Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

Chapter 199;

The three days passed quickly, and the movements of the guards in Tianjing City were getting bigger and bigger these days.

All parties are paying close attention to this matter, and they are also very curious as to who is so bold and dares to provoke the Duke of Zhen.

Of course, there are those who are curious, and there are also those who are dissatisfied.

Two, these days of tossing, the domineering behavior of the Zhen Guo government, turned many people from original curiosity to dissatisfaction.

In the capital city, at the foot of the emperor, nobles and nobles abound, and the relationship between each family is intricate.

The people in Zhen Guogong's mansion have not investigated the news, they can only arrest those who were with the prince that day.

You must know that Wang Yu, the son of the prince, went to Huafang that day, which is a place where many nobles often go.

People from Zhen Guogong's mansion were arrested, but many nobles were implicated.

It was originally said to be released after asking about the situation, but it has been eight or nine days, and there has been no movement at all. Many nobles contacted their contacts and began to impeach the Duke of Zhenguo in the court.

Emperor Hongwen was also somewhat dissatisfied with this.

Such a commotion in a lifetime.

Those who didn't know thought that something happened to the prince.

Now that so many people are impeaching, Emperor Hongwen still has to express his position. In the court, he directly warned Duke Zhen that enough is enough.

Moreover, taking advantage of this opportunity, he also raised the issue of the successor to the post of Commander of the Left Forbidden Army.

The imperial army in Dongzhou is divided into left and right imperial army, each with [-] soldiers.

The commander of the right imperial army is Emperor Hongwen's man. After all, this position is very important, and it is impossible for Emperor Hongwen not to control it at all.

However, the government of Zhen Guo is powerful, and the prestige and ability in the army are not low, so the position of the commander of the left imperial army is held by Wang Yu.

Now that Wang Yu's right leg has been disabled, he must not be able to hold this position any longer.

And the few remaining sons of Lord Zhen Guo are either too young or not capable enough.

There is a bastard who is quite capable, but this son, his status is not enough for him.

At this time, Emperor Hongwen proposed that everyone knew what it meant. This meant that he wanted to completely control the left and right imperial guards.

Mr. Zhen Guo, who was reprimanded, was upset at first, but now that he heard the news, he immediately stood up and recommended his own people to go up.

Emperor Hongwen didn't say anything, but many ministers below expressed their opposition. This seat is not low, and now it has finally been vacated.

Forget it in the past, the government of Zhen Guo is very powerful, and Wang Yu is the wife and nephew of Emperor Hongwen, so no one dares to object to him taking this position.

But now it is obvious that the Zhen Guo Gongfu has no children who can stand up to him. His Majesty raised it at this time, and many ministers know that this is a signal that His Majesty will start to weaken the power of the Zhen Guo Gongfu.

Although standing up at this time would cause dissatisfaction with the Zhen Guo government, but it has already been impeached, and it is not too bad.

If this allows one of his own people to sit in this position, it will undoubtedly be a kind of promotion for the family.

At the moment, many ministers stood up to oppose and began to recommend their own people.

In the neutral camp, people from the Zuoxiang gentry faction all left. Even Gao Yanming recommended his eldest son Gao Chenggong for this position.

Only the right faction did not react at all.

As members of His Majesty's faction, they had already heard the news that Emperor Hongwen already had a candidate for the seat.

At this time, it was a waste of effort for these people to recommend so much, especially Gao Yanming.

Now who doesn't know that His Majesty is dissatisfied with the Gao family and the gentry faction, how could such an important seat fall to their faction.

As for those neutral people, let alone those who are afraid of factions, they dare not even attach themselves to His Majesty Emperor Hongwen, so how can Emperor Hongwen use such people?

"Okay, we'll discuss this matter later."

"The top priority is still the drought. After such a long time, although it has started to rain in some places, this drought is very serious."

"Do you have any ideas for resettling the victims?"

Regarding the recommendation of these people, Emperor Hongwen didn't take it seriously at all.

"His Majesty."

Right Chancellor Wen Songtao walked out of the queue.

"I went outside the city two days ago and saw the situation on the main farm in Wanfu County. I have an idea."

"Oh? Tell me about Wenqing's family."

Emperor Hongwen's biggest headache now is the disaster victims.

"Relief with work."

In fact, Wen Songtao did not come up with this idea, but learned from Lu Yaoyao when he went to talk to Lu Yaoyao outside the city about sweet potatoes.

"What is work-for-relief?"

"Just like what the Lord Wanfu did, the imperial court distributed the money and food used for disaster relief to the victims in another way."

Emperor Hongwen on the dragon seat, his eyes lit up slightly when he heard this, but he still didn't quite understand how to be like the Lord Wanfu.

"I think this is inappropriate."

Gao Yanming also stood up.

Seeing him, Emperor Hongwen was very upset, he was very annoyed to see Gao Yanming now.

But there is no way that he is the prime minister on the left and an important minister of the court.

"The drought this year is very serious and lasted for a long time. Those victims are already pitiful enough. How can the imperial court enslave them?"

"According to Chen, it is still in accordance with the usual practice to distribute money and food and sneak back to the place of origin."

There have been various natural disasters in Dongzhou in the past, and the victims would flock to the capital.

The imperial court will provide disaster relief, and after the famine, some money and food will be distributed, and then the victims will be sneaked back to their original places.

To put it bluntly, it is to give some money and food to drive these victims away.

As for what they want to do in the future, there are basically not many follow-up actions on Chaotang's side.

"Gao Xiang, you also said just now that the drought is extremely severe and the fields have lost all crops."

"If they are resettled according to the usual practice, with that little money and food, how will those victims live in the next few months?"

"There are millions of disaster victims this time. If you do this, do you know how many people will die?"

Wen Songtao questioned sonorously.

"What Wenxiang said is very true. The drought at this time is different from the past. Normally, there are only tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of victims, and the famine is not serious. The court can mobilize food and grass from all over the place."

"This time, too many places were affected by the disaster, and more than one million people were affected. If we follow the usual practice, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of victims will lose their lives."

Another official stood up and clapped his hands.

"Gao Xiang, the situation at this time is different from the past. Don't follow the usual practice. Let's listen to Wenqing's family's method."

Listen, call him Gao Xiang, call Wen Songtao the Qing family.

This clearly shows that he is very dissatisfied with the method Gao Yanming just said.

Gao Yanming's face was a bit unsightly, and he didn't dare to say any more, and retreated to the queue again.

"Wenqing's family, please explain in detail how to use work as relief."

Wen Songtao clasped his hands, and said the method he heard from Lu Yaoyao in one go.

For example, now that there are so many disaster victims, the court can let those victims return to their original places, and then arrange officials to go there to take the victims to dig a reservoir.

In this way, they work, and the court distributes money and food, which can not only provide disaster relief but also do something for the court.

(End of this chapter)