Chapter 539: The land is returned to the imperial court
The next day, Zhu Yuanzhang feasted the ministers outside the Baohe Palace.
There was an endless stream of ministers who came to congratulate and give gifts, and thousands of people came. Outside the hall is very lively, crowded with people, and everywhere is full of great blessings that represent festivity.
In addition to Queen Ma by Zhu Yuanzhang's side, there is also an unprecedented Concubine Zheng.
After all, she had to be there today.
moved Concubine Zheng to tears, she used to be rare to see the emperor, and the emperor hadn't summoned her for several years. But today, because of his daughter, he got the opportunity to sit next to the emperor.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang asked her to stay by her side just for a face-saving project, and she was still cold to her in her heart.
Concubine Zheng also knew it.
Although marrying the emperor was rich, she was not happy. Especially the unfavored concubines, they don't even have personal freedom, and the activity space is just their own palace.
Sugar daddy married to wealthy families are happier than them,
Sugar daddy and wealthy people can also raise a little white face to make up for the emptiness in life and spirit, and they can also go out shopping for afternoon tea or something, and take showing off their wealth as life.
"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!"
The military generals raised their glasses one after another to congratulate Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded and smiled to accept their congratulations.
After a while, the official of the Ministry of Rites presented the gift list.
After Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the gift list, he said to Queen Ma next to him, "Liu Bowen sent Li Bai's authentic handwritings, Gao Qi Song Lian, and also sent precious ancient books of celebrity calligraphy and painting,"
"In line with their status as a reader."
"These are the things at the bottom of the box, which shows their respect for Mr." Queen Ma Road. From whether the gift is attentive or not, it can be seen that their attitude towards the new deal is supportive.
Xu Da gave him the phoenix hairpin headdress used by the princess who was snatched from the palace of the Yuan Dynasty during the Northern Expedition, which was very attentive.
The six founding princes and twenty-six marquis of the Ming Dynasty all gave heavy gifts.
Li Shanchang turned out to be a heavy gift!?
When he turned to the second page of the gift list given by the Huaixi nobles, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned: it said that Li Shanchang gave him the Go game that he had treasured for many years, and the gifts given by the other nobles were also very attentive and heavy.
This group of people changed their attitude towards Qin Yu?
Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled, and couldn't help but look at Li Shanchang beside him.
"Superior." Seeing this, Li Shanchang took the opportunity to say, "To be honest, when the emperor was implementing the public land system before, the old minister was actually a little reluctant in his heart. ”
But then I thought about it carefully, this is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people. Since the public land system is conducive to the Ming Dynasty, then those of us who are courtiers must support it unconditionally. ”
"Didn't the ruler say before he said that it would take fifty years before all of our land would be returned to the public? Lao Chen felt that fifty years was too long, and it should be taken back to the public immediately. ”
Therefore, the old minister was willing to take the lead and immediately dedicate all the food and fertile land he had obtained. Please ask the emperor to immediately send someone to measure the land, and then collect it to the public for allocation. ”
"Would you like to take out the good field!?" Listening to Li Shanchang's words, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't believe his ears. In the past, didn't this group of people regard good land as the root of their life?
How did you change sex today?
Li Shanchang is the eldest brother of the Huaixi Gang, and if he is willing to take out the good fields, it proves that the other Huaixi nobles will also follow in their footsteps and take out all the good fields obtained by the reward one by one and hand them over to the imperial court for management.
What a great thing!
In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang did not take strong measures to collect the fertile land in their hands, because he could not get his hands on the face of their previous contributions. At the same time, because the attack area was too large, almost all the heroes did not dare to act rashly.
And today, they were able to take the initiative to hand it over, so that he could realize the nationalization of the land without spending a single soldier and not fighting with the heroes.
Is there anything more comfortable in the world than that?
Through talking with Qin Yu about the past and the present, he now has a deep understanding of the importance of the imperial court's control of land. That was the fundamental way to prevent the feudal aristocracy from annexing land, and to prevent them from growing indefinitely.
Land annexation is the root cause of confusion in the imperial court, and solving this matter will solve the biggest hidden danger of the imperial court. In previous dynasties, didn't that prince and minister own a large area of fertile land?
Now that Li Shanchang and these lords of the dynasty took the initiative to return the fertile land to the imperial court and take back the fertile land of the gentry and nobles in the rest of the places, it would be easy to do, and coercive measures could be taken.
That is to say, the solution of the six dukes and twenty-six marquis is equivalent to the full realization of public ownership of land.
Solved his biggest heart problem.
I think that Wang Mang was ousted because he violated the interests of the gentry and nobles because of the public land system. Zhu Yuanzhang effortlessly completed what Wang Mang did not succeed.
I couldn't help but get excited: "Good brother, you have been with us for nearly 20 years, and we have always regarded you as a big brother in the past 20 years. ”
"Thank you for the compliments, these are what those of us who are courtiers should do." Li Shan said.
"In our opinion, you are old and strong, not old at all!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The gift you gave today is the best congratulatory gift we have ever received!" ”
"Thank you, Superior."
Li Shanchang also heard it, the subtext of Emperor Zhu's words is that you can work in the position of the right man of Zhongshu Province for a few more years, and you don't have to return to your hometown.
Before thinking about it, Emperor Zhu deliberately said his wrong age, which was already tantamount to explicitly asking him to be virtuous.
Compared with today's situation, it is completely like a cloud, so he sighed: "The old minister has followed the upper position for nearly 20 years, and he can't do without the upper position." "There was no conflict of interest, and the feelings for each other came back in an instant.
"That's great." Queen Ma also said: "In the future, you can be a model for a pair of ancient monarchs and ministers." After all, she has been together for decades, and she also has a friendship with Li Shanchang.
Isn't it good to let Big Brother stay in Yingtianfu, why do you have to drive it away?
Empress Ma also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was not a cold-blooded person, if it wasn't for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, if there was no conflict of interest between the monarchs and ministers, what would Emperor Zhu do when he killed those heroes?
Is it fun to kill the children of your hometown?
"Good at it, tell me, you guys, what do you want us to reward you?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked. I also know in my heart that if they are willing to take out all the fertile land they have in their hands, it will not be as simple as simply 'supporting the new policy of the imperial court'.
"Lao Chen has a nephew who has always been obsessed with the way of business, he wants to make money in business and contribute business taxes to the imperial court." Li Shanchang said, "I am ready to purchase ocean-going ships and seek development overseas." ”
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately understood their intentions, it turned out that those Huaixi nobles wanted to transform.
"The income from the production of grain from land is far less than the income from commerce and trade, presumably Li Shanchang also saw this, I have to say that this old guy still has a very unique vision, and he is not stuck in the past." In the heart of the secret channel,