Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 100 Since the emperor was wrong, let the emperor change it!

"Yes, Your Majesty, don't you want to see what your Huangzhuang looks like?" Zhang Haogu asked with a smile.

Zhu Youxiao fell into deep thought.

Zhang Haogu strikes while the iron is hot: "Your Majesty, my minister, I have settled an account for the Emperor!"

"Forgotten an account?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help being slightly taken aback: "What account?"

"The land income from the Emperor's Manor!" Zhang Haogu said.

"Is there anything wrong with my Huangzhuang income?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

"I have read the dossier of the household department!"

Zhang Haogu said: "The emperor's Huangzhuang has been increasing every year, and the growth rate of this Huangzhuang is the highest among Emperor Shenzongxian. However, Your Majesty, the income of this [-] hectares of land has not changed much over the years. It is still roughly maintained at a level that is neither high nor low!!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Haogu couldn't help complaining secretly.

In terms of greed, the most greedy emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not Jiajing, but Wanli Zhu Yijun.

During Wanli's reign, Huangzhuang increased on a large scale. The [-] hectares are not the whole of Huangzhuang. In fact, he still gave [-] hectares of land to King Fu and rewarded King Lu with [-] hectares.

It is often said that Ming Shi died in Wanli, while others said that Ming Shi died in Jiajing.

In Zhang Haogu's view, Wanli's responsibility is greater.

It is from Wanli that the speed of land annexation has been greatly accelerated.

"On the surface, the land has increased!"

Zhang Haogu said: "But in reality? The income brought by the land is getting less and less!"

"I do know!"

Zhu Youxiao frowned: "This is because of natural disasters and man-made disasters these years, and the land's grain production will naturally decrease!"

"Your Majesty, do you believe it?" Zhang Haogu asked back.

"This..." Zhu Youxiao fell into deep thought. He glanced at Zhang Haogu and couldn't help but said, "What does the master mean, is there something tricky in it?"

"Is there any problem, the emperor should go and have a look!" Zhang Haogu said with a smile, "Is it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "What the master said is very true!"

Zhu Youxiao really hasn't been to his own Huangzhuang.

He only knows that his Huangzhuang is probably very big.

As for how big it is.

Zhu Youxiao himself is not very clear.

Since Zhang Haogu proposed to take a look, then go and take a look by yourself.

Now Zhu Youxiao has come to his senses. The guarding eunuchs he arranged are really good at making money for him, but they are also following the disaster of the country and the people.

It would be fine if these guarding eunuchs really opened mines, but what they did was stealing.

Although it is said that the eunuch did not maintain the imperial power, but was thinking of ways to earn money for himself, Zhu Youxiao also understood that doing so would only make the court's situation more difficult.

You can't enrich your own internal funds and destroy the entire country of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao made a decision.

Afterwards, Wei Zhongxian was asked to inspect Huangzhuang.

And Zhang Haogu and Zhu Youxiao followed Wei Zhongxian, both of them were very young and couldn't see their beards, so it wasn't a big problem to pretend to be eunuchs.

Wei Zhongxian also had question marks on his forehead.

Now the dog emperor has been completely led astray by Zhang Haogu.

When we arrived at Huangzhuang, let Wei Zhongxian chat with the eunuch in charge here.

And Zhang Haogu came to the field with Zhu Youxiao.

"This is my Huangzhuang?" Zhu Youxiao looked at the surrounding environment.

Right now, it is almost time for spring sowing, and the farmers are plowing the land. The farmers here use a metal hoe that weighs several kilograms to dig the soil.

The average farmer has to hoe his farmer at least three times.

However, the farmers here are not active in their work.

Although Zhu Youxiao stayed with the refugees and did carpentry and heavy work with them, he really didn't go to the fields to plow the fields.

"Why, these lands are empty and not plowed?" Zhu Youxiao pointed to the open space on one side, looked at the little eunuch beside him and asked.

"My father-in-law doesn't know anything!"

The little eunuch said quickly: "This land cannot be plowed. The grain harvest has been poor in recent years, and the price of this grain has risen rapidly. When it comes to the autumn harvest, this grain only needs to be sold outside, but it is worth a lot of money. If there is too much, if there is too much food, the price of food will be cheap and you will not be able to sell it!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Can you still play like this?
"We are short of food, can the internal money agree?" Zhang Haogu asked.

"My father-in-law doesn't know anything!"

The little eunuch quickly took out a tael of silver from his arms and handed it to Zhu Youxiao, saying: "How could the emperor eat our food? It's all tribute rice, rice from Jiangnan, or it's from Hebei." flour, the taste of the food in Gyeonggi is much worse!"

"What do we need for this internal money? It's silver, not food. The food we produce here needs to be sold for money. There can't be too much food. The less the better, the more expensive the food will be!"

The little eunuch quickly said, "If the emperor wants to be a carpenter, he must ask for wood, right? He must also be high-quality sandalwood, which must be exchanged for silver!"

"Also, how much has the emperor's favorite Huangzhuang increased? Can I exchange grain for the purchase of land? This must be exchanged for silver!"

"What did the emperor use for the expenses and expenses in the palace? It was silver, not grain. Grain can be exchanged for cloth, but can it be exchanged for high-quality cloth? No, you have to use silver. If the price of grain falls Now, where are we going to get the money?"

"Also, little father-in-law, have you ever thought about it, why do we eggless need food? Don't we want money? This is our eunuch's daughter-in-law. If we grow old, who will serve us except the palace? We don't If you have no children, don't you just count on the money? This is my daughter-in-law!"

The little eunuch said in the tone of a person who has experienced it: "Little eunuch, don't you not like to hear these words, how does the emperor know how we live? This is our life, we all count on this little money!"

"Food and clothing in the palace are spent in silver!"

Zhu Youxiao took a deep breath, and said, "You also need money for retirement, it's a dilemma, a dilemma!!"

"It's this land, it's a pity that it's deserted!"

Zhang Haogu pointed to the wasteland not far away and said: "Only employing a small number of tenant farmers has left a lot of land unused, but it has caused a large number of people to live without a fixed place!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Haogu shook his head and said: "The people in the world are so innocent!"

"That's not true!" The little eunuch said: "But, it's no wonder we, what the emperor wants is money, it's not like we don't know that this land is barren, but what can we do?"

Zhu Youxiao took a deep look at the little eunuch and said, "Since the emperor made a mistake, let the emperor correct it!"

The little eunuch's eyes widened immediately: "Huh?"

(End of this chapter)