Pang Man led a team of more than a dozen pushcarts and was about to enter the palace. He happened to pass by Zhu Gaoxu's carriage. A man in the carriage opened the gauze curtain and looked at the team of pushcarts.
"What do you think is inside this box?" Zhu Gaoxu said while looking out the window.
"These people don't look like ordinary servants. They walk neatly and look like they have been trained. They should be the guards in the palace. They are definitely not ordinary objects. These four people pushing a cart show that it is very heavy. If it is
In terms of silver, how much is this?" The man next to Zhu Gaoxu responded, putting away the folding fan in his hand.
"There is no doubt that this battle is worth money. People outside say that the Prince of Chu is about to sell his land to support the army. Uncle Liu Wang is hiding deep enough." Zhu Gaoxu put down the gauze curtain and said with a slightly raised corner of his mouth,
The two people in the carriage talked about the cart push team.
A "squeaking" sound came from behind Zhu Meng, and he looked back to see Pang Man leading a team of carts into the palace.
"Your Highness." Pang Man bowed his hands and saluted when he saw Zhu Mengxing.
"What is this cart carrying?" Zhu Meng asked, pointing to the cart push team.
"Back to the prince, this is the copper coin that the young prince got from selling prizes from three places today." Pang Man answered with his hand raised.
"Three places award scroll?...What is it?" Zhu Meng asked doubtfully.
Pang Man heard this and replied: "The young prince made three wooden disks and turned them to produce three numbers at noon every day. If the numbers on the prize roll are consistent with the numbers turned out, you can get ten taels of silver."
Zhu Meng said in surprise: "So many copper coins were sold on this day?".
Pang Man nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, there are more than one hundred and twenty copper coins in total. After getting along with each other recently, I feel that the young prince is a rare talent for managing the world."
Zhu Meng touched his belly, then waved his hand and said, "It's getting late, let's go." Then he turned and walked towards a corridor. Pang Man behind him bowed and saluted, waving for the motorcade to move forward.
"Haha." Zhu Meng looked at the fish pond outside the corridor and laughed innocently, and then murmured: "Is this what a man of wisdom is?" Zhu Meng felt that the scenery in the palace garden tonight was particularly beautiful, which made him feel very good.
It's comfortable. It's the first time in so many years that someone has praised Zhu Muchen. It's inevitable that he feels a little happy as a father.
"What makes the prince so happy?" Yuan Xi asked when Zhu Meng opened the door and walked in with a happy face.
"Commander Pang just brought back more than ten cartloads of copper coins. He said it was the money Chen'er got from selling a three-land prize roll today." Zhu Meng took off his coat and said.
After hearing this, Yuan Xi took the coat and handed it to the maids at the side, and then motioned for them to leave. After seeing the two maids leaving, he asked doubtfully: "What are these three prizes?".
Zhu Meng shook his head and replied: "I don't know much about it yet. Tomorrow I will go with my concubine to take a look at these three prizes." After saying this, Zhu Meng sat on the bed, casually shook his feet a few times and lay down.
, a pair of shoes fell on the ground.
Yuan Xi placed the shoes on the floor, then walked to the lamp stand nearby and blew out the lights.
Zhu Muchen was lying on the rocking chair, holding a thick stack of land deeds in his hand. Bai Xiaoman and Shang Ziyou each knelt beside him and held his legs.
"Young prince, what do you think these land deeds do?" Shang Ziyou asked curiously.
"Give it away." Zhu Muchen replied looking at the Tian Deed in his hand.
Hearing this, Shang Ziyou said doubtfully: "Send it out? Why is that?" Bai Xiaoman on the other side also looked at Zhu Muchen with some doubts.
Zhu Muchen rubbed his nose and said: "Our palace has more than 7,000 hectares of cultivated land, divided into dry fields and paddy fields, and also divided into three grades: upper, middle and lower. The top-grade fertile land is only a few hundred hectares, and our house is cultivating it ourselves.
There are more than a thousand hectares of high-quality farmland, and these farmland have been rented out. The remaining thousands of hectares of low-quality farmland and hundreds of hectares of dry land are not cared about. Our palace has no cultivation and has been in a state of neglect all year round. In other words, we
The palace has more than five thousand hectares of barren land."
Before Zhu Muchen finished speaking, Shang Ziyou said, "That can't be given away for free." Bai Xiaoman on the other side nodded in agreement.
Zhu Muchen hit Shang Ziyou on the forehead with the field deed in his hand and said: "Listen to what I have to say, instead of leaving more than 5,000 hectares of land in your hands, it is better to give it to the people who are willing to cultivate it rent-free, and no one cares about the inferior cultivated land.
, the yield per mu is too low and unprofitable, so we farm them rent-free, and sell the grain produced to the palace every year. Although the thousands of hectares of cultivated land are inferior fields, the total yield per mu is not a small amount.
, if there is more food, the price will definitely decrease. Every year, the royal army spends hundreds of thousands of taels on buying food, so these thousands of hectares of farmland are cultivated rent-free. We can buy low-priced food every year and save money.
Paying a large amount of transportation costs can save a lot of money, and the farmers can also get an income every year. When the people have money, the city of Wuchang will prosper. This will not only benefit themselves, but also help the whole city get rid of poverty.
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Zhu Muchen knew that the biggest reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty was that the Zhu family occupied 70% of the land! During the Wanli period, the Shu king of the Zhu family of the Ming Dynasty occupied 70% of the most fertile land irrigated by Dujiangyan in the Chengdu Plain!
Zhu Muchen had read a "History of the Ming Dynasty" before traveling through time. It is different from the "History of the Ming Dynasty" written by people in the Qing Dynasty.
The theory of fertile fields... At present, the royal palace has ten-seven people, the army has ten-two, and the civilians only have one-tenth! The common people only occupy 10% of the arable land, and the royal palace occupies 70%. Not to mention that the Ming army still has to divide 20% of the arable land.
%, it can be said to be outrageous!
In the Ming Dynasty, not only one prince was like this, but all the princes of the Zhu family were like this. Although Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister and did not allow princes to participate in government affairs, he treated his clan, bloodline, sons and grandsons very favorably. Although they could only
Staying in the feudal territory, but enjoying the world's largest and best quality of people's wealth and people's anointing, without having to do anything, like a social moth, the number of the Zhu family clan in the Ming Dynasty doubled every 30 years.
The emperor and the clan were the largest representatives of the landowners. Together, they jointly occupied the vast majority of the people's cultivated land and made them tenants. They also collected five, six or even ten levels of taxes from them, such as extermination rates, training rates, and Liao rates.
In terms of wages, there are also additional deductions from county and government offices, chief bureaus, general inspection bureaus, and general bureaus at all levels to enrich one's own pockets. How could the Ming Dynasty survive in this way?
Zhu Muchen knew that he alone could not change anything. Now that he was here, he knew that the problem must be solved. After all, this would be his fiefdom from now on.
When Bai Xiaoman and Shang Ziyou heard this, they looked at Zhu Muchen in surprise, with admiration in their eyes, "Little prince, how do you know so much?" Shang Ziyou asked, blinking his big eyes.
Bai Xiaoman is also becoming more and more curious about Zhu Muchen. She has obviously suffered from brain disease for more than ten years and has not read a single book. Zhu Muchen has only recovered for more than half a month. Not only is he literate, but he also feels that he understands more than ordinary people. She also suspects that he had a brain disease before.
Is it just pretending?
Zhu Muchen didn't explain anything. He pinched Shang Ziyou's cheek and said, "It's getting late. Go to bed early." Then he handed the field deed in his hand to Bai Xiaoman and asked her to put it away.
At noon today, there was a sea of people in front of the supermarket. Many people gathered in front of the three-land wooden plate. They all held the three-land lottery tickets they bought yesterday. Everyone was looking forward to winning. After all, ten taels of silver could buy one in the Ming Dynasty.
Only a very small number of common people have farmland in their hands. It is a very happy thing for a family to have an acre of farmland in these years. And as long as two strings of candied haws, they can have the opportunity to get it.
Ten taels of silver made each of them excited. Even if they didn't win, they would only lose two cents. People's lives were very difficult these years. Two cents could buy a hope, so they were still happy to try.
Zhu Muchen stood next to the roulette wheel and said: "Everyone has been waiting for a long time. Please take the prizes in your hands and spin the roulette wheel for everyone immediately."
"Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless, bless me to win the lottery." Some people in the crowd were praying to God and Buddha to bless them to win the lottery.
"Shua~hu~", with a sound, Zhu Muchen turned the first wooden turntable vigorously.
The crowd watching the lottery draw suddenly felt their hearts beat faster, and everyone was staring at the spinning roulette wheel.
The speed of the turntable became slower and slower, making a sound of "Rumble~Rong~Rong~Rong", and the last character "四" stopped at the position of the wooden needle.
Zhu Muchen shouted: "The first lottery number, number four.".
"Yes, I won one." Some people shouted excitedly after winning the first number.
"Oh, what a bad luck." Some people crumpled up their award rolls and threw them on the ground, feeling a little frustrated.
With a sound of "Shua~hu~", Zhu Muchen turned the second roulette wheel.
With the sound of "Rong~Rong~Rong", the roulette wheel became slower and slower, and an "8" was fixed on the position of the wooden needle.
"It's 8, it's 8, I won two." A small number of people shouted excitedly.
"Hiss~" Many people tore up the lottery tickets in their hands. At this time, most people had no chance of winning. Although they didn't win, no one left. They were still watching the last roulette wheel, waiting for the last number to appear.
There was another "shua~hu~" sound, and the third and final roulette wheel spun.
A small number of people who had just won two numbers were very nervous. Some people clenched their fists and their bodies were shaking. Everyone hoped that luck would come to them.
"Rumble~Rumble~Rumble", the roulette wheel rotates slower and slower until a "1" stops at the position of the wooden needle.
Zhu Muchen shouted loudly: "Today's winning numbers in the three places are, 4, 8, 1. Winners please come up and claim your prize."
"I won, I won." An old man shouted happily, and many people around him raised their hands to congratulate him.
"I won, I won, that's great." A woman danced excitedly, and many people cast envious glances at her.
In the end, only three people came to the stage to receive the prize. An old man bought the upright method and received a bonus of ten taels of silver. The other two women bought the offset method and received a bonus of five taels of silver. The prizes were distributed to the three of them.
Zhu Muchen felt happy, it was another day of hard work.
Although only three people won the lottery today, it did not affect everyone's enthusiasm for buying. There were even many rich people participating in the team. There were many more people buying lottery tickets for the three places than yesterday. People were cutting wood piles on the side.
On the contrary, there are fewer people, and there is no end in sight for the queue to buy the three-place prize coupons.
