King Qin is known as the first feudal feud in the world, and the land he occupies is naturally very much, once counted, there are more than 11,000 hectares, which is much more than the Chongwang they saw in Runing Mansion last time, Chongwang occupies 6,000 hectares, and this Qin King actually has to add one more digit, which is terrifying.

You must know that there is a great shortage of arable land in western Shaanxi, compared with Henan*, it can be said that it is a heaven and an underground, in this extremely land-scarce place, the palace actually occupies so much land, so how can the vast number of poor people live?

Li Qingshui knows the disadvantages of the feudal domain, and he also knows the importance of these lands, if Zhu Ba takes over the Qin Palace, and then takes over these lands, for the people of Shaanxi, it will be to drive away a jackal and a tiger, so he said to Zhu Yuanzhang in a strange way: "Zhu Ba, how do you plan to arrange these fields?" Is it going to be in your own pocket? You have changed from a thief to a landlord who owns thousands of acres of land, but it is not so imposing. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Li Qingshui lightly, but he was not angry, because he knew that Li Qingshui was a person with this temper, and Zhu Yuanzhang took a fancy to Li Qingshui, which was also his integrity and momentum.

He said to Li Chujiu: "Take these books and land deeds to burn them, I will never see this more than 11,000 hectares of land...... When you go to the city and post a notice, you say, the original Qin Wangfu was accidentally burned by me, and now I don't know what land the Qin King has, these lands are now left to the people to reclaim by themselves, whoever planted crops on it, that land will belong to whom, let them plant the crops and go to Lord Li Qingshui to make up for a new land deed. ”

"Huh?" Li Qingshui was taken aback: "Can you still do this?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang added lightly: "Tell those big landlords, squires, and wealthy families who already have a lot of land at home not to interfere, who wants to compete with the people for land." I burned down the title deeds of their house. ”

Li Chujiu smiled and said: "Obey the order, and the subordinates will do it!" ”

At this time, a man suddenly rushed in outside the pavilion, and everyone saw it as Zhu Cunshu, the king of Qin, who cried out: "My land...... Your ......, Your Majesty Can you leave me a few dozen acres? Without this land, what am I going to do in the future? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "I spared you not to kill, and I also spared your concubines not to drive away, so that you can settle down here, do you really think that I am easy to speak?" Reserve land for you. Let you continue to lie on these lands and survive. How happy can you be when you live like a dog? It just doesn't make sense. ”

Seeing him angry, Zhu Cunshu was startled, and Nuo Nuo didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It's not difficult for you to keep a little land. Go and reclaim it yourself. Didn't I just give the order? Who planted crops on these lands? Whoever these fields belong to, you go and cultivate them now, and if you have the ability, you will reclaim all 11,000 acres. Naturally, these lands are back to your name. ”

When Zhu Cunshu heard this, he was stunned, not to mention that he didn't know how to farm at all, even if he could plant, but how big is 11,000 hectares, it would take a few days to ride a horse through such a vast field, how could he be able to reclaim it?

"You can't cultivate, just let your son go, let your grandson go, and nephews, nephews, or whatever, and everyone in the whole family eats white rice?" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded angrily: "Take me a hoe to dig, and see how many peasants you idiots have done together." ”

Zhu Cunshu was sweating profusely, he didn't dare to reply, he stood beside him with his head down, and said bitterly: "These ...... I still don't want it. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, snorted angrily, and no longer reprimanded him, but continued to bury his head in affairs.

After a while.

Li Qingshui suddenly spoke: "Zhu Ba, I have something to talk to you about...... We have a serious shortage of administrative officials, and a few days ago we were barely able to use them, but in recent days, there has been a large influx of people, and almost half of the people in northern Shaanxi have run over, and the families of the 36 battalions of thieves have also been thrown to us to take care of them, and the population has increased by hundreds of thousands...... There are a lot more things to deal with. Although the squires were willing to help us manage the place, the clerks were still stretched thin, and the documents in the yamen in various places had been piled up like a mountain, so if they were not dealt with in time...... Hey...... The prosperity of southern Shaanxi is only a flash in the pan. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "You said it well, I am also considering the issue of adding civil officials." ”

Li Qingshui snorted coldly: "What can you do?" If we rely on the imperial court, then the imperial court will assign some Jinshi with the title of the gold list to be officials, and ensure that these things are handled properly, but you are a thief, it is impossible to get the imperial court to send you officials, where do you go to get learned talents? Do you use the catch? Ha! I advise you to surrender to the imperial court as soon as possible, maybe the emperor will remember that you have reformed and seen your achievements in managing southern Shaanxi, so he will give you the title of southern Shaanxi, and the problem of civil officials will be naturally solved. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "This matter is difficult to say, but it is not necessarily difficult to solve." He chuckled and said, "The imperial court can open a scholar, why can't I?" I was planning to hold a imperial examination in Xi'an to select some talents from the countryside to use. ”

"What?" Li Qingshui was taken aback and almost jumped up: "You want to open the imperial examination?" Are you kidding me! Since ancient times, I have never heard of the reason why thieves are engaged in imperial examinations. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Didn't you hear it today?" ”

Li Qingshui said in a daze: "Impossible, it is impossible for a scholar to participate in the imperial examination held by thieves, this is simply a big joke in the world, even if you are the champion in the pseudo-imperial examination, what is the glory?" In the future, when the imperial court recovers Shaanxi*, the first thing to kill is these pseudo-jinshi who have been on the gold list in your pseudo-imperial examination. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "You're right, I'm a thief now, if my name is not right, my words will not be good, and scholars will not be stupid to come to my imperial examination to gain fame, so ...... Before holding this imperial examination, I have to give this 'name' to Zhengyizheng. ”

Hearing him say that he wanted to correct his name, Li Qingshui was suddenly shocked: "You want to be the king?" ”

In fact, it is not strange for thieves to call the king, it is not uncommon to call the king in this era, Wang Jiayin was called the king once when he captured the river meander, and he not only called the king, but also set up an official office. Two prime ministers were appointed, these two are the left prime minister Zijin Liang, the right prime minister Bai Yuzhu, and there are a lot of pseudo-officials below...... As a result, the court was furious, and Wang Jiayin had always been regarded as a big trouble, chased him for several years, and finally killed him.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head with a smile and said: "I don't call the king, it's a very stupid thing to be called the king, it will only attract the onslaught of the imperial court, I don't get excited to commit that stupidity, I just need to call myself a general, what do you think of the name General Zhenxi?" ”

Li Qingshui shook his head and said: "You call yourself a general and a king, aren't they both self-appointed hypocrisy, the court will still hate you to the bone, do you think there is any difference between this?" Don't think too stupidly about the court officials. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "I have never thought of the court as stupid, I just regard the 36th Battalion as a fool......" He pinched his fingers and said with a smile: "If my expectations are not bad, some fools of the 36th Battalion are not willing to fall behind me, as long as I am called a general, they will call themselves marshals, and they are bound to press me on the head...... Do you believe it or not? ”

When Li Qingshui heard this, he immediately sweated: "This ...... This...... This is highly likely...... Then why don't you call yourself kings and let them call themselves emperors? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Although they want to suppress me, but they may not be very bold, if I call the king afraid to frighten them, but if I call the general, they will not be frightened, they will only be angry." ”

Li Qingshui was speechless for a while when he heard this, only to feel that this guy in front of him was too cunning, and he used the 36th Battalion as a gun again and again, such an obvious trick, the fools of the 36th Battalion would not be fooled again, right?

He said weakly: "Okay, even if you can succeed in calling yourself a general, how can a mere general be qualified to open the imperial examination?" Don't think of the scholars as those pig brains of the 36th battalion. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "What I want to open is not a 'palace test', just a 'government test', I think, there will always be some people who are bold, not afraid of death, or who don't know the situation, and want to try how well they are learning, come to participate in my imperial examination." ”

Li Qingshui's whole body was weak for a while, and Zhu Ba was ...... It's really ...... Although this thing sounds incredible, it can really be implemented if it is not good. Once he appointed himself the general of Zhenxi and informed the world, then his intention to manage southern Shaanxi can be said to be obvious, as long as he can hold this territory for a year or two, the people and squires here will regard him as a big warlord who divides the territory.

It is not uncommon in history to see such a situation of secession, and anyone who is familiar with the subset of scriptures and history will have read similar stories of secession in books, for example, in the Han Dynasty, there were various prefectures and pastors, and these guys made themselves a big official, governed the people, and appointed subordinate officials, even if they were later destroyed by the enemy, but the officials under their command could still be the officials under the enemy, but the head of the above was just a change of person. Its example is Liu Bei, this guy himself has made all kinds of officials, and even self-proclaimed emperor, although Xishu was destroyed by Cao Wei, but the officials of Xishu are still officials in Cao Wei's regime, and they are not necessarily not recognized. The same situation existed in the Tang Dynasty, so I will not list it here.

That is to say, Zhu Yuanzhang calls himself a general, and after separating this place, the scholars can be bold enough to be an official for him, even if he is destroyed by the imperial court in a few years, the imperial court may not rectify these pseudo-officials, and maybe they will continue to be officials. Of course, it is also possible that the imperial court will cut them off on the charge of banditry, this is a five-to-five gamble, and there are always bold gamblers! (To be continued.) )