"It is 66,598,337 people in the world, 4,527,632 acres of land, more than 72 acres and 6 cents, and 32 million stone of grain."

"Nineteen thousand six hundred and twenty taels of gold, one hundred and forty thousand taels of silver, and two million eight hundred and seventy-six thousand taels of copper."

"More than 2,254,000 colored items of miscellaneous, commercial taxes, mining taxes, salt quotations, and tea quotations, as well as more than 946,000 folding colors of iron, lead, silk, silk, satin, cloth, cotton, etc."

"It is an annual income of 32 million stones, and the annual income of other types of folded colors is 7,777,200 yuan."

In the sound of firecrackers, one year old, accompanied by the Fengtian Palace, the Hubu Shangshu Yuxin wearing court clothes reported the results, and the ministers in court clothes on the entire temple looked at each other.

Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting, as the first court meeting of the New Year, everyone put on court clothes, and Zhu Di, as the king, and Zhu Gaoxu, as the prince, also wore crown clothes respectively.

Compared with the calmness of the father and son, the ministers looked at Yu Xin in surprise, because the Zhengdan court meeting is often just a congratulatory court, and it basically won't work.

The document of the household department should have been handed over to the emperor at the end of last year, but now it has been delayed until the first day of the new year.

Moreover, this year's document book is missing the seed grain of the military tun of the Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies, as well as horses, straw bundles and other things, could it be that the emperor wants to change the old system?

The ministers held the wat board in reverie, and at the same time wore a crown robe, and Zhu Gaoxu, who was holding the jade gui, also stood on the high platform, and Zhu Di spoke to the ministers:

"From now on, the household department and the governor's office of the six armies will manage their own money and grain."

"Decree ...... of the Minister's Decree"

When Zhu Gaoxu announced the new policy, the ministers showed their expressions, and at the same time, they couldn't help but pay attention to the situation of the Ming Dynasty last year.

When it comes to growth, the most significant increases are undoubtedly in terms of population and arable land.

Most of the data in the thirty-three years of Hongwu are copied from the old, so the situation in the first year of Yongle can express the changes in the Ming Dynasty in the past few years.

Compared with the more than 650,000 people who copied the old in the 30 years of Hongwu, after the war, the population of the Ming Dynasty increased by 66.59 million, an increase of 6.09 million in one go.

In addition, compared with the 3.87 million hectares copied in the 30 years of Hongwu, the number of acres of Daming fields last year was 4.52 million hectares, an increase of 650,000 hectares in one go.

The reasons for the above growth, the ministers are very clear.

The liquidation of Jianwen and the ministers obtained a lot of hidden population and acres of land, and the tax department's inventory of Shandong and Jiangdong, as well as the development of Northeast China, obtained a lot of cultivated land for the population, so that the current amount was formed.

"Zhang Yu, the governor of the left army and the governor of the right, has the affairs of the governor's mansion of the six armies!"

Zhang Yu, who was wearing court clothes, stood up and woke up the ministers from their reverie.

"Play!"

Zhu Di opened his mouth majestically, and Zhang Yu also bowed down when he heard the words, and then said:

"The Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies last year had more than 20,000 and 400,000 stones. There were 59,672 military horses, 204,300 horses, and more than 36,470,000 sheaves of grass. ”

"The annual army rations are 27 million stones, the military salaries are 2,39,400 yuan, and the grass bundles are exhausted."

"This year, the imperial court needs to allocate 6.6 million stone of grain, 2,39,400 yuan of military salary, 30 million bundles of grass mowing bundles for conscription, and 2 million stone of bean material needs to be allocated by the imperial court."

"Quasi-play!" Regarding the needs of the Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies, Zhu Di chose to agree without thinking.

However, in this way, it also made the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting a year-end summary meeting of last year.

Hubu Shangshu Yuxin took a step forward: "I went to the hundred officials and local years to pay more than 19,476,000 stones, and saved more than 12.5 million stones. ”

"At this age, the imperial court built Beijing, subsidized Liaodong, dredged the river, built the upper reaches of the Yellow River Shushui sluice and the Wusong Erjiang, and went to the West to support 3 million guan and 9 million stone ...... of grain."

"Counting the accumulated grain in the treasury, 7.23 million yuan of money and 37.2 million stones of grain can be mobilized."

Yu Xin gave a rough idea of the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, but because there was no exemption of more than half of the world last year, and the taxes were normal, he accumulated more than 2 million yuan of money and grain last year.

Counting Lao Zhu's accumulation, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is still very thick.

Even if this money and grain are lost to the end of the Ming Dynasty, it will be enough for Chongzhen to pay the military salaries and salaries accumulated in the world for 17 years, which shows that Zhu Yuanzhang has accumulated a lot of money.

"Last year, the only accumulation in the past four years, the minister congratulates His Majesty on ......"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty—"

Yu Xin said that, the ministers bowed down and sang one after another, and Zhu Di became complacent.

"But there's something else going on?"

Zhu Di wanted to end the early dynasty, after all, today's court meeting was just a platform for him and Zhu Gaoxu to stand for the new calculation method of the household department and the Governor's Mansion of the Six Armies, and now that the drama is over, it is time to end.

"Your Majesty, Li Zhigang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has something to do!"

Li Zhigang stood up, but he did not represent himself, but most of the people above the temple.

"Quasi-play." Zhu Di frowned slightly, and then saw Li Zhigang say:

"Your Majesty, the imperial court has not held the imperial examination for four years since the thirtieth year of Hongwu, and now it is the fifth year."

"Your Majesty is requested to set the imperial examination for next year, so as to reassure the hearts of the people in the world......"

Li Zhigang said that, and Zhu Di also frowned, because he had only discussed this matter with Zhu Gaoxu yesterday.

Yesterday, Zhu Gaoxu said that today's ministers will definitely invite the imperial court to hold the imperial examination, and now it seems that he expected it well.

As for the imperial examination, he also felt that it should be done after careful discussion with Zhu Gaoxu, but it needed to start some changes.

"The imperial examination should be held, but next year's holding is too urgent, and I have decided that Yongle will be the first Shenke for four years, and the officials of the six ministries and the three divisions will start to inform the world two years in advance."

"In addition, Jiashenke takes Yao Guangxiao, the young master of the crown prince, as the main exam, and Xie Jin, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, as the deputy exam."

"The results of the township examination of the imperial examination were counted before, but this year's college examination, township examination, and general examination papers are produced by the East Palace."

Zhu Di moved the imperial examination time to Yongle for four years, which made the ministers above the temple frown, but it was acceptable, after all, he recognized the results of the imperial examination and the township examination during the Jianwen period.

However, handing over the examination papers of the next imperial examination to the East Palace for the papers, this made the ministers a little unbearable.

"Your Majesty, although the crown prince is erudite, but no one knows how much he knows about the classics of history but no one understands it, may I ask the prince, is the Jiashen examination paper similar to the previous imperial examination papers?"

Li Zhigang made an inquiry, and also asked about the concerns of the ministers.

Everyone knows what Liaodong's five-year government education is about, and if Zhu Gaoxu puts those things on the examination papers at that time, then the students in the south will inevitably suffer.

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Zhu Gaochu vaguely, but Zhu Gaochu said directly: "It's similar, but there are minor adjustments." ”

After that, he didn't wait for the ministers to ask, so he took the initiative to speak:

"Since Jiashenko, the country has been divided into three volumes, the north, the south, and the middle, and the number of jinshi is set at 300."

"The distribution ratio between the north and the south is 5 out of 10 for the southerners, 4 out of 10 for the northerners, and 1/10 for the southwest."

"The scope of the northern volume is Bohai, Liaodong, Daning, Beizhili, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shaanxi Xingdu Division, and there are 120 scholars."

"The scope of the southern volume is one hundred and fifty scholars from Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Huguang, and Guangdong."

"The scope of the middle volume is Sichuan, Guangxi, and Yunnan provinces, and there are 30 scholars."

The division of the north and the south is one of the few useful policies promulgated by Zhu Gaoxu who agrees with the good brother, and has influenced the Ming Dynasty and later generations for more than 600 years.

There is no doubt that the division of the north and south is a policy to prevent the division of the country, after all, the current economic center of gravity has completely shifted south, and the Ming Dynasty raised troops from the south, so Jiangnan was the least affected by the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, followed by the north, and finally Guangxi and the southwest, which are not deeply sinicized.

In terms of economy, there is no doubt that this ranking is also made, so economically backward places will inevitably be backward in education, and backward in education will definitely not be able to pass the Jiangnan area with advanced education.

Under such an economic and educational situation, if the "unified examination" is adopted, then the vast majority of Jinshi places will be occupied by the southern origins, and in the long run, the north and some southern provinces will inevitably deviate from Germany.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the reason why the imperial examination was suddenly suspended after the four-year imperial examination was held in Hongwu was because Zhu Yuanzhang found that the gap between the north and the southwest and the south of the Yangtze River was too large, so during the thirteen years of the suspension of the imperial examination, Zhu Yuanzhang had been busy with the construction of official education in the north and southwest, and it was not until the seventeenth year of Hongwu that the imperial examination was reopened.

In the next four imperial examinations, the north occupied the Jinshi seat all year round at 30%, the southwest occasionally 10%, and the rest was monopolized by Jiangnan and central and southern regions.

The three volumes of the North, the South, and the Middle are Zhu Gaoxu's combination of the final perfect policies of the Ming Dynasty in history.

Under this kind of division of the south, the middle and the north, there will be no situation in which the officials of the three places protect each other and form parties for personal gain.

After all, the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was that each province organized a township examination to raise people, and then the imperial court organized a trial to pass the jinshi.

The quota distribution of the southern, central and northern volumes is fixed, but there is no fixed quota allocation for the provinces of the three volumes, so it is difficult to form a situation of party contention among the three places.

Even when the party strife was most serious during the Wanli and Tianqi years, there was actually nothing in the north and southwest, but the struggle in the southern provinces, which also formed a unique factional struggle in the late Ming Dynasty.

Since Nanzhili was divided into 18 prefectures and prefectures, it also needed internal competition, so it was unable to form a party like Huaixi and Jiangdong.

Throughout the late Ming Dynasty, officials from Nanjuan formed the Jiangdong Kun Party headed by Suzhou, the Xuan Party headed by Xuanzhou, the Zhejiang Party in Zhejiang, and the Chu Party in Huguang.

Compared with them, the Qi Party in Shandong and the Qin Party in Shaanxi and Shanxi are not powerful parties.

However, this situation has nothing to do with Zhu Gaoxu, at present, he only needs to determine the three-volume system of the north, south and middle, as for the other Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun and other parties, if they come forward, it will be conducive to the emperor balancing the temple and not becoming a monopoly.

"One hundred and fifty seats ......"

In the Fengtian Palace, the ministers were silent, and Xie Jin, who was a scholar, was analyzing the pros and cons.

He and Yang Shiqi glanced at each other vaguely, obviously they were not very satisfied with the one hundred and fifty seats of the southern scroll.

The population of one of the two provinces in the south of the Yangtze River accounts for nearly half of the world, but they still have to compete with Huguang, Guangdong, and Fujian for the quota of 150 jinshi, which is undoubtedly a restriction on them.

In comparison, although the north and southwest combined are only one hundred and fifteen, their combined populations are not as large as those of Nanzhili and Jiangxi provinces.

Obviously, Zhu Gaoxu's move is clearly biased towards the north and southwest.

"Your Highness, it's a good thing to divide the volumes, but is the number of scholars in the south too small?"

Xie Jin stood up and said: "The population of the five provinces in the southern volume is 40 million, while the northern volume and the middle volume are more than 26 million, so it is easy to be criticized for such an equal distribution. ”

"Your Highness, the minister seconded the proposal...... Yang Shiqi and others stood up one after another, not only them, but even Li Zhigang and them all sang one after another.

Faced with this situation, Zhu Gaoxu did not panic, he didn't think that just a few words could take away a hundred percent of the quota from the southern rolling provinces, so seeing this scene, he took the initiative to speak: "Then what do you think?" ”

"The minister thinks that there should be one hundred and eighty in the south volume, ninety in the north volume, and thirty in the middle volume."

"The minister seconded the proposal, or increased the quota to the southern volume, or allocated Guangdong and Huguang to the middle volume."

"The minister seconded the ......"

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu spoke, the ministers rushed to ask for an increase in the number of places for the southern scroll.

The reason why they did not oppose the three-volume separate examination was because they knew that this was Zhu Gaoxu's bottom line, otherwise there would be no need to propose such a policy as the three-volume separate examination.

In other words, the policy must be enforced, but the content is negotiable.

The content here is the allocation of quotas by each province and the scope of which volume each province belongs to.

For this reason, they put forward three ideas, but no matter how they mentioned, it was always the southern volume accounting for 60% of the total quota, the northern volume accounting for 30%, and the middle volume accounting for 10%.

This proportion is similar to the results of the imperial examination in the Hongwu period, except for the imperial examination in the thirtieth year of Hongwu, the rest are this proportion.

By maintaining this proportion, the interests of the provinces in the southern volume will not be damaged.

"What does Your Majesty think?"

Zhu Gaoxu saw that the bottom line of the ministers had been revealed, so he turned to Zhu Di and acted: "Erchen thinks it's better to maintain the original policy." ”

"This ......" Zhu Di groaned, and the ministers looked at them one after another, although they knew that they were acting, they still had to cooperate.

"The population of the southern volume is indeed too large, it is better to set the number of jinshi at 320, the northern volume and the middle volume remain unchanged, and the southern volume is 170?"

As soon as Zhu Di spoke, he asked both sides to take a step back, the southern volume accounted for fifty percent of five, and the remaining northern volume and middle volume were forty percent of five.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it can be promoted to three hundred and fifty, the southern volume accounts for two hundred, and the northern volume and the middle volume remain unchanged."

Xie Jinzuo opened his mouth, obviously their bottom line is sixty percent.

Seeing this, Zhu Di also exchanged glances with Zhu Gaoxu, and then slowly spoke: "Since this is the case, then there will be 350 places in the imperial examination, 200 places in the southern volume, 120 places in the north volume, and 30 places in the middle volume." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming—"

The ministers sang a salute, and Zhu Gaoxu also gestured to Honglu Temple Qing with his eyes when he saw this.

"If you have something to do, you have nothing to do!"

Honglu Temple Qing sang a salute, but the ministers above the temple were indifferent.

"Scattered ......"

In the end, with the singing of Honglu Temple, the first court meeting of the second year of Yongle came to an end.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu took the lead in leaving the Fengtian Palace, and after changing the crown clothes to regular clothes in the apse, the father and son did not have time to rest, and each took a step to the Wuying Palace.

On the road, Zhu Di signaled the car to slow down, and said at the same time in parallel with Zhu Gaoxu's car:

"How have the goods that went to the West and the grain and grass that were conquest of Annam been handled?"

"Everything is ready, and it will only take a few days for the fleet to sail south to reach Qinzhou."

At the same time as Zhu Gaoxu responded, he saw Mu Chun, the Duke of Qianguo, and others who were wearing crown clothes and going to Wuying Palace.

The two teams passed by, and Mu Chun and the others stopped one after another and saluted the car.

After Zhu Gaoxu and them left, they hurried to follow.

A quarter of an hour later, when they arrived at the Wuying Palace, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Di had already carried the sand table to the main hall and prepared tables, chairs and benches for everyone.

Mu Chun, Yang Zhan, Zheng He, Wang Xuan, Meng Ying, Zhang Fu, Qu Neng, He Fu, Gu Cheng and other familiar or unfamiliar faces appeared.

Their arrival was to discuss a major event in the second year of Yongle.

After they breathed a few sighs of relief, Zhu Di sat on the golden platform and looked at Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu comprehended, stepped forward and pointed at Annan with dogma: "Half a month ago, Pei Boqi, the widow of Annan, went to the capital and accused Hu Jichen and his son of "killing the lord and usurping the throne and slaughtering loyal ministers", and asked the court to send troops to capture this thief, eliminate the traitor, and restore the descendants of the Chen family. ”

"His Majesty has responded to him, that is, the imperial court will send troops in the winter, and after pacifying Annan, search for the descendants of the Chen family among the people and support him as the lord of Annan."

There was no big mistake in history, and Pei Boqi, the minister of Annam, came to the capital with dozens of relict ministers to ask for help.

Taking this opportunity, Zhu Di also took the opportunity to act in a play, promising that if he took Annan and found the descendants of the Chen family, he would make him the lord of the country.

This is nothing more than an attempt to win over the remnants and retainers of Annan, and when Annan is really taken, there will never be the so-called descendants of the Chen family, and Annan will only become the Jiaozhi province of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts were known to all the generals standing in the hall, so they waited for Zhu Gaoxu to continue.

In this regard, Zhu Gaoxu also said: "With firearms in hand, I have no doubts about whether you can take Annan, what I care about is how to govern after taking Annan." ”

"Yunnan is inseparable from Qianguo Gong and Ning Yuanbo (He Fu), Guizhou is also inseparable from Zhenyuanbo (Gu Cheng), and southern Sichuan is inseparable from Jianchangbo (Qu Neng)."

"Therefore, after taking Annan, you can withdraw your troops and return to your respective stations, leaving Fu Rang, Zhang Fu, Meng Ying, Lin Su, Zhang Chun and their 30,000 soldiers and horses to guard Annan."

"At the end of the year, the imperial court will recruit 3,000 officials from Jiangnan to Annan to assist Fu Rang to stay behind."

"But that's just it, it can't completely control Annan, so it is still necessary to move people into Annan."

"At that time, the household department will recruit people from Fujian and Guangzhou to move to Annam, and each of the migrants will be given 20 acres of land."

"This news, you can publicize it in advance after you go south, so that the people who are interested in it can be fully prepared, and at the same time, you must also remember to leave the land for distribution to the imperial court after Annan exterminated the Hu family and other thieves."

Zhu Gaoxu finished explaining the events after the conquest and the conquest, and then set his eyes on Mu Chun: "How many Tusi in the southwest are gathering soldiers and horses right now? ”

"About 46,000 people." Mu Chunzuo replied, and Zhu Gaoxu was satisfied after hearing it.

"The fleet that went to the West will be converted into grain ships after taking the southern part of Annan, and this time it will carry as much as 600,000 stones of grain and grass in the south, plus 800,000 stones stored in Guangzhou, Kunming, and Qinzhou, which is enough for nearly 130,000 troops and 200,000 people to consume for six months."

"In six months, at least Thang Long Province must be taken, so that the local people can resume production to supply the army for a long time."

"Yes!" Mu Chun and the others responded, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything more when he saw this, and turned to look at Zhu Di on the golden platform.

Zhu Di saw that he had finished speaking, but he didn't have anything to say in his heart, so he echoed a sentence: "Just do what the prince says." ”

"Yes......" Mu Chun and the others made a gesture, and then discussed with Zhu Gaoxu some things that might be encountered in the conquest of Annan.

In this regard, Zhu Gaoxu only vaguely communicated with Mu Chun and others, hoping to let the Tusi soldiers and horses be responsible for sweeping the tail and cleaning up the periphery of the battlefield.

The last time Annan was discussed, Mu Chun learned about Zhu Gaoxu's attitude towards Annan, so for his vague reminders, Mu Chun also nodded to indicate that he knew, but he still asked about some details:

"The discipline of the native soldiers is unbearable, if they are allowed to attack the city, I am afraid that the city will be ruined, and the wealth of the gentry is mostly in the city, this ......"

"The city can be a combination of native soldiers and officers and soldiers, and the remnants of the countryside can be cleaned up by native soldiers." Zhu Gaoxu gave an accurate answer, which made Mu Chun breathe a sigh of relief.

"In addition to the cattle cultivated in the fields, one percent of the gains in this battle will go to the generals, forty percent will go to the soldiers participating in the war, and the remaining fifty percent will be kept in the place to be received by the court officials."

Zhu Gaoxu added, and Mu Chun made a fuss when he heard this: "Since this is the case, there is no problem with the minister." ”

"Okay, you can discuss it carefully after you go back to the Governor's Mansion, and Zheng He, Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan can stay." Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zheng He and the others.

Seeing this, Mu Chun and the others sang one after another and walked out of the Wuying Palace.

After they left, the sand table was replaced with a Nanyang sand table, and Zhu Di, who was interested, also walked off the golden platform.

He circled the Nanyang sand table with his hands behind his back, but did not mention Nanyang, but set his eyes on Xiaoliuqiu.

"Last time, I wanted to ask, are there no gold and silver minerals on this little Liuqiu?"

Zhu Di inquired about the situation in Taiwan, and Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the island of Taiwan when he heard this: "There are gold, silver, copper, and iron, but the best way to land here is from Ningbo all the way south." ”

"Although the Fujian Strait does not look wide, it is not suitable for crossing, and the situation on the island is not very good, it is easy to contract malaria, and it can be used as a place of exile after the southwest is enriched."

"Can you reclaim wasteland?" Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaoxu, after all, the west side of Taiwan on the sand table is quite flat.

"Yes, you can, but you need to build a water conservancy."

Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the west side of Taiwan and said: "This island is mainly composed of the southern plains and the plains in the central and northern regions, although it can be reclaimed, but the difficulty of water conservancy construction is too high, and without more than 100,000 manpower and more than 10 years of investment, I am afraid it will be difficult to get benefits." ”

"Then why not enrich the land by exile from Annam?" Zhu Di suddenly opened his mouth to ask Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaochu paused, and was stunned by him.

"Anyway, many natives in Annan are not willing to stay, so it is better to send it here, more than 1,000 troops can control more than 100,000 people, and maybe a lot of fields can be cultivated."

Zhu Di said with great interest, Zhu Gaoxu thought about it and felt that it was feasible, but the expenditure was too big.

The reason why the Tainan Plain became fertile and easy to cultivate was due to the construction of the Jianan Dazhen and Wushantou reservoirs during the Japanese occupation.

Jianan Dazhen is good to say that it can be built by manpower, but it is too difficult to build the Wushantou Reservoir.

The reservoir was built in the twenties of the twentieth century, but even so, it is still the largest reservoir in Southeast Asia.

This kind of technology is not something that today's Daming can achieve.

If it is really to be repaired, it can only move more people, chase and intercept it upstream, and seize the dry season to build a dam, which is too difficult and easy to fail.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu shook his head: "It's too difficult, now the treasury can barely break even, and it will take many years to produce after taking Annan, if you add Xiaoliuqiu, I'm afraid it will be ......."

"I'm just talking, you remember, it's not too late to get this big position in the future."

Zhu Di touched his beard, and then looked at Zheng He and them: "Okay, you can talk to them about business first." ”

"Good" Zhu Gaoxu bowed his head and turned his head to Zheng and them.

In the face of their gaze, Zhu Gaoxu drew a route in Fujian, Guangdong, and Annam with dogma.

"Ming Taizong Record": "On the first day of the second year, there is a middle volume in the north and south, and there is a quota of 350 jinshi, starting from Jiashenke, the southern volume accounts for 6 out of ten, the north volume accounts for 3 out of 10, and the middle volume is 11 in the middle volume. ”

"Records of Taizong of the Ming Dynasty": "At the beginning of the second year, Pei Boqi, the widow of Annan, arrived in Nanjing, accusing Hu Jichen and his son of killing the lord and usurping the throne and slaughtering loyal ministers. ”

Shang Wen was angry: "Annan is a vassal of the Celestial Empire, and the Hu clan rebelled against the thief and killed the lord to usurp the throne, so he should raise troops to fight for it." "Then he sent 500,000 troops to conquer the Hu family."

(End of chapter)