Wanli 1592

Chapter 746 Xing, the people suffer, death, the people suffer

Xiao Ruxun's return to Beijing is not a trivial matter, at least for now, it has become a major event that the whole capital is paying attention to. With Xiao Ruxun's return to Beijing, there are still many big things to do.

For example, the Meridian Gate Prisoner Presentation Ceremony, such as the meritorious officers and men rewarding ceremony, such as the knighting ceremony of several major military generals, and the most important ceremony of Xiao Ruxun's ennoblement of Qin Guogong, of course, more things that need to be prepared for the army.

According to Xiao Ruxun's report, there are about 1 meritorious soldiers brought back to the capital to be rewarded together, and everyone has contributed more than five levels of beheading. overhead.

Because of this, the imperial court has been in dire straits for several days. Fortunately, the shit-stirring sticks were all taken over by the previous Shen Li incident. After the downfall of Shen Li, the Jingcha storm entered the second stage directly. The arrest of people in the first stage has already Basically done, so most of the manpower is saved.

At present, Shen's usual government orders are unimpeded, and many details of the ceremony have been assigned.

Who is in charge of what, who writes what edict, what level of ceremony to prepare, what things need to be used, and some things that have been dusty in the warehouse for a long time must be fished out, cleaned up and put to use again .

Many officials from the Ministry of Rites are complaining——

Things that I thought would never be used turned out again. The dust was layer after layer. The things I found were not usable, and many were broken. They had to be repaired and repaired. The pampered men here are exhausted.

The Ministry of Rites was originally the Qingshui Yamen, and it basically had no sense of existence until the year of the imperial examination. Of course, there was nothing to do. Usually, it was engaged in official activities such as sacrifices. When it was free, it was sitting in the office drinking tea. There was a wave of big things, and they were not used to it yet.

But Shen Tong's government orders followed one after another, making them dizzy.

The former minister of the Ministry of Rites has just been dismissed by Shen Yiguan, and the new minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Geng, who was just appointed by the court, is also his fellow countryman. The usual bad luck was taken advantage of.

Being hated by Shen Yiguan would end badly, at least for now, before Shen Yiguan officially became the chief assistant of the cabinet, everyone had already seen Shen Yiguan's methods.

An assistant minister and a minister were killed by Shen Yiguan while he was in the storm in Beijing. This made the officials of the six ministries who were used to bullying Zhao Zhigao feel terrified.

Zhao Zhigao is a soft persimmon, anyone can squeeze it, anyway, he has no influence, and he is honest, bullying honest people is a great joy of being a human being, but after Shen Yitong takes power, this situation will change.

Therefore, officials from the six ministries, who were accustomed to the loose life of Zhao Zhigao's era, lamented that the era of Zhao Zhigao was gone forever. Before Zhao Zhigao was a strong cabinet, and after Zhao Zhigao was still a strong cabinet. The six ministries only had a good life for about three years, and now they will live again Back to the old days.

Think about when Zhang Juzheng was in charge of the six books, the six ministers were only Zhang Juzheng's leader, and even Zhang Siwei, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue later controlled the six books in their respective periods. It was not until Zhao Zhigao suddenly came to power that the six books slowed down. He started to bully the cabinet, but in less than three years, he returned to his original form.

But fortunately, Shen Yiguan still knows how to recruit a group to fight a group. When dealing with the Jin Party, he wins over other factions. Shen Li, Yu Jideng, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate took the initiative to find trouble. What will happen, no one knows.

Everyone is doing things honestly, preparing for the next Meridian Gate Prisoner Presentation Ceremony, and also preparing for Shen Yiguan's inauguration as the chief minister of the cabinet after the Meridian Gate Prisoner Presentation Ceremony.

Yes, everyone is keenly aware that the emperor prefers Shen Yiguan to be the next chief assistant of the cabinet, and he does not hesitate to support Shen Yiguan, increase Shen Yiguan's power, and wipe out his opponents while the current chief assistant Zhao Zhigao is still in office. That's typical support.

Although Qin Guogong's matter still dissatisfied many people, Xiao Ruxun was about to return, and the huge prestige raised by the lives of hundreds of thousands of northern captives made these cats and dogs tremble. They had never encountered such a high reputation. General, they don't know how to deal with him.

On the other hand, this incident has already touched the emperor's sensitive nerves. The ministers of the cabinet and the minister of rites fell because of this. No one wants to be the next victim. Everyone understands the principle of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

They almost watched helplessly that Xiao Ruxun, who surpassed all previous generals, approached the capital step by step, and arrived at the highest power center of Ming Dynasty step by step.

On May [-]th, Xiao Ruxun led his troops to Bauhinia Pass. Here, he reminisced about the beginning of the battle. For him, this battle started from here, and many things started from here.

At the end of last year, he went to Shanxi and Datong from here, but now, five months later, the war ended and the soldiers returned, so he was naturally quite excited.

But right now, inside and outside the Zijing Pass is still chaotic and busy, and people in ragged clothes are constantly dragging their families from inside the Zijing Pass to outside the Zijing Pass. the people who came.

"It's already May, but they haven't returned to their hometown to start farming. Now, this year's grain harvest in Shanxi and Datong should not be seen directly. If it is normal, I am afraid this will be another disaster, but this time Once, thanks to those grain storage holes, there should be no shortage of grain this year, and these people probably won't starve to death."

Xu Guangqi stood with Xiao Ruxun on the Zijing Pass, looking at the refugee brigade heading west, feeling very heavy.

"I fought wars, defended the land against bandits, and eradicated traitors for the country, in order to allow these people to live and work in peace and contentment, but the battle was won, but the farming season was missed, and the people were still displaced and unable to live and work in peace, and this winter would inevitably suffer from hunger and cold.

Zixian, you said, we fought so desperately, and fought so desperately with the northern captives. In the end, these people are still homeless and naked. Foreign enemies can be killed with swords, guns, swords and halberds. How can the people live and work in peace and contentment? "

Xu Guangqi has never been an official at all. He only has a stomach full of book knowledge and battlefield experience. The battlefield knowledge cannot be applied to governing the country, so ignore it. Book knowledge tells him that governing the country should be benevolent, lightly paid and taxed, and treat the people well, and the country will naturally become prosperous and strong. stand up.

But how to do it?
Xu Guangqi didn't know what to say.

The more he experienced the most real pain, the more he faced the most real misery, the stronger his doubts about book knowledge and the ideal world, and the more he doubted whether what he had learned could be used by him. When confused.

Xiao Ruxun's question made him shake even more.

After a long time, Xu Guangqi remembered a poem that once made him feel extremely confused.

"Xing, the people are suffering, death, the people are suffering, Xiaohou, I really don't know how to make the people live and work in peace."

Xiao Ruxun didn't say anything, just took a deep breath and nodded.

"I'm going back to the capital this time, where do you want to go? Stay in the capital to prepare for the exam? Or go somewhere else? If I can help, I will help you once."

Xu Guangqi thought about it silently.

"Myanmar, please allow me to go to Myanmar. I have many questions and I want to ask Mr. Yuan Huang for advice."

(End of this chapter)