Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king
Chapter 313 The six most bizarre cases in the Ming Dynasty, the case of the thin horse in the nursin
Chapter 313 The six most bizarre cases in the Ming Dynasty, the case of the thin horse in the nursing home
"If inflation is reached according to economic theory, I don't think it will be."
"Because our Ming Dynasty has been severely short of money for many years, there is a serious shortage of silver coins in the market."
"Moreover, the living needs of the common people are huge and the market is vast, which can fully accommodate more than one billion silver coins."
Ye Sheng replied: "I have discussed with Qiu Hanlin that with the size of the Ming Dynasty, at least 20 billion silver coins are needed. Excessive issuance will cause inflation."
Qiu Jun was in Nanjing, and he became famous for his economic theory.
"However, your Majesty conquered such a large territory and moved in the Han people. The Ming Dynasty's territory expanded more than twice. The people were rich and Dingkou naturally prospered."
"With the size of Ming Dynasty, there will be no inflation for at least 30 years."
"Moreover, as the population of Ming Dynasty increased dramatically, this period will be extended."
Ye Sheng is also studying economics and wants to stand on Qiu Jun's shoulders and write a masterpiece.
"Ye Qing, you also know the situation in Jiangnan, what do you think?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
Ye Sheng took out the memorial from his sleeve pocket, knelt on the ground and offered it with both hands.
"Your Majesty went to Wucunjing and left the Jiangnan gentry who had a certain skill in their place. He only collected frivolous wealth and left the land behind. I thought he was hiding his ears and stealing the bells, abandoning the good and pursuing the weak."
"The root of the Jiangnan gentry is land. Without land, how can we be gentry?"
"Your Majesty only removed people, but did not eliminate the problem of land annexation. Such massacres, immigration, and large-scale wars only cured the scabies. In less than 30 years, the Jiangnan gentry will be restored."
"At that time, the gentry will definitely intensify their efforts to avenge His Majesty today."
"Your Majesty, please be careful and be careful."
Ye Sheng almost pointed at his nose and cursed.
He did confiscate the land in Jiangnan.
"According to your wishes, what should I do?" Zhu Qiyu was taking the exam for Ye Sheng.
It is not difficult to immigrate the gentry, and it is not difficult to take away the land. What is difficult is how to divide the land!
There were too many tenants released from Jiangnan. If the land was divided equally, not even one person would be able to get much.
Killing people and immigrating will not lead to rebellion. At most, they will only lose their vitality.
Once the land is divided unfairly, Jiangnan will be gone.
"Your Majesty, my intention is to increase the intensity of immigration. Not only the gentry will be relocated, but all tenant farmers will also be relocated to open up Jiaozhi and open up Yunnan and Guizhou!"
Ye Sheng also understood the emperor's difficulties.
But you can’t give up eating because of choking, you have to do it.
"As far as I know, if several prefectures are cleared, more than 700 million tenants will be released. If all of Jiangnan is cleared, nearly 2000 million people will be released."
Ye Sheng said: "With Jiangnan, we will never be able to support so many people."
"The tenants released from Zhejiang moved to Fujian and Guangdong nearby."
"Those from the south of the Yangtze River will go to Yunnan and Guizhou to replenish their supplies."
That's right, the real population of Jiangnan may be as high as 4000 million!
Jiangnan includes Anhui, Jiangsu, South Zhili, and Zhejiang. This is Jiangnan in a broad sense.
The population of Ming Dynasty has exceeded [-] million.
Zhu Qiyu chuckled: "Ye Qing, it's easy for you to say that. How many people died when I immigrated to Jiaozhi in the first place? I am scolded by the Metropolitan Procuratorate every day."
"I also feel distressed. Although he is a sinner, he should not die in an unknown way."
"So I changed my immigration strategy."
"Do you know how much more money I spent on this immortal immigrant?"
"Originally, a ship can carry 1200 people, but now it can only carry 120 people. It requires a trip. To move a common person, the freight cost me only ten yuan!"
"When I get to Jiaozhi, I have to pay for this and that. It will cost me at least 30 yuan!"
"There are 2000 million people in the entire Jiangnan area who want to be relocated. Just tell me, my [-] million people will be gone!"
"With so many people gone from Jiangnan, does it need to be rebuilt?"
"How many years will it take for such a prosperous place to recover?"
"I will vigorously develop Jiangnan and open all the projects in Jiangnan that are available in Beijing. It is estimated that tens of millions will be invested."
Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to disperse the Jiangnan gentry and let his money bag shrink.
Ye Sheng trembled all over and kowtowed: "I know that your Majesty is in trouble, but since I immigrated, I will treat it as a complete matter and do it thoroughly so that Jiangnan will no longer be a hindrance to the Ming Dynasty, but will become a help to the Ming Dynasty."
"Ye Qing, I have received more than a dozen memorials like this from you."
Zhu Qiyu asked him to get up: "It's not that I care about money."
"But it's the rainy season in Cochin. Zhu Ying sent a secret message asking for a suspension of immigration. When the rainy season hits Cochin, it's difficult to move forward and even loses contact with the mainland."
"Ye Qing, what do you think of rebellion if so many people are immigrated rashly and transportation is blocked?"
"What does your Majesty mean?" Ye Sheng followed the emperor's train of thought.
"Roads must be built. The original Chi Road does not work in Jiaozhi and will be washed away during the rainy season. Asphalt roads must be built to ensure smooth traffic during the rainy season."
"This way we can ensure that Jiaozhi will always be in my hands."
"But there's no oil."
"Zhu Ying's secret note states that there is no oil in Cochin."
"Furthermore, the Guangxi army has become rich due to the massacre. They no longer want to be soldiers for pay. They all want to become small landowners."
"That's fine. The Guangxi Army has always been a shackle. I have always wanted to disband it, but I didn't have the chance. It's fine to take the opportunity to disband it."
"Jiaozhi is short of troops. I have already dispatched Guizhou troops to support Jiaozhi."
Zhu Qiyu asked Ye Sheng to sit down: "The difficulty in controlling Jiaozhi lies in climate, terrain, and diseases. If the Ming Dynasty can control these, Jiaozhi will never be lost."
"Your Majesty, I think we can encourage scholars to study medicine..." Ye Sheng said.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Master Xiucai looks down on lowly jobs. Besides, the territory of Ming Dynasty is expanding too much and too fast. There is a shortage of people everywhere, including scholars."
"I have ordered the Tai Hospital to recruit a group of children from the nursing home and let them study medicine. They can complete the studies in three or two years."
"Ye Qing, you may have forgotten that in the ninth year since I came to Jingtai, I ordered the world to send orphans to the capital, and I will take care of them."
"In the past few years, I have raised 17 orphans."
This is the pride of the emperor.
These orphans were destined to die, but because of the emperor's decree, 17 people survived. These people will serve the emperor in the future.
Ye Sheng was moved by this: "Your Majesty has done great deeds in raising orphans."
I thought the emperor was just talking.
I didn’t expect it to be done all the time.
Zhu Qiyu smiled proudly: "I hope that in this Ming Dynasty, the young will be taken care of and the old will be supported."
"I don't trust these orphans wherever they are, so I brought them to the center and raised them myself."
"I will train all of these children to become doctors, craftsmen, and military officials. When they grow up, they will be able to serve the Ming Dynasty. My support for them will not be in vain."
"Your Majesty loves the people like his own son, and I feel the same way." Ye Sheng sincerely bowed down.
"stand up."
Zhu Qiyu said: "Jiaozhi will have to survive for a few years. After a few years, there will be enough doctors to use it."
"With asphalt paving, this terrain can be barely overcome. At least the connection with the center will not be cut off; I will also open up waterways and ship to various places in the Ming Dynasty."
"How to combat the harsh climate, I have no choice but to learn from the local natives."
The heat is bearable.
But what should we do when there are terrible torrential rains and a long rainy season?
Ye Sheng suddenly thought of something: "Your Majesty, I know that there is Xiaoliuqiu next to the Penghu Inspection Department, and Xiaoliuqiu is originally a Han country, but after our country closed the country, we abandoned Xiaoliuqiu."
Xiaoliuqiu is Dongfan Island and Wanwan.
"what for?"
"I think we can move the tenants from Zhejiang to Xiaoliuqiu and reclaim Xiaoliuqiu."
Ye Sheng noticed that the emperor's eyes lit up.
"Okay, change Xiaoliuqiu to Baozhou Prefecture, subordinate to Fujian, let Yiming open up waterways, clean up nearby Japanese pirates, and send people to immigrate to Baozhou Prefecture."
Ye Sheng smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, if you want to purge the Japanese pirates, you must first fight a tough battle at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Either fight or recruit surrender, and then you can wipe out the Japanese pirates outside Fujian."
That’s right, you can’t defeat Japanese pirates at home, but what can you do when you reach the deep sea?
Zhu Qiyu looked at Feng Xiao: "Go and invite the old master, Xuan Jinzhong, come over."
The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River have been dealt with, so what difficulties do the Japanese pirates have?
Jin Zhong is in the palace, guarding the emperor.
He arrived first.
Zhu Qiyu asked him: "How was the Japanese pirate incident handled?"
"Back to your Majesty, among the gentry in Nan and Huai, there are 177 families with ties to the Japanese pirates. Only three families escaped. The rest were controlled by factory guards and their homes were ransacked."
"Now the Japanese pirates at the Yangtze River Estuary have surrendered 11 people."
"But according to the confessions of Japanese pirates, there are more than [-] Japanese pirates outside the Yangtze River, entrenched on various islands, and it is very difficult to recruit them."
Zhu Qiyu frowned: "Are there so many Japanese pirates?"
Don’t forget, Jingtai captured a group of 10,000+ Japanese pirates in just ten years. Could it be that there are more than 60 Japanese pirates? Can't?
"Your Majesty, originally there were not so many Japanese pirates, but the factory guards made too much noise, and many gentry went into exile overseas, which resulted in a huge amount."
Jin Zhong reported back: "Moreover, our country's ships were at sea and the fleet transporting Jiaozhi was robbed, which led to a sharp increase in the number of Japanese pirates."
"But I estimate that there are no more than 10 Japanese pirates who can fight. It is still unknown where they are hiding."
"As long as we can get their route, our Ming army can hope to annihilate them all."
Don't have too much confidence in the Ming Navy.
Zhu Qiyu knew it well and looked at Ye Sheng.
"Wei Chen thinks that we can reorganize the Japanese pirate prisoners and integrate them into the navy. Our army is still weak and cannot fight the Japanese pirates decisively. We can slowly find the Japanese pirates' lair and destroy them bit by bit."
Ye Sheng is more conservative. After all, he has little confidence in the Navy.
Just as he was talking, Hu Yan arrived late.
"Your Majesty, the list of Jinshi has been sent." Hu Hui was very excited.
After the dust settled on the entire conference, it was sent to Nanjing.
"Who is the number one scholar?" Ye Sheng asked.
"Liu Jian." Hu Hui smiled.
"But Xue Jingxuan's disciple?"
Ye Sheng also knew Liu Jian, but he didn't have a good reputation. He was reprimanded by the emperor and sent to the northwest to work as an official for two years, otherwise he would have been in high school.
Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but laugh, and Liu Jian was often dealt with by him.
I'm going to make progress, and get the top score in the exam.
"Submit his article and I'll take a look." Zhu Qiyu didn't look at the ranking. He read Liu Jian's article first to see if he was cheating.
"Your Majesty, this Liu Jian's article is really talented and learned. You really made a lot of progress by leaving him out for two years." Hu Hui joked.
Ye Sheng stroked his beard and smiled, took the list and looked at it carefully.
"Huh? Your Majesty, this Fuhua is also among the best. Your education on him seems to be effective."
Ye Sheng smiled and missed his days in the capital.
"Hmph, the prodigal son never changes his fortune in exchange for gold."
"Ye Qing, look at his papers, and then look at his records in the palace examination. Don't tell me that the results were due to cheating, right?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "The literary talent of Liu Jian's article is a bit lacking. The words and sentences are a bit artificial. I don't think he has the talent to be number one."
Hu Xi rolled his eyes, why don't you just find fault?
This policy essay is very beautifully written.
"The countermeasures are effective." Hu Hui replied.
"Really? Didn't see it."
In fact, after the joint examination, the cabinet copied a paper and sent it to him. He, Zhu Qiyu, had read it all, but he was stubborn and unwilling to admit that Liu Jian was excellent.
"I think Min Gui's roll noodles are better than theirs."
Zhu Qiyu said: "Thanks to Li Dongyang's illness, otherwise Liu Jian would not be Li Dongyang's opponent."
As we all know, Li Dongyang is your favorite.
But don't be so partial, Liu Jian is also very good.
"Don't let Liu Jian and Zhang Fuhua idle in the center. Let them go to the busiest places to work. Don't keep them in the Hanlin Academy."
The more the emperor uses someone, the more he thinks highly of him.
Zhu Qiyu wants to sharpen Liu Jian. Liu Jian is a person with outstanding abilities, but also has great character weaknesses. If he is not polished well, he may not be able to shine in the future.
"Ye Qing, what did you just say?" Zhu Qiyu put down the directory and got back to business.
Ye Qing also put down the test paper. He looked at the directory first and then the test paper.
Repeat it to Hu Hui.
Hu Xi frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to mobilize troops. The navy has not yet been established, so how can we rush to war? We should focus on appeasement and try to appease them as much as possible."
"What Ye Qing means is to develop Baozhou Prefecture and move the people there to relieve the population pressure in the interior."
Hu Bi didn't know which one was Baozhou Prefecture, and said it was changed from Xiaoliuqiu.
"Your Majesty, it is a good thing to develop Baozhou Mansion."
"But I am afraid that the navy will be unsustainable. What I want to say is that we should first train the navy and let the new navy become familiar with the ocean, and then send people to appease the Japanese pirates."
Hu Xi said: "It is better to spend money to buy peace than to fight."
Zhu Qiyu didn't like hearing this.
"Your Majesty, don't be upset. As long as these people land on land, it's not up to us to kill them. We can kill them if we want."
"Besides, first take back the islands along the coast, station troops on them, set up more forts, and then train the infantry and navy to occupy them."
"The sea paths are dotted all over the place. As long as they are all occupied by our Ming army and relying on land, the Ming Navy can still fight."
Hu Xi felt that Zhao'an was the best and fastest way.
"Let Gong Yongji send envoys to the Japanese country to establish contact with the Japanese country and order the Japanese country to take good care of the people and not to enter the Ming Dynasty as thieves."
Zhu Qiyu wanted to fight.
However, Hu Hui believed that there was no need to fight, and he could just issue an imperial edict.
"Then please ask the old lady to take charge of this matter." Zhu Qiyu was too lazy to take care of it.
"The old minister obeys the order."
The emperor was not willing to do such shameless things, so Hu Hu could only afford it.
In fact, recruiting and surrendering Japanese pirates is not a shameful thing.
However, the emperor was too loud and threatened to destroy all Japanese pirates. It has been more than a year, and the navy has poured in a huge amount of money, but it has not yet been established.
It will take ten years to build a large-scale navy.
Now it can't be compared to the Yongle Dynasty. The Yongle Dynasty has the old foundation of the Yuan Dynasty, and when Emperor Taizu founded the country, the navy was unrivaled in the world.
Jingtai Dynasty was built from scratch.
Being able to build six treasure ships in one year shows that the Ming Dynasty has a terrifying background.
In fact, according to Zhu Qiyu's idea, he did not want to admit Japanese pirates into the army, which would spoil the navy's atmosphere.
The problem is that the Ming Dynasty does not have practical talents on the water, so it can only use Japanese pirates as a last resort.
"Baozhou Prefecture is not as good as Jiaozhi, which has been developed for thousands of years."
"But Baozhou Mansion is still in its original state, so it will definitely not work if the gentry is moved in."
"The tenants can be moved over first, and the imperial court will establish a prefect to take charge."
"After the Japanese pirates are eliminated, more immigrants can come to Penghu. After all, Penghu has been managed by me in the Central Plains for many years and has enough land to be self-sufficient."
"Use Penghu to hold Baozhou Prefecture hostage, so that Baozhou Prefecture will not be lost."
Hu Hui advised: "Your Majesty, it is best to immigrate to Cochin. To the west of Cochin, the land is boundless, but it lacks development."
"The imperial court shipped a large number of agricultural tools, enough to develop the Jiaozhi wasteland."
Zhu Qiyu stopped Hu Hui's words: "Old Master, once the rainy season comes, the Ming Dynasty and Jiaozhi will lose communication. What should we do if there are too many immigrants and there is a rebellion?"
Hu Xi frowned. The emperor was not worried about the people's rebellion.
Instead, they were worried that people with military power like Zhu Ying and Wang Wei would rebel.
"Your Majesty, if you don't feel at ease, you shouldn't fill Jiaozhi with all the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River."
Hu Hu said: "Your Majesty can fill Jiaozhi with people with different accents to create regional conflicts and accent conflicts. The center will naturally be as stable as Mount Tai."
Zhu Qiyu frowned: "To develop the forest, people need to work together instead of trying to undermine each other. In that case, Jiaozhi will fall into endless internal friction."
"Your Majesty, there is no such thing as the best of both worlds."
"Since you want to liberate Jiangnan and interrupt the possible monopoly caused by Jiangnan, you must believe in Jiaozhi and Zhu Ying."
"Instead of hesitating, this is not your way of governing the country."
Only Hu Hu dared to say such an offensive thing.
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "I thought too much. When the rainy season passes, we will immigrate there on a large scale."
"I will urge all iron factories to manufacture agricultural tools on a large scale."
"Send more soldiers to join us."
"The original Guangxi Army was disbanded and Ou Xin was appointed as the commander-in-chief. I trust Zhu Ying and Xia Xun."
Don't use the people you doubt, and don't doubt the people you employ. This is the emperor's way of employing people.
"Your Majesty Shengming."
A smile appeared on Hu Hui's face: "Jiangnan does not need the nobles to embrace each other for warmth, but Jiaozhi needs the Ming people to embrace each other for warmth and open up new lands."
"So His Majesty forced immigration, and the veteran did not stop it."
"There were even many suggestions and advice in the court, but they were all blocked by the old ministers."
"Because Jiaozhi really needs people from Jiangnan to develop it, among people in the world, people from Jiangnan are the most proficient in planting, officialdom, economy, and commerce."
"The veteran believes that only people from Jiangnan can do this."
"The people of Jiangnan are good at keeping people together, and they are also well-educated. They understand the classics and etiquette, and they know how to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. They are the most suitable for pioneering."
Anyway, the immigration continued, and the emperor insisted on having his own way.
Hu Xi picked up something nice to say.
From Jiaozhi, we talked about North Korea and then to the northwest.
"Eunuch Feng is right to advise His Majesty. If you transfer Fan Guang, who will protect you?"
Hu Xi frowned: "Your Majesty, you are deeply attached to the world. The safety of the government and the public depends on your hands. Nothing can happen to you."
"This is Nanjing, which is not as safe as Beijing. You must take care of the dragon body so that the world can function normally."
"What's more."
"The war in the northwest is not as serious as your Majesty thinks."
"No matter how powerful Mansu'er is, can he still be able to withstand the power of our Ming Dynasty?"
"Kou Shen is a very old man. If he knows he is defeated, he will never act heroic. He is a steady person. This is why you sent him to Gansu in the first place."
"We are also assisted by a group of good generals such as Shenying, Fan Sheng, Fan Jiong, and Tao Jin."
"Even if we can't take Turpan, we can still defend Hami."
"Moreover, Wang Lai is in Jilin and has recruited batch after batch of strangers to go to the northwest."
"These strangers fight bravely and are not afraid of death. The declining cavalry of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate cannot defeat them."
Zhu Qiyu forgot about this.
Wang Laizhen would exploit the natives of the Northeast, buy their people with various Ming products, and help the Ming in its conquests.
"I just want to attack the Eastern Chagatai Khanate as soon as possible, because my dream guided me that there is oil to the west of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate."
"You should know how important oil is."
"The commuting between Daming and Jiaozhi is interrupted by the rainy season. As long as an asphalt road is paved, it can still be used during the rainy season."
"The west side of Jiaozhi is full of fertile farmland. I need asphalt roads to control the entire Central and South China."
"Similarly, I also need to use asphalt roads to shorten the distance between the world."
"This world is too big. I find it difficult to rule it from a deep level just by relying on post roads."
Zhu Qiyu didn't say the last half of the sentence. He wanted the imperial power to go to the countryside.
Hu Hui never mentioned the emperor's dream, but said: "But finding asphalt is not a day's work. We can wait until next year to send Fan Guang to lead the army."
He predicted that the emperor would return to Luan next year.
Zhu Qiyu was not so optimistic. The salt policy had not yet been cleared up, half of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River had been relocated, and Japanese pirates were still around, so it might not be possible to finish the work in one year.
Just as he was talking, several eunuchs carried a tray containing memorials and sent them to the Qianqing Palace.
Memorials brought from Beijing would be loaded into sedan chairs and transported into the palace by eunuchs, just like the process of transporting them from the cabinet to the ceremonial supervisor.
But these are all copied copies of the approved memorials.
Feng Xiao lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, the prince may be in trouble."
Zhu Qiyu's pupils narrowed slightly and he waved away Hu Hui, Ye Sheng and others.
Feng Xiao immediately handed over several memorials with both hands.
Zhu Qiyu opened it and looked at it. They were all memorials written by the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to impeach Wang Cheng.
They mainly impeached Wang Cheng's sister Yang Niang and his two grandchildren Wang San and Wang Si. These two people robbed good women as concubines in Luzhou Prefecture, manipulated military power, and whipped soldiers.
These are nothing. The poor suddenly get rich, do some ridiculous things, and at most they will be reprimanded.
After all, I have a good uncle, Wang Cheng, who is the emperor's most trusted eunuch. but!
What happened next made Zhu Qiyu's pupils turn red with anger.
"Is what is said here true? Feng Xiao!" Zhu Qiyu suddenly shouted.
Feng Xiao was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I don't know this."
Zhu Qiyu opened several other memorials, and the memorials were similar. Among them, Wang Yikui's memorial also listed evidence.
Bang!
Zhu Qiyu smashed the memorial on the ground: "I just finished bragging to Ye Sheng that I have adopted 17 orphans in the world. This is my act of loving the people!"
"It's only been a quarter of an hour, and you're going to slap me in the face?"
"Wang Cheng has no incense, so he wants to recruit two bastards as his incense to inherit?"
"Come here, tell Wang Cheng to come here!"
"I'll ask him personally!"
Wang Yikui's memorial reads:
All orphans passing through Luzhou Prefecture were first selected by Wang San and Wang Si. Boys and girls with good color were kept and sold into brothels to earn money.
In the past two years, a total of 71 cases of children have been handled.
The magistrate of Hefei reported the matter to the central government, but the magistrate was silenced and later reported to have died of illness.
What really made Zhu Qiyu angry was that the county magistrate of the same place actually died as soon as he said he would die. Did Wang Chengzhen not know at all?
Why not report it? Don’t I have the capacity to tolerate others? Are you short of your reward of a few taels of silver?
Everyone in the Qianqing Palace was prostrate on the ground.
After getting angry.
Zhu Qiyu was also pondering, who made this revelation?
Is it Yu Qian who is in the capital?
Or the gentry from Jiangnan?
Unlike Yu Qian, if Yu Qian knew it, he wouldn't have been able to endure it for so long.
If the Jiangnan gentry counterattacks, this is just an appetizer, and there will be big moves later.
"Pass an order to transfer Mao Sheng to take charge of the Anhui Army and arrest Wang Cheng's nephew!" Zhu Qiyu did not protect him, but made the decision as quickly as possible.
"Your Majesty, this matter is a small matter, but your safety is a big one." Feng Xiao advised.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flickered: "Since this memorial has been sent to Nanjing, it means that the cabinet cannot approve it and does not dare to deal with it."
"And I use eunuchs to control the army, which makes the court officials dissatisfied. No matter whether they are civil servants or honorary ministers, they are not satisfied with the eunuchs controlling the army."
"When this case broke out, it was not for Wang Cheng, but for me."
"Bring Wang Chengxuan back and give the military power to Mao Sheng."
"Go do it."
The reason why he chose Mao Sheng was because Mao Sheng and he were related by marriage, and they were both prosperous.
The Anhui Army is related to the emperor's west gate and is very important.
Wang Cheng is really incapable of doing anything. He is the No. 1 freeloader. He can't even control two brats. How can he control an army of 10,000+?
"The slaves obey the order."
Feng Xiao swallowed: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there will be more..."
A little eunuch hurried in.
"Your Majesty, Song Wei has sent a message."
After Feng Xiao inspected it, he offered it with both hands.
Zhu Qiyu took it, frowned and looked at it, his pupils suddenly shrank: "What a Yangzhou Mansion, it turns out it's you!"
Song Wei investigated the salt policy, killed many salt merchants in Yangzhou, and actively produced salt to alleviate the salt crisis in the north.
The case of thin horses in the nursing home broke out.
Yangzhou Prefecture, Yangzhou Magistrate Gui Yi asked Song Wei to be the supervisor on his behalf, exposing the inside story of Yangzhou's thin horse.
The so-called Yangzhou thin horse.
Because salt merchants gathered in Yangzhou, based on the canal, they mass-produced wealthy merchants. When wealthy merchants had money, they wanted to find good-looking, talented and obedient women.
The thin horse industry came into being.
The operators will buy some good-looking girls, conduct professional training, and cultivate various talents. When the girls grow up, they will be sold to all walks of life according to first or second class.
The salt merchants all raise thin horses and compare themselves with them and take pride in them.
When the emperor first arrived in Nanjing, some officials offered him thin horses, but Zhu Qiyu demoted him and punished them with floggings. Only then did the practice of offering beauties cease.
But Shouma has already formed an industrial chain.
The emperor doesn't like it, rich businessmen like it, and dignitaries like it.
however!
Beginning in the eighth year of Jingtai, the emperor implemented the New Deal and carried out reforms among the people, especially large-scale immigration, which wiped out the refugees from all over the world. As a result, the horse-thinning industry was unable to buy girls.
In the ninth year of Jingtai, the emperor issued an order to send orphans from all over the world to the capital to be raised.
This is the only way to lose weight.
In the tenth year of Jingtai, due to the scarcity of thin horses, a first-class thin horse was sold for 10 taels of silver.
You know, during the Jingtai period, five taels of silver was enough for a family of seven to eight to live a prosperous life for a year.
A skinny horse is worth 10 taels of silver!
This shows the wealth of Jiangnan.
However, girls are hard to find.
They took advantage of the traffickers and stole girls everywhere.
But immigration is being carried out everywhere. Governors in various places immigrate for the sake of political performance and commit crimes, which has led to the arrest of human traffickers. This road will not work.
They tried to find a way to open the joints by spending money, and they used tricks from various almshouses to keep girls with good looks, and then spent money to bribe the eunuchs in the palace to remove the orphan girl.
Some local officials did not dare to participate, so they bribed the boat boss and said that the girl died on the way, or that the girl had naughtily fallen into the river.
Originally, Yangzhou Shouma only picked girls in Yuannan Zhili.
The emperor conscripted orphans into the capital, and they were able to choose the most beautiful girls in the world.
Precisely because thin horse breeding is a hugely profitable industry, merchants on both sides of the Yangtze River are domesticating thin horses.
Of course.
The emperor's immigration campaign led to a downturn in the brothel business. The brothels also used this method to buy girls. They spent less than before, but they could choose girls at will. The brothels became popular again.
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Qiyu lowered his hands and laughed heartily, "It turns out it's me who is helping the tyrants do evil!"
"I thought I was adopting babies from all over the world and giving them a good living environment!"
"But I don't know that it was me who harmed them!"
"If I didn't come to Nanjing, I wouldn't know the evil of people's hearts!"
"I thought people were eating people in the court, but I didn't know that in Jiangnan, it was even worse than people eating people. It was beasts eating people!"
"But these beasts are wearing human skin and pretending to be human."
"They deceived me, deceived the world, deceived the world and stole their reputation!"
"Except for Gui Yi, why has no one reported this matter for so many years? Are all the loyal people in the dynasty inferior to a county magistrate?"
"Where is Chen Wuyang?"
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground: "Go back to your Majesty, Chen Wuyang is in Changzhou Mansion."
"Tune Chen Wuyang to Yangzhou."
"Let me find out who trained this Yangzhou skinny horse!"
"Catch as many people as possible throughout the entire process!"
"You can kill by mistake, but never let one go!"
"I abolished the Jiaofang Division, hoping that women would not suffer, but I underestimated the evil intentions of beasts!"
"All the people in the Shou Ma period, the men are imprisoned, the women are sent to brothels, the boys and girls are not allowed to be spared, they are all thrown to death! The bodies are not allowed to be buried, fed to animals! Or thrown into the sea!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Who among the officials from all over the country are protecting people in this thin horse industry? They will all be deprived of their positions, their wives and daughters will be turned into brothels, and the men in their families will be turned into slaves. They will never be pardoned!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Of all the officials in the world, who has ever bought a skinny horse?"
"They will all be fined for one year. If they offend again, they should all go back to farming. Don't dislike me in the court. Then compile a list of these people and ask them, how do you feel when your daughter is tamed into a skinny horse? Write it out for me and send it to me! I want to read it!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Who among all the merchants in the world has ever bought a skinny horse?"
"The family was fined 10 taels of silver and the woman was released."
"Preach the message again!"
"I order all the officials in the world to reflect on themselves. What sages' books are you reading? Do the sages' books teach you to harm living beings? Master Kong Sheng is watching you!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Order the Fifth Law Department to send people to investigate all the personnel in the nursing homes all over the world to see if they have violated any rules during their tenure. If so, they will be punished according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If not, they will be transferred to the Beijing nursing homes. The world's nursing homes will be abolished! No more!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Tune to the East Factory to investigate all the people who handled the report, including almshouse residents, boatmen, local officials, etc. Once identified, the men will be killed, and the wives and daughters will be sent to brothels, and they will be forever debased!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Every eunuch in the palace who participates will be killed immediately, Lingchi!"
"Preach the message again!"
"All the brothels involved, the participants are to kill the nine tribes! The women from the brothels are all in the Jiaofang Department and rescue all the girls. If there is anyone behind the scenes, find out and kill them all!"
"Preach the message again!"
"All the brothels in Jiangnan have stopped operating. Where is Jin Zhong? Let Jin Zhong go to each brothel to check who is behind this brothel? Where did the women in this brothel come from? If there is any violation of the Ming Dynasty law, They will all be punished according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and no one will be tolerated!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Order the Fifth Law Division to send people to Jiangnan to investigate for me! I want to know the truth. Whoever dares to lie to me will be punished by the nine tribes! Including all the officials of the Five Law Division, don't take my words as fart. If you can't find out clearly, I will let you All buried with him!"
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground. The emperor was really angry.
So many imperial edicts came out in one breath.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were filled with anger. This was the salt merchant's second move.
I took it!
You want to drive a wedge between me and Wang Cheng, do you want me to lose the military power in Anhui?
Or do you think that just this matter can make me lose the hearts of the world?
Feng Xiao was horrified.
The emperor is going to concoct a big case again.
If you look for thin horses, you will find more gentry and more officials.
So, who is the emperor's target?
Feng Xiao didn't realize that the emperor must have a hidden meaning.
"My lord..."
"Go and deliver the message!" Zhu Qiyu did not listen to the advice.
Feng Xiao had no choice but to ask the old lady to see if Hu Hui could do anything.
When Hu Hui heard what happened, he frowned slightly: "Let's investigate!"
He sees things more clearly than the eunuchs in the palace.
This is the salt merchant posing a problem to the emperor, threatening the emperor to stop investigating the salt merchant, but is the emperor the one who is being coerced?
It must be investigated, not only investigated, but thoroughly investigated.
None of these salt merchants who talk behind the scenes can escape.
"Old Master, this is Nanjing. If something goes wrong in the palace, it will be over." Lu Hong was extremely anxious. He was worried about punishing the eunuchs and causing the people who served in the palace to die.
Don't forget, the maids in the palace are all the daughters of officials in the world. If their father and brother commit a crime, without the emperor knowing about it, will they take the risk?
"How can there be a problem? Your Majesty punishes a few eunuchs, will there be a problem?"
Hu Bi knew that Lu Hong would be worried about the eunuch being unfaithful and worried that he would be punished by the emperor if something happened to him.
Eunuchs are all greedy for money, especially those who serve in the Qianqing Palace, which can be said to be full of power and have a lot of money.
If the emperor punishes the eunuch involved, he will inevitably become disloyal. This is human nature.
But I would not dare to murder the emperor because of this, right?
"Old Master, this is in Nanjing. These are the eunuchs we brought here. It's difficult to replace them."
Lu Hong lowered his voice: "Furthermore, the relationships in the palace are intricate, and there are connections between the inside and outside of the palace. What should we do if someone does something outrageous?"
"What did your Majesty say?" Hu Bi frowned.
If the eunuch is not punished, the eunuch will become even more arrogant, and even the emperor may not be able to restrain him in the future.
Unless the emperor is cruel and purges all the eunuchs.
Then, his most trusted eunuchs would all have to die, because the relationship in the palace was led by them.
"The emperor is so angry that no one dares to persuade him."
Lu Hong was also greedy for money, but he was a person close to the emperor and knew very well that if the emperor disappeared, he would immediately lose power.
"Hey, let me go to the palace."
On the way, Hu Hui was thinking, should he give advice?
The emperor is becoming more and more unruly in his actions. With the imperial power in hand, he no longer listens to anyone. Should he be taught a lesson?
You have to endure some hardships to be obedient.
Entered the Qianqing Palace.
The emperor was reading the memorial, his face was as dark as water, and he looked like he was sulking.
"See Your Majesty." Hu Hui saluted.
Zhu Qiyu raised his eyelids: "Why is the old lady here?"
"Your Majesty issued ten imperial edicts in a row, and the old minister had to come."
"Did the old master persuade me?"
Zhu Qiyu narrowed his eyes.
Hu Xi sighed: "I don't want to dissuade you, but you are too fierce. I am worried that things will turn to the extreme and it will harm you."
"Is it about the eunuch?"
Zhu Qiyu glanced at Lu Hong and sneered: "I'm just a domestic slave, how can I still rebel?"
"Your Majesty, you will lose Jingzhou if you are careless." Hu Hui reminded him.
"I know, but if the slave doesn't take care of her, she might not even listen to my words."
Zhu Qiyu said: "I am good to people, but some people like to be whipped if they don't eat well. What can I do?"
"I'd better help them and let them know who is the master in this palace."
Hu Xi stopped trying to persuade him and lowered his head in silence.
If the emperor is careless, people will make mistakes if they are careless. If they make too many mistakes, they will fall down on their own.
The emperor must know the pain. Don't always use your blazing imperial power to hurt others. This will only arouse the disgust of the people in the world.
This is also an important lesson that must be experienced by the emperor himself.
"What does the old lady think of this matter?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"It's just chaos in Yangzhou."
Zhu Qiyu ordered a memorial and Feng Xiao showed it to Hu Xi.
This is the imperial censor's memorial to impeach Wang Cheng.
"It seems that this case is aimed at the Holy Spirit." Hu Hui saw clearly.
"What's your next move? Will Anhui rebel?" Zhu Qiyu laughed.
Hu Hu actually smiled too.
If a chess player's next move is seen through by the opponent, he will lose the opportunity and it will be impossible to win.
"Your Majesty, Anhui may not be the only one rebelling."
Hu Hui saw Jiangxi.
Jiangxi was tortured miserably by Jin Zhong. If he said he didn't have any hatred in his heart, it would be absolutely false.
Moreover, Jin Zhong, Yang Xin and others left in a hurry, so the cleaning was not completely completed and they were likely to be exploited.
"If Jiangxi rebels, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi will not stop either."
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Jiaozhi will be cut off from the mainland again, and it will rebel soon."
"As a result, the entire south will be in chaos."
However, the emperor was still happy.
"Your majesty is wise, if everyone comes out to rebel, it will be a good thing." Hu Hui was also laughing.
If the place is in chaos, Nanjing will be safe.
What worried him most was the safety of the emperor, not the safety of the place. Even if the place was in chaos, there would be no major chaos.
There are governors everywhere, who is the fool?
Fang Ying hasn't left yet. If Fang Ying is here, there will be no chaos in Guangdong and Guangxi.
Ma Jin is not mediocre, he is suppressed by the powerful Jin Zhong. In terms of hard work, political achievements, and fighting, Ma Jin is much better than Jin Zhong.
The governor of Anhui is Wang Hong.
Wang Hong had a great reputation in Jiangnan, and Wang Hong was beheaded.
Even though Shi Pu is a bit weak in Zhejiang, there are still Zhang Gu and Hu Xi who are keeping him in check. Hu Hui is too confident in his son.
"Look."
The imperial edict must be sent to the cabinet, which will then issue it.
At the same time, secret edicts were sent one after another from Nanjing to Shandong, Henan, and Rehe. The farthest one was sent to North Korea.
And in Cochin.
The resettlement of immigrants was in an orderly manner, and Zhu Ying's power frightened even the Guangxi army.
Zhu Ying is not Fang Ying, who is close to soldiers.
Zhu Ying has always been extremely arrogant. He only recognizes the law. The rules he established will be killed if you violate them, no matter who you are.
Within half a year of his arrival in Jiaozhi, he killed thousands of people.
He also caused seven rebellions due to murder, all of which were put down by Zhu Ying.
Under the power, he became Zhu Ying in Jiaozhi, keeping his word.
When the censor impeached Zhu Ying, he was suspected of being self-reliant, but the central government did not comment. He allowed the censor to impeach and Zhu Ying to do whatever he wanted, as long as Jiaozhi was stable.
Hao Xuan came back from Phnom Penh. He went there during the rainy season. He came back during the rainy season and soaked in the water. When he returned to Huanzhou, he fell ill and became seriously ill.
He bought 42 slaves from Cambodia, but only 37 survived to reach Cochin. 5 died on the road due to various reasons due to walking in the rainy season.
Zhu Ying organized people and distributed the slaves.
Because of the rainy season, the roads were muddy and difficult to navigate, and some slaves escaped.
It was the first time for new immigrants to experience such a rainy season, and many people got sick. Fortunately, the central government had stocked up on enough medicinal materials in advance, otherwise the population of 200 million in Cochin would have been reduced by half.
But tens of thousands of people died.
This prompted the new immigrants to start studying medicine, how to prevent diseases in Cochin, how to prevent mosquitoes, etc.
Xia Xun also regained the entire territory of Champa before the rainy season and reached the southernmost point.
The entire Cochin Province has been completely formed.
After the garrison was assigned, he also fell ill.
Mainly because he couldn't adapt to the climate. He wrote to Zhu Ying and wanted to be transferred back to the north. The weather was too hot and he couldn't stand it.
And Zhu Ying couldn't stand it either.
Zhu Ying had stayed in Shandong for three years and was accustomed to the life of northerners. However, in such a hot place, his head was buzzing every day, and he doubted that he would not live long.
Qin Hong fell ill as soon as he arrived in Jiaozhou.
Also because I can't stand the heat here.
During the rainy season, heavy rains do not stop, resulting in frequent epidemics.
"This damn place."
Zhu Ying could only hold on. The emperor even thought it was too hot in Nanjing, so he came to Jiaozhi to try it.
Before cutting off news from the mainland.
Zhu Ying received a personal letter from the emperor, saying that 1000 million people would be moved to Cochin, and he was asked to expand westward, buy more slaves, and hollow out the forests and turn them into farmland.
And allocated a sum of money to Cochin to purchase slaves.
"It's impossible to work in this damn weather."
"Those gentlemen are so delicate that they find it too hot to sit in the room."
"We can only buy more slaves. Fortunately, Xia Xun didn't massacre them. He just turned the Champa people into slaves. We still need to use these people to open up Jiaozhi."
Zhu Ying suddenly had an idea: "It would be great if there were saltpeter mines!"
Saltpeter makes ice!
He missed the ice right now. How comfortable it would be if he could lie on the ice.
But he did not complain about the emperor's expansion of territory, because this Jiaozhi was originally a Han territory and had been there since ancient times. It had only been stolen by the Annan people. Now it should be taken back.
(End of this chapter)
"If inflation is reached according to economic theory, I don't think it will be."
"Because our Ming Dynasty has been severely short of money for many years, there is a serious shortage of silver coins in the market."
"Moreover, the living needs of the common people are huge and the market is vast, which can fully accommodate more than one billion silver coins."
Ye Sheng replied: "I have discussed with Qiu Hanlin that with the size of the Ming Dynasty, at least 20 billion silver coins are needed. Excessive issuance will cause inflation."
Qiu Jun was in Nanjing, and he became famous for his economic theory.
"However, your Majesty conquered such a large territory and moved in the Han people. The Ming Dynasty's territory expanded more than twice. The people were rich and Dingkou naturally prospered."
"With the size of Ming Dynasty, there will be no inflation for at least 30 years."
"Moreover, as the population of Ming Dynasty increased dramatically, this period will be extended."
Ye Sheng is also studying economics and wants to stand on Qiu Jun's shoulders and write a masterpiece.
"Ye Qing, you also know the situation in Jiangnan, what do you think?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
Ye Sheng took out the memorial from his sleeve pocket, knelt on the ground and offered it with both hands.
"Your Majesty went to Wucunjing and left the Jiangnan gentry who had a certain skill in their place. He only collected frivolous wealth and left the land behind. I thought he was hiding his ears and stealing the bells, abandoning the good and pursuing the weak."
"The root of the Jiangnan gentry is land. Without land, how can we be gentry?"
"Your Majesty only removed people, but did not eliminate the problem of land annexation. Such massacres, immigration, and large-scale wars only cured the scabies. In less than 30 years, the Jiangnan gentry will be restored."
"At that time, the gentry will definitely intensify their efforts to avenge His Majesty today."
"Your Majesty, please be careful and be careful."
Ye Sheng almost pointed at his nose and cursed.
He did confiscate the land in Jiangnan.
"According to your wishes, what should I do?" Zhu Qiyu was taking the exam for Ye Sheng.
It is not difficult to immigrate the gentry, and it is not difficult to take away the land. What is difficult is how to divide the land!
There were too many tenants released from Jiangnan. If the land was divided equally, not even one person would be able to get much.
Killing people and immigrating will not lead to rebellion. At most, they will only lose their vitality.
Once the land is divided unfairly, Jiangnan will be gone.
"Your Majesty, my intention is to increase the intensity of immigration. Not only the gentry will be relocated, but all tenant farmers will also be relocated to open up Jiaozhi and open up Yunnan and Guizhou!"
Ye Sheng also understood the emperor's difficulties.
But you can’t give up eating because of choking, you have to do it.
"As far as I know, if several prefectures are cleared, more than 700 million tenants will be released. If all of Jiangnan is cleared, nearly 2000 million people will be released."
Ye Sheng said: "With Jiangnan, we will never be able to support so many people."
"The tenants released from Zhejiang moved to Fujian and Guangdong nearby."
"Those from the south of the Yangtze River will go to Yunnan and Guizhou to replenish their supplies."
That's right, the real population of Jiangnan may be as high as 4000 million!
Jiangnan includes Anhui, Jiangsu, South Zhili, and Zhejiang. This is Jiangnan in a broad sense.
The population of Ming Dynasty has exceeded [-] million.
Zhu Qiyu chuckled: "Ye Qing, it's easy for you to say that. How many people died when I immigrated to Jiaozhi in the first place? I am scolded by the Metropolitan Procuratorate every day."
"I also feel distressed. Although he is a sinner, he should not die in an unknown way."
"So I changed my immigration strategy."
"Do you know how much more money I spent on this immortal immigrant?"
"Originally, a ship can carry 1200 people, but now it can only carry 120 people. It requires a trip. To move a common person, the freight cost me only ten yuan!"
"When I get to Jiaozhi, I have to pay for this and that. It will cost me at least 30 yuan!"
"There are 2000 million people in the entire Jiangnan area who want to be relocated. Just tell me, my [-] million people will be gone!"
"With so many people gone from Jiangnan, does it need to be rebuilt?"
"How many years will it take for such a prosperous place to recover?"
"I will vigorously develop Jiangnan and open all the projects in Jiangnan that are available in Beijing. It is estimated that tens of millions will be invested."
Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to disperse the Jiangnan gentry and let his money bag shrink.
Ye Sheng trembled all over and kowtowed: "I know that your Majesty is in trouble, but since I immigrated, I will treat it as a complete matter and do it thoroughly so that Jiangnan will no longer be a hindrance to the Ming Dynasty, but will become a help to the Ming Dynasty."
"Ye Qing, I have received more than a dozen memorials like this from you."
Zhu Qiyu asked him to get up: "It's not that I care about money."
"But it's the rainy season in Cochin. Zhu Ying sent a secret message asking for a suspension of immigration. When the rainy season hits Cochin, it's difficult to move forward and even loses contact with the mainland."
"Ye Qing, what do you think of rebellion if so many people are immigrated rashly and transportation is blocked?"
"What does your Majesty mean?" Ye Sheng followed the emperor's train of thought.
"Roads must be built. The original Chi Road does not work in Jiaozhi and will be washed away during the rainy season. Asphalt roads must be built to ensure smooth traffic during the rainy season."
"This way we can ensure that Jiaozhi will always be in my hands."
"But there's no oil."
"Zhu Ying's secret note states that there is no oil in Cochin."
"Furthermore, the Guangxi army has become rich due to the massacre. They no longer want to be soldiers for pay. They all want to become small landowners."
"That's fine. The Guangxi Army has always been a shackle. I have always wanted to disband it, but I didn't have the chance. It's fine to take the opportunity to disband it."
"Jiaozhi is short of troops. I have already dispatched Guizhou troops to support Jiaozhi."
Zhu Qiyu asked Ye Sheng to sit down: "The difficulty in controlling Jiaozhi lies in climate, terrain, and diseases. If the Ming Dynasty can control these, Jiaozhi will never be lost."
"Your Majesty, I think we can encourage scholars to study medicine..." Ye Sheng said.
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Master Xiucai looks down on lowly jobs. Besides, the territory of Ming Dynasty is expanding too much and too fast. There is a shortage of people everywhere, including scholars."
"I have ordered the Tai Hospital to recruit a group of children from the nursing home and let them study medicine. They can complete the studies in three or two years."
"Ye Qing, you may have forgotten that in the ninth year since I came to Jingtai, I ordered the world to send orphans to the capital, and I will take care of them."
"In the past few years, I have raised 17 orphans."
This is the pride of the emperor.
These orphans were destined to die, but because of the emperor's decree, 17 people survived. These people will serve the emperor in the future.
Ye Sheng was moved by this: "Your Majesty has done great deeds in raising orphans."
I thought the emperor was just talking.
I didn’t expect it to be done all the time.
Zhu Qiyu smiled proudly: "I hope that in this Ming Dynasty, the young will be taken care of and the old will be supported."
"I don't trust these orphans wherever they are, so I brought them to the center and raised them myself."
"I will train all of these children to become doctors, craftsmen, and military officials. When they grow up, they will be able to serve the Ming Dynasty. My support for them will not be in vain."
"Your Majesty loves the people like his own son, and I feel the same way." Ye Sheng sincerely bowed down.
"stand up."
Zhu Qiyu said: "Jiaozhi will have to survive for a few years. After a few years, there will be enough doctors to use it."
"With asphalt paving, this terrain can be barely overcome. At least the connection with the center will not be cut off; I will also open up waterways and ship to various places in the Ming Dynasty."
"How to combat the harsh climate, I have no choice but to learn from the local natives."
The heat is bearable.
But what should we do when there are terrible torrential rains and a long rainy season?
Ye Sheng suddenly thought of something: "Your Majesty, I know that there is Xiaoliuqiu next to the Penghu Inspection Department, and Xiaoliuqiu is originally a Han country, but after our country closed the country, we abandoned Xiaoliuqiu."
Xiaoliuqiu is Dongfan Island and Wanwan.
"what for?"
"I think we can move the tenants from Zhejiang to Xiaoliuqiu and reclaim Xiaoliuqiu."
Ye Sheng noticed that the emperor's eyes lit up.
"Okay, change Xiaoliuqiu to Baozhou Prefecture, subordinate to Fujian, let Yiming open up waterways, clean up nearby Japanese pirates, and send people to immigrate to Baozhou Prefecture."
Ye Sheng smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, if you want to purge the Japanese pirates, you must first fight a tough battle at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Either fight or recruit surrender, and then you can wipe out the Japanese pirates outside Fujian."
That’s right, you can’t defeat Japanese pirates at home, but what can you do when you reach the deep sea?
Zhu Qiyu looked at Feng Xiao: "Go and invite the old master, Xuan Jinzhong, come over."
The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River have been dealt with, so what difficulties do the Japanese pirates have?
Jin Zhong is in the palace, guarding the emperor.
He arrived first.
Zhu Qiyu asked him: "How was the Japanese pirate incident handled?"
"Back to your Majesty, among the gentry in Nan and Huai, there are 177 families with ties to the Japanese pirates. Only three families escaped. The rest were controlled by factory guards and their homes were ransacked."
"Now the Japanese pirates at the Yangtze River Estuary have surrendered 11 people."
"But according to the confessions of Japanese pirates, there are more than [-] Japanese pirates outside the Yangtze River, entrenched on various islands, and it is very difficult to recruit them."
Zhu Qiyu frowned: "Are there so many Japanese pirates?"
Don’t forget, Jingtai captured a group of 10,000+ Japanese pirates in just ten years. Could it be that there are more than 60 Japanese pirates? Can't?
"Your Majesty, originally there were not so many Japanese pirates, but the factory guards made too much noise, and many gentry went into exile overseas, which resulted in a huge amount."
Jin Zhong reported back: "Moreover, our country's ships were at sea and the fleet transporting Jiaozhi was robbed, which led to a sharp increase in the number of Japanese pirates."
"But I estimate that there are no more than 10 Japanese pirates who can fight. It is still unknown where they are hiding."
"As long as we can get their route, our Ming army can hope to annihilate them all."
Don't have too much confidence in the Ming Navy.
Zhu Qiyu knew it well and looked at Ye Sheng.
"Wei Chen thinks that we can reorganize the Japanese pirate prisoners and integrate them into the navy. Our army is still weak and cannot fight the Japanese pirates decisively. We can slowly find the Japanese pirates' lair and destroy them bit by bit."
Ye Sheng is more conservative. After all, he has little confidence in the Navy.
Just as he was talking, Hu Yan arrived late.
"Your Majesty, the list of Jinshi has been sent." Hu Hui was very excited.
After the dust settled on the entire conference, it was sent to Nanjing.
"Who is the number one scholar?" Ye Sheng asked.
"Liu Jian." Hu Hui smiled.
"But Xue Jingxuan's disciple?"
Ye Sheng also knew Liu Jian, but he didn't have a good reputation. He was reprimanded by the emperor and sent to the northwest to work as an official for two years, otherwise he would have been in high school.
Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but laugh, and Liu Jian was often dealt with by him.
I'm going to make progress, and get the top score in the exam.
"Submit his article and I'll take a look." Zhu Qiyu didn't look at the ranking. He read Liu Jian's article first to see if he was cheating.
"Your Majesty, this Liu Jian's article is really talented and learned. You really made a lot of progress by leaving him out for two years." Hu Hui joked.
Ye Sheng stroked his beard and smiled, took the list and looked at it carefully.
"Huh? Your Majesty, this Fuhua is also among the best. Your education on him seems to be effective."
Ye Sheng smiled and missed his days in the capital.
"Hmph, the prodigal son never changes his fortune in exchange for gold."
"Ye Qing, look at his papers, and then look at his records in the palace examination. Don't tell me that the results were due to cheating, right?"
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "The literary talent of Liu Jian's article is a bit lacking. The words and sentences are a bit artificial. I don't think he has the talent to be number one."
Hu Xi rolled his eyes, why don't you just find fault?
This policy essay is very beautifully written.
"The countermeasures are effective." Hu Hui replied.
"Really? Didn't see it."
In fact, after the joint examination, the cabinet copied a paper and sent it to him. He, Zhu Qiyu, had read it all, but he was stubborn and unwilling to admit that Liu Jian was excellent.
"I think Min Gui's roll noodles are better than theirs."
Zhu Qiyu said: "Thanks to Li Dongyang's illness, otherwise Liu Jian would not be Li Dongyang's opponent."
As we all know, Li Dongyang is your favorite.
But don't be so partial, Liu Jian is also very good.
"Don't let Liu Jian and Zhang Fuhua idle in the center. Let them go to the busiest places to work. Don't keep them in the Hanlin Academy."
The more the emperor uses someone, the more he thinks highly of him.
Zhu Qiyu wants to sharpen Liu Jian. Liu Jian is a person with outstanding abilities, but also has great character weaknesses. If he is not polished well, he may not be able to shine in the future.
"Ye Qing, what did you just say?" Zhu Qiyu put down the directory and got back to business.
Ye Qing also put down the test paper. He looked at the directory first and then the test paper.
Repeat it to Hu Hui.
Hu Xi frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, now is not the time to mobilize troops. The navy has not yet been established, so how can we rush to war? We should focus on appeasement and try to appease them as much as possible."
"What Ye Qing means is to develop Baozhou Prefecture and move the people there to relieve the population pressure in the interior."
Hu Bi didn't know which one was Baozhou Prefecture, and said it was changed from Xiaoliuqiu.
"Your Majesty, it is a good thing to develop Baozhou Mansion."
"But I am afraid that the navy will be unsustainable. What I want to say is that we should first train the navy and let the new navy become familiar with the ocean, and then send people to appease the Japanese pirates."
Hu Xi said: "It is better to spend money to buy peace than to fight."
Zhu Qiyu didn't like hearing this.
"Your Majesty, don't be upset. As long as these people land on land, it's not up to us to kill them. We can kill them if we want."
"Besides, first take back the islands along the coast, station troops on them, set up more forts, and then train the infantry and navy to occupy them."
"The sea paths are dotted all over the place. As long as they are all occupied by our Ming army and relying on land, the Ming Navy can still fight."
Hu Xi felt that Zhao'an was the best and fastest way.
"Let Gong Yongji send envoys to the Japanese country to establish contact with the Japanese country and order the Japanese country to take good care of the people and not to enter the Ming Dynasty as thieves."
Zhu Qiyu wanted to fight.
However, Hu Hui believed that there was no need to fight, and he could just issue an imperial edict.
"Then please ask the old lady to take charge of this matter." Zhu Qiyu was too lazy to take care of it.
"The old minister obeys the order."
The emperor was not willing to do such shameless things, so Hu Hu could only afford it.
In fact, recruiting and surrendering Japanese pirates is not a shameful thing.
However, the emperor was too loud and threatened to destroy all Japanese pirates. It has been more than a year, and the navy has poured in a huge amount of money, but it has not yet been established.
It will take ten years to build a large-scale navy.
Now it can't be compared to the Yongle Dynasty. The Yongle Dynasty has the old foundation of the Yuan Dynasty, and when Emperor Taizu founded the country, the navy was unrivaled in the world.
Jingtai Dynasty was built from scratch.
Being able to build six treasure ships in one year shows that the Ming Dynasty has a terrifying background.
In fact, according to Zhu Qiyu's idea, he did not want to admit Japanese pirates into the army, which would spoil the navy's atmosphere.
The problem is that the Ming Dynasty does not have practical talents on the water, so it can only use Japanese pirates as a last resort.
"Baozhou Prefecture is not as good as Jiaozhi, which has been developed for thousands of years."
"But Baozhou Mansion is still in its original state, so it will definitely not work if the gentry is moved in."
"The tenants can be moved over first, and the imperial court will establish a prefect to take charge."
"After the Japanese pirates are eliminated, more immigrants can come to Penghu. After all, Penghu has been managed by me in the Central Plains for many years and has enough land to be self-sufficient."
"Use Penghu to hold Baozhou Prefecture hostage, so that Baozhou Prefecture will not be lost."
Hu Hui advised: "Your Majesty, it is best to immigrate to Cochin. To the west of Cochin, the land is boundless, but it lacks development."
"The imperial court shipped a large number of agricultural tools, enough to develop the Jiaozhi wasteland."
Zhu Qiyu stopped Hu Hui's words: "Old Master, once the rainy season comes, the Ming Dynasty and Jiaozhi will lose communication. What should we do if there are too many immigrants and there is a rebellion?"
Hu Xi frowned. The emperor was not worried about the people's rebellion.
Instead, they were worried that people with military power like Zhu Ying and Wang Wei would rebel.
"Your Majesty, if you don't feel at ease, you shouldn't fill Jiaozhi with all the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River."
Hu Hu said: "Your Majesty can fill Jiaozhi with people with different accents to create regional conflicts and accent conflicts. The center will naturally be as stable as Mount Tai."
Zhu Qiyu frowned: "To develop the forest, people need to work together instead of trying to undermine each other. In that case, Jiaozhi will fall into endless internal friction."
"Your Majesty, there is no such thing as the best of both worlds."
"Since you want to liberate Jiangnan and interrupt the possible monopoly caused by Jiangnan, you must believe in Jiaozhi and Zhu Ying."
"Instead of hesitating, this is not your way of governing the country."
Only Hu Hu dared to say such an offensive thing.
Zhu Qiyu sighed: "I thought too much. When the rainy season passes, we will immigrate there on a large scale."
"I will urge all iron factories to manufacture agricultural tools on a large scale."
"Send more soldiers to join us."
"The original Guangxi Army was disbanded and Ou Xin was appointed as the commander-in-chief. I trust Zhu Ying and Xia Xun."
Don't use the people you doubt, and don't doubt the people you employ. This is the emperor's way of employing people.
"Your Majesty Shengming."
A smile appeared on Hu Hui's face: "Jiangnan does not need the nobles to embrace each other for warmth, but Jiaozhi needs the Ming people to embrace each other for warmth and open up new lands."
"So His Majesty forced immigration, and the veteran did not stop it."
"There were even many suggestions and advice in the court, but they were all blocked by the old ministers."
"Because Jiaozhi really needs people from Jiangnan to develop it, among people in the world, people from Jiangnan are the most proficient in planting, officialdom, economy, and commerce."
"The veteran believes that only people from Jiangnan can do this."
"The people of Jiangnan are good at keeping people together, and they are also well-educated. They understand the classics and etiquette, and they know how to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. They are the most suitable for pioneering."
Anyway, the immigration continued, and the emperor insisted on having his own way.
Hu Xi picked up something nice to say.
From Jiaozhi, we talked about North Korea and then to the northwest.
"Eunuch Feng is right to advise His Majesty. If you transfer Fan Guang, who will protect you?"
Hu Xi frowned: "Your Majesty, you are deeply attached to the world. The safety of the government and the public depends on your hands. Nothing can happen to you."
"This is Nanjing, which is not as safe as Beijing. You must take care of the dragon body so that the world can function normally."
"What's more."
"The war in the northwest is not as serious as your Majesty thinks."
"No matter how powerful Mansu'er is, can he still be able to withstand the power of our Ming Dynasty?"
"Kou Shen is a very old man. If he knows he is defeated, he will never act heroic. He is a steady person. This is why you sent him to Gansu in the first place."
"We are also assisted by a group of good generals such as Shenying, Fan Sheng, Fan Jiong, and Tao Jin."
"Even if we can't take Turpan, we can still defend Hami."
"Moreover, Wang Lai is in Jilin and has recruited batch after batch of strangers to go to the northwest."
"These strangers fight bravely and are not afraid of death. The declining cavalry of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate cannot defeat them."
Zhu Qiyu forgot about this.
Wang Laizhen would exploit the natives of the Northeast, buy their people with various Ming products, and help the Ming in its conquests.
"I just want to attack the Eastern Chagatai Khanate as soon as possible, because my dream guided me that there is oil to the west of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate."
"You should know how important oil is."
"The commuting between Daming and Jiaozhi is interrupted by the rainy season. As long as an asphalt road is paved, it can still be used during the rainy season."
"The west side of Jiaozhi is full of fertile farmland. I need asphalt roads to control the entire Central and South China."
"Similarly, I also need to use asphalt roads to shorten the distance between the world."
"This world is too big. I find it difficult to rule it from a deep level just by relying on post roads."
Zhu Qiyu didn't say the last half of the sentence. He wanted the imperial power to go to the countryside.
Hu Hui never mentioned the emperor's dream, but said: "But finding asphalt is not a day's work. We can wait until next year to send Fan Guang to lead the army."
He predicted that the emperor would return to Luan next year.
Zhu Qiyu was not so optimistic. The salt policy had not yet been cleared up, half of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River had been relocated, and Japanese pirates were still around, so it might not be possible to finish the work in one year.
Just as he was talking, several eunuchs carried a tray containing memorials and sent them to the Qianqing Palace.
Memorials brought from Beijing would be loaded into sedan chairs and transported into the palace by eunuchs, just like the process of transporting them from the cabinet to the ceremonial supervisor.
But these are all copied copies of the approved memorials.
Feng Xiao lowered his voice: "Your Majesty, the prince may be in trouble."
Zhu Qiyu's pupils narrowed slightly and he waved away Hu Hui, Ye Sheng and others.
Feng Xiao immediately handed over several memorials with both hands.
Zhu Qiyu opened it and looked at it. They were all memorials written by the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to impeach Wang Cheng.
They mainly impeached Wang Cheng's sister Yang Niang and his two grandchildren Wang San and Wang Si. These two people robbed good women as concubines in Luzhou Prefecture, manipulated military power, and whipped soldiers.
These are nothing. The poor suddenly get rich, do some ridiculous things, and at most they will be reprimanded.
After all, I have a good uncle, Wang Cheng, who is the emperor's most trusted eunuch. but!
What happened next made Zhu Qiyu's pupils turn red with anger.
"Is what is said here true? Feng Xiao!" Zhu Qiyu suddenly shouted.
Feng Xiao was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I don't know this."
Zhu Qiyu opened several other memorials, and the memorials were similar. Among them, Wang Yikui's memorial also listed evidence.
Bang!
Zhu Qiyu smashed the memorial on the ground: "I just finished bragging to Ye Sheng that I have adopted 17 orphans in the world. This is my act of loving the people!"
"It's only been a quarter of an hour, and you're going to slap me in the face?"
"Wang Cheng has no incense, so he wants to recruit two bastards as his incense to inherit?"
"Come here, tell Wang Cheng to come here!"
"I'll ask him personally!"
Wang Yikui's memorial reads:
All orphans passing through Luzhou Prefecture were first selected by Wang San and Wang Si. Boys and girls with good color were kept and sold into brothels to earn money.
In the past two years, a total of 71 cases of children have been handled.
The magistrate of Hefei reported the matter to the central government, but the magistrate was silenced and later reported to have died of illness.
What really made Zhu Qiyu angry was that the county magistrate of the same place actually died as soon as he said he would die. Did Wang Chengzhen not know at all?
Why not report it? Don’t I have the capacity to tolerate others? Are you short of your reward of a few taels of silver?
Everyone in the Qianqing Palace was prostrate on the ground.
After getting angry.
Zhu Qiyu was also pondering, who made this revelation?
Is it Yu Qian who is in the capital?
Or the gentry from Jiangnan?
Unlike Yu Qian, if Yu Qian knew it, he wouldn't have been able to endure it for so long.
If the Jiangnan gentry counterattacks, this is just an appetizer, and there will be big moves later.
"Pass an order to transfer Mao Sheng to take charge of the Anhui Army and arrest Wang Cheng's nephew!" Zhu Qiyu did not protect him, but made the decision as quickly as possible.
"Your Majesty, this matter is a small matter, but your safety is a big one." Feng Xiao advised.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes flickered: "Since this memorial has been sent to Nanjing, it means that the cabinet cannot approve it and does not dare to deal with it."
"And I use eunuchs to control the army, which makes the court officials dissatisfied. No matter whether they are civil servants or honorary ministers, they are not satisfied with the eunuchs controlling the army."
"When this case broke out, it was not for Wang Cheng, but for me."
"Bring Wang Chengxuan back and give the military power to Mao Sheng."
"Go do it."
The reason why he chose Mao Sheng was because Mao Sheng and he were related by marriage, and they were both prosperous.
The Anhui Army is related to the emperor's west gate and is very important.
Wang Cheng is really incapable of doing anything. He is the No. 1 freeloader. He can't even control two brats. How can he control an army of 10,000+?
"The slaves obey the order."
Feng Xiao swallowed: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there will be more..."
A little eunuch hurried in.
"Your Majesty, Song Wei has sent a message."
After Feng Xiao inspected it, he offered it with both hands.
Zhu Qiyu took it, frowned and looked at it, his pupils suddenly shrank: "What a Yangzhou Mansion, it turns out it's you!"
Song Wei investigated the salt policy, killed many salt merchants in Yangzhou, and actively produced salt to alleviate the salt crisis in the north.
The case of thin horses in the nursing home broke out.
Yangzhou Prefecture, Yangzhou Magistrate Gui Yi asked Song Wei to be the supervisor on his behalf, exposing the inside story of Yangzhou's thin horse.
The so-called Yangzhou thin horse.
Because salt merchants gathered in Yangzhou, based on the canal, they mass-produced wealthy merchants. When wealthy merchants had money, they wanted to find good-looking, talented and obedient women.
The thin horse industry came into being.
The operators will buy some good-looking girls, conduct professional training, and cultivate various talents. When the girls grow up, they will be sold to all walks of life according to first or second class.
The salt merchants all raise thin horses and compare themselves with them and take pride in them.
When the emperor first arrived in Nanjing, some officials offered him thin horses, but Zhu Qiyu demoted him and punished them with floggings. Only then did the practice of offering beauties cease.
But Shouma has already formed an industrial chain.
The emperor doesn't like it, rich businessmen like it, and dignitaries like it.
however!
Beginning in the eighth year of Jingtai, the emperor implemented the New Deal and carried out reforms among the people, especially large-scale immigration, which wiped out the refugees from all over the world. As a result, the horse-thinning industry was unable to buy girls.
In the ninth year of Jingtai, the emperor issued an order to send orphans from all over the world to the capital to be raised.
This is the only way to lose weight.
In the tenth year of Jingtai, due to the scarcity of thin horses, a first-class thin horse was sold for 10 taels of silver.
You know, during the Jingtai period, five taels of silver was enough for a family of seven to eight to live a prosperous life for a year.
A skinny horse is worth 10 taels of silver!
This shows the wealth of Jiangnan.
However, girls are hard to find.
They took advantage of the traffickers and stole girls everywhere.
But immigration is being carried out everywhere. Governors in various places immigrate for the sake of political performance and commit crimes, which has led to the arrest of human traffickers. This road will not work.
They tried to find a way to open the joints by spending money, and they used tricks from various almshouses to keep girls with good looks, and then spent money to bribe the eunuchs in the palace to remove the orphan girl.
Some local officials did not dare to participate, so they bribed the boat boss and said that the girl died on the way, or that the girl had naughtily fallen into the river.
Originally, Yangzhou Shouma only picked girls in Yuannan Zhili.
The emperor conscripted orphans into the capital, and they were able to choose the most beautiful girls in the world.
Precisely because thin horse breeding is a hugely profitable industry, merchants on both sides of the Yangtze River are domesticating thin horses.
Of course.
The emperor's immigration campaign led to a downturn in the brothel business. The brothels also used this method to buy girls. They spent less than before, but they could choose girls at will. The brothels became popular again.
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Qiyu lowered his hands and laughed heartily, "It turns out it's me who is helping the tyrants do evil!"
"I thought I was adopting babies from all over the world and giving them a good living environment!"
"But I don't know that it was me who harmed them!"
"If I didn't come to Nanjing, I wouldn't know the evil of people's hearts!"
"I thought people were eating people in the court, but I didn't know that in Jiangnan, it was even worse than people eating people. It was beasts eating people!"
"But these beasts are wearing human skin and pretending to be human."
"They deceived me, deceived the world, deceived the world and stole their reputation!"
"Except for Gui Yi, why has no one reported this matter for so many years? Are all the loyal people in the dynasty inferior to a county magistrate?"
"Where is Chen Wuyang?"
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground: "Go back to your Majesty, Chen Wuyang is in Changzhou Mansion."
"Tune Chen Wuyang to Yangzhou."
"Let me find out who trained this Yangzhou skinny horse!"
"Catch as many people as possible throughout the entire process!"
"You can kill by mistake, but never let one go!"
"I abolished the Jiaofang Division, hoping that women would not suffer, but I underestimated the evil intentions of beasts!"
"All the people in the Shou Ma period, the men are imprisoned, the women are sent to brothels, the boys and girls are not allowed to be spared, they are all thrown to death! The bodies are not allowed to be buried, fed to animals! Or thrown into the sea!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Who among the officials from all over the country are protecting people in this thin horse industry? They will all be deprived of their positions, their wives and daughters will be turned into brothels, and the men in their families will be turned into slaves. They will never be pardoned!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Of all the officials in the world, who has ever bought a skinny horse?"
"They will all be fined for one year. If they offend again, they should all go back to farming. Don't dislike me in the court. Then compile a list of these people and ask them, how do you feel when your daughter is tamed into a skinny horse? Write it out for me and send it to me! I want to read it!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Who among all the merchants in the world has ever bought a skinny horse?"
"The family was fined 10 taels of silver and the woman was released."
"Preach the message again!"
"I order all the officials in the world to reflect on themselves. What sages' books are you reading? Do the sages' books teach you to harm living beings? Master Kong Sheng is watching you!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Order the Fifth Law Department to send people to investigate all the personnel in the nursing homes all over the world to see if they have violated any rules during their tenure. If so, they will be punished according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If not, they will be transferred to the Beijing nursing homes. The world's nursing homes will be abolished! No more!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Tune to the East Factory to investigate all the people who handled the report, including almshouse residents, boatmen, local officials, etc. Once identified, the men will be killed, and the wives and daughters will be sent to brothels, and they will be forever debased!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Every eunuch in the palace who participates will be killed immediately, Lingchi!"
"Preach the message again!"
"All the brothels involved, the participants are to kill the nine tribes! The women from the brothels are all in the Jiaofang Department and rescue all the girls. If there is anyone behind the scenes, find out and kill them all!"
"Preach the message again!"
"All the brothels in Jiangnan have stopped operating. Where is Jin Zhong? Let Jin Zhong go to each brothel to check who is behind this brothel? Where did the women in this brothel come from? If there is any violation of the Ming Dynasty law, They will all be punished according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and no one will be tolerated!"
"Preach the message again!"
"Order the Fifth Law Division to send people to Jiangnan to investigate for me! I want to know the truth. Whoever dares to lie to me will be punished by the nine tribes! Including all the officials of the Five Law Division, don't take my words as fart. If you can't find out clearly, I will let you All buried with him!"
Feng Xiao knelt on the ground. The emperor was really angry.
So many imperial edicts came out in one breath.
Zhu Qiyu's eyes were filled with anger. This was the salt merchant's second move.
I took it!
You want to drive a wedge between me and Wang Cheng, do you want me to lose the military power in Anhui?
Or do you think that just this matter can make me lose the hearts of the world?
Feng Xiao was horrified.
The emperor is going to concoct a big case again.
If you look for thin horses, you will find more gentry and more officials.
So, who is the emperor's target?
Feng Xiao didn't realize that the emperor must have a hidden meaning.
"My lord..."
"Go and deliver the message!" Zhu Qiyu did not listen to the advice.
Feng Xiao had no choice but to ask the old lady to see if Hu Hui could do anything.
When Hu Hui heard what happened, he frowned slightly: "Let's investigate!"
He sees things more clearly than the eunuchs in the palace.
This is the salt merchant posing a problem to the emperor, threatening the emperor to stop investigating the salt merchant, but is the emperor the one who is being coerced?
It must be investigated, not only investigated, but thoroughly investigated.
None of these salt merchants who talk behind the scenes can escape.
"Old Master, this is Nanjing. If something goes wrong in the palace, it will be over." Lu Hong was extremely anxious. He was worried about punishing the eunuchs and causing the people who served in the palace to die.
Don't forget, the maids in the palace are all the daughters of officials in the world. If their father and brother commit a crime, without the emperor knowing about it, will they take the risk?
"How can there be a problem? Your Majesty punishes a few eunuchs, will there be a problem?"
Hu Bi knew that Lu Hong would be worried about the eunuch being unfaithful and worried that he would be punished by the emperor if something happened to him.
Eunuchs are all greedy for money, especially those who serve in the Qianqing Palace, which can be said to be full of power and have a lot of money.
If the emperor punishes the eunuch involved, he will inevitably become disloyal. This is human nature.
But I would not dare to murder the emperor because of this, right?
"Old Master, this is in Nanjing. These are the eunuchs we brought here. It's difficult to replace them."
Lu Hong lowered his voice: "Furthermore, the relationships in the palace are intricate, and there are connections between the inside and outside of the palace. What should we do if someone does something outrageous?"
"What did your Majesty say?" Hu Bi frowned.
If the eunuch is not punished, the eunuch will become even more arrogant, and even the emperor may not be able to restrain him in the future.
Unless the emperor is cruel and purges all the eunuchs.
Then, his most trusted eunuchs would all have to die, because the relationship in the palace was led by them.
"The emperor is so angry that no one dares to persuade him."
Lu Hong was also greedy for money, but he was a person close to the emperor and knew very well that if the emperor disappeared, he would immediately lose power.
"Hey, let me go to the palace."
On the way, Hu Hui was thinking, should he give advice?
The emperor is becoming more and more unruly in his actions. With the imperial power in hand, he no longer listens to anyone. Should he be taught a lesson?
You have to endure some hardships to be obedient.
Entered the Qianqing Palace.
The emperor was reading the memorial, his face was as dark as water, and he looked like he was sulking.
"See Your Majesty." Hu Hui saluted.
Zhu Qiyu raised his eyelids: "Why is the old lady here?"
"Your Majesty issued ten imperial edicts in a row, and the old minister had to come."
"Did the old master persuade me?"
Zhu Qiyu narrowed his eyes.
Hu Xi sighed: "I don't want to dissuade you, but you are too fierce. I am worried that things will turn to the extreme and it will harm you."
"Is it about the eunuch?"
Zhu Qiyu glanced at Lu Hong and sneered: "I'm just a domestic slave, how can I still rebel?"
"Your Majesty, you will lose Jingzhou if you are careless." Hu Hui reminded him.
"I know, but if the slave doesn't take care of her, she might not even listen to my words."
Zhu Qiyu said: "I am good to people, but some people like to be whipped if they don't eat well. What can I do?"
"I'd better help them and let them know who is the master in this palace."
Hu Xi stopped trying to persuade him and lowered his head in silence.
If the emperor is careless, people will make mistakes if they are careless. If they make too many mistakes, they will fall down on their own.
The emperor must know the pain. Don't always use your blazing imperial power to hurt others. This will only arouse the disgust of the people in the world.
This is also an important lesson that must be experienced by the emperor himself.
"What does the old lady think of this matter?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"It's just chaos in Yangzhou."
Zhu Qiyu ordered a memorial and Feng Xiao showed it to Hu Xi.
This is the imperial censor's memorial to impeach Wang Cheng.
"It seems that this case is aimed at the Holy Spirit." Hu Hui saw clearly.
"What's your next move? Will Anhui rebel?" Zhu Qiyu laughed.
Hu Hu actually smiled too.
If a chess player's next move is seen through by the opponent, he will lose the opportunity and it will be impossible to win.
"Your Majesty, Anhui may not be the only one rebelling."
Hu Hui saw Jiangxi.
Jiangxi was tortured miserably by Jin Zhong. If he said he didn't have any hatred in his heart, it would be absolutely false.
Moreover, Jin Zhong, Yang Xin and others left in a hurry, so the cleaning was not completely completed and they were likely to be exploited.
"If Jiangxi rebels, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi will not stop either."
Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Jiaozhi will be cut off from the mainland again, and it will rebel soon."
"As a result, the entire south will be in chaos."
However, the emperor was still happy.
"Your majesty is wise, if everyone comes out to rebel, it will be a good thing." Hu Hui was also laughing.
If the place is in chaos, Nanjing will be safe.
What worried him most was the safety of the emperor, not the safety of the place. Even if the place was in chaos, there would be no major chaos.
There are governors everywhere, who is the fool?
Fang Ying hasn't left yet. If Fang Ying is here, there will be no chaos in Guangdong and Guangxi.
Ma Jin is not mediocre, he is suppressed by the powerful Jin Zhong. In terms of hard work, political achievements, and fighting, Ma Jin is much better than Jin Zhong.
The governor of Anhui is Wang Hong.
Wang Hong had a great reputation in Jiangnan, and Wang Hong was beheaded.
Even though Shi Pu is a bit weak in Zhejiang, there are still Zhang Gu and Hu Xi who are keeping him in check. Hu Hui is too confident in his son.
"Look."
The imperial edict must be sent to the cabinet, which will then issue it.
At the same time, secret edicts were sent one after another from Nanjing to Shandong, Henan, and Rehe. The farthest one was sent to North Korea.
And in Cochin.
The resettlement of immigrants was in an orderly manner, and Zhu Ying's power frightened even the Guangxi army.
Zhu Ying is not Fang Ying, who is close to soldiers.
Zhu Ying has always been extremely arrogant. He only recognizes the law. The rules he established will be killed if you violate them, no matter who you are.
Within half a year of his arrival in Jiaozhi, he killed thousands of people.
He also caused seven rebellions due to murder, all of which were put down by Zhu Ying.
Under the power, he became Zhu Ying in Jiaozhi, keeping his word.
When the censor impeached Zhu Ying, he was suspected of being self-reliant, but the central government did not comment. He allowed the censor to impeach and Zhu Ying to do whatever he wanted, as long as Jiaozhi was stable.
Hao Xuan came back from Phnom Penh. He went there during the rainy season. He came back during the rainy season and soaked in the water. When he returned to Huanzhou, he fell ill and became seriously ill.
He bought 42 slaves from Cambodia, but only 37 survived to reach Cochin. 5 died on the road due to various reasons due to walking in the rainy season.
Zhu Ying organized people and distributed the slaves.
Because of the rainy season, the roads were muddy and difficult to navigate, and some slaves escaped.
It was the first time for new immigrants to experience such a rainy season, and many people got sick. Fortunately, the central government had stocked up on enough medicinal materials in advance, otherwise the population of 200 million in Cochin would have been reduced by half.
But tens of thousands of people died.
This prompted the new immigrants to start studying medicine, how to prevent diseases in Cochin, how to prevent mosquitoes, etc.
Xia Xun also regained the entire territory of Champa before the rainy season and reached the southernmost point.
The entire Cochin Province has been completely formed.
After the garrison was assigned, he also fell ill.
Mainly because he couldn't adapt to the climate. He wrote to Zhu Ying and wanted to be transferred back to the north. The weather was too hot and he couldn't stand it.
And Zhu Ying couldn't stand it either.
Zhu Ying had stayed in Shandong for three years and was accustomed to the life of northerners. However, in such a hot place, his head was buzzing every day, and he doubted that he would not live long.
Qin Hong fell ill as soon as he arrived in Jiaozhou.
Also because I can't stand the heat here.
During the rainy season, heavy rains do not stop, resulting in frequent epidemics.
"This damn place."
Zhu Ying could only hold on. The emperor even thought it was too hot in Nanjing, so he came to Jiaozhi to try it.
Before cutting off news from the mainland.
Zhu Ying received a personal letter from the emperor, saying that 1000 million people would be moved to Cochin, and he was asked to expand westward, buy more slaves, and hollow out the forests and turn them into farmland.
And allocated a sum of money to Cochin to purchase slaves.
"It's impossible to work in this damn weather."
"Those gentlemen are so delicate that they find it too hot to sit in the room."
"We can only buy more slaves. Fortunately, Xia Xun didn't massacre them. He just turned the Champa people into slaves. We still need to use these people to open up Jiaozhi."
Zhu Ying suddenly had an idea: "It would be great if there were saltpeter mines!"
Saltpeter makes ice!
He missed the ice right now. How comfortable it would be if he could lie on the ice.
But he did not complain about the emperor's expansion of territory, because this Jiaozhi was originally a Han territory and had been there since ancient times. It had only been stolen by the Annan people. Now it should be taken back.
(End of this chapter)
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