Domineering Daming

Small business circle!

Very commercial and economically minded!

Cao Huachun stood behind Zhu Xu. Since the third year of Chongzhen, the imperial court has been building large-scale construction projects, repairing rivers, and building roads in full swing, investing nearly 5000 million taels of silver.

"Uncle Huang, do you have something to say?" Zhu Xu said holding his teacup.

King Ping was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "No, I'm so happy that I finally came out of the capital."

Zhu Xu kept his expression still, and secretly smiled in his heart. The capital city seemed to be full of flowers and flowers, and everyone yearned for it, but in fact, it was full of dangers during this time of drastic change, and he couldn't help but want to escape after being in it for a long time.

Ignoring King Ping, Zhu Xu turned his head to look at Cao Huachun, and said, "Chen Huxiao, have you read Li Bangmei's memorabilia?"

Cao Huachun said: "This servant has read it, except for the poor wording, everything else is fine."

Zhu Xu smiled and said: "Then send it out, and put my name on it as well, so that it will shine brightly."

Cao Huachun's expression remained the same, he was silent for a while, stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the capital is in troubled times, and the suggestion from the servants might as well wait until they return to the capital and publish it slowly. Let's talk about it after this turmoil."

Zhu Xu squinted his eyes, and said with a smile: "Your suggestion is very good, um, keep it, you should moisten the ink well. By the way, you remind me to write a travel note along the way."

"Yes." Cao Huachun said.

Zhu Xu looked at the "workers" who were busy on both sides, and said in a deep voice: "Cao Huachun, please make a note that the construction of rivers and roads cannot be stopped. The court and the local government should treat it as a major event. A certain amount of money, local participation is encouraged, especially in the southwestern provinces, river construction and road paving are more important. 'Relief with work' is an important measure of the imperial court for disaster relief, and no one can slack off..."

Cao Huachun memorized it silently, and after Zhu Xu finished speaking, he said, "Yes."

King Ping listened silently, obviously the emperor saw something from this, and he needed to intensify his efforts.

After Zhu Xu finished speaking, his thoughts jumped to Tianjin Wei again, and he said, "Has my will reached the capital?"

Cao Huachun thought for a while, and said: "The establishment of a county in Tianjin should have arrived, and the appointment of Cao Qincheng will arrive tomorrow."

Zhu Xu nodded silently, picked up the teacup and drank tea.

King Ping looked at Zhu Xu, his expression unchanged, but his heart was worried.The appointment of Cao Qincheng is equivalent to giving Wei Zhongxian military power. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be disastrous.

After the wind blew for a long time, Zhu Xu stood up and said, "When will we set sail and where will we stop next?"

Zhu Xu was looking forward to going south by boat, which he had never done before. In his heart, there was a longing for Li Bai to go down to Jiangling by boat.

Cao Huachun said: "I still need to prepare for a while. The next stop is Shandong, and I will go ashore in Qingshui. The next stop is Luoyang, and then I will go straight to Nanjing."

Zhu Xu's heart was full of pride, and he said loudly: "Okay, our journey is about to begin!"

On the shore, there are [-] cavalrymen of the Imperial Army and [-] Shenji Battalion, ready to go, and the pennants are like fire.

Chapter 608 This is just the beginning

In the early morning of the next day, the appointment edict issued by the Supervisor of Rituals to the cabinet surprised the cabinet and the five ministers!

Cao Qincheng served as the right servant of the Ministry of War, and also commanded [-] elite soldiers in Jingdong to guard the capital.

Sun Chengzong looked at the edict and sighed with a somewhat bewildered expression; "The emperor feels that things are not lively enough, so he added another fire."

Shen Yongmao was most worried, looked at Sun Chengzong and said, "Mr. Sun Ge, I can mobilize the patrol battalion just in case."

Sun Chengzong felt that it was dispensable. With the emperor's cautious character, such an arrangement would not be without success, but he still nodded and said: "Well, the patrol battalion is divided into two shifts, patrolling day and night, so don't slack off."

At this time, if someone really wants to make trouble, the fun will be great.

Shen Yongmao wrote it down, and said still worryingly: "The ones outside the city are fine, but the two thousand tyrants inside the city are not restricted."

Neither Fu Changzong nor Zhou Yingqiu spoke. The emperor was clearly giving Wei Zhongxian more weight, firstly to let him do things freely, and secondly to give him greater confidence and certainty, so that he would expose himself.

The two of them knew it well, and they couldn't do anything, so they could only remain silent.

Xu Dahua followed the two of them, and when they didn't speak, he also remained silent.

Shen Xun of the Ministry of Punishments pondered, and said: "The Ministry of Punishment has some manpower, but it's not enough to guard against the Tiqi of Dongchang."

Bi Ziyan looked at the memorial and sighed inwardly. He was shocked by the increasing handwriting of the emperor.

Fortunately, everything is under control, Wei Zhongxian can't turn the sky with an East Factory, Bi Ziyan thought about it in his heart, and said calmly: "I don't need to pay attention to this for the time being, there are two important things now: one is to continue to promote the 'New Deal'. Can you understand, we must control the direction of public opinion. Second, the details of the 'New Deal' must be promulgated as soon as possible, steadily advancing, and paying attention to the actions of the provinces..."

Everyone nodded. Although the tax reform was particularly important because of the imminent summer grain, other matters could not be delayed.

While they were discussing, Fifty Tiqi rode out of Dongchang and ran straight to the east.

Along the way, people and animals are unscrupulous and rampant!

I don't know how many eyes were fixed on Dongchang, and when Tiqi moved, countless people were terrified and ran around telling each other.

At the same time, Chen Suowen was facing the three prime ministers of Hejian Mansion, Daming Mansion, and Yongping Mansion.

Naturally, this kind of Fu Cheng cannot compare with him, and he has no scruples about putting on his official power, but these three people are all pouring bitter water and talking endlessly.

"Master Chen, after Liu Zhifu went back, he summoned the squires, but some were sick, some were visiting friends, and less than one or two of them came. It's really not that we didn't care, it's really powerless..." The Fucheng of Hejian Mansion said bitterly said the face.

"We are huge people who sleep long and sleepy, and only a dozen people can be persuaded, but now there is a severe drought every year, or the production is reduced, or there is no harvest. There is really no surplus food to hand over to the court..." The Prime Minister of the Daming Mansion also agreed. Pour bitter water, talk about difficulties.

"Our side is better. It's just that there is a lot of resentment among the people. The imperial court is robbing the people's property and competing with the people for their benefits. Many rumors are so ugly that the lower officials dare not repeat them..." The Prime Minister of Yongping Mansion did not shirk. , which takes the problem to another level.

Chen Suowen's face darkened when he heard this. The policy of "gentry paying taxes" came from the Taizu ancestral system. There is nothing to refute. The problem is that no tax has been paid for 200 years. Now that it is suddenly restored, these gentry will naturally make a big fuss. Article, resist not follow.

The key now is not here, it is Wei Zhongxian!

He has more than 200 officials and more squires in his hands. With his ruthless methods, if he really moves, the whole Beizhili will be turned upside down!

Chen Suowen didn't care about anything else, and directly said in a cold voice: "You know who Wei Zhongxian is. He used the last fire in Shuntian Mansion to build slaves and secretly assassinate them. He will definitely be in prison. You should care about those gentry now rather than those gentry." See if you have any handles in his hands!"

Wei Zhongxian made such a big move, and he didn't intend to hide it from anyone, so the three Fucheng naturally knew about it.

But so many people, including the whole of Beizhili, didn't believe that Wei Zhongxian dared to do this. Now it's not the Tianqi Dynasty!

Although these people didn't speak any more, Chen Suowen could see their thoughts clearly, his expression was slightly gloomy, and just about to speak, a servant ran in and said anxiously: "My lord, Tiqi from Dongchang has left the capital. Went to Hejian Mansion!"

The Fucheng's face changed slightly, he stood up with a bang, and said loudly: "What did you say, Wei Zhongxian sent Tiqi to Hejian Mansion?" Whoever strikes, no one can escape!

Chen Suowen was worried, and said with a cold face: "Shuntian Mansion has a 'Integrity List', anyone who actively promotes the imperial court's new policy and actively pays taxes will be included in this list, and Dongchang will not do anything. After you go back, you can discuss it on your own. If you don't give me an explanation within a day, you will be conceited!"

The few people present became nervous, wishing to leave and fly away.

Everyone in the capital stared at Dongchang, and Tiqi who was ready to go.

This is just the beginning!

Wu Chunfu took up the post of Minister of Dali Temple, and Cao Qincheng took up the post of Minister of the Ministry of War. Both of them are hardcore members of the eunuch party. Now they are regarded as high-ranking and powerful. With the support of Wei Zhongxian, they are becoming more and more abrupt in the power structure of the capital.