Zhu Yousong thought about the wording in his heart, and then replied cautiously to Chongzhen: "King Zhou and other clans complained to their ministers, now most of their land is requisitioned by the imperial court, and the income in the past has been greatly reduced, but the food and clothing on weekdays cannot be reduced, not to mention that the extra money for the reproduction of children and grandchildren in the future is not known where to find." If this continues, I am afraid that there will be a danger of sitting on the mountain, so I hope that Your Majesty can find a way out for them, and they will naturally obey Your Majesty's orders. ”

After hearing this, Chongzhen immediately said with some displeasure: "The land expropriated by the imperial court is not in vain, didn't I compensate them twice the land in Jiuli Prefecture?" Are these people a little greedy and insufficient, could it be that if I don't give a way, they won't obey my orders? ”

Hearing that the emperor's tone was a little unkind, Zhu Yousong's heart was also a little nervous, and he hurriedly explained to King Zhou and other clans: "Naturally, they don't dare to disobey Your Majesty's orders, but they just want to tell Your Majesty about their hardships through their ministers, and ask Your Majesty to be clear." ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced up at him, and then continued to drink tea and said, "Okay, then I'll listen to what they are worried about." You said. ”

Zhu Yousong didn't make any mistakes, so honestly and bluntly relayed: "Actually, King Zhou, they heard some rumors from Jiuli Prefecture, it is said that although the land over there is vast, it is sparsely populated and all of them are stupid and stupid savages. Some of these savages are fierce, others are docile and harmless, but they all have one thing in common, that is, they do not know how to farm and weave. In other words, if you want to develop the land in Jiuli Prefecture, you need to move people from the country, and the local savages are not helpful in cultivating the fields.

However, the migration of people from China to Jiuli Prefecture is, on the one hand, the long distance and the cost of immigration is staggering; On the other hand, the natural climate of Jiuli Prefecture is not only very different from my Daming, but also has many poisonous snakes and poisonous insects, and it is said that the spiders that can be seen everywhere can bite people.

Except for those clans who really have no way and want to try their luck in Jiuli Prefecture, the clans with a little bit of assets are all discouraged. Now the clan on the Kaifeng side may forcibly send the villagers who are attached to their own families to take the lead, and then collect a group of young people from the disaster to go to Jiuli Prefecture to divide land for development; or simply stake the land in Jiuli Prefecture under his name to the businessman to operate, and leave a rent.

However, these two methods are a little inappropriate for the clans above the Zhenguo general, because the share of land under their names is too large, and no matter which method is used, it is only a drop in the bucket. However, according to the rules of the imperial court, the land in Jiuli Prefecture is on a first-come, first-served basis, and if they cannot develop the land under their own names, not only will they not get any income, but they will not even be able to take turns on the land with a better location.

The Kaifeng clan such as the King of Zhou was more distressed by this situation, they obviously had more land than in the past, but because of the distance and difficult to develop, it became a piece of paper, resulting in an economic situation that could not make ends meet. Then he encountered Wang Qi's incident, and naturally vented all his grievances on the governor of Henan who dared to touch the property of the clan..."

Zhu Yousong's trip to Henan was obviously not a dragonfly, basically he felt the grievances and confidence of King Zhou and other clans clearly, so although he explained it trivially, he also expressed the thoughts of the local clan more completely.

Zhu Youzhen listened and summarized, and soon understood what these clans wanted to do. In fact, since the success of Emperor Yongle's Jingnan, in order to prevent other clans from taking him as an example, he simply abolished Emperor Taizu's design arrangements for the clan, and directly raised the clans as pigs.

The old Zhu family has raised the clan as a pig for more than 200 years, which has indeed eliminated the threat of the clan to the imperial power, but in turn it has also caused an extremely serious consequence, that is, the clan of the Ming Dynasty has also been raised as a waste person. Therefore, even if Chongzhen abolished the old practice of clan captivity, except for those members who were difficult to enjoy the privileges of the clan at the bottom were willing to try to integrate into society, those members of the clan with higher status began to be nostalgic for the life of captivity.

It's like a canary in a cage, although it has lost its freedom, at least it doesn't have to find food on its own, and it can sing a few words when it's full. But now they have been released from the cage by their owners and asked them to fly back to the mountains and forests to fend for themselves, which makes them afraid and do not know how to survive.

Zhu Youzhen is actually no stranger to this mentality, and when the reform and opening up in later generations and the transition from a planned economy to a market economy, people were also so confused, and even a big country was directly abandoned by the people and collapsed. As for the other country, thanks to the poor implementation of the planned economy, there is not much resistance when changing tracks, but it also makes the people lose trust in the government.

Although Zhu Youzhen understood this, he didn't intend to sympathize with these clans, so he couldn't help but say coldly: "They are a little resentful, I can still understand it. However, I have compensated them for their land, and I have not treated them badly.

But they kept saying that the surname Zhu in this world was born, but the local area suffered such a catastrophe, and the local officials asked them to requisition some food and materials, so they jumped out desperately and embarrassed the court officials together with the local gentry. ”

Zhu Yousong blinked his eyes several times, and then said hesitantly: "But after all, this disaster relief is the responsibility of the imperial court, and the clan and local gentry can help, but they can't forcibly requisition their materials, and it is still difficult for Governor Wang to shirk his responsibility at this point." ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at him strangely and said, "Isn't this a thing?" ”

Zhu Yousong smiled bitterly and explained in a low voice: "In the eyes of those people below, this imperial court's disaster relief and requisition of civilian materials are still two things that should be treated separately..."

"It's not..."Zhu Youzhen was about to get angry, and suddenly calmed down again. He suddenly reacted, and there seemed to be a difference in values between him and the scholars outside.

After the baptism of modern civilization in later generations, even an ordinary person knows that people are expensive and cheap. In the face of a sudden natural disaster like last year, as long as the materials can be collected, no matter who they belong to, they should be taken out first to save the victims, and then we should talk about supplementing the owners of the property.

However, this concept of modern civilization is based on the developed social productive forces. For a large government that controls most of the means of production, there is nothing that cannot be replenished after the fact.

But in this era of small farmers with backward social productivity, to be honest, if Chongzhen had not expanded the scale of overseas trade in the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court would not have even been able to allocate money for disaster relief, let alone collect enough materials for disaster relief. It is also because of the lack of social productive forces, so the mainstream concept of the whole society is still to value things and ignore people.

Therefore, the mainstream values of society mainly talk about "clean white families", and "starvation is a small matter, and a loss of temperance is a big matter". Even if someone shouts two sentences, "the people are noble and the monarch is light" and "human life is a matter of heaven", the main purpose is to restrain the imperial power, and the "people" who are maintained here are not ordinary people, but gentry and landlords who are members of the ruling class.

For example, Henan was hit by a disaster last year, and a large number of victims gathered near Kaifeng. It is a common practice for local officials to use the state treasury or to demand that large local households provide money and grain for disaster relief. But Wang Qi used the power of the government to directly break into other people's homes and seal the granary, which was to commit public anger.

In fact, if Wang Qi hadn't been because of his early mistakes and refusal to follow the instructions of the imperial court to block the main transportation routes, resulting in a large number of victims gathering outside Kaifeng City, he would not have dared to take such a big mistake.

Therefore, in Chongzhen's view, Wang Qi's forcible requisition of materials for disaster relief is one thing, but in the eyes of outside public opinion, these are two things. Wang Qi's disaster relief is to fulfill the duties of a magistrate, and whether he does it well or not is only related to the local victims and the imperial court. However, Wang Qi sent people to break into people's houses, and even the mansions of the clan to seize food and materials, which was to be the enemy of the gentry of the world.

This is also why, although there are not many voices distinguishing Wang Qi these days, few voices think that Wang Qi's practice of sending people to break into people's houses and seize food and materials is correct. Chongzhen also noticed this, so he didn't take a position lightly, but sent several people to investigate, wanting to know what happened in Kaifeng.

Today, Zhu Yousong's words woke him up, so that he finally completely saw the mystery in this matter. And when he understood, he also realized that his original prudence was still correct.

Although with the power he now has, it is not difficult to forcibly suppress this matter, but he still falls behind in doing so. After all, those bitter masters who shouted grievances in Kaifeng still have reasons, or in the eyes of others, these people are really wronged.

Even if he is a great tomorrow, he can't collide with the mainstream concept of the entire society at every turn, isn't that unpleasant for himself. At least for now, these clans are still standing with him in the general direction, so there is no need to force them to oppose them. Although these clans are not in the climate, they will always give him a headache when they are entangled with the local gentry. He really didn't have much energy to deal with these clans at the moment.

After thinking about this, Zhu Youzhen planned to make some concessions to the clan, and first plucked these people out of the chaos in front of him, and then said, "Okay, I reluctantly agree with their hardships, so you go on, what do they want?" ”

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