Zhu Qizhen secretly pondered, the management of this Huangzhuang is not bad, but the yield is a little low, if you plant high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn in the future, the yield will be considerable.

Thinking of this, he was even more determined to open the sea to the Western Ocean, the vast Golden Continent is full of treasures, and those Western pirates must not be allowed to take the lead!

In the words of Qin Shi Huang, forehead drops, forehead drops, are all like forehead drops!

"Hey, the emperor is thirsty, the slave only cares about replying, and forgets to make tea for the emperor!"

Xiao Jing seemed to have just remembered this, his face was full of apologies, and he hurriedly turned around and went out to pour tea.

Huaien followed and said, "I have all the tea sets used by the emperor here, you can arrange for someone to boil water!" ”

Xiao Jing reacted immediately, and said with a smile on his face: "What Father-in-law Huai instructed me to do is that I am also dizzy, how dare I let the emperor use the tea set outside?" ”

"Tea is not in a hurry!"

I saw Zhu Qizhen walk out of the house with his hands behind his back, and ordered: "Take me around and take a look." ”

Xiao Jing led the way in front and walked out of the courtyard, only to see that there was silence in the Zhuangzi, as if there was no one.

Zhu Qizhen looked around, although there was no one on the street, he could see a pair of curious eyes behind the closed doors of several houses, looking at them incessantly.

Of course he knew what was going on, it must have been Xiao Jing who had a special clearance, but as the emperor, if he ran in front of the people, talked cordially, and asked for warmth, maybe ...... will scare the other person out of the sick......

The people in Zhuangzi will cringe when they see Zhuangtou on weekdays, let alone the emperor, and besides, there is no need for them to put on a posture of being close to the people, because what we need to do now is to strive to make the lives of the people better, not a meaningless face-saving project.

Crossing from Zhuangzi, there is a small river at the east end of Zhuangzi, which is supposed to be a tributary of the Yongding River.

Due to the continuous drought in recent days, the river is close to drying up, and most of the riverbed is covered with snow and ice, except for a small stream flowing slowly in the middle of the riverbed.

Xiao Jing stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, this river used to have a lot of water, and the fields on both sides of the river were easy to irrigate, and the grain production was more than now, but in the past few years, the water volume has become smaller and smaller, and the slave maid has to send people to dig a few wells and take well water for irrigation, I am afraid that in a few years, the river will completely dry up, and when the time comes, it will ...... Alas......"

Looking at Xiao Jing's sighing appearance, Zhu Qizhen suddenly asked, "How many years have you been managing this Zhuangzi?" ”

Xiao Jing hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the slave maid has been coming to this Zhuangzi since he was twelve years old, and it has been three years since he came, but at the beginning, the slave maid was only responsible for daily chores, and it was last year that the slave maid really took over the management responsibility. ”

Huai En said on the side: "The emperor doesn't know, Xiao Jing is proficient in arithmetic, manages Zhuangzi's accounts, everything is detailed, and the organization is clear, Gonggong Jin thought that this person was a manufacturable material, so he was promoted." ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "You did a good job, continue to work hard in the future, I won't treat you badly." ”

Xiao Jing was immediately moved, hurriedly knelt down, and said: "The slave and maid deserve the emperor's praise, I just want to serve the emperor and the royal family!" ”

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment, and then said: "I am going to set up a new policy pilot in this Zhuangzi and make some changes, Xiao Jing, the burden on your shoulders will be heavier in the future, are you sure?" ”

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Xiao Jing just stood up, and immediately bowed down again: "The slave and maid are broken bones, and they will not live up to the grace of the saint!" ”

"Get up and talk!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "I don't need you to be crushed, but you have to withstand the pressure." ”

Xiao Jing was moved and shocked at this time, and asked cautiously: "I don't know how the emperor is going to change?" ”

"Let me ask you first, how much is Zhuangzi's tenant rent?"

"Back to the emperor, seventy percent!"

"Okay, the first one is to reduce the rent!"

"Rent reduction?"

"Yes, rent reduction!" Zhu Qizhen said, "The people's land rent has been reduced from seventy percent to thirty percent!" ”

"Ah......h

At this moment, not only Xiao Jing, but everyone present was stunned.

Thirty percent?

Such a tenant, even if the loser sees it, he must call it an expert......

Since ancient times, the tenant rent has not been less than sixty percent, the Huangzhuang harvest seventy percent, has been considered a relatively conscientious, in other places, the harvest of eighty percent of the big people, and even ninety percent!

Directly reduced to three percent, it is simply going to subvert people's cognition!

If you are an ordinary person, you accumulate virtue and do good, others can't control it, but you are the emperor, once you start this head, what will you do with other gentry and landlords in the world?

Huaien smiled and said, "Your Majesty, do you want to think about it again?" The field rent is a big entry in the palace, and if there is less income, the nobles in the palace will complain and make trouble! ”

"Isn't that clear enough?"

Zhu Qizhen's face suddenly straightened, and his tone was completely unquestionable.

In his opinion, this is exploitation, naked exploitation!

The people are exposed to the wind and sun every day, work hard, and seventy percent of the harvest will be taken away, and the remaining surplus grain, at most, will make people barely starve to death.

Huai En didn't dare to squeak, Xiao Jing secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said, "The slave has written it down." ”

Zhu Qizhen didn't plan to explain to them any concepts such as civil rights and equality, because they didn't understand it.

If you have supreme power in your hands, why don't you use it?

"Whatever I say, you can do it, whoever dares to ramble any more will immediately go to Fengyang to guard the Emperor's Mausoleum!"

Huai En and Xiao Jing shrank their necks, not daring to say anything more.

Zhu Qizhen continued: "Second, you arrange people to choose a vacant land and build a textile workshop, the scale should not be too small, at least the kind that can accommodate a thousand people. ”

Xiao Jing was a little puzzled and asked: "Your Majesty, there are only more than 2,000 people in Zhuangzi, and the people still have to work in the fields on weekdays, I'm afraid there are not so many people working......

"I'm not done yet!"

Zhu Qizhen glanced at him and said, "This textile workshop was built to only recruit female workers!" ”

Xiao Jing wanted to shut up, but he couldn't help but ask, "Female worker?" ”

"Yes, only female workers are recruited, and most of the people are male and female, how much waste of labor is this? In the future, this rule will be changed, women can also go out to work, when the time comes, the textile workshop will not only recruit female workers, but also the management personnel will be selected from the East Factory and women, and others in the province will gossip! ”

In this era, a woman's lack of talent is virtue, and the emphasis is on not stepping out of the door, because the only woman who needs to show her head is ...... It's a prostitute.

Therefore, if the daughter-in-law of any family, or whose daughter-in-law, often dresses up and shows off and goes out, she will definitely be said by the neighbors to be unruly.

On the other hand, it is out of touch when you are outside, which man touches you, do you marry him, or go home and find a rope to hang yourself?

After a long time, a consensus was formed in everyone's hearts that women were not allowed to show their faces.

What Zhu Qizhen wants to do is to liberate women from their homes, they are an important part of social productivity, if Daming wants to develop, this step must go out!

"Regarding the style of the workshop and how to construct it, I will inform the Ministry of Industry to arrange for relevant people to come, your task is to gather the young people in the village, and the construction will start in the spring of next year, remember, this is not labor, it is work, you have to take care of the food, and you have to pay the wages!"

Xiao Jing nodded again and again: "The slave obeys the order!" ”

At this time, he also figured it out, what people say, let's do it, and don't care about the rest!

Zhu Qizhen continued to instruct: "Third, send people to purchase a batch of livestock, distribute them to every household free of charge, mobilize the old and weak women and children to raise them in captivity, and if there are conditions, raise pigs and sheep, and if there are no conditions, raise some chickens and ducks." ”

Xiao Jing agreed, but he muttered in his heart, he was building a workshop and providing livestock, where would the money come from?

Zhu Qizhen seemed to know his worries, so he said: "I am not short of money now, I will allocate 100,000 taels to you first, and then I will get it if it is not enough!" ”

These words are not exaggerated, what Zhu Qizhen lacks most now is silver.

There are as many as 1,000 officials in the world who have been implicated in rebellion and smuggling, and most of them are in the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River, and countless family assets have been confiscated.

used to copy Wang Zhen's house, 60 million taels of silver, and he was excited.

Looking back now, it's still too young!

The coffers of Nanjing and Beijing were so full that much of their belongings could not be taken away, so they were handed over to the local government for disposal.

Although the silver of the treasury is the imperial court's, this Ming court is its own, isn't the silver of the imperial court its own silver?

Therefore, a mere 100,000 taels of silver is like a joke.

"You have written down everything I just said, if you don't understand something, come to the palace at any time, and I will explain it to you in person, do you understand?"

"The slaves and maids have all written down, and the emperor's instructions will definitely be able to do all of them!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "That's good, I'm waiting for your good news, besides, if you don't have enough manpower, go to Huai'en, he will pick some people from the palace to help you, after all, there are many affairs, and you can't be busy yourself." ”

Wynne hurriedly responded: "The slave and maid will cooperate with all powers!" ”

At this time, it was not early, and Zhu Qizhen was about to return to the palace, when he suddenly saw the mountains in the distance, and a thought appeared in his mind.

"How do people keep warm, do they burn charcoal or coal?"

"Back to the emperor, the people mainly burn charcoal."

"I remember that it is cheaper to burn coal than charcoal, so why not burn coal?"

In my memory, there are many coal mines in the Xishan area, and they are not buried deeply, so they are easy to mine.

"This ......"

Xiao Jing hesitated a little, and when Huai En saw this, he couldn't help but say: "Whatever the emperor asks you, you can say anything, what does it look like?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the price of coal is indeed cheaper than carbon, and coal has been burned before, but since last year, all the coal mines in Xishan have been fenced up, and no one else is allowed to dig them."

Zhu Qizhen raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who?" ”

Xiao Jing shook his head and said: "The slave and maid don't know, I just remember that it seems to be a nobleman, saying that the coal from Xishan must be supplied to the stone factory, and ordinary people are not allowed to dig it, which has caused constant complaints, it is said that it ...... It seems that there have been human deaths. ”

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but think of Pingxiang Bo Chen Huai, this old brother has been digging stones and refining cement in Xishan since he came back from fighting the civil fort, and he needs a lot of coal, could it be him?

If that's the case, it's going to be difficult......

After all, it is a comrade-in-arms who follows his birth and death, deal with it impartially, if you are not close to people, if you don't deal with it, how can you explain it to the people?

He was very uneasy in his heart, and asked, "This noble you are talking about, but is it a peaceful uncle?" ”

"It's not!"

Wynne shook his head and said, "This person seems to be surnamed Zhang." ”

"Surname Zhang ......"

Zhu Qizhen relieved his mind at this time, if it wasn't Chen Huai, it would be easy to do, surnamed Zhang......

When it comes to the nobles surnamed Zhang, the first thing that comes to mind is Zhang Mao, but he is not in Beijing.

Suddenly, he thought of a person, and his face suddenly became ugly.

"Huai'en, when you go back, you inform Yuan Bin to find out who did it, competing with the people for profit, and causing trouble, who gave him the guts?"

Huai En hurriedly agreed: "After the slave and maid go back, I will personally go to Beizhen Fusi to convey the emperor's intentions clearly." ”

Zhu Qizhen looked around, the sun was setting, and it was not early, but he suddenly didn't want to go back to the palace.

"It's hard to come out, I'll stay here tonight and go back to the palace tomorrow morning!"

Huai En was in a hurry, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Majesty, the city gate has not been closed at this time, and it is not too late to return to the palace now, if you spend the night here...... I'm afraid that those clear streams will find out about it, and it will be very troublesome......"

Zhu Qizhen disagreed; "The people who live here are all my people, what is there to worry about, as for those clear streams, they like to talk about it or not, I don't bother to care!"

Huaien was a little helpless, and said that he would go out of the palace and go around, why didn't he stay?

You didn't say it in advance, and I didn't prepare, so if something happens, I can't afford it......

Zhu Qizhen said again: "Besides, the affairs in the palace are handled by the king of Yu, so I should go out and walk more, otherwise, I don't know anything about the things outside the palace and the suffering of the people, won't I become a faint monarch and a mediocre monarch?" ”

Huai En was frightened, and hurriedly said: "The emperor must not dare to say that, you are a Ming Jun of the ages, and your martial arts are comparable to Taizu Taizong!" ”

Zhu Qizhen didn't want to talk nonsense with him and returned to Zhuangzi.

Xiao Jing didn't dare to slack off, first ordered someone to make tea, and then hurriedly went to Zhang Luo for dinner.

Fortunately, he prepared in advance, made eight dishes and eight bowls, and stewed an old hen, although it is not as delicious as the mountain, but it is also hearty.

"Your Majesty, the food in the countryside is ugly, you have to bear more."

Zhu Qizhen didn't pay attention to eating or anything, so he said: "Eat, just eat to your heart's content, so let's leave four dishes, I, Fan Zhong, and Huai En are enough, and the rest will be rewarded to you!" ”

Xiao Jing was immediately flattered, and hurriedly said: "The emperor doesn't want to be like this, just eat some as you like the slaves and maids."

Zhu Qizhen didn't want to be polite to him, so he said: "Do as I tell you, and if you are verbose, you will be punished according to the protest order!" ”

Xiao Jing had no choice but to leave four dishes and withdraw the rest.

Zhu Qizhen picked up the bowl and began to pick up the rice, and the wind swept into it, and the bowl of rice was dried.

"You eat too, I go out for a walk, and eat and eat!"

When Fan Zhong heard this, he immediately devoured it, then put down his job and followed.

Wynne shook his head as he looked at the food in his hand, and had to get up to keep up.

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