Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 450 Qiu Yue is Dead
"His Majesty!"

Zhang Zuo quickly took out a clean silk handkerchief from the side and wiped Qin Shao's mouth.

The quarreling and watching people below stopped when they heard the sound of Xinhuang spraying water and coughing above, and all looked at Qin Shao.

"It's okay, it's okay, I just choked on drinking water, Zhang Zuo, use warm water next time, this water is too hot, you guys...you guys continue...continue the discussion!"

Qin Shao took the handkerchief and covered it, tried his best to hide his cough, and greeted everyone.

"It's all the old minister's fault, and the old minister will pay attention! Your Majesty, just take another drink and just suppress it!"

Zhang Zuo hastily admitted his mistake.

Qin Shao took another sip of tea before he managed to suppress his cough.

But when I saw Wang Qiong's rough black face, I thought about the scene where his chest was warm and delicate, and the cough was ready to come out in an instant, so I could only turn around and pretend to wipe my mouth, trying to suppress it, damn it, it was really him Stuffed uncomfortable!
"Peng Shangshu, it's useless for you to attack my family. It costs a lot to improve the winter clothes in Jiubian. How much does it cost, how many people really need it, and what is the price of kapok? Can the Ministry of Households pay so much? Money is the business, and it's useless to talk about anything else!"

"Peng Shangshu and his wife are deeply in love with each other. I heard that in the eighth year of Zhengde, someone sent you two women from the Western Regions, who were good at singing and dancing, but your old wife took them to cook in the kitchen. Good girls, how many Years later, it was ruined to such an extent! Peng Shangshu didn’t even dare to let go of one, and this day is really a bit aggrieved. A man is a hero in life, and a ghost in death. He can’t stand up at home, how to do things outside? How to manage Is this the Great Ming Army of the Nine Frontiers?"

Wang Qiong was not angry at all, the emperor let the discussion be discussed, and directly followed Peng Ze's words and refuted leisurely.

He was calm and unhurried, and he wasn't angry at all when Peng Ze said that he was condescending and doting on concubines, but he firmly insisted on Peng Ze's rebuttal.

Qin Shao looked at Wang Qiong, and then at Peng Ze. He really lamented that to be an official in Ming Dynasty, one must not only be capable, but also eloquent and able to quarrel. !

However, as the person in charge, while watching the excitement, Qin Shao also had to consider the issue of keeping the border guards from the cold.

Cotton was a common crop in Qin Shao's previous life, and ordinary people didn't have to think about dressing at all.

The rich wear thousands of down jackets, or even hundreds of thousands of furs, while the poor have ordinary cotton coats to keep out the cold.

But in this Ming Dynasty, the problem of keeping out the cold is indeed a headache.

After all, cotton production is too low.

Although cotton was introduced to Daxia during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and in the early Ming Dynasty, because Zhu Yuanzhang suffered from cold and starvation when he was young, he forced it to be promoted after he became emperor, so that cotton could be grown in various parts of Ming Dynasty.

"Every farmer with [-] to [-] mu of land should plant mulberry, linen and cotton for half an mu each, and more than [-] mu more than twice as much, and the tax and grain are also allowed to be converted into rice with cotton cloth." Farmers who have [-] to [-] mu of land in their hands need to grow cotton. Half an acre, more than ten acres, one acre, and cotton cloth can be tax-deductible grain.Many kinds can also pay less tax. "It is beneficial to grow cotton, and the rate (exemption) of its tax."

It's just that the cotton production is not to mention this time, it is Qin Shao's previous life. When he was young, the cotton production in his hometown was actually not high.

After all, growing cotton is a technical job, which is more labor-intensive than food crops. It requires not only fertilizers, but also pesticides. Those things are too prone to insects. If you don’t know how to spray pesticides and manage them, the cotton you harvest will be pitiful.

When Qin Shao learned about the crops of the Ming Dynasty, he also had a general understanding of cotton. The yield is extremely low, and ordinary nobles, officials and wealthy people would be willing to wear cotton clothes.

As for the people at the bottom, most of them use some kapok and hemp plus shivering to keep out the cold!

And because the land in the north is barren, the grain output is low, and there is not enough food. After Zhu Yuanzhang, the number of cotton planted in many places gradually decreased.

The coldest north is the place that lacks the most cotton.

As for animal fur, especially if it is of good color, it is even more precious.

Poor people get it in exchange for food to solve their belly problems, who is willing to use it by themselves?
For the military households at the border, it is good to have old clothes and quilt covers at home to keep out the cold. Filling the old clothes and quilt covers with catkins, straw or even weeds is a good way to keep out the cold.

"Don't quarrel with the two lovers. The soldiers who protect their families and defend the country should indeed be compensated, but the treasury is not enough. Peng Shangshu can ask the Nine Sides to calculate how much it will cost, and the court should have a budget; As for Wang Shangshu, as the household department, he was able to guard the gate of the treasury for Daming, and he did his duty, but the money and food that should be spent still need to be spent."

"Jiubian has now solved some food subsidies by itself, which has saved a lot of money for the court, and should also give some rewards. Look, if they spend too much on making cotton clothes, see how much kapok there is in the warehouse, and other There is kapok planted in the local area, and some can be sent over to the Nine Sides, so that the soldiers can have a relatively warm winter!"

Qin Shao saw that the two were still pinching each other, each of them was like a high-spirited fighting cock. If they didn't stop them, the two would have to expose the other side's secrets.

Even though making a lot of noise is good for invigorating the atmosphere in the early court, so that these people don't have to be too serious, and they all pretend to be serious, but if they say too much and spread it, it will have too much impact on the image of these two court ministers. It's better to stop when enough is enough.

"Yes!"

When Wang Qiong heard that kapok could be used instead of silver and cotton, she had already made up her mind.

"Be more sympathetic, Your Majesty! The soldiers on the Nine Fronts can live today thanks to Your Majesty Long En!"

When Peng Ze flattered, he just opened his mouth.

The following matters were all miscellaneous and relatively minor matters. Qin Shao asked the heads of various departments to solve them, and then announced his withdrawal from the court.

Qin Shao watched the crowd retreat one after another, and was about to get up and leave, but Peng Ze stood not far in front of him and looked at him.

"Is Wang Shangshu still busy?"

The officials who participated in the early court in the main hall had basically retreated. Seeing the new emperor asking himself, Peng Ze walked up without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, I... I have something to do..."

Peng Ze was originally a quick-spoken person, but now he seemed a little hesitant.

Peng Ze was originally Yang Ting and the person around him, but Qin Shao still admired Peng Ze very much.

Although Peng Ze is a sharp-tongued person, when he does things, he is often right about things and wrong about people.

And as a frontier general, he can be regarded as a person who does practical things and is also a just and strict person.

When Governor Peng Ze was in charge of military affairs in Shaanxi and Gansu, he also put down the Mansuer rebellion in Turpan.

At that time, the Mongolian Yibula and others led an army across the Yellow River and went south to Gansu. They traveled thousands of miles to Xichuan, harassed and robbed, and there was no peace every year.On his way, Peng Ze surveyed the dangerous mountains and rivers, built military strongholds, and sent troops to guard them, so that the land of Guanlong was free from disturbance.

In the 11th year of Zhengde, Oala invaded on a large scale, and the capital was in a hurry. Peng Ze commanded the army. The team also made great contributions to protecting the capital.

To be honest, he can be regarded as a capable person. Yang Tinghe chose Peng Ze because of his ability.

The reason why Peng Ze got close to Yang Tinghe before was because Yang Shoufu was the talker, so what else could he do?

Moreover, the relationship between Peng Ze and Wang Qiong was at odds, and Zhu Houzhao trusted Wang Qiong, and it was difficult for Peng Ze to work for the emperor because of the assignments made by officials in the court.

After Qin Shao came to power, the officials of the original Yang Tinghe faction in the court, big and small, changed all over the place, but Peng Ze stayed in the position of Minister of the Ministry of War and did not move.

Regarding the appointment of the new emperor, Peng Ze was a little frightened at the beginning. After all, according to his situation, after Jiang Mian and Mao Cheng stepped down, he would be next.

But the new emperor did not move him, but used him where he should be used.

This made him even more uncomfortable.

Especially after Wang Qiong became the new emperor's team, it can be said that he could not sleep at night during that time.

Even if the new emperor doesn't attack, according to the relationship between Wang Qiong and Yang Tinghe, basically either you die or I live!
If the new emperor hadn't come to power quickly and seized power, Yang Tinghe would definitely put Wang Qiong in prison to accompany the mouse. Now that Yang Tinghe and his family are finished, he and Wang Qiong had had several frictions before. There was no shortage of fights, and Peng Ze felt that Wang Qiong would play tricks on him sooner or later.

"My lord, should we resign..."

The master around him suggested to Peng Ze.

What he meant was clear to Peng Ze. In this court politics, unless the new emperor and Yang Tinghe were directly interested, if they didn't cut the grass and roots, there would be endless troubles.

If he is... the emperor... No, it's too rebellious to think like this, of course it's just a hypothesis, and he will definitely treat Yang Tinghe like that.

But courtiers are different. Even political opponents will leave a way out for each other.

For example, if Yang Ting and Yang Shangshu are still in power now, even if Wang Qiong is thrown into prison to be with the rats, it will only humiliate him for a period of time, and in the end he will be convicted of some crimes, exiled or sent back to his hometown for retirement.

As for killing people, these courtiers are not that kind, not to say how kind each other is, but mainly to consider the impact.

If you kill all your political opponents, once this kind of atmosphere is formed, it will be a danger to yourself!
Also, as powerful ministers of the same status, whether it is for the sake of reputation or face, everyone will generally respect their political opponents and let them survive.

What could be a bigger blow to an opponent than letting him live to see himself triumphant?
The people around me suggested that I resign because they wanted to retreat and save the last bit of decency.

It is much better to resign than to be caught and convicted by the other party!

Although he, Peng Ze, has been fighting all these years and thinks he has no regrets, there are always imperfections, and it is not impossible for the opponent to take advantage of them and magnify them.

"Let's wait and see! If you really want to find me, you should go with Lord Mao and the others. Isn't it easier to get rid of me? I don't think His Majesty today is mediocre. He can do it in this short period of time." In time, Yang Shoufu and the others will be wiped out in an instant, this kind of swift and decisive method has the shadow of Tai Zu and Emperor Yong Le back then, although those two are ruthless, if they are really capable, they are still willing to employ people!"

Peng Ze analyzed.

He didn’t say the latter sentence. Based on the virtues of the old Zhu’s family, especially Zhu Yuanzhang’s bandit spirit, if he didn’t fire you and you took the initiative to resign, he would think you looked down on him, save his face, and would not do it for him. Serve me, once you get annoyed, it will be a crime of beheading!
Peng Ze is not afraid of death, but he still has such a big family behind him and the clan behind him is still relying on him. Once he falls, those people will have a hard time in the future!

Peng Ze's feeling is right!

In the past two years, he saw with his own eyes that the new emperor Shafa decisively took control of the military power of Nine Sides, directly exchanged blood with the help of the Datong Coup, and directly took back the land on Nine Sides to the imperial court.

You must know that those lands were originally sold by the Ming court to those local tyrants, evil gentry and dignitaries. Although some lands were deliberately seized by some people, many of them were bought from the court.

But this new emperor really inherited Zhu Yuanzhang's gangster spirit, he took it back regardless of 21, [-], and deliberately rented it to those military households for farming.

You must know that the land is the life and root of those military households. It was distributed to them, or it was an order from the emperor.

What's more, the old fox Xinhuang not only replaced many officials and generals on the nine sides, but also changed the defense of officials in various places!

So what if you are arrogant?
The place where you work as an official has changed to another place, and the officials and leaders in the field have already changed. Who will sell your account? If your old yard is not copied, it will be Amitof!
Therefore, when some officials received the transfer order, they quickly called their family members and subordinates to secretly load the valuables at home into the car and transport them out. As for the original fields, they had long been forgotten.

As for those vassal kings who also liked to expand their land in the past, there are now several clan officials in the court. Although their official positions are not high, they seem to be placed in important departments.

For example, the original Zaoyang King Zhu Youxi, when the emperor asked him to practice, wandered around in various departments of the six departments, and now he is placed in the Ministry of Households, in charge of the popular department of the salt industry.

Looking at the situation, Zhu Youzhen is already going to work in the fat department of the salt industry!
This situation not only frightened the officials in the court, but the emperor wanted to use the clan.

Although Zhu Youzhen and the others revoked their original titles once they entered the imperial court department, they were no longer called Zaoyang King, and their treatment became that of court officials, but he was born in the imperial family, and this blood relationship will not change.

As for the feudal land, it caused a big wave!

Even those vassal kings were a little ready to move. Although their salaries were good and they lived a leisurely life in wealth, some county kings thought Zhu Youzhen's actions were silly and funny.

What about court officials? According to the situation, after the imperial family passed the Jinshi examination, it would be good to be a county magistrate in some counties. How can the county magistrate's treatment compare with that of the county king?

Now that Zhu Youzhen has actually entered the fat department of the salt industry, after that...

Thinking about his free life and the importance he received, those feudal lords were a little hesitant to apply for the imperial examination...

"Peng Shangshu, if you have anything to say, just say it!"

Qin Shao saw that Peng Ze was hesitant to speak, obviously he had encountered something difficult to speak.

Is this guy going to sue Wang Qiong?

These two people pinch each other every day, but fortunately, they are both right about things and not about people.

Today, although Wang Qiong said that it seemed that he deliberately made things difficult for Peng Ze, it is well known that the Ministry of Finance is short of money. He has asked Wang Qiong to prepare kapok to deal with it first, and Peng Ze only needs to report the actual situation.

In addition, it is cold in Liaodong. According to regulations, the imperial court is going to inspect the security situation, and the Tartars have bad ideas.

Peng Ze had already volunteered to go by himself, so what's the problem now?
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Xianning, Qiuyue, has died! I will attend his funeral in the near future, and I would like to postpone the visit to Liaodong for two days."

Peng Ze hesitated for a moment and said.

"Qiu Yue is dead?"

(End of this chapter)