Zhu Youzhen took advantage of the question, and after making a fire at Lu Chengyuan, he took advantage of the fact that everyone in the hall had not yet reacted, and flicked his sleeves and retreated.

With an angry face, he had just entered the apse and calmed down. casually instructed Wang Chengen behind him: "Go and invite Mr. Huang to the upper study, I want to talk to him." ”

Wang Chengen, who was a little uneasy behind Chongzhen, quickly replied without a mouth: "Yes, Your Majesty." The minister will arrange it now. Seeing Chongzhen continue to walk outside the hall without looking back, Wang Chengen felt that he was finally relieved.

He wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and then turned around and summoned a cronie eunuch behind him, and asked with a gloomy face: "What's going on with the Social Investigation Institute and Jinyiwei, why didn't Yuan Shangshu and those sub-officials act in the court today, and they didn't even receive any news?"

If you go now, just say that the miscellaneous family said it, the original reason of this matter, they must find out a conclusion today and give an explanation to the miscellaneous family, otherwise the miscellaneous family will have to talk to them well. ”

The cronie eunuch respectfully agreed, and quietly retreated. Wang Chengen called another little eunuch and said, "You go, quietly invite Mr. Huang here..."

In the study room of the Qianqing Palace, Huang Liji, who was sitting opposite Chongzhen, quietly looked at the emperor. After being silent for a while, Zhu Youzhen first asked, "What do you think of today's matter, Mr. Huang?" ”

Huang Liji hesitated for a moment before he said: "Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu did a bad job, Yuan Liqing is right, they are doing this, isn't it equivalent to directly plundering people's wealth?" It is normal for the gentry in Henan to have some grievances, and once today's incident spreads, the gentry of the world will speak out to support him.

From the minister's point of view, it is better to turn big things into small things and small things into nothing. If His Majesty is bent on keeping them, it is better to arrest the two of them back to the capital for review, and drag it until the impact of this matter continues, and then give a painless punishment and it will be over. ”

Huang Liji's proposal did not make Zhu Youzhen's mood change, he still looked into Shoufu's eyes and asked, "Then what should we do with the 270,000 mu of land that has been expropriated and 300,000 stone of grain?" ”

Huang Li lowered his head and thought for a while before he cautiously replied: "The matter has reached this point, and this land is naturally going to be released." As for the grain? ”

He dragged out a long voice, and noticed that the emperor's brows began to wrinkle tightly, and quickly changed his words and replied: "Since this grain has been transported to Luoyang, it will really be a waste of money for the people to return it to one family after another." What's more, the disaster situation in Shaanxi is serious now, and there is really an urgent need for food. The minister thought that it would be better for each family to subsidize a little food. ”

Zhu Youzhen finally couldn't help but say: "The imperial court asked Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu to go to Henan, is it to travel?" Didn't they go down to investigate the people behind the rebellion? Isn't it normal to encounter a little opposition now? ”

Huang Liji replied calmly: "Although the imperial court asked the two of them to go down to investigate the connection between the Henan gentry and the chaos incident, but now the reaction of the local gentry is too intense, which shows that the two of them are indeed inappropriate in the process of doing things." ”

Zhu Youzhen suddenly smiled and said: "I have heard such a passage before, and someone once said this: a person; If you are not opposed by the enemy, it will be bad, and you must be in the same league with the enemy. If we are opposed by the enemy, then it is good, and it proves that we have drawn a line with the enemy. It would be even better if the enemy turned against us vigorously and said that we were a mess and useless, and that we had not only drawn a line of separation from the enemy, but also proved that our work had been fruitful.

Looking at the impeachment of Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu by those officials in the court today, I feel that the work of the two of them in Henan is still fruitful. Mr. Huang, don't you think so? ”

Huang Liji has gone through the sea of eunuchs, and he naturally sees some things quite thoroughly, but hearing such words from Chongzhen's mouth really makes him a little stunned. These should not be the words of a teenager who grew up in the deep palace.

In fact, since Chongzhen's performance on the throne, everyone in the court has doubted, thinking that there must be a think tank by the emperor's side, Sun Chengzong and Huang Liji have been the objects of speculation.

Although Huang Liji denied this rumor, he publicized in public that there was no such figure around His Majesty, and His Majesty's intelligence was given by God. Of course, he had suspected in private that that person was Liu Jingting. It's just that after coming into contact with Liu, he denied this speculation.

Now that he heard Chongzhen say words that did not match his age and experience, Huang Liji finally determined that there might really be such a person around Chongzhen. The emperor has a think tank by his side that he doesn't know, which is certainly not a good thing for him, the head of the cabinet, and it is not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Liji couldn't help but whisper tentatively: "Where did Your Majesty hear this?" This person's words are directed at the hearts of the people, and he is obviously quite talented, if he can, the minister will not hesitate to recommend such a great talent for the court. ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed a few times, and then said vaguely: "This is what I saw from the notes of my predecessors when I was studying, and I don't know when this anonymous person was born, so Mr. Huang still doesn't have to make this effort." Wang Chengen, you take the secret fold of Yang He, the governor of Shaanxi, and show it to Mr. Huang. ”

Huang Liji suddenly became a little confused, what could the secret fold on Yang He have to do with what Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu did in Henan.

He took the fold handed over by Wang Chengen and looked through it quietly. After a long time, he raised his head, and said with some joy and half sorrow: "This Yang He said that he has already had contact with most of the hungry people's leaders in Shaanxi, and almost all the hungry people's armies in Shaanxi are willing to accept Zhao'an, which is indeed a good thing."

However, I don't know if these hungry people in Shaanxi are really willing to recruit peace, or do they want to deceive the imperial court and delay the army? The minister thought that Yang He should still be ordered to screen it well, not to raise tigers for trouble, and to go out of the mountains. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said: "What Mr. Huang said is what Lao Cheng said about the country, and I think the same. However, this campaign to appease the hungry people who have risen in turmoil in various parts of Shaanxi is only the first step to stabilize the place.

If the imperial court cannot settle these hungry people who have been appeased, then it is not impossible for these hungry people to rebel again. What's more, those leaders of the chaotic people may not be willing to accept Yang He's appeasement because they admire the benevolence of the imperial court.

It is more likely that this year's drought in Shaanxi is too serious, so these leaders of the rebellious people cannot feed these gathered subordinates, and have to accept the government's recruitment for the future.

However, the money and grain that the imperial court had brought into Shaanxi before were barely able to stabilize, and now there is no place for the people to rebel in Shaanxi. The 2 to 300,000 hungry people trapped in the Gansu-Shaanxi border and the northern Shaanxi plateau are definitely not enough if they want to be resettled locally without 1 million yuan and 300,000 grains.

And after you settle down, you have to let people get a piece of land to support their families. Even if they are given land, they will not be able to harvest it until after next summer. Until then, the imperial court still has to bear their living expenses. In this way, without 2.5 million yuan of relief money and 600,000 stone of relief food, Yang He's appeasement is just drinking to quench his thirst. ”

Huang Liji only thought for a moment, and then he understood Chongzhen's intentions, and he couldn't help but want to confirm and said: "Your Majesty means that you want to use the land and grain expropriated from the Henan gentry to relieve the victims of the disaster in Shaanxi?" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded unabashedly and said: "Although these rebels have accepted the appeasement of the imperial court, they cannot be allowed to continue to gather in one place and form a small group.

Especially the leaders of those rebellious people, since they have already taken the lead in creating a rebellion against the court, and there are such a number of subordinates around them who respond to every call, if they encounter something unsatisfactory, God knows if he will come again.

Therefore, the leaders of these rebels must not let them continue to gather together with their cronies and subordinates. Otherwise, whether they instigate their subordinates to rebel or are coerced by their subordinates to rebel, it is not a good thing for the imperial court and the Shaanxi locality, and it also loses the significance of the imperial court recruiting them.

Therefore, I thought that once Yang He was able to recruit the rebels of Shaanxi, then he should transfer the leaders of the rebels with higher prestige to other places as officials and let them leave Shaanxi.

Didn't it be said in this water margin: a snake can't do without a head, and a bird can't fly without wings. Without their own leader, these rebels naturally do not isolate themselves from the people in the resettlement areas, and they can break up the small groups formed in the past as soon as possible. And the leaders of those rebels have no people of their own, and if something happens, the court only needs to send a few patrols to take them down.

In addition, Zhao'an returns to Zhao'an, but Zhao'an does not mean that the past is written off, and we still have to liquidate some ugly incidents that seriously infringe on the interests of the people. This is the principle of the imperial court's recruitment, and it must be explained in advance and publicly.

For example, killing a husband and taking away his wife; murdering parents and taking away daughters; Killing people for fun, or killing people for food, etc. As long as there is a complaint from the people and there is evidence to prove it, the government will investigate it. ”

Huang Liji still thought deeply of what Chongzhen said earlier, but for the last request, he still persuaded with some concern: "Your Majesty, after this chaotic people's actions, they have harmed the good of the place, and some of the things they have done are even more serious than these. If the imperial court wants to investigate them one by one, how can they accept Zhao'an? ”

Zhu Youzhen's face remained unchanged and replied: "What is the purpose of the imperial court's recruitment?" It is to maintain the peace of the place, to let the local people live a peaceful life, and to give the good people who are forced to participate in the rebellious people's army a chance to turn over a new leaf.

The imperial court's recruitment of peace is by no means a compromise with those vicious thieves and let them escape the judgment of the law. Nor is it for local officials to close their eyes and let some bandits oppress local goodness with impunity in order to live a stable life.

If we don't grasp this principle well, then it is better to exterminate Zhao'an. Perhaps in the process of exterminating these chaotic people, some innocent people will be harmed, but at least the people of Shaanxi who did not participate in the rebellion can live well.

In addition, a group of rioters who are unwilling to accept this minimum punishment. To be honest, this has proved that they do not really want to accept the imperial court's recruitment, but just want to wait for a favorable opportunity.

Also, the imperial court is very concerned about the cases caused by the rebellious people's army. First, it is necessary to be lenient, no plaintiff will not be pursued, and no case will be judged without evidence; The second is that it is necessary to rely on the local people to handle cases, and every case must be tried openly, justly, and fairly, and the case cannot be decided behind closed doors.

The principle of the imperial court is that the first evil must be investigated, the coercion is never asked, the deceived are not guilty, and the counterattack is meritorious. The people must not be given the illusion that the court is powerless, incompetent, and unwilling to seek justice for them..."