Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 48 Xu Guangqi’s request for advice
The Ming Dynasty currently has two capitals in the north and south, thirteen official envoys (provinces) and seven guards in Guanxi. It has 140 subordinate prefectures, 190 three prefectures, and a total of 130 and 2000 subordinate counties. It is necessary to convey the decree of the imperial court to all officials. Everything must be conveyed in place. Even if the order is only conveyed to the top local leaders, the number of officials involved is nearly [-], and the workload is very huge.

However, it is impossible for the imperial court to arrange for two thousand imperial envoys to go out to deliver the message at once, so each envoy can only be responsible for a certain area. In this case, it is enough to arrange only one or two hundred people to go out and carry out the mission, but although the mobilized With less manpower, the envoy has to travel back and forth when he gets to the place, which takes a lot more time.

Zhu Tianqi closed the memorial and said, "Xu Aiqing, your household arrangements have been very good and you have taken into account the difficulties of the court, but now is not the time to save money and people, we have to grab time now.

So you should mainly consider how to get this thing done in the shortest possible time. This matter is also related to the official department. Let the official department also assist. If there is not enough manpower, go to Jinyiwei for secondment. Just ask King Xin directly. Just say It was arranged by me! "

After hearing Zhu Tianqi's words, Xu Guangqi quickly stood up and saluted: "The emperor ordered me to write it down, and I will go back and arrange the deployment again!"

Zhu Tianqi nodded, and then signaled to Xu Guangqi that he could retreat, but this time, Xu Guangqi did not bow and retreat, but still stood motionless, as if hesitating to speak.

Zhu Tianqi couldn't help but feel a little strange, "Xu Aiqing, do you have anything else to say? But it doesn't hurt!"

Xu Guangqi then smiled sheepishly and said, "I actually have a private matter that I want to ask the emperor for advice!"

"Private matter? What private matter?" Zhu Tianqi felt even more strange after hearing this. He really didn't know that Xu Guangqi had any personal matter to talk to him about.

Xu Guangqi saw that the emperor was not displeased, so he asked directly: "It's about the globe that the emperor gave me last time. After I went back, I looked at it carefully and found something unclear, so I wanted to ask the emperor for advice." Clear up the confusion!”

When Zhu Tianqi heard this, he couldn't help but smile, "I thought it was something. It turns out I wanted to ask about the globe. Whatever you want to ask, just ask directly. Whatever I know, I will definitely tell you without reservation. Tell your beloved!"

Although Xu Guangqi's knowledge of modern science was unparalleled in the Ming Dynasty, as a time traveler and a highly educated science student, Zhu Tianqi was confident that he would not be stumped by Xu Guangqi's questions!

Seeing that the emperor was so happy, Xu Guangqi immediately beamed with joy and said, "What I am confused about is that there are many places on the globe that the emperor gave me that are very different from those drawn in the "Kunyu Wanguo Complete Map". Although the globe The characters on it are very similar to the characters of my Ming Dynasty, but I can't find the territory of my Ming Dynasty. There is an area that is very similar to my Ming Dynasty, but what is written is '中...'"

Hearing this, Zhu Tianqi was really stumped by this question. Only then did he realize that although the globe he gave Xu Guangqi was more advanced than any other in this era, the continents and countries on it were not from this era. This is hard to explain.

Zhu Tianqi interrupted Xu Guangqi's words with a dry cough, and after thinking about it, he began to make nonsense: "Xu Aiqing, this globe was presented to me by a missionary from a small country in Thailand. It may not be accurate, and I guess he is not very proficient in my Ming characters, and many names are translated wrong!"

After Xu Guangqi heard this, he couldn't help but feel relieved, "Oh, that's it. I thought I was ignorant and ignorant, and what I learned in the past was all wrong!" Zhu Tianqi had no choice but to laugh dryly and said, "You don't have to worry about this. , just treat that globe as a handicraft, and don’t be too serious about the patterns and words drawn on it!”

The doubts in Xu Guangqi's heart were cleared, and he saluted with satisfaction, "I have noted it down. It is a sin to have delayed the emperor's time. I will resign!"

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Tianqi nodded and smiled, waved to Wang Yuanbao, and said: "Send Xu Shangshu to me!"

Seeing Xu Guangqi walk out of the palace, Zhu Tianqi breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "It seems that it is better not to give away things that do not belong to this era in the future, otherwise something will happen sooner or later!"

During this period of time, Zhu Tianqi had arranged everything, and he was free. He took advantage of this free time to study the historical records in his hands. The most important thing now is to find a way to deal with the situation starting from the beginning of next year. drought in the northwest.

The core of the problems in the northwest are still two points, one is natural disasters, and the other is man-made disasters.

When it comes to natural disasters, it is definitely not enough for Zhang Guoji to buy some grain and come back to provide relief. Even if it can survive for a while, when the drought spreads to the entire northern region such as Shanxi, Henan, and the capital, the little grain he bought will be enough. It’s a drop in the bucket, so we still need to think of some other long-term solutions.

Man-made disasters naturally refer to peasant uprisings and mutinies. In fact, through careful review of historical records during this period, Zhu Tianqi discovered that the core of the problem was mutiny. The imperial court had been in arrears with pay for many years, and the lowest-level soldiers in the border army were already living worse than The beggars were so miserable that they even pawned their weapons, clothing and shoes in exchange for food.

Although these people have no weapons and equipment, they have received certain military training after all, and they are more courageous than ordinary people. It is often the border troops who rebel and the people follow. Such rebels are a serious problem for the court, so Zhu Tianqi He takes the issue of backpayment very seriously and wants to settle it before the beginning of next year.

However, before issuing arrears of pay, it is necessary to slightly improve the corruption situation in each military station by conducting an inventory of the military households and encouraging each military station across the country to take the initiative to explain the problem. Then, taking advantage of the court's limelight, the chiefs of each military station Not daring to take advantage of the opportunity to commit crimes, the arrears of pay were paid to ensure that the soldiers could get their pay in full.

In this way, a two-pronged approach should be able to solve the "natural and man-made disasters" in the northwest. Even if the problem cannot be completely solved, it should be able to reduce the problem to a controllable range!

As long as the soldiers and civilians in the northwest are calmed down first, and with enough time, the problems in the northwest can be discussed in the long run and solved slowly. As a time traveler, Zhu Tianqi has the system to rely on him. He has this confidence. As long as he is given Given enough time, he can solve any problem.

　I wish you all a Happy New Year!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)