Ming Dynasty: Every day, Zhu Yuanzhang is in trouble

Chapter 117 It smells so good! Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to bow to Mei Yin

"Hu Xiang, how have you considered this matter? Have you come up with a charter?"

Three days later, in the Wuying Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Prime Minister Hu Weiyong and asked.

Hu Weiyong felt a little uneasy.

I just want to scold Zhu Yuanzhang.

I feel that Zhu Yuanzhang is sincerely looking for trouble!

Putting together the few requests he made, who the hell has that much ability to come up with a way to get the best of both worlds?

Isn't he simply trying to make things difficult for others?

However, he did not dare to say such a thing.

Who made someone the emperor?

However, in the past few days, he had been thinking hard, brainstorming, and discussing with many people in Zhongshu Province.

I've come up with some ideas, but it's not impossible.

Immediately he said: "Reporting to your Majesty, I have some countermeasures." "

"tell me the story."

Zhu Yuanzhang became energetic.

He has been looking forward to this for a long time.

If he hadn't said it from the beginning, give Hu Weiyong three days.

He had long wanted to call Hu Weiyong over and ask.

“For those who are in high positions, first of all, the current prince, and many people after the prince, all have too high salaries.

If the superior wants to reduce the burden on the court in the future.

Then the money and food given to them must be reduced.

However, it cannot be reduced too much.

If it is reduced too much, it will affect the lives of future generations of clans..."

Hu Weiyong weighed his words and spoke.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, which was exactly what he thought.

Do cut back.

"Then how far does Hu Xiang think it should be reduced?"

Hu Weiyong actually didn't want to answer this question.

After all, this makes it clear that this is a job that will offend the prince.

If this is not done, there will be princes in the future who will blame themselves for the reduction in their and their descendants' salaries.

But the emperor asked, and he had to answer.

Compared with the possibility of being resented by some princes in the future, Hu Weiyong felt that being resented by Zhu Yuanzhang, a veteran killer, was the most terrible thing.

"I think the prince's salary can be reduced to twenty-five thousand dan per year.

The treasure banknotes were 20,000 guan, and the remaining tea, salt, cloth and other items were reduced by 30%.

The number of county princes and generals in the back will also be reduced by 30% on the original basis..."

Hu Weiyong looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and told him the results he had negotiated with others.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he frowned slightly.

Such a reaction made Hu Weiyong's heart tighten.

Damn it!

Knowing that the future support of these clans would be reduced, Zhu Yuanzhang, an old killer, would definitely be dissatisfied.

Now it seems that it is indeed the case!

As soon as he opened his mouth, this guy's face fell!

Damn it...

Thoughts in his mind were spinning rapidly, and Hu Weiyong was observing the words and expressions.

He immediately said: "Sir, this... Lumi's reduction to twenty-five thousand dan is indeed a bit small.

It would be better to reduce it to 40,000 stone.

The support of the prince and other members of the clan will be reduced by 10% on the current basis.

In this way, they can be guaranteed to have a decent life.

I didn’t think carefully before..."

Today, Hu Weiyong does not yet hold great power.

In front of Zhu Yuanzhang, his body bones were still very soft.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "Only 10%? Isn't 10% drizzle?

It means there is no reduction at all!

Thirty percent is too little.

I think it needs to be reduced by at least 50%, or even 70%! "

Ah? ?

After Hu Weiyong heard what Zhu Yuanzhang said, he was stunned on the spot.

Somewhat unable to react.

So cruel?

Directly cut off 50%, or even 70%?

When did Zhu Yuanzhang change his temper? !

He is actually willing to use such cruel methods on his own descendants in this matter?

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he just said his proposal to cut off 30%. He didn't feel that he had cut too much, but that he had cut too little?

This made Hu Weiyong not know what to say for a moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang's change caught him, the prime minister, a little off guard.

"Sir, is this... too much?

So much was cut off at once, and the descendants who will come to power in the future will have to endure some hardships. "

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "If you have to endure some hardships, just endure some hardships.

We gave them a lot.

Even if it were cut down by 70% to only 30%, that would still be more than many people.

Life is much better than that of ordinary people!

Ordinary people would be happy if they could refuse to do corvees or pay grain.

And they not only did not perform corvee nor pay grain, they could also receive some money from the court.

I don't know how good this is anymore.

Even if we endure hardship again in the future, it will not be more difficult than what our ancestors endured. "

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, what else could Hu Weiyong say?

Immediately, of course, sending extremely sincere flattery.

"The superior is concerned about the world and the people of the world.

When other people become emperors, they will wholeheartedly seek the welfare of their descendants, for fear that their descendants will not live well enough.

Not getting enough.

But your Majesty is different.

In order to prevent the clan from competing with the people for profit and reduce the burden on the court, he was so ruthless as to do such a thing.

If word of His Majesty's actions spreads, countless people will definitely pay homage to Your Majesty. "

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and scolded: "That's it, don't flatter us there.

Then tell me what other options you have considered.

It can’t be just this one, right? "

After listening to what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Hu Weiyong immediately became serious.

He began to tell Zhu Yuanzhang about the other methods he was considering.

At the beginning, Hu Weiyong always felt a little uneasy about this matter.

I can't figure out what Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude is on this matter.

I'm afraid that my place has been cut too hard as the emperor said.

It would make the emperor unhappy.

At this time, I found that Zhu Yuanzhang was quite tolerant of this matter.

Not just talking about it, but really wanting to make it happen.

I felt a lot more confident and bold now.

“For superiors, there is a saying that a gentleman’s fortune will be cut down in five lifetimes.

The people who have been blessed by the clan support system that you established before you ascended the throne, from the ascendant to Lieutenant Feng Guo, are nine generations in length.

This is just too much.

It would be better if... your superiors could reduce the number of generations of descendants of this grace.

From the emperor to the fifth generation.

The rest will no longer enjoy the support of the imperial court. "

After Hu Weiyong said this, he stopped talking.

Watch Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction carefully.

I was worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would overreact.

To be honest, according to the countermeasure he originally discussed with others, it was to extend his grace to the seventh life.

Now, after seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude just now, he said that he would be a gentleman and kill him after five generations.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard what Hu Weiyong said, he thought for a moment and nodded.

The number of people in need of grace has been reduced by four generations.

In this way, many members of the clan who can receive imperial salary will be reduced.

Rather, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew clearly through the impressive calculations Mei Yin had performed before.

The further you get to the back, the more descendants you will have.

In fact, the last generation has more people than all the previous ones combined.

With the direct cancellation, the next four generations will be supported by the imperial court.

That would inevitably greatly reduce the number of clan members receiving salaries.

In this way, the burden on the court will definitely be reduced a lot.

"Xiang Hu's suggestion is a good one. It seems he really means it."

Zhu Yuanzhang sat here and thought for a while, then looked at Hu Weiyong and praised him.

When Hu Weiyong heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, his slightly suspended heart suddenly relaxed completely.

Speaking of which, he had just prepared to kill Zhu Yuanzhang for seven generations if he was dissatisfied with this matter.

It seems unnecessary now.

Zhu Yuanzhang was really determined on the issue of support for the clan this time.

I don’t know what method Na Mei Yin from Shuangshui Village used to tell Zhu Yuanzhang.

Can Zhu Yuanzhang have such a big change!

Could it be... that he was really remonstrating to death?

However, given Zhu Yuanzhang's temper, if he really remonstrated with him, wouldn't the person who remonstrated immediately die?

How come this place in Meiyin has become so different?

In addition to these, there is another very important point.

Hu Weiyong gathered his thoughts and watched Zhu Yuanzhang speak out again.

"Then your superior needs to cancel the rule that members of the clan are not allowed to do anything.

According to the original clan support system established by Your Majesty, this provision is okay.

It can be guaranteed that the descendants who will come to power in the future will have no worries about food and clothing.

But now, with such a reduction, if this regulation is still in place, life will be difficult for many members of the clan in the future. "

After hearing what Hu Weiyong said, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to tell him.

In fact, even if there is no reduction, we will still proceed as before.

Later, there will be many clans who will not be able to survive.

Of course, such thoughts can only be thought in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang will not say it out loud.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, this was a very embarrassing thing, and naturally he could not tell Hu Weiyong this.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Xiang Hu's suggestion is also acceptable.

This rule really needs to be abolished. "

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the methods proposed by Hu Weiyong to solve the problem were quite acceptable.

He really put his heart into this matter.

“Sir, since you have canceled this aspect.

Then you might as well take some things more broadly.

For example, descendants of the clan can enter from all walks of life in the future.

As long as you have the appropriate skills, just go through the normal channels.

For example, those who are capable can enter the officialdom.

Those who are talented in knowledge can study history books.

Be a teacher..."

Hu Weiyong secretly gritted his teeth and expressed his proposal in this regard.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to hear some meaningful suggestions on this matter.

Then he might as well give him something violent as Zhu Yuanzhang thought.

After hearing Hu Weiyong's words, Zhu Yuanzhang did not immediately express his opinion.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, it was okay to let his descendants do other things.

But if members of the clan were allowed to freely serve as officials, he would be somewhat unable to change his mind.

I always feel that if a descendant of the clan becomes an official, it may pose a certain threat to the imperial power in the future.

Make some other trouble.

"anything else?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and was noncommittal about Hu Weiyong's proposal.

He looked at Hu Weiyong and asked.

Hu Weiyong immediately made several suggestions.

However, these methods are much more common than the ones mentioned at the beginning.

If it is really implemented, it will not have any significant effect.

"Then I don't know if Prime Minister Hu has any good way to solve the problem of clan members who rely on having more children to receive more money and food from the court?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Weiyong and asked.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, the rest are easier to say.

Only this point is really difficult to solve.

At the same time, it also touched his heart even more.

As an ancestor, he definitely hopes that his descendants will be as numerous as possible.

However, after this matter was mixed with the clan support and the future of the Ming Dynasty, I had to think about this matter again.

It seems very contradictory.

"Sir, this matter... is a bit tricky.

There is no particularly good way.

The solution that the ministers and others came up with was to stipulate that one person could not have more than a maximum number of sons.

After that, the heirs born later will not be able to receive money or food from the court.

Or if the number of people exceeds the specified number, the amount of money and food that the heirs who speak out later will be reduced.

The further back the people are, the less they will receive..."

After hearing what Hu Weiyong said, Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said: "This method is indeed okay.

"It's just... can Hu Xiang think of a better way?"

Hu Weiyong said with some embarrassment: "Sir, I really can't think of any other good way to do this."

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while and said: "Then Prime Minister Hu will go back and brainstorm more ideas.

See how you can prevent this from happening as reasonably as possible. "

Even those who were emperors said this, what else could Hu Weiyong say as a prime minister?

Naturally, he could only take orders vocally.

He said that he must think about it carefully after he goes back.

Try to come up with a better way.

After Hu Weiyong went out, Zhu Yuanzhang sat here, lost in thought.

The index finger of his right hand moved gently on the table.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, many of the solutions proposed by Hu Weiyong this time were useful.

Many of them coincided with what he thought.

But as for how to prevent future generations from having descendants, and not specifically receiving money and food from the court through having more children, I feel that it is a little inappropriate.

To be fair, the solution proposed by Hu Weiyong is quite good.

But Zhu Yuanzhang always felt that it was a little too harsh.

How could he, as an ancestor, specifically impose restrictions on his descendants' children?

On this matter, Zhu Yuanzhang fell into a contradiction.

He felt it was not appropriate to set a maximum number of children to have.

But if there are really no regulations, then later on, there will definitely be people who specially receive royal salary through giving birth to children.

Between the two, it's hard to find a balance.

It is also difficult to come up with a good way to solve this problem perfectly.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang still had no good solution.

I can only suppress this thought temporarily.

Don't think about it yet.

Hu Weiyong and many others are not idlers.

I believe they can definitely come up with better ways to solve these problems.

The ministers I raise are all selected and are leaders in various places.

They are the most outstanding group of people in the entire Ming Dynasty.

With brainstorming, we will definitely be able to do this well!

Come up with a proper solution!

……

"Hu Xiang, how are you?"

After Hu Weiyong returned to Zhongshu Province, Shang Hao, Peng Geng and many other people from Zhongshu Province couldn't wait to surround him.

Ask out loud.

In order to come up with these solutions, they have been racking their brains these past few days.

Not only do you want to do things reasonably, you also need to take into account Zhu Yuanzhang's views on this.

Some people are worried that this is Zhu Yuanzhang's whim.

He said that he wanted to reduce the clan's support. But in fact, if you really take action on the clan's support, he will be dissatisfied with you in turn.

Even blame.

Hu Weiyong immediately told everyone what he had just met with the emperor.

After getting the result of the matter from Hu Weiyong, all the people in Zhongshu Province looked a little stunned.

Many people are filled with disbelief.

Is it true?

Zhu Yuanzhang really wanted to reduce the clan's support?

Moreover, it was even more ruthless than they used their hands?

It was directly reduced to 30%!

This matter, no matter how you look at it, makes people feel unbelievable.

Is this still Zhu Yuanzhang?

Why does it look like a different person?

"Hu Xiang, why do you think His Majesty suddenly changed so much?

Was it really just because he went to Shuangshui Village that he changed?

Why does this seem...so unbelievable?

That Mei Yin is just a prince-in-law.

He was still a prince-in-law who married off his daughter directly without the approval of the superiors.

Does he really have such an important position with His Majesty?

Can His Majesty really undergo such a big change? "

In Zhongshu Province, someone looked at Hu Weiyong and said this.

There was disbelief in his voice.

This was not just his idea, most of the others present had the same idea.

After all, this is really unbelievable.

It always feels impossible.

They, the important officials in the DPRK, did not dare to do this.

And even those in higher positions don’t have such a big reputation.

Why does Mei Yin, a little prince-in-law who feeds pigs in the countryside, have such great abilities?

This matter, no matter how you think about it, makes people think it is impossible. It is pure nonsense!

But if this was not the case, they could not understand why Zhu Yuanzhang, as the emperor, suddenly asked about this matter.

And he is so determined on this matter.

Do not understand!

I really can’t understand it!

Originally, there were quite a few of them, and they felt that they could roughly figure out Zhu Yuanzhang's character.

I know what Zhu Yuanzhang wants to do on some matters.

But now, many people feel a little panicked.

Many of the previous experiences in dealing with the emperor were no longer effective at this time.

This feeling is really not wonderful at all!

Facing the questioning gazes of everyone, Hu Weiyong shook his head and said:

"What should I say about this? I don't know.

I know as much as you know.

But there is one thing, as long as we remember it.

That is to do things well, do things for the Ming Dynasty, and do things for His Majesty.

We will come wherever His Majesty asks.

As long as you keep these in mind, you can't go wrong! "

After hearing Hu Weiyong's words, everyone praised him one after another.

It is said that Hu Xiang deserves to be Hu Xiang, and his consciousness is high.

With Hu Xiang's words, they all took reassurance.

"Everyone, let's think carefully about the issues handed down by our superiors.

How to avoid as much as possible the fact that in future generations there will be members of the clan who rely solely on having children to receive money and food.

The superiors were not very satisfied with the previous solution. "

After hearing what Hu Weiyong said, everyone present felt uncomfortable.

I want to scold my mother.

This is really a headache.

They had racked their brains before coming up with that method, and it was the best way.

As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang was still not satisfied and wanted a better way.

How could there possibly be any good solution to this matter?

If you think about it again, what can you come up with?

Although they were depressed and full of complaints, no one really dared to say anything.

After all, who makes someone the emperor?

All we can do is continue to ponder and rack our brains.

……

In Shuangshui Village, Mei Yin had no idea that his remonstrance to Zhu Yuanzhang would actually cause such a big disturbance in the court.

I don't know what Prince Zhu Biao and Queen Ma did after receiving the message from their young wife.

What's more, he didn't know that there were many people in the court, and they all cast some glances at him.

Various speculations have been made about him.

And it makes many people seem confused.

At this time, he was still busy in the fields.

The ups and downs in the court have nothing to do with him.

He just cultivates his fields quietly here and lives his own small life.

I don't know if it was Zhu Yuanzhang who kicked him. It seemed to be very cruel and it was very painful at the time. In fact, he had a certain degree of control.

Or should I say that his body is relatively strong.

Or perhaps it could be said that the doctor whom the young wife asked for was really capable.

Anyway, after taking medicine and recuperating at home for two days, he was fine.

In addition to the bruise on the belly, it hurts to touch it with your hands.

The rest of the problems are not that big.

After spending two days enjoying myself in bed at home, my daughter-in-law served me with tea and water, and was very attentive and attentive.

Mei Yin was taken to work in the fields again.

What should I say about farming?

If you just farm for food, it will be hard work.

But when you don’t expect to farm for food at all, you just do it for fun.

You can have a leisurely attitude and enjoy the process of farming.

Immerse yourself in pastoral life.

Live your life into poetry.

Mei Yin is undoubtedly the latter.

His five acres of land have basically been plowed.

At this time, the last piece of land left was about an acre.

This field is not easy to cultivate.

Mainly because this field has not been planted for an unknown period of time.

All deserted.

It's full of grass and lots of trees.

It's okay to say that the weeds are there, as long as they are lit on fire.

Ashes can also fertilize fields.

The key is that some of those bushes are not easy to deal with.

It is not easy to plow the land with oxen at all.

You need to use tools to dig out the roots and tree knots of these bushes first.

Only after these things are cleared can we try to use cattle to plow the land.

In fact, this process is not much different from land reclamation.

Hard work is naturally more difficult.

But instead of just farming for food, Mei Yin thinks that doing these things is pretty good.

A slow-paced pastoral life, plenty of money to spend, and the company of a little wife who knows both cold and hot, and really takes herself to heart.

There is also a pretty little maid.

The days are still very comfortable.

This land has been almost cleared, and it will take at most two or three days to plow it all over.

After the land is plowed, crops can be planted.

After the crops grow in the field, Mei Yin can choose to sow the thousand sweet potato seedlings in the system.

Sweet potatoes are not very particular about the land or season.

Sweet potatoes can be grown in spring and summer as long as it is not winter.

Even in early autumn, it can be planted.

There are spring sweet potatoes and late sweet potatoes.

Mei Yin wants to promote sweet potatoes as much as possible, so naturally he must plant sweet potato seedlings in spring...

"Okay, husband, let's go back.

You're injured and can't work much here.

There is only so much left in this field, so just work on it slowly. "

Looking up at the sun in the sky, Princess Ningguo spoke to Mei Yin.

There was concern in his voice.

Mei Yin felt her condition and felt that it was quite good.

It won't be a problem to work here until dark.

But since his wife has spoken, he must listen and not let her worry too much.

Moreover, he is farming here and does not eat at it. When doing these things, his mentality is naturally relaxed.

There's no need to fight like that.

Immediately, he returned home with Princess Ningguo and Xiaochan.

When they returned, Xiaochan and Princess Ningguo came to get the tools for cleaning tree roots, and Mei Yin was not allowed to do it.

I was afraid that Mei Yin would be tired.

Looking at Princess Ningguo walking beside her, and Xiaochan who was half a step behind.

Mei Yin thinks this life is pretty good.

I just didn’t know that Zhu Yuanzhang had said before that he would merge these villages into one Zhuangzi.

Making a dowry for your little daughter-in-law doesn't count.

If it counts, then this Zhuangzi can be used as a training base for new crops in the future.

There is such a big area, which is enough.

But think about how Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry with himself that he wanted to stab himself to death with a sword.

Mei Yin felt that it was better not to think too much about it.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that he would already hold a grudge against himself.

It's good enough if you don't have to skin yourself and cut the grass into pieces.

How could he give Zhuangzi to himself again?

But there’s no rush in this matter, the sweet potatoes haven’t been planted yet.

As for the potatoes and corn he was thinking about, they were nowhere to be seen.

I don’t know if it can be obtained by feeding pigs in the future.

Just do things one by one and live each day in a down-to-earth manner.

What is supposed to come will come.

……

After returning home, there was a surprise.

Aunt Zhao was waiting for them at the door.

"Mr. Mei, Your Highness the Princess, Xiaochan."

Aunt Zhao walked up to Mei Yin and the others with a smile.

"Aunt Zhao."

Mei Yin also smiled and said hello.

He had a very good impression of Aunt Zhao.

As early as when she first came to Shuangshui Village and had not yet made a fortune, Aunt Zhao had taken good care of herself.

Princess Ningguo and Xiaochan had already quickly arrived in front of Aunt Zhao at this time.

His eyes fell on Aunt Zhao's arms and he couldn't move away anymore.

The reason for this is because there is a round, furry little thing in Aunt Zhao's arms.

This is a small dog the size of a palm.

Chubby, with a bit of lovable energy.

"Your Highness, here you go."

Aunt Zhao smiled and handed the puppy in her arms to Princess Ning Guo.

Princess Ningguo hurriedly followed.

Looking at this chubby little thing, I can't put it down.

The beautiful big eyes are curved.

It feels like being cute.

"Aunt Zhao, thank you."

After Princess Ning Guo teased the silly and cute puppy twice, she raised her head and looked at Aunt Zhao and thanked her happily.

Aunt Zhao quickly waved her hand and said, "Thank you for what? It's just a puppy, worthless."

Zhao Jia's family raised a big yellow dog and gave birth to a litter of three puppies.

A few days ago, Han Cheng took Princess Ning Guo to the home of Chief Zhao Jia. Princess Ning Guo couldn't take her eyes away after seeing it.

But at that time, the puppies were not yet one month old and it was difficult to feed them.

Now that it was one month old, Aunt Zhao brought over the best puppy in the house.

After Aunt Zhao explained the precautions for raising a puppy, she left without staying here longer.

Mei Yin, Princess Ningguo, and Xiao Chan were sent to the door.

"Husband, look how fun it is and how cute it looks."

The princess held the puppy in one hand and gently touched the puppy's head with the other hand.

Like a little girl who got a favorite toy.

A smile appeared on Mei Yin's face.

Sure enough, women have no resistance at all to such furry little things...

……

"Your Majesty, this...this minister really has no good solution.

I am incompetent, please come up to punish me..."

In Wuying Hall, Hu Weiyong knelt on the ground and said these words in a dry voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting on the throne, looking a little unhappy.

"Hu Xiang, is there really no other way?"

Hu Weiyong said: "I am incompetent and have been discussing with many people for a long time.

After thinking of many ways, I still can't think of a better way.

This... I will think about it carefully after I go back..."

After Hu Weiyong's voice fell, there was no movement in Wuying Palace.

This made Hu Weiyong feel uneasy.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice rang out.

"Okay, we get it, go out and do your thing.

Hu Weiyong quickly thanked En and walked out...

"Damn it!"

After Hu Weiyong walked out, Zhu Yuanzhang cursed.

“There’s no point in raising these officials!

Even such a small problem cannot be solved! "

……

At night, Zhu Yuanzhang tossed and turned again and couldn't sleep.

Queen Ma stretched out her hand and gently rubbed Zhu Yuanzhang's temples.

He spoke out: "Chongba, why not... let's go over and ask Mei Yin..."

"Do not ask!"

Before Queen Ma could finish her words, she was forcefully interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"I told you, even if I jump from the top of Wuying Palace, I won't ask that bastard again!"

Empress Ma felt his determination and said nothing more about it.

……

The next day, in the Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao and said:

"Um... Biao'er, you go to Shuangshui Village.

Go ask this bastard Mei Yin if he knows how to solve this matter..."

(End of this chapter)