Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 401 The Emperor and the Empress

Zhu Yunying, who was busy with the affairs of the court, didn't know that his queen and sisters were thinking about "improving food" for him, so that he could have some fruit for tooth-making sacrifices and so on.For Zhu Yunying, what he has to do is some out-and-out major events.

Regarding some frontier stabilization plans of the Ming Dynasty and the development plans of many areas, Zhu Yunying is proceeding step by step, and many things really don't need to be too anxious, they need a little time.

Especially for financial affairs, Zhu Yunying attaches great importance to it.

Zhu Yunying was flipping through the materials seriously, and felt more and more important what she should do.

Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, and even today's Ming Dynasty no longer enacted laws and regulations such as limiting land and equalizing land.This also means that the intervention of feudal law on private ownership of land has been greatly relaxed.

To put it simply, although the Song Dynasty legal code "Song Xingtong" still retains the content of the Tang law related to the land equalization system, it is actually completely for display.The court of the Northern Song Dynasty also stipulated the maximum amount of land occupied by bureaucrats, which was [-] hectares for first-rank officials, and later Song Huizong relaxed it to [-] hectares.

But in the Song Dynasty, it has been reached that "the rich and the poor have no fixed situation, and the fields and houses have no fixed owners. If you have money, you can buy it, and if you have no money, you can sell it."During the Jin Dynasty, "the people's fields and industries are all according to their own convenience, and there is no prohibition on selling quality to others."Therefore, before the Tang Dynasty, land mergers were called tyrants, dignitaries, etc., but after the Song Dynasty, they were called landlords openly. Instead of being restricted and attacked by the law, they were protected by various laws.

Zhu Yunying attaches great importance to this matter now, and needs to constantly reclaim the world in the Ming Dynasty.

Now the farmland alone has reached more than 89 hectares, accounting for one-tenth of the total cultivated land in the country at that time.The farmland of the royal family, the nobles, and the official land each accounted for one-tenth of the total cultivated land.

According to Lao Zhu's system, the farmland was originally used to support the army.All military households are granted a piece of farmland, about 120 mu per household.Considering that the land is tight or fertile in some places, there is also some looseness. The low one can be [-] mu, and the highest should not exceed [-] mu.

In the current farmland, six stones of surplus grain are handed over every year as a supply for the army, and the rest of the "normal grain" is handled by the military households themselves.

"After a while, we will have to check the cultivated land again, and our Daming's taxation has to be changed." Zhu Yunying muttered to himself, and said, "I'm so ruthless, now there are more than 4 million mu of land, and I will try to develop it to reach [-] million mu of land. Except for a very small number of privately owned land, these farmlands will be taken back to the country in the future.”

Land annexation is the enemy. Farmers cannot survive without land, and it is easy to cause turmoil.

"But the imperial power doesn't go to the countryside. It's a good thing to buy my current land from the state. But the corrupt officials below, or the patriarchs, etc., maybe some moths will emerge." Rubbing his chin, Zhu Yunying was a little worried , "The policy is good, but I'm afraid that the people below will misrepresent the scriptures."

If that's the case, Zhu Yunying will inevitably kill people, or ransack his family and exterminate his family.

"In terms of population, there must be 5000 million." Zhu Yunying was a little worried, but it was still not enough. "The land is basically enough now, but the population of Daming is growing faster and faster. Not only my grandfather can give birth, but ordinary people's homes can also The population is thriving."

This naturally means that Zhu Yunying needs more land, which cannot be sloppy.

Cruel-hearted, Zhu Yunying has never been a soft-hearted person.He just seems "generous" in small things, unlike Lao Zhu who makes people around him tremble.If he really wants to be ruthless, Zhu Yunying doesn't care about exchanging some people's lives for the stability of the country.

"The tax system also needs to be changed. Now the tax and food are about 3000 million shi. On average, it is about seven liters per mu. The people have some pressure but they can still support their families. The agricultural tax must not be cancelled. Don't even think about it. Military Household grain is almost 2000 million deniers, which is what 5000 million deniers look like.”

There is no need to worry about food security for the time being, no matter whether it is the food of the common people or the food of the soldiers, it can be guaranteed.

"130 million pieces of cloth brocade, 30 catties of silk cotton." Zhu Yunying muttered to himself, feeling very stressed, "There are too many miscellaneous taxes, such as mining tax, salt tax, commercial tax, city ship tax, agricultural mulberry silk, fish tax, temple tax, etc. Rent and payment, etc., each of which can be removed."

Although none of them can be removed, commercial taxes need to be raised.For ordinary people, there will be no more simple land taxes in the future, no longer wheat, money, banknotes, and silk in summer, and rice, banknotes, and silk in autumn.

"A whip, Grandpa Huang is still there, and we can start to reform." Zhu Yunying thought for a while, then suddenly laughed, "There must be resistance for me to implement it. Although Grandpa Huang has resistance to implement it, there is less pressure. There is no such thing With messy taxes, people can be less exploited, and it is easier to pay taxes."

It still can't be divided into two tax laws. Zhu Yunying prefers the one-whip method.As long as the implementation is better, it will save a lot of worry for the court and the people.

As for if there are corrupt officials, or if some officials run amok and so on.In fact, Zhu Yunying is also very clear that this is definitely not something that is so easy to eradicate.

Even though Lao Zhu suppressed and attacked so forcefully, some officials still dared to take bribes and pervert the law.Even in later generations, there are many people who want to seek personal benefits once they have power. Such a thing is indeed a long-term struggle.

As an emperor, Zhu Yunying definitely couldn't give up eating because of choking, he definitely couldn't just see some shortcomings.What he wants to see is the whole world, what he wants to see is that the general direction is correct, and it is a policy that is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

These matters really need to be carefully considered. Zhu Yunying knows that Daming's foundation is relatively solid now, and he may not need to worry about some policy changes causing chaos in the world.But things like taxation must not be sloppy, and Zhu Yunying does not want his policy of reducing the burden on the people to turn into a policy that wastes money and the people.

After thinking carefully for a long time, Zhu Yunying was ready to go back to the palace to rest. Combining work and rest is quite important to Zhu Yunying.

As soon as he returned to the East Palace, Zhu Yunying saw Xu Miaoqing counting the gifts, which made Zhu Yunying a little surprised.

Looking at a large piece of blood coral, Zhu Yunying asked, "We remember this, it was left to us by our grandpa, why did it move out?"

"Heng Wang's birthday, the concubine who is the emperor's sister-in-law should always show it." Xu Miaoqing smiled, also teasing, "Outsiders know that you are the most favored Yunxi, and the concubine also knows that Xu Wang and his mother concubine were the most favored. Acting recklessly. It's just that King Heng is His Majesty's younger brother after all."

Zhu Yunying nodded and said, "That's right, we don't like the Lu family, and we don't have a good impression of Yunwen. But anyway, he is also our younger brother, the heir of the emperor, and we, the eldest brother, should take care of it. "

Xu Miaoqing followed up and said, "Let's not talk about King Heng, Yunxi's birthday is just ahead." Xu Miaoqing reminded Zhu Yunying and said, "Although ministers and concubines cannot interfere with the court, they are still the daughter-in-law of the Zhu family. Yunxi's canonized prince His Majesty should also keep in mind the matter."

The birthday of the clan is not a trivial matter, especially Zhu Yunying's younger brothers.Even if it is a half-brother, he needs to be taken care of, otherwise someone outside will say that Zhu Yunying, the eldest brother, treats his younger brothers harshly.

What's more, Dazhu's fifth son will soon be ten years old, so naturally he will be canonized as a prince.Lao Zhu's "Ancestral Precepts" is there. Although a lot of changes have been made, Lao Zhu, Da Zhu, and Xiao Zhu did not follow the ancestral precepts several times intentionally or unintentionally, but the other clans have to be obedient.

At the age of ten, the canonization of the crown prince, the grandson of the emperor, the prince or the inheritance of the duke and marquis, this is of course 'theoretically speaking'.

Lao Zhu was fine before, basically he canonized his sons as princes in time.Even the original Zhu Yunying, before the canonization, it was not easy for everyone to be called the "grandson of the emperor", that is, Lao Zhu's favorite, Lao Zhu and Queen Ma shouted intentionally or unintentionally, only those who are close to him dare to call him a "grandson" .

But little Zhu, when he was canonized as the crown prince, he just learned to walk and talk. Zhu Yunying immediately canonized little Zhu as the crown prince when he first ascended the throne, just like the old Zhu who proclaimed himself emperor and immediately canonized Da Zhu as the crown prince.

"We know about this, let's go to their place when the time comes." Zhu Yunying smiled and joked, "We have to go there, I'm afraid they will have an uncomfortable birthday."

Xu Miaoqing immediately said with a smile, "It's fine if your majesty doesn't pass on the usual birthday. Anyway, he gave some birthday gifts. It's just that this year is different. The fifth child is going to be crowned king after all. Boys from ordinary families have to celebrate their birthdays at the age of nine. "

Zhu Yunying was immediately amused, and said to Xu Miaoqing, "We also know these things. When we were nine years old, it was Daqing. Grandpa and Father specially took us to the previous court. You must know that we kept a low profile at that time, but we didn't want to be in court. Xungui showed his face."

Xu Miaoqing just smiled. Zhu Yunying held a big birthday banquet when he was nine years old, which was even more ostentatious than the birthdays of the emperor and prince at that time.She, the second daughter of the King of Zhongshan, also went to the palace to celebrate. She also saw that the concubines in the harem kept Lu's family at a respectful distance. At that time, Concubine Li Shu, who was acting as the harem's concubine, was also busy currying favor with Zhu Xi and Zhu Yue.

As for what Zhu Yunying said about keeping a low profile and not wanting to go to court, Zhu Yunying "feeled good about himself". At that time, who didn't know that the grandson's status was comparable to that of the crown prince, and who didn't know that the grandson actually had something in his hand at that time? The military power is just that Taisun keeps a low profile in some aspects.

"By the way, since the fifth child is also going to be canonized as a prince, you can help him choose a concubine." Zhu Yunying said, and said as a matter of course, "Remember, it can't be Wu Xun."

This is also a change. Most of the concubines of Lao Zhu's princes are the daughters of honorable nobles.However, after Zhu Yunying was canonized as the grandson of the emperor, the concubines of his uncles began to be selected from civil servants, aristocratic families, or middle and low-level generals.

Naturally, Xu Miaoqing quickly agreed, which is also the queen's duty.

(End of this chapter)