The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 981 Vulnerable

"Your Majesty, I have a few suggestions from you, please submit them to your Majesty."

Gu Chengyu knew that it was useless to count on these Beijing officials, he had to express his point of view to minimize the loss this time.

The emperor nodded immediately, "Quite!"

"Dare to ask Mr. Shen, does the Ministry of Households currently have a household registration in Changtian Mansion?"

Gu Chengyu turned to look at Shen Shikang, Minister of the Household Department, calmly amidst the different expressions of everyone.

Shen Shikang is quite optimistic about Gu Chengyu, so his attitude is quite gentle.

"Yes, but the household department only changes every three years. After all, there are many changes in the household registrations of the following state capitals every year, and it is impossible to deliver them in time, so the number may not be accurate."

Now the imperial court has changed the tax collection system and implemented the allocation of Ding Ding to Mu.Compared with the previous dynasty, the taxation of the people has indeed been reduced a lot.

If taxes are collected according to the number of acres, it is not difficult to understand that the Ministry of Households does not have a more comprehensive household registration.

In ancient times, carriages and horses were slow and the distance was long. It was impossible to report to the capital every time there was a change in the household registration.

So there can be a lot of fuss here, and it is easy for those officials to make a fortune from it.

If you meet the greedy one, you can also make a fortune, because there are many tax items in this way.

Gu Chengyu pondered for a moment, "I don't know if the Ministry of Industry or the Ministry of War has household registration?"

Every three to five years in the imperial court, the common people are obliged to perform corvee service.

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War must have household registration records, but it seems that it has been two years since the last time I served corvee, and I don’t know if the household registration has been changed.

Tong Shunmin and Dai Yuanji shook their heads. The household registration of the Ministry of Industry is changed according to the time of corvee service.

Change every three years, and you will need to serve corvee next year, so the household registration two years ago must be different from the current household registration.

And the Ministry of War is even more impossible to have, because two years ago, the army was recruited and the army was enriched.

Gu Chengyu frowned, it was really inconvenient in ancient times, but the number of household registrations should not be far from the present.

And the real and complete household registration should be in the state capital below, or there is also a secretary of government and envoy, after all, it is the superior of the state capital.

"Your Majesty! I think that the most urgent task is to send officials from the Ministry of Industry to inspect the river embankments of various prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River to see if the other prefectures are safe, and immediately organize the people to strengthen their defenses. Moreover, the disaster in Changtian Mansion is serious, and the Ministry of Household Affairs must be dispatched. According to the number of victims, the imperial court can allocate money for disaster relief. At the same time, the dams in Changtianfu should be expanded.”

Gu Chengyu walked to the side of the map and pointed to several places, "The embankment must be repaired urgently in these places, otherwise the river embankment will continue to collapse in a large area, and the consequences will be disastrous!"

The emperor nodded. These are the precautions after the disaster. Gu Chengyu has already described it in detail.

In fact, it is said that these are the points, but it is difficult to do it.

"If you don't have anything to add, then I will accept Gu Aiqing's opinion."

The emperor's complexion is not good, Gu Chengyu has already worked out a detailed plan.

But these ministers are still dumbfounded, without any useful suggestions, this is the gap.

It seems that the imperial court held the examination three years after the provincial examination, which is still too long, and the imperial court has lost a lot of good talents.

These old ministers have become veterans in the officialdom. They are just dawdling, their brains have been turned into mud after too long.

"Your Majesty! Is Gu Xueshi's map accurate? This is only drawn by the steward of his mansion, and the steward is not an official of the Ministry of Industry, so I don't know if there is any deviation?"

Xia Qing questioned, Gu Chengyu talked eloquently just now, as if everything was under control.

But he thought that Gu Chengyu had never been to Changtian Mansion, so how could he know the terrain of Changtian Mansion so well?
Just relying on the steward of the Gu family?What nonsense.

Can a steward who is only proficient in accounting draw such a detailed map?This is the housekeeping skill of those officials from the Ministry of Industry.

"Regardless of whether this map is accurate or not, I must now send officials to Changtian Mansion to preside over the overall situation!"

The emperor glanced at Xia Qing. In recent years, he has become more and more dissatisfied with Xia Qing.

Because of that disciple, Xia Qing was always eager for quick success and wanted to make plans for his disciple.

It seems that Xia Qing is getting old too!

"Your Majesty, the embankment of the Tianya River has just been repaired and strengthened this year, why is it so vulnerable?"

Dai Yuanji, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, raised a question. The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households were responsible for this matter.

The corners of Gu Chengyu's lips curled up slightly, some things cannot be brought up by him, someone has to do it for him.Otherwise, the guns will be aimed at him.

As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly fell silent.The emperor's eyes widened, he was only concerned about disaster relief, and almost forgot about it.

"What does Master Dai mean by this? Just now, Xueshi Gu also talked about the terrain of the Tianya River. The terrain is so special, the river is surging, and the strength of the river is so strong. Doesn't Master Dai not know? It is normal for the dam to be washed away! "

This matter concerns the Ministry of Industry, Tong Shunmin naturally cannot let Dai Yuanji pour dirty water on their Ministry of Industry.

If it is found out that the Ministry of Industry did not do its job effectively and made a mistake in repairing and strengthening the embankment, then he, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, will also be implicated.

"Hmph! This is obvious. I don't believe that the river embankment will be washed away so quickly. Didn't the officials of Changtian Mansion find anything unusual before that? If the river embankment was strong, it would be leaking at the beginning, before it collapsed. Everything must be traceable.”

What Dai Yuanji said was actually well-founded, and the collapse was so fast, the quality of the embankment was really worrying!

"My lord, don't talk nonsense. The imperial court has not yet sent officials to investigate this matter. How do you know that this river embankment is vulnerable? Everything must be based on evidence. As a second-rank official in the dynasty, Dai's words are so casual. It's really shocking." This officer is an eye-opener!"

Shen Shikang, Minister of the Household Department, was not to be outdone, but Dai Yuanji questioned their Household Department as well.

"The truth of the matter, the two adults know well..."

Gu Chengyu looked at the three of them, talking to each other, spit flying all over the place.

The most important thing at this moment is disaster relief, because they were afraid of taking the blame, these people actually quarreled.

"This official also thinks that it is extremely inappropriate for Mr. Dai to slander casually without evidence."

Xia Qing also joined the verbal dispute among several people, and the hall quickly became noisy, and several officials became even more excited.

A muffled sound came suddenly, and Gu Chengyu immediately looked towards the place where the sound came from.

I saw an incense burner rolled down on the blanket, and the incense ash inside was scattered everywhere.

"Shut up!" The emperor was furious. This group of people only know how to blame each other and don't care about the suffering of the common people.

Several people immediately silenced, not daring to say more!

"Kuang Zhaoying, take some people to look through the files and see who were the officials who were involved in repairing and strengthening the embankment at that time? Capture these officials overnight and take them to Dali Temple first, and then make a decision later."

The emperor didn't want to listen to their nonsense anymore, so he arrested them first, and then sent people to several state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River to inspect the river embankment.

As long as there is something wrong, none of these people can escape.

Kuang Zhaoying's heart tightened, "I obey the order!"

(End of this chapter)