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"If you have something to do, you can play early, and you have nothing to retreat!"

The next day, above the morning dynasty, as the voice of the great eunuch Zhang De fell, Zhao Junchen had already stepped out of the ranks and said to Emperor Deqing: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do!" ”

Seeing Zhao Junchen rushing out first, Emperor Deqing was stunned at first, and then said with a warm expression: "Oh? What does Zhao Aiqing have to play? Go ahead. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

On the surface, Emperor Deqing's favor to Zhao Junchen was the same, and there was no sign of suspicion at all.

Zhao Junchen's expression was solemn, a picture of loyalty to the country, and he said slowly: "Your Majesty, there have been droughts in Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan and other places this year. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen say this, Emperor Deqing was even more appreciative, nodded and praised: "Zhao Aiqing can prevent trouble in such a way, I am very relieved, and I am very relieved to hand over the household department to Zhao Aiqing to manage." ”

However, after hearing Emperor Deqing's appreciation, Zhao Junchen's expression became more serious, and he said slowly: "The minister has been trusted by His Majesty, and he has always been conscientious and does not dare to slack off when managing the household department, but now the household department is still in trouble!" After checking the grain storage accounts of the household department, the minister found that the amount of grain stored in the imperial court had reached an extremely dangerous point, and the grain stored in the granaries north of the Yangtze River was no longer enough to relieve the disasters in Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, and Henan, and the surplus grain in the second warehouse of Jingtong near the capital was also insufficient. ”

Hearing Zhao Junchen's statement, Emperor Deqing didn't care very much.

In the eyes of Emperor Deqing, as long as there is still surplus grain in Jingtong Ercang, then the matter is still under control, as long as too many people do not starve to death in the center of the capital, the disaster in other places will not shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Emperor Deqing just nodded and said: "In this case, Zhao Aiqing can dispatch grain from all over Jiangnan and Huguang, you are the head of the household department, and you are in charge of the world's money and grain, so you don't have to deliberately report this kind of thing to me." ”

Zhao Junchen's serious expression did not change at all, and he shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is not worried about this year's drought, but about next year!" The food of the imperial court has reached the limit, if there are still frequent natural disasters like this year next year, the food stored by the imperial court will not be enough to help the people, and at that time, there will inevitably be a large number of refugees fleeing the famine, but they have to be guarded against! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Deqing's expression finally became a little more serious, and he frowned and asked, "Oh? Is the situation already that serious? So Zhao Aiqing, what can you do to solve this matter? ”

After hearing Emperor Deqing's inquiry, Zhao Junchen was prepared, took out a letter from his sleeve, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the minister believes that grain is related to the stability of the country, which can be said to be the most important thing, but the imperial court has insufficient grain every year, and the national grain inventory has gradually become a deficit, so it has caused today's predicament. Therefore, after some hard thinking, the minister thought of a total of five countermeasures, and hoped that His Majesty would be clear. ”

"Oh? What are the five countermeasures? Let's hear it. ”

"First, urge the local yamen to follow the guidance of the new agricultural book compiled by the Ministry of Households, so as to increase the grain production of the fields, and once a disaster occurs in various places, they can also reduce losses; Second, after investigation, the household department found that the yield of potatoes and corn was extremely high, and it was less affected by the disaster, and suggested that the imperial court should vigorously promote it, especially in Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan, and Beizhili, which are perennial disasters, and should be cultivated on a large scale; Third, the imperial court issued a decree to limit the quantity and scale of liquor brewed by the people, so as to save grain and fill the grain depots in various places; Fourth, the imperial court allocated money to build irrigation facilities such as canals, waterwheels, and dams in various places to ensure grain production in various places and prevent losses caused by future disasters. Fifth, urge the peasant households in Jiangnan and Huguang to reduce the cultivation of fruits, tea, cotton and other materials, and increase grain cultivation, so as to increase the grain stocks of the imperial court and the people;

According to the minister's thoughts, once these measures are implemented, then the situation of the imperial court shortage of grain will inevitably be greatly alleviated, and the situation of grain collection in various places will not be repeatedly insufficient, even if there are large-scale natural disasters again in the future, the imperial court will have the full spare strength to deal with it, so as not to breed the rebellion of the displaced people. ”

Originally, in order for the agricultural reform he conceived to be successfully passed, Zhao Junchen had already divided these five suggestions and prepared to present them to the imperial court separately, so as to reduce the opposition of the officials and increase the possibility of success.

In particular, the fifth suggestion that Zhao Junchen is now presenting has harmed the interests of the vast majority of officials, so Zhao Junchen is already planning to give up for the time being.

But now, in order to deal with Emperor Deqing's suspicion and suppression, Zhao Junchen put these suggestions together again and threw them all out in one go.

Then, just as Zhao Junchen expected, after hearing his performance, the officials were in an uproar.

Zhao Junchen's first suggestion is just that, it was actually passed yesterday morning! But the next four suggestions made the officials stunned, and they only felt that Zhao Junchen's ideas were ridiculous and fantastical!

Even if there is a problem with the imperial court's grain stockpile, so what? At most, it is just a few unlucky victims who starved to death, as long as the victims did not flock to the vicinity of the capital to cause chaos, they could still whitewash the peace, and the officials would not be affected too much, so why did you Zhao Junchen make a big move?

Large-scale promotion of potato and corn cultivation? Restricting folk brewing alcohol? Why? Now that everything is stable, why do you need to deliberately change?

If it is only these two proposals, then it is enough, the interests of the officials are not greatly affected, and it is only the ordinary people who are affected, although the officials will not express their support, but they will not strongly oppose it!

But with the last two proposals, the problem is too big!

The vast majority of the officials in the court class have purchased fields in Jiangnan and Huguang, and most of these fields are planted with fruits, tea, cotton and other crops, after all, these crops are more profitable, and now if they are asked to replace the crops in the fields with ordinary rice and wheat, then the vast majority of officials will suffer their interests!

In the eyes of the officials, just to prevent trouble, just to help the victims, just to save the imperial court's national grain stockpile, is a matter that has nothing to do with themselves, but why should they damage the income of the hundred officials?

There is also the matter of appropriating silver to build irrigation facilities such as canals, waterwheels, and dams in various places, and this matter requires a lot of silver when I hear it, in the eyes of the officials, this is obviously Zhao Junchen's eye on the silver that Huang Yourong harvested in Nanzhili! After all, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household are all in the hands of Zhao Junchen, once a large amount of money is invested in it, who knows how much Zhao Junchen will be greedy for ink in private?

It's okay if you Zhao Junchen want to be greedy for ink and silver, but your appetite is too big, right? After the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household took so much silver, wouldn't the other yamen have less money? You Zhao Junchen ate a lot of meat, but you didn't even leave us a little soup?

So, as soon as Zhao Junchen's words fell, he was opposed by hundreds of officials!

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The second update!

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