Chapter 17                                                             �

While Jiajing was thinking, Huang Jin came to report, and Xu Jie and the cabinet asked for a visit.

Jiajing said, "Let them come in."

After a while, Xu Jie, Yan Ne and Yuan Wei had arrived. After the salute, Yan Ne and Yuan Wei stood behind Xu Jie like statues. Xu Jie said: "Your Majesty, the year is not good. It is the time when the green and yellow are not connected, especially in Shuntian Prefecture, a large number of hungry people have already poured into the capital."

Jiajing said: "What should the cabinet be prepared to do?"

Xu Jie said: "I have discussed and ordered Shuntian Prefecture to open a warehouse for relief. The Ministry of Revenue arranged grain. He lent 300,000 taels of silver outside the Honglu Temple to specialize in disaster relief."

The Ministry of Revenue never manages all the money. Each department actually has its own small treasury. However, the so-called large treasury in the outside dynasty is the Taicang silver of the Ministry of Revenue, the Taipu Temple silver, and the Customs silver, which has just become another center of the Ming Dynasty's finance, that is, the Honglu Temple silver.

Although Xu Jie and Zhou Mengchen were not in many ways. However, the two sides fought, but there was still a certain degree of understanding on national affairs.

After all, although Xu Jie is not all the same, one thing is certain. That is, Xu Jie has a country and the world in his heart. Even if Xu Jie blocks Zhou Mengchen's path to ascendance, it may not be all about fighting for power and profit. More because Xu Jie thinks that Zhou Mengchen's many techniques are too radical and not enough to control the world.

Now it seems that many things Zhou Mengchen did have relieved Xu Jie of a lot of burden.

Jiajing looked at Xu Jie and said, "Accurate."

Jiajing was used to it. What Xu Jie said in front of him was nonsense. The reason was very simple. When Xu Jie reported to Jiajing, he had already made plans for many things. There were even several plans.

After Xu Jie's handling of major events in the imperial court, it became a multiple-choice and judgment question here in Jiajing. Choose one of the several options, or whether it is accurate to say a plan.

This made Jiajing very comfortable and convenient. But Jiajing also knew that this method actually weakened his power to interfere with the court.

In order to show his loyalty, Xu Jie reported every day, and everything was determined by his appearance. But in fact, all Jiajing's decisions were within Xu Jie's framework.

And Jiajing also had to pay attention to these things.

The reason is very simple. The power of the cabinet was given by Jiajing a little bit by bit. Now it has been reduced. It is easy to release power, but if you want to regain it, you have to have a political conflict. Jiajing cannot restrain Xu Jie through internal disputes in the cabinet. If Jiajing worrys more, it is very likely that when he wakes up, the power of the world will be gone.

Xu Jie said, "Your Majesty is not better than your Majesty." This sentence really became a polite word in Xu Jie's mouth. He continued, "Your Majesty, Ning County has earthquake again. I have ordered Shaanxi and Heshuo provinces to distribute 300,000 stones of food and 200,000 sheep to be used for disaster relief. Everything is as follows in the past."

There have been earthquakes in such a place in Ningxia for many times. It has almost been earthquakes every now and then. I have become accustomed to it. The people of Ningxia are used to it or not. However, the government has already had certain rules to deal with such things.

The only difference is that as Heshuo Province gradually settles down, it can already assist in handling matters from other provinces in many things. For example, transporting grain to Ningxia, before, we used to transport grain from Guanzhong to Ningxia little by little. Now, we can easily transport it through the Yellow River waterway. Even Heshuo Province to Ningxia Province is easier than Guanzhong.

But no matter what, Ningxia belongs to Shaanxi in this era. It is impossible for Shaanxi to do nothing.

Jiajing said: "Accurate."

Then Xu Jie said some other things, such as the Liaodong war. With Yang Bo here, the large-scale war was gone, but various minor frictions have never been cut off.

The Liaodong direction is also the only border trouble in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

There is also the problem of the southwest chieftain. After all, the southwest chieftain has never been so stable. He has to rebel every now and then use troops. Jiajing is also used to it.

Moreover, Xu Jie explained the solution in detail later, and there were more than one, saying that the cabinet colleagues agreed unanimously, but everyone knew that it was Xu Jie's own opinion.

Suddenly, Jiajing attacked on a problem.

Jiajing said: "What's going on with the Yellow River? Why haven't it been repaired yet? It's been two years."

Xu Jie said: "In the autumn of the 37th year of Jiajing, the Yellow River broke the mouth and the river broke twelve mouths. The situation was critical. At that time, it was important to protect the people and the breaking was not blocked immediately. However, last year, the river governor reported that there were several gaps, which were about a mile wide and the water was turbulent. If the rocks pushed down, they could immediately rush out. The construction was very difficult, and there was a lot of rain last year, and other sections of the Yellow River were also very dangerous. Fortunately, the breaking was a breaking point on the south bank. The impact was not as large as the north bank. So it was temporarily shelved. Today, the north was generally severe drought. Not only Shuntian Prefecture reported drought, but also in Shaanxi. There was also a drought in Huguang. The water level of the Yellow River dropped. It was the time when construction started. Although the river governor demanded an increase in the funding for large-scale construction, 3.75 million taels."

"What does your majesty mean?"

Jiajing sneered, "The River Governor Wang Ting failed my kindness and immediately went to prison. Another department sent to investigate the River Governor's Office to see what they had done."

Xu Jie said: "I obey the order."

Xu Jie was also very prepared for this situation. Xu Jie even deliberately let Jiajing know about this matter.

Over time, Jiajing was considered a clear-minded person to Xu Jie, but Xu Jie could never touch Jiajing clearly?

In order to express his sense of existence and demonstrate his monarchy, Jiajing must have chosen one or two negatives from the cabinet's opinions.

However, Jiajing would not do anything randomly in some disaster relief and military and national affairs. Or he would not dare to do anything randomly. After all, the ability to handle government affairs accumulated during Jiajing's diligent work was almost exhausted during the long period of political affairs.

He could not come up with a better plan than Xu Jie.

However, in terms of personnel, Jiajing has a keen sense beyond ordinary people.

As mentioned earlier, the Governor of the River Channel, Wang Ting, is neither Xu Jie nor Yan Song. Between the Xu Party and Yan Party, he has been together for the best of both worlds and worlds until today. When dealing with it, there will be no big noise.

Because there is no one in the center.

Moreover, Jiajing was also very angry with this person and his ability to do things was too poor.

The thirty-seventh year of Jiajing's breakdown, and the water was too strong and there was nothing to do. Why didn't Jiajing do it well for thirty-eight years? It would be fine if it was not done well, but it would be fine if it dared to open its mouth and demand more than three million taels.

You should know that if it weren't for Zhou Mengchen's customs reform, it would have brought new financial resources to the Ming Dynasty. It would be difficult for various places to provide disaster relief. It would be even more impossible to spend so much money. Even so, this money is not a small amount.

The first feeling of Jiajing was that this person was corrupt.

After all, Jiajing understood the atmosphere since Yan Song. Almost everyone in the officialdom was greedy. Even since Xu Jie came to power, he vigorously cleaned up the officialdom and cleaned up the administration. However, in essence, he did not change the atmosphere in the officialdom since Yan Song.

In Jiajing, corruption is not a sin, but incompetence. Simple incompetence can be forgiven. It is both corruption and incompetence, and even asking for money. It is damn.

Moreover, dealing with a river governor is also considered a senior official. It can also let the outside court know what thunder, rain and dew are all the kindness of the king.

Xu Jie said: "I obey the order."

Jiajing nodded and said, "By the way, do you know one thing?"

Xu Jie bowed slightly, and said with caution: "I don't know what Your Majesty is talking about?"

Jiajing said: "It was Zhou Mengchen's memorial, and he felt that the governors of the six provinces were out of place. I thought about it and felt that it was right. I had already issued an order to summon him back to Beijing. However, Zhou Mengchen was in Jiangnan for several years and opened a sea ban. He suppressed Japanese pirates and set up two overseas governors, and had the merits of helping the dangers and expanding the territory. The court must not disappoint the ministers who have made meritorious thoughts. The chief adviser thought, how should Zhou Mengchen be arranged?"

Speaking of which, in Jiajing's opinion, some things have been said very clearly. It is to give Zhou Mengchen a good position in the court, and the official position should not be too small.
Chapter completed!