Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 146 My money turns out to be all my money?
"It's written."

After much effort, Zhu Zhen finally completed a feat.

I saw that it was a thick memorial, in which he wrote down everything that happened in the past month, from the beginning of the Battle of Dingbian, to the aftermath of the decisive battle, and even the pursuit and attack of Dao Ganmeng, until he returned to Dali. .

And Li Shuran finally discovered something with shock.

"Your Highness, you executed the whole family of Hu Yuan's commander and envoy? And restored the system of Yongchang Mansion?" Li Shuran asked in a dry voice.

"What? Is there anything wrong?" Zhu Zhen asked nonchalantly.

Li Shuran sighed: "Even though Your Highness is His Majesty's own son, you are the vassal king after all. You will not stay with His Majesty and be dismissed with just a naughty word. Once this memorial is sent to the court, those ministers will definitely know it." Impeach you.”

Then it was not a matter of Zhu Yuanzhang's own family affairs, but a major matter of the imperial court.

You, a vassal king, have reached out and taken care of the political issues of the court?
Good guy, do you really not take the emperor and the prince seriously?
And with Zhu Xi's great achievements this time, how many people in the court would be jealous?

Even Zhu Zhen's brothers who have also joined the feudal clan, what will the other feudal kings think?
Why did you, Lao Shiba, make such an unparalleled contribution to Yunnan?

You know, even the fourth child, Zhu Di, only went out with Fu Youde's army this year to achieve military success, and he might even be praised to the sky.

But compared with Zhu Chu, Zhu Laosi is nothing at all.

The former is the brightness of the bright moon, and the latter is the light of fireflies.

Don’t you want to hide your capabilities and bide your time now?Why don't you keep a low profile?
Zhu Ming rolled his eyes: "Isn't it just a Hu Yuan and a Yongchang Mansion? I wrote a bunch of suggestions on reforming the native land and the chieftain system, but you didn't read a word of it, right?"

It turns out that Zhu Zhen not only complained to Zhu Yuanzhang, but also wrote his own thoughts at the end of the memorial.

Zhu Zhen also knew that if he wanted to completely reform Yunnan and permanently abolish the chieftain system, he would need the support of the imperial court and Zhu Yuanzhang.

Otherwise, it would be very embarrassing for Zhu Yuanzhang to make a bunch of big and small toasts while he was reforming.

Do you think he slaughtered those toasts, or did he take his words as a fart?

That doesn't work.

So Zhu Ming warned Zhu Yuanzhang that the Dingbian War and the Yunnan Rebellion were ultimately the fault of the chieftain system.

Therefore, Zhu Ming will take this opportunity to repatriate the tribes whose chieftains were slaughtered, and appoint officials from the imperial court. We don't want chieftains anymore, and let those ethnic minorities slowly assimilate into Han culture, although they are not of Han origin. , but the books have the same text, so it’s hard to tell them apart.

Zhu Chu did not cover up matters about Yongchang Mansion, including Yingjiang and Yitao's arrangements, as well as the large package of exemptions from taxation for Yingjiang and Tengchong for five years and other issues.

Zhu Mingdu explained everything in detail.

Although the Tengchong Dao Gong family did not observe Dao Ganmeng's actions, he made up for it later, resulting in numerous casualties. In addition, tens of thousands of natives in Tengchong responded enthusiastically to the conscription. Failure to reciprocate would be chilling.

Almost all the able-bodied men in Yingjiang died, leaving only a bunch of old and weak women and children. They were not exempted from taxes. This was forcing them to die.

Zhu Zhen also has his own exquisiteness.

Whether it was Yingjiang or Tengchong, or the arrangements for the Golden Tooth Guard, the Yongchang Mansion, and the execution of Hu Yuan's family, had he really not considered the possible consequences?
He thought about it and made the decision after careful consideration.

Just kidding, if we don’t kill Hu Yuan’s family and don’t restore the Yongchang Mansion’s government system, how can we implement the reform of the land and return to local rule?

This is the general trend. Yunnan must carry out comprehensive reforms. Zhu Ming wants to firmly hold all of Yunnan in his hands. The millions of natives in Yunnan will be the source of his largest military strength.

And even if he did not consider launching troops to rebel against the Central Plains, Zhu Chu still planned to conquer Southeast Asian countries.

If the eldest brother of the prince had not died and the direction of history had gone awry, Zhu Zhen would not have rebelled.

He trusted that elder brother and had a good impression of him.

With his elder brother in charge of the Central Plains, Zhu Chu simply went to Southeast Asia himself. By then, India's territory would be no worse than that of the Central Plains, let alone Siam and other countries.

Moreover, Yunnan handed over to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which is Xinjiang.

Now, because the main target of the Ming Dynasty is still the Yuanting remnants in Mobei, they turn a blind eye to Xinjiang and Tibet. As long as they surrender and pay tribute, they will be ignored.

But Zhu Zhen has ambitions.

Don't be anxious, take your time, develop Yunnan first, and then solve the problem of people's hearts. When the basic situation is stabilized, Zhu Mingke will start to do something big.

"If it weren't for the wrong direction, I would have wanted to go to Siberia to see the polar bears. Is it even possible to go from the Bering Sea to the Arctic Circle and go straight to the American continent? There is rich land over there. Isn't it as fertile and vast as one-third of an acre in the Central Plains?" Zhu Zhen was excited just thinking about it.

Therefore, Zhu Zhen no longer cares about the issue of overstepping and not overstepping. Even at the risk of offending Zhu Yuanzhang, he must implement the reform of returning local people to local people.

Keeping a low profile?That was before, and now it’s time to be a little more high-profile.

At the same time, Zhu Min also asked for credit for the entire army in the memorial. Even Mu Ying was greatly praised by him, not to mention brothers Mu Chun and Mu Sheng, and everyone who participated in this battle.

But the only one who didn't see it was Zhu Zhen himself. Apart from his habit of complaining to Zhu Yuanzhang about how poor he was, he didn't mention his killing spree at all, and he didn't even mention a word about the big pineapple.

Just kidding, that thing can't be explained.

Li Shuran was greatly shocked. Is Zhu Zhen really a person who enjoys great achievements?He exaggerated the number of enemies to improve his record. Perhaps he wanted to win more rewards for his subordinates?

After all, Zhu Chu himself is already the vassal king, does he still need a reward?What else can be awarded to him?Can you make him emperor?
Thinking of this, Zhu Xi's image immediately became taller.

Moreover, Li Shuran discovered that although Zhu Ming's handwriting was ugly, the content was very mature and did not look like a child at all. Even many officials could not write better.

Just this word combined with this content makes people really sad.

"How about I make a new copy for you?" Li Shuran hesitated. Although his handwriting was average, at least it wasn't so ugly.

Zhu Ming said angrily: "Have you deceived the superiors and concealed the inferiors? If you are not afraid of the crime of deceiving the emperor, I am afraid. Just send it to me like this. Anyway, that's what I am. I don't care whether you like it or not."

Since he was Zhu Yuanzhang's son and his father could not kill his nine clans, Zhu Yu gradually became nonchalant, completely unlike the pitiful little boy who didn't even dare to look up at Emperor Hongwu.

"Well, after all, His Majesty knows His Highness's handwriting. It would be really bad if the veteran minister writes for him," Li Shuran had to give up.

"Since the memorial has been arranged, I will go back," Zhu Zhen stretched himself and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, Your Highness, you said you would reward the entire army, but how much should it cost?" Li Shuran quickly grabbed Zhu Chu, feeling a little ominous in his heart.

"Of course I'm going to spend all the tax money I'm going to pay this year. I'm kidding. With an army of more than 10 people, each person gets [-] taels for one tael of silver. Don't be so stingy," Zhu Ming said nonchalantly.

Li Shuran's eyes went dark and he almost fainted.

Good guy, you are so generous, you asked for 10 taels of silver.

How should I explain this to the court?

"It's not your money, don't take it personally," Zhu Zhen comforted.

Li Shuran couldn't laugh. Your Highness, do you think you are very humorous?But if His Majesty asks me for money, even if I cut the old minister into pieces and sell him, I won't be able to get it.

And who doesn’t know the great reputation of Emperor Hongwu? When the time comes, let alone me, all the nine tribes will have to be stripped.

"Don't worry, I'm responsible for everything. Didn't I write it clearly in the memorial?" Zhu Ming rolled his eyes.

This is true, mainly because the money was too much, and Li Shuran found it difficult to accept it.

"Actually, these are far from enough," Zhu Zhen sighed: "More than 3 people died in this battle alone. Even if they are given more pensions, their families will lose their loved ones forever. If we can really use money to heal their pain, Mr. Li, we will make a profit."

Li Shuran was shocked and looked at Zhu Ming in disbelief.

Wang Fu's eyes shone brightly, he clenched his fists and looked excited.This is why Wang Fu decided to follow Zhu Zhen to the death when he was on the battlefield.

In addition to Zhu Chu's bravery and force, what is more important is the touching feeling brought by Zhu Chu's unity with the army.

If you follow such a vassal king, even if you die in battle, you will still get what you deserve.

"Don't worry about it now. Even 10,000+ is not enough. I will have to put in a lot more by then. But in this way, Mu Chu's troops and Mu Sheng's troops cannot be allowed to leave. Wang Fu, let someone go. Say hello outside the city and tell him to take a rest today, and tomorrow morning I will take the money to really reward the whole army," Zhu Chu told Wang Fu.

Wang Fu immediately agreed and turned around and went out.

At this time, there were three camps outside Dali City. The east camp was close to Yunlong County. It was Muchun's barracks and the camp where Mu Sheng's troops were temporarily stationed.

And Xiying is Zhao Kuo's camp.

Both armies are outside the city and usually conduct training in the camp. Currently, there are no tasks to station troops or farm fields. If a war breaks out, they can immediately defend the defense of Dali City or take the initiative to fight the enemy.

After returning triumphantly from the Dao Ganmeng expedition yesterday, Mu Chu led his army of [-] natives and moved all the way to the north of Dali City, which is close to Heqing County and Lijiang. If they want to go back, they can go directly. Walking along the road, you will soon reach Heqing County.

However, as Wang Fu sent three messengers to convey Zhu Chu's intention, Mu Chu and Mu Sheng had no choice but to stand still and stay for another day.

At the same time, they were also curious about what Zhu Zhen's so-called reward for the whole army was, because they knew that if they wanted to wait for the court to make decisions and arrangements before returning to Yunnan, it would probably be at least after the new year.

If a reward such as a silver reward is sent from the imperial capital, the journey is so long, and it might take half a year to arrive?

I really don’t know how those who often led cattle and sheep to reward the army in ancient times did it. Could it be that they were always nearby?

Putting aside these, Zhu Chu returned to the palace and took away several minor officials from Li Shuran, intending to ask them to record how much silver they would take out from the treasury as a reward.

Although this money belongs to Zhu Chu's treasury, it is not for personal use, and a large part of it belongs to the imperial court.

Therefore, the Yamen had to make a record, and then Li Shuran could present it to Zhu Yuanzhang for review.

Zhu Ming also asked the garrison in the mansion to send many people and lead a large number of people into the treasury to start counting the money.

You wouldn't know it unless you checked, but in the end there were 28 taels in the treasury, and all of them were silver.

In fact, Yunnan originally did not have that much silver, but as a large number of people migrated from the Central Plains over the years, a large part of it was brought over.

There are also business people, various court expenses, etc.

This gave Yunnan a lot of silver, which was much more convenient than copper coins.

Moreover, Zhu Ming did a little calculation and found that at least 12 taels of silver were earned by him from doing business some time ago, and he had also sent a caravan before. Because Yunnan was at war recently, he had not returned yet, otherwise he should have been able to earn a large sum of money. money.

In addition, the other 16 taels were the money that Li Shuran had sent to the Dali government office.

"Wait a minute," Zhu Chu suddenly remembered something. If you include his salary, the 5000 guan of money per year alone is [-] taels of silver, as well as [-] shi of rice, [-] jins of tea, and [-] pieces of silk. One hundred pieces each of yarn and cotton, five hundred pieces of silk, one thousand pieces each of winter and summer cloth, and fifty pieces of horse fodder per month.

"This is all my fucking money, that old man Li Shuran, damn it," Zhu Zhen suddenly cursed.

Because it is impossible to calculate many things in detail, such as yarn, pieces of cloth, etc., and it is impossible to send them to you from Yingtian, the capital, right?
So these can all be counted as money.

And that rice, can he finish eating [-] shi?

One stone in the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to about 150 kilograms today, which is millions of kilograms of grain.

Although Zhu Cun's salary should also be used to support his family members.

But the problem is that now he and Mu Qiu are the only two people in his house, and other people such as Wang Fu are receiving salaries from the court, which means that if he and Mu Qiu are full, the whole family will not be hungry.

If this were converted into money, how much silver would it be?
"That old boy just gave me my salary in advance. I was really happy at the beginning and thought he was very smart. It turned out that the shops I spent on before were all my own money? 500 taels for one. Broken blacksmith shop? What the hell," Zhu Xi almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

And more importantly, what Li Shuran said reluctantly before, turned out to be all my money?

I use my money to reward the whole army, but you are still nagging, and I still have to report to the court?
Zhu Chu squatted aside with his head in his hands. When he finally realized what he was doing, he suddenly felt bad.

"Your Highness?" Wang Fu came over cautiously and asked, "Are you still moving?"

Zhu Ming said without looking back: "Move it, move it all, leaving only a fraction of 400 taels of silver. Move the rest out, then seal it in a box, and prepare to distribute the money tomorrow."

A total of 28 taels of silver were just emptied out.

Zhu Ming sighed with sadness on his face: "I think I'm just a waste of money. But this money is worth the money."

In fact, Zhu Zhen is really not a money-grubbing person, otherwise both the Yingjiang treasury and the Yongchang treasury would have a lot of money.

But in the end, Zhu Chu chose to stay in the government office to manage and restore local politics, which could help Etao and Yan Shitai save a lot of trouble.

Otherwise, all they will be left with is a mess, two hollowed-out cities, and people who will starve to death.

From this point of view, Zhu Zhen can be said to be a wise king.

The main reason is that he has a high ambition. Even if he loves money, he still wants to make money from the royal relatives abroad, not the money of the poor people.

After all, rich people have more money.

"Besides, the son of the God of Wealth, Shen Wansan, is still in my hands. When things get better in the coming year, I will ask him to be my financial advisor and make money for me. Are you afraid of being poor?" Zhu Ming stood gnashing his teeth. I woke up, but when I looked back I almost stopped crying again.

The treasury was full of money before, and the mountain of white silver was enough to dazzle people's eyes.

The reason why Dao Qianmeng took such a desperate risk was not because of wealth.

But now, all that's left is a small pile in the corner.

In fact, that is quite a fortune, but compared with the previous several hundred thousand, there is really a huge gap.

"No, I can't stay here, or I'm going to collapse," Zhu Xi hurriedly rushed outside. Even if he didn't love money, he couldn't do this. His heart would easily be overwhelmed.

So Zhu Zhen went straight to the inner hall after leaving the treasury.

When Wang Fu saw this, his heart moved secretly, and he hurriedly asked someone to follow him to help His Highness guard the courtyard gate, so that no one could disturb Zhu Chu in the inner palace courtyard.

Zhu Chu rushed into the inner hall, rushed towards Mu Qiu who was sitting there dressing up, hugged the beauty, and said with sadness: "Honey, our family's wealth has been wiped out by me."

Mu Qiu was startled by what he called his wife. What was this name?Are you old enough to be called an old woman?

But in fact, it is said that there are allusions to the names of husband and wife as early as the Tang Dynasty, and I don’t know if they are true historical records.

It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, there was a scholar named Mai Aixin who finally achieved fame after years of hard study.

Suddenly, his status and the people he came into contact with began to change, and his horizons became higher and higher. Whenever he returned home, he felt a little dissatisfied when he saw his old and lustful wife, so he had the idea of ​​​​taking a new love.

But as a scholar, he was too embarrassed to speak directly, so he left a couplet in front of his bed, "The lotus has fallen and the lotus remains, and the fallen leaves have returned to their roots to become old lotus roots."

And his wife was not only sensible but also talented in literature. When she discovered that her husband had the idea of ​​​​taking a new love, she followed her husband's first couplet to the second couplet, "When the rice is ripe, blowing the chaff will reveal new grain."

When Mai Aixin went home and read her wife's couplets, she was deeply moved by her literary talent and felt guilty towards her.

So Mai Aixin no longer wanted to have a new love and changed his mind about his wife.

The wife also thought about the relationship between husband and wife for many years, and she loved her husband even more deeply, so this time she wrote the first couplet of "Husband is very fair", while Mai Aisi lovingly wrote "My wife is very caring" 'The second line.

So if the words wife and husband appear later in this article, there is an allusion to it.

(End of this chapter)