Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 347 A Shocking Memorial

  Although His Majesty is magnanimous, Ma Wensheng is still not happy.

  The fleet of the Ministry of War is destroyed, and the dignified Ming Dynasty can only pin all his hopes on a few unreliable broken ships and a good man!

  In fact, as Minister of the Ministry of War, Ma Wensheng should put forward his own suggestion that voyages to the Western Seas should be stopped, because the fleet headed by Xu Jing has little chance of finding a new route.

   But at this time, he no longer has the face to make any suggestions.

  Of course, the most important thing is that he felt that his psychology was a bit cheap, and he was actually hoping that Xu Jing and the others could come back smoothly and find a route for Daming.

   This is a kind of mentality of **** off the dog. He knows that this is impossible, but he can't help comforting himself in his heart, maybe that scum of the world, Wang Bushi, can really come back safely.

  Under the whole world, is it the land of the king, and the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers, but unfortunately, the emperor of Ming Dynasty can't control the ocean.

  Because where the king's order cannot reach, there are unpredictable storms, and there are turbulent waves under his feet. To Da Ming, the entire ocean is a cloud of fog. What dangers are hidden behind the fog, Da Ming knows nothing about it.

  Since Emperor Hongzhi had issued his decree, he naturally did not intend to continue to delve into this matter!

  He is a magnanimous and practical emperor. For him, it is better to do the current thing well than to worry about it every day.

  Emperor Hongzhi said calmly: "I trust the crown prince and Fang Qing's family. Since Fang Qing's family guarantees his disciples, then all preparations for the voyage to the West should be carried out step by step according to the previous regulations."

  He paused, and then said: "Before, I ordered the crown prince to resettle the refugees. Today, the crown prince and Fang Qing's family came to report this matter. This is also an official business of the court. You and your family can listen to the report with me."

  Liu Jian was in a state of confusion, but after hearing His Majesty's words, he had to calm down.

  He knew that His Majesty was actually in a mess, and he knew that His Majesty would be very worried, and he also knew that His Majesty would appear calm and composed, because...

He is the son of heaven, the father of thousands of people, all officials and soldiers and civilians are watching him, and he is the leader of the horse, so no matter how much uncertainty there is in his heart, he must be dignified and dignified, behave like a rite, and give to all the officials in the world. Faith, peoples.

  As a cabinet chief scholar, the same is true. As long as the emperor and himself, the chief minister, are calm enough, everyone can rest assured and do their own duty.

  Liu Jian settled down, smiled and said, "I obey the order."

   "Give me a seat." Emperor Hongzhi pressed his hand.

  All the officials sat down, and all their eyes fell on the prince.

  Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and said: "My father ordered my son to help the victims of the disaster in Miyun, but fortunately my son did not disgrace his order. This is a report about the relief of the victims. Please read it through Your Majesty."

  There is a large stack of memorials, one for Fang Jifan and one for Zhu Houzhao, all sorted together. It looks as thick as a book, which is why Emperor Hongzhi was so surprised when he saw it for the first time.

   And Liu Jian and others were also secretly surprised in their hearts.

so much?

   They have read the book of ten thousand words, but this... probably has a hundred thousand words.

   So long-winded?

  Liu Jian couldn't help feeling his scalp tingling. He remembered that when Emperor Hongwu was there, a minister was babbling when he played a performance, but he was beaten violently by Emperor Hongwu.

It is said that Emperor Hongwu was tall and tall, and he was the emperor who would win the world immediately, and the minister was weak, and there were a lot of people. After that, Emperor Hongwu couldn't stand it anymore, so he pressed him to the ground and burned it for a long time. So much so that even now, when people think of this matter, they can't help but feel lingering fear.

  At least the later courtiers no longer dared to be so verbose, and talked about things when they had something to say, so there were not many Wanyan books.

  Emperor Hongzhi also showed contempt for this stack of memorials.

  Memorandum...why so much nonsense?

  Xiao Jing held the memorabilia and sent it to Emperor Hongzhi's case. Emperor Hongzhi opened it disapprovingly, but found that the first line entered did not show any signs of wordiness, but directly entered the topic.

"Zhang Sanba has three members in his household. There is an old mother in her fifties who is sick; her son Zhang Xiaohu is seven years old and is healthy; he is from Miyun Tengzhuang; he is quite vigorous and hardworking. Farming, carpentry, and honest man, if his mother is present, he can be placed in Xishan to cultivate, or transferred to a carpenter's house; if his mother is not there, next spring, he can temporarily order his son to study in Xishan, and order Qianhu to take it Zhang Sanba left Datong and temporarily lived outside the pass to cultivate land..."

   "Li Liu, a family of seven, four brothers, three children, Li Liu's younger brother, handicapped..."

  Emperor Hongzhi's pupils contracted. In this memorial, there is hardly a trace of sloppiness. What is there is actually just an extremely detailed record.

The number of people in each household, the family situation, whether there are disabilities, whether there are sick people, and even how many children there are in the family, and their personalities are all clear. There are no beautiful words or sentences in it. It doesn't matter, but everyone's name, age, specialty, and even their performance in Xishan are clearly and clearly written.

  Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Zhu Houzhao subconsciously, and then continued to look in shock.

This is the first such detailed memorial that he has received. For states and counties in various places, whoever is involved in the relief of victims, no matter whether the person is a capable official or a mediocre official, their memorials mostly explain the situation in general. , and this performance by the prince can be said to be unprecedented in eternity.

Although it seems to be very vulgar, the investigation of every household in it is very intuitive. Even under this Li Liu, there is a special note, explaining that there are three brothers of Li Liusi who have not married wives. , and Li Liu's father, because he got into a lawsuit and was wronged to death, so the Li Liusi brothers complained a lot to the government. In the end, Zhu Houzhao's crooked handwriting believed that the case of Li Liu's father should be sent back to Miyun County for retrial. Father Liu is dead, but the truth needs to be clarified again, not only to restore the innocence of the dead, but also to give an explanation to the living.

  The four brothers of the Li family worked hard and were extremely grateful when they learned that Zhu Houzhao was willing to issue a document for a retrial. And below this, there is Fang Jifan's handwriting. Fang Jifan believes that the outside of the pass is a place of bitter cold. Although the land can be rewarded for going out of the pass for reclamation, the fear of the Han people in the pass for thousands of years has not dissipated. , the first group of Han people who immigrated must be given grace and gratitude to the court. It is extremely important for His Royal Highness to re-examine the case. Except for one of the four brothers of the Li family, the other three They are all powerful men of Kong Wu, who will migrate out of the customs at that time, and they can be recruited as militia at any time in the future, just in case of accidents.

  Seeing this, Emperor Hongzhi suddenly took a deep breath.

  This memorial, the more I read it, the more frightened I am.

  Every household is meticulous to the extreme.

Even Emperor Hongzhi only needed to browse roughly, and immediately had a general impression of this family, knew the reason why they became refugees, knew their family's current situation, roughly knew what they were thinking, and even... In Fang Jifan's small note, he probably made various arrangements for their future.

  The third household is a man named Cheng Wu. All his family members starved to death. He was alone. When he was young, he used to forge iron with his master. This man has a rough temper and has no worries. He may stay in Xishan and work as a blacksmith to repair farm tools.

and also…

   After reading all these piles, one by one, Emperor Hongzhi was stunned as he turned page after page.

  This is the result of their relief to the victims?

   How much energy is required to complete these.

  Two or three hundred households, thousands of people, to accomplish this, it is necessary to have a deep understanding of each household, this...how is it done?

  He flipped through the pages, and the situation behind him was roughly the same.

  Through this memorial, Emperor Hongzhi...just realized...it turns out...this is the real sentiment of the people.

  Every family and person in it has their own past, their own skills, and their shortcomings, and based on these, their future is arranged.

   This is by no means a simple relief.

  The simple relief is that when the famine comes, the imperial court will give you a bite to eat to ensure that you will not starve to death.

  And this... there is a little... It means that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

  What's the use of not fundamentally solving the access of these refugees? The coming year will just continue to drive them homeless!

But here, the crown prince and Fang Jifan seem to be very hardworking, trying every means to find a way out for them. Some people can go out to cultivate, but the actual situation of each person is different. If there are sick parents at home, it is still not suitable to go out. Guan can let him work temporarily in Xishan to fulfill his filial piety, while some people have children at home, they still leave their children to study in Xishan, and then send this person outside the pass; while some people have mastered different skills, naturally... another There are arrangements.

  Every arrangement is not just as simple as asking you to do something, but everything has a basis, this...

  The sufferings of the people, understanding the people's feelings...

  These words that Emperor Hongzhi used to talk about with civil and military officials used to be extremely natural.

   Until I read this memorial...

  Emperor Hongzhi's old face turned slightly red subconsciously.

   There is a feeling of ashamedness.

  Just now the crown prince was plausible there, and he was still somewhat annoyed, but now, this anger...has been wiped away.

  Three hundred households, more than a thousand people...

  The prince said that he had washed clothes, made rice, and personally led everyone to cultivate. Emperor Hongzhi thought he was bragging about these words.

  Can now...

  Emperor Hongzhi's heart... only shocked!

  He believed it.

  (end of this chapter)