First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 68

　　 Li Shanchang burst into cold sweats, and his conscience was very guilty.

　　He worked as a small official in Chuzhou. Although he has a small character, he has one official and two officials, and a proper second-class person, crushing 90% of the people. Moreover, Li Shanchang is very intelligent and has the means. Although he is not like Song Jiang, who can eat black and white and call the wind and rain, but the size is also a personal thing.

　　 To be honest, Li Shanchang first took refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang, and he also wanted to offer Chuzhou as a gift.

　　 Don't look at the Feng family brothers can't take it down, but Li Shanchang is different!

　　 He understands Chuzhou's interior clearly, and he has many friends, people from the yamen, business people, and even some rascals, three religions and nine ranks, and he has a good reputation.

　　 Because of this, Li Shanchang has this confidence.

　　 But now he finds something is wrong, and it is quite wrong!

　　 Who is Zhu Yuanzhang? Li Shanchang has already learned.

　　 And many years ago, he was in Chuzhou for dinner, what he went through, don't even think about it...I introduced those good friends over.

　　The government official's servant: Cut it!

　　 For the wealthy and merciless merchant: Cut it!

　　The rogue who oppresses the people: Cut it!

　　 Kill them all. What if Zhu Yuanzhang sees that all he has friends with are friends, and he cuts off his head in anger?

　　 let's run!

　　Don't mess with Zhu Yuanzhang, it's too terrible!

　　 Li Shanchang is already messed up, but after somehow he has faced the impact of Jia Lu, his heart is already very strong, although Zhu Yuanzhang is harsh, he is not an unreasonable person, let's communicate well!

　　 With the heart of going to the grave, he came to see him.

　　 Lao Zhu has just explored Chuzhou's defenses, and then dispatched Huayun and Wu Liang to lead troops to patrol around Chuzhou, looking for weaknesses on the one hand, and on the other hand guarding against the soldiers from the city.

　　 Then Lao Zhu mobilized elite soldiers, prepared a ladder, and planned to go in in one go.

　　 Under Lao Zhu's command, the brothers Feng Guoyong and Feng Guosheng are the most active.

　　 They have been defeated miserably, this time, no matter what, they will rush into Chuzhou, do a good job, and fortunately have a firm foothold under Zhu Yuanzhang.

　　 Feng family brothers are like this, Tanghe and others are not vegetarian either.

　　 Don't look at Tanghe, but he is also a thousand households, but he has a thousand households with 1,280 people, 60% of them, and 500 horses. He is the most powerful person.

　　 Zhu Yuanzhang trusts him, and he can't be ashamed.

　　 This first ascendant merit, in any case, is also his!

　　 Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang's momentum, the defenders in the city are too miserable.

　　 In terms of military strength, it is less than three thousand.

　　 Look at the morale of the army again.

　　 In any case, it can't stop the Red Scarf.

　　 The prefect Bai Jingen is ready to die for the country. There is arsenic hidden in his sleeve. As long as one bite, he can die immediately and die for the country.

　　 He is ready to be a loyal minister of the Yuan Dynasty.

　　 News from the city came, Lao Zhu just smiled coldly, if you want to die, let's fulfill you!

　　 "Pass the order, siege the city tomorrow!"

　　 The generals suddenly agreed, and they were gearing up one by one, and immediately prepared... At this moment, suddenly a soldier ran in from outside.

　　 "Master, Mr. Zhang is here!"

　　 Zhang Ximeng is here!

　　 Old Zhu was surprised, didn't he go to settle Guo Zixing?

　　 Why is it so coming?

　　 Lao Zhu hurriedly greeted him, and when he came out, he found that Zhang Ximeng was frowning, grinning, with two legs spread apart, a dog could run past, and he was slowly moving forward.

　　 "What's the matter? Mr. is injured?"

　　 At this time, the soldier following Zhang Ximeng said: "Superior, the gentleman heard that he was going to attack Chuzhou, so he galloped over at night and ran for more than three hundred miles, and his legs were worn out."

　　Zhu Yuanzhang understood what was going on, and hurriedly said to both sides: "What are you doing? Get a stretcher and carry Mr. Zhang!"

　　 The soldiers suddenly agreed, and when they brought the stretcher, Tang He snatched it without others. He followed Huayun one after another, carrying Zhang Ximeng and walking inside.

　　 makes Zhang Ximeng feel embarrassed.

"Lord, don't need to do this, I just don't feel so relieved... Chuzhou is bigger than Haozhou, and it is also a key place for commerce and trade. There is a constant flow of businessmen. This place is used well, and it is definitely the best place for the lord to start a home. Place. Whatever you want to do next will be much easier."

　　 Zhang Ximeng endured the pain and explained to Zhu Yuanzhang.

　　 Finally, they arrived at the handsome account. After they took their seats, Lao Zhu said: "Mister taught that we are about to attack immediately. If you have anything you want the big guy to pay attention to, please tell me!"

　　 Zhang Ximeng said: "That's it. What's the location of Chuzhou, I won't talk about it. Just to say one thing, I have heard that there are many blacksmith shops in Chuzhou, but this is the case?"

　　 This time Li Shanchang answered, "Yes, there are indeed many. In order to cross the river, the Yuan army made iron and built weapons in Chuzhou and other places. After so many years, there are many blacksmiths in Chuzhou."

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "That's it... Yuan Ting restricts iron weapons and weakens the Han. Nowadays, most of the weapons used in the military are seized weapons, but if you want to last for a long time, you must have your own iron smelting workshop that can produce ordnance. How small is the grain!"

　　 It looks like Zhang Ximeng said nonsense, can war do not need weapons? But I'm sorry, neither Haozhou in front or Dingyuan, which Lao Zhu had already won, couldn't make big iron smelting.

　　 There is no workshop, no craftsman, no raw materials, so don't even think about it!

　　 is to turn iron pots and shovels back into the furnace to make swords, nothing more.

　　 But Chuzhou is different. This place is close to the Yangtze River, convenient for merchants, and has precious iron smelting workshops. The scale is not small. If used well, it will undoubtedly greatly increase Zhu Yuanzhang's strength.

　　 Lao Zhu frowned slightly, as if he realized something. Was his approach too reckless?

　　 "Sir, since the iron workshop is important, can you just accept it?"

　　 Zhang Ximeng couldn't help but smile, he hurried over, his thighs were worn out, isn't he just worried about it!

"My lord, the expropriation is okay, but Chuzhou probably needs to purchase iron ore... Our current site is still too small to be self-sufficient. Copper and iron, medicinal materials, salt, silk, tung oil, horns, too much Everything requires the efforts of merchants. Chuzhou is different from Hengjianshan, and it is not comparable to the small Dingyuan county. You must be careful and not careless!"

　　 "What we want is a complete Chuzhou, an orderly functioning Chuzhou city that can allow us to grow rapidly! Not a sluggish Chuzhou with all kinds of businesses!"

　　 After Zhang Ximeng finished talking, everyone was silent, and almost instantly, they were quiet.

　　 Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and fell into thought.

　　 The past events made him unable to forget.

　　 He hates corrupt officials, shameless profiteers... Now that he has a butcher knife in his hand, he really wants to kill him. However, Zhang Ximeng galloped for three hundred miles and rushed over, just because he was worried that he would do it.

　　 And what Zhang Ximeng said is indeed reasonable.

　　 After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up slowly, and said to the people: "Mr. said what he meant, we think this is reasonable, how to treat the merchants in Chuzhou, we must be reasonable, not reckless!"

　　As soon as Lao Zhu finished speaking, Li Shanchang couldn't help but bow deeply.

　　 "Higher wise!"

　　 At this moment, Li Shanchang is also honest, he is really inferior to Zhang Ximeng, not only the degree of affinity with Lao Zhu, but also his vision.

　　 If he could think of this, he would have been able to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang a long time ago, so why wait for Zhang Ximeng to come forward and speak earnestly?

　　 But anyway, it is a great thing to make Lao Zhu change his mind.

　　 "Superior, Mr. Zhang's thoughts are indeed old-fashioned and prudent, the most reasonable saying, this matter really should be carefully considered and weighed." Li Shanchang was finally able to speak.

　　Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, nodded and said, "Just according to Mr. Li's opinion...then what should we do?"

　　 Li Shan was speechless for a while, he hadn't thought of it yet.

　　At this time, Zhang Ximeng spoke again, "Master, we used to expropriate the land from the landlord and distribute it to the people. Can the real estate, shops, various workshops and businesses in the city be expropriated?"

　　Zhu Yuanzhang is extremely keen on everything else, but he was a little slow when facing merchants' affairs, and he thought for a long time and said: "If there is any ingenuity in it, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is doing evil, naturally, it must be severely punished!"

　　 Zhang Ximeng nodded, "In other words, if you are honest in business, can you continue to operate?"

　　 "That's natural!"

　　 "Do I need to pay taxes?" Zhang Ximeng asked again.

　　 Old Zhu was stunned, thinking and thinking before he said: "It seems that it should be, but I don't know how to collect commercial tax!"

　　 Zhang Ximeng smiled and said: "The lord only needs to make a rough plan. The minister will discuss this matter with Mr. Li."

　　 Li Shanchang hurriedly bowed, and said humbly: "Your superior, Mr. Zhang said it well, and he is willing to lay hands on Mr. Zhang in a humble position."

　　 After some further deliberation, they finally reached a consensus...After entering the city, they are not allowed to enter the houses or disturb the people.

　　 The household registration, atlas, and soldiers in the city are all sealed up for inventory purposes.

　　 The Red Scarf Army protects legal operations and adopts a progressive tax system. All merchants only need to pay taxes in accordance with the rules. As for all the exorbitant taxes and taxes imposed by Yuan Ting, they have all been abolished.

　　 Yuan court clerk servants, those who have committed evil deeds, are severely punished, and the people can take the initiative to report... If you are innocent and have good conduct, you can stay in office without panic.

　　 Zhang Ximeng and Li Shanchang drafted a total of ten articles. After Zhu Yuanzhang's approval, they soon passed into the trembling Chuzhou City. Soon someone sneaked out of the city and came to visit Lao Zhu.

The leader was surnamed Zhou, he opened a big restaurant in Chuzhou, and also operated a cart and horse shop... Zhu Yuanzhang recognized him at a glance, and couldn't help humming to Zhang Ximeng, "I see it, it's this thing, let's go for alms He said that the rest of the food was fed to the dog, so let's not look forward to it. Their family's dog-eater meal is a pot of rice for humans and dogs! You said that **** are not assholes?"

　　 Zhang Ximeng could only grinned bitterly, "Master, great cause, great cause is important!"

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