"I thought my father would kill everyone, but I didn't expect that except for Wang Zuo, the rest of the nobles only took the title, but the civil and military officials were killed by hundreds."

In the Longchuan Mansion in May, in the face of Zhu Zhanyan's words, Jianghuai didn't know what to say for a while.

"After all, you still need someone to do things, and besides, you think the punishment for taking the title is very light, but this is already very heavy."

"Originally, they could be rich for hundreds of years, but they were tossed like this, except for the house and land in their hometown, they had nothing left."

"With Your Majesty's temper, I'm afraid that these people will never have the opportunity to go to the temple again, even with their descendants."

Jiang Huai sighed, and at the same time said to Zhang Bohai and Gao Guan who were sitting next to him:

"It's just the four of us here, so I'll open the skylight and say something."

"Wang Ji's group of people are innocent of death, and their greedy money and food have also been reallocated by the imperial court."

In the fields, many people were working, their shoes were placed on the ridges, and people were working in cheap coarse cloth clothes.

"There are still 175 miles of Longchuan Railway, and I hope that the railway can be built well in the next year to achieve the goal of Longchuan directly connecting to the small Western trade market."

Sitting in the car with him, in addition to Yishiha, there was also Guo Zi of the household department.

"The speed of return is too slow, so it is better to buy treasury bonds, but now that treasury bonds are not issued, we have money and no money to spend."

However, due to the large number of projects in the world, many people can work to make money, so the increase is not much.

"It's a place to eat, drink, and have fun." Zhu Di replied simply, and Zhu Gaoxu was helpless for a while.

"In this way, the people benefited, and so did the imperial court, only the smugglers lost money."

"Many of the salt works along the coast and inland were in the hands of the imperial court, and now that the railway has been built, the cost of transportation has been reduced."

In a game of Go, Zhu Qiyue can regret dozens of moves, but Zhu Di can't do a single step.

The twenty-three lords exchanged their titles for their lives, but they were deprived of their power and money.

"Shh

"The fields are all sold, so do the villagers go to work in the city?" Zhu Gaoxu continued to ask, and the old farmer also replied:

Guo Zi clasped his hands together, and the carriage stopped at this moment.

"It's simple to put an end to illegal salt, just look at how salt is sold."

A single railway project has fed millions of people, and the population of the entire north is only more than 38 million.

"Let him in."

"Ask, and I will tell you whatever you know." When the old farmer took the money, he naturally had to do a good job.

Finally, on the tenth day of the sixth month of the seventh year of Hongxi, Xu Zengshou got the duke who was nineteen years late to him, but this time it was not the Duke of Dingguo who was posthumously gifted to the Feng, but the Duke of Wei who originally belonged to Xu Huizu's lineage.

When the old farmer talked about the coal mine in the south, he was excited, and kept talking about how good it was to dig in the coal mine, and his son had only been there for a few months, and he had saved ten yuan after working for a year.

"Overstepping the ......" Hearing these two words, Zhu Gaoxu said:

It can be said that the people who honestly farm in the entire Shuntian Mansion are basically people above their thirties.

Zhu Gaoxu asked from shallow to deep, and the old farmer also said: "I don't know much about this, I haven't read a book, but I heard my son say that it will take more than 20 years to buy an acre of land before it can return to its original capital." ”

He may not be happy, but his children are very happy, but I don't know if his children can be as sensible as he is.

Wang Xuan led troops to suppress the disobedient Tusi in Mengyang, Mubang, Burma and other propaganda divisions all the year round, and Wang Jian was an official in Xichang, so Zhu Zhanyan's identity was not easy to expose.

For a time, the administrative expenses on the household side were instantly reduced by more than 100,000 yuan.

"Please, one of them." Zhu Gaoxu raised his chin and motioned for Yizha to ask for someone to work in the fields.

However, in the eyes of many, it is not surprising that they were knighted, after all, many of them did not have the merit to the level of knighthood.

The old peasant was also taken aback when he saw this, he had not yet had a few squires in his life saluted him.

"If the imperial court raises taxes and changes the current ten taxes to twenty taxes three, then it will take many years for these fields to recover their costs......

"Don't dare, don't dare, since the squire has nothing to do, then I'll go farming."

"How many years will it take for this field in Beijing to return to its original cost?"

When the old peasant came ashore, he took out a coin from his bosom and handed it to him, and looking at his smiling face, it was estimated that it was either ten or one hundred yuan of new money.

"In the city and in the town, I basically went to work, but now it's not easy to work, so I basically go to Fangshan in the south to dig coal, where the wage is high, and even my son ......."

If the finances are not good, as soon as the project in the north is stopped, the economy of the north will not return to the beginning, but the room for improvement is doomed to be locked.

Zhu Gaoxu frowned and looked at his father, and Zhu Di also put on the appearance that the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water:

"This kid likes to learn from me, and sometimes I talk about me, and this kid learns."

There are actually not many people like Zhu Gaoxu, after all, since the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing, Beijing's fields and mansions have become hard currency.

"Okay, that's good!" Hearing the celebration, Zhu Di had a smile on his face.

The identity of Prince Zhu Zhanyan is only known in Longchuan Mansion by Jianghuai, Gao Guan, Zhang Bohai, Wang Lian, and Wang Xuan.

Zhu Gaoxu pretended to sigh, and the old farmer's face changed when he heard this: "Increase taxes...... Forehead...... Hey hey ......"

"At present, the salt tax of the imperial court is more than 700,000 guan per year, and if it relies on railway transportation, it can probably increase to about 2 million guan."

The old peasant's words showed the popularity of the national bonds, but now Zhu Gaoxu did not dare to continue to issue large amounts of national bonds, after all, there were only a few railways that had to be built, and the others either could not be repaired or were unnecessary.

There was no ambiguity, and an old farmer who looked to be in his sixties was immediately selected.

Zhu Gaoxu played tricks on the old peasants, which made Guo Zi and Yishiha and others nervously follow him.

After instructing the two of them, Jiang Huai said to Zhu Zhanyan: "Your Majesty has not yet lowered your will, since this is the case, you will temporarily serve as the warehouse official of the government office." ”

"The main reason is that the administrative expenses are too large, and now with the continuous completion of the railway, the railway soldiers and horses are also constantly expanding."

It can be said that in the description of the old peasants, many towns and villages around the capital basically rely on agriculture, iron smelting, mining, manufacturing machinery and other industrial industries, which is also the main living environment of the people in the whole north at present.

"Sir, you said that you are from Wang Village, I don't know how many fields each family in this Wang Village has, if I want to buy it, how much can I buy."

Although the officials now set their sights on the projects of the imperial court, it is much better than taking money from the people.

"That's right, I've lived for so many years, from the tenth year of Yongle to the present, I am very clear, and few officials dare to blatantly ask for money."

Regarding this proposal, Zhu Gaoxu nodded in agreement without too much consideration and issued a will.

He was deprived of the title, and the only one left among the six founding dukes was Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao.

They changed into ordinary clothes, and although they still looked like big families, they were generally the kind that the common people could access.

Seeing this, Zhu Qiyue immediately asked Zhu Di: "Grandpa, what is this celebration?" ”

Although the housing prices in the Ming Dynasty were not as deformed as those in the Song Dynasty, compared with the house prices that could buy a two-in-exit courtyard in the capital for more than ten times during the Hongwu period, the price of the second-entry and exit courtyards in the capital during the Hongxi period had reached about 20 yuan.

It doesn't seem like much growth, but given the increase in money in this era, it's actually quite fast.

It can be said that the economy of the north is heavily dependent on the finances of the imperial court, and once the imperial court stops the construction of the north, millions of families in the north will lose their source of income.

While he can still stay in Longchuan, it is also good to teach him more worldly things.

"The minister here has calculated that if the official salt is transported on the basis of the railway, the price of the official salt can be reduced to the level of private salt, and after improvement, the taste of official salt is better than that of private salt."

Zhu Gaoxu has done things that are ahead of the times, but the productivity of the Ming Dynasty has not completely kept up.

"The squire can't be called, we are just small families who have just come to Beijing." Zhu Gaoxu touched his short beard, and then asked:

After a case, there were only seven dukes left, eighteen marquises, thirty counts, and one-third of the dukes and counts were swept away.

"In addition, the teaching and learning at the primary and secondary school levels of government schools has also continued to expand with the increase in students, and with the current taxes of the imperial court, it is really impossible to make ends meet......"

Although fewer than 2,000 people were executed in the case of Hongxi's six-year Gui Mao, 220,000 people were implicated.

The only thing that was surprising was the seizure of the title of Duke of Wei, Xu Qin.

However, in the past years, during the Yongle period, Shanshou, Huang Yan and other very corrupt eunuchs were all arrested and executed by Zhu Gaoxu, for which Zhu Di is still very angry.

"In addition, oil and wine are the same, as long as the train is used reasonably, the imperial court can increase its income by about 3 million yuan every year from oil, wine, and salt alone."

"The only thing that is a little difficult to do is the tea industry, after all, the tea industry is not easy to transport, except for the Jiangbei area in the south of Zhili, which can take the railway."

"The cost of drying salt in the imperial court is actually only two or three cents, but the freight is too expensive, and the asking price is too high to sell."

He said excitedly, but Zhu Gaoxu did not interrupt him, and quietly listened to him.

At present, the Ministry of Industry employs nearly one million workers in the world every year, and behind these nearly one million workers are nearly one million families.

Xu Qin is not only Xu Da's eldest grandson, but also Zhu Di's nephew and Zhu Gaoxu's niece.

Seeing the attitude of the people, Zhu Gaoxu knew that direct taxes would not work, and only indirect taxes could help the finances of the Ming Dynasty.

Flowers, toys, horse racing, sumo wrestling and other entertainment economy are in full swing in Jiangnan, and this kind of thing is difficult to think of in the north.

The main reason why he is like this is to see the people's attitude towards tax collection.

"I bullied grandpa?" Zhu Gaoxu looked puzzled, and finally looked at Zhu Di, Zhu Di coughed: "What are you here for?" ”

In fact, many people already know the news that Zhu Zhanyan is no longer in Mobei, and they are searching for Zhu Zhanyan's traces.

"At that time, I was young and ignorant, and laughed at them for being stupid, and then I learned that they were not easy when I grew up."

Walking into the palace of nourishing the heart, Zhu Gaoxu knelt down and kowtowed, and his tall figure instantly suppressed Zhu Qiyue, who had not seen him for more than half a year.

"Yue'er, listen, that imperial grandfather has come to see me."

"Little bunny, you're really timid."

Before this case, Daming had nine dukes, twenty-five marquises, and thirty-four counts.

Thinking so, Jianghuai began to arrange work, and Longchuan Mansion also became much cleaner after this cleaning.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the people in the distance who were laughing and weeding the wheat in the field, and his face couldn't help but show embarrassment.

At least if he really wants to clean up, he can still clean up this group of people, and once the people are forced to rebel, it will be difficult for him to clean up.

They are not as rich and colorful as the economy of Jiangnan, and when the people in the north were still happy because of the security of food, clothing, housing and transportation, Jiangnan began to have a variety of entertainment economies as early as the Hongwu period.

Zhu Gaoxu got up and was about to get out of the car, but Guo Zi and Yishiha hurriedly followed his footsteps.

Since the last time he cleaned up the generals sent by Yanfu, he hadn't come to see Zhu Di for more than half a year.

Seeing him leave, Zhu Gaoxu did not return to Beijing immediately, but asked the people around him for more than ten miles in different ways.

"The expenses are still too high, and at the current scale, even if most of the railways are completed in five years, and no new railways are built, it will take the imperial court more than ten years to break even."

Zhu Qiyue's sudden self-proclaimed "I" confused Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Di covered his mouth when he said the word "I".

"Good!" Although he knew that Wang Yan was also involved in the Guimao case, because he only received thousands of yuan in money and food, and Zhu Di also needed someone to accompany him, Zhu Gaoxu did not dispose of him.

Just looking at the reduced administrative expenses, Zhu Gaoxu didn't show any happy expression.

He has been tossing for so many years, at least he has partially solved the affairs of ordinary people who are greedy for ink.

"Mm-hmm, you have to help Grandpa." Zhu Di sold miserably, but Zhu Qiyue nodded solemnly.

In the afternoon, it was very cool in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and Zhu Di was teasing the five-year-old Zhu Qiyue, although he was not very old, he was already able to play Go with Zhu Di.

Now it seems that the people are still very afraid of raising taxes, after all, there are two if there is one, and there are three if there are two.

"How is the oil, salt, wine, and tea industry doing?"

Bridging the north and the south must end in his generation, and it is not his style to leave it to future generations.

"Son, see father's ......"

Look at the ordinary shoes they put on the ridges, although these shoes are very ordinary, but twenty years ago, who would dare to believe that even farmers could work in shoes?

"I remember that in Beiping, many people wore straw sandals and cloth clothes on weekdays, and when it was time to work, they were reluctant to wear clothes, so they took off their clothes and put them on the ridges, and then wore them after work."

"I invited the old gentleman to come over just to ask about the situation of the fields in Beijing, so as to facilitate the purchase of the fields."

Holding the household booklet, Zhu Gaoxu sat in a carriage with a frown.

But not easy is not easy, it does not mean impossible.

"But it doesn't matter, he's still so young, just correct it later."

"Emperor Taishang, Your Majesty is asking to see you outside."

He followed Yishiha onto the official road, and when he saw Zhu Gaoxu and Guo Zi, he saluted: "Wang Cun Wang Er sees the two squires." ”

Of course, he naturally can't get under Zhu Di, but Zhu Di can also use this to tease him.

"Three years ago, there were only 20,000 railway soldiers and horses, but now there are more than 100,000."

With a few words, the old farmer returned to the field and continued his weeding work.

This time, the "Guimao case" was provoked by Longchuan, so it is estimated that Zhu Zhanyan's identity cannot be concealed for too long.

Twenty-three dukes and counts were taken away, and the remaining hundreds of military attachés were also taken away.

"The official price of a pound of salt in various coastal areas is fifteen wen, but the price of private salt is only seven or eight wen."

"An increase of three million yuan is already the limit of what the minister can do."

Zhu Gaoxu knocked on the side, and the old farmer said without thinking when he heard this: "Each family is only three or five acres, there are many people who have bought land in recent years, and we have more than 2,000 acres of land in a village, basically half of which has been bought, and you have to buy the rest, it is estimated that it will cost more than ten or ten acres, and at most no one will sell two or three hundred acres." ”

"Come and see my father and Yue'er." Zhu Gaoxu responded, and at the same time said:

"The railway in the north should be completed in a year and a half, and I am ready to summon the vassals of all countries at home and abroad to Beijing for a celebration before the expedition."

"At the beginning of the country, Emperor Taizu Gao did not want the people to form a style of comparison, so he banned it."

"Now around Beijing, at least the people in these places can wear clothes and shoes to work."

At the beginning of June, Zhu Di sent Wang Yan to communicate with Zhu Gaoxu, believing that the heir of the king of Zhongshan should not be left without a lord, and Xu Zengshou had enough achievements, so Xu Zengshou should inherit the Duke of Wei.

People of this era are in good health, but only young.

Such a change in concept also benefits from the progress and development of the textile industry in Jiangnan.

Although there is still a little guy like Zhu Qiyue next to Zhu Di, as a son of man, he has to come and see it.

He was stunned when he saw Zhu Gaoxu wearing ordinary people's clothes, but he quickly reacted and said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor is invited." ”

Zhu Gaoxu set his sights on the four items of salt, wine, tea and oil, and was ready to collect a certain amount of indirect taxes from these goods.

Zhu Gaoxu looked back at Yishiha: "Record my words in the book, and let the palace and the six departments, the six prefectures, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate recompile the "Da Ming Law". ”

In the face of high wages ranging from 50 to 40 yuan, they can still work with a smile, but once the large construction of the government-run infrastructure stops, they will have to go back to get the private wages of more than 10 or 20 yuan a day.

"Thank you, sir, for your doubts."

By mid-June, wheat in the Beijing area had grown more than two feet, and rice was even higher.

"And today is too safe and healthy, and it is time for these laws that bind people to be changed."

Zhu Di pretended to be aggrieved, and Zhu Qiyue got up when he heard it, and said in a decent way:

"Don't worry, grandpa is here, grandpa won't bully grandpa's ......"

As for those educated young people, they are either working as officials or working in factories with relatively high technical thresholds, and their income is not low.

In the words of the old peasant, Zhu Gaoxu also learned about a situation around Beijing at the moment.

In the face of Jiang Huai's words, the two did not promise anything, but just responded.

Looking at Zhu Qiyue's appearance, Zhu Di immediately instructed Wang Yan, and Wang Yan also walked out of the Heart Cultivation Hall and greeted Zhu Gaoxu in person.

"Ever since I helped my father sit in that place, I have decided that I want all the people of the world to be able to wear shoes and clothes to work."

"Me?"

Most of these farmlands are dominated by rice near water sources, and crops such as wheat, soybeans, and peanuts are cultivated away from the canals.

It's just that this kind of prosperity is built on the prosperity of continuous large-scale infrastructure, and once it stops, it will not take a few years for the people to return to their previous lives.

From this case, everyone can see that the current emperor is still the same emperor as he was back then, and he still has the same attitude towards officials, if the bottom line is touched, then even a military attache from Bohai will be butchered.

The old farmer echoed, which made Zhu Gaoxu breathe a sigh of relief.

With this kind of thought, Zhu Gaoxu asked Yizha to send Guo Zi back to Beijing, while he went to Daming Palace by car.

Whether the successor can be as attentive to the north as he is, this kind of uncertain thing, Zhu Gaoxu can't bet.

They did not receive the official education of the Yongle period, so they could only farm at home, or wait for the southern mines to recruit workers in places that did not require technical content and simply sold their physical work.

Zhu Di ignored Zhu Gaoxu, but made fun of Zhu Qiyue, Zhu Qiyue was stimulated by this, and immediately said:

The life of the people is getting better and better, but the life of the court is getting more and more difficult.

Because of this, he said that Zhu Gaoxu bullied him, and Zhu Qiyue did believe his nonsense.

The old peasant's expression was very embarrassed, and Zhu Gaoxu was prepared after hearing this, and chuckled: "It shouldn't be, the court is so clear now." ”

Guo Zi and Zhu Gaoxu talked about the issue of administrative expenditures, adding:

"Your Majesty......" Guo Zizuo said: "You are too humble, today, I have never heard of a common person wearing straw sandals, that is, a village in the mountains, can also work for a few days in idleness, buy a few pieces of cloth and a few pairs of shoes, and even work all year round to make a living, but even can't even look down on shoes, and begin to wear boots beyond the system." ”

"The mainland is slightly more expensive, the official price of a pound of salt is more than 20 wen, and the price of private salt is more than 10 wen."

"Yes" also lost his response, and ordered the Xichang Lux behind him to record one instruction after another, waiting to return to the Forbidden City and then deal with it.

Although the imperial court opened hospitals in various places, there were not many people who went to the hospital every day, and there was no way to deal with many diseases, and if they could not be detected, they had to go home and wait for death.

From thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, it is difficult, throughout the ages......

The three of them got out of the carriage and appeared in front of them in front of an endless field of farmland.

"Grandpa, why are you bullying Grandpa?"

"You can keep an eye on the matter of money and food, I am more relieved."

When they were young, they often did not have enough to eat, and their bodies had already accumulated a lot of diseases, and many of them could live to the age of 50.

"Then I can ...... too"

When he got this title, Xu Zengshou was already nine out of fifty, but in the face of the holy decree issued by his nephew, he had mixed feelings in his heart, and it was difficult to express it.

"You are really ......" Zhu Gaoxu already felt regret, it seemed that he should not have handed over his eldest grandson to the old man.

For a while, Zhu Gaoxu had already thought of Zhu Zhanyu's expression when he came back and saw his son one by one.

(End of chapter)