People are like tigers and horses are like dragons. On the martial arts field, soldiers and horses are sprinting at lightning and dust is flying.
Such scenes made the weak scholar inexplicably excited.
A quarter of an hour later, the bull's eye was filled with arrows, and the riding and shooting came to an end. The galloping war horse slowly stopped, and the horse's hooves were occasionally tapping on the ground, and the horse was spraying heavy breathing.
"Next, the battle formation drill will be practiced." Li Qing reminded him.
"Yeah." Yu Qian said happily, "My Ming army is really the king's army."
Li Qing smiled, "Although you are a civilian, since you have joined the Ministry of War, you still need to know about the military so as not to report the memorial in the future and make jokes because you don't know what to do."
"Remember the official." Yu Qianzheng pointed his head and looked at the martial arts performance venue again.
The battle formation is regular and murderous intent is overwhelming. Under the sunlight, the armor shines with sharp cold light. The iron-blooded army is amazing.
Yu Qian was exposed to military tactics and battle formations for the first time, and he thought of the scene of a 500,000 army conquering Mobei, and his heart was inspiration.
What kind of scene should it be?
An hour later, the martial arts performance came to an end. Zhu Zhanji and the generals greeted each other and drove the horses to the two of them.
Zhu Zhanji turned over and dismounted and said to Li Qing, "How about we have a contest later?"
"No." Li Qing shook his head and refused, "I'm such an old bone, but I can't stand the tossing."
"It's so boring. I asked you to come for this." Zhu Zhanji was a little disappointed, and then said, "Why don't we try it?"
Li Qing is old, and he thinks he is OK.
"So many people." Li Qing said with a hilarious look, "Whoever loses face is lost, let's forget it. If you want to have a fight, go back to my house."
"Well... it's done." Zhu Zhanji didn't want to let Li Qing get out of Taiwan in public. He stretched out his limbs and couldn't wait, "Then let's go, let's go now."
Li Qing hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement.
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Seeing that the sedan chair passed the yamen, Li Qing still had no intention of stopping. Yu Qian was a little embarrassed, "Shangshu and the emperor's grandson are having a discussion, so it's not convenient for the officials to participate, right?"
"The yamen will be dispersed soon. Let's have a meal together later!" Li Qing smiled, "You have worked hard with me for an afternoon. How can I not be polite to my subordinates?"
Thank you? Just sit in a sedan chair and see why it is hard to perform martial arts... Yu Qian was a little confused, "That... Lord Shangshu, the official..."
"Have official duties." Li Qingdao.
Yu Qian was stunned for a moment and stopped refusing.
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When he got home, Zhu Zhanji, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately came up to meet him. Seeing Yu Qian also followed him, he was a little surprised.
"I've met the crown prince." Yu Qian bowed.
"No gift." Zhu Zhanji smiled, then reached out and took the red tassel gun from the guard's hand, removed the gun head and threw it to Li Qing, "Come on, let's fight hard today, don't give in to me."
Li Qing took the long stick, picked up a gun flower, and signaled Zhu Zhanji to attack first.
"Then I'm not polite." Zhu Zhanji was really not polite. He jumped closer and used a fatal rhythm when he came up. The sticks swayed layers of afterimages, and the sound of howling through the air was endless.
Zhu Zhanji is at the age of a dragon and a tiger. After years of hardship, the Thirteen Death Slaves have reached the level of perfection. The long stick in his hands seemed to be alive.
"Pu tick..."
Li Qing held the sticks to block the block, and the sound of the long sticks colliding like fried beans kept ringing.
In half a quarter of an hour, the two of them fought for dozens of times, and it was difficult to decide the outcome.
Seeing that he could not attack for a long time, Zhu Zhanji shouted lightly, and his move became more and more fierce, and his attack was pouring down like a storm, and his head was strong and fierce.
Li Qing was calm and calm, not quick, but he could always resolve the offensive just right. Occasionally, he could make Zhu Zhanji busy.
Without a single extra move, Li Qing was always so natural and skillful in every strike, just like the arranged script, Zhu Zhanji's attack was within his expectations every time.
Gradually, Zhu Zhanji also discovered this problem. No matter how he changed his moves, he seemed to be unable to escape Li Qing's calculations.
"No more fight!" Zhu Zhanji breathed, and said indifferently, "I thought you were no match for me when you were old, but I didn't expect that... Are you really a sixty-year-old man?"
"Uh hehe...isn't that." Li Qing chuckled, "I will no longer be your opponent in a few years."
Zhu Zhanji rolled his eyes and muttered, "You said this a few years ago."
After the intense exercise all afternoon, Zhu Zhanji was hungry and waved his hand to the guards, "I want to have a couple of drinks with Yongqing Hou, you guys can go outside and wait."
The guard bowed and turned around and retreated.
Zhu Zhanji glanced at Yu Qian, and Yu Qian bowed and explained: "Taisun, Lord Shangshu said there was an official account."
"Is there any official business?" Zhu Zhanji glanced at Li Qing, "Then you guys talk, I'll come again another day."
"No, let's have a meal and chat." Li Qing asked the servants to prepare wine and food and invited the two to the living room.
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"No need to be polite, sit down!" Zhu Zhanji smiled at Yu Qian, "Are you still used to it in the Ministry of War?"
Yu Qian thanked him and nodded.
One is a noble man and the other is a Duke and Hou Xunqing. Yu Qian is not good at socializing and is uncomfortable in the face of the two, so he just wants to escape quickly.
"I dare to ask the Secretary of State, what official duties should I give to the officials?"
Li Qing picked up the teapot and poured two cups of tea, gave Zhu Zhanji one cup, and pushed the other cup to Yu Qian, "The emperor wants to implement the new policy."
Yu Qian reached out and held the teacup with a puzzled look on his face, "I just gave it to the officials, and I don't seem to be qualified..."
"Hey?" Li Qing shook his head and laughed, "All of them are officials of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor's ministers, of course they are qualified."
"What new policy should the emperor implement?" Zhu Zhanji asked.
"Population migration." Li Qingdao, "to be precise, it is to migrate the southern population to the north."
Yu Qian paused his hand that he wanted to hold up the teacup, and his brows frowned, pondering, "The people will definitely not want it. If the court enforces it, it will probably arouse public grievances;
It is common for long journeys and migrations to get sick. If you don’t receive timely treatment, you may even be in danger of life.”
After a pause, Yu Qian said, "Forgive the rude officials, and now the Ming Dynasty is prosperous and the people are safe, it is not appropriate to implement such policies at the time."
Li Qing took a sip of tea and chuckled, "This is the time and the time. Now there are new crops in the Ming Dynasty. Yongle beans and Yongle rice all have low requirements for arable land. You can plant them after a little cultivation;
There is a vast land in the north that has not been cultivated. The reason is that there are fewer people in the north. The reason for the smallest population is that the north has lower grain output than the south;
It’s different now. With the introduction of new crops, the north can also produce a large amount of grain." Li Qing asked, “Does it be that the large amount of arable land is so deserted?”
"But……"
"Nothing is not bad." Zhu Zhanji took over the speech and pondered: "The people in the south are rich and have a large population, but it is precisely because of the large population that the rich gentry are more confident and harsh on the landless people. If they can make a part of the southern population
If you migrate here, the rest of the southerners will be much easier;
With less population, the treatment will naturally be higher. Landlords and rich gentry hold a large amount of land, but they do not farm themselves;
Whether it is renting out the land or hiring a long-term worker to help plant it, landlords will offer better conditions in order not to let the farmland they have in their hands be deserted."
Li Qing nodded, "What the Emperor's Grandson said is very true."
Then, he said: "The emperor moved the capital to the north, and his purpose was to extend the strategic depth. Yu Qian, you should know the Hongwu North-South List, right?"
Yu Qian nodded. Although he was born in the 31st year of Hongwu, he, who was a scholar, naturally heard about the North and South List of those years.
Li Qing said: "That year, southerners were in the limelight, but none of the northerners wrote the title. What a irony?
Not to mention the Hongwu Dynasty, just take your term as an example. The more than 150 Jinshis, the south accounted for 12. Isn’t this enough to explain the problem?
Could it be that my Ming Dynasty is only half of the world in the south?”
Yu Qian was speechless.
After a long time, he stood up and bowed, "Yu Qian is very educated."
"Sit, there is no need to be like this." Li Qing smiled gently, "You have just entered the official career and have compassion for the people. This is an advantage, but the emperor focuses on the world, and the court's governance must focus on the overall situation;
Of course, the court will come up with solutions to what you said. The migration itself is for the people and for the country and the country of Ming Dynasty. There is nothing wrong with the general policy."
Yu Qian nodded: "The officials understand, but... the officials are just given to the officials, and they have no say."
"No, you have it." Li Qing and Zhu Zhanji spoke at the same time.
Li Qing explained, "Although you are only the seventh rank and you are a censor. If you issue a new policy, you will definitely argue in the court;
After the three halls of arson cases, the current officials of the Six Ministry will not come forward on their own. Most of them will let the censors act as mouthpieces, launch public opinion offensives, put pressure on the emperor, and they will mix up with each other."
Yu Qian nodded slowly, his face was solemn. He had already discovered the danger of the court.