Hey, we've finished eating, why are you still waiting in front of us?
After the two men had had enough wine and food, the old man lay comfortably on the rocking chair, looked at Zhu Yunxi and said with some surprise.
Hurry back to the harem and find your wife! The old man said as he changed into a more comfortable position. The Zhu family is still too small. You have to work harder while you are young now!
Zhu Yunxi took a blanket from Pu Bucheng's hand and carefully covered the old man, "Grandpa Huang, it's still early, it's still daylight!"
The old man squinted and said, "What does giving birth have to do with dawn and dusk?"
Zhu Yunxi smiled, sat on the round stool next to the old man, and said, "Grandpa Huang, have you read the coupons that your grandson gave you?"
Which book? The old man squinted his eyes and seemed to be taking a nap.
That's it...Zhu Yunxi looked at the old man's face and saw that the grandson of Fengyang Zhongdu Huangzhuang had only found out after he went to Zhongdu that 60% of Fengyang's good land was in our Zhu family's Huangzhuang.
In the hands of the nobles, 25% are in the hands of the nobles. For so many people in Fengyang, only 15% are left. They are still in slope fields and mountain fields. Life is really difficult!
The old man opened his eyes, Fengyang is our hometown!
Precisely because it is our hometown, my grandson feels that we should be kind to the people! Zhu Yunxi continued, you said, if the people in my hometown have become tenants of our Zhu family, then what kind of kindness is that? People, in my heart
You may not be proud that Fengyang has a Zhu family!
Brat, are you going to bully us as soon as you come back? The old man sat up and said as if he was unhappy.
How can this be a squeeze on you? Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "We are supported by the whole world, why do we need to build so many farms in our hometown?"
Our ancestral grave is in Fengyang! The old man said, let alone the emperor, even a rich man’s family in this world has a land deed of one hundred acres of cemetery. If we don’t take care of these things after we become the emperor, what will happen in the future?
If you die, how can you have the honor to see your ancestors?
As the saying goes, death is as important as life. Even a heroic man who believes in nothing will still have respect and filial piety for his ancestors. In this era, people with status do not just bury people after they die.
Large families all have a village next to the cemetery. Firstly, they let the tenant farmers guard the grave. Secondly, the annual output of the village is used for family memorials and other things. Furthermore, it is used by the family to spend money.
Capital through times of crisis.
This is still the case among the people, let alone the royal family.
The mausoleum is a kind of ceremony, and those places are actually dedicated to ancestors.
My grandson understands what you mean! Zhu Yunxi continued to smile, but his grandson saw that it took too much. After all, the royal family is different from the common people. The world is the first, not the honor of one family. You also said,
I hope that every family in the world will have land and property. In recent years, you have been frivolous and underpaid, and you have given people land. These are all virtuous policies praised by the people. Why did you change things here in Fengyang?
There are so many noble Zhuangzi in Huangzhuang. The common people have no land and can only be tenants. You know the hardships of tenants. The people's life is not good, and you will definitely poke the backbone of our Zhu family!
You kid, you are talking as if we have robbed the people's fields! The old man became angry, those lands were all taken back and transferred to the royal estates, but we did not touch a single ridge of the people's land! The imperial mausoleum and imperial city of Zhongdu are so
How can Zhuangzi support these people without these people? There are also the soldiers and horses of Huaixi General Manager's Mansion, and Zhongdu Dacang, don't they all rely on the achievements of Huangzhuang?
Then raise less idle people! Zhu Yunxi advised, his grandson returned to Fengyang. The city is tall and the imperial city is magnificent, but it is all a matter of face. Zhongdu is not a strategic place, and there is no need for so many soldiers and horses.
Why does the imperial court spend huge sums of money year after year for the sake of Zhongdu? Just to look good?
Think about it, what would the situation be like if Fengyang didn't have so many royal mansions, not so many idle people in palaces and imperial tombs, and not so many soldiers and horses? Not only would it not require money from the court, but it would be self-sufficient.
The old man was suddenly furious. We asked you to return to your hometown to worship your ancestors, so that you know the hardships of your ancestors, not to let you search for your ancestors! After saying that, he took off his cloth shoes and said angrily, go out and come back to scold your grandfather. Now.
Are we in charge, or are you in charge?
Zhu Yunxi did not hide, but looked at the old man and said with a smile, Grandpa, Fengyang is not only the hometown of our Zhu family, but also the hometown of Fengyang people!
The old man's hand hesitated, but did not fall after all.
In the past few years, you killed so many people who did not abide by the law in Fengyang, and you also repeatedly issued decrees that the princes were not allowed to occupy people's property, not abuse farmers, and not buy or sell by force. You have the people in your heart, how could you get involved?
When we get to our own home, we can’t get around this one?
The grandson didn’t say he didn’t want the imperial village, he just wanted to make it smaller. Not only our Zhu family’s village, but also our noble village must find ways to make it smaller. Only by letting the people of Fengyang have good land can the people be happy. The people.
When we are happy, our Zhu family will be worthy of our hometown and our ancestors!
We don’t need you to preach! The old man was still very angry and threw away his shoes. Suddenly, he seemed to understand something and asked, “You said, you want to include all the noble Zhuangzi...?”
Yes, Xungui has too many fields. Credit is credit, and fields are fields and cannot be confused. Zhu Yunxi said, in fact, the imperial village is not bad. After all, it is a thing of the heavenly family. No matter how harsh it is, there is a limit. But Xungui is different.
, my grandson heard in Fengyang that the tenants had farmed the land for them for a year, but if the times were bad, they would still owe them rent!
Whose family is it? The old man asked, who is so bold as to ignore our words?
The nobles and nobles are all in the capital, so they may not know it. But those in charge of their affairs in Zhuangzi are difficult to deal with! Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, there are many people in the world who rely on human power, and you are not unaware of it!
The old man pondered for a moment, your noble land is not a trivial matter. They worked hard for it in exchange for it. We have taken back a lot of it over the years, but if you really want to move it, you have to have a good explanation!
The grandson has already thought about it! Zhu Yunxi said, if you allow it, the grandson will ask Ling Han and others to present the report first and talk about the matter of Huangzhuang first. When the two of us agree to allocate the extra fields of Huangzhuang according to dings
After giving it to the people, let Fang Xiaoru and the others give the discount...
The old man asked them to submit a letter to Xungui for having too much land in Fengyang, which would affect the livelihood of the people?
Grandpa Emperor Shengming! Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, in this way, we take the lead, and the nobles have nothing to say. If my grandson vents his anger to Cao Guogong and others, and asks them to take the initiative to return the fields and mines, this matter will be troublesome.
There won't be any trouble!
Moreover, the imperial court did not want them for nothing. They worked hard to get something, and we both have a sense of proportion in our minds! Zhu Yunxi continued, they can redeem it, or they can be kind to their descendants and give them official titles. In fact, the Huaixi nobles in the capital
, no one lives on that rent. Having land in Fengyang is just a matter of face. We gave them some benefits, and they just took advantage of it!
The old man thought for a long time, look at Zhu Yunxi, what is your idea?
Zhongdu is the place where the dragon of the Ming Dynasty rises. Sun'er thought, it is just the right place to implement virtuous government! Zhu Yunxi said, land should be distributed to the people according to the number of people. The previous tax on ding was cancelled, and taxes were collected according to the land. According to the land
By collecting taxes, there will no longer be any hiding of the population, and there will no longer be the problem of people being sold into slavery because they cannot afford the tax!
You have said this a long time ago, and we have thought about it for a long time! The old man lay down again and said, but this is difficult! Even the rich and powerful people in the world are not willing to make such a change. The more land they have, the more they pay.
.Without the Ding tax, the people will no longer ask for their protection. This is not a trivial matter, it affects the whole body...
Are you afraid? Zhu Yunxi smiled.
Huh! The old man sneered, no matter how noble or noble or official, there are any rich and powerful people, they are the only ones who are afraid of us! He said with a look in his eyes, yes, eldest grandson, you are right. This kind of thing should be done
We took advantage of the fact that they were afraid of us and did it directly!
Having said this, he turned to look at Zhu Yunxi again. Although we are old, it would be really difficult for you to handle this matter without me! I have been scolded by others all my life. When I get old, I don’t have the time to pretend to be a Bodhisattva, so I just do this!