Chapter Fifty-Eight: Dongyong

"The first emperor entrusted His Majesty to the ministers, and the ministers always had to do something? The minister is not a famous minister who governs the world, but as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, he must always be responsible for the Ming Dynasty. I don't dare to say that I will save the decline of the Ming Dynasty, but I must also leave a clear Ming Dynasty for future generations to learn from. Yang Tinghe's face was expressionless, as if it was a stone.

"Okay, what does the gentleman want to do? I'm all for it. ”

In front of the great cause of the family and country, the small request of the prince of Yongwang is not worth mentioning at all.

Yang Tinghe didn't think much about what King Yong would do at this moment, even if King Yong developed to the point where he said that he would always be a province, it would be decades or hundreds of years later, and at that time, the Ming Dynasty would still have an absolute advantage, and it would not be too late to think about how to solve the Yongwang family. But what kind of situation is Daming now, has it reached the pole of prosperity and decline, and has it reached a critical point. Population breeding is not to the current pole of the Ming Dynasty.

And all this is blurry in Yang Tinghe's eyes. Because all the data in Yang Tinghe's hands has no accuracy at all, but Yang Tinghe roughly estimates that the population of Daming is also hundreds of millions, and if he doesn't think about it, Yang Tinghe doesn't think about it, but when he thinks about it, it immediately makes him creepy. This number has greatly exceeded the number of Han and Tang Dynasty extremely prosperous. The more this is the case, the more frightened Yang Tinghe feels. Coupled with the rebellion of Liu Liu and Liu Qi in the cholera provinces just now. It made him fidget.

As Yang Tinghe himself said. It's easy to ask questions, but it's a challenge to solve them. So Yang Tinghe thought hard all night, and did not think of any way to break the situation, after all, since ancient times, Chinese have taken more children and more blessings as the main meaning, and want people to have fewer children, how difficult it is, Yang Tinghe knows it. 、

So as Yang Tinghe said himself, all he could do was measure the acres of land. Find out the roots of the Ming Dynasty, and the rest can only be left to future generations.

Why do you want to clear the acres? If you don't know the acres of land, you can't check the people at all, because the people of the Ming Dynasty who have official hukou have Ding tax and hard labor. Naturally, everyone can hide it, and if they can, they won't report it.

Only by thoroughly taking a thorough inventory of acres of land can we have a complete grasp of the population situation of the entire country. What kind of point has come to it?

No matter how you evaluate Confucianism, but those true Confucians who take the position of the world as their own responsibility are all worthy of admiration.

I'm afraid even Zhu Houhuang didn't expect that his butterfly wings fanned out a Yang Ting and the new policy, from the thirteenth year of Zhengde to the early years of Jiajing, Yang Tinghe with an iron fist, cracked down on the merger, cleared the acres of land, restricted Zhengde, cracked down on the powerful, and rested with the people, although he experienced the rebellion of King Ning, Zhengde had no heirs and other political things, it still ensured the smooth operation of the Ming Dynasty, and was called the Ming Dynasty with Zhang Juzheng by later generations.

However, Yang Tinghe's fate is not too good, of course, this is a later story. Let's not mention Yang Tinghe's determination to do so.

Just said that Zhu Houhuang had Yang Tinghe's acquiescence. Zhu Houhuang's plan lost its biggest obstacle, and after Zhu Houhuang waited patiently for several days. Jeongdeok finally saw him.

In the leopard room, Zhu Houhuang had just come in, and a scroll of holy decrees was thrown down by Zhengde. Zhu Houhuang immediately stretched out his hand to catch it, opened it and saw that there were more than 1,000 words, and he didn't know that it was the handwriting of the Hanlin scholar. Zhu Houhuang skipped these flowery rhetoric. There are only two things said in this edict, the first is that the son of King Yong is old, and he wants to inherit the throne of King Yong, and after the king ceremony, Zhu Houhuang will be called King Yong. Second, it was at the invitation of King Yong, and King Yong was sealed to Ryukyu with the feudal law of the Zhou system.

Zhu Houhuang stroked the smooth silk on the holy decree and said, "Thank you, Brother Huang." ”

"Brother Huang, I have been short of money recently, and after a battle in the north, the inner treasury has not paid any money. The royal brother can only give you 100,000 taels as support. Let's do it. I'm here watching you. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhu Houhuang said.

"Say, while you are still in the capital division, if you have any requirements for me, only I can do it, I will promise you." Zhengde said solemnly.

"Then the younger brother is welcome. The three hundred soldiers of the subordinate brother wanted to take it away. ”

"If you don't say it, these people will also give it to you, in the wild land of Ryukyu, how can there be fewer people around you, do you want to select some more people from the Beijing camp?"

"No need, Imperial Brother." It is human nature to step on the low and praise the high. Zhu Houhuang would not think that he, a vassal king who wanted to build a country in a wild land, could make these arrogant soldiers move. But you can't say that with your mouth. said: "Ryukyu is in the south, and there are many people in the north in Jingying, and I am afraid that I will not accept the water and soil in the south, so the imperial brother still asked me to choose some people among the three guards in Fujian." ”

Zhengde thought for a while and said, "Okay, then you can choose soldiers among the three guards in Fujian." ”

Zhu Houhuang continued: "Ryukyu is in the east of the sea, and it is necessary to cross the sea to communicate with the mainland. ”

"Open the sea ban?" Zhengde said: "I want to open, forget it, I want to come to Ryukyu and Fujian, and allow the people you approve to come and go." ”

Zhu Houhuang was overjoyed, there was such a rule, Zhu Houhuang dared to promise that within a few years, a prosperous port city will be built in Taiwan. The policy of banning the Ming Sea is a sieve, prohibiting the small people and the gentry. People who are not related to officialdom cannot do maritime business at all. And with the guarantee of Zhengde, Zhu Houhuang can justifiably intervene in maritime business. In fact, I dare not say that at least a large amount of money has been received.

"Your Majesty also asks for some boats."

"Wait for this, just go to Channing." Zhengde was a little impatient.

"Brother has two more things." Zhu Houhuang said: "Although Ryukyu is still a wild land, but the minister is confident that within a few years, the Ryukyu will be built into a look, but the expansion of Ryukyu is too hard, the minister is worried that his mother can not bear it, so he asked the imperial brother to take care of his mother for a few years, and after two years, the minister will come to Beijing to pick up his mother to Ryukyu." ”

"I promised." Zhengde may have remembered something.

"The minister also wants to take a few people from the court." Before Zhengde finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhengde and said: "These things, you go directly to Yang Shen, he can handle these things for you." He paused for a moment, and suddenly said: "The name Ryukyu is really not good to have the same name as that small country overseas, you are the king of Yong, and this Ryukyu Island is called Dongyong." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Taiwan may never appear in this history, and it is Dongyong who appears in his place.

Zhu Houhuang said goodbye to Zhengde and immediately went to find Qian Ning.

It's just that Qian Ning's attitude is not as good as before, he looks like he is businesslike, and said: "King Yong doesn't know, I know that from the Xuande period to the present, there are very few sea ships built, so let's do it, I will allocate some of the warships of Fujian Sanwei to you, and you will hand over directly when you arrive in Fujian." ”

Qian Ning was very affectionate to Zhu Houhuang before, but at this moment, he simply resisted, leaving only a business-like appearance.

Zhu Houhuang knew that this was a normal phenomenon, but he still felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Bidding farewell to Qian Ning, Zhu Houhuang came directly to Yang Shen.

Yang Shen frowned and looked at Zhu Houhuang's list, and said, "Is it just these people?" ”

"Exactly." Zhu Houhuang said.

The list in Yang Shen's hand, he is no stranger, they are all the group of people who are cultivating the calendar, the group of astronomers and mathematicians. said: "What are you looking for these people for?" I thought you'd let me recommend some Wenchen. ”

Zhu Houhuang said: "Master, you know that I like the former Han the most, you know the prime ministers of the former Han Dynasty, who do I admire the most?" ”

"Who?"

"Zhang Cang."

Yang Shen said: "Are you also following the example of Prime Minister Zhang? ”

"No, during this period of time, I also know what my Daming's data has become rotten, and I can't help but think, if Prime Minister Zhang Cheng is in charge, the world will dare to do this? Although the Han family inherited the Qin system, the former Han system was formed by Zhang Chengxiang. Of course, I would like to remember Prime Minister Zhang. ”

Zhang Cang, like the famous Han Fei and Li Si, was a disciple of Xunzi and followed Liu Bang. Zhang Cang's time as prime minister perfected the entire Han system, he did the most important arithmetic, the famous nine chapters of arithmetic in ancient times, was written by Zhang Cang.

Does Zhu Houhuang really admire Zhang Cang?

No, but he wants to convert the various mechanisms of the Yongguo into a modern physique, and the best way is to hold high the banner of Zhang Cang, so that. He demanded that every number be implemented from top to bottom, and there was a place for it.