Last night, Zhu Yunxi had an indescribable dream and was shaken.
In the early morning, I woke up again due to peeing.
Lifting the quilt, he frowned slightly when he looked at the dried stain on the mattress, but he had no choice but to sigh slightly in his heart.
There is always a fire that cannot be extinguished in the young man's body. Then he got up and washed himself, went to the back hall to do some martial arts boxing, did fifty push-ups, and ran two more laps until he sweated a lot and the fire in his body
The fire seemed to have subsided quite a bit.
"Is Grandpa Huang up?" Zhu Yunxi asked while wiping his face while sitting at the desk in the side hall.
Pu Wuyong stood with his head lowered, his eyebrows lowered and he said, "Your Majesty didn't go back to Fengtian Palace to settle down last night. He slept at Concubine Hui's place!"
Zhu Yunxi suddenly realized it and couldn't help laughing, "Old man, that's fine!"
Then he did not eat breakfast immediately, but asked Wang Shai to bring the memorial and looked at it carefully.
As the crown prince, he not only had to listen in and express opinions when the old man and the court ministers discussed political affairs. Moreover, the old man also gave him the right to review memorials.
Of course, after he reviewed it, the old man had to read it again.
Growing from a crown prince to a qualified king is a step-by-step process. Only by first understanding the internal affairs and shortcomings of the empire can we make corresponding reforms in the future. Any reform is based on the previous system and must be
Be realistic.
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If we just start by vigorously developing business, change this and that, and slap ourselves on the forehead unrealistically, I am afraid that it will not only be unhelpful to the country, but also have the opposite effect.
The deeper you go into this era, the deeper this feeling becomes. For many things, you must not just pat your head and have a whim. What you think is good must really adapt to this era and truly bring benefits to the country and the people.
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The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all ranked among the top two scholars. They may be a little pedantic, but when it comes to governing the country, their abilities and opinions are far beyond what ordinary people can compare with.
The first memorial was given by Xu Gui, the Chief Secretary of Henan Province.
"This year, there is a severe drought in Kaifeng and Zhangde Prefectures in Henan Province, and the field harvest is less than four out of ten. The people can only eat preserved fruits and cannot pay taxes. I am bold and ask your Majesty to exempt the people of these two prefectures from summer taxes."
The first memorial is not good news. Our country is too big, and no matter how peaceful the world is, there will always be places where we suffer natural and man-made disasters.
Zhu Yunxi took up his pen and wrote neatly, "I ordered Hua to pay the tax (tax exemption), and asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to give the matter. The Supervisory Office inspected the censor, calculated the population of the people in the drought-stricken areas of Henan, and exempted the summer tax to calm the people's hearts and show their dignity.
Tiande."
After thinking about it, he wrote with emphasis, "Henan Governor Xu must remember not to underreport or underreport in order to cover up his mistakes. How much people's land is harvested is related to the livelihood of millions of people. When the New Year is approaching, if the people are hungry, report it immediately.
Whether it is providing relief from Guancang or allocating money and food from the Ministry of Household Affairs, we must not be careless."
"There is a drought this year, but I don't know what will happen next year. Spring plowing is coming in a blink of an eye. People in the two prefectures must be more cautious when doing spring plowing. God is so kind to you. You must remember to put the people first. Put the drought situation in the two prefectures and the people's livelihood first.
Due to the difficulties, and the matters concerning spring plowing next year, we will report them in detail without any delay!"
He is the crown prince, and the old man is allowed to use the imperial pen and inscriptions. But he cannot use the tone of the emperor, but the tone of the crown prince. The local officials can also see that this is the old man asking Zhu Yunxi to get familiar with each other first and the local officials.
After reading the memorial in Henan, Zhu Yunxi picked up a blank memorial and continued to write, "Natural disasters cannot be avoided by manpower. However, some officials underreported and concealed reports for the sake of their future official positions, so that the people could not bathe in God's grace, so that
You can't understand the public sentiment at the first time."
"My grandson has some superficial opinions. In areas prone to natural disasters in the north, the imperial court should send censors, jinshi, and guozijian supervisors to patrol. They should observe the people's conditions and report to the court in detail the local abuses and people's livelihood. If there is a disaster, the censors, jinshi, etc. should be dispatched.
, supervising the three-body supervision of students and punishing officials who neglect their duties."
"In the past, when the imperial court punished officials, they always took the lead. Sun'er thinks that even the chief of the local area cannot be exempted from punishment."
"Whenever there is water, drought, insect, frost, hail and other disasters in the ministry, as soon as the acres of land are damaged, the officials will immediately report it to each level. But those who neglect their duties, ignore the disaster, shirk their duties, and do not pursue their duties in their positions, will be punished with sticks.
ten."
"Chief, both are equally guilty!"
"And those who usurp acres of land in disaster years, such as village chiefs, first-class leaders, and large households who usurp acres of land, will be charged 40 sticks for one acre and 100 for 5 acres. Their property will be confiscated by officials and distributed to the poor people!"
After finishing writing, Zhu Yunxi looked at it again, put it down carefully, and waited for the ink to dry.
Natural disasters are not terrible. The Ming Dynasty's national strength is still good, and it can provide relief to the victims and stabilize the people's hearts. But what is terrible is that in the years of natural disasters, officials did not act. What is even more terrible is that the years of natural disasters have become an opportunity to usurp the people's world.
If local officials do not act, the people will inevitably borrow money from large families at high interest rates and mortgage their fields in order to survive. When the disaster is over, no matter how the people's livelihood is, the fields will become someone else's.
And in this case, the biggest reliance behind these large families who have embezzled land is not the government. It is the local chiefs, the chiefs, the township chiefs, the village chiefs, these people are the bullies at the grassroots level. They are more evil than
Corrupt officials.
Then, Zhu Yunxi picked up the second memorial.
"Your Majesty, I have the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Front Army. Yang Chun, the Commander-in-Chief of Gansu Town, is here to report."
This is a military memorial, and Gansu Wei is a large border town.
Stationed in Ganzhou Wei (now Zhangye City, Gansu Province), it has jurisdiction over the Great Wall, starting from the north bank of the Yellow River in today's Lanzhou to the northwest to the Tuolai River in Jiayuguan, with a total length of about 800 kilometers.
Zhu Yunxi took a sip of strong tea and started reading carefully.
"The forward post of our guard is located in a remote place. The governor's palace has a lot of losses in transporting money and grain. Merchants are often harassed by horse thieves and common people when transporting grain and grass, and their lives are often in danger. I am brave enough to kowtow to your majesty and ask for permission to surrender the unclaimed land.
Sold to merchants, they are allowed to recruit people to farm, build forts, and store food for the border troops!"
"I would like to remind you again that the Great Wall in Gansu may not be built by countless civilians. The population in remote Gansu is sparse, and conscripting civilians will inevitably hurt the farmers. The soldiers at the garrison also have fields and are responsible for guarding the border posts, so they dare not touch it lightly.
I am stupid, please give me some advice!"
After Zhu Yunxi read it, he fell into deep thought.
Gansu Guard is one of the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty. It is a bitter and cold place at the border, and it is not easy for soldiers. The war is about money and food. Food is mobilized from the hub or the nearby granary to go to the border. The loss on the road is too great. Just imagine, a three thousand people transportation team
, if we walked for half a month, just these people could eat an astronomical amount of food.
The policy that the imperial court has always pursued is to let merchants transport grain, and private merchants to transport grain and grass to the border in exchange for salt and tea that the imperial court allows to sell, which is mutually beneficial.
However, the folk customs in that place are fierce.
Just like in later generations, it was illegal to rob a police car. Hu and Han people lived there together, and everyone had horses that came and went like the wind. No matter who you were, they robbed you first.
Back and forth, merchants transporting grain would rather travel a long way and choose other safe border towns than go there.
Yang Chun's suggestion is very good. There is a lot of unowned land there. Selling it to merchants is more than the income. At the same time, let the merchants organize people to clear up wasteland and use the food produced every year to enrich the border. At the same time, build manors to resist bandits and clear out the land.
Banditry.
"Yes!" Zhu Yunxi wrote, "The fields under Gansu Wei's rule will be sold according to the number of people in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and merchants will be allowed to recruit people to cultivate them."
When writing, Zhu Yunxi changed his writing, "However, local banditry is the responsibility of the guard. Isn't it incompetent for the Gansu Guard's 15,000 troops to sit back and watch the rioters and horse thieves harass the grain road? Now, immediately clear up the banditry and plunder the officials.
Horse thieves who steal grain will be killed without mercy. Those who rob and rebel will select young and strong men to join the army. I will serve as military affairs officer and martial arts department official to record in detail the bandit suppression matters and report them to the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army."
Then, Zhu Yunxi wrote again, "The Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Yang Chun, has asked merchants to farm and increase military supplies, which is really a good thing. I am very pleased! As a reward, I will give you twenty kilograms of wine and ten bolts of cotton."
But then the next question made Zhu Yunxi somewhat confused.
The Gansu Guards General mentioned in the memorial the construction of the Great Wall.
In the eyes of later generations, the construction of the Great Wall was a manifestation of passive defense that wasted people and money, but in this era, it is impossible to have a large army at the border, and the enemies outside the wall are all highly mobile cavalry. So the existence of the Great Wall is a military necessity.
Xiu Changsheng wants to be a civilian husband. In these days, there are no machines, and everything is carried on shoulders and hands.
I was thinking about it when I suddenly heard the old man's voice.
I saw Zhu Yuanzhang coming in from outside and said with a smile, "But is there something difficult to do?"
This chapter has been completed!