The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1381

[1381.Chapter 1311 His Majesty the Crown Prince]

: Fang Jifan took the blame.

Because…he is really a good person.

A good person must first have empathy.

Although he has achieved prosperity and wealth, he still regards the people of the world as his responsibility.

The edict was immediately sent to the cabinet.

Li Dongyang was on duty in the cabinet. Hearing that the prince had an edict, he did not dare to neglect it.

He knew in his heart that His Majesty had the intention of truly testing the Crown Prince by keeping His Highness in Beijing this time.

I took the edict, opened it, and was stunned.

Li Dongyang was speechless.

Migration…

such a thing happened in the early Ming Dynasty.

Because of the endless wars in the world and the ten households with nine empty houses, the imperial court issued a decree to classify the households and move them to other places to settle down and cultivate land.

But things are different now.

Everywhere is overcrowded now.

The population of Jingli has exceeded one million, not including the nearby suburban counties.

Now there is suddenly a large-scale relocation of disaster victims from the Chief Envoy of Henan Province. Now that these disaster victims have arrived, will they have land to cultivate? How to settle?

Countless thoughts came to mind.

It wasn’t until he saw the four words “internal funds used” written in the edict that Li Dongyang felt a little more at ease.

The inner treasury will provide the money.

This… seemed to make Li Dongyang feel better.

It’s just…

Li Dongyang sighed. He knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s edict was hard to disobey, so he had to order people to copy the edict and distribute it to various ministries for execution. On the other hand, he was busy drafting letters and sending them to Shandong in a hurry.

“It’s really… it’s really…”

He muttered, but in the end, he didn’t say anything.

………

After receiving the order, all ministries and departments immediately became busy.

This is a big deal.

Although all the ministries have doubts about this edict in private, no one dares to make a mistake now. Before His Majesty comes forward to clean up this mess, the consequences of disobeying His Royal Highness the Crown Prince’s edict are obviously more serious. .

After that, someone flew to the Chief Envoy of Henan Province, and the various prefectures and counties of the Chief Envoy Office of Henan also began to take action.

Then came the scholars from Xishan College, the captains of the Flying Ball Battalion, and even the Tuntian Guards.

The elites from Zhenguo Mansion and Jing Mansion came out in full force.

On the surface, it is to assist the victims in relocating, but to a certain extent, it also prevents these local officials from taking advantage of this relocation opportunity to harm the people.

Money and food from the treasury have been distributed.

Outside the fifth ring road of the new city, a large amount of land has been opened up.

Xishan Jianye mobilized key personnel and quickly started planning.

Countless people began to carry out large-scale construction projects.

According to the plan, there will be densely packed small buildings with a small space. In the future, it will be rented out to provide for disaster victims.

And rent will be reduced to some extent.

Not only that, Fang Jifan started walking around.

He took Wang Jinyuan with him and began to contact various trading houses. Fang Jifan rarely put on a good face, smiling and chatting happily with the owners of various trading houses. What they talked about was nothing more than relief.

I hope this business can accommodate some victims and recruit more manpower.

Xishan Jianye has also made plans to recruit an additional 5,000 manpower, as well as Xishan Coal Industry and Xishan Iron Works.

Xishan Medical College began to recruit a group of people to conduct simple medical training to cope with the influx of a large number of disaster victims in the future and the shortage of doctors.

Su Yue was so busy that he didn’t look down on doctors after these simple trainings. What’s the use of just learning a little superficial kung fu?

But there is no other way. Something is better than nothing. Teaching them the knowledge of treating minor illnesses and pains can at least relieve some of the pain.

Immediately afterwards, the Tianjin Wei Railway directly announced the start of construction.

This is also a work-for-relief method.

Once the construction of this railway begins, it will inevitably require a lot of manpower, and many supporting workshops will have to expand production to cope with the large number of disaster victims that may come.

Fang Jifan was panting from exhaustion.

He followed Zhu Houzhao and ran to the designated resettlement area for the victims.

This is still just a barren land.

But the road has barely been opened.

Countless craftsmen and laborers were busy here, and more than nine million taels of silver were allocated from the internal funds to develop this large piece of land.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the planning drawings, checked them, and then rushed to meet a group of merchants without stopping.

These merchants have all promised to donate some money and provide some jobs so that the victims can have a salary after they settle down.

Zhu Houzhao was so busy that he was dizzy, but he enjoyed it and didn’t seem to think there was anything wrong.

The cabinet and the six ministries were all dumbfounded. They were all dumbfounded when they saw that His Highness the Crown Prince did not care about anything else and only focused on doing this…

………

The holy driver walked slowly and just arrived in Shandong.

Emperor Hongzhi walked along the road and felt much better after taking in the view of the country.

Emperor Hongzhi felt extremely excited when he thought that he was about to be granted Zen status.

Every once in a while, reports would come from Beijing. These reports would be handled by the accompanying Liu Jian and Xie Qian, and then reported to Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi ordered Liu Jian and Xie Qian to ride together in the car. The three of them were in the car, looking at the scenery outside through the glass. Emperor Hongzhi looked down at a few memorials and said with a smile: “You guys, there is no need to vote. This is For once, just relax and follow me to Mount Tai. Things in Beijing naturally involve the prince and Li Qing’s family. Look, isn’t everything calm now? “

“We are all old, so we should give young people some opportunities. , After all… this world will belong to the prince in the future.”

Emperor Hongzhi has not dealt with government affairs for seven or eight days, and this rare pause made him feel unusually relaxed.

Liu Jian smiled and said: “What your Majesty said is that I don’t care anymore. This time, I will accompany your Majesty for a walk and take a look.”

Emperor Hongzhi smiled: “It should be like this.”

He leaned on the sofa and sipped Taking a sip of tea: “I will just be an idler for these few months. After working hard for half my life, it’s time for me to take a break. The children have grown up, and as parents…”

At this point, someone suddenly shouted outside. Taking pictures of the chariot: “Your Majesty, Your Majesty…”

Emperor Hongzhi frowned, which was obviously extremely rude.

This voice belongs to Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing was so anxious that he didn’t care about anything. He wanted to hit a car with his head outside.

The carriage stopped.

Xiao Jing hurriedly opened the door.

The royal chariot is specially made and extremely spacious, almost equivalent to a small hall.

Xiao Jing crouched and boarded the car, glanced at Emperor Hongzhi, and took out a memorial that had just been sent urgently: “This is urgently sent from Dongchang. Please have your Majesty read it.”

Emperor Hongzhi curled his lips, looking dissatisfied, but he still After receiving the report, he said calmly: “I have already said that I need to take some rest…”

At this point.

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned.

“Yeah.” He made a strange sound.

“Your Majesty…” Liu Jian looked at Emperor Hongzhi nervously.

Emperor Hongzhi’s expression changed constantly, and suddenly… he felt that his heart… hurt terribly.

Phew…

he let out a long breath.

The look of despair.

He raised his eyes and looked at Liu Jian and Xie Qian.

Emperor Hongzhi’s eyes were dull.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty…” Xiao Jing said anxiously: “Quickly, call Ms. Liang.”

“No.” Emperor Hongzhi finally responded and waved his hand: “No, no need.”

“Your Majesty… This…” Liu Jian looked at Emperor Hongzhi cautiously, feeling very worried.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed: “Hey… there is another great disaster in the Central Plains.”

Both Liu Jian and Xie Qian’s faces sank slightly.

This is the most densely populated place. In the event of a major disaster, no one knows how many people will die.

“The Crown Prince has issued an edict, and actually… wants to move the victims to the capital to settle down.”

Liu Jian and Xie Qian looked at each other, this… is terrible. God knows how many victims there are. Can the capital afford such a huge influx of people? ? Can the treasury…can bear it? Once something goes wrong, it’s not a joke, it will cause big trouble. Liu Jian and Xie Qian both know how terrible the refugees are.

Emperor Hongzhi said with difficulty: “The prince actually wants to use his internal funds, 30 million taels of silver, for resettlement purposes.”

Phew…

Liu Jian and Xie Qian, whose faces were miserable, actually regained some color.

Will the internal treasury provide the money?

Think about it, the national treasury simply cannot afford it.

This inner treasury…can’t we pay for it?

Thirty million taels.

Liu Jian and Xie Qian began to feel sorry for Emperor Hongzhi. If they had such a son, it would be unreasonable not to kill him.

This is a prodigal.

Emperor Hongzhi exhaled and inhaled deeply for a long time before he slowly calmed down: “I want to return to Beijing.”

“Your Majesty…” Liu Jian was about to cry: “Your Majesty, the edict has been issued and the raw rice has been cooked. Cooked rice, even if Your Majesty returns to Beijing at this time, it will not help. What’s more, His Majesty has issued an edict to climb Mount Tai. If he suddenly turns back, I’m afraid people in the world will have private opinions. Your Majesty…”

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly felt that his life seemed to suddenly change. It doesn’t make much sense anymore.

What a Zen title, what a sage.

They all seem to be meaningless skins. No matter how colorful they are, they don’t mean much.

He sighed heavily and fell into silence.

…………

A series of memorials from the Chief Envoy of Henan Province were sent to the cabinet. Li Dongyang was shocked when he saw these memorials.

Hearing that the capital was going to accept the victims, all the prefectures and counties were excited. Countless people took their families and went north with the help of the government, and the number continued to increase.

Although people have a very stubborn concept of rurality, they cannot withstand the frequent disasters in recent years and people are hungry and unable to survive.

These countless victims cover the sky and the sun, and they are countless.

According to the rough estimates in the report, I’m afraid… the population will exceed one million.

Li Dongyang was a little confused.

The original estimate of the Ministry of Household Affairs was 300,000 to 400,000 people.

But they still never expected that a large number of people were eager to survive. It seemed that they could give up everything in order to survive.

“Here comes…” Li Dongyang did not dare to neglect, and stood up quickly: “Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the palace?”

“

He is going to Xishan.” “Prepare the carriage and horses, I am going to Xishan.”

…

Shamelessly asking for some monthly tickets.

(End of chapter)