Returning to the palace from Wensi Academy, the excitement in Zhu Youzhen's heart has not faded. However, when he saw the large pile of papers placed on the table in front of him, he immediately calmed down.

Zhu Youzhen subconsciously shook his head and sighed in his heart. He slumped back in his chair, away from the papers on the desk in disgust.

"Is there anything important in these documents?" Zhu Youzhen held his chin with his right hand and asked Lu Qi.

Lu Qi thought for a while and said: "Xu Congzhi went to Shunyi with the magistrate of Shunyi, saying that he would learn from Shunyi's land reform and present an improved land reform plan to His Majesty to reduce the resistance of the northern gentry.

Feng Quan, a former scholar of Dongge University, praised His Majesty's concern for the small people, and the policy of the cultivators who have their own fields is the strategy to eliminate the evils and save the situation. He was willing to donate 3,000 acres of fertile land to His Majesty in response to the policy launched by His Majesty.

After being re-educated, several officials such as Men Chen Xin of the Xishan Officials' Training School did deep introspection, hoping to be pardoned by His Majesty.

Hanlin served Jiang Dejing to control the Shanghai River, the eight strategies for the management of the river, and the construction of water conservancy in Beizhili, and listened to the people's reclamation of wasteland.

There was also a letter sent by Shen Tingyang, the former secretary of the imperial court, from Nanjing, and the minister did not dare to open it without permission, so he put it in the fifth document.

Below, there is a report by Liu Jingting, the chief writer of the Daming Times, and a book "A Concise History of China" sent by Qian Qianyi..."

Zhu Youzhen raised his left hand and interrupted Lu Qi to continue. He withdrew his hand, rubbed his cheeks vigorously with both hands, and said, "Let someone prepare the bath water for me, I want to soak it well, and by the way, make a pot of black tea." ”

Lu Qi agreed, and hurriedly went out to take a bath for Chongzhen Zhangluo. Only then did Zhu Youzhen cheer up and began to flip through the documents, he did not look through them in order, but first found Shen Tingyang's letter.

Zhu Youzhen first checked the seal of the letter, and found that there was indeed no trace of it being opened, before picking up the paper cutter placed on the left side of the table and cutting the envelope.

There were 10 sheets of paper in the envelope, the first nine of which were about the restoration of the Longjiang Shipyard, and the last one was about the conditions proposed by several maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River to take a stake in the Longjiang Shipyard.

Shen Tingyang vaguely mentioned in the last sentence that his fifth uncle, Shen Pei, hoped to be allowed to sell firearms to Nanyang.

Zhu Youzhen put down the letter paper in his hand, relaxed his neck, and said to Wang Chengen: "Help me write a letter to Shen Tingyang and tell him that all matters related to the Longjiang Shipyard will be decided by him freely, and there is no need to ask me for instructions, just report to me afterwards." In addition, he told him to let Shen Pei go to Beijing to discuss the sale of arms to Nanyang. ”

After instructing Wang Chengen to write a letter, Zhu Youzhen began to check other documents, and he read through Xu Congzhi and others a little and put them down.

The improvement plan proposed by Xu Congzhi is nothing more than the redemption of land. However, he also knew that the treasury was empty, and he could not come up with so much silver.

However, he found inspiration in Chongzhen's land bonds issued to the people of Liaodong, and suggested that the fields in the hands of large households should be purchased in the form of land bonds, and the land should be used to establish village communities, and then the land rent should be repaid to these large households in installments.

In Chongzhen's view, this is nothing more than a model similar to Taiwan's land reform. However, this Xu participated in politics too much, and it was not so simple to get these gentry to hand over the land.

Even if it is Taiwan's land reform policy, it is based on the powerful armed forces of hundreds of thousands of people who have retreated to Taiwan.

Subsequently, Zhu Youzhen picked up the following recital, which was the secretary of Feng Quan, the former cabinet minister. After a cursory flip through, Zhu Youzhen found that in addition to patting his own ass, the former cabinet scholar also faintly revealed the idea of wanting to be reinstated.

Three thousand acres of fertile land wanted to change the order of reinstatement, Zhu Youzhen touched his chin and thought for a while, and then asked Wang Chengen: "What kind of person is this former cabinet chief, and in addition to being good with Wei Gong, what is his social relationship?" ”

Wang Chengen put down the brush in his hand and said respectfully: "When Feng Zhenlu, the former first assistant, was in power, he always flattered Gonggong Wei and never had an opinion. He has a good point, he never offends others in person, but he has a lot of private means, and he is more greedy for power and money.

He has a bad relationship with several leaders of Donglin, but he is a son and daughter of Zhou Yanru, and Zhou Yanru's son Zhou Yifeng is married to Feng Quan's daughter. And Feng Zhenlu also has contacts with Qian Muzhai.

Feng Zhenlu's father, Feng Shengming, had ten daughters, most of whom married into the Gyeonggi gentry's families, such as Liu Yuyou, the governor of Pingyang Prefecture, was his brother-in-law, so he had a high reputation in the Gyeonggi area.

However, because of the struggle for power with Cui Chengxiu, he was hated by Wei Gonggong, so he lost his official position and resigned. ”

Wang Chengen paused slightly, looked at Chongzhen's face, hesitated, and continued: "Feng Zhenlu was raised at the age of 19 and became a Hanlin reviewer, and he was very beautiful, so he was very liked by all Hanlin and chamberlains. ”

Zhu Youzhen leaned back and asked casually, "How did he have a grudge with the leader of Donglin?" ”

Wang Chengen's voice suddenly became a little quieter, "When Feng Zhenlu first became Hanlin, he was young and beautiful, and he was quite ruthless in the same hall, especially when he was in the left court. When his father Feng Shengming was preparing for Liaoyang, he was convicted because of border troubles and running south.

Feng Zhenlu asked for help from the gentlemen for his father, and the period of prosperity was even more coming. In the Chang period, every insult to the crowd made it unbearable, so as to hold a grudge. ”

Wang Chengen's guess was right, after Chongzhen heard this paragraph, he immediately showed a look of disgust, and sure enough, the emperor was extremely disgusted with Long Yang's goodness.

Zhu Youzhen plucked out his ears, as if he wanted to pull out the words he had just heard. After a while, he said: "Are there many fathers-in-law in the palace who are good friends with Feng Ge? ”

Wang Chengen replied cautiously: "After Your Majesty rectified the palace ban several times, most of the old people have already left the palace. Come to think of it, there shouldn't be anyone in the palace who has a good relationship with this Feng Zhenlu now. ”

Zhu Youzhen's frowning brows finally stretched a little, and he continued to ask: "This Feng Ge Lao is three thousand acres of land as soon as he makes a move, how much does his family property have?" How do you get it? ”

Wang Chengen thought for a while before saying: "Feng Ge Lao seems to have a few warehouses in Tongzhou, and as for the fields, it is said that nearly half of Zhuozhou belongs to his family. ”

Zhu Youzhen laughed and said: "If you occupy half of Zhuozhou, you will hand over 3,000 acres of land to me?" Well, for the sake of 3,000 acres of land, I will see him, and you can arrange it for me. ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly responded, and Zhu Youzhen immediately turned his gaze to Xu Congzhi's Shangshu, and hesitated for a long time before continuing: "This Xu Congzhi and Shunyi County can rein in the precipice, and I can't help but give them a chance to wake up."

In this way, you will hand over Xu Congzhi's Shangshu to Liu Jingting tomorrow and publish the full text. Then told Huang Liji that in line with the principle of punishing the former and saving people, I decided to give these two people a chance to atone for their crimes.

Let the cabinet arrange for the two of them to go to Shandong to carry out land reform for a period of one year. If it is effective, I will reward it, and if it does not improve, then I will punish both crimes, and I will not be forgiven. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought about it for a long time, and simply threw them to Shandong, if they could do better than the gentry in Shandong, it would naturally be a good thing. If he can't do it, he has nothing to lose, after all, these two people are not on his side in the first place.

Regarding the sparseness of the door Chen Xin and a few people, Zhu Youzhen flipped through it slightly, and asked: "Xishan Officials Training School, what is the statement about the daily behavior of these officials?" ”

Wang Chengen thought for a while before replying: "According to His Majesty's request, Xishan School works half a day, studies half a day, and gathers everyone every three days to make criticism and self-criticism. Except for some who were obsessed at first, most people have now become extremely obedient. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought about it and said: "We must always give them a hope, and we can't let them feel hopeless and give up on themselves." In this way, the ten best behavers in the past were singled out, and in front of everyone, they were declared to be restored to their official positions. You send people to supervise it, and don't let people cheat in it. ”

Wang Chengen hurriedly agreed, and then Lu Qi walked in and reported to Chongzhen that the bath water was ready.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the recitals on the table, and then said, "I'm going to take a bath, Wang Banban, Lu Qi, the two of you take the rest of the recitals and read them to me..."

In a huge bathtub, Zhu Youzhen lay comfortably in the warm water, enjoying the two maids washing his hair.

This bath bucket was designed and made by the Emperor of the Apocalypse himself, and Chongzhen felt quite comfortable when he was half-lying on the edge of the barrel with a certain arc.

The two maids' techniques were also very gentle, if it weren't for Wang Chengen still reading the music in a frustrated manner outside the gauze tent, Chongzhen would almost fall asleep.

After listening to Jiang Dejing's Shangshu by Hanlin Attendant, Zhu Youzhen asked casually: "How long has it been since we sent the team to explore the topography of the Haihe River?" What do they have in return? ”

After Wang Chengen folded the piece in his hand and handed it to the little eunuch on the side, he said: "According to Your Majesty's instructions, half a month ago, we mobilized people from the Academy of Sciences, the Military Academy, and the Qin Tianjian Academy, and received various instruments from the Academy of Sciences to measure the terrain, and a total of 5 survey teams were formed.

One of the teams was sent to survey the terrain of Xishan and Changping, one team to survey the terrain from Tianjin Weizhi to the estuary, and the other three teams were used to survey the terrain of the Haihe River basin.

The teams surveying and mapping Xishan and Tianjin Wei have paid off, but the surveying of the Haihe River basin has not yet been reported. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought for a while and said: "This Jiang Hanlin's Shangshuli doesn't have anything to say, so you give me an order and appoint him as the deputy commander of the Haihe River Control Headquarters, as my deputy." Pick two people from the imperial secretary, and then assist him to first build the framework of this Haihe River Management Headquarters..."