Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 211 Chongzhen is also a local tyrant

When I came out of the Qianqing Palace, the sky was already dark, and the last rays of the setting sun fell on the palaces and royal roads of the Forbidden City, dragging people's figures to length.

A few old ravens croaked on the top of the hall, adding a bit of desolation to this lonely evening.

Liu Hongjian walked on the royal road, feeling a little melancholy.

To be honest, he himself felt that his state of mind had changed very quickly in the past year. From the previous things that had nothing to do with him, he was now carrying so many errands on his body.

I have to say that he is still a little proud in his heart, but when he is proud, he suddenly thinks how dangerous what he has done!

It is necessary to rectify the military household system, to levy commercial taxes, and to re-measure land.

Only these three barriers!It was enough to set off a bloodbath.

Make enemies of nobles, profiteers, and nobles!
It seems that everyone is an enemy except the poor and have-nothing common people.

If the emperor can stand firmly with him, that's fine.

If all these forces put pressure on the emperor, and the emperor can't support his defection, wouldn't he be a human being inside and out?

You have to face the anger of everyone, and even those ignorant people will be misled by those with intentions, and in the end you will become a public enemy?
Why am I doing this?Where is my backer?Who is my real arm?

Liu Hongjian frowned and thought about many problems, then came to Qianqing Palace in a daze.

It's already dinner time, but there are still faint voices coming from Dongnuange, presumably they are still discussing matters.

After receiving the notification, Liu Hongjian approached the Nuan Pavilion. In the spacious Nuan Pavilion, all the cabinet leaders were sitting in turn. Naturally, the cabinet elders didn't know why An Guohou came to the Nuan Pavilion at this time.

Unless it's an urgent matter, or he's here for dinner, this is the impression An Guohou has in the minds of all the elders.

"Zhuzi, I heard that you smashed Jiadingbo's shop?" As long as Chongzhen thought about the affairs of the palace, he couldn't hide it from him.

"That's right, Your Majesty, it was just Uncle Jiading who smashed our shop first, you know our armory, right?

It is the Daming Royal Ordnance Institute, and you own the shares! "Liu Hongjian didn't care whether Chongzhen could understand or not, he just finished the whole story with one brain.

Finally, I did not forget to emphasize that Chongzhen is a shareholder of the Ordnance Institute, and Jiading Bo smashed the shop of the Ordnance Institute, which is equivalent to smashing the emperor's shop.

"Okay, tell me what's your business here, I'm still busy here!" Chongzhen glared at Liu Hongjian with some impatience.

This shit is a family matter, and the family ugliness should not be publicized, you know, because of this crap, it is really harmonious and decent in the cabinet, completely forgetting that the topic was brought up by myself.

"Your Majesty, today I was questioned by the Empress about the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes in Huangzhuang, Shanxi, and Shanxi. The Empress is worried that the north will still suffer from severe drought like last year.

Thinking about it, I also feel that this is a big problem. People who have no long-term considerations must have near-term worries, so I want to discuss with my colleagues how to deal with the possible continuous drought! "

It seemed that the emperor didn't take the father-in-law too seriously, Liu Hongjian finally felt a little balanced.

In the past 300 years of the Ming Dynasty, most of the empresses were civilians, or from a poor family of scholars, and were born as grassroots officials. This can be regarded as the ancestral system left by Zhu Chongba.

All the princes, concubines, empresses, and son-in-laws are listed here. The royal family does not marry the noble family, probably to prevent foreign relatives like the Tang Dynasty from interfering in politics.

But if you look for it from civilians, the quality will inevitably be somewhat uneven.

Take Empress Zhou as an example. Of course, Empress Zhou's virtue is definitely not worth mentioning, but her father and younger brother are worthy of discussion.

Thinking about it, Chongzhen was often troubled by these two, so he showed such an expression.

"Well, this is also something I've been thinking about recently, all the elders, let's talk about it!" Chongzhen didn't know if he had really thought about it, and said with a blank expression.

The old men are doing their own thing. The general idea is to either prepare more money for disaster relief, or buy more grain from Zheng Zhilong, and water transportation in the south of the Yangtze River.

They chatted on and on for a quarter of an hour. Seeing that it was getting dark outside, and it was useless to discuss like this, Liu Hongjian was extremely irritable.

Now the imperial court has money, right?The flowers are starting to be extravagant, right?Give all the money to Zheng Zhilong and the southern gentry, and then ask them for alms?

The silver in Taicang did not fall from the sky, it was dug out piece by piece from the cellar of corrupt officials!

It was all given to Zheng Zhilong, and to the gentry in the south. If the little ice river never passes and the north is always dry, how much money will there be enough to toss?

Treat the symptoms but not the root cause!
"Please! Your majesty, I think that the opinions of all the elders are very good, and it will definitely have a good effect in the short term!

But if you want to have long-term peace and stability, you still need to build water conservancy and open canals~! "Liu Hongjian expressed his thoughts.

"Master Hou, the investment in water conservancy construction is too high, and Daming can't afford such a toss now!" said Ni Yuanlu, a scholar of the Jianji Temple, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

They have helped Chongzhen handle government affairs for decades, so they don't know the root of the problem, but building water conservancy is easy to say.

At that time, there was no mechanized equipment such as excavators. To dig a canal that could pass through the ship, it often required millions of people to dig it for several years. The cost was astronomical.

One of the reasons for the rapid demise of the former Sui Dynasty was the digging of canals, which can be seen in this way.

"The construction of water conservancy does not necessarily require digging canals. Canals are not easy to dig, so we can dig more canals for irrigation!" Liu Hongjian said.

"Master Hou, even these canals are not so easy. If they are shallow, they will easily silt up, and if they are deep, the project will require a lot of work. And if there is a leak, it will easily cause flooding!"

This time it was Fan Jingwen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. Although these old ministers acted a little timidly in Liu Hongjian's eyes, they had no vigor.

But I have to say that in terms of thinking about things, they are more thoughtful.

"Solve the problem if you have a problem! You can't always avoid the problem! Do you think so?" Liu Hongjian suddenly remembered the words of a great grandfather in later generations.

His meaning is very clear. If we want to keep the basic grain production in the north, we must build water conservancy.

"Your Majesty, that minister will take his leave!" All that needed to be said had been said, and Liu Hongjian didn't intend to pester him anymore, because he was worried that if he went around, the job would fall on him again.

He doesn't want to take on new errands, even if they are lucrative errands in the eyes of outsiders!

"Ai Qing, don't panic, I also agree with your opinion on this matter.

Let the Ministry of Industry draw up a plan. From the Wei River in Shaanxi, the Fen River in Shanxi, and the Yellow River, all the people will be recruited to reclaim water canals, so that water can be diverted to every piece of dry land. For this, there is no need to be stingy with money! "

What he said was domineering, food might take some work, but there was plenty of money in Taicang, Chongzhen was a little proud after saying that, and gave Liu Hongjian a satisfied look.

"You can talk about this matter tomorrow, and I will announce something next!" Chongzhen suddenly became serious.

PS: Today’s third shift is over, and I’m still not used to coding without smoking. To be precise, it’s uncomfortable. It feels like your hungry stomach is growling, and there are skewers next to you. You want to continue coding, but you can’t Eating kebabs is as uncomfortable, but this time the determination is very firm, for the sake of my body, I must quit!

(End of this chapter)