Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 175 Divide the world

"Second brother, now that the alien beasts are breaking out, the guano business that Biao'er got for you can't be done? How is your family doing now? Can the income and expenditure be balanced?" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly spoke in the middle of the military meeting. asked.

Xu Da was taken aback when he heard the words, Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't called his second brother for a long time.

But soon he said calmly: "Is there any balance or imbalance? The salary His Majesty gave us is high enough, and there are also various benefits and natural treasures. Our family still has more than 3000 mu of land. Now we have everything. It is mechanization, which requires a lot less manpower, and we can live on these fields alone."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, he believed that Xu Da was telling the truth.

But he also knew that Xu Da didn't tell the whole truth.

Xu's family has a big business, and the family's expenses are not small.

What's more, now that martial arts are flourishing, juniors like them all want to practice martial arts, which is another big expense.

Now there are powerful institutions like the Metropolitan Procuratorate keeping an eye on them, and there is no opportunity for corruption, bribery, extortion, and land annexation, so if we say that we are rich, we are indeed rich, but we are not like those who bought and sold in the early Ming Dynasty and took advantage of the industrialization wind. The businessmen and factory owners who are standing in the wind are rich.

"Old Chang, what about your family?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"Hey, all the same!"

"We think it's much more nourishing than before." Chang Yuchun laughed.

What he said is also true. The increase in productivity brought about by the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty has allowed the wealth of the entire society to accumulate.

From the princes to the common people, everyone is benefiting from it, and their lives are getting better.

"But I also feel a little unhappy, right?" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

Everyone was silent for a while, and finally Chang Yuchun said: "Since His Majesty asked, we will not hide it."

"Brothers mainly feel a little unbalanced in their hearts. Although we have no worries about food, clothing and money, this is the only way to go. On the contrary, the temptation in society is getting bigger and bigger."

"I don't know about other military regions. Anyway, in the southern military region where I am, the ninth-rank military attache has begun to resign voluntarily. After my investigation, I found that they were poached by some factory owners."

"Although the welfare benefits in our army are good, the benefits offered by those people are even better."

"Some people with shallow eyelids just ran away."

"There are not many such things now, but I'm afraid there will be more and more in the future."

"I have also heard about these things. Those who leave are basically hopeless for promotion and want to seek a big fortune for their families."

"Now that Ming Dynasty has become more developed, various restrictions on the military have been lifted. This kind of thing is normal."

"But we will make them understand that their choice is wrong."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at everyone present, pointed to the world map in front of him and said, "Have you seen this world map? After this world is completely conquered this time, we will reward you with a Lord."

"Give those soldiers who fought for our Ming Dynasty a piece of land to settle down, so that they will have no worries about fighting for us in the future."

"To put it more clearly, the land in this world except Daming is prepared for those generals in the army who have fought for us for decades. From the king to the youngest non-commissioned officer in the army, we will divide the land. , and after the division, even if he dies, the land belongs to his sons and grandsons, as long as he doesn’t sell it himself, the land will always belong to their family and be protected by the laws of Ming Dynasty.”

Hearing this, Xu Da and the others all looked bright, and at the same time they began to breathe rapidly.

In this world, what is the most precious wealth.

Undoubtedly, the land.

Factories will close down due to poor management, and wealth will flow away. Only the land can continuously produce crops.

This is family business.

Especially for the Huaxia people, the attachment to the land is even more deeply rooted.

If this news gets out, the officers of all ranks in the entire Ming New Army will definitely go crazy with excitement.

"Second brother, you are a third-class prince, and you have made several great achievements since then. We will keep these in mind, and we will not mention the title to you, but if you have more land, this world map will Here, you can choose by yourself, and I will give you [-] hectares of land first."

Xu Da felt like his heart was about to stop beating.

What is the concept of [-] hectares of land, which is already equivalent to the size of a county.

He would own all the land in a county, which Xu Da would not have imagined before.

And now that farming has achieved initial industrialization, the manpower required is greatly reduced. If Zhu Yuanzhang really rewarded him with [-] hectares of land, it would be equivalent to rewarding him with a golden mountain that will always go out for gold.

From now on, he no longer has to worry about his family's livelihood.

"Old Chang, you are the same, as well as Qi Jiguang. You will also be included in Daming's lord system in the future. Of course, you will not be able to keep up with the distribution of land this time. Next time!"

"In the future, the lord's land closure will be custom-made, and it will be done every ten years to ensure that all the soldiers who serve the country can get the land they deserve, and they can guarantee peace of mind..."

"Of course, it's just a grant of land. I don't care what you plant, but you still have to pay taxes, understand?" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

"Understood!" This time, the voices of everyone's response were particularly loud.

This closed-door military meeting lasted for two full hours.

No one other than the generals involved knew exactly what it was about.

But Lu Fang and Huang Jin, who were guarding the gate, could clearly feel that when these generals walked out of the hall, the expressions on their faces were full of excitement and impatience.

Obviously Zhu Yuanzhang promised everyone some exciting promises.

And soon, when these generals passed on the content of the meeting layer by layer, the officers and soldiers of the three major battalions of the capital, whether it was the early Ming Dynasty or Zhu Yuanzhang who had just been purged in this plane, also began to get excited.

Everyone is gearing up, ready to work hard for Daming and their own bright future.

And at the same time when the army was mobilized by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The three reform methods proposed by Zhu Biao were quickly promoted from the central government to the local governments.

It is different from Zhang Juzheng's reform in the original history.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng was fighting alone. He was like a lonely fighter, fighting against the entire Ming system, gentry, bureaucrats, and even the imperial power.

Knowing that he couldn't do it, he did it, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he did everything he could to die.

Zhang Juzheng is a hero, and his reforms were also tragic and full of blood and tears.

But now the reform is no longer Zhang Juzheng's business alone.

Yan Song and Xu Jie were pushed to the forefront, while Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong, who were actually doing things, hid behind the scenes, so that the backlash they suffered was much smaller in an instant.

As for Yan Song and Xu Jie, they were the targets Zhu Yuanzhang set up for the gentry all over the world.

Its function is to attract firepower and prevent Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong's reform from being disturbed by these people.

And the effect of doing so is also remarkable, whether it is the test method or the one-whip method, they are advancing in an orderly manner.

Even the Ming Dynasty's new-style treasure banknotes have gradually spread in this plane.

However, the unified grain payment policy, which most affected the interests of officials and gentry, was hindered. Just as Gao Gong had worried before, once this policy was implemented, it was collectively resisted by all local officials.

When it was discovered that the imperial court was determined to implement this policy, [-]% of the officials immediately hung their seals and left to express their determination to refuse to cooperate with the implementation of this policy.

And as this policy was promoted more deeply, more and more officials began to abandon their positions.

Xu Yuan is one of these people.

He was originally a seventh-rank official, and his family was a landlord in Nanzhili, with tens of thousands of mu of fertile land.

His monthly salary as an official is only a few taels of silver, but the annual tax revenue of his family's 100 mu of fertile land is more than his salary for [-] years as an official.

How could he support such a policy.

As soon as he heard the so-called policy of paying the government and the gentry in one package, he immediately hung up the official seal, resigned and went home automatically.

Moreover, he also actively called friends and friends, telling his fellow villagers, party members, and colleagues that everyone agreed to resign to protest the court.

In Xu Yuan's opinion, as long as there are enough officials who resign, the imperial court will naturally withdraw their orders.

After all, Daming still needs them to govern.

Besides, as scholar-bureaucrats, they ruled the world with the Holy One, and they were considered half masters of Daming. How could there be any reason in this world to collect taxes from their masters?
It makes no sense.

Zhu Yuanzhang is naturally very clear about the thoughts of these people.

For their demands, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the answer with actions.

He first dispatched officials from the early Ming Dynasty to take over the positions of these resigned officials, and then directly dispatched Jin Yiwei to arrest all these officials.

The Judgment of the Three Jurisdictions was dereliction of duty, and their ending was exile for [-] miles.

When receiving the result of this trial, all the officials who abandoned their official positions and returned to their hometowns were stunned.

The farthest distance that Ming was exiled was only three thousand miles, so he was already exiled to the ends of the earth, what the hell is this exile for ten thousand miles?
And the imperial court is really daring!
Now that [-]% of the officials have resigned, is it true that the imperial court really wants to exile [-]% of the officials of the Ming Dynasty directly to guard the border?
Who will manage the Ming Dynasty for His Majesty at that time?

Zhu Yuanzhang obviously does not need them to answer this question, and they will soon have no time to think about it, because they will soon understand the true meaning of exile for ten thousand miles.

Xu Yuan was finally reorganized and assigned to a new Ming army.

Then these new troops left Daming on warships and sailed into the ocean.

Two months later, he appeared on a completely strange land.

"Where is this?" Xu Yuan looked around blankly after getting off the boat.

However, at this moment, a group of yellow-skinned native Indians wearing animal skins and holding wooden sticks surrounded them with curiosity on their faces.

"Mr. Xu, it's up to you next time."

"Your task is to spread the light of Ming civilization to the whole of America, and let the Americans become my citizens of Ming..." A general patted Xu Yuan on the shoulder with a smile and said.

(End of this chapter)