Zhu Yan said: "The officials all distributed rice and treasure money...... Chen Ji's monthly income is not enough to change a silk. ”

In the event of a famine, the imperial court dragged on for several months, and the household department gave approval to various departments as appropriate.

Nowadays, the price of rice is about five yuan for one stone of rice.

"Brother, the officials also need housing."

"And many people come to the capital alone to be officials, and the official income is only enough to support their families, and they can't buy it for at least a few years or even more than ten years just by buying a business."

Liu Jiu pulled the old man who was squatting in the corner of the wall and painting over.

When the old man saw Zhu Biao, he hurriedly took off his hat and bowed: "Minister Chen Ji, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince!" His Royal Highness King Qi! ”

Yu Lu asked knowingly, Zhu Biaoben wanted to ask Chen Ji in person, and felt that it was a weasel greeting the chicken, and his mood was complicated: "Chen Yushi...... Why don't you move to Hangzhou? ”

"The minister's son is in the household department of Guangjiku, and he is the ambassador, and he can't leave the capital, and His Royal Highness has made a special trip to visit the minister? Minister... The minister is not corrupt. Chen Ji looked at Zhu Biao with fear on his face, and then looked at Zhu Rong.

Zhu Yu shook his head: "The prince is here to ask you about Jiangsu's request to pay taxes." ”

A hint of panic flashed in Chen Ji's eyes.

"This king knows that Lord Chen does not dare to speak because of his father...... Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the granaries of the world, if there is really something unspeakable, tax deferrals may not be impossible, but you have to tell the king and the prince as it is. ”

Zhu Yu said loudly.

"Alas, the taxes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are more than three times that of other places, where can the people pay them?"

"How can it be so high?"

"The prince doesn't know, in the early years, His Majesty and Zhang Shicheng fought against each other, and the people provided Zhang Shicheng with grain and grass, and after the founding of the country, His Majesty decreed that the land tax in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was three out of ten, and the people changed to mulberry hemp in order to avoid the field tax."

Chen Ji was extremely sad, he used to be a farmer official, and later he was recommended as the imperial history, knowing that the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang was fertile, and it was a waste of fertility to plant mulberry hemp instead.

It's really a policy and a countermeasure, no wonder no one dares to mention it, it turns out to be my father......

Zhu Yu turned his head and found that Zhu Biao's face was not good-looking.

On the way back,

Zhu Yu asked, "Brother?" ”

Zhu Biao nodded: "My father punished the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I want to deal with this matter, I need to go to see my father... Maybe my father already knew about it, and he didn't want to let go. ”

Zhu Biao frowned and pondered, as if he couldn't feel the bumps of the car.

Turning his head to look at Zhu Rong, he didn't really want to get an answer, he just wanted to find someone to discuss.

"What does the seventh brother think?"

"If I am allowed to dispose of it, I will first approve the slackening, and my father will certainly not be able to recover it, but the delayed taxes cannot be exempted, otherwise, if a precedent is set, other places may follow this law and deceive the court's leniency."

Zhu Yu said methodically.

Zhu Biao just asked casually, how did he know that Zhu Yu could really answer, with his wisdom knowing that it was feasible, his mood suddenly turned cloudy: "How to pay off the delayed taxes?" ”

Zhu Yu said: "Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich in silk. ”

Zhu Biao seemed to suddenly realize, patted Zhu Rong's shoulder, and smiled: "Seventh brother, you really thought of it before me." ”

The two returned to the palace, Zhu Rong was about to go to the main hall to show his face, but was instructed by Zhu Biao to go to see Zhu Yuanzhang together, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, and Hu Weiyong passed by Chunhe Gate, and Zhu Rong and the two collided.

Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't seen the prince's red sparse performance for a long time and handed it to Fengtian Palace, went to Chunhe Palace to have a look, saw Zhu Biao's outfit, and guessed that he and Zhu Rong went out of the palace together.

"What do you have to do in person?"

Zhu Biao bowed and saluted: "Jiang and Zhejiang sent a letter of sparse music, please beg for payment of taxes, I am afraid that the imperial history will be concealed, go out of the palace to see." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Hu Weiyong, who was standing behind Zhu Yuanzhang, reminded.

Zhu Biao said angrily: "Didn't my father just want to see that the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang couldn't hand it over, and now they can't hand it over, let them go!" ”

"Zhu Biao! Who taught you to say that! ”

"Erchen has already been to the household department!"

Before returning to the palace, Zhu Biao warned himself several times to be patient, but when he saw the tax amount that had been delayed by the household for many years, he was suddenly angry in his heart.

"Even if you give another ten years, you can't pay it, and one year accumulates one year, and my father will take his momentary anger on the people......"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and shouted: "Since ancient times, every emperor has hoped to use Wenzhi to educate the people of the world, but their dynasties have perished one after another, what is the reason for this?" Let's tell you today, for the way of the king, if the people who stabbed the court in the back will not be punished, how can they suppress those generals in Huaixi! ”

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to slap Zhu Biao's son to death, but no, this is the heir he has cultivated for more than 20 years.

If the military generals are not afraid of the imperial court, can Zhu Biao sit firmly on this throne?

No, Zhu Yuanzhang knows that those martial artists can suppress him, but Zhu Biao may not have his deterrence, and Zhu Biao's weakness is that he is too merciful.

"Big brother?"

Zhu Yu saw that the words were wrong, and turned his head to look at Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao became excited and knelt in front of Zhu Yuanzhang: "It's because of me that the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are implicated, and I will definitely be admonished by Ren Xian in the future, and my father will forgive them!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak, his expression was very calm, there was no anger at all, he bypassed the kneeling Zhu Biao and left.

Hu Weiyong bowed to Zhu Biao and followed.

After walking away, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "The prince... We're so angry! ”

Hu Weiyong lowered his head slightly, and followed behind Zhu Yuanzhang unhurriedly, he knew very well the reason for the contradiction, a country can only have one monarch, and when two people decide on the government and have different opinions, there will be contradictions.

In particular, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao are people with opposite personalities.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed helplessly, shook his head, and then asked, "Wei Yong, is it true?" ”

Hu Weiyong nodded: "In the past, Chen Ji was the agricultural official of Hangzhou Mansion, and he knew the harvest and was recommended to make the imperial history. ”

The process of sparse submission is that the local government submits it to the sixth, and then submits it to Zhongshu Province as appropriate, Hu Weiyong reads it and then submits it to Zhu Biao, and Zhu Biao approves the red and finally gives it to Zhu Yuanzhang to read.

Although the imperial history can directly make a statement to Zhu Yuanzhang, firstly, this is the sparse performance of the prefect of Zhejiang, and secondly, it is not the excerpt of the Duchatai to expose corruption.

Therefore, Hu Weiyong has seen it.

This is not a small matter.

The people in the anointed land changed to mulberry hemp, and he didn't dare to imagine how Zhu Yuanzhang would react when he found out.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and asked, "Wei Yong, since you have seen the excerpts, what do you think should be done?" ”

Hu Weiyong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Some people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have begun to change to mulberry hemp. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned red, he just gritted his teeth just now, and the anger at this time exploded to the extreme, and the people changed their farming affairs without reporting.

The country is people-oriented, and the people are life-oriented, if the grain is not harvested, what will be used to feed the army and feed the people?