Time passes very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it has entered the harvest month of Mid-Autumn Festival and August.

A lot of attention has been paid to agricultural harvests everywhere.

For Daming, this year is another year of flooding in the south and drought in the north, the impact of natural disasters has not receded, many individual farmers, this year is still a serious reduction in production or simply no harvest, most of the northern provinces, still can not achieve self-sufficiency in grain.

Even in the Jiangnan region, which was originally the best performer, due to the vigorous development of animal husbandry and animal husbandry, the opening of a large number of factories, and the large-scale expansion of Xujiazhuang, many people have no intention of farming, and the total grain output in Jiangnan is expected to be reduced by about 20% - that is, about 300 million stones.

The construction of four heavy-haul railways has also absorbed more than 2 million young road builders, making the construction of these railways quite impressive.

Not to mention the mines that have been developed everywhere in Daming, the demand for labor is also endless, and there is even a shortage of labor and it is difficult to recruit people.

In short, everyone seems to be busy.

There are opportunities for development and wealth everywhere.

The variety of information received every day is also dazzling, and it is impossible to digest it quickly, and the time for some topics that cause national discussion to remain hot is getting shorter and shorter.

In order to improve the timeliness of the news, the circulation frequency of the "Oriental Times" has also been increased from one issue every three days to one every two days, and it should soon be able to be increased to five times a week.

It can be said that today's Ming Dynasty has entered an explosive stage of development, which can also be said to be a golden period of development.

Taking grain as an example, if there is a reduction in grain production in the Jiangnan region, and it is such a huge amount as 300 million stones, it will certainly cause a huge panic, and grain prices will immediately skyrocket by 35 percent, and even cause a food crisis.

However, this time, the news of the reduction in grain production did not cause panic and did not lead to an increase in grain prices, but on the contrary, the response of public opinion was mediocre and did not attract much attention.

Because most people know very well in their hearts that now the grain price of Daming is completely controlled in the hands of Xujiazhuang, Xujiazhuang wants to make the price of grain rise, the price will rise somewhat, and if you want to reduce the price of grain, it will immediately drop some, and will not be affected by those panic and worry atmosphere.

After all, the rice that Xujiazhuang can requisition from Nanyang can easily exceed 200 million stones, and it already has the ability to feed half of the population of the Ming Dynasty with the power of Xujiazhuang.

And now Daming, although still under the influence of the Xiaoice climate, makes many people unable to make a living from farming, but because of this, it has become a golden period of industrial and mining development, providing countless labor resources, but has become a promoting factor conducive to industrial development, bursting out of huge energy, and then under the huge demand of Xujiazhuang, every Daming people, are busy to stop, making money and making extremely happy (of course, there are also a lot of ugly phenomena).

All in all.

In this atmosphere of "everyone looks at money, everyone is busy making money".

The slight decrease in grain production in Jiangnan has become a small problem that is not taken seriously.

Naturally, the 'King's Manor', which is being built in full swing on the land of North Korea, and the national tax exemption reform, although in the territory of the Korean Kingdom, have created a huge repercussion, but on the side of the Ming Dynasty, not many people pay attention to it, out of low profile, the "Oriental Times" did not deliberately report it, so in the mainstream public opinion, no one discussed the significance of the so-called "King's Manor".

This is also the result of Xu Yuan's deliberate request to keep a low profile, after all, the model of 'King's Manor' has not yet proved to be a successful model, and once it is hyped up, it will only cause unnecessary precautions and panic.

It's just that......

Xu Yuan's goal of keeping a low profile was ultimately frustrated.

Mid-August.

In the Forbidden City of Beijing, Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen, was very satisfied and happy when he was very satisfied and happy for this year's internal income, which will definitely exceed 35 million yuan and has a high probability of reaching 40 million (20 million financial support + 10 million Huangdian royal factory income + 6 million royal farm income + 300 ~ 4 million other income).

Shen Tie, the commander of Jinyiwei, suddenly sent a top-secret information, saying that the elite Jinyiwei was collected from North Korea, saying that North Korea has undergone great changes and may have a great impact on Daming.

"North Korea is just a small country, how much can happen?"

Zhu Youzhen disagreed, feeling that he was making a big fuss, trying in vain to attract attention and brush his sense of existence here.

However, I opened the intelligence document and scanned the contents.

Zhu Youzhen's face changed, and it changed wildly, and his expression suddenly became extremely serious.

Read it all.

Zhu Youzhen's face was no longer as simple as seriousness, but a little pale and fearful, and an emotion surged in his heart that he didn't really want to face.

That's fear.

He admits that he was really scared.

There was a fear of the so-called 'King's Manor' and a serious anxiety about the associated supporting system.

And then there was the anger, the great anger I felt!

Do?

What does Xu Jiazhuang want to do this time?

Why did he suddenly build a king's estate covering an area of one million acres, and why did one of his concubines, who became the queen of the Korean kingdom, suddenly become the ruler of the Korean kingdom with a population of three thousand miles and millions of people?

Where is Xu Yuanju's heart? Didn't he emphasize it many times before, saying that he was not interested in the Ming Dynasty and didn't want to rebel and become the emperor, why did he suddenly make this show and take over Korea, a kingdom that is actually not small?

And this time can take North Korea and establish a stable rule, next time can it be concocted in the same way, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, also build a large king manor, or a larger emperor manor, enclose tens of millions of acres or even hundreds of millions of acres, recruit tens of millions of core people, vigorously develop industry, realize self-sufficiency in food, plus the financial money printing machine that can print money at will, in the case of extremely strong productivity and low consumption, so as to easily rule an empire, and will never face the problem of insufficient money.

In addition, it can also win the hearts of the people, and get the support of the gentry and scholars, and there will never be a few who stand up against it, but only a few.

Because it's tax-free.

Tax exemption for ordinary people!

Tax exemption for the gentry class!

This is a sharp weapon that can quickly conquer people's hearts, after all, for ordinary people, the government actually doesn't collect any taxes, isn't this what the Ancient Sage Monarch is? If you don't support such a holy monarch, can't you support those imperial courts that collect dozens of positive taxes + miscellaneous taxes on their heads?

The same is true for the gentry.

Once Xu Jiazhuang also promoted the 'King Manor' in Daming, Zhu Youzhen could already foresee that it might not take a few days for his old Zhu family's Jiangshan Sheji to fall into the hands of Xu Jiazhuang easily and quickly.

The power of this ruling order far exceeds that of a million elite troops! It was impossible for the Ming court to resist.

What to do?

How can we deal with it, so as to crack this set of Xujiazhuang?

Or is it that they can only compete with Xujiazhuang for welfare, and they also announced that they will be exempt from taxes for the common gentry, and they have to come up with more benefits to stabilize their support and recognition of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just a competition for welfare, how can he Zhu Youzhen be Xujiazhuang's opponent, Xujiazhuang is unimaginably rich now, and even has the ability to bring a large number of collaborators to follow the wealth, and has the ability to create countless rich people, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as the God of Wealth.

Competing with Xujiazhuang for wealth is self-inflicted, and there is no possibility of winning, and it will not even be comparable in another fifty years and a hundred years.

Lost.

There is no doubt about losing.

That is, as long as the giant 'emperor's manor' appears in the Ming Dynasty, his Zhu family's country will be finished, and the people and gentry will abandon the Zhu family's royal family like garbage, and there will be no reluctance.

So now Zhu Youzhen's mood has become very bad, he feels extremely anxious, and he will fall into a state of irritability, insomnia, and poor appetite, and it is difficult to relieve.

Countless extreme ideas have also emerged.

For example, think of a way to kill Xu Yuan, the culprit!

Or from now on, desperately expand the armament war, engage in reckless military force, lie down and taste courage, give up all personal enjoyment, and then desperately make money and loot, find a way to pull up a million-strong army, and then destroy Xujiazhuang in one fell swoop.

What kind of Hongmen banquet, beauty trick and the like, lure that Xu Yuan to kill and imprison him, as long as there is no moral limit, he can always find a chance to succeed in one blow.

But......

Zhu Youzhen is 27 years old this year, and he is close to 30.

After going through a lot of things, dealing with a lot of smart people, and paying countless tuition, people have become quite mature and are no longer as emotional and naïve as they were when they were young.

He knew that if he dared to take some extreme actions, whether he could succeed or not, he would not be able to bear the consequences.

What's more, Xu Jiazhuang's intelligence system is mysterious and powerful, omniscient, and the changes on his side are a little bigger, so he is afraid that his intentions will be exposed in advance, and then quickly meet the end of destruction.

Anyway, no matter how tossing and struggling, the probability that he can win is infinitely close to zero.

Besides, how good his life is now, there is a lot of money to spend, there are groups of women in the harem, there are nearly twenty children, and he has a very warm and happy life - he has so many things that he cares about and values, with so many bottles and cans, he is no longer a barefoot poor barefoot, and it is impossible to go to any extremes until the moment of life and death, even a slightly greater risk, he does not dare to take it.

His way of thinking has begun to approach that of a greasy middle-aged man.

So first of all, extreme things, thinking in the head is okay, but it's impossible to do.

Secondly, to negotiate, it is still necessary to send someone to summon Qi Chunnian into the palace to negotiate, ask Xu Jiazhuang to give an explanation, eliminate the worries and anxieties in his heart, and it is best to make a binding guarantee, and never in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, there will be any 'king's manor' or 'emperor's manor', if you dare to do this, the consequences will be extremely serious.

In the end, it is still necessary to have a good relationship with Xu Yuan and win him over, the best and the best is to arrange a woman that Xu Yuan cares about very much, to be by his side, and try his best to let this woman become Xu Yuan's wife and squeeze that Fang Qingyan aside, so that when Xu Yuan was not in Xujiazhuang, this woman was the mother of Xujiazhuang, and she could make decisions, deepen cooperation with the royal family, bring a lot of benefits to the royal family, and become a 'royal demon'.

And this woman is naturally the imperial sister-in-law Zhang Yan, only she can fascinate Xu Yuan.

"Imperial sister-in-law, only you can save me, can save Daming Sheji! Are you just unwilling to sacrifice a little for the Ming Dynasty and the royal family? Besides, you have been widowed for many years, don't you need the comfort of a man? I think you don't have anything to lose when you marry Xu Yuan, why don't you want to? ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed secretly, and suddenly found that whether the Ming Dynasty could continue or not was maintained on the personal consciousness of the imperial sister-in-law Zhang Yan.