Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 546: The imperial edict adds more troops
The evils and cancers of the Ming Dynasty are many and complex. Many times what you see at the center cannot reflect the true situation of the Ming Dynasty!
After all, there are many things that have been suppressed by local officials.

They don't want the people above to know what happened under their respective autonomy. Once the central court knows, it often represents a variable.

But for local officials, do they hope there will be changes in their career?
I definitely don’t want to!

With variables, the official title may not be preserved.

Han Chuang has studied hard for more than ten years, begged his grandfather to tell his grandmother, and kept him smiling all the time, just to be promoted step by step?

Even in the officialdom of various places, there are indeed some people who truly reflect the local situation, either out of public motives or for other reasons, but more of them have disappeared. After all, there are too many officials in the officialdom...

Qianqing Palace.

Dong Nuan Pavilion.

"Since the second year of Tianqi, disasters have increased under the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Youxiao sat on the throne, looked around at the cabinet ministers gathered in front of the emperor, and said in a calm tone: "A great disaster has spread to Beizhili, Shandong and other places. Up to now, the officials sent by the Shaofu have been punished. We will step up disaster relief in the affected areas and strive to ensure that local order can be stabilized."

"Before and after this year's palace examination, Henan, Lianghuai and other places reported disaster-related matters, and even banditry broke out in Lianghuai!!"

When hearing this, the expressions on the faces of all the cabinet ministers who participated in the imperial meeting changed. In the bottom of their hearts, some ministers thought that the emperor held this imperial meeting because of all the things that had happened in the previous court. When I wanted to talk about something, the things I never wanted to talk about were all related to the disaster.

"...What's more, there are some rumors in the capital and Gyeonggi."

Zhu Youxiao leaned forward and scanned the ministers in front of him with his eyes, "The frequent disasters this year are caused by my lack of virtue. It is because God sent disasters to various places to warn me!"

At this time, Zhu Guozuo, Qian Qianyi, and Sun Ruyou all lowered their heads. No one expected that the emperor would specifically mention this matter in this imperial court meeting.

This matter is extremely popular among the people. Although the capital's security commander Chen Cecu sent his elite soldiers to arrest him and even dispatched the Jinyi Guards in Beijing, this trend has not been deterred.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that someone is secretly fueling the situation.

But if some things want to end, the truth must be found out and the corresponding person arrested, otherwise the matter will never end!

"It doesn't matter if I lose my virtue or not!"

Seeing that the ministers were silent, Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, "There are so many disasters in various places. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I cannot ignore it, let alone let the people of the Ming Dynasty be affected by the disasters and have their families destroyed!!"

"This imperial court meeting will discuss one thing. I am determined to issue an edict to the world in the name of the cabinet. The edict does not require additional dispatches, which involves taxes and corvees. There are no additional dispatches in various places!!"

"Your Majesty, you can't do that."

Qian Qianyi was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to admonish: "Your Majesty cares about the country and the people. This is indeed a good thing, but the issue of exempting additional orders must not involve corvee service."

"Not to mention those places that have not been affected by the disaster, just say that the disaster-stricken places have bureaus. If they can't even send additional corvees, then it may be difficult to implement many matters involving disaster relief."

"I second the proposal!"

Sun Ruyou followed closely and said: "As far as the court knows, since February this year, the provinces in the north have been hit by disasters one after another. Although the Shaofu has sent personnel to relieve disasters in Beizhili, Shandong and other places, there are still some Many places are in need of disaster relief. If additional dispatches cannot be sent, it will undoubtedly be fatal to the restoration of local order!"

It is precisely because the provinces in the north have been hit by disasters one after another that I have to issue this edict to avoid sending more troops.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Qian Qianyi, Sun Ruyou and the others with sharp eyes. The Ming Dynasty was currently in the Little Ice Age, which resulted in a big gap in food cultivation between the north and the south, especially in the northern provinces, which was caused by the increasingly cold climate. Grain production has declined, which is an indisputable fact.

Especially in the northwestern provinces, the situation is even more severe. Whether the food grown can maintain its yield is uncertain.

What's more, as the climate changes, the situation in Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places will only become worse. If some pressure cannot be appropriately relieved, the accumulated public resentment will explode sooner or later!

Zhu Youxiao is too aware of some of the virtues of being an official. When he has no extra energy to take care of other places, he will not promulgate any new policies. All he can do is issue binding decrees to local officials.

Less fuss, that is the best policy!

Otherwise, once the hole is opened, the people underneath will use chicken feathers as arrows, causing even greater harm.

"I don't ask them to be officials for the sake of happiness!"

Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, "I didn't ask too much about it before, but now, if anyone dares to violate the laws of the imperial court, cannot find his position in his position, and does his job well, then I don't mind dismissing a group of officials." official!"

"After this edict is promulgated, I will send people to keep an eye on it. If you dare to find out who is secretly sending more troops and don't find a way to solve it yourself, then the factory guards will also not be vegetarians!!"

Zhu Guozuo and Qian Qianyi's expressions changed drastically.

Speaking of which, since the emperor Yuji ascended the throne, he has rarely issued such political orders involving the whole country. In addition to abolishing Liao pay and never increasing taxes, this is the third order to exempt and increase dispatches.

It's just that the impact of this matter is different from the previous two.

"Your Majesty, I dare to ask."

Zhu Guozuo stepped forward at this time, bowed to the emperor and said, "When will this edict be completed?"

"Don't ask me, ask God!"

Zhu Youxiao lifted up the sleeves of his robe and said calmly: "When there will be no more widespread disasters under my rule in the Ming Dynasty, then when will this edict be ended?"

"..."

The atmosphere in Dongnuan Pavilion became strange.

No one thought that the emperor would say this.

Without disaster, this is simply impossible.

Even in peaceful times, when disasters should occur, they will still occur.

If this is the case, then there will be no end to this edict.

And this is exactly what Zhu Youxiao wants.

Instead of passing the pressure to the bottom, it is better to pass it to the ruling class. In Ming Dynasty, in addition to him, the Ming Emperor, was the ruling class, there were countless officials at all levels as well!
Aren’t they all looking for trouble?

Don't you want to say that I have lost my morality and stir up trouble?

Well!

Then I will follow your path. If I lose my morality, I will lose my morality. I will just act without morality and turn the pressure on you. If anyone dares to violate this rule in the future, then don’t blame me for being ruthless!
Compared with the lower-class people whose family background is very thin, too many of these officials are from well-off families. This is precisely the case. As long as there is no great chaos in the Ming Dynasty, they will not dare to break the pot easily. This will give It’s Zhu Youxiao’s time! !

(End of this chapter)