After returning to the county government office, King Zhou and others were shocked to find that the bodyguards of the emperor's grandson were packing their bags.
"Your Highness, you want to go somewhere else?" Zhou Wang Zhu Zhu said anxiously, "I am not too talkative. You are a body of ten thousand gold and should not be moved lightly!"
He was really anxious. Ever since Zhu Yunxi came to the disaster area, he had hardly had a good night's sleep. The emperor's grandson was the lifeblood of the old man. If something bad happened to him, even if he caught a cold, the old man would easily get angry.
, discount his legs.
"If you don't go and take a look, you will feel uneasy after all!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Everyone in the disaster area has to go take a look. The first is to see if anyone is not doing their best in disaster relief, and the second is to calm people's hearts. The third is to
Well, post-disaster reconstruction is a long-term matter, so you need to make preparations in advance.”
You killed so many people in Gong County, who dares not to work hard to provide disaster relief?
King Zhu Zhu of Zhou secretly said something in his heart, and continued, "If you want to go, that's fine. If I send someone to follow you, I will go with you!"
"You are the vassal king. How can you leave the fiefdom without a decree?" Zhu Yunxi glanced at him.
"I am afraid that you are doing this private visit incognito. If you are in such danger again, I will not live!" Zhu Tie stamped his feet and said, "Good Your Highness, you don't know, you haven't come here yet, the old man's
The letter was delivered!"
"Oh?" Zhu Yunxi asked curiously, "What did the emperor say?"
"If you don't serve me well, I will break my legs!" Zhu Zhu smiled bitterly, "He also said that it is rare for me to have the opportunity to get close to you, so I will think about it!"
Zhu Yunxi pondered for a moment and said with a smile, "The first half of the sentence is to scare you, but the second half is true!" Remember https://m in one second.
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Zhu Ting was startled and felt a chill in his heart for no reason.
It's not that there is no reason, but there is something wrong in his heart. Among the vassal kings, he and King Yan are closest to each other. In fact, he knows some things well.
"When I was in the capital, I didn't have the opportunity to get close to my fifth uncle. After I got here, I found that my fifth uncle was also a capable person!" Zhu Yunxi continued to smile, "Among the vassals, you have always been the most low-key and never made any publicity. With this kind of temper, Grandpa Huang
He Gu likes it very much."
To say low-profile is a euphemism. Among the kings who have now become vassals, King Zhou is actually relatively weak. Even though he is located in the ancient capital of Kaifeng, a prosperous place in the Central Plains. However, this location is neither a frontier fortress nor a dangerous inland location.
place.
He has no elite soldiers or generals under his command.
Historically, he did nothing to help Zhu Di. After Zhu Di raised his army, he was directly captured by Zhu Yunwen and taken to Nanjing.
"Do I dare to show off? When your father was alive, I kept my tail between my legs. When it comes to you, I still keep my tail between my legs. You are much more ruthless than your father!"
Zhu Ju cursed in his heart for a while, and said respectfully, "My lord, always abide by your duties as a minister!"
"My family, you don't have to be so formal!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, waved gently, and everyone around him stepped away. Then, Zhu Yunxi's expression became solemn, "Fifth uncle, I really have something to do, and I have to ask you for help!"
"broken!"
"This kid didn't hold it in well. His father was like this back then. When he wanted to harm someone, he would get close to him!"
King Zhu Zhu of Zhou gritted his teeth and said, "I don't dare to take the word "please" from His Highness, it's just His Highness's orders!"
"During this flood, I exempted the disaster-stricken areas from taxes for five years!" Zhu Yunxi looked at him and smiled, "You are the largest landowner in Kaifeng, do you think so?"
"No!" Zhu Rui said without hesitation, "Within five years, all tenants in the fiefdom will not have to pay food!"
Although it hurt a little, he couldn't say no. Besides, even if he forced it, the tenants might not be able to pay the rent in the next two years.
"Very happy!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Fifth Uncle, you have set a good example for the vassals all over the world!" He said, "After returning to the capital, I will ask the censor to tell the story of Fifth Uncle's righteous deeds."
The world!"
"After that, whichever vassal king you want to deal with, I will be a ready example! Since then, I don't know how many brothers have scolded me behind my back!"
Zhu Tie was complaining in his heart, but he bit the bullet and said, "I don't dare to be so kind to Your Highness!"
"You are a man of great wisdom!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Fifth uncle, don't worry, I see that you have suffered a little loss now, because this love has led me. You and I will not treat you badly in the future.
!”
"Let's do this!" Zhu Yunxi thought about it and continued, "The tenants have not paid rent for five years, and you will suffer a great loss. I will have someone check and record all the fields under Zhou Fan's name, and see if I can compensate you in the future.
two!"
"You want to see how much money I have, right? If you find out, the land under my name will be fixed in the future. If you dare to occupy one more acre of land, you will deal with me? This
Boy, you are so bad! Worse than his father, he eats people without spitting out their bones!"
Zhu Ju cursed in his heart and thought, "The land under this minister's name is recorded in the Ministry of Household Affairs!"
"Hey, when the flood came, everything was washed away." Zhu Yunxi sighed, "Good things are measured again! Besides, fifth uncle!" Zhu Yunxi suddenly looked away, half-smiling, "In these years, in the fields of your fiefdom,
It must have increased a lot, right? Don't rush to explain it, many censors have already whispered it in Gu's ears, otherwise why would the outside world say that you are the largest landowner in the Central Plains?"
"You handled this disaster well, and you were dedicated to serving the public good and exempted the tenants from five years of rent. After re-measurement, these fields will become your reasonable and legal private property, and no one can use it as an argument in the future." After saying this,
, full of smiles, "To put it bluntly, some things happened in the past, so let's forget about it!"
Zhu Ju's face was full of bitterness. Nothing happened before. What's the big deal with all the land?
However, he did not dare to refute, so he could only say, "My lord, thank you, Your Highness!"
"Look, you are always so polite. Being too polite means being distant. Uncle Wu, you and Gu are the same family!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
Zhu Zhu smiled stiffly, and when he thought of his fourth brother, King Yan, he suddenly sighed in his heart.
"Fourth brother, this kid is more ruthless and bad than his father. Why are you fighting him? If you really fight with him in the future, I won't dare to intervene!"
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In the capital, Fengtian Hall, the old man is convening ministers to discuss matters, talking about the disaster in Henan.
"Look, look, ah!"
The old man sat on the dragon chair, holding the memorial from Henan, and said angrily, "In the year of the great disaster, there are still officials in the local area who have such conscience that dogs can eat. A flood left the people empty-handed, their families were destroyed, and their lives were destroyed. The court issued a decree
They still have to worry about the relief food and supplies!"
"He is a parent official, and what he eats is the people's heart and soul! The supplies are not given to the people when they are received, they can use them as they please. What kind of parent officer is he? He is just a bastard!"
The old man's roar echoed in the hall.
The ministers did not dare to speak and all bowed their heads.
"Kill well!" the old man said loudly again, "our eldest grandson killed quickly and rightly. For such a heartless person, it is easier to kill him with one knife, but it is better to stab him with such a small knife, which will hurt him to death and scare him."
Kill him and let him know what life is worse than death!"
"They say we kill people ruthlessly, how about not killing?" The old man slapped the table, "How can this be a personnel matter?"
Having said this, the old man put down the memorial and his eyes suddenly became a little sad.
"Back then, before we joined the army, the government had to pay grain and taxes during natural disasters. The whole of Huaixi was starved to death. People were dying one by one. In winter, all the bodies were buried in the snow. Those rats would crawl in at night.
In the snow, they chew on people's bodies. When spring comes, the snow melts and they are all white bones!"
"The living ones are not much better. They exchanged their own children for someone else's and secretly cooked and eaten them."
"It is said that the common people hate the government. The officials are superior to others in fine clothes and food, but the common people live worse than their own dogs. How can we not hate them?"
"After we conquer the Ming Dynasty, we will never let the people live worse than dogs!"
"Hubu, Fu Youwen!"
"Your Majesty is here!" the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue came out and said.
"Let me ask you, how much money have been raised to control the river in Henan?" the old man asked.
"According to statistics from the Ministry of Industry and the Government Department, the amount of money used to control the Yellow River burst in this disaster is about six million!" Fu Youwen said, "The national treasury will not be able to come up with so much money at once, so I thought that
, it’s better to allocate it year by year!”
"No!" the old man said, "paying it year by year is equivalent to owing a debt. If something happens again, it might be postponed until the Year of the Monkey. If you want to cure it, you have to do it once and for all. If you want to cure it, you have to let him stop talking for decades.
Get wet!"
"Your Majesty, the treasury really can't get it out at once!" Fu Youwen replied, "Now the disaster area is spending money, and there is also military expenditure for the coming year. I haven't counted the subsequent expenses for resettling the victims. I asked you to take so much now.
I am also helpless!"
"We don't care. If you are asked to be the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, you have to find a way!" The old man said loudly, "You have to do it if you can, and you have to do it if you don't. Who made you the chief steward of the Ming Dynasty?"
The old man made an almost arrogant statement, and Fu Youwen did not dare to speak any more.
"Speaking of money, I remember what His Highness once said!" Ling Han, the Minister of Personnel, suddenly said.
"What did he say?" the old man asked.
"The first is to make a donation!" Ling Han said, "But well, we can't collect much!"
"Second, open the sea!"
This chapter has been completed!