Chapter 266: The People

Li Qiantang knelt down to obey orders, Zhu Biao thought for a while and said: "Take it from the people and give it to the people, your Li family has saved a lot of money by selling illicit salt, so return it now." ”

Li Qiantang naturally doesn't have any opinions, it's enough to save the lives of the family, not to mention that he has such a big blood, how can the rest of the family not give some compensation, the outlaws under the Li family are not scattered, everyone is a decent person, and naturally they will not make trouble.

Zhu Biao looked at the rest of the people and said: "The shops in the city are just buying and selling, they are all serious livelihoods, the farmland outside the city will be sold to the imperial court, and in the future, it will be better to let the people be rich, and your business will be better, there is no need to stare at the little bit of interest in the field." ”

Of course, this land can't be directly given to those tenants who have no land, and if it is given to them in vain, it is not a blessing or a curse, not to mention that the tenants are not necessarily good, the poor do not bring kindness, the kind of people who only think about prostitution and gambling every day, I am afraid that they will go to exchange money after dividing the land.

There must still be a set of rules, and a group of scum can't be wasted Zhu Biao's hard work, and the rest of the people naturally looked at Governor Chen's mansion, and when they saw that he happily agreed, they naturally had no opinion.

Zhu Biao nodded with satisfaction and said: "Dredging the canal or the state capital's conscription can use more tenants, and the court will lend them the seeds of the fields and allow them to pay them back in a few years, and if there is a natural disaster during the period, the court will also have its own arrangements." ”

Governor Chen nodded in response, Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't just take advantage, to be honest, this time it was already too much, except for the Li family, the rest of the family members were all good Ming families on the surface, and it was natural for Zhu Biao to protect them as a prince.

The Chen family basically took out the foundation of the family, and no one dared to discount what he promised in front of Zhu Biao, otherwise it would be a crime of bullying the king, so his family's tens of thousands of acres of fertile land were taken away by the imperial court at a low price.

Although Governor Chen's face is calm now, but after Zhu Biao leaves, it is indispensable for Governor Chen to cry bitterly in front of the ancestral tablet.

The rest of the people are also heavy-faced, agriculture-based society, even if the business is prosperous, it is still the family to have land to feel at ease, Zhu Biao said softly and relievedly: "After the palace returns to Beijing, it will be in charge of the dynasty, and most of the old ministers in the east palace lack young scholars." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up, the prince was about to govern the dynasty turned out to be true, this is really unbelievable, the saint loves His Royal Highness the prince so much, it is beyond common sense.

Suddenly, the sound of praise and praise was endless, praising Zhu Biao from the day he was born to today, but he didn't let go of any of the deeds that he could take out and say, and fortunately, Zhu Biao did have a few merits, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.

Seeing that it was almost there, Zhu Biao smiled and waved his hand to calm them down, looked at Governor Chen and said: "There are many talented children of the clan, but the palace rarely comes to Jiangnan and I don't know the specifics, so please ask Governor Chen to recommend it, and hand over the list to the palace tomorrow." ”

The smile on Governor Chen's face was much brighter now, and he also had an explanation with the family elders, otherwise even if he was the head of the main family, he would not be able to escape the blame, after all, each room had interests in it.

The rest of the people don't have any opinions, the Chen family has such a big blood and should eat a few more bites, not to mention that the whole family is one, it is impossible to leave them, there is always a mouthful of meat to eat.

After that, there was nothing else to say, Zhu Biao took the teacup and drank two sips without being in a hurry to put it down, and the rest of the people naturally understood when they saw it, and they all respectfully said goodbye, and before leaving, they invited Zhu Biao to the banquet in the evening, Zhu Biao himself politely refused, and asked Xu Yungong Changmao to go to the banquet on his behalf.

Xu Yungong Changmao is his confidant, it is always good to get more knowledge and knowledge in the place, and when everyone retreated, Zhu Biao stood up and moved, and his waist was sore, but it can be regarded as solving a troublesome matter, the longer this matter drags on, the more difficult it is to deal with, and it is better to solve it at the beginning of the founding of the country.

What the clan wants is nothing more than an official position, and what the people want is self-sufficient arable land, as long as the people can be stabilized, the clan is not worth mentioning at any time, and it is enough to solve an order.

After a while, Quan Xu walked in, saluted Zhu Biao and said, "Governor Chen's mansion went back to the mansion office, Li Qiantang went home alone, and the rest went to Zhang's mansion to discuss. ”

Zhu Biao nodded, asked Quan Xu to go down and continue to investigate, and then picked up a little milk cat and dangled in the yard, this scenery is really good, Zhu Biao thought that he would find a famous craftsman in Jiangnan to renovate the East Palace when he was richer in the future.

In fact, Zhu Biao didn't have much money, and there was an eighteen thousand taels of silver in the East Palace, which were all seized from the Northern Yuan Palace during the Northern Expedition, and the rest were some valuables, what calligraphy, paintings, antique jewelry, etc., Zhu Biao's identity was not easy to sell for money, at most it was used as a reward.

As for Lao Zhu, he doesn't have much money, and the empty ones are about to run away from the rats, if it weren't for Zhu Biao stuffing things into it, Lao Zhu would have nothing to reward his subordinates.

The treasury has silver, but it is still useful, and the war and the people do not cost as much as flowing water, even a mountain of gold cannot withstand it, but fortunately, most of them are enough to ask for food.

It's not that there is no way to make money, but the current problems of the Ming Dynasty cannot be solved with silver, in the end, the people's livelihood was difficult in the early years of the founding of the country, and money may not be able to buy anything, after all, the productivity is there.

The kitten in his arms is extraordinarily honest, unlike the one who made trouble just now, this one seems to be the one at the bottom, and the other brothers are stepping on it to climb up, and the weak one is always pitiful.

In fact, in the eyes of the Ming monarchs of the past dynasties, the ministers, the gentry, and the people are like their three children, the eldest is the smartest, the second is in the best health, only the third is not smart, and the health is not good.

It's just that most of the time the emperor is still used to being the eldest and the second, to be honest, the emperor can deal with a few low-level people in his life, usually either ministers or children of the family, they are sensible and can talk and give gifts, and the people will only complain when they are broken, the emperor is also a human, he is not a loving god, he naturally likes to be sensible.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty, and his ass is sitting on the side of the people, so he treats the ministers and gentry so harshly, if this matter is handled by Zhu Yuanzhang, then there will be many deaths, in his eyes, it is because the ministers are greedy and arrogant, and the people will not live well if they are not rich.

Zhu Biao actually doesn't agree with this concept, there is nothing wrong with the people being the foundation, and it is not wrong that the court should take care of it more, but the ministers and gentry are also his people, and they can't not care at all because they are smart and in good health, and even regard them as enemies.

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