please make me king

Chapter 567

After Zhang Shun comforted Zhang Shenyan, the relationship between the monarch and his ministers took a step forward.By the way, Zhang struck while the iron was hot, and quickly proposed to grant the land in the near future.

Zhang Shun said to Zhang Shenyan: "In my opinion, being able to defeat Chen Qiyu this time is the reason why the soldiers put their lives to the test. I heard that rewards should be timely to show the monarch's credit; punishment should be quick to show the monarch's majesty."

"Now the soldiers have done everything they can for me, and now it's my turn to fulfill my promise."

Zhang Shenyan couldn't help twirling his beard when he heard the words and said in agreement: "My lord is very true. But there is one more thing that my lord doesn't know yet."

"In recent years, there have been many natural disasters in Henan, second only to Shaanxi and Shanxi. This year alone, there has been almost no rain in Henan province, and the seedlings are dry everywhere, and there is almost no harvest."

"Near Luoyang, King Fu owns [-] shi of land under his name. According to normal years, there should be two to three hundred thousand shi in income. Excluding the expenses and treacherous remittances of King Fu's mansion, there should be at least [-] shi in reserve."

"However, the actual amount of grain stored in Fu Wang's Mansion is only [-] shi, which also includes the amount of money and grain imported from other places and deposited together. After excluding the amount of corruption, the actual income of autumn grain is almost cut in half."

As soon as Zhang Shun heard this, he couldn't help but ask first and second, "What's the matter with the property under the name of King Fu? Please tell Mr. Zhang for me!"

Seeing that Zhang Shun finally cared about political affairs, Zhang Shenyan couldn't help being a little relieved, and quickly responded: "The land property under the name of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty generally has the following sources. They are rewards, land reclamation, purchases, and donations."

"For example, [-] of the land under the name of King Fu was awarded by Emperor Shenzong when King Fu took over as a vassal. At the beginning of the founding of the country, there were few people and a lot of land. The fields were barren, and the royal family also cultivated them for their own use."

"When the clan has a little property, it also buys land and property, just like a rich man. It is even more cunning and cunning. In order to avoid taxation and less money, he donated the land under his name to the palace."

"There are four kinds of these. Most of the fields for reclamation and purchase are owned by the palace. Some palaces set up farms, recruit tenant farmers to cultivate them, and the money and food they get are all owned by the palace. Many rewards and donated fields have been cultivated by the people. The palace only Grains can be collected by example, just like the government collects taxes."

"According to the practice of other royal residences, it is necessary to expropriate acres of land, which are often collected by the government. The collection ranges from one bucket per mu, or three to five cents of silver."

"It's just that since King Lu became a vassal, the land property has reached more than [-] yuan. King Lu was worried that officials would play tricks on it and greedy for ink, so he asked to manage the property by himself in the [-]th year of Wanli. Although the Ministry of Households opposed it in every possible way, Shenzong did not listen. "

"Since Fu Wang is a vassal, this example is cited, so all the land under Fu Wang's name is expropriated by himself!"

Zhang Shun is so clever, he can know the elegant meaning after hearing the strings.He quickly asked: "Where is the director of the palace? Are there any account books left?"

Zhang Shenyan couldn't help laughing and said: "The supervisor died a long time ago at the hands of the rebels, luckily the account books are all there, I have been studying them for days!"

Although there are a lot of property and goods under the name of Prince Nafu's mansion, most of them are not in the vicinity of Luoyang.Zhang Shun has long been distressed by this, now that things have turned around, how can he not be happy?

He hurriedly asked: "Since this is the case, Prince Fu's mansion is sparsely populated and unable to manage it. My rebel army can do it for you! I wonder if this is possible?"

Zhang Shenyan was eloquent for a long time, wasn't it just for this sentence?He couldn't help laughing and said: "Why not? The Chongzhen child thinks he has a plan and doesn't argue about the 'concubine'. The King Fu is still the prince of Daming, and naturally no one dares to stop the land and taxes under the name of the prince of Ming. !"

"Who do you think can take on this important task?" Zhang Shun now understood what Zhang Shenyan meant.He couldn't help but think to himself: people often say "It's better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain"!This piece of Shenyan can be regarded as a sincere gentleman. Chongzhen Xiaoer ordered someone to dig his family's ancestral grave, and he dug a big hole for Chongzhen when he turned around.It can be seen from this that a gentleman is not so easy to offend!
Zhang Shenyan thought for a moment when he heard the words, and replied: "For the time being, I can't get away, Song Xianci has no practical strategies, Zhao Yutou is old, Chen Jingzhi is in charge of Baodu Village, Xu Ziyuan is in charge of map drawing, and he has nothing to do to help the world. In my opinion, Ling Zhang may be able to!"

The red lady was already alone, not to mention that Li Sanniang's parents were not around, even if she invited her, she was just an ordinary old farmer.

Besides Li Xiang's father Li Baihu, who else could Zhang Shenyan refer to as "Ling Zhang"?

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.The father-in-law worked together with Song Xiance to save himself, and gave him his daughter, money and food. It was like recreating his parents.

It's just that by accident, Zhang Shun still doesn't know how to address him.The closer the relationship between the two parties was, the harder it would be for Zhang Shun to ask Li Xiang for Li Baihu's name.Sometimes in front of outsiders, Zhang Shun could only vaguely call him "Li Baihu".

Thinking of this person, Zhang Shun remembered that he had ordered him to go to Jingxiang to buy grain, but he still hadn't seen anyone, so he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun couldn't help asking: "My father-in-law is indeed a good businessman. I think when I was in Chenzhou, I was able to connect with the frontier army and the Hedong Salt Field. I really want it."

"It's just that the rebel army is short of supplies now, and they often need to buy them. If he goes, who can take on this task?"

Zhang Shenyan couldn't help laughing and said, "Your Majesty, I'm worrying too much. The land under the name of King Fu has already been scattered around. When Emperor Shenzong bestowed the land, 'Zhongzhou was not rich enough, so we took Shandong and Huguang to benefit'."

"Under his name, there are Zhang Juzheng's property, miscellaneous taxes from Jiangdu to Dizhou along the river in Taiping, Sichuan Yanjing Tea Bank and Huaiyan [-] Yin, and set up twelve shops in Luoyang and Minshi, all of whom are in charge. "

"Ling Zhang only needs to use an example to collect the collection. If someone takes the opportunity to make things difficult, it is just a matter of thoroughly checking their accounts to prevent corruption and loss of ink."

"What's more, Lingzhang needs to go to Huguang, Shandong, and Nanzhili to buy grain and goods. Sometimes he can kill two birds with one stone. Isn't it wonderful?"

"This matter is possible!" Zhang Shun pondered for a while, and found that it was a good thing.It's just that Li Baihu hasn't returned yet, so let's put it aside for the time being.

Only then did Zhang Shun continue to ask: "What about granting the land?"

"Oh, look at my brain!" Zhang Shenyan slapped his forehead and found that he had been rambling on and off topic for a long time.

Only then did he continue to say with a smile: "The matter of granting land is not a matter. Most of the land owned by King Fu is in the Henan government, and the most near Luoyang is the most. What I said before about the [-] arable land is not false at all."

"Oh, that's right!" Zhang Shenyan remembered what he was going to say earlier when he said this.

He hurriedly said: "Just now I mentioned the severe drought in Henan, and there is almost no grain harvest in summer and autumn. I went to the nearby fields to look at it in the past two days, and the autumn wheat is almost dead. From this point of view, there may be no summer grain in the coming year. receive!"

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