After Wang Guangyang drove the people away, he specifically ordered his disciples to let in such people one by one from now on. He kept himself clean and would not see any such things. If he came again next time, he would go directly to the Yushitai to complain and arrest him immediately.
Good guy, Wang Guangyang is ready to fall out.
Is this so sinister?
Wang Guangyang's intuition was very scary. Zhu Biao overthrew Li Shanchang, and Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang ignored him and reformed education. Both of them were also in Peiping.
As a result, when it came to handling the food, they came back.
Although there are various coincidences here, it is difficult to say that they are intentional, but if there are too many coincidences, it will make people feel that it is not normal.
Isn't it meant to wipe them all out in one fell swoop?
Moreover, the matter of food is indeed complicated. Even Wang Guangyang cannot explain how deep the matters involved are.
Once the world really falls apart, who can escape unscathed?
Wang Guangyang now only envies Li Shanchang. This man escaped from the capital and can watch from the sidelines. He is really a blessed person!
"Ms. Li, if I can go home safely and live my whole life, I will die without regrets."
Wang Guangyang sighed, and thousands of miles away, Li Shanchang was not so relaxed at the moment. Opposite him, stood Yan King Zhu Di.
Lao Li pondered for a moment, "You sit down, there is no need to be like this, I and you are connected in interests, and we are closely related to each other. I will not make mistakes about myself or others when it comes to matters of wealth and life."
Seeing his repeated assurances, Zhu Di finally nodded, "Mr. Li, I really can't see through the situation. What's so dangerous about this situation? Why does Mr. Zhang care so much and my eldest brother is actively promoting it now... What I see now is
I’m confused, but I have to supply food to the south again. If something goes wrong, I’m afraid my butt will explode!”
Li Shanchang couldn't help but laugh out loud. After all, he is just a stupid kid. It's a good thing that his butt is blooming, just don't let his head bloom!
"King Yan, in fact, Taishi Zhang has been advocating industry and commerce for many years, but he has never started to really promote it. At most, he only makes arrangements from talents, laws, and funds. Do you know why he dare not do it?"
Zhu Di shook his head and said obediently: "I originally thought that I was quite smart, but after hanging out with you guys for a long time, I found that I am the stupidest one, and anyone can play tricks on me!"
"Hahaha!" Li Shanchang couldn't help but laugh, "It's amazing that King Yan can have such self-awareness... By the way, isn't there a kid who is inspecting the situation in Peking to evaluate how the governance is going? He also wrote
I wrote an article saying that Zhao Song’s wealth was fake.”
"Yes, this man's name is Hu Yan, and he is a top student at Jimin Academy. He is very powerful."
Li Shanchang nodded, "It's really amazing. You can see this level at such a young age. It's not easy! I might as well tell you why the cities in the Song Dynasty were so prosperous! Because they sucked the blood of the whole country and supported it with the power of the world.
In Bianliang, if the people of the world support the scholar-bureaucrats, then we will have that result."
Zhu Di nodded. Zhang Ximeng had said these words before, and there was nothing strange about them.
Li Shanchang could see Zhu Di's contempt and couldn't help but sneer, "That's what I said, but do you know what to do?"
Zhu Di shook his head.
Li Shanchang continued: "The trick lies in the fields. The superiors have been farmers for generations, and I believe you can understand something. Farmers who have always rented land must give at least 30 to 50% to the landlord. The tenants have never had enough to eat."
Zhu Di was slightly stunned, then nodded, "Indeed, it is indeed true, that's what the father said."
"Then do you understand what the landlords did with the extra grain they harvested?"
Zhu Di was stunned, "They like to save grain, but they can't save so much... Did they sell the grain to the city?"
Li Shanchang finally nodded, "You have hit the mark this time... Whether it is the emperor's royal family or the ministers, they are basically all in the city. If you want to support these people, you need not only the salary and wages of the court, but also the city."
The craftsmen there, the helpers who serve people, the three religions and nine streams, the five elements and eight crafts... In a city with a population of one million, in addition to the grain sent by the court, most of the grain is brought by merchants. Where do the merchants get it? These are the places.
Big households! In other words, it is the tycoons who support the prosperity of the city."
Zhu Di nodded repeatedly, "I understand this, but our Ming Dynasty was to attack the wealthy gentry, so how did our city's food come from?"
"Good question!" Li Shanchang said with a smile: "We have implemented equalization of land from the beginning. The common people are grateful and enthusiastically accept the tax, which is enough for the expenses of the civil servants and soldiers. As for the shortfall, some merchants purchase surplus grain from the private sector, that's it.
, not too difficult.”
Zhu Di smiled and said: "Isn't this great?"
Li Shanchang chuckled, "What a great thing! Didn't you see that there was another report about land for people? Now every household has given birth to so many children, the land needs to be redistributed, and the rations are not enough! Zhu Di, I
Let me ask you, at this time, if you were an ordinary farmer, would you still provide more food to the court out of gratitude?"
Zhu Di was suddenly shocked!
Because Zhang Shuning participated in the investigation of Rending Tianmu, he knew the key to it very well.
Zhang Shuning did mention that land needs to be redistributed, and once the land is distributed, it will cause a serious drop in taxes.
But one thing that is not mentioned in this report, or is hidden in the background, is that due to the growth of population, densely populated areas such as Huaidong Province, Zhejiang Province, and Jiangxi Province can no longer contribute much surplus food.
The current grain of the Ming Dynasty needs to be mobilized from Henan, Shandong, Huguang, and Lingnan. Zhu Ying can also send a lot of grain, which ensures normal operation.
But even so, it is in danger everywhere and difficult to maintain.
Distributing land to the common people is certainly a good thing, but it also gives the common people the power to control food.
Ordinary people must go all out to fill their families' stomachs. Only tenant farmers have to pay high rents... and these rents have become necessary to support the city.
Once you see this clearly, you can probably understand why it is so difficult to suppress mergers! People such as Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng will be regarded as treacherous and sycophantic ministers by the past dynasties. This is the reason.
If you change the fundamentals, from top to bottom, except for the household department, which may be better off and the country, everyone else, including the emperor, may not benefit.
With everyone in the world as your enemy, how can you still escape the fate of people being destroyed and the government being destroyed?
"Mr. Li, is this still the prosperous age of the Ming Dynasty? My father worked hard to govern, so it's like this?" Zhu Di couldn't help but ask.
Li Shanchang chuckled, "Isn't this the prosperous age of Hongwu? If it weren't for the prosperous age of Hongwu, he would have already encouraged the nobles and powerful men and famous families to exploit the people and squeeze the oil from their teeth! I can tell you clearly that no matter what kind of literature it is,
The rule of Jing is still the rule of Zhenguan. The ordinary people who can have enough to eat and can read and write will be the best in the history of my Hongwu dynasty!"
Li Shanchang said disdainfully: "Speaking of this, I can solve the mystery. What is the quality of Zhao and Song? Precisely because Lin'an in Kaifeng is so prosperous, the people's livelihood in Zhao and Song must be difficult. Ordinary people are far inferior to other dynasties!
All the food has been taken away by the wealthy families, without restraint from mergers, this is the result! It’s a pity that the common people soaked in coptis water can’t write poems and lyrics at all, and no one is willing to speak for them, do you understand?”
Zhu Di was really dumbfounded. As a successor who has studied the secrets of Zhang Ximeng's great virtue, Zhu Di understands this kind of thing very well and is very familiar with it.
But what he never expected was that old guy Li Shanchang could see it so clearly. Even Mr. Zhang couldn't understand it better!
"I said Mr. Li, you are so powerful, why, why can't you be a good person?"
Li Shanchang rolled his eyes in anger, "Should I be a good person? If I were a good person, your father's empire would have been gone long ago! My experience in the court is that I have to deal with a group of bad guys, and I have to abandon some good people who don't know what to do...
Let’s talk about food again, do you know why Zhang Ximeng doesn’t dare to really promote industry and commerce?”
Zhu Di thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Zhang is afraid that after the development of industry and commerce, the city will expand and require too much food, which will not be supplied?"
Li Shanchang nodded, "Absolutely. Although Zhang Ximeng is not a good person, he is still very ethical in some things. If you think about it, in a word, to develop industry and commerce, a large number of laborers will gather in the city, and the food needed will double... He once again made
If there aren’t that many, is it possible to allow the subordinates to annex the land?”
Zhu Di suddenly understood that he came to Peiping to prepare for the establishment of the Tuntian Company, and it had such a big effect!
"Mr. Li, are you saying that you waited until Peiping could provide food before taking action?"
Li Shanchang thought for a long time and finally nodded, "No surprise, it's true. I didn't expect it, and he really came up with a solution! But to be honest, it's still a little late!"
"Too late?"
Li Shanchang nodded and said: "Indeed, even if Zhang Ximeng did not directly promote it, our Ming Dynasty's industrial and commercial development was quite fast. Suzhou and other places have already surpassed the Yuan Dynasty. There is a huge food gap in the city. This is also the last time we checked the local treasury.
The reason for such a big commotion! Those grain merchants are not ordinary people. They are quite powerful in the local area, some are simply remnants of the original wealthy families, and some are grain chiefs!"
"Chief of grain?"
"Yes, that's what Jiang Shangshu did! Only they can squeeze food out of the hands of the people. I can tell you clearly that if you let it go, new scholar-bureaucrats can be nourished by just relying on this food. When the time comes, the court will
As long as an opening is opened to allow them to annex the land, it won't be long before the equal land will be disintegrated and nothing will remain."
Zhu Di felt his scalp numb and shuddered.
He suddenly slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Li Shanchang! You bastard!"
Lao Li was stunned by the scolding. After a while, he suddenly started laughing again.
"Scold me! King Yan, do you blame me for not interfering?" Li Shanchang said to himself: "You should understand that the grain chief was arranged by the superiors, and Grand Master Zhang also agreed! Without these arrangements, there would be no Ming Dynasty today.
It’s coming, do you understand?”
Zhu Di was speechless for a long time. He slowly sat on the chair, his eyes dull and his thoughts empty.
Indeed, in the entire Ming Dynasty, only Li Shanchang could say this.
When Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, he made many compromises. After all, no one was born as the Hongwu Emperor, and he could kill as he pleased... Although so many roads were blocked, from a grain leader to a powerful man, this road was still
It does exist.
But it happened to be left by Lao Zhu.
No wonder the prince needs to supervise the country. Zhu Biao is indeed needed to solve these troubles.
While Zhu Di was pondering, suddenly Li Jinglong came.
"King Yan, King Yan! A letter from Yingtian!"
Zhu Di snatched it with his hand, unfolded it and couldn't help but laugh wildly, "Mr. Li, there are actually people who are secretly buying up the grain we sent to Yingtian! They are going to buy up all the grain in Peiping!"
Li Shanchang was startled, couldn't help but slap his thigh, and lamented: "It's over! It's over after all! What does it mean to be stupid and stupid! You guys should all die! It has nothing to do with me anyway!"
Zhu Di rolled his eyes after listening to Li Shanchang's words, and said meaningfully: "Mr. Li, does it really have nothing to do with you?"
When Li Shanchang was stunned, Zhu Di directly said triumphantly: "Don't worry, I will protect you!"
After saying this, ignoring Li Shanchang's reaction, Zhu Di yelled directly at Li Jinglong: "Give me another million stones! Beat the gongs and drums and send it to Yingtian! I don't believe it, they can fight me!"
(End of chapter)
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