Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 628 Madam
Back then when Liu Hongxun was the chief assistant, Liu Zeqing relied on him as his backer, called him uncle, and flattered him everywhere. He treated Liu's son, Liu Kong, and his brothers as sons, brothers.After Liu Hongxun died, Liu Zeqing immediately called Liu Kong and his brothers nephews.

Even Liu Konghe brought 3000 troops to join him after he raised his troops, because he didn't give him face because of his bad poems, and accused him of supporting troops and not fighting, but Liu Zeqing killed him and all his soldiers.

But even so, the Wang family went back to become a nun and became a nun, but the Liu family is still a famous local family with the three thousand hectares of land.

This time, on behalf of the Liu family of Taihezhuang, the Wang family presented 30 taels of silver and 3000 taels of gold to the emperor. They didn't need to sell their land or anything for such a large sum of gold and silver, and they took it directly from the cellar.

It seems amazing, but for them who own more than 30 mu of land, it is actually equivalent to one tael of silver for one mu of land, and two gold for a hundred mu of land.

In troubled times, the powerful gentry dug underground and hoarded gold and silver at home. In the late Ming Dynasty, the shortage of money was actually related to this. The more chaotic they were, the more gold and silver they hoarded, and the more money was scarce in the market.

Calculated according to the average yield per mu in Shandong, which is one and a half stones a year, most of them charge half and half, or four or six rents, and at least four or five buckets of rent per mu. In Taiping years, it is worth a few pennies, so one tael of silver , In fact, it is only two or three years' rent for one mu of land.These gentry can also make more profits through food sales, lending, business, etc.

However, they enjoy privileges and exemptions by virtue of their gentry status, and even basically do not pay taxes, so this money is accumulated only for income. After saving money, they will continue to annex fields, collect more rent, and then buy more land. Even based on their status, they also accept donations and names from others, openly poach the corners of the imperial court, and use the taxes that should be paid to the imperial court to collect rent by themselves.

When Wang's husband's grandfather was young, even if the family was a landlord, they had to live on austerity, but in just two or three generations, they managed to save [-] hectares of land, which shows how terrible the gentry in the Ming Dynasty were.

This time, the Liu family took the initiative to donate 30 taels of silver and 3000 taels of gold. They also voluntarily cleared nearly a thousand hectares of famous land and various embezzled official and military fields, and then declared the concealed reclamation land, beach land, and lake land. Wait for a few hundred hectares.

It is very serious and truthful and proactively reported and cleaned up.

Zhu Yihai sat there, holding the Liu family's field report that Wang voluntarily reported, and then picked up another book on the table, flipped through it a few times, and found out the investigation report of the Liu family. Basically it fits well.

"I am very grateful for the loyalty of the Liu family."

"Recover the punishment of Liu Hongxun from the Chongzhen Dynasty, restore his official title, and posthumously present him as a young teacher and prince grand teacher. Liu Konghe is loyal to serve the country, chivalrous and courageous, and is specially posthumously gifted to Zuo Dudu and Chang Shanbo."

"Specially conferred the title of Mrs. Liu Wang as Mrs. Changshan in recognition of loyalty and filial piety."

"Give Liu Kong and his eldest son the title of Baron of Changshan County."

For the Liu family in Changshan Taihezhuang, Zhu Yihai also gave a very generous reward. Liu Hongxun was the chief assistant of Chongzhen in the past, but because he said that Chongzhen was too young, Chongzhen finally took the position of chief assistant and was banished to Daizhou. Died in Daizhou.Zhu Yihai restored his official title, and also presented him as a junior teacher and prince grand teacher.

Liu Konghe also posthumously named Zuo Dudu and added an earl.

He also granted the title of Mrs. Wang, and gave her son a baron for life.

Liu's family bought 30 taels of silver plus 3000 taels of gold.

Of course, these gifts from Zhu Yihai mainly depended on Liu Konghe Qibing, and the banner of the four-line poem sent by Mrs. Wang.

Otherwise, these 10 taels of silver might not be able to be gifted by Zhu Yihai like this.

Yao Qisheng's 20 taels of silver were only exchanged for the county magistrate of Licheng.

The Liu family is No. 1 in Changshan County. Not only does it have more than 3000 hectares of land, but it also has contiguous houses. The entire street of Taihezhuang belongs to its family property. There is also a villa built on the Bazhu Terrace of Changbai Mountain. The drinking water of the Liu family They have always hired people to pick them up from Changbai Mountain, thirty miles away.

Mrs. Wang has been a monk in Changbai Mountain all the time, but she can't be considered a monk at all, it's just because she is young, it's more convenient to have a monk status.

The land of King Heng's Mansion of Dewangfu in Shandong was confiscated as official land, and even the land of the Confucius family in Qufu was confiscated, and each family was a little worried.

Who knows if the emperor will take their land?
The land of each family has a few thousand hectares more, and a few hundred or tens of hectares less. Isn’t it all merged by various means from generation to generation? There are not many.

For the Liu family and other prominent families, the most important thing is to keep their status, and then they can keep their land property.

With Gaobi and other families from Zichuan in front, everyone has a direction.

Donate more if you have money, and spit out what should be spit out. Anyway, now that you have broken your arms to survive, as long as you can survive, you will still have a chance to recover in the future.

The Liu family performed very well. They had sent some money and food earlier, and then asked the Wang family to come forward and send her deceased husband Liu Kong and the banner of righteousness when he raised the army back then. A large number of occupied fields were cleared.

The result is also very good now, the emperor accepted it, was satisfied, and then gave the Liu family a gift.

It was also given to a baron, and even the young children of the Liu family got several places such as entering the Imperial College, military academy, etc. In addition, after the emperor was satisfied with the Liu family, he finally agreed with them to keep the thousand hectares of land.

With the Emperor Jinkou's imperial words, he will not be afraid of people turning over old accounts again in the future, and this thousand hectares of land can be regarded as completely preserved.

Even if you lose [-] hectares of land, it's not bad to keep a thousand hectares. After all, in those [-] hectares, there are actually a lot of famous lands that are not really your own. encroaching.

Even if there are thousands of hectares left, it is still amazing. When Liu Yixiang was three generations ago, there was not even a hundred hectares of land.

Mrs. Wang is amazing, but actually quite young.

This is a tiger girl from the general gate, with strong riding and shooting skills, and a strong man. She has the feeling of Mrs. Qi Jiguang, a strange woman like Qin Liangyu.

She shaved her hair and became a nun for three years. She dresses elegantly and speaks very elegantly.

In fact, she is quite young. People in this era get married early, just like Concubine Ruan. Although she married early and gave birth to three children, she is actually at a blooming age.

Wang Shi also seemed to feel the gaze of the emperor, staring at each other.

Wang Xiangjin seemed to feel it, coughed several times, and interrupted the emperor.

The family of the craftsman family started, and then became the Wang family of Xincheng, a well-known imperial examination family. They claim to have produced many Jinshi, many high-ranking officials, but not a single corrupt official. However, his family's family property is equally rich. Not only did they have luxury houses and villas in the past, but also many farms. industry.

The Wang family has many scholars and officials. With the privileges of the scholar-bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty, their family's land basically does not need to pay taxes, and the Wang family also operates medicinal planting, processing and trading, which is also extremely profitable.

However, the family style of the Wang family is indeed good. Every time there is a disaster, the Wang family will take the initiative to provide disaster relief and even lend money to the villagers. It is enough for everyone to return the original amount, and the fields and real estate sold by others can also be redeemed at the original price.

The Wang family has a very good reputation in the local area, so whether their family opened a pharmacy, a medical center, or a private school in an academy, they are all very popular, and this has also earned them a lot of money.

Of course, it is also indispensable to donate these by name, which is also a common problem of the times, not just the Wang family.

When the Qing army went south a few years ago, the Wang family was indeed seriously injured, but the main injury was the young and handsome family. The money and fields were still there. This time, they donated a lot of money and cleared many fields.

Zhu Yihai bestowed a memorial archway to the Wang family, conferred the title of Prince Shaobao on Wang Xiangjin, and also gave the Wang family several places in the Imperial Academy.

Wang Xiangjin was also given the lifelong title of Baron of Xincheng.

This can be regarded as an excellent recognition of the Wang family.

For the other gentry who fought against Shunying and the Qing army, or those who refused to serve in the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Yihai also received awards and rewards, and they also donated a lot of money and actively cooperated in clearing the fields.

Basically, the gentry were very cooperative and knowledgeable about current affairs, and Zhu Yihai was also very magnanimous, so the monarch and his ministers had a good time, and the gentry successfully passed the test, realizing the transition from surrendering the Qing Dynasty to being a captive to the Ming Dynasty, and was recognized and forgiven by the court.

Even each family received some posthumous gifts to the ancestors, granting orders to mothers and wives, enshrining children and grandchildren, granting memorial archways, granting scattered officials, and so on.

And Zhu Yihai also gained a lot.

Not only did they get a large amount of gold and silver donations, but they also got the support of the gentry and powerful people in these places, not to mention clearing out the fields relatively easily without a lot of trouble.

He is very satisfied that this kind of nonsense has gone smoothly.

If they resist, the court can use force to implement it, but this will inevitably make the newly recovered Shandong turbulent again, which is not conducive to the rapid restoration of the place.

And now that they are so knowledgeable and loyal, most of the officials who are officials on the Tatar side will definitely go south to surrender, which will undoubtedly be a major blow to the Tartars.

There may even be a situation where the city or soil is directly offered to surrender.

For the Shandong gentry, they used to turn to the Shunying, some surrendered to the Shunying, some resisted the Qing, and more people belonged to the Qing court. Now the stronger Emperor Shaotian has come, and he still behaves like this Gentle, they are naturally willing to join anyway, after all, as long as the family's interests can be maintained, there is no obstacle in continuing to be loyal to the Zhu family.

In fact, they are more willing to cut off their braids and grow their hair long. They couldn't help it before, but now it's better.Although he had to pay some price, compared with the torture of the Shun army and the conquest of the Qing army, Emperor Shaotian was actually gentle enough.

If it was in the Chongzhen Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen of Beijing asked them to clear the land and donate it, they would never agree, but after these years, everyone is more aware of current affairs.

The tranquility and even prosperity of the Jiangnan area under Emperor Shaotian's rule also made them believe in this fellow Shandong emperor.

And Zhu Yihai also publicly told them that the silver donated by the Shandong gentry will be used first to relieve the disaster victims in Shandong, restore production in Shandong, and repair the Yellow River embankment.

Shandong's silver is still used in Shandong, and the emperor will also reward them with a corresponding official rank according to the amount of donated silver, that is, to distribute officials according to the amount of donated officials.

For example, 5 taels is awarded to a Fengyi doctor's regular fifth-rank Sanjie.

More than 5 taels, such as Nun Wang’s family donated 30 silver and [-] gold, so Zhu Yihai not only gave his family a baron, but also gave six other five-rank Sanjie, a wife, and finally a purple robe and jade belt.

500 taels will give you a Cong Ninth Rank, and 5000 taels will give you a Genuine Seventh Rank.

Anyway, they are just casual ranks, no job and no salary, even if it is the corresponding official uniform belt, they have to pay for their own money to order and buy it, so that they can enjoy some corresponding official rank welfare rights.

These, for the Shandong gentry who were in the wrong team to surrender to the Tartars, this false rank is actually exactly what they need now.

At least if he can change into a Daming official robe immediately, he will be at ease immediately.

Zhu Yihai is still more polite to the Shandong fellows. With his current strength, in fact, even if he wants to take the opportunity to punish and purge these surrendered captives, the gentry and powerful officials who are officials in the captive court are also acceptable.

But in the end he chose to stop and give them a chance.

Clear the land that should be cleared, and pay the grain and tax honestly in the future, so I won't go into it.

After the interview, Zhu Yihai looked at Wang's back and called Liu Chao to see Wang.

"On my behalf, invite Mrs. Wang to stay for dinner."

Liu Chao looked at the emperor in surprise. He always felt that the emperor was very restrained in terms of personal desires, but the emperor's request surprised him and felt that something was inappropriate.

After all, this is not only a nun, but also the mother of the young master of the Changshan Liu family.

"His Majesty·····"

"I know what you're going to say, I just want to have a meal with Mrs. Wang and talk about something by the way."

Liu Chao had no choice but to remind the emperor, "Mrs. Wang is a heroine who is brave on horseback and is good at fencing and stabbing spears. She can lift a hundred catties. She has also led rebels to fight. Your Majesty may not treat her as an ordinary woman." , if she gets angry, I'm afraid I'll hurt His Majesty by mistake."

"I'm also good at horseback riding, and my swordsmanship is also good. What's more, I'm just eating and chatting. If I can't talk, I can chat. Do you think I still want to be a bully?"

Liu Chao was in a dilemma, "Your Majesty, the Wang family has a special status. If Your Majesty feels that there are no people around, the slaves can immediately send someone to the Tokyo Palace to pick up a few concubines, or they can find suitable women in Jinan to serve in the palace. "..."

Zhu Yihai waved his hands in dissatisfaction, "Liu Chao, don't tell me I don't know what to do."

Perhaps after the big victory, both Shandong and Henan have been settled, and they have been tense for several years, and they are indeed too tired.

"I have something to talk to her about, it's business."

Liu Chao looked suspicious, is it possible?
"Go."

Liu Chao was very hurt when he heard this. This really involved his blind spot. The dozen or so eunuchs he had castrated were now too old, so they really didn't understand these things.

"Then servant will try it out. If Mrs. Wang is unwilling, this servant still hopes that His Majesty can give up his mind."

Zhu Yihai was very helpless, "Go ahead."

Sitting alone, he began to seriously consider these gentry in Shandong, and his current contact and handling are not a bad start.

(End of this chapter)