"The snow has finally stopped......"

The thirtieth day of the lunar month, before Chinese New Year's Eve.

At a time when everyone in the world was waiting for Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhu Yuanzhang, dressed in bright yellow clothes, was hobbling on the horse road of the Forbidden City.

Compared to the beginning of the month, he seems to be a little older.

The unknown military attache of the Jinyi Guard followed him, and then the unknown eunuch of the celebrant eunuch.

By Zhu Yuanzhang's side, their names are insignificant, only what they do can be decided.

"What's going on with the treasure money?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's old voice sounded, and the military attache hurriedly stepped forward when he heard this, followed closely behind Zhu Yuanzhang, and said softly:

"According to the expected path, Ying Tianfu's treasure money has risen to 760 Wen per Guan, and the land south of the Yangtze River also tends to 700 Wen."

"As you expected, many wealthy merchants have hoarded a lot of treasure money over the years, and the brothers in the yamen alone have probed no less than 10 million yuan, and most of them are exchanged for four or five hundred wen per time."

"Tens of Millions of ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang muttered softly, his eyes were a little blurry and he couldn't see the road clearly, but his eyes were not cloudy, but became brighter and brighter.

"They have a unique vision in earning money, and they are better informed than the news of the imperial court......"

He didn't look at the military attaché, but the military attache felt like a man's back, so he could only explain stubbornly:

"Back to Your Majesty, the news of this matter was first spread by Taichang Temple, and then spread for two years by Hanzhong professor Fang Xiaoru and his disciples, so the rich households in Jiangnan know the inside story......"

"Taichang Temple ......" Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, he didn't need to ask who was in charge there, and who was behind the person in charge, he was even more clear.

Yes, he remembered that when Zhu Yunwen did this, he did not stop it, but instead fueled the flames behind him.

"Old Fool ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little frightened, but not because of others, but because he could feel that his memory was getting worse and worse.

But it had happened, and he couldn't admit his mistake, and he wasn't wrong.

Paying taxes with money is a policy for cheap people, but after only two years, this policy has become a way for the gentry and wealthy households to deduct taxes.

He has read this year's grain book, although the number of tax payments with banknotes has dropped, but in that grain book, it is difficult for him to see the figure of ordinary people using money to pay taxes.

This policy of benefiting the people has been corrupted after all......

Squires and wealthy families, this group of people is always pervasive, no matter what means and methods they take to deal with them, they can take advantage of the loopholes in the rules to dodge.

After fighting for so many years, Zhu Yuanzhang only felt that he was so tired, and he didn't want to fight anymore.

But if you don't continue to fight, will your children and grandchildren be able to hold them down?

The policy of using banknotes to offset taxes has only been open for two years, and it has been interrupted once in the middle, and as a result, the rich squires in Jiangnan can find loopholes in the rules, collect more than thousands of banknotes, and directly make profits.

"Your Majesty......" Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang did not speak, the military attache cautiously spoke, and Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at him sideways.

For a while, an invisible momentum pressed on the military attaché's shoulders, making his heart beat faster and inexplicably weak.

Facing this gaze, he quickly lowered his head, and then continued:

"The wealthy squires in the south of the Yangtze River, after being traced by the brothers in the yamen, owned more than seven hectares of land, about 5,600 households."

"If you count the eight provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang, Sichuan, Shandong, Henan, Fujian, Shanxi, etc., excluding the clan martial arts and officials in the court, there are no less than 14,000 households in the world who have more than seven hectares ......of land."

The military attache reported on the situation of enriching the people in the world, and this situation made Zhu Yuanzhang's thinking gradually clearer.

One hectare is 100 acres, which means that these 14,000 households have at least 9 million mu of cultivated land, and this is only the minimum.

Today, how much arable land there is, it is less than 380 million mu.

How many households are there today, more than 1,650,000 households.

In this way, the situation is clear......

There are only more than 14,000 households, occupying so much arable land, not counting the nobles, civil ministers, and clans, if you count it, it is even more.

How can such a situation make him happy.

Zhu Yuanzhang's personal experience made him well aware of the dangers of the rich and the rich bullying the poor and the weak, and the small people.

Therefore, in the process of establishing the Great Ming, on the one hand, he appeased the rich in exchange for their support.

On the one hand, he also suppressed the rich people in some Haoling Townships, who had done a lot of evil, so that the poor could live in peace and not commit rebellion.

His rivalry with the squires and wealthy families began after Wu pacified Zhang Shicheng in the first year.

At that time, he asked Li Shanchang to move Suzhou to enrich the people of Shihao Prefecture, which attracted the squires and wealthy families in Suzhou to scold him, and countless articles slandering him flew like snowflakes.

But even so, he still did not compromise, but in the third year of Hongwu, he once again ordered the relocation of Jiangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang and other places to enrich Fengyang Linhao.

The two major migrations have reduced the influence of wealthy households in Jiangnan, but Zhu Yuanzhang still feels that it is not enough.

Since the thirteenth year of Hongwu, he ordered here to relocate more than 45,000 households in Suzhou, Zhejiang and other places to fill in Yingtianfu.

In addition, these strong men in the upper household were also ordered by him to be sent to various supervision bureaus to serve as craftsmen, and the rest were arranged for households, placed inside and outside the city of Nanjing, and were called Fangxiang.

In this way, it seems that his blow to the rich man is enough, but he is not satisfied.

After that, whenever he found that the wealthy households in Jiangnan had annexed too much land, he would take measures to rectify these people.

In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, 140,000 people in the south of the Yangtze River were enriched, and handed over to Li Shanchang under the jurisdiction.

In July of the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, 5,300 households of the rich people in the world were realized.

Twenty-five years of Hongwu......

Twenty-six years of Hongwu......

In this way, year after year, day after day, the local heroes were either killed without their nationality, or deprived of their wealth, or sent to the capital as a teacher, or reduced to a people......

They lost their original political and social status, migrated or died, and have since disappeared.

If you think about it, it's been three years since he last moved the rich family.

In just three years, a new group of wealthy households was born, and more land was annexed than the previous rich households, and the speed was faster.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's mind flashed Zhu Gaoxu's words.

'The recycling of treasure money has led to a decrease in the circulation of treasure money in the market, and the value of treasure money has rebounded due to the rarity of natural objects. ’

When he first heard this sentence, he already had an idea in his heart, and now it is time to implement this idea.

"Decree ......" Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly, the military attache immediately lowered his head, and the eunuch who was not far behind him also stepped forward and prepared to record the content of the decree with a brush.

Under the attention of the two, Zhu Yuanzhang slowly spoke:

"Ordered the household department to be from Zhejiang and other nine political departments, directly subordinate, and should be more than seven hectares of rich people in the eighteen prefectures of Yingtian, and migrate their homes to the real Jingshi."

Really......

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the military attache and the accompanying eunuch were all shaken in their hearts, and they responded one after another.

"Let's get things done."

Zhu Yuanzhang walked slowly forward, and his figure gradually blurred.

In response to his will, the eunuch drafted the holy decree and handed it to the military attaché, who sent the holy decree to the Wuying Palace.

When this holy decree appeared in the Wuying Palace, Zhu Yunwen read it briefly, and although his heart was already choppy, his face was still calm.

Zhu Jixi and Zhu Gaochi in the hall did not notice his abnormality, and Zhu Yunwen also carefully put away the holy decree.

He did not issue a holy decree immediately, but was ready to discuss this matter with Huang Zicheng.

After a while, he looked up and smiled at Zhu Gaoji and Zhu Jixi: "Gao Ji, tonight we have to prepare for the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet, you go back to the house to rest first, and prepare to attend the family banquet in the evening." ”

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Jixi, who were dealing with the sparseness, raised their heads when they heard this, their expressions were first surprised, then puzzled, and finally the two looked at each other, and then they got up and waved at Zhu Yunxi: "The minister is ...... to retire."

The two of them did not stay for a long time, and it seems that they have practiced the ability to observe words and emotions in these days, when they were engaged in politics with Zhu Yunwen.

Although Zhu Yunwen was well disguised, they still saw that something was wrong.

Knowing that it was a big deal, they did not choose to stay involved, but decisively got up and left.

Zhu Jixi was worried that Zhu Yunwen would find trouble with his Jin Mansion, but Zhu Gaochi didn't want to get into trouble.

In short, the two left one after another after singing.

After they left, Zhu Yunwen slowly put away his smiling face, turned his head to the eunuch on the side and said, "Go to the Wenhua Hall and summon all the people above the third grade." ”

"The slave and maid receive the order...... "The eunuch with him responded, turned around and went to the Wenhua Hall to pass the word.

Only half an hour later, more than 20 civil officials above the third grade, including the six Shangshu and the left and right attendants on duty in the Wenhua Palace, arrived one after another.

In addition to the six ministries, officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Administration Department, Dali Temple and other yamen also arrived at the follow-up, and more than 40 civil officials arrived in the Wuying Hall in a short time, including Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Storm Zhao and others who had already stood in the East Palace.

In front of everyone, Zhu Yunwen announced Zhu Yuanzhang's holy decree, and this is what Zhu Yuanzhang wants him to do.

"Your Majesty has a will, and orders the household department to be registered in Zhejiang and other nine political departments, directly subordinate, and those who are more than seven hectares of rich land in the eighteenth prefecture of Yingtian will move to their homes in Beijing from now on."

Zhu Yunwen took out the holy decree, and while reading the content above, he looked at everyone in the hall with his residual vision.

For this sudden news, more than 40 adults have different expressions, all of which are different.

Some are contemplative, some are silent, and some are looking left and right, as if watching a play.

"Since it is Your Majesty's will, then it will be done!"

The first person to speak was Yuxin Tobe Shangshu, who was standing on the cusp.

He has just passed his fifty-first birthday, and he is still the same as he used to be, and he does not eat oil and salt.

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to make a register of the world's rich......"

In the crowd, a Zheng Sanpin Zuo Shilang spoke, and everyone looked at him when they heard the voice, and after seeing him, they all showed relieved expressions.

This Zuo Shilang is from the Wuzhong San clan, if the rich families in the world are relocated, then the Wu Zhong San clan may be uprooted.

"It is really difficult to make a register of the rich people in the world, but the yamen in various places have a "Fish Scale Atlas", and it is not troublesome to record those who are more than seven hectares."

A military officer in his early thirties stepped forward, and his identity made many frown.

Gu Pu, who was born too student, was one of the few white-clothed officials favored by the emperor, and therefore one of the officials who supported the emperor's policies.

The relocation of the world's rich families is a disaster for the children of rich families and officials, but it is a great thing for them, ordinary officials from white clothes, and there is no reason not to support it.

"That's a good point......

"That's true......"

As soon as Gu Pu opened his mouth, many officials who were also born in white echoed him, but they were not for the people of the world, but for themselves.

Although these white-clothed officials serve in the DPRK and China, they have no power in the local area, and it is difficult for them to shelter their families.

The reason for this, in the final analysis, is that the rules and regulations of their hometown have been established before they start a business.

The people who set these rules and regulations are the rich and powerful in the area.

If a white-bodied official wants to achieve local achievements and fame, he must run into the original rich and powerful in the local area, which will lead to conflicts.

Although the white-bodied officials have the favor and power of the emperor, they also have power behind the powerful and wealthy, so in terms of power, it is difficult for the two sides to directly bring down the other party.

In addition, the rich and powerful households control the local officials and land, so it is not a simple matter for the white officials to pull these rich and powerful households down.

But now, after a decree of the emperor, the balance of the situation has been tilted.

The world's wealthy families enter the Beijing Division, this is an opportunity for white-bodied officials, and it is also an opportunity for the more than 20,000 protégés of the Son of Heaven in Guozijian.

By seizing this opportunity, they will be able to gain a firm foothold at the local level and gradually cultivate their own network of influence, using their hometown as a point.

Therefore, no matter what the officials from the rich families say, the white-bodied officials are firmly determined to 'obey the will of the gods'.

It was an easy excuse to break, but no one dared to open it.

For a while, Huang Zicheng, Storm Zhao, Qi Tai and others were silent, and Yu Xin said in a deep voice:

"There are more than 17,400 tribute students in the country, and they can be sent to the localities, and the local soldiers and horses of the five prefectures will register and record the real fields."

Obviously, everyone is still discussing, but Yu Xin has already drawn up a process, and this practice of treating everyone as nothing makes many people jealous.

It's a pity that they don't have Yu Xin's handle in their hands, let alone the excuse and guts to deal with him.

Although Yu Xin is from Jiangdong, he was recruited by Zhu Yuanzhang as a cloth man.

The reason for being recruited is simple: he is far more talented than the average person.

Since Hongwu embarked on his official career in the 21st year, he began to formulate national policies such as "Rules for Folding Silk Horses", "Regulations for Loose Grain in Places Where Disasters and Injuries Go", "Regulations for Merchants to Open China and Nano", "Clan New Year's Money" and other national policies, which not only guaranteed the grain storage of the Ming Dynasty, but also guaranteed the disaster relief of the victims in the interior.

In terms of the prestige of the people, all the people in this temple are tied together, and they are not as good as his reputation alone.

A person with such a talent is already difficult to deal with, not to mention that he has no handle.

As the head of the household, the population of his family is not prosperous, and in the nine years since he embarked on his career, he has not promoted anyone who is related to him.

There are only a few dozen relatives in the family, and the whole family lives on the fields rewarded by his husband and Zhu Yuanzhang, and there is no other way to make a living.

Such a person is a fragrant person in any dynasty and generation, but in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, Yu Xin occupies an unshakable position.

It is Zhu Yunwen, the grandson, who wants to do something on top of money and food, and he has to look at Yu Xin's face.

Attacking Yu Xin is not attacking him alone, but attacking loyalty in Confucian loyalty and filial piety.

Whoever attacks him is belittling himself in disguise.

"Yu Shangshu ......"

Seeing that Yu Xin spoke again, and others didn't dare to refute it, Zhu Yunwen could only get up with a smile and say: "It's not that Gu thinks that there is a problem with the emperor's will, but that he thinks that the relocation of so many rich families is a bit of a big move......

"Your Highness......" Yu Xin replied with neither humility nor arrogance, and then straightened up his waist and said:

"Counting the rich families in the world and registering them is to prevent them from annexing the people's land."

"Besides, since the twenty-fourth year of Zhizheng, the imperial court has moved rich families to Huaixi and Jingshi many times, and nothing has happened to shake the country's foundation so many times, why is this time alone called a big move?"

Yu Xin's ability is very strong, but people will not always be perfect, and his straightness is his flaw.

In the face of Zhu Yunwen, he was still neither humble nor arrogant, and pressed step by step with the tone of a minister:

"In recent years, the benefits of the new policy of benefiting the people have not fallen on the people, but on the contrary, how many rich households have been enriched......"

"These rich families have a lot of fertile land in their hands, but they are reluctant to pay taxes, and some of them are bold enough to even collude with county officials to push taxes on the heads of the people and make them pay more taxes."

"The minister thinks that long live the world and enrich the people in Beijing is really a move to benefit the country, the people, and the world."

Yu Xin thought that he was explaining bitterly, but he didn't want his tone to be like teaching Zhu Yunwen a lesson, and between the lines, he seemed to be questioning Zhu Yunwen, "As the grandson, how can you not understand what the emperor means?" ’

"Hehe......" Zhu Yunwen remained silent, but smiled and replied:

"What Yu Shangshu said is very true, since this is the case, please ask Yu Shangshu to do what he wants."

Saying that, Zhu Yunwen walked back to the main seat, stamped the holy decree with the treasure seal, and then picked up the holy decree with both hands, brought it to Yu Xin, and handed it over with both hands.

In the face of the holy decree, Yu Xin also knelt down respectfully, and only after five bows and three bows did he receive the holy decree, and sang: "Minister Yu Xin received the decree ......"

He was reckless, but many of the people around him either had stiff expressions or smiles with a hint of sarcasm.

Obviously, they all saw one thing, that is, Yu Xin's fate in the future may not be good.

In the temple of the Ming Dynasty, even if you have outstanding ability, you will not be able to behave in the world, and it will be difficult to live for a long time after all.

"Since that's the case, then let's all step back, Huang Taichang Siqing and Qi Shilang stay."

Zhu Yunwen motioned for his ministers to retreat, but only Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, whom he trusted, were left.

"The ministers retired ......"

The ministers retreated, and hurriedly left the Wuying Palace.

After they left, Zhu Yunwen sat back in his place, looked at Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai standing in the hall, and then said:

"As soon as Grandpa's move came out, Lone's behavior of using money to offset taxes and benefit wealthy households over the years was in vain."

"That's true......" Huang Zicheng's expression was solemn, and Qi Tai on the side could guess the emperor's thoughts, so he said:

"In my opinion, Your Majesty's move is probably because you are worried that the rich family will not be able to lose it, so you will be specially cleaned up for your grandson."

"The tail is too big to fall off...... Zhu Yunwen rubbed his fingers, although he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would not harm him, but his layout for several years was suddenly interrupted, and he was always a little uncomfortable.

"The rich families of the world are migrated to Beijing, will it affect the orphans?"

Zhu Yunwen asked the two, although Zhu Li was not mentioned in every word, Zhu Li was mentioned in every word.

For this question, the two pondered for a long time, and after about a word, Qi Tai took the lead in saying:

"According to the following opinion, Your Majesty dares to make a move, naturally he has made all preparations, it is difficult for the one in Shanxi to stand on the temple again, and the grandson does not have to worry."

"The one in Shanxi can't do it, but what about the other two in Henan and Beiping?" Zhu Yunwen leaned back in his chair, obviously much more relaxed.

"Those two ......" Qi Tai wanted to continue, but Huang Zicheng said:

"The one in Henan only has the power of the three guards, so he is not afraid, but the one in Beiping, and the power of the Sandu Division is still in his hands at the moment......"

Huang Zicheng reminded one thing, that is, after Zhu Di returned from his northern tour, the emperor never took back the military power of the Sandu Division, but always entrusted it to Zhu Di.

The number of soldiers and horses in Sandu Division is nearly 300,000, and with soldiers and horses of this scale in Zhu Di's hands, how can Zhu Yunwen sleep peacefully......

"In my opinion, the one in Peking is the least worried."

Qi Tai suddenly spoke, and then said: "Your Majesty has not taken back the military power of King Yan, probably to patrol the border in the coming year. ”

"Patrolling the border again?" Huang Zicheng did not know the army, so he was skeptical about the practice of patrolling the border for years in a row.

It was Qi Tai, seeing that Huang Zicheng was puzzled, he also explained to the two:

"In the previous several border patrols, they could only burn the wasteland in Yijinai and Kaiping to curb the remnants of the Yuan soldiers and horses from going south, and they couldn't go out of the desert for thousands of miles to attack the north of the desert as in the early years, all because of the looting of Wuliangha."

"Since the rebellion of the Wuliangha tribes, His Majesty has asked King Yan to take the soldiers and horses of the Sandu Division to patrol the border many times, all in order to inflict heavy damage on the Wuliangha tribes and win an opportunity for the imperial court to go out of the desert north."

"It's just that in recent years, the Yuan general Hara Wu has been avoiding and not fighting, so that the strength of the Uliang Ha tribes has not weakened."

"This year's Yuan general Harawu led his troops to defeat in Jilin City, nearly half of the soldiers and horses were lost, and he was no longer able to go south to contain Daning and Liaodong."

"In addition, the remnant of the Yuan Dynasty changed hands last year, and it is very likely that he will move back to the hometown of the Troubled River and threaten Kaipingwei."

"Because of this, in the first half of the year, His Majesty will issue an order to add four guards in Kaiping."

"Now that the Halagu have been defeated, the imperial court should organize a northern tour to investigate whether the Hu soldiers have moved back to the Hunan River, so next year's northern tour is not for the purpose of fighting, but to spy on the movements of the remnant Yuan."

"If the remnant yuan is still in Moxi, then Your Majesty will naturally remove that person's military power, and if the remnant yuan moves back to the difficult river, the imperial court may have to go north again."

Qi Tai analyzed it clearly, so that Huang Zicheng, who didn't know soldiers, also understood Zhu Yuanzhang's purpose, not to mention Zhu Yunwen.

After getting the explanation, Zhu Yunwen was also a little relieved, and after cleaning up his mood, he looked left and right, and then whispered:

"In the winter of this year, the emperor's grandfather has contracted the wind cold, and his body is a little worse......"

His words made Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng's hearts tighten, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang is sixty-nine years old, and at this age, it can be described as a long life.

Therefore, his physical condition has long become the object of attention of various factions, and the reason why Zhu Yunwen said this is probably because he feels that this matter cannot be hidden.

"This is the ...... You have to prepare early, especially against the Shanxi side. ”

Qi Tai gave his opinion without thinking, and Huang Zicheng also said: "The southwest side is still stable, why don't you transfer Wei Guogong back?" ”

"If it's really stable, then it's ......" Zhu Yunwen wanted to say something, but saw Li Quan, the eunuch of the East Palace, walking in from outside the palace.

He was in a hurry, and it was clear that something had happened.

Seeing this, Zhu Yunwen also closed his mouth and quietly waited for Li Quan to come to his side.

Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai watched Li Quan whisper in Zhu Yunwen's ear, and Zhu Yunwen's face began to become more and more solemn.

After Li Quan's report was over, Zhu Yunwen glanced at the two of them and slowly spoke:

"There is news from the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor's grandfather ordered Song Zhong to be the commander of the Jinyi Guard."

(End of chapter)