Five years of garrison on the border, shocked Zhu Yuanzhang who went south to inspect

Chapter 316: Do you own this land?
In comparison, horse feed is ridiculously expensive, and donkeys are stubborn and prone to breaking things.

So, there were a lot of donkeys.

"You don't understand, this donkey has no ability to reproduce, but he is a noble donkey, a pure donkey, one who is far away from worldly desires, and works hard without complaining."

Zhao Xiang asked in astonishment: "My lord, why do you know that donkey so well? Have you ever made such an arrangement?"

"Go, go, go. I am born a wise man and know everything. You donkey, you must learn more in the future."

Zhu Tuo laughed, turned around and walked outside, while asking: "I want to know where you live now? Take me there to have a look, and check your property by the way."

"Oh, Your Majesty, isn't this illegal?"

"Ah, okay, I'll let my twelfth brother lead the way."

"No need, I will take His Majesty there right now."

Zhao Xiang looked helpless. He had known that if he offended Prince Xiao, there would be such a result. Even if he was beaten to death, he would not offend Prince Xiao.

Alas, this Prince Su is really a petty person.

Walking to the front of the house, Zhu Tuo looked up at the red lacquer door, looked at it for a long time, and shouted loudly: "The size of this door is limited according to palace regulations! You are a horse rider, so you really shouldn't use such a wide space. 's door."

"I'll open the door tomorrow."

"That's right, you have to be like me and you can't do anything for me, do you understand?"

"Yes."

"But these rockeries and streams are so luxurious. I don't know how much energy and resources have been spent. You, an official, are so extravagant. It is simply too much!"

"Tomorrow, I'll take it apart."

"Isn't this even more of a waste of natural resources?" Zhu Tuo glared angrily and shouted: "I don't have this kind of rockery and flowing water in my house. Go get me a cart and transport it to my house."

"Okay." Zhao Xiang looked heartbroken.

Lu Xiaofeng said: "How many maids are there in your family? I see that you have quite a lot of things on your body."

"I'll cut them all down tomorrow."

"No, they don't have any skills. How can they starve to death after leaving this house? I can't bear to see them like this. That's all. You bring them back to the house first and let them settle down."

Zhao Xiang looked disappointed and said, "Okay."

While Zhu Tuo was talking, a pregnant nanny passed by. He looked in disbelief and pointed at the nanny, "Are you a human being? Even this woman.
Zhao Xiang looked up at the sky, with a look of helplessness on his face: "Your Majesty, I will take her back to the capital tomorrow and hand her over to you, and I will let you make the decision."
Zhu Tuo snorted coldly: "Nonsense, you just accept it and treat her well!"

After Zhu Tuo left the house where Zhao Xiang was staying, he went out of the city.Jingzhou City also has a lot of flat land, and the land available for cultivation is very vast, and you can see people working everywhere you go.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Tuo looked relieved.

"All the land here belongs to the people?"

Lu Xiaofeng said: "No." Zhao Xiang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the land you see is endless, stretching for more than 800 miles. It is all owned by our Zhao family. As for those civilians, they are leased by our Zhao family. By."

Hearing this, Zhu Tuo glanced at him in disbelief, his eyes flashing thoughtfully.

Lu Xiaofeng said: "Is this your land?"

"Yes." Chen Zhao also agreed.

Zhu Tuo glared at him fiercely, and cursed: "Okay, I still think you have changed your ways? Now it seems that the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change. How dare you occupy so much land? It's abominable!" Zhao Xiang raised his head. , with a confused look on his face: "Your Majesty, these acres of land I bought were all fair and square."

"I don't believe it, you must be coercing those civilians!"

Zhao Xiang said quickly: "Your Majesty, after I was beaten by you, my uncle has been staring at me. I don't dare to mess around. They all bought it from the private sector and have never done anything to bully others."

Zhu Tuo narrowed his eyes and told Lu Qing to ask the people around him, "Is it true?"

After further inquiry, I found out that these were purchased by Zhao Xiang from the private sector. Zhu Tuo couldn't help being furious and shouted: "These are the basis for our survival. Why should you sell all these lands to you?" It was you who set them up!"

"Your Majesty, I am innocent! I spent a lot of money to get it. Besides, if I let them help me farm, I will also pay. This is their own choice."

When Zhu Tuo heard this, he was furious and glared at Zhao Xiang.

All of this he had seen in history books.

Landowners use legal means to buy and sell land,
As a result, 70.00% of the people in the country became landless tenants.

Those landless civilians were like tigers without fangs. They had to work for the landlords, but the landlords were unwilling to do so. They exploited the tenants again and again.

After all, there are so many people in the world. If you don’t farm, there are people who do.

Civilians received even less stipends.

In the end, these civilians didn't even have a roof or a place to stay, and they had to eat one bite at a time every day.

Every time there is a natural or man-made disaster and there is no land left, they have to flee everywhere and become refugees.

Therefore, everyone has their own land, which is also a stable foundation.

Now, this land has just shown signs of annexation, and Zhu Tuo naturally has to deal with it.Otherwise, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the annexation of fields became more and more intense, and the entire country's fields were controlled by large families.

Zhu Tuo glared at him fiercely and shouted: "No matter what, you have to hand over this land obediently. How much did you buy it for in the first place? I will give you [-]% of the price, what do you think?"

Zhao Xiang was about to cry. He argued: "My lord, why are you doing this? Buying and selling are voluntary. Moreover, I am not the only one in Jingzhou City."
Zhao Xiang really couldn't understand why Prince Su valued farmland so much.
Three years ago, he was beaten to pieces and forced to sell his land.

Three years later, he openly sold the land, but he was still scolded.

How could this be?
"You mean, many of the landowners are in business?"

"Yes!" someone echoed.

"Hmph, I don't believe it. In this Jingzhou City, besides you, Zhao Xiang, who else can use the power of my twelfth brother to force civilians to sell their land? Who dares to be so bold?"

Zhao Xiang stood up quickly and shouted: "Your Majesty, let me tell you that the nearly [-] hectares of land in the south have been bought by others. Your Majesty doesn't believe it. I will go find those responsible for this land." people."

"Please come over."

Zhao Xiang asked people to notify the land owners.

Not long after, another four or five people came, all dressed gorgeously, sitting on soft sedan chairs, and when they saw Zhu Tuo, they all greeted Zhu Tuo respectfully.

"Let your Majesty understand that we did not force your Majesty, but the civilians voluntarily sold their territory to us..."

"Yes, even if they give it to us for free in some remote areas, we don't want it."

"We have great kindness to the people of Li, why should we doubt us?"

(End of this chapter)