"The water in West Lake is about to freeze? To what extent?" Zhu Qiyu said with a frown.

This is a natural disaster, not a warning from heaven.

Li Binyan said helplessly: "Now only the lake embankments and stone barriers in the lake are frozen. In a few days, the West Lake will be open to pedestrians."

"Pedestrians can pass through the Inner West Lake, but if the Outer West Lake is also frozen, Your Majesty, it's better to take it easy. After all, merchants are like water in ditches. If they continue to pursue and fight fiercely, I'm afraid something big will happen."

All the ministers were talking about it. Zhu Qiyu squinted his eyes and looked at the half-burnt dragon flag in front of him.

Surrender is never half lost, surrender is always only death.

Zhu Qiyu killed Zhu Qizhen and surrendered, and there was no such thing as losing half the battle.

"Where is the Ministry of Industry? How much coal do we have available for use?" Zhu Qiyu's first thought was to invite people.

But Wang Yan, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the canal has already frozen. We hurried and hurriedly arrived at Nanya before the canal froze."

"The coal-fired wood in Bingziku of the Ministry of Industry is only 300,000 kilograms, which is not enough for the millions of people in Nanya, let alone the people in Jiangnan and Huaihe."

There are only three saddle factories in Guanye. How can we transport coal to the south? This is unrealistic.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and looked at Wang Hu, the doctor in the household department.

Wang Hu shook his head and said: "Once the court starts buying, if silver coins cannot be purchased, they may have to use silver, and they may take the opportunity to hit the court hard."

Lu Zhong looked at the helpless appearance of the court officials and said loudly: "Your Majesty, why don't you confiscate your home? I am good at this!"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said: "Now that the outline of the dynasty has been set, to violate the righteousness of the fight for power that I have set myself is to lose justice to the world, to confiscate and destroy homes without any reason, between me and the rebels, between me and this powerful and powerful family."

What's the difference?"

Lu Zhong took a deep breath, feeling a little helpless.

Li Binyan took a deep breath. He knew that His Majesty might not like to hear what he said next, but he still wanted to say it. After all, it was related to the livelihood of the people in Zhejiang, Huaihe, Nanjing, Luzhou and other places.

Li Binyan said very seriously: "Your Majesty, after the Meixianglou case, Jiangnan Shilin has felt how sharp your Majesty's sword is, and the current resistance is very weak. If there is a slight relaxation, they are probably willing to listen.

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Zhu Qiyu frowned and asked: "How to ease it? Are you going to open the Council to argue with them?"

Li Binyan immediately shook his head and said, "How is that possible! That's a trade-off between the executive system and the administrative system. How can we reopen the Advisory Council?"

Li Xian quickly took over the words and said: "No, no, the Council is usurping the power of the imperial court. How can it be established?"

Zhu Qiyu sat up straight and said with bright eyes: "Do you know what Zhao Wuyan said? Their three demands are to reopen the Advisory Council, improve sea taxes, and reduce banknotes. Their three demands are in order

Progressive, not parallel.”

"Don't you think they are confused? I warned them in front of them that they are still lawless and have no laws and regulations, and they will still do the things that are greedy and enriching their families."

"But do you think they are confused? They know that the first priority is to reopen the Council of Ministers, and they know the dangers of overstepping power."

"They are not stupid, they are just doing things according to past practices."

Are these idiots really stupid?

It's just that it's been too long since the Hongwu period, and they have forgotten how severe punishments were.

They are not stupid, on the contrary, they are very quiet. They intend to control the people's livelihood through subtle means, and then coerce the emperor to agree to their conditions.

But they didn't expect that His Majesty would actually follow through on his word, go deep into the enemy's interior, and even instigate and wave flags in person!

Where have they seen such an outrageous emperor?

Li Binyan said with some dejection: "Your Majesty, please forgive some of the criminals in Meixiang Tower. After all, some of them are just joining in the fun. The crime will be reduced to one level, beheading will be changed to exile, extreme will be changed to smoke miasma, smoke miasma will be changed to

Hard labor, hard labor was changed to leniency.”

"Then use gold and silver to purchase goods, suspend harsh punishments, and survive this difficult situation."

Zhu Qiyu was very happy, looked at Li Binyan and asked with a smile: "After I got through it, Governor Li was chased by the Metropolitan Procuratorate for impeachment. In the end, he had to go to court to plead guilty, and was finally convicted. Governor Li, what can I say to you?

Woolen cloth?"

If Zhu Qiyu really listened to what Li Binyan said and acted on it, it would be Li Binyan who died.

If he pleads for the criminal, those censors, like a pack of hungry wolves, will swarm up and tear Li Binyan to pieces.

Feng Xian Yan Guan doesn't care which sect you belong to. They are like fundamentalist people. They don't care what circumstances you have made these decisions and how difficult it is.

Li Binyan didn't answer. Now that he had said it, he naturally thought of the consequences.

In fact, he could have kept his mouth shut. After all, this matter had little to do with him. At most, it was just unfavorable in doing things. Keeping things as irrelevant as he did was the law of survival in the officialdom.

But Li Binyan still said it. This is because his temperament seems a bit straightforward and he dares to speak out.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "No, I'll forgive you this time."

"They will only become bolder! More rampant! More unscrupulous! They will think that I, think that the court is easy to bully, and then become even more lawless!"

"Actually, they will still have to create the Council in the end."

"This time it's a cold wave, but what about next time? It's a famine. Once they think this trick works, they will do anything they can, and natural disasters will eventually turn into man-made disasters."

Yu Qian remained silent, his face was very calm, and he was not at all panicked. He even went to Ma'anshan to inspect everything in the saddle factory after thinking about the end of the court to ensure that it was carried out in an orderly manner.

Yu Qian understands Your Majesty very well.

His Majesty likes to be lenient to the enemy, and even anticipated such outrageous things as the world's defeat of the Ming Dynasty before setting off for the Beijing camp.

Although he was not sure whether His Majesty had thought of natural disasters and cold waves in advance, he was sure that His Majesty should have been prepared.

And he also firmly believed that his Majesty had a way.

Zhu Qiyu looked around and asked calmly: "Don't you have any good ideas?"

The faces of the ministers were full of helplessness. Don't they know His Majesty's temperament? If they don't know, why do they still participate in the court meeting?

If there is a way, is there any need to let His Majesty humiliate me?

Zhu Qiyu looked at the expressions of the ministers, and finally looked at Yu Qian and asked: "Where is Yu Shaobao?"

Yu Qian bowed his head and said: "First of all, we should strictly prohibit hoarding and urge merchants to maintain smooth flow of goods. If anyone dares to hoard during the cold wave, once verified, I think we should imitate the old incident of Tonghui River and hang them up in Qinhuai River."

Both sides of the river."

"If it's not enough to lift one batch, just lift the second batch. If it's not enough to lift the second batch, just lift them all."

There are still so many black dragons hanging on the Tonghui River. When the price of food in the capital skyrocketed, Zhu Qiyu directly used the most brutal means to hang them all up.

Li Xian looked at Yu Qian blankly. Aren't Yu Qian and Grand Scholar Chen Xun always urging His Majesty to be kind?

Think about the bustling Qinhuai River, which is covered with the corpses of profiteers. Can the Qinhuai River, a famous river through the ages, still be arty?

Any story turned into a big joke in front of the rows of corpses.

Yu Qian continued: "Besides, I think that a powerful and powerful family is best at pushing the envelope even further."

"Your Majesty forgave them, but they relied on it and became more arrogant and rampant. When the time comes to punish them, wouldn't it be a greater crime? It would be better not to forgive them."

Yu Qian really did it for the good of his Majesty's family. If His Majesty is really downgraded to second class this time, Shi Yaoyou will jump in front of His Majesty sooner or later and continue to commit suicide. If he offends His Majesty again, more people will die.

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Yu Qian is as kind as ever.

As the most powerful person among the Ming courtiers, he could not bear to see more people die.

Simply lay out the vehicles, horses and artillery and tell them where the line is, and if they cross the line, they will die.

Zhu Qiyu added: "If they close their doors and go out of business, then they will issue an order to recruit shops before the war. If they don't sell anything, then they will buy and sell by force! Military control and rationing."

Sitting together before the war was Zhu Qiyu's way of raising the roof, and he told these guys clearly that once the powerful rightists started their tacit understanding and resisted the will of the imperial court, Zhu Qiyu planned to directly impose military control on rationing.

Anyway, Zhu Qiyu, Yu Qian, and Shi Heng are all familiar with this system. Didn't Shanxi Xingdusi and Jing'an Province all use the military control rationing system after the attack?

Since they wanted to resist to the end, Zhu Qiyu did not regard Nanya as the solid land of the Ming Dynasty, but directly treated it as a newly created land.

Zhu Qiyu took a deep breath and said: "Aren't they going to make trouble? Then let them make trouble. Don't you just want to force me to plow the world again?"

"Then just plow it again and that's it!"

Zhu Qiyu was, as always, prepared for the worst.

Yu Qian bowed his head and continued: "Secondly, we should calculate the prices of the main daily necessities last year, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt and tea. Once the increase exceeds 50%, we should release grain and coal and make adjustments."

"If you make a profit of 10%, you can separate green and yellow. If you make a profit of 20%, you will salivate. If you make a profit of 50%, you will get chestnuts from the fire."

"Your Majesty's physical supplies are gathered in various treasuries in Nanjing. Can they be used?"

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "Of course I can use it for everything, and I can't eat so much. I'll leave this part to Ji Sheng. Lin Daxuan, Wang Shizhong, are you in trouble?"

Lin Xiu and Wang Hu said with serious faces: "No."

Yu Qian continued: "Third, we should fully inform the people of the current situation, rather than being caught off guard when the cold wave comes. We should actively respond to the cold wave and allow people to enter the city and live in shops and official residences when necessary.

among.”

"There is also the issue of re-cultivation after the cold wave. These are matters of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Xian with eyes full of inquiry.

Li Xian sat up straight and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured!"
To be continued...