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

Chapter 350 Qian Gui surrenders

Zhu Chu came to visit Luo Guanzhong, and naturally he had other purposes besides meeting this well-known historical figure.

Since you can write the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, even though the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is used as a reference, you can also see Luo Guanzhong's ability.

What's more, Luo Guanzhong also advised Zhang Shicheng, so he should be somewhat capable.

In addition, Luo Guanzhong has been living in seclusion in Hangzhou.

So Zhu Zhen was very curious, could he give him any suggestions?

Anyway, we are currently in a predicament, so let’s treat it as a dead horse and treat it as a living horse. Let’s give it a try.

Luo Guanzhong was stunned. Even though he had guessed and tested Zhu Chu's thoughts, he was still shocked by Zhu Chu's ambition.

Not punishing, not beating, but eradicating as soon as you open your mouth?

"As expected of His Majesty's child," Luo Guanzhong wiped his forehead where there was no cold sweat.

You really deserve to be Zhu Yuanzhang's son. Isn't this too decisive? He is exactly the same as your father.

It's no wonder that Luo Guanzhong had mistakenly identified Zhu Zhen as Zhu Yuanzhang before. Apart from his appearance, his temperament was almost exactly the same.

Luo Guanzhong did not ask Zhu Chu which two families he wanted to eradicate. Zhu Chu said two families, not three or more families. It was self-evident who the two families he was referring to were.

It's definitely not the Qian family.

"The Liu family's money and the Pang family's face may not be easy to deal with," Luo Guanzhong said slowly.

Zhu Ming just looked at Luo Guanzhong silently, tapped the table with his hand, and said: "I don't want to listen to nonsense. Sir, you once served for Zhang Shicheng and defeated my father's troops and attack plan. If you don't give me a satisfactory answer now, I won't Will leave easily."

As he spoke, Zhu Chu turned to look at Luo Guanzhong's grandson.

In fact, that kid was about fourteen or fifteen years old, probably not a few years younger than Zhu Zhen.

When Luo Guanzhong was shocked, he heard Zhu Ming say: "Little brother, prepare dinner. There are not many of us, only about a hundred people. Let's make more meat or something."

The child was dumbfounded. Dinner for more than a hundred people? You're so exhausted that I can handle it.

Luo Guanzhong was also dumbfounded.

Zhu Ming said proudly: "I have more than a hundred people, and I have a family and a family, and I can't even feed you."

Luo Guanzhong suddenly couldn't laugh or cry. It turned out to be such a threat, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.

In fact, Luo Guanzhong was really afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would settle accounts after the fall, so he mentioned before that maybe Shi Naian was Luo Guanzhong's pseudonym, lest he be liquidated by Zhu Yuanzhang.

This is not false. In fact, Lao Zhu has always been very cautious.

"Actually, it's easy to say it's easy, but it's hard to say it's difficult," Luo Guanzhong said.

"It's like you didn't say it," Zhu Ming snorted angrily. This is no different from farting. No, farts still have some taste.

Luo Guanzhong continued: "Your Highness, please listen to me. It's simple to say it's simple. Why bother to accuse someone of something?"

"Oh?" Zhu Xi raised his eyebrows, already understanding what Luo Guanzhong meant.

Luo Guanzhong started drawing on the table with his hand. With some water, he first wrote "李" and then "玉".

Two seemingly unrelated words represent two people.

Former Korean Duke Li Shanchang, and Liang Guogong Lan Yu.

Why did they die? It's all a crime of rebellion.

But what about the evidence?

I can’t say there isn’t one, I can only say I can’t find it.

Didn't Lao Zhu already demonstrate it to you?

"But it's hard to say," Zhu Zhen suddenly said nonsense.

Luo Guanzhong nodded, and continued what Zhu Ming said: "Killing is easy, but silence is difficult. How can you stop everyone from talking?"

Unlike the political attacks of Li Shanchang and Lan Yu, the Liu and Pang families have become deeply entrenched in the local area and have also confused the hearts of the people.

To put it simply, everyone in the world knows that you are trying to inflict a crime, so how should the people treat it?

This is what Luo Guanzhong calls, easy to say and difficult to say.

In fact, not only in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but also in the Water Margin, Wu Yong, the wise star, was Liang Shanbo's military advisor, and he also made many plans.

It's just that many of Wu's desperate tactics cannot be used.

Just one sentence, how to stop the crowd from talking is the difficulty.

It's really pointless for Wu to use those strategies to deceive people into going up the mountain, causing other people's homes to be destroyed.

Even if they forged evidence of the Liu and Pang family's so-called rebellion, it would be meaningless as long as others believed that they really wanted to rebel.

So what this matter requires is conspiracy, not conspiracy.

Otherwise, Zhu Zhen wouldn't have such a headache.

It doesn't matter whether he is conquering a city or a territory, he can even pick up good military strategies at his fingertips.

Only the current dilemma is difficult to solve.

"Actually, there is another way, and it doesn't need to be so troublesome." Luo Guanzhong suddenly came up with another plan and said, "Since the Liu and Pang families have nowhere to start, they can use the Hangzhou prefect as a breakthrough point. Your Highness, you were in Liyang County before. Did you also pry open the mouth of the Liyang County magistrate first and then completely nail the irrefutable evidence of the Zhang family?"

"And after taking over the Hangzhou magistrate, he was able to issue notices in the name of the government to state the interests and benefits to the people. But the most important thing is still that the court's miscellaneous taxes and taxes are too messy, and local officials allocate them at will, so that the people can They have no choice but to seek refuge with aristocratic families. These are the fundamental problems."

Luo Guanzhong was indeed Luo Guanzhong, and he took the opportunity to make suggestions to the future invisible king.

Zhu Zhen nodded, and he would definitely implement a whipping method in the future.

A whip law can remove all miscellaneous taxes and taxes, leaving only a tax law. This can completely ensure that the people will no longer be oppressed by corrupt officials.

But in contrast, we must promote the return of losses to the public. Otherwise, there will inevitably be a lot of losses in the process of collecting taxes and turning them over to the imperial treasury. If this part is handed over to the escort, it is another method that can force the family to be destroyed. Condition.

In addition, officials should be given some improved treatment. Lao Zhu was really stingy. Even Zhu Chu felt that the officials' salaries were indeed too small.

There are too many more. To put it bluntly, the real trouble Zhu Zhen encountered this time had nothing to do with the Liu Pang family. It was mainly due to the pressure he encountered from the court and his father.

"Official land, I am afraid that in the future, all the land in the world will still be regarded as official land, and then the amount of land will be distributed to the common people according to their household registration population, so that they can have fields. This is the kingly way. Land annexation must be put an end to this, otherwise it will happen sooner or later. Next reincarnation.”

At the end of each dynasty, there was an inescapable problem, that is, the people's land was basically annexed, and the people had no choice but to fight back because they could no longer survive.

Many dynasties were overthrown by foreign invasions or peasant uprisings.

Since Zhu Chu knew what the problem was, he was naturally thinking about these problems all the time.

But now is not the time for him to sit on the throne and think about these issues.

As for Luo Guanzhong's suggestion, it seems that the Hangzhou prefect is not clean either.

Can it really be that simple?

"Your Highness, even the little old man in the south of the Yangtze River has heard of your virtuous reputation. As long as you are willing to open warehouses and release grain afterwards, as you did in Liyang County before, let the people see the wealth of the family, divert conflicts, or inspire Many conflicts between common people and aristocratic families can be easily solved."

"As long as you can wait until you reach the top, then you can improve people's livelihood and living conditions. As long as you are truly dedicated to the people and the public, the people will naturally praise your reputation."

"So, when it's time to break, it's time to break," Luo Guanzhong said at the end, his eyes flashing with strange brilliance.

At this time, he seemed to have returned to the past in a trance, back to the time when he had lofty ideals and wanted to calm down the troubled times and create a prosperous age.

Everyone knows that Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms supported Liu and rebelled against Cao. He had the ambition to "help the Han Dynasty", but unfortunately he failed to realize his ideal in the end, mainly because he did not meet the Ming Dynasty.

As for whether the His Highness in front of him is a Ming army.

Luo Guanzhong didn't know what was going to happen in the future. He only knew that at least for now, Zhu Zhen would not collude with the aristocratic family.

Regardless of why Zhu Chu wanted to take action against the aristocratic family, once the Liu and Pang families were eliminated, the people in Hangzhou Prefecture could regain their land.

The people are dull and shallow-sighted, and do not understand that Liu and Pang's family harbor evil intentions.

In the event of a natural or man-made disaster, the Liu and Pang families control all the land and astronomical amounts of food, but what do the people have?

At the same time, Luo Guanzhong is also very worried about one thing, that is, the Liu and Pang families have always controlled the entire land of Hangzhou Prefecture, and this is their granary.

The reason why the ancient noble families were prominent was largely due to their privileges, as well as the land and wealth accumulated over several generations.

In ancient times, as long as there was food, once war broke out, a large number of soldiers and horses could be recruited immediately. The common people are usually farmers, but in times of war, they are a ready source of soldiers.

What should we do if the country is in turmoil and the Liu and Pang families turn against each other?

I think that when Zhang Shicheng raised the flag in response to Liu Futong's righteousness, even Liu Futong himself only claimed that "three thousand tigers and brave men can reach the land of Youyan".

Zhang Shicheng started out as a group of bandits.

Not many years have passed since the chaos of the end of the Yuan Dynasty when rebels all over the world rose up. With all his plans, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty less than 30 years ago.

What's more, as mentioned before, the chieftain tribes in various places, including Yunnan, have always been dishonest, and rebellions have occurred repeatedly.

It means that before the Ming Dynasty, there was external pressure from the Mongolian grassland and internal instability. The Jiangnan Family still found some small troubles and focused on chaos.

In fact, this is the current situation in the Ming Dynasty.

There are also Japanese pirates on the sea. They are like flies. They are not a big threat, but they are very annoying.

Moreover, there are Tubo and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in the west. Now there is bad news coming from the Western Chagatai Khanate. In the east, there are three Jurchen tribes besides the Duoyan Three Guards.

Not to mention internal and external troubles, there are actually many hidden dangers.

No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang was eager to create vassal kings, and he also asked all the vassal kings of Zhu Chu's generation to join the vassal state.

It's really worrying about the border.

Zhu Xi fell into deep thought, thinking about what to choose.

Luo Guanzhong gave two strategies, either he would be ruthless and directly eradicate Liu Pang's family completely on charges of rebellion.

Either start with the Hangzhou officialdom to find evidence of collusion between the Liu Pang family and officials, and then start with the officials to completely crucify the Liu Pang family.

The former is a conspiracy, the latter is a conspiracy.

The advantage of conspiracy is that it is simple, easy and direct, while the advantage of conspiracy is that there is a legitimate reason.

The disadvantage of conspiracy is that it is easy to fall into the blame, while the disadvantage of conspiracy is that there may be no evidence of collusion at all.

"I understand, thank you sir for your advice," Zhu Zhengong cupped his hands and stood up to leave.

Luo Guanzhong also stood up quickly and sent the distinguished guest all the way to the gate.

After coming out of Luo's house, Li Jinglong suddenly asked: "Uncle Eighteen, I think this old man has some brains. You might as well subdue him and become a minister."

"I think you have no brains. Guess how old he is?" Zhu Ming cursed angrily.

Isn't Luo Guanzhong probably over 60 years old at this time, so he was asked to come out at this time? are you crazy?

However, Zhu Xi thought about it again and again, and actually turned around and knocked on the courtyard door again.

It turned out that Zhu Chu remembered someone, no one else, but the so-called prime minister in black, Yao Guangxiao.

So Yao Guangxiao should be regarded as a person of the same era as Liu Bowen, right? But when Liu Bowen helped Zhu Yuanzhang conquer the world, Yao Guangxiao had already become a monk and did not dare to be born at all. Maybe he had no chance to be born?

After all, Yao Guangxiao is still more than 20 years younger than Liu Bowen.

Therefore, in Liu Bowen's era, Yao Guangxiao may not have the ability to be a prime minister in black.

What really made Yao Guangxiao famous was the battle of Jingnan in history.

But Yao Guangxiao is almost sixty years old at this time, right?

Since Yao Guangxiao could assist Emperor Yongle in his ascension to the throne, why not ask the sixty-year-old Luo Guanzhong to come out and try again?

Luo Guanzhong was also stunned when he saw Zhu Chu leaving and coming back.

After Zhu Chu said that he wanted to be born, Luo Guanzhong waved his hands in confusion.

"Your Highness, if you want this little old man to be born, I'm afraid you will have to bring a coffin with you so that you can be ready to bury me at any time," Luo Guanzhong simply refused.

He no longer has such big ambitions, and he has passed the age where he has to prove himself. Now he can settle down in a quiet corner, writing books and teaching his grandson, which is quite good.

"That's okay," Zhu Ming just tried it casually. Since Luo Guanzhong refused, he no longer forced it. He just asked Luo Guanzhong to take good care of his body and live for a few more years to leave more works.

After Zhu Chu left, Luo Guanzhong said, Your Highness is blessing me, right? Not a threat, right? It's not a threat, right?

When Zhu Chu came out, Li Jinglong paid attention to him.

Zhu Ming snorted: "Go back to Qian's Mansion."

So the group of people finally returned to the Qian family's mansion before nightfall.

Needless to say, the servants of the Qian family took the carriage to the backyard for cleaning. The two daughters, Tang and Xu, felt a little sleepy at the end of the day and went to rest.

Zhu Zhen asked Li Gui to go out and find Gu Wen, who had been left in Qian's house for a day.

Li Jinglong originally wanted to stay and listen, but he was sent away with a look from Zhu Chu.

Niu Sheng naturally stood guard outside the door to prevent anyone from easily approaching and eavesdropping.

Soon, Gu Wen came.

"Gu Changshi, I went out for a walk today and met someone by the way." Zhu Zhen did not hide it from Gu Wen, but told him the advice given by Luo Guanzhong after he met Luo Guanzhong.

Gu Wen had also heard of Luo Guanzhong's name and knew that there was such a person.

After all, they are Jiangnan families and they all live in this area.

Moreover, the Gu family is in Suzhou, and they helped Zhang Shicheng a lot at the beginning.

So it was not surprising that Gu Wen knew about Luo Guanzhong's existence.

At the same time, Gu Wen didn't have much reaction to Luo Guanzhong. The main reason was that Luo Guanzhong's books were still regarded as novels. He might not have seen them, so he didn't take them seriously.

As for Luo Guanzhong's two suggestions, or strategies.

Gu Wen sighed softly and asked, "Your Highness is determined to take action against the Liu and Pang families? If you can get them to submit to you, it will actually be of greater benefit."

"Greater benefits?" Zhu Zhen sneered: "What? Do you want me to watch them bully the people because they are ignorant and oppress the people? I admit that there are problems with the national policy, and if there are problems, we should solve them instead of ignoring them. Doesn’t the problem of indulgence exist if you can’t see it?”

"The common people don't know how hateful those two families are, and you, Mr. Gu, shouldn't know that. Not only have the common people given their land to those two families for free, but they have also sold themselves to them as slaves, and they even have to give them money. ?”

Zhu Ming was so angry that he was shaking all over.

Even if you raise a pig and kill it for meat in winter, you must at least feed the pig before killing it, right?

But now? Not only does the pig have to go out to find food on its own, but it also has to bring you a special portion? Or even have to wait obediently until winter to be harvested and slaughtered?

Compared with these two aristocratic families, even the capitalists of later generations would not dare to do this.

It is equivalent to a boss opening a company, and this company was opened on your land or built by you. Then you not only have to work for free, but you also have to pay the boss a salary, and you even have to move yourself and be grateful to the boss.

Wang Defa?

Zhu Xi is already ready to curse.

"The land belongs to the people, and the food is the food for the people. If there is no home, where would the country be? I, Zhu Zhen, am not a person who is greedy for pleasure. I dare not shout about any great righteousness. At least I want to make sure that the people are fed and clothed. Live a good life. But now these aristocratic families are blocking my way. Since they are enemies of the people, they deserve to die," Zhu Chu slammed the table and glared at Gu Wen, his eyes filled with disappointment.

Could it be that Gu Wen regarded himself as Zhang Shicheng? Did he think that he would collude with the Liu and Pang families? Common people?

Is the food of common people that delicious?

The delicacies, fish and meat they enjoy are also a life-saving straw for several poor people?

Zhu Ming is not opposed to the pursuit of pleasure, provided that it is earned by you and not snatched from others by clever means.

The aristocratic family already occupies privileges, but in the end they have to compete with the people for profit.

Since it is of no use to the people and the country, why bother to stay?

"Gu Wen, Gu Wen, I thought you were an exception, and your Gu family would be the exception. I didn't expect that you would disappoint me so much. It seems that your family is in the same group. In this case, go ahead. I really thought that you would be the exception." Does the king need the support of your family to sit in that position?" Zhu Zhen was disappointed and indifferent, and even said: "You just continue to commit suicide. When the day comes when you have a way to die, I will not even hesitate to lead the rebellion myself. .”

"What do you really think of yourself as a noble family? Bah. I'll give you some face and call you a noble family. If you don't give me any face, there will be a nationwide reshuffle. I want to fight the landlords."

Gu Wen didn't know what Landlord Fighting meant. When he heard Zhu Chu's curse, instead of being angry or timid, he looked at Zhu Chu with a smile.

Qian Gui suddenly came out from behind and looked at Zhu Zhen with a complicated expression.

It turned out that he hid inside in advance and heard what Zhu Chu said. It was even an arrangement between him and Gu Wen, and he deliberately induced Zhu Chu to say these words.

"Your Highness, you really care about the people and the world. Qian Gui is convinced," Qian Gui clasped his hands in his fists and bent down deeply.

"I'm afraid you already know about the situation in Hangzhou and the influence that the Liu and Pang family have worked hard for many years. But you still refuse to give in, let alone compromise and collude with them. Qian Gui, on behalf of the Qian family, is willing to do your best to provide services. Your Highness drives you."

Zhu Ming finally realized it belatedly. It turned out that Qian Gui and Gu Wen planned to see his reaction. Is this a test?

(End of this chapter)