Daming heir

Chapter 223 Rumors Begin

Outside the Zhongji Hall, Xu Miaoyun took her youngest daughter Zhu Zhiming by the hand, and led the remaining five of her own children, following behind Sun Gou'er, the head of the palace.

From time to time, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at Zhongji Hall, which was left behind and became smaller and smaller.

He looked at Zhu Gaosui, the third son, outside: "Yingtian City is really beautiful, the palace is many times bigger than Yanwang Mansion."

Zhu Gaosui's eyes were dripping, as if he was thinking about things all the time, he took a careful look at the concubine who was walking in front, and said in a low voice: "Our Prince Yan's Mansion was built and repaired according to this Yingtianhuang City."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, then turned around and said in a low voice: "The boss is left with Grandpa Huang."

Zhu Gaosui whispered even more: "The boss is the son of King Yan, father and the others must be talking about something at the moment, the old man is naturally qualified to listen."

Zhu Gaochi's eyes gradually became far-reaching, and he said quietly: "We want to hear it too, what are we talking about."

Zhu Gaosui immediately shut his mouth and looked at the concubine mother in front of him.

He picked up his steps and rushed up, yelling: "Mother Concubine, I heard that there are countless delicious and interesting things in Yingtian City. You and your father stayed in Yingtian City for a long time, and my son also wanted to go to Yingtian City. "

Now Xu Miaoyun, who has given birth to seven children, still maintains a very good figure, and because she is Princess Yan, she was raised gracefully and luxuriously.

Xu Miaoyun smiled dotingly, and stretched out her hand to pat Zhu Gaosui on the head: "We just returned to Beijing, and your father and grandpa still have to discuss the affairs of the Ming Dynasty with the emperor. After the settlement is settled in a few days, your brothers and sisters from other uncles' families will also They're all here, let Yunxi take you out of the palace for a stroll."

Zhu Gaosui didn't get the permission to go out of the palace to play, but he smiled more joyfully, nodded and said: "My son thanked mother and concubine for agreeing, and my son can also see the Yingtian City where father and mother lived in the past. What is it like?"

Xu Miaoyun smiled and shook her head: "They all look the same, but there are more people and the clothes look better."

Zhu Gaosui took the other free hand of his mother and concubine, and said happily: "I saw Brother Xun with my own eyes today, and he is really heroic. This time when he returned to Beijing, Grandpa Huang said that he would choose some grandsons to study in Dabentang, and he didn't know that my son Is there such a chance?"

Xu Miaoyun smiled silently, but her eyes were a little misty. After a long time, she smiled lightly and said: "Are you also a person who can sit in the school? I just hope that your uncles can come back in time, and when the time comes, they can also teach Those of you who are soldiers in the Zhongshan Palace will also be able to protect your father in front of the battle in the future."

Among the golden bricks and green tiles, the female relatives and sons and daughters of the Prince Yan's Mansion gradually drifted away and disappeared into many palaces.

Inside the Zhongji Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched calmly, and said that he wanted to include Yanfan's farmland into Zhu Di, who was in Tanding's mu.

The old man turned his head to look at Zhu Gaochi who was crowded with Zhu Yunxi.

There was a kind smile on his face: "Gao Chi, tell me, how about Yunxi following your second uncle's stall in Daolong, Zhejiang Province, and joining the family, the government and the gentry?"

As soon as this remark came out, three pairs of eyes lit up in the side hall at the same time.

Zhu Biao immediately looked at the fourth child silently.

Zhu Di and Zhu Yunxi looked at Zhu Gaochi at the same time.

This was the first time Zhu Gaochi experienced this, under the watchful eyes of everyone, his face flushed, and he coughed several times uncontrollably.

Then he tightened his body and said in a low voice: "Sun'er thinks that this is the first-class benevolent government for the people of Ming Dynasty!"

All kings like their policies to be called benevolent.

The same is true for Zhu Yuanzhang, who was so happy that he patted his thigh and asked, "Besides, what other thoughts and insights do you have?"

Zhu Gaochi nodded, because the chatterbox had already been opened, and he began to explain in a slow manner: "When my grandson ran the palace in recent years, he knew how much land the Jin family occupied, although the father repeatedly ordered me to wait for hospitality. Shiyi, the people in the fiefdom are living well. But what about other families in the world? I’m afraid they won’t entertain the people like my family.”

"These people won't have to pay land taxes to the imperial court, nor do they have to pay small taxes after they have gained fame. They will only become richer and richer, and they can spend less money to buy more land in times of disaster. If things go on like this If this continues, the court will only have fewer and fewer fields and populations that can be taxed.”

Saying that, Zhu Gaochi raised his head to look at the old man with a worried face, and then looked at the three people around him, and then continued softly: "Grandson estimates, it will not be many years, if there is no improvement. At that time, the people of Ming Dynasty will They are extremely rich, but the court and the people will be so poor that they can’t get rid of it. By then...the court will have no money or food to support the hundreds of thousands of frontier soldiers, and there will be no money and food in the official warehouse to relieve the local disasters..."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, his eyes flickered, and he was thinking about something.

Zhu Biao and his son looked at each other silently.

Only Zhu Di seemed to discover for the first time that his cub had such far-reaching vision and determination.

However, the last words were a little serious, and they almost said that Daming was going to a place where the country was subjugated.

He suddenly dissatisfied and said in a deep voice: "Nonsense! Daming must last forever!"

Before Zhu Gaochi admitted his mistake, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, waiting for Zhu Laosi: "Shut up! You are told to read more but you don't read. Now Gao Chi sees farther than you!"

"My son..." Zhu Di frowned and muttered.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't give him a chance to explain, and cast an encouraging look at Zhu Gaochi: "You are right, and it is exactly the same as what Yunxi said back then. It's just that you are a bystander. Besides, you can understand something."

Zhu Gaochi swallowed, for some reason he turned his head to look at Zhu Yunxi beside him.

Seeing that Zhu Yunxi was blinking and beckoning to himself constantly, he nodded silently.

"If my grandson guessed correctly, this time, Zhejiang Dao stalls will be integrated with mu officials and gentry, and the business tax reform will be completed this year. From then on, the imperial court will be able to directly bypass the Zhejiang Dao local yamen and collect taxes into There is a large warehouse in the household department, so there will be less local cover-up and concealment."

"My grandson also heard that brother Xun and my second uncle have created two new yamen in Zhejiang Province. With this construction, the court will not lose the new source of taxation in the future."

"After this and that, the imperial court's control over the local area will be different, and will be unprecedentedly strong."

Zhu Yuanzhang hummed, and looked at Zhu Yunxi lightly.

Zhu Yunxi nodded, and patted Zhu Gaochi on the shoulder: "Brother Chi can see it clearly. It is one of the things that the imperial court can expand the source of taxation, but it is another crucial thing to increase the control of the local area through this matter. Important factor."

Allotment into mu, integration of government and gentry, commercial and tax reform.

If this goes on, the imperial court will not have to speculate on how much tax can be collected below. It only needs to check the previously determined number of acres of land, the number of merchants, and the increase in the previous year to determine how much tax the imperial court can collect. , clearly.

The result of this is that the power of the local government will be compressed, and the power of the central court will be strengthened.

At a time when imperial power and ministerial power, central and local governments are constantly competing for and dividing power, the meaning of splitting into acres has an epoch-making effect.

Moreover, if there is a disaster year in the locality, the imperial court can also directly exempt the local taxation, and directly allocate a clear figure from other places to allocate support and relief.

This allowed the court to carry out disaster relief more calmly.

Zhu Yunxi felt that this time when the clan kings returned to Beijing, there was an unexpected harvest for him.

That is Zhu Gaochi.

In front of the old man and the old man, they will always be able to see through their means and purposes at a glance.

Although Zhu Gaochi can understand his own thoughts now, they are the same age.

This made Zhu Yunxi, who had been lonely for a long time, finally found someone to pin his ambitions on.

As for worrying that because Zhu Gaochi is too smart and powerful, he will change the status quo that he is the grandson of the emperor?

Zhu Yunxi shook his head involuntarily in his heart, everything has changed now.

Zhu Biao did not die of serious illness, and Zhu Yunwen had been imprisoned in Fengyang.

Yan Wang Zhu Di?

Zhu Yunxi turned his head and looked at Zhu Di who ran to his father and squatted on the ground so that Zhu Biao's hand could be placed on his shoulder.

He felt that the problem he had been worrying about since last year might never appear again.

It's just a precaution, but you can't relax because of it.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang also began to make concluding remarks.

"Fourth brother, you are Zongzheng. You will come back when you turn around. You have to clarify this matter with them. Don't think that we, the old man, want to take your pocket money."

At this moment, Zhu Di was still talking to Zhu Biao about the scenery of the northern country, and heard the old man speak.

He immediately got up, clasped his fists and said in a low voice: "I know this, I will definitely explain the reason to you brothers."

……

As time passed, Ying Tian City became more and more lively.

Following Yan Wang, the first one rushed back from Beiping to respond to the sky.

After that, almost every day, a clan vassal king would enter Beijing.

As expected, the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the officials of the Kodao, who have been unable to find fault these days and could not find evidence that there were criminals in the court, expressed their disapproval and concern for the emperor's move. .

I wanted to stay out of things this year so that I could keep myself out of the matter, Zhan Hui, the left capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was pushed out helplessly and became the representative of everyone, and asked the emperor about this matter .

On the same day, Zhan Hui had just left the palace.

Later, it came out that the majestic Minister of the Ministry of Officials was scolded by the emperor as an unfaithful and unfilial person in the palace, and he even bluntly said that Zhan Hui didn't like the Tian family's family affection and filial piety.

Then someone recalled that when Zhan Hui left the palace that day, he was wearing a belt and slapping a black mark on his buttocks.

The emperor's old man was really angry, not only swearing, but even hitting the minister of officials.

In addition, the old man of the emperor brought up the righteousness of filial piety.

From that day on, the censors and speech officials in the court could only stay at home one by one, suffocating their anger, seeing everyone all day long as if they wanted to put each other into the prison of Dali Temple.

It's just that under this brief dispute, one after another undercurrents are constantly gathering, and the Lion Mountain is becoming more and more lively like Yingtian City.

The city became completely lively because of a scandal.

On the open space behind the Hanlin Academy in Dongcheng, a building has already risen from the ground, and it won't take long for it to be fully constructed.

Zhu Yunxi took Zhu Gaochi, who was now recovering, to skip class from the main hall and leave the palace, and found Xie Jin who locked himself in the Imperial Academy to write articles and study the unity of knowledge and action.

The three looked at the bookstore under construction in front of them, talking quietly from time to time.

Suddenly, Zhu Yunxi exclaimed.

"What? Ren Hengtai not only raped his niece and daughter-in-law, but also raised his niece in the back house?"

(End of this chapter)