Chapter 323 Planting Sweet Potatoes and Determining Promotion

The day of July, it is really hot and unbearable, the early dynasty, Yang Reform ended early, and then hid in the Qianqing Palace or Wenhua Hall to work, you can enjoy all kinds of chilled fruits, used to dispel the heat, it is really good.

The third day of the seventh month.

Yang Reform ended the early dynasty early, and the early dynasty has become more and more boring, especially once the time is too long, the weather is really unbearable, so Yang reform is strictly controlling the time of the early dynasty, not a big deal, never take the early dynasty to say, small things, are handled in the Qianqing Palace or the Wenhua Palace.

Today, Yang Gengai came to the Wenhua Hall to deal with some things with the cabinet and ministers.

"This year's drought in the north can be determined, quite serious, all ministries, all yamen have received the performance, said that the drought is severe, not only this year's summer harvest will be greatly affected, even the summer planting, is also greatly affected, no water, this kind of seeds can not be planted, seeds can not be planted, this year many places are going to be harvested, these northern provinces, especially Shaanxi, what should I do?" Yang began to inquire about his cabinet team and a few Shangshu, these people were the core of the management of the Ming Empire. In July, the drought in Shaanxi has been completely presented in front of the eyes of the world, not only affecting the summer harvest, but also unable to plant in summer, Yang reform's words came true, Yang reform breathed a sigh of relief, his own magic stick, pretending to be very successful, but also a little afraid, this drought is the fuse of the peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Shoufu Shi Fenglai came first: "Your Majesty Quannai Hongfu, now, there are up to 10 million taels of disaster relief silver to disaster relief, although the natural disasters are ruthless, but Your Majesty is affectionate, the Son of Heaven is affectionate, and the Ming Dynasty is affectionate, and the people can suffer less this year...... "Shi Fenglai doesn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, and sends it with a fart."

"Yes, Your Majesty, there is Xu Zixian in Shaanxi, it should be fine, the victims at this time, should know Your Majesty's benevolence and kindness, presumably, are working hard to go downstream along the river, looking for Your Majesty's immigration relief point, such a natural disaster is just a beginning, and only Your Majesty's policy, moving people out is the right way" Another minister is also a sycophant, the emperor's hand of tens of millions of silver disaster relief means, immediately let the emperor's prestige climb to a fixed point, after overthrowing Wei Zhongxian, It has become another brilliant thing for the emperor.

Several other ministers also immediately followed up and sent sycophants.

Yang Gai also smiled and said: "I won't talk about these for the time being, I have a report here, it is on Master Xu, Master Xu said, Shaanxi side, he has been doing his best to resettle, many victims heard that I have a plan to resettle the victims, all dragged their families down the river, ready to emigrate, because of the severe drought, so the number of victims is quite huge, Master Xu said, because of the large number of immigrants, so, the amount of official documents, the amount of news is very large, and today's post delivery is far from meeting the needs of immigrants, In order to increase the speed of immigration, Master Xu advised me to increase the number of local post guards in Shaanxi to pass on more and more immigration documents. ”

In the letter with Xu Guangqi, Yang asked several times how fast Xu Guangqi's letters were delivered, whether it would affect the efficiency of immigrants, and whether it was necessary to add more guards responsible for delivering letter messages? Xu Guangqi didn't think much about it, and felt that this really needed more people to deliver the news, because there were too many immigrants, and the amount of official documents and information transmitted was quite large, and it was indeed necessary to add more people.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that millions of immigrants are indeed a huge project, and the exchange of official documents is indeed quite heavy, and it is completely necessary to add a few more post guards, and now, everything is still focused on helping the victims, and when some post guards are recruited, the minister fully agrees with this matter." Shi Fenglai is still an emperor's megaphone, what the emperor says, he immediately follows up, follows what the emperor says, and interprets the emperor's words, which seems reasonable.

Several other cabinet monks, although they despised Shi Fenglai, did not say anything, this matter is reasonable, and the silver is still from the emperor, there is no need to say it.

This matter was easily decided, the minister was sparse, the cabinet agreed, and the emperor used the seal, this matter was legal, and Liu Mao was responsible for the rest. ,

Yang Gai quickly put an insurance policy on Li Zicheng's job, so that the postman could not be unemployed. Moving on to the next thing.

Master Xu also said that although the land in Shaanxi is very arid, can not grow live grain, but planting sweet potatoes, but you can still plant, Master Xu said, after his visit and observation, because of the drought and can not grow grain land, among them, at least four or five percent can be replanted sweet potatoes, sweet potato high yield, we also know that each mu can produce thousands of catties, now is a good time to plant autumn sweet potatoes, missed this opportunity, this year can pass, Master Xu said in the song, I hope to get the strong support of me and the imperial court, Support him in promoting sweet potatoes,...... This sweet potato, we also know that it was one of the strategies in disaster relief, but at that time, it was in a hurry, that is, there was no detailed plan for how the sweet potato should be promoted, and now, the form is urgent, the extent of the disaster in Shaanxi and the surrounding areas, I believe you also know that you must make a surprise move, make great efforts to promote this sweet potato, this matter, must be treated as an important thing as immigration, you see, what are the tricks? "Yang reform and promotion of sweet potatoes is not without a number of roads, the number of roads are available, but now the drought, far beyond the original expectations, now the time is urgent, can not be carried out step by step according to the plan, must be planned at the same time, another strange move, new tricks, so that sweet potatoes can quickly form an overwhelming trend in Shaanxi, alleviate the disaster in Shaanxi.

When it came to business, these ministers couldn't say why, and one by one they lowered their heads and looked at their toes, as if they were thinking of ideas.

A minister said: "Your Majesty, did Your Majesty send a messenger to specifically urge the states and counties to step up the replanting of autumn sweet potatoes?" "A minister proposed a method according to the traditional practice, and according to the traditional routine, if something happened in the locality, he had to send a messenger.

"Your Majesty, Shaanxi disaster relief and replanting sweet potatoes have been taken care of by Xu Zixian, how can you send a Qin messenger down?" The bureaucrats immediately debated whether this faction was reasonable or not.

Yang Gai despised it, the crooked building is not so crooked, so hurry up and stop.

"Okay, don't fight, you guys, let's think of a strange move, make a fierce move, after these few days, even if you want to replant sweet potatoes, it's too late." Yang Gai said.

The ministers stopped arguing and began to turn the conversation back to business.

A minister said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now, if you want to quickly replant sweet potatoes in all parts of Shaanxi, the so-called miracle tricks can only be paid attention to by all states and counties, and only if all states and counties pay attention to it, this matter of replanting sweet potatoes can become a reality immediately...... "A minister told the truth, this matter involves the whole of Shaanxi, and if you want to say that you can immediately replant sweet potatoes in the whole of Shaanxi, there is no other second one except through the government.

"Yes, the Qing family is reasonable, Master Xu said that although their agricultural department is promoting the replanting of sweet potatoes, it has always been ineffective, and it urgently needs the cooperation and support of the local government, so I am also in the process of soothing, and I implore me to urge all prefectures and counties to fully cooperate and support them to replant sweet potatoes......" Yang Gai nodded in agreement. This kind of response to natural disasters still depends on the government's ability to mobilize, and the government's ability to mobilize and execute is strong, and disaster relief can be effective, but it is undoubtedly a great challenge to rely on the executive power of the bureaucratic class in the late Ming Dynasty to provide disaster relief.

"Your Majesty, the ministers also agree, Your Majesty should issue an order to urge all prefectures and counties in Shaanxi to immediately replant sweet potatoes, and be sure to reduce the ......losses caused by natural disasters," a minister also agreed.

One person came out in favor, and the others followed up, as if everything was all that was done with a holy decree. Of course, this is also an old routine of officialdom, you know, even if the ancestral grave of the Zhu family is dug up in the future, the emperor will also issue a holy decree to sin himself, it can be seen that in the eyes of the imperial court at that time, the holy decree is a universal medicine for dealing with anything.

Shi Fenglai felt weird, yesterday, he got a letter from the emperor, saying that he had to deal with one thing today, how he wanted him to say it, and he must do it, that is, he wanted to be a trust.

When it comes to the matter of replanting sweet potatoes today, he has been looking for an opportunity to say what the emperor wants to say, he is still brewing emotions, looking for words, but he didn't expect that someone has already brought his words up, which made him feel surprised, when did the emperor find another excuse?

Seeing that no one was talking, he hurriedly stood up, acted as a trust for the emperor, and said what he wanted to say. ,

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now, everything should be focused on saving the people from fire and water, and if you want to quickly replant sweet potatoes in the whole territory of Shaanxi, there is no other way except to supervise and order the state and county yamen to fully cooperate with the Department of Agriculture, in order to see the minister, this matter, we must make great determination, make great efforts, and make a ruthless move to achieve this matter, the high yield of sweet potatoes, the minister knows, one acre of land can be worth the output of several acres of grain fields, even if the water and soil are not abundant, it is not difficult to produce thousands of catties per mu, Your Majesty, This is a life-saving thing from God, for this reason, the minister advises His Majesty, decrees, all states and counties, all the states and counties in this year's replanting of sweet potatoes, there is great progress, great merit, and great achievements, and the official quality can be improved as appropriate, so as to promote the rapid spread of sweet potatoes throughout Shaanxi in these days...... Your Majesty, saving people is like fighting fires, and millions of victims can't afford to wait...... "Shi Fenglai finally found an opportunity to give full play to his role as a trust.

Shi Fenglai's idea is the meaning of Yang reform, of course, this matter has to be said through Shi Fenglai's mouth, because the emperor has to stand in the position of justice and referee, so the matter of being an athlete and a referee at the same time cannot be too obvious, and you must try to appear fair and just.

As soon as Shi Fenglai's idea was proposed, the temperature in the Wenhua Hall immediately rose by a few degrees, and everyone began to discuss this matter.

Yang Gengai let the ministers discuss for a while before he said: "What do you think of Shi Shoufu's method?" Let's talk about it. "Yang Gai became a referee.

A minister couldn't wait, and immediately put forward his opinion: "Your Majesty, the minister opposes, this matter completely violates the practice of appointing officials in our court, and it is too child's fun to determine whether it is a person's management by the number of sweet potatoes planted, and it will insult the ......reputation of our officials."

Of course, there are many who are in favor of this matter: "Your Majesty, the ministers are in favor of this matter, what is more important now than saving millions, if not millions, of the victims?" Determine the ability to grow sweet potatoes and upgrade the grade, why not? The more sweet potatoes you plant, the greater the harvest, the more you can feed the people, and you can save more people. How can it be said that it insults the prestige of officials? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister agrees, human life is a matter of heaven, the minister thinks that not only the number of sweet potatoes planted to determine the promotion of officials, but also the number of sweet potatoes harvested to determine whether officials are promoted ......, only in this way, the states and counties around the country will make great efforts to replant sweet potatoes, if you want to complete this kind of thing in a short time, in addition, there is no other way...... "There are many officials who support it."

"Your Majesty, the minister is against it, even if it is important to replant sweet potatoes, are other things not important? Officials appointed by the imperial court don't have to do other things? If Your Majesty determines whether to be promoted or not by the number of sweet potatoes, wouldn't it be unfair to those officials who have excelled in other aspects and made outstanding contributions? "There are reasons for the opposition.

"XXX, you old horseman, what else is more important than disaster relief in Shaanxi now? Since replanting sweet potatoes can resist natural disasters and play a role in disaster relief, it is worth making great efforts to do, Your Majesty has said that you will make a surprise move, do you want to watch Your Majesty's millions of people starve to death without food? XXX, where do you leave Your Majesty? What heart do you have? ”

Yang Reform watched happily on the dragon chair, such a powerful scolding, Yang Reform didn't have to guess, he also knew that it was Liu Yanyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, this Liu Yanyuan Since he took the lead in the war of ministers that day and won two million taels of military spending, this temper has gradually risen, and there are more and more scolding words.

Liu Yanyuan's lethality was too great, and all the firepower immediately turned and went towards Liu Yanyuan.

"Liu Yanyuan, you ......" This official didn't know what to scold Liu Yanyuan for a while, swearing, this is the Wenhua Palace, and swearing in front of the emperor will punish crimes; scolded Sven, there is no lethality at all.

"Your Majesty, Liu Yanyuan has insulted Sven, it is simply Sven sweeping the floor, and he is dirty in the court, Your Majesty, please treat him for the crime of disrespect." A minister finally got his words right.

As soon as this person's words were finished, his voice was immediately drowned out, and Yang Reform should have heard this sentence at all, Yang Reform looked at the scene of the argument among the ministers, and remembered Taiwan's "all-martial arts" in the future.

The ministers argued for a while, probably because they were tired or ran out of saliva. ,

Yang Gengai pressed his hands twice.

The ministers immediately fell silent and watched as the emperor prepared to say something.

"Okay, don't fight, since the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, then this matter, I will be sacred." Yang Reform's prestige now has been established, and as soon as he opened his mouth, no one spoke, waiting for the emperor's holy judgment.

"Is the secretary there?" Yang asked Gengai.

"The minister is here." The official secretary came out and said.

"In the whole territory of Shaanxi, how many states and counties are there?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, Shaanxi has eight prefectures, two Zhili prefectures, twenty scattered prefectures, and ninety-five counties." The official Shangshu immediately replied that this data belongs to the basic quality of being an official, and if he can be a Shangshu, he still has to work hard.

"Oh, well, since this is the case, then give an order, all states and counties will fully assist Master Xu's Si Nong Division to replant sweet potatoes, plant more and harvest more, there will be rewards, and those who should be promoted will be promoted; Those who plant less, punish, now, nothing is more important than the people who are not as important as me, if anyone dares to delay me for a while, I will delay him for a lifetime......" Yang reform's authority is now gradually established, this gun is also there, and the tone of speech is getting heavier and heavier.

A few opposition parties who originally wanted to say something frightened the emperor with this sentence, what does it mean to "delay me for a while, I will delay him for a lifetime"? This is not clear, offended the emperor, will there be no good end in the future? Thinking of the governor of Shaanxi who was borrowed by the emperor a few days ago, suddenly, many people felt that their necks were much cooler.

In the Wenhua Palace, the temperature dropped sharply by a few degrees, and some people still wanted to say something, but they choked on the words, but they still didn't say it. The scene suddenly became cold.

Bi Ziyan was not a scholar and couldn't reach a meeting at this level, but Guo Yunhou, the head of the household, "asked for sick leave", so Bi Ziyan participated in this meeting as a substitute scholar.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the promotion of sweet potatoes is a matter of great importance and imminent, and it does not matter whether the number of sweet potatoes is promoted, but the financial resources of the states and counties are different, which is unfair to some states and counties, and the ministers ask Your Majesty to allocate special funds for the replanting of sweet potatoes to the states and counties, so that all the states and counties have the ability to quickly promote this matter, so as to complete the matter of Your Majesty's rapid promotion of sweet potatoes, and also make this matter related to promotion more fair." Bi Ziyan's words directly skipped whether to be promoted by planting sweet potatoes, and went directly to ensure the fairness of the competition, which can be regarded as agreeing with the emperor's words in disguise.

The embarrassing scene was lifted, and those who opposed it did not talk much about the promotion of planting sweet potatoes, but discussed how much sweet potato promotion money should be shared in different states and counties.

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