Volume VIII Chapter 231 Resolving the Problem of Land Annexation

In the first battle of Kyoto and Osaka, Dongying was defeated, and only about 150,000 of the 400,000 troops were defeated, and the morale of the army was lost.

Zhang Bin did not become careless because of this, but became extremely cautious, he not only led the Chinese army step by step, slowly advancing, but also took advantage of the absolute superiority of the naval division, Lu Xiangsheng's forward army directly sent to Edo to land, and attacked from the north and south, and the shogunate army could not take care of the end of the fight.

In the face of such a steady Ming army, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the general of the Toying shogunate, had nothing to do, and in despair, he finally made a crazy move.

However, he is not crazy about others, but crazy about himself.

He committed suicide, by caesarean section!

As soon as the shogun died, Toei was even more disheartened, and in less than a month, most of Honshu was occupied by the Ming army, and then, the Ezo clan of Hokkaido was directly frightened by the vanguard army led by Lu Xiangsheng and surrendered, and the entire battle of Toei ended.

Zhang Bin did not stay in Dongying for long, after the end of the war, he hurriedly handed over the matter of sweeping the tail to Lu Xiangsheng, and officially appointed Kong Zhenyun as the governor of Dongying, the chief civil official, and then took Sun Chuanting, with Fu Guangjun, with a group of captured feudal lords, returned to the court.

Taishi Wei Guogong, the first assistant of the cabinet Zhang Bin, personally led the army to level Dongying, and Dongying has become a province of the Ming Dynasty!

As soon as the report of the General Administration Department was issued, the entire Ming Dynasty was sensational again, which is simply an unprecedented feat, because Dongying has never been conquered, whether it is the prosperous Tang Dynasty, or the Meng Yuan who swept everything, has never conquered Dongying, and now, Dongying has been conquered by the Ming Dynasty, and it is completely occupied!

The people's thinking is different from that of the scholars, they think that the Dongying Wokou is just a lack of beating, so they have to clean it up, and now, the grandfather of the country has really cleaned up the Dongying Wakou, they are naturally happy, beating gongs and drums.

Yongxing Emperor Zhu Cihong and the scholars also had different ideas, because Zhang Bin analyzed the danger of Dongying's evil neighbor in detail with him before the expedition, and he also thought that it was better to turn this evil neighbor into his own servant, so when Zhang Bin returned to the court, he personally led the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces out of the capital to meet him ten miles to show his support for Zhang Bin's move.

On this day, the people of the capital almost poured out;

On this day, the east of the capital was crowded with people, and the people who welcomed the triumphant return of Grandpa Guo lined up for dozens of miles!

On this day, the sound of gongs and drums in the capital has not dispersed until nightfall.

It stands to reason that there should be a period of calm after the hustle and bustle, but the next day, the whole capital was in a sensation again, all because of Zhang Bin's letter.

The next morning, as soon as the official of Honglu Temple announced the start of the recital, Zhang Bin coughed, walked out quickly, knelt on the ground and recited a recital.

This letter is gorgeous and complicated, and Zhang Bin took two tea hours to finish it, but the meaning of the fold is very simple.

In order to ensure that the interests of the royal family and the princes and nobles are not damaged, he suggested that all the fiefs of the royal family and the princes and nobles should be replaced to Dongying, because Dongying is surrounded by the sea on all sides, with sufficient water and gas, and is almost not affected by the drought!

This guy, what he said is quite nice, he wants to ensure that the interests of the royal family and the princes and nobles are not harmed, but the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty know that he is cutting off other people's financial routes!

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents, as soon as Zhang Bin's recital was finished, hundreds of courtiers jumped out and strongly objected.

Most of these courtiers are princes and nobles, and the rest are some civil ministers, and none of the generals who are not princes and nobles have jumped out, of course, none of the Yongxing nobles such as Sun Chuanting have jumped out.

What's going on, what Zhang Bin wants to cut off is the wealth of the royal family and the princes, what does it mean for a group of civil officials to jump out and oppose it?

Even Zhang Bin is not very clear about this problem!

Perhaps, these people are all spokesmen of the royal family;

Or perhaps, these people are in-laws with the royal family;

It is also possible that these people are moths who make money by donating land to the royal family.

In short, Zhang Bin's move must have moved their cake, so they jumped out against it desperately.

At this time, Zhu Cihong was also confused, because Zhang Bin had not discussed the matter with him in advance, and in the face of so many voices, he also hesitated, should he support his father-in-law and master?

He faintly cast his gaze on Zhang Bin, and the meaning contained in it was obvious: Master, you say, should I nod?

Zhang Bin shook his head slightly, and then said loudly: "Your Majesty, since there are so many courtiers who oppose it, Weichen has the courage to propose and organize a court meeting, not only the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will participate, but also the representatives of the royal family can also see it, and the emperor can fully listen to everyone's opinions before making a decision." ”

The reason why he didn't discuss with Zhu Cihong in advance was that he didn't want Zhu Cihong to be this villain, to be the emperor, it was best to be a referee, if he went down in person, he wouldn't be able to shake the scene.

Zhu Cihong pretended to think about it, and then nodded and said: "Well, what Wei Guogong said is reasonable, then let's discuss it in the court, half a month later, on the seventh day of the seventh month, the early dynasty, the court will discuss this matter, you all retreat." ”

Even if this matter was put on hold for the time being, no courtiers mentioned this matter in the entire early dynasty, but as soon as the early dynasty ended, the matter of Wei Guogong wanting to cut off everyone's financial route spread through various channels, and the entire capital was in an uproar.

Ordinary people don't have much to do, because most of them can't see the cattiness, but the nobles in the capital are scolding, Wei Guogong is going to cut off everyone's financial route!

All of a sudden, there was everything to say.

What Wei Guogong is jealous of everyone having a fief, because Hongwu Xungui and Yongle Xungui have fiefs, but Yongxing Xungui does not, so Wei Guogong took the lead in fiefring, the purpose is to let the emperor give them a fief.

What Wei Guogong is the power of the inflated, want to overwhelm the royal family, so he thinks about the law to clean up the royal family, he wants to drive all the royal family to Dongying to suffer, Daming He Wei Guogong is the only one.

What Wei Guogong is trying to force people to rebel, the Ming Dynasty is finally peaceful in the world, and this is about to start fighting again!

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Some of this is naturally the nobles instigating their subordinates to spread rumors, but some are true, for example, Daming is about to start fighting again, this is not rumors, because Zhang Bin has moved too many people's cakes, these people have nearly eighty percent of the land in Daming, and the energy they can burst out is unimaginable, and it is very likely that they will make a big move.

So, why did Zhang Bin risk the world's disapproval to move these people's cakes?

As mentioned earlier, he was there to solve the problem of land annexation.

The land annexation of the Ming Dynasty has been serious to the extent that there are many thieves, and if it is not resolved, the Ming Dynasty will surely perish!

Like now, whether it is the Central Plains or Bashu, whether it is Shanxi or Shaanxi, he can only provide disaster relief, and cannot let all the people support themselves, because in order for the people to be able to live on their own, they must be allowed to have arable land, enough arable land to support themselves and their families, but he can't make so much arable land now, most of the land in these places is in the name of the royal family, and he can't move it at all.

Therefore, he launched a big war against Dongying, on the surface, he was retaliating for Dongying Wanli 20 years and Wanli 25 years to invade the Ming vassal country, and intended to invade the Ming Dynasty, in fact, he was mainly to solve the problem of land annexation, because Dongying had land, and there were also people farming.