Chapter 672 The Ming Emperor did it too!

Chapter 672 The Ming Emperor did it too!

"His Royal Highness, Prince Lu, has been busy recently with Xiong Tingbi dragging people to the streets for parade." Feng Bao bowed his head and said calmly.

Zhu Yijun said doubtfully: "Is it just a parade? Is he so honest now?"

"Your Majesty, this..." Feng Bao whispered: "Your Highness, I made a hundred There are multiple cars with more than 800 people hanging on them. They parade once a day, and the death row prisoners headed by Chen Sheng have to parade twice. "

The massive parade has specially designated times and streets, and the cycle is carried out. The purpose of the sexual parade was to shock Xiao Xiao. If he did certain things, he would be treated like this by Zhu Yili.

"Although it sounds excessive, and of course it is indeed excessive, for King Lu, it is not too outrageous." Zhu Yijunrui commented on King Lu's behavior and gave a very pertinent evaluation.

This matter is very excessive, but it does not seem too excessive when it comes to an absolutely free man who no one can restrain and who is not very able to restrain himself - King Lu.

"If you want to write a letter, just write a question mark to King Lu." Zhu Yijun decided to write a letter to see if His Highness King Lu was secretly holding a big one for Zhu Yijun.

"I obey..."

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the capital!" After the thresholds of the small yellow gates were thrown down, the memorial sent by the capital was presented to the emperor.

Zhu Yijun opened the memorial and took a look at it. He looked at Feng Bao with wide eyes and said, "King Lu, you really made a big noise."

This time Zhu Yijun admitted that King Lu did it. The movement was really loud.

Before Feng Bao received the decree, King Lu was acting recklessly in the capital, which made the officials intolerable and unable to do anything. The memorial requesting the emperor to return to the capital had already arrived in front of the emperor. The emperor had nothing to do and went south to patrol. He went home. This prince is imprisoned in Prince Lu's Mansion and will never be released!

The memorial in Zhu Yijun's hand was sent by Shen Li, the Minister of Rites, and Zeng Xingwu, the Minister of War. Shen Li denounced King Lu's behavior, but it was also a faithful memorial, and he reported what King Lu had done impartially. Son, tell His Majesty the Emperor clearly.

Shen Li was a stubborn official, an extreme conservative like Zeng Shengwu. Although the joint memorial comprehensively criticized and denied King Lu's actions, the most interesting part of the memorial is that Shen Li, Zeng Shengwu had no intention of asking His Majesty to go back.

The implication behind the words is to ask His Majesty to issue an imperial edict to the capital. One or two admonitions are enough. No matter what you do, you must show it to all the officials in the world. In other words, even in extreme situations In the eyes of conservative Shen Li and Zeng Shengwu, what King Lu did was not too excessive.

Excessive rebuke will only arouse King Lu's rebellious psychology and make King Lu even more aggressive. The opinion of the two conservatives is: That's about it.

Things are quite simple. Zhu Yixun was causing mischief in the capital, and some Hanlin officials could not stand it. They united many pen editors in the scholarly circles and began to write articles criticizing Zhu Yixun's extraordinary behavior. Originally, the Hanlin officials The idea is that I will create public opinion so that you, Zhu Yili, can avoid going too far.

This can be considered an old trick, a tradition of the Ming Dynasty.

Where has Zhu Yili been wronged? Zhu Yili didn't even have any face. He didn't even have to worry about the history of the Spring and Autumn Period. He didn't do anything too outrageous. Even though he threw all the Hanlins in the Hanlin Academy into Beizhen Fusi, he still felt uneasy and sent them to Fusi again. Went to work at Xishan Coal Bureau.

Specially looking for eunuchs, Tiqi to watch, and even going there in person. These Hanlins did not work enough every day and could not eat.

When people are hungry, the only worry is hunger.

These imperial officials finally couldn't help it and wanted to write a series of memorials to rescue these Hanlins. Zhu Yili issued an order and said: Now these Hanlins are still working on the ground, and if someone forces them again, they will have to do it. , send the Hanlin officials to work underground. This labor penalty will not be lifted until His Majesty the Emperor returns to Beijing, so just wait.

The Yushi Yanguan is the eyes and ears of the Ming Emperor. Being too targeted can easily damage the integrity of the bones and block the flow of speech. Zhu Yili will not embarrass these Yushi Yanguan. He will embarrass Hanlin. You The more I save them, the more difficult it is for them.

How have these old academics who have been studying all their lives ever suffered from this crime? All this fussing directly cost half his life, and if he continued to talk nonsense, he really pissed off King Lu, and his whole life was lost.

Zhu Yixuan just refused to let go and let the officials go back. He refused to feed them until they finished their work, which made a big fuss. The scholars scolded them but did not dare to scold them, and they could not resist even if they resisted. These Hanlin would really die if they went down the well, but His Highness King Lu didn't care about their life or death at all.

Things are awkward here, so the officials can only ask His Majesty to return to Beijing and let King Lu take away his magical powers.

"Hahaha, Li Youzi said that he has never seen such a bad master." Zhu Yijun smiled broadly.

Zhu Yili, who is full of evil, is indeed a bit of a jerk, but as a control group, the intensity is just right, and it is not nerve-wracking to be confused.

"Your Majesty, this imperial decree..." Feng Bao asked about the holy will. After so many years, Feng Bao's ability to figure out the holy will has basically been lost. Your Majesty said it directly, so Feng Bao didn't have to guess.

"Also write a question mark." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "It's very ordinary."

Zhu Yijun believed that King Lu did not go far enough. It was unnecessary to make a fuss in front of the emperor for any big deal.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty also took a vacation during his southern tour, but some memorials that the imperial court could not handle or that required the emperor's personal intervention would be sent to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yijun opened the memorial of Pan Jixun, the governor of Suiyuan. This memorial was presented to the court by Pan Jixun and Mrs. Zhongshun.

Consolidating water to attack sand and accumulating clear water to clear the yellow river were Pan Jixun’s general principles for managing the Yellow River. This idea has been used until the new century.

Pan Jixun had an official named Liu Dongxing who was a Jinshi in the second year of Longqing. He had been following Pan Jixun to learn about water control. When visiting the people, Liu Dongxing discovered a phenomenon. The way of reclaiming wasteland in Suiyuan is as follows Big problem.

Yanjiata is a mountain village located on a high loess slope. This place is indeed a barren place. The entire Yanjiata has only 1,700 acres of land. It cannot even feed a village. They need to travel to the Hetao Plain. When it comes to farming and reclaiming wasteland, there is little cultivated land in Yanjiata, mainly because of the terrain. The acres of land are divided into one area in the east and one area in the west. They are all beside the ditches on the high slopes of the loess. There are seven ditches and eight beams on one side, and one mountain ridge and one pass.

Furthermore, because of the long-term logging of trees, soil erosion has been extremely serious and the land is barren. One acre of land can only produce more than 100 kilograms of grain. Also, due to the bad weather and the influence of the small glacier climate, there have been nine droughts in ten years, and people and animals cannot use water. Nervous, but once it rains, the yellow muddy water will wash away all the crops, leaving no harvest.

This situation finally began to change when the Shengzhou coal mine began to be mined in the Ming Dynasty. The Yanjiata people finally stopped going into the mountains to cut trees. After coal was used, the hardworking side of the Yanjiata people began to show. Canals store water, and layers of terraces are built along the slopes, and polder walls are built on the terraces to reduce the impact of water and reduce sediment loss.

The transformation has been extremely successful. The yield per mu has increased from more than 100 kilograms per year to more than 200 kilograms. The acres of farmland have also increased from 1,700 acres to more than 4,000 acres, and land loss is slowing down.

The flying geese life of Yanjiata for generations finally ended in this generation.

There is no problem with the land reclamation of Yanjia Pagoda. When there is a problem, some places blindly learn from the experience of Yanjia Pagoda and start to reclaim land, but many of them are blind and just cut down trees. Suiyuan is like that. Pointing at people, logging is not the main livelihood, how much can be cut?

The problem lies in the method of reclaiming wasteland. In some areas, mountains are set on fire in autumn and winter.

The act of setting fire to the mountains will definitely increase soil erosion. By then, the lower reaches of the Yellow River will be very dangerous.

And as the Yellow River thaws, the cold flood days are coming as scheduled. Pan Jixun hopes that the lower reaches will be prepared to prevent the Yellow River levee from breaking.

The Yellow River is an above-ground river, and the river bed is higher than the ground. Once the embankment breaks, the consequences will be disastrous.

Similarly, Suiyuan has established a timetable for entering the mountains, prohibiting all actions of setting fire to the mountains. Suiyuan has a sparse population, and not many trees can be harvested. However, if you set fire to the mountains, they will burn one mountain after another. Any kind of fire is prohibited from entering the mountain. Once a fire is set on the mountain, the coal kiln will be dug for five years. A special inspection department is also set up to check people who enter the mountain to prevent the occurrence of fire.

Liu Dongxing also went to Kaifeng. He was good at controlling floods and wanted to work with Ling Yunyi to prevent the embankment from breaking.

Ling floods are a unique disaster on the Yellow River in spring. There is ice on the surface of the Yellow River. In spring, it breaks into pieces, and the water under the ice carries the ice forward. Once it encounters a relatively narrow place, the ice will accumulate. It will cause devastating damage to the Yellow River embankment, and the sediment will definitely aggravate the power of extreme floods.

In a narrow river channel, the upper layer is blocked by ice and the lower layer is blocked by sediment. The risk of dam failure will increase sharply.

Once the Yellow River levee bursts, it will be a tragic tragedy. A breach of the levee will affect at least hundreds of thousands of people, and hundreds of thousands of people may die because of the breach, because it is not only a disaster of flooding, but also the spread of plague.

Pan Jixun went to Suiyuan just to control the Yellow River.

"The memorial will be written next to Henan. Is Ling Butang prepared?" Zhu Yijun finished reading Pan Jixun's memorial and looked at Feng Bao to ask if Ling Yunyi was ready.

Feng Bao quickly bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, there are four engineering regiment battalions in Henan. They will not leave the Yellow River embankment until the Chi Road from Kaifeng to Jiayuguan is built."

The struggle of Ling Yunyi He is very experienced. If someone wants to make a fuss about the Yellow River, Ling Yunyi will really stuff the whole family of the perpetrators into sacks and throw them into the Yellow River before he dies.

Anyway, Ling Yunyi has no good reputation for a long time, except for Guangdong, Guangxi and Shandong.

"That's good." Zhu Yijun felt a little more at ease.

Since the end of the Northern Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, Du Chong, a traitor to the second minister, dug up the Yellow River in order to prevent the Jin soldiers from going south. The Yellow River flooded the entire Kaifeng. The entire Huaihe River Basin in the region was turned into a land of marshes. When Meng Gong led the soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty to attack the Jin Kingdom together with the Mongols, and returned to Kaifeng to worship the Emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty again, the entire Central Plains was devastated and dilapidated.

All the prosperity of the past has been turned into dust.

This is the real national tragedy. When Ling Yunyi arrived in Henan, he was on guard against someone trying to attack the Yellow River. The powerful right-wingers in Henan opposed the New Deal, the Qing abbot, and the government factories, but they did not dare to use the Yellow River as a means of struggle. His methods were ruthless, and the Yellow River really burst its banks, and the local powerful people were also victims.

Ling Yunyi is a disgraced official, and he will leave eventually, but the mess he will leave behind will only lead to the consequences of the local situation.

So Ling Yunyi's engineering regiment is repairing the Yellow River embankment. This matter is also the consensus of everyone on the ground in Henan.

On the Yunnan side, the attack on Toungoo has entered a period of repair. Although the ground attack has stopped, the offensive along the coast is still continuing, putting great pressure on Toungoo, although Toungoo has repeatedly promoted the annihilation of 100 million enemies. , the advantage is mine, but Mang Yingli, who was defeated in Taungyu City, no one believes what he said now. He is struggling and is being forced into the palace by his subordinates.

Mang Yingli could only agree, otherwise his men would really kill him and send him to meet his father, Mang Yinglong.

Mang Yingli requested reconciliation with the Ming Dynasty and personally went to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the hope that the Ming Dynasty would appease its anger.

“This bastard mang Yingli, he doesn’t know the truth. He can decide the beginning of a war, but he can never decide how the war will end. Does he just want to negotiate peace? Those knife-sharpening people in Yunnan Huo Huo's military men are just waiting to earn military honors and make achievements. How can I agree to peace talks with him? What do the soldiers on the ground in Yunnan think of me? " Zhu Yijun approved Liu Shizeng, the governor of Yunnan. Liu Shizeng was a civil servant who did not like fighting and killing. He was a peace advocate in the southwest, but he was such a moderate peace advocate. Liu Shizeng had one attitude towards this war that had lasted for three years. He wanted to destroy his country and destroy it. Its seed will exterminate its offspring.

During the Hongwu period in the early years of the Southwest Cong Dynasty, King Muying of Guizhou Ning attacked Luchuan and fought for more than two hundred years. It was time to put an end to it. Only by completely conquering Toungu can Southwest be solved. Chieftain and Xuanweisi who rebelled repeatedly.

There are chieftains in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou. These chieftains often work hand in hand with the Xuanweisi and barbarians in the southwest. Only by conquering Donggu and transforming into kings can the southwest be completely peaceful, including Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. Only the chieftains in the south and southwest of Hunan and Guangxi will truly become honest and accept the change of land.

Liu Shi once hoped that the imperial court would support the southwest in the war against Taungu. Now that the southwest does not need grain and grass support from the hinterland, the emperor can just give him a reward of silver and be the first on the list. For the rest, Yunnan can ensure self-sufficiency.

Shen Shixing published this very interesting memorial.

The Ming Dynasty now has a rather confusing question, that is: since the Ming Emperor always said that the people are the foundation of the country, why did the Ming army not directly take orders from the people, but from the emperor?

No one dared to ask this question to the emperor, and no one dared to ask Qi Shuai, so that the parties involved could not answer it. Shen Shixing, as a member of the Heavenly Man, did not dare to ask this question, something that even Zhang Juzheng did not dare to do Son, Shen Shixing is even more afraid.

But recently there was a typical example in Songjiang Prefecture that brought this issue to a conclusion.

The Songjiang Town Navy has a total of 103,000 personnel. Last year, three Navy soldiers died during an armed parade.

One was a sudden strong wind and waves, and the sail could not be furled. In order to climb the mast, the navy soldiers untied the ropes that were entangled. Unfortunately, they fell into the water and were swept away;

One Because the ship ran aground and water leaked from the bottom of the cabin, the soldiers risked their lives to close the watertight cabin and locked themselves in the watertight cabin;

The last soldier was killed in a conflict with Japanese pirates on Tsushima Island. .

These three soldiers all went to the Zhongyong Temple, and the court gave them pensions according to the system.

But a problem arises. The money saved from the imperial pension and the salaries of the three soldiers exceeds one hundred silver. One hundred silver is already a huge amount. Who should give it to them has become a problem. .

These three soldiers all have children, but the eldest is only seven years old and the youngest is only three years old.

Widows, uncles, aunts, uncles, and even the patriarchs of their clans all came to Songjiang Town to claim this inheritance.

Originally, it was customary to build a chastity memorial arch for the widow and raise the children. This has been the practice since the Ming Dynasty. However, in Songjiang Prefecture, a place where silver is seriously blocked, the widow did not want to build a chastity memorial arch. Because they are still more than 20 years younger, they can remarry if they don’t want to remain widowed for the rest of their lives.

According to the system, if a chastity memorial is not built, the widow may remarry. It is really what Wang Qian said: sleep with your mother-in-law, beat your son, and spend your pension.

Originally, according to the system, it should be given to uncles and uncles. If there are no uncles, it should be given to uncles. If there are no relatives or friends, it should be given to the clan leader.

But Shen Shixing quickly stopped this behavior and gave it to the widow. The child would be beaten at most. If it was given to this relative, the child might not live to become a adult. On the day he inherits the inheritance, he will be destitute. Don't let this happen too often.

The yamen may steal a few banquets, but the clan and relatives will probably arrange a banquet for the children.

Songjiang Town's 13,000-strong naval force, 100,000 soldiers from the Beijing camp, 2 million soldiers from the Ming Dynasty, and 120,000 engineers from the engineering corps and battalions are all watching. If something goes wrong, it could be... A major event that shakes military morale.

For this reason, Shen Shixing thought of a way. The three parties of the Ming Dynasty Military Town, the local government, and Huitongguanyi jointly signed a contract to freeze the deposit until the child reaches adulthood and pay interest based on the number of years.

If the widow refuses to erect a chastity memorial, all the children’s expenses must be written off before the children grow up, and will be audited by Huitongguanyi. If she refuses to write off, it doesn’t matter. , the payment will be paid in full, and as for how to distribute it, you can just discuss it yourself.

Shen Shixing thought this was a solution, but as soon as this method was launched, the biggest enemies turned out to be the relatives who got wind of it!

There was even a soldier's widow and the mother of her child, who threw the child directly into the Songjiang Mansion Yamen, saying that since the court had withheld the child's father's pension, the court should raise the child!

In the widow’s view, this was the Ming court’s attempt to withhold pensions.

Seeing this, other relatives sent a total of seven children to the Yamen to raise them.

Shen Shixing was a little confused for a moment when facing the children sent by relatives who sacrificed their lives in the army. But soon, Shen Shixing realized that this was a good idea. It’s not impossible!

For the imperial court, the military heritage is nothing worth mentioning. As for the current Huating, Qingpu, Shanghai, and Pudong Chidao, Shen Shixing only needs to touch it if he wants it. He said that tens of thousands of taels of silver were easily spent, and all of them were reasonable losses. Even Hai Rui's magic sword couldn't cut him down.

For the court, the most important thing is to follow the rules.

But for these relatives, one hundred silver is enough to beat them to death. Shen Shixing has encountered cases where brothers were beaten to death in fights for three points.

Since they are not willing to raise it, then the imperial court will raise it!

Shen Shixing did what he said, and directly acquired 800 acres of land in Jinzeyuan of the Navy Camp in Songjiang Town to build a nursing home to raise the orphans of Zhongyong. A third-level martial arts school is also in the process of being planned. Among them, adoptive parents were also specially found for the children of these three families. They were all Paoze who lived and died together, and were only selected from the navy camp.

Shen Shixing petitioned the court to approve the establishment of the Zhongyong Nursing Home, and hoped that the court could provide some support. For example, if the mother was still alive, but gave up raising her and was raised by the court, was it in compliance with the law?

Zhu Yijun said while criticizing: "Appropriate 300,000 silver from the internal funds specifically for this matter. When the time comes, set up a monument for me and place it at the gate of the nursing home. He will apply for the time. Do you want to live alone? It's a good idea. Songjiang Mansion is rich, but I have a lot of money, so I don't need money! The camp must be built! The soldiers have died and their families don’t want to raise their children. You can send them all to me and I will raise them!”

“The law? I am the king’s law!”

Although Zhu Yijun's words were calm, Feng Bao could hear the resentment in His Majesty's heart. He was resentful towards the mother of the child and these relatives who were rushing to eat out the family and popping up from every nook and cranny. Moreover, this resentment was very big.

Which of the soldiers who can go to the Zhongyong Temple did not sacrifice their lives to protect the Ming Dynasty? As a result, he unfortunately died while protecting Daming, but everything behind him was in a mess. Zhu Yijun didn't allow such a thing to happen. His mother refused to raise the child, so he raised it!

Zhang Juzheng talked about this issue last time. When accumulating wealth became more and more important in Ming Dynasty, and even became the most important thing, moral norms would also change accordingly, and laws would change accordingly. The improvement and system construction must also keep up with this change.

Now that Shen Shixing has practiced this principle, the alienation of money to people is now being reflected. At least these three widows do not want to be widowed. It is okay if they do not want to be widowed. They have personal freedom, but Zhongyong orphans must grow up healthy. , otherwise who would be willing to fight for others on the battlefield?

"Your Majesty, if the widow of Zhongyong is willing to go to the nursing home with her children, should the court also grant permission?" Feng Bao put forward his own opinion. Even if the widow is willing to erect a chastity memorial, these widows and orphans Will we not be bullied? You will definitely be bullied.

Children without a father will be bullied from childhood to adulthood.

"This idea of ​​yours is very good, and I'm sure of it." Zhu Yijun nodded with certainty.

Feng Bao is right. We should look at the specific issues in detail. These three women were unwilling to erect a chastity memorial arch. Perhaps the memorial arch could not protect the mother and children at all, so they refused.

The current nursing home system certainly allows mothers to take care of their biological children.

In the design of Shen Shixing's system, it is not to raise the children for a lifetime. When the children grow up, they will take away the pension and leave. It is equivalent to an existence similar to a compound. This will definitely aggravate the military's Inbreeding, but the military households in the Ming Dynasty were hereditary, so this problem did not exist.

The expenses of the imperial court are not very high. Just for the mothers of the children in the nursing home, food, education investment, and all these things combined, they are not as expensive as the land price of the eight hundred acres of land.

"In the next chapter, the Ministry of Household Affairs will come up with a specific charter and take into account various issues." Zhu Yijun asked the memorial to be sent back to the capital for discussion and improvement.

Shen Shixing’s method explained the problem, why the Ming army listened to the Ming Emperor, and it also explained why humans are social animals.

Thousands of people who are organized and led can be invincible under the power of ten thousand people. People without organization are just a ragtag mass of loose sand.

"This memorial was sent to Li'er, and the official was sent to the Xishan Coal Bureau to work for three months. It is estimated that he will not be able to say such words in the future. As the emperor of the country, Shi, the imperial court did not raise him to talk nonsense." Zhu Yijun took out a memorial and threw it to Feng Bao.

The main content of this memorial is: The Yellow River turned a corner in Kaifeng, went to Xuzhou, went south in Xuzhou, and merged with the Huaihe River at Hongze Lake and flowed into the sea. This not only caused trouble to the Huaihe River Basin, but also The canal poses a problem. Only by accumulating clean water in Hongze Lake and scouring the riverbed can the Huaihe River flow out to the sea and prevent it from becoming an above-ground river.

Under this current situation, why not just return the waterway of the Yellow River to its original place?

This censor who proposed to "go back to the east and solve the dilemma" was also very proud of his genius plan.

Zhu Yijun threw him directly into the Xishan Coal Bureau to work. Zhu Yijun did it first, and the Ming Emperor did it again, and it became not so unacceptable. Zhu Yijun was not reprimanded, and the emperor joined the labor force instead. Discipline the ranks of humble Confucians.

The Ming Emperor did it too!

The idea is good, but it is unrealistic. From a very early time, around the time of the Jin Kingdom, some people have had this idea. Since Du Chong opened the dikes and changed the course of the Yellow River, Now, can we tidy up the old river channels and let the Yellow River return to its old place?

Emperor Yuan Shun: Oh, yes, yes, how simple it is. I built a Yellow River embankment and built a stone man with one eye. You can build it! Cultivation boldly!

Returning the river to flow east seems to be a beautiful idea, but now, it is as difficult as adding a cap to the Pacific Ocean to let the Yellow River return to its homeland. Even if everything is done, when it comes to practice, it will take one hundred Three hundred thousand civilians would have to work for a full ten years before success would be possible, and it would only be possible.

The amount of the project is too huge. When it comes to destruction, it may only require a few hundred people to dig day and night for a few days, but when it comes to construction, it is the problem of the century.

The censor had a kind of stupidity that had never worked. Zhu Yijun gave him the right medicine and asked him to go to work. After a few months of work, he became honest.

"This, let's not build it." Zhu Yijun took a memorial and read it for a long time, a little hesitant.

Li Le, the governor of Yingtian, asked for orders to complete a two-century unfinished project, the Yuejiang Tower, which was built in the seventh year of Hongwu. For this building, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote two articles specifically, "Yuejiang Tower" " and " Another Story of Yuejiang Tower", but in the end the foundation of Yuejiang Tower was built, but Zhu Yuanzhang stopped it because it was too expensive.

Li Le means to build the Yuejiang Tower on this foundation and the Zhengya Bell and Drum Tower at the same time.

Spectacles spoil the country.

(End of this chapter)