Chapter 83 The Queen Mother passed away
After going to court, Zheng Yi summoned the shadow guard who had been waiting for a long time.
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Go back to your Majesty."
The Shadow Guard hesitated and said: "The Queen Mother is dead."
"What?!"
Zheng Yi's eyes suddenly lit up and he walked quickly towards the harem.
"Show off at Cining Palace!"
Zhengyong five years, April 20th.
The Queen Mother passed away.
A group of eunuchs, maids, and aunts knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "The queen mother, the queen mother... wuwuwuwu..."
The cry spread from Cining Palace to the Third Palace and Sixth Courtyard, then to the Supreme Harmony Palace, and finally spread throughout the entire palace and the capital.
Countless officials and people spontaneously found Su Zun from their homes to see the Queen Mother off.
Outside the palace where the Queen Mother lived, the Queen cried with heartbreak.
She is the niece of the Queen Mother and the head of the first palace, but now that the Queen Mother has passed away, she doesn't just feel that her aunt is gone.
But the biggest backer in the world is gone!
"Oh oh oh, aunt..."
By the time Zheng Yi arrived, the entire Cining Palace had been transformed into a mourning hall by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
All the eunuchs and maids were dressed in plain silk, kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly in the direction of the Queen Mother's palace.
Zheng Yi walked over quickly and said with serious eyes: "The Queen Mother was in a good mood a few days ago, why...?"
The imperial doctor on the side knelt and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Queen Mother accidentally heard that the fake King of Yan was captured alive. She was so excited that she couldn't lift it in one breath, so she..."
Zheng Yi nodded and waved his hand to signal the imperial physician to leave.
The Queen Mother passed away, and the stone weighing on her head was finally gone.
Now, the entire harem, and even the entire Dayu, are truly in charge!
"Cheng'en."
"The slave is here."
"Instructions are sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Household Affairs to handle all the Queen Mother's funeral affairs. All expenses will be handled on the highest scale."
"No!"
"Your Majesty~!"
Lu Lin'er cried, and the baby swallow fell into Zheng Yi's arms like a nest, crying bitterly.
"Your Majesty, my aunt is gone. What will Lin'er do in the future? Wuwuwu..."
Zheng Yi hugged Lu Lin'er, who was becoming more and more delicate and charming now, and comforted her softly: "Lin'er, be good, as long as I'm here, I will take care of you for the rest of your life."
"Yeah!"
In addition to Lu Lin'er, other concubines Duan, De, Cui Guifei, Yang Guifei and others also knelt down outside the palace. ,
At this moment, they were all dressed in plain clothes, dignified and solemn.
Afterwards, the entire palace seemed to be cast under a dark cloud.
The sky is filled with silk and paper money is fluttering.
For seven days after the coffin was laid to rest, countless officials and clan members came to express their condolences. The entire capital was under a nightly curfew and any form of entertainment was strictly prohibited.
During these seven days, Zheng Yi had to stop the wine pool and meat forest activities to keep vigil for the Queen Mother.
In the past few days, many concubines had lost weight. Zheng Yi felt very distressed and had to open a back door behind the mourning hall to comfort them.
Seven days later, the Empress Dowager's coffin was sent out of Cining Palace, carried by one hundred and twenty-eight soldiers of the imperial army, and walked slowly towards the tomb of the late king in Tianshou Mountain.
As one of the late emperor's most beloved concubines, the Queen Mother's mausoleum had already been built, right next to the late emperor's mausoleum.
When the Queen Mother's mausoleum appeared in the capital, countless people either willingly or forced to come to both sides of the street to see her off.
Thousands of people knelt down and crowds of people moved.
Snow-white silk and paper money were scattered all over the place.
"The Queen Mother has passed away. What a huge formation!"
"Your Majesty is so filial!"
"Your Majesty governs the country with filial piety, and we, the subjects, should follow..."
"The Queen Mother, wow...!"
After the burial in the mausoleum, Zheng Yi quietly summoned Hu Bafeng and asked him to take advantage of the opportunity to bury the Queen Mother to quickly find out the tomb of the founding emperor Zheng Mingsen and excavate it secretly!
A few days later, the Ministry of Rites sent the posthumous title choice for the Queen Mother.
She was dead, and Zheng Yi didn't bother to argue with her, so he immediately chose "Queen of Renxuan, Cheng, Xian, Gongyi, Dechun, Huiyi, and Tianqi Shengwen".
Abbreviation: Queen Mother Tianqiwen!
And with the demise of the Pseudo-Yan and the death of the Queen Mother, the whole world became different again.
The rebels in the north began to become active with the arrival of spring, once again attacking cities and territories, and moving towards the south.
As the prime minister and chief officer in suppressing the rebels, Miao Xiu also dispatched troops and generals to pursue and block these rebels, killing thousands of them.
The civil unrest in the north is about to be put down.
In the direction of Yongzhou, drought will continue after the beginning of spring.
All the eight main rivers flowing through Yongzhou have dried up, leaving thousands of miles of bare land and starving people everywhere!
Under such a harsh environment, Zheng Yi had to hold another court meeting.
"Your Majesty, the great man of Yongzhou, please provide disaster relief!"
"Accurate!"
Zheng Yi said: "I want to gather the people to dig the Canglong River to Yongzhou Grand Canal, transport the water from the Canglong River to Yongzhou, and irrigate the thousands of miles of land in Yongzhou."
"The civilian men recruited at the same time can provide them with food every day for their survival and pay them salaries. This is: work in lieu of relief. What do you think, dear ministers?"
As soon as he finished speaking, many ministers pondered for a few minutes before someone immediately said: "Your Majesty! This plan is inappropriate. The nearest tributary of the Canglong River is more than 300 miles away from Yongzhou. This project is very expensive and the Ministry of Household Affairs does not have enough money and food. ”
Zheng Yi said: "I want this policy to be one of the national policies. If the canal is successfully dug, it will inevitably affect the three prefectures of Yong, Bing, and Liang, making these three prefectures fertile and wild. This is a thousand-year plan!"
"As for money and food, one can transport it in stages and allocate it on schedule, and it doesn't have to be all at once."
"Second, we can summon the squires and businessmen from Yongzhou, Liangzhou, and Bingzhou and collect their money to wish the canal construction a success!"
"My dear friends, what do you think?"
Many officials looked at each other in confusion. It seemed that His Majesty had already made up his mind on this policy. He looked at the cabinet ministers at the front and no one spoke, so he could only say helplessly: "I second my opinion."
Many people have become active and want to build the Grand Canal. This is a big deal!
Simply mobilizing civilians would require hundreds of thousands of people, and people would eat what horses chew, and who knows how much money and time it would cost.
How great it would be if I could get an official position among them!
And...
Cash-for-work?
Do you want to give money to the husband? What a joke!
Being able to have two meals of gruel a day for them is already a great gift!
Just when they were about to recommend themselves or recommend people from their own party, Zheng Yi said directly: "Tian Wenjing!"
Tian Wenjing, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, immediately came out and said: "Your Majesty, I am here."
"You are the commander-in-chief of the construction of the Grand Canal. I will give you the position of Imperial Envoy to take charge of the whole territory of Yongzhou and dispatch the people to the Grand Canal."
Tian Wenjing's face immediately became happy and he said repeatedly: "No!"
"I will do my best to complete this mission for Your Majesty and Dayu!"
"Where is Jinyiwei Tongzhi?"
"My lord, here!"
Lu Lian quickly stepped out of the queue and bowed.
"You are the 'Supervisory Envoy' of the Grand Canal. You will supervise all corruption and bribery during the operation period of the Grand Canal. I give you the right to act on your own convenience. As long as the evidence is conclusive, you can kill officials below the third rank first and then report them to ensure the normal construction of the Grand Canal."< br>
As soon as Zheng Yi finished speaking, all the courtiers took a deep breath.
If you are below the third rank, do you have the right to kill first and report later?
Doesn't that mean that even Tian Wenjing is within the right to kill?
The power of the Jin Yiwei is really... too terrifying!
Lu Lian immediately said respectfully: "I... take the order and thank you!"
At this time, Lu Xiangqing suddenly turned sideways and said: "Your Majesty, I have a starting point."
Many courtiers looked at Lu Xiangqing again.
Due to the puppet Yan incident, Cui Jinghao, one of the ministers in the cabinet, has been taking up his official position, but His Majesty does not allow it.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Cui Jinghao is finished.
Even if he survives, his position in the cabinet will be greatly reduced, or he may even be dismissed from office.
Many people have secretly fawned over Lu Xiangqing and changed the trend.
"Oh? What's important for Lu Aiqing?"
Lu Xiangqing said: "Your Majesty, the Puppet Yan has been destroyed. The Puppet Yan Prince's house has been ransacked. Money, food, and weapons have all been handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"But what should be done with the property registered in the name of the prince?"
"Your Majesty."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zongzheng Zheng Zongbing of the Zongren Mansion suddenly said: "Although Puppet Yan has conspired to rebel, after all, he is the queen of the royal family, and the land under his name should be managed by our royal family."
"All the fertile fields, mountains, forests, minerals, etc. under the name of Pseudo-Yan have already been registered. Once reported to His Majesty, someone will be assigned to manage them."
If the pseudo-Yan rebels, in addition to the pseudo-Yan king himself, his mother's family, his wife's family, etc. will definitely be punished.
At most, only the fake King Yan is left to survive.
However, the fertile fields, mountains and forests under his command are a huge amount of wealth.
Zheng Yi asked: "How much land does the false King Zheng Yuantao have under his name?"
"Return to Your Majesty."
Zheng Zongbing had already remembered it clearly, and immediately said: "Under the name of the false king Zheng Yuantao, there are 1.7 million acres of fertile land, 500,000 acres of paddy fields, and 300,000 acres of mountains and forests."
"These lands are the property of my royal family."
"How much?"
Zheng Yi asked subconsciously.
Zheng Zongbing thought Zheng Yi didn't hear clearly, so he repeated it again: "There are 1.7 million acres of fertile land, 500,000 acres of paddy fields, and 300,000 acres of mountains and forests."
Damn...
He thought that the land under the names of these princes was at most tens of thousands of acres.
Unexpectedly, there are nearly two million acres of land!
This amount of land is enough to equal the total land of several counties in the south combined.
The seriousness of land annexation is evident.
A fake King of Yan who intends to rebel has so much land to his name.
Not to mention other clans, aristocratic families and high officials.
The Great Yu civil turmoil has nothing to do with this group of clansmen, ministers, and aristocratic families who take advantage of the people's fat and anointed people!
The people had no farmland and no food to eat, so they had no choice but to rebel!
Zheng Yi took a deep breath and suppressed the murderous intention in his heart.
If you kill all the Gungun princes in front of you, you can collect enough land for all the people of Dayu to cultivate in a lifetime.
But Zheng Yi understood that he couldn't act recklessly at this time.
Land annexation is the most fundamental issue and cannot be solved overnight.
However, he already had some ideas in his mind and immediately said:
"The Grandmaster stipulated that after a vassal king becomes a vassal, he can only move within his fiefdom. Where did the fake King Yan come from so much land? He must have taken it by force!"
"Preach my will."
Zheng Yi said indifferently: "Half of all the land under Pseudo Yan's name will be divided into forest land and given equally to the tenants who are currently working on the land!"
"The land was taken from the people, then I will give it back to them!"
"I will never forgive anyone who dares to continue to plunder from these people!"
After a series of threats, the entire court fell silent, no one dared to speak.
In the past few years, although the world of Yu was in turmoil, Emperor Zhengyong himself was diligent in political affairs and showed signs of revival.
In particular, he successively suppressed the rebellions of King Tang, Prime Minister Yang, and King Yan, and gained great prestige in the army.
Especially the Shenji camp that destroyed the puppet Yan was the sharpest knife in Zheng Yi's hand.
No one here dares to object!
Zheng Zongbing hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, half of the land is distributed to Ni and the people. What about the remaining half?"
"I have my own disposal."
Zheng Yi said indifferently: "Nowadays, civil unrest is boiling, with the invasion of Wu Kingdom in the north and the invasion of Nanzhao Kingdom in the south. I want to establish a military merit system. Any soldier who makes a great contribution will be rewarded with land!"
"Li Changfeng!"
Li Changfeng, the Minister of War, immediately came out and said: "I am here."
"Find someone to set up a good military merit system, divided into twelve levels. Each level must have corresponding rewards of money and land."
Li Changfeng's eyes lit up and he immediately said: "No!"
His Majesty's heavy troops are indeed a great blessing for them!
Presumably, after word spreads about this matter, His Majesty will receive support from military personnel.
After dealing with these matters, Zheng Yi was about to withdraw from the court, but Cui Jinghao suddenly stood up.
"Your Majesty, I have a written statement."
"What else does Cui Aiqing have to do?"
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
Asking for a monthly ticket~
(End of chapter)