"Shang Shu, the emperor's grandson." Yu Qian said solemnly: "Maybe you can let Yu Qian enter the court?"
Li Qing and Zhu Zhanji looked at each other, and Zhu Zhanji said decisively: "Okay!"
"That's it, thank you very much." Yu Qian stood up, bowed, turned and left.
"Aren't you going to eat?"
Yu Qian turned around, exuding an indomitable momentum, "I need to prepare, I'm sorry."
Looking at his leaving figure, Zhu Zhanji couldn't hide his admiration in his tone, "Uncle Qing, you really have good taste. This man is very human."
Immediately, the topic changed again, "However, everything needs to be planned before taking action. Only the courage of an ordinary man cannot solve the problem."
"Don't draw conclusions too early." Li Qing said with a smile, "Let's see how he performs tomorrow."
Zhu Zhanji nodded lightly, "However, he may not be able to support himself alone, so we have to find some helpers for him. I have arranged for those northern scholars to work in about six subjects, and they will come in handy tomorrow."
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"Yes, it's feasible." Li Qing smiled and said, "It's getting late, so you'd better act as soon as possible. We'll eat this meal another day, so we can't miss the main business."
"Okay!" Zhu Zhanji rubbed his belly and complained, "Why didn't you say something about such a big national policy earlier?"
Li Qing laughed and said, "I originally thought of letting them take action first, and then show off their tactics. I just want to inform you first. Who knew Yu Qian was in such a hurry? Okay, hurry up and make up for this meal another day."
Zhu Zhanji nodded and turned around.
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The next day, Fengtian Hall.
At dawn, the ministers had already entered the court hall and stood in groups, waiting for the emperor to come to court.
Before the emperor entered the main hall, the officials were whispering and greeting each other in low voices, full of worldly feelings.
While the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel and the left minister of the Ministry of Justice were chatting with each other, they suddenly discovered that there were seven or eight unfamiliar faces standing at the door of the palace.
He took a closer look and found out that one of them was his new official, Shizhong.
"Shilang Liu, what are you looking at?"
"Shilang Wang, can I step into the court even though I'm in trouble?"
"Are you kidding me..." Wang Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment followed his gaze and looked back, swallowing his sneer and denial, and said in surprise, "What's the situation? How can someone from the seventh rank be able to enter the palace?
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He discovered that one of them was his subordinate from the Ministry of Punishment.
"When something goes wrong, there must be a monster." Liu Shilang, the official official, frowned and said, "Looking at the situation of these people, they are all new scholars. If no one arranges it, how can they enter the court?"
Wang Shilang didn't take it seriously, "It's just a reward from the seventh rank, don't worry about it."
"Don't be careless." Liu Shilang whispered, "Look, the one standing at the front is in trouble, and he is from the Ministry of War. Could it be that Li Qing didn't hold his shit in properly?"
"From the Ministry of War?" Wang Shilang was startled, but then shook his head in amusement, "You're only a seventh-grade official in Shizhong, so what's there to be afraid of?"
When Shilang Wang was about to say more, a voice interrupted him.
"Quiet!" Admiral Dongchang screamed, "Anyone who dares to make noise will be kicked out of the hall."
The whispering hall suddenly fell silent, and the ministers stood neatly, feeling unhappy but speaking honestly.
Not long after, Zhu Di stepped into the hall.
The ministers and ministers shouted long live and performed the great courtesy of the king and ministers.
"Everyone is safe."
Zhu Di waved his sleeves, sat on the dragon chair, and said with a smile, "Yongle rice has been tested and the yield in the north is no less than that in the south. Yongle beans also grow very well in the north..."
The ministers thanked En and stood up. They listened quietly to the Emperor. They were all confused. They didn't know what kind of trouble the Emperor was trying to make.
Soon, they found out.
"There are vast areas of land in the north that are uncultivated. I see it in my eyes and it hurts in my heart." Zhu Di said sadly, "I have decided to let some people from the south migrate to the north to open up wasteland and grow food!"
The ministers were shocked, and the official Liu Shilang took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, think twice, this national policy is unpopular with the people!"
"Will the Emperor want the people to leave their homes and become homeless?" Wang Shilang of the Ministry of Punishment followed closely, speaking sharply.
Then, the right-hand censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate came out and started to complain directly, "The emperor's move is against the rules and regulations. It does not allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment, but instead allows them to travel thousands of miles to the north. It is really not the behavior of a holy king!"
Immediately, the censor of Zuo Qiandu came out and said loudly: "May I ask your Majesty, why do the people deserve this?"
Soon, among the doctors, Yuanwailang came out one after another.
"The emperor, for the sake of his own political achievements, does not care about the life and death of the people. How do the people in the world view you?"
"The Master said: Take the people's hearts as your heart. When the emperor did this, did he ever think about the people's hearts?"
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The six ministers said nothing. After a few words, the two ministers from the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Punishment also returned to class silently, leaving the stage to the people below.
Yu Qian's eyebrows have been furrowed. After hearing this, he found that no one had put forward substantive opinions, except for unreasonable objections and taking the opportunity to scold the emperor.
It’s all about admonishment for the sake of admonishment!
He didn't think there was anything wrong with opposing the emperor, but he had to give examples, right?
The more Yu Qian listened, the more uncomfortable he felt. These people talked openly and silently about the people of the world, but they all said high-sounding words. None of them were on the topic, and no one said how to solve the problem.
He couldn't listen anymore and spoke loudly: "Your Majesty, I have my own notes!"
Yu Qian's voice was loud and loud, and the sound of the newly built hall suddenly overwhelmed everyone.
The ministers turned around and paid attention to Yu Qian, but their expressions varied, some were surprised, some were angry, and some were disdainful.
"Come forward and talk!" Zhu Di said.
Yu Qian held his head high and walked forward from the passage reserved for civil and military officials. He bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that there are advantages and disadvantages to the migration of the people, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages!"
Before he could continue, Academician Hanlin jumped out, "Your Excellency, is...?"
Yu Qian's voice was clear: "The Ministry of War is in trouble, Yu Qian!"
"You don't seem to have the right to enter the palace in Shizhong?" Hanlin Bachelor sneered, and then cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Yudu has exceeded the rules in Shizhong."
Not solving the problem, only solving the person who raised the problem... Yu Qian couldn't hide his anger and immediately retorted: "You are an official of the Ming Dynasty, and I am also an official of the Ming Dynasty; you are the emperor's minister, and I am also the emperor's minister; can you go to court?
, I can also go to court;
Your Majesty ordered me to come forward to talk to you, but you repeatedly blocked me and ignored him. What is his intention?"
Yu Qian treated the other person with his own way. He did not answer the question directly. Instead, he came up and put a big hat on the other person, which greatly demoralized the Hanlin scholar.
All officials in the capital can go to court, but officials below the fifth rank can only stand outside the palace. Yu Qian is in the seventh rank, and he is almost at the bottom among the officials in the capital. Even if he stands outside the palace, he is still at the back.
, and no movement in the court could be heard at all.
This is also the reason why Yu Qian asked to go to the temple.
It's a bit interesting...Zhu Di became interested and held his chin to watch the show.
Seeing that the Hanlin scholar was choked, the imperial censor of the Imperial Procuratorate came out to support him, "I dare to ask Yu Du, how can it cause more harm than good to cause the people in the south to leave their homes and migrate thousands of miles to the north?
Do you think that just to raise taxes a little bit for the national treasury, you don’t care about the life and death of the people?"
"That's right." The doctor of the Ministry of Rites said, "You are a public official. You should speak out and speak out boldly, instead of trying to flatter the Holy Emperor and causing the Emperor to make a big mistake!"
Wailang, a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, sneered and ridiculed: "In order to have a prosperous official career, I only know how to flatter and flatter you. I have completely lost the character of a scholar. I have read the books of sages in vain!"
"Is it true that the character of a scholar is that he is indiscriminate, regardless of right or wrong, and only knows how to insult the Holy One in order to ask for his name?" Yu Qian angrily said.
"You...!" The official's face turned red and his whole body was trembling with anger. He said, "You" for a long time, but he still didn't know why.
Seeing that his subordinates couldn't bear it, the Minister of Civil Affairs spoke up, "In the middle of the matter, the court is not a market place, but whoever has the loudest voice is not justified."
"I don't think so." Yu Qian was a little excited and his voice was still high, "It's just that you didn't explain it just now."
"You?" the Minister of Civil Affairs said calmly, "The you you are talking about include me, too?"
The threat in his words is self-evident, and he uses his power to suppress others.
But Yu Qian was not afraid at all and nodded, "Not bad!"
The Minister of Civil Affairs was stunned. He did not expect that Yu Qian would dare to contradict him like this. He became a little angry and said, "In the case of Yu Du, do you know what the crime of slandering Shangguan's reputation is?"
"Do you know, Minister, what is the crime of slandering the honor of the Holy One?"
"You..." The Minister of Civil Affairs couldn't bear it anymore and turned to look at his boss.
Jian Yi is just a docile person, he is still there and pretends not to see it.
The Minister of Civil Affairs asked for help to no avail, but he didn't want to stop there. If he was kicked out by a seventh-rank official, he wouldn't have to mess around in the future.
He shook his sleeves and snorted coldly: "Since you said that the benefits of the southern people migrating to the north outweigh the disadvantages, why don't you tell me why the benefits outweigh the disadvantages?"
Yu Qian breathed a sigh of relief. He was tough on all the officials just to make them listen to him calmly.
Finally, he arrived at his home court!
Yu Qian thought about his words and said: "The south is richer and more populous than the north. This is an indisputable fact;
Sirs, do you know why this is so?"
No one said anything, everyone was watching Yu Qian's performance. The ministers in the Ministry of Civil Affairs were shocked. How could they dare to do it? Besides, there was nothing wrong with Yu Qian's words.
No one answered, and Yu Qian didn't care and continued: "That's because people from the north have moved to the south!"
“During the Jin Dynasty, a considerable portion of the population in the Yellow River Basin moved to the Jianghuai Basin and settled in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huizhou, Bashu and other places, resulting in rapid population growth and economic development in these areas;
During the Tang Dynasty, more than a million northerners moved south, which directly changed the pattern of the Han people focusing on the Yellow River Basin;
During the Song Dynasty, a large number of people from the Yellow River Basin moved south to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi and other places;
During the Yuan Dynasty, people from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River migrated to Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Fujian and other places..."
Yu Qian said loudly, "The south's current wealth and prosperity are all due to northerners migrating southward!
As you know, before the Tang Dynasty, the south was a barbaric land. Without these large population migrations, the south would still be a barbaric land!
Do you know the origin of "Nanqiangbeidiao"?
Do you know how many southerners have their roots in the north?"
Yu Qian said calmly: "You can go back and look at the genealogy. Maybe your ancestors were also from the north."
The ministers were speechless.
The Minister of Civil Affairs sneered again and again, "It is true that the population moved south during the Jin Dynasty, but that was because of the Yongjia Rebellion;
In the Tang Dynasty, it was true that the population moved south, but that was because of the Anshi Rebellion;
During the Song Dynasty, it was still true that the population moved south, but that was because of the invasion of the Jin;
It is true that during the Yuan Dynasty, the population moved south, but that was because of the invasion of the Yuan people;
Population migration has a political background. In troubled times, it is of course possible for people to migrate spontaneously, but now that the Ming Dynasty is in peace and prosperity, doing so will make the world angry and resentful."
Yu Qian nodded and asked in his own tone, "Is the political correctness of population migration true?"
"You..." the Minister of Rites flicked his sleeves angrily, "The people live and work in peace and contentment, but if you enforce it, it will be tantamount to tyranny!"
"Live and work in peace and contentment?" Yu Qian said angrily, "Those are the people who have land. Have you ever thought about the tenants and long-term workers who have no farmland?
Now, Ming Dynasty has new crops that can give people without farmland a chance to make a comeback, so why give up?"
"Yu Qian..."
"I haven't finished speaking yet." Yu Qian interrupted him and asked: "The minister said that population migration is tyranny, so can the lower official think that the minister is saying that the Hongwu dispersal was the tyranny of Emperor Taizu?"
"I'm not, I didn't...!" The Minister of Civil Affairs' voice trembled, his face turned pale, and he said in shock, "Don't spit blood on others."
"Oh, then I understand." Yu Qian said with an expression of sudden realization, "What the minister means is that the people of Hongwu Dynasty did not live and work in peace and contentment."