Li Huan was now telling the emperor about his trip to Yuyao, Zhejiang.
Although I had previously learned about Li Huan's experience in Yuyao County through Jin Yiwei's channels, reading those messages was obviously a different experience than listening to Li Huan's story in person.
Zhu Houzhao's expression changed erratically, but it could be seen that there was a hint of anger in Zhu Houzhao's eyes.
Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said angrily: "They deserve to be killed. The wealthy gentry in these places are really lawless. They even dare to cause civil unrest. Li Qing massacred them, so they deserved to die."
Li Huan looked at the angry-looking Zhu Houzhao and coughed lightly and said: "Your Majesty, the local powerful have no country and no loyalty in their eyes. Even if the powerful powerful in the world slaughter seven or eight out of ten of them, they will never be wronged."
Qiu Ju, Gao Feng and others on the side couldn't help but tremble when they heard this. If it were someone else who said this, they would definitely sneer at it.
Although the local tycoons are several orders of magnitude inferior to the aristocratic families of the past, they are still like local bullies.
It can be said that the rule of the Ming Dynasty relied mostly on the powerful squires in these places.
Most people would never dare to poke such a hornet's nest, but Li Huan dared.
Just seeing how Li Huan directly wiped out several powerful local families in Yuyao, we know that Li Huan is definitely capable of killing powerful people.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes flashed with a strange look, but he quickly looked at Li Huan and shook his head slightly: "Having said that, it's nothing like you, Li Qing, to seize the handle and wipe out all the powerful people. But if we want to target all powerful people, I'm afraid..."
Li Huan couldn't help laughing when he heard this and said: "Where are you thinking, Your Majesty? I am not arrogant enough to fight against the world's powerful people. I just said that half of the world's powerful people should be killed, but I didn't really kill them."
Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face and said: "I'm really afraid that you, Li Qing, will keep an eye on the powerful."
But as soon as the words changed, a stern look flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes and he said: "But if some powerful people forget that there is a court and king's law in this world, then they will be destroyed."
A smile appeared on Li Huan's lips, and he suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I am back this time and ready to reorganize the capital camp."
Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, he looked at Li Huan, and said excitedly: "Okay, whatever Li Qing needs, I will fully support Li Qing."
The capital camp was in decay, and the military honors could no longer be reused. As a result, there was an imbalance in civil and military affairs, and even the power of military and horse power fell into the hands of the Ministry of War.
Zhu Houzhao originally planned to take advantage of this opportunity to reorganize the capital camp and take the power of the army and horses into his hands, not to mention the local area. The whip is too long, but in this important place in the capital, if the soldiers and horses in the heart of a country cannot If he had it in hand, how could he, the emperor, be at ease?
What's more important is that if it were in the past, the emperor's idea of going to Beijing would definitely be resisted or even opposed by the civil service group, both covertly and overtly.
All the officials would definitely advise him to govern the world with benevolence and follow the example of the late emperor. He should not be a militaristic emperor. One memorial after another would definitely overwhelm him as the emperor.
However, the emperor was assassinated last time, especially when Feng Hai led the soldiers of the Beijing camp and Ma Wuzhao to invade the capital to rebel. On the one hand, the emperor clearly felt the terrible consequences of losing control of the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp. On the other hand, It also created an unprecedented opportunity for Zhu Houzhao to take control of the Beijing camp.
It was because the emperor was assassinated and the Xiaoyong camp rebelled that Zhu Houzhao chose to seize power in the Beijing camp at this time, and no civil servant could object.
However, he is not a fool, just like when Zhu Houzhao appointed Li Huan to oversee the capital camp, his intention to get Li Huan to reorganize the capital camp was understood by all the officials.
In that case, even if there was a treasonous leader, there were still civil servants who jumped out without hesitation to impeach Li Huan and opposed the emperor's rectification of the capital camp.
These people are indeed not involved in the rebellion. The reason why they jumped out is because they are a civil servant group and they are absolutely unwilling to see military generals rise, nor to see the emperor practice martial arts and seize military power.
Li Huan directly imprisoned these people one by one for treason against his party members.
Although he is not a rebel, his mentality is no different from that of a rebel.
Fortunately, Li Huan directly carried the banner of rebellion and suppressed it. Otherwise, Li Huan, the commander-in-chief of the Central Military Command and the admiral of the Beijing camp, would not have been able to pass smoothly.
It can be said that now is definitely the best time for the emperor to take control of the capital. Once the rebellion comes to an end, Li Huan dares to say that a large number of officials will jump out to oppose the reorganization of the capital for various reasons and prevent the emperor from taking control of the capital.
Camp soldiers and horses.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan, his eyes full of determination.
Li Huan took a deep breath and smiled: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The batch of gold and silver confiscated from Fujian will arrive in the capital in a few days. By then, your Majesty will have nearly ten million taels of silver in his inner treasury, which will be used to reorganize the capital."
But it’s enough.”
In the final analysis, the reason why the reorganization of the capital camp was a big problem that stumped several emperors was nothing more than money and connections.
Eliminating the old and weak and re-establishing the Beijing camp requires more than a million dollars. The relationship network of the nobles in the Beijing camp is intricate. If they do not get the support of the nobles, it will be difficult.
But now that the money was all available, and Li Huan was married to the core of the Xungui group, the British Duke and the Chengguo Duke, the Xungui group almost regarded Li Huan as one of their own.
In this case, it can only be said that everything is ready, just waiting for Li Huan to take action boldly.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes were full of longing, and he walked back and forth in the Qianqing Palace with his hands behind his back and said: "As long as I have an elite army in hand, I can continue to support Liu Jin in implementing the New Deal and truly implement the New Deal, instead of like now.
Pantu has the name of New Deal, but when it comes to the local area, the decree is unclear and difficult to implement."
With the two major intelligence agencies, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Zhu Houzhao was naturally able to grasp the implementation of the New Deal in local governments all over the world.
If Zhu Houzhao had not been mentally prepared, he, the emperor, would have been angry to death.
The New Deal is obviously good governance and benevolent governance, but when it comes to the local level, local officials or local powerful people distort the facts and turn it into a tool for their own personal gain, which makes the local people boil with resentment.
Sometimes Zhu Houzhao really wanted to behead all the local officials in one go, but to be honest, Zhu Houzhao had the heart but not the confidence.
He did not have enough soldiers and horses to suppress all changes. With the imperial education he had received, Zhu Houzhao knew very well that if he really wanted to do that, I am afraid that the country would really be shaken and change hands.
There are some things that Liu Jin can do and Li Huan can do, but he, the emperor, cannot do them.
Now, reorganizing the capital was the first step for his emperor. Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked at Li Huan with various expressions and said: "Li Qing, thank you for your hard work."
These words are truly sincere and definitely come from the heart.
Li Huan stood up quickly and said: "Your Majesty has betrayed me. This is just my duty. Why bother?"
Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan and sighed softly: "Li Qing, you have always been at the front and shouldered all this for me. Liu Jin did the same, shouldering the infamy of the New Deal for me, and Li Qing, you
He is also notorious for targeting hundreds of officials..."
Before Li Huan could say anything, Zhu Houzhao said with a smile on his face: "I just want to tell Li Qing that I will keep everything you have done, Li Qing, in my heart."
Li Huan bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said with an moved face: "I am willing to serve your majesty till my death."
Shaanxi, Xi'an Prefecture, Huayin County
This year, Xi'an Prefecture in Shaanxi Province not only suffered from a severe drought, but also suffered from a locust plague that had not been seen in decades. As a result, there was almost no food harvest, and the people were so poor that they sold their sons and daughters to survive.
As the area most severely affected by the locust plague in Xi'an Prefecture, Huayin County has almost no grain harvest. Most of the food stored in many people's homes has been exhausted, and many people can only survive by digging some wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger.
But even so, as the autumn wind gets colder, even the wild vegetables in the wild have been dug up, and many people have already lost access to wild vegetables and tree bark.
After all, Huayin County is a county. Many powerful squires from Huayin County live in the county. These people have adequate food and clothing, but there are many ordinary people in the city who sell their sons and daughters.
As the county magistrate of Huayin County, Wang Zhi was looking at the Registrar with a frown and said: "Master Tang, is there no news from Xi'an Prefecture? Nowadays, there are more and more disaster victims in the county.
There is simply no money or food needed for relief. If this continues, people may starve to death."
The Tang master's name is Tang Zhen, and he comes from a famous gentry family in Huayin County. The Tang family is the largest landowner in Huayin County. The land under the name of the Tang family alone is tens of thousands of acres. Since the previous generation Tang
After Tang Yu, the head of the family, resigned as the chief registrar of Huayin County, Tang Zhenlin, who was a civil servant, succeeded him as the registrar of Huayin County. He is still the best family in Huayin County.
After listening to Wang Zhi's words, Tang Zhen stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Sir, we have sent the news to Xi'an Prefecture a month ago, but you also know, sir, that the whole of Shaanxi has suffered a major disaster this year.
Disaster, not only our Huayin County has almost no grain harvest, but also other places. Even if you adults in Xi'an Prefecture want relief, they also need the imperial court to allocate money and grain."
Wang Zhi's face was full of worry and he said: "But if this continues, I'm afraid that before the imperial court's relief comes, there will be a case of people exchanging children for food."
Tang Zhen shook his head and said: "There is nothing we can do about it. The court's relief will not come for a day, and we can only watch."
Wang Zhi looked at the inspector Cui Ji and the official Ding Chaozhong beside him. They noticed Wang Zhi's gaze and shook their heads at Wang Zhi with helpless expressions on their faces.
Wang Zhi took a deep breath and suddenly said: "If I remember correctly, there are still thousands of kilograms of grain in the county granary, which can be used to make gruel for the time being to help the victims. No matter what, we must persist until the imperial court provides relief.
, Otherwise we, the people of Huayin County, don’t know how many people will die in this disaster..."
Looking at this alone, Wang Zhi is obviously a good official who cares about the people. It can be said that officials like Wang Zhi did not exist in the Ming Dynasty, but they were definitely very rare.
Huayin County is lucky to meet such a county magistrate.
Wang Zhi said with emotion: "Those grains were saved last year. They were life-saving grains to prevent natural and man-made disasters."
Wang Zhi looked at the county magistrate Jinping. As the second-in-command in the county, although the county magistrate, inspectors, collectors, and bookkeepers were all subordinate assistants of Wang Zhi, the seventh-grade county magistrate, but
Wang Zhi knew very well that in Huayin County, it was true that he was the county magistrate, but the people present were the ones who could really make the decision.
These people are all wealthy families in Huayin County, and the families behind each one are powerful families in Huayin County. Without the help of these people, it would be difficult for him, the county magistrate, to issue orders to the county government.
Therefore, if Wang Zhi wants to help the victims, he must discuss with these people.
Suddenly, Tang Zhen, Cui Ji, and Ding Chaozhong all looked at Jin Ping.
Jin Ping is about forty years old, with a rosy complexion, a rich look on his face, and an extremely kind face. At first glance, he is a kind-faced person.
All Jin Ping could hear was shaking his head at Wang Zhi and saying, "Sir, no!"
Wang Zhi couldn't help but was stunned. He obviously didn't expect that Jin Ping would object. It was a matter of course that he was preparing to secretly reserve food to relieve the victims. But anyone with any brain would know that he must find a way to relieve the victims at this time, otherwise,
Not only will the victims starve to death, but if things go wrong, there may also be civil riots caused by the victims.
After listening to Jin Ping's words, Tang Zhen, Cui Ji, and Ding Chaozhong all had relaxed looks on their originally slightly nervous faces.
Wang Zhi stared at Jin Ping and said anxiously: "Why not? We must know that human life is at stake. If we help the people as soon as possible, we can prevent them from starving to death."
Jin Ping sighed: "Sir, do you know that thousands of stones of food are just a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the disaster in Huayin County, and cannot save a few people."
When Wang Zhi heard this, he took a deep breath and said: "I only know that one person can save one person, and one person can survive for one day."
As he spoke, Wang Zhi cupped his hands in the direction of the capital and said with a serious face: "I have been favored by the emperor and govern the people on behalf of your majesty. As a parent official, how can I sit back and watch the people starve to death."
Immediately, Wang Zhi ignored the reactions of Jin Ping, Cui Ji and others, and stood up directly and ordered: "My decision has been made. Tomorrow morning, we will set up a pot to cook porridge outside the city gate to help the victims."
Ding Chaozhong and others could not help but look anxious and said: "Sir..."
Wang Zhi swung his sleeves and said angrily: "That's enough. Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. Don't you just want to take advantage of the opportunity to annex land and buy and sell people? In the past, I could turn a blind eye.
But now that the people affected by the disaster are in critical danger, I will never allow you to use this disaster to harm the country and the people."
After saying this, Wang Zhi turned and left directly.
Looking at the angry look on Wang Zhi's face, when Wang Zhi left, Jin Ping, who had a kind face, suddenly turned angry, slammed the tea cup in his hand and said angrily in a low voice: "Okay
You're such a wise man, I really didn't expect you to have such a stupid side."
Tang Zhen sat there with a gloomy expression, the tea cup in his hand was shaking slightly, his eyes were slightly narrowed and he sneered: "Our Lord Wang is really a good official like no other."
That's what he said, but the irony in Tang Zhen's words couldn't be more obvious.
Cui Ji smiled slightly and said: "I heard that this gentleman has some connections with the newly promoted Pavilion Elder Wang Yangming."
Jin Ping sneered and said with a bit of disdain: "The origin of the fart is just a clan member who came out of the fifth server. I'm afraid that Mr. Wangge didn't even know that such a clan member existed. Otherwise, he wouldn't be here."
I stayed there for several years."
After a slight cough, Ding Chaozhong said: "Guys, our Lord County Magistrate is going to use that batch of food to relieve the victims. Let's talk about how we should respond."
A few people looked at each other. Others didn't know clearly, but they knew very well that the county's central grain depot had indeed stored thousands of kilograms of grain last year, but that was last year. A year later, those grains had already been used by them.
Their hands were taken out, and the granary was already empty.
Tang Zhen stroked his beard and said: "Yes, if our Lord Wang goes to the grain depot tomorrow and cannot see the food, then..."
They drained the grain from the granary. Many people in the county government knew about this, but the county magistrate Wang Zhi did not know about it.
Jin Ping said slowly: "Don't worry, the county magistrate will give up tomorrow."
After hearing Jin Ping's words, Cui Ji, Ding Chaozhong, and Tang Zhen were stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on their successor's face.
At this moment, Tang Zhen was heard saying: "Which of our families didn't take advantage of the disaster years to seize the land from the victims and buy and sell the young and strong among the victims as servants? There are no catastrophes again and again.
, How has our family prospered to this day? Wang Zhi wants to help the victims, but also wants to prevent us from annexing the land. Is he stupid in studying?"
Hearing what Tang Zhen said, several people couldn't help laughing.
Jin Ping chuckled and said: "What Brother Tang said is true. I have long been eyeing the thousand acres of fertile land in Qinglian Village. This time our Tang family will definitely take it. Don't you guys want to fight with my Tang family?"
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Ding Chaozhong smiled and said: "My Ding family is planning to take over a thousand acres of land in Shilipu."
Several people said something to each other, and this family had thousands of acres, and that family had thousands of acres. This year of disaster has become an opportunity for each family to grow.
Tang Zhen suddenly looked serious and said: "Everyone, as far as I know, the adults above are already preparing to ask for help from the imperial court. If nothing unexpected happens, the imperial court should respond soon, so there is not much time left for us.
too much."
Tang Zhen nodded slightly and said: "Yes, it is enough for a few adults to help the big guys buy one or two months, so in the following days, the big guys will use their own methods to take as many benefits as they can.
How many."
After saying that, Tang Zhen stood up and said, "Let's all disperse. We have to deal with our naive county magistrate tomorrow."
In the middle of the night, Wang Zhi, the magistrate of Huayin County, was lying on the bed in the back house of the county government office, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
Mrs. Fan, who was sleeping with Wang Zhi, looked at Wang Zhi with her brows furrowed and couldn't help but persuade Wang Zhi, who couldn't sleep at night: "Master, didn't you say you already have a way to relieve the victims?"
When Wang Zhi heard this, he sighed and looked at Fan and said: "Although my husband has decided to use the grain stored in the granary to help the victims, after all, the food is extremely limited. If the court does not allocate money and food to relieve the victims as soon as possible, I am afraid that the food will not last long.
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Fan comforted him: "I have tried my best. All that is left is to see the Dukes and Your Majesty above the court."
Wang Zhi couldn't help but sigh: "But when I think about how many people will be separated from their wives and families, and their families will be destroyed, my husband's heart is full of guilt. I, Wang Zhi, read the books of saints, represent the emperor's herdsmen, and serve as a county official, but I can only
Watching the people under my rule suffer such a disaster..."
Mrs. Fan looked at Wang Zhi's self-blaming look and said, "Master, natural disasters and man-made disasters have nothing to do with me. Master, you are an honest and upright official, which is a blessing to the people. Compared with those officials who take advantage of natural and man-made disasters to make a fortune."
, Master, you can have a clear conscience."
As he spoke, Mrs. Fan looked at Wang Zhi's tired look and said, "Master, take a rest early. In the past few days, you have been less concerned about the victims."
Wang Zhi nodded slightly, looked at Mrs. Fan and sighed: "My wife has been wronged all these years. She has been with me all her life, but she has never been able to enjoy the glory and wealth."
At this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door, and at the same time, the voice of Wang Cheng, the former book boy next to Wang Zhi and now the housekeeper, said with a hint of urgency: "Sir, sir, something happened, something big happened."
When Wang Zhi heard Wang Cheng's words, he felt something bad in his heart. He stood up suddenly, grabbed his official uniform and put it on while running outside.
Fan's voice came from behind: "Master, shoes, your shoes!"
With a creak, Wang Zhi opened the door, stared at Wang Cheng and said, "It couldn't be that something happened to the granary."
Wang Cheng couldn't help but froze for a moment when he heard this, and looked at Wang Zhidao in surprise: "Master, how did you know there was a fire in the granary?"
When Wang Zhi heard this, his expression suddenly changed, his eyes showed a look of horror and disbelief, his body couldn't help but swayed, and he almost fell to the ground.
Wang Cheng was startled and helped Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi calmed down, his eyes full of rage and roared: "How dare they, how dare they!"
How could Wang Zhi be a fool if he was able to become a Jinshi in high school? He had felt that something had not been taken into consideration before, and he could not sleep at night because of tossing and turning.
But when Wang Cheng heard that something happened at the granary, Wang Zhi felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and he immediately guessed what was going on.
As Wang Zhi's book boy, Wang Cheng can be said to be Wang Zhi's confidant. Seeing Wang Zhi's reaction, a look of surprise and shock quickly appeared on his face.
He knew that his master had been thinking about using grain stocks to relieve the victims in the past few days, and he had just informed the county magistrate, inspections and others today that there was a fire in the granary at night. Even he could guess that
This fire comes from a strange place.
It is almost self-evident who started this fire.
Wang Zhi's face was extremely ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "How could they be so crazy? That's thousands of stones of food. If it were used to help the victims, how many lives could be saved, but they actually burned it with a fire..."
Wang Cheng suddenly said: "Master, with the nature of those people, how could they burn the food? I'm afraid that the food in the granary has long been empty. On the one hand, they set this fire to cover up the fact that the food was sold out by them."
On the other hand, it also completely dispels your intention of releasing food for disaster relief and ruining the good deeds of their families."
Wang Zhi's expression changed when he heard this, and then a bitter smile appeared on his face, and he murmured: "I am so stupid, I am so stupid."
Seeing Wang Zhi's distracted look, as if he was possessed by a demon, Fan, who had already stood up and walked over, couldn't help but exclaimed: "Master, what's wrong with you?"
With a worried look on her face, Mrs. Fan shook Wang Zhi's body and called urgently, finally bringing Wang Zhi back to his senses.
But at this moment, Wang Zhi looked extremely decadent, his spirit was extremely depressed, and he looked as if he had received a huge blow.
Seeing Wang Zhi like this, Mrs. Fan couldn't help but said anxiously: "Master, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me."
Capital
Li Huan left the imperial city and returned to the mansion. He had dinner with Feng, and then, under the service of Forsythia, he bathed and changed clothes, washed away the dust from his body, and fell into a deep sleep.
As the sky grew brighter, Li Huan got up early, put on his court clothes, and rushed towards the imperial city in the dim night.
Although today is not a major court meeting, because Li Huan wants to formally rectify the capital camp today, the emperor yesterday sent a decree to the court that all the civil and military ministers must be present at the court this morning.
Therefore, in today's court meeting, except for some low-rank officials, all officials of the third rank and above in the court will be present unless they have something to do.
Although it is not as large as a large court meeting, there will probably be no less than a hundred officials present, so it can be considered an extremely formal court meeting.
In front of the Qianqing Palace, when Li Huan arrived, many officials were already waiting there.
A series of eyes looked at Li Huan.
Many officials had already received the news of Li Huan's return to Beijing, so they did not show any surprise when they saw Li Huan.
Some officials even looked at Li Huan with strange looks, giving the impression that they were watching Li Huan's joke.
Li Huan's senses were so keen that he was naturally aware of the gazes of the officials.
It's just that Li Huan just glanced at it indifferently. He had already guessed that something must be wrong with the officials, but there is a saying that soldiers will come to block the water and the soil will cover it up. He wanted to see what tricks these people could come up with.
Not long after, as the Emperor Luan arrived, in front of the Qianqing Palace, hundreds of officials kowtowed to the Emperor.
Zhu Houzhao sat upright on the throne, motioning for all the officials to stand down. There was a hint of excitement in his eyes, and he nodded solemnly to Qiu Ju beside him.
Qiu Ju took a step forward and said sharply: "Every official is going to do something!"
As Qiu Ju finished speaking, the civil and military officials seemed quite calm, and there was no sign of a swarm of swarms coming to impeach Li Huan.
It seems that after several losses, the civil and military officials became wiser and no longer directly confronted Li Huan.
Li Huan looked at these people in surprise, but then Li Huan realized that it seemed that these civil and military officials were not stupid. They knew that impeaching him was useless, so they did not do such useless things.
Li Huan smiled. Although impeachment is useless, being impeached every day is not a good thing after all, is it? If these people are more sensible, it is not in vain for him to confront civil and military officials again and again.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the silent ministers below, coughed slightly and said: "Do you have nothing to report to your family?"
There was still no reaction from the officials, but now Li Huan immediately stepped forward, stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows and said immediately: "What's the matter with Li Qing?"
When Li Huan stood up, all the officials' eyes fell on Li Huan. Many people showed strange smiles, as if they had bad intentions and wanted to see Li Huan's jokes.
Li Huan turned a blind eye to the looks of these people, and just bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Excuse me, I have been ordered to supervise the capital camp. Now it has been found that dozens of generals and majors in the capital camp are Feng Hai's associates. The capital camp is corrupt.
We have no fighting strength, so we sincerely request your majesty to allow your ministers to eliminate the old and weak in the Beijing camp and rebuild the three major camps."
After Li Huan finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao immediately looked at the civil and military officials.
After hearing Li Huan's words, many of the officials had solemn expressions on their faces, and some had expressions of worry on their faces, but no one stood up.
Zhu Houzhao was condescending and saw the expressions and reactions of the civil and military officials. Especially when he saw that no one stood up to object, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, so much so that a smile appeared on his face.
Taking a deep breath, just as Zhu Houzhao was about to speak, he suddenly heard a supervisory censor step forward and say: "Your Majesty, I have this memorial."
Zhu Houzhao frowned, glanced at the supervisory censor, and said slowly: "What's the matter with Aiqing?"
The supervisory censor said: "Your Majesty, there is a severe drought in Shaanxi and there is a locust plague, so that there is no harvest, and the people have no food to satisfy their hunger. The chief envoys of Shaanxi signed a letter jointly requesting the imperial court to allocate money and food immediately to relieve the victims, and the people will be delayed if it is too late.
There will be a danger of starving to death. If someone with intentions takes advantage of it, there is a risk of civil unrest."
After the supervisory censor finished speaking, more than a dozen officials came out and bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "There is a great disaster in Shaanxi and the people are suffering. If the imperial court does not immediately provide relief to the victims, it may lose the support of the people and damage your majesty's reputation."
ah."
"Your Majesty, please issue an order to allocate money and food to relieve the victims!"
"Your Majesty, please issue an order to allocate money and food to relieve the victims!"
Zhu Houzhao looked quite ugly. He took a deep breath, his eyes fell on Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and a few others, and said in a deep voice: "My dear friends, how is the disaster in Shaanxi? I didn't say that the disaster is not too serious. It is already
Has the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi been ordered to provide disaster relief on its own?"
Wang Yangming's face was solemn, he stepped forward and bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, Shaanxi Chief Minister Chen Kang, inspection censor Cao Feng and other officials concealed the truth about the disaster and deceived the court, so that there were millions of victims in Shaanxi.
Without timely relief and resettlement, many prefectures and counties severely affected by the disaster have now seen the phenomenon of exchanging children for food, and even the gathering of victims has vague signs of attacking the government..."
"What? This happened?"
Zhu Houzhao stood up suddenly, his face full of anger.
The cabinet had indeed previously said that there was a locust plague and drought in Shaanxi. Since the memorials submitted by the Shaanxi Chief Envoy, the Shaanxi Inspection Censor, and even the Shaanxi Jinyiwei Qianhu, etc. at that time, all indicated that although there was a disaster in Shaanxi, it was within the controllable range.
In the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, major and minor disasters occurred every year in some places. Disasters like this were very common, so at that time he had already issued an order to reduce or reduce taxes in Shaanxi and ordered local governments to provide relief to the victims.
But now Wang Yangming actually told him that there were people in Shaanxi who exchanged their sons for food, and hungry people gathered to attack the government. How could this not make Zhu Houzhao furious?
Zhu Houzhao, with an angry look on his face, shouted filial piety: "The chief envoy of Shaanxi Province Chen Kang should be killed, the censor Cao Feng should be killed, and the Shaanxi Jinyi Guard Qianhu Yuan Ming should be killed..."
Not to mention that Zhu Houzhao was furious, even Li Huan, who was standing there, became extremely solemn after listening to Wang Yangming's words, and his eyes were full of anger and murderous intent.
"Shaanxi Jinyiwei Qianhu Yuan Ming, I'm going to strip you of your skin and cramps, and cut your body into thousands of pieces!"
Li Huan silently recited the name of Yuan Ming, a member of the Jinyi Guard family, and his heart was filled with murderous intent.
The thousands of Jinyiwei who were in charge of a province actually collaborated with others to conceal the disaster in Shaanxi and deceive the court. What a heinous crime this was.
A problem with thousands of Jinyiwei households in a province is equivalent to a problem with the emperor's eyes and ears in a province of Shaanxi. Although Li Huan is the commander of Jinyiwei, Li Huan has only been in charge of Jinyiwei for a few months, and Yuan Ming is in charge.
Shaanxi has been there for several years. It must be said that it is also the responsibility of the former commander Shi Wenyi, but this does not prevent Li Huan from being angry.
[I have something to do today, so I was delayed. There are only so many, please forgive me]