The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 248 Huge hidden danger in the roots of Ming Dynasty
With the confirmation of Zhu Ying's order, dozens of cavalry set off from the capital.

In order to ensure the speed of information dissemination, the personnel this time all have specially approved expedited documents, and they can pass through the post station.

At Zhu Ying's request, all the news must be disseminated within half a month.

Two days later.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little tired after leaving the court early.

After pondering for a while, he went straight to Kunning Palace.

"Good grandson, we are exhausted in the court, but you are here to fish, do you still have our grandfather in your eyes?"

As soon as he entered Kunning Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang saw his grandson fishing in the yard with a fishing rod.

On the other side is Li Weiliang from the Imperial Academy, checking the memorial.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang knew about this a long time ago, so he came here specially.

"Grandpa, grandson is Tao Yi sentimental, people, you have to combine work and rest to be happy, healthy and live a long life."

Zhu Ying replied with a smile, without the slightest embarrassment of being broken through.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he got angry and said: "You are only so old, but you are still young, and now you pay attention to health preservation. We are all in our sixties and seventies, and we are still working hard."

"We told you earlier, let you go to the morning court with us earlier, why are you so lazy."

Zhu Yuanzhang said so, but his body was very honest, he walked up to Dasun and sat down, then waved to Liu He, and Liu He immediately sent a fishing rod.

The grandfather and grandson started fishing together like this.

"Grandpa, don't worry. When the grandson's plan is completed, there will be almost nothing to do in the custody of Zao Shang. Now judging from the memorial, those things related to Zao Shang are just trivial matters the size of sesame seeds and mung beans."

"There are some difficulties, and they are all clichés. Take it out and talk about it. What should not be solved is still not solved."

"When it comes to the people's livelihood, it's nothing more than money and food. When it's said at the civil service level, it's the cleanliness of officials."

"Internal affairs should ultimately focus on development."

Zhu Ying began to talk about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What Dasun said is an idea, but how to implement it is the key to the matter. Many things are not as simple as imagined."

"Some officials are not officials. They try their best to sabotage. Sometimes we don't know what they think. We have to be murderous in order to restrain ourselves."

Zhu Ying nodded, and replied: "I just want to make more money. Grandpa can't blame grandson for not taking care of these things. After all, these things can't be finished."

"The energy is all involved in these daily chores, and there is no time to do other things at all. My grandson thinks that when looking at things, you have to jump out and solve them from the root cause."

Zhu Yuanzhang replied angrily: "Why don't we know, now we are waiting for the sweet potatoes you sent to mature."

"The things in this world, as long as the problem of food and clothing for the common people can be initially solved, other things can be passed."

"Fortunately, this year's autumn harvest is not bad. You haven't seen it. With the arrival of the autumn grain, those people in the household department have become a lot tougher in speaking in the court. We feel relieved in our hearts."

"These two times of harvesting grain every year are all very frightening. If there is a large-scale famine, no one will be able to survive."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ying agreed, "Grandpa is right, but there are still too many lands in the world in the hands of the squires. In the long run, it is not a good thing."

When it comes to the land issue, Zhu Ying has a lot of sighs.

Land annexation has always been a problem that dynasties have always needed to deal with, but it has never been able to deal with it.

No matter how to change or reform, it can only be said to treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

As time goes by, there will still be new mergers.

Zhu Yuanzhang became interested immediately when he heard Dasun talking about the core of the country.

He didn't expect Dasun to study in this area. He even put down the fishing rod in his hand and asked:

"Dasun, tell us about the land, but do you have any novel ideas?"

"Just say it, don't worry about anything else."

After finishing speaking, he looked around and waved gently.

Liu He, Jiang Yu and the court ladies and officials retreated one by one.

When it comes to such important national affairs, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally has to keep it strictly confidential.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Ying began to say: "When my grandson was reading history books, he discovered that the land is very important to the country, or to any dynasty. "

"Since the rise of civilization in the Central Plains, there have been public ownership of land, state ownership of land, and private ownership of land."

"Land private ownership has been the mainstream since the Spring and Autumn Period, and since 2000, the biggest problem faced by all dynasties is the concentration of land in the hands of a few people."

"The closer the dynasty was to the end, the more land the gentry controlled. On the other hand, the land of the imperial court and the land of the common people were constantly decreasing, thus forming a huge hidden danger."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement when he heard this.

At the same time, I was also a little surprised by Dasun's performance. This was told almost from the beginning of agriculture, which is enough to show that Dasun naturally studied a lot of history books in this regard.

Ordinary people don't have such a deep understanding.

"We know what Dasun means, that is to say, after Da Ming, this problem will gradually appear."

"Actually, why don't we know these things, but there is no better way."

"From the initial well field system to the land equalization system before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, since Dasun has understood it, he naturally understands that these phenomena are completely the trend of the times and cannot be stopped."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a sigh.

When the Ming Dynasty was first established, Zhu Yuanzhang also racked his brains and tried his best in terms of how to allocate land.

At the same time, many scholars were recruited to make suggestions together.

To this end, we have brought forth the new through the old, painstakingly combined land management and grass-roots management innovation, and implemented the "Yellow Book of Taxation and Service", "Yellow Book of Fish Scales" and the Lijia system.

Regarding these systems, Zhu Yuanzhang was actually dissatisfied, but there was no other way.

He also knows the hidden dangers. In the long run, when landlords and officials collude with each other, big problems will also arise.

"Actually, it's not impossible. It's just that it's a bit too early for now. We have to wait until sweet potatoes and other crops bloom everywhere in Daming before we can implement it."

Hearing Dasun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately became interested and asked, "Tell me, Dasun, what should you do?"

Zhu Ying replied: "The reason why many people sold their fields was entirely because of the famine. Those who forcibly seized the land were not in the majority."

"Those squires are not evil people. Most of them are well-known benevolent people. It's just that there is a famine, and the people can't survive. They sell their sons and daughters to sell their fields. This has prompted the scale of the squires to grow stronger."

"When the harvest starts later, the output of these gentry's fields will increase several times, dozens of times."

"Those tyrants in the south of the Yangtze River, didn't they just come here slowly."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help thinking of his childhood.

This is so similar to the situation in his family.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang's parents could be regarded as some fertile land, and they could be completely self-sufficient.

There was also a famine, so after Zhu Yuanzhang was born, he could only herd cattle for the landlord.

This situation is all too common.

"How Dasun thinks we should deal with the issue of land being continuously annexed by gentry." Zhu Yuanzhang asked after thinking for a while.

Zhu Ying replied: "Actually, it is simple to say, that is to restore the state ownership of the land, and the land in the world is forbidden to be bought and sold, and all are under the control of Daming."

"In this way, it is naturally impossible for the gentry's land to increase again, and it is also difficult to hide it. That's why the grandson said that we must wait for sweet potatoes and other crops to become popular in Daming."

"The land equalization system is not desirable, so my grandson came up with a new way of land distribution, that is, dividing the land to households."

"The land is divided, and the ownership belongs to the government. The land allocated to the households only has the right to operate and cannot be traded."

"According to the classification of the land, the taxes are set according to the grades. Those who rent more land will return it to themselves, and those who have less will have to make up for it. In case of natural disasters, the corresponding taxes can be exempted."

"In this way, all hardworking people will surely become rich gradually, and when they are close to food and clothing problems, they can also support their children and grandchildren to read and write."

What Zhu Ying said is actually the family contract responsibility system of later generations.

This system, during the old man's rule, after solving the problem of food and clothing for most of the people, can be completely reproduced in today's Daming.

Zhu Ying's words seemed to open a skylight for Zhu Yuanzhang, and his vision became clear.

The more you think about it, the more feasible it becomes.

The most important thing is that unlike the current method of uniting the gentry and landlords, this method unites the people themselves and completely avoids the disadvantages of the land equalization system.

It can be developed for a long time.

The most important thing is that the problem of land annexation has been completely solved from the root.

However, as Dasun said, this method is not suitable now, and it will easily cause dissatisfaction among the majority of the landlord class.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang can hardly bear it.

Prior to this, as far as the landlord class was concerned, Zhu Yuanzhang had already compromised once, and that was the Guo Huan case that occurred in Hongwu's 18th year.

Guo Huan, the servant of the household department, and others cheated with officials in various provinces directly, stealing and selling official food.

The amount of food involved in the case was extremely terrifying. For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang executed all the servants below the six ministers in a rage.

Landlords across the country were implicated in order to recover stolen goods, and countless people ransacked their homes and went bankrupt. The landlords resented this so deeply that Zhu Yuanzhang had to execute the judge Wu Yong and others to calm down.

It was at that time that Zhu Yuanzhang fully understood the influence of the landlords on Daming.

Also from the 18th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang officially stipulated that the Chinese characters used in accounts must be composed of 'one, two, three. '

Change it to "one, two, three."

Effectively avoid number alteration, this method has continued to be used in later generations.

"Da Sun, you are ready to be hostile to the gentlemen of the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a smile, he believed that Dasun would be very cautious in this regard.

Zhu Ying replied: "In this great world, [-]% of the people and [-]% of the landlords, there is only one way to completely win this reform."

"That is to rely on poor peasants and hired peasants, unite with middle peasants, restrict rich peasants, and protect small and medium-sized businessmen, so as to completely eliminate the landlord class."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and he said, "Good idea! Really good idea!"

A simple sentence, but a thorough determination of how to reform the route, means that this matter already has a very specific direction.

In implementing this policy, the purpose will be very clear.

"With the method of the great grandson, it is really close to the root of the problem that has been difficult to deal with in different dynasties and generations for thousands of years. If this is the case, why should our Ming Dynasty not be able to last forever!"

"It's really our great grandson. Now that I think about it, these actions of my grandson can be described as one after another, interlocking."

"If our guess is correct, Dasun has probably already thought up all these ideas, and we will wait to go to Annan to start the country and implement them."

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang realized something and asked directly.

Zhu Ying nodded slightly, without denying it.

At the beginning, he was prepared to govern Annan in this way.

To a large extent, it is just applying the method prepared for Annan to Daming now.

The only difference is.

Governing Annan requires one's own hands, and bloody storms are indispensable.

It's much easier here in Daming, you only need to understand it with the old man, and everything will become easier in the future.

On the southeast coast, under the strong attack of Zhu Di and Zhu Yan.

The Japanese pirates in the coastal areas, whether fake or real, were almost wiped out.

More Japanese pirates at sea are no longer on the coast of Daming, but are heading towards Tsushima Island and Koryo for support.

Most of the Japanese pirates are defeated, but they also have feelings for the Japanese country.

Small countries seem to be more united emotionally, because only in this way can they survive.

With the departure of the Japanese pirates, both Zhu Di and Zhu Bian seemed to have completed the mission this time.

It's just that in comparison now, there doesn't seem to be much difference between the two.

In terms of credit, Yan Wang Zhu Di's side, on the contrary, has a lot more.

It didn't matter to Zhu Yan, when he had nothing to do, he would leisurely go fishing at the beach.

On the other hand, Zhu Di looked a little sad.

According to the usual practice, after the affairs here came to an end, he had to return to the imperial court.

Zhu Di also has some information about the capital, especially related to Zhu Ying.

Although the time has been delayed, it is not difficult to see that the current capital has become Zhu Ying's home court.

On Yao Guangxiao's side, Zhu Di also knew about the news that the mixed national division commanded an army of 15 troops.

Half of the plan here has been worked out, and now there is no one who made the plan, Zhu Di is also very helpless and sad.

"Even if you have reached this point, then go back to Peiping and stay well."

Zhu Di thought helplessly in his heart.

At this time, it happened that the imperial court's decree was conveyed.

Zhu Di accepted the decree with some apprehension, but the content of the decree made him ecstatic.

The decree stated that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and Zhu Mian, the king of Jin, will continue to station troops along the coast, and they will jointly go to war against Japan after the spring of next year.

Zhu Di, who saw the content of the decree, still couldn't believe it.

"Is this the meaning of the father, or the meaning of that kid Zhu Ying? Could it be that that kid just looks down on me and thinks that I can't pose any threat to him?"

Zhu Di felt a little indignant in his heart. In fact, he knew all about the issue of the vassal king.

If Zhu Ying guarded him strictly, he would feel normal.

But trusting him like this made him feel uncomfortable, as if the current him was not worthy of being regarded as an opponent by Zhu Ying.

(End of this chapter)