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

"With this network, no matter how good the government's policy of benefiting the people is, it can't be implemented. The benefits are taken up by them, by the local snakes and the people in the local snake's network, and the people can only watch. The imperial court's appropriation Most of the money distributed by the imperial court to local road construction and even disaster relief money fell into their pockets."

"That's why Mr. Qin told us that the feudal aristocracy must be eliminated before the development of productive forces."

"If you don't clean it up, no matter how advanced the machine you invent, and how high-yield the grain you cultivate, you won't be able to truly make Daming prosperous and strong, and you won't be able to make the people live a better life."

"If we don't get rid of them now, they will grow like cancerous tumors."

"Then it grows to the point where it cannot be eliminated, and finally let our Ming Dynasty follow the old path of previous dynasties."

"Then how do we get rid of this network of relationships?" Er Hu asked, "This network of relationships spreads all over the court, all over the provinces of Ming Dynasty, up and down, every corner."

"Sounds like it's hard to get rid of."

"Let the power of those in power weaken and let the people open up the wisdom of the people, which is the best way to break up this network of relationships." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "In addition, making people's lives better is also a way to draw salary from the bottom of the pot."

"However, this method needs to be done step by step, which is too time-consuming. It is estimated that it will take several generations and hundreds of years to complete."

"Every prefecture and county in the Ming Dynasty has local snakes, and each province has its own network of relationships."

"All provinces have become invisible vassal states, and they all have their own emperors."

"As for the specific measures to be used, Mr. has already told us."

"These important affairs of the court will never be understood." Erhu said.He is just a general who leads troops to fight, and he doesn't know how to govern the country.Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that he didn't understand, so he didn't continue talking.

The method Qin Yu used to break up the relationship network was to let the various schools of thought manage the province.Scholars from various schools of thought, instead of members of the feudal aristocracy, controlled the power of the provinces.

Let those feudal nobles have no power in their hands.

Without power they cannot be lawless.

This is still the first step.

Of course, those feudal and aristocratic forces will not sit still, they will see every stitch and infiltrate among the various schools of thought.So the next step is to do a good job of defending the various schools of thought to prevent them from infiltrating.

Once the first step has been implemented, the second step will be carried out.

It is too difficult to clear the relationship network that has been passed down for thousands of years on this land.

"Although the elimination of the Liu family of the feudal aristocrats in Jiangzhou is a temporary solution, not the root cause. Without the Liu family, there will be the Li family and the Zhao family." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "However, the Liu family must be cleared."

"Yeah." Erhu nodded.

"Let's go, let's go to the homes of the people in Jiangzhou." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"According to the order."

The two spent the night resting in the city,
……

The next day, the two came to a village called Jiangjia Village.

Although the feudal aristocrats are still deeply rooted and entrenched in various states and counties, after all, the court has become rich and the New Deal has been implemented, so the life of the people in Jiangjia Village is better.

At least it will no longer starve to death like before.

If the arrival of Qin Yu and the implementation of the new policy of the Ming Dynasty were like a torrential rain, then the lowest level of the countryside was nourished by two or three drops of rain.

The common people have planted potatoes, and they are no longer sallow and emaciated, and they are hungry all the year round.

It can be said that the people get the most benefits from potatoes, rather than a series of policies to benefit the people implemented by Emperor Zhu.

"The two are..."

In the field, Emperor Zhu and Erhu are helping an old farmer cultivate the land.His proficient planting skills impress the old people. Lao Zhu also knew how to farm before.

"We're here to collect tea leaves, and we're going into the city and passing through Jiangjia Village." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Because I couldn't bear to see the old man still working at such an age, so I came here to help."

"You two are really warm-hearted people." The old farmer sighed, "When the work on this field is finished, I will go to the old man's house for dinner."

"Then I would like to thank the old man." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Look at the work this big brother is doing. He used to be a farmer too." Old farmer Jiang Shiba asked.

"That's right." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We used to be farmers. Because the imperial court implemented the New Deal and distributed money to the people twice, we have the money to do some tea business."

"Have you received the money?" Jiang Shiba asked.

"I got it." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Could it be that your relative is an official, so you can get the money?" Jiang Shiba asked.

"Why do you have to ask officials and relatives to get the money?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Didn't the imperial court issue a decree to distribute the money directly to the people, on the stubs of the bank?"

"That's right, it would be strange if you can't get any money." Er Hu also said.

"What's so strange about this?" Jiang Shiba asked.

"Why?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "You didn't actually receive the money?"

"I didn't get any money." Jiang Shiba said.

"What's going on, do the parents and officials in Jiangzhou dare to openly disobey the imperial court's decree?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"That's not the case." Jiang Shiba said, "However, there have always been policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. It's not that they don't give money to the people, but they set a lot of harsh conditions for receiving money."

"Even in some places, the people don't even know that they can receive money, because they don't take the initiative to promote it. The people's information is blocked, and they don't even know about the new policies of the imperial court."

"What conditions have they set for receiving money?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Apply layer by layer. First of all, if ordinary people want to receive money from the imperial court, they need to apply to the village chief first. If everyone doesn't please the village chief, the village chief will not approve the note for you." Jiang Shibadao,
"In addition, there are many conditions that need to be met in order to receive the money."

"For example, you need to have a poor family, you need to be innocent, and you need to be filial, etc. As long as the conditions are set, they will have a way to make you not meet the conditions."

"There are a total of 28 conditions for receiving money in our county."

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze when he heard the words.

"Simply put, if the people want to get money from them, they have to go through ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties, which is even more difficult than learning scriptures from the west!" Jiang Shiba said, "The benefits given to us by the imperial court are hidden very deeply by them. Finding it is like going into a mountain to find a needle in a haystack.”

"Only their relatives can really enjoy the benefits that the imperial court gives to the common people."

"Most of the things that the imperial court gave to the people fell into their pockets. They set up so many checkpoints to prevent the people from getting them, and what was saved was theirs."

"Damn it!" Erhu froze when he heard this.

"Didn't Emperor Zhu ask them to send the money directly to your stubs? There is no need to go through any application." Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "How dare they cheat with such a policy of benefiting the people?"