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Chapter 209 Jin Yiwei is also dead! 【order】
Chapter 209 Jin Yiwei is also dead! 【order】
Qianqing Palace
Li Huan is now telling the emperor about his trip to Yuyao, Zhejiang.
Although he had already learned about Li Huan's experience in Yuyao County through Jin Yiwei's channels, reading those news was obviously two different feelings than hearing Li Huan's narration in person.
Zhu Houzhao's expression fluctuated, but it could be seen that Zhu Houzhao's eyes were filled with anger.
Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but angrily said: "You should be killed. These local gentry are really lawless. They even dare to create civil disorder. Li Qing slaughtered them. They deserve to die."
Li Huan looked at the angry Zhu Houzhao and coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, the local tyrants don't have any country and no loyalty in their eyes. Even if the world's tyrants slaughter seven or eight out of ten, they will never be wronged."
Qiu Ju and Gao Feng at the side couldn't help trembling when they heard the words. If it was said by other people, they would definitely sneer.
Although it is said that the local tyrants are several orders of magnitude worse than the old aristocratic families, they are still like local toubobs.
It can be said that the rule of Ming Dynasty relied mostly on the gentry and powerful men in these places.
Ordinary people would never dare to stab such a hornet's nest, but Li Huan dared.
Just looking at Li Huan's direct destruction of several local powerful families in Yuyao, one knows that Li Huan will definitely be able to kill the powerful.
There was a strange look in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, but he quickly looked at Li Huan and shook his head slightly and said, "That being said, it's nothing if you grab the handle like Li Qing and directly wipe out the powerful. But if you want to target all the tyrants, I'm afraid..."
Li Huan couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Majesty, what's going on? I'm not arrogant enough to fight against the world's powerful. I just said that half of the world's powerful should be killed, but I didn't really want to kill them."
Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile on his face, "I'm really afraid that Li Qing will keep staring at Hao Qiang."
But as soon as the voice changed, a stern look flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes and said: "However, if some powerful people forget that there is an imperial court and king's law in this world, then they will be destroyed."
A smile appeared on the corner of Li Huan's mouth, and he suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I'm back this time, and I'm ready to reorganize the Beijing camp."
Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, he looked at Li Huan, and said excitedly, "Okay, what Li Qing needs, I will fully support Li Qing."
The Beijing camp was rotten, and the martial arts were too poor to be reused, so that the balance between civil and military was out of balance, and even the power of soldiers and horses fell into the hands of the Ministry of War.
Zhu Houzhao originally planned to take advantage of this opportunity to reorganize the Beijing camp to hold the power of soldiers and horses in his hands, not to mention the locality, and the length of the whip is not enough, but if the soldiers and horses in this important place in the capital and the heart of a country can't If it is in his hands, how can he feel at ease this day.
More importantly, if it was the past, if he, the emperor, wanted to go to the Beijing camp, he would definitely be boycotted or even opposed by the civil official group.
All the officials will definitely persuade him to govern the world with benevolence, follow the example of the previous emperor, and don't be a militaristic emperor. A series of memorials will definitely drown him, the emperor.
However, the previous assassination of him, the emperor, especially the act of Feng Hai leading the Jingying Xiaoyongying soldiers Ma Wuzhao into the rebellion in the capital, on the one hand made the emperor clearly feel the terrible consequences of losing control of the Beijing soldiers and horses, on the other hand It also created an unprecedented opportunity for Zhu Houzhao to control the Beijing camp.
It was because the emperor was assassinated and the Xiaoyong camp rebelled. Zhu Houzhao chose to seize the power of the Beijing camp at this time, and no civil official could object.
However, he is not a person without a strong head, just like when Zhu Houzhao appointed Li Huan to supervise the Beijing camp, the intention of trying to get Li Huan to reorganize the Beijing camp was understood by all the officials.
In that case, even if there was a big case of treason, there were still civil servants who jumped out without hesitation to impeach Li Huan and opposed the emperor's rectification of the Beijing camp.
These people did not participate in the big case of treason. The reason why they jumped out was because they were civil servants, and they absolutely did not want to see the rise of military generals, and they did not want to see the emperor's military power being taken away.
Li Huan directly charged these people with treason and sent them to prison one by one.
Although he is not an anti-thief, his heart is no different from that of an anti-thief.
Fortunately, Li Huan directly carried the banner of treason to suppress it, otherwise, Li Huan, the governor of the Chinese army and the governor of the capital, would not have been able to pass the errand of the admiral of the Beijing camp so smoothly.
It can be said that now is definitely the best time for the emperor to take control of the Beijing camp. Once the treasonous case is completely over, Li Huan dares to say that a large number of officials will definitely come forward to oppose the reorganization of the Beijing camp for various reasons and prevent the emperor from taking control of the capital. Battalion soldiers and horses.
Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan with firmness in his eyes.
Li Huan took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the confiscated gold and silver from Fujian will arrive at the capital in a few days. By then, there will be nearly ten million taels of silver in your majesty's internal treasury, which will be used to reorganize the capital. But it is enough."
In the final analysis, the reason why the reorganization of the Beijing camp is a major problem, which has stumped several emperors, is nothing more than two points of money and network.
Weeding out the old and the weak, and rebuilding the Beijing Camp requires more than a million dollars. Xungui's network of relationships in the Beijing Camp is intricate.
But now that the money is ready, and Li Huan is married to the core of Xungui, the British government and the Chengguo government, the Xungui group almost regards Li Huan as one of their own.
In this case, it can only be said that everything is ready, and it is only waiting for Li Huan to make a drastic move.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes were full of longing, and he walked back and forth in the Qianqing Palace with his hands behind his back, saying: "As long as there is an elite army in hand, I can continue to support Liu Jin in implementing the New Deal and truly implement the New Deal, not like the current situation." Bantu has the name of the New Deal, but when it arrives in the local area, the decree is incomprehensible and it is difficult to implement it.”
With the two major intelligence agencies of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Zhu Houzhao is naturally able to grasp the implementation of the New Deal in all parts of the world.
If it weren't for Zhu Houzhao's mental preparation, he, the emperor, would have been pissed off.
The New Deal is obviously a good and benevolent government, but when it comes to the localities, the facts are distorted by those local officials or local tyrants, and turned into a tool in their hands for personal gain, which has caused local people's resentment to boil.
Sometimes Zhu Houzhao really wanted to behead all those local officials in one go, but to be honest, Zhu Houzhao had the heart, but he didn't have the confidence.
Zhu Houzhao knew very well in his heart based on the imperial education he had received, that if he really wanted to do that, the country would really be in turmoil and change hands.
There are some things that Liu Jin can do, and Li Huan can do, but he, the emperor, cannot do them.
But now, the reorganization of the Beijing camp was his first step as the emperor. Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked at Li Huan incomparably and said, "Li Qing, thank you for your hard work."
These words are sincere and definitely come from the heart.
Li Huan got up quickly and said: "Your Majesty has defeated the minister, this is just the duty of the minister, why bother."
Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan, and sighed softly: "It has always been Li Qing who rushed to the front and carried all this for me, and Liu Jin also did the same, carrying the infamy of the New Deal for me, and Li Qing, you It is also notorious for targeting hundreds of officials..."
Before Li Huan could say anything, Zhu Houzhao said with a smile on his face, "I just want to tell Li Qing that I will remember what you have done, Li Qing."
Li Huan bowed to Zhu Houzhao with a moved face and said, "I am willing to do my best for His Majesty, and I will die."
Shaanxi, Xi'an Prefecture, Huayin County
This year, Xi'an Prefecture in Shaanxi Province is not only suffering from a severe drought, but also suffered from locust plagues that have not been seen in decades. As a result, almost no food is harvested, and the people are poor, and they sell their children and daughters to survive.
As the most severe locust plague in Xi'an Prefecture, Huayin County has almost no food harvest. Most of the food in the homes of many people has already been exhausted, and many people can only survive by digging some wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger.
But even so, with the autumn wind getting colder, even the wild vegetables in the wild have been dug up, and many people have already been unable to eat wild vegetables and bark.
After all, Huayin County is a county, and there are many powerful gentry in Huayin County living in the county. These people have enough food and clothing, but in the city, there are many common people who sell their sons and daughters.
The magistrate of Huayin County, Wang Zhi, was frowning and looking at the director at this time, and said, "Master Tang, is there no news from Xi'an Prefecture? There are more and more disaster victims in the county. There is no money and food needed for relief, if this continues, I am afraid that some people will starve to death."
Master Tang's name is Tang Zhen, and he was born in a well-known gentry family in Huayin County. The Tang family is the largest landlord in Huayin County. After Tang Yu, the head of the family, stepped down as the head book of Huayin County, Tang Zhenleng, a Juren, succeeded the head book of Huayin County, and he was still the one and only family in Huayin County.
After listening to Wang Zhi's words, Tang Zhen stroked his beard and said with a smile: "My lord, we sent the news to Xi'an Mansion as early as a month ago, but you also know, my lord, that the whole of Shaanxi has been hit by big attacks this year." Disasters, not only in our Huayin County where there is almost no grain harvest, but also in other places, even if the adults in Xi'an Prefecture want to provide relief, they also need the imperial court to allocate money and food."
Wang Zhi's face was full of worry and said: "However, if this goes on, I'm afraid Huayin County will have to change sons and eat without waiting for the relief from the court."
Tang Zhen shook his head and said, "That's nothing to do. The imperial court's relief will not come within a day, so I can only wait and watch."
Wang Zhi cast his eyes on Cui Ji, the inspector, and Ding Chaozhong, the pawn, who noticed Wang Zhi's gaze, and shook their heads at Wang Zhi with expressions of helplessness on their faces.
Wang Zhi took a deep breath, and suddenly said: "If I remember correctly, there are still thousands of shi of grain in the granary in the county, which can be taken out temporarily to make porridge to help the victims. No matter what, we must persist until the relief from the court comes. Otherwise, the people of Huayin County, I don’t know how many people will die in this catastrophe..."
Just looking at this point, Wang Zhi is obviously a good official with a heart for the people. It can be said that there are no officials like Wang Zhi in the Ming Dynasty, but they are definitely very rare.
It is a kind of luck for Huayin County to meet such a county magistrate.
Wang Zhi said with emotion: "Those grains were stored last year to prevent natural and man-made disasters and save life-saving grains."
Wang Zhi looked at the county magistrate Jinping, as the county's second in command, although the county magistrate, the inspector, the pawn, and the master book were all subordinate assistants of Wang Zhi, the seventh-rank county magistrate, but However, Wang Zhi knew very well that in Huayin County, he was indeed the county magistrate, but those present were the ones who could really make the decisions.
These few people are all powerful families in Huayin County, and the families behind each of them are powerful families in Huayin County. Without the help of these people, it would be difficult for him, the county magistrate, to come up with this county government.
Therefore, if Wang Zhi wanted to help the victims, he had to discuss with these people.
All of a sudden, Tang Zhen, Cui Ji, and Ding Chaozhong all looked at Jinping.
Jinping is about forty, with a ruddy complexion, a rich face, and a very kind face. It can be seen that he is a kind-faced person.
Only Jin Ping shook his head at Wang Zhi and said, "My lord, please!"
Wang Zhi couldn't help being taken aback, obviously he didn't expect that Jinping would object. You must know that it is a matter of course that he planned to store food in the dark to help the victims. Not only will the victims of the disaster starve to death, but there may also be civil uprisings caused by the victims of the disaster.
After listening to Jinping's words, Tang Zhen, Cui Ji, and Ding Chaozhong all showed relaxed expressions on their slightly nervous faces.
Wang Zhi stared at Jinping and said anxiously: "Why not, you must know that human life is at stake, and if you help the people as soon as possible, you can prevent them from starving to death."
Jinping sighed: "My lord, you know that compared to the 10,000+ people affected by the disaster in Huayin County, the few thousand shi of grain is just a drop in the bucket, and it won't save a few people."
Hearing this, Wang Zhi took a deep breath and said, "I only know that one person is a person who can save one person, and one day is a day that can last a day."
As he said that, Wang Zhi cupped his hands in the direction of the capital and said with a straight face: "I have received the favor of the emperor and governed the people on behalf of His Majesty. As a parent and official, how can I sit back and watch the people starve to death."
Immediately, Wang Zhi didn't care about the reactions of Jinping and Cui Ji, he got up and ordered: "I have made a decision. Tomorrow morning, I will set up a pot outside the city gate to cook porridge to help the victims."
Ding Chaozhong and the others couldn't help but look anxious and said: "My lord..."
Wang Zhi flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "That's enough, don't think that I don't know what you think in your heart, don't you just want to take the opportunity to annex land and buy and sell people? In the past, I could turn a blind eye and close one eye. But now the disaster-stricken people are in dire straits, and this official will never allow you to take advantage of the catastrophe to do harm to the country and the people."
After saying this, Wang Zhi turned his head and left.
Looking at Wang Zhi's angry face, when Wang Zhi left, the kind-hearted Jinping suddenly showed anger, and slammed the teacup in his hand on the ground and said angrily in a low voice: "Okay!" Wang Zhi, I really didn't expect you to have such a stupid side."
Tang Zhen sat there with a gloomy expression, the teacup in his hand was shaking slightly, his eyes narrowed slightly and he sneered, "Our Lord Wang is really a good official like no other in a hundred miles."
That's what he said, but the irony in Tang Zhen's words couldn't be more obvious.
Cui Ji smiled slightly and said: "I heard that this lord has some connections with the new Jin Pavilion elder Wang Yangming."
Jinping sneered, and said with a bit of disdain: "The origin of the fart is nothing more than a clan member out of the fifth server. That Wangge elder probably didn't even know that such a clan existed, otherwise, he wouldn't be here It’s been a few years.”
Coughing lightly, Ding Chaozhong said: "Several, our county magistrate is going to use that batch of food to help the victims. Let's talk about how we should deal with it?"
Several people looked at each other. Others didn't know, but they couldn't be more clear. Last year, the county grain depot did store thousands of shi of grain, but that was last year. One year passed, and those grains had already been taken away by them He got it out with his hands up and down, and the grain depot was already empty.
Tang Zhen stroked his beard and said, "That's right, if our Lord Wang goes to the grain depot tomorrow and doesn't see any grain, then..."
They dumped the grain from the grain storehouse. Many people in the county government knew about it, but Wang Zhi, the county magistrate, did not know about it.
Jin Ping said slowly: "Don't worry, the county magistrate will definitely give up tomorrow."
After hearing Jinping's words, Cui Ji, Ding Chaozhong, and Tang Zhen were taken aback for a moment, and a little smile appeared on the faces of their successors.
At this moment, Tang Zhen said: "Which one of our families took advantage of the disaster to collect the land in the hands of the victims, and traded the young and strong among the victims to serve as servants. There has never been a catastrophe. , why our family has prospered so far. He, Wang Zhi, wants to help the victims, and also wants to prevent us from annexing the land. Is he stupid in studying?"
Hearing what Tang Zhen said, several people couldn't help laughing.
Jin Ping chuckled and said: "Brother Tang said it is true, the old man has long been eyeing the thousand acres of fertile land in Qinglian Village. This time, my Tang family will definitely take it down. Don't you guys want to fight with my Tang family?" .”
Ding Chaozhong smiled and said, "My Ding family is going to take over a thousand acres of land from Shilipu."
You say a few words, I say a word, this family has thousands of acres, that family has thousands of acres, this year of catastrophe has become an opportunity for each of them to grow stronger.
Tang Zhen suddenly looked straight and said: "Everyone, as far as I know, the adults above are already preparing to ask for help from the imperial court. If there is no accident, the imperial court should respond soon, so the time left for us is not enough. too much."
Tang Zhen nodded slightly and said: "That's right, it's enough for a few adults to help the big guy for a couple of months, so in the next few days, the big guys will use their own means, and eat as much as they can. How many."
Speaking of which, Tang Zhen got up and said, "Everyone should leave, we have to deal with our naive county magistrate tomorrow."
In the middle of the night, in the back house of the county government, Wang Zhi, the county magistrate of Huayin County, was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
Mrs. Fan, who shared the bed with Wang Zhi, frowned, Wang Zhi, who couldn't sleep at night, couldn't help persuading: "Master, didn't you say that there is a way to relieve the victims?"
Hearing this, Wang Zhi sighed and looked at Fan and said, "Although my husband decided to take out the grain stored in the granary to help the victims, after all, the food is extremely limited. If the imperial court doesn't allocate money and food to help the victims as soon as possible, the food may not last for long. .”
Fan comforted: "Master has done his best, and the rest can only be looked at by the princes above the court and His Majesty."
Wang Zhi couldn't help but sighed: "But when I think of how many people's wives and children will be separated, and their families will be destroyed, I feel guilty for being a husband. I, Wang Zhi, read the books of saints and acted as a herdsman for the son of heaven. Watching the people under the rule suffer from this catastrophe..."
Seeing Wang Zhi's self-reproach, Fan said, "Master, natural disasters and man-made disasters have nothing to do with you. You are a clean and honest official, and you are already a blessing to the people. Compared with those officials who take advantage of natural disasters and man-made disasters to get rich , sir, you can have a clear conscience."
While talking, Fan looked at Wang Zhi's exhausted appearance and said: "Master, let's rest early, these few days your worries about the disaster victims have been relieved a lot."
Wang Zhi nodded slightly, looked at Fan and sighed: "I have wronged Madam all these years, and I have been with me all my life, but I have not been able to enjoy the glory and wealth."
At this moment, there was a hasty knock on the door, and at the same time, Wang Cheng, the book boy next to Wang Zhi in the past, and now the butler Wang Cheng said in a somewhat hurried voice: "My lord, my lord, something happened, something big happened."
Hearing Wang Cheng's words, Wang Zhi had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, got up suddenly, grabbed the official uniform and put it on, and ran outside.
Fan's voice came from behind: "Sir, shoes, your shoes!"
With a squeak, Wang Zhi opened the door, stared at Wang Cheng and said, "There must be something wrong with the granary."
Wang Cheng couldn't help being stunned for a moment, looked at Wang Zhi in surprise and said, "Master, how do you know that there is a fire in the granary!"
Wang Zhi's complexion changed drastically when he heard the words, his eyes showed horror and disbelief, his body couldn't help shaking, and he almost fell to the ground.
Wang Cheng was startled, and supported Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi stabilized his mind, his eyes were full of fury and roared: "How dare they, how dare they!"
How could Wang Zhi be a fool to be able to be a Jinshi in high school? He felt that there was something he hadn't considered before, so that he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep at night.
But when he heard Wang Cheng say that something happened in the granary, Wang Zhi felt like he was struck by lightning, and he guessed what it was.
Wang Cheng, as Wang Zhi's book boy, can be said to be Wang Zhi's confidant, seeing Wang Zhi's reaction, his face quickly revealed a look of surprise and astonishment.
He knows that his lord has been thinking about using the grain stockpile to relieve the victims for the past few days, but today he just informed the county magistrate, the inspector and others, but the granary caught fire at night, even he can guess This fire is strange.
It is almost self-evident who started the fire.
Wang Zhi's face was extremely ugly, he gritted his teeth and said: "They are so crazy, that's thousands of shi of grain, if it is used to relieve the victims, how many lives can be saved, they just burned it like that..."
Wang Cheng suddenly said: "Master, with those people's dispositions, how could they burn the grain, I'm afraid the grain in the granary is already empty, they set this fire on the one hand to cover up that the grain was sold out by them On the other hand, it is also a complete rejection of your plan to distribute food and disaster relief, my lord, to spoil their good deeds."
Wang Zhi's expression changed when he heard the words, and then a bitter smile appeared on his face, and he murmured: "I'm so stupid, I'm so stupid."
Seeing Wang Zhi's absent-minded appearance, as if he was in a demon, Fan, who had already got up and walked over, couldn't help but exclaimed: "Master, what's wrong with you."
Fan shook Wang Zhi's body with a worried face, and called out eagerly, finally bringing Wang Zhi back to his senses.
But at this moment, Wang Zhi looked extremely decadent, and his energy and energy were exhausted to the extreme. At first glance, he seemed to have received a great blow.
Seeing Wang Zhi like this, Fan couldn't help but said anxiously: "Master, what's wrong with you, don't scare this concubine."
Jingshi
Li Huan left the imperial city, returned to the mansion, ate with Feng Shi, and then, under the service of Lianqiao, bathed and changed clothes, washed off the dust all over his body, and fell into a deep sleep.
As the sky was bright, Li Huan got up early, put on a court uniform, and ran towards the imperial city in the dim night.
Although today is not a grand court meeting, but because Li Huan is going to propose a formal rectification of the Beijing camp today, the emperor has sent an order yesterday to the Chinese and military ministers of the court to be present this morning.
Therefore, in today's court meeting, except for some low-rank officials, officials above the third rank in the court will be present unless they have something to do.
Although the number of people is not as large as that of the Dachaohui, there will probably be no less than a hundred officials present at that time, so it can be regarded as a very formal court meeting.
In front of Qianqing Palace, when Li Huan arrived, there were already many officials waiting there.
One after another looked at Li Huan.
Many officials had already received the news of Li Huan's return to Beijing, so they didn't show any surprise when they saw Li Huan.
Even some officials looked at Li Huan with strange looks, which made people feel as if they wanted to see Li Huan's joke.
Li Huan's sensitivity was so keen that he was naturally aware of the eyes of the officials.
It's just that Li Huan just glanced at it lightly. He had already guessed that there must be something wrong with the officials, but there is a saying that soldiers come to cover up water and soil, and he wants to see what tricks these people can come up with.
Not long after, with the arrival of the emperor Luan, all the officials kowtowed to the emperor just before the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Houzhao sat upright on the throne, motioning for all the officials to flatten his body, a faint look of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he nodded solemnly to Qiu Ju who was beside him.
Qiu Ju took a step forward and said in a sharp voice: "Hundreds of officials play their part!"
As Qiu Ju's voice fell, the civil and military people seemed quite calm, and there was no rush to impeach Li Huan.
It seems that after suffering a few times, the civil and military officials have learned to be smart, and they no longer confront Li Huan directly.
Li Huan looked at these people in surprise, but then Li Huan also realized that these civil and military officials were not stupid, they knew that impeaching him was useless, so they didn't do such useless work.
Li Huan smiled, although impeachment is useless, but it is not a good thing to be impeached every day, isn't it?
Zhu Hou took care of the ministers who were silent below, coughed lightly and said, "Do you have anything to announce, gentlemen?"
The officials still didn't respond, but at this moment Li Huan stepped forward immediately, stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have something to announce."
Zhu Houzhao frowned, and immediately said, "What's the matter with Li Qing?"
When Li Huan stood up, the eyes of all the officials fell on Li Huan, and many people showed strange smiles, no matter how they looked, they seemed to have malicious intentions, depending on Li Huan's jokes.
Li Huan turned a blind eye to the gazes of these people, and just paid homage to Zhu Houzhao: "I will avoid you. I was ordered to supervise the Beijing camp. Today, it has been found that dozens of generals and schools in the Beijing camp are Feng Hai's accomplices. The Beijing camp is corrupt. The combat power is gone, and I implore His Majesty to allow ministers to weed out the old and weak in the Beijing camp and rebuild the three major camps."
After Li Huan finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao immediately looked at the crowd of civil and military personnel.
Many people among the hundred officials had serious expressions on their faces when they heard Li Huan's words, and some people's faces were full of surprise, but no one stood up.
Zhu Houzhao was condescending and saw the reactions of civil and military officials, especially when no one stood up to object, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help the joy in his heart, so that a little smile appeared on his face.
Taking a deep breath, just as Zhu Houzhao was about to speak, he suddenly heard a supervisor step forward and said: "Your Majesty, I have this report."
Zhu Houzhao frowned, glanced at the supervisory censor, and said slowly: "What's the matter with Aiqing?"
The supervisory censor said: "Your Majesty, there is a severe drought in Shaanxi and locust plagues, so that there is no harvest, and the people have no food to satisfy their hunger. The chief envoy of Shaanxi Province jointly wrote a letter requesting the imperial court to immediately allocate money and food to relieve the victims. There will be a risk of starvation to death. If it is used by someone with a heart, there may be a civil uprising."
As soon as the words of the supervisory censor fell, more than a dozen officials came out and bowed to Zhu Houzhao, saying: "The catastrophe in Shaanxi has caused the people to suffer. If the court does not immediately rescue the victims, it may lose the hearts of the people and damage your majesty's reputation." what."
"Your Majesty, please issue an order to allocate money and food to relieve the victims!"
"Your Majesty, please issue an order to allocate money and food to relieve the victims!"
Zhu Houzhao's complexion was quite ugly, he took a deep breath, his eyes fell on Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and the others, and said in a deep voice: "My dear friends, what is the disaster situation in Shaanxi? Didn't I say that the disaster situation is not too serious, it has already Have you ordered the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province to provide relief on his own?"
Wang Yangming's face was serious, and he stepped forward to Zhu Houzhao and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Shaanxi's chief envoy Chen Kang, inspector Yushi Cao Feng and other officials concealed the truth of the disaster and deceived the court, so that millions of disaster victims in Shaanxi Without timely relief and resettlement, many prefectures and counties with serious disasters have now seen the phenomenon of changing children and eating, and even, there are even faint signs of the disaster victims gathering to attack the government..."
"What? Is there such a thing?"
Zhu Houzhao got up suddenly, his face was full of anger.
Previously, the cabinet did say that there were locust plagues and droughts in Shaanxi, because the memorials submitted by the governor of Shaanxi, the inspector censor of Shaanxi, and Qianhu of Jinyiwei in Shaanxi at that time all showed that although there were disasters in Shaanxi, they were within the controllable range.
In the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, disasters of all sizes occurred in places every year. Disasters like this were very common, so at that time he had ordered tax relief in Shaanxi and ordered the localities to provide relief to the victims.
But now Wang Yangming actually told him that there were incidents in Shaanxi where children were changed to eat, and hungry people gathered to attack the government. How could this prevent Zhu Houzhao from being furious.
An angry Zhu Houzhao roared: "Chen Kang, the chief minister of Shaanxi, should be killed, Cao Feng, the inspector, should be killed, and Yuan Ming, a thousand households of Shanxi Jinyiwei, should be killed..."
Not to mention that Zhu Houzhao was furious, even Li Huan who was standing there became extremely dignified after hearing Wang Yangming's words, his eyes were full of anger and murderous intent.
"Yuan Ming, a thousand households of Shanxi Jinyiwei, I want you to be skinned and cramped, and your corpse will be shredded into tens of thousands of pieces!"
Li Huan silently recited the name of Jinyiwei Qianhu Yuan Ming, and his heart was full of murderous intent.
A thousand households of Jinyiwei, who are in charge of a province, are colluding with others to conceal the disaster situation in Shaanxi and deceive the imperial court. What a crime it is.
There is a problem with thousands of Jinyiwei households in a province, which is equivalent to a problem with the emperor's eyes and ears in Shaanxi province. Although Li Huan is the commander of Jinyiwei, Li Huan is only in charge of Jinyiwei for a few months, and Yuan Ming sits in charge. Shaanxi has been there for several years. If you really want to say that it is also the responsibility of the former commander Shi Wenyi, but this does not prevent Li Huan from being furious.
[I have something to do today, so I'm delayed, there are only so many, everyone forgive me]
(End of this chapter)
Qianqing Palace
Li Huan is now telling the emperor about his trip to Yuyao, Zhejiang.
Although he had already learned about Li Huan's experience in Yuyao County through Jin Yiwei's channels, reading those news was obviously two different feelings than hearing Li Huan's narration in person.
Zhu Houzhao's expression fluctuated, but it could be seen that Zhu Houzhao's eyes were filled with anger.
Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but angrily said: "You should be killed. These local gentry are really lawless. They even dare to create civil disorder. Li Qing slaughtered them. They deserve to die."
Li Huan looked at the angry Zhu Houzhao and coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, the local tyrants don't have any country and no loyalty in their eyes. Even if the world's tyrants slaughter seven or eight out of ten, they will never be wronged."
Qiu Ju and Gao Feng at the side couldn't help trembling when they heard the words. If it was said by other people, they would definitely sneer.
Although it is said that the local tyrants are several orders of magnitude worse than the old aristocratic families, they are still like local toubobs.
It can be said that the rule of Ming Dynasty relied mostly on the gentry and powerful men in these places.
Ordinary people would never dare to stab such a hornet's nest, but Li Huan dared.
Just looking at Li Huan's direct destruction of several local powerful families in Yuyao, one knows that Li Huan will definitely be able to kill the powerful.
There was a strange look in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, but he quickly looked at Li Huan and shook his head slightly and said, "That being said, it's nothing if you grab the handle like Li Qing and directly wipe out the powerful. But if you want to target all the tyrants, I'm afraid..."
Li Huan couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Majesty, what's going on? I'm not arrogant enough to fight against the world's powerful. I just said that half of the world's powerful should be killed, but I didn't really want to kill them."
Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile on his face, "I'm really afraid that Li Qing will keep staring at Hao Qiang."
But as soon as the voice changed, a stern look flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes and said: "However, if some powerful people forget that there is an imperial court and king's law in this world, then they will be destroyed."
A smile appeared on the corner of Li Huan's mouth, and he suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I'm back this time, and I'm ready to reorganize the Beijing camp."
Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, he looked at Li Huan, and said excitedly, "Okay, what Li Qing needs, I will fully support Li Qing."
The Beijing camp was rotten, and the martial arts were too poor to be reused, so that the balance between civil and military was out of balance, and even the power of soldiers and horses fell into the hands of the Ministry of War.
Zhu Houzhao originally planned to take advantage of this opportunity to reorganize the Beijing camp to hold the power of soldiers and horses in his hands, not to mention the locality, and the length of the whip is not enough, but if the soldiers and horses in this important place in the capital and the heart of a country can't If it is in his hands, how can he feel at ease this day.
More importantly, if it was the past, if he, the emperor, wanted to go to the Beijing camp, he would definitely be boycotted or even opposed by the civil official group.
All the officials will definitely persuade him to govern the world with benevolence, follow the example of the previous emperor, and don't be a militaristic emperor. A series of memorials will definitely drown him, the emperor.
However, the previous assassination of him, the emperor, especially the act of Feng Hai leading the Jingying Xiaoyongying soldiers Ma Wuzhao into the rebellion in the capital, on the one hand made the emperor clearly feel the terrible consequences of losing control of the Beijing soldiers and horses, on the other hand It also created an unprecedented opportunity for Zhu Houzhao to control the Beijing camp.
It was because the emperor was assassinated and the Xiaoyong camp rebelled. Zhu Houzhao chose to seize the power of the Beijing camp at this time, and no civil official could object.
However, he is not a person without a strong head, just like when Zhu Houzhao appointed Li Huan to supervise the Beijing camp, the intention of trying to get Li Huan to reorganize the Beijing camp was understood by all the officials.
In that case, even if there was a big case of treason, there were still civil servants who jumped out without hesitation to impeach Li Huan and opposed the emperor's rectification of the Beijing camp.
These people did not participate in the big case of treason. The reason why they jumped out was because they were civil servants, and they absolutely did not want to see the rise of military generals, and they did not want to see the emperor's military power being taken away.
Li Huan directly charged these people with treason and sent them to prison one by one.
Although he is not an anti-thief, his heart is no different from that of an anti-thief.
Fortunately, Li Huan directly carried the banner of treason to suppress it, otherwise, Li Huan, the governor of the Chinese army and the governor of the capital, would not have been able to pass the errand of the admiral of the Beijing camp so smoothly.
It can be said that now is definitely the best time for the emperor to take control of the Beijing camp. Once the treasonous case is completely over, Li Huan dares to say that a large number of officials will definitely come forward to oppose the reorganization of the Beijing camp for various reasons and prevent the emperor from taking control of the capital. Battalion soldiers and horses.
Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan with firmness in his eyes.
Li Huan took a deep breath and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the confiscated gold and silver from Fujian will arrive at the capital in a few days. By then, there will be nearly ten million taels of silver in your majesty's internal treasury, which will be used to reorganize the capital. But it is enough."
In the final analysis, the reason why the reorganization of the Beijing camp is a major problem, which has stumped several emperors, is nothing more than two points of money and network.
Weeding out the old and the weak, and rebuilding the Beijing Camp requires more than a million dollars. Xungui's network of relationships in the Beijing Camp is intricate.
But now that the money is ready, and Li Huan is married to the core of Xungui, the British government and the Chengguo government, the Xungui group almost regards Li Huan as one of their own.
In this case, it can only be said that everything is ready, and it is only waiting for Li Huan to make a drastic move.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes were full of longing, and he walked back and forth in the Qianqing Palace with his hands behind his back, saying: "As long as there is an elite army in hand, I can continue to support Liu Jin in implementing the New Deal and truly implement the New Deal, not like the current situation." Bantu has the name of the New Deal, but when it arrives in the local area, the decree is incomprehensible and it is difficult to implement it.”
With the two major intelligence agencies of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Zhu Houzhao is naturally able to grasp the implementation of the New Deal in all parts of the world.
If it weren't for Zhu Houzhao's mental preparation, he, the emperor, would have been pissed off.
The New Deal is obviously a good and benevolent government, but when it comes to the localities, the facts are distorted by those local officials or local tyrants, and turned into a tool in their hands for personal gain, which has caused local people's resentment to boil.
Sometimes Zhu Houzhao really wanted to behead all those local officials in one go, but to be honest, Zhu Houzhao had the heart, but he didn't have the confidence.
Zhu Houzhao knew very well in his heart based on the imperial education he had received, that if he really wanted to do that, the country would really be in turmoil and change hands.
There are some things that Liu Jin can do, and Li Huan can do, but he, the emperor, cannot do them.
But now, the reorganization of the Beijing camp was his first step as the emperor. Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked at Li Huan incomparably and said, "Li Qing, thank you for your hard work."
These words are sincere and definitely come from the heart.
Li Huan got up quickly and said: "Your Majesty has defeated the minister, this is just the duty of the minister, why bother."
Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan, and sighed softly: "It has always been Li Qing who rushed to the front and carried all this for me, and Liu Jin also did the same, carrying the infamy of the New Deal for me, and Li Qing, you It is also notorious for targeting hundreds of officials..."
Before Li Huan could say anything, Zhu Houzhao said with a smile on his face, "I just want to tell Li Qing that I will remember what you have done, Li Qing."
Li Huan bowed to Zhu Houzhao with a moved face and said, "I am willing to do my best for His Majesty, and I will die."
Shaanxi, Xi'an Prefecture, Huayin County
This year, Xi'an Prefecture in Shaanxi Province is not only suffering from a severe drought, but also suffered from locust plagues that have not been seen in decades. As a result, almost no food is harvested, and the people are poor, and they sell their children and daughters to survive.
As the most severe locust plague in Xi'an Prefecture, Huayin County has almost no food harvest. Most of the food in the homes of many people has already been exhausted, and many people can only survive by digging some wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger.
But even so, with the autumn wind getting colder, even the wild vegetables in the wild have been dug up, and many people have already been unable to eat wild vegetables and bark.
After all, Huayin County is a county, and there are many powerful gentry in Huayin County living in the county. These people have enough food and clothing, but in the city, there are many common people who sell their sons and daughters.
The magistrate of Huayin County, Wang Zhi, was frowning and looking at the director at this time, and said, "Master Tang, is there no news from Xi'an Prefecture? There are more and more disaster victims in the county. There is no money and food needed for relief, if this continues, I am afraid that some people will starve to death."
Master Tang's name is Tang Zhen, and he was born in a well-known gentry family in Huayin County. The Tang family is the largest landlord in Huayin County. After Tang Yu, the head of the family, stepped down as the head book of Huayin County, Tang Zhenleng, a Juren, succeeded the head book of Huayin County, and he was still the one and only family in Huayin County.
After listening to Wang Zhi's words, Tang Zhen stroked his beard and said with a smile: "My lord, we sent the news to Xi'an Mansion as early as a month ago, but you also know, my lord, that the whole of Shaanxi has been hit by big attacks this year." Disasters, not only in our Huayin County where there is almost no grain harvest, but also in other places, even if the adults in Xi'an Prefecture want to provide relief, they also need the imperial court to allocate money and food."
Wang Zhi's face was full of worry and said: "However, if this goes on, I'm afraid Huayin County will have to change sons and eat without waiting for the relief from the court."
Tang Zhen shook his head and said, "That's nothing to do. The imperial court's relief will not come within a day, so I can only wait and watch."
Wang Zhi cast his eyes on Cui Ji, the inspector, and Ding Chaozhong, the pawn, who noticed Wang Zhi's gaze, and shook their heads at Wang Zhi with expressions of helplessness on their faces.
Wang Zhi took a deep breath, and suddenly said: "If I remember correctly, there are still thousands of shi of grain in the granary in the county, which can be taken out temporarily to make porridge to help the victims. No matter what, we must persist until the relief from the court comes. Otherwise, the people of Huayin County, I don’t know how many people will die in this catastrophe..."
Just looking at this point, Wang Zhi is obviously a good official with a heart for the people. It can be said that there are no officials like Wang Zhi in the Ming Dynasty, but they are definitely very rare.
It is a kind of luck for Huayin County to meet such a county magistrate.
Wang Zhi said with emotion: "Those grains were stored last year to prevent natural and man-made disasters and save life-saving grains."
Wang Zhi looked at the county magistrate Jinping, as the county's second in command, although the county magistrate, the inspector, the pawn, and the master book were all subordinate assistants of Wang Zhi, the seventh-rank county magistrate, but However, Wang Zhi knew very well that in Huayin County, he was indeed the county magistrate, but those present were the ones who could really make the decisions.
These few people are all powerful families in Huayin County, and the families behind each of them are powerful families in Huayin County. Without the help of these people, it would be difficult for him, the county magistrate, to come up with this county government.
Therefore, if Wang Zhi wanted to help the victims, he had to discuss with these people.
All of a sudden, Tang Zhen, Cui Ji, and Ding Chaozhong all looked at Jinping.
Jinping is about forty, with a ruddy complexion, a rich face, and a very kind face. It can be seen that he is a kind-faced person.
Only Jin Ping shook his head at Wang Zhi and said, "My lord, please!"
Wang Zhi couldn't help being taken aback, obviously he didn't expect that Jinping would object. You must know that it is a matter of course that he planned to store food in the dark to help the victims. Not only will the victims of the disaster starve to death, but there may also be civil uprisings caused by the victims of the disaster.
After listening to Jinping's words, Tang Zhen, Cui Ji, and Ding Chaozhong all showed relaxed expressions on their slightly nervous faces.
Wang Zhi stared at Jinping and said anxiously: "Why not, you must know that human life is at stake, and if you help the people as soon as possible, you can prevent them from starving to death."
Jinping sighed: "My lord, you know that compared to the 10,000+ people affected by the disaster in Huayin County, the few thousand shi of grain is just a drop in the bucket, and it won't save a few people."
Hearing this, Wang Zhi took a deep breath and said, "I only know that one person is a person who can save one person, and one day is a day that can last a day."
As he said that, Wang Zhi cupped his hands in the direction of the capital and said with a straight face: "I have received the favor of the emperor and governed the people on behalf of His Majesty. As a parent and official, how can I sit back and watch the people starve to death."
Immediately, Wang Zhi didn't care about the reactions of Jinping and Cui Ji, he got up and ordered: "I have made a decision. Tomorrow morning, I will set up a pot outside the city gate to cook porridge to help the victims."
Ding Chaozhong and the others couldn't help but look anxious and said: "My lord..."
Wang Zhi flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "That's enough, don't think that I don't know what you think in your heart, don't you just want to take the opportunity to annex land and buy and sell people? In the past, I could turn a blind eye and close one eye. But now the disaster-stricken people are in dire straits, and this official will never allow you to take advantage of the catastrophe to do harm to the country and the people."
After saying this, Wang Zhi turned his head and left.
Looking at Wang Zhi's angry face, when Wang Zhi left, the kind-hearted Jinping suddenly showed anger, and slammed the teacup in his hand on the ground and said angrily in a low voice: "Okay!" Wang Zhi, I really didn't expect you to have such a stupid side."
Tang Zhen sat there with a gloomy expression, the teacup in his hand was shaking slightly, his eyes narrowed slightly and he sneered, "Our Lord Wang is really a good official like no other in a hundred miles."
That's what he said, but the irony in Tang Zhen's words couldn't be more obvious.
Cui Ji smiled slightly and said: "I heard that this lord has some connections with the new Jin Pavilion elder Wang Yangming."
Jinping sneered, and said with a bit of disdain: "The origin of the fart is nothing more than a clan member out of the fifth server. That Wangge elder probably didn't even know that such a clan existed, otherwise, he wouldn't be here It’s been a few years.”
Coughing lightly, Ding Chaozhong said: "Several, our county magistrate is going to use that batch of food to help the victims. Let's talk about how we should deal with it?"
Several people looked at each other. Others didn't know, but they couldn't be more clear. Last year, the county grain depot did store thousands of shi of grain, but that was last year. One year passed, and those grains had already been taken away by them He got it out with his hands up and down, and the grain depot was already empty.
Tang Zhen stroked his beard and said, "That's right, if our Lord Wang goes to the grain depot tomorrow and doesn't see any grain, then..."
They dumped the grain from the grain storehouse. Many people in the county government knew about it, but Wang Zhi, the county magistrate, did not know about it.
Jin Ping said slowly: "Don't worry, the county magistrate will definitely give up tomorrow."
After hearing Jinping's words, Cui Ji, Ding Chaozhong, and Tang Zhen were taken aback for a moment, and a little smile appeared on the faces of their successors.
At this moment, Tang Zhen said: "Which one of our families took advantage of the disaster to collect the land in the hands of the victims, and traded the young and strong among the victims to serve as servants. There has never been a catastrophe. , why our family has prospered so far. He, Wang Zhi, wants to help the victims, and also wants to prevent us from annexing the land. Is he stupid in studying?"
Hearing what Tang Zhen said, several people couldn't help laughing.
Jin Ping chuckled and said: "Brother Tang said it is true, the old man has long been eyeing the thousand acres of fertile land in Qinglian Village. This time, my Tang family will definitely take it down. Don't you guys want to fight with my Tang family?" .”
Ding Chaozhong smiled and said, "My Ding family is going to take over a thousand acres of land from Shilipu."
You say a few words, I say a word, this family has thousands of acres, that family has thousands of acres, this year of catastrophe has become an opportunity for each of them to grow stronger.
Tang Zhen suddenly looked straight and said: "Everyone, as far as I know, the adults above are already preparing to ask for help from the imperial court. If there is no accident, the imperial court should respond soon, so the time left for us is not enough. too much."
Tang Zhen nodded slightly and said: "That's right, it's enough for a few adults to help the big guy for a couple of months, so in the next few days, the big guys will use their own means, and eat as much as they can. How many."
Speaking of which, Tang Zhen got up and said, "Everyone should leave, we have to deal with our naive county magistrate tomorrow."
In the middle of the night, in the back house of the county government, Wang Zhi, the county magistrate of Huayin County, was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
Mrs. Fan, who shared the bed with Wang Zhi, frowned, Wang Zhi, who couldn't sleep at night, couldn't help persuading: "Master, didn't you say that there is a way to relieve the victims?"
Hearing this, Wang Zhi sighed and looked at Fan and said, "Although my husband decided to take out the grain stored in the granary to help the victims, after all, the food is extremely limited. If the imperial court doesn't allocate money and food to help the victims as soon as possible, the food may not last for long. .”
Fan comforted: "Master has done his best, and the rest can only be looked at by the princes above the court and His Majesty."
Wang Zhi couldn't help but sighed: "But when I think of how many people's wives and children will be separated, and their families will be destroyed, I feel guilty for being a husband. I, Wang Zhi, read the books of saints and acted as a herdsman for the son of heaven. Watching the people under the rule suffer from this catastrophe..."
Seeing Wang Zhi's self-reproach, Fan said, "Master, natural disasters and man-made disasters have nothing to do with you. You are a clean and honest official, and you are already a blessing to the people. Compared with those officials who take advantage of natural disasters and man-made disasters to get rich , sir, you can have a clear conscience."
While talking, Fan looked at Wang Zhi's exhausted appearance and said: "Master, let's rest early, these few days your worries about the disaster victims have been relieved a lot."
Wang Zhi nodded slightly, looked at Fan and sighed: "I have wronged Madam all these years, and I have been with me all my life, but I have not been able to enjoy the glory and wealth."
At this moment, there was a hasty knock on the door, and at the same time, Wang Cheng, the book boy next to Wang Zhi in the past, and now the butler Wang Cheng said in a somewhat hurried voice: "My lord, my lord, something happened, something big happened."
Hearing Wang Cheng's words, Wang Zhi had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, got up suddenly, grabbed the official uniform and put it on, and ran outside.
Fan's voice came from behind: "Sir, shoes, your shoes!"
With a squeak, Wang Zhi opened the door, stared at Wang Cheng and said, "There must be something wrong with the granary."
Wang Cheng couldn't help being stunned for a moment, looked at Wang Zhi in surprise and said, "Master, how do you know that there is a fire in the granary!"
Wang Zhi's complexion changed drastically when he heard the words, his eyes showed horror and disbelief, his body couldn't help shaking, and he almost fell to the ground.
Wang Cheng was startled, and supported Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi stabilized his mind, his eyes were full of fury and roared: "How dare they, how dare they!"
How could Wang Zhi be a fool to be able to be a Jinshi in high school? He felt that there was something he hadn't considered before, so that he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep at night.
But when he heard Wang Cheng say that something happened in the granary, Wang Zhi felt like he was struck by lightning, and he guessed what it was.
Wang Cheng, as Wang Zhi's book boy, can be said to be Wang Zhi's confidant, seeing Wang Zhi's reaction, his face quickly revealed a look of surprise and astonishment.
He knows that his lord has been thinking about using the grain stockpile to relieve the victims for the past few days, but today he just informed the county magistrate, the inspector and others, but the granary caught fire at night, even he can guess This fire is strange.
It is almost self-evident who started the fire.
Wang Zhi's face was extremely ugly, he gritted his teeth and said: "They are so crazy, that's thousands of shi of grain, if it is used to relieve the victims, how many lives can be saved, they just burned it like that..."
Wang Cheng suddenly said: "Master, with those people's dispositions, how could they burn the grain, I'm afraid the grain in the granary is already empty, they set this fire on the one hand to cover up that the grain was sold out by them On the other hand, it is also a complete rejection of your plan to distribute food and disaster relief, my lord, to spoil their good deeds."
Wang Zhi's expression changed when he heard the words, and then a bitter smile appeared on his face, and he murmured: "I'm so stupid, I'm so stupid."
Seeing Wang Zhi's absent-minded appearance, as if he was in a demon, Fan, who had already got up and walked over, couldn't help but exclaimed: "Master, what's wrong with you."
Fan shook Wang Zhi's body with a worried face, and called out eagerly, finally bringing Wang Zhi back to his senses.
But at this moment, Wang Zhi looked extremely decadent, and his energy and energy were exhausted to the extreme. At first glance, he seemed to have received a great blow.
Seeing Wang Zhi like this, Fan couldn't help but said anxiously: "Master, what's wrong with you, don't scare this concubine."
Jingshi
Li Huan left the imperial city, returned to the mansion, ate with Feng Shi, and then, under the service of Lianqiao, bathed and changed clothes, washed off the dust all over his body, and fell into a deep sleep.
As the sky was bright, Li Huan got up early, put on a court uniform, and ran towards the imperial city in the dim night.
Although today is not a grand court meeting, but because Li Huan is going to propose a formal rectification of the Beijing camp today, the emperor has sent an order yesterday to the Chinese and military ministers of the court to be present this morning.
Therefore, in today's court meeting, except for some low-rank officials, officials above the third rank in the court will be present unless they have something to do.
Although the number of people is not as large as that of the Dachaohui, there will probably be no less than a hundred officials present at that time, so it can be regarded as a very formal court meeting.
In front of Qianqing Palace, when Li Huan arrived, there were already many officials waiting there.
One after another looked at Li Huan.
Many officials had already received the news of Li Huan's return to Beijing, so they didn't show any surprise when they saw Li Huan.
Even some officials looked at Li Huan with strange looks, which made people feel as if they wanted to see Li Huan's joke.
Li Huan's sensitivity was so keen that he was naturally aware of the eyes of the officials.
It's just that Li Huan just glanced at it lightly. He had already guessed that there must be something wrong with the officials, but there is a saying that soldiers come to cover up water and soil, and he wants to see what tricks these people can come up with.
Not long after, with the arrival of the emperor Luan, all the officials kowtowed to the emperor just before the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Houzhao sat upright on the throne, motioning for all the officials to flatten his body, a faint look of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he nodded solemnly to Qiu Ju who was beside him.
Qiu Ju took a step forward and said in a sharp voice: "Hundreds of officials play their part!"
As Qiu Ju's voice fell, the civil and military people seemed quite calm, and there was no rush to impeach Li Huan.
It seems that after suffering a few times, the civil and military officials have learned to be smart, and they no longer confront Li Huan directly.
Li Huan looked at these people in surprise, but then Li Huan also realized that these civil and military officials were not stupid, they knew that impeaching him was useless, so they didn't do such useless work.
Li Huan smiled, although impeachment is useless, but it is not a good thing to be impeached every day, isn't it?
Zhu Hou took care of the ministers who were silent below, coughed lightly and said, "Do you have anything to announce, gentlemen?"
The officials still didn't respond, but at this moment Li Huan stepped forward immediately, stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have something to announce."
Zhu Houzhao frowned, and immediately said, "What's the matter with Li Qing?"
When Li Huan stood up, the eyes of all the officials fell on Li Huan, and many people showed strange smiles, no matter how they looked, they seemed to have malicious intentions, depending on Li Huan's jokes.
Li Huan turned a blind eye to the gazes of these people, and just paid homage to Zhu Houzhao: "I will avoid you. I was ordered to supervise the Beijing camp. Today, it has been found that dozens of generals and schools in the Beijing camp are Feng Hai's accomplices. The Beijing camp is corrupt. The combat power is gone, and I implore His Majesty to allow ministers to weed out the old and weak in the Beijing camp and rebuild the three major camps."
After Li Huan finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao immediately looked at the crowd of civil and military personnel.
Many people among the hundred officials had serious expressions on their faces when they heard Li Huan's words, and some people's faces were full of surprise, but no one stood up.
Zhu Houzhao was condescending and saw the reactions of civil and military officials, especially when no one stood up to object, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help the joy in his heart, so that a little smile appeared on his face.
Taking a deep breath, just as Zhu Houzhao was about to speak, he suddenly heard a supervisor step forward and said: "Your Majesty, I have this report."
Zhu Houzhao frowned, glanced at the supervisory censor, and said slowly: "What's the matter with Aiqing?"
The supervisory censor said: "Your Majesty, there is a severe drought in Shaanxi and locust plagues, so that there is no harvest, and the people have no food to satisfy their hunger. The chief envoy of Shaanxi Province jointly wrote a letter requesting the imperial court to immediately allocate money and food to relieve the victims. There will be a risk of starvation to death. If it is used by someone with a heart, there may be a civil uprising."
As soon as the words of the supervisory censor fell, more than a dozen officials came out and bowed to Zhu Houzhao, saying: "The catastrophe in Shaanxi has caused the people to suffer. If the court does not immediately rescue the victims, it may lose the hearts of the people and damage your majesty's reputation." what."
"Your Majesty, please issue an order to allocate money and food to relieve the victims!"
"Your Majesty, please issue an order to allocate money and food to relieve the victims!"
Zhu Houzhao's complexion was quite ugly, he took a deep breath, his eyes fell on Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and the others, and said in a deep voice: "My dear friends, what is the disaster situation in Shaanxi? Didn't I say that the disaster situation is not too serious, it has already Have you ordered the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province to provide relief on his own?"
Wang Yangming's face was serious, and he stepped forward to Zhu Houzhao and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Shaanxi's chief envoy Chen Kang, inspector Yushi Cao Feng and other officials concealed the truth of the disaster and deceived the court, so that millions of disaster victims in Shaanxi Without timely relief and resettlement, many prefectures and counties with serious disasters have now seen the phenomenon of changing children and eating, and even, there are even faint signs of the disaster victims gathering to attack the government..."
"What? Is there such a thing?"
Zhu Houzhao got up suddenly, his face was full of anger.
Previously, the cabinet did say that there were locust plagues and droughts in Shaanxi, because the memorials submitted by the governor of Shaanxi, the inspector censor of Shaanxi, and Qianhu of Jinyiwei in Shaanxi at that time all showed that although there were disasters in Shaanxi, they were within the controllable range.
In the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, disasters of all sizes occurred in places every year. Disasters like this were very common, so at that time he had ordered tax relief in Shaanxi and ordered the localities to provide relief to the victims.
But now Wang Yangming actually told him that there were incidents in Shaanxi where children were changed to eat, and hungry people gathered to attack the government. How could this prevent Zhu Houzhao from being furious.
An angry Zhu Houzhao roared: "Chen Kang, the chief minister of Shaanxi, should be killed, Cao Feng, the inspector, should be killed, and Yuan Ming, a thousand households of Shanxi Jinyiwei, should be killed..."
Not to mention that Zhu Houzhao was furious, even Li Huan who was standing there became extremely dignified after hearing Wang Yangming's words, his eyes were full of anger and murderous intent.
"Yuan Ming, a thousand households of Shanxi Jinyiwei, I want you to be skinned and cramped, and your corpse will be shredded into tens of thousands of pieces!"
Li Huan silently recited the name of Jinyiwei Qianhu Yuan Ming, and his heart was full of murderous intent.
A thousand households of Jinyiwei, who are in charge of a province, are colluding with others to conceal the disaster situation in Shaanxi and deceive the imperial court. What a crime it is.
There is a problem with thousands of Jinyiwei households in a province, which is equivalent to a problem with the emperor's eyes and ears in Shaanxi province. Although Li Huan is the commander of Jinyiwei, Li Huan is only in charge of Jinyiwei for a few months, and Yuan Ming sits in charge. Shaanxi has been there for several years. If you really want to say that it is also the responsibility of the former commander Shi Wenyi, but this does not prevent Li Huan from being furious.
[I have something to do today, so I'm delayed, there are only so many, everyone forgive me]
(End of this chapter)
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