Zhao Shun thought about it and felt that there was nothing he couldn't say, so he slowly told his early experience: "One year, my family suffered a disaster, and the harvest was not enough for me, so I borrowed some grain from Liu Yuan in the township and paid ......."

As soon as Zhao Shun spoke, Li Wei probably guessed what was going on.

To put it bluntly, it is impossible to repay the loan shark, and in the end you can only pay off the debts for others to join the army.

The Ming Dynasty had a military household system, and conscription according to the law would only draw from military households.

However, the law is dead, people are alive, and some rich families have money and do not want to go to war with others, so they will bribe the low-level officials in charge of conscription to avoid military service.

However, there were a number of conscriptions, and one less official could not give an account to the imperial court, so some households suffered, and the rich families would try their best to force them to take the initiative to impersonate themselves, and usury was one of the means.

The military household system is strict, and if these households are unwilling, they will definitely be severely punished if they are found out, but as long as you are willing and I am willing, and the low-level officials conceal it, this thing can work.

Zhao Shun is like this.

The two subordinates next to him couldn't help but show empathetic expressions when they heard what he had experienced, most of them were from poor families, and the rich gentry were all training their children to study and become officials, and there was no one who was willing to become a soldier.

Everything is inferior, only reading is high, this is not for fun, and the status of military generals at the beginning of the founding of the country was relatively high.

After listening to Li Wei's words, Zhao Shun said with some annoyance: "I see, these bastards dare to pit me like this, see how I clean them up when I go back!" ”

Zhao Shun was stunned when he heard this, to be honest, he really thought about entrusting his relatives at home to evade military service, after all, who would be willing to carry his head to the battlefield if he was rich.

In this era, there is no concept of usury at all, anyway, if you like me, the government will dare to interfere.

Zhao Shun said with some pride.

Zhao Shun frowned and said: "It is natural to repay debts, even if the interest he asks for is high, we can't rely on the debt." ”

Li Wei smiled and briefly explained to him the principle of usury, once this thing is borrowed, most of them are bankrupt and can't pay it off.

"I see." Li Wei chuckled, "Actually, you were cheated!" ”

"Of course, all the rewards I have earned over the years from following Lord Hou to the east and west have been sent back to my family, and now my family has hundreds of acres of fertile land alone!"

"In every disaster year, the imperial court often reduces taxes, and in addition, in fact, the taxes of ordinary households are not so high......

Li Wei shook his head and reminded: "Then have you ever thought about it, maybe your family doesn't have to pay so many taxes at all?" ”

In comparison, the two subordinates next to him were even more angry than him.

Li Wei's heart moved, and he immediately asked: "Then you won't learn from Liu Yuan's loan shark to force others to fill their children's money, right?" ”

In fact, after Zhao Shun was valued by Guo Ying and became his cronies, his status is not what it used to be, and he can't get more rewards, and those rich gentry in his hometown are also stammering, and the little food he owed in the past is nothing to him.

It's just that when Li Wei asked this, the two subordinates next to him quietly looked at him, they had both suffered similarly, and naturally hoped that he, the chief, could have a little conscience and not oppress them like corrupt officials and inferior gentry.

Li Wei thought about it for a while, and then understood the joints, and then chuckled: "You are deeply respected by the Marquis of Wuding, and now your family should be doing well, right?" ”

Li Wei couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw his reaction, he was bullied like this, but this Zhao Shun didn't show a deep hatred for that Liu Yuan, just a little annoyed and fooled.

Li Wei popularized the current tax system of the Ming Dynasty with him, most of these big-headed soldiers can't even read words, let alone understand the imperial court system, even if he is Guo Ying's cronies, he only knows that he wants to be rewarded for fighting, but as for the twists and turns played by the official gentry, it is not clear.

Li Wei secretly said Sure enough, his identity has changed, and his thoughts have naturally changed.

Zhao Shun's eyes widened, and he hurriedly asked, "What do you say?" ”

Zhao Shun's face changed, and he was puzzled: "What does Master Ma mean by this?" ”

However, Zhao Shun made a fortune, and the subordinates next to him did not have such good treatment, and he lowered his head in frustration when he heard his words.

Zhao Shun felt their gaze and hurriedly replied, "Of course I won't be like those bastards!" ”

"Oh, that's good." Li Wei smiled meaningfully, and then stopped talking.

However, when the two subordinates next to him heard Zhao Shun's words, their eyes were full of suspicion.

The room was quiet, Li Wei continued to pour himself a drink, Zhao Shun and his subordinates still stood silently, but now these two of his subordinates always peeked at him from time to time, and he was uncomfortable.

"I ...... I'll go and make it easier, you guys are here to watch. ”

Zhao Shun made an excuse, gave an order to his subordinates, and turned to leave.

"Yes!" The two subordinates said yes, and then continued to guard Li Wei.

After Zhao Shun left, his two subordinates looked at Li Wei frequently, looking like they wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Wei also noticed their changes, but he was not in a hurry, and it took a while before he put down his chopsticks and said kindly: "If you have something to say, don't be restrained." ”

The two of them secretly glanced at each other when they heard this, and one of them tried to ask, "Master Horse, are what you just said true?" ”

Li Wei didn't answer directly, but asked, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Li Zhuang." The man replied.

Li Wei chuckled: "Then we are still our own family, and my surname is Li." ”

"Uh-huh." Li Zhuang smiled innocently and scratched his head a little embarrassed.

Although Li Wei is now in Pingyang, he is still a big-headed soldier and there is still a difference between him and others.

However, after Li Wei said this, he still relaxed a lot.

Li Wei paused before explaining to him: "Actually, these things are not true, I don't need to say more, you should all have personal experience, right?" The family works hard to farm, but they have to hand over all the harvested food to others, the farmer is hungry, and the one who does not farm is from the lack of food, and the same is true in the army. ”

"Hey, there's no way around it, it's just that we are miserable." The other sighed.

Li Wei glanced at him and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Zhang Chao."

With Li Zhuang in front of him, he was no longer restrained.

Li Wei nodded, and shook his head again: "This is not fate, this is feudal exploitation and oppression!" ”

Zhang Chao was slightly stunned: "Feudal? ”

"Not bad!" Li Wei took a deep breath and explained: "The so-called feudalism means that the people at the top who hold absolute power will only reward those close to them, thus forming interest groups, and then the upper class exploits the lower class, the lower class exploits the bottom, and the layers exploit and oppress......

The so-called feudalism is actually the supreme ruler who gains their support by sharing power with those close to him, so as to form interest groups to rule more people, expand power, and form a pyramid structure layer by layer.

No matter how powerful the emperor is, it is impossible to rule thousands of people by himself, just like Zhu Yuanzhang, who relied on his fellow villagers and cronies at the beginning of the uprising, and after ascending the throne, he vigorously sealed the feudal domain, and replaced the Huaixi villagers at the beginning of the uprising with more reliable blood relatives, in essence, these are the interest groups composed of his cronies.

In addition to these, there were also the bureaucrats and gentry, whose common characteristic was their support for the courtier's father-son system, which was the institutional basis for safeguarding their common interests with the emperor.

Even without corruption, these exploitative oppressions would exist, but only in varying severity.

Li Wei said these briefly, Zhang Chao and Li Zhuang were shocked when they heard it, although they didn't fully understand, but they vaguely found the reason for their misery.

"So what are we going to do?"

The two looked at Li Wei with hope on their faces and asked.

No one wants to be subjected to this kind of exploitation and oppression all the time, and if possible, they certainly want to get rid of this "misery".

Li Wei was about to speak, but when he saw Zhao Shun going and returning, he immediately put away his smile and stopped talking.

Zhang Chao and Li Zhuang also heard the movement, and had to press the confusion in their hearts and put themselves in shape.

Zhao Shun brought two more subordinates, walked into the house and said to Li Zhuang and the others: "You don't need you here, you go back!" ”

The two looked at him, reluctant.

Zhao Shun immediately frowned and said coldly, "Didn't you hear my words?" Don't quit yet! ”

"Yes!"

The two of them didn't have the courage to disobey the order now, so they could only give up and retreat.

Then Zhao Shun took two new subordinates, put on a posture that no one was close to, and continued to guard Li Wei.

Li Wei didn't care about this and continued to eat and drink.

A spark can start a prairie fire, and some ideas have magical powers, as long as one person knows about it, more and more people will know it, which cannot be stopped.

Originally, he didn't want to take these things out, after all, he didn't know if these things were suitable for the current era, but when it came to the current situation, no matter whether these things brought a monstrous flood or a prosperous world, he had to take them out and give it a try!

Now that the seed has been planted, just wait for it to take root and sprout......

Xu Da died of illness, Li Wei was imprisoned, the main members of the Li Party were either beheaded or assigned, and even Han Yike was demoted to inspect the imperial history.

After a series of actions by Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Dang quickly disappeared and became a cloud of the past, and there was no longer Li Wei's voice in the court.

The current Wenchen is the most powerful princeling from the Zhan Shifu, and the military generals are headed by Lan Yu.

Lan Yu is the prince of the country who was awarded the title of Zhu Biao's intercession, and he is also very close to Zhu Biao, so in this way, the imperial court is basically the world of the princelings.

However, there is an essential difference between the princelings and the Li party, and Zhu Yuanzhang will naturally not deal with Zhu Biao like he did with Li Wei, but will strongly support it.

After the situation stabilized, Zhu Yuanzhang started his next plan, and ordered Lan Yu to lead troops to Shi Nan and Zhongjian Er Xuanfu Division to quell the rebellion.

After transferring Lan Yu away, he immediately issued an order, ordering Fu Youde to be the general, Wang Bi, Cao Xing and Sun Ke and others to be the deputy generals and generals, and led the troops to the north again.

However, this northern expedition was a little different from the previous ones, in addition to Fu Youde and other generals, several feudal kings also went out with the army.

Although Fu Youde is the general this time, the supreme command is in the hands of the vassal king, and the army is divided into two routes, the west road is controlled by Zhu Li, the king of Jin, and the east road is controlled by Zhu Di, in addition to their two older vassal kings, Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, and Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, also followed.

In addition, the soldiers and horses transferred this time are also very special, Wang Bi, Cao Xing and others are all young nobles who followed Lan Yu, but Zhu Yuanzhang transferred them to Lu Zhongxiang and Fei Ju, who are the soldiers and horses of the older generation of military generals who are responsible for training.

Although there is a saying that the soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals are often transferred, the soldiers and horses trained by these nobles themselves are always closer to themselves, just like Li Wei's sailors have installed many of his own cronies, and others are naturally the same.

Zhu Yuanzhang's operation is actually a hidden purpose!

Dingyuan County, Haozhou, Li Shanchang's hometown.

As the prince of the dynasty, his mansion has been repeatedly expanded over the years, covering an area of more than 100 acres, and there are all kinds of pavilions and pavilions in the house.

In a pavilion by a pond, Li Shanchang was playing against an old man of a similar age.

"Brother Shan, are you going to stay at home like this all the time?"

Li Shanchang smiled and said: "The old man is old, what can he do at home if he is not idle?" ”

The old man looked at him and said in a low voice: "I heard that there was a big incident in Beijing, and the Li Party headed by Han Guogong was completely eradicated by His Majesty's thunderous means. ”

Li Shanchang glanced at him, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and said lightly: "If Your Majesty can use the old man, the old man will naturally do his best, if he can't use the old man, the old man will naturally be content to be idle." ”

The old man's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with some displeasure: "You are a prince of the country, of course you are content to be idle, but I don't want to live in the house of your lord of the country." ”

"Hehe, the last time I was able to destroy Beiyuan, thanks to Brother Feng's help, the old man will naturally not forget, Brother Feng and don't be impatient, just sit back and wait for the opportunity." Li Shanchang said with a smile.

This old man is the old minister of the Northern Yuan Dynasty who gave him a message, after Lan Yu destroyed the Northern Yuan court, he arrested those civil and military magnates, and there was also this achievement.

However, as his own person, Lan Yu naturally did not hand him over to the imperial court, but secretly sent him to Li Shanchang.

He sold the Northern Yuan court and returned to the Ming Dynasty, not to eat and drink in Li Shanchang's mansion for nothing, but to use his power to find an official position in the new dynasty.

Beiyuan's qi is exhausted, of course he will not be stupid enough to go to the dark with Beiyuan, return to the Central Plains, and then enter the new dynasty as an official is a wise move.

After listening to Li Shanchang's words, Feng Ji still frowned, and was about to say something more, when a servant came in a hurry.

"Master, there's a letter from Jingzhong."

The servant stepped forward and took out a letter and handed it to Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang first bowed to Feng Ji and asked him to wait, and then he reached out to take the letter from the servant and opened it.

After the servant finished delivering the letter, he turned around and took his leave.

After reading the letter, Li Shanchang's face suddenly became solemn: "Your Majesty is worthy of being a masterpiece of the ancients, what a good means!" (End of chapter)