"With this network, no matter how good the imperial court's policy of benefiting the people is, it will not be able to be implemented. The benefits were all taken by them, and they were taken by the people in the network of the head snake and the head snake, and the people could only watch with their eyes. Most of the money and even disaster relief money issued by the imperial court to local roads went into their pockets. ”

"That's why Mr. Qin told us that before developing the productive forces, the feudal aristocracy must be eliminated."

"If it is not removed, no matter how advanced the machine is, Mr. will cultivate the most productive food. It can't really make Daming rich and strong, and it can't let the people really live a good life. ”

"If we don't get rid of them now, they will grow like a cancer."

"Then it will grow to the point where it can't be cleared, and finally let our Ming Dynasty go to the old path of the previous dynasty."

"So how do you clear this network?" Erhu asked, "This network of relationships spreads throughout the court, all over the provinces of the Ming Dynasty, up and down, and the corners are full of horns. ”

"It all sounds hard to get rid of."

"The best way to break down this network is to weaken the power of those in power and let the people open up the wisdom of the people." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "In addition, making people's lives better is also a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle." ”

"But this method needs to be gradual, it is too time-consuming, and it is estimated that it will take several generations and hundreds of years to complete."

"Every state and county in the Ming Dynasty has a land snake, and each province has its own relationship network."

"Each province has become an invisible vassal state, and it has its own emperor."

"As for the specific measures to be used, the gentleman has already told us."

"These court affairs, the end will not understand." Two Tiger Road. He was just a general who led troops into battle, and he didn't know how to govern the country. Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that he didn't understand, so he didn't continue.

The method used by Qin Yu to break the relationship network was to let the hundred schools of thought manage the province. Scholars of the hundred schools of thought, instead of the members of the feudal aristocracy, controlled the power of the provinces.

Let those feudal nobles have no power in their hands.

Without power, they can't be lawless.

And that's the first step.

Of course, those feudal aristocratic forces will not sit still, they will see stitches and penetrate into the hundreds of schools. So the next step is to do a good job of the defense line of the hundred schools of thought to prevent them from penetrating.

Once the first step is implemented, then the second step will be carried out.

It is too difficult to clear the network of relationships that have been passed down for thousands of years in this land.

Although the feudal nobles of Jiangzhou were cleared, the Liu family was a symptom rather than a cure. Without the Liu family, there is still the Li family, and the Zhao family comes up. Zhu Yuanzhang said, "However, the Liu family still has to be cleaned up." ”

"Hmm." Erhu nodded.

"Let's go, let's go to the homes of the people in Jiangzhou." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Yes."

The two rested in the city for one night,

……

The next day, the two came to a village called Jiangjia Village.

Although the feudal aristocracy still has deep roots and is entrenched in various states and counties, after all, the imperial court is rich and the new policy has been implemented, so the people of Jiangjia Village are still living better.

At least not as before, people will starve to death.

If the arrival of Qin Yu and the new policy implemented by the Ming Dynasty were a torrential rain, then the countryside at the bottom was moistened by two or three drops of rain.

The people have planted potatoes, and they are no longer yellow and thin, and they are hungry all year round.

It can be said that the biggest benefit for the people is potatoes, not a series of policies to benefit the people implemented by Emperor Zhu.

"The two are ......"

In the field, Emperor Zhu and Erhu were helping an old farmer farm the land. His skilled planting skills have impressed the elderly, and Lao Zhu used to be able to farm.

"We are here to collect tea, and we are going to go into the city and pass by Jiangjia Village." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Because I couldn't bear to see the old man still working so old, I came over to help by the way." ”

"What warm-hearted people you are." The old farmer sighed, "When the work on this piece of land is finished, I will go to the old man's house to eat." ”

"Then thank you, old man." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Look at the work in the hands of this big brother, he used to be a farmer." The old farmer Jiang Eighteen asked.

"yes." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We used to be farmers. Because the imperial court implemented the new policy and sent money to the people twice, it was only then that there was money to do some tea business. ”

"You've got the money?" Jiang Eighteen asked.

"I got it." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Could it be that your relatives are in office, so you can get the money?" Jiang Eighteen asked.

"Why do you have to be an official to get the money?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Didn't the imperial court issue a decree to distribute the money directly to the people, on the stub of the money bank?" ”

"yes, it would be strange if you couldn't get any money for it." The second tiger also said.

"What's so strange about that?" Jiang Eighteen Dao.

"How?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "You actually didn't receive the money? ”

"I didn't get a penny." Jiang Eighteen Dao.

"What's the matter, could it be that the parents and officials of Jiangzhou dare to openly disobey the imperial decree?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Not really." Jiang Shibai said, "However, there has always been a policy and a countermeasure. It's not that they don't give money to the people, but they set a lot of harsh conditions for receiving money. ”

"There are even places where people don't even know that they can get money because they don't take the initiative to publicize it. The people's information is blocked, and they don't even know what new policies the imperial court has. ”

"What conditions did they set for receiving money?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Layer upon layer of applications, first of all, ordinary people who want to receive money from the imperial court need to apply to the village chief first. If you don't please the village chief, the village chief won't give you a slip. "Jiang Eighteen Dao,

"In addition, there are many conditions that need to be met if you want to receive money."

"For example, you need to have a poor family, you need to be innocent, you need to be filial, and so on. As long as you set the conditions, they have a way to make you not qualify. ”

"There are as many as 28 conditions for receiving money in our county."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression froze.

"To put it simply, if the people want to get money from them, they have to go through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties, which is even more difficult than learning scriptures from the west!" Jiang Shibai said, "The benefits given to us by the imperial court are hidden very deeply by them, and the people want to find them, just like going into the mountains to find treasure and looking for a needle in a haystack." ”

"The benefits that the imperial court gives to the common people are only really enjoyed by their relatives."

"Most of what the court gave to the people fell into their pockets. They set up so many levels just to make it impossible for the people to get it, and what they saved was theirs. ”

"Damn!" The second tiger's expression froze when he heard this.

"Didn't Emperor Zhu ask them to send the money directly to your stub? There is no need to go through any application. Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "With such a policy to benefit the people, they also dare to cheat?" ”