Daming: Start with an Altar of Luck

Chapter 88
"Well, let's do this first. There are Xu Da and Li Shanchang over there, so there will be no chaos." Lao Zhu nodded after listening to Zhu Biao's report. The game has been resolved, and the next step is to aggressively invade and plunder.

As early as after Li Zicheng's death, Lao Zhu noticed that the luck representing Daming in the altar of luck began to skyrocket, and he had some guesses in his heart that he probably wiped out the army outside the city.

As for sending the rebel named Li Zicheng on the road, Lao Zhu felt that he was not worthy. Although he was born as a rebel, Lao Zhu was already the Hongwu Emperor who ruled the world, and what was Li Zicheng?
A loser, if Li Zicheng truly unified the world and was defeated by Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang would still be interested in sending Emperor Dashun to heaven. He is not worthy of the enthronement ceremony.

Even Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng were inferior, at least these two people had been entangled with him for many years. Because Lao Zhu started at the end of his life, he had seen many such heroes, so he didn't take it seriously to see Li Zicheng.

The biggest problem over there has been solved, but there are still big problems on Daming's side, population, food, and arable land.

Being plagued by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty for nearly a hundred years, the population has dropped sharply. The tens of thousands of people in the capital who migrated before are not enough to fill the huge gap in the north. Even the south is actually short of people now.

Not to mention food, since Lao Zhu's uprising, there has never been a day without food shortage.

Not to mention arable land, the north is almost empty, and where there are still people to cultivate, the former fields have become wasteland.

Not only these things, but also many, many headaches. In the past two days, Lao Zhu and Queen Ma have not stopped.

Moreover, Lao Zhu and Empress Ma cooperated with each other to issue an imperial decree and an imperial decree. The two decrees were passed on to the world, and the content was very simple, that is, after the martyrs who sacrificed for the country, Daming would take care of the martyrs' wives, children and children. Not limited to this cross-border battle, as long as it is the family members of the soldiers who died for Da Ming before, Da Ming will have different arrangements.

But Da Ming didn't keep these people in vain all the time, he needed to do something for Da Ming within his capacity.

As soon as the two decrees were issued, families with children who had contributed to Daming from all over the country cried loudly for a while.

"Master, have you seen that your majesty and queen have not forgotten you, they still remember you. Huh~~"

"Mother, don't cry. When the child grows up, the child will also join the army and beat bad people for His Majesty." The peasant woman was surrounded by two children, the oldest was only seven or eight years old, and it was the one who said that he would join the army. A child of seven or eight years old.

In a compound in Jiangnan.

"What does Zhu Chongba want to do? Take the food, gold and silver that I'm waiting to buy the common people?"

"Hmph! I said long ago that Zhu Chongba is not like a gentleman. We Jiangnan merchants shouldn't support this damn Zhu Chongba at that time. How much food has Zhu Chongba borrowed from us over the years? ?”

A white-haired old man dressed in satin said bitterly, perhaps because he was too angry, his black and white beard was raised.

"What's the use of talking so much? You haven't seen the place closest to Yingtian. How did Zhu Chongba arrange for those untouchables who don't have enough to eat? Give food, land, and arrange to move north."

"That riding horse is our food."

There were at least 30 to [-] people gathered in the house, all of whom were rich and well-to-do.

"He, Zhu Chongba, didn't take me seriously at all. Hmph, he didn't allow me to be an official in the court. Without me, his Zhu Chongba's army would have starved to death and froze to death."

"By the way, speaking of clothes, a large number of cheap clothes have appeared on the market recently. Who released them?" Hao Hanlin asked. His family is one of the largest textile households in the south of the Yangtze River.

But since half a year ago, not only the raw materials have not been received, but recently, a batch of clothes with good quality and cheap prices have begun to appear on the market, which makes the textile giant feel a little bit embarrassed.

It just so happened that this time the rich merchants from Jiangnan met to discuss important matters, and by the way, I would like to ask which company released the goods.

"My family doesn't have any. I can't receive any raw materials this year, so I can only increase the price. How can I sell it cheaply?"

"It's not my family. My family's weaving has almost stopped this year. You can still receive a lot of raw materials. I haven't received a single hair this year."

As the several textile giants present all said that they did not circulate out of their own homes, the families present were a little confused as to where the huge amount of goods on the market came from.

Could it be that it fell from the sky?
In fact, it’s pretty much the same. A large amount of cheap cloth that appeared in the market came out of the imperial palace. Since the appearance of the Daming loom, Lao Zhu has quietly arranged for people to use it in batches in batches slightly higher than that of the south of the Yangtze River. These people continue to collect enough textile raw materials at prices purchased.

Anyway, both the efficiency and output of Daming textile machines far exceed those of these people's families. Even if the final selling price is cheaper, Lao Zhu will still make a profit.

These few people are also numb at this time. Not only has Zhu Chongba's appetite been getting bigger and bigger recently, even when they contacted those important officials of the court recently, none of them replied to them. It turned into an iron bucket between them.

As for why they were able to know the changes around Yingtian Mansion in the first place, one is that they have spies in Yingtian, and the other is that Daming still has many ex-Yuan ministers at this time. There are quite a few, and they sent a large amount of gold and silver treasures, only to get the latest movements of the court.

Knowing that Daming has been dispatching troops and generals recently, saying that they are going to conquer the new world, they don't believe in such unreliable things, and return the new world, why don't you say that Daming is going to heaven.

They got together to discuss how to reject Zhu Chongba's growing appetite recently. If Zhu Chongba continued like this, the wealth and food accumulated by their families for hundreds of years might be 'borrowed'.

"Okay, let's get down to business, let's talk about how to treat Zhu Chongba next!" An old and dignified voice sounded in the room, and the voice in the room that was like a busy city quickly disappeared.

"Mr. Shen, if we have a way, will we come over as soon as we are notified?" A middle-aged man in his 40s and [-]s said aggrievedly.

"Yes, Mr. Shen, if you have a way, just say it. We have no way. This Zhu Chongba is unreasonable. After sending someone to notify the borrowed food, he directly sends troops to pick it up. I dare not refuse."

All eyes of the whole room were on 'Shen Rong', the representative figure of the Jiangnan business community.

This Shen Rong is the parent-son of Shen Wansan, a wealthy man in the late Yuan Dynasty!
"Recently, Zhu Yuanzhang kept asking for food and goods. In the past six months, I believe that everyone has been miserable. Even if my Shen family continues like this, it will be ruined. I, Shen Rong, will never allow the foundation that my late father worked hard for. destroyed in my hands."

Shen Rong's entire face turned serious, and he stood up directly holding the leading crutch in his hand.

"We must not continue to indulge Zhu Yuanzhang's behavior. I suggest that next time Zhu Yuanzhang will send someone to 'borrow' grain and 'borrow' things. Everyone should be consistent, saying that there is not much grain in the house, and there is no way to continue borrowing. Let him find another way."

After Shen Rong finished speaking, he looked around at the people in the room, most of them had cruel expressions on their faces, you must know that this is a crime of deceiving the emperor and they want to punish the nine clans.

There are also some people with fearful expressions on their faces, but there are very few people who are afraid, and there are only one or two people. You must know that those who can make the family business bigger and stronger in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties are not ruthless.

What Zhu Yuanzhang has done in the past six months has touched their roots, and they can't bear it.

"In the past six months, Zhu Yuanzhang has 'borrowed', bah, the amount of food, grass and materials he asked for has already caught up to one-fifth of what we provided before he fought for hegemony. What is he trying to do? In just six months, the amount far exceeds the amount of the previous few years, Treat us like pigs? I support Mr. Shen's words, as long as Zhu Yuanzhang comes to ask for it later, my Zheng family will say 'no', and they will have nothing."

Someone took the lead, and for a while everyone in the room swore that they would never provide Zhu Chongba with food and supplies again.

Shen Rong looked at the people in the room, and nodded in satisfaction. He felt that this matter would be settled, and it would not be right for his family to refuse.Accidents are easy to happen, but all the rich people in the south of the Yangtze River unite and don't provide Zhu Yuanzhang with food, grass, gold and silver, and he, Zhu Yuanzhang, can kill them all.

They have provided Zhu Yuanzhang with grain, grass, and materials for decades. If there is no credit, there must be hard work. Now that the world is initially settled, Zhu Yuanzhang does not want to rest and recuperate, so he even asks them for food, grass, gold and silver. This kind of clumsy excuse can fool Shen Rong.

What they didn't know was that when they were discussing how to refuse Lao Zhu's request for food and supplies, Lao Zhu had already set his sights on these people. In fact, in the past six months, Lao Zhu asked for more supplies every time. The super rich can still continue to take it out.

Half a year far exceeds the amount of the previous few years, and they can be used. Does it mean that these people 'contributed' their family property to Daming, and Daming can support it for a few more years?If the common people can breathe a sigh of relief, Daming will have gold and silver distributed to the families of soldiers who died for Daming before.

You must know that there was no compensation before. If he hadn't seen the effect of the Hero Monument, the stingy old Zhu would not have planned to spend such a large sum of money.

Fortunately, the huge amount of silver brought back from the world at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu's pockets are bulging at the moment, and he has confidence in his words, otherwise how could he have given sacrifice subsidies, and agreed with what Queen Ma told Zhu Biao to call the martyrs to carry out Large-scale textiles.

Expanding the textile scale does not cost money!

No, Lao Zhu, who couldn’t think of a way to save money, had to open up sources of income. The method that Lao Zhu came up with was to kill the rich and powerful merchants. Those inside the court must be killed, and those outside the court must be killed. This is not open source.

The Qianyuan Surrender faction in the imperial court and the Jiangnan giants were the first people that Lao Zhu targeted. Before recruiting Qianyuan Wenwu, it was a last resort. Lao Zhu’s power was too weak before, and Qianyuan Wenwu surrendered. , Do you think Lao Zhu will accept it?
Don't accept it, let's kill them all. In the future, the forces of Qianyuan will definitely treat death as home when they see you. After all, surrendering to you is death, and the end result of not surrendering is nothing more than death. It is better not to surrender.

As for accepting it, it's not that Lao Zhu doesn't know the nature of these people, but for the sake of the overall situation, Lao Zhu held his nose and endured it. Of course, Lao Zhu also gave these people a chance, not all the ministers of the former Yuan Dynasty were killed.

Look at Lv Chang, the Minister of the Household Department of the former Yuan Dynasty, and now the Minister of the Household Department of the Ming Dynasty. Old Zhu felt that this old man was doing a good job and was capable. All the respect given to him by Nian's subordinates was handed over to Lao Zhu.

And he promised that he would never commit another crime in the future. Lu Chang made a list of the former ministers who gave him gifts and handed them over to Lao Zhu. As long as Lao Zhu takes out a sharp knife, he can kill a large number of Yuan civil and military at any time.

But as long as Lao Zhu can be changed, he will be given time and opportunity. Before the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, people's hearts were unstable, and Lao Zhu allowed them to be more greedy. After all, the people who follow him are not for money, for food?

But the Ming Dynasty has already established a country, and it is still up and down, and it doesn't know how to restrain itself. We have to call these dogs to see if our old Zhu's sword is good or not.

It just so happens that Daming has too many things going on recently, so Lao Zhu didn't spare time to take care of these people. Even Lao Zhu, who is greedy for ink, pretends not to see them, and cleans them up as soon as he draws his hand. .

Originally, Lao Zhu's plan was to wait for Xu Da to defeat the enemies besieging the city, and then start using the knife. Who would have thought that his big brother would make a monument to heroes, which would have a very big impact.

Lao Zhu can only cooperate with Empress Ma to arrange for the martyrs, and then collect a wave of military morale. After this time, it is Xu Da who rebelled. In front of Zhu.

And when these few things that Lao Zhu has done are fermented across the country, Lao Zhu will get more, gain the real support of the people all over the world, and the people of the world will be united, and the luck of the Ming Dynasty may not be far from the divine fire of condensing luck.

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