Section 477 The Royal Garden
A menacing and passionate political tide finally ended in a hurry. There is no way, the sea can be moved in front of interests, and if there is a small misunderstanding, the words will be over.
In the last scene of the day, Cao thief, no, Zhong Yongbo's promise of land played a role in drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle. This move not only lightly offloaded the attack of the civilian clique, but also brought in a group of potential collaborators: on the way to disperse the dynasty that day, there were already people talking about the production of hundreds of hectares of paddy fields.
That's it, in hindsight, it seems like a real misunderstanding? ...... In the past, after people learned that someone went to Jiangnan to buy land, they habitually thought that the other party was expanding their territory.
As a result, when I said this today, everyone realized that they had misunderstood. The surname Cao bought land and built a port in Jiangnan, which does not mean that he has no shortage of people in Yizhou, so he is willing to share the benefits with a righteous man and a gentleman.
This can be planned.
The area of one hectare of land is 100 acres. Although the mu of the Ming Dynasty is slightly smaller than that of later generations, it is calculated according to 667 square meters in later generations in Zhongyongbo. It is promised to sell from 100 hectares, that is, 10,000 acres of ripe land connected together and with a water conservancy system.
It's a place where you can use your family to build your family. In an ordinary village in the south of the Yangtze River, the whole village is only two or three thousand acres of land, and this is still shared by n households.
What's even more powerful is that Uncle Zhong Yong said that there is no cap. Then the gentry family and the royal relatives who have a lot of silver in their homes can even buy 20,000 or 30,000 acres...... No one will be tempted.
In ancient times, productivity was low, and the people were simply unable to organize and build large-scale drainage and irrigation systems like later generations. Even in the south of the Yangtze River, where the water system is crisscrossed, Nakata Shimoda accounts for the majority, and there are always a few good paddy fields near the river.
If Uncle Zhong Yong took out the wild land of Yizhou, the scholars and doctors would not even clinch their eyelids: there were too many wastelands in the seventeenth century, did they need to run so far?
But when these plots were equipped with drainage and irrigation systems, in the minds of the Ming people, it was really a family heirloom. What's more, these lands are only 5 taels of silver per acre, which is still contiguous and super high-quality assets!
And the reason why this condition put forward by Zhong Yongbo was accepted instantly and not questioned was precisely because he borrowed the light of the previous black material: the pamphlet written by Bu Daxing, in order to arouse the hatred of the scholars, described in detail the iron ox ploughing the land, the yield of five or six hundred catties per mu, and a large number of Ming people went to work in the workshop.
So people figured it out as soon as their brains turned: the rice fields that can produce five or six hundred catties of rice must be watered, and a large number of Ming people can work in the workshop.
In that case, what are you waiting for, rush forward, attack!
From that night onwards, all the gentlemen and relatives who could make up a huge sum of 50,000 taels of silver hid at home and discussed secretly with the think tank.
Master Bu Daxing's deliberate action to deliver black materials not only failed shamefully again, but also helped the traversers.
Well, what do you mean by that? When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you.
From this moment on, a large part of these people in the court who can't see through the future will fall into the abyss of crossing the public, wrong, and bright prospects.
Or it can be fashionably explained: what you are looking at is other people's interest, and what others are looking at is your principal.
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On the third day after the court meeting was dispersed, Emperor Chongzhen, who was closely following the development of the situation, found that the civil officials had indeed stopped in this matter, and no one had taken the excerpt of Hei Zhongyongbo, so in the afternoon of this day, the emperor happily summoned Cao Zhongchen - in the imperial garden.
When he heard Cao Mangfu's words of gift-giving that day, he laughed and walked away with his hands behind his back, thus ending the court meeting.
About Huangzhuang ...... Of course, the emperor doesn't care about what Yizhou Huangzhuang is, well, Chongzhen is relatively poor, and he still cares about it. But compared to the political gains he got at the court meeting that day, Huangzhuang is really nothing.
First of all, the emperor confirmed that Cao Zongbing not only offended the Guan Ning army before, but also got into trouble with the Donglin Party this time, which made the emperor feel extremely comfortable.
Chongzhen, who has been in power for many years, is no longer the stunned young man he was at the beginning, and he now knows the importance of balance. Cao Zongbing is naturally happy to see Chongzhen do this-Cao Aiqing, you'd better offend everyone in the world, don't be afraid, I will support you.
Secondly, in the long run, the emperor was also happy to see the ministers divide the land of Yizhou.
Since ancient times, in the perception of any elite class, only land is the foundation that can be inherited and ensure the prosperity of the family from generation to generation. With land, not only can it bring long-term and stable income, but careerists can also accumulate soldiers and food and grass, which can be relied on in the event of rebellion.
As for those things that are hundreds of businessmen, they are all superficial and lowly industries, and it is not worth bothering too much about them.
Originally, the foundation of Zhongyong Boyuan in Yizhou was the same as the territory of those frontier Tusi, not to mention the emperor, there was nothing the court could do.
However, since Cao Zhongchen has now taken the initiative to divide the land, it is completely different. Although this move was actually a bit stupid in the eyes of everyone, including the emperor, it fully demonstrated Cao Zhongchen's determination to integrate into the system. Then as the biggest beneficiary of the system, His Majesty the Emperor, is naturally full of joy.
In the emperor's view, this was actually the best way to eliminate the hidden dangers between the monarch and the ministers: if the land was dispersed, it was impossible to secretly accumulate soldiers and food, so Cao Zhongchen was naturally dedicated to serving the country and could no longer be a warlord.
Outstanding military achievements, reckless and loyal, offended the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and sold land to destroy the warlord road...... Chongzhen suddenly found that looking at the government and the opposition, he could no longer find a second courtier who was so likely.
After identifying the loyal ministers and adjusting the emperors who knew each other, they summoned Cao Aiqing in the Imperial Garden.
Today's scene in the Imperial Garden is a pair of monarchs and ministers, the host is Chongzhen, the host and guest are Zhongyongbo, the accompanying guests are the specially selected first assistant Zhou Yanru and the second assistant Wen Tiren, and there is also the master of ceremonies and supervisor Fang Zhenghua - these are not Donglin Party, and they have some kindness to Cao Zongbing, and there will be no embarrassing scenes.
The Imperial Garden was known as the Gonghou Garden in the Ming Dynasty and is located in the northernmost part of the Forbidden City. There are pines, cypresses, bamboo locusts in the park, the trees are verdant, and there are also strange stone pavilions all over the park, which is built for the emperor and the queen concubine to rest and enjoy.
Today's emperor's banquet is held in Fubi Pavilion.
Fubi Pavilion was built in the 11th year of Wanli, and it is a three-bay square pavilion by the water and the mountain. When Uncle Zhong Yong was led outside the pavilion by the eunuch, he found that the two pavilion elders were already sitting in the pavilion talking and laughing.
After the three of them sat down and chatted briefly, a team led by the eunuch turned out from the rockery vines in the distance. Walking in the ranks was none other than the emperor himself.
"Excuse me, give me a seat." Seeing the three courtiers who greeted him, the smiling young emperor raised his hand to dispense with etiquette. Later, in front of a long table with melons, fruits, snacks and tea in the pavilion, the emperor sat first, and the courtiers also sat down after confessing their crimes.
Judging from today's overall environment, Chongzhen still uses his heart. Not only was the place where the music was played in a garden with a relaxed atmosphere, but the emperor himself wore a moon-white dragon robe with a relatively plain color.
At the beginning of the tea party, the monarchs and ministers first chatted around a pot of sweet water lychees on the table.
In the Ming Dynasty, due to the low efficiency of transportation, the Shangshan Jian (the imperial dining room was only available in the Qing Dynasty) could occasionally receive fresh fruits from the south of the Yangtze River, but they would not give it to the emperor. It is even more unlikely that a fruit like lychee will be finished without the cold chain.
After Cao Zongbing entered Beijing this time, he first offered a batch of canned food to the palace, and then privately guaranteed this condition to his ally Fang Zhenghua for a long time in the future.
Then, as before, Fang Zhenghua promoted lychees and canned oranges in the palace under pressure and risk.
The effect is definitely excellent.
Whether it is Chongzhen's Empress Zhou of the main palace, or the favored Tian Guifei, and Chongzhen's beautiful sister-in-law Empress Zhang, they are all full of praise for the sugar water lychee, and feel that they have become Yang Guifei.
So Fang Zhenghua has made a big appearance in the harem in the past few days, not to mention, and has been rewarded by nobles, and by the way, he was praised by Chongzhen, which can be described as the limelight.
After Chongzhen sat down today, he also took lychees as a topic first, and said a few jokes such as "I borrowed flowers to offer Buddha today" to adjust the atmosphere.
Seeing that the emperor was happy, the three old Jianghu guests hurriedly began to praise them skillfully, including Zhang Dongdong, who also used to be the manager of an advertising company, so he cooperated with Wen Lao and the old drama bones tacitly, and for a while they were happy on the field, and there was a common language between the monarchs and ministers.
After chatting for a while, everyone joked and lit up, and the emperor wiped his mouth with a silk scarf at this time, and then said to Lord Zhongyong with a smile: "Aiqing's visit to Beijing this time is also considered a complete merit, and I am really happy." I just don't know what Aiqing's plans are in the future? ”
Cao Aiqing, who was sitting on the emperor's right hand, had already had a draft, and after hearing this, he didn't stumble, and immediately hugged his fists and replied: "Your Majesty, the minister plans to return to Yizhou in a while." ”
"Oh......" After hearing this, the emperor let out a faint sigh, and then said casually: "If you are not busy leaving, Aiqing can temporarily receive the general military seal of Jiliao, and I will allocate another two million Liao salaries per year to train with Qing." After Jizhen trains a male army, Aiqing can be a martial arts strategy and supervise Liaodong. Cao Chuan, are you willing to destroy the Northern Captives for me? ”
When Chongzhen said this, his two eyes stared at Cao Zhongchen brightly, without blinking.
The next moment, Uncle Zhong Yong stood up, thanked the emperor for his grace with a serious face, and then said to the emperor with a bitter face: "Don't hide it from the emperor, the minister is forced to go back at this time." ”
Speaking of this, Mr. Cao spread his hands: "Your Majesty, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice." In the past, the minister was able to defeat the Tartars, and most of the credit had to fall on the musket. ”
"Now that the minister has run out of medicine, he is now a toothless tiger, so the minister must go back to Yizhou to prepare for gunfire."
When Chongzhen heard this, he turned his head to look at the two ministers in disbelief: "There is such a thing?" ”
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