Chapter 158: This Year's Scene

Without waiting for the head of the household department to speak, Han Yong said: "Your Majesty, this matter, the minister can answer one or two. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Han Qing, please speak." ”

Han Yong said: "The ministers inspected the rain in various places, from last year to now, there is little snow in the north, and reports from various places give the ministers an ominous premonition. I'm afraid this year's year is -------," He sighed slightly and said, "I don't dare to worry about the sky, but I also have some preparations." ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly when he heard this, if these words were not said from Han Yong's mouth, he would definitely not believe it.

But when it came out of Han Yong's mouth, Zhu Qizhen had to believe half of it.

First of all, no one can say anything about this matter, if it is said and it is not fulfilled, it will seriously deal a blow to Han Yong's political prestige.

Han Yong's authority in the cabinet is flourishing day by day, and Liu Dingzhi can't suppress Han Yong in many places. After all, Han Yong is not an ordinary courtier, but a minister who can quell chaos when he gets off the horse and can relieve disasters when he gets off the horse. has seen a lot and experienced a lot, compared to Han Yong's local experience, Liu Dingzhi is far from enough.

Liu Dingzhi's advantage lies in his familiarity with the center of the Ming Dynasty.

But within the past two years, Han Yong has also slowly become familiar with the set of operating rules of the center. Many people feel that Han Yong is a strong candidate for the future Shousuke.

How can such a person easily sacrifice his political life.

Secondly, it is Han Yong's own ability.

You have to know what is the thing that makes Han Yong stand out from below?

It is not to pacify the Great Tengxia Gorge, but to provide disaster relief. During the drought in Jiangxi, he helped millions of victims. If there is no trouble, the most basic social order is still there.

Such a person, he said that this year is not good.

How could Zhu Qizhen not believe it at all.

And Zhu Qizhen also knows. Although there was no specific meteorology in this era, there were many people who could deduce from experience what the recent climate was like.

And Han Yong didn't mention it, and Zhu Qizhen himself felt it.

Later generations are in the office, and there is heating and air conditioning. Isolated from people's feelings about nature, there are many specific differences, it is difficult to feel, or if you feel it, you will not notice it.

But in this day and age it is different.

Even if he is an emperor, there are many ceremonial activities in outdoor occasions. For example, the early dynasty.

The early dynasty is also known as the imperial gate to listen to the government, this is not an indoor activity, to listen to the hundred officials outside the Fengtian Gate early in the morning. Contact with nature is everywhere.

In addition, agricultural production depends on the sky for food. It's hard for Zhu Qizhen not to pay attention.

Zhu Qizhen feels that this spring has come early.

Before the New Year, it was as if spring had arrived, and it seemed that the whole winter had passed early.

This does not bode well.

The twenty-four solar terms are actually the ancients

The observation of the world, there is even a more detailed name called the seventy-two marquis, taken together, the word climate. It's even detailed to the point that every five days is a marquis, when something happens.

Now that the first month is over, a lot of things have been revealed.

But Zhu Qizhen only believed half of it.

None of them. Zhu Qizhen was a little skeptical about Han Yong's political position, and he wondered if Han Yong suddenly said this thing, did he have other ideas?

The climate of heaven and earth can be divided into 24 solar terms and 72 marquis in detail, but people can't. The human heart is more unpredictable than heaven and earth.

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment and said, "Han Qing, this is no joke. ”

Han Yong said: "Naturally, the minister doesn't dare to joke about this matter, today's climate is not usual, there will be disasters, but it is difficult to say what situation it will develop." You don't even have to wait too long, within a month or two, it will be fulfilled. ”

Zhu Qizhen knocked on the table slightly and said, "Is Yang Ding coming?" ”

Yang Ding immediately lined up from the back and said, "The minister is here." ”

Yang Ding is just a waiter, and now he can only listen, and there is no point in speaking.

Zhu Qizhen asked, "Did you hear what Scholar Han said?" ”

Yang Ding said: "I heard clearly. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "How were the warehouses prepared last year? ”

Yang Ding said: "The minister did not dare to live up to His Majesty's trust, since the order, south to Guilin, north to Datong, requisition canal warehouse, and build new warehouses, a total of Huai'an, Yangzhou, Nanjing, Jiujiang, Wuchang, Changsha, Guilin, seven warehouses, a total of seven million stone grain. ”

"In addition, there is Luoyang Cang, which has been requisitioned by the Privy Council."

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "In that case, pull out five million stones and enter the warehouses, can you tolerate it?" ”

Yang Ding said: "Naturally, it is possible. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "This one thing, that's it. The rest is used for military expenses. The inner treasury makes up for the shortfall. ”

In this way, of the 12 million taels of military expenditure, the household department has paid more than 9 million taels, and the inner treasury has made up more than 2 million taels.

It's just that if things were so easy to do, they wouldn't have dragged on to modern times.

"Your Majesty," said Li Bing, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, who had been silent, "The expenses of the imperial court in various parts of the country will not end like this, and the other expenditure is the expenses of the officials in various places. ”

"Shuntianfu is the first good place, but other places are not, such as Tianjin Mansion for example, after replacing the officials with officials, each official is paid a year, and often processes food and silver, each of which is about ten taels a year, and the number of officials in Tianjin is about two thousand. That's twenty thousand taels. ”

"The total expenditure of the provinces is about 500,000 taels."

"Your Majesty thinks it's a small amount. The imperial court is enough to spend, but His Majesty did not calculate, and the several prefectures and counties that have been restructured are just a drop in the bucket in the world. ”

"If the imperial court is comprehensively changed

If the system is used, the number of officials is estimated to be no less than one million. In this way, the annual expenditure is more than 10 million taels, so how can the imperial court support it? ”

"This year, there is just a rebellion in the Western Regions, there are signs of drought, and the imperial court has used the treasury to the end, once the war in the Western Regions continues for many years, or there is a drought for several years, what should the imperial court do?"

"The minister hears that the wise man sees the trouble before it sprouts, the minister does not dare to speak wisely, dare not speak out, and the minister asks for a temporary new law to enrich the court."

Zhu Qizhen heard a sudden excitement in his heart, and he even had a sense of excitement, and said secretly: "It's here." ”

Zhu Qizhen naturally knew that there was a wave of opposition to the New Deal in the imperial court, but who was the person behind it? Zhu Qizhen has no clue.

This kind of officialdom is also appropriate for Jinyiwei to intervene.

Zhu Qizhen can only guess.

But one thing is certain, that is, the people who also oppose Zhu Qizhen's new policy are among the dozen or so people who are listed as ministers by Zhu Qizhen.

Among the scholars, there must be one among the twelve scholars, six scholars and six scholars.

Without him, without the participation of important ministers, it cannot be called a political trend.

But who is it?

Zhu Qizhen has never had an answer to this question.

After all, generally speaking, if you want to make trouble, you will first test the people below. Let out the wind to see the reaction of the government and the opposition. After fermenting step by step, he stood up and spoke out.

There is no difference between ancient and modern things.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen is not without doubts about Li Bing.

Li Bing is a Jinshi in the first year of orthodoxy, and he is the same year as Liu Dingzhi, which is also one of the reasons why he can be a secretary of the ministry, after all, it is easier to talk between the same years.

But take a closer look at Li Bing's experience.

He should have been cultivated by Liu Qiu.

Liu Qiu was the leader of the ministers in the world at the beginning, but he was taken down by Zhu Qizhen in an almost unreasonable way, and he could only be recuperated at home and then leave the political arena.

But it doesn't mean that Zhu Qizhen can get rid of a Liu Qiu, and Liu Qiu's political influence can be clear.

Li Bing first became a local intellectual, known for judging cases like a god, and then transferred to the center for a period of time, and then served in the Biansai, and was tempered in the war with the tile spurs.

Of course.

Later, Li Bing served in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a long time, and his boss was Liu Qiu.

After Liu Qiu, he seems to have been accepted by Li Xian.

Transferred to the ministry. You must know that the Ministry of Officials is Li Xian's old territory. With Li Xian's cultivation, Li Bingcai quickly got started in the ministry, and after Liu Ding ascended to the throne, he was appointed as the secretary of the ministry.

Zhu Qizhen went through Li Bing's details in his heart, and his eyes swept over all the ministers, but he saw that the ministers' expressions were different, some seemed to be stunned, and some seemed to have known for a long time. Some ancient wells have no waves.

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "They are all thousand-year-old foxes, no one should play chatting." ”