This guy!

The emperor almost laughed out loud, Hu Hengqiu, this guy, it’s not unreasonable for me to like him!

"You!" Zheng Chunqiu was angry. When did Hu Hengqiu come? Why didn't he know? With a deep breath, Zheng Chunqiu calmed down and said, "Master Hu, it's the court meeting, don't joke."

No matter how angry you are, you cannot offend this person.

It's too late to make friends.

Hu Hengqiu still had the same nonchalant expression: "No! I'm not kidding, think about it, what can't she do in your Ministry of Industry? Iron smelting? Casting? The blast furnaces were all designed by others! The knives they make are better than yours.

The ones from the Ministry of Industry are all good and cheap!”

"You..." Zheng Chunqiu was annoyed, but Hu Hengqiu interrupted him, patting his shoulder and nagging: "Don't talk about water conservancy projects. Well, when Chu Qing selected the cotton experimental field, he dug ditches.

Those who dig wells to divert water, what kind of job are they doing poorly?

If you have to talk about river management, building dams, etc., you are not doing it alone. It is done by the Department of Water Resources under you, and you are just approving documents. Besides, there is no water supervisor in the capital, right?

Bar?"

Yes, senior leaders generally don’t do specific work, it’s all done by lower-level departments.

The role of the big leader is to take over work from the emperor, receive money from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and then allocate it to others to do the work. Of course, if the job is not done well, the big leader will also be punished.

A legal person is a person who is brought to justice.

As long as the emperor still valued people, Hu Hengqiu would naturally protect them, not to mention that Chu Qing was his subordinate, so it was necessary to protect him.

It's a pity that Chu Qing was not present, otherwise he would have given him a heartfelt message: "Damn it."

Well, my surname is Hu, my given name is Hengqiu, my courtesy name is Changfeng, and my nickname is Dao Dao.

"Master Hu, you are trying to make excuses!" Zheng Chunqiu, no matter how good his "forbearance skills" were, could not hold back at this moment. All your work was said to be useless, and that was in front of the emperor.

What if the emperor listens to it? Should I do it again?

Hu Hengqiu moved his shoulders and sighed: "Oh, if I hadn't been suffering from 'shoulder leakage' recently, I could lift it even better!"

After saying that, he ran to the far edge of the front row and stood there.

Are you allowed to wipe out other people’s achievements? Humph, I’ll let you have a taste of it today!

"Cough...cough," the emperor coughed lightly: "Go back and study the drought and flood situation in various places. We will discuss it tomorrow and withdraw from the court!"

The meeting can't be held this morning, it's all off topic!

The question was about the drought and flood situation. Alas, they immediately changed it to asking for money, and then changed it to impeaching Chu Qing!

Hu Hengqiu followed the emperor back to the imperial study, and soon came out. The emperor said one word: "Check!"

The emperor sent his ministers away and asked them to collect information, just to let them have a prediction of the disaster, even if it was to judge the contents of the reports sent from various places.

But contrary to expectations, the disaster had no impact on them.

Even if the sky falls and there are still tall people holding it up, if a disaster really occurs, what impact will it have on them, the officials of the capital?

In fact, sometimes these people prefer natural disasters, because whenever there is a natural disaster, there will be people who cannot survive, and they will sell their land in order to survive.

The more severe the disaster, the less valuable the land becomes. Rich people will buy the land and the people on it at low prices. The land changes owners and farmers become tenants.

Disasters can really plunder the middle and lower classes of society. Serious disasters can make small landowners and small businesses bankrupt, and ordinary farmers become tenants or refugees.

Therefore, a drought will be a drought, and if there is no harvest, there will be no harvest. Anyway, they, the "superior men", will not starve to death, but they will also make a lot of money.

Don't think that imperial power is really supreme. The emperor governs the world. Yes, the development of a dynasty cannot be separated from the support of the people. Therefore, what the emperor really manages is the people.

When the emperor takes care of the people, they can take care of their land and wealth.

Anyway, whether it is disaster relief or relief, it is the national treasury that is used, not one's own treasury.

The morning court on the second day was still full of nonsense. Of course, the courtiers could not be entirely blamed, because the descriptions and analyzes of the drought reported in various places were not very serious.

People don't care much until the final result of something happens.

On the contrary, in the evening, when the emperor was walking in the imperial garden, a young eunuch came to report to Eunuch Li, saying that the Minister of Revenue requested to see the emperor.

The emperor returned to the imperial study to meet him.

Liu Ju didn't bother to finish the ceremony. He straightened up and said, "Your Majesty, I went to the outskirts of Beijing in the afternoon and dug the soil in several fields with my own hands. I didn't dig very deep and saw this!"

As he spoke, Liu Ju took out a handkerchief folded into a small square package from his sleeve pocket and opened it. Inside was a small pile of light yellow, cylindrical objects, the length of which was less than the width of a fingernail.

"What is this?" the emperor asked. This thing looked like a slender piece of rice, but it had small black dots on one end.

"Your Majesty, these are locust eggs!" Liu Ju dragged his handkerchief and said with trembling hands: "These are eggs in a pit!" Sixty or seventy of them!

At this time, the emperor also trembled a little, disgusting! Fortunately, he thought it was some kind of rice.

"Your Majesty, I dug holes in several places today, and found insect eggs in five or six out of ten places." Liu Ju continued.

Liu Ju was really excited and scared at this time.

Previously, the emperor asked Tai Shi Cheng and others about the meteorological issues, but he didn't take it seriously. He even thought that the emperor was making a fuss out of a molehill. It turned out that the root cause was here!

If I hadn't received the letter from that old guy Huang Zhong at noon, I'm afraid I would still be complaining about the emperor's three hundred thousand taels and settling the accounts at the same time, right?

Because Huang Zhongxin mentioned that he must go to the fields and dig up the soil with his own hands to check whether there was a possibility of a locust plague, so he gave up his afternoon reconciliation time to check.

Lao Huang is right, the treasury is not the emperor's personal pocket. No matter how careful the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue is, the next minister will still scold you for leaving an empty treasury and will never praise you.

The money from the treasury must be spent. As long as the money is spent on the emperor's heart, you will have dignity when you retire, the dignity given by the emperor.

How to spend money on the emperor's heart? The emperor must be concerned about something. As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, you have to prepare the money in advance.

Liu Ju was old and lacked physical strength. He dug in the ground casually, only half a hoe deep, and saw insect eggs. If these eggs grew into adults, then...

Liu Ju shuddered. Three hundred thousand taels of silver was not enough to solve the losses caused by the locust plague around the capital, right?

"Your Majesty, do you want to..." Liu Ju still couldn't say the word "locust plague".

"Please prepare as much disaster relief money as possible. The first batch should not be less than 300,000 taels, and be prepared immediately." The emperor ordered: "There are also disaster relief grains. In addition, you must bring these things to court tomorrow morning!" the emperor pointed.

It's those locust eggs.

"Draw up the decree!" the emperor said again.

There were two people nearby, Li Linghai, the chief eunuch, and Liu Ju, the minister of household affairs, so they took action immediately. One spread paper and polished it, and the other picked up a pen and waited.

"Try to turn the soil in advance as much as possible depending on the sowing situation..."

"The eggs can be collected and fed to chickens and ducks. Farmers must drive the chickens and ducks to the ridges of the fields for grazing..."

"Wherever there are lakes, depressions, or water stagnant areas, people gather together to harvest the water and grass and dry them for firewood. If they are no longer useful, burn them on the spot, so as to make sure everything is clean..."

According to Chu Qing's suggestion, the emperor recounted it one by one, from removing eggs, to removing locusts, to removing locusts... Liu Jufen wrote quickly, his eyes full of awe.

God! He is truly worthy of being the emperor! Although he cannot recognize locust eggs, he knows how to remove them very well. He is resourceful, has clever calculations, and is full of clever schemes, like a fountain...

With such a king, why should Daxuan not be prosperous?

*Note: Frozen shoulder - frozen shoulder.


Chapter completed!