"You should return to the Holy Spirit, but you will return to me."

This sentence is destined to be written down in the annals of history.

On this day, Emperor Zhu Yijun, through court discussions, declared that he would rule in line with the saints.

The extension of the spirit could be studied by Confucius or Wang Sage on his own; but as for the operation of nature, the emperor made it clear that he had doubts in his mind, which could only be solved by clear evidence.

In addition, with donations from the Taoist sect, the inner court took the lead, the Ministry of Rites cooperated, and the Ministry of Industry contributed to the preparation of a college dedicated to philosophical thinking, such as the causal relationship between claims and proofs, standards for proofs, methods of obtaining proofs, etc.

At the same time, it is tentatively decided that the first mountain chief will be concurrently served by Ma Ziqiang, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the left and right deputy mountain chiefs will be concurrently served by Li Youzi, Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and Tao Dalin, the imperial wine minister of the Imperial Academy.

Zhu Heng, minister of the Ministry of Industry, whose hair was gradually thinning, promised to complete the college within one month as a gift for the reform of the Yuan Dynasty.

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November 1st.

The winter solstice is ten days away.

The weather has gradually become colder, and a light rain last night made this morning even more chilling.

If the late emperor was still alive, at this time of year, the courtiers would gradually begin to be late or even not attend court.

However, passing the Fa test two months ago was like a mountain, pressing down on me, forcing me to get up from the warm bed.

Cursing Zhang Juzheng secretly, he dressed up and went to the palace to sit down.

On the first and fifteenth day of every month, it was supposed to be the time for the imperial meeting to be held. However, the two palaces and the cabinet thought that the new emperor had a heavy academic workload and needed to attend political training, so it was not appropriate to add to the burden, so they discussed holding the imperial meeting after the Yuan Dynasty was changed.

Since the general meeting is not held, naturally a small meeting will be held.

The court meeting was held as usual.

The people participating in the court meeting today seemed to have made an appointment. As soon as they stepped into the Wenhua Hall, their eyes were attracted by a figure for a moment.

As for why you can see this figure as soon as you raise your head? Naturally, it's because the ministers seemed to be avoiding it, and they were half a step away, so that there was a small open space around this figure.

The one who was so ostracized by the courtiers was naturally Hai Rui.

After Hai Rui settled his mother yesterday, he went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate early this morning to report, and was then brought to the court for discussion by Ge Shouli.

Today's court meeting was tight and the tasks were heavy. The ministers and the emperor went through the motions with each other before getting down to business.

First is the memorial of Wang Zongmu, the Governor of Water Transport.

Wang Guoguang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue, came out and said: "The Cao Yun Yamen has issued a memorial. The Ministry of Revenue cannot specialize in it. Let's discuss it."

"The Governor of Water Transport, Wang Zongmu, made a note of Chen Cao's advice: He was concerned about the distant land. Water transport is limited to the four prefectures of Huguang, Yongzhou, Hengzhou, Changsha, and Jiangxi Ganzhou. The roads are extremely long and dangerous. It is proposed that the cost of transporting grain will be 104,783 stone and eight buckets.

, change the fold every year.

"The five prefectures directly under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and Huzhou have too much grain. It is proposed that the annual quota should be changed to 100,000 dan according to the amount of grain. For example, in Henan and Shandong, the official sects of Henan and Shandong allocate people without orders or ships.

The guards took turns to stop their luck as a sign of mercy."

In short, the grain taxes of the four inland prefectures should be changed to be paid in silver instead of paying real grains. The shortfall in real grains should be made up by the five prefectures of Huaihe River and Huaihe River.

As soon as he said this, the officials looked at each other in shock.

The real thing is the real thing, and at most it can only cause some damage.

But if the payment is made in silver, the people will have to change hands again, and the oil and water in this are different.

Changing the share of Lianghuai's silver into real grain is giving away oil and water. This is clearly usurping the interests of Lianghuai!

Is this Wang Zongmu starting, or is the emperor about to start?

Ever since Hai Rui returned to Beijing, there have been frequent rumors of disturbing the Huai River. When I went to court today, I saw Hai Rui's pole and pestle there. Now there is such a memorial. No matter how you look at it, it is a coincidence.

I don't know who exchanged looks.

After an exchange of opinions, Bi Qiang, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, came out and said: "I have worked in the local area. I have some qualifications in Huguang, Nanzhili and other places, and I happen to know something about it."

"This is definitely not feasible."

Bi Qiang was a Jinshi in the 23rd year of Jiajing's reign. He later served successively as Deputy Envoy of the Zhejiang Chief Secretary, Chief Secretary of Guangxi Province, Chief Envoy of the Right Council, Chief Envoy of the Chief Secretary of Guangxi Province, Chief Envoy of the Chief Secretary of Zhejiang Province, and Chief Envoy of the Left Chief Secretary of Huguang Province.

Then he served as the governor of Yingtian Mansion in Nanzhili.

What he said about having done things in a certain place naturally carries weight.

"Wang Zongmu said that these five prefectures have too much grain, because he does not understand local affairs. Although these five prefectures are prolific in grain production, they also consume a lot of food."

"In addition to personal use, there are also government requisitions for brewing, overseas trade, etc. The actual amount of food left is not much at all!"

The words were conclusive, coupled with the fact that he had local experience, he was extremely convincing, and everyone nodded to show their approval.

Li Ke suddenly asked Li Zaiting about the incident: "Is Mr. Bi a native of Nanzhili?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bi Qiang's face immediately turned red, and he turned around and asked, "What does Li Geizhong mean?"

Li Zaiting lowered his head, as if he had never said these words.

Wang Guoguang stepped forward to take over the conversation: "Okay, let's discuss the matter."

Zhang Daoming from the Engineering Department also commented: "It is better not to set a precedent in this matter, otherwise it will easily intensify the confrontation between the North and the South."

This is a bit of a hunchback, but the meaning is very clear.

Zhu Yijun looked through this person's files behind the screen with great interest.

Zhang Daoming, a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang, was born in the same year as Jinshi in the second year of Longqing.

Naturally, people are asking for advice on this matter of transfer payments. It would also be nice to see how loud Nanzhili's voice is in the court.

If we want to move the Huaihe River, we will inevitably offend the Southern Zhili.

What are the two capitals? To put it bluntly, they are two sets of central teams.

Administratively, it only has a high status. Financially, Nanzhili also accounts for most of the world's finances and taxes.

Except for military power, there is no difference from the No. 2 imperial court, just like the Northeast Bureau, who can put on extra clothes at any time when the weather gets cold.

Even if there is no second intention.

The power has always been too large, and the Northern Zhili government has been forced to use the rat weapon.

Now he had to resort to counter-rebellion tactics before he dared to let Hai Rui go out.

Beside the couch, there was such a huge creature. Zhu Yijun didn't know how these emperors could sleep well before.

The court discussions are still going on.

In addition to these two people, four more people came out one after another to comment on what was wrong with Wang Zongmu's memorial.

Not surprisingly, the matter was discussed and the memorial was sent back.

But the atmosphere has ended here, so naturally there is more to come.

Zhu Heng, minister of the Ministry of Industry, came out and said: "Wang Zongmu, Governor of Water Transport, said: The sea transport has arrived."

Having said that, it’s time to return to the queue.

Zhu Yijun put his hand on his forehead. Is it so difficult for technocrats to communicate?

He had no choice but to remind him through the screen: "Zhu Qing, you might as well make it clearer."

Only then did Zhu Heng react and quickly added: "Wang Zongmu said that shipping has been inoperable for more than a hundred and sixty years."

"Previously, when Wang Zongmu was appointed as the envoy to the left of Shandong Province, due to the Jiaohe controversy, he carefully studied the history of the previous dynasties and stated to the cabinet the twelve benefits of shipping."

"Say it, shipping is inevitable!"

"After being rejected by the imperial council, the late emperor accidentally found out that he planned to open sea transportation this year and try it out to see the effects."

"After Wang Zongmu became governor of water transportation, he personally tried six ships to cross the sea, and they have arrived one after another in recent days."

"It is proposed to the Ministry of Industry that both sea transportation and river-canal transport should be transported together. This will truly bring endless benefits to the country for thousands of years."

Zhu Heng finished speaking in one breath, and Shi Shiran returned to the train.

But the court officials were like a frying pan, and started whispering. The official scolded him, and everyone stopped whispering.

This is short sea shipping.

To put it bluntly, it relies on sea routes to meet the needs of inland freight.

From the southeast, from the sea to Zhejiang, into the Huaihe River, and even from the sea to Shandong, into Tianjin Wei.

It is said to be sea transportation, but in fact it is on the same track as water transportation!

It's a matter of nakedly stealing people's jobs.

Wang Zongmu's previous "Twelve Profitable Maritime Provisions" has discussed this matter in detail.

Everyone has seen it, what’s your reaction?

In Wang Zongmu's own words, "the crowd heard about it suddenly and looked at each other with suspicion and fear", and the voices of opposition were loud and endless.

Coming again now?

Many people are ready to make a move.

Someone took the lead, and Hu Ke all reported to Jia Daiwen who was involved in the matter: "I have heard about this matter. Nanjing Hu Ke happened to have this report."
To be continued...