"Bang! Boom! Boom! ”

"Crash away! Crash away! ”

On the evening of June 17, the 33rd year of Hongwu, the sound of hurried footsteps and armor sounded in an alley in Wujiang County, Suzhou Prefecture.

The nearby people hurriedly closed the gate, everyone knew that hundreds of cavalry had entered Wujiang County in the past few days, but they didn't know what this group of people were doing.

Listening to the sound of banging on the door and scolding, everyone around closed the courtyard door in fear.

After a while, the sound of the door being smashed was heard, followed by the sound of scolding and wailing.

"I'm a lifter, you guys dare to do this to me!"

"Lift your mother's head!"

Soon after the conversation began, the sound of beating and scolding came again, and the surrounding neighbors knew who the person who had been taken away was.

Zhou Juren, the most respected person in this alley on weekdays, but now he was beaten and scolded, and finally dragged away like a dead dog.

When they left, none of the people in the alley dared to go out of their homes, and it was not until the next day that people learned that Zhou Juren bribed the city warden to obstruct the tax department from measuring the acres of land.

Last night, he was dragged to the Wujiang County Prison and detained, and his identity was stripped away.

Zhou Juren's fields were measured and divided by the Taxation Department, and there were 32 acres of high-grade paddy fields, 72 acres of medium-grade paddy fields, 246 acres of low-grade fields, and 124 acres of dry fields.

His land, after he was convicted, was given to the tenants who helped him cultivate it, which made many people sigh at what happened to Zhou Juren, and they couldn't help but envy the group of tenants who all went to the fields.

However, without waiting for them to envy, tables, chairs and stools appeared in various alleys in Wujiang County the next day.

The officials of the Department of Taxation have set up whistle-blowing points for those who conceal their status as acres of land and those who have attained the status of the above households but only pay taxes to the middle and lower households, but if anyone makes a report, he will receive half of the amount of the reported man's cultivated land in excess of the standard.

For a time, hundreds of people were moved, but they were even more worried about revenge.

But it doesn't matter, because there is no shortage of bold and unsighted people everywhere.

Soon, there were people who were reported in Wujiang County, and their fate was the same as Zhou Juren, measuring the fields, but if the number of high-quality fields in their hands exceeded the specified amount, and they still hung the identities of middle households and lower households, they would be exceeded, and the acres of land would be confiscated, and silver money and grain would be punished.

The confiscated fields will be divided equally among the tenants by the Department of Taxation, and the whistleblower will receive the reported land from other counties.

In other words, as soon as someone reports it, many people don't even know who reported it, they will arrest and confiscate the farmland, and if the amount and identity are matched, then the tax department will release them.

If the amount far exceeds the status, then the local governor and the grain chief will be condemned and exiled, and the person concerned will be confiscated from the cultivated land beyond his status.

Such a policy began to be implemented in Nanzhili, or the six prefectures of Jiangdong, from June 15.

When the 30,000 Bohai Navy and the 3,000 officials of the Taxation Department began to check the acres of land in the six prefectures of Jiangdong, which occupied 20% of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty, and checked the fields and the identity of the landlords, many lieutenants and grain chiefs who used their power for personal gain were sentenced to exile.

In less than half a month, more than 700 li chiefs and grain chiefs were taken into custody in the capital, and more than 2,600 people were prosecuted, including 246 officials of the ninth grade and above, and 47 officials of the fifth grade and above, and more than 276,400 mu of land confiscated.

Such a number is just a small test of Zhu Gaoxu's knife, and what he has to deal with is only rumors in the temple.

"It's a good job, but they probably want to hate you."

On the first day of the seventh month, the spring and the palace ......

When Zhu Gaoxu flipped through the book in his hand that had been found out in half a month, he looked up at the person in front of him.

The commander of the West Factory, Muyang Bo Hulun, and another well-known director of Zhengliupin.

"It's all the minister's business." Hu Lun made a move, and the director of the six products next to him also made a move.

He doesn't look like a Han Chinese, he is only in his early twenties, but he has already served as the head of the household department.

At this moment, if those who have been raided see him, I am afraid that they will want to peel his skin.

The director of the tax department, Haixi Jurchen Jincha, this is a student who participated in Jilin Health School in the 28th year of Hongwu, he was 16 years old, and he was considered an older group of students.

When Zhu Gaoxu went south, he was led south by Sun Cheng, but his credit was not obvious.

Zhu Gaoxu appointed him as the head of the tax department only because he was the oldest of the same batch of students and was quite stable and obedient.

Now it seems that he is not only obedient, but also ruthless enough.

"Someone has made a mistake in the case, what do you think?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Jin Cha, but Jin Cha responded in an official dialect with a Jurchen accent: "There are many people, and the ministers have indeed made many mistakes, and the brothers below have also compensated for the medical expenses." ”

"Well, it's normal to make mistakes, anyway, there are only hundreds of acres of big households that can be looked down on by you."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled disapprovingly, for him, since the officials in Jiangnan dared to talk to him in the temple, he naturally wanted to return the color.

Originally, he thought that the butts of this group of people were clean, but when he checked a large area, few of them were clean.

Holding hundreds of acres of cultivated land in his hands, he confidently uses the identity of middle households and even lower households to pay taxes and grain.

Originally, they were supposed to pay 100 stones, but after changing to middle and lower households, they would use the benefits of their official status and fame to exempt a part of it, and in the end they only needed to pay more than 20 stone in taxes.

Changing their tax status made them pay seventy or eighty stone less in taxes.

Zhu Gaoxu can be regarded as having seen clearly, he does not need to grasp the people and officials of the world at all, he only needs to grasp the six prefectures in Jiangdong, the four prefectures in northern Zhejiang, and the two prefectures of Nanchang and Ji'an in Jiangxi.

Grasping these 12 prefectures is equivalent to grasping the roots of 30% of the officials.

"Are there any disgruntled words in the temple lately?"

Zhu Gaoxu leaned back in his chair and took a sip from his teacup.

Hu Lun nodded when he heard this: "Naturally, there are some, but they are all for the tax department." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Jincha at the same time, and couldn't help but admire Jincha for not being afraid of things.

However, he also understood that as long as His Highness was still there, nothing would happen to Jincha.

"Turn their attention to the tax department for the time being, and don't delay the development of the Northeast."

Zhu Gaoxu put down the teacup and explained at the same time, Hu Lun also felt pressure for Jin Cha.

Fortunately, the tax department's inventory is aimed at the six prefectures in Jiangdong, otherwise I am afraid that the pressure on the entire Jiangnan will have to be borne by Jincha.

What can he bear, a small six-grade official?

Before Hu Lun could put his thoughts down, he heard footsteps coming from outside.

When he turned around, he saw Zheng He coming with a stern face, and waved towards Zhu Gaoxu:

"Your Highness, Your Majesty invites you to go to the Wuying Palace."

"Reserves." Zhu Gaoxu stood up, and it seemed that he had already known that he would be invited by Zhu Di.

"Continue to do your thing, don't worry about others, Bohai is still very strong!"

When passing by the two, Zhu Gaoxu calmed down, and then took Zheng He out of the Chunhe Palace.

Riding the golden chariot, Zhu Gaoxu passed by the Wenhua Palace, and it was vaguely seen that there were many errand ministers in the hall looking this way.

"Your Highness's move has put everyone in the temple in danger."

Driving the car, Zheng He smiled and spoke, but Zhu Gaoxu sneered: "When my father and son entered the capital, they should have thought of this." ”

"I think I've given them enough face, but they still want to kick their noses in the face, so they have to learn a lesson."

"To govern the world, it is not that they must be ......"

Zhu Gaoxu said, Jin Lu also walked in front of the Wenhua Palace, passed through the Wenlou and the Wulou, and arrived at the gate of the Wuying Palace.

After getting off the bus and walking, Zhu Gaoxu walked into the Wuying Hall and saw him sitting in the Wuying Palace, imitating Zhu Gaoxu's behavior of hanging a map, and hanging a relatively 'abstract' map of the world.

There are a lot of places circled with a red pen on it, and it seems that they are all places that Zhu Di cares about.

"The boy visits his father's ......"

Bow first when you enter the temple, and then look up.

"You're ruthless, I just want to ask you, how much did you get from this raid?"

Zhu Di is straight to the point, and he doesn't hide it, or there is no need for the father and son to hide it.

As Yao Guangxiao said, it is best for their father and son to be open and honest in everything they do, but if one of them hides his secrets, it will arouse suspicion, and then when neither side can step down.

"The family books have not yet been counted, after all, the current temple atmosphere has not yet been reflected, if it is reflected, it should be over, and it can naturally be counted."

Zhu Gaoxu straightened up and sat down after Wang Yan brought the chair.

Seeing this, Zhu Di also grabbed his beard, and then spoke: "The horse administration of the six prefectures and two prefectures has been abolished according to what you said, and all the more than 30,000 horses issued at the beginning, the remaining more than 120,000 horses have been divided into two and sent to Shandong, Beiping, Shaanxi and other places Xingtaifu Temple. ”

"I wanted to ask you how much you earned from copying your family, but now that the book has not yet been made, let's talk about other things first."

Zhu Di rubbed his hands and his eyes were blazing, which made Zhu Gaoxu have a bad premonition.

"The muskets and artillery in your army, when will they be issued to the whole army?"

Zhu Di hit the idea of the firearm in Zhu Gaoxu's hand, but Zhu Gaochu was not surprised after hearing it, and just said:

"It's easy to promote firearms, but how many people can use firearms to fight?"

"This can be learned." Zhu Di made up his mind to ask for firearms.

"It's because you have to learn that you have to take your time." Zhu Gaoxu explained:

"At present, we must first meet the firearms and equipment of 100,000 soldiers and horses of the three capital divisions of Liaodong, Daning, and Bohai, and then send military attaches from all over the country to study in Jilin."

"Jilin's health school, I plan to move to Nanjing to open the National Defense University, and the university can accommodate 3,000 students."

"In the future, all the children of military attachés who inherit the hereditary position of father must enter the National Defense University for five years and pass the examination."

"National Defense University?" Zhu Di was stunned, and Zhu Gaoxu also explained after listening:

"I am going to invite the Marquis of Jingguo, the Marquis of Wuding, the Marquis of Chongming, and the Marquis of Pingjiang...... In addition, military attachés from small flag officers to commanders of the Bohai Navy will also enter the university to serve as trainees. ”

"In the future, all the old generals and nobles will enter this university to serve as a lecturer for two to three years."

"The course of study at this university is divided into two years of basic military study and three years of branch military study."

"The academy is divided into two academies of the army and the navy, and is further subdivided into strategy, campaign, tactics, command, management, political science, and logistics......

Zhu Gaoxu said military terms one by one and explained them to Zhu Di, which made Zhu Di slowly lean forward from being curious at the beginning.

It is not that there are no means of systematically teaching military in this era, but no one has ever subdivided military affairs so and explained it so bluntly.

Zhu Gaoxu's copy of this system, except for some disciplines that do not conform to the times have not been moved, the rest in this era belong to dimensionality reduction.

It can be said that compared with the hereditary examination system for the children of military attachés in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu's system has undoubtedly raised the threshold for the children of military attaches to inherit their father's position in the future.

However, if you can really study for five years and graduate successfully, there will definitely not be a situation where some military attachés with armored soldiers in the later Hongwu period can't beat the unarmored thieves.

As long as he can successfully graduate, no matter how bad he is, he will be a qualified grassroots officer at the level of 100 households and general flag.

For the sake of this university, Zhu Gaoxu planned to place a large number of military attachés in Bohai and Yanfu who were disabled due to the war, and used their disabilities to tell the children of military attaches who wanted to inherit their father's position that they would die if they became military attachés.

"You have a good thing, do you have any related books, show them to me."

Zhu Di's eyes rolled and stared at these related books.

"Half of the books have been written, and they are all textbooks compiled by my son based on this time when he led troops to fight, and many other useful military techniques have also been put into the classroom."

"If my father has time, I'll have someone send it in two months."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know Zhu Di's little Jiujiu, he just wanted to surpass himself in this regard after studying.

But it doesn't matter, as long as you take the power into your own hands, there will be no problems in the relationship between father and son.

Two-thirds of the soldiers in the entire capital are subordinate to Zhu Gaoxu, and if he controls this place, it is impossible for him to overturn.

"By the way, your eldest brother Shangshu asked for a seal."

Zhu Di saw that Zhu Gaoxu was so easy to speak, and also released a message to him.

Zhu Gaochi is not a fool, he knows very well that Zhu Gaochu asked him to inherit the position of King Yan in order to stabilize Zhu Gaochu's crown prince.

In this way, Zhu Gaochi's position as the king of Yan comes from Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Gaochu's crown prince position comes from Zhu Di.

It's just that this Yan King doesn't let him really be the Yan King, but just lets him sit on this arrangement.

Now that the arrangement has ended, then he has to take the initiative to apply for a change of seal.

Zhu Di opened his mouth to tell Zhu Gaochu the news, also to let Zhu Gaochu feel at ease.

"Where does my father think he wants to change the seal?" Zhu Gaoxu asked Zhu Di, and when Zhu Di heard this, he pondered for a moment and then said:

"Your grandfather has always wanted to divide a vassal king to go to Yunnan to sit in the town, I originally wanted King Min to go, but he was really stubborn."

"Since your eldest brother asks for a seal, then seal it in Kunming and change your name to King Han."

As Zhu Gaochu expected, Zhu Di chose to change Zhu Gaochi's title to Yunnan, but to his surprise, Zhu Gaochi's title was actually King of Han.

"King Han is also very good." The corners of Zhu Gaoxu's mouth twitched, thinking of the fact that his predecessor was made into a crockpot chicken.

"So I summoned you here to seek a benefit for your eldest brother." Zhu Di discussed:

"Although Yunnan has been developed by Mu Ying and Mu Chun for more than 30 years, it is a wild land after all."

"It's okay for your eldest brother to fall in the past, but you can't snub him."

"Kid understood." Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and guessed what Zhu Di wanted to say, so he took the initiative to speak:

"How about giving the Han Wangfu an annual salary of 30,000 stones, 2,000 yuan, 12,000 guards and guards, 3,000 pieces of silk and satin cloth each, and 5,000 acres of farmland?"

"In addition, the imperial court allocated another 300,000 stones, and 100,000 guan to build the Han Palace."

Zhu Gaochu made a very generous move, and he was not afraid of what tricks Zhu Gaochi would make when he arrived in Yunnan, after all, the three Fu brothers, the Wang family's father and son, and Mu Chun were not easy to deal with.

Besides, he didn't think that Zhu Gaochi would be stupid enough to do anything rebellious.

As for his eldest nephew, he can't carve a boat to kill him, he still has to see how he grows later.

Anyway, with the boss's genes, it is a question whether the eldest nephew can live past forty, and historically, the worst of his body is in his fifties.

"You have to be generous, not like me picking and searching."

Zhu Di was a little sour, Zhu Gaoxu looked at him in surprise after hearing this, but saw Wang Yan smile and said:

"Recently, all the kings have come to ask when they can take up the domain, and Your Majesty is worried about this matter."

"Just a domain......" Hearing that the kings in Beijing wanted to become a vassal, Zhu Gaoxu immediately smiled.

"The north is peaceful now, and it will be even more peaceful in the future, but the southwest is unstable in the court."

Zhu Gaoxu talked eloquently, and at the same time raised his hand: "The kid thinks that he can change the title of the kings to go to Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Huguang, Guangxi and other places to consolidate the territory for the Ming Dynasty." ”

"All to the Southwest?" Zhu Di was a little hesitant when he heard this: "This is not very good." ”

"As long as the imperial court pays to repair the palace and give treatment, what's so bad?"

Zhu Gaoxu had his own plans, counting the vassal kings who were deposed by Zhu Yunwen among the kings of Beijing, there were fourteen people in addition to the kings of Zhou and Ning, of which there were eleven people over the age of fifteen.

If these nine people can be sealed to the southwest, then the process of sinicization in the southwest may be greatly improved.

"The king of Qi can canonize Guiyang in Sichuan, Luzhou in Gu, Sizhou in Liao, and Bijie in Han."

"King Lu can canonize Nanning, Guangxi, Wang Sien, King Longzhou, King Min, Sicheng, King Guiyang, Jingjiang."

"King Shen can canonize Lin'an, Yunnan, and King An, Guangnan, Yunnan."

"King Zhou can continue to be a vassal in Kaifeng, Uncle Ning Wang can move to Datong, and in addition, if the third child wants to be a vassal in the future, he can choose Hanzhong to give him a vassal."

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth, he made it clear to all the vassal kings, if his idea was really implemented, then the number of guards and horses of the royal palace stationed in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty in the future would probably not be less than 80,000.

However, Zhu Di is not Zhu Gaoxu, let him relegate so many relatives to a wild place in one go, he still has some conscience.

"That's a bit of a lot." Zhu Di's mouth was dry, but Zhu Gaoxu asked Zhu Di:

"Father, you know better than me the behavior of your younger brothers, and it is your reputation to keep them in the mainland."

"Do you want a momentary pain, or do you want the pain to go up?"

Zhu Gaoxu threw a question to Zhu Di, and Zhu Di could only sigh when he heard this: "I'll think about it again." ”

With that, he changed the subject and went back to firearms.

"According to you, we have to wait until the university is built, and then all the military attaches will go to school for five years, and finally they can equip the three armed forces with firearms?"

"Yes!" Zhu Gaoxu responded without thinking, and Zhu Di felt a little troublesome after hearing it.

"Can't that be shortened?"

"You also know that when your grandfather was here, we Han people had to go to the grassland every two years to clean up the Hulu, so that the border could be peaceful for a long time."

"Right now, we have been fighting in the pass for more than a year, and I am afraid that the Hu people in the north will not be honest, so I want to send someone to lead the troops north as soon as possible to teach them a lesson."

Zhu Di was still afraid of the existence of the Tatar and Warat, and Zhu Gaoxu also bowed his head when he heard this:

"Yes, but these two things don't conflict."

"As long as my father wants, when the imperial treasury is full, he can transfer troops from Bohai and Daning, destroy Uliangha first, and then build a city and tuntian in Wuliangha Bald City, and open up a post road to the difficult river."

"As long as the construction of the post road is completed, and the Modong military horses and horses are properly raised, the Bohai grain and straw can be transported to Wuliang Ha Bald City by water, and further transported to the Nan River."

"At that time, as long as 200,000 grains and straw, you can drive 350,000 horse infantry along the river to sweep away from Hulan and Suan."

The effect of Zhu Di's northern expedition, Zhu Gaoxu is clear, at least when he is alive, the effect is good, even if he dies, it has maintained peace for more than 20 years.

As for not being able to continue, that is a problem left by Renxuan, and it has little to do with Zhu Di.

The Northern Expedition must be carried out, but the cost of the Northern Expedition must be minimized.

In history, Yongle's five northern expeditions cost nearly five million stones, which is not much.

But in Zhu Gaoxu's hands, this batch of money and grain can continue to be compressed, and it can make the Northern Expedition a regular border preparation task.

The distance from Wuliang Ha Bald City to Qiwang City is almost 1,000 miles, but from Kaiping, it is almost 2,000 miles.

For an army of 50,000, reducing the logistics distance of 1,000 miles can completely save hundreds of thousands of stones.

If in history, Zhu Di needed to use five million stones to conquer Mobei, then once the Ming Dynasty established a reclamation city in Wuliang Ha Bald City or even further north, Zhu Di only needed to use two or three million stones to complete five great deeds.

More importantly, the Ming army can strike at Mobei for a long time, because the cost of striking Mobei once is too low.

"Then annoying Wen Jiang, is it really that convenient?"

Zhu Di opened his mouth in surprise, but Zhu Gaoxu chuckled after hearing it: "A little while, I will ask Zheng He to send you a copy of "The World Kunyu Map", and then you will know how convenient it is to annoy Wenjiang." ”

After saying this, Zhu Gaoxu was ready to turn around and leave.

Seeing that he was leaving, Zhu Di also reminded: "Tomorrow, your mother, the eldest and the third, and your daughter-in-law will arrive in the capital, don't forget to pick them up with me." ”

"Kid saved!" Zhu Gaoxu responded from afar, and then left with Zheng He.

"All day boy, boy, why are you so modest."

Looking at Zhu Gaoxu's back, Zhu Di touched his beard, then turned his head to look at his map, and couldn't help but doubt:

"Then annoyed Wen Jiang, is it really so useful?"

"Ming Taizong Record": In June, the king of Yan was changed to the king of Han, and the prince was in Kunming, and the prince was merciful to the king of Han, so he asked him to change the title to Hanzhong, but he was not allowed.

(End of chapter)