Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 888 Heaven and Earth Flip

  Liu Qing didn't respond after listening.

  He looked at the scarecrow behind the threshold.

   This Wu Ying obviously did not step up to the standard.

   It seemed that he only stepped on the heel of his foot.

  After thinking up to this point, Liu Qing suddenly lost his temper.

  Holding the teacup in one hand, squinting his eyes, the corner of his eyes only glanced at Liu Ying who was worshiping the ground.

   said lightly: "Oh, how is it?"

  This is an understatement.

  Wu Yingdao: "This month..." His Adam's apple rolled, and he continued: "Infected, 2,356 people...Dead, 79 people..."

  Liu Qingben was still drinking tea in an understatement, with a calm and composed expression.

  Listen.

   suddenly rose up.

  His chest rose and fell, his eyes were wide open, and he stared fiercely at Wu Ying: "What did you say?"

   Must have misheard.

   Definitely yes.

You know, because these days I have been asking the Ministry of Households for money, and the Manchu capital is spreading rumors that the science of entomology can prevent epidemics, saying that the so-called diseases are caused by the release of worms from people's mouths and noses. It is slightly invisible, so the infected person has no way of knowing if they are infected.

  The so-called epidemics, seventy-eight out of ten, are spread in this way.

  Because of this, many people are waiting here to watch, and because of this, Liu Qing can clearly remember the number of typhoid fever in previous years.

  In previous years, at least 15,000 to 20,000 people were infected with the disease, but at this time this year, the number was greatly reduced, only 10 to 20% remained, and only 10% of the casualties remained.

  The number of typhoid fevers per year, although there are more or less, there will not be too much deviation, but this year...

  The only explanation... is the effect of this mask.

  Liu Qing couldn't help but shuddered. He lowered his head and looked at his hands.

   This is a subconscious action.

   damn…

   Could it be that there are countless worms in my body?

  Based on the theory of worms, since the spread of harmful worms can be prevented, and reversed, doesn’t it prove that the theory of worms is correct?

  This worm cannot be noticed at all.

  However, they were actually proved to exist.

  This Fang Jifan, even a grand-disciple, is so powerful?

The most important thing is that this time, more than a thousand lives were saved, not to mention, so many typhoid patients who were spread, most of them were ordinary people. Pay high drug bills.

   This is only one year, how many people are there in ten years? This is only the capital, if you add the people in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, how many people can be saved?

   "..." Liu Qing's lips trembled.

   unexpectedly rushed towards Wu Ying.

  Wu Ying was taken aback, and subconsciously said: "Fujun, what are you going to do?"

   Who knew, Liu Qing's eyes looked at the void, but he passed Wu Ying.

   "..." Wu Ying was a little speechless, is Fujun crazy?

But he saw Liu Fu Yin came to the threshold, bent down, picked up the straw man on the ground, carefully dusted the dust on it, and muttered: "I have offended you, I have offended you..." Turning around, he looked at Wu Ying At one glance, Liu Qing's eyes became uncertain.

   It is a great merit to save so many people.

  As the parent official at the foot of the Son of Heaven, Liu Qing still believes in the theory of the cycle of heavenly principles. The so-called heavenly principles are clear and retribution is not good. On the other hand, it is a great merit to save so many people with only one theory.

   Not only merit, but also great merit. This is the merit of helping others. During this process, Shuntian Mansion also contributed a lot.

  For example...Shuntian Prefecture once defied the authority of the Ministry of Household Affairs and worked hard to get money and food from the Ministry of Household Affairs for medical students. Otherwise, where did the medical students get masks?

  In an instant, Liu Qing understood the key point.

   All of a sudden, the waist straightened.

"Has the money and food from the Ministry of Households been allocated? What do they mean? The purchase of this mask is related to the lives of the people. Can money buy lives? What is the court used for? It is used to govern the people and Protector of the people, this household department, just for tens of thousands of taels of silver, must compare pennies and bahts, and show his face all day long, especially that Mr. Fang, this person is really not a thing, the old man has disliked him a long time ago, if he writes a note, if he doesn't For the money, don’t blame me for writing a letter to impeach him, when you get to the imperial court, you must abandon this old face and settle accounts with him.”

  Wu Ying was a little confused.

  Mr. Zha Fu’s words are wrong?

  Wu Ying said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the number of typhoid fever has come out."

   "I know." Liu Qing stared at him with his hands behind his back, thinking that this guy was very ignorant, why did he let him be the secretary of the household department?

Liu Qing said with a straight face: "Then what are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and report to the palace. The old man will write the report himself. Also, you ask Zhang Dutou and Wang Dutou to call the guards and let them They beat the gong and went to the inner city and the outer city to announce the good news, oh, yes, tomorrow, I will order a periodical of "Question" for the old man."

   "Student understands, understands..." Wu Ying nodded.

  Search for periodicals...Everyone reads it?

  After that, will Mr. Fu start talking about worms?

Hmm... From my own point of view, I have to order a copy. After all, the lord of the mansion reads it, and the magistrates, judges, and other officials in the mansion will read it. You need to know a little about the content of "Quest" before you can deal with it...

   "Students will do it now."

"Go quickly, don't delay!" Liu Qing cheered up. Anyone who can become the governor of Shuntian is not an old fritter who has experienced the ups and downs of the officialdom. So-and-so's handwriting is already very unclear.

  Wait for Wu Ying to leave.

Liu Qing was overjoyed, holding the scarecrow in one hand, pointing at it with the other, and said, "I've suffered a lot these past few days, so don't be offended. I stepped on it, but it didn't hurt a bit, come, come, I will treat each other well in the future. You and I will respect each other as guests from now on."

   As he spoke, he solemnly took out a box, put the scarecrow in it, and put it on the desk. Immediately, he took the pen and ink, lowered his head, frowned, and then swished it!

  …

   Fengtian Temple.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked down at a memorial from Dingxing County.

  This memorial was written by Ouyang Zhi himself. This memorial is very thick and there are as many as a stack. It is said to be a memorial, but in fact, it is information about all the hidden households and hidden fields in Dingxing County.

  Ouyang Zhi found out that there are as many as 30,000 hidden households. This is a population of nearly 100,000, accounting for almost half of the population in Dingxing County on the yellow book.

   And Yintian is even more frightening. After re-acquisition, it was found that there were more than two million acres of land that were not included in the government's management.

  Looking at this number, Emperor Hongzhi took a breath.

  The number is so huge.

  Emperor Hongzhi suddenly felt like a glow, and he started to recite.

  Below, Liu Jian and others are also reading the memorials about Ouyang Zhi.

   Obviously, Liu Jian and others were also frightened.

  According to the above, none of these two million mu of land has been recorded in the official government, that is to say, for the imperial court, these lands do not exist. This non-existent land, of course, has no need to collect taxes.

  And this... is not the key point, the key point is that the owners of these hidden fields are almost all gentry, big and small.

  They concealed the number of acres of their own fields, and then reduced or exempted the number of acres of fields based on their fame, almost...a single grain of grain did not need to be handed over to the government.

  The other registered fields are almost owned by small farmers. This heavy tax is all on the small farmers who are precarious, precarious, and may go bankrupt at any time.

  The refugees in the world, isn't it because of this?

  Emperor Hongzhi trembled, but sighed helplessly.

  Liu Jian and others also had scalp numbness.

  Although they naturally knew what Yinhu and Yintian were, and knew that this situation was quite serious, they still didn't expect it to be so bad.

  The entire Great Ming is actually maintained by a group of bankrupt people who have little clothes, no food, and barely a few acres of Susukida.

  Liu Jian raised his head and saw Emperor Hongzhi's face was pale, and hurriedly bowed down: "Your Majesty, calm down."

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly became extremely calm. He was silent and said nothing for a long time before he said: "Ouyang Qing's family, it was a slap in the face. It woke me up. It was a good slap. His mentor always said what the emperor said. Shengming, long live my emperor, if this Ouyangqing family doesn't slap me, I'm still complacent. I once ordered the local officials to investigate the situation of Yintian and Yinhu, but until now, I don't know if there are some of these people. Check, yes, I'm afraid they themselves know it's shocking, they want to protect themselves wisely, and dare not report it. Now it's all right, Ouyang Qing's family awakened the dreamer, if he wasn't in Dingxing County, he was brave and resourceful, and he would act This thunderbolt method, strictly governing the officials, has already grasped the affairs of the whole county, and I still think that the situation is not so bad, and things have not deteriorated to such a degree..."

  Liu Jian and the three hurriedly bowed down: "This is the negligence of the old minister."

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head: "According to the calculation, it is also my fault, but now, what's the use of saying this, I don't want to hold you accountable, and I... don't want to blame myself for it, because it's useless, I just do it now One thing, support this gentry to pay the grain to the end!"

"Pass the decree to Ouyang Qing's family that the gentry will pay the food as a whole, and it will be carried out in Dingxing County immediately. Let him not be afraid. I am his big backer. Even if this Dingxing County is turned upside down, even if he is reckless, how much it will be. I will never shrink back."

"Also!" A sharp edge flashed in the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi: "Decree, Wei Guogong will go back to Nanjing immediately and sit in Nanjing; he ordered Qian Guogong and Pingxihou to be loyal to their duties. Recently, the imperial court's military equipment has been relaxed. It’s time to patrol the battalions and train soldiers. The New Year’s Eve is over, let the British prince not have to go to sacrifice for the time being, he is the commander of the Chinese army in the governor’s office of the five armies, and from now on, order him to inspect the camps in the capital!”

  …

  Drinking, it's a little late. Thanks again to 1602191802428 for the reward of 160,000 starting coins in the afternoon. By the way, there are more!

  (end of this chapter)