Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 627 Shaanxi Earthquake
"What happened in Lianghuai has had a bad start in Ming Dynasty!!"

The next day, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao was walking on the royal road, his words were full of anger, and his sword eyebrows were raised: "I have been on the throne for two years, and I have killed countless corrupt officials and treacherous officials before and after. But even so, there are still some people who are so bold. , Dare to deceive the court and violate the law for your own selfish gain!"

"I sometimes wonder, after the people of the Ming Dynasty have gone through this, if one day someone in the local area can't stand it anymore and wants to rebel against the imperial court, should I send troops to suppress it? Or not?"

At this point, Zhu Youxiao stopped and stared at the old man accompanying him.

"Your Majesty should not have such thoughts."

The old man wearing a scarlet official robe hurriedly bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said: "It is normal for problems to occur. It would be strange if there are no problems."

"As far as the court is concerned, even if there are laws, it still cannot deter some greedy people. This greed may be for fame, profit, sex, or lust. What the court has to do is to govern according to the law. This It is the basis for rectifying officialdom.”

"So the Qing family has some thoughts and opinions on my previous use of factory guards?" Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the old man in front of him and said.

"I feel that going too far is not enough."

The old man bowed again and said, "If the factory guards are re-employed, what will the imperial court do with the Metropolitan Procuratorate? What will the Integrity Council do with it? Matters in the officialdom should still be handled by the right way."

"Haha, I really didn't misjudge the person."

Zhu Youxiao laughed while stroking his hands, and stretched out his hand to lift the old man's arm, "I have always left the post of Zuodu Censor in the Metropolitan Procuratorate vacant, even though many ministers in the court have expressed their opinions that the post has been vacant for too long. It would be a good thing for both the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the imperial court, but I didn’t pay any attention to it.”

"Now, I appoint the Qing family as the censor of Zuodu because I want the Qing family to shoulder heavy responsibilities. For no other reason than the things mentioned by the Qing family."

The old man who was supported by Zhu Youxiao was called Li Qiyuan. He was from Shunde Prefecture in Northern Zhili. He was a Jinshi in the 14th year of Wanli. He was first appointed to the Metropolitan Inspectorate to observe politics, and later served as the original magistrate of Wuxian County. In the 18th year, he was changed to the magistrate of Ji County. In the 48th year of Wanli, When Emperor Shenzong died, Zhu Changluo ascended the throne by imperial edict, and Li Qiyuan became the censor of the right capital of Jin Dynasty and the right minister of the Ministry of War, governor of Shaanxi's three-sided military affairs and in charge of food and wages.

The Governor of the Trilateral Borders, who opened his office in Guyuan and was the governor of the military affairs of Shaanxi, Gansu, Yansui, Ningxia and other departments, was first established in the Hongzhi period. In order to effectively consolidate the northwest border, the "Governor-General of the Trilateral Military Affairs of Shaanxi Province" was established. This border control system is The core is the separation of powers between the civil prime ministers headed by the general system, the military ministers in charge of the army, and the internal ministers supervising the army. The essence is to strengthen the military defense capabilities of the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, improve the defensive border effects of various towns and associations, and strengthen centralization of power.

It was Zhu Youxiao's careful consideration to transfer Li Qiyuan to the capital and serve as the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. However, for the post of governor of the three sides, Zhu Youxiao did not appoint a new one to take office.

If nothing else, Zhu Youxiao already has a candidate for this position, but he will have to wait a few years.

Another thick sore on Jiubian must be squeezed out, and it must be allowed to leak out first. If Jiubian is not ruthless to rectify it, it will undoubtedly harm the central finance of the Ming Dynasty! !
Since the responsibility of guarding the territory has been shouted out very early, the governors, general military officers and other major civil and military officials in the northwest regions must shoulder their responsibilities. If they cannot shoulder their responsibilities, then get out as soon as possible!

Affected by the long-term turmoil and rebellion in Liaodong, the entire Ming Dynasty focused its attention on Liaodong, which caused the importance of the northwest frontier to be ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

This is something Zhu Youxiao will never allow.

However, the situation in the northwest is very complicated. In addition to various internal factors, external forces are also very complicated, such as the forces in the Snowy Plateau, the Outer Khalkha tribes, Yarkand tribes, Oirat tribes, etc., or directly related to the northwest of the Ming Dynasty. Bordering the border, or looking into the distance from the northwest border of the Ming Dynasty.

Dare to make any changes in the northwest region, which actually has a great impact on the Ming Dynasty. After all, the northwest frontier is too barren, and the border troops, guards and other departments stationed in this area are complex. If the defense line of the northwest frontier dares to be invaded by the above forces If any one of them breaks through, it will cause chaos in the northwest!

It is urgent to intervene in the northwest. "I can no longer tolerate some of the chaos in Kedao." Zhu Youxiao calmed down, looked at Li Qiyuan and said: "There are always people with selfish intentions who want to stir up trouble in Kedao, and then affect the court. The situation is stable, but I feel that if we want to rectify the officialdom, we must first take action on Ke Dao."

Li Qiyuan was shocked. He never expected that the emperor would pay attention to Ke Dao.

But how should Kedao perform the surgery? !

Are we going to lay off a group of officials and censors?

"I plan to unite science and education into one!"

While Li Qiyuan was thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao continued: "Supervision and auditing should not be separated. The Qing family should know how much trouble has been caused by the previous Beijing inspection plan, right?"

"!!!"

Li Qiyuan was shocked.

Seeing Li Qiyuan like this, Zhu Youxiao was not surprised at all. He originally left the matter of integrating science and education to Nan Study Room, but too many things happened later.

Things about Sichuan and Guizhou, things about North Korea, things about Xinbi, things about Lianghuai, things about Liaodong... Various changes forced Zhu Youxiao to put the matter on hold.

When Li Qiyuan returned to the capital and took up the post of Zuo Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhu Youxiao not only valued Li Qiyuan's ability, but also valued Li Qiyuan's qualifications!

Li Qiyuan was a veteran of the Wanli Dynasty. He had been an official since the early days of the Wanli Dynasty. His decades of official experience gave him a different weight in the officialdom.

As for a major event such as the integration of science and education, since you choose to do it, you must do it. Otherwise, once it is shelved, it will be difficult to do it again in the future.

"Your Majesty, please think twice. There is no precedent in our government for integrating science and education. The key is to place supervision and audit under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. This..."

"Your Majesty, urgent delivery to Shaanxi!!"

At this moment, an urgent voice sounded, interrupting Li Qiyuan's words. This made Li Qiyuan frown and look. Not long after he returned to Beijing from the northwest, a memorial was urgently delivered to Beijing from Shaanxi. What happened? ?
"Your Majesty, Lu Zhaoxiong, the governor of Shaanxi, is sending an urgent message. Stars are falling like rain in Guyuan Prefecture, Shaanxi. Pingliang and Longde counties, Zhenrong, Pinglu and other places, as well as Ma Gang, Shuangfeng and other forts, have experienced an earth-turning disaster!!"

After hearing this, Li Qiyuan's hanging hands trembled slightly.

Oh my goodness.

Something big is going on!

No one knows better than Li Qiyuan what impact such a disaster will have on the northwest frontier.

"What is supposed to come will eventually come. It's September, and Shaanxi is also uneasy."

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he felt a little emotional for a moment. He could affect many things, but there was nothing he could do about disasters, especially natural disasters like earthquakes!
(End of this chapter)