People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Old Zhang was still ready to leave.

More than half of May has passed, and it is only a little over a month before Chang Yuchun's death.

He set off from Nanjing, maybe he could meet this famous general on the way.

If you stay in Nanjing again, it will obviously delay things.

When Lao Zhang left this time, he also made a bold decision. He decided to go north with Zhang Yuchu, who was only nine years old.

Zhang Normal took Zhang Yi's prophecy to heart. Regarding Zhang Yuchu's future character, Lao Zhang didn't want him to become the kind of person Zhang Yiyan said.

He decided to take his eldest son along to walk along the northern border, to see the place where Longhu Mountain made his fortune, and to witness the suffering of the people in this world.

In ancient times, traveling far was never easy
Tired boats and cars, acclimatization to the soil and water, and bacterial infections can all kill a child

From Zhang Yi's heart, he definitely doesn't want his elder brother to travel far, but this is Lao Zhang's decision.
He can only do his best to prepare medicine for his father and elder brother.

Lao Zhang was leaving, and his "friends" Huang's father and son also came to see him farewell.

"Brother Zhang, please leave now!

If you pass by Suncheon and need help, you can go to this person..."

Lao Zhu held his normal hand and urged him ten thousand times. He didn't look like the black-hearted emperor who just attracted him a few days ago.

Zhang Normal also understood what the emperor asked him to do.

他 说:

"Brother Huang, don't worry, you will live up to your trust!"

Zhang Normal led Zhang Yuchu away gradually and disappeared on the horizon.

Every time he sees off his father, Zhang Yi always feels inexplicable sadness about parting.

He also didn't know if his father could change his fate against the sky and survive the catastrophe of ten years.

All in all, the time when father and son can get together is really running out.

"Don't be sad, it's only a year. Your father will not stay in the north for more than a year. After all, he has just been rewarded by the emperor. The matter of beating Yang Xian will probably pass soon..."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw the faint sadness in Zhang Yi's eyes, and couldn't help but soften his heart.

This child looks precocious, and only at this time can one feel pity.

"That's right, anyway, Yang Xian's life is not long!

I, Longhushan, have also given the emperor the honor he wants, this parting will not be too long..."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang had a strange look in his eyes.

This child still feels his murderous intention?

As "Huang He", he always has to ask a few questions:
"Do you think the emperor can't keep Yang Xian anymore?"

Zhang Yixiao:
"Uncle's political sense is not as sharp as Liu Yuanran's slippery Taoist priest. I heard that he left the capital immediately after talking with my father! Obviously he heard something?"

Zhang Yi still admires Liu Yuanran's political sensitivity. He is worthy of being the future leader of Taoism in Yunnan and the world, and the patriarch of the Changchun School.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed casually:

"That's not right, your senior brother lost an opponent in the competition in Xuanjiao Academy."

"The watchers of the Xuanjiao Academy are essentially officials. It would be great if the senior brother can get it, but it's fine if he can't. This position is not easy to take, especially the emperor placed Longhushan together a few days ago. This is clearly pulling us to face the anger of all the officials...

Alas, it is difficult to follow such a moody person! "

Old Zhu was unconvinced:

"If others complain, I won't say anything. Everyone else in the world can complain, but you can't do it! Don't think I don't know, you are the one who stirred up this storm of monks and Taoists paying taxes..."

Zhang Yi felt guilty:

"You didn't tell my dad, did you?"

Seeing his appearance, Lao Zhu couldn't help laughing.

On the surface, it was Song Lian who initiated the matter of monks and Taoists paying taxes. In fact, it is inseparable from Zhang Yi's guidance. If people know that this matter was done by him, he will not become a public enemy. In fact, it is almost the same.

"So, you better shut up, kid. Do you know how many people's fates have been changed because of you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a serious expression, while Zhang Yi remained silent.

How could he not know the consequences of the implementation of this policy.

But he insisted that, at least from the overall situation, this is a good thing for the world.

Returning the [title] of tax payment to the imperial court seems to be of little use...

Because if the imperial court is weak, the imperial court will not be able to collect the taxes that should not be collected.

But the meaning of the existence of fame is to make the imperial court famous forever.

In ancient times, especially in Ming Dynasty, things like conventions were very important.

When the imperial court is implementing government orders, there are often some unreasonable government orders, which will continue to be implemented because they were not corrected at that time.

Even if the emperors of later generations wanted to correct it, it was difficult to correct it back.

The more status the imperial court has, the greater the initiative it will have when it wants to reform in the future.

The kind of blatant tax evasion that hangs the land in the name of the powerful clan will not happen.

However, this did affect the interests of many people, including my own family.

The land owned by Longhu Mountain is far more than any honorable man in Ming Dynasty at this time, which also means that when the tax law is implemented, Longhu Mountain will have to pay a large amount of tax.

Distressed but distressed, but as a future generation who thinks that paying taxes is a matter of course, Zhang Yi is actually fine.

But for many people, that should be unaccustomed.

"I hope the emperor will not create a messy tax law!"

Zhang Yi complained, but saw many people on the official road, migrating under the guidance of officers and soldiers.

Most of these people were civilians, and a small number of Zhang Yi looked at the shackles on them and made some guesses.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that his eyes fell on those people, and he took the initiative to explain:

"This is the impact of the pirate case. Some of these people are immigrants, and some are the family members of criminal officials. They want to be exiled to the north...

Their destination should be in Taiyuan and Beiping. "

Zhang Yi nodded. The large immigration itself is one of Zhu Yuanzhang's established policies. Even if there is no pirate case, this matter will continue to be implemented.

In the central part of the south, such as Anhui, Jiangxi and other places, many lands are barren and no one cultivates them.

If the emperor banned the sea, people in many places would have no way to rely on the land to find a way to survive.

It is also a good way out for the landless farmers to find the land, but it is not known how many people will die on the road.

Driven by fate, people are like ants.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't talk much with Zhang Yi, he was too busy recently.

After sending Zhang Normal away, he bid farewell to Zhang Yi and returned to the palace.

Zhang Yi was fine, and he didn't want to go back to Chaotian Palace, so he asked Lao Mo to take him back to Qingxin Temple slowly.

Compared to Chaotian Palace, this is his home.

"Brother, little landlord..."

Meng Yao grew more and more graceful, and with Zhang Yi's insistence, she gradually got rid of her low self-esteem.

When Zhang Yi saw her, he hugged her first.

It's just that he himself is weak, but he is crushed by Xiao Mengyao.

giggle!
For the little landlord who is overconfident, Xiao Mengyao giggled as she rode on him.

Zhang Yi also laughed, and the brother and sister were just having fun.

Compared with the intrigues outside, Zhang Yi actually prefers the calm in this small Taoist temple.

"Shy!"

Xu Yungong ran out from nowhere and made faces at Meng Yao.

Only then did Zhang Yi discover that Xu Yungong and his brother and sister also came to the Taoist temple to play, and Zhang Yi was speechless...

Mrs. Xu doesn't care about Xu Miaoyun, what is she doing all the time here?

Xiao Mengyao was bumped into by Xu Yungong, and shyly got up from Zhang Yi.

The girl from Xu's family came over with Li Shi, Li Shi saw Meng Yao's actions and was about to get angry again.

Zhang Yi took the initiative to say:
"I was playing around with sister Meng Yao...

By the way, let's go see how the seedlings are doing..."

Zhang Yi kindly changed the topic to avoid Xiao Mengyao being blamed by her mother.

"You, you are just used to her..."

There was a strong sense of gratitude in Li Shi's tone.

To their family, Zhang Yi is not just tenants and landlords, employers and servants. In Li's heart, meeting Zhang Yi changed their family's life from then on.

This year, Lao Meng has naturally become the housekeeper of the Taoist temple. Although he still insists on planting the fields he rented, the family's income is no longer mainly dependent on those farmlands.

Mrs. Li helped Zhang Yi take care of these rice seeds for experiments, and Zhang Yi would give her a generous salary in her opinion. Lao Meng took over Deng Zhongxiu's job of helping him manage the Taoist temple, and Zhang Yi also gave him a part-time job income.

Zhang Yi even got some rewards for Mengyao's help.

In Zhang Yi's view, if there is labor, there should be rewards.

He will not give you a lot in order to buy people's hearts, but he will not assimilate himself to many things that seem to be taken for granted in this era.

He can't change the world, but he can start with the people around him.

It's just that what he did, in this era, in the eyes of Lao Meng and Li's couple, it is a great kindness.

Several people entered the medicine garden through the portal between the Taoist temple and the medicine garden. Zhang Yi was overjoyed to see the rice seeds in his experimental field.

These rice seeds are doing well under the care of Li Shi and Lao Meng.

He walked over and carefully observed the difference between each other.

He is not an expert in agronomy. Fortunately, he was obsessed with gardening and growing vegetables for a period of time in his previous life, so he doesn't have a half-knowledge about these things.

He never let go of the traits of each plant.

This variety is resistant to lodging, which variety bears more fruit.

Zhang Yi pointed out, thinking about how to artificially pollinate the flowers when they bloom...

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li quickly found a piece of paper to write down.

The hard pen has long been a common recording tool in many people's lives. Zhang Yi taught Li to make a recording form, which also greatly optimized work efficiency...

However, although Mrs. Li has read books and is literate, her acceptance of new things is really mediocre.

At this time, the girl from the Xu family reminded Li, and Li finally understood.

Zhang Yi turned around, it turned out that Xu Miaoyun had even learned his working methods unconsciously?

This guy's IQ is the only one I have ever seen in my life.

Living in this era, it is a pity that she is not a man.

As for the help from the girl of the Xu family, he pretended not to see it. For the future Empress Xu, it is always beneficial to know a little about farming and the like.

"Well, the growth is very good, and we will be able to cross pollinate soon..."

"Small landlord, Lao Meng asked me to inform you that the imperial court handed over the land to our Taoist temple. You'd better take a look..."

Thanks to his father, Zhang Yi got some more land.
The new property means that he has also increased many tenants.

But when the number of tenants reaches a certain level, it becomes more difficult to control people's hearts. In addition to the necessary beatings, some trivial matters also need to be handled by others.

So it was only natural for Lao Meng, a smart farmer, to become a steward.

"Okay, let's go and see!"

"I also need to go!"

When Zhang Yigang said he wanted to leave, Xu Yungong raised his hands and feet, and was the first to say he wanted to go with him.

He had no choice but to wave his hand and let everyone pass by.

Although the emperor tried his best to arrange the lands granted to Zhang Yi together, in fact his lands were still divided into three places.

The first ones were of course Zhang Yi's earliest fields. When he passed by, the greenery stretched into the distance.

"In this state, if there are no natural or man-made disasters, this year's harvest should be good."

Seeing Lao Meng from a distance, Zhang Yi got out of the car and chatted with Lao Meng.

Lao Meng smiled at Zhang Yi and said:

"Master Little Landlord, what you said should be fulfilled this year. This situation is much better than before..."

Zhang Yi laughed:
"You don't have to worry about the output of Champa rice, plus the use of compound fertilizer, if it doesn't work, where will I put the face together?"

Lao Meng hurriedly apologized with a smile:

"That's it, Lord of Medicine Fukuzawa, this year, anyone who learns Lord of Medicine's alchemy and dung pill at the temple fair will have better crop growth than other people's...

Originally, we couldn't see the difference, but the new fertile land that His Majesty gave you doesn't have champagne rice and dung pills, the growth is far worse than ours..."

Lao Meng was so excited that his face turned red.

Zhang Yi smiled and asked him to take him to see his other new fields.

After walking around, Zhang Yi became more certain that the changes he wanted to make were really meaningful.

After the walk, Lao Meng reported the situation of the tenants to Zhang Yi, and he suggested that Zhang Yi call the tenants together...

Although he has never read a book, Lao Meng has a shrewdness in his honesty, which makes him very satisfied with the other party.

After Zhang Yi finished everything, he was ready to go back to the Pure Mind Conception.

"Small landlord, you can take Meng Yao back first, and I will help him...

He, he still can't bear to part with his few acres of fields! "

Li seems to be complaining about Lao Meng, but the emotion between the two is enviable.

Zhang Yi nodded, carried Meng Yao into the car, and brought the Xu family siblings back to Qingxin Temple.

"Meng Yao will have younger siblings soon..."

On the way, Xiao Mengyao quietly told Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi was taken aback, he had the impression that Mrs. Li was infertile.

Perhaps, because of the good nursing care these days, Mrs. Li also tried to keep a male for the Meng family.

Knowing about this, Zhang Yi also became happy.

He can't influence the world, but he can influence the people around him, so that others can get better, and he can also gain a piece of joy.

He stroked Meng Yao's head and said:

"How did you know?"

"I heard my father and mother whispering. My father said that in a few days, they will go back to the ancestral hall in the village to thank the ancestors of the Meng family..."

Mengyao's eyes are full of anticipation for the future.

However, her expectation for the future only lasted for three hours.

Towards evening, a tenant from Youtianli ran to the Taoist temple, and he brought Zhang Yi a thunderbolt news.

Lao Meng is dead... (End of this chapter)