I am the king of the dead

Chapter 172 Still made a pot of raw rice
Zhu Qiyu opened the Great Law, and the third chapter recorded a story called the case of the Confucian scholar Xia Boqi.

In the early years of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to rule the world and renew Vientiane, so Confucian scholars came out to be officials.

Xia Boqi's uncle and nephew were on that list, but Xia Boqi's uncle and nephew were unwilling to serve as officials for the Ming Dynasty, denied the existence of the Ming Dynasty, and wanted to go to the Yuan Dynasty, but they had to obey the imperial order.

In a flash of inspiration, the uncle and nephew chopped off his thumb, mutilated himself and refused to be an official, to show his unwillingness to submit.

Can Zhu Yuanzhang spare them?

He ordered Tiqi to directly tie his uncle and nephew to Beijing, interrogate him personally, and finally the leader and Jijia.

The crime Zhu Yuanzhang gave was "It is not the right way to think that I will take over the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang's main crime was that they wanted to go to the Yuan Dynasty and refused to obey the new imperial order. They were severely punished and punished severely, with the purpose of avoiding the imitation of madmen and fools.

Scholar-bureaucrats are not used by the king, and the head of the owl and the family have become the norm.

In fact, Zhu Qiyu could rely on the Great Law to forcibly retain these officials who were Ding You, retired, and worshiped the ancestors, but the hearts of the people are gone, so what's the use of forcing them to stay?
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had no one to use, so he would do that, and if he didn't do that, half of the government officials in the world were lacking.

Now that Daming's official positions are in short supply, there are three people waiting in a pit, waiting in line to go to work, so naturally there is no need to stay.

They don't do it, some people do it.

If they were left behind, they would instead become people who hindered their government affairs.

Xing'an held more than a dozen memorials approved by His Majesty in his hand, bowed his head and said: "Actually, Your Majesty, some ministers have the intention of retreating to advance. They call it resignation, but they just want to live in the official residence."

Zhu Qiyu sneered and said, "I killed Gu Yao and the others just to make an example to the monkeys? They still want to bargain? The law of my official residence has spread since the Chinese New Year."

"I don't object to their opposition, but can any of them understand this matter from the way of being a minister?"

When Zhu Qiyu implemented the farm law before, he told the courtiers that they could oppose it, but they had to explain the logic clearly and clearly, and not oppose it for the sake of opposition.

Regarding the four points, phenomena, problems, causes, and solutions, we must seek truth from facts.

But even if they talked about the principles of clan etiquette, they couldn't understand it.

The strong words are unreasonable, Jin Yiwei's Tiqi is not eating the Emperor Ming's food for nothing.

They can't explain, they can't tell what's wrong with the Mansion Law and the Farm Law, so they can only Ding You, resignation, resignation, and ancestor worship. Since they are willing to leave with dignity, Zhu Qiyu naturally gives them dignity.

"Let the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate recommend and fill in these missing members. Xing'an, didn't you draw up a list before? Give it to Wang Shangshu and let him choose the best." Zhu Qiyu told Xing'an many things.

Zhu Qiyu paid attention to a lot of officials, and since there were missing officials, he naturally arranged them quickly.

It also saves Zhu Qiyu from doing anything.

Xing'an said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there is a good thing. Xianfei Qiantui is also happy. Empress Qiantui is about to give birth in about four months."

"It's all a good thing. According to the regulations, we should set up incense tables, wine and fruit and other objects in front of Fengtian Hall, and give silk, silk, yarn, brocade, and banknotes to enjoy with all officials."

"This matter is not urgent. We will discuss it after the child is born. The ministers are hanging on to this matter day and night. If it is not born in a healthy way, it will not be beautiful."

Xing'an bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, do you take the time to look at the picture album? The Ministry of Rites has sent it for a long time. Your Majesty has not approved it, so this matter has stopped again."

Only then did Zhu Qiyu remember that there was also a picture album of girls selected by the Ministry of Rites. Apart from Tang Yunyan, Zhu Qiyu circled a few more, then handed it to Xing'an and said: "One empress and three wives, no nine concubines, now there are virtuous concubines, as long as two People. Don’t let the Ministry of Rites send a lot of them.”

"The minister leads the decree." Xing'an took the album and handed it to the waiting Xiao Huangmen, finally heaving a long sigh of relief.

Heirs are very important to His Majesty, and they are also very important to the courtiers, but Tai'an Palace is airtight, one queen and one wife are pregnant, and no one in the outer court knows about it except the Imperial Hospital.

"Your Majesty, the memorial of Shi Pu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry." Xing'an, as the chief eunuch, naturally knew what His Majesty was most concerned about.

The Shijing Factory is currently what His Majesty is most concerned about. The official residence has been put into use. That is because it has not been demolished and rebuilt, but repaired, which is completely different from the Shijing Factory.

Shijing Factory is now investing more and more.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Shi Pu's memorial, frowned and said: "In the past, more than 40 people were mobilized to build the building, but now more than 34 people have been mobilized, with more than 12 shi of grain, [-] jin of iron, and [-] cubic meters of stone. , Wood [-] materials, full of complaints, begging to be dismissed."

34 jin of iron sounds like a lot, but it is actually only over 170 tons.The main reason is that more stone materials are used.

But it is still within the tolerance range of the various libraries of the Ming Dynasty, so why is this just a request for reform?
Xing'an sighed and said: "This is not counting what I told His Majesty before, such as the leveling of the Xishan Mountain Road, the reconstruction of the Lugou Bridge, the dredging of roads in various places, and the diversion canals. It consumes a lot of people's resources. I went to see it a few days ago. As stated in the memorial."

Xing'an lowered his head, he knew that His Majesty had a tendency to fail to achieve his goal and vowed not to give up, but the capital only lost more than [-] strong men last year, and although there were military drills and Japanese troops to enter the capital, the strength of the people was still exhausted .

If these 50 strong men hadn't died, the Shijing Factory would have been well-established by now.

Before that, there was corvée labor to transport grain to the Xuan Mansion, and spring plowing, all of which consumed a lot of people's energy.

Zhu Qiyu put down the memorial and said, "In the end, it's still a pot of raw rice."

"I'm guilty." Xing'an hurriedly pleaded guilty as soon as he heard it. His Majesty had repeatedly told him not to worry, not to make a pot of raw rice, but he still didn't finish the job well.

But Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "Let's be flat, it's not your fault, nor Shi Pu's. When Marquis Changping was in the Xuanfu, he told Uncle Jianping Gaoyuan to ask for help in time if he encounters a strong enemy."

"It's not your fault if you can't do it."

Are Xing'an and Shi Pu unfavorable?

That's definitely not the case. It's the limited capabilities of their department that caused this kind of thing to happen.

"What's missing now?" Zhu Qiyu asked, holding the memorial in his hand.

Xing'an bowed his head and said: "There is food and land, but there is a shortage of people. Either it will be postponed for half a year, or 2 people will have to be added."

Shortage?

This is indeed a problem that is not easy to solve. Lack of money, Zhu Qiyu has money in his internal funds, but lack of food. Last year's battle of the capital was too short, and there are actually some left.

lack of people...

Suddenly Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up and he said: "A group of beggars were sent to the Tenth Regiment Battalion before, right? Craftsmen can do it, but the work of dragging and moving can be entrusted to them."

"There are about [-] beggars, and the construction period can be extended for a few more months."

"It's just right, let's see if the group of people Yu Shaobao said has reformed after entering the barracks."

The reason why Xing'an mentioned this matter was to ask if the Beijing camp could add 2 people. When His Majesty said this, Xing'an nodded and said: "Your Majesty said so, I remembered that there are such a group of people."

Zhu Qiyu continued to explain: "You can't eat Daming's rice grains every day for nothing."

"Let Sun Ting take this group of beggars there, and let me see the results." Zhu Qiyu wrote the transfer order, and signaled Xing'an to take the eunuch of Yinshoujian to the Beijing camp with the fire card for dispatching troops.

Even if it is an engineering battalion formed by beggars, it is still a serious military registration, and there should be corresponding procedures.

When Sun Tong received the military order, he was training the beggar army. They had their own official name, Weizhenying Engineering Battalion.

The current Daming Beijing Camp is divided into twelve regiments.

They are Wufen, Wuyao, Wulian, Wuxian; Bravery, Yongguo, Yongxiao, Yonggu; Weili, Weishen, Weiyang, and Weizhen twelve regiment battalions. Three Thousand Battalion and Shenji Battalion.

The Fifth Army Battalion is mainly engaged in infantry combat, the Three Thousand Battalion is mainly engaged in cavalry warfare, and the Shenji Battalion is mainly engaged in artillery.

Since His Majesty proposed that engineering battalions are also combat power, and sent a bunch of beggars into the military camps, adding engineering battalions to each regiment battalion has been put on the agenda.

Sun Tong, officially responsible for the training of the engineer battalion.

The beggar army under him is not the ten thousand people that His Majesty thought, but nearly thirty thousand people.

The beggars who were not registered as beggars in Ming Dynasty, and the beggars who had nowhere to go, were all sent to the Beijing camp.

Compared with registered beggars, Sun Tong trusted those unregistered beggars more. Most of these unregistered beggars were ordinary people who fled from Kyushu outside the mountains and entered the customs.

Sun Tong didn't immediately order soldiers at the school site, but took His Majesty's warrant first, went to Shijingshan and the general office of Shijing Factory for in-depth communication, and determined the specific places that needed to be rushed.

The general office of the Shijing factory is the general supervisory office, which is concurrently held by Kuai Xiang, the head of the Ministry of Industry and Repairs Department, and there are various ministries, co-organizers, and assistants.

Sponsored by various ministries, mainly by great craftsmen.

Xu Siqi, for example, is the office of the Iron and Steel Department, responsible for the construction and production of Jingtai Furnace;
For example, Chen Qingyi is the Office of the Superintendent of the Charcoal Division, responsible for the construction and production of charcoal;

For example, Huang Xuchi served as the office of the Coal Wells Division, specializing in organizing the reconstruction and production of Xishan Coal Kiln.

For example, Liu Yiyong was appointed as the office of the driving department, and was responsible for scheduling, communication, transportation and other matters.

Sun Tong needs to figure out how many people he needs to go to the Iron and Steel Department to install jingtai furnaces, how many people he needs to go to the Charcoal Department to build walls, how many people he needs to go to Xishan to open wells and draw water, and how many people he needs to go to the Driving Department to level roads and repair bridges paving.

After running all the way down, Sun Tong's forehead was covered with sweat, not because he was tired, but because the calculation was extremely troublesome, and he didn't understand some things.

He wrote this matter in the memorial, and sent someone to the lecture hall.

The Jingying is the backbone of His Majesty, and it is possible to send memorials directly to the Imperial Palace without going through Wenyuan Pavilion and Sili Supervisor.

Zhu Qiyu got Sun Tong's memorabilia, and it was already the time when the willows were on the top of the moon. With Queen Wang and Concubine Hangxian pregnant, Zhu Qiyu became free from get off work when he was off work.

He was just about to tell Xing'an to turn off the lights and return to Tai'an Palace, but he received a memorial from Sun Tong.

Sun Tong wrote his assignment in the memorandum, but Sun Tong mentioned arranging production, but it was a trouble that he couldn't understand.

Zhu Qiyu sat in front of the table, said with flickering eyes: "I remember, there are a group of eunuchs in the palace who are especially good at settling accounts, right?"

"Yes." Xing'an said without knowing why.

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