Liu Chun was promoted to the prince and the young master, and the commander-in-chief of the hundred officials and the reform of the official system, everyone had a bad idea. Even if Zhu Di plays with words, in fact, everyone knows that Liu Chun is the de facto prime minister. It is true that he does not care about specific government affairs, but he is in charge of the reform of the bureaucratic system.

If he is not happy, he will change your official position, dare not listen to him?

The people in the officialdom are called a mourning all over the field, and everyone is in danger.

In the past, Liu Chun was in charge of the Jinyi Guard, and the hundred officials were under his surveillance, but now this guy has risen one step higher and become the head of the hundred officials, how can this be good for them?

We can't admit it, we have to unite, and the best way to defeat the traitor is to face him with a smile and come on! Righteous men, loyal ministers, O Lord! Fight!

The undercurrent of the capital is surging, and the air is full of scorching smell.

And with the three ministers entering Beijing, this atmosphere reached its climax.

The first is Ru Yu, the secretary of the ministry, who was appointed to stay in Yingtian, and the other two cabinet members, Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu, who are also important ministers who stayed in Yingtian, and just now Yang Shiqi went to inspect Lingnan, and Yang Pu inspected the southwest.

Now the three ministers have converged and headed north together.

On the cabinet side, Sanyang Kaitai, and the ministry also have people who are in charge.

Ru Yu is Zhu Di's most trusted minister, and his qualifications are much stronger than Wu Zhong.

After he returned to Beijing, Wu Zhong was directly honest, and he could still rely on the fact that there was no one in the ministry and monopolize power, but now he is as well-behaved as a pet cat, and quickly returned all government affairs to Ru Yu.

And he is also bowing around and waiting, without the majesty of the second-in-command, he is simply a third grandson.

On the other side, due to the return of Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu, Xie Jin's arrogance was also suppressed.

There is no way, Xie Jin's talent is the first of the seven bachelors of the original cabinet, but when it comes to his ability to do things, he is far inferior to Yang Shiqi, and as for his calculations, he is not Yang Pu's opponent.

What's more, he jumped too much, which had already caused the anger of the public, and it would be too easy for these people to attack him.

Just after they died down, on the other side, Song Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Chen Ying, the imperial history of the right capital, and several other people were also picking around.

They tried to bring together all the officials to resist Yoo Chun.

The entire capital is in the midst of turbulent undercurrents, and all kinds of forces that can be seen are active, jumping up and down, vertical and horizontal, carrying out intricate transactions, and they are very busy.

All this chaos stopped on the day Liu Chun officially took office, and the big guys were watching what kind of governing strategy Liu Chun would come up with.

And just the day before, Zhu Gaochi had been invited by Liu Chun.

"Master, from now on, Wenyuan Pavilion will be your office." Zhu Dapang enthusiastically introduced, Liu Chun swept around, and immediately smiled, "I'm afraid I don't need you to introduce it, how is it similar to my study?" ”

Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "Master is discerning, this is what the disciple prepared according to your study." By the way, the room on the east side is reserved for the six departments and nine qing, and the west side is the cabinet duty room, and next to your study, there is also a room for the disciples. ”

"You? What are you here for? ”

"Look at the government!" Zhu Gaochi said calmly: "The disciple is here to listen to how the master governs, and by the way, I will learn some skills from the master." ”

What else can Liu Chun say, he turned around a group, and his heart is also clear, the Wenyuan Pavilion after the transformation is under the Zhongshu Gate in the Tang and Song dynasties.

And he is the de facto prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, commanding hundreds of officials, ruling the cabinet, inheriting the Son of Heaven and leading hundreds of officials. Whether he wants to or not, he is the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.

In that case, let's show some admirable real skills!

Liu Chun himself is not a person who is too careful, his strength is foresight, and trivial government affairs are very exhausting, which is also the reason why he is very troubled after he takes charge of Jinyiwei, and he has to spend too much thought on small things every day.

When he sat in the wide Taifu chair, he suddenly felt different.

Not to mention, this taste is very good!

"Master, disciple is waiting for how you will start tomorrow. Flash Dance "

Zhu Gaochi is full of confidence, the habit he has developed over the years, even if he doesn't believe in his father, he must believe in his master!

The next day, Zhu Gaochi arrived early, got himself a chair, and sat next to the master.

Soon, the six departments and nine qing, all the ministers arrived, Zhu Gaochi seemed to be the master, beckoned the ministers for the master, and finally the big guys sat down one after another, and then Liu Chun appeared.

It's not that he was deliberately late, but before he came, Liu Chun handed what he wanted to talk about to Zhu Di, and was approved by the Son of Heaven, so Liu Chun rushed over.

"You don't have to be polite, everyone is an old acquaintance, we used to work together and get familiar with each other, so you can be casual."

Ru Yu smiled and said: "Taifu is too polite, now Taifu is in charge of hundreds of officials and assists the Son of Heaven, we must respect Taifu's orders, and the ceremony cannot be abolished!" ”

He took the lead in saluting, and what else could the other officials say at this moment, they all bowed their heads.

Liu Chun didn't say anything, just asked everyone to sit down.

"My lords, when I come today. I suddenly remembered a question, and I don't know if you can give me an answer. ”

"Excuse me, Taifu!"

Liu Chun smiled and said: "Princess, do you know how much grain my people can have per person per year?" ”

As soon as this question came out, the senior officials present were stunned, and when it came to it, they really hadn't considered this issue.

Liu Chun said again: "Ladies and gentlemen, living at home, firewood, rice, oil and salt, the common people have to figure out the geometry of the stored grain, I, the people of the Ming Dynasty, how much grain each person can have every year, don't you know?" ”

Xie Jin's face was full of embarrassment, "Hui Taifu, Xia Guan only knows the geometry of the fields in various places, and only knows the grain in the warehouse, as for how many people can have, Xia Guan really doesn't know, but I think about it, I should be able to eat and wear, after all, it has been implemented for many years, and people's livelihood has improved greatly." ”

After he answered, Liu Chun didn't speak, but Yang Shiqi stood up.

"Hui Taifu, as far as I know, the situation is different in different places, just take the richest Jiangnan, for example, the average family has between three and five acres of land, deducting half of the mulberry and cotton fields, a family is about two acres of acres, two crops of rice a year, can produce eight stones of rice, after threshing, it is less than six stones of rice. If there are three people in a family, each person will be divided into less than two stones of rice, which is seven taels of grain per person per day. ”

is worthy of being the first of the three Yangs, Yang Shiqi's inference is very close to the actual amount.

Seven taels of rice, in the later generations can be eaten by the family for several days, but in the Ming Dynasty, at most, it is only enough to drink porridge, if it is a strong laborer, it is not enough to eat at all.

Liu Chun nodded, "What Master Yang said is extremely true, after we have Juntian, the people's livelihood has indeed improved, but there is still a long way to go before the people of Wufu are abundant and the people are full. I thought that as a courtier, loyalty to the monarch and serving the country simply fell on the word people's livelihood. The so-called cangli knows etiquette, this is the responsibility of hundreds of officials, and it is also the most important thing at present. ”

Liu Chun looked at the ministers with a smile, groaned slightly, and stretched out a finger.

"My opinion is that in the short term, we should make the people have three stones of food per capita." Liu Chun smiled: "What does this three stones mean? In other words, the people have a pound of food per capita every day, although it is not abundant, but it should be enough not to starve. ”

"Princes, as courtiers, can we set a goal, such as within five years, let the people say goodbye to hunger, can we do it, we continue to stay in office, if we can't do it, we will all resign to show responsibility, how?"

No one has imagined more than once what measures Liu Chun will take after he becomes a country.

As a spy leader, he may be able to rectify hundreds of officials, or he will attack the household subordinates and rectify the finances and taxes. Some people even thought that Liu Chun would start a war and expand the territory, but no one expected that his goal would be to increase the amount of food, and it would be implemented for everyone.

Frankly, this is almost a blank slate for most officials.

In the past, the big guys were concerned about the abundance of the government treasury, and they wanted to collect grain and fill the warehouse, which was the most important thing, and as for the common people, it was secondary.

"Ladies and gentlemen, is this request difficult to fulfill?" Liu Chun said unhurriedly, "Don't you have any way?" ”

After being silent for a long time, Chen Ying said: "Master Taifu, do you mean to reduce taxes and levy labor?" ”

Liu Chun chuckled, "Lord Chen, then do you mean that the imperial court is going to cut the number of officials?" ”

Chen Ying was speechless when asked.

"It's not impossible to cut taxes, but it's the easiest and most damaging way to do it." Liu Chun said coldly: "If you put forward your opinions in the future, you must make it clear where the increase in taxes will come from, where the taxes will be reduced, and where the reduction will be made if there is no support, it will be treated as nonsense." ”

Everyone was shocked again, Liu Chun is indeed not easy to fool!

After a while, Xie Jin spoke, "Master Taifu, Xia Guan can only solve the gap of two million people. ”

"Two million? Why? ”

"Because there are only two million people in Annan!" Xie Jin said in a muffled voice.

As soon as these words came out, they suddenly sprayed.

Are you going to kill chickens and get eggs?

Liu Chun didn't care, but said with a smile: "What Master Xie said, it can be regarded as starting from overseas, this is a very good idea, don't be limited to Annan, there are other places, go back to Master Xie to prepare a list of articles, and then discuss in detail." ”

Xie Jin was stunned, such a stinky method is actually a good strategy, so there are many good ways!

At this time, Song Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, suddenly spoke: "Lord Taifu, what about building water conservancy?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Chun said decisively: "Water conservancy must be repaired, and it must be built on a large scale." With irrigation, grain production can increase by more than 30 percent. It's also a good idea. ”

With these two people at the beginning, the rest of the officials seemed to have opened their minds and become active, and Yang Pu suggested: "Over there in the south of the Yangtze River, whaling is prevalent, and some people use whale bones and internal organs as fertilizer, which is said to increase production a lot. ”

Hu Guang groaned: "There are whales along the coast, but not inland!" ”

"That's compostable!" Yang Pu smiled and said, "As long as the imperial court provides assistance, there is no reason why it can't be done." ”

Zhu Gaochi sat next to Liu Chun and listened carefully, he suddenly found that the courtiers seemed to be different, and the master's methods were really unusual!