"I am a young man and flattering the great cause. I cannot spread the flow and weather, but will feel the yin and yang, which will make the people suffer from the water and the blame is that I cannot help!"

"Huai'an has been suffering for a long time, and it should not be cured. The country should be people-oriented. When it comes to disasters, it should be rescued. How can we delay and talk about him and hesitate? I don't think about it if I am right, it is a sin!"

"Today, the city is destroyed and the people are displaced. I am not clear about my actions and I am not doing the right thing. The crime lies with me, and God wants to add to the people, and the world is suffering!"

"My sin is one of my own silence and silence to seek peace!"

"My crime is one of my faults that I cannot listen to words and advice, and the more sins I have committed, it is also one of them!"

"My crime is to be too ambitious to strive for strength, but the foundation is not stable, which is also true!"

"My sin is to listen to the prosperous times in a prosperous era, and not to pay attention to the people's livelihood to the chaos of the country, so that's the case!"

"A thousand sins are in my body. If God has sentiment to blame me, do not blame the people and cause trouble for the lives of all living beings!"

In Yong'an Palace, the old man quietly listened to Pu Bucheng's recitation of the imperial edict that he had just issued the world, and the wrinkles on his face became deeper and deeper.

After a long time, he sighed and closed his eyes with some entanglement and pain.

"Old man?" Park Bushen asked tentatively.

"We are also guilty!" The old man closed his eyes and spoke slowly, "My crime is to be humble to the world and respect one of my family and one surname. Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum, Sizhou Ancestral Mausoleum, and the construction of Zhongdu three major labors, which cost millions of people's efforts, and countless rice and grain. The people suffer from corvee labor, land, and wasteland."

"I know that the people are suffering but use them. I have fulfilled my own desires, but I have said that I have rested and recuperated with the people, and have light taxes and taxes. This is a different way of saying and doing, and a single man!"

"Old man!" With a thud, Park Bucheng was so scared that he knelt down, "You old..."

"A child can be honest with his shortcomings, what else can we do if we can't help but face it!" The old man sighed and smiled bitterly, "We have always said that we have a low background and know the difficulties of the people in the world. But on the other hand, we are using the people in the world to build this and that for our Zhu family. Sometimes it's not right to think about it, but in my heart, I always feel that the world belongs to us, we...ah!"

"The world is yours, you are ten thousand..."

"Yes, not!" The old man interrupted Park Bucheng, "A sentence from the eldest grandson's self-criticism edict, we often said thirty years ago that the country should be people-oriented, but now I think about it. Since we have been emperor for more than 30 years, I have gradually forgotten it!"

"I will be punished by myself, I will be punished well!"

Park Bucheng looked up and said softly, "I don't understand these things and dare not speak nonsense, but where did you get the sin! Don't scare me!"

"Of course you don't understand!" The old man grinned, "You eggless castrate, know what national affairs are there?" As he said that, he closed his eyes again and murmured, "The child is grown up and has his own ideas. He may not be right for the old man to do. He only knows what he wants and wants."

Speaking of this, he sighed, "I can't control it!"

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"The emperor's intention to be drunk is not to drink!"

The rain is still falling, so dense that it cannot see the edges or the world.

In the office of the Ministry of Rites and the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Li Zhigang and several confidants gathered together and spoke in a low voice.

He is now considered to be the emperor's eyes and is becoming more and more powerful. There are even rumors in the officialdom that in the near future, this minister may be the reserve candidate for Nanshufang.

Therefore, there were gradually a group of "real people" around him who did things without any means and only sought official positions.

On his left hand, Hou Tai, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Rites, went to Zhang Sigong, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Justice, Zhang Yong, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Qian, the director of the Ministry of Rites, and Wang Qian, the director of the Ministry of Rites.

These people may not have high positions, but they are all people who do practical things in the yamen.

"What does this mean by sir?" asked Hou Tai, the official waiter.

"The officials were puzzled!" Zhang Sigong pondered and said, "It was just a natural disaster, and the emperor issued an edict to guilt. Is it a bit... a little... to make a big deal and deliberately do it?"

"You guys! So you have been in the officialdom for decades and are still walking on the fifth rank!" Li Zhigang smiled.

"Sir, don't keep it a secret. Hurry up and give advice to the officials and others?"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhigang was a little proud and tapped the table with his fingers, "Did the emperor blame him?"

"We are so big in the Ming Dynasty, how can we not have any disasters every now and then die?" Li Zhigang smiled again and lowered his voice, "The emperor is going to blame himself first and then others!"

"Who is the sin?" Everyone's voices became rapid.

"Fengyang and Huaian are the first to be affected!" Li Zhigang narrowed his eyes, "Huaixi General Manager, the river yamen is second!" As he said, he smiled again, "Huaibei floods are not a day or two. The so-called illness comes like a mountain, and suddenly there is such a big flood. Some people will definitely be unlucky!"

"But is the flood in Sizhou a natural disaster or human treatment? Or is it caused by various reasons? This crime cannot be attributed to the construction of the ancestral tombs and the power of the people in Sizhou as a waste, right?"

"It's not that it's a civilian, and the supplies are all on the Gaojiayan side, making Sizhou irresistible, right?"

When he said this, everyone frowned and thought.

After a long time, someone sighed, "No accident!"

"Shut up, this is what you can say?" Li Zhigang shouted fiercely, then glared at him, "If you have something, you have responsibility. We are officials just to take responsibility!"

As he said that, he pondered slightly, "This is just on the surface, and there is a deeper layer..."

Everyone was busy listening with their ears and looking at them.

"Our emperor never delays his work overnight, and never delays his work. Next, the major work of the Yellow River is the top priority for the National Bureau of China!"

"But the matter involved in water control is not as simple as simple manpower and material resources. Especially...ah! Right!"

Everyone knew what his voice meant, and nodded one after another.

"With this self-criticism, everyone's mouth is blocked. In the future, the river will be managed at all costs, regardless of whether it involves people or things, and it is the first priority to govern the river!"

He smiled and lowered his voice, "The root of river management is for land. Huaibei is the base camp of the nobles in Huaixi. Good land is in their hands? How can the people live?"

"There is also the salt industry in Huaibei. Do you need money to manage rivers? We all know that the salt tax in Lianghuai is...ah!"

Everyone understands his voice.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Lianghuai salt water was used in the inner warehouse and used as military expenses.

"But the salt farms and salt merchants in Lianghuai have probably not been making a lot of money over the years, right? The place in Huaibei is poor and deserted, and only salt is left. Private vendors have been banned repeatedly, and salt farmers suffer day after day. However, the salt tax paid for the internal treasury has remained unchanged for many years."

"You only see the surface. Think deeper, what is the emperor going to do?"

"Control rivers, divide land, calm people, and eliminate evil."

At this moment, everyone suddenly realized.

Yes, the emperor has issued an edict to sin, so whoever blocks these will be a sinner.

"You unite these and see, the emperor is playing a big game!" Li Zhigang knocked on the table and said in a deep voice, "What are the personnel and financial issues involved in this? "

Suddenly, Wang Qian, the director, asked in confusion, "While governing the river, rectify the salt industry? Then... the emperor wants to arrest the salt industry..."

"I'm afraid not!" Li Zhigang shook his head and said, "It's hard to explain the salt matter in one sentence or two. But I think the emperor should want to hand over the salt industry to the Ministry of Revenue."

"Hmm?" Everyone was stunned, with incredible expressions on their faces.

No one has pushed the money out, and the salt tax in Huaibei has always been spent on the royal family as they want.

"Think deeply, where do the salt merchants in Huaibei like to run after they have money?" Li Zhigang said with a smile.

Everyone thought about it, and Zhang Yong said, "Suzhou Yangzhou."
Chapter completed!