First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 555 Appease
The Jinshen Palace was as usual, the emperor and the prince reviewed the memorials, the court ladies and eunuchs carefully served the tea and refreshments, and officials from the Ministry of Education or the six ministries were sent to ask questions from time to time.

When dusk was approaching, Zhu Biao took a local memorial that he had read for a long time and read: "The people of the world are tired, but the people of Su and Song are compared with the world, and their labor is doubled; the people of the world are poor. And the people of Su Song are twice as poor as the rest of the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and asked, "Who said this?"

"Reporting to my father is what Li Guangnan, the prefect of Songjiang, said in his memorial."

"The demonic talk confuses the crowd. The land of Susong is rich, but today the people in the rest of the world don't have enough food and clothing. Year after year, disasters keep selling their children and daughters. Compared with them, what can they complain about, isn't it? In the past two years, the imperial court has not reduced or exempted their taxes..."

Han Yu said that Fu came out of the world, and Jiangnan occupies the nineteenth place. Looking at it today, the west of Zhejiang occupies the nineteenth place in the south of the Yangtze River, and the five prefectures of Su, Song, Chang, Jia, and Hu occupy the nineteenth place in Zhejiang.

In a county of Songjiang, the annual tax of the capital is 80, and the emphasis is on the local products. The differences between the sea and the sea, the cotton, the wenling, and the clothes and quilts are all over the world, which can be said to be rich.

In the third year of Hongwu, the imperial court confiscated 30 pieces of military cloth from the autumn grain in Songjiang Mansion...

Zhu Biao put down the memorial and persuaded: "This person is limited to one state and one capital, but he has something to say. It is not wrong to seek his own government in his position. Please don't blame the emperor, and the burden of taxes in the south of the Yangtze River must also be eased. It's over."

Zhu Yuanzhang also sighed and said: "It's not that we don't know that Jiangnan has heavy taxes, but what about the military and government expenditures of the various ministries of the imperial court? You can't count on the taxes from the northern state capitals?"

"Efforts should be made to increase income and reduce expenditure. My son thinks that the construction of the palace city can be put aside this year. The original planned northern expedition to Liaodong and southward expedition to Yunnan are also the same. Then we should carefully regulate the salt tax. Although the opening of China and France has reduced the burden on the imperial court to supply northern Xinjiang, However, a considerable share of the salt tax was lost, and the minister thought it was time to recover it."

The salt tax in all dynasties has been the most important income of the country, often accounting for half of the fiscal revenue. The same is true in the Ming Dynasty. However, due to the financial difficulties in the past few years, they had to give up part of the benefits to implement the Chinese law. Several large merchants in Shanxi Not only obtained the Yanyin from the Hedong Yanchi, but also quickly monopolized the Yanyin from the Huaihe River.

Although the imperial court saved the supply of 500 million shi in northern Xinjiang every year, it also lost a large-scale salt tax. The pros and cons are all on the bright side, and others dare not mention it, but Zhu Biao naturally has no taboos.

"Father also knows that the disturbance of Japanese pirates along the coast has been greatly alleviated, and the risk of transporting grain by sea in the future is still within an acceptable range. If Naha goes out and surrenders, then there will be no need for merchants to transport grain for the court in the future. .”

"Biao'er, money is important, but food is fundamental to the court. Without money, the court still has various methods, but if there is no food, there will be great chaos."

"In the end, we have to change it back. Opening the Chinese law will solve the urgent need, but it is by no means a long-term solution. The so-called poverty leads to change, change leads to success, and success leads to long-term. This year, the supply of food and grass for my navy in Ming Dynasty is provided by Korea and other countries in Southeast Asia. Supply, the northern frontier army also has output, and the chieftains in Guizhou did not have me as the main force in the Ming Dynasty, and this year is considered a good time from all perspectives."

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment and said: "Let's have a discussion with Zhongshu Province tomorrow, such a big matter must be handled carefully."

"I understand that this was just a hasty remark, and I will think it over again when I go back tonight."

"Well, yes, Mao Xiang reported that Chahan, the son of Nahachu, has already passed Xuzhou, and he will arrive in a few days. Since you called him, you should receive him."

"My son complies with the decree, and I have to congratulate my father. Since Naha sent Chahan, the most favored eldest son, here, it can be seen that he knows that the situation is unstoppable, and Liaodong is not far away."

Hearing this, Lao Zhu was also happy. Although he hated Naha's unreasonable bastard, it would be a happy event if Liaodong could be recovered without fighting. He was not afraid of fighting, but was afraid of spending money. It is only when you have a family that you know that daily necessities, rice, oil and salt are expensive.

After Zhu Biao returned to the desk, he picked up the rest of the memorials and looked at them. Jinghai Hou Wuzhen played the report, sailed to the South China Sea, and the leader of the Southern Pirates, the black devils, joined forces with the Japanese pirates, and led the sailors, officers and soldiers to defeat them. They gathered in Ma'anshan, chased and defeated them in Langtaozi, and captured more than [-] people including black ghosts and false captains and marshals alive, and beheaded them.

Zhu Biao smiled and approved the Ministry of War's reconsideration award. In recent years, Zhu Biao has intervened in many affairs of the navy.

Eliminating pirates along the coast is already a great achievement, but if the Nanyang trade route can be successfully opened up, and if the imperial court does not need to bear the food, tax and military payment, it will be a great achievement.

Naturally, there is a reward for this. It is a trivial matter to be promoted to an official position. What Zhu Biao wants is to achieve results. He has also heard about the nigger, the leader of the Southern Pirates. The Ministry fled into the South China Sea to plunder, and later joined hands with the Japanese pirates to cause trouble, disturbing the territory of Guangdong and Guangxi.

They didn't expect to hit Wu Zhen's gun this time, and they probably didn't expect that Daming still had the energy to send navy into the South China Sea, preparing to help the Nanyang countries clear the waters.

Zhu Biao was looking at the next copy, and his face turned dark. The Taiyuan government reported that under the rule of Shouyang County, the wife gave birth to three sons for auspiciousness...

The Qin Tianjian played a report, and at night there was a red star from Lang Jiang's side northeast to the cloud...

Zhu Biao had finished processing, and his father had also finished processing in the blink of an eye, and beckoned to the eunuch waiting to pass the reviewed memorial to Zhongshu Sheng.

"I can't wait for the things in Shandong, and the relief food arranged by the household department is almost finished. Biao'er, go and get some old three."

A few days ago, Laizhou and Jinan played a report. Years of drought and floods have hurt crops. Now the people eat grass and bark for a living. The local government asked for help. Zhu Biao asked for orders to go to the disaster relief on behalf of the third child.

Zhu Biao got up and promised, and then walked towards the Hall of Martial Arts. After calculation, the third brother should still be plowing the land and planting seedlings. Liu Jin and others hurried to follow.

From the Jinshen Hall, through the middle and right gate, and then through the Wu Tower, you can see a scene of sweat dripping into the soil at noon on the day of hoeing. Zhu Biao feels sorry for this brother. If this scene is seen by the father, I can't tell how happy I am.

Zhu Biao watched with great interest for a while, the youngest and the youngest were probably bickering and didn't notice that his elder brother was coming, the little eunuch next to him wanted to remind him, but he was powerless and didn't dare to disturb the prince interest.

Zhu Di suddenly noticed something, turned around and saw the eldest brother, and hurriedly called the two next to him, and the three brothers came out of the ground barefoot. It has to be said that the young man is full of firepower, and the spring season is already dusk. Still barefoot and shirtless, and even sweaty.

"Okay, don't clean up, just come here."

"Hey, brother, why are you here?"

"Of course there is something to do, third child, the disaster relief work in Shanxi is entrusted to you, what are you waiting for if you don't go to the household department to keep an eye on it? If something goes wrong, the people below can't escape, and you, the prince who was ordered to provide disaster relief, can hide Lost?"

Zhu Biao was vague, and Zhu Biao asked, "Why, did the officials from the Ministry of Households fool you?"

"Hey, the Ministry of Households has its own regulations for raising food. I saw that drinking tea at the Ministry of Households might as well come back and help with some work..."

Zhu Biao sneered and said, "Don't pretend to be pitiful. It's not the first time you've come out on an errand. I need to teach you about this. Just do what you should do. If something goes wrong in disaster relief, don't say it." Father, I can't spare you, kid either."

"What I'm waiting for is Big Brother, and the household department is full of Big Brother's people. If you don't say anything, how can you get angry, Big Brother, just look at it. From the day I arrived in the disaster area, I will be responsible if I die of starvation!"

Zhu Biao calmed down and said: "That's good. Shanxi has suffered disasters year after year, and the immigrants, large and small, have never stopped. If natural disasters and man-made disasters are not appeased, the people will definitely change. That's why you are allowed to go. You must be careful." Relief and peace for the people.”

Zhu Biao kept asking, and Zhu Yu nodded and agreed again and again. The king of Jin, Zhu Xi, and the king of Qi, Zhu Di, felt a little uncomfortable. They were brothers who farmed together, so why did the third child suddenly become famous?

The second child couldn't help but said, "I want to help dozens of counties in the two prefectures, and the third child can't do it alone. Brother, let me help too. You don't need to make a name for yourself."

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(End of this chapter)