Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 195 The Pastry Master Zhu Youjian
"Millions of refugees?! Is the situation in Henan so corrupt?"

"How much food will it cost to relocate millions of refugees?"

"Moving the people from Henan to Liaodong, this... alas!"

"I think King Qi is crazy, why move so many people?"

"The Six Ministries and the Fifth Temple cannot afford to pay for this amount of money. The King of Qi should rely on the Imperial Horse Supervisor to raise it..."

On the twenty-sixth day of the winter month, when the news of Zhu Youjian's relocation of millions of refugees returned to the capital, and Zhu Youxiao ordered someone to issue an order to send it back to the cabinet, the civil servants in the Wenhua Palace immediately exploded.

The minds of all the officials are confused, and some people want to use millions of refugees to impeach Zhu Youjian for his ineffectiveness in suppressing bandits.

Some people wondered whether the relocation of so many people would be too laborious and costly, and whether the court would not be able to support it.

Some people are sighing for the people, after all, walking more than [-] miles is a terrible existence for some old and weak people.

Others are trying to evade the source of the money and food, and don't want the money and food to fall on the heads of the five temples and six ministries.

However, no matter how much they said, it was useless. When Ye Xianggao told the final handling of the imperial decree, everyone had a headache.

"The Taipu Temple issued [-] taels of silver, Guanglu Temple [-] taels, Jieshen Treasury [-] taels, the household department [-] taels, and Taicang rice [-] million shi were handed over to Cao Huachun, the admiral of the imperial horse supervisor. "

After Ye Xianggao finished reading the imperial decree, his complexion became ugly.

He used to support the emperor and the king of Qi, but this time even he felt that the king of Qi was a little too much trouble.

He knew that King Qi was the relocated people so that the army could have enough civilians in Liaodong, but he knew even more that such a relocation would consume Daming's national funds.

Moreover, these people migrated to Liaodong, and it took at least three years before they could cultivate enough acres to feed them.

This means that the Ming Dynasty has to support them for at least three years...

Thinking of this terrifying time, Ye Xianggao couldn't help but feel a headache.

He naturally knows the benefits of relocating people, but the problem is that this kind of thing should at least wait for the political situation to stabilize, right?
Right now, nearly half of Daming's expenses are spent on side affairs, and when counting the salaries of civil and military clansmen, only about [-]% can be used.

At this time, it should be to seek stability and keep the people in Henan. Even if it is to abolish the Henan Weisuo Fatian, Ye Xianggao also supports it.

At least abolishing the guards and farmland, it only needs to support the millions of refugees for one year, but it takes three years to support the relocation...

Ye Xianggao would not understand why Zhu Youjian stubbornly relocated the people. Perhaps only Zhu Youjian, who knew that Henan would experience six consecutive years of drought in ten years, would know that as long as there is an opportunity, he must quickly relocate to Shaanxi and Henan. common people.

Reduce the population density of Henan, so that the people of Henan can get more fields and have a higher ability to resist risks when dividing land.

Only Zhu Youjian knew all this, and if he said it, he could only laugh at it.

So he simply answered with a simple answer, one Liaodong citizen husband is not enough, and the people are not enough to take it all away.

Such an approach is naturally dissatisfied, but it can only be obeyed honestly.

Just like now, even though they are extremely reluctant, the Six Ministries and the Five Temples still have to allocate money and food honestly.

The household department has become completely pauper, and can only count on the arrears of tax money from the Kaichun Yumajian to meet the operation of next year.

Like them, the Yumajian also began to allocate money and food under Zhu Youjian's order and Zhu Youxiao's consent.

In more than two months, grains from Shanxi, North Zhili and most areas have already been transported to the three major warehouses in Yanshan and Liaodong.

But fortunately, there are still millions of meters on the way to the north of Yumajian South Field, so Cao Huachun simply wrote to Wang An, asking the grain transport ships in Yumajian South Field to go in two ways.

One road, transporting [-] million shi grains along the canal northward, after entering Yanzhou Mansion, in the canal section, a porridge shed with grain storage of [-] shi was set up every ten miles.

However, after leaving Shandong and entering Zhili, porridge sheds with [-] shi of grain were set up every fifty miles.

The other way is to transport [-] shi grains. After entering Henan through the Yellow River, a porridge shed will be set up on both sides of the Yellow River every ten miles on the route from the entrance of Henan to Luoyang, and [-] shi grains and grasses will be stored.

In the north and south of the [-]-mile river, [-] porridge sheds need to be arranged, and there will be [-] shi of grain left after that.

The [-] shi of grain is the relief grain that Zhu Youjian will hand over to the clans in Henan, Shandong and other places.

It is impossible for the clan to go to Liaodong, because Zhu Youjian's innovation was a local innovation, and it was distributed to the clan after taking back the private land of the vassal king.

If Zhu Youjian asked the clan to also go to Liaodong, then the clan would definitely not support innovation.

Therefore, this is a concession that Zhu Youjian has to make...

Under such concessions, Zhu Youjian began to order the various armies to encircle and suppress and appease the rebels.

All rebels, as long as the leaders surrender, the rebellion can be ignored, but they will all be sent to Liaodong for reclamation.

When such news came out, Zhu Youjian had already beaten and collapsed, and the collapsed rebels surrendered without hesitation, and Zhu Youjian also fulfilled his promise and did not kill these rebel generals.

He treated these people equally, and after they were disturbed, they were resettled by the Yellow River in the north of Xiangfu County and Luoyang County, and set up a porridge field.

By the third day of the twelfth lunar month, the Wenxiangjiao rebellion in Henan and Shandong provinces was completely put down, and the rebellions in Sichuan, Huguang, Zhejiang and other places were also suppressed by local soldiers one after another because of their small scale.

However, the suppression of the rebellion does not mean that Zhu Youjian can go back.

On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhu Youxiao decreed that Zhu Youjian was appointed as the temporary governor of Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong provinces, responsible for dealing with the aftermath of military disasters.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian, who had just arrived in Xiangfu County, took the lead in giving the order:

"Refugees from Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong provinces who are willing to open up Liaodong can go to the Yellow River Ferry east of Luoyang to get a disaster victim's card and go north to Liaodong."

"There are congee farms along the way. After arriving in Liaodong, the imperial court distributed farm tools and provided [-] catties of grain, [-] catties of vegetables, [-] taels of oil, and [-] taels of salt per head per month."

"Until three years after the autumn harvest of the fields, [-]% of the tax is paid, and the rest goes to the common people, and the distribution of grain is stopped."

In the Chengyun Hall of King Zhou's Mansion, Zhu Youjian sat on one side of the main seat, and on the other side was the old Zhou king Zhu Suqin who dared not speak out. Next to Zhu Suqin stood Zhu Gongyun and Zhu Shaoyu.

The three of them gritted their teeth, but they dared not show any disrespect, and Zhu Youjian, as if he was the master of Zhou Palace, gave orders to Lu Wenzhao, who was sitting first on the left.

Below Lu Wenzhao are the Commander of Tiance Guard, Sun Shoufa, Lu Xiu and others, while those sitting on the right of Zhu Youjian are officials of all sizes from Henan.

They lowered their heads and looked at their noses and their hearts, not daring to get involved, for fear of being blamed by His Royal Highness King Qi who has military power.

But at the end of Zhu Youjian's speech, he still looked at them, but he still said to Lu Wenzhao:

"Officials and subordinates of the three provinces, if anyone obstructs the migration of refugees and common people, their homes will be confiscated and sent to Liaodong!"

"..." Hearing these words, the faces of officials of all sizes in Henan turned cold, and the flesh on Zhu Suqin's face also twitched.

"Your Highness, is there anything else that needs to be added?"

After Lu Wenzhao finished writing everything, he raised his head and asked, but Zhu Youjian said:

"Let's just leave it at that, Jin Yiwei will supervise well, if nothing happens, you can leave..."

"The humble (last general) resigns..." Seeing what Zhu Youjian said and Lu Wenzhao and many other generals got up, they signaled to resign.

At the same time, the officials in Henan also got up one after another, and laughed awkwardly:

"His Royal Highness, Henan still has official duties, so the officials and others will retire first."

Everyone knew that Zhu Youjian was going to talk to Zhu Suqin about the suzerain vassal, so they all expressed interest in leaving.

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly, and the officials left one after another, and finally only the three guilty Zhou Fan remained.

After everyone walked away, Zhu Youjian picked up the teacup and said to Zhu Suqin unhurriedly:
"Uncle Zhou, you should have read all the innovation regulations of the vassal clan, right?"

"Except for the salary field, how about the Yumajian buying more than [-] mu of cultivated land in Zhou Wang's mansion for [-] taels of silver per mu?"

Because the fiefs of the vassals in the Ming Dynasty did not actually occupy the land, but the land tax on the fiefs was distributed to the vassals as Zonglu in the local area.

In addition, the actual distribution after Yongle was [-]% of the quota during the Hongwu period, and the actual distribution after the Jiajing [-]th Suzerainty Regulations was an average of [-]%, and the remaining part was recorded but could never be cashed.

Therefore, Zhou Fan has accumulated more than two hundred years of capital, but actually only has more than [-] mu of land with land leases.

These fields are currently being cultivated by Zhou Fan's nearly [-] clans who have issued five clothes. Zhu Suqin has no expenses other than to feed the [-] people.

Now Zhu Youjian is willing to pay money to buy land instead of forcing it, which makes Zhu Suqin feel relieved.

At least after these fields are sold, Zhou Fan can still accumulate millions of taels of silver.

Coupled with the annual salary, you can live comfortably.

But looking at the appearance of his eldest nephew, it is obvious that the vassal king is not allowed to buy any more land, which gave Zhu Suqin a headache...

"Uncle Zhou Wang, my nephew has a business, I wonder if you would like to do it..."

Zhu Youjian suddenly smiled and said, this smile made Zhu Suqin and the three of them feel scared, and Zhu Suqin coughed and squeezed out a smile, pretending to be an elder and said kindly:

"Nephew Qi, what can I say directly..."

"Don't worry, you can show Uncle Zhou Wang something before you say it." Zhu Youjian smiled and brought a rolled up picture scroll from the table next to him, then unfolded the scroll, handed it to Zhu Gongyun and said:

"Brother Wang, please help lay it on the ground."

"Um...ok..." Zhu Gongyan glanced at Zhu Suqin, then laid the scroll on the ground, and as soon as the scroll was laid, a world map came into view of the four of them.

"Is this... the Kunyu Universal Map? No, it seems to be more accurate."

"Kun Yu Wan Guo Quan Tu" is a world map jointly drawn by Li Zhizao, Matteo Ricci and others, and clearly depicts all parts of the world except Antarctica and Oceania.

Due to the comprehensiveness of the map, it was recognized and loved by Emperor Wanli, and the painters in the palace began to copy the map and presented it to the prince and relatives of the emperor.

Since then, "The Complete Map of Kun Yu Wan Guo" has spread to Korea, Japan and other Ming Dynasty vassal states, and it is not surprising that Zhu Suqin can recognize it.

However, what surprised Zhu Suqin was that this map was much more detailed than "The Complete Map of Kun Yu Wan Guo", which made people intuitively feel how big the world was and how big Ming's "territory" was.

It’s just that for Zhu Suqin, no matter how big the world is, it has nothing to do with him. It’s just that he was a little unconvinced when he saw that the territory directly under Daming was so small.

"Nephew Qi, this is..." Zhu Suqin asked with an embarrassed smile, but Zhu Youjian took out a three-foot-long pear blossom stick from the side with a thin thumb and handed it to Zhu Suqin:

"My nephew thinks that the world is too big, and there are too many vassals. In such a big world, if Uncle Wang is willing, he can give money in exchange for overseas vassals."

"Uncle Wang can ask for prices wherever he sees on this map, except for the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty..."

What Zhu Youjian said made Zhu Suqin want to curse.

For the clans of this era, or for the whole world, Daming is the most civilized, clean, and wealthy place.

The so-called plunder and colonization of the New World can obtain [-] million taels of gold and more than [-] million taels of silver every year.

However, one-third of these gold and silver flows into Daming every year, and what Daming pays is only some goods.

If Daming's business is big enough, for example, Zhu Youjian's imperial store can trade between the East and the West, and the number of ships is twice that of European ships, all the gold and silver will go into Daming's pockets.

It can be said that as long as the Ming Dynasty maintains its armaments, it can lie down and collect all the gold and silver looted by the Europeans, and this is a trade surplus.

This kind of trade surplus also means that the purchasing power of the same one tael of silver is simply two different worlds in Europe and Ming Dynasty.

In Daming, the price of a piece of white cloth was [-] renminbi, but in Europe it cost [-] renminbi in silver.

In Europe, one tael of silver can only buy twelve kilograms of wheat, while in Daming, even Liaodong, where grain prices are currently the highest, can buy hundreds of kilograms of rice.

Food is still basic, such as brown sugar, porcelain, tea and various goods are the main force of trade.

When a catty of sucrose was cheap in Ming Dynasty, it was only more than a dozen yuan per catty, but it was more than [-] times the price when it was shipped to Europe.

Even the living standards and material prices of the civilized kingdoms in Europe are so difficult, it is no wonder that Zhu Suqin wanted to curse.

This is like telling a person in later generations to throw him into the Amazon rainforest and then give him a country.

Without a good life and only a title, who would want to go to that kind of ghost place overseas.

Zhu Suqin is now wondering whether Zhu Youjian exiled himself by using the name of overseas feudal vassal.

But for his concerns, Zhu Youjian can be said to understand very well, so he said to him:

"Of course I won't throw Uncle Wang into a barren land, and I won't let Uncle Wang go to the feudal clan alone."

After all, Zhu Youjian pointed to Nanya and said:
"Uncle Wang, this place is called..."

Zhu Youjian introduced the eastern coastal area of ​​South Asia to Zhu Suqin and others, from history to geography, to local customs, to local land yield per mu, he described it vividly.

After the description, Zhu Youjian opened his mouth and said:

"If Uncle Wang is willing, he can donate money, and the three guards of the navy will go out to fight, and lay down a rich land with acres of fields for Uncle Wang, and establish a country here or other places that have already been developed."

"If Uncle Wang thinks they are all foreigners and hates them, then he can recruit people from Daming."

Zhu Youjian smiled like a profiteer, and finally said:
"To relocate a commoner, Uncle Wang needs to give the court ten taels of relocation silver..."

"Are you stealing money?!" Zhu Suqin's eyes widened. After all, if he really wanted to do what Zhu Youjian said, he would need to pay the three guards of the navy to lay down hundreds of miles of land for him to build a country.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he had to move the people from Daming to the vassal state, provide food for the people to spend the first year, distribute land for the people to cultivate locally, and finally had to give the court ten taels of silver.

Twelve taels per person, what kind of concept is this?
Even if the cost of supporting the people's reclamation is not counted, the transfer of silver alone is a sky-high price.

If you go to establish a country beyond the sea, if there are no loyal subjects who speak the same language and use the same script, then the kingdom will not be established for long before it will be destroyed.

Zhu Suqin went over his head, even if he only moved [-] young adults and craftsmen, he would still need to pay his eldest nephew one million taels of silver.

That's one million taels!Who knows how much it will cost to conquer the territory...

Zhu Suqin had a heartache on his face. Although freedom and sincerity are precious, he was unwilling to waste money, so he tentatively asked:
"If Gu agrees to go overseas, how much money will it cost to hire the three guards of the navy..."

"It depends on the stay time of the soldiers and horses." A trace of cunning flashed in Zhu Youjian's eyes, and he continued:

"You need to pay five taels of silver every month to hire a soldier of the three guards of the navy. If you ask for ten thousand, that's fifty thousand taels a month."

"However, Uncle Wang can rest assured that with the strength of the navy's three guards, several cities can be conquered in a month."

"In the future, if Uncle Wang wants to, he can ask the guard camp to defend the kingdom and train troops for Uncle Wang, and my nephew is also willing to sell firearms and armor."

"The cost of stationing in the guard camp is three taels of silver a month."

"With a battalion defending the battalion, it is enough to fight against tens of thousands of barbarians here."

"If Uncle Wang is willing, he can also exchange the arable land under his command for overseas feudal land, and he can send people to follow him to the west, and slowly choose the territory."

Zhu Youjian is drawing a big cake for Zhu Suqin, a big cake that he can't refuse.

If what Zhu Youjian said is true, then Zhu Suqin can use the silver on hand to directly establish a small country with a territory of hundreds of miles.

And because the mountains are high and the roads are far away, the emperor can't control him at all. In other words, he is the emperor of the vassal state!
This kind of temptation is hard to refuse for the vassal king who is imprisoned in the vassal land.

The only thing to pay attention to is whether you will be deceived and go to a wild place where no shit.

But Zhu Youjian also said that he can send people to follow him, choose a place, and exchange the arable land in his hand for the territory.

Thinking of this, Zhu Suqin's heart was moved, but he still asked vigilantly:
"[-] mu of land, how much territory can be exchanged..."

"Sixty thousand mu of land can be exchanged for a territory of six million mu of land, that's how big it is." Zhu Youjian drew a small area with the pear flower stick in his hand, and explained:
"It's almost a county..."

"A county? It's too small!" Zhu Suqin's voice couldn't help but get louder, as if he had assumed the role, and Zhu Youjian also showed a successful smile and said:
"If Uncle Wang is willing to pay, he only needs one million taels of silver, and the three guards of the navy can fight for Uncle Wang for a year."

"With the strength of the three guards of the navy, it is not surprising that they can conquer a whole province."

"One million taels..." Zhu Suqin gritted his teeth and said:
"That's not right. My [-] mu of land is also worth a million taels of silver, that is to say, [-] mu of land can be exchanged for the land of a province!"

"That's not bad..." Zhu Youjian said with a hearty smile:

"For the sake of Uncle Zhou being so talkative, if Uncle Zhou is willing, after recovering Liaodong next year, my nephew will recuperate for a period of time, and then pacify the red-haired barbarians and Dafraji people in Nanyang within three years."

"At that time, we will organize a voyage to the Western Ocean for the children of various vassals. After witnessing the Western Ocean, if they are still interested in the return trip, then we will talk about the overseas vassal matter..."

Zhu Youjian stood up while talking, and Zhu Suqin also stood up unconsciously.

"You don't need to give it away, Uncle Wang. My nephew should buy the [-] acres of land first, and give it to Zhou Fan's children for the time being."

Zhu Youjian glanced at Zhu Suqin meaningfully, and when Zhu Suqin saw this, he gritted his teeth and said:
"The [-] mu of land can be temporarily handed over to [-] clan children for farming, but [-]% of the land tax will go to the palace until the voyage to the West."

"If it is not feasible to go overseas, Nephew Qi Wang can give me more money. If it is feasible, I will use these [-] mu of land to exchange for the land of a province!"

"Okay!" Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "Uncle Wang is very bold, but please rest assured that the matter of overseas affairs will not disappoint Uncle Wang."

"Uncle Wang, if he doesn't dislike it now, he can train the children who are less than five servings earlier, and prepare to go to sea in three years' time."

After all, Zhu Youjian stepped out of the Chengyun Hall of King Zhou's Mansion, and left Zhou King's Mansion with a smile on his face.

Only after his figure completely disappeared, Zhou Wangshizi Zhu Gongyou said:

"Father really believes what Zhu Youjian said?"

"It's a gamble!" Zhu Suqin said unwillingly:

"This kid absolutely wants to innovate. Instead of being imprisoned in the domain after the innovation, it is better to see if it is feasible to become a domain overseas."

"Yu'er, are you willing to be imprisoned in the feudal land for the rest of your life instead of going overseas to take control of a country?"

"Father, I..." Zhu Gongyun couldn't lie to himself, and the hesitation on his face made Zhu Suqin understand his thoughts.

Zhu Gongyun patted him and said, "Even if there are no disciples in the fifth service, with the disciples in the third service, I, Zhou Fan, still have thousands of people."

"If it's feasible to go overseas, move hundreds of thousands of people to the country, buy some weapons at that time, and then ask Zhu Youjian's guard camp to train for a year and a half, and you will be able to lay down a big territory alone!"

Zhu Suqin, who is almost sixty years old, sees the enthusiasm of old people to start a business, but Zhu Gongyan clearly understands that something is wrong:
"Father, if overseas feudal vassals are feasible, then I am afraid that there are more than [-] vassal kings in Ming Dynasty, and hundreds of county kings..."

"..." Zhu Suqin's face darkened all of a sudden, because he knew that if it was really feasible to become a fan overseas, then Zhou Fan would have to face many opponents.

But as soon as he thought of the money and food in his hands, he instantly raised his confidence, and said to Zhu Gongyun:
"My Zhou Fan is the largest fan in the world, so I'm afraid I won't be able to compete with them?"

"Wait, Jian'er, no matter what happens or not, if you and my father join forces, there will always be a chance!"

Zhu Suqin's self-confidence was brought up again, and it even inspired Zhu Gongyun and Zhu Shaotong.

Who would be willing to be imprisoned in the feudal land as a pig if there is a chance to become king...

(End of this chapter)