"You can't let the powerful officials and gentry seize the people's land, but let the court pay for the social crisis caused by the people losing their land."

"Nor can we ignore the increase in the number of displaced people due to the large number of wealthy households starting to release a large number of domestic slaves after the implementation of the new policies such as Qingzhang Tianmu, and just wait for them to become chaotic people and bandits and be killed by the official army."

Zhu Yijun slandered, and asked people to turn out Qi Jiguang's chapter of recruiting Yiwu miners from the archives of the clerical room, and read it carefully all night.

Zhu Yijun did not intend to recruit Yiwu miners again, he wanted to further understand the problem of bankruptcy of a large number of yeoman farmers behind the development of the commodity economy in the Ming Dynasty through Qi Jiguang's investigation, as well as the increase in the floating population caused by overpopulation.

Although Zhu Yijun needed to learn from Zhang Juzheng in terms of how to carry out reforms and how to use tens of thousands of civil servants across the country to carry out his will, the insights from later generations made him notice that the scholars and doctors of Zhang Juzheng's era ignored some subtle changes that indicated new opportunities and challenges for social development.

For example, the emergence of the working class, and the phenomenon of primitive capital accumulation by the big landlords and big bureaucrats.

As an emperor, he can't ignore these phenomena, nor can he simply understand these changes as just the decline of the world, which has led to an increase in the number of people and an increase in the number of crimes.

Because if he ignores or does not intervene, what awaits him in the future is only greater restrictions on his power and the constraints on his life.

Henan, Guide.

When Zhu Yijun was investigating the bankruptcy of the Ming working class and yeoman farmers late at night, Xu Ying met Shen Li.

"Mr. Qianzhai has always been knowledgeable, in the next morning I want to ask for advice, but there is no opportunity, now passing by your hometown, I want to post to ask if it is convenient, I didn't expect Mr. to dislike the chatter."

Xu Ying said and bowed his hand to Shen Li: "Lingzun's matter, please mourn!" ”

"Thank you for your concern!"

Shen Li replied, and said: "The second son can come, so that the humble house will shine, and there is no need to bother." ”

Then, Xu Ying asked, "I heard that Mr. has been buying land recently?" ”

Shen Li replied with a smile: "But there is such a thing, the reproduction of the clan is becoming more and more numerous, and many of them have to leave their hometowns and go to the canal to find work. ”

"Mr. has a good family, but is 100 acres enough?"

Xu Ying asked.

Shen Li said with a smile: "The accumulation of eunuchs is limited, so I have to do this, but I am ready to let the clansmen try to plant the new grain mentioned by the Son of Heaven, or this hundred acres of land can be enough to solve the difficulties of the clansmen." ”

"I have always admired Mr. in the future, and I am willing to borrow 100,000 yuan of Mr. silver to buy the family land without interest!"

"Just ask Mr. to order the clan to only grow cotton and not grain, when the time comes, my Xu family will recycle all cotton yarn at a high price, and Mr. can use the proceeds from selling cotton to slowly repay the arrears, I don't know what the public thinks?"

"In this way, the prince can not only feed more people, but also organize the women and children of the clan to spin, without worrying that the clansmen will not be able to live."

Xu Ying proposed at this time.

Shen Lili was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Thank you for the kindness of the second son, but the contemptible people have no intention of letting the clansmen grow cotton, after all, if everyone in the world grows cotton, in the event of a famine, where will its food come from?" ”

"Also, in the end, it is Mr. Qianzhai, and the concerns are really far-reaching, no wonder my father said that Mr. is the material of Zaifu."

Xu Ying said with a smile.

Shen Li said: "The old gentleman has a good reputation. ”

Then, Xu Ying changed the topic and asked: "Sir, have you heard that the Jiangling Gong is going to implement the system of the official gentry paying grain and working as errands?" ”

Shen Lidao: "The master has mentioned it. ”

Xu Ying asked: "I don't know if Mr. Qianzhai knows, is this the intention of the Son of Heaven, or the original intention of the Duke of Jiangling?" ”

"Nature's Sense!"

"The teacher is also doing this for the sake of the Son of Heaven in the future, and he can only be the Son of Heaven in the prosperous world, and I think Mr. Ling Zun Xu, as a person who is loyal to the country, is also happy to see it."

Shen Li smiled.

"In the end, it is the Duke of Jiangling, my father often says that we are inferior to him."

Xu Ying said with a smile.

Shen Li just smiled.

Then, Xu Ying asked again: "Then I don't know what Mr. thinks of this strategy?" ”

Shen Li said with a smile: "For the people in the township, I don't care about political affairs; No matter what the court does, it only acts according to orders. ”

Xu Ying bowed.

……

"Shen Zhonghua said that it was Jiangling's own meaning."

After Xu Ying saw Shen Li, he went all the way down to Yangzhou by boat, and finally returned to Huating, and after returning to Huating's house, he told Xu Jie about the capital and his search for Shen Li.

"If it's just Jiangling's own meaning, it will naturally be better, but Shen Zhonghua's words can't be taken seriously."

Xu Jie said at this time.

"Father, whatever the case is, we'll have to come up with a way now!"

"The cancellation of preferential exemption is not only as simple as paying grain and errands, but it is undoubtedly not conducive to our extensive land production, those who used to donate to our Xu family are afraid that they don't want to donate anymore."

Xu Ying said.

"Let's wait and see what happens."

Xu Jie thought for a moment and replied.

"Wait and see?"

Xu Ying was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Father, my son has an idea, why don't we unite a few big households and pick up the Wusong River embankment that Hai Gangfeng built in the form of work-for-relief when he was the direct governor of Nan Gang Peak!" ”

"As long as the fertile fields along the coast are flooded, there will inevitably be a large increase in the number of victims, so that we can merge the fields at a low price!" After the imperial court canceled the preferential exemption, the extra profits collected from us will be made up from the fields of many mergers! ”

"It's easy to be raided against the imperial court, but the small people can always be offended!"

"You kneel for me!"

Xu Jie's color changed abruptly and scolded Xu Ying.

Xu Ying hurriedly knelt down: "Please ask my father to instruct!" ”

"You are doing this to ruin the reputation of my Xu family! Where to put the old man's face? ”

Xu Jie asked.

Xu Ying replied: "Father, since Hai Rui came to Nanzhi, does our Xu family still have face?" ”

"You!"

Xu Jie pointed at Xu Ying, was spitting out a word, and was speechless for a while, only his face was very purple, and he kept knocking on the floor with his cane.

"Father, son knows, we are now a feathered phoenix is not as good as a chicken, he Jiangling wants to reform, we dare not disobey, and we dare not resist, but we can't even make up for some losses from those untouchables?!"

Xu Ying continued to talk at this time, and said: "Besides, we have so much land now, once we really pay grain honestly, it won't be a little bit of silver!" ”

"Get up."

Xu Jie's tone suddenly eased at this time.

"Yes!"

Xu Ying said at this time.

Xu Jie said after Xu Ying got up: "Even if we want to do this, it's not for us to do it!" Can't stand this new deal, not only our Xu family, but so many gentry in the whole world, there are many big families in Suzhou, Songhang and Nanjing, why should we do this up-and-coming bird? ”

"That's what my father said, but when are we going to wait?"

"After the implementation of the examination law, we endured the recovery of the levy; Qingzhang acres of fields, we also endured; Now that the officials and gentry are paying the grain in one piece, if we endure it any longer, the other big families will be completely disappointed in us! ”

Xu Ying said at this time.

"Then we'll have to wait!"

"I want my Xu family to be the leader, but when something happens, but let us admit the guilt, no way!"

"If anyone really destroys the embankment and floods the fields, our Xu family can follow the grain and merge the fields, but this kind of easy to kill the head, we can't do it, if we want to do it, let the ancestors of Nanjing have meritorious service to the Ming Dynasty!"

Xu Jie continued to speak at this time, and said: "The rarest thing in the world is the word 'wait', in order to defeat Yan Song, he has waited for his father for 20 years, can he Zhang Juzheng govern for 20 years?" ”

"What's more, now that the imperial court has begun to expand its troops, it is undoubtedly equivalent to sharpening its sword and waiting to be slaughtered one or two emerging, in order to set an example!"

"How can my Xu family take the lead at this time? Didn't you fall for his plan in Jiangling? ”

"Endure it first, and when you can't help it, you will shoot first, and after the court is out of order, we will make a move!"

"Son understood!"

Xu Ying replied.

……

"The Xu family didn't make any moves?"

After Zhu Yijun got the information about the Xu family that Jinyiwei sent back from Huating from Zhang Whale, he asked such a question.

Zhang Whale replied: "Back to the emperor, presumably this Xu Huating himself is cautious, and he doesn't want to really get other notoriety in addition to governing the family, and even give the court a handle to punish his Xu family." ”

Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this, but he also had to admit that it was not for nothing that these Han landlords were pressed to the ground by ethnic minorities in history, and they were all too fine, to the point of being too fine.