Daming: Me!The auspicious beast unicorn of the old Zhu family

Chapter 52 The Fall of Hero Zhang Shicheng!The bald Yangzhou!
"Crack-"

When Comrade Zhu got off his horse.

The first step forward is like stepping on some solid object.

Look down.

That is a dense white bone, and it is also the corpses of the common people!

After dying of illness and starvation, the people of Yangzhou City were like their own at the beginning. They didn't even have a place to bury their parents. They had to expose their corpses to the wilderness. How sad it is.

Yangzhou City is still in the midst of famine, and the people are still unable to change their fate of starving to death, and this malpractice concerns the entire Ming Empire.

The same is true.

After all, the Ming Empire had just been established, so it was definitely unrealistic to want to become fat with one bite.

Only after several years of recuperation can the quality of life be improved step by step.

but--

several years.

Enough to make more people starve to death.

"Da da da--"

An official in a green official robe.

Among the crowd, he saw the current Holy Majesty at a glance, and naturally ran over in a panic all the way.

of course.

Even though he was wearing official clothes.

The surrounding soldiers would not let him get close to His Majesty easily, and directly stretched out the horse lance they were holding in their hands, and intercepted him halfway.

"Who is coming?"

Comrade Zhu bent down.

Picking up the skull from the ground, he said without raising his head.

He didn't feel afraid or disgusted, but ordered a soldier beside him to bury him well. He didn't want his people to experience his pain at the beginning. He wanted to bury his parents without a piece of himself. In the end, if there is no help from someone, my parents may also be exposed to the wilderness.

By the time.

It is not surprising that it is taken away and eaten by some wild beast.

The official in a green official robe said nervously, "Lu Mingyi, Master of Yangzhou, pays homage to Your Majesty."

Comrade Zhu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Huh? Are you the only one here in the huge city of Yangzhou? Where are the other officials?"

Liu Bowen, who was standing by the side, also helped him explain a few sentences: "Your Majesty, my Ming Dynasty has just been established, and now it is in the stage of lack of talents. In many places, even the basic officials cannot be fully equipped."

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the provincial system of the Yuan Dynasty was followed. In the ninth year of Hongwu, the province was changed to Chengxuan Zhengshisi.

Chengxuan announced that the Department of Political Affairs and Envoys consists of Fu and Zhili Prefectures, with counties and subordinate prefectures below the Fu, and counties below each Zhili Prefecture, forming a general pattern in which the four-level system of provincial capitals, prefectures and counties coexists with the three-level system of provinces, prefectures and counties. .

Later, it was divided into three divisions: the Commanding Division of the Capital, the Division of Political Envoys for Proclamation, and the Division of Procuratorial Envoys.

The military, civil and judicial powers of the provinces are divided.

of course.

With the appearance of Qilin Xia and the joining of the sword master Changhong, the administrative division of Cheng Chengxuan was born ahead of schedule.

Among them, Yangzhou City belongs to the big city of the 'fu' level.

The configuration of general officials is:
The magistrate, one person, is the four-rank mansion; in charge of the government orders of one mansion, and the general commander of each county. All government affairs such as announcing state decrees, governing the people, adjudicating lawsuits, inspecting traitors, assessing subordinate officials, and collecting taxes are all his duties. .

Tongzhi has no fixed staff, and he is in Wupinfu; Tongzhi is in charge of local salt, grain, robbery, river defense, sea frontier, river engineering, water conservancy, clearing up military registration, appeasing the people and other affairs.

General judgment, no quota, is in Liupinfu; under the governor of the state capital, he is in charge of matters such as grain transportation, farmland, water conservancy and litigation, and has the responsibility of supervising the governor of the state capital.

Tuiguan, one person, is in charge of Qipinfu; in charge of pushing and prosecuting the prison.

The governor, one person, is the nine-rank mansion; he is out of the county, and is called the right to know a certain mansion or a certain state or a certain county.

Zhaomo, one person, from the Jiupinfu Zhaomo Institute; in charge of grinding and auditing work.

As for saying.

The master book of Yangzhou City?

This can only be regarded as a small official position.

However, such a small official position is now the head of Yangzhou City, which shows the extent of the lack of officials when the Ming Empire was just established.

"Let me ask you, how is the situation in Yangzhou City now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are only 21 households and [-] trees in Yangzhou City, and the food is not enough for half a day. The only way to satisfy our hunger is to dig the roots of the trees."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Don't talk nonsense, or we will punish you for deceiving the emperor!"

"Your Majesty, what I said is true!"

"A few years ago, we remember that Yangzhou City still had a population of nearly 200,000, more than 20,000 acres of fertile land, full of singing and dancing, and a lively scene. It can be regarded as a prosperous place. How could there be only such a small population left? Come on, yes It’s not that you united with the local tyrants to hide the population!”

Comrade Zhu said in a deep voice.

As for the words of Lu Mingyi, the director of Yangzhou, he didn't believe a word at all.

Although he came here several years ago, he did not believe that in just a few years, a prosperous city could be turned into the barren scene it is today.

In this regard.

Lu Mingyi is just a small official.

Under the authority of Comrade Zhu, he also trembled, not daring to raise his head at all, for fear that His Majesty would be unhappy and pull himself out and chop him.

As the commander of Jinyiwei, Sword Master Changhong also has a little understanding of what happened here.

Although he doesn't care much about things on weekdays, the information from Jinyiwei from various parties will also be sent to him. Among them, there is a report on Yangzhou City, but at the time he was still fighting against Zhang Shicheng, so he didn't have the energy Go take care of it.

"This matter, I will understand."

"Say, we need to know why this once rich city has become like it is now."

"First of all, it is because of the continuous war, which has led to the barrenness of the fields; secondly, the scourge of various armies. Every time they pass by Yangzhou City, there will be a lot of restlessness, and a layer of grease must be hung from here; the third is because of the seriousness. tyranny and heavy taxes."

One mu of land can harvest two loads of grain, which is 240 catties.

However, during Zhang Shicheng's rule, on the one hand, in order to resist Zhu Yuanzhang's invasion, he needed food to expand the army, and on the other hand, he needed to satisfy his own enjoyment.

The last acre of land had to pay three dans of tax.

As such.

The harder the people work, the poorer they become.

Although at the very beginning, Zhang Shicheng also worked diligently and cared for the people, and greatly reduced taxes, so that the people who suffered from wars and tyranny had a good life for a while.

But as he gradually secured his position as the "King of Wu" in the southeast, he became more and more extravagant day by day.

In the end, he became like the person he hated the most.

And when Zhang Shicheng and Zhu Yuanzhang were fighting for supremacy, in order to keep the power and status in their hands.

He also collected taxes for many years in advance, and the types of taxes were as high as more than 30. As a result, although Zhang Shicheng occupied the most affluent area, he corrupted it into a mess.

And these taxes.

Through the hands of corrupt officials.

There were not even [-]% of those who withheld and handed over to the court.

As the saying goes, under a tyrannical government, there are absolutely no upright officials, because Zhang Shicheng cut off the salaries of many ordinary officials and let them figure out their own solutions. Those who are not corrupt officials will eventually starve to death themselves. Everyone may be full of corruption.

Over time.

Even in the prosperous city of Yangzhou, the 'wool' was bald in the end.

Xing, the people suffer.

die, the people suffer.

The change of dynasty, in the end, the people suffer.

(End of this chapter)