Chapter 7 Wang Shu went down to the south of the Yangtze River

Han Yong said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, and the minister proposed that Wang Shu be the minister of the Qin Mission and inspect Jiangnan on behalf of the world. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay, it's him." ”

Wang Shu is also a minister that Zhu Qizhen has focused on cultivating, and he has been serving as a local magistrate in the past few years, and he has made great contributions to the implementation of the new law.

Originally, Zhu Qizhen wanted to transfer Wang Shu to the center, if he was lucky, he could arrange a book for Wang Shu, but if he was unlucky, he could only choose one of the nine Qings.

Wang Shu is upright and has strong wrists.

In the matter of commercial taxation, Han Yong could not bear the pressure of the fiscal deficit. Take the initiative to implement.

After all, after the baptism of high leverage in later generations, Zhu Qizhen has a strong ability to bear deficits, and now there is a big deficit, and the balance of the imperial court is still positive.

But Han Yong can't.

Although Han Yong is a capable minister, his ability to bear in this regard is not in the same level as Zhu Qizhen.

Moreover, the fiscal balance is also an important aspect of evaluating a minister.

Now Han Yong has been secretly slandered by many people inside and outside, and a very important aspect is that after Han Yong took office, the financial situation has been going downhill.

Isn't this Han Yong's incompetence?

Han Yongcai worked hard to express himself in this regard.

Since he wants to do this thing, he must make some compromises to Zhu Qizhen.

Wang Shu's qualifications are still a little shallow, but if Wang Shu can do this thing well, then a Shangshu will not be so unstable.

In this way, Zhu Qizhen finalized this matter with one hammer.

As soon as Zhu Qizhen returned to the Qianqing Palace, he ordered someone to summon Wang Shu.

After Zhu Qizhen saw Wang Shu, he told Wang Shu what he had just said in the Wenhua Palace, and said, "What do you think of the first assistant's strategy?" ”

Wang Shu said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Han Shoufu's strategy is not only to do it, but also to act quickly, the minister has just returned from Huguang, and the displaced people in Yunyang have gathered again. The minister paid a private visit in plain clothes, but it was the exiles from Henan, Sichuan, and Shaanxi who gathered here, no less than a million people. This is all due to local misgovernance. ”

"In recent years, there have been successive floods and droughts, and the weather has changed from time to time, and although Your Majesty has fasted, there is no way to recover. It is the time to overhaul the water conservancy to reassure the people, and the merchants in various places are not benevolent to the rich, and it is the way of the imperial court to take their wealth to appease the people. ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Yunyang has displaced people again. ”

Zhu Qizhen felt a little helpless.

Without him, Yunyang is a place with high mountains and dense forests, and it is the junction of several provinces, which is originally a deep mountain and old forest, but over the years, it has become the main area where displaced people gather.

This was even the case until the Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen has not been in charge, he has managed it more than once, before it was Xiang Zhong who cleaned up, and then it was Yuan Jie Fumin. There are even many prefectures and counties in Yunyang.

But that doesn't change that.

Sometimes, Zhu Qizhen was reflecting and said secretly: "Isn't it, am I really harsh and fierce?" ”

These things will be put aside for the time being, but Zhu Qizhen has to admit that the water conservancy is going to be repaired.

After Zhu Qizhen became a pro-government, there was the first peak period of water conservancy construction, that is, the construction of Hebei water conservancy, the Yellow River and other major projects.

But with the war with the tile spurs, and the implementation of the reform, although there are still water conservancy construction, but it has been fragmented and intermittent.

Especially in the past few years, the imperial court has become more and more deficit, and the family foundation has become thinner and thinner.

Large-scale water conservancy construction has stopped.

Especially in the event of an earthquake, many local water conservancy measures will be destroyed. In many cases, it is too late to repair, and there is no intention to build a new one.

Zhu Qizhen said: "This time, Wang Qing will take a trip to Jiangnan on behalf of me to take a good look at the situation in Jiangnan and whether he can collect commercial taxes." ”

Wang Shu said: "The minister obeys the order. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "In addition, you have to do a few things for me. ”

Wang Shu said, "Your Majesty, please speak." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "When I went to Nanjing to see Cao Liushou, he has not been in good health recently, and he has been told again and again, he is also an old minister of the imperial court, he has rich experience, and he has been in Jiangnan for a long time, so it will definitely help you." ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed slightly in his heart.

Among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, there were not many ministers left during the Xuande period, and Cao Nai was one of them.

Now Cao Nai is also ready to say goodbye.

Historically, Cao Nai was also a minister who died in the Tumubao Rebellion. The reason why Zhu Qizhen has not been approved is not that Cao Nai's position is too important.

It is Cao Nai's position left behind in Nanjing, which seems to have a lot of power, but it has degenerated into a position of high-ranking and light-handed pension.

The two provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui have already completed their own organizational structure.

Cao Nai's desire to command two provinces is no longer possible.

And Zhu Qizhen also learned through Nanjing Jinyiwei that Cao Nai's health is still good, but he stayed in this position in Nanjing and had nothing to do.

It is nothing more than repairing the filial piety mausoleum, repairing the Nanjing palace and so on.

For Cao Nai, he doesn't like to do it more and more.

That's why it's so troublesome.

For him, such an idle job might as well go home.

In addition, the ministers of the court are very unaccustomed to the situation in Jiangnan, how can Cao Nai, an old minister, get used to it, can't get used to it, and can't manage it, Cao Nai doesn't want to leave.

Wang Shu said, "Yes." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I heard that the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River are very chaotic, you can take a look for me." ”

Wang Shu said: "The minister will definitely return the world to a Qingning Jiangnan." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Another thing, you remember

Was there an amnesty before me? ”

Wang Shu said: "The minister naturally remembers. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I have pardoned slaves and maids, even if there are masters and servants in the Ming Dynasty, it is just a contractual relationship, and everyone is a good citizen." The main family is not allowed to kill, and if he is killed, the main family will also pay for his life, unless he is in the middle of the court eight discussions. ”

"But I heard that there are Jiangnan businessmen who don't know my intentions, act recklessly, and are lawless. Slave to the people, full of complaints, I want you to find out one thing. ”

When Zhu Qizhen said this, he didn't just hear it.

But it has long been understood, and even this is already a common phenomenon.

As I said before, Zhu Qizhen's first few fundamental laws, such as pardoning untouchables, abolishing slaves and maids, and other policies, were only said in Ming Pao, and they were explained below.

But this personal attachment to slavery, in this era, has his interests.

If you want to abolish this system, it is like collecting a business tax, and you want to cut the flesh off people. Decisions cannot be solved by a single piece of paper.

It's as if slaves have long been banned in our country, but what is the difference between coolies and slaves in black coal kilns?

Zhu Qizhen is not without promotion, the advancement of this law.

The law of Da Ming has been changed.

In the past, the death penalty was not imposed for the master to kill the servant, but now it is changed to the death penalty in the Da Ming Law.

Moreover, when Zhu Qizhen reviewed the death penalty, when he encountered such a case, he had to deal with it severely, so as to show the court's inclination.

It's just that many things are impossible to clean without a broom.

In the face of interests, many people get carried away. Since now we have to do something to Jiangnan. Zhu Qizhen decided to believe that this kind of matter related to interests, they would give it to the imperial court in peace.

It always takes a while to make trouble, so Zhu Qizhen decided to give him a two-in-one and solve it at one time.

Wang Shu listened, his face was even more solemn, he stepped down from the post of governor of Huguang, and his understanding of the Ming place was still above Zhu Qizhen, how could he not know what Zhu Qizhen said.

The place where the Ming Dynasty has the most slaves is not anywhere else, that is, Jiangnan, the original Nanzhili area.

Wang Shu is more aware of the responsibility he has to bear. It's just that he did not evade his task, although he knew that the trip to Jiangnan might be full of ups and downs, but he still said firmly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the ministers will go, and the people of Daming will never be enslaved again." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Let's go and prepare." I will send Jinyi Weidong Factory to go south with you, if necessary, you can use Nanjing Jingying, Nanjing Jingying Mao Rui, I will greet him. ”

Although this is not a war, Zhu Qizhen has already prepared for him as a war. Nanjing has stationed 50,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion all year round, and most of these soldiers of the Beijing battalion are mainly from the south, especially from Guangxi, and their combat effectiveness can withstand the test.