First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 283

The Liu clan in Huzhou was decisively taken down. The family cried and grabbed the ground. The wife grabbed Liu Xi and scolded him. You are playing the flute in the toilet, how can you open your mouth?

So many people went to see Wu Guogong, but you showed your ability?

Well-spoken, right?

Smart, right?

Why don't you touch your butt? Are there still few disgusting things in your family?

With you, life is on the line!

The mother-in-law punched and kicked, scratching Liuxi's face.

Liu Xi was angry, full of old fists, and also scolded: "Can you blame me for this? It's not what Wu Guogong said. They have to be reasonable. As long as they agree to Juntian, they will not be embarrassed... I just negotiated some conditions, Just do it to me! It's not fair! It's not fair!"

Liu Xi couldn't help shouting at the jailer, "Tell Wu Guogong, if you buy horse bones with thousands of dollars, we will stay at home for nothing! If you kill us, what Wu Guogong said won't work. It's not worth staying home for the sake of it. what!"

No matter how Liuxi shouted, no one agreed. He could only turn around and make peace with his wife and wife.

But what Liu Xi said was not completely unreasonable.

How to deal with staying at home has become a difficult problem for Lao Zhu.

In line with the principle of finding Mr. Zhang when encountering difficulties, Lao Zhu called Zhang Ximeng. But to be honest, Lao Zhu was a little embarrassed. After years of teaching and mutual influence, Zhu Yuanzhang's head was inevitably engraved with Zhang Ximeng's brand.

In view of the problem, Lao Zhu also has some similarities with Zhang Ximeng.

Although he hated Liu Mengyan and despised this traitor, he used Liu Mengyan to satirize Gao Ming and others not long ago when he sang a show against Zhang Shicheng. .

But no matter what, Liu Mengyan is an ancient person who has been dead for decades, and his bones are almost rotten.

It is estimated that Liu Xi and others have not even seen Liu Mengyan's face. There is always something unreasonable about dealing with such people. Of course, Lao Zhu was ready to kill, and he even wanted to refuse all persuasion.

Because Lao Zhu knew that truth can only be taught to those who are willing to accept it.

Sometimes it just doesn't make sense.

Killing chickens and terrifying monkeys is an example. We must take Liu Shi's head and tell everyone that if we dare to fight against Juntian, no matter what we do, we will end in a dead end!

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang's first sentence when he saw Zhang Ximeng was, "We want to kill!"

Zhang Ximeng blinked and smiled suddenly: "It's a coincidence, the minister wants to kill them too!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him for a while, and was sure that Zhang Ximeng didn't deliberately say the opposite, and then said solemnly: "Doing this may not be in line with the general principles in the mind of Mr. Liu. Although Liu Mengyan should be slashed with a thousand swords, it will harm the descendants of Liu's family. It's our reckless actions, sir, you don't have to give up the truth in your heart in order to cater to us."

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "This matter is on our heads, it's just that Mr. failed to dissuade us, it's fine that we go our own way."

Zhang Ximeng pondered for a while, and even laughed.

"The lord really intends to fulfill the reputation of the minister... Actually, this is not what the minister thinks."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned suddenly and asked, "What do you think, sir?"

"I want a fair one, a fair one." Zhang Ximeng replied.

"But we're not fair enough!" Zhu Yuanzhang said stubbornly.

"Then I will find a way to make the lord fair!" Zhang Ximeng said decisively: "My lord, in fact, when dealing with Liu's clan, you can completely leave Liu Mengyan aside. Just what they did is enough to kill him."

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised, and then said: "Sir, you mean, they do a lot of evil in the fish and meat town?"

"Things may be more complicated."

"How?" Old Zhu became more and more curious.

Zhang Ximeng took out some manuscripts from his arms and put them in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Master, let's talk about a more famous traitor first... Qin Hui!" Zhang Ximeng said, "Master, do you still remember Li Shui?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "Why don't you remember, when we posted a notice of Juntian in Jinling, the people of Lishui moved and took the initiative to divide the land on their own, and there was a lot of trouble... Why did you mention this, sir?"

"Master, do you know who owns the Lishui fields that the people want to divide?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then he pondered: "Could it be... Qin Hui?"

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Yes, it is Qin Hui's. Fengxu in Lishui is next to Shijiu Lake. It is his fief, which stretches for more than 80 miles and has a total of 100,000 acres!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback. That piece of land he had been to was in the middle of two large lakes. The soil was fertile and the water was beautiful.

Such a good place, turned out to be that big traitor Qin Hui?

"Not only that, Qin Hui has many farms in other parts of Jinling. After his death, the family is in a downfall, but the Qin family still earns 100,000 stone fields in rent every year, so life should not be too comfortable."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but change his color. The land rent in Jiangnan was very heavy, at least more than half, but even so, if he could charge 100,000 stone fields, it also showed that the Qin family had at least 200,000 mu of land!

This is what happened after Qin Hui's death!

Thinking about their old Zhu family, they didn't even have an acre of land, so they could only rent and grow other people's homes. It's really more dead than people!

"Mr. Zhang, with such a merger, the emperor of Zhao Song will not care about it?"

Zhang Ximeng shook his head with a wry smile, "My lord, not suppressing annexation is the national policy of the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Anshi and others tried to change it, but they failed in the end. After the Jin army occupied the Central Plains, Zhao Song fled to Lin'an, and with Emperor Zhao Song, many dignitaries came. , famous officials in the court... These people have the feeling of going south in clothing. After arriving in the south of the Yangtze River, they wantonly occupy the land. They are hungry and thirsty. Zhang Jun, one of the generals, can also collect 600,000 dendrobium fields in rent every year, and even Han Shizhong and others have a lot of land. After all, only Prince Yue is clean!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened and he slapped the table angrily, "This is the reason why Yue Pengju was killed! The Zhao Song Dynasty, from top to bottom, is all rotten. Gaozong Zhao Gou is a despicable villain, clinging to his shortcomings and being shameless. How can you suppress the annexation and attack the powerful? I am afraid that the Zhao Song clan will be more ferocious when it annexes the fields!"

Zhang Ximeng sighed: "My lord, it's not just the annexation of farmland. During Song Zhezong's time, it was stipulated that the landlord would kill the tenant, reduce the crime, and distribute it to the neighboring state! In the reign of Song Gaozong, he simply reduced the crime and sent it to the state!"

Zhu Yuanzhang only felt his temple jump suddenly, and a burst of anger rushed straight to the top beam.

"What kind of fart decree? To distribute to Benzhou, because they have the face to announce it? In our opinion, it is to take the life of the tenant farmers seriously. What is the difference between distribution to Benzhou and no distribution?" "How did this Zhao family become emperor?"

Zhang Ximeng was also very helpless, "This is the case for making laws, and even more so for implementing laws. If there is a dispute between tenants and landlords, the yamen will directly punish the tenants without questioning whether they are indiscriminate. Officials will directly stand up, speak for the landlords, and maintain their principles."

"Damn! Shameful!" Old Zhu hummed angrily: "It turns out that the way the Tartars treated the Han people was already there in the Zhao and Song Dynasties. It's ridiculous that Liu Futong and the others have to reopen the Great Song Dynasty, they are really confused!"

Zhang Ximeng added: "My lord, it is true that the Yuan court fully inherited Zhao Song's method of gathering and carried it forward. For example, Liu Xi proposed that he should help collect the land fu and act as a grain chief. This is the usual method of the Yuan court. Relying on the rich local families , let them come forward, exploit the people, and squeeze the people's livelihood. Looking at Dayuan's founding of the country less than a hundred years ago, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, relying on their familiarity with the place and their knowledge of the language and ink, arbitrarily exploited and annexed fields and acres, and their lives were even better than in the Song Dynasty. comfortable."

Zhang Ximeng took out a few more documents and introduced it to Zhu Yuanzhang... Although the Yuan court sent Mongols and Semu people to control the area, after all, the number of people was too small, and the general culture was too poor.

They can only rely on the local gentry and landlords to help rule. The Mongols are greedy, and the tyrants are even more greedy. They are young and young, and they can continue to exhaust the water and fish, and that's the beginning.

In the south of the Yangtze River, there are tens of thousands of acres of land and thousands of tenants.

In some counties, five-sixths of the land is in the hands of a few landlords.

Ordinary people have no land at all and can only live on rented land. Too many people are absolutely poor.

Although it is said that after the Zhujia army crossed the river, they played the banner of Juntian and did a lot, but from the Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, how could it be so easy to solve the accumulated problems for hundreds of years?

It is precisely because they are still safe and sound after changing dynasties, this group of people dares to come to Zhu Yuanzhang to talk about conditions, and they always feel that no one can do anything to them...

"These beasts are doing a lot of evil. It seems that they don't just stay at home. Just killing their family is simply cheap for them!"

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Zhang Ximeng nodded immediately, "What the lord said is very true, I thought that before the land is completely equalized, the lord should give an order to encourage the tenants to stand up, and UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com to report the landlord. If there is a landlord who hurts the tenant, double compensation is required. If there is a situation where the tenant is killed, the landlord himself must pay for it!"

This order is powerful enough. Let the landlord pay for his life directly, and take anyone to blame, that's not acceptable!

Without saying a word, Lao Zhu nodded directly, "Just do what Mr. wants."

After pondering for a while, and after thinking for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Sir, I'm afraid it's not just this decree? Is there anything else to say?"

Zhang Ximeng took a deep breath, and then said solemnly: "Master, minister, minister dares to think that the master should become king!"

"King?"

"Yes, the lord should show his banner, break with Zhao Song completely, clear the source, and show the world. Although doing so is slightly in conflict with the strategy originally formulated. But our momentum is very good, and our strength has increased more than tenfold. ...and another thing is, if we want to mobilize more people and change the world more completely, we must touch the bad governance that has been left since Zhao Song. It is not enough to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty! We need more bold means!"

Zhang Ximeng's heart was surging, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and said sternly: "The minister said these words when he explained the equal distribution of fields... But now, the minister has a deeper understanding. In short, we must oppose Cheng Zhu's philosophy and leave it behind. We must oppose the style of the scholar-officials who come down, the farmland system, fiscal and taxation rules, all of which are objectionable! We can no longer tolerate these things.”

"To put it bluntly, it is to re-establish a world... and this world needs a wise and wise monarch." Zhang Ximeng bowed deeply, "I think that this monarch is none other than the lord! The people all over the world are looking forward to it, and the lord is duty-bound. !"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked solemn, he slowly sat on the chair, looked ahead, and muttered for a long time, "Let us be the king, okay?"

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