Chapter 327: There are too many people in the land
These people usually work together or engage in illegal salt selling activities. They are more organized and disciplined than ordinary farmers. When they are organized, they are more united and have stronger fighting power. They are naturally rebel talents.
, Needless to say, Wang Xianzhi, Huang Chao and others of the previous generation, there were Zhang Shicheng, Fang Guozhen and other salt traders in the late Yuan Dynasty.
However, these people are often limited by their vision and knowledge. Most of them have characteristics such as being unwilling to make progress, greedy for enjoyment, arrogant and indulgent, and conniving their subordinates. Therefore, at most, they can only divide themselves into one party, and it is difficult for them to leap over the dragon gate and become the final one to sweep the world.
The True Dragon Emperor.
In the end, they were all annexed by the real heroes. No matter Huang Chao, Zhang Shicheng, or Fang Guozhen, they could not escape this fate. It can only be said that most people from the bottom of the family have the character of being content with being rich, no matter how ambitious they are.
This is also where the will is lacking.
But I have to admit that their destructive power is first-class. When Zhu Biao met with the clan in Hangzhou, if the Li family had not been present, they would all have died that day. Zhu Biao would not indulge the salt dealers who relied on the Jiangnan clan.
Getting stronger.
Fortunately, Li Qiantang was smart enough and knew that the world was in a difficult situation. Zhu Biao also thought that it would be a pity to get rid of such a force. It happened that Tang Ding still needed people, so he gave them a way out.
After a while, Chen Youzong took the initiative to say goodbye: "It's getting late, so it's better for Your Highness to rest early. Your Majesty will prepare the food when you get back. It just so happens that the rivers in the south of the Yangtze River have been dredged.
Shipping there is very convenient.”
Zhu Biao nodded: "That's good. Liu Jin, go give me a gift."
The two people below bowed and retreated, while Zhu Biao raised his pen and calculated that it was probably enough for the corvee to fight the North for two months. With this unplanned food injection, the court was much more relaxed in the arrangements of all parties.
What's more, the aristocratic families outside Jiangnan may not all be idiots, and they can more or less spend two to three hundred thousand dan.
What's more, there is also the huge income of confiscating homes. It is absolutely not allowed for the imperial court to confiscate other people's homes for their property. However, if the other party has committed violations of laws and disciplines, corrupted officials and made it difficult for the country to make money, etc., then don't blame the imperial court for killing them.
Liu Jin also came back when he left the Wenhua Palace. Without Liu Jin personally seeing him off at night, it would have been impossible for Chen Youzong to get out of the palace without spending an hour. The inspections at all levels would not give him preferential treatment just because he was a third-grade official.
Zhu Biao saw Liu Jin's face beaming with joy and asked with a smile: "How much benefit has it given you to be able to be like this?"
Liu Jin took the lantern from the young eunuch at the side and walked beside Zhu Biao and said: "Chen Tongzheng gave the slave two thousand taels of silver notes. The slave should not have accepted such a large amount, so please forgive me."
Zhu Biao also knew that Liu Jin was not a money-grubbing person, and the money he accepted was just to subsidize the expenses of the East Palace. After all, the dignified prince could not live on the dowry of the princess.
Zhu Biao put his hands behind his back and said: "Since you have taken other people's money, just take more care of her. Miss Chen will enter the palace next year, so you will have time to show your performance."
Liu Jin smiled and said: "I understand, but next year isn't it too late?"
Zhu Biao was in a good mood after having solved the big trouble: "There must be someone who comes first, first come, first served. The Li family's and the Korean's. Their status and status are all on display, not to mention that it was indeed decided earlier than her."
In fact, according to common sense, these two people should have entered the East Palace long ago, but Zhu Biao has been busy recently and has not thought much about it. Queen Ma may be taking care of Chang Luohua, so she did not make any arrangements, while Lao Zhu has no mind to care about such trivial matters, especially Chang Luohua.
After becoming pregnant.
But I can't delay it any longer. Both the Li family and Gaoli are urging them. It is estimated that these two will enter the East Palace this year. They are not the crown prince and the concubine after all, and there won't be any big ceremony. The date is set.
Just a few tables, this is because these two people have noble status, otherwise they would just be brought in directly.
At this time, Chang Luohua had already fallen asleep, and Zhu Biao did not bother her. He called Nuanyu to wait on her and went to sleep. Yun Jin came back late recently, and there were many things in the harem. Empress Ma was also used to relying on Yun Jin to do things, so she could only
When they are given a status in the future, if they can have a son and a half, they will be rich and happy for the rest of their lives.
Early the next morning, although there was no need to attend the morning court, he still had to go to the Ministry of Rites. Tomorrow Fu Youde would bring the leader of the Xia Kingdom Mingsheng to the capital. Zhu Biao would come forward to accept the surrender and confer him the title of Marquis of Guiyi and grant him a residence in the capital.
Although no humiliating ceremony was used, the loser still had to behave like a loser. The Ministry of Rites had already formulated the regulations. Zhu Biao was going to take a look. If there were no objections, the Ministry of Rites would prepare them immediately.
It was already noon when the processing was completed. Zhu Biao returned to Jinshen Hall to accompany his father to review the memorial. Although the officials of the six departments were generally replenished, they were all forcibly promoted from the shortest generals. Judging from the current level of ability,
It was very ordinary, which made Zhongshu Sheng and Zhu Yuanzhang even busier.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked while criticizing: "You met Chen Youzong last night. What did you say? How much can they produce?"
Zhu Biao didn't even raise his head and replied directly: "At least 1.2 million shi, but no more than 14.5 million shi."
Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he heard this: "Damn it, these high-ranking families are rich. Our treasury is almost exhausted. They still have so much. We originally thought they could have four to five million shi."
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Zhu Biao put down his pen and said with a smile: "Father underestimated them too much. No family that can survive the troubled times is rich. Not to mention Jiangnan, which is the richest place in the world. I estimate that the food reserves of the Jiangnan family alone are at least two million shi."
, but they have to save some anyway, and the reason why they can come up with so much is because the Chen family took the lead."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "The Jiangnan family is rich, and the people in Shanxi are not bad either. We have to think about it carefully."
Zhu Biao hurriedly said: "Father, more than one million stones of grain can not be said to solve all the problems of the Ming Dynasty, but it is enough to meet the urgent needs. After all, the north is not prepared to fight big ones. In this case, let the rest take its course.
Don’t deliberately kill the rich.”
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed with some pity. He didn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt were when he opened his eyes every day. Tens of millions of people all over the world were crying for food. He still really wanted to kill those rich and wealthy people and eat their meat.
Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his father had given up the idea of digging holes and killing people. In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the most important thing was stability. After years of war, the population has dropped sharply. Now it's not that the land is not enough for planting, but that it can't be planted.
Although the aristocratic families have a lot of land, it is nothing compared to what the imperial court holds. Except for a few of the acres left by the former Yuan princes and nobles, who were rewarded by Zhu Yuanzhang, the rest are still in the hands of the imperial court. What is lacking is farming.