Zhu Yuyao had a heart-to-heart talk with Gao Hongtu and Jiang Yueguang on the specific work of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in implementing the New Deal.

It is mainly a discussion about the scope of the new policy pilot of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Since the Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for supervising and anti-corruption, Zhu Yuyao believes that if it is only tried in Yingtianfu, the scope will be too small, and it will be difficult to see the effectiveness of the new policy, and it will be difficult to see its shortcomings.

After repeated discussions with Gao and Jiang, the pilot scope was finally set to cover the entire southern Zhili.

After three months of trial operation, if there are no major problems, it will be promoted to Chongqing and Sichuan...

After the matter was discussed, when Gao and Jiang were about to leave, they hurriedly walked in from the back hall with Zheng Sen looking happy.

He bowed to Zhu Ya'ao and handed the copied telegram to Liu Zhu. Liu Zhu handed it to Zhu Yu'ao and then said: "Your Majesty, Huguang Governor Du Yinxi sent a telegram confirming that Li Zicheng died in Zhenlei Mountain. The other frontier defense troops

The Eighth Town has joined the Fourth Town of the Border Guard Army in Yicheng.

Li Dingguo has recaptured Xiangyang and surrendered more than 3,000 soldiers and more than 5,000 civilian warriors led by Tian Jianxiu, Party leader Su, Zhang Shijie, and Helan!"

After Zheng Sen finished speaking, Zhu Yuluo was still reading Du Yinxi's message. Gao Hongtu and Jiang Yueguang looked at each other and found that each other's faces were full of excitement.

Immediately, the two of them bowed to Zhu Aao together and said, "Congratulations to your majesty for another great victory!"

Afterwards, the two stood up and knelt down in the direction of Beijing, crying: "Late Emperor, Li Zicheng is finally dead..."

Zhu Ailao shook her head secretly.

These two people actually still believe that Li Zicheng is the great trouble and the source of the defeat of the Ming Dynasty. They are really confused. It seems that they can stay in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for two or three years at most.

When she first escaped from the capital, Zhu Ayao also deeply hated Li Zicheng and blamed Li Zicheng for Chongzhen's death.

But when she and Hao Guangming deepened their understanding of the situation in the late Ming Dynasty, they realized that the root cause of Chongzhen's death was neither Li Zicheng nor the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but the corrupt system of the Ming Dynasty and the various moths that parasitized the Ming Dynasty.

They even include the Zhu Ming royal family and clan!

In addition, according to the later history that Zhu Yurao knew, Li Zicheng died on May 17th.

This time and space was delayed until May 25th.

Therefore, she was not very happy or excited when it was confirmed that Li Zicheng was dead, she just felt that it was natural.

In addition, Du Yinxi not only reported on the great victory in Xiangyang in the telegram, but also reported on the food shortage in Hubei and even Huguang, and requested that Sichuan, Jiangxi, and Guangdong support some food supplies.

Let’s not talk about Hubei. Starting from the spring of this year, Shunjun first fought Zuo Liangyu, and then Zhu Aona came over to fight Zuo Liangyu and Li Zicheng twice.

The above battles all took place in a small area and did not have that great impact on the people's livelihood in Hubei.

However, the subsequent war between the Qing army and the Shun army plunged Xiangyang, Chengtian, and De'an into war.

Others, such as Yunyang, Jingzhou, Huangzhou, Hanyang, and Yuezhou, also had local military battles.

Although military disasters are not as severe as natural disasters, they have an equally serious impact on agriculture. It is certain that Hubei will be short of food on a large scale.

Even Hunan was only controlled by Du Yinxi in March and April this year.

Previously, He Tengjiao only controlled Changsha Prefecture and some surrounding areas.

Not only are thieves and bandits gathering in the mountains and forests everywhere, but officers and soldiers have turned into warlords and are entrenched everywhere. Not only do they not listen to orders, but they also often harm the people.

In this case, Hunan's spring grain harvest is estimated to be enough for Hunan's needs at most. This is because Hunan has also experienced wars and chaos before, and its population has decreased, otherwise Hunan's spring grain harvest may not be enough.

Moreover, the "enough food" mentioned here is probably just to prevent the people within the government's control from starving to death in large numbers due to famine.

It is hard to say how many people who are still hiding in the mountains and forests will starve to death.

Of course, Huguang is better than the north, and you can eat some food in the mountains.

In places like Henan, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, South Zhili and Jiangbei, the land is truly desolate...

Therefore, food shortage is still the top priority problem for the court to solve!

Zhu Yuluo put away the message, asked Gao and Jiang to leave, and then asked Zheng Sen: "Success, will the Zheng family's fleet transport grain from Annan to the Ming Dynasty?"

Success is now Zheng Sen's name. It was given to Zheng Sen by Zhu Ainao who could not withstand Hao Guangming's repeated harassment, so now Zheng Sen can also be called Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Sen said: "Weichen was previously focused on studying and didn't know much about it. However, our family's business at sea does not seem to include food trafficking."

"That's it."

Zhu Yurao was not surprised. There was really not much profit from shipping grains. The Zheng family was the overlord of the southeastern sea, and they mainly ran the Japanese route. It was normal that they did not traffic grains from the southeastern peninsula.

After a short pause, she said: "Successfully write a letter for me to Nan Anbo."

Zheng Sen bowed and said, "Yes."

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On this day, Chen Bangyan went to a bookstore to buy books. When he passed by the Jiangning County Government Office, he found that many people had gathered in front of a nearby compound to watch something.

Since the empress succeeded to the throne, new things have happened frequently in Nanjing. In addition, the public security has become very good and the market has become quite stable, so people are more interested in watching.

Driven by curiosity, Chen Bangyan also walked over.

But I saw a new plaque just hung above the gate of the compound, painted on a red background, with a few strong black characters written on it - Jiangning County Court.

Not only are there many scholars in Nanjing, but the literacy rate of the citizens is not too low. Some of the onlookers immediately read it out, which aroused discussion among the onlookers.

"Court? Is this the new Yamen?"

"What does this yamen do? Isn't it going to collect new taxes?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? His Majesty immediately stopped paying three taxes after he ascended the throne. How could it be possible to build a new government office to collect taxes?"

"Don't make any noise, aren't you putting up notices? You will soon know what this court is about."

“···”

As a well-educated scholar, Chen Bangyan focused on practical knowledge. He was very concerned about current affairs in his hometown and had a good understanding of the operations of prefecture and county yamen.

When I thought about the word "court" at this time, I couldn't help but wonder: Could this new Yamen be a place related to the law?

After the notice was posted, many people wanted to surround it, but were stopped by several officials from the new government office and a group of county government officials.

At this time, an official in his thirties or forties walked out of the new Yamen compound. He was wearing a green robe with quail patchwork, but he was a ninth-rank official.

He said loudly: "I, Zhou Zan, have been appointed as the secretary of the Jiangning County Court, that is, as an official in charge of general affairs.

I understand that everyone is curious about the court, but please do not crowd it to avoid trampling.

What the court does is all written on this notice. Those who are illiterate or standing far away can't see it, don't worry, I will read it to everyone.

If anyone doesn't understand something later, I can explain it one by one."

This Zhou Zan is obviously good at handling common affairs. When he talks to the people, he is not only eloquent, but also very down-to-earth.

Some people’s comments also confirmed this point——

"Isn't this Zhou Shuli from the county government's punishment room? He has also become an official?"

"It's really strange. Could it be that Secretary Zhou has found a good backer?"

"It's really possible. I heard that he helped a lot of people in the torture room over the years..."

Some people who are familiar with Zhou Zan even say hello directly, "Old Zhou? How come you suddenly become an official?"

Chen Bangyan was also very curious about this.

In the Ming Dynasty, officials had a clear hierarchy. Although officials were not necessarily unable to be officials, there were always some exceptions, but in most cases, officials were unable to be officials.

He didn't ask, but listened patiently.

Zhou Zan raised his hand towards the Forbidden City and said with a smile: "This is His Majesty's grace, allowing us to be promoted to officials. It also coincides with the establishment of the county court, and almost all the officials and servants in our punishment room are

They have all been transferred to the court, and most of them have been promoted."

"Can officials be promoted?!" Zhou Zan's words caused an uproar.

There are many scholars around who don't tell me, but ordinary people in the world also know the difference between officials and officials.

Now the newly succeeded empress actually allows officials to be promoted to officials, even if the scope is limited to official officials, which subverts people's inherent cognition.

Zhou Zan did not say much about the promotion of officials, but followed what he said before and loudly announced the contents of the notice...

Zhou Bangyan and other scholars, as well as the people around him, listened for a while and suddenly became even more surprised.

This court is actually a yamen that specializes in deciding cases and delivering prison sentences!
Chapter completed!