The arguments of Fang Congzhe, Li Ruhua, Huang Jiashan, and Huang Kezuan left Donglin Party leader Chen Yuting speechless.
Chen Yuting even planned to angrily denounce them as "foolish emperors and traitorous ministers".
However, Yang Lian was worried that if he refused to give in, the Donglin Party would be in danger of collapse, so he stopped Chen Yuting and other Donglin Party members from continuing to speak out against each other.
It is already certain that Zhu Youjian will be in the south. At this time, Chen Yuting, the leader of the Donglin Party, has a face as angry as pig liver. He is over seventy years old and thinks he is full of knowledge, but he loses because of his lack of rigor in his words. p>
He knew clearly that he would never lose to Fang Congzhe in a discussion, but when it came to human nature and sophistication, he was really no match for him. After all, what Fang Congzhe was best at was playing both sides, pulling out a thousand pounds.
Only now did he understand why, after Zhang Juzheng, there had been a revolving door of replacements, but Fang Congzhe was the only one who could walk in the fierce party struggle with ease. He must have been thought to be a softie before, but it turned out to be a hidden secret.
Even though they lost the first battle, the Donglin Party still tried to insist on setting Zhu Youjian's fiefdom in Suzhou or Zhenjiang.
Yang Lian felt that if he came to Wuxi, the land in Wuxi would be expropriated, and Donglin Academy would be the biggest target of damage. Therefore, it is best to go to Zhenjiang or Suzhou.
Zhu Youxiao, on the other hand, named the three places Zhenjiang, Suzhou and Wuxi. The one he looked forward to the most was Wuxi, followed by Zhenjiang.
Although Wuxi, the smallest of the three places at this time, is now just a county, its influence on the political economy of Jiangnan is less than that of Suzhou and Zhenjiang.
But it is rich~
A Wuxi County is richer than a Zhenjiang Prefecture.
The southern section of the Grand Canal passes through Wuxi. The sand, grain, local textiles and purple clay teapots from the upper reaches are sold along the canal and the Yangtze River to Suzhou, Yangzhou and Nanjing. Some of them are further along the canal to Xuzhou, Shandong, Tianjin and Beijing.<
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Wuxi’s huge advantages in water transportation place its future potential between that of Suzhou.
"I think it is not appropriate to choose Wuxi, but Zhenjiang is the best choice."
"I think it is not appropriate to choose Zhenjiang, and it is best to choose Wuxi."
Yang Lian and Li Ruhua put forward opposite suggestions almost at the same time.
Yang Lian said: "I have served in the south of the Yangtze River and have a clear understanding of the geography. Zhenjiang is the closest to Nanjing, and the prince can easily be taken care of there. Moreover, Zhenjiang is a famous land of fish and rice, an important water and land transportation route, and faces Yangzhou across the river.
The Five Princes must like Zhenjiang."
Li Ruhua knew that Yang Lian had ulterior motives and raised an objection: "Zhenjiang is too close to Nanjing. If the fiefdom is located in Zhenjiang, the fifth son of the emperor will easily let some officials have their own whims and seduce him to violate the ban. This is not good for the country and the five sons of the emperor."
Huang Jiashan said: "Since His Majesty and the Prince Supervisor hope that the fifth prince's fiefdom will be prosperous, Suzhou and Wuxi can be said to be the richest places in the Ming Dynasty, and they are the most suitable fiefdoms for the prince."
Chen Yuting and other Donglin Party members also provided cover for Wuxi Donglin Academy, stating that Wuxi was small in scale.
Fang Congzhe, the first assistant, said: "Wuxi has outstanding people, and there are scholars from Donglin Academy who admire the emperor's fifth son very much. Why is Mr. Chen repeatedly opposing Wuxi today? Is it too much to avoid suspicion?"
"This!" Chen Yuting was choked by him and couldn't answer.
In the end, after much fighting, the Donglin Party could only agree that Wuxi would be Zhu Youjian's fiefdom.
King Wu of Zhenjiang is obviously too heavy a title. This is Zhu Yuanzhang’s title, and Zhu Youjian cannot bear it for the time being.
King Su of Suzhou is too wealthy, and King Su is unprecedented.
In this comparison, Wuxi is the most suitable.
Since the fiefdom is in Wuxi, Zhu Youjian's royal title can only be called King Liang. King Liang corresponds to Liangxi in Wuxi, which was another name for Wuxi County at the time.
Setting the fiefdom in Wuxi also had the greatest impact on Donglin Academy and the Donglin Party, because Donglin Academy is located in Liangxi, Wuxi.
Donglin Academy was founded by Gu Xiancheng, Zhao Nanxing and Gao Panlong.
"The sound of wind and rain and the sound of reading can be heard in my ears, and I care about everything in the family, state, and the world."
This is the couplet written by Gu Xiancheng to Donglin Academy.
Many of the backbones of the Donglin Party are Su Songchang, who graduated from Donglin Academy, and are Confucian students from Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou.
When the time comes, things will come to you.
The land must be divided before becoming a king.
This requires the Ministry of Household Affairs to take the lead, with the participation of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Industry, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Six Ministries of Nanjing to investigate local land and taxation.
Then it was taken and transferred to the King of Liang, and what was the tax revenue belonged to the King of Liang. The relationship between the Donglin Party and the King of Liang must have become tense because of the land.
How about joining their cooperation?
When Zhu Youjian and the Donglin Party gather together to cooperate, are they afraid that they will not find evidence of their "rebellion"?
The fastest way to get the land in Jiangnan is to "conspire"~
Of course, they don’t have the guts to do so. They would rather give away money than die.
If they choose to cooperate rather than "rebellion", there are also peaceful ways.
Of course, when Zhu Youxiao's economic strength reaches a certain level, he can also use peaceful redemption to buy the land from the powerful nobles and landlords, and then implement collective ownership, and he can also set up factories and schools.
Such reform cannot be accomplished overnight. It can only be piloted on the southeastern coast first. After success, we can gradually expand the scope of land reform by gradually expanding the scope of land reform.
The second step should be carried out in the poorest northwest, and then in the north and central plains, which are more affected by the cold season. As for the five southwestern provinces, they should implement reforms slowly in parallel with multiple ownership systems.
The third step is industrialization and industrial upgrading.
The Ming Dynasty could not always make money from tea, ceramics, and silk. It must have the first industrial revolution.
At present, brother Jian needs to contribute to this.
"The emperor's fifth son, Zhu Youjian, was granted the title of King of Liang. He established the land in Wuxi, the vassal territory, and prepared to join the vassal state in five years."
The officials breathed a sigh of relief.
This result narrows the scope to Wuxi, which has limited administrative levels, and affects at most nearby parts of Changzhou, Yixing and Suzhou. It does not have a particularly large impact on other officials and people.
Everyone thinks that the prince overseeing the country attaches great importance to family ties and is very kind to the people.
Only Yang Lian and others felt something was wrong.
They promised to put Zhu Youjian under house arrest, and promised to be ruthless and unkind to his younger brother, but in the end, they sealed Wuxi, the richest place, with an unprecedented external seal.
If Zhu Youjian's teacher Sun Ruyou is allowed to accompany him, then in case Zhu Chunchen and Zhou Jiamo ransack their homes, they will go to Wuxi to accompany him.
The Donglin Party is stupid.
They had been opposing Zhu You's imprisonment in Wuxi just now, but they were actually afraid of Zhu Youxiao.
Yang Lian also saw this pitfall, and Zhu Youjian arrived in Wuxi, killing two birds with one stone.
Probably to frame Prince Liang and the Donglin Party for causing rebellion?
In history, several Liang kings were involved in "rebellions".
Then send a large army to destroy them all, and seal off Zhu Chunchen, Zhou Jiamo, and Sun Ruyou who were closely related to the rebels.
Combined with the recent house raids, I fell into the eyes of money.
This means that the army will go south to suppress the rebellion and wipe out all the literati from Wuxi Donglin Academy!