Volume 4: Storm and Rain in Jiangnan Chapter 85: Ending

When the southeast and parts of Jiangnan were busy, there were also people in the distant capital.

The floods in the south of the Yangtze River and the rebellion in the southeast were tense and busy at the end of the two major events. After this turmoil, the merits and demerits of officials and generals of various departments need to be reorganized and evaluated. What crimes should the kings involved in the rebellion be convicted in the end? It is also under intense discussion.

The Great Court held for three consecutive days, and the content involved many aspects. However, the primary task at the moment is not to convict the kings, ask for merits and reward merits and punish the civil and military officials. The most urgent task is to place the homeless people who are still roaming and migrating everywhere in Jiangnan as soon as possible before the winter comes. At the same time, most of the rivers in Jiangnan, especially the Caohe and Inner Rivers, must be rectified and dredged within ten months. The previous sections and areas with the most severe floods in the southeast, such as Laolongkou, Tanghe, Baihe and other sections with frequent floods, as well as river networks that cross the river network and divert and gather more, should be focused on investment and rectification to ensure that once the autumn flood comes, similar floods will never occur in the entire Jiangnan region.

The two tasks seem simple, but in fact, the manpower and material resources required to complete these two items, but in terms of the current situation of the court, it is really heavy. The flood that lasted for several days, and the population of the people who were not rescued in time decreased sharply; and after a war that poisoned half of the south, the originally densely populated southern prefectures and counties actually showed a deserted scene of empty villages and towns. The large number of the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, women, children, and even strong young people have caused certain difficulties in restoring the home, and even more difficult are the tens of thousands of migrant workers who need to dredge and rectify the river.

If corvee labor is drawn from the local people, the restoration of the home will inevitably be delayed. The autumn will be over in two months. Even if the winter in the south comes a little late, it will not be too late. The result of the extraction will also affect the ongoing planting activities before the autumn and winter. Without a house is not the most terrible. It is terrible that once the food is cut off, it will not only be affected this year, but until the first spring wheat harvest in the next year, local people may face the crisis of starvation to death. If restoring homes and fields is the primary task, then when corve labor is insufficient, it will inevitably delay the rectification of the river. If the autumn flood this year does not come, it will be fine. Once it comes, everything may be empty after a flood.

The two are interrelated and conflicting and contradictory, which made many people scratch their heads. At the grand dynasty meeting, the handling of the rebellion of the kings was repeatedly postponed. The court discussed and the court discussed, and several people from a small area exchanged views privately. Soon, Emperor Qiyuan made the final decision and tried his best to recruit corvee locally without delaying the rush to plant and rebuild his home in most parts of the southeast and parts of the south of the Yangtze River. The remaining insufficient parts will be summoned and supplemented among the people in Bashu and Jiangbei. In addition, if you are unwilling to perform corvee service, you can exempt the due corvee service by paying a certain amount of money and grain.

In addition to river work and corvee labor, the large-scale lack of soldiers was also another problem that caused the court to start to worry.

Floods and rebellions mainly exposed the political and economic problems of the court. However, the outbreak of war exposed the confrontation between the two armies on the battlefield. At the beginning, it was difficult to thoroughly investigate those open and secret issues. However, the mess that appeared after the war gave Emperor Qiyuan an excuse to re-examine the army and reorganize the army. Without further ado, as the people in most parts of the south devoted themselves.

In the vigorous movement to build homes, the court's thorough investigation and rectification of the army quietly began. More than a dozen supervisors and the Fengguan Envoys were sent out in succession. On the surface, they were ordinary supervisors to explore local government affairs and military situations, but in fact they focused on military investigations. Not only did they thoroughly investigate the military army in the south, but most of the guards in the north and the Central Plains were also included in the scope of thorough investigation. Except for the dozen guards in the north, almost all the troops were inspected.

There was a lack of training, a lack of response, insufficient troops, overpaying money and food, and greedy for empty salary... As the supervisory envoys sent by the court were in place one by one, problems were put on the table one by one. Although there was a certain psychological preparation, the accumulated problems still made Emperor Qiyuan very angry. But at present, although these things were found out, there could not be any major moves immediately. Otherwise, most of the south would be in turmoil and the aftermath was not settled. If the army was shaken again, the morale and the people would be unstable, which would probably affect the foundation of the country. Therefore, although Emperor Qiyuan was angry, he could only suppress his own thoughts, and secretly slowly carried out small-scale and minor changes through means such as promoting individual generals openly and secretly, transferring, and demoting their posts.

Since the Southeast Rebellion Court completely established the victory, the various yamen in the capital have been busy working hard. For ten days, almost every day was a court meeting, from early morning to noon. After all the matters that began were arranged, how to deal with the kings, as well as the Ministry of War, the Governor's Office of the Five Army and the Ministry of Personnel regarding floods and rebellion, the rewards and punishments of many officials finally began to enter the agenda.

King Yue, King Huai and King Dian were successively escorted to Beijing, and together with their family and relatives, they were all detained in the clan's mansion, waiting for the emperor's defeat. The rebellion caused the whole country to be uneasy and the southeast was turbulent. If we talk about the laws and regulations, it was an unforgivable crime. However, due to the identities of the kings, how to deal with this matter seems a bit embarrassing and subtle. To put it bluntly, this is certainly a dispute between the country and the traitors. But on the other hand, this is a family dispute between the emperor and the kings of the same surname.

. In the feudal dynasty, any case involving the imperial family affairs must not be easily mixed as a minister. If you are not careful, you may be involved in it. All the stories of all dynasties are familiar with these people in the court. No one is a fool who wants to be the first to intervene at this time. Beating a dog depends on the owner. Even if all the civil and military officials in the court know that if they follow the Jianlu, King Wu and King Huai will definitely be a death sentence. However, in fact, this matter depends on the meaning of Emperor Qiyuan.

The emperor's meaning is not only the meaning of Emperor Qiyuan himself, but also the meaning of all the people in the surname Zhang standing behind him. The emperor naturally has a say in royal affairs, but he also has to consider the opinions of the entire clan. After all, the emperor is not a crack from a rock, and there are relatives behind him who need to rely on. The empress dowager is the helmsman of this group of people and their target. In clan affairs, the emperor must repeatedly weigh his opinions and the opinions of the clan group before the final intention can be formed.

It is precisely because of this that the royal incidents in history involve people. Unless they do things very well or encounter emperors with a very tough personality, most of them will be preserved, imprisoned, or kept in captivity, and rarely die in despair. Their descendants will still eat the court's salary, but their treatment may be adjusted. Compared with those ministers who were convicted and killed, the results are often very different.

But the court officials also knew that the rebellion of King Wu and King Huai was indeed a bit out of line, but even Emperor Qiyuan really wanted to kill King Huai, or even King Yue and King Dian... there was no chance now. He was both royal blood and close relatives of the clan of Zhang. Even if Emperor Qiyuan attacked his heart and wanted to kill him, he could only find other reasons to make them die on the battlefield. If he died, he would have to die in a manner. He could not do anything to slaughter his relatives in front of all the relatives of the clan of the same surname in front of everyone. Even if this person really deserves to die, killing him would make the emperor lose that warmth and the foundation he relies on among his relatives.

In the final analysis, Emperor Qiyuan is not a tough and cruel person. Faced with the many big clans and high-ranking clans around him, he needs this foundation behind him and needs someone to spare no effort to support him. Then, in similar matters, he needs to make a certain degree of concession, even if he is the emperor, he still has to retreat.

The biggest rebel leader at the moment, Zhang Xiu, the King of Wu, committed suicide by causing trouble to thank the world. The kings who surrendered to the Huai King took the initiative to surrender and were escorted to the capital alive. It was obvious that they were going to be tried and convicted. In fact, the royal family of the Zhang family protected them in disguise. In the clan mansion, who else can enter except the official clan of the clan?

If the kings cannot be convicted, they will inevitably block the long mouths of the people in the world. Then someone must come out to push the jar. Since King Zhang Xiu of Wu is dead, the biggest one is naturally his. If such a rebellion is not the one who can do anything, there is no one who can do it. Among the followers, there are also people who need to find someone to be buried with him. The civil and military officials in the court, including Emperor Qiyuan, immediately found an vent. Everyone's actions were surprisingly consistent, and their eyes were fixed on the officials and generals who fell down during the war and secretly sent a secret message with King Wu and King Huai before and after the war.

Many people were standing at the forefront of the storm all of a sudden.

Zheng Ci, the governor of Hannan, was the first to be found. The memorial to impeach Zheng Ci seemed to suddenly emerge from the ground, filled with the case tables of Tongzhengsi. At the beginning of his tenure, he had private contact with Hannan officials, ignoring civil affairs; neglecting management and allowing subordinates to be laissezed; there was no correct understanding of the situation in Hannan, which led to the power of the King of Wu taking advantage of the situation, causing the political situation in Hannan to be corrupted and paralyzed; the river channel was not well rectified and the flood was not responded in time, resulting in hundreds of thousands of people being displaced and the fields being destroyed; in the wartime, taking the opportunity to plunder civil funds, money and grain, and poisoning the people...

For a moment, specious evidence and various big hats were tied to Zheng Ci's head.
Chapter completed!