After marching for several days, we finally arrived at Taiyuan Prefecture, which is the center of Shanxi Province. We have already prepared a large amount of materials needed for relocation. Officials from Taiyuan Prefecture came to invite His Royal Highness to enter the city, but Zhu Biao politely refused.
After talking to the local magistrate, he asked him to bring the elders from various villages over tomorrow and discuss it in the military camp. Zhu Biao had no time to argue with them.
The next day, the prefect of Taiyuan led a mighty team to the place where the army was stationed. Guo Chong and Wu Bozong led people to receive and record the records. Along the way, they, the new scholars, were also trained. Marching all the way was not easy.
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The magistrate of Taiyuan led people into the camp to meet His Highness the Crown Prince. After Zhu Biao asked them to stand up, he said: "It has been some time since you have received the imperial edict. This immigration is of great importance, and the Holy Father is also paying close attention to it, so we have
I am sending this palace to Shanxi in person to supervise this matter, and I hope you and the village elders can cooperate."
Naturally, the people who came down didn't even dare to say anything. Zhu Biao smiled and said, "It's a matter of people's livelihood. If you have any doubts, you can raise them."
Naturally, the officials at the head had nothing to say. It was not that they were removed and they just followed orders. They made many mistakes and made many mistakes. Relocation was not a good job.
The leader of the Wang family below bowed first and said: "Wang Rong, a grass-roots man, is the leader of the Wang family. There are about 30,000 people in this clan including those close to him. They are all gathered in several villages. They have been helping each other since ancient times.
, this rash decision to immigrate has made people in the clan panic. Kusanagi dares to ask His Highness, do you want to immigrate by force?"
The patriarchs of the other aristocratic families and the village elders of each village all looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince above. Zhu Biao said harmoniously: "This relocation is painful for a while. It is understandable that you can't bear to see your family members and relatives leave this palace. However, the imperial edict is as follows.
, if you don’t cooperate, then we will have no choice but to immigrate by force.”
Wang Rong lowered his head and asked: "How dare ordinary people to disobey the imperial edict? It's just that we are inseparable from each other. Please be considerate of this, Your Highness."
Zhu Biao said with a smile: "This time I will let you know everything, so you can tell the people when you go back. This time we are moving to Fengyang. Where is Fengyang? It is the hometown of the emperor, and it is not far from the capital, and it is at the foot of the emperor.
, the people here will definitely receive royal favor from now on."
The people below were immediately moved, especially the village elders of those remote villages. This was what the Crown Prince said. He probably didn't run away, but it was hard to leave his homeland, and there were still many people who looked longingly at the superior Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao continued: "It is a national policy to relocate people from Shanxi and other places. This time is just the beginning. People who will be relocated in the future will not be so lucky to move to the imperial hometown. I forget you and others are well known and advise villagers everywhere."
After saying that, he waved his hand and Li Jin led them out. Most of the village elders were illiterate, so what they said next was not something they could understand, nor could they influence.
The remaining landlords in Shanxi are powerful. Zhu Biao looked at Wang Rong. This person was probably just a fake head introduced by the Wang family. Zhu Biao had already received information about the situation of the Shanxi aristocratic family from the pro-military Duwei Mansion. The King of Taiyuan
The head of the family is clearly named Wang Qi.
People probably thought that the son of a rich man would not be able to sit in the palace, but Zhu Biao didn't care. After all, it was a family matter of the family, and there was no need to report to the court for approval. I guess they didn't know how pervasive the pro-military captain's mansion was when Zhu Yuanzhang was there.
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On the other side, the head of the Li family bowed and asked: "Your Highness, may I ask how many people need to be relocated this time?"
Zhu Biao knocked on the table and said: "About 200,000 people, and at least 80% of them must be young and strong."
The remaining family heads felt toothache when they looked at each other. If there were only 200,000 people, it would be fine. Everyone would work hard to make His Highness happy, but to get so many young men would mean digging up their roots.
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Shanxi is different from other places. In other places in the Ming Dynasty, both the people and the landlords were driven to death by wars and natural disasters, and the land was empty and uncultivated. Shanxi was very safe under the protection of Wang Baobao, and its land was owned by an owner.
Now that the imperial court has just taken over Shanxi, in order to ensure its prosperity, there is no large-scale massacre of the old officials of the Yuan Dynasty, and all those who surrender are forgiven. Therefore, although there are many people in Shanxi, most of the land belongs to these landlords, and the people without land have long since become
killed their sharecroppers.
Their family's livelihood is under their control. If they cooperate, these people will naturally be unable to resist. If they don't give you land to plant, you will starve to death sooner or later. With no choice but to follow Zhu Biao to Fengyang.
The imperial court also had this consideration in relocating people from Shanxi. Otherwise, it would be possible to relocate people from the south of the Yangtze River to weaken the power of the Shanxi gentry. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if chaos broke out.
This was why Zhu Biao asked the village elders to go out. Zhu Biao's goal from beginning to end was the Shanxi gentry. He sent other officials here and estimated that the two parties would make a deal and most of the people who would be moved would be the old, weak, sick, and disabled, or people who had their own farmland.
On the other hand, these nobles continued to annex the land. Only with Zhu Biao here, his status was impressive. Thirty thousand armored elites combined with the garrison were enough to bloodbath Shanxi. Only then could these nobles bow their heads and cooperate instead of playing tricks.
The family heads headed by Wang Rong began to complain, saying something about blood ties, family ties, and the difficulty of leaving the homeland. Zhu Biao persuaded them cheerfully, and it stayed like this for a while.
Zhu Biaocai squinted his eyes and looked at the Taiyuan Magistrate. This person was originally the Taiyuan Magistrate of the Yuan Dynasty. When Xu Da led the army to invade Shanxi, he was one of the first to surrender. As an appeasement, the court did not change his official position.
The Taiyuan magistrate looked bitter and started to help persuade. These family heads were still focused on the interests in front of them, but they didn't know the true intention of the court.
This is like cutting flesh with a dull knife. When they lose their youth, the imperial court will send a few cruel officials to kill them. Now the imperial court is still concerned about Shanxi's taxes and cannot bear to force them too much.
At noon, Zhu Biao invited them to have a meal in the tent, which was just ordinary big cakes and hot vegetable soup, and then sent them back. There must be room for discussion. They were nothing, Shanxi taxes and
It's the people who are important.
Again, if you can discuss it, don't think about killing it. Where did the rat-killing weapon come from? To kill a few rats and smash all the valuable jade objects in your home is something only a fool would do. Nowadays, it is no longer a chaotic world, it is a time of governance.
The autumn harvest is coming soon. This autumn harvest is related to the recovery of the Bashu land in the spring. Zhu Biao does not want to cause big trouble at this time. A smooth transition is the way to go. If you do whatever you want, you will suffer the consequences sooner or later.
Li Jin walked into the house and said, "We have finished counting the food and grass. It is enough to feed 100,000 people for a month."
Zhu Biao nodded, knowing that Shanxi could easily take out so much grain. He leaned back on his chair and asked Li Jin: "What else do you think they can do?"
Li Jin thought for a while and bowed and asked: "If anyone else comes, there are ways to do it, whether it's through coercion or inducement, but His Highness is the only one who is invulnerable."
