Chapter 299: Imperial power can be sent to the countryside
Chapter 299: Imperial power can be sent to the countryside
"The rumors were spread by the gentry and merchants of Yingtian Mansion?"
Outside the Huagai Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and looked eastward. The sky was like a scorching sun. The emperor slowly stretched his arms and spoke softly.
Sun Gou'er, the chief internal officer who followed the emperor, bowed down and nodded gently: "Back to Your Majesty, the Jin Yiwei has verified that it is indeed the case."
Zhu Yuanzhang showed a smile on his face and chuckled.
He looked back at the closed Huagai Palace where the court discussion was taking place behind him, with endless satisfaction in his eyes.
"This brat."
"It is false to relocate the people to enrich Cochin, but it is true to take the opportunity to retaliate against those who spread rumors."
"He is really a boy who can't tolerate any sand in his eyes and won't hold any grudges overnight!"
Sun Gou'er bowed his waist and looked at the emperor's behavior which was more satisfied than scolding. He also had a smile on his face and said softly: "I think your highness also has other intentions. In the past two years, the days of the Ming Dynasty have become worse and worse.
As he became more prosperous, His Highness became more and more mature through experience, and his every move was no longer the same as before."
Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and raised his eyebrows, glanced at Sun Gou'er, and hummed twice.
Sun Gouer lowered his head silently.
What should be said and what should not be said, especially when he is serving in front of the Ming Emperor who controls all the nine states in the world, he knows best.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "It seems that boy is really getting more and more outstanding. Even you, an old dog, have spoken for him."
Only then did Sun Gouer raise his head: "I just robbed Your Majesty of your words. I deserve to die."
"Hahaha! You old dog!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and pointed at Sun Gou'er, who was bowing in front of him.
Then his face gradually darkened.
Waving his robe, he turned around and looked at the Fengtian Hall in front of the Huagai Hall.
Within the Yingtian Emperor's City, the Fengtian Palace is the most majestic, as grand as the Jiutian Palace.
Standing in front of Huagai Hall, it looks like Mount Tai.
This is the pride of Ming Dynasty.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was not pretty, and he was even slightly agitated.
The power of the countryside!
Since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, through the Qin, Han, Tang and Song dynasties, no one has been able to transfer imperial power to the countryside.
That guy proposed today that the people of Yingtian should be relocated to Jiaozhi Road. Naturally, it cannot be that simple.
The relocation of the people will naturally create a power vacuum in the local countryside, and a long-term power vacuum is impossible to exist.
If the court does not fill it, new forces will naturally fill the gap spontaneously.
So.
That brat wants to promote the relationship between imperial power and the countryside!
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with light.
And this is why he requested a court meeting.
For thousands of years, from the tribal rule of the ancient ancestors, to the co-governance of the princes of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, to the system of prefectures and counties in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and then to the system of noble families sharing the world, to the scholar-bureaucrats of the former Song Dynasty sharing the world with the world. p>
This world has never been owned by the emperor alone.
And the countryside in the world has never been a place that the emperor can touch.
Before I could be buried under the loess, Ming Dynasty was like the scorching sun in the sky right now.
If I am here, the Ming Dynasty will survive a hundred attempts!
In front of the Huagai Palace, the emperor's eyes are majestic and shining, comparable to the scorching sun in the sky.
"I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of solution the brat will come up with."
A cry of expectation sounded in front of the Huagai Hall.
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"The Ming Dynasty has been in Yingtian for twenty-seven years. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the population of Yingtian was as large as that of Zhili."
"How many people are there in Yingtian today? How many people are there in Zhili?"
"When the Tang Dynasty was founded, the world's population was no more than ten million. Fei Taizong and Gaozong had twice the world's population."
"Now in the twenty-seventh year of the Ming Dynasty, the world's population has increased by one generation. The capital is overcrowded. Although the world's rich households are gathered together, the world's wealth is like a quagmire without circulation. The world's wealth is deposited here. Crushing, occupation and exploitation are common.
How to solve it?"
In the Huagai Hall, Zhu Yunxi faced all the officials from the third rank and above of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing and asked them calmly.
They did not agree to move the Zhili people to Jiaozhi Road.
It is easy to understand that Zhili is the most taxed in the world, and is also known as the most charitable in the capital.
How many stakes does a Zhili have?
Salt courses from Huaiyang and Yangtze, silk from Suzhou and Hangzhou, soldiers and grain and grass between Jianghuai and Huaihe.
Not to mention, the Huizhou merchants in Huizhou Prefecture are the richest in the world, and the wealthy merchants in Huaiyang, Suzhou and Hangzhou are the richest in the world.
Zhili is related to the current finances of the Ming Dynasty, and is also related to the posthumous interests of the princes in the court.
The court fell into silence once again.
No one can solve the problem Zhu Yunxi gave.
In recent years, the security problems in Yingtian City alone have doubled compared to the time when the People's Republic was founded.
Zhu Yunxi sighed.
"Chang'an in the former Tang Dynasty had a population of one million, but in just fifty years, the Li family frequently went east to visit Luoyang. Why?"
In the court hall, all the officials were silent.
There are many reasons for the former Tang Dynasty's Eastern Capital, political, military and economic.
However, Chang'an's growing population is also one of the important reasons.
At that time, Chang'an City was the richest city in the world, but it was also the most difficult to manage and the most polluted place.
But today.
Even Zhan Hui, the Minister of Civil Service, did not speak.
Zhu Yunxi turned his head silently and looked at his taciturn father.
In today’s court discussion, it seems that my father is just playing the role of a bystander.
As for Xie Jin and Xia Yuanji.
They are not high enough to participate in the court meeting.
So, Zhu Yunxi dropped a major signal.
"Sweet potato breeding is the main focus this year, and planting will be promoted in Yingtian Prefecture and even surrounding counties next year."
"The imperial court strives for stability in everything, and whether it is stable or not depends on the promotion and planting of sweet potatoes."
"This time, I want to change the system of Yingtian Mansion, directly under the control of the grain chief, Li Zheng, and village chief. In this way, the injured and meritorious soldiers in the Southern Expedition can be assigned to the local grain chief, under the supervision of the Metropolitan Inspectorate, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of War, to formulate a draft
There is a fixed tax for planting sweet potatoes under an acre, and it is collected and paid every year."
How to promote sweet potatoes.
How to collect taxes.
How to create a tax collector.
This is the most important issue in today's court discussion.
Similarly, it is also an issue involving countless interests.
Compared with these problems, the migration of people from Zhili to Jiaozhi Road is nothing at all.
Now.
Zhan Hui and others looked at each other silently.
He was the first to go out and asked: "His Royal Highness wants to use the wounded soldiers who have served in the southern expedition to serve as local grain chiefs. I wonder if this method is like spreading a small man into an acre, and then he will implement all the ways in the world?"
If it is only implemented in Yingtian Mansion to give those injured who have meritorious services a safe place, then this matter can still be implemented directly.
But if it involves the entire Ming Dynasty, you have to be cautious, after all, the interference is too big.
This is an approach that does not give the local authorities any power or voice.
Zhu Yunxi nodded without any scruples: "In the past, the world used grain to levy rural taxes and accept local officials. There was often collusion between the two parties and exploiting the people. But the country and the dynasty were not willing to conquer the ministers every year, and the casualties were very important.
The Holy Heart is also worried, how can we protect the meritorious ministers of the country?
I think that only when he has a family and a career can he have a career that can continue to serve the country.
How can the world run peacefully? Taxes are the water that carries boats. The imperial court has not heard the voices of the countryside for a long time, and most of the ministries and halls are deceived. Nowadays, there are tax collectors who are responsible for local grain chiefs. They report to the local government for verification every year.
In response to the Tianbutang Yamen, the taxes and taxes in the world are pure and clean, and there are own considerations for collecting and releasing them."
Following Zhu Yunxi's explanation, Zhan Hui and others became quiet, but their eyes continued to communicate with each other.
This naturally has pros and cons.
The disadvantage is that there will be complaints from the local area, and there may be resistance during the implementation by the imperial court. In addition... there are no officials present at the moment who are not famous in the local area, and how many people are responsible for the food minister of their hometown.
Errand to collect rural taxes for the local government.
Regardless of whether there is kicking or fighting.
Just holding the errand of grain chief and collecting rural taxes for the imperial court is equivalent to having the right to speak and voice in the local area.
Zhan Hui said again: "There are countless grain producers in the world, so why should there be no corruption?"
"I have explained that this matter will be supervised by the Procuratorate of the Capital, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of War. Every year, the tax collectors and grain chiefs take turns. How can we take root when we are not in one place for a long time." Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly and spoke calmly.
Using the wounded now is just an excuse for Zhu Yunxi.
Use the tax collector and grain chief as a reward to the meritorious soldiers in this southern expedition.
After the world is stabilized, special tax collectors can be established. In this way, these meritorious soldiers are placed, and the court can calmly cut off the possibility of tax collectors and grain chiefs taking root in the local area.
While everyone was still immersed in thinking about the questions raised by Zhu Yunxi and how to weigh the pros and cons.
In the military generals' squad, Tang Li, the governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, has already stood up.
"I agree that Jiaozhi is a newly conquered land with countless native people. We should enrich Jiaozhi with the people of the Central Plains, divide and weaken the Jiaozhi natives, and stabilize the newly conquered land of the Ming Dynasty."
"The officers and soldiers of the Southern Expedition were all meritorious officials of the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court must reward them."
"It is difficult for the wounded to go into battle, but they are experienced and experienced. They can serve as local food commanders and serve the country like dogs and horses."
"Sweet potatoes are also of great benefit to the country. We should promote them quickly so that the people of Ming Dynasty will be full."
The Xin Guogong family headed by Tang Li has now occupied a place in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion after his experience in Zhejiang Road.
His speech represents part of the opinions of the Fifth Army Commander-in-Chief, and also represents the attitude of some nobles and the military.
As soon as Tang Li left work, he seconded the proposal.
Many people in the civil service class looked over.
Now everyone knows that the emperor's grandson is going to marry the daughter of Xiping Houxi from the Xinguo Duke's mansion this year.
Tang Li is the heir to the founding of the country and will also be a relative.
It’s also very involved!
Just wait until Tang Li finishes speaking.
The civil servants saw that Wei Guogong Xu Huizu, who had stopped expressing his position in the court since the death of King Xu Da of Zhongshan, had slowly stood up and walked to Tang Li's side.
"I second the proposal."
Xu Huizu said very few words and straightforwardly stated that he agreed with the emperor's grandson.
The Royal Palace of Zhongshan also stood up!
This was a rare scene in the Ming Dynasty for many years.
The civil servants were still surprised.
Then I saw meritorious military generals coming out one after another from the general class, following Xu Huizu and Tang Li, and bowed to second the proposal.
On the steps, Zhu Yunxi’s eyes flickered.
He thought that Tang Li would come out to second the proposal, but he did not expect that Wei Guogong Xu Huizu would also stand up and second the proposal.
This is unexpected.
Involuntarily, Zhu Yunxi looked at Xu Huizu in front of the palace.
At this time, Xu Huizu also raised his head, and the two looked at each other silently.
Xu Huizu felt helpless at the moment, but he was willing to do so.
First of all, the Prince of Zhongshan was born in the military after all. Zhu Yunxi intends to arrange the wounded who returned to Beijing from this southern expedition to be the grain chiefs of Yingtian Mansion, which is a good thing for the Prince of Zhongshan.
It is better to say that I support the emperor's grandson's opinion because he wants to show his favor in front of his fellow soldiers.
Secondly, sweet potatoes are probably high-yielding. Although they will be mainly planted in Yingtianfu next year, who can say that they cannot be planted on Jiaozhi Road at the same time.
At first, the silly girl of my family gave up the more than 300,000 acres of farmland in exchange for the Ming Dynasty's private shipbuilding industry headed by the Prince of Zhongshan. However, in the end, every acre of the land was still transferred to the name of the Prince of Zhongshan.<
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Even if only half of the more than 300,000 acres of fields are planted with sweet potatoes.
There are also harvests worth hundreds of thousands of stones.
Only the last, last reason.
Xu Huizu sighed silently.
It’s not because of that stupid girl at home.
It seems that the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion can still keep a clean mind in the court and not care about worldly affairs. But after what happened, can the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion really continue to be the same as before?
But no matter what, the meritorious generals have now made their position clear.
Use the wounded who retreated from the frontline expedition to serve as local grain chiefs.
This is an interest they cannot give up no matter what.
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Even if you are not greedy or corrupt.
The influence of these meritorious generals in the DPRK will also be greatly enhanced in the future.
Court discussion is a very interesting thing.
The final decisions of the officials will be summarized in the hands of the emperor, who will then adjudicate them.
Now that the meritorious generals have expressed their attitude, at least in the court, it is not impossible for the Emperor Taisun to implement this matter.
So...
How to obtain more benefits is what everyone should pay attention to.
Zhan Hui, the official minister, who had been silent all this time, finally stood up.
However, in full view of the public.
Zhan Hui said in a deep voice: "Great Sun, I think that if we want to use the wounded soldiers recruited from the south to serve as local grain chiefs and cooperate with the farming of the land, it should be supervised and supervised by the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
When everyone thought that Zhan Hui would fight for the interests of the civil servants, or everyone except the meritorious generals, no one thought that the old man actually wanted to involve the officials in this matter.
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After finishing speaking, Zhan Hui silently turned his head and glanced at Rujun, Minister of the Ministry of War.
Ru Yu sighed slightly in her heart and walked out of class slowly: "I second the proposal."
The two big men spoke, and the civil servants in the palace also came out to second their opinions.
In the end, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhu Yunxi.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and nodded.
The Ministry of Personnel is the best in the world, and it is reasonable for Mr. Zhan to want the Ministry of Personnel to participate in it.
Zhu Yunxi thought for a moment and then added: "As for next year, sweet potatoes will be planted in Yingtian, Zhili and surrounding counties..."
Having said this, Zhu Yunxi immediately paused.
Inside the palace.
Yu Xin, the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, immediately stepped forward and said: "I believe that in addition to Yingtian Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, and Songjiang Prefecture should be used as supplements for sweet potato planting next year."
This includes the entire south bank of the Yangtze River.
After the new year, a group of civil servants once again spoke up to second the proposal.
Zhu Yunxi silently looked at Xu Huizu, Tang Li and others.
Tang Li shook his head and glanced at Wei Guogong Xu Huizu who was standing next to him. Seeing that the other person had his head lowered, he didn't know what he was thinking.
He had no choice but to take a step forward: "I believe that the four prefectures of Zhen, Chang, Su, and Song are all the best farmland, which is different from growing sweet potatoes in dry and barren lands in the mountains. But Chuzhou Prefecture, Hezhou Prefecture,
Luzhou Prefecture is mostly hilly, and there are dry and barren land around the high-quality paddy fields, which can be used to grow sweet potatoes."
Xu Huizu, Duke of Wei, who had been bowing his head in deep thought, slowly raised his head when Tang Li finished speaking.
He still has those three words.
"I second the proposal."
This is how the civil-military struggle emerged.
As we all know, most of the meritorious generals who founded the Ming Dynasty came from what is now Zhongdu and other places, including the three prefectures mentioned by Tang Li.
As for the four prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, because there were many local gentry and merchants, many of whom were heirs of poetry and calligraphy, they had always had close contacts with the civil servants of the DPRK and China.
Immediately, the two groups each presented their own words, describing the pros and cons.
Zhu Yunxi stood in the middle and watched, silently.
The purpose of the court meeting is to let these people argue enough and sort things out.
After a while.
The debate in the Huagai Hall finally subsided gradually.
Zhan Hui and Tang Li looked at each other with disgust, but silently looked at Zhu Yunxi on the steps.
"I believe that the promotion of sweet potato planting next year should be led by Yingtian Prefecture, and supplemented by Zhenjiang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, Hezhou Prefecture, and Chuzhou Prefecture."
Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly, this is only reasonable.
Everyone is fighting, and the best result is that both parties have benefits to gain, and no one can overturn the table.
He nodded silently: "In this case, let's present the results of the court meeting in front of His Majesty."
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the court discussion in the Huagai Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and rested for a while.
When he walked into the Huagai Hall again, he was obviously more energetic.
Walking into the palace from outside, Zhu Yuanzhang silently looked at the faces of the civil and military classes, and smiled slightly: "It seems that everything has been discussed."
Zhu Biao, who had been a bystander, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have reached an agreement to ask for the Holy Judgment."
Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the throne with a smile and waved his hand: "Let us know."
Immediately, Zhu Biao impartially and clearly summarized the matters discussed in this court meeting, together with the regulations.
In the Huagai Hall, all the ministers were watching the emperor silently, waiting for the Holy Judgment.
Zhu Yuanzhang, however, glanced lightly at his eldest grandson standing below.
This boy, just as he had guessed, wanted to accomplish the mission of sending imperial power to the countryside.
But.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, looked at the officials, and said softly: "You are here in a high house, sitting in a temple to discuss the world's society. During this period, have you ever thought about the people?"