Chapter 9 encircles the emperor into it

Jiang Jie's three strategies for Yue Su were to strengthen their armaments, consolidate their own strength, and increase their financial revenue. Now strengthen the armament, the emperor has approved. Consolidating its own strength is also gradually being implemented, and it has been slightly effective, and in the end, only this increase in financial income remains.

Yue Su already had a plan in his heart about this matter, but he didn't bring it up in the Golden Palace, he was planning to discuss it with the emperor when he met the emperor in private. After the early dynasty, Carpenter Zhu still asked Yue Su to accompany Yue Su to the Heart Cultivation Hall as usual.

When he arrived at the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, Carpenter Zhu did not start working on a horse, but asked Yue Su to sit down with him and chat. The content of the conversation is of course about the things that occurred during the suppression of bandits, Yue Su is good at telling stories, and he told the stories generated during the suppression of bandits at the moment. When talking about his plan in the canyon and being injured, Carpenter Zhu was obviously nervous, and after Qin Liangyu rescued him, the emperor praised him again, calling him a heroine among women. In the battle of Tongguan, Sun Yuanhua skillfully used artillery to open the city gate, broke the rebels, and then the soldiers were Chang'an, and the rebels fled in fright. Yue Su was foaming at the mouth, and Carpenter Zhu was very happy to hear it.

After Yue Su finished speaking, Zhu Carpenter was talented: "Aiqing is really a pillar of the imperial court, willing to sacrifice life and forget death for my Ming Dynasty, I have Aiqing, and I have no worries in this life." If Aiqing has any requests, what do you want, but it doesn't matter, no matter what it is, I will meet Aiqing. ”

When Yue Su heard this, he hurriedly got up and knelt on the ground, saying: "Your Majesty's kindness to the minister, the mountains are high and the water is deep, and it is difficult to repay the minister's death, how dare you have any more extravagance." The hope of the minister, long live Your Majesty, I am the Ming Dynasty and the people. ”

What he said was from the bottom of his heart, the last thing he wanted the emperor to die in this world should be Yue Su in addition to the queen, Wei Zhongxian, and the Hakka family.

"Aiqing, please get up quickly. Qing's loyalty, how can I not know. Carpenter Zhu stretched out his hand to help Yue Su up, and said, "When I see me in private, Aiqing should not always make this big gift. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yue Su stood up with the support of Carpenter Zhu. Go back to the chair on the side and sit down. Then said: "Your Majesty, the minister suddenly remembered a story, I don't know if the emperor wants to hear it." ”

"The story told by Aiqing. I love to hear it. Aiqing speaks quickly. Carpenter Zhu said with a smile.

"The story that the minister wants to tell His Majesty is like this." Yue Su said eloquently: "There was a rich family in the countryside in front of him, and his family had a thousand acres of fertile land, and this rich family had a total of five sons, and in order to enable his sons to live a prosperous life, when he divided the cooking property before his death, he did not give all the family property to the eldest son, but took out 400 acres of land in advance and distributed it to the four sons, and also made a rule that the eldest son was not allowed to collect rent from these four families. After his father's death, the eldest son inherited the 600 acres of property, and the eldest son continued to manage the family property left by his father, and after many years, he also had three sons, so he followed his father's example, and allocated 200 acres from the 600 acres of land to his two sons, and the remaining 400 acres were left to his eldest son, and told his son that he was not allowed to collect the rent of these people, let alone take back their land. His eldest son, after inheriting the family property, continued to do so, and after a few years he also had three sons, and following the example of his father and grandfather, he took out 200 acres of 400 acres and divided them among his two sons, leaving the remaining 200 acres to the eldest son. After his eldest son inherited the family property, a few years later, he had four more sons, but when he wanted to share the family property, he suddenly found that he had no land to share, because if he continued to divide it, his son's share of the property would not even be as much as his uncle's, and it would become less and less, and finally he would have nothing. As the head of the family, how could he fall to this step? How can this be done? Speaking of this, Yue Su said to the emperor: "If the head of the family is Your Majesty, what will Your Majesty do?" ”

"If it were me, I would take back everyone's land, keep the property for them, and give money every year to support them." Carpenter Zhu was straightforward.

"Your Majesty." Yue Su got up again and knelt down in front of Carpenter Zhu.

"Aiqing, what do you mean by this?" Carpenter Zhu asked with some curiosity.

"Your Majesty, now the Ming Dynasty is exactly the same as the situation encountered by the rich family, the emperor's land is getting less and less, and the land is mostly distributed to the emperor's relatives and relatives, if over time, the Ming Dynasty can no longer receive a tael of silver fields, isn't it a country."

"This ......" Carpenter Zhu sighed and said slowly: "What Aiqing said does have some truth, but this is the ancestral teaching, how can I change it." Besides, if I take back their land, what will happen to my descendants after a hundred years? ”

"Your Majesty, aren't you just now, can you keep their real estate, provide money and food every year, and also let them live a prosperous life?" Yue Su knelt in the tunnel.

"This ......" Carpenter Zhu hesitated again, and after a long time, he said: "This matter is not appropriate, the rules of the ancestors must not be corrupted from me, and this matter is too widely implicated, and I can't make the decision for a while." Well, let me think again. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister also knows that this matter is very important, and it must not be arbitrary, and it needs to be handled properly. Therefore, the minister thought that ......" Yue Su was authentic.

"What is Aiqing's good plan?"

"I don't know what to say, I hope Your Majesty will forgive the minister first."

"Okay, I'll forgive Aiqing first, Aiqing." Carpenter Zhu said with a smile.

"That's it." Yue Su immediately said: "There is a way that is not a way for the minister, and now the vassal king is rich, and even better than ...... The emperor ...... "He arrived here, looked at the emperor's face, and saw that Carpenter Zhu was still calm, so he continued: "So the minister thought of a way for His Majesty to earn their silver, Your Majesty doesn't have a royal engineering team, just use the excuse to build the palace for them, but the cost is budgeted by the Ministry of Works, and the silver is paid by them, and the imperial palace is designed and earned." If they promise, that's it, if they don't promise, Your Majesty will punish them with a slash and scare, and it is estimated that they will be able to promise. Of course, there are also differences in the amount of family property among the vassal kings, and His Majesty can find those who are wealthy to get rid of them. ”

"I designed the palace for them, just to show my means, and I can also make money, it's really a double win." After listening to Yue Su's story, Carpenter Zhu remembered that the 'Sude Palace' was sold to the British duke, and this time he made a lot of silver, so he was researching that after the Old Summer Palace was completed, he would sell more silver. At present, Yue Su's suggestion is exactly what he wants, the garden is naturally to be sold to rich people, since those Uncle Wang are so rich or something, then sell it to them, and returning to the right is also my normal business, and it is not that I bullied them. "That's right, that's it. Tomorrow I will give them an order and tell them. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers feel that if Your Majesty makes an innocent order, they may feel unwilling, so it is better to summon them into the capital one by one, and Your Majesty will talk to them in person, which also shows Your Majesty's benevolence to the vassal king." Yue Su said with a smile.

That's right, so it's decided. Aiqing thinks it's better to call someone into Beijing first? Carpenter Zhu asked.

"King Zhou has lived in the rich land of Kaifeng for generations, and he can be regarded as a leader among the vassal kings......"

"Then you should summon King Zhou first. By the way, Aiqing, the number of the royal engineering team is limited after all, if these people alone build the gardens one by one, I don't know how many years and months it will take to complete all the gardens of the vassal kings. ”

"Your Majesty, this is easy to do, the disaster in Henan has just ended, and it is a waste to be rebuilt, and many people are busy making a living and need to find a livelihood. It just so happens that there are so many vassal kings in Henan, so Your Majesty might as well recruit the common people in Henan and expand the royal engineering team, so that the livelihood of the common people can be solved, and the second can also have enough manpower to build the palace. Yue Su said.

"Very good, very good, Aiqing is really my minister, and he thinks about me and the common people everywhere." At this point, Carpenter Zhu noticed that Yue Su was still kneeling on the ground and hurriedly pulled him up.

After Yue Su got up, he said again: "Your Majesty, the expansion of the imperial engineering team requires a large number of people, and more management personnel are needed, so the minister has another suggestion, and I also ask Your Majesty to decide." ”

"Aiqing's suggestion has always been the most in line with my heart, but it doesn't hurt." Zhu Carpenter said.

"Gonggong Liu has always presided over the royal engineering team, but has not had a legitimate title, and now the imperial engineering team is about to expand, and there are many more people who need to manage it, and it will be extensive from north to south. The minister thought that it would be better to change the name of the royal engineering team, and it would be more convenient to do things. Yue Su said.

"The Qing family also has something to do, so what does the Qing family think is it better to change the name of this royal engineering team?" Carpenter Zhu asked.

"If it's called Xichang, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?" Yue Su said in his heart.

"West Factory?"

The name of the West Factory, Carpenter Zhu has naturally heard of it, this is a part of the authority that has long been abolished, and now if the royal engineering team is renamed this name, it seems that it is actually not very good. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I have heard about the West Factory before, and it is similar to the errand done by the East Factory, and now it sounds a little awkward to change the Imperial Engineering Team to the West Factory. ”

"Dongchang serves the emperor, supervises the world, and submits criminal cases. But the world is so big, it seems that Dongchang can't all be supervised, as if the minister Henan disaster relief, run countless corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so many officials are corrupt and pervert the law, it stands to reason that Dongchang should know it, but the result is nothing. If they are derelict in their duties, they will not be wronged, but there are many officials in the world, and Dongchang may not be able to supervise it by itself. Therefore, the establishment of the West Factory, one can assist the East Factory to supervise the world and help the emperor to deal with things; The second is to preside over the construction work, build a large building, and earn money for the emperor. Yue Su said heartily again.

"Well......" Carpenter Zhu heard this, nodded his head, and said: "What Aiqing said is also reasonable, and the power of the Innocence East Factory is also limited, and many places are afraid that they will not be supervised, so it will be decided." Then, Carpenter Zhu suddenly shouted loudly: "Pass on Liu Mingguo!" ”

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