When Xu Xinsu sent a ship to send Lin Guangxing back to the capital, Zhu Youzhen was summoning King Fu, King Rui, King Gui and King Shu in Shang Shu's room.

In addition to the King of Shu, King Fu, King Rui, and King Gui are still very happy to move to Beijing, although they can show off their power in the feudal country, but they are prisoners of a city, and they can't even get out of the city gate without the permission of the imperial court. And as the capital, Beijing's enjoyment of life is probably a little worse than that of several famous cities in the south of the Yangtze River, which is a world of difference compared to the feudal country where they are located.

Coupled with the fact that they grew up in Beijing, they naturally prefer to live in the capital. As long as there is no shortage of their use, they have no opinion on the resumption of the feudal state by the imperial court in disguise. Of course, they also know that it is useless to have opinions, and now this emperor's nephew will not care.

As for the King of Shu, it is different, he has never left Chengdu, and he is considered a foreigner when he came to the capital. While he endured the climate and diet in the north, he was worried about the safety of the industry of the Shu Palace. Those branches left in Chengdu and the Qingwangfu from Ningxia into Sichuan, it is estimated that it is unlikely that his industry will not be moved, after all, most of the fertile fields in the Chengdu Plain have been named by the Shu Wangfu.

It's just that he asked Chongzhen to return to his hometown several times, but he was beaten back by Chongzhen, so he has begun to stop recently. However, compared with the three princes around him, his face had a more sad face.

The four princes were summoned by Chongzhen together today, and they themselves were a little puzzled, because Chongzhen, who was busy with affairs, rarely summoned them at the same time, just when the four of them were guessing Chongzhen's intention to summon them, Zhu Youzhen picked out a fold and handed it to Wang Chengen and said: "Show Uncle Fu Wang, and ask Uncle Fu Wang to read it to everyone, what does King Jingjiang's letter mean, and ask a few uncles to teach me." ”

Zhu Changxun took King Jingjiang's recital and just read the beginning, so he didn't dare to continue reading. He looked up at Chongzhen and asked, "Your Majesty, this King of Jingjiang is full of nonsense, and the minister thinks it's better not to read it." ”

But Zhu Youzhen motioned for him to continue reading, "Uncle Wang, keep reading, King Jingjiang is a Mingfa recital, even if Uncle Wang, you don't read it, soon the world will know what he said on the recital." King Jingjiang's recital is not only for me to see, but also for the clan. How could the four uncles not listen, what did he say? ”

Under Chongzhen's urging, Zhu Changxun had to continue reading, and his forehead began to sweat non-stop. After reading it, Zhu Changxun immediately said: "King Jingjiang's words are rude, and the minister thinks that he is simply crazy. The Qin and Han feudal domains are saving their lives, and many of the children of the clan are rampant and lawless, and His Majesty expelled the two feudal domains from the country and punished them, what does it have to do with cutting down the feudal domains and being mean to the clan, this is really rude..."

Rui Wang Zhu Changhao is not as sensitive as King Fu, after all, he does not have a black history of competing with Guangzong for the throne, and he also knows that he is a vassal king in his life. Therefore, although he felt that King Jingjiang's twists and turns were not appropriate, he still wanted to try to turn around for King Jingjiang, lest Chongzhen always take advantage of these clans.

"The minister thinks that although the King of Jingjiang is a little rude, it is not completely nonsense, after all, the Ming Dynasty is surnamed Zhu, and the children of the clan have killed a few people who are not long-eyed, and they can't afford to pay for their lives..."

Zhu Changhao suddenly felt that someone stepped on him, he subconsciously stopped to look, and found that it was King Fu who stepped on him. Seeing King Fu glaring at him, Zhu Changhao suddenly became clever, and then suddenly changed his words and said: "But Your Majesty is the son of the Great Tomorrow, since you have already made a decision, King Jingjiang's letter to criticize Your Majesty is not right after all." ”

Guiwang Zhu Changxuan was very interested, and knew that Chongzhen was not looking for the four of them to come over, not to listen to anything, but to let them express their attitude towards this letter. Therefore, he echoed King Fu's opinion, believing that King Jingjiang was crazy because he had lost his mind, so he would go on such a public performance.

The king of Shu also expressed his condemnation of King Jingjiang's letter, but he still distinguished a few words for King Jingjiang, thinking that in the current situation, it is better to issue an order to reprimand King Jingjiang for a few words, not too harsh, so as not to make the world clan feel worried.

After listening to the opinions of the four vassal kings, Chongzhen, who had been smiling, suddenly restrained his smile and said, "The four uncles only know one of them, but they don't know the other. King Jingjiang's twist and turn seems to be avenging the grievances of the Qin and Han feuds, but in fact, he wants to attack Taizu and overturn the case for his ancestors. ”

Chongzhen suddenly buttoned down such a big hat, which made the minds of King Fu and the others unable to turn for a while, they were thinking about how this matter was involved with Taizu, and whose case did Zhu Luhu, the king of Jingjiang, want to overturn.

Zhu Youzhen had already gotten up from his seat and said with a serious expression: "King Jingjiang originated from Zhu Wenzheng, the eldest brother of Taizu, the son of King Nanchang Wang, who made meritorious contributions to the founding of the Ming Dynasty and resisted the attack of Chen Youliang's army in the defense of Hongdu. But he is also guilty of fornicating with Zhang Shicheng. Taizu was placed under house arrest for life for his crimes, and his son was also rewarded as the king of Jingjiang for his merits.

Zhu Luhu's letter is said to be a matter of punishing the Han and Qin clans. But in fact, it was aimed at Taizu, intending to overturn the case for Zhu Wenzheng, accusing Taizu of being mean to his ancestors, and the meaning of resentment overflowed on the paper. Uncle Wang, let's talk about it, can I let go of such a thing gently? ”

Hearing that the emperor had moved Taizu out, King Fu and the others could only look at each other, and they didn't dare to distinguish King Jingjiang anymore. After being silent for a few minutes, King Fu couldn't help but ask Chongzhen, "Then what does Your Majesty plan to do with King Jingjiang?" Did you detain him to the capital to ask for guilt? ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the four people who were a little uneasy in front of him, walked back to his seat and sat down again, and then said: "The important thing is not to treat King Jingjiang for any crime, but to whether King Jingjiang himself has realized his mistakes, and whether the clans in the world have recognized King Jingjiang's mistakes and taken them as a warning.

What I mean is that the four uncles will write out their misunderstandings about King Jingjiang, and then hand them over to the Daming Times to publish them, and of course King Jingjiang's recitals will also be published in full. Then King Fu asked the clans in various places as Zongzheng and asked them to write a copy to recognize. Didn't King Jingjiang write it in the memorabilia, and he was punished for abuse without teaching. I must first let King Jingjiang realize his mistakes..."

Guo Yunhou, who was waiting in the Qianqing Gate, suddenly saw King Fu and the other four vassal kings walking out of the Qianqing Palace, so he got up and avoided the side and saluted to the four kings. However, in the past, King Fu and others, who were very polite to him, are like eggplants that have been beaten by frost - wilted. just arched his hand at him, and walked out of the palace without squinting.

Although Guo Yunhou was a little curious about what they had encountered in the palace, under the urging of Lu Qi, he still put aside some thoughts and walked into the palace with a large stack of documents.

“… Twelve survey teams dispatched by the Ministry of Household Affairs conducted economic surveys in cities and villages in seven provinces for six months. After compiling all the information, we have roughly obtained a report on the annual income and expenditure of the people in various places.

We believe that after removing the gentry and the homeless class, the income and expenditure of ordinary people can be roughly divided into three levels, the first level is the residents of Nanjing, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Wuxi, Huzhou, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin, their average annual household income is about 60-80 yuan.

One stone of rice is 075 yuan, calculated based on five people per household, and the annual consumption of rice is 20 stone, which is 15 yuan. If you add vegetables, fruits and other non-staple foods, a family's expenditure on food is about 30-40 yuan. It is the expenditure on food that accounts for half of the income.

Next is the cost of clothes and shoes, which is about 18-24 yuan a year, which is 30% of the income. About 80 per cent of these people's annual income is spent on food and clothing, and another 20 per cent can be used for other purposes.

The second level is most of the cities and villages in the Jiangnan region except Jiangnan, where the annual income of the people is about 40-50 yuan, and their expenditure on food is about 25-30 yuan a year, that is, 60% of the annual income, and the expenditure on clothing is also 30% of the income, a total of 90% is spent on food and clothing, and 10% can be used in other aspects.

As for the third level, the villages in other regions, their income is extremely precarious, and they spend almost all of it on food and clothing, and have no other use for it..."

Rao is Guo Yunhou has read the information several times in the household department, and when he read the data in front of Chongzhen at this time, he still felt a burst of heartbeat. Although he knew that the life of the people at the bottom was extremely difficult, he never thought that it had reached this level.

You must know that in addition to these three levels of people, there are also a staggering number of displaced people in various places, these displaced people who have neither land nor property, and it is difficult for Guo Yunhou to imagine what they rely on for a living on weekdays.

However, when Guo Yunhou saw the emperor who listened to the report with a serious face, but did not show other expressions, he couldn't help but feel a little relieved. Since Chongzhen ordered the household department to send someone to investigate these data, I think he will always have a way to solve the survival problem of the low-level people who seem to be about to survive.

After listening to the data reported by Guo Yunhou, Zhu Youzhen said: "Now it seems that the coal and iron industries have absorbed the most labor force and increased their wealth the fastest.

Last year, the number of coal sold in Daming's register was 3 million tons, absorbing 55,000 laborers, and 10 yuan per ton of coal, which is an output value of 30 million yuan, and at least 300,000 yuan in profits and taxes.

Last year's pig iron production was 320,000 tons, wrought iron 120,000 tons, and steel 4,000 tons. The average price of pig iron is 80 yuan per ton, wrought iron is 120 yuan per ton, and steel is 300 yuan per ton. The above totaled 41.2 million yuan, and more than 50 yuan of profits and taxes were paid.

Coal and steel production is the fastest growing industry in the past three years. Coal has increased 10 times, while steel has increased 4 or 5 times. These increased coal and iron production have fed at least 200,000 households.

It can be seen from this that if we want to solve the problem of displacement and increase the income of the common people, we must develop big industry..."