Chapter four hundred and forty seventh wealth left to future generations
While Feng Guoyong and others were marching northward, Lao Zhu also arranged for the capital commander of Huguang Province. This candidate was none other than Lao Zhu's nephew, Zhu Wenzheng.
Frankly speaking, this arrangement is a bit puzzling. Zhu Wenzheng is young, capable of fighting, and is a relative of Zhu Wenzheng. It was the time when he was released to perform meritorious service, but he was put in the rear. Isn't this depressing!
But Lao Zhu just arranged it like this. Zhu Wenzheng didn't dare to say anything, and he actually led his men to Dongting Lake to eliminate the remaining bandits.
"Sir, what do we think? Zhu Wenzheng is not the best candidate to destroy Shu!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "My lord, isn't this just for him to practice? As long as he can endure loneliness, calm down, and can properly complete his mission and eliminate the remaining bandits, he will be the one to join Shu in the future."
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered again and again, "Actually, what we mean is that the credit for destroying Shu should be given to Tang He."
Zhang Ximeng said: "My lord, I think Tang and this person have a greater role."
"What's the use?"
"Return from the soil and return to the current state!" Zhang Ximeng said slowly. Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly awe-inspiring, and then nodded vigorously. It was indeed Tang He.
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"How to manage the southwest has been discussed more than once in the court. We have set two standards. One is to return the land to the locals, and the other is to equally divide the acres."
Tang He was startled, and then said: "Prime Minister Zhang, if we can achieve equalization of land, what's the difficulty in sending a floating official?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Yes, this is not a choice between two, but an upper limit and a lower limit. The best thing is to achieve equal land distribution."
Tang He was slightly dazed, but he raised his head and said, "Xiang Zhang, I thought it was just about equalizing the land, but I'm afraid it's not enough!"
"Why?"
"The situation of each seedling department is different. In many places, not only are they being squeezed, but the land is barren and the output is limited. They are just too poor!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Yes, so besides those two items, I have a higher standard, which is to equalize the land and enrich the people!"
Tang He's eyes lit up, but he thought deeply. It sounds nice to say it, but it is really not easy to do it.
There are too many places with overlapping mountains and rugged terrain. The land in the mountains is very barren and the things produced are not enough to make a living. If you want to make such a place rich, it is no less than reaching the sky in one step!
"Tanghe, I know things are difficult. But there is always a way to keep improving. Take Juntian as an example. I heard that there is a girl's field in Miaobei?"
Tang He nodded, "Indeed, when a daughter is getting married, the family will allocate a field to grow hemp and indigo as dowry. However, most Miao people rent land, so how can there be a girl's field!
Not all of them are wealthy."
Zhang Ximeng raised his brows and said with a smile: "Then this time in the Miao Department's equalization of land, each household will be given a girl's land. They don't have to pay for food. It's considered a gift from the lord!"
Tang He was overjoyed when he heard this.
In fact, ever since they crossed the river, the Zhu Jiajun had paid attention to equalizing the distribution of fields. The grain fields no longer existed. But this time, the Miao fields were divided and there was also a girl's field, which can be said to be particularly generous.
However, this result was achieved by tens of thousands of Miao soldiers. It is reasonable to reciprocate the favor.
"Prime Minister Zhang, if you can do this, the Miao people will be grateful, and the matter of equalizing land will be much easier."
Zhang Ximeng said: "Equalizing land is the first step, so that everyone can fill their stomachs first. For some Miao people who live in deep mountains and rugged terrain, they can be encouraged to come out of the mountains. There are still wastelands in Huguang. They can be distributed to them
Some good land. Furthermore, among the Miao people, those who have skills must find ways to encourage them and help them set up workshops to sell to outsiders for profit... Furthermore, we must arrange some cargo depots to be set up by the government and sold at low prices.
Salt, purchase local products. As for commercial tax, we can also get appropriate discounts."
Zhang Ximeng said to Tang He, "Do you know the purpose of doing this?"
Tang He nodded vigorously, "Prime Minister Zhang has good intentions. Not only is the southwest barren, but the chieftains are constantly rebelling, and even the Yuan Dynasty was deeply affected by it. If we can use these methods to completely eliminate the chieftains, win the hearts of the people, and avoid war and disaster,
It is definitely beneficial to Ming Dynasty."
"Well!" Zhang Ximeng said: "That's not all. Yunnan and other places have been alienated from the Central Plains since the Tang Dynasty. It has been hundreds of years now. The rest of the places are similar. We are here
Pay off the debts of our predecessors and benefit future generations. If we can manage these lands well and solve the serious problems in the southwest, it will be better than opening up new territories!"
Tang He was shocked and said: "Xiang Zhang, I, I didn't want to take the credit for the Northern Expedition!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "If you don't take it, my lord still wants to give it to you! Originally, I wanted you to lead the army into Nanyang."
Tang He quickly shook his head, "No, Feng Guo's civil and military strategies are superior to mine. It would be much more suitable for him to go!"
"What about the Eastern Expedition to the North? Who do you think is suitable?" Zhang Ximeng asked with a smile.
"Let, let Xu Da be the coach and Chang Yuchun be the vanguard, that's enough!"
"What about you? Don't you want to?" Zhang Ximeng asked again.
Tang He took a deep breath, his face changed again and again, and finally he sighed, "Prime Minister Zhang, I, I am willing to change the land back to the countryside and promote equalization of land in the southwest. I promised the Miao soldiers that I would let them live a good life.
We want them to have a house to live in, clothes to wear, meat to eat, and their children to go to school...I, I can't say no!"
As Tang He spoke, he lowered his head slightly.
As a general, if you only do these things, your talents will indeed be buried.
"General Tang, when you were Qianhu, you gave your military power to the lord, and now you give up the great achievements of the Northern Expedition. You are a kind man!"
Zhang Ximeng sighed very much, and then said: "We can't let honest people suffer... To be honest, I threw Zhu Ying to Lingnan in order to plot Yunnan and other places in the future, and I also asked him to properly handle the affairs of the Li people. Now that I'm here with you,
, that is, the Miao people and the Yi people, you two must manage the southwest well!"
Tang He frowned slightly, "Xiang Zhang, what do you mean?"
"After we are firmly established, we need to move south in a big way... Feng Guoyong and the others are going to fight in the Western Regions in the future... But in the southwest, the territory is vast, and the scope of progress far exceeds the Western Regions!"
Zhang Ximeng took out a map from his sleeve and spread it in front of Tang He.
Starting from Yunnan, there are a lot of small countries, and then to the west, there is a large and fragmented magical country that is as numerous as the sands of the Ganges... It is just a rough estimate on the map that such a large place is not much worse than the Central Plains.
Tang He frowned slightly and suddenly realized... No wonder Prime Minister Zhang wanted to throw Zhu Ying to Lingnan. It turned out that there was such a big world waiting for him!
Although Prime Minister Zhang is not partial to his brothers, he will never cheat Zhu Ying! Only in this way can it make sense.
"Xiang Zhang, do you want me to assist Zhu Ying?"
"No!" Zhang Ximeng said decisively: "He is the one who charges in the front. You have a calm personality and a solid style. Zhu Ying can only charge in the front. You must use your experience in governing the Miao people to apply to other people, and you must use all your experience to manage the Miao people."
Set up effective methods, support us, vigorously develop, and push the farther the better!”
Having said this, Zhang Ximeng actually stood up and walked around, sighing slightly.
"General Tang, I am a person who likes to talk about the past. I always bring out the deeds of my predecessors. I even went to Yueyang Tower to give graduation classes to generals. We also like to say that ancestors protect us, but I want to ask you, ancestors
What can it bless us? Also, why are we keen on recording history and writing all those heroes in the annals of history?"
Tang Hewei said, "I, I don't know..."
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "When a person dies like a lamp, how can there be any heroic spirit to protect him? What our ancestors can leave to future generations is nothing more than two things. One is a huge inheritance. In terms of the country, it is the territory... The vast land is huge.
The tribe has a population of hundreds of millions and a territory of tens of thousands of miles. No country can prosper forever. Once it comes to decline, these territories and these people are the capital of future generations. The broader the territory, the more hope can be retained. The greater the population,
The more likely it is that a group of heroes will emerge to turn the tide and help the building before it collapses."
"If the country is too small and the population is too small, it can prosper for a while, but after it declines, it will plummet and never recover. This is true for Khitan, Jinren, Xixia, and Dali..."
"In addition to this legacy, what our ancestors can leave to future generations is the way to solve problems when they encounter problems! We have thousands of years of history, and we have never seen any storms, and we have never experienced any bad situations...
…As long as we open the history books and study with concentration, we can get inspiration from the gains and losses of our predecessors and find ways to solve problems, so as to solve the problems and preserve the country. Take our equal land as an example, this is also inherited from the Han and Southern and Northern Dynasties.
As a result, the mature experience of the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the introduction of new ones resulted in today's strategy."
"We, the descendants of our predecessors, are constantly enriching the annals of history and filling in our solutions to problems. We create orders to equalize land and establish schools, we sacrifice to ancestors, elucidate history, we practice it, open up territories, and welcome seedlings.
People, change their land and return to their homeland... All of this, a hundred years later, will become words in the annals of history. If a few hundred years later, our descendants are unworthy, the country is weakened, the world is unstable, or even barbarians invade,
Mountains and rivers fell. At that time, what we leave to our descendants is not the tragedy of Yashan, nor the civil and military struggle, nor the endless internal fighting. What we leave to them is unity, unity of knowledge and action, down-to-earth, standing together with the people, and learning from all the people.
, to obtain the most powerful power.”
"Perhaps they can continue our path, shout the slogan of expelling the Huru and restoring China again, and fight bravely. By then, people in the temple will not only be talking about Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang, but also the lord,
There is Xu Da, there is Feng Guoyong, there is me Zhang Ximeng, and there is you Tang He! They will draw nutrients from our practices, innovate and rejuvenate China... And this is the best we can leave to future generations.