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Chapter 41 Too greedy (2)

This year's autumn rain is later than in previous years, and it is drizzling like plum rain, without the atmosphere of autumn at all.

The window on the second floor of Leshizhai, Forbidden City, is open, and the breeze blows in, and the Clivia placed on the window is slightly rippling.

Zhu Yunyu sat on the throne, with six ministers and censors in front of him, and all the ministers were given sanctions. The small court meetings in private were less solemn and more casual.

"Your Majesty, I have seen the autumn harvest report from all over the past few days, and it is like a good harvest." Hou Yong, the Minister of Revenue, said with a smile. Fu Youwen, the old minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was already old, and Zhu Yunyu was polite to the rich old minister and kept him in the title of Minister of Revenue, but he was already a manager, and Hou Yong was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunxiu held the teacup and smiled, "Yes! If there is a bumper harvest in Huguang and other places, I will be very happy. But this year, Henan, Shanxi and Shandong are all signs of a bumper harvest. Even Hebei has a balance after removing the military rations from the Liaodong Dusi!"

Autumn harvest is the most important thing for the country in a year, and the most important thing for the people in a year. At this time, the king and his ministers are all happy and express their feelings.

"Your Majesty, you probably forgot!" Cao Guo Duke Li Jing raised his head and bowed and smiled, "Liaodong Shen, King Liao and King Yan, you issued a sage at the beginning of this year. It is possible that in addition to the military farms of the garrison, they can recruit people to reclaim wasteland."

"Although it's a bit bitter and cold there, there will always be some rewards for good weather this year! Besides, you haven't counted Goryeo yet?"

"You have a good memory!" Zhu Yunsheng nodded in approval.

The biggest expenditure of the Ming Dynasty in the north was actually the food and money of these border troops. In previous years, the imperial court transported it from the gap in the south to collect food and money. People ate horses and chewed it in a long journey, and I don’t know how much it would cost.

Now there is no need to pay for it, it is a big number when counting inside and outside.

"Emperor!" Ru Wei, the Minister of War, hesitated for a moment and said, "Can you leave some for Goryeo when collecting grain?"

Suddenly, the smile on the faces of the ministers turned into surprise, and they all looked at him in confusion.

Ru Wei stood up, "The General of the Right Pillar Kingdom was stationed in Goryeo safely. This year, the Ministry of War issued a letter to suppress the rebellion in Goryeo. This is still... there is still a record. Other small rebellions have not been reported yet!"

As he said that, he looked at Zhu Yunyu's face again, "Goryeo is now also a territory of the Ming Dynasty. The promotion of sinicization has been quite effective, and most of the scholars are willing to do so. But the court's annual money and food are too harsh, so the civil conflicts..."

"The emperor has ruled the world, but he abandoned Gaoli?"

"I'm sure they can be grateful if they want less money and food and leave more food for the Koreans."

The hall was silent, and the civil officials agreed and nodded slightly. The military officials who participated in the small dynasty meeting were very resentful.

Their eyes were all in sight by Zhu Yunyu.

The military officials really didn't regard that place as the territory of the Ming Dynasty, just take the generals guarding there as an example. When Fu Youde was alive, he was very tolerant of the local people. When he went safely, he would be a living king of hell.

There is also the King of Han who was enthroned in Lelang (Pyongyang), which is even more...it is hard to describe in one word.

"Ministry of Personnel!" Zhu Yunsheng spoke.

Ling Han immediately stood up, "Old minister is here!"

"If Goryeo always has military control, the pressure is too high." Zhu Yunxiu said in a deep thought, "Look back and choose some people to be officials there. Since it is the land of the Ming Dynasty, it must be treated equally. Otherwise, hatred will be passed down from generation to generation. It must be both powerful and virtuous."

"You can identify the local scholars. If you can be an official, do you understand?"

Ling Han people became a mature spirit, so they naturally understood what they meant and smiled, "The emperor's holy virtue is to be loved by all over the world. I will go back and do it immediately!"

The civil officials praised the emperor, "The emperor's holy virtue!"

"What kind of holy virtue is this?" Zhu Yunsheng smiled, "I just felt it."

As he said that, he looked at Ru Wei and continued, "Let the Ministry of Revenue consider it as appropriate. Goryeo can relax the collection of grain in Goryeo." At this point, he paused again, "In the name of the Ministry of War, he gave Ping'an and King Han to write a document, so that they could also restrain themselves and not move at any time...ah!"

"I obey the order!" Ru Feng said.

It’s not Zhu Yun’s bad guy. Looking at the world history of mankind, after annexing territory, kindness and power are always in parallel. Being kind and benevolent cannot stand, but being blindly high pressure cannot stand. You can stand for a while, or for a lifetime.

At this moment, the turtle was holding a yellow box in both hands and stepped in quickly, and placed it silently on the Zhu Yunyu imperial desk.

"Your Majesty, the eight hundred miles of Zhejiang are expedited!"

"Oh?" Zhu Yunxiu was a little surprised. Tie Xuan and others rarely used expedited use in Zhejiang.

Slowly open it, open the memorial and read it carefully. It was a joint memorial by Tie Xuan, the left envoy of the Zhejiang Provincial Administration Secretary, Jing Qing, and the supervisor Han Kezhong. After reading a few lines of words, a smile could not be suppressed on his face.

"Emperor!" Li Jinglong smiled, "But there is a happy event!"

"I didn't see the wrong person!" Zhu Yunxi's expression was full of relief.

"Tie Hyun and Han Kezhong made a note!" He continued, "When Han Kezhong inspected Zhejiang, he found that more than 100 miles away from Taizhou, there was a deserted island on the east side of Yueqing Bay that occupied a huge area but was uncultivated."

"Han Kezhong went to the island to see it. If the island was properly managed, it could reclaim more than 100,000 acres of land for Zhejiang, and the annual grain tax alone would be 25,000 stones!"

"So the three of them jointly reported and asked me to report their land reclamation matters!"

As he said that, he smiled repeatedly, "Good things, good things!"

"I congratulate the emperor, this is equivalent to auspiciousness from heaven!" Li Jinglong said with a smile first, "We have more than 100,000 acres of fertile land in our Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Yunxi continued to look at the sack without raising his head, "Actually, with Liangtian, I must be more happy that they are brave enough to do things!"

As he said that, he sighed slightly, "Why didn't such a large area be cultivated earlier? So many officials in Zhejiang have so shallow eyes, can't see the benefits?"

Then he shook his head, "Han Kezhong told Tie Hyun the idea, and Tie Hyun summoned officials of all sizes to discuss. However, they said that the pirates were approaching the sea and should be careful of the invasion of pirates. They also said that the island was desolate and wasting people's power when they were cultivated!"

"Ha, it's all excuses!"

"The Japanese pirates have disappeared, where did the pirates come from? Even if they waste their people's financial resources, how many people can be accommodated with more than 100,000 fertile land?"

"Zhejiang has a lot of people and small land, and industry and commerce are popular. It is difficult to calculate the grain every year carefully. It is not that they don't know that they are afraid of doing such thankless things."

Speaking of this, he had finished reading the memorial and handed it to Ling Han in front of him and smiled, "What do you think of the top scholar I ordered?"

"He planned the things that others thought were extremely difficult. The first thing he had planned was that the army was sent to the island to build a city, the second thing was to recruit civilians to open up land by delegating fields, and the third thing was to ask the court to send officials."

Ling Han looked at the memorial and smiled at the wrinkles on his face, "This is also a good young man who is a practical person. After a few more years of experience, the emperor can entrust the important task!"
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