Daming heir

After concluding discussions with the people who were going to the river mouth to pick up coal and disembark, Zhu Yuanzhang had a smile on his face.

The old man stood up, patted the ashes on his butt naturally with both hands, and walked into Tieshan Town.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Shangbing immediately followed to protect them.

Zhu Yuanzhang walked very slowly. After knowing that the people in the town were living a stable life, he no longer felt that there was anything bad about Tieshan Town, which was full of mines.

Even if the land is destroyed, it doesn't mean anything.

Thinking about the smile that the people in the town could not hide when he asked how much money they could earn by working, and the cautious look on his face that he was afraid that others would know how much money he had at home, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that if he could do this, he would be able to bring down the entire family. It would be good if all the land in Tieshan Town was destroyed.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked sideways at Fat Grandson: "Do you know how much taxes Daye County has paid to the court in recent years?"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head honestly: "There are too many taxes in local prefectures and counties, and my grandson can't remember them for a while. But because Tieshan Town focuses on the development of the iron industry, there are separate records in the tax office."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

It would be difficult for this child to keep in mind the tax amounts of all prefectures and counties involved in the tax bureau at all times.

He asked curiously: "Then how much are the taxes in Tieshan Town?"

Zhu Gaochi tried hard to recall, and then said: "To tell you what Grandpa said, in the 29th year of Hongwu last year alone, Tieshan Town paid 13 taels of taxes to the Ministry of Household Affairs."

This is the amount after excluding the wages to be paid to the people and the daily operation and maintenance expenses of the Tieshan Town mining area.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help being surprised when he heard it.

One Tieshan town could pay taxes of 13 taels of silver to the court a year. If the Ming Dynasty could have a hundred such towns, the court would receive an additional annual income of more than 1000 million taels of silver a year.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately raised his brows and said: "The idea of ​​relying on a certain industry to develop a place in a concentrated manner should be displayed in the court, so that officials inside and outside the court can see that if you want to get rich, it is not just about farming. , and it’s not just about looking for people to collect taxes all day long.”

Zhu Gaochi nodded and said: "Years ago, before the closed-door cabinet meeting, the Minister of Revenue, Xia Yuanji, approached his grandson and hoped that the Ministry of Revenue could work with the tax bureau to propose the development of local concentrated industries at the closed-door cabinet meeting."

"Oh? What are the results?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help asking.

"Back to grandpa, when Xia Shangshu and his grandson proposed it, they were going to elaborate on the development of concentrated industries in terms of local gold, silver, copper, iron and other mines." Zhu Gaochi began to think back to the cabinet meeting at the end of last year before the government was closed at the end of the year. Closed session:

“Then the matter was put in a closed-door cabinet meeting. The cabinet ministers discussed it together and felt that this matter could involve more different industries, not just mining.

Later, Zou Xueyu, the governor-general of Zhili, stated that Zhili Road could be tried first.In Suzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture and other places, attempts were made to build a centralized textile industry integrating silk and cotton cultivation, spinning, weaving and clothing making.

Relying on the initial investment from the Ministry of Industry, Taiping Prefecture has developed a centralized steel industry integrating mining, smelting, forging, and manufacturing.

In addition, if Zhongdu Bozhou, Suzhou, Mengcheng and other places are suitable for planting medicinal materials, local governments can be urged to try to concentrate people's fields and plant medicinal materials based on the needs issued by the Taiyuan Hospital. "

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, and then said: "Making the people rich is what the court must do. But it must not act recklessly, and it must be ensured that the people will not destroy their fields to engage in other industries.

If everyone goes to make steel, plant medicine, or do other things, what will we, the people of Ming Dynasty, use to feed their bellies? "

Zhu Gaochi nodded and said: "Brother Xi also raised this matter at that time. He said that we should develop the local economy according to local conditions and use different methods to make the people rich. Only when the people are truly rich can our Ming Dynasty be successful. It is truly powerful.”

I heard that Zhu Yunxi was also involved in this matter.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face: "That boy understands the truth. I will have to praise him when we come back to Tieshan Town."

Zhu Gaochi laughed and agreed.

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But Zhu Yunxi, who had rushed south from Wuchang Prefecture to Yuezhou Prefecture, couldn't laugh.

At this time, Yuezhou Prefecture is no longer the Baling County it used to be, and there are no such people as Teng Zijing and Fan Zhongyan.

On the contrary, the Yueyang Tower by Dongting Lake was destroyed and repaired, repaired and destroyed again, until now.

What is known is that it was from the time when Yueyang Tower was named after he composed a poem to the 30th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty.

Yueyang Tower was destroyed and rebuilt 13 times!
The Yueyang Tower, which is one of the three most famous towers in the south of the Yangtze River along with the Yellow Crane Tower, is not as towering as the Yellow Crane Tower.

The Yueyang Tower rebuilt in the Hongwu Year is nothing more than a two-story wooden building.

The base is paved with stone strips, and the Yueyang Tower rests firmly on the stone platform foundation.

Yueyang Tower is located at the junction of Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River. To the southeast is Nanhu Lake and to the southwest is the endless Dongting Lake.

Dongting Lake, known as Yunmengze in ancient times, has long been known as the Eight Hundred Miles of Dongting.

It was only from the pre-Qin period that Yunmengze began to take over, and the rivers upstream continued to bring sand and gravel, which continued to squeeze the lake area.

Since the area of ​​Dongting Lake has been reduced and the lake bed has been raised, the relationship between Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River has become increasingly complicated and intense since the Song Dynasty.

In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the arc was high, the river was low, and the lake water flowed into the river. It gradually evolved into the current pattern of high river, low lake, and river water flowing into the lake.

However, Dongting Lake at this time can still be called the Eight Hundred Miles of Dongting.

And this eight hundred miles is also real.

But Zhu Yunxi, who led his army to arrive, was not happy because of the view of Dongting Lake in front of him.

Because entering Yuezhou Prefecture from Wuchang Prefecture indicates that he has begun to directly contact the southwest chieftains and take over the situation in the southwest.

Also starting from Dongting Lake, the officers and soldiers had to get off the big boats and walk or take small boats along the Lishui River into the mountains of the southwest chieftain territory.

But now Zhu Yunxi not only has to think about how to completely quell the Southwest Chieftain Rebellion and completely change the situation, but also find the old man who has not been found so far.

Because of this incident, Chu King Zhu Zhen, who should not have left Wuchang Mansion, also followed Zhu Yunxi to Yuezhou Mansion.

Yueyang Tower near the lake.

There were only a few soldiers downstairs waiting for opportunities.

The fleet from Yingtianfu is sailing from the Yangtze River into Dongting Lake, looking for a suitable location to drop the anchor and set up camp on the river.

The officers and soldiers had to change to boats and transfer from water to land.

All this was naturally handled by the deputy general, Puding Marquis Chen Huan.

After Zhu Zhen used his binoculars to observe the movements of the army on the lake, he put down his binoculars and turned to look sideways at Zhu Yunxi who was busy in the building.

"Don't worry, if the old man is really here for you, based on the old man's distance, there will be news within two days at most."

Zhu Yunxi was handling a big fish that had just been caught from the lake.

The scales of the fish were scraped away, the belly was disemboweled, and the sharp edge of the knife was pressed against the body of the fish to cut off pieces of fish meat.On the table, a copper pot holds soup, already filled with pickled sauerkraut and old tofu.

After hearing Zhu Zhen's voice, Zhu Yunxi lowered his head and said: "The old man must be coming here. What my nephew is worried about right now is to pacify the southwest chieftains and completely change the soil for our government. What will happen to the people in the southwest?" Become rich.”

Zhu Zhen turned around, walked to the table, stretched out his hand and waved to the copper pot, twitched his nose and sniffed, and couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he praised: "Uncle Liu didn't know that you actually studied this Tao, what a taste it is." But it’s enough.”

Zhu Yunxi smiled lightly, put the sliced ​​fish into the hot copper pot, and said naturally: "Little Doyle."

"Oh, don't worry. Are the people's lives worse now than they were 30 years ago?" Zhu Zhen asked, and then replied calmly: "That's countless times better! Don't say that back then. It’s the people in the mountains of the southwest. Even the farmers on your uncle’s land often don’t have enough to eat.

In recent years, the imperial court has promoted the practice of dividing households into acres, and implemented various new policies and systems, so that everyone can have enough to eat. This was something that was unimaginable 30 years ago. "

This is true, and Zhu Zhen did not lie.

Thirty years ago, even after the Ming Dynasty had been founded, what the people wanted at that time was peace in the world and no more wars every year.

After a few more years, the people would at most think that it would be a good thing if they would no longer be woken up or starved to death.

Who would think about being able to have a full stomach every day?

Except for festivals and farm work, no one would give themselves enough to eat regardless of the family and the future.

Zhu Yunxi didn't pay attention to Zhu Zhen's comfort, but said his own thoughts: "Actually, since he received the order and left the capital, my nephew has been thinking that there are obstacles and long roads in the mountains. With such high mountains and lofty mountains, the people only have It could be tea growing on the mountainside and land farming in the valley.

But how much land can be cultivated like this?

It would be better to relocate most of the people and live on the plains such as Yuezhou Prefecture, Wuchang Prefecture, and Changsha Prefecture. "

Relocating people at this time is a simple matter.

As long as the imperial court issues a decree, the people of one place can be moved to another distant place.

Except for the past few years, when the Ming Dynasty moved people, they would provide food and grass supplies needed on the way and living supplies after arriving at the place, as well as simple houses for settlement.

In the past dynasties, there was almost no compensation except a decree of migration.

Often, a migration means that countless people will die on the way to migration.

This will never be recorded in official history.

Zhu Zhen naturally knows how the imperial court handles the migration of people.

He just frowned and said: "There are hundreds of thousands of people in the southwest mountains. You can't move everyone out, right?"

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Not all, as long as half of the people can be moved out, many problems in the southwest will be solved.

As for my nephew, he now has the idea of ​​​​relocating the people, except to make the people in the southwest rich in the future.The most important thing at the moment is that as long as these people are moved out, the power of the southwestern chieftains will be greatly weakened. After the imperial court completely abolishes the chieftain system, there is no need to worry about anyone causing any major troubles. "

Many conflicts within the Southwest Chieftains revolve around land.

People often caused two chieftains to fight over a river or a piece of land, resulting in countless bloodsheds and lawsuits involving lives.

There are fewer people, and under the premise that the imperial court promotes dividing the land into acres and re-equalizing the land, the amount of land in each person's hands will naturally increase.

As for those toasts in the southwest.

Even though Zhu Yunxi hasn't done anything yet, he knows it.

Even if we completely abolish the southwestern chieftain system by then, there will still be many chieftain officials who will hold grudges because they can no longer enjoy the treatment and privileges they received in the past.

When the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are gone, these people will secretly cause trouble later.

Relocating the population from the southwest will also weaken the power of these people in advance to a certain extent.

Zhu Zhen nodded at this time: "It is not impossible to move the people out of the mountains and resettle them. Just the Huguang Road, which surrounds the Dongting Lake, can also be asked by the government to build farmland around the lake to resettle the relocated people.

But this time, I also heard about what happened in the southwest.So we can also know that the most important thing is the people's support.If something like that hadn't happened this time, you wouldn't have come in person. "

Having said this, Zhu Zhen smiled silently.

The people in the southwest thought that the chieftain was deceiving them and did not implement the New Deal as required by the court. This incident was really full of drama and surprising.

Zhu Zhen lowered his head again.

I saw pieces of fish tumbling in the copper pot.

Zhu Zhen's eyes lit up and he picked up the chopsticks: "The fish is cooked and ready to eat!"

After saying that, he started to raise his arms and fish out the fish meat in the pot.

Zhu Yunxi was sitting opposite, holding a spoon and pouring fish soup into his bowl first.

On the contrary, the fish has become a condiment.

"In fact, in my opinion, it would take tens to hundreds of years for the southwestern chieftains to change their customs and completely change their customs."

Zhu Yunxi took a sip of the fish soup and said in a low voice: "It's just that my father felt that this time was just an opportunity, so he wanted to make it happen as soon as possible."

Zhu Zhen was eating fish in his mouth, but his eyes were raised: "Is it what Big Brother meant this time? I thought it was what you meant..."

What he said was not false at all.

When he knew that the imperial court was going to send a large army and Zhu Yunxi personally led the army to solve the problem of the southwest chieftain, Zhu Zhen felt that this matter must be brought up by the young nephew in front of him.

How could he think of it.

This matter was actually brought up by my always steady elder brother.

Zhu Zhen lowered his head quietly: "I thought..."

What does Zhu Zhen think?
Before he could say anything, footsteps could be heard downstairs.

Ding Deng Deng.

Then, a hearty and familiar voice sounded to Zhu Zhen and Zhu Yunxi.

"It allows me to catch up on time and have a hot meal!"

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