Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 594
Kaifeng Mansion, Henan Governor's Yamen.

"Many people must have thought in their hearts that Ben Fu specially called a meeting of scholars, what is the purpose?"

Sun Chuanting, governor of Henan Province, sat firmly on the official hat chair, his stern eyes scanned the people in the hall, and he couldn't hide his anger and said: "Shocking, it's really shocking!
Since Ben Fu became the governor of Henan, following the will of the emperor, he began to prepare for the establishment of the Henan Disaster Relief Office to gather the victims and refugees in Henan. Many hidden truths gradually emerged.

I won't say much about the areas outside Henan.

Just say Henan!

From the first year of Tianqi, the prefectures and counties under my jurisdiction in Henan have either suffered from drought or waterlogging, or have been plagued by earth dragons or locusts!
For the disaster relief in Henan in recent years, the corresponding food and payment allocated by the imperial court, not including the food and payment allocated by the Yellow River, exceeded tens of millions of taels of silver, not much more! "

In the main hall, the scholars headed by Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, and Xu Fuyuan listened to what Sun Chuanting said with serious expressions.

Prior to Sun Chuanting's appointment as the governor of Henan, in order to ensure that the Henan Disaster Relief Office could be successfully established, Emperor Chongzhen ordered Lu Xiangsheng to dispatch a group of backbones from the Zhili Disaster Relief Office to Henan.

As time went by, in response to Emperor Chongzhen's call, tens of thousands of young talents gathered in the Disaster Relief Administration of Ming Dynasty, and under the leadership of a group of great Ming pillars, worked in the northern provinces. Taking care of the heaviest disaster relief work.

Like Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Li Yan, Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing, Gu Junen, Du Yinxi who went to Liaodong, like Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan transferred to Henan, like scattered in Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places, just It was Emperor Chongzhen who knew the name, and there were hundreds of them.

In the original timeline, most of the above-mentioned groups gathered under the various disaster relief agencies were anti-Qing fighters, and some of them were from Fushe.

Perhaps Emperor Chongzhen did not expect that under the influence of some of his decisions, a large number of backbone forces came to the north in batches from Jiangnan provinces in the past two years for the restoration of the society that appeared in the second year of Chongzhen.

"The emperor has emphasized more than once before that without investigation, there is no right to speak. After the establishment of the Henan Disaster Relief Administration, it has been conducting secret investigations."

Sun Chuanting couldn't hide his anger, looked around at the people in the hall, pointed to the pile of documents in front of him, "In the past, many people said that the imperial court disregarded the life and death of the people, blindly apportioning Liao's salary, suppressing salary, etc., and blindly extorting money.

But is this really the case?

I have only allocated so much food and salaries for disaster relief in Henan over the years, but it has not changed the situation of disasters in various prefectures and counties under my Henan rule.

Either Kaifeng Mansion was affected, or Guide Mansion was affected, or Nanyang Mansion was affected. Anyway, by comparison, I found that the whole territory of Henan has never stopped for a year. "

Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan and other scholars from the Disaster Relief Administration all clenched their fists. During the past few months of working in the Henan Disaster Relief Administration, they saw too many bad things.

Especially for this group of scholars who are about to be transferred, what they experienced in Beizhili in the past is now experiencing it again in Henan. This kind of feeling and anger are beyond words.

"Governor, it is unrealistic to investigate the old accounts related to disaster relief in Henan over the years." Chen Zilong stepped forward and bowed.

"Currently, the most important thing for our Henan Disaster Relief Office is to check the official land in various prefectures and counties. As for the Kaifeng Disaster Relief Sub-Administration in charge of the students, more than [-]% of the official land was found by Zhou. The occupation of the vassal line means being occupied by the gentry and dignitaries.

These large-scale official lands belonged to the Kaifeng Mansion on the surface, but in fact they became private property, and the corresponding land taxes and small taxes all fell into the pockets of these greedy people.

During his tenure in Beizhili, the students had never encountered such a situation. The taxes that belonged to the government were stolen like this. No wonder the national treasury was empty every year. "

"Students second!"

"Students second!"

Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan and other scholars from the administrative office stepped forward one after another and bowed in agreement.

Looking at the group of scholars in front of him, each of them couldn't hide their anger, and they all agreed with each other, a slight smile appeared on Sun Chuanting's face.

At this moment, Sun Chuanting felt admiration for what Emperor Chongzhen said, but he also felt strong approval. Compared with the huge official team of Ming Dynasty, these scholars who had not entered the official career, although in some specific periods, they behaved very well. They are radical and naive, but they are not infected with bad habits.

To unite them.

To unite them.

To guide them.

Let the wind of empty talk change, and be able to do things down-to-earth, so that these ideal scholars can gradually grow up under the tempering of reality.

Thinking around this core, not only Sun Chuanting is doing this, but people like Sun Chengzong, Lu Xiangsheng, Yuan Keli, Liu Hongxun, and Chen Qiyu are all doing this.

Under the rule of the northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty, the various disaster relief offices established successively, and the group of scholars gathered together. Although every once in a while, there will be a group of scholars who can't bear the hardships and quit, but there are still many who remain steadfast.

"For the investigation of the official land, Benfu has submitted a memorial the day before yesterday, and passed it to the imperial court through the Secretary of the General Administration." Sun Chuanting calmed down, looked around at the people in the hall, and said loudly: "In a few days, not only the imperial court, but also the cabinet and the household department When there is a government office, everyone will know about it."

Chen Zilong, Xia Yunyi, Xu Fuyuan and his party showed different expressions. It turned out that before they made up their minds, their own governor had already started to do it.

The investigation of this part of the occupied official land will involve many groups in Henan, so that Chen Zilong and the others felt a little bit guilty before they learned about the corresponding situation.

The reason why he was so excited just now was that before the scholar meeting, Sun Chuanting let them see and understand more, so they stopped looking forward and backward.

"Today's meeting of scholars, what I want to clarify is to let you young talents worry about the pillars of our Daming Society, and go to court against the group that violates our Daming Society!"

Sun Chuanting stood up and said with a serious expression: "I ask you to organize the gathered people in the areas under your respective responsibilities, and submit complaints to the magistrates, prefectures, and counties in various places, present facts and evidence, and report the invasion of official land. Ben Fu exposed all the illegal things.

But there is one thing, the whole group of the Henan Disaster Relief Office, the group of disaster victims and refugees gathered must not be chaotic, you must ensure this.

What we have to do is to investigate the official land, not to cause civil unrest in Henan. If anyone fails to do this well during this period, not only will he not be an attacking minister, but he will also be a sinner of my Ming Dynasty! "

(End of this chapter)