Chapter 129: Dispute, Zhu Youjian’s method

1632 AD, autumn.

Wenhua Palace, court meeting.

"Your Majesty, after the autumn harvest, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang and other rebels burned and killed and looted in eastern Sichuan, Sichuan, southern Shaanxi, western Henan and other places. Their power is getting stronger and stronger, and they are requesting the court to send troops to encircle and suppress them!"

This year, Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang and other rebels became active again, which made local officials very painful.

Zhou Yanru said: "Your Majesty, rebels should not sit idly by and watch their growth, and should send troops to wipe them out!"

The three cabinet ministers Wu Zongda, Qian Xiangkun, and Yang Sichang also supported the encirclement and suppression, and all mentioned the candidates they believed were suitable for leading the troops.

I want to use this to cultivate my own people.

Zhu Youjian already had a choice in his mind: "I decided to send Cao Wenzhao, Shanxi general Qin Liangyu, Henan general Sun Chuanting, ordered the three of them to lead their troops to encircle and suppress, and they can be used to suppress and pacify!"

Sun Chuanting was promoted by Zhu Youjian last year and asked him to serve as the general in Henan.

Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng were also promoted and reused by Zhu Youjian.

Cao Wenzhao was the general of Shaanxi to take over Liu Bei. Because Liu Bei is now the governor of Shaanxi and is focused on disaster relief, he can only let Cao Wenzhao go to war.

Sun Chuanting, Cao Wenzhao, and Lu Xiangsheng were talents Zhu Youjian wanted to train, and the three of them performed well in history.

Zhou Yanru and others did not get what they wanted, and they felt that Zhu Youjian was getting harder and harder to fool.

They have determined that Zhu Youjian has given guidance from experts, but no matter how they look for it, they have not found it.

Li Shimin was focused on the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works, and had no intention, nor was he interested in fighting with Zhou Yanru and the others. With Zhu Youjian here, no matter how many tricks they made, it would be useless to Li Shimin.

After Yang Sichang entered the cabinet, he maintained a close relationship with Zhou Yanru and others, and was unable to make progress with Li Shimin, like a neutral faction. He acted like this to be low-key and accumulate power.

He controls the Ministry of War and can make a fuss about the Ministry of War and war.

For example, this time he encircled Zhang Xianzhong, Gao Yingxiang and others to do a lot of things and planted some of his own people.

Although Yang Sichang also seeks personal gain, he is also better at doing things than Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren and others.

The autumn harvest is coming, and the border will not be peaceful. Every year, some enemies will harass the border and come to plunder and leave.

It doesn’t happen every year that Huang Taiji’s army brings us to knock on the gate, and Huang Taiji’s Later Jin also needs to rest.

After discussing the war, Li Shimin began to talk about the situation of this year's autumn harvest:

"This year, the country continues to promote corn, sweet potato and potato cultivation, and has achieved some results. The planting area has increased by nearly twice compared with last year, which has made this year's food much more than last year.

However, because there is a general lack of rain in the northern region this year, the production of staple food is reduced a lot. If the planting of corn and other crops has not been expanded, famine will begin to occur in the northern region!

Local officials have negative ideas about promoting crops such as corn, and turn a blind eye to gentry and others, which makes it increasingly difficult to promote crops such as corn!

The climate in the northern region is getting worse and worse, and the situation may be more serious next year. The court must take tougher means to promote the cultivation of corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes, especially those gentry and landlords with a large amount of land must follow the imperial orders!”

Li Shimin was also speechless to the local officials of the Ming Dynasty. Many of them were not beaten. If Li Shimin had not arranged people to patrol everywhere, or even went to patrol himself and killed some people, the promotion effect would have been worse.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that the governor of Shanxi Zhang Hao be transferred to the governor of the three provinces of Hebei, Henan and Shandong, and make every effort to promote the planting of corn and other crops in the three places!

In addition, let the prefect of Huayang Prefecture take over the position of governor of Shanxi!”

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Zhou Yanru opposed: "Your Majesty, no! This is completely incompatible with the court system! It is unprecedented for Zhang Hao, Liu Xuan and others to appoint them exceptionally. If they are promoted, I am afraid that officials in other places will have emotions and opinions, which is not conducive to stability.

I think it's better to arrange for others to go, and the governors of the three places have too much power, so I can arrange a capable person in each province."

Wu Zongda and Qian Xiangkun agreed to the two cabinet ministers.

Most officials in the court agreed.

Yang Sichang did not express his opinion and watched the show aside.

However, Zhu Youjian ignored these objections: "In extraordinary times, there is no need to follow the rules. Everyone can see Zhang Hao's achievements in Shanxi! Talented and capable people don't have to care about their age. In ancient times, Gan Luo was the prime minister at the age of twelve, and I think Zhang Hao is no worse than Gan Luo!

I have decided to appoint Zhang Hao as the governor of Hebei, Henan and Shandong, and fully cooperate with the imperial court to promote the cultivation of corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes!

Wu Mei, the governor of Huayang Prefecture, ordered him to take over as the governor of Shanxi!

I do this, and I tell the people of the world that I am eager to be talented and that as long as I have the talent to do things, I will be at a high position!"

The emperor was becoming more and more courageous, but Zhou Yanru and others were not happy. If the emperor was strong, it would weaken the power of their civil servants.

Since the emperor could not be stopped, Zhou Yanru and others planned to let local officials cause trouble for Zhang Hao and make Zhang Hao unable to do anything, which would prove that the emperor was wrong. If Zhang Hao could not do anything, they did not believe that the emperor would always trust Zhang Hao and trust the "experts" behind it.

They didn't know the relationship between Zhang Hao, Li Shimin, Zhu Youjian, Liu Bei, and Wu Zetian.

At the end of the court meeting, Zhu Youjian asked someone to take out a lot of newspapers and said, "This is the Ming Dynasty newspaper I have made. My dear friends take it back and take it to see what opinions can you put forward."

Opinions can be raised, but Zhu Youjian may not be able to adopt them.

Daming Pao?

The ministers were confused.

Newspapers were no longer rare in the late Ming Dynasty. The court had mansions and some tabloids among the people, especially those academies basically had their own newspapers to promote their own ideas or bewitch people's hearts.

But the imperial court now has no newspapers to be published publicly!

Now that we have it, it is this Ming Dynasty newspaper.

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, he left court and asked the ministers to see and discuss it themselves.

Li Shimin also left, and there were not many officials following him. These people were promoted by him, but they still seem to be very weak at the moment.

Zhou Yanru and others looked at the Ming Dynasty. The reports on all national events were reported. The beginning was to predict that the northern region would enter a year-long disaster, and then focused on the necessity of increasing the cultivation of corn and other crops.

There are also the affairs of the rebel army, disaster relief situation in Shaanxi, border defense matters, etc. Although the secrets will not be made public, these reports are enough to make the people more familiar with the situation of the country and understand the major affairs of the world.

After seeing the report from the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Yanru and others knew that the emperor wanted to guide public opinion.

Many of these literati and civil servants knew that newspapers could guide public opinion, but they did not recommend it to the emperor. Instead, they were used by various private academies.

I am afraid that once the emperor controls public opinion, it will be even more difficult to deal with.

After they left the palace, they found the streets and alleys full of the Ming Dynasty newspapers, and people were talking with newspapers.

Zhou Yanru and others frowned and began to think about solutions.
Chapter completed!