The locust plague is still an upcoming problem.

But the problems left over from last year's flood are enough to give Zhu Qizhen a headache.

During this period, Yu Qian did not take a day off. He visited almost all the prefectures and counties in Zhili and inspected all the people affected by the disaster.

Give Zhu Qizhen an estimate.

One hundred thousand households.

If relief is not provided, one hundred thousand households will be called refugees.

This is 100,000 households, not 100,000 people. Even if there are only four people in each family, this is 400,000 people. What's more, many people have more than four people in a family.

Such a large-scale refugee population will also have to face the coming locust plague.

Zhu Qizhen felt very distressed when he thought about it.

Zhu Qizhen was not short of money. The money in the internal treasury was not used much, but he was short of food.

There are more than 10 million shi of grain in various warehouses in Beijing. Every year, 4 million shi of grain is put into the warehouse and old grain is released to maintain a savings of more than 10 million shi.

Seems like a lot.

But this is all the family background of the imperial court.

Support the nine sides, support the officials, and support the capital.

Even if half of it is used, the Empress Dowager will not allow it.

This is directly related to the strategic security of the imperial court. The current situation in Beijing is that even if you have money, you cannot buy food, and food prices have soared.

It is also because the imperial court still has food in its hands, which can support the foundation of the imperial court. The army and officials have no worries about food and clothing. And they have no worries about food and clothing, and can stabilize the current situation, so that the food supply will not rise too high.

Once too much grain is used, it will be difficult to control grain prices.

You have to see blood.

Moreover, the food issue is a comprehensive issue. Once Beijing is short of food, it will be difficult to deal with the situation on all nine sides. This has a considerable impact. And the food issue on all nine sides involves the military.

This relationship is very important.

There are still some troublesome matters concerning Zhili Province.

The establishment of a province is not just a matter of Zhu Qizhen's imperial edict. There are many other things to do, especially the demarcation issue between Zhili Province and Shuntian Prefecture, and the establishment of Tianjin Prefecture.

As for whether Tianjin Fucheng will be built separately or borrowed from Tianjin Acropolis, and whether Tianjin's three guards will be moved out or dealt with in other ways.

These are all problems.

Moreover, these problems were all brought by Zhu Qizhen himself.

If he had known that he would encounter such a complicated situation after the beginning of spring, he would never have issued the Zhengdan edict at that time.

It's just that no one can know it in advance, since it has already been announced to the world.

All we can do is break the teeth and swallow the blood. No matter what we do, this matter must be done.

In this way, Yu Qian will suffer.

During this period of time, Yu Qian worked almost as hard as he could.

And in this way, it also showed the modesty of a national scholar. The preparations for the establishment of Zhili Province, the great construction of the Marco Polo River, disaster relief, and other issues were all in his hands, but he did not delay at all. He handled them like clouds and flowing water, without any mistakes.

Even when it was time to eat, there was still a clerk reading documents by his side. He made decisions while eating. There was never any mistake. Everything was smooth and smooth.

The more difficult the time, the more Yu Qian's administrative genius ability is shown. Otherwise, Yu Qian would not be able to survive in a short period of time when the army fled in the Tumubao Incident and the Beijing camp lost almost all senior generals.

Within a short period of time, a hundred thousand troops were reorganized and the battle to defend Beijing was won.

Today, Yu Qian is ten years younger than when he was defending Beijing, and he is more energetic. He may lack experience, but he has the trust of the emperor and the support of his chief minister, which is enough to make up for these lack of experience.

Although the news from Yunnan is not good, for Zhu Qizhen, the news from Yunnan is not that bad.

Compared with the problem in Beijing, the problem in Yunnan is much smaller.

But after thinking about it, Zhu Qizhen decided to deal with the quarrel between the two Yunnan generals first.

the reason is simple.

Whether it is the filling of cabinet personnel, disaster relief, the establishment of a province under direct control, the Marco Polo River project, or various construction projects, there is no problem in slowing things down.

As for the military situation, it has not eased up at all.

It is very likely that a step too late will lead to serious consequences. So deal with it first.

However, Zhu Qizhen was about to summon the British Duke Zhang Fu, but Wang Zhen came to report that Xu Xianzhong, the Duke of Ding, asked to see him.

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said, "What's he doing here?" Zhu Qizhen was currently involved in a lawsuit, so he couldn't care less about what happened to Ding Guogong.

The Ming Dynasty now has five major princely families.

According to the time of ennomination, they were Duke of Wei, Duke of Guizhou, Duke of Cheng, Duke of Ding, and Duke of England.

But according to the rights, they are the Duke of England, the Duke of Cheng, the Duke of Guizhou, the Duke of Ding, and the Duke of Wei.

In fact, both Ding Guogong and Wei Guogong came from the lineage of King Xu Da of Zhongshan, and their relatives were very close to each other. However, their performance in the Jingnan War made the relationship between the two Dukes' families and the imperial court change over time.

And become different.

Xu Huizu, who served as Duke of Wei, supported Emperor Jianwen and could be said to be a pure minister of Jianwen. Even after the Northern Army entered Nanjing, Xu Huizu still fought hard until the palace fell.

Emperor Taizong personally interrogated Xu Huizu, but the confession written by Xu Huizu saved the descendants of the founder of King Zhongshan from death. This is what Taizu promulgated to the Duke of Wei on the iron coupon.

He was a man who fought against Emperor Taizong until death.

Xu Huizu died in the fifth year of Yongle. Some say he was ordered to commit suicide, while others say he killed himself by drinking and having sex.

However, Xu Huizu's son, Xu Qin, asked Emperor Taizong to guard the tomb after inheriting the dukedom of the country. This attitude of non-violence and non-cooperation caused the Wei Guogong family to be suppressed during the Yongle period.

However, as time passed, the persistence of Wei Guogong's lineage was respected by others. After Taizong, Renzong and Xuanzong all eased the relationship between the Wei Guogong family, and the Wei Guogong family is now in a period of recovery and rise.

Opposite to Wei Guogong, it is the Dingguogong family.

The Dingguogong family was founded by Xu Zengshou, and Xu Zengshou was Emperor Taizong's chief undercover in Nanjing. All arrangements made by Emperor Jianwen were told to Taizong by Xu Zengshou. He also misled Emperor Jianwen many times.

Emperor Jianwen was so angry that he stabbed Xu Zengshou to death in the main hall on the day the Northern Army crossed the Yangtze River.

Although Xu Zengshou's behavior earned future generations a hereditary and uncaring Duke. However, this kind of behavior of a young man is despised by most people.

The reason why Emperor Jianwen trusted Xu Zengshou was not only because of Xu Zengshou himself, but also because of the face of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan. Xu Zengshou's behavior completely disgraced Xu Da.

Even when the Duke was appointed, even Empress Taizong, who was Xu Zengshou's sister, actually had objections.

During Taizong's reign, Dingguogong was valued. However, with Taizong's departure, the status of Dingguogong's family was declining bit by bit.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said: "But the position guarding Nanjing?"

As soon as Huang Fu died, the Nanjing garrison was empty, and important officials should be sent to garrison Nanjing.

Someone proposed to send Xunchen to guard Nanjing.

After all, Nanjing was the capital of the Ming Dynasty. There was no hereditary garrison in Nanjing, which was somewhat inconsistent with Nanjing's political status.

Wang Zhen said: "Your Majesty, when Emperor Taizong was here, he had already divided the Xu family into separate clans, and the Ding Guogong line had already selected the ancestral tomb in Beijing, while the ancestral tomb of Wei Guogong is still in Nanjing. The Zhongshan Wang Tianzhi was settled in the north.

Duke of the state, those in the south belong to the Duke of Wei."

"Only Duke Wei attaches great importance to returning to Nanjing to guard it."

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen patted his head and said, "Looking at how busy I am these days, anyway, since he is here, I will let him see me."

Wang Zhen said: "Yes."

After a while, Duke Dingguo Xu Xianzhong arrived.

"I have decided to pay homage to your Majesty, Duke Xu Xianzhong. Long live my emperor." Xu Xianzhong saluted.

This was not the first time Zhu Qizhen had met Xu Xianzhong.

Xu Xianzhong is only fifteen or sixteen years old now, only about one year older than Zhu Qizhen.

However, Xu Xianzhong seemed like a child meeting an adult in front of Zhu Qizhen at this moment. Although Xu Xianzhong was a little older, he tried his best to show a dignified temperament, but he still could not hide his childishness.

Although Zhu Qizhen cannot hide his childishness, his temperament is the same as that of an adult.

He was compared to Duke Dingguo at a glance.

Zhu Qizhen said: "The Duke is here to invite you. I wonder what the Duke is here for?"
Chapter completed!