Guo An said: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen needs one million taels of silver!" ”

"A million taels of silver?"

Zhu Di's eyes widened again.

"Exactly!"

Guo An nodded slowly, and then couldn't help but say again: "Your Majesty, as long as the newspaper is established well, it will also be a steady stream of money in the future." ”

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "We know that Guo Qing has always had the ability to make money, and Guo Qing really didn't disappoint us...... It's just that the one million taels of silver, even if it is a year-end bonus for those vassal kings and hundreds of officials in the world, is only so much, but now it is used so much to establish a newspaper mansion......

Is that a bit of a lot? Although our Ming Dynasty has a few silver mines in the Wa Kingdom, every year the vassal king needs to pay a year-end bonus, and all officials in the world also need to pay a year-end bonus, but they also have to send troops to recruit those Mongols in the north......

Guo Qing, our Daming treasury is not so rich! ”

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, the money in the mansion comes from Your Majesty's internal funds!" ”

"My inner money?"

Zhu Di was even more distressed and annoyed.

"In vain, we trust you so much, you actually follow the example of those ministers, and start our internal money!"

"Your Majesty, when will Weichen let you lose money? The newspaper will surely earn you back that one million taels of silver!

In addition, the newspaper is your own money, which is your private own, and how much money you make in the future will go into your money! ”

"Is it really profitable?"

Zhu Di was still a little suspicious.

Guo An nodded affirmatively, "Your Majesty, newspapers can really make money!" ”

"In that case, Guo Qing wants to take a share?"

Zhu Di asked again.

Guo An was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, and then slowly replied: "Your Majesty, the newspaper is too important, and Weichen only dares to account for half of it!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "In this case, then we will allocate you a million taels of silver!" ”

"Wechen will definitely live up to Your Majesty's expectations, Wechen is half a part, and he will give 100,000 taels of silver!"

Guo An bowed his hand, and then said: "Your Majesty, although nowadays, the newspaper mansion is not very valued.

In the future, however, newspapers will inevitably occupy an important position among the civil servants.

Therefore, Wechen asked His Majesty to personally manage the newspaper, or let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince manage it! ”

"What about us and the prince?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di's brows furrowed again, and after thinking for a moment, he slowly shook his head.

"We are busy with government affairs every day, so let's leave it to the prince for the time being."

Zhu Gaochi felt bitter in his heart, and sighed slightly, "The child obeys the order!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An also hurriedly bowed.

Sending Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi out of the house, Guo An's eyes flashed and he was in a good mood.

A group of bald donkeys and gentry actually dared to join forces to bully him Guo An, really thinking that he was muddy?

Since you can't get along, let's turn your tables and see how you can endure!

……

"Take back the fields of those temples?"

Hearing Zhu Di's words, Monk Daoyan's expression suddenly changed greatly.

"Your Majesty is cautious!"

"Oh?"

A strange light flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "But the mage thinks this matter is inappropriate?" ”

Monk Daoyan was flustered for a while, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, although Weichen is also a monk, he also thinks that the temple has so much production land, which is really a bit inappropriate!" ”

Zhu Di smiled faintly, "Then I don't know what the mage has to solve it?" ”

Monk Daoyan said: "Your Majesty, in the Ming Dynasty, not only the monasteries occupy a large number of fields, but also those Taoist temples.

Weichen felt that the fields of monks and Taoist priests could be restricted, such as no more than ten acres per person, and the excess fields should be equally distributed to the local poor people! ”

"Ten acres ......"

Zhu Di pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly.

"Ten acres is no more, no less, just enough for one person to plant!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Monk Daoyan breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Di continued to ask, "Master thinks, who should report this matter?" ”

"Amitabha!"

Monk Daoyan silently recited a Buddha horn and said slowly: "Your Majesty, this is a major event for the benefit of the people of the world, and it can be played by the chief officials of the many state capitals where the temple is located!" ”

"What the mage said is very true!"

Zhu Di nodded with great satisfaction.

Monk Daoyan's face was slightly bitter.

Alas!

What are you waiting for the good to provoke the Marquis of Dinghai?

However, after this incident, it is also a great good deed to benefit tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people!

Amitabha, good, good!

……

A few days later.

Yu Qian, the prefect of Hangzhou, was inexplicably visited by Hangzhou Jinyi Wei Qianhu.

Yu Qian, in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, was promoted by Guozisheng to Shandong Shilangzhong of the Criminal Department, and was awarded the title of doctor.

In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, that is, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was directly promoted to the prefect of Hangzhou and awarded the doctor Zhongshun!

In this way, Yu Qian can be regarded as a favor to Zhu Di.

Of course, during his tenure, Yu Qian cared about the people's livelihood, and he was not like some officials, who either put it up in a mess and mud as soon as he took office, or went along with those corrupt officials and got into the eyes of money.

But in this way, Yu Qian was still wary of the Jinyi Wei Qianhu in front of him.

"I don't know if Chen Qianhu is looking for the official, is there something wrong?"

Chen Jiubao smiled slightly, took out a letter from it, and handed it to Yu Qian.

"Governor Yu, we came here this time to send a letter to Governor Yu! As for the content of the letter, we don't know! ”

"Letters? Who's sending it? ”

Yu Qian was stunned for a moment, and asked with some doubts.

"I don't know!"

Chen Jiubao shook his head slowly, then got up and walked out directly.

As for who sent the letter and what its content was, Chen Jiubao didn't know anything at all.

Again, he didn't want to know at all.

can send letters to the prefect through his brocade guard, and the person behind it is definitely not something he can provoke.

"This ......"

Seeing this, Yu Qian was stunned.

By the time he reacted, Chen Jiubao had already left.

Yu Qian couldn't help but bow his head and open the letter.

At a glance, he immediately took a cold breath.

In the letter, there is a detailed list of acres of land occupied by the Hangzhou Prefecture and even the Jiangnan monasteries.

“…… Temples and Taoist temples occupy so many acres of land, but they are exempted from government conscription, while the poor have no land, but they are trapped by conscription, how unfair is it?

Since you are the parent and official of a government, you should be the master of the people and the local people......"

"Hoo ......"

Yu Qian frowned, his face heavy.

"Jiangnan temples and Taoist temples actually occupy so many acres of land? Is this letter the Marquis of Dinghai, or ......?"

As he spoke, Yu Qian shut up directly.

This matter is no longer something he can delve into. However, if you can let Jinyiwei send him a letter, he will definitely know......

Thinking about it, Yu Qian shouted directly outside the mansion: "Come on, invite the master!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

……

Equally.

Several prefects such as Yangzhou Mansion, Suzhou Mansion, Nanchang Mansion, Wuchang Mansion, and Taiping Mansion all received letters from Jinyiwei in person.

In this regard, although a few prefects chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb after thinking for a while.

However, the remaining prefects are still quite clear, regardless of whether they want to or not, but the letter sent by Jin Yiwei himself to the door, how can they be fooled, so he and the Hangzhou prefect Yu Qian summoned the master in the house.

It's a few more days.

The noise in the capital division is about to stop.

There are no officials impeaching Dinghaihou Guo An, and no people scolding Dinghaihou Guo An, as for the impeachment of Jinyiwei by Zhang Zhen, the secretary of the ministry, there seems to be no follow-up, and it is calm.

this day.

With a few notes, sent to the cabinet.

Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu, and Fang Xiaoru ministers suddenly turned grim, and handed the chapter in their hands to the crown prince Zhu Gaochi, who was sitting on the top seat.

"Your Highness, there is a strange chapter here, please read it Your Highness!"

"Oh?"

Zhu Gaochi took the piece with a curious look and watched it.

"The prefect of Hangzhou played that the monasteries in the south of the Yangtze River covered an area of hundreds of hectares, and the government was exempted from forced labor, and the poor people had no land, and were trapped by the forced labor...... Request that the fields of monks and Taoist priests be restricted to no more than ten mu per person, and that the rest be divided equally among the poor......"

"Good!"

Zhu Gaochi's face was overjoyed, and he said directly.

"I didn't expect that I still have such an official who cares about the people!"

Around, Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu, Fang Xiaoru and others couldn't help but have different colors flashing in their eyes, and then picked up one or two pieces from the table in front of them and handed them to Zhu Gaochi.

"Your Royal Highness, Weichen also has such a chapter here, it can be seen that the world's temples and Taoist temples have encroached on the people's fields, which has caused the indignation of people and gods, otherwise, so many officials will not be impeached at the same time!"

"Yes, these temples occupy a lot of land and do not pay the conscription, and it is unjust that the poor people who are given to the cultivation have no land and are trapped in the conscription!"

Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu, Fang Xiaoru and others hurriedly replied, "What His Highness said is extremely true! ”

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly, and said: "However, the matter involving temples and Taoist temples in the world is not a trivial matter, and I need to trouble all the scholars to find it again, and this palace will send this kind of music to my father!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

In this regard, Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu, Fang Xiaoru and other cabinet scholars did not object, and then found a few copies of the same piece again and handed them to Zhu Gaochi.

They have been in the cabinet for so many days, and so many similar concerts have appeared at the same time, so strange things, how can they not understand what is going on?

Immediately, Zhu Gaochi picked up the piece and sent it to Zhu Di.

"Dad, a total of 12 copies will be sent today, impeaching those temples and Taoist temples that wantonly occupy acres of land!"

"Twelve?"

Zhu Di glanced at it and said lightly, "Not bad!" Tomorrow, in the morning, the court will discuss this matter! ”

"Yes, Dad!"

Zhu Gaochi's expression was solemn and he gave up.

……

The next morning.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what else is there to report?"

As Zhu Di asked, the officials of His Royal Highness were quiet, and the things they should have done had already been reported.

Seeing this, all the officials were full of lightheartedness, and they were ready to go to the next court.

It's just that what surprised them was that after Zhu Di asked, he actually said it again.

"Since there is no report from the Qing family, I have something to discuss with you!"

"Your Majesty has something to discuss with us?"

Hearing this, the ministers couldn't help but look shocked.

"Exactly!"

Zhu Di said: "In the past few days, we have been receiving the impeachment of temples and Taoist temples from various state capitals, you should not know!" ”

…… (End of chapter)