In the tenth year of Jingzheng, June.

The month of the Ming Dynasty was particularly hot this year, and the early heat wave swept across the Ming Dynasty.

Shandong, Yanzhou Prefecture.

Governor Feng Jiangfeng, accompanied by the prefect Zhou Zhikai, was inspecting the division of Yanzhou Prefecture.

The sun above my head, the group of people were sweating all over their faces, wet clothes, and tired horses were trapped.

Zhou Zhikai stood in a field, looking at the sparse wheat fields without any harvest, frowned and said, "Sir, last winter was colder than in previous years. The heavy snow exceeded my knees. I don't know how many grains I frozen to death, even sweet potatoes, corn, etc., I'm afraid it will be another year of reduced yield."

As the governor of Shandong, Feng Jiangfeng naturally knew the situation and said with his hands behind his back, "Well, I reported to the cabinet when I entered Beijing last year, and further tax cuts may be made this year."

Zhou Zhikai could only hear this, but said: "Sir, we can't always rely on the court to reduce taxes. The court's 'Four Thousand Silver Plan' will always come to an end, and we have to find a way for ourselves."

Zhou Zhikai was a student of the first three terms of the Royal Yuan. In the current environment, reaching the level of prefecture is considered a person with outstanding abilities and is an extraordinary promotion.

Feng Jiangfeng nodded and said, "In the past, we always felt that the cabinet was moving too quickly and wanted to slow down. Now it seems that it is still slow."

The Ming Dynasty's changes in public opinion about the "Jingzheng New Policy" were both unremitting propaganda by the court and practical reasons. The disaster continued to aggravate, prompting many people to reflect and change their positions.

Zhou Zhikai was silent and said, "Although the weather was severely cold last year, fortunately, the Ministry of Works' water conservancy project was repaired with all its efforts and no floods were formed. The situation in Shandong is better than in other provinces."

Feng Jiangfeng looked at the officials behind him, looked at their fatigue, and said with a smile, "You don't have to worry so much. The Imperial Heaven Supervision has been observing and studying the disaster situation over the years. They said a few years ago that these years will be the most violent years. This year's situation has been changing to a weakening. Perhaps it will be more obvious next year. In a few years, the disaster will pass."

Sure enough, listening to Feng Jiangfeng's words, the group of people looked a little better and there were more smiles on their faces.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhikai said, "Sir, the distribution of land in Yanzhou Prefecture is relatively smooth, and the household registration is good. It is expected that the distribution of land will be completed within two years, and the policies of the court will be implemented. It is expected that the buffering will be restored to normal within one to two years."

Feng Jiangfeng looked up at the sun and said, "Well, this is similar to the court's expectations, but we still need to speed up the speed. Especially for the problems found, don't cover them up, focus on solving them, and spread them so that other places can avoid them."

Dividing land is an extremely complicated matter, involving such great interests, not to mention officials, gentry and large households, even ordinary people want to divide more land and get more subsidies.

Therefore, the demons danced around and demons and monsters were used together. Feng Jiangfeng, as the governor of Shandong, has already experienced it.

As the specific execution and guardian, Zhou Zhikai naturally had a deeper understanding and nodded in a serious manner, saying, "The lower official understands."

Feng Jiangfeng looked at the withered fields and said, "Let's go some more places to see."

Zhou Zhikai nodded and followed Feng Jiangfeng in the scorching heat.

Taigu County, Shanxi.

The newly appointed county magistrate Gu Qianli looked at the household registration registration in his hand and stared at the group of people in front of him with a pale face.

They had county magistrates, chief clerks, clerks, captains of the prison team, etc., all of them were senior officials in the county. They were now hanging their heads and their faces changed.

Gu Qianli suppressed his anger and slowly closed the household registration book, and said with a tense face: "There are three thousand people in this household registration book, which means at least 60,000 acres of land. Do you think it can really be hidden from me? Or can it be hidden from the court's inspection?"

A group of people lowered their heads and did not speak. The matter here was indescribable, and it was not just one or two people involved.

Gu Qianli is an outsider and cannot clarify the complex power network in the local area, but he can use those new government offices to start a new job and break through these obstacles.

This time, the law enforcement bureau also discovered the trick. The group of people in front of him were lying together to make a trap for him!

Gu Qianli suddenly looked surprisingly calm and said, "You guys stay in the yamen for the time being, and wait until I investigate it clearly before doing it."

A county magistrate's face changed drastically and said, "Sir, do you want to put us under house arrest?"

The others were as shocked. If they were under house arrest and they didn't know how much would happen, they might never get out again!

Gu Qianli didn't say anything, a team of people from the law enforcement bureau stepped in. The leader raised his hand to Gu Qianli and said, "Sir, the prison team has been impeached, and other relevant yamen runners have also been restricted from being in the county government. The county guard team is already in the whole team and is expected to arrive in a quarter of an hour."

The expressions of the people changed rapidly when they heard this, and cold sweat broke out on their heads.

The magistrate Gu quietly mobilized such a great force and controlled all their forces, and could no longer tolerate them to resist.

Gu Qianli stood up and said lightly, "Please invite them to the Houya. From this moment on, no one is allowed to leave the mansion, and no fly is allowed to fly out!"

The leader of the law enforcement team responded in a deep voice: "Yes! Take action, who dares to defend and fight, kill on the spot!"

Under the leadership of Wang Zhou, the Law Enforcement Bureau was murderous and I don’t know how many people they killed. These small officials like county magistrates were also frightened and dared not defend themselves. They were uneasy and were pressed to the backyard with a pale face.

Gu Qianli had already made a plan and quickly left the government. While borrowing people from the prefect's yamen, he arranged his staff and the new yamen to act quickly to investigate the fraud in the "land division plan".

Similar situations have occurred one after another in the three northern provinces. Almost no county is clean, with demons and monsters coming out together.

The reason is that these magistrates are all outside households and have been here for too short, so they cannot clarify the relationship network and control the situation.

But the court gave great support, especially the law enforcement bureau and the security forces, suppressing local officials and gentry.

Of course, some serious, even small-scale "civil rebellions" have to take action to suppress and intimidate the young.

The division of land in the three northern provinces was vigorous, causing countless chaos and various criticisms were rampant.

These criticisms are among the people and in the court.

As the main executive agency of this local division operation, the Ministry of Revenue faces particularly great pressure. In particular, all the problems that arise are blamed on the Ministry of Revenue and the Minister of Shangshu Li Banghua.

In less than a year, Li Banghua's hair turned white. He often went out for ten days and ten days in the Ministry of Revenue, and the lights were not turned off all night.

The Minister of Revenue Lou Qing came in, looked at Li Banghua's withered appearance, sighed, and said, "Sir, it's not a solution to persevere like this. You have to combine work and rest, otherwise your body will collapse."

Li Banghua looked up at him, his face full of fatigue, his eyes were covered with bloodshot, and he said, "What happened again?"

Lou Qing handed over a letter, which was a secret report, saying, "A secret letter from the Governor's Yuan said that someone in the Governor's Yuan colluded with the measuring team and concealed three thousand hectares of fertile land in the three provinces of Northern Zhili, Shandong and Shanxi."

Li Banghua has accumulated countless hostility these days. He didn't even look at it when he heard it, and said directly with murderous intent: "Transfer to the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Law Enforcement Bureau, all the punishments will be severely punished. If necessary, kill another group of people!"

Lou Qing smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay to say that the Anti-Corruption Bureau is the one who only arrests people and goes to Dali Temple. There is always a saying that can block the mouths outside. Wang Zhou is already on the target of public criticism. I don't know how many people want to send him to prison. If he kills him again, we may not be able to suppress it within the court."

Li Banghua waved his hand and said, "He is doing such dirty things, so he doesn't have to think so much. There are so many things that it is impossible to check them in detail one by one. Just one size fits everything. Anyone who dares not listen to advice will be given serious consequences, so that they will have no chance to regret it!"

Lou Qing could only nod and then said, "The Cabinet is planning a complete set of land division plans and supporting laws and regulations. The relevant institutions may be presided over by Mr. Zhou and lead the institutions."

A 'Qingda Special Group' is obviously not enough to deal with the current situation. The cabinet needs to concentrate on handling it and integrate the manpower and material resources of each department.

Li Banghua was not surprised. He took a sip of strong tea and said, "Well, I will go to the cabinet to have a meeting in the evening. You can sort out the recent problems and how to deal with them. I will summarize and report them, and solve them at the meeting and promote them in a concentrated manner."

Lou Qing responded, looked at Li Banghua's expression, and advised him again, "Sir, please pay attention to rest. I heard that the Tao Shishang of the Ministry of Personnel has fallen ill, and the imperial physician said he is still sick and needs to rest for a month."

Li Banghua is not young either. If he persists like this, he will not be able to hold on sooner or later.

Li Banghua picked up the pen and wrote something. He said without raising his head, "So many things to do, how can I have the heart to rest? I heard that the emperor hasn't slept a few times in a few months."

If you want to fight hard, the first person in the Ming Dynasty was His Majesty the Emperor of the Qianqing Palace. He has been doing almost all day and night these years.

Lou Qing smiled bitterly, and did not persuade him anymore. He raised his hand and turned around and went out.

The cabinet building was brightly lit, and Sun Chuanting and other cabinet ministers, ministers of various ministries, and officials from relevant institutions held meetings all night.

The lights of the East Warehouse Pavilion in Qianqing Palace have not been turned off. Zhu Xu was deliberating on the various plans sent by the cabinet, not only reading, but also thinking and revising them.

Liu Shimin stood not far away, and had no idea how many times he had continued the tea. Looking at Zhu Xu's waist, he frowned, and didn't know how to persuade him again. He thought that he would have to go to Kunning Palace tomorrow and ask the Queen to persuade him.

Until the sky got darker, Zhu Xu still had no intention of rest. He took a sip of tea and warm wine, continued to watch and wrote.

At this time, a carrier pigeon suddenly flew into the palace, and the internal surveillance was sent to the translation room, and then quickly sent to Liu Shimin.

Liu Shimin glanced quickly, his expression changed drastically, and he was sent to Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu put down his pen, took it and looked at it, his eyes flashed sharply.

This secret letter was sent by the Military Intelligence Department, and the content was: Dorgon had secretly left Edo and was not sure where he was going!

Zhu Xu put down the letter, leaned on the chair, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.

Dorgon was a heart-wrenching problem in the Ming Dynasty and the Ministry of War had been trying to restrict him, and some people even wanted to be punished. Sun Chuanting and others also tended to do this, but they did not speak out due to Zhu Xu's inspiration.

As Dorgon continues to grow in Japan in recent years, the government and the people have more worries and their voices have become higher.

If anyone who is most afraid of Dorgon is not Zhang Guowei or Sun Chuanting, but Zhu Xu, he has enough confidence to control Dorgon!

Judging from this secret report, Dorgon, who had been keeping a low profile for several years, could no longer bear it.

Zhu Xu rubbed his mind, and his mind was clear for a while, and said in a plain tone: "Dorgon, first, he ordered him to select 30,000 elite troops, send him to Taiwan, and hand him over to Xiong Wencan to train, and form a Suihai Fleet. Second, he ordered him to summon all the troops he had trained over the years, gather 300,000,000 to Vladivostok, 100,000 to Gansu Town, and 100,000 to Phnom Penh. Third, Dorgon resigned as Minister of the Government of Japan, and was replaced by Tokugawa Akihishu. Fourth, Dorgon asked Dorgon to quell the Japanese rebellion as soon as possible and pay taxes as scheduled next year. Fifth, the recruit training camp cannot be stopped, and the training will be continued, waiting for the imperial court to transfer orders."

Liu Shimin wrote down one by one, expressionless, but his heart was bright. If Dorgon had a strange intention, he would be unable to bear it anymore.

But what if Dorgon really causes rebellion and the court is unable to conquer Japan again?

Liu Shimin didn't say much, turned around and ordered a person to pass it to the cabinet's imperial edict room.

The imperial edict building room is under the charge of the cabinet. Once drafted, the cabinet will definitely know what the cabinet will react, which may be expected.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Sun Chuanting, who had not left the class room, looked at the several imperial edicts coming from, frowned, remained silent for a moment, then stood up and walked into the Qianqing Palace.

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Chapter completed!