The next morning.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty discussed how to deal with and contain Xujiazhuang for a whole morning, but in addition to bad ideas, they still couldn't come up with a set of reasonable and feasible prescriptions with few side effects, and wasted countless saliva in vain.

Just after dinner in the afternoon, Zhu Youzhen cheered up, ready to go to the Qianqing Palace to deal with government affairs, continue to work hard, although he doesn't know whether this kind of diligence has any effect, but it is absolutely impossible not to work hard, Jiajing, Wanli and their own imperial brothers, all of them are evading responsibility, so that the empire has become like this, if he is also slack and degenerate, the Ming Dynasty will be completely finished, and he must shoulder the responsibility.

"Shengshang, Qi Chunnian, the commercial representative of Xujiazhuang, asked to see him, saying that Xujiazhuang sent him to talk to the court and to you."

Ouchi eunuch Che Tianxiang ran to report and said.

"Xu Jiazhuang wants to talk to me?"

Zhu Youzhen gushed out a kind of absurdity in his heart, a businessman, wants to talk to him, the emperor, today's businessman, the original end of the four people, has the scenery reached this level?

But remembering that he seemed to have met Qi Chunnian many times and talked to him many times, he said, "Let him wait in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and I will go to see him later." ”

"Yes, Holy."

Zhu Youzhen was in the Qianqing Palace, handled the government affairs for an hour, and dried Qi Chunnian for a while, and then set off for the Dongnuan Pavilion to see Qi Chunnian who was waiting.

"Your Majesty, your wait is really long, now there are clocks and watches in the palace, I hope Your Majesty will give an exact duration in the future, such as half an hour, an hour, etc., and it will be reasonably arranged in the future, rather than waiting for waste."

Seeing the emperor's face, Qi Chunnian didn't bow to the emperor, but complained to the emperor.

"Qi Chunnian, you are bold, how dare you be rude to Your Majesty?"

Wang Chengen jumped out, eager to call someone to take him down, and thought of the close cooperation between Huangdian and Xujiazhuang, Qi Chunnian is the person in charge of the core, once he falls out, it will seriously affect the interests of the royal family, Wang Chengen's momentum weakened, just pointed at him with his finger, and did not call people.

"Representative Qi, there is no need to delve into such details, let's say, what is the purpose of Xu Jiazhuang sending you over?"

Zhu Youzhen had a straight face, and in the face of Qi Chunnian's complaints, he actually had a feeling of being wrong, but as the emperor, it was impossible for him to admit his mistakes, and he couldn't even give the promise of 'let him wait a little less next time', so he could only change the topic, get straight to the point, and ask him about his intentions.

"Naturally, I came here to say hello to Your Majesty." Qi Chun Nian Road.

"Daoxi? Where is the joy and where does the joy come from? Sitting on a soft chair, Zhu Youzhen's face darkened, he is now anxious every day, and his mental internal friction is serious, this guy actually wants to say hello to himself, is he trying to trick him?

"Joy in two places."

Qi Chunnian snapped his fingers and said: "First, the Jiangnan nobles and gentry secretly connected with each other, established an army, and intended to rebel, and now that the Jiangnan army has been defeated, Your Majesty is in great trouble, and Jiangnan has restored stability, isn't this a happy event?" Second, Xujiazhuang completed the second round of expansion, adding more than 3 million mu of cultivated land and increasing the population by 1.5 million, which means that the tax grain handed over to His Majesty's internal funds will increase to 1 million stones, and the Ding Fu will increase to 100,000 taels of silver, which adds up to 1.1 million, plus the annual salt tax of 500,000 yuan, a total of 1.6 million, which is at least equal to one-third of the annual income of the household. ”

"Your Majesty, Xujiazhuang's sphere of influence has only covered the land of Yangzhou Mansion, and it has brought such a huge benefit to His Majesty's internal funds, if Xujiazhuang expands ten times or a hundred times to cover the entire Ming Dynasty, what a huge amount of money and grain taxes will it bring? The prospects are very good, and when His Majesty has enough money and food, he will be able to solve many thorny problems, isn't this a happy thing? ”

Hearing this strange remark that shattered the three views of ordinary people.

Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen almost squirted out.

Jiangnan Xun and the gentry are the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, they have suffered heavy defeats and blows, that is, the Ming Dynasty has suffered a huge blow, and in the mouth of this guy, it has become a happy event?

"The Great Age of Genes"

Xujiazhuang's collective estate, expanded to the scope of two counties, the imperial court has been intolerable, now covers a place, only one of the 140 mansions of the Ming Dynasty, but Yangzhou is the most elite and richest place, if Xujiazhuang expands again, occupies the 14 mansions of Nanzhili, even if it only accounts for one-tenth of all the provinces, but it is the center of wealth, the center of money and grain, is the lifeblood of the Ming Empire, if it is lost, it is controlled by Xujiazhuang, it is definitely the life of the Ming Dynasty.

Qi Chunnian reversed black and white and said that this is a great joy?

Zhu Youzhen has a feeling of his own IQ, and he is being pressed to the ground and rubbed.

"Shut up!"

Zhu Youzhen scolded him and said: "Don't confuse the public and refer to the deer as a horse, I am not a three-year-old child!" The change in the south of the Yangtze River, the crime is the violent expansion of Xujiazhuang, the encroachment on the land of the gentry is the first, the joint counterattack of the noble gentry is the last, and the heinous Xujiazhuang is also the most heinous! Xu Jiazhuang did not bow down and admit his guilt, but used strong words and reversed black and white, what is your heart for Xu Jiazhuang's boldness? ”

He stared at Qi Chunnian with anger in his eyes, his body trembled, and he had a strong antipathy and murderous intent towards Xu Jiazhuang!

"Your Majesty's words are wrong."

Qi Chunnian said surgingly: "The rules of this world never distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, whoever wins is right, whoever loses is evil, our Xujiazhuang is very strong, and the Jiangnan gentry are very weak, so the Jiangnan gentry have to submit to us, if our Xujiazhuang is very weak and the Jiangnan gentry are very strong, will they have any mercy to Xujiazhuang?" When those well-dressed noble gentry conspired against Xujiazhuang, they said that all the men would be killed, and the women would be slaves and prostitutes, could Your Majesty imagine that this was the words of the gentlemen of good manners? If Xujiazhuang loses, the tragic situation will be ten times that of the Jiangnan gentry today. ”

"You ......"

Chongzhen wanted to refute this kind of fallacy that was completely inconsistent with the morality of the sages, but after thinking about it carefully, if Xu Jiazhuang really failed, I am afraid that the end would indeed be very cruel.

"Humph! If you don't expand your Xu Jiazhuang, how can you attract such hatred? Or Xujiazhuang is at fault first, and the gentry are just trying to fight back. ”

"Your Majesty, I have already said that this world never looks at right or wrong, but depends on interests, especially for Your Majesty, the gentry often cover an area of thousands of acres, ten thousand acres, but do not pay a penny of land taxes, the small people work hard, and they are not idle all year round, but thirty percent of the harvest is taken away by the government, fifty percent of the harvest is taken away by the gentry and landlords, and they only own two percent, difficult lake, and for the officials of the Ming Dynasty, the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, and the army of the Ming Dynasty, they all depend on these bitter small people to feed, may I ask Your Majesty, Do you want to have more such small people, or do you want to see more gentry and landlords digging into the corners of the Ming Dynasty? Qi Chunnian asked.

"Nonsense! There is a quota for the preferential treatment of scholars in the imperial court, 50 acres of tax-free fields for Xiucai, 200 acres for Jinshi, and taxes are still paid for exceeding the amount. ”

"That's right, it was true before, but now the wind of folk dedication is prevalent, the gentry do not pay taxes abound, the government officials do not dare to offend at all, if Your Majesty sends Jinyi Wei to the countryside to investigate, you will find that more than fifty percent of the land in the world has fallen into the hands of the noble gentry clan, their common point is that they do not pay taxes, and the situation is still deteriorating, the taxes that can be collected by the court are still decreasing, and the same is true for the increase in salaries, the people at the bottom have long been exhausted, and then squeezing them will only backfire, so that the rogues will fight more and more, Only with the help of Xujiazhuang can His Majesty collect some more taxes, counting on those Jiangnan gentry, then please answer these questions: "

"Xu Jiazhuang can lend a large amount of silver to His Majesty, can those noble gentry?"

"Can Xujiazhuang pay taxes in accordance with the law, and can they do the gentry to pay grain in one piece, no longer annex land, and oppress the poor people?"

"Xu Jiazhuang consciously undertook so many obligations, but His Majesty did not treat Xu Jiazhuang as his own people, did not cherish and love it, but sat on the side of the officials and gentry, what is this not Hutu?"

In the face of these questions, Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen was speechless when asked, and he couldn't think of a suitable rebuttal, and he had to admit that these words did have a certain amount of truth.

Qi Chunnian continued to follow the good path: "Your Majesty, don't expect those greedy and selfish civil officials and gentry, they will only drag their feet and do bad things, cooperate with Xujiazhuang, only Xujiazhuang is the most trustworthy to rely on, just imagine, if Xujiazhuang has 10,000 manors and a population of 100 million, then the grain handed over to the internal treasury every year is tens of millions of stones, five million taels of silver, with so much money and grain, I am afraid that I can't destroy the rogues and slaves?" And the management of Xujiazhuang is self-contained, no need for the imperial court to send officials, save a lot of money, and do not need the imperial court garrison, the young and strong in the manor can defeat all enemies, save a lot of military costs, if the Xujia manor, as a new style of the imperial court, as long as the spread to the whole territory of the Ming Dynasty, it is the time when the unprecedented prosperity comes......"

Tempt.

Qi Chunnian tried his best to paint an incomparably bright future, tempting Chongzhen, a 22-year-old young monarch.

As long as Chongzhen and Xujiazhuang reach a strategic cooperation, they will support Xujiazhuang's full expansion.

Then in the future, the money of the maintenance officer will save a lot of money.

The money for raising the army also saved a lot of money.

There are still nearly 20 million yuan of income coming in every year.

Chongzhen's days, I don't know how much better it will be, and the burden that needs to be borne has been reduced countless times, and I don't even need to work hard, just lie down and enjoy it every day.

For Qi Chunnian's set of Fang Huan, to be honest, Zhu Youzhen's heart was moved, his heart was beating faster, and for the virtues of civil officials and nobles, in fact, he had long been aware of them and saw through their essence, but he had to rely on them, and as a result, he couldn't do anything, and he was tossed and haggard.

If you change the direction and carry out strategic cooperation with Xujiazhuang, with the strength of Xujiazhuang, maybe you can really realize all your ambitions, not only let Daming Zhongxing, but also create an unprecedented prosperity!

"I can work with you."

Zhu Youzhen's words made Qi Chunnian's face look happy, and it was done, he actually completed the task assigned to him by the headquarters, but Zhu Youzhen said again: "But I also have three conditions!" ”

"Your Majesty, please speak." Qi Chun Nian Road.

"First, Xu Yuan, the owner of Xujiazhuang, must enter the court as an official and stand on my Jinluan Palace, or he himself can not come, but he must send a proton into Beijing, that is, he is a minister, and I am a king."

"This ......"

"Second, all the Xu family manors must be managed by court officials, and at least they must serve as the head of the village, such as the magistrate of a county."

"Third, the Xu family army should be incorporated into the army of the Ming Dynasty, the main general should be appointed by the imperial court, and the deputy general can be the general of the Xu family army, and must obey the military orders of the imperial court, not the private orders of Xu Jiazhuang."

Listen to these three conditions.

Qi Chunnian's enthusiasm quickly cooled, and he got up and arched his hand to Zhu Youzhen and said, "Your Majesty, Qi is leaving!" He walked straight outside.

"Representative Qi, don't go, let's discuss it again, I may be able to give in a little more."

Zhu Youzhen stretched out his hand, he really wanted to pull him back, and sincerely discussed it again, he was really interested and moved to cooperate with Xu Jiazhuang.