I am the king of the dead

Why can the examination method break down the deep-rooted cronies?

Because the relationship is all-encompassing, if you fail the exam, you will not be able to be promoted.

Liu Ji asked confusedly: "But didn't Hu Shangshu just say that? Am I disrespecting the judge because I am good at etiquette?"

Hu Wei sat up straight, and said very seriously: "There is a set of rules on the surface that everyone must abide by."

"A set of hidden rules, this set of rules, will change with the rules on the surface."

"If you act according to the secret rules, you can only walk in the dark, you can't see the light, you can't get the reputation, and if you ask for something, you will naturally be used by others. You need to constantly compromise, be patient, use the authority in your hands, and go In exchange for some other authority you need."

"If you do things according to the rules on the surface, then the benevolent is invincible."

"Yu Shaobao is such a person, so even if he abolished the throne of King Jili, no one can criticize him, and he is still in charge of the courtiers."

"I hope you can follow the rules on the surface, so that in the future, just ask for a clear conscience."

Hu Wei looked at Liu Ji's still confused expression, and said with a smile: "It's okay, you just need to remember what I said now, and you will understand in the future."

"Thank you Hu Shangshu for your teaching." Liu Ji thanked him, although he didn't understand, but when he walked from Chongqing Mansion to Songjiang Mansion and compiled the Tongzhi of the Universe, he would understand what he said.

He will encounter many problems of power exchange, and he will gradually understand these principles and warnings.How important.

There are many forks in life, but how to choose these forks is entirely up to Liu Ji himself.

Chen Xun took Wen Linlang from the Imperial Academy to complete the collation of the documents of the Tongzhi of the Universe, and then sent Wen Linlang to various places to check whether all the topography had changed.

On the tenth day after Zhu Qiyu returned to Beijing, the first Fengtian Palace court meeting finally started.

After three clear whips, and when the sky was still not completely bright, the officials finally walked into Fengtian Hall after the inspection by General Dahan.

On the platform of Fengtian Hall, it was no longer Zhu Zhanqian, the Xianguo King of Jianguo who was sitting on a square stool, but Zhu Qiyu, Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I will see you, Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live." All the ministers saluted.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said, "Pingshen."

Xing'an flicked his fly whisk, and shouted loudly: "If you have something to do, go out and play early, if you have nothing to do, roll the curtain and retreat."

I saw a minister from the left class flashing out, wearing a jade belt and a goldfish. It was Shi Pu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. The situation is very turbulent, and there is fear that the mausoleum will be submerged and the city walls will collapse. When the time comes, the Huainan area will be full of fish and turtles. I dare not refuse to play, please make a decision."

Zhu Qiyu has communicated with Shi Pu about this matter, and Shi Pu will go to Kaifeng Mansion by himself to control the Yellow River.

Zhu Qiyu said: "The Yellow River seized the Huaihe River and entered the sea, and the people suffered unspeakably. In the past dynasties, hundreds of large ships were lined up on the Yellow River, and many boatmen were ordered to dredge the bottom of the river with rakes. If it is deep, it will accumulate, and if it is deep, it will be silted up."

"Press down the gourd and float the ladle. This kind of thing where there is a hole is blocked. Do you want to keep doing this?"

It seemed like a good idea to use a rake to dredge the bottom of the river and lower the bed of the Yellow River, an aboveground river.

However, in actual implementation, it is not satisfactory, because once the riverbed in a certain place is dug out, it will easily lead to a breach, and the result is that if the upper part is sparse, the lower part will be accumulated, and if it is deep, it will be silted up.

Shi Pu stood up straight and said, "There are three ways to govern the Yellow River. First, governing the river with people is not as good as governing the river with rivers."

"Bringing water to attack sand, narrowing the river channel by building embankments, and increasing the flow velocity after the water crossing section is narrow, so as to achieve the purpose of scouring and depositing."

Zhu Qiyu nodded, he drew water to attack the sand, it was a good strategy.

"Then why didn't you use it in the past?" Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile, this performance has actually been performed long ago, and the current performance is just for the courtiers to hear.

Shi Pu said succinctly: "Because of the ice flood, the river is too narrow, and when the ice flood arrives, the embankment will be destroyed."

"What about the second?" Zhu Qiyu nodded and continued to ask.

"Secondly, rebuild the dams built by Jia Lu, so that the Yellow River will return to the old route of Wang Jing of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Yellow River will return from north to south, pass through Jinan Prefecture to Pennsylvania, and then enter the Bohai Sea."

"Your Majesty, the Yellow River is good at silting, breaking, and migrating. The Yellow River migrates six times. Like a folding fan, there are as many as dozens of fan bones. Wuzhi and Xingyang are fan buttons. The distribution of fan bones extends from the Haihe River in the north to the Huaihe River in the south. The diversion of the Yellow River, The people are living in dire straits.”

Wang Jing's old road was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The Yellow River behind Wang Jing's embankment has been stable for more than [-] years without migration. It is indeed a relatively ideal river channel.

Therefore, there is Wang Jing who governs the river and is safe for thousands of years.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Jia Lu followed Wang Jing's old way to control the river. Although it was a great success, the Yuan Dynasty soon collapsed, and the Yellow River once again seized the Huaihe River into the sea.

"Since there is such a river, why not use it?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

Shi Pu said concisely: "There is no money and no food."

It takes money to relocate people, to organize peasants to dig rivers, to build river embankments, and to maintain rivers.

They all need money, but the court has no money, so how can they be repaired?

Therefore, the matter of river regulation has always remained on paper, and has never been able to advance.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "How much do you need?"

"Three million silver coins can build an embankment. If you are willing to increase it to five million silver coins, you can keep it for a hundred years. If you are willing to continue to give silver, the year is only one hundred thousand silver coins, and you can be safe for 300 years."

Jin Lian's eyes widened immediately, 500 million silver coins!

This is really too much!

Jin Lian came out and said: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has mobilized troops for two consecutive years, and the household department is empty!"

Zhu Qiyu asked suspiciously: "Isn't it? Didn't Jin Shangshu say last time that the Ministry of Households is still full of money and food? It's useless to fight this time!"

Jin Lian said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, the money and food have already gone, and the 500 million silver coins, I really can't get them out!"

"Very good, Jin Shangshu." Zhu Qiyu first praised Jin Lian's attitude.

At least Jin Shangshu went there with a hundred years of worry-free time. When it comes to national affairs, although Jin Lian knocks the door on weekdays, he is really willing to spend it.

Go straight to 500 million.

Chapter 384 Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Please Clear Tian Riding!

"Your Majesty." Jin Lian bowed his head, bowed his head and said, "I have a book to play."

"There's no need to play, I know what you're going to say." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "We'll discuss it again at the Salt and Iron Conference."

"I will contribute [-]% of the river regulation this time."

Jin Lian's eyes lit up immediately, but 500% of 150 million is also [-] million, which is not a small amount, but the matter of river control does not happen overnight, and it should be no problem after careful calculation.

"It's thanks to the powerful officials and merchants in Nanzhili. They not only sponsored the anti-insurgency war, but also sponsored the Da Ming River governance. I am very pleased." Zhu Qiyu said with emotion.

Just like the Qu family and the Confucian government supported the Ming Dynasty to quell the battle of Hetao, the rebels plundered some of them this time when they went south, and Zhu Qiyu took action against powerful merchants twice in Nanjing, and there was money to quell the rebellion and manage the Yellow River. up.

Karma leeks, of course, are tall and strong leeks, cutting off the common people will not get much oil and water, and they will cause a lot of trouble.

"Your Majesty is wise." Jin Lian returned to his seat.

There is no need for translation for this passage, and the courtiers all understand that His Majesty's intention to control the river by [-]% is to stop Jin Lian from bombarding His Majesty for eating alone.

Shendu's knowledge is regarded as a treasure by others, but it is not very suitable in the current Ming Dynasty.

There is only one wick in the lamps of Tai'an Palace and the Household Department, but when it comes to important national events, when it is time to pay, the Household Department rushes to 500 million, and the emperor naturally cannot lag behind.

This good name cannot be taken away by court officials, the emperor must also have a good name.

After all, after the river is built, a monument must be erected to pass it on, and everyone can share a share of the reputation.

The emperor gets [-]%, the court gets [-]%, and the remaining [-]% belongs to Shi Pu himself.

This transparent person like Minister of the Ministry of Industry actually wants to repair the Yellow River. If it is repaired, it will be famous all over the world. If it is not cured, it will be infamous for thousands of years.

Shi Pu continued: "The third is to mine coal fields in Shanxi and other places to curb coal prices and prevent the wanton felling of trees in the three prefectures of Jing'an and Gansu."

""Zhuangzi" said: "The rivers are exhausted and the valleys are empty, and the hills and barbarians are full."

"All the big rivers, Zhangshui, Hutuo, Zhuoshui, Sanggan, etc. are all turbid currents, and their muddy currents flow eastward, and they are all the soil of the mainland. This is inevitable."

"It's all because firewood is cheap and coal is expensive. If firewood is expensive and coal is cheap, the river will be solid if the people don't cut it down, and the grass will grow if the gentry don't burn it."

"These are the three methods, namely, collecting water to flush the sand, the old course of the Yellow River, and solidifying the river's lush hills. The three complement each other, and this is the method of river governance."

Shi Pu was citing classics, but he did not cite Confucius and Mencius, but Zhuangzi, which is very similar to Yu Qian.

Because of the method of Confucius and Mencius, some problems cannot be solved. Fortunately, the flower planters have a long history of civilization, and they can always find the insightful observations of the sages, and then quote them.

Everyone is not deviant, but they can solve some things.

The war brought a lot of pain to Daming, and this change in thinking made Zhu Qiyu's heart beat a little faster.

Starting from Yu Qian, everyone finally stopped holding on to the theory of Confucius and Mencius, but looked for more root causes to solve the problem.

Of course he knew some of the undercurrents in the court, but as the emperor, Zhu Qiyu, some of those rules could be changed, and some of them could not be changed.

Because of some thoughts, deeply ingrained in the hearts of the courtiers.

But now this deep-rooted etiquette and law finally have the possibility of loosening.

This is exactly what Zhu Qiyu wants to see.

Zhu Qiyu showed some smiles and said, "Yes."

"Thank you for your grace." Shi Pu kowtowed and returned to work.

Jin Lian glanced at Zhang Feng, the servant on the left, and motioned him to get out of work immediately.

Zhang Feng took over the position of the left servant of Jiang Yuan's household department, and needed to show his ability. He hurriedly bowed his head and said: "At that time, the soldiers in all directions stopped, and the disaster was very serious. In the early days of the country, there were more than 840 hectares of land. Since the age is halved, and floods and droughts are suspended, how can the state use it?"

"There is no amount of land in Shandong. Party A cultivates it, and Party B criticizes it for leaking taxes. I ask you to make a decision based on auditing and levy rent. Not only will there be no disputes forever, but also less support."

Zhang Feng’s meaning is very interesting, that is, when the Ming Dynasty was founded, there were 840 million hectares of land taxed in the world, but only 420 million hectares of land were taxed last year.

Why?Because of the disaster.

The word "disaster injury" is very intriguing. Is it really a disaster, or is it not?

What Zhang Feng means is that after the investigation is clear, if it is minor, it will not be exempted from taxation, and while preventing the diagnosis, it can fund state expenditure.

Hu Ke came out and said: "Your Majesty, how can the ancestral system be changed without authorization?"

The supervisory censor Yang Wei immediately left the class and said loudly: "The minister also impeached Zhang Feng in the year of disaster and injury, and forcibly expropriated the land tax. In fact, he did not practice benevolent government, and gave His Majesty a bad reputation for excessive expropriation."

Huke gave the matter Zhong Chengzhang took the lead in objecting, and then the supervisory censor followed up.

It's a calamity year, but also to collect taxes!Is there any royal law in this world?

In Zhang Feng's report, it is necessary to check whether the place is damaged by disaster, which requires the cooperation of the supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Without the support of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhang Feng's disaster-injured approval of custom tax collection would not be able to go ahead.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the many censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, smiled and said nothing, neither allowed to play nor criticized, but waited for the Ministry of Households to continue to make moves.

Zhang Feng Zhensheng asked: "The ancestral system? At the beginning of the country, the capital was in the south of the Yangtze River, and it was transferred to Yi. Now living in the extreme north, can we abide by the normal system?"

"To Shizhonghe and the supervisory censor, dare to ask, is the capital Jiangnan an ancestral system! Today it is only an inspection of disasters and injuries, and you are blocking it in every possible way. What is your intention?"

What Zhang Feng refuted was the ancestral system, but what he asked was why.

The Ministry of Household Affairs made it a success, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he said in a loud voice: "Emperor Taizu Gao said: In every year of disaster, we will pay all the taxes, and we will loan rice, and even give rice cloth as banknotes to save the people's livelihood!"

"Today, the decision is based on inspection, and the rent is collected lightly. How is it not a violation of the ancestral system!"

The supervisory censor Yang Wei straightened his back and said sharply: "Your Majesty regards the people as the foundation of the country, and you care about the living beings, and seek the well-being of all people! Today, your household department is collecting rent in disaster years for a little tax. What is your intention?" !"

Zhang Feng seized on the laziness of Feng Xianyan and criticized them for their ulterior motives.

Chengzhang took the words of Huang Mingzu's precepts: tax cuts for disasters and injuries.

It is indeed the ancestor system of loving the people established by Emperor Gao.

From the point of view of the supervisory censor Yang Wei, it is based on the people-oriented government policy set by His Majesty today, and gave Zhang Feng a big hat of extortionate extortion.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Feng Xianyan, these people were really strong in combat, their logic was complete, and their arguments were very sufficient.

Hu Wei looked at His Majesty's face, he stood up and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have no intention of getting involved in this dispute, but the Ministry of Households has made things happen to attract the ancestral system. I only know one of them, but I don't know the other."

"In the 19th year of Hongwu Emperor Gaozu's quasi-household department requested that Fengyang and other prefectures be affected by the disaster, and the autumn field grain would be reduced by three points at the rate of ten. The remaining seven points, except for the preservation, were transported according to the Jiangnan silver discount rule. Two cents and five cents of silver per stone will be sent to the Taicang Bank, and another item will be collected for storage.”

"Those who have similar things in the future will follow this example."

On the matter of etiquette, Hu Yi has always been firm.

In the early years of Hongwu, the disaster of Daming was indeed exempted from the second tax, and rice was loaned, and even rice cloth was given as banknotes, but Zhu Yuanzhang soon found out that he had been fooled.

These 440 million hectares of land have been decreasing year after year!

Cheng Zhang blinked, and said in a daze: "Ah, there are other things like this?"

Hu Yan asked back with a smile: "I really don't know, or I don't know."

This question is not easy to answer.