Chapter 176: Survived

Disaster relief news from various places was sent to Beijing one after another in May and June.

After Zhu Qizhen saw it, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Although this large-scale disaster relief has been somewhat unsatisfactory in many places, Zhu Qizhen knows that the situation in various places has now been controlled.

This time, the disaster is over.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen said that it was not the disaster that survived.

It is the most difficult time for Zhu Qizhen.

In the three and a half years of this year, Zhu Qizhen had to deal with three challenges at the same time, the clean-up of officialdom, the local disaster, and the war with the Western Regions.

And at this time, these three challenges have passed the most difficult time.

At the height of the disaster, Wang Yue sent Xu Ning several generals to divide his troops to attack Qiuzi. Bai Gui accompanied him, although he did not break through the city of Qiuzi, but he broke the enemy army outside the city.

Bai Gui once came to the city of Qiuzi.

This proves a problem.

That is, the main force of the tile spur has left southern Xinjiang.

As for what happened to the tile thorn and the local forces in southern Xinjiang, it may not be clear for a while.

But this is like news for Daming.

In Wang Yue's recital, he has clearly given a battle plan, that is, first southern Xinjiang, then northern Xinjiang, first sweep southern Xinjiang, and then recover northern Xinjiang.

Before again, try not to irritate the spurs.

Even Wang Yue carried out smuggling transactions through the Jinyiwei channel.

In order to stabilize some of the tile spurs. also let him free his hands to clean up southern Xinjiang.

Of course, Bai Gui led the troops as a civilian official this time, and he also did a lot of outrageous things, a lot of brocade guards reported that Bai Gui had passed everywhere, and it was bloody. The population loss in southern Xinjiang is too great.

Zhu Qizhen just opened one eye and closed one eye, as if he didn't see it.

This is a sign that the battlefield in the Western Regions has turned from defense to offense, and the decisive victory has not yet come. But it can be expected. After all, the grain and grass in the rear actually restrained Wang Yue's hands and feet.

This attack on southern Xinjiang was more tentative in nature.

And after four months of Jingcha, it is time to put an end to it.

Some officials led by Peng Shi, a scholar of Hanlin, either took the initiative to beg for bones, or were caught in pigtails, dismissed officials, went out, etc., and now among the six ministries and nine qing, some of them are not in good shape.

A lot of them are newcomers who have come up.

It's a big swap.

But everyone didn't dare to say a word about the new deal.

Either he really believes in the new policy, or he will never engage in any conflict with the emperor for the sake of his official position.

From the beginning of the Biyong meeting to the present, Zhu Qizhen has finally completed the preparations for the large-scale implementation of the reform. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty did not dare to make noise anymore.

Of course, in this case, Zhu Qizhen didn't feel too healthy.

Just before doing big things, it has to be.

And Ma Wensheng's actions in Hebei mobilized the people of Hebei to this extent, and it is estimated that only the Hongwu period could do it, which was the system just created by Emperor Taizu, and it played the best efficiency.

But after that, it will never be possible to do such a thing.

This move proves that Zhu Qizhen's reform can greatly improve the national strength of the Ming Dynasty.

This national power is hard power, such as population, the amount of grain, the number of steel, the number of horses, and so on. But soft power, such as organizational ability, mobilization ability, and so on.

In his opinion, if the reform is completely completed, there will definitely not be a situation in which Annan cannot be fought during the Yongle period.

The two identities of Liangguang alone can beat Annan as a country.

It's as if the princes of the late Han Dynasty were divided into three kingdoms, but each of them can be adjusted to different races.

Because only the Han system was China's classical military empire.

This gave Zhu Qizhen great encouragement.

In his opinion, only if this kind of mobilization system can be maintained, even if the British army of the Eight-Nation Alliance is now encountered, the Ming Dynasty can drown them with an army like a vast ocean.

Zhu Qizhen's next move is in the pipeline.

Of course, the hardest days are over, but there is still a problem to be solved.

Zhu Qizhen summoned Liu Dingzhi and discussed one by one.

In fact, in the past few months, the most difficult person is not Zhu Qizhen, but Liu Dingzhi.

In the Ming court, Zhu Qizhen was more of a decision-maker, not responsible for specific implementation, and the person who really implemented Zhu Qizhen's will was the civil official system headed by the cabinet.

Therefore, the events of the past few months have been a torment of will for Zhu Qizhen. But for Liu Dingzhi, it was endless overtime.

Liu Dingzhi had been sleeping in the duty room of Wenyuan Pavilion for several months.

Jingcha has caused chaos within the civil service, and the administrative efficiency of many departments has inevitably been greatly reduced. But at this time, there are so many things inside and outside, especially disaster relief, and it is absolutely impossible to slow down.

If you are slow down here, someone will starve to death.

Under such circumstances, Liu Dingzhi and the cabinet team, although they cannot be said to be close to each other, most of the things have to be seen, and they can't fully trust the people below.

Because many of the people below are newbies.

Liu Dingzhi can only be busy, and he is even busier.

This busyness left a deep imprint on Liu Dingzhi's body. , Liu Dingzhi seems to be a little older.

When Zhu Qizhen saw Liu Dingzhi, he naturally said a few words to him, and said: "You and I have been a monarch for so many years, and I will use you for many years, and you should also pay attention to some of your body." When I'm done with this, I'll let you rest for a while. ”

Liu Dingzhi smiled lightly and said, "Then thank Your Majesty." ”

But he didn't take it seriously.

Without him, the head of the cabinet will fight the world. Plus there is a diligent emperor on it. Every day, there are countless things for him to deal with, track, interrogate, reply to the emperor's consultation, explain the situation to the hundred officials, and so on. How can it be idle, and even say that if a cabinet chief assistant is idle, it can only be said that the power of this chief assistant has been usurped by others, or he is about to retire.

And Liu Dingzhi didn't want either.

Therefore, what Zhu Qizhen said about rest is destined to be just talk.

Zhu Qizhen got back to the point, first talking about the issue of displaced people. said: "Yunyang Mansion has been established, and Huguang also said that millions of people have poured in this time, there must be water in this statement, but it will not be all false." Yuan Jie meant to stay in Huguang, but Huguang meant to let the people survive this famine year in Huguang and then return to their hometown. ”

"I think I'm afraid of trouble on both sides. It's just that there must be a principle for dealing with such things, and I estimate that there will be such things in the future. ”

Zhu Qizhen deeply knows that the weakness of the agricultural society, this kind of tide of displaced people, will not be the first time in Daming, nor will it be the last.

Now, although this wave of displaced people has gone south, they still trust the country more.

The whole situation is still under control.

But what about the future?

You must know that the Ming Dynasty died as an exile.

Although there are many provinces that are still vast and sparsely populated, such as Huguang, Yunnan, the Western Regions, the Northwest, the Northeast and other places, many of the original provinces of the Ming Dynasty have reached a critical point in terms of population density.

Especially Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Nanzhili Jiangnan part and so on.

Although there is no report below, Jinyiwei and Dongchang both said that the bandits in these three provinces are much more serious than those in other provinces.

This is also one of the reasons why Li Dongyang was ambushed in Ninghua.

Although there are bandits all over the Ming Dynasty, if you really want to take bandits as a specialty, it is still Jiangxi.

What Zhu Qizhen has to deal with is not this incident of displaced people, but also to determine the general principles for handling such incidents and the guidelines for future action.

Liu Dingzhi pondered for a moment and said: "Although it is a natural and man-made disaster for the generation of displaced people, it is also because the land has been reclaimed in various places, and there is no land to explore, and the people are increasing. ”

"If it's just a natural disaster, it's better to let the people move back to their hometowns, but if the land is reclaimed and it's not enough to survive, it's better to move from the narrow countryside to the wide township."

"Today's events, both sides see wrong, it is best to let the people choose for themselves, those who want to settle down, those who don't want to settle down can return to their hometowns."

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he only felt that Liu Dingzhi had already become slippery, and everything he said was two-faced. No one can be offended, and they stand in an invincible position.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I don't care about natural disasters, after all, there are more and more means of disaster relief now, but if the land is not enough, what should I do?" ”