my days with tyrants

Chapter 83
The defection of Alu Timur and Naier Buhua also happened in history.

But it was reported by Xu Huizu.

It is not surprising that they defected.

These two were originally enemies of the Ming Dynasty, but they were desperate and couldn't fight, so they had to choose to surrender first, but it would be pure nonsense to say that they sincerely surrendered to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Di was really kind to them.

Originally Xu Huizu reported them in history, in fact, there was the intention of beating his brother-in-law. Zhu Di trusted these surrenders in Beiping, and it was easy to be suspected that he was gathering his own power.Xu Huizu didn't want him to go too far on this issue, and happened to find that Alu Timur and Alu Timur complained a lot on weekdays, so he simply said that they intended to defect.

They didn't actually act.

Moreover, based on their relationship with Zhu Di at the time, it was difficult to see that they were really planning to defect.

In the end Zhu Yuanzhang killed them, which was regarded as a warning to Zhu Di.

But now Zhu Di has clearly lost power.

These two are not stupid, they are both at the level of the princes of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Zhu Di was thrown to Liaodong, and he has actually completed Zhu Yuanzhang's mission, that is, he has not yet arrived in Nuergancheng, but the original Yuan Dynasty officials in Nuergancheng have also surrendered to Ming Dynasty.

So just wait until the beginning of spring next year, and go straight down the river by boat for a cutscene.

It stands to reason that it is time for him to return to Peiping.

Liaodong is guarded by the king of Liao, he just went to take the area.

But now not only can't go back to Peiping, on the contrary, Beiping has been replaced by Fu Youde.

That's pretty obvious.

Zhu Yuanzhang threw him to Liaodong on purpose.

Whether he will be able to return to Peiping in the future is hard to say.

People like Alu Timur, of course, lost confidence in his future. If Zhu Yuanzhang made a decree to transfer the vassal state one day, and let him be the vassal king in Huining, then these guards would definitely have to follow. What is the difference between 地方and Onon River?
The same as the world of ice and snow.

just as bitter.

Then why did they still stay in Daming and endure the harsh laws of Daming?
Can't you go to the grassland freely?

"Old fox!"

Yang Feng couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Who?"

The little princess said curiously.

"your dad!"

Yang Feng said angrily.

Indeed, Zhu Yuanzhang was cunning enough, and his son's subordinates were distracted with just one easy move.

He deliberately threw Zhu Di in Liaodong, so that those who tried to follow Zhu Di to seek wealth would choose to abandon Zhu Di because they felt that the future was bleak, and weakened Zhu Di's power in this way.And Fu Youde, as the leader of the Jin dynasty, will definitely weaken some of them in Beiping, just suppress the generals loyal to Zhu Di, and find an excuse to dismiss several generals.

Even killed a few.

Since he is the guardian general, these are easy for him.

In short, Zhu Di's strength will become weaker and weaker.

It has been weak until Zhu Yuanzhang thinks he can rest assured that he will let him go back to Peiping.

"Do you dare to speak ill of my father?"

"Is this the first time you've heard me speak ill of your father?"

"That's right!"

……

Then Yang Feng patted her dog's head and pushed open the door...

"Uh?"

He quickly let go.

The little princess also put away her smile, and quickly switched to a dignified lady.

They pretended not to see it outside.

After all, at least in front of these people, the two of them have shown their special friendship many times, so even Zhang Xianzong is at a loss about their relationship.

But Yang Feng did not return to Nanjing with the little princess.

He had just picked her up by the way.

In fact, he was accompanied by Zhang Xianzong on this trip to Suzhou to recruit craftsmen. He needed a large number of craftsmen for his agricultural machinery, but the Ministry of Industry in the capital would definitely not give them to him. To serve in the capital, the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry in the capital are all in the service period.

It's like the soldiers on duty in the guard.

But he is private.

Private factories hire state-owned enterprises to compile...

Not quite right?

So Zhu Yuanzhang allowed him to recruit among craftsmen from all over the world who did not serve.

But these craftsmen still need to be on duty.

They can only work in his factory when they are not on duty. Once they are on duty, they still have to report to the Ministry of Industry. The deadline varies according to the type of craftsman.In the latest regulations this year, the longest round is five years, and the shortest one is one year. The on-duty time is three months. In the rest of the time, they are free and can do whatever they want.In this way, he basically learns everything that needs to be learned from him, and then goes to the Ministry of Industry. If he creates something new, the Ministry of Industry can directly prostitute for nothing.

Of course, Yang Feng doesn't care about this. What he wants is to promote technology, not just profit. His technology promotion is to benefit the world.

Not only the Ministry of Industry, in fact anyone can learn.

And recruiting craftsmen is of course going to Suzhou.

This is the second largest industrial city after the capital.

But at this time, the autumn harvest was completed and the time for the transportation of taxes and grains from various places, so teams of grain transport ships could be seen everywhere on the canal, and they were all transported by civilians rather than soldiers.

"Is this all for public rations?"

Yang Fengrao said with interest.

A fleet of grain ships was passing them.

An old man on the boat was calling the folk husband on the boat behind him in Wu dialect.

"Pay public rations, this word is very appropriate.

These are indeed for the payment of grain. There is a grain chief for every [-] shi of grain in each locality. Warehouses everywhere.

This is a food chief. "

Zhang Xianzong pointed to the old man and said.

"Where's the magistrate?"

"County officials? The local officials don't care. They just send people to Beijing to collect surveys with the grain chiefs before the collection. His Majesty thinks that the taxation and grain will not go through the hands of the local officials, and corruption will be eliminated. These grain chiefs are not ordinary. They come to Beijing It is necessary to face the saint and listen to the decree. The magistrate will choose who to be the head of grain and supervise the head of grain, but the whole payment process does not go through the hands of the magistrate. Those delivered to the capital will be sent to the capital by the head of grain, and those sent to the guards in various places will also be sent to the designated warehouse by the head of grain.

Moreover, the head of grain has the right to fabricate books and assign corvee.

There is also the right to educate the place.

He even took care of some civil lawsuits, led civilian husbands to repair water conservancy, and even reported lawless officials. The person with the most power at the local level is the head of grain.

There are not many in a county. "

"So what on earth do your magistrates do?
This has all been done by the people below. There are lijia in the countryside, and there are grain chiefs. Is there anything else in the folk? "

"There are also elders, elders who are highly respected in the village to handle civil disputes."

"The county magistrate occasionally goes to the countryside for inspection?"

"Uh, officials are not allowed to go to the countryside."

"Not going to the countryside?"

"It is strictly forbidden to go to the countryside. Your Majesty strictly prohibits officials from going to the countryside because they are disturbing the people. If something happens, a summons will be issued. In the year, Li Jia will go to the countryside to summon the summons. Only after three calls can the Zaoli be sent to the countryside for arrest."

"He's guarding officials like guarding against thieves!"

Yang Feng couldn't help exclaiming.

Zhang Xianzong just smiled sadly...

It is estimated that he also agrees with his evaluation.

This is really like guarding against officials like guarding against thieves. Taxes and food cannot be handled. In addition to taxes and food, the local government really has no other large income these days.Officials are not allowed to go to the countryside, which also eliminates the possibility of extortion. After all, they have no conditions to extort.

This is simply an insult to their personality.

Can't we be honest and honest officials?

Do you need to guard against us like this?

Are we thieves?
Can't there be a little trust between people?

"Who can be the food chief?"

Yang Feng asked.

"The ones with the most fields in the family, once the ten thousand stones of tax and grain are insufficient, the head of grain will add it himself, so we can only find those with the most fields in the family."

"Landlord!"

"Landlord, this title is also acceptable."

So it can be understood that the gentry soon appeared in the Ming Dynasty and became bigger.

Zhu Yuanzhang designed it well.

Liang Chang, Li Jia, this is actually a two-level local self-government system at the township and village levels, plus an elder as a supervisor, and officials are strictly prohibited from going to the countryside, in fact, grassroots self-government has been formed.And using the landlord as the head of grain ensures that there will be no shortage of taxes and food. After all, the head of grain will make up for it from his own pocket, which first of all ensures that his interests will not be damaged.

This prevents local officials from harming the people and at the same time ensures local governance.

but……

It also left a legal basis for the landlords to completely control the grassroots.

He doesn't need to care at this time.

Because there is still his big patent.

The common people can go directly to Beijing after arresting the head of the grain. The head of the grain does not dare to do anything wrong, so he can only bear this hard work. It must be common for the tax and grain to be insufficient, and then they can only pay for the grain themselves. .

But after his death, the imperial edict became a waste of paper. At that time, the people had no deterrent effect on the grain chief. Instead, farmers were forced to borrow usury, and then the head of grain took the opportunity to annex the land.

"But why didn't he just lower the government all the way down to the level of grain chief?"

he asked.

"what for?"

"It is simply to set up an administrative organization below the county level, such as a township."

"Do you know how many officials there are in a county?"

"How many?"

"Shangyuan County, as the first county in the capital city, has one magistrate, one magistrate, and one chief bookkeeper. This is an official. There are also fourteen officials and 26 officials. This is an official. There are 43 officials in total. This is Shangyuan County. It can be regarded as the largest county in the world, and there are all these officials. As for the other counties, there are those who lack county magistrates, and those who lack master books. Want to double the number of court officials?
What does His Majesty feed on?
Taxes also doubled?
Even these officials, His Majesty felt that there were too many. "

"But Liang Chang, Li Jia, and the elder don't need to give any benefits?"

"I've already said that if they don't collect enough tax and food, they have to add it themselves, so do you think such an errand will still be paid?"

"Whoring for nothing? Where's the yamen servant?"

"The yamen servant is a service, and it is one of the corvee services served by the local people."

"Free prostitution?"

"Whore!"

"Fuck, isn't this too much?"

Yang Feng exclaimed.

Zhu Yuanzhang has brought prostitution to the extreme!
The whole whoring emperor!

This system is indeed frugal, and it is simply too friendly to finances. After all, in a county like Shangyuan County, there are only 43 salary earners in total, and only 44 with the edict. At most, some counties have a patrol Check...

"What about the thief-hunting archers, Kuaishou and the like?"

he asked.

"service."

Zhang Xianzong answered very simply.

Well, this one is also a whore.

"How much is the official's salary?"

Yang Feng asked.

"Natives are officials, none, only exempted from husband's labor. Officials in other places are given five dou of rice per month, and cotton and linen cloth for clothing in winter and summer. Those in Beijing vary according to the grade of the yamen. The minimum monthly salary of officials in Guanglu Temple is six dou. Our embassy A few subordinate officials are according to the officials of Guanglu Temple, six fights per month."

"No wonder Mr. Liu often steals leftovers to go home, I thought I would go back and feed the chickens!

Looking at it this way, seven shimi a month was not a lot. "

Yang Feng said with emotion.

Therefore, some officials are free prostitutes and some are paid wages.

Then it is difficult to avoid those officials trying to make money.

Six buckets of rice...

This is brown rice, not polished rice.

The weight difference between brown rice and polished rice is not small.

So if six buckets of rice are replaced by modern standard catties, it is seven to eighty catties. It is definitely not enough to support a family. Adding some vegetables and replacing them with some cheap grains, such as beans and barley, is at most enough for a family of three. Barely enough to eat, if there are more children, it will definitely not be enough.Relying solely on salary like this is definitely not enough. After all, there are not many families of three at this time, most of them are big families, so there must be land, like those who are officials in other places, they can only go by themselves.

It is impossible to drag a family with a mouth.

Otherwise, not to mention being able to save some money, it is not enough for the whole family to eat.

In short, Zhu Yuanzhang’s salary standard can only say that you will not be hungry or cold. If you want to live a rich life, you can’t expect it at all.

"Can officials be promoted?"

he asked.

"Yes, but difficult.

The system can be promoted, but the first step is to take three exams in nine years. After the exams are completed, there are other things. Even if they pass all of them, fifteen or sixteen years have passed before they can only get a ninth-rank official.

As for the rest, it depends on fate.

But you can.

I waited for ten years to study hard, and even if I won the top three in one day, in fact, most of them were just eighth-rank county magistrates.

This generation is a white man, and it is enough to be able to rise to the ninth rank in more than ten years.

It's similar to a scholar who studies hard in a cold window.

If you want to be prosperous, you can only go to the battlefield and fight with your life in order to get rich. One hundred households is already a sixth-rank official, higher than the county magistrate, and you dare not work hard.In the final analysis, the Holy Dynasty focused on military merits, and His Majesty relied on generals to fight the world. Only those who can fight are the ones His Majesty values, and nothing else is considered. "

Zhang Xianzong said obviously disappointed.

Yang Feng was confused by him to a large extent, ignoring that he was a special existence, he was the second in the list, and in the 30 years of the Hongwu Dynasty, there were only a dozen top Confucian scholars.

He reached the fifth rank at a young age, which is not a normal existence of Confucian scholars.

He is the top of the Confucian Pyramid.

There are still countless Confucian scholars studying hard in Hanchuang, and even those who have won Jinshi, most of them are working as eight-rank county magistrates in various places.

(End of this chapter)