Han Shizu

Chapter 711
In front of the Chongzheng Hall, five eunuchs hurried away under the leadership of the leader, one of them walked quickly, and due to the hot weather, all of them had red faces and sweat profusely.Everyone is carrying a square box in their hands, which looks very strenuous, and the weight is not light. Through the gap of the wooden box, one can faintly see the cold air oozing out.
Up to the front of the hall, looking at Zhang Dejun standing there with a cold face, the leading servant rushed up, bowed his head, and respectfully said: "Officer!"

With an honest face, Zhang Dejun glanced at the ice boxes, and looked at the leading eunuch coldly: "Why are you so slow? You dare to delay the ice cubes in Chongzheng Palace? Officials have always avoided heat, don't you know?" ?”

"Internal officer, young one, young one." The leading eunuch named Yan Tuo was a little panicked when Zhang Dejun questioned him like this, and he hesitated to explain.

"You don't need to explain! I think you don't want to do this offering anymore!" But Zhang Dejun didn't give him a chance to speak, and still scolded.

With sharp eyes, Zhang Dejun asked again: "Is the ice handkerchief ready?"

"It's all in the box!" Yan Tuo hurriedly said.

The frowning brows were finally relieved, and Zhang Dejun waved his hand: "What are you still doing, hand over the ice box!"

"Yes Yes!"

He greeted his eunuchs, and respectfully handed over the ice box to the servants and maids of the Chongzheng Palace for inspection and use.However, looking at Zhang Dejun who only showed his back after playing a show of prestige, Yan Tuo muttered silently in his heart: "What are you crazy about? Serving the officials is great? Sooner or later, I will let you commit crimes in my hands."

In the hall, there are still old people. If there is no accident, the current leadership team of the big man can be stable enough to rule the world.What is discussed is still the matter of Jinghu.

Now it's May, the report from the south has arrived, the Southern Expedition army has achieved great prosperity, Zhou Xingfeng was killed in battle, Changsha surrendered, and the Lingbei states are all owned by the imperial court.

However, as expected, the real busyness was still after the war.I knew that Hunan has a vast land and few people, and the people's conditions are complicated. It is easy to obtain but difficult to treat. After a deep understanding of the situation, it will be even more troublesome.

Due to the repeated chaos, the rule and order collapsed, various books were seriously damaged, and many information was incomplete.But judging from Changsha's preliminary report, the population of the entire Lingbei prefecture and county does not exceed 9, even if certain hidden households are counted.

And these people are scattered in the vast land of Huxiang. Among them, [-]% of them are hungry, and half of them are waiting for relief.The Han army accepted Zhuzhou and counties, all of which were food to clear the way, and the army maintained stability.

Of course, for today's Han court, it is not a problem to relieve tens of thousands of refugees and starving families. In the past few years, any major disaster did not involve dozens or even millions of people.

But the problem is that Xinxia, ​​Hunan is thousands of miles away, and the imperial court does not have the organizational power there. Of course, the high efficiency of the army has played a very positive role in it.The more direct problem is that it is too scattered.

So far, the Han army that has entered Hunan has been in a scattered state, distributed in Zhuzhou counties in Hunan, or an army, or a battalion, and some counties even have only one team.

The bad news is that relief is needed almost everywhere, and because of road traffic, food transfer is very difficult, and there are safety issues.The advantage is that relying on the relief points set up in various states and counties, most of the hungry people in Hunan have been gathered. It is clear at a glance, and it will be much more convenient in future management.

Before the establishment of the new government office and ruling order, Hunan was still under military control, which was more thorough than when Zhou Xingfeng ruled.However, such a state of governance is also prone to problems. The so-called "military government" has always been an expedient measure and is not sound.

As the ice cubes were put in, the heat in the hall immediately dissipated a lot. Liu Chengyou took the ice handkerchief, wiped his face, refreshed a bit, and signaled with his eyes: "Prepare some for Zhu Qing!"

"Yes!"

While thanking you, Li Tao still reported the situation in Hunan to Liu Chengyou: "Zan Jurun has arrived in Changsha, and the most important thing is to build the chief minister, fill the staff, reform the law, relieve the hungry people, and restore Hunan to Jingjing. Xiang’s grain is also being transferred southward one after another.”

As for the candidates for Jinghu chief envoy, after consideration, Liu Chengyou finally agreed to Prime Minister Li Tao's suggestion to advise the doctor Zan Jurun to relocate.

"Is there ever enough official staff?" Liu Chengyou asked.

"More than [-] officials have been transferred from central Beijing and Shannan Prefecture and counties to go south to Hunan!" Li Tao said: "However, in order to quickly determine the prefecture and county, a group of local scholars need to be enlisted. Officials should also recruit a group of people. The Ministry of Officials has sent a special envoy to the south for assessment and appointment!"

Nodding his head, Liu Chengyou said: "I always feel that there is not enough talent, and I intend to open the system again this autumn. What do you think?"

Hearing this discussion, several prime ministers looked at each other, and Fan Zhi spoke out to persuade him: "Your Majesty, since the founding of the country, the imperial court has held regular and institutional events many times, almost at the age of one. I think this is too frequent. , From the local to the central, the organization is extremely heavy, and in recent years, the people recruited by the imperial court, regardless of their writing or talent, have become inferior. I think that if it is because of the rule of Hunan, it is unnecessary to start a system!"

Paying attention to Liu Chengyou's expression, seeing that he was not surprised by the refutation, Fan Zhi continued: "I think that although Huxiang is a vast area, it is sparsely populated, so we only need to consolidate the prefectures and counties and centralize governance!"

"What Fan Qing said is true!" After thinking for a while, Liu Chengyou nodded.

In fact, he hesitated when he proposed the opening of the system. After all, it is not a good thing to take too many scholars.After years of selection, the elite talents in the Great Han territory have been squeezed a bit ruthlessly, and they acted forcefully, fearing that their quality would be worrying, and they would select some crooked melons and cracked dates.Furthermore, if the appointment of surrendered ministers and generals is considered, the talent gap will not be so big.

"The merger of prefectures and counties is a good suggestion. You should send a letter to Changsha, let Zan Jurun investigate in detail, and submit a report to Tokyo as soon as possible, and report to the Central Committee for approval!" Liu Chengyou walked to the newly created map and stared at the area in Hunan. Looking at large areas of land: "In addition, for the newcomers, we must re-register households and divide land, fruit forests, and farming tools."

"Your Majesty, should you take it easy?" Li Tao seemed to disagree.

Glancing at him, Liu Chengyou said directly: "Now tens of thousands of troops are stationed in Hunan, just to protect the imperial court's policies. If you don't take this opportunity to solve it in one fell swoop, why delay?"

Startled by the emperor's eyes, Li Tao hastily corrected himself.Liu Chengyou also knew what Li Tao was worried about. Any issue involving land was not a small issue.

Take the farming system reform as an example. It has just started to be implemented. During the process of handling Bian Guangfan, some problems have already appeared.Whether it is the powerful or the common people, the complex for the land is really deep in the bone marrow.For this reason, under the will of Liu Chengyou, several "patches" were added to the restructuring of the farming system.

As for Li Tao, he was afraid that the knife would be too ruthless and would directly pierce the interests of the local clan tycoons, which would easily cause a backlash.

However, given the current situation in Hunan, is Liu Chengyou afraid of it?Today's Huxiang is a destroyed building. If he is allowed to rebuild it, from top to bottom, no matter what ghosts and monsters jump out, they will be wiped out ruthlessly.

"Have you ever drawn up the candidates for Jinghu's inspector?" Liu Chengyou changed the subject.

"Hunan Consolation Envoy Shi Wende can be appointed!" Li Tao said.

The choice of Li Tao is obviously very much in Liu Chengyou's mind. This man is one of the "Eighteen Scholars" and is quite famous among the scholars in Hunan. Unremittingly based in Lizhou to promote the grace and majesty of the Han emperor to Huxiang.Such loyalty should be rewarded adequately.

"There is another question, how to deal with the Miao, Yao and other barbarians in the five western states?" Liu Chengyou looked a little more serious.

"Your Majesty, the barbarians in Hunan are different from Rong and Di Shao. They admired the king's transformation more, and they were more obedient to the Central Plains and the court. The ministers think that the newcomers to Hunan should put stability first, and treat the barbarians temporarily. With the rule of restraint, after the military and government are stabilized, we can calmly educate and change customs!" Li Tao suggested.

On Liu Chengyou's side, of course, he wanted to do it in one step. After all, compared with the southwest, the barbarians in Hunan had a high degree of Sinicization.There are many officials in the five prefectures in western Hunan, all of whom were appointed by the barbarian kings, and their governance is mostly based on the Han system.

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Chengyou asked: "Then what's the situation with Fu Yantong, why doesn't he want to come to court?"

"There's news from Chenzhou, so I'm trying to evade it, I'm afraid that barbarian chieftain still has doubts!"

"It's understandable. It seems that I still have to try to dispel his doubts!"

(End of this chapter)