Zhu Qiyu opened the Dagao Lv, and the third chapter records a story called the Confucian scholar Xia Boqi's Finger Chopping Case.

In the early years of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang established the empire and everything was renewed, so he let Confucian scholars come out to serve as officials.

Xia Boqi's uncle and nephew were on that list. However, Xia Boqi's uncle and nephew were unwilling to serve as officials in the Ming Dynasty. They denied the existence of the Ming Dynasty and wanted to go forward to the Yuan Dynasty. However, they had to obey the imperial edict.

The uncle-nephew suddenly had an idea and chopped off his own thumb, mutilating himself and refusing to serve as an official to show his unwillingness to submit.

Can Zhu Yuanzhang spare them?

He ordered Tiqi to kidnap his uncle and nephew directly to the capital, interrogate them personally, and finally take their heads and move them home.

The charge given by Zhu Yuanzhang was "The general thought that I would conquer the world, which is not the way to go."

Zhu Yuanzhang's main crime was that they were devoted to the former Yuan Dynasty, but they refused to obey the decrees of the new dynasty and were severely punished. The purpose was to prevent crazy people and foolish people from imitating them.

It has become a fixed pattern for scholar-bureaucrats not to be used by the king, but to be arrogant and belong to their own family.

In fact, Zhu Qiyu could rely on the imperial edict to forcibly keep these officials who were appointed, resigned, and worshiped their ancestors. But the people's hearts are no longer there, so what's the use of forcing them to stay?

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had no one to help him, so he would do that or not do that. Half of the officials in the world were missing.

There is a shortage of official positions in the Ming Dynasty now. There are three people waiting in a pit, waiting in line to go to work, so there is no need to stay.

If they don't do it, there are people who do it.

By leaving them behind, they became the ones who hindered the execution of government affairs.

Xing'an held more than a dozen memorials approved by His Majesty in his hand, bowed his head and said: "Actually, Your Majesty, some ministers have the intention of retreating in order to advance. They call it quitting their official posts, but they actually want to live in the official residence."

Zhu Qiyu sneered and said: "I killed Gu Yao and others, didn't I just kill the chickens to scare the monkeys? They still want to bargain? The news about my official residence has spread since the Chinese New Year."

"I don't object to their opposition, but can any of them understand this matter from the perspective of being a minister?"

When Zhu Qiyu implemented the Farm Law before, he told the courtiers that they could object, but the logic must be made clear and clear, rather than objecting for the sake of objecting.

Regarding the four points, phenomena, problems, causes, and solutions, we must seek truth from facts.

But even if they were told about clan etiquette, they couldn't understand it.

To put it bluntly, the Tiqi of Jin Yiwei did not eat the Ming Emperor's meal in vain.

They couldn't explain, they couldn't tell what was bad about the official residence law and the farm law, so they could only worry about it, become an official, resign, and worship their ancestors. Since they were willing to leave with dignity, Zhu Qiyu naturally gave them dignity.

"Let the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Procuratorate make recommendations to fill these positions. Didn't Xing'an draw up a list before? Give it to Wang Shangshu and let him select the best." Zhu Qiyu told Xing'an many things.

Zhu Qiyu pays attention to many officials. Since there are officials, he naturally arranges them quickly.

It also saves Zhu Qiyu from taking action.

Xing'an said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there is a good thing. Concubine Xian is also happy to be a thousand years old. Queen Qiantai is about to give birth in about four months."

"It's all a good thing. According to the rules, we should set up an incense table, wine and fruits and other items in front of the Fengtian Palace, and give out silk, Luo, gauze, brocade, and money, so that all officials can enjoy it."

"This matter is not urgent. We will wait until the child is born. The ministers are concerned about this matter day and night. If the child is not born healthy, it will not be beautiful."

Xing'an bowed his head and said: "I accept the decree, will your Majesty take the time to read the album? The Ministry of Rites has sent it to you for a long time, and your Majesty has not approved it, so this matter has been stopped again."

Only then did Zhu Qiyu remember that there was also a picture album of girls drafted by the Ministry of Rites. In addition to Tang Yunyan, Zhu Qiyu circled a few more, handed them to Xing'an and said: "One queen, three wives, no nine concubines, now we have a virtuous concubine, only two

Man, don’t let the etiquette department send you a lot."

"I accept the decree." Xing'an took the album and handed it to Xiao Huangmen who was waiting, and finally let out a long sigh of relief.

Heirs are very important to your majesty, and they are also very important to the courtiers, but the Tai'an Palace is airtight. One wife and one wife are pregnant. No one in the outer court knows except the imperial hospital.

"Your Majesty, this is a memorial from Shi Pu, the Minister of Industry." As the Supervisor of Ceremonies and the Superintendent of Eunuchs, Xing'an naturally knows what His Majesty is most concerned about.

Shijing Factory is currently the most important thing for His Majesty. The official residence has been put into use. That is because it was not demolished and rebuilt, but repaired. This is completely different from Shijing Factory.

Shijing Factory is now investing more and more.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Shi Pu's memorial, frowned and said: "Originally, more than 10,000 civilians were mobilized to build the construction, but now more than 50,000 civilians have been mobilized, and the grain supply exceeds 400,000 dan, 340,000 jin of iron, and 12 stone materials.

Ten thousand square meters, one and fifty thousand pieces of wood, there are many complaints, begging to be dismissed."

Three hundred and forty thousand kilograms of iron sounds like a lot, but in fact it is only more than 170 tons. The main reason is that more stone is used.

But it was still within the scope of the Ming Dynasty's treasury, so why just ask for reform?

Xing'an sighed and said: "This is not counting what I told your Majesty before, such as the leveling of the Xishan mountain road, the reconstruction of the Marco Polo Bridge, the dredging of roads in various places, and the diversion of water canals. The people's energy was very large. I went to see it a few days ago.

Just as it says in the memorial."

Xing'an lowered his head. He knew that His Majesty was determined not to give up until he achieved his goal. However, more than 500,000 men died in the capital last year. Although the army was deployed to prepare for the Japanese army to enter the capital, the people's strength was still exhausted.

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If these 500,000 strong men had not died, the Shijing Factory would have been fully constructed by now.

Previously, there were corvees transporting grain to the Xuan Mansion and spring plowing, all of which were very draining of people's energy.

Zhu Qiyu put down the memorial and said: "In the end, it turned into a pot of raw rice."

"I am guilty." When Xing'an heard this, he hurriedly apologized. His Majesty had repeatedly told him not to be anxious and not to make a pot of uncooked rice, but he still failed to finish the job.

But Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said: "Pingshen, this is not your fault, nor is it Shi Pu's fault. When Changping Hou was in Xuanfu, he told Jianping Bo Gaoyuan that if he encounters a strong enemy, he should ask for help in time."

"It's actually not your fault that you can't do it."

Are Xing'an and Shi Pu in trouble?

This is absolutely not the case. It is the limited capabilities of their department that caused this kind of thing to happen.

"What is missing now?" Zhu Qiyu asked, holding the memorial in his hand.

Xing'an bowed his head and said: "We have food and land, but we are short of people. We will either postpone it for half a year or add 20,000 people."

Shortage of people?

This is indeed a problem that is not easy to solve. There is a lack of money. Zhu Qiyu has plenty of money in his money. But there is a shortage of food. The Battle of the Capital last year was too short, so there is actually some left.

Missing people...

Zhu Qiyu's eyes suddenly lit up and he said: "We sent a group of beggars to the Tenth Regiment Camp before, right? They will be responsible for the construction of the Beijing Camp. This is great. It has been five or six months. We can't do the delicate work, so we can let them do it."

The craftsmen will do it, but the dragging and moving work can be left to them."

"There are about 10,000 beggars, and the construction period can be extended for a few more months."

"Just in time, let's see if the group of people that Master Yu said have changed their ways after entering the military camp."

The reason why Xing'an mentioned this matter was to ask if the capital camp could add 20,000 people. When His Majesty said this, Xing'an nodded and said: "When Your Majesty said this, I remembered that there is such a group of people."

Zhu Qiyu continued to explain: "You can't eat Ming Dynasty's rice grains like rice worms every day."

"Let Sun Boring take this group of beggars and let me see the results." Zhu Qiyu wrote the transfer order and signaled Xing'an to take the eunuchs from Yinshou Supervisor and go to the capital camp with the fire cards for troop transfer.

Even if it is an engineering battalion composed of beggars, it has a serious military status, and there should be corresponding procedures.

When Sun Bor received the military order, he was training this group of beggar troops. They had their own official name, Weizhenying Engineering Battalion.

The current Daming Capital Camp is divided into twelve regiment camps.

They are Wu Fen, Wu Yao, Wu Lian, Wu Xian; Bravery, Yongguo, Yongxue, Yonggu; Wei Li, Wei Shen, Wei Yang and Wei Zhen. There are twelve regiment camps. Each regiment camp is divided into five military camps.

Three Thousand Camp, Shenji Camp.

The Fifth Army Battalion is the main infantry battle, the Three Thousand Battalion is the main cavalry battle, and the Shenji Battalion is the main artillery battle.

Since His Majesty proposed that engineering and construction should also be used as a combat force, and sent a bunch of beggars into the military camps, the establishment of additional engineering battalions in each regiment camp has been put on the agenda.

Sun Boring, the person officially responsible for taking charge of the training of the engineering battalion.

The beggar army under his command was not more than 10,000 as His Majesty thought, but nearly 30,000.

In the Ming Dynasty, beggars who were no longer registered as beggars, but were desperate and without status, were all sent to the capital camp.

Compared with the registered beggars, Sun Boring trusted the undocumented beggars. Most of these undocumented beggars were ordinary people who had fled from the nine states outside the mountains and entered the customs.

Sun Boring did not immediately order troops at the school. Instead, he first took His Majesty's order and went to Shijingshan and the head office of Shijing Factory for in-depth communication and determined the specific areas that needed work.

The general office of Shijing Factory is the general manager's office. It is concurrently served by Kuai Xiang, the head of the Maintenance Department of the Ministry of Industry, and is organized, co-organized and assisted by various ministries.

Each department is responsible for the work, which is mainly done by master craftsmen.

For example, Xu Siqi is the director of the Iron and Steel Department, responsible for the construction and production of Jingtai furnaces;

For example, Chen Qingyi is the Supervisor of the Futan Division and is responsible for the construction and production of Futan;

For example, Huang Xuchi served as the Coal Mine Division Office, specializing in organizing the reconstruction and production of Xishan coal mines.

For example, Liu Yiyong serves as the director of the driving and transportation department, responsible for dispatching, communicating, transportation and other matters.

Sun Boring needs to figure out how many people he needs to go to the Iron and Steel Department to install Jingtai furnaces, how many people to go to the Charcoal Company to build walls, how many people to go to Xishan to dig wells and collect water, and how many people to go to the Jibu Company to smooth roads and build bridges.

paving.

After the run, Sun Borman's forehead was covered in sweat, not because he was tired, but because the calculation was extremely troublesome and he didn't understand some parts.

He wrote this incident in a memorial and sent it to the Lecture Hall.

The Beijing Camp is the backbone of His Majesty, and memorials can be sent directly to the Imperial Palace without going through Wenyuan Pavilion and the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

Zhu Qiyu got Sun Bor's memorial, and it was already the time when the moon was rising, and as Empress Wang and Concubine Hang Xian were pregnant, Zhu Qiyu became free from get off work when he wanted to.

He was just about to ask Xing'an to turn off the lights and return to Tai'an Palace, but he received a memorial from Sun Bor.

Sun Boring wrote down his arrangements in the memorial, but when Sun Boring mentioned arranging production, it was a matter of calculation and incomprehension.

Zhu Qiyu sat at the table and said with twinkling eyes: "I remember that there is a group of eunuchs in the palace who are very good at settling accounts, right?"
Chapter completed!