joy.

"Then with the ability of Gansu Town, can we take back the land of the Seven Guards of Kansai?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.

"Ah?" Zhang Feng was stunned, when did I let you take over his territory?

Knowing that the emperor would be mistaken, he immediately smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you also said that you will push the territory outward after you find crops that can be grown on barren land."

"The essence of Kansai Seven Guards is people, not land."

"After all, the capital of Guochao was not built in Xi'an, so there is no need to worry about the safety of the western border."

"The most urgent task is the people of Huairou and Guanxi."

Zhu Qiyu choked enough.

"Zhang Feng, Zhang Feng."

Zhu Qiyu smiled wryly: "Forget it, I'll pass the decree to Kou Shen, asking him to send someone to contact the Seven Guards of Guanxi. If there are any tribes willing to join, they will be placed in Gansu."

Zhang Feng laughed: "Your Majesty, if they are placed in Gansu Town, then Xifan will come and leave whenever he wants, and he will not really return to his heart."

"If it is placed in Hetao thousands of miles away, Xifan will be up to us."

"Although resettlement will be troublesome in the early stage, in the long run, it is in the best interest of the country and the court to settle in Hetao."

I didn't realize before that Zhang Feng also has [-] minds.

"As you say!"

Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied with this strategy: "It is estimated that Kou Shen will write a memorial to complain to me, alas, I will accept it."

Zhang Feng secretly smiled.

Click!

A thunderbolt fell from the sky, and the wind picked up.

"It's really going to rain!"

Zhang Feng choked up and said: "The crops have been dry for more than 20 days, I hope this rain will be heavier and the crops will be thoroughly watered!"

"I have asked the Bureau of Agriculture to take out storage tools to catch the rainwater. Spring rain is as expensive as oil, so it cannot be wasted." Zhu Qiyu said.

"Your Majesty's heart for the world is the blessing of the Li people!" Zhang Feng bowed deeply.

"Zhang Feng, you are a capable person. In my hands, I will let you be a famous official like Xia Yuanji, and your name will be left in history."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Feng knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

The wind is getting stronger, and the thunder and lightning are flickering.

"Okay, get out of the palace quickly, the rain will come soon." Zhu Qiyu was telling him that only when I am alive can I give you a stage to display your talents.

Zhang Feng obviously understood.

Just as Zhang Feng left the palace, it started to rain.

"Your Majesty, please go back to the palace, if you ruin your body, it will be a serious matter." Feng Xiao was anxious.

The weather was sultry these days, and he wished he could soak in the rain for a while.

But he still entered the palace as promised.

Feng Xiao advised him to take a hot bath to avoid catching a cold.

Zhu Qiyu couldn't bear his nagging, so he went to take a bath.

There was lightning and thunder outside, and heavy rain poured down.

There was joy in the capital.

The long drought is followed by rain. The most disturbing thing these days is the farmers, who are finally looking forward to the rain, and the crops in the fields are finally saved.

"Feng Xiao, are you still down?" After taking a bath, Zhu Qiyu was disposing of the memorial.

"Go back to the emperor, it's still down."

"Okay, great!"

Zhu Qiyu looked joyful: "There are many lamps, the light is a little dim, I will sleep well after reading these memorials."

While sleeping, Zhu Qiyu walked to the door and looked at the pouring rain with a happy smile on his face.

"This time the crops have been thoroughly watered."

Zhu Qiyu smiled all over his face: "It seems that the harvest can still be saved."

However, the sound of pattering rain outside seemed to have continued overnight.

When Zhu Qiyu woke up early, he heard the sound of rain outside: "Feng Xiao, is it still falling?"

"Go back to the emperor, it's still down, it's been down for a whole night." Feng Xiao worried.

"Is it raining heavily?"

Zhu Qiyu put on his clothes and walked to the door of the hall to look. The door of the hall was slightly opened, and he stretched out his hand, and the raindrops the size of peas hit his hand.

"So big? How long is it?"

Feng Xiao counted with his fingers: "It's been about six hours."

The good mood early in the morning was immediately thrown into the clouds.

Zhu Qiyu glanced at the sky, the clouds were densely covered, and it didn't look like he was about to stop.

"Let's go to court."

He had a meal after exercising, but the rain outside didn't mean to slow down.

The weather seemed to be playing a joke on Daming.

In the first 20 days, people in several provinces were looking forward to the rain soon.

The results finally under, but not stop ah.

Enter Fengtian Temple against the rain.

The ministers held umbrellas and entered the hall one after another in coir raincoats.

"Your Majesty, the rain has no intention of stopping!"

Zhang Feng was full of worry: "After the severe drought, if there is a severe flood, I'm afraid there will be a major epidemic!"

"Shut your crow's mouth!" Hu Yi glared at him.

After brushing off the rainwater from his body, he walked slowly into the hall.

"Old lady Fu, what do you think?" Zhu Qiyu was also worried that if it rained heavily for a few days, the crops would be completely wiped out.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't understand astronomical phenomena, but based on years of experience, I'm afraid the rain will stop in a while." Hu Wei responded with a wry smile.

Finished!

The seedlings planted in spring have been ruined this time.

"Oh my god, you made a joke with me!"

Zhu Qiyu heaved a long sigh: "At the beginning of the year, I made a lot of plans to let the border military households wear cotton clothes and rush to plant cotton."

"I also gave saplings to the people, hoping to increase the income of the people and protect the water and soil."

"Now it seems that everything is in vain."

"Even if the saplings didn't die from drought, they were drowned to death by the heavy rain."

"Don't even think about cotton, the seedlings in the field must have been washed away by the heavy rain."

"The most important thing is food!"

"After the heavy rain passes, what else can I plant? Can I make up for it?"

Zhu Qiyu had no time to complain.

What's the use of complaining?

It has already happened, and a few complaints can change the past?

It's better to think of a way, how to make up for it.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I can only replant a crop of beans."

Hu Wei said in a low voice: "But the premise is that the rain must stop. If it rains for a few days, even a temporary wave of bean seedlings will be washed away by the heavy rain."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "I'm afraid it won't work."

"No one knows when this rain will stop."

"Stopped, will you pay it back?"

"Just go out and buy."

But Ye Sheng had a different opinion: "Your Majesty, buying grain can last for a while, but it won't last for a year."

"What's more, it doesn't matter if the fields are left uncultivated. The land needs to be maintained."

"It's better to wait for the rain to stop, and the center will send people down to see what can be planted, and then plant another batch."

"The center has exempted this year's food tax."

"After autumn, where the disaster is severely affected, we will provide relief as appropriate, and we cannot distribute food to each family."

What Ye Sheng meant was to ensure the food supply of the central center, give relief as appropriate, and give up some that should be given up.

Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly: "Ye Qing's words are reasonable."

"Annan is a big grain-producing country, right?"

"It's not as good as Daming and Annan repairing it. Even if you give up some land, you can buy some grain from Annan and transport it to Beijing by water."

"Just get through this year of disaster."

But just after Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, the courtiers were stunned.

"Your Majesty, Annan is a big grain-producing country?" Hu Wei was surprised.

"Isn't it?" Zhu Qiyu remembered that Southeast Asia is a grain-producing area.

"The old minister only knows about Champa rice, which is quite high-yielding, but he has never heard of Annan being a big grain-producing country."

Hu Wei was confused: "Your Majesty, please allow the old minister to go back and check the archives of the Yongle Dynasty. If Annan is a big grain-producing country, why did the Xuande Dynasty give up?"

In fact, the Red River Plain was undeveloped in this era.

But it is still a little richer than other areas, and it does produce grain, but it is not at all the area that produces a terrifying amount of grain in later generations.

"Annan is a big grain-producing country." Zhu Qiyu was very sure.

Seeing the emperor's swearing, Hu Wei was a little moved: "If Annan is really a big grain-producing country, the old minister supports His Majesty to take Annan back!"

Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up.

"But as far as I know, Annan is extremely poor. If it hadn't been a Han land, Emperor Taizong didn't want to take it back."

"In the Xuande Dynasty, the court threw a huge amount of money into Annan every year."

"Furthermore, the people in Annan have not yet attached themselves, often rebelling, and the administrative pressure is enormous."

"That's why the court gradually retreated."

"If Annan is really a big grain-producing country, and Daming will use the power of the whole country to take it down, what's the difficulty?"

"At that time, the veteran will personally govern Annan and see who dares to rebel!"

Hu Ming was in high spirits.

Daming has confidence.

Daming gave up Annan mainly because of high administrative costs and no sweetness.

If Annan produces grain, and Daming annexes Annan, wouldn't it be easy to capture?

"The old lady is domineering!"

Zhu Qiyu stood up: "I am very sure that Annan is a big grain-producing country, and the grain in Annan can support half of Ming Dynasty!"

what?
The courtiers looked at each other in blank dismay, all scratching their heads to recall the records about Annan.

Is Annan really the chosen place?
Then why did the Xuande Dynasty give up?
The courtiers were all fooled by the emperor.

"Old Madam Fu, is Annan really the treasure land His Majesty mentioned?" Zhang Feng asked in a low voice.

Hu Mei also forgot: "Go and check the archives after the court."

Zhang Feng whispered: "If Annan is a big grain-producing country, why would the Xuande Dynasty give up?"

Yes.

Even if the court fights for power and profit, they are not all fools.

Why are the frontier lands kept being abandoned, and the two capitals and thirteen provinces are unwilling to throw them away? Driven by profit, the two capitals and thirteen provinces have been cultivated by the Han people for 2000 years. The land is mature and very rich, and the frontier lands are all poor areas.

In the final analysis, there must be interests.

"It's not terrible to lose it, as long as it's profitable, it's not difficult to fight back!" Hu Wei was full of spirits.

Zhang Feng nodded in agreement.

"His Majesty!"

Wang Yue limped out of work and knelt on the ground: "As far as I remember, Annan is extremely poor. Although rice can be harvested twice a year, when the rainy season comes, the fertility of the land is washed away by the rain, resulting in extremely barren land."

"Weichen remembers that in the first year of Hongxi, one mu of land in Annan produced 22 catties of double-cropped rice per mu, which was only enough to feed an adult for more than a month."

"In Weichen's memory, there is absolutely no record of Annan's extremely high yield per mu."

"not at all!"

Wang Yue is well-read and knowledgeable, and has an excellent memory.

Fengtian Palace whispered, Wang Yue is right, the Celestial Dynasty is not a big food country, Annan is a mere country, why should it produce so much food?

It is correct that Annan people cannot eat enough.

Everyone in the Fengtian Palace thinks this way. They wear spectacles and view the world condescendingly, so they close the door to the world and become arrogant inside the country.

Zhu Qiyu was stunned. If Annan was poor in this era, how did Southeast Asia become a food powerhouse?
"The old minister will find out when he goes back and check it." Hu Wei gave the emperor a step down.

Monarchs and ministers are more embarrassed.

When Hu Wei heard that there was a big food country, he almost sent troops to attack it.

It's the first time I've seen Hu Ming lose his composure like this.

"Buying food is the top priority."

Zhu Qiyu ended in embarrassment.

The Fengtian Palace was at an impasse, and Geng Jiuchou coughed: "Your Majesty, the Toungoo Dynasty has repeatedly plundered the border in Yunnan, and the people on the border of Yunnan are miserable."

"Another battle at Luchuan?" Zhu Qiyu sneered.

A few years ago, everyone celebrated with the three expeditions to Luchuan.

But now, the emperor is ashamed of Luchuan.

"It took a lot of effort to win a small Luchuan, what is there to brag about?"

"Looking at the results of the victory, I can't even tell!"

"I don't fight unsure battles."

"Swipe the side, just go the side, tell Wang Wen, just be patient for the time being."

"Wait until I defeat the Tatars."

"Train troops in Yunnan again, and teach Luchuan and Dongyu a lesson. I will push the territory of Ming Dynasty to the seaside in one go!"

"Now that the court has no money or food, it's not appropriate to start a quarrel."

These words hit the heart of the courtier.

It would be the most terrifying thing if the emperor blindly resorted to military action.

In order to fight the war, regardless of the people's recuperation, in the end, except for the emperor who won the reputation of the emperor through the ages, the people's life is not as good as a dog.

That is the emperor most feared by the officials.

Fortunately, although the current emperor is violent, he knows how to show mercy to the people.

"The goal of the court this year is to let the people live a stable year and suffer less."

"Accumulate strength and enhance national strength."

"As for Yunnan, pass on the decree to Wang Wen to speed up the construction of the Chi Road, vigorously Huairou the natives under the chieftain's rule, and turn the land into Han."

Zhu Qiyu paused slightly:
"Zhuqing, is Luchuan really hard to fight?"

"Absolutely not!"

"With Daming's strength, if you fight a hundred Luchuan in the mainland, it will be no problem!"

"But in Yunnan, one Luchuan can make Daming fall."

"I dare to assert that if we fight Luchuan again, if we replace them with Daming's elite troops, we will still not be able to defeat Luchuan."

"What's the reason? Have you thought about it?"

"Because although Yunnan is under the rule of Ming Dynasty, the Ming army is actually fighting away. Those chieftains and Daming are not of the same mind."

"The top priority in Yunnan is not Luchuan, but fast Huairou chieftain."

"Use the strength of the chieftain to expel Luchuan and defend the border."

"Wait until next year, I will start to clean up Yunnan. The only way is to turn the land into Han and completely turn Yunnan into the territory of Ming Dynasty."

"When the time comes, it will be natural, and I will show Luchuan some color."

"If Da Ming doesn't make a move, it's fine. If he makes a move, he will destroy his country and exterminate his species!"

"I am worried about the shortage of people to manage the Yellow River. When I destroy a country, I will expel its citizens and build the Yellow River for Ming Dynasty!"

"I want to use other countries' money to repair our rivers; use their people to repair our rivers!"

"Pass the decree to Wang Wen, build a good relationship with all the chieftains, let the children of the chieftains enter the Central Plains, and appreciate the style of the Central Plains."

"Give a lot of rewards, bow your head to Luchuan as much as you want, and try to be as gentle as you can."

"It's not a shame to lie down to accumulate strength."

"Shame, can't stand up!"

"Get down, you can, but stand up!"

Zhu Qiyu sternly said: "The purpose of enduring humiliation today is to beat them to death tomorrow!"

"My lords, the southwest, northwest, and Guangdong and Guangxi cannot be messed up."

"Now the court's thoughts are all in the north. Even if we are facing pirates, we should and must bow our heads."

"I don't want to waste the power of the people, let the common people suffer, and go to war with military force."

"While I want to govern the country, I will fight the war step by step and nibble away at the enemy little by little."

"Let the people of Ming Dynasty live a good life and cannibalize all the enemies around them. These are the things that the emperor should do."

After listening to Zhu Qiyu's long speech.

The courtiers of Fengtian Palace knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

Hu Wei was relieved, he would feel uncomfortable if the emperor resorted to military force.

Why civil servants don't like to fight.

It is the common people who suffer in wars, and the sage books they learn tell them to love the people like their own sons.

Although they don't want to do it themselves, they hope that the emperor can do it.

"It's raining so much outside."

Zhu Qiyu sighed: "I really don't know when I can stop."

This person is also strange.

A few days ago, I was looking forward to the rain, but this time it rained, but I was looking forward to when it would stop.

"Let's go back to the court. I will go back to Qianqing Palace to handle government affairs. It is raining heavily today. If there is anything to write down and enter the palace, I will watch it at any time."

Zhu Qiyu stepped down from Majesty Dan.

"I'm waiting to send you to Your Majesty!"

After leaving the hall, several eunuchs held umbrellas, Zhu Qiyu boarded the imperial chariot and returned to Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Qiyu glanced through the window: "It's troublesome, the border is not stable at all, we have to free up our hands and break the situation slowly."

Handled government affairs for two hours.

During Zhu Qiyu's activities, Feng Xiao cautiously said: "My lord, Shanxi merchants are still waiting outside Xihuamen."

"what?"

They had forgotten about Zhu Qiyu, and couldn't help laughing: "Let them go back. I will see them again when the rain stops."

They were drenched in the rain for ten hours, but they didn't see the emperor's face, and they were driven back again.

"This Prince Chu's mansion is restless."

This is a memorial to getting rich.

Nianfu took someone to ransack the house of the Prince of Chu, but it turned out to be lonely.

There is nothing valuable in Chu Palace.

"Where's Zhu Xi?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Back to the emperor, he has already been escorted out of Beijing to Fengyang." Feng Xiao replied.

"Death."

Zhu Qiyu's eyes were sharp: "The decree is sent to all the people in Chu's palace, and everyone will be sentenced to death!"

Feng Xiao was taken aback, and hurried to deliver the decree.

"Pass an order to Nianfu to arrest all the families who are related to the king of Chu, and order them to make up 1000 million taels of silver in total. If they don't make up, they will be sent to Hetao to do coolies."

hiss!
Feng Xiao gasped, 1000 million silver, the emperor made it clear that he cut off the family that was related to the king of Chu.

This is revenge!

The Prince Chu's Mansion was evacuated, where can the goods go?

It must be his relative's house. This generation of King Chu has no sons, and his brothers are all in the capital, so they must have entered the pockets of his wife and concubine's family.

Dare to touch my things, live impatiently!
Nianfu didn't write about the other princes of the Chu clan, presumably those people would not dare to blatantly oppose the court.

There must be some secretly hiding some, but it's probably not bad, so it's over.

What is the difference between courting death and courting death if it is so obvious that the King of Chu did it?
Then I will fulfill you?
"You personally go to the Zongren Mansion to deliver the decree. Because of the greed of the Chu Palace, you will demote Dong'an King Zhu Jiyu and Daye King Zhu Jiyu to be the generals of the town, retain the title of general, and cancel the Zonglu."

Zhu Qiyu was even more ruthless.

The two younger brothers of the king of Chu were downgraded, and Zonglu was cut. What do they live on?
The emperor doesn't care.

Before that, a policy was issued to allow generals to participate in the imperial examination.

If you want to survive, you have to take the imperial examination and get a Jinshi, otherwise you can only starve to death.

Because the king of Chu had no son, he punished his younger brother.

Very reasonable.

"Pass the decree to Nianfu. From now on, you don't have to report such trivial matters, and you can deal with them as you want." Zhu Qiyu asked Wynn to write a secret reply in person.

Interested in practicing Wynn's ability.

Wynn is indeed smart and talented, and he intends to be promoted to be the eunuch in charge of ceremonies.

There was a patter of rain outside.

Zhu Qiyu disposes of the memorial under the lamp.

After a long time, Feng Xiao whispered: "My lord, has the rain become smaller?"

Zhu Qiyu put down his pen and ink, and walked to the window: "How long has it been?"

"Go back to the emperor, it's been nearly thirteen hours."

"Pass the decree to the household department, pay attention to flood disasters, and do a good job in flood prevention in the capital." Zhu Qiyu asked people to pass the decree quickly, which made Geng Jiuchou move.

The account department is already busy.

It rained heavily for thirteen hours, and some people's homes were washed away by the water. The disaster situation in central Beijing was better. Many people outside Beijing had a good life a few days ago, but they were washed away by the heavy rain.

All the rivers in Gyeonggi are flooding.

"Send someone to guard the Jinshui River, the Jinshui River must not flood!" Geng Jiuchou said sharply.

The Jinshui River is related to the Forbidden City. Once the water rises, the imperial palace will be flooded.

He cannot afford this responsibility.

At the same time, he sent people into the palace to ask for the imperial decree, and transferred the water army to guard the Jinshui River to protect the palace.

Zhu Qiyu received Geng Jiuchou's request, and nodded slightly: "Tell him, there is no need to worry about the palace, the drainage of the palace has been carefully designed, and nothing will happen, but the people along the river are afraid that they will suffer disaster."

"Order the Ministry of Household Affairs to send people down to see where disaster relief is needed."

Zhu Qiyu cared about the people.

At night, the rain stopped.

It lasted fifteen hours.

"I hope it won't happen again." Zhu Qiyu tossed and turned full of worries.

The hall is very damp.

The bedding was also damp.

He felt that Jingtai's eight years was an eventful year, and everything went wrong.

After defeating Oala, the Tatars came.

Luchuan and Dongyu swept across the border.

There are changes in Guangdong and Guangxi.

The country is not stable, and there are Xuanzhen, Shanxi, Shandong, Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi that need plowing.

The food problem will be even bigger this year.

If the relief is not timely, I don't know how many people will become refugees and eventually become bones.

Population is national strength, so try to preserve it as much as possible.

This year has been really rough.

While thinking wildly, he fell asleep in a daze.

The next day, I went down to court.

Zhu Qiyu went to Xihua Gate.

Many Shanxi merchants knelt at the gate of the palace.

The day before yesterday, I knelt all night and endured the rain all night, but the emperor didn't come.

It has been poured for more than ten hours.

I went back with a fever.

Today, I dragged my sick body to Xihua Gate to knock.

Creak, creak!
The gate of Xihuamen opened, and the imperial chariot came out.

Zhu Qiyu got off the imperial chariot and sat on the dragon chair in the door opening. The merchants outside the door could not see the emperor's face.

"I have seen the contributions you have made to the country."

Zhu Qiyu said slowly: "So I bestowed a quota for the imperial examination, and if you can recommend it, who will participate in the imperial examination?"

In a word, Shanxi merchants who wanted to unite as one, fell apart directly.

For this quota, everyone can break their heads.

Merchants, who doesn't want to become a private household and have the qualifications for the imperial examination?
Otherwise, why do they invest heavily in scholars, even if those scholars look at them with strange eyes, they still stick to others like a dog's skin plaster.

Picture what?
Isn't it an official position?

"Because of your contributions, Xuanzhen and Hetao can be rebuilt."

"It's all thanks to you."

Zhu Qiyu picks up nice words to say.

Shanxi merchants subconsciously thought that the emperor was rewarding them.

"Pingyang Zhang, is there anyone here?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Crassman Zhang Chang, greet His Majesty!"

A very old man walked out on his knees, with no joy or sorrow on his face.

"What's your relationship with Zhang Renxiao?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the grass people are from the uncle Zhang Renxiao's generation, but the Yuanzhi clan uncle." Zhang Chang said very little.

"The Zhang family in Pingyang is also remarkable among Shanxi merchants."

Zhu Qiyu affirmed: "It's just that I heard a name recently, Zhang Guang from the border town, do you know him?"

　Too sleepy, I owe a thousand words, I will make up for it in the next chapter!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)