After Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he did not really observe the people's feelings, so he naturally could not answer Wang Li's question.

Throughout the ages, there has been a saying among the people that "a great gift can be won".

It means that the common people in the community, if they encounter a major event of marriage and funeral, can wear clothes that transcend their status.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, if a woman born in the common people married as a wife, her dress had already crossed to the "phoenix crown and xiaxia".

In the Ming Dynasty, the "phoenix crown and xiaxia" was the queen's special dress!

In normal times, even if it is a first-class lady or a palace concubine, she would not dare to wear this costume!

However, it is precisely based on the tradition of "great gifts can be won" that the officials of all states and governments have turned a blind eye to the transgression of the common people!

Wang Li blamed this laissez-faire behavior on the grace of God, and Zhu Youzhen was naturally happy.

So, he took advantage of the victory to pursue and chanted the poem of the Song Dynasty poet Zhang Yu:

Yesterday I entered the city and returned with tears in my eyes.

Those who are all over Luo Qi are not silkworm breeders.

"Long live the lord, the people of the Song Dynasty couldn't even afford to wear silk and satin, so they would naturally be "full of tears";

My people in the Ming Dynasty can be phoenixes and smiles, which is a sign of the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people! ”

Wang Li deliberately misinterpreted the meaning of the poem, and Zhu Youzhen naturally knew it.

But it sounds like they're so nice to the ear!

"Long live the country, the country is people-oriented!

The people are rich, and the country is strong!

If all the people can "afford to wear" silk and satin, it means that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has developed to the peak of thousands of years!

Since Long Live Lord is determined to change the law, he might as well change the "Ming Huidian" now, and make the people can afford to wear silk and satin as the success or failure standard of the Ming Dynasty's "reform of the old and the new"!

The little slave hopes that the day when the Ming Dynasty will be strong will not be very far away! ”

Savoring Wang Li's words, Zhu Youzhen always felt that something was wrong.

For a while, I couldn't say it.

He probably knew that the people could not wear silk and satin, which was a strict rule of the "Ming Huidian", not "unaffordable"!

Of course, it seems that there is no problem with the people of the whole country "affording" silk and satin as a criterion for testing the success or failure of the change!

Since the people in the market can trespass for one day, they don't care how many days they trespass!

Perhaps, as Wang Li said, if the dress code of the people is lifted, they will be grateful for the grace of God!

That's it!

Since you want to reform the old and establish the new, you must always break some old etiquette!

Even the Ten Kings Mansion of the Old Ancestor has been sold, and you are still afraid of changing the laws formulated by the Old Ancestor?

After a hundred years, if he can leave a strong Ming to the prince, the ancestor should not blame, right?

If the common people were allowed to wear silk and satin, at least in terms of clothing, all kinds of "noble ladies" would no longer have a sense of superiority!

However, the revised "Ming Huidian" was sent to the cabinet, and several auxiliary ministers unanimously approved it!

Immediately afterwards, the laws of "three years of filial piety was changed to three months of filial piety" and "encouraging civil funerals to be simple" were also approved by the cabinet!

At the same time, many courtiers elected Wen Tiren as the new first assistant of the cabinet, and Zhu Youzhen also made a big stroke and was officially appointed!

Therefore, a harmonious society is precious!

Between monarchs and ministers, why for tat?

Why fight to the death?

……

This time he went to Sichuan, and Wang Li never planned to return to Beijing!

He knows that his hundreds of millions of net worth will be covetous!

He doesn't want to be the next Shen Wansan!

I don't want to be the next Liu Jin and Heshen!

If you want to learn, you should learn Fan Li!

Stay away from the court, be happy and live a long life!

With his current net worth, three years is enough to become the soil emperor of Sichuan!

At that time, even if you don't have the identity of "Admiral of the West Factory", it will be enough to protect yourself!

"The factory man, his subordinates think that if you want to prevent thieves from entering Sichuan to make trouble, you must stick to three directions;

First, guarding the four ancient roads north of Hanzhong Mansion can prevent thieves from entering Hanzhong from the direction of Guanzhong;

This way needs to be coordinated with the governor of Shaanxi;

Second, heavy troops were deployed on the line of Yunyang and Baihe north of Wudang Mountain, which could prevent thieves from entering Sichuan from the west from Henan;

This way needs to be coordinated with the Governor of Huguang;

Third, the front-line garrison in Fengjie and Wushan in Kuizhou Mansion can prevent thieves from advancing west along the Yangtze River!

As long as you keep these three roads, even if the thieves have wings, they won't be able to fly into Sichuan! ”

"Very good! When we get to Chengdu Mansion, we will do as you say! ”

Wang Li agreed, but he was thinking in his heart: My second master, you are too careful!

With the little soldiers and horses in our hands, do you still want to garrison troops on three sides?

Besides, is it necessary to garrison troops on three sides at this time?

Hong Chengchou of Shaanxi, that's my eldest brother!

With him watching in Shaanxi, how dare the thieves be presumptuous?

Over there in Yunyang, the thieves are still far away!

When they crossed the mountains and rushed to Yunyang, our cavalry would just attack head-on!

As for the Yangtze River, there is no need to worry!

The thieves don't even have a decent boat, so what do they take to swim against the current?

Even if they pass Fengjie and Wushan, won't there be the famous Qin Liangyu guarding the stone pillar!

As long as I give this female general a little money and ask him to help me defend the East Gate, won't I save a lot of money?

Of course, the anti-thief is fake, but the anti-Ming army and Huang Taiji are real!

As long as I keep a low profile and try not to turn my face with Zhu Youzhen, the Ming army will not enter Sichuan in a few years!

Huang Taiji, not to mention, he is still far away!

When he hits Sichuan, it will be at least ten years later!

So, there are 7,000 "Iron Armor Brocade Guards" guarding it, which is basically enough!

At present, there is really no need to expand the army!

Don't give Zhu Youzhen a reason to turn his face!

The top priority is to make money!

It's a pity that at this time, Sichuan, except for Chengdu Prefecture, which is slightly prosperous, is a poor and remote country!

In the more than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the princes heard that they were sealed in Sichuan, they were all scared and cried!

Until now, only Zhu Yuanzhang's eleventh son, Zhu Chun's descendants, is in Sichuan!

Therefore, Wang Li's first thought of making money was to widely grow cotton and sericulture in Sichuan, and then process them into silk and satin to sell throughout the country.

Prior to this, the law that allowed ordinary people to wear silk and silk had been approved by the cabinet and promulgated to the world.

As long as through proper guidance, "a few sets of high-end clothes" become a "necessary condition" for the people in the market to marry, and then guide the vanity and comparison psychology of the people, then there will be no worries about sales!

The rest is growing, processing and selling.

"By the way, what is the progress of the purchase of cottonseed?"

"This ...... To receive a sufficient amount of cottonseed, there is basically no problem!

The point is, even if we have cotton seeds, we don't have enough land!

Even if there is land, there are not enough people willing to plant! ”

Song Zhe's face was full of sadness, but Wang Li's face was full of disdain.

Chengdu Plain, fertile fields!

Around the Chengdu Plain, there are countless wastelands and mountains!

These lands are suitable for growing cotton and mulberry leaves!

You even told me that there is not enough land?

Before the crossing, we were originally from Sichuan, isn't it clear?

Besides, there are more than 3 million "households" registered in Sichuan!

Experts in later generations have said that if you add all kinds of stateless population, there are at least more than 8 million people in Sichuan at this time!

You even told me that no one cultivates?

Are you kidding?

However, Song Zhe explained a little, and Wang Li had to believe it again!

In all dynasties, there is a saying that "the imperial power is not under the county, and the county is only the clan"!

Because of the obstruction of various forces, it is difficult to implement the decrees of the imperial court at the "county" level!

In order to evade taxes, the rich squires will hide their land and hide the actual number of people!

Zhu Yuanzhang is a "grassroots" background, so he naturally knows the doorway!

As a result, the "Lijia system" came into being!

For the people below the "county", 110 households are organized into one "li", of which the ten households with the most grain are called "li chang", and the remaining 100 households are called "jiashou";

In normal times, a "li chief" manages the ten "first heads", who are directly responsible to the local magistrate and collect taxes on behalf of the imperial court.

Such a "Lijia system" seems to solve the problem of "the imperial power does not go down to the county"!

However, the "lieutenant chief" is not appointed by the "magistrate", nor is it elected by the "first head", but the "rotation system" that changes every ten years!

After a long time, the property of the people in each of the first and each mile "rose and fell unevenly", and the difference between each other's ability to bear conscription became more and more wide, and the disadvantages of this system gradually appeared!

With the intensification of land annexation and the increase of the burden of servitude, the flow of population and land is becoming more and more active, and the separation of hukou and land is becoming more and more serious!

In the Jiajing period, it developed to the situation of "two or three first, a or one or two households, and even no one or no first, no one household"!

By the Wanli period, the "Lijia system" had become a pure tax unit!

In many places in the south, the county government has even abandoned the traditional practice of compiling the lijia according to the number of households!

At this time in Sichuan, the "Lijia system" has long been gone!

In order to escape the high taxes, many households gave up their household registration and land, and turned to renting the land of the wealthy squires!

Because, those rich men and squires have more or less "tax-free" privileges!

Nowadays, the land is concentrated in the hands of the rich squires, and the common people have become vassals of the "landlords", who can only work day and night to get food and clothing!

In this case, Wang Li wants to grow cotton and mulberry leaves on a large scale, where can he find enough land and population?

Song Zhe thought about it for a long time, and said tentatively: "Factory father, the military field that originally belonged to the guard has been rented by us to plant vanilla!"

At present, they can only rent the land of the rich squires, pay various taxes according to the law, and then give the people the corresponding food and wages! ”

Song Zhe's words were reasonable, but Wang Li shook his head:

"Fart!

If we do as you say, won't we pay the taxes and support the squires and the people?

In doing so, the cost of us is too high, how much money can we make?

Besides, isn't it possible to defer the payment of taxes for these three years? ”

"Gonggong, you are mistaken!

What can be deferred is only the taxes of the imperial court!

How can local taxes be deferred?

Moreover, this tax is not a small amount!

It is estimated that it will be at least three or four million! ”

I'll go!

Wang Li was so startled that he almost fell off his horse!

Sichuan Province, the annual tax paid to the imperial court, a total of only 300,000!

How did it become three or four million?

It turned out to be ten times more than the tax levied by the imperial court!

I'll it!

The people who don't want to die are all scolding Zhu Youzhen for being a "re-enlistment emperor"!

It seems that they really misunderstood!

Zhu Youzhen, isn't it okay if you're not so reckless?

A few years ago, the cabinet members led by Huang Liji collectively resigned and forced the palace, and Zhu Youzhen did not give in and did not raise taxes to the people!

He's really a good guy!

In the next few years, he was so poor that he was in his underwear, and he didn't raise taxes on the people!

People, you are really misunderstood!

It's all the people below messing around!

Alas!

The "ministers mistakenly" on Zhu Youzhen's testament don't seem to be wrong!