eldest son of Ming dynasty

The important matter of jointly summoning envoys from various countries has been arranged by Yang Yiqing, and the importance of this matter has increased.

However, it did not take up too much time of the emperor and ministers on the schedule, and it was not to welcome some extraordinary person in the sky. Generally speaking, Zhu Houzhao could accept it.

He was still thinking about finding someone for the court who could take over Zhou Shangwen and Wang Shouren, allowing them to return to their original positions, and at the same time, avoid the court having to transport food there one by one.

From the current perspective, this person is Lu En.

It's not that Zhang Cong is incompetent, but Zhang Cong probably has no real experience in allocating fields in a county. He started out as an imperial envoy, and what he actually did was to give orders and supervise superficial work.

And Ma Bin only knows how to kill people.

There is a big hurdle for the decree to come out of the Forbidden City, and Zhu Hou passed this hurdle.After coming out of the Forbidden City, Zhengerbajing fell in various counties, which was another big hurdle. There was only so much Zhu Houzhao could do in this hurdle.

Lu En's original official position was a bit smaller, but these days the emperor does not pay attention to promotion of ministers by rank, but by years.

Moreover, Lu En has been standing in Qianqing Palace for many days.As the saying goes, the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, he, the person in front of the Qianqing Palace, is actually famous in the capital.

That day, after being scolded, this guy finally came to his senses. He went to find Gu Renyi and Gu Zuo, and told them about his shock.

After finishing speaking, both of them couldn't help but admire the emperor's methods, and finally understood that Lu En was allowed to stand there and do nothing.

I just want him to see how complicated and difficult the actual situation of governing this country is, and how a person in power needs to consider all aspects of factors, instead of just saying "love the gentleman, stay away from the villain". Look at how difficult it is to govern such a huge country.

After seeing and hearing it, he realized that the court was not full of treacherous ministers as he had imagined.

With this understanding, the emperor scolded him severely. He naturally knew how ridiculous he had been before.

Of course, it is possible that he will not change his ways, and Zhu Houzhao will not be polite.

After more than ten days of this, the emperor had another decree and announced that Lu En should enter the palace.

This time, this guy was much more honest, and he had expectations that this time the emperor would definitely arrange actual duties and errands for him.

The emperor crossed his arms, paced back and forth in the palace, and looked at Lu En, "My ministers all told me that you are a talented person, but you have only been a county magistrate in the past, and have only presided over one county's land management. Measurement and division...how much talent do you have?"

Lu En's tears were completely wiped that day, and now his expression has changed, "I dare not speak in vain about my talents, but fortunately His Majesty reminded me that after repenting, now I only have determination, that is, no matter what difficulties, I will always remember to do a good job for Your Majesty." Things to explain.”

"You must have been dissatisfied with the officialdom and worldly affairs in the past, right? Have you ever thought about these days, if you were in charge of hundreds of officials, how would you deal with those people and things that you couldn't stand?"

"It's still what Fan Wenzheng said, he would rather die than live silently. No matter what others think, my will is clear."

Zhu Houzhao paused for a moment. He felt Lu En's tone carefully and looked at his expression. There was indeed a firmness in his expression.

"The fields in Tong County are the best, you should have some experience, right?"

Lu En was no longer modest, he said: "The key to dividing the land lies in two points. One is the emperor's support, so that I have the confidence, and the other is persistence."

"persist in?"

"Yes, the fields are dead, but the people are alive. The imperial court has supported it. As a minister, no matter who obstructs it, we must insist on measuring and dividing the fields well. Although the road is long, the journey is coming."

"Persistence, it's easy to say, but hard to do. I still ask you to divide the fields, do you have confidence?"

"Return to Your Majesty, yes."

Zhu Houzhao was a little skeptical, "There is a difference between leading a thousand soldiers and leading 1 soldiers. You have only divided the land in one county before. Is it true?" Lu En kowtowed, and then said: "Your Majesty, the world is like a crow. Black. Those who are unwilling to allocate fields to the common people all have the same face and the same black heart. But..."

"But what?"

"If you want to divide the land in a county, the county magistrate is enough. No matter how big the land is, the county magistrate is not enough. Your Majesty... you have to vassal a larger official."

You Zhi raised his eyes slightly and looked at the emperor.

After all, you don’t meet an official who says this kind of thing every year.

"What? You don't want to make the official smaller and smaller, but instead want to think bigger and bigger?"

Lu En looked a little ashamed.

Now I think about how ridiculous it used to be. On the one hand, I felt that the officials above me were doing nothing, and I despised these people in my heart. But on the other hand, I did nothing. Instead, I wanted to be a petty official and stay away from these people.

"Your Majesty, I will never mention that again."

"It's good to know. So how big an official do you want to be?"

"His Majesty will grant the land to my subjects wherever they want, and no one will dare to openly disobey my orders."

"On the bright side?"

Lu En explained, "Because no matter how much His Majesty emphasizes, they will secretly disobey."

"But I want you to divide the military villages in Jiubian, acre by acre."

A huge boulder suddenly fell in Lu En's heart. He dared to ask for an official position, but he did not dare to ask for such a big one.

"In this case, I can't talk nonsense anymore."

He didn't say Zhu Houzhao wanted to say, "In order to clean up the affairs of the military camp, I have sent out two rounds of inspectors. You will do the third round, easy first and then difficult. Go to Jizhou first, hold the title of Minister of War, and serve as Jizhou The deputy general is responsible for the survey and division of military camps. The current situation in Jizhou is that some places have been divided, and some places should still be in the process, which will take time. After you go, straighten things out one by one. Jizhou has Let me know all the several guards, several people, and the number of acres of military settlements, and finally I will submit a general memorial."

"Yes! I will definitely live up to His Majesty's great trust!"

Zhu Houzhao sighed slightly, with some hope, "If Jizhou does well and you have experience, I will hand over the military garrisons in other towns to your hands. Lu En, you have to do this. It will take several years of hard work, and maybe... there will be danger."

"As His Majesty said, I am not afraid of death, so what else should I be afraid of?"

"Yes." After the matter was settled, Zhu Houzhao looked much more relaxed, "Get up. Don't leave Beijing these days. The second round of inspections has not ended yet, and there is no need to do them continuously. So you can wait in Beijing until this time. After the Universal Congress. This is a chance for me to show you, a person with a sharp pen and an even sharper mouth, whether I have been so miserable in the past few years."

Lu En's face fell, "Oh. Your Majesty, I don't dare accept your words. Please spare me, Your Majesty."

"This is nothing. Remember my words, as an emperor, I use Tao to govern the country. What is Tao? I don't even bother to play with the techniques of controlling my subordinates. I only employ people for one purpose, which is to let you do the good of the people and the good of the court. . If you do this, I will give you a lighter sentence if you are guilty. If you cannot do this, I will punish you so much that you regret becoming an official of the Ming Dynasty!"

Although this was a bit cruel, Zhu Houzhao also looked at what he was doing. Since Lu En was so jealous of evil, this paragraph must be useful to him, because part of his job as an official was to serve the people.

After Lu En exited the Qianqing Palace, he turned around and bowed to the emperor in a polite manner, without saying anything.

It’s not flattering, it’s not overwhelming, it’s heartfelt.