After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 543 The Secret of Logistics 2
"That's right. Some kind of private deal with the gentry and landlords in the occupied area, some kind of tacit understanding, is the ultimate secret of Li Shanchang, Xiao He and other famous officials who can manage logistics and transport large amounts of money and food to the front." Qin Yudao, "Not, It can be done simply by encouraging farming, but things are far from that simple."

"Maybe there are some pure and lovely people who think that logistics is to encourage farming. They don't even think that the main source of money and food is the gentry and landlords."

"Many people even think that just by lobbying alone, there are many caring people who donate money and food to the rebels for free."

"There are not only such people as Mr. said, but they also account for the vast majority." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Then think about it next, what is the tacit agreement or deal between them?" Qin Yu asked again.

"We can't figure it out, so please advise me, sir." Zhu Yuanzhang said respectfully.In fact, up to now, with Qin Yu's guidance, he already knows the secrets of the logistics.

However, he deliberately didn't say it, and wanted to let others say it.

"The occupied prefectures and counties need to be managed by officials, right?" Qin Yu reminded.

"Yes!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed after hearing the words, "Then those landlords and gentry transformed themselves and became officials. They exchanged for the official positions by providing food and salaries."

"Li Shanchang sold officials and nobles, and raised food and wages for Zhu Yuanzhang's front on the battlefield."

"But it's not his fault. This is his only correct choice. Zhu Yuanzhang's troops are fighting in front, and the sergeants can only be stationed in strategic places. If the backyard of the occupied area catches fire, the consequences will be disastrous."

"What I want to talk about is not the right way for Li Shanchang to raise food and wages. What I want to talk about is actually..." Qin Yudao, "The Ming Dynasty has not yet been established, and it is still in its infancy. All provinces, states and counties of Ming Dynasty , The big and small officials in various departments have long been occupied by the feudal aristocracy."

"The people in the state capital who can manage things are all their people."

"Li Shanchang has sold out all the positions of county magistrate and prefect."

"Besides, at the beginning of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, only those ministers with outstanding achievements were rewarded. How could they care about the local officials? They were all dukes, marquises, and earls, and no one was appointed magistrate. Besides, the emperor had just ascended the throne. It is also impossible to clean all the local officials, large and small." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Before the Ming Dynasty was established, the local government offices in various places have been infiltrated by the feudal nobles, or occupied." Qin Yu said with a smile, "This corresponds to the folk saying, "Take the governor of the Yamen , the prefect, the county magistrate, and all the petty officials were all arrested and beheaded, and none of them was innocent. "

"The local government offices have been occupied by them. It's no wonder that the imperial court wants to promulgate any policies that benefit the people, and policies that are not conducive to the interests of the landlords and gentry can continue to be implemented."

"Every province, every state capital, from top to bottom, no one agrees."

"So in the feudal dynasties in ancient times, when the second generation of kings came, the emperor could not decide the affairs of the court. Even Li Shimin in his later years could not be the one who chose the prince."

"The dynasty has not yet been established, and the whole body is covered with feudal aristocratic moths!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with emotion, "It is a miracle that such a dynasty can barely last for 300 years."

"The local government office that has been occupied by the feudal nobles is a big dye vat." Qin Yu said, "The emperor wants to send a chief envoy to manage a province. No matter how clean and ambitious the chief envoy is, Can't change anything. Because he's just a drop of water, and the whole vat on the ground is black."

"During Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, the salt industry in the Jiangnan area was very developed. It was a profitable industry that had already been seized by the feudal nobles. Wu Zetian wanted to nationalize the salt industry, so he sent officials to check the salt tax."

"As a result, one was sent to die, and one was sent to die."

"No way, the power of the local feudal aristocracy is too terrifying."

"To be precise, the province occupied by the feudal nobles is apparently a province of the dynasty. But in fact, it is a vassal state, a local vassal state."

"Alas!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed when he heard the words. He also knew that what Qin Yu said was true, and said, "There has never been any dynasty that can properly solve this huge problem."

"Because of it, it's too difficult to solve."

"Ah!" Qin Yu also sighed when he heard the words, and said: "In the entire ancient history, I am afraid that only Zhu Yuanzhang can hold those feudal nobles in a short time."

"Because he was too decisive in killing, and he firmly controlled the five armies' governor's mansion."

"However, no matter how decisively he kills, there is nothing he can do."

"Because the entire court, from top to bottom, is full of feudal nobles. It is difficult for him to turn the tide by himself."

"However, how to solve this matter, we will talk about it later." Qin Yudao, "What we are going to talk about now is the Ming Dynasty, that mysterious and unknown minister."

"We talked so much just now, but it's all about this person."

"Haven't you figured out who the person I'm going to talk about is by now?"

"Mr. Qin should be the one who said it." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Since Mr. Qin knows everything, and he has said it to this point, we will not hide anything anymore."

"Oh, tell me, who is the person I'm talking about?" Qin Yu asked intentionally.

"Lu Ben." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Zhu Yuanzhang's in-laws."

"Indeed, as Mr. said, this person did not have any outstanding performance in the court, and he was still a minister of the Yuan Dynasty. However, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed him as the official of Zhongshu in the year of Bingwu, and in the first year of King Wu, he was appointed as Huguang Zaomo, Hongwu In the first year, he was appointed as Zhongshu Sheng Langzhong, and in the second year, he was appointed as Zuo Lang, which can be said to be a promotion in one year."

"Since he didn't have any outstanding performance, why did Zhu Yuanzhang promote him once a year?" Qin Yu asked again, "And he also gave the most important concubine to his daughter Lu Shi."

"As Zhu Yuanzhang occupied more and more territory, the food and salaries raised by Li Shanchang were not enough for the army at all." Zhu Yuanzhang told the real reason, "Besides, the Ming Dynasty had to go to the north, and the dynasty had to build a palace..."

"These fees are all astronomical."

"It's all because of money!"

"Plunder the wealth from the Yuan Court? There is not much wealth in the Yuan Court, okay? The royal family of the Yuan Dynasty and the ministers of the court, before Xu Da attacked the capital, they fled to the desert with gold and silver treasures. When they left, they wished they could scrape all the land away, and burned everything they couldn’t take with them.”

(End of this chapter)