I am the king of the dead

Zhu Qiyu was telling a story. He didn't intend to tell Aesop's fables as a forbidden book. The reason why he told such a story was because he heard something before he arrived in Guangzhou.

Through Tiqi's visit and investigation, Zhu Qiyu discovered some places in the city of Guangzhou Mansion that are different from other places.

"Does Yu Shaobao know Shuifu?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Yu Qian and asked.

Yu Qian nodded and said, "I know a thing or two, not only in Guangzhou."

There is a profession called water husband in Guangzhou Prefecture.

There are 63 people in the inner city and 30 people in the outer city. According to the statistics in "Jingtai Huanyu Tongzhi", there are 714 wells in the inner city and 514 wells in the outer city, totaling 1228 wells.

In other words, an average of 900 people in the inner city use one well, while an average of 600 people in the outer city use one well.

The water volume of wells in Caoshi outside the city is not included in the statistics.

Zhu Qiyu, who has been the emperor for ten years, is well aware of the tricks in this kind of average statistics.

Just like dung tyrants, Guangzhou Mansion has countless water tyrants.

Water wells are also divided into ranks. If sweet water wells can be produced, they will be regarded as treasures, occupied by people, and sold at high prices. For example, there is a well in the capital called Honey Pot Alley. It is famous for its clear and sweet water. It mainly supplies The size is Xiaoyongfang.

Big and small Yongfang is the official residence of Daming, the residence of Beijing officials.

You can't drink the bitter water. If you drink too much, you will lose your hair and get sick. It is said: the water is bitter, and many people get sick.

Erzizi water is barely drinkable, and if the tea set is not wiped for three days, it will be full of water and alkali. If you use the Erzizi water to make tea, if you don’t scrub it for three days, it will be full of scale.

Only sweet water is the best choice for cooking rice and tea.

There are three kinds of water: bitter water, amphitropic water, and sweet water. Bitter water is used for washing and cooking, and amphibian water is used for cooking and drinking, while sweet water is used for drinking tea or supplying government offices and luxury places.

There are millions of people in Guangzhou, but the water in the bitter wells is very salty, and some people take the sweet water from the car to other people's houses.

Water bearers, water bearers, and water nesters are all watermen.

The people beside the sweet water well can't drink sweet water, which can be found everywhere.

Guangxi water husbands and Guangdong water husbands, in order to compete for water wells and vend water areas, often fight, and dance with knives and guns, and even occasionally the roar of firecrackers.

Water, why did the watermen fight so hard?
According to Tiqi’s visits, in Guangzhou, sweet water costs 120 jin per load, while bitter water is half that.

It doesn't cost a penny to pull the spring from Baiyun Mountain or occupy the sweet water well.

Those who live in Guangzhou are not afraid of the expensive rice, but the expensive salary and water.

Salary is firewood. Salary is often used consecutively to represent the necessary conditions of daily life, but it is expensive and difficult to live in.

Guangzhou is extremely hot, and every June is the time when the demand for drinking water is the strongest. At this time, the price of [-] Wen sweet water will increase, and the price will double.

Shao Guang, the prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture, once wrote a letter denouncing: Raising the price of water, but dividing the wells into different areas, using the excuse of drought to abuse people's ears, is it really the cruelty of drought?
Shao Guang couldn't solve this problem, so he had to ask for off-court assistance.

The price of this kind of sweet water starts from the ground. In June, a load of water became 160 renminbi and ten catties of pork.

Here comes the problem. The gangs formed by these watermen often tell the common people that when the weather is dry or hot, all the sweet water has to be sent to the government office, and there is nothing they can do about it.

Is the price of sweet water and the supply of sweet water determined by the drivers who drive the water?That's not the case, it's just that the powerful and powerful people standing behind them are raising prices by taking advantage of the time.

This false Taoism has always been like this. In the ancients, if you are good, you will return to the king, and if you go wrong, you will return to yourself;

It was already June when Zhu Qiyu came to Guangzhou Mansion. It was the time when the water price was high.

Yu Qian hesitated and said: "There are more than [-] water bearers in Guangzhou, more than [-] in Songjiang, and [-] in the capital. Your Majesty, this water-carrying has been common since the Song Dynasty."

"There are more and more people in this city. Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all necessary things for living. It is not surprising that some people are hoarding goods inside."

What Yu Qian means is that this problem is also that there are more and more big cities with a population of one million in Ming Dynasty.

The wheel of history is rolling forward, and there are always new solutions to new problems.

Zhu Qiyu spread his hands and said: "So the courts of the Song Dynasty were rich, and the Fangguo households were divided into ten equal parts, and the rural households were divided into five equal parts. The Fangguo households collected house taxes, and the rural households received land taxes."

"Not only that, there are dung tyrants, water tyrants, and salary tyrants in this city. The government-run franchises in the Song and Song Dynasties made this money. When we arrived in Ming Dynasty, we were notorious and the court was responsible, but we couldn't get the money."

Daming couldn't make money at both ends, and the people were scolded at this end, losing face, and the money was not earned, and their face was also lost.

The Qi family army, who was good at fighting and conquering captives in Nanping and Japan, ended up not being able to pay the army.

Although the Song Dynasty was shameless, wasn't their court rich?
Yu Qian didn't quite agree with His Majesty's point of view, and immediately said: "Then our Ming Dynasty did not have four hundred civil uprisings that captured the state capital in 180 years, nor did we have a redundant army of 200 million Xiang troops. Your Majesty, there are advantages and disadvantages."

"In comparison, Daming is still better. Although he took some detours to promote culture and martial arts, he is getting better now."

"That's right." Zhu Qiyu agreed with Qian's statement. At least during the Jingtai period of Ming Dynasty, because of the intensified external exploitation, the common people took a breath, and there was indeed no civil unrest that spread to several provinces and contributed to the state capital.

Your Majesty asked Daming to become better, and this long-cherished wish was also Yu Qian's long-cherished wish, but Yu Qian would never agree to saying that Daming is not as good as the Song Dynasty.

With regard to these dung tyrants, water tyrants and other things, is it a problem in the orthodox years?It's worth His Majesty's trouble, and you still tell Aesop's fables?

At that time, things more important than this were gone, and it was not worth discussing how to manage this thing with the emperor and Zai Zhi.

During the Zhengtong period, what needs to be discussed is the four disasters of national subjugation, which are related to the life and death of Ming Dynasty, the emperor's departure, captives' entry, relocation, and party imprisonment;

The old god Yu Qian said, "Besides, isn't His Majesty here?"

"The matter of the water supply in Guangzhou is the worst. It just so happens that the court is also complaining about His Highness King Xiang's supply and marketing official store. If the court can solve the problem of water supply, His Highness King Xiang will have a better time in the capital."

His Majesty is not in Beijing, His Royal Highness Xiang, even with the help of Hu Wei, life is not easy, far worse than the days when His Royal Highness Xiang lived in Antu herdsmen in Guizhou.

"It would be great if a water plant can be built to supply water to the people in the city." Zhu Qiyu said his solution.

Yu Qian thought carefully and said, "It should be so."

As for how to build, what scale to build, and what method to use to transport water, it can only be carried out after careful planning.

Daming will build a large coal factory in Siwangzhang, Xingning, Guangzhou, where there is an open-pit coal mine, and will also build a steel factory, weaving bureau, and iron factory at the foot of Longtou Mountain, the remaining vein of Baiyun Mountain. It is located on the south bank of the Pearl River called Nantang. At the location, a craftsman city will be established.

Foshan iron pot is famous far and wide, Zhu Qiyu's cook has used it and said it is good.

The water plant is obviously a new official plant. How to build the water plant and what kind of problems will be encountered are also new tests for the Ming court.

Zhu Qiyu took out Wang Fu's memorabilia and handed it to Yu Qian, and said with emotion: "Kang Guogong is actually faster than me, so he took Herat?"

Zhu Qiyu knew Herat. In the Tang Dynasty, it was called the Yuezhi Dudufu. Herat was the seat of the Dudufu. It was a highly autonomous Dudufu established by Su Dingfang after defeating the Western Turks. The governor of the government is the king of Tocharian.

Herat is also the land of Longxing in the Timur Kingdom, which is roughly equivalent to the Nanya of the Ming Dynasty, and Samarkand was moved there after the Timur Kingdom captured the Ottoman Sultan "Lightning" and built the Lan Palace. .

Regardless of whether Buzain of the Timur Kingdom is determined to go south, Kang is bound to win Herat.

This is also the reason why Bu Sayin immediately went south after planning to join forces with the Ottomans to attack Kang and go bankrupt.

Herat is a mountain pass. Only by blocking the mountain pass can Kang Guo continue to advance westward.

After reading the memorial, Yu Qian said: "The Ottomans once again put the Black Sheep Kingdom on their side and promised to help, but they didn't go there and captured a large amount of territory of the Black Sheep Kingdom."

As the envoy of the subjugated Roman Empire, Nicolaus once talked with Hu Wei about the issue of the Ottoman Kingdom. In Nikolaoz's view, any promises made by the Ottoman Kingdom can be ignored because they never fulfill their promises.

Yadiger of the Black Sheep Kingdom obviously overestimated the credibility of the Ottomans. The Ottomans provided all support except for help.

"Yardiger is naive after all. The Ottomans put the interests of the Ottomans first. They will not work hard for the interests of Yadiger. On the contrary, they want to bite off a piece of flesh and blood in the Black Sheep Kingdom." Zhu Qiyu is quite serious Said.

The Ottoman Sultan Fatih, the sultan who captured Constantinople by land and boat, was not a fool for the Ottomans.

For the benefit of the Ottomans, Fatih would make deals with recognized bad people and abandon recognized good people.

Yu Qian said worriedly: "Wang Fu is a little dangerous, and the Wara people will not be caught without a fight. He is still one step away from actually sitting on the throne of King Kang. It is hard to say what he will do first."

Compared with the war between Kang Guo and the Black Sheep Kingdom, Yu Qian was more worried about the safety of the Daming people in Kang Guo, and Wang Fu, as the Duke of Kang Guo, was the representative of the Daming people in Kang. The people of Ming Dynasty will also be unlucky.

Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment and said: "Even if he has to do something first, it's too late now, and he will not choose to burn the boat and die, but first he just wants to go west, and then become a khan, making Wang Fu unhappy, not letting himself Unlucky?"

Yu Qian did not deny His Majesty's words. This topic should be a topic that needs to be avoided for Yu Qian, who is an extremely personable minister.

"Annan War, does Yu Shaobao have any ideas?" Zhu Qiyu changed the subject. What Kang Guogong did in Kangguo was not as urgent as Annan, the current county.

"What do you think your majesty should do?" Yu Qian chose to ask back, obediently, his majesty obviously had his own ideas when it came to this matter.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "A long-term, partial, low-intensity war will artificially create a war zone near the front line, and the people in the war zone will vote with their feet and flee to the hinterland of the warring parties."

"In this way, a piece of land with weaker opposition forces and lower governance costs will be left, and then eat a small bite at a time, eat it bite by bite, and eat it forever."

The advanced version of Ming Taizu Emperor Gao's Insights, Zhu Yuanzhang's Insights is to consolidate the defense line and completely eliminate the enemy.

And Zhu Qiyu's low-intensity war is aimed at destroying the opponent's regime and at the same time destroying the opponent's country.

That is to completely disintegrate the collective collective understanding of culture, race, territory, government, and history, so as to prevent future troubles.

"This..." Yu Qian looked at His Majesty dully.

His Majesty's strategic purpose can be summed up in four words, to plunge Annan into the collapse of ritual and music, without any order at all.

When is the time for ritual and music to collapse?
In time of war.

Li Sicheng once tried to dispel Daming's attack on Annan by using the rhetoric that as long as I'm bad enough, you can't king me. Now the method proposed by His Majesty can perfectly deal with it, and it is truly ruthless.

It is too cruel to keep the land and not keep people, so that Yu Qian doesn't know from what angle to persuade His Majesty to be kind.

All the deployments before the Ming Dynasty were formulated to completely eliminate the Annan resistance forces within three months. The method proposed by His Majesty has no difficulty in implementing it for the current Ming army.

Fighting a war is extremely expensive, and the cost of maintaining a low-intensity war will be much, much lower. Apart from being too cruel, there are not many disadvantages.

It's not like massacring a city, but it's better than massacring a city.

Yu Qian sat upright and said very seriously: "Your Majesty, most of the people in Annan are Han people who migrated to the south, and the Yue people are only Han people who immigrated there during the Qin and Han Dynasties. I think there is no need to do this. If Li Yimin is killed, Li Yimin will be restored. Let’s set up the Cochin Three Divisions and Fifteen Mansions.”

Zhu Qiyu asked calmly: "Annan repeated many times. Before Li Li rebelled against Daming, he had already been sentenced to leave the Central Plains three times! We defeated Annan this time, and they surrendered. When Daming has a slight decline, they will rebel again?"

"Da Ming is powerful, so he follows Da Ming to eat hot food and drink spicy food. When Da Ming is weak, he bites back. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"

"The massacre of the city is detrimental to military discipline, so we might as well smooth out Annan and start all over again."

"I will bear the infamy."

Zhu Qiyu has never cared about false fame. Before this, Zhu Qiyu had planned to do this. The Ming Navy needed sharpening, starting from Jiaozhi.