Verse 151, the prince wants to go to the sea
As the saying goes: learn literature and martial arts, and sell goods to the emperor's family! Jiang Tian's martial arts are naturally no one cares, this powerless scholar may not even be able to win against a stronger village woman, and the specific battle example can refer to the grievances and hatreds between him and Meng Daya in his childhood. However, since the day Jiang Tian came out, everyone in the world suddenly discovered that this great talent, who was originally an alien among the different, was actually a deeply hidden reformer, and the system of land nationalization and rural contract responsibility system introduced by him was simply a shocking strange talk in the world, and it was even more unexpected to point the spearhead of reform directly at the only prince today, so that even if the southern landlord group wanted to make trouble, it was a little difficult to put his mouth to. Moreover, smart people can easily see the hidden power from this reform plan, if it can really be implemented in the world, then the problem of displaced people who led the chaos in the late Ming Dynasty will be solved almost instantly, and at the same time, the rural landlord class, which has long been entrenched, will also be uprooted overnight, and its methods can be described as ruthless. But what makes the big landowners feel threatened is not just this desperate plan, but the land inventory work that is about to begin, unlike the previous dynasty, the inventory of acres is no longer carried out by local officials, but by a new land regulatory agency established by the central government to run independently, then before the birth of this agency, around the appointment of its competent officials, it has become the focus of all factions, the upcoming minister of land and resources, will decide that the Chinese Dynasty this time the land @ change is a formality as usual, Or really want to vigorously overturn the original pattern.
Jiang Tian, as the initiator, once again took the initiative to avoid suspicion and no longer participated in the formation of this yamen, which made some worried people feel a little more at ease, as long as this vicious guy was not the first minister, then there was still a certain amount of room for maneuver. As for why Jiang Tian took the initiative to let Xian, this is also where everyone is puzzled, it stands to reason that this idea is yours, even if you don't work yourself, you have to recommend your own people to serve, right? Otherwise, if the department with such a large power is not in its own hands, wouldn't it be a marriage for others? Could it be that he, Jiang Taibao, is really so selfless? In any case, since he Jiang Tian did not mean to participate, everyone could nominate candidates on their side without any scruples, but when various small circles were constantly connected, Emperor Zhang Tao once again crossed the cabinet and directly issued a holy decree, and Qiu Tian, who had conducted a large-scale investigation and pointed out the land problem some time ago, was promoted to the first Minister of Land and Resources of the Chinese Dynasty, and presided over the national land census! This result should not be unexpected, because many people have long speculated about the candidates for this position, and there are only two people in the list, Jiang Tian and Qiu Tian, as for those who are unwilling to sharpen their heads to fight for positions, they are actually ridiculous clowns in the eyes of smart people. But when the Ministry of Land and Resources was still creating, another piece of music came to the imperial study, and it was spread all over the world in a very fast time, because the person who wrote the book was none other than the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong, Emperor Shun of the Ming Dynasty!
To say that Zhu Cihong is also a legendary figure, since he abdicated and made Xian, I don't know whether he is consciously sorry for his ancestors or he doesn't want to be blamed by the clan, so he returned to his hometown in Fengyang to guard the ancestral tomb and be a low-key person behind closed doors. Fortunately, although he became the king of the dead country like Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he was not without the support of the people, don't look at the Fengyang magistrate did not take him seriously, but many officials and people also have some pity for his situation, from time to time some people want to visit the unlucky emperor, but he is quite smart He refused everyone's visit, except for his own prince nephew who was fortunate enough to enter his house, no outsiders can see him. But this is not to say that he is indifferent to the major events in the world, in fact, like his father Emperor Chongzhen, he is also an ordinary person whose heart is higher than the sky but has no ability to change his fate.
In the past, he was still the emperor sitting on the Jinluan Palace, and Zhang Tao, who was already the first hero of the restoration of the country, fought endlessly with those civil officials, this marshal brother-in-law did not have the ability of those civil officials to quote scriptures, but he hung the people of the world on his lips, and every time he argued with the ministers, he started with how to govern the country, and finally was dragged into the moral and traditional debate by the civil officials. It's just that at that time, I was still naïve to think that this was to compete with the literati for authority and buy people's hearts. Thinking back to the actions of these literati when the first emperor was alive, as well as their expressions throughout the Restoration War, why did he believe the nonsense of these people back then? Of course, he knew that Zhang Tao's final usurpation of power was really a helpless move, because the two had a long conversation all night, and Zhang Tao boasted that he had been working hard for the rejuvenation of the country all his life, but the foundation of the Ming Dynasty had been rotten to the extreme, and if it was not pushed back, it would just let the dying patient survive for a while. Moreover, when the first emperor was martyred, he made it clear that he instructed Zhang Tao to act when he saw the opportunity, if he really had the ability to govern the world, he only needed to save the remnants of the Zhu family from being cut off, and the people of the world would not be ruined again because of the Zhu family...... It's a pity that not only are the thieves out of the way, but the Tartars in the north have also taken advantage of the situation. Zhang Tao's southern and northern wars for many years, finally brought the world back to peace, but he listened to slander and fought for the authority of the Taoist system regardless of the major matter of recuperation, and finally could not escape the fate of the last emperor.
Although this period of time in Fengyang is not long, but when he saw the suffering of the peasants with his own eyes, he understood from the bottom of his heart why Zhang Tao would rather take over the "infamy" of usurping power to take over the country, Zhu Cihong found that he was really deceived by those civil officials who were full of benevolence and morality, these people drank the blood of the peasants but still talked about the education of saints. So he was really disheartened, and he no longer believed in those "loyal ministers" of the Ming Dynasty, and even the meanness of Fengyang officials to him was considered a way to atone for his crimes, he knew that even if Zhang Tao did not have a coup d'état back then, if the Ming Dynasty's governing system did not change in the slightest, at most it would be just to delay the death of a dynasty like Emperor Guangwu, rather than this, it is better to see what the brother-in-law of the prodigy has done, and whether there is a way to save Li Min. So when Qiu Tian's song came out, he knew that his brother-in-law was going to do it, until Jiang Tian threw out the plan for the nationalization of land, the haze in Zhu Cihong's heart suddenly became clear, the solution is so simple, the land belongs to the state, whoever farms the land pays the rent, since it is all official land, then the taxes naturally go to the treasury, and there is more money in his hand, whether it is to help the victims or raise troops to fight, he can let go of it, how can the country be unstable? It's a pity that I understood it too late, and even if I could understand it early, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the courage to reform, right? Or not......
The history of later generations recorded such an event, Zhu Cihong, who had been living in seclusion, took the initiative to write for the first time, mentioning that Fengyang, Anhui Province was set as one of the reform experimental areas, and was willing to dedicate the imperial court fief to fill the official field, and since then the Zhu family has been back to making a cloth cloth! Although many historians tend to think that Zhu Cihong is advancing by retreating, and by sacrificing land to show that he will not get involved in the regime again, the official has been loudly praising his deep understanding of righteousness, and insinuating that the descendants of the Zhu family who were born in Huaiyou cloth clothes are still concerned about the peasants, if they are not blinded by those greedy people, how can they let the brilliant Ming Dynasty die prematurely! For this statement, many people automatically classify it as political propaganda, and no one will take it too seriously, but they know that it is precisely because Zhu Cihong took the lead that Jiangnan Shilin has almost no room to turn over. It doesn't matter whether he was voluntarily or coerced by Zhang. But more than 200 years later, after the National Archives declassified some of the correspondence materials of that year, people found that the official statement that was originally regarded as a lie was true, Zhu Cihong discussed the land issue at the end of the Ming Dynasty with his nephew Zhang Huan, who had a good relationship, more than once, and admitted that it was precisely because of the failure of the land policy that led to the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and lamented that none of the famous ministers who ruled the world in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years dared to touch the nerve of the land, and they were simply national sinners who sold their reputations......
Although Zhu Cihong's performance was said by some people to be coerced and lured at the first time, it was a coercive work of last resort. But the three words on the signature really make the big landowners in Jiangnan have a feeling of digging into the flesh. They all know that they have been able to accumulate such a huge land thanks to the national policy of the former Ming Dynasty, and now that the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty has repented and seen the real reason for the demise of the country, then those of them who are still fantasizing about being able to continue their privileges seem to have lost their greatest spiritual sustenance overnight. Moreover, the clerks of the newly formed Ministry of Land and Resources were almost all selected from among the proletarian soldiers of the new army, and only the real proletariat would not show mercy to the dictatorship of the landlord class!
"Brother Si and the past of the imperial court, allowing officials to swallow up the good land is the first harm in the world......" The crisp voice of the eunuch on the station spread throughout the hall, maybe he didn't understand how important what he was reading aloud, but from the colorful expressions of the ministers of His Royal Highness, it could be seen that this twist and turn might cause another war of words.
Although people heard that Zhu Cihong did not mean to be a minister, but quoted the title of kinship, and also vaguely the change of dynasty, the central idea of this memora has not changed, that is, to find a reason for Zhang Tao to nationalize land in the ritual law, which is the so-called restoration of the ancient system, the return of private land to the well field system, and the first to take the lead in responding to the announcement of handing over the land rewarded by the imperial court, and the descendants of the Zhu family must contract according to the rules if they want to farm in the future. This can be regarded as a merciless blow to those guys who cling to the banner of the Ming Dynasty. Jiang Tian was also amazed in his heart when he heard this, and sighed that this Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants also have a bit of ancestral backbone. However, when he looked up at Zhang Tao again, His Majesty the Emperor did not seem to be so proud, but looked into the distance with deep eyes, as if he was communicating spiritually with this brother-in-law.
After the recital was read out, Zhang Tao still looked thoughtful, and the officials in the hall also lowered their heads and looked at their toes one by one, and no one had the heart to say a word, until Zhang Tao came back to his senses and glanced at the civil and military officials, and then sighed: "The king is not the king of the dead country, but this minister ...... Passed the decree, crowned the king of Fengyang as the hereditary replacement of the prince, and presided over the reform of Fengyang. ”
A twist and turn made the down-and-out Zhu Cihong get back the treatment of a prince, and his children and grandchildren were hereditary. The most important thing is that he has local power in his hands, which shows how much Zhang Tao attaches importance to his brother-in-law, and it is this unexpected twist and turn, all the officials who are still trying to struggle as long as they are not lacking in heart, they all see that this is the trend of the times, and they quickly write a letter to Sù's hometown to clear up the land that is occupied, although now it is only two places in Beizhili and Fengyang for pilots, but the reform of these two places is the two princes in charge, and if they don't hurry up to see the wind direction and prepare, they are likely to be liquidated in the future.
However, after the dispersal of the dynasty, Jiang Tian still failed to go out as last time, and was surrounded by a group of officials, these smart people can't wait to inquire about the opening of the factory, but Jiang Tian pushed the consulting work to the old man Song who did not go to the court, Song Yingxing is no longer in charge of scientific research because of his advanced age, of course, some people speculate that the old man Song may not be able to adapt to the current Academy of Sciences, and a group of backbones who have received Jiang Tian's training have gradually become experts in various fields. Maybe the prestige and qualifications can't be compared with the old man Song, but the professional knowledge is not comparable to the old man, so except that he is nominally the president of the Academy of Sciences, there is no actual work, and now he is giving him this job of communicating and dealing with officials, but it is to make the best use of it.
Zhang Gan, the first king of Ji who walked out of the main hall, looked back at Jiang Tian, who was surrounded, and walked away expressionlessly, if he could generously hand over the fief, it is estimated that few people would believe it. But everyone understood that no matter how unbelievable Jiang Tian's proposal was, it would not have been possible to get to where it is today without the emperor's permission. But a dignified prince did not fail to make efforts to turn in the knots, but this flattering eye seemed to be thrown to the blind man, Jiang Tian was not only unmoved, but was willing to become Zhang Tao's thug to cut the feudal domain in disguise. The officials of King Ji's family are not without resentment towards him, but so far they can only hold hatred in their hearts, and even King Ji has not said a word, and no one knows what the prince thinks in his heart.
In fact, this is really wronged Jiang Tian, he doesn't have to be caught in this 10,000-year-old royal infighting, whether it is the reform plan, or the choice of address, in fact, he and Zhang Tao are made for the purpose of maximizing the results, but in the eyes of those who are interested, the so-called state-owned reform may have become a high-sounding excuse, not to mention the fiefdom in Zhang Tao's hands in disguise, and it also shocked a lot of thoughts of tandem confrontation, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Zhang Tao also felt sorry for his younger brother, although the reform power of Zhili directly belonged to the Ministry of Land and Resources, but he also felt that since even his brother-in-law had been rewarded, he could not let his younger brother get nothing, so he asked Zhang Qian to pick an industrial project in the name of equity participation to compensate for the loss. And as a prince, he can't always squeeze together with these officials regardless of his identity, so when Jiang Tian finally got rid of everyone's entanglement, he received an invitation from the Ji Wang's mansion. There was no way for him to rush directly to the palace without stopping.
"Lord Jiang has worked hard for the country, which can be described as a high level of hard work!" Zhang Qian, who was smiling, met Jiang Tian in his study.
Jiang Tian, who finished the ceremony, also replied with a smile: "For the sake of our long-term peace and stability, this is also our obligation." ”
Although both of them keep smiling, but behind the smile is absolutely different, Zhang Qian is trying to maintain his princely demeanor, while Jiang Tian hopes that this prince can lead by example and set an example of industrialization. However, according to the rules of this era, unless it is a hundred thousand urgent things, it is impossible for the guest and the host to go straight to the topic to start a dialogue, not to mention that a prince receives officials, it is even more necessary to show the prince's consideration for his subordinates, so the two sides have been talking for a long time around various topics that do not find margins, what are you in good health, is your father in good health, is your wife and concubine in good health, the weather is good today, the Liu family's restaurant has a new dish, which new branch of the wild grass has the wind of Huaisu, In hot weather, you should pay attention to drinking more tea...... It's basically all nonsense. Fortunately, Jiang Tian has become accustomed to all kinds of bad habits of this era, and he is finally not confused by these nonsense.
There is always a time when the topic comes back, but as a prince, although it is as compensation for the cancellation of the fief, it can't be too utilitarian when he says it: "Lord Jiang, this king invited you to come this time, and he was entrusted by His Majesty to ask about you, an industrial power. ”
"Of course, the lower officials should know everything...... "Jiang Tian thought that if I didn't know what your brother really meant, I am afraid that I really thought that you were asking about the national policy of a strong country: "If you want to talk about this industry...... There are many kinds and I can't say it for a while, but you are a prince, and there is no need to say more about those trivial things, and I am foolish to see that you have led an army across the ocean to intercept and kill the Tartars, and made an immortal honor for me to open the country, so it can be seen that you should be no stranger to this ocean-going ship, right? ”
Listening to Jiang Tian's sycophant, even if he was still a little unhappy in his heart, it made Zhang Qian a little proud: "Oh? But Lord Jiang wants to talk about this shipbuilding? ”
"The prince is really wise and wise!" Jiang Tian is now good at sycophancy, this is still thanks to the fake prince Wu Yuan, when it comes to the tactfulness of things, Jiang Tian is indeed inferior to him: "In recent days, because of the land matter, the court is boiling, and the minds of people all over the world are staring at the rules and regulations of the new deal, but ignoring the policy of shipping grain that has been set last year. Although there are many shipyards in the southeast of China, the level of craftsmen is limited, and the materials for shipbuilding also rely on the hardwood of the north, so it is difficult to make a difference. And the Naval Research Institute, which His Majesty presided over, ......"
Hearing this, although Zhang Qian did not interrupt Jiang Tian's introduction, there was already a trace of clarity in his eyes, although the fiefdom was gone, if he could control the estuary of the Haihe River, things would be promising!