First Prince of Ming Dynasty Chapter 685

  Chapter 685 Money and food

  Different from Sichuan, the land of Yunnan and Guizhou has not been considered as the ruling land of the Central Plains Dynasty. Even if Zhu Biao forced all the chieftain clans of Yunnan and Guizhou to relocate away, the local folk customs that are different from the Central Plains will definitely make the governance of the court extremely difficult.

It is necessary to garrison a large number of troops for a long time, and it must be given a lot of autonomy. The person who holds this authority is far more powerful than the officials in other provinces of the Ming Dynasty. Only by real life and death can Yunnan and Guizhou be included in the Ming Dynasty as quickly as possible. sphere of governance, so as to carry out practical and effective governance.

  At present, the person who can be assured by Lao Zhu and Zhu Biao and has a suitable status is Mu Ying. It is only because of Zhu Biao that the Ming Dynasty regained Yunnan nearly ten years earlier than in history.

  Mu Ying is only twenty-seven or eight years old now, she is still a bit too young, and entrusting him with such an important task is a bit difficult, so Zhu Biao had to find as many helpers as possible for Mu Ying.

There are definitely risks, and Zhu Biao doesn't even need to think about it. In Yunnan and Guizhou, people of all ethnic groups who are unwilling to obey the government's orders will rebel, and even people in places with soft mountains and fine waters like Jiangnan dare to gather crowds to rebel. People in places like Yunnan and Guizhou with strong folk customs.

  Twenty or thirty years of continuous rebellion is normal, changing customs and completing assimilation will inevitably impact the original traditional culture and touch the original interest groups.

  Zhu Biao's expectation for Mu Ying and the others is to be the leader of Kuangwei, to control the frontiers, to use as a storage device, to love and live the people, and to hide like an enemy country.

   While speaking, he came to the side room, Chang Yuchun leaned over to tease the two grandchildren, but he really didn't dare to hug him, his hands are good at holding a knife and drawing a bow, but holding a child is not important.

  Yang'er Liang'er also showed great face to her grandfather and didn't resist crying, which surprised Zhu Biao. After all, it's normal for children to be afraid of giving birth, and these two are the only ones who can see each other all the time.

  Chang Yuchunzai looked at it carefully for a long time before he straightened his waist and sighed: "I really didn't expect that we could have today, and die without regret."

  Zhu Biao stood behind and said with a smile: "Father-in-law is serious, you have jumped on the battlefield to help the country build a system, and the good days under the knees of your son and grandson Chenghuan will last for a long time."

  Chang Yuchun wanted to express his gratitude, but when he thought about such a happy day, why should he talk about those disappointing things, so he turned around and asked Zhu Biao to sit aside, and Chang Mao and Chang Sheng went to see his nephew.

   "On the way here, I heard His Highness talking to Chang Mao. Does His Highness want Mu Ying to assist Yunnan?"

   "Yes, you guard the capital, Xu Shuai sits in the south of the Yangtze River, your cousin guards the northern border, Song Guogong sits in the western border, and Wei Guogong sits in Liaodong. The kings are young, so he is the only suitable candidate."

  Zhu Biao went on to say: "And he is also young and healthy. After all, the land of Yunnan and Guizhou is different from the Central Plains. The princes of the uncle generation may not be old when they go."

Chang Yuchun nodded and said: "I have no objection, but the initial decision of Yunnan and Guizhou will be repeated many times. Their experience is still inexperienced and they may not be able to appease the people of the two provinces. It is best to choose a senior official with outstanding talents to take charge. I remember Liu Bowen Is it in Sichuan?"

   Liu Bowen is in poor health, do you still not know? People in Huaixi still don't like people in eastern Zhejiang because they are afraid that Liu Bowen will die soon.

  Zhu Biao could only shake his head and said: "Liu Bowen has collapsed, and I will let him retire and return home to spend his old age in peace after recovering Yunnan as promised."

  Chang Yuchun sighed regretfully, Liu Bowen and Yang Xian are not good things, it's fine if Yang Xian is dead, this old thief Liu Bowen is really a scourge for thousands of years.

From here, we can also see how much pressure Lao Zhu had put on the Huaixi family by supporting the civil servants in eastern Zhejiang. You must know that the nobles in Huaixi have taken advantage of the right time, place and people, and the marginal members are probably better than Liu Bowen. be taller.

  Such a huge disparity, but under the arrangement of Lao Zhu, Zhedong Group, under the leadership of Mr. Qingtian Liu Bowen, not only was able to stand against such a powerful Huaixi Group, but even once suppressed Huaixi Group to the point of being unable to lift its head.

  Everyone can see that the emperor is biased, but such a big gap cannot be closed by pulling the bias. In terms of tactics, Liu Bowen is indeed much better than Li Shanchang, let alone those warriors.

   This is the result of Liu Bowen being forced to fight by Lao Zhu. No one knows what Liu Bowen looks like doing his best, so Lao Zhu dislikes this person very much, or fears it.

It's not that he's afraid of rebellion. In fact, Liu Bowen is not worth mentioning when it comes to rebellion and war. Not to mention Lao Zhu, just ordering a few Marquis at random is enough to destroy him. Being able to make suggestions and lead troops to fight are two different things. The most terrifying thing is to stir up wind and rain in the court.

   Don't think that Liu Bowen has been retreating all the time, but Sima Yi's example is in front of him. How could Lao Zhu not guard against him, that is, Zhu Biao has gradually proved himself in the past few years, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang would never let Liu Bowen leave his nose.

   "You have been to Beijing Camp these days, how do you feel?"

   "The combat strength is still there, but the army is not as strong as before. It is not as brave as the frontier army, but in the end, the foundation is good, and it is easy to solve. It will be fine if there is blood in two battles."

  The problem is where to find someone to kill them. The Beijing camp is all elites from hundreds of battles, but even they have been corrupted by Taiping in just a few years.

  Replacing the frontier army is easy to say, but the cost of a large-scale change of defense is not a joke. After a toss, hundreds of thousands of shi of food will be consumed without knowing it. How can the court have so much food to toss.

   Weng and son-in-law talked for a while, until the maid came to invite lunch. Today's meals are all cooked by the royal chef in the palace. The emperor is not in the capital, so everything for the prince must be guaranteed.

  After lunch, Zhu Biao went back to the palace. Originally, he didn't need to personally send the concubine back to Ning to see her relatives off.

After crossing the Waiwulong Bridge, I went to the Ministry of Works to show the importance I attached to the craftsmen. I randomly selected a few successful craftsmen to reward and reward some, and met with the Minister of the Ministry of Works to discuss the project of strengthening river embankments in various places. , so as not to cause negligence to cause flooding of great rivers and rivers.

   Just when Zhu Biao arranged to send people to the places prone to flooding and breaking dikes before the rainy season came, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance approached him, and he was the only one who would do such a thing.

   "My minister Zhao Wenjing pays homage to His Highness, His Highness will last forever."

  Zhu Biao looked back helplessly and said with a smile: "Zhao Aiqing excuse me, I was thinking about going to the household department later, but you delivered it yourself."

Zhao Wenjing got up without changing his face and said: "I can't wait any longer. Your Highness ordered the Ministry of Households to allocate 200,000 taels of money and 740,000 shi of grain to Sichuan for next year's annual salary for officials and soldiers in Sichuan Province. For food, I thought it was inappropriate, and the Ministry of Households can't afford so much money and food now."

  The Minister of the Ministry of Industry is naturally dissatisfied that the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting came to the door so suddenly, but who calls the Ministry of Accounting a master? The Ministry of Industry cannot do anything without the Ministry of Accounting, so he hurried to smooth things over.

"Bocheng, it's not that you don't know the situation in the southwest. The court wants to destroy the king of Liang and take back Yunnan. Although Guizhou is attached to it, those chieftains can send people to join the war, but it's impossible to ask them to pay for money and food. Relying on the support of the imperial court and Sichuan."

   "But the problem is that the household department has no money now!"

  The Minister of the Ministry of Industry said in a low voice: "Bo Cheng, you must have saved it. In the past two years, no matter whether it is the Holy Majesty or His Highness asking for money, every time you shirk and refuse to give it, the money and food can't fly by itself."

  Zhao Wenjing stared and said: "I don't want to give it to you, but when did you stop it? If you think that I have embezzled money and food from the treasury, you can impeach it in the morning and ask the Ministry of Punishment to ask Dali Temple to investigate!"

  The Minister of the Ministry of Industry hurriedly begged for mercy. If Zhao Wenjing dared to embezzle, he would take his life every day with such a bad mouth.

   Money bags are not easy to manage, especially public money bags. You don't want to spend them in all government offices. If you spend them all, you have to ask for guilt. It's really not something ordinary people can do.

  (end of this chapter)

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