Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Representatives of the Shaanxi vassal kings also entered the capital at the same time as Li Zicheng and others.

Or it could be said that they went to Beijing together, and Li Zicheng and others benefited a lot from it along the way.

The accompanying Jinyiwei did not care about the princes' friendship with the military men after receiving the order.

As the emperor's close ministers, the officials of the Embroidered Uniform Guard had long known that the emperor intended to change hereditary titles into hereditary nobility and to allocate fiefdoms overseas.

They were extremely supportive of this and wanted to convert their hereditary positions into titles. They also knew that the princes and other royal families would also be allocated territories.

In the future, when the princes establish their own kingdoms, they will inevitably need military men. Therefore, the imperial court has lifted the ban on the interaction between the royal family and military men. The Jinyiwei no longer cares about this matter as much as before.

However, they still took careful notes along the way and fulfilled their duties as Jinyiwei.

Zhu Youjian looked at these records and made a rough judgment on which princes had ambitions:

"Prince Rui has just been enfeoffed and still has some ambitions. This uncle loves money and knows how to use it and win people's hearts."

"The Prince of Su's residence is in Gansu, and the Prince of Han's residence is in Pingliang. The situation is quite dangerous, so they value military men."

"Prince Qing of Ningxia is a little confused, or too poor. He is still talking about the unpaid clan salary and has no money to make friends with military men."

"The King of Qin is a bit greedy and only cares about having fun!"

There are five vassal kings in Shaanxi, most of whom are in a miserable situation. The Su Wang of Gansu, the Han Wang of Pingliang, and the Qing Wang of Ningxia are located in the frontier areas. Not only do they have to face pressure from foreign tribes, but their clan salaries are also often in arrears, so they can't be said to be very wealthy.

Even the Han vassal state was considered an unstable factor by the locals because of its large number of clan branches and its huge arrears of clan salaries, fearing that they would rebel. In the 43rd year of Jiajing, more than 100 clan members of the Han vassal state secretly crossed the border, which triggered the revision of the clan and vassal regulations.

However, after the revision, the clan salaries of the Han clan were still often not paid, making it the hardest hit area by clan salary arrears.

Only the King of Qin stayed in the great city of Xi'an for hundreds of years and accumulated the richest wealth in the world. The name of the Qin vassal state's wealth was known to everyone in the world.

However, the lower-class royal family members of the Qin vassal state also had a bad life. The King of Qin only cared about having fun and was unwilling to help the royal family members.

Zhu Cunshu, the prince of Qin who came to Beijing this time, is such a person. Maybe he played too much, but he is 37 years old and still has no children.

The same was true of his second brother Zhu Cunji, the two brothers were of the same type. The third brother Zhu Cunji had two sons, but their temperaments were the same as theirs.

Only the fourth brother Zhu Cunfu seems to have some ambition.

Zhu Youjian was most concerned about Qin Fan, and hoped that this prince would set an example. However, after studying the Qin Wang and his son, he found that Qin Fan was somewhat hopeless.

If Qin Fan is forced to go overseas to found a country, he will most likely be sent to die!

If the establishment of a vassal state fails, it is hard to say how much the Qin vassal will suffer. The imperial court may become a laughing stock and the feudal system will be questioned.

So Zhu Youjian turned his attention to the Han vassal state, which had the most clan branches, and the Rui vassal state, which had just been established. He planned to send someone to persuade them to see who was more proactive and willing to go to sea and set an example. He wanted the Qin vassal state to pay them money and get help in the future.

Zhu Youjian considered the migration of the vassal kings of Shaanxi as a top priority, because from the weather during this period, it was confirmed that the capital had suffered a drought. Shaanxi was located inland, and the situation was likely to be even worse.

A few days ago, Zhu Youjian, at the suggestion of his ministers, ordered Zhang Xianyong, a Taoist priest of Zhengyi, to pray for rain.

Zhang Xianyong, also known as Zhang Jiugong, was the 51st Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain. He was canonized by the imperial court as the Great True Man of Qingsu, the successor of the Zhengyi Sect, and was in charge of the Taoist affairs of the world. Zhu Youjian wanted to convene a meeting of Buddhism and Taoism to set up the Buddhist Association and the Taoist Association to sort out the system of gods and immortals. Of course, he could not leave Zhang Xianyong out, so he summoned him to the capital early.

Zhang Xianyong had a great reputation, but the result of his prayer for rain was undoubtedly a failure.

The ministers also believed that since the emperor had just ascended the throne at the beginning of the new era, he should send ministers and attendants to offer sacrifices to the gods of Yuezhen and Haidu.

Although Zhu Youjian did not think it was useful, he still sent people to do it in order to appease the people. He also sent officials to measure the water levels of rivers in various places and record hydrological data.

This matter troubled him a lot, because he remembered that the refugee rebellion in Shaanxi was caused by the drought. Even if he sent people to eliminate the long-standing bandits in advance, the people would still rebel under the natural disaster when they were starving and had nowhere to go.

So at this time, he had already made preparations for a major disaster in Shaanxi, including but not limited to preparing food for disaster relief, asking Zheng Zhilong and others to recruit refugees from Yunyang, allowing the princes to take some Shaanxi residents with them when they founded the country, and investigating the situation in Hetao to see if it could be reclaimed...

It can be said that they were trying every possible means to prevent the people of Shaanxi from being left with no alternative but to resort to large-scale rebellion.

The establishment of Purple Pavilion Heroes is also related to this matter—

Zhu Youjian needed to finalize the rewards and establish the feudal system before he could enfeoff the vassal kings and let them take some Shaanxi residents with them.

With the removal of the vassal kings, Shaanxi will be able to relieve some of the pressure. Even if a large-scale civil unrest occurs in the future, there will be no need to send troops to protect them.

The same purpose also existed in using the martial arts conference to recruit Shaanxi heroes, so as to prevent Shaanxi from being led by heroes when civil unrest occurred.

Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others were all heroes who emerged from the refugees in Shaanxi in history. After these people were recruited, even if there were still leaders among the refugees, their abilities were likely to be weaker than these people.

It would be easier for the imperial court to suppress the rebellion, and it could even send Gao Yingxiang and others to eliminate the bandits.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian praised the Shaanxi Martial Arts Conference held by Sun Chuanting. Zhu Youjian was also very satisfied that the Shaanxi Jinyiwei could bring Li Zicheng and others according to the list he gave.

Thinking of Yuan Keli's support for him in the Purple Pavilion, Zhu Youjian ordered:
"Yuan Shu has made great contributions during his time as acting pacification envoy of the Northwest, and will be given a full-time position in the future."

"The deputy captain was promoted to captain, and given the title of fifth-rank lieutenant."

He also wrote a letter in person, explaining his prediction of the drought, and ordered Yuan Shu to investigate carefully, report to the court after confirmation, and inform officials such as Sun Chuanting, so that officials in Shaanxi could put aside other matters and prepare for disaster relief.

At the court, Zhu Youjian also planned to arrange a minister to be responsible for disaster relief.

Because his impression of the late Ming Dynasty was that natural disasters occurred frequently and that special officials were needed to be responsible for disaster relief.

It is best to choose a cabinet minister to coordinate the various government offices:
"Xu Guangqi is qualified for this position and can also promote new crops and reduce the harm caused by natural disasters."

"But he also has to train troops and be responsible for supervising North Korea."

"He doesn't even have the energy to fix the calendar, how can he do these things?"

"There is only one Xu Guangqi, which is really not enough!"

At this moment, Zhu Youjian once again felt that there was a shortage of talents and that there were no ministers who could be used in the court. (End of this chapter)