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Chapter 226 Deep Meaning (1)

"I'm waiting to see you, Your Majesty!"

"No need, give me a seat!"

Zhu Yunxi finally finished the breakfast in front of him, waved his hand and asked the eunuch to bring a stool to Li Jinglong and Xie Jin.

Poor Zhu Gaochi, the bowl of meat porridge had just cooled down and he was about to take a few bites when the eunuch next to him stretched out his hand and snatched away the bowl. He could only smack his lips and lick his lips.

Emotionally, he hasn't eaten anything since he sat here, except for the initial burning of his mouth.

"Xin Yande is here, the flood in Huaibei..." Zhu Yunxi was about to speak when he suddenly noticed that Li Jinglong's posture was very awkward, as if one of his legs was not working properly, so he asked, "What's wrong with your leg?"

Li Jinglong rubbed his knees first, and then stood up in fear, "Your Majesty, I see that you have been up late at night and worried about the flood in Huaibei. Therefore, I... am also a little anxious!"

As he spoke, his voice sounded a bit sad, "After all, I am from Sizhou, and Sizhou was hit by the disaster... But I am a stupid and useless person. I don't know how to repay the emperor, and I don't know how to appease the people. I can only act in a hurry."

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"When I think of the emperor tossing and turning every night because of the flood in Sizhou, I feel even more uneasy and depressed. I was walking home last night thinking about the emperor's difficulties, and accidentally stepped on the steps and sprained my foot!"

Next to him, Xie Jin's butt was hanging in the air, unable to sit down for a long time. He was dumbfounded looking at Li Jinglong who was talking endlessly.

"You're... so damn... so damn..."

The most majestic and talented man in the Ming Dynasty could not find any words to describe the shock in his heart except the word "fuck" at this moment.

"It has to be you! You, Li Jinglong, are really good at breaking things. You feel uncomfortable in your knees, but it is related to the reason of worrying about the country and the people? It's a damn lucky thing that you feel uncomfortable in your knees. If you lose your waist, you can't say it's true.

Tired?"

Zhu Yunxi looked at Li Jinglong and said softly, "It's rare that you have such concern for the country and the people. Sit down!"

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!" Li Jinglong bowed to express his thanks, then put his arm on Xie Jin's shoulders and sat down with a grin on his face and a gasp of air.

And after sitting down, one leg stretches out straight, as if it will not bend back, which is a waste of the leg.

"Are you suffering from knee pain, not disabled?" Xie Jin looked at Li Jinglong and cursed in his heart.

"Two things!" Zhu Yunxi always spoke concisely and went straight to the point. "Xin Yande gave me a report. The flood in Huaibei is far more serious than what was reported in the report!"

The ministers in the palace suddenly fell silent.

Everyone knows this truth. When disasters are reported by local officials, they always avoid the serious ones and choose the light. They say as little as possible, because talking too much will appear to be incompetent.

"Just outside Huai'an City, a rough calculation shows that there are 80,000 disaster victims!" Zhu Yunxi glanced at everyone and continued, "The 300,000 shi of grain prepared by the Ministry of Revenue is just a drop in the bucket, so I promised Xin Yande to open the Huai'an military warehouse.

grain!"

"Your Majesty!" Xu Huizu stood up and said, "The military warehouse in Huai'an is to provide military rations to the towns in Liaodong! It's moved now. If we allocate it again, we will have to wait for autumn rations. There is still half a year, and once the towns...

The soldiers are hungry and may be in danger of mutiny!"

Zhu Yunxi was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth and said, "Each town followed the example of the capital and used silver money as military pay, and the soldiers purchased it themselves."

Xu Huizu said without hesitation, "Your Majesty, the capital camp is stationed in the capital, so there is no shortage of money. But how can each town get so much cash... It has always been in meters..."

"The imperial court has never taken half of the income from the field operations of each town guard station over the years!" Zhu Yunxi said unceremoniously, "Will the soldiers be hungry after a few months? Even if the money is not enough, Songjiang cotton can be allocated for use

Let the officers and soldiers purchase their goods locally with pay. Besides, I am not talking about the frontier army, but the various military stations. Could it be that the annual balance of the various military stations recorded by your Fifth Army Governor's Office is an empty account? Still

There are military warehouses in Henan and Shandong, with millions of dan of grain stored in them. How can I watch the soldiers go hungry?"

Cotton cloth is equivalent to silver, both are the hard currencies of this era.

The Ming Dynasty has always been rich in raising soldiers, and no one will treat those soldiers badly. Moreover, as far as Zhu Yunxi knows, the number of rice grains on the books of the Northern Guard can completely make the soldiers under his command go without rations for a year.

worry.

Of course, unless someone is secretly enriching themselves and making random accounts...

The emperor's tone suddenly became stern, and everyone was a little confused and did not dare to speak.

But some people also guessed the emperor's true intention.

"First, he transferred his confidants to serve as commander-in-chief, and then used the excuse of the Huaibei flood that there was no rush to deliver food and rice to check the food stocks of each guard. Since then, the holes in these years have become clear!" Zhu Gaochi thought to himself, "What a good method.

What a good plan, one link after another!"

"And once the warehouses of Dacang in Shandong and Henan are used to supply the northern guards, the deficits in these two places will no longer be hidden. From now on, the army's moths will have nowhere to hide, and they will inevitably show up. Hunting rabbits with grass, high

ah!"

"And these moths don't need to be dealt with by the court. Those he appointed command the general army and can directly use military law! By then, all armies in the world will be the emperor's disciples. How wonderful, how wonderful! This way,

No one in any place dares to act against his will. Whether it is the Governor's Office of the Five Armies or the Ministry of War, they have all become decorations. The generals in each place are directly responsible to the emperor. The generals and soldiers of the world are like arms to guide them."

"At the same time, you can also completely separate the vassal kings and guards in various places! This new king finally shows his fangs!"

Others may be able to think of it a little bit, but they will never think of it from this perspective. As for Zhu Gaochi, it can be said that he has received the education of the emperor's mind in private. He sees deeper and longer-term than others.

"The flood in Huaibei is important!" Zhu Yunxi said again, looking at everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Li Jinglong, "However, using the military warehouse is of great importance. Xin Yande, a civil servant, did not dare to do it, he was afraid that if he did it, he would be covered in mouth.

I can’t explain clearly. Therefore, the imperial court needs to send someone, a military minister..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jinglong stood up and said, "I am willing to go! Cooperate with Xin Yushi to open the military warehouse and provide relief."

He wished he could go to Huai'an now. There was a political storm in the capital right before his eyes. Only fools stayed in the capital. This kind of storm, let alone being in it, you couldn't even watch the excitement. It was easy to get caught up in it.

At the same time, he also understood that the emperor actually wanted him to go. Anyone who wanted to go could not go, and anyone from the Ministry of War could do it. The reason why it was mentioned on the table was to protect him.

"Sizhou is originally the hometown of my hometown. This time Sizhou was hit by a disaster, and I am very anxious! I am not talented, so I am willing to go to Huai'an and do my little bit for Sizhou and the people of Huaibei!" Li Jinglong said again.

Zhu Yunxi looked at him for a long time, "Well, I can rest assured when you do things!"

"You... you are not so kind to your own uncles and cousins!"

The monarchs and ministers here were singing in harmony. Zhu Gaochi heard it clearly and thought to himself, "This is because he was afraid that Li Jinglong would get involved, so he was transferred on an errand. If it were the Zhu family, he, the emperor, would only wish to get deeper and deeper, right?"

"Whether it's the old man or the emperor, it's true that... his surname is Li Jinglong, not Zhu. Even if he is thinking about the kindness of Princess Cao and the consort, as well as Li Wenzhong's achievements, he has already given enough.

!It just so happens that these two men treat this person as their own flesh and blood relatives!"

Zhu Gaochi thought silently in his heart, "The heart is crooked, but the butt is crooked as well. If your own family doesn't believe it, relatives who can't be beaten with eight sticks are regarded as treasures!"

At this time, I heard Li Jinglong continue to say, "After I go to Huai'an, whenever I handle military rations, I must clear the account, measure and record the quantity repeatedly. How much is released will be replenished when the Ministry of Accounts replenishes it, and there will never be any deficit.

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"You're not just going to Huai'an!" Zhu Yunxi looked over, and Li Jinglong's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Just listen to Zhu Yunxi continue to say, "You have to inspect the military warehouses throughout Huaixi. After the floods in Huaixi have subsided and stabilized, you can go up the road to inspect the military warehouses in Baoding, Shandong, Central Plains, and the food storage and farming matters at the guards in various places!"

As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi emphasized his tone and said, "Every three days, you have to hurry up to 800 miles to give me discounts. Can you do it?"


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