1378. Life is a pitiful thing. Its fair to laugh at people who are wasting their time.
In the West Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Chongzhen put down the pen in his hand and moved his wrist.
There have been more and more memorials from various places recently. The Ming Dynasty is not stopping. Fortunately, the Qing army and the campaign to eliminate the eunuchs have ended. This year's tax revenue and food have finally returned to the level of the late Apocalypse. He breathed a sigh of relief.
The previous campaign to eliminate eunuchs caused most officials to be careless about politics and people were in panic. It delayed agricultural production. The purchase of summer and autumn grains was not completed. Last winter, there was almost no major incident.
With a population of one million in the capital, the food needed is not a small amount, and it all needs to be transported from the Grand Canal. Fortunately, Xinghe Supermarket provided a large amount of cheap coarse grains. These corns solved the food problem of the poorest people at the bottom. As a result, too many people did not starve to death. .
In addition, there have been many projects in the capital in the past two years, and the woolen mills and upstream yarn mills have developed rapidly. There are already 30,000 textile workers. It has also solved the food problem of many poor people.
This year water transportation has returned to the level of the Tianqi Dynasty. This winter there is no need to worry about starvation.
"Is Liu Hongxun gone?" Chongzhen put down his bowl of tea and asked in an understatement.
Wang Chengen knew the temperament of Long Live Lord. The more he asked this question, the more concerned he became. He said carefully: "I said I was leaving today, and I will set off with Zhang Wudian to go to Guihua City to take up my post."
"Well, who gave him a gift?" Chongzhen took a sip of tea and continued to ask.
Wang Chengen knew that the emperor was asking questions knowingly and deliberately watching Mr. Liu Ge's joke.
"Back to Your Majesty, I heard that there is only one old servant, Mr. Liu Ge, who is riding a green donkey. He has some luggage and no one to see him off."
Chongzhen sneered, Liu Hongxun was so powerful in the beginning, but when he was the chief minister, he didn't take me seriously. He spoke arrogantly and always used the people, the country, the country, and the laws of the ancestors to make comments. It seemed that he was the only one in the civil and military affairs of the entire dynasty. Loyal minister.
This time it was better, the tree fell and the hozen dispersed, allowing him to experience what it is like to have cold tea when a person leaves.
After reading Mr. Liu Ge's joke, he asked again: "Does Uncle Dingyuan have any news?"
During this period, intelligence from the Jinyiwei came one after another, and Liaodong seemed to be unsettled. There seemed to be big moves on the Jiannu side. However, Chongzhen considered that winter was about to begin, and this was not a good time to march and fight. It is estimated that Jiannu also We will not engage in large-scale combat operations. However, we must be more vigilant after spring begins.
Anyone with common military knowledge knows that it is best to launch a war at the turn of summer and autumn. This way you can plunder the enemy's grain for a season. As Sun Tzu said, eat from the enemy. This is the truth. Eating a load of the enemy's grain means leaving at least Three loads of our grain. Because there is no need to transport it.
During the war, one load of food was transported to the battlefield, and sometimes three or even five loads of food had to be eaten on the way.
Yang Fan was away, and Zhang Shize also stepped aside. It would not be possible to use it again in a short time. This made him a little worried. He felt very uneasy.
When Yang Fan was around, he didn't take Yang Fan seriously and rushed home as soon as he said he was going home. However, it had been almost a month and a half since Yang Fan went to sea this time, and there was no news at all, which made him feel a little uneasy.
"There is no news. The sea is so vast that it is really difficult to find anyone. Dongchang also visited some boat owners, but there is no news." Wang Chengen shook his head and said.
The Ming Dynasty is closed to sea, and there are only limited offshore merchant ships, usually domestic routes. It is strange to have news about Yang Fan. This time, Yang Fan even took away his wife, concubines and children, saying that he was going to sea to play.
No one can find them now. No one knows when Yang Fan will come back.
Chongzhen thought about it, he now has a lot of talented people here, so there is no need to pay too much attention to it. On the contrary, it seemed that I couldn't do anything without him, so he let the matter go.
Liu Hongxun rode a donkey and took an old servant with him out of the city from Xizhimen. He came to the edge of Jishuitan. He saw Zhang Wudian and his wife, his daughter-in-law Huo Shi, and more than thirty servants waiting for him. He hurried forward.
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"Mr. Zhang, I've been waiting for a long time." Zhang Wudian said with his hands raised.
He is also over sixty years old. He can't walk fast and the old servant is no longer young. The walk takes a bit long. He is a little embarrassed.
Zhang Wudian originally thought that Liu Hongxun was the former chief assistant, with disciples and disciples all over the world, and many disciples and old officials. This time, the master and the old leader were going to take office, and there were all kinds of gifts and drinks. So he thought it was natural to be late. However,
Unexpectedly, Liu Hongxun only had one old servant, a green donkey.
This made Zhang Wudian stunned, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
When Liu Ge was recalled to Beijing this time by the emperor, hundreds of his disciples and former officials swarmed out of the city for thirty miles to greet him. The grand occasion at that time caused a sensation in the capital.
Even Qian Longxi lamented that Mr. Liu Ge had deep connections.
Everyone thought that the emperor called him back to join the cabinet. After all, there are only two people left in the cabinet, Li Biao and Qian Longxi. It is always inevitable to increase the number of cabinets.
But the subsequent development made these smart people understand. The emperor did not want to re-enable Mr. Liu Ge. This was clearly because he did not deal with him enough at the beginning, and he was forced to come back again.
In this situation, who dares to move forward!
Therefore, after the dignified chief minister was appointed as the chief envoy to Suiyuan, he suddenly became destitute.
Liu Hongxun could only smile bitterly and said: "Human relationships are cold and warm, and the world is hot and cold, but that's it, it doesn't matter."
Seeing Zhang Wudian sighing, Liu Hongxun said: "Uncle Dingyuan has a well-written poem, which is very suitable for this place and time."
Zhang Wudian said with a smile: "Uncle Dingyuan is known for his poetic talent. Qingyue might as well talk about it and listen to it."
Liu Hongxun recited a poem and said: "Life is a pitiful thing. It is a good thing to laugh at the troubles. There is a skill in running around to meet people. Most of them are like grass and only follow the wind!"
Zhang Wudian sighed for a long time and said: "Uncle Dingyuan really hits the nail on the head. He despises the civil servants in the court the most. He has a twelve-character summary. He says that they are blindly stupid, blindly barbaric, blindly deceitful, and blindly afraid. Nine out of ten people
It’s worth looking down upon, and you are a useless scholar.”
Liu Hongxun said: "Today's court is said to be prosperous and prosperous, and Taichang has been restored. The two dynasties of Tianqi are grand. Unfortunately, these people in Donglin are sparse and make the court a mess. I think it is not as good as Tianqi Dynasty. People
People only know how to rush around to please people and work up and down the camp, but those who have character and responsibility are becoming increasingly rare.”
Zhang Wudian smiled and said: "Forget it, forget it. Why are you talking about these unhappy things? Today I have booked a train ticket. Qingyue, you haven't done a train ride yet, so you must experience it today. Hahaha."
Liu Hongxun also laughed and said: "The train's reputation is so famous that today it's all thanks to Haihong. Hahaha."
Zhang Wudian said: "This train now has new compartments, with beds, tables and chairs, and toilets. There are also waiters delivering meals. It's so comfortable that you don't need it. Don't look at it this season. The weather is already cold, especially since it's snowing outside the Great Wall.
Yes. But the car has a heater and is as warm as spring. This journey has been a blessing."
