Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 202 Rights
Lao Zhu's birthday banquet was lively and harmonious enough, and many people also felt that after the emperor's birthday, they naturally needed to continue to devote themselves to work.According to their understanding of the emperor, it is bound to continue to work hard and will not rest.

This is indeed the character of Emperor Zhu, a workaholic.With such an immediate boss, the people under him are also forced to become workaholics, and it is even more difficult to take a break.

Looking at the gray-haired old Zhu sitting on the dragon chair, Zhu Xiongying, the grandson of the emperor, was uncharacteristically, discussing many things directly with the civil and military ministers in the court, without any ambiguity.

This is also a bit abnormal, even if everyone knows the status and weight of the emperor's grandson, they all know that the emperor's grandson has long been reviewing memorials and handling government affairs.It's just that the emperor's grandson used to talk less and listen more in court, instead of taking the initiative to stand up and deal with some things like this now.

"The matter of moving the capital is a national policy, and this matter cannot be discussed." Zhu Xiongying opened his mouth, and said to Ru Yu, "Aiqing, please go and draw up a list. The six ministers of Youshi need to move the capital to Beiping, and the five temples are for You Shaoqing to travel. Inspector The court is the censor of the left deputy capital, and the general administration department will go to Peiping first from the right Tongzheng. Six subjects, let the left give the matter."

At this moment, everyone understood that the emperor's grandson meant the central department, and the three in command of each department moved the capital to Beiping first.

Ru Yuan didn't object, but just said, "Your Highness, if there are important officials from all ministries leaving Beijing"

"Without one person, you can't do anything?" Lao Zhu was upset, he couldn't bear it, "Leaving an important person, the central departments of my center, there are fewer people who can make up their minds?"

Faced with Lao Zhu's anger, everyone didn't know what to say at this time, so let's accept the emperor's grandson's proposal.As for opposing the relocation of the capital, there is no need to think about it. Those who opposed the relocation of the capital have been purged several times before.

At this time, Ru Yu said again, "Your Highness, all the ministries of the central government have sent people to Beiping, and Beiping is far from Yingtianfu."

Zhu Xiongying waved his hand and said, "If there is an important matter, naturally send a message quickly. The ministries going to Beiping here will only settle down first, and there will not be too many government affairs. All affairs will be handled by Ying Tianfu. There should also be a prince in charge at that time."

Old Zhu who was sitting on the dragon chair spoke again, "Let's take a look at this matter and let King Jin go over and watch it first, Yunxi."

Zhu Xiongying coughed, and Lao Zhu immediately came to his senses.His second grandson ran away again, following Zhou Wang Zhu Bian and Xiang Wang Zhu Bo.The destination is the site of Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, who is a "scholar of Shu".

This is a prince who even Lao Zhu called him a "Shu scholar". He is filial, friendly and kind, and has a wide range of classics. The main concubine is Lan Yu's daughter.This one can be regarded as Lao Zhu's favorite son, because he is more worry-free and has the potential of a virtuous king.

In fact, many princes have not yet returned to their fiefs. King Zhou and the others ran away because they had received the imperial edict.As for how the imperial decree came from, it's hard to say, anyway, it was brought by Zhu Yunxie. This is the real imperial decree, not a false edict.

Zhu Xiongying said at this time, "Grandfather, Sun Chen feels that the King of Chu has been in Wuchang for a long time, and he has also pacified Dayong and Daozhou, and conquered Yunnan and Ximan. It is most appropriate to go to Beiping. Besides, the King of Chu is the ancestor People from the right clan of Renfu are also suitable."

Lao Zhu thought for a while and said, "That's right, then the King of Chu. Zheng Guogong Chang Mao has been in Beiping for a long time, so he will also go there."

Everyone knew why Chang Mao went to Peiping.If it weren't for the premature death of the crown prince, maybe Chang Mao would have stayed in Peiping with the crown prince's grandson.To be honest, Zheng Guogong's family is the most supportive of moving the capital, because they are the mother clan of the emperor's grandson, and they all know that the emperor's grandson contributed a lot to moving the capital to Beiping.

And why Chang Mao went to Beiping, everyone also had some guesses in their hearts, and they must be staring at Chu King Zhu Zhen.Don't look at the fact that Zhu Zhen followed the crown prince Zhu Biao into the Wenhua Palace to listen to Confucian officials, but he seemed to have resentment and somewhat complained about the crown prince becoming a legitimate prince.

Some things seem to be decided so happily, anyway, Zhu Xiongying feels happier in his heart.As for whether other people are very happy at this time, it is actually more difficult to say.

Some civil and military officials must be unhappy. They may have to leave the center for a while, and go to the bitter cold Beiping.This is not just a matter of the various central departments. The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the nobles must also send people to Beiping.

After going down to court, Old Zhu said to Zhu Xiongying angrily, "You are getting more and more familiar with the method of cutting flesh with a blunt knife."

Zhu Xiongying immediately began to pretend to be stupid, but seeing that Old Zhu couldn't get away with it, Zhu Xiongying said, "It's not bad for Liu Shu to leave Wuchang, let's go and have a look around. It's time to send troops. He didn't come to the army personally after asking for payment?"

This is what Zhu Zhen did last year. He was supposed to lead troops to quell the rebellion.The result was that he didn't go to the army after asking for his salary, which also made Lao Zhu very angry. Few of these sons could really make him feel at ease.

It can't be said that it was a blunt knife cutting flesh, but this time the King of Chu was not in Wuchang, so Zhu Xiongying justifiably transferred all the three guards of the King of Chu away.Go to the southwestern border, and continue to put pressure on the Chen Dynasty, so that we can continue to manage the Indochina Peninsula.If places like the Indochina Peninsula are taken down, Zhu Xiongying thinks it will be easier to place some princes.For example, Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, once he went to the Indochina Peninsula to found a country, places like Wuchang would be easily taken back instead of being fiefdoms by the king of Chu.

Regarding these matters, Zhu Xiongying still had some little calculations of his own, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with them.

Zhu Xiongying's small thoughts, old Zhu is naturally very clear, but now he is really too lazy to say anything, and he is used to these things, in fact, it is almost the same.

After all, Zhu Xiongying has never concealed his dissatisfaction with the prince's high treatment. He has always wanted to weaken the prince's rights and status. He has not only thought about these things, but also done a lot of things.

The only thing that makes Lao Zhu more gratified is that although his grandson has some complaints about the high treatment of the princes, it seems to be generally good now, and he has left a lot of affection for the clan. I also thought of many ways to resettle the clan.

Some things, Lao Zhu also felt that he really couldn't take care of them now.Although he is a very tough man, Lao Zhu can feel that he is aging in recent years.

After chatting with Lao Zhu for a while, Zhu Xiongying was busy reviewing the memorials.

Now is also the time to collect taxes. The current Ming Dynasty is also based on the two-tax law, which is usually collected in summer and autumn, and is an important source of tax revenue.

Although there is now an additional overseas source of income, it's just silver.In fact, what Zhu Xiongying cares about is still some materials. Sometimes silver is just currency in circulation, and food is really related to people's livelihood.

"Daming's tax is still low." Zhu Xiongying shook his head and said with some emotion, "We have to find a way to increase the tax, otherwise it will definitely become more and more difficult in the future."

It's no wonder that Zhu Xiongying thought about increasing the tax, mainly the land tax of Ming Dynasty. Although the land tax is levied according to the land area and soil quality level, generally speaking, it is one-tenth of the harvest amount.

To be more specific, the tax on official land is five liters, three liters and five spoonfuls per mu, farmland is reduced by two liters, and re-lease land is eight liters and five liters are five spoonfuls. There is no official land that is confiscated due to criminal seizures and other reasons.

For comparison, in the Song Dynasty it was almost one bucket per mu, in the Yuan Dynasty it was three liters, in the Ming Dynasty there were two liters more land tax officials than in the Yuan Dynasty, and in the Ming Dynasty the regulations were similar to those in the Yuan Dynasty, but much lighter than that in the Song Dynasty.

Of course, this is also divided into regions. Lao Zhu has always levied very heavy taxes on Suzhou Prefecture.

Some people said that Lao Zhu did this, and it must be for revenge.Because Suzhou was Zhang Shicheng's base camp at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang attacked Zhang Shicheng, the local people defended the city for Zhang Shicheng.

In fact, it was mainly at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the generation of Suzhou was an important food producing area.

There will be reforms in the future, and the people of Suzhou should not have such a heavy burden.Of course, other places also need to gradually raise tax standards after recuperating.

Zhu Xiongying is very clear that it is impossible to say that land tax will not be collected in this day and age.What he can do is probably to reduce some other exorbitant taxes as much as possible while slightly increasing the land tax.

In addition to the land tax, Zhu Xiongying naturally paid more attention to the commercial tax, and he also knew that it was one of the most important sources of finance for the court.

Today's Ming Dynasty cannot be closed like it was at the same time in history. Whether it is overseas trade or some domestic commercial activities, they are all in a relatively good state.As for the increase in business tax, Zhu Xiongying also felt that it was imperative.

It can't just be cheaper for some aristocratic families, nor can it just fatten up a lot of rich and gentry. These things are also things that Zhu Xiongying needs to consider and things that he needs to do well.

It is not so easy to govern a country well, and it is not just enough to have a strong army.The Ming Dynasty also needs to ensure a stable financial system. Only in this way can all systems and links be truly operated.

It is true that Zhu Xiongying likes to open up borders, but this does not mean that Zhu Xiongying is definitely going to use military force. That is an unrealistic thing, and it is not a particularly good approach.

Zhu Xiongying, who returned to the East Palace, began to rest. He was already quite busy during this time.But Zhu Xiongying is very clear that he will be even busier in the next period of time.

No matter for such things, Zhu Xiongying still prefers such things in his bones. It is a good thing to be busy. What he fears most is that there is nothing to do, and the rights in his hands will be taken away.

Busy or tired, that's true.It's just that the sense of accomplishment and desire for power in his heart is what Zhu Xiongying cares about!
(End of this chapter)