Chapter 444: Counted
"It's because it's a big trouble, so I'm looking forward to the stars and the moon looking forward to Brother Zhou's arrival soon, you don't know how anxious I am, Brother Zhou, you have a way, right?" Zhiwen joked.
Words such as looking forward to the stars and looking forward to the moon are quite novel, Zhou Chengyun has never heard of it, and can't help laughing and scolding, "Stinky boy, I'm not a fairy, how can I control everything." After speaking, he sighed and said, "I can't think of any way to deal with this matter for a while. ”
"In the final analysis, I am also responsible," Zhou Chengyun blamed himself a little, "When you said that you wanted to farm the land, I also moved to inquire about the owner of this place and buy land from him, but... Alas, in short, it was my fault. ”
Zhou Chengyun did have this idea at the beginning, but he was too busy during the New Year's and New Year's Eve years, and some took care of one or the other, and the most important thing was that he didn't expect that Zhiwen would have such a ability to grow grain with such a high yield per mu, if it was only a hundred or ten catties of harvest per acre of land, even if the acting king knew that someone was clearing the wasteland on his mountainous land, most of them didn't have the heart to let people come all the way to collect rent.
"Then can you find a middleman now and find a way to buy the land in Zhuolu Mountain?" Zhiwen asked, only the land is his own, is it a once and for all strategy.
"Buying land? No, this kind of wasteland couldn't be sold for much silver in the past, and the Wang family had a lot of property, so he couldn't look down on these three melons and two dates at all. Zhou Chengyun shook his head and said.
The reason why he had thought about it before, but did not put it into action, was that it did not cost much silver to buy at the market price, but the problem was that because of the lack of money, the proprietor of this place may not be willing to sell, and if he bought it at a far supermarket price, it would be suspicious and even more reluctant to sell.
"As for now, it is even more impossible," Zhou Chengyun continued, "As soon as you get it, Zhuolu Mountain produces so much grain and has become a chicken that can lay golden eggs, if the acting king knows about this, how can he sell us the land?" ”
"Why don't you tell Lord He about this problem?" Zhou Chengyun asked.
"Let the state government give the people as a guarantee, Lord He already needs some courage, I am afraid that if I tell him about this again, he will be frightened and dare not deal with us." Zhiwen replied.
"Otherwise," Zhou Chengyun shook his head, "I looked at Lord He, I am very interested in your food, I am afraid that he wants to leave a name in history through this, if the acting king becomes a stumbling block to him, it is estimated that he will not be merciful." ”
"However, it's better not to talk about it for the time being, so as not to let him underestimate him, and when we really have nothing to do with the king, let's ask for help." Zhou Chengyun said again.
"This generation of kings... Isn't there any weakness to exploit? Zhiwen was unwilling, he didn't want to be arrested.
"Weakness? Hehe, as a vassal king, as long as he doesn't want to rebel and ascend the throne, what he does is to be angry and resentful, and now he will reprimand at most, punish some things, and the most serious thing is just to demote the lord, and then rise back in a few years, do you think these punishments are useful to the acting king, Xiaozhi? ”
"Could it be that the king of the Ming Dynasty can ignore the law of etiquette and do whatever he wants? Wouldn't this become a tumor in the Ming Dynasty, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, there was no upright person who had the heart to eliminate harm? In Zhiwen's impression, except for the Battle of Jingyan, it seems that the King Ning of the Tang Bohu period jumped a few times like a clown, and the rest of the time, the vassal kings seemed to be quite well-behaved.
After all, he is not familiar with history, Zhiwen does not know that the king of the Ming Dynasty in the middle and late periods, not only has become a heavy burden on the Ming court, but also relies on his special status, which has harmed many people, and made the Ming court lose the hearts of the people.
Zhang Xianzhong did even more desperately, and after laying down Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown Fengyang, he also dug the ancestral grave of the Zhu family, which shows that the general public hates the vassal king.
"Etiquette? The etiquette law really can't control them, and now they have the power to dispose of them, but the country and the dynasty attach importance to filial piety. Zhou Chengyun did not say in more detail, in fact, successive visionary emperors and cabinet scholars all wanted to attack the clan, but in the end, because the resistance was too great and the implication was widespread, they finally failed, including a generation of famous ministers Zhang Juzheng.
"Wait a while," Zhiwen reacted consciously, as if he had missed something, "Brother Zhou, what did you just say?" It was after I asked the king what his weaknesses were. ”
Zhou Chengyun looked at Zhiwen suspiciously, although he didn't know what medicine was sold in this kid's gourd, he still tried his best to cooperate, and his mind reviewed what he said just now, "Well, I remember saying this, as a vassal king, as long as you don't want to rebel and ascend the throne..."
"Ahh Zhiwen clapped his hands, "That's it, what Brother Zhou means is that as long as the vassal king thinks about rebellion, then the crime is unforgivable?" ”
"So what's there to say?" Zhou Chengyun affirmed, "On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to sleep soundly, rebellion is a big crime, if the vassal king has a heart of disobedience, it is a crime that cannot be forgiven, any emperor in power, will not tolerate it, as long as there is real evidence, ordinary as an ordinary farmer, can easily bring it down." ”
"Oh, if there is evidence of rebellion, what will happen to these vassal kings?" Zhiwen asked with interest.
"Dead and annihilated!" Zhou Chengyun replied categorically, of course, the clan here is only limited to the vein of the rebel vassal king, and it cannot be the so-called nine clans, because the current emperor is also within the scope of the nine clans.
"Hahaha..." Zhiwen suddenly burst into laughter, this is easy to do, even if this generation of kings has no idea of rebellion, it is not easy to hide some forbidden things in his house with his own skills.
Zhou Chengyun looked at Zhiwen inexplicably, "What's wrong?" Xiao Zhi. ”
"It's a good idea, Brother Zhou," Zhiwen replied with a smile, "Speaking of which, it's thanks to you, this generation of kings, hehe... In short, our crisis has been resolved. ”
"Oh? Stinky boy, tell me about it? ”
"Thou shalt not speak, thou shalt not speak." Zhiwen shook his head and said.
"Stinky boy!" Zhou Chengyun scolded with a smile, "Since you say so, then I don't care, but no matter what you do, remember not to go too far, and don't set yourself on fire." ”
"Brother Zhou, it's not that I deliberately concealed it from you, I only have a general idea at present, how to implement it, I'm afraid I have to sum it up, it is indispensable to have your help, just forget it today, anyway, the acting king hasn't sent someone yet, let's talk about other things first?"
"That's just as well." Zhou Chengyun took a sip of tea, "Didn't you just say that there are a lot of good things, so let's talk about good things now?" ”
"Hey, no problem, except for the acting king, everything else is a good thing." Zhiwen was a little proud.
"Don't get carried away, boy, some good things may not be really good, it's hard to say that in the end it's a bad thing, give me an honest explanation, let me check for you, and see if it's good or bad." Zhou Chengyun warned, took another sip of tea, sat upright, and looked like a curious baby, obviously to listen to Zhiwen's legendary journey outside the Saiwai.
Seeing this situation, Zhiwen was secretly happy in his heart, somewhat proud, but he didn't point out the duplicity, Zhou Chengyun coughed heavily, cleared his throat, and began to say that he was going to get up, except for a piece of shocking wood, it was just the same as the storyteller in the teahouse.