Ming dynasty grand dude

Well, this time even the two of Grandpa Zhang followed into the palace.

"The Queen's Empress Yizhi, Miss Yanran enters the palace to meet you"

Once the decree was passed down, even Bai Ang was given the honor of entering the palace with chariots and horses.

Although it is still different from riding a chariot, what else does Bai Ang ask for?

Being able to enter the palace by carriage and horse is already considered the treatment of an old favorite of the pavilion.

What bike do you need?

On such an occasion, it is natural to salute and thank you.

The bear kid was a little nervous, thinking about how many times he had messed up these days.

I didn't have time to think about it in the disaster area at that time, but now I have to think about it.

Ever since the father practiced boxing and kicking, his beatings have become more and more severe.

However, when he came to the chariot and entered the car under Xiao Jing's guidance,

All thoughts come to an abrupt end.

The carriage is very large, and under the new steel frame structure, this carriage is even equivalent to a small house.

People can stand up in it, and it's not even crowded at all.

When the bear child stepped into the car, Emperor Hongzhi raised his hand to stop them from saluting.

It was a bit difficult for this mighty and powerful emperor to stand up at this moment, trembling slightly.

"My son, grow up"

The bear child was just so dazed, watching his father slowly walk to his side.

As they looked at each other, the bear child's eye sockets began to turn red.

The words of Emperor Hongzhi directly made the child's eyes moist.

"Don't cry, don't cry"

As Emperor Hongzhi said, his own eyes turned red: "It's dark, and it's also thin."

"My son is suffering, don't cry"

As Emperor Hongzhi said, his own eye sockets became moist.

He is almost young, and there is only such a son under his knees.

It's a lie to say I don't feel bad.

Holding Zhu Houzhao's hand, Emperor Hongzhi's lips were trembling.

In the past, although the bear boy practiced martial arts, he had some calluses, but after soaking in the potion, it disappeared.

Now, those hands are full of cuts.

The palms and the backs of the hands are painful just looking at them.

The rough traces on it silently explained what he had experienced.

The bear child stared blankly at his father. It had been a long time since he saw his father at such a close distance.

When he took a closer look, he realized that the temples of his father, who was almost young, had already turned white.

The wrinkles between the eyebrows became more and more obvious, and the once tall figure when he was young

Now he is a little stooped, unknowingly he is taller than his father.

It's not too late to be confused, but the temples are already dyed white.

One can imagine how much effort his father had spent in these years.

"Father"

Zhu Houzhao's voice was a little hoarse, and tears were falling down.

On the contrary, Emperor Hongzhi had been on the throne for more than ten years after all, and he did a better job of controlling his emotions than his son.

He waved his hand and asked his son to sit down.

Then the emperor actually gave a deep bow to Zhang Xiaogong.

"Your Majesty can't bear this great gift."

Young Master Zhang was so frightened that he wanted to kneel down, but was supported by Emperor Hongzhi.

"This is not my salute to my courtiers, but a father's gratitude to his son's teacher"

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Young Master Zhang, pulled him and pushed him onto the chair.

After calming down, he waved his hand to let Xiao Jing serve tea.

"While going back to the palace, tell me about the disaster situation, what you have seen and heard."

The little bear still didn't calm down, but fortunately, Grandpa Zhang calmed down at this time.

But seeing him bow his head and think for a while, he roughly said what he knew.

Different from the briefing, what Mr. Zhang said was more detailed and clear.

The flood has receded gradually, so now the disaster areas have basically entered the stage of post-disaster reconstruction.

At the same time, large-scale epidemic prevention is also required. From ancient times to the present, major disasters are bound to cause major epidemics.

Fortunately, Zhang Yanran had considered this situation before, and asked to transfer a large number of imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital to provide support.

With a fixed soup recipe and a lot of lime, it should not be a problem.

It is also an established strategy to take this opportunity to reclaim a large amount of land and resettle the victims to the grasslands.

So far, this strategy has been implemented well, at least many cities on the grassland have been built.

Moreover, a large amount of land has been reclaimed, and the harvest will improve in the coming year.

Some of the victims were resettled outside Shanhaiguan, and there were quite a few victims in the four provinces.

There are still many hidden households, and this time they can't hide at all.

When it popped up all of a sudden, Emperor Hongzhi was startled.

Besides, Er Niang never imagined that there are still so many people hiding under my rule.

It's no wonder that checking the household registration and finding that there are fewer Dingkou and less arable land than in the Hongwu period.

I am still puzzled, there is no war, no perennial catastrophe.

Where did Dingkou go?

Only the hidden households found out in the four provinces this time have increased the number of Dingkou registered in the household registration book by a full [-]%

What kind of concept is this?

How many hidden households in other provinces must there be?

Especially in the Jiangnan area, many hermit households come and go by boat and do not engage in production at all.

These people are more difficult to count, and there are more people in the south of the Yangtze River than in the north.

"Now more than [-]% of the arable land in the four provinces has been collected from the national treasury and the population is diverted, and the pressure has been suspended."

Young Master Zhang said, then paused and said: "It's just water conservancy, if there is no special department to take care of it"

"I'm afraid in the future, it's hard to guarantee that we can be as stable as this time."

Chapter 8 The catastrophe will return ordinary people, and the ocean will return to a knight ([-])

Emperor Hongzhi's expression froze when he heard this, and he nodded heavily.

Since he came to power, floods of this size have occurred almost every year, and the two most serious embankment breaches almost triggered civil uprisings.

Almost all the rest caused a lot of damage. Although the people were fine, a lot of farmland and houses were washed away.

At that time, the Guochao had no good solution. Fortunately, there were a lot of grain reserves for the Tatars at that time.

In addition to taking out food relief, the rest will be tax-free.

Even so, there has been some unrest on the ground.

The most notable among them is that many refugees have become hermits through this.

There are also some who have to sell their bodies to join wealthy families just to get a stutter.

These are constantly weakening Guochao's influence on the state capital, and at the same time planting more hidden dangers.

In the past, the Sixth Ministry did not want to have an additional department at the same level as itself, and it was not easy for the cabinet to forcefully create a department.

However, through this incident, Emperor Hongzhi felt that it was necessary to establish such a department.

"Tell me, how should this department be established?"

Emperor Hongzhi is also a man of action now, and he will do what he says and let the little prince say something.

In fact, this is almost ready-made, and it only needs to be modified slightly according to the situation of Daming.

It is definitely not possible to directly parallel with the six parts, and the six parts are also difficult to accept.

So the direct name is "Imperial Water Affairs Director-General", which is one level lower than the various ministries in terms of name.

At the same time, the official in charge is also from the second rank, which is one level lower than the other ministries in charge of the second rank.

However, it is also accountable to the cabinet, and other ministries must not interfere with its actions.

The Directorate General of Water Affairs is responsible for the statistical management of all rivers and lakes in the entire empire, and conducts investigations.

Summarize the report in the cabinet, back it up in His Majesty and the General Directorate, and they will be responsible for all water affairs in Daming.

Including but not limited to dredging, dredging, dam building, maintenance, etc., it is also necessary to monitor water changes at all times.

But more important than this is the need to follow this opportunity to mobilize a group of officials in charge of water affairs.

"difficult"

Emperor Hongzhi frowns, this problem is not a small one.

Guochao is currently familiar with water affairs and has experience in dealing with floods, only Bai Ang and Liu Daxia come and go.

"This catastrophe is not without benefits"

Zhang Xiaogong quickly told Emperor Hongzhi all his thoughts.

First of all, this time the official merit test, personnel changes are inevitable.

This disaster relief will be rewarded for meritorious deeds. Those who should be judged should be judged as good, and those who should be judged should be judged as inferior.

For major meritorious deeds, he should be promoted, and for major mistakes, he should be dismissed.

Counting the time, the autumn is about to begin. If the imperial court recruits scholars every year, if they always raise those wastes, how can there be so much rice?

Emperor Hongzhi kept nodding his head when he heard that, why did I support them?

You have to support people who are useful to the country, right?

"Draft a charter when we go back, and let the cabinet approve it later."

After Emperor Hongzhi said this, the basic thing was settled.

Then he talked about Qi Jingtong's judgment worryingly, this matter is already a heart disease of Emperor Hongzhi.

"It's not easy for me to decide on this matter. First of all, I have to meet with Heinrich first."

In fact, Grandpa Zhang himself was also worried about whether the flapping wings of his butterfly would cause drastic changes to Europa.

Seeing that he paused, he said softly: "Heinrich can be wooed with favor, but the favor must come from His Majesty."

"Your Majesty's gift can make him grateful."

Young Master Zhang did not hesitate to push Heinrich out. This person can only be grateful to Emperor Hongzhi and Daming.

"Heinrich was born in a noble family in Europe. Although he is in decline, he is quite a gentleman."

In fact, Emperor Hongzhi believed this, and Qi Jingtong had already inquired about the situation from Heinrich.

Being able to sail back to the country with a large amount of wealth by himself, and complete the purchase under the circumstances that it is impossible for Zhang Xiaogong to catch up.

He even mortgaged the manor in order to overfulfill the task.