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

Chapter 355 Leaving Hangzhou and passing through Shaoxing

It can be said that Liu Pang and his family have been working hard in Hangzhou for many years.

Moreover, the Pang family had gained enough fame that the people willingly gave their land to the Liu family for free and voluntarily became tenant slaves of the two families.

The two families are said to be aristocratic, but they are even more exaggerated than the Yunnan chieftain official family.

The chieftain officers were plundering and plundering, letting people know that they were exploiting the local people, but they were unable to resist.

But these two families made people voluntarily work as slaves and maids for them, and even thought of their kindness.

Now that the people have finally woken up, they only feel disgusted and angry.

So when the two major families and Xiao Shiyu's family were all taken to the execution ground, people crowded around and witnessed the destruction of the two major families.

No one interceded for them anymore. As the butcher knife was raised and swung down, heads rolled to the ground, and thunderous cries erupted.

When we talk about killing the Nine Tribes, we must kill the Nine Tribes.

From top to bottom, the two big families were killing every one of them. Even the infant children would be hacked to death.

Otherwise, we will leave a trace of trouble. Will we wait for the right opportunity to retaliate in the future?

Many remnants of the Donglin Party are still in the Ming Dynasty. Regardless of whether Wei Zhongxian is loyal or traitorous, at least he is here, and the border military defense can still be maintained, and military pay and food, grass and supplies can be maintained.

Once Wei Zhongxian died, the Ming Dynasty was immediately over.

The Donglin Party does not mention its own corruption, which is all the fault of others.

Zhu Ming doesn’t want to cut the weeds but the spring breeze will blow them and they will grow again.

After completely eradicating the two aristocratic families with the help of veritaserum, Zhu Zhen took the same measures as he had done in Suzhou before. Although he could not distribute the gold and silver confiscated by the two families to the people as compensation, he promised in public: "Your land will think about it." If I can find a way to return it to you, the grain reserves of the other two families will also be distributed to you."

"Don't worry, everyone, the court will properly handle the impact of this matter."

"But you also have your own problems. Why don't you trust the court, but trust the villain? I know that today's miscellaneous taxes, taxes, and corvee are too complicated and messy. You should be patient for a while. Sooner or later, I will help you. Call the shots.”

The people just looked at Zhu Zhen silently. Can they really believe him?

Zhu Chu directly and decisively took out Shang Fang's sword and shouted: "Shang Fang's sword is here, as if I were here in person. This king is Zhu Chu, the eighteenth son of Emperor Hongwu. My father, Zhu Yuanzhang, was also a farmer, and we are also mud-legged. So what about mud-legged children? ?We didn’t eat other people’s rice. Why should we be looked down upon?”

"You are all my subjects of the Ming Dynasty. From now on, you will live straight for me. If any aristocratic family dares to look down on you again, tell them that the emperor's family is also a farmer. I, the old Zhu family, will support you."

The people were finally moved. Some people threw themselves to the ground and shouted: "Your Highness may live a thousand years, your Majesty may live forever. You have to make the decision for us."

Someone took the lead, and the people followed blindly. The mountains shouted for His Majesty to live long live, and the mountains shouted for His Majesty to live a thousand lives.

In the crowd, Li Gui's figure was looming.

Zhu Zhen was observing the movement of the system at all times. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief until the system changed and included Hangzhou Mansion into his territory.

Hangzhou Prefecture has a population of 700,000 and more than 4 million acres of land, making it a considerable force.

Although Zhu Ming also knows that now it is only recognized by the system that Hangzhou Prefecture is included in his territory. In fact, he does not have the power to dictate or make any arrangements for Hangzhou Prefecture.

But a population of 700,000 can bring system benefits, and another 700,000 resources can be added every month.

Resources are a good thing.

Even for the sake of these 700,000 people, Zhu Ming had to work hard to gain the support of the people this time.

But it still has to be said that Zhu Ming's identity lies there. After all, he is a Ming Dynasty prince, and he also represents Zhu Yuanzhang, saying that the old Zhu family wants to support the people.

Even those aristocratic families looked down upon them, so wouldn't the imperial power still have to override the aristocratic families?

By comparing the two sides, the people will know who is trustworthy and can be followed.

The next step is simple. First use the grain warehouses of Liu and Pang's family to open the warehouses and release grain to appease the people.

Afterwards, Zhu Zhen had to send another team, led by Li Jinglong, to escort this huge wealth to the capital and collect it in the national treasury.

Li Jinglong was reluctant at first, and shamelessly refused to accept this order because of his junior status.

Later, Zhu Zhen was so troubled by him that he had no choice but to promise Li Jinglong that he would rush back immediately after delivering the goods, and he agreed.

This kid doesn't take himself seriously anymore.

Zhu Ming was funny and angry, but after getting along with him during this period, he found that Li Jinglong was not completely stupid, but more like a pampered young man who had developed a lot of bad habits.

If you exercise it properly, it's not that it can't be used.

At least Li Jinglong has no problem with loyalty.

Many times, loyalty is the most important, and ability comes second.

As for what kind of anger Zhu Yuanzhang will suffer when Li Jinglong's team, Liu Pang's family, Xiao Shiyu and other things are spread to the capital, that is the pressure that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will face, and Zhu Zhen has already Nothing to do.

After using thunderous means to quickly and cleanly eradicate the Liu Pang family and the criminal Xiao Shiyu, Zhu Chu dragged his exhausted body back to the Qian Mansion.

What greeted him were the two dark faces of Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin.

Good guy, they have only heard the noise outside in the past two days, but they have no idea what happened.

It was obvious that Zhu Ming was still worrying about the two families' affairs before, but it was resolved in the blink of an eye?

Niu Sheng also looked at Zhu Zhen with a resentful look on his face. He also had no chance to appear in the whole process.

Zhu Ming ignored Niu Sheng's big face, but he couldn't help but consider the feelings of Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin, so he had no choice but to review the entire process for the two women without taking a break.

He kept talking from day to night, and naturally interspersed his thoughts and strategies at the time, etc., which frightened the two women.

"Then the Liu and Pang family are so obedient? They exposed their true colors in the street?" Tang Xin discovered the loophole with a suspicious look on his face.

Zhu Zhen didn't mention the truth serum, so he made a fool of it and reminded the two women: "Go to bed early tonight. The court will appoint new officials. It's time for us to continue setting off."

Now that the incident in Hangzhou is over, two more aristocratic families have been dealt with, and they are still among the best in the entire Jiangnan region. I believe that the deterrent effect has been enough.

Next, Zhu Zhen plans to go from Hangzhou Prefecture to Shaoxing Prefecture, and then to Ningbo Prefecture.

Ningbo Mansion is close to the seaside. Don't forget that the flag carried by Zhu Chu also has the task of patrolling the coastline.

"Not only Ningbo Prefecture, but along the way, we will not only visit Taizhou Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture, but also Fuzhou Prefecture, Chaozhou Prefecture and other places," Zhu Zhen sighed.

The coastline along the coast is indeed too long. No wonder the Ming Dynasty has been struggling to deal with Japanese pirates. There is still the Great Wall to the north to defend, but how to defend the seaside?

In fact, there is nothing better than simply crossing the sea and destroying the Japanese country.

It's just that it's not the time to send troops overseas yet. One is that today's shipbuilding technology is not enough to travel across the ocean, and the other is that the surrounding arrangements have not been completed yet. Let's settle the matters on the ground first.

The rest of the night was speechless.

Because Tang Xin lived in the same courtyard as Zhu Chu and Xu Miaojin, and she consciously followed Xu Miaojin along the way, Xu Miaojin never had the opportunity to express her feelings to Zhu Chu.

So Xu Miaojin simply stopped practicing these days, because the progress was too slow, so it would be better to practice together with her lover brother.

Tang Xin, on the other hand, suddenly accepted the method of cultivation. She has been very diligent recently, especially the night before when she actually felt a ray of true energy, and she refused to slack off.

As for Zhu Zhen, he has been very busy these days and had a good rest tonight.

The next day came the next morning.

Zhu Zhen no longer needs to worry about the aftermath of the incident in Hangzhou. He only needs to report the ins and outs of the whole incident to his father, and then send the confiscated money to the capital along with the entire land contract of Hangzhou Prefecture. When the new prefect comes, he will bring new will and arrangements.

So Zhu Chu made people prepare to set off.

When the large army left the capital, there were still more than 15,000 people.

Troops were sent three times to transport large amounts of money and dirty silver back to Beijing. Even though each time there were 3,000 troops, 9,000 people were taken away.

So after Li Jinglong also led the team to send away the million taels of gold and tens of millions of taels of silver, Zhu Chu only had 6,000 troops here.

In addition, the generals were led by Wang Fu and Niu Sheng respectively. Li Gui and the Jin Yiwei also joined in. However, the Jin Yiwei were generally good at investigating information secretly, so they rushed to Shaoxing Prefecture last night. . Then, the Qian Mansion also helped pack a bunch of accompanying items.

Now Qian Gui has become Zhu Chu's royal minister, and Gu Wen serves as the left and right chief historian respectively.

Because Gu Wen came first, he was the chief historian on the left, and Qian Gui was the chief historian on the right.

As Zhu Chu's direct subordinate, he naturally had to follow His Highness on the road.

"Just bring more gold and silver, we have food, grass and baggage," Zhu said. When the army came out, they brought enough food and drink for the journey, so just bringing money is enough.

"After all, your Jiangnan family is rich."

Zhu Ming didn't forget to sarcastically make fun of him.

Qian Gui was used to it, so he didn't take it to heart and said with a smile: "Take it with you, it's a hundred taels of silver."

Zhu Chu snorted, another freeloader?

One hundred taels of silver? Thank you for speaking out.

However, the two major families in Hangzhou were finally dealt with. When all the preparations were completed, Zhu Ming himself rode a horse at the front, followed closely by the carriage on which the two daughters Tang and Xu were riding. The large group of people and horses, It's time to prepare to continue heading southeast.

Shaoxing Prefecture is just southeast of Hangzhou Prefecture, not far away actually.

Moreover, the Shaoxing Prefecture includes eight counties: Shanyin, Kuaiji, Shangyu, Xiaoshan, Shengxian, Xinchang, Zhuji, and Yuyao. Therefore, in fact, the story of Liang Zhu should have happened in the territory of Shaoxing Prefecture.

When the large army was about to leave Hangzhou, the people who got the news suddenly came to see them off spontaneously.

There is a saying that although Hangzhou Prefecture was also included in Zhu Chu's territory, the loyalty of the people was actually very average and they were in a state of disengagement at any time.

The common people do not love Zhu Xi that much, not that much. The common people are just worried about their personal interests.

Zhu Ming opened the granaries of the two major families to store grain, but he did not return the land deeds to the people, but handed them over to the court.

Are they worried about whether they can get their land back?

Zhu Ming had already made a promise, and he still took the trouble to make assurances to the people: "Don't worry, everyone, the imperial court will not let the people feel cold."

The reason why the land deeds were also sent to the court was to give Zhu Yuanzhang a reason and evidence to beat those officials in the court.

Look at the good things you have done, has Hangzhou Mansion become the private property of your family?

That is ironclad evidence.

Also, when a new prefect comes, he must do something practical first to convince the people and regain their confidence in the court.

Zhu Ming also had good intentions, otherwise if he returned the land deed on the spot, because both parties had to sign and pledge when the land deed was transferred, it would be possible to return the land deed to whoever owned it.

In this way, Zhu Ming will definitely be able to win over a large number of people, and the loyalty of the people in Hangzhou Prefecture will be greatly enhanced.

But that would be too troublesome. Hangzhou Prefecture's 700,000 people would have to visit it all, and the land might have to be re-measured.

He also has a lot of things to do here.

"At least around June this year, I have to rush back to Yunnan," Zhu Ming murmured, with something pressing in his mind.

So Zhu Chu said goodbye to the people in Hangzhou City and ordered: "Speed ​​up and go straight to Shaoxing Prefecture."

The marching speed suddenly accelerated, and soon, the city of Hangzhou was far behind.

Currently, the distance between Hangzhou and Shaoxing is only about 50 to 60 kilometers. If you take the highway, you will have to walk for about ten hours at a speed of six kilometers per hour.

Although it is ancient times and the roads are difficult to travel, Zhu Chu's troops are not ordinary people. They are even composed of cavalry troops. Even the grain, grass and baggage are pulled by horse-drawn carriages.

So the speed is much faster than ordinary people walking.

So in the evening of that day, Zhu and the others arrived at Shaoxing Mansion smoothly.

Because there are only 6,000 troops left in the army now, which is not as conspicuous as the more than 10,000 people before, they entered the city easily.

First, let Niu Sheng lead the troops to temporarily station themselves in the local camp in the city.

"Your Highness, do you need to pay attention to the movements of the officers in the camp?" Niu Sheng also asked Zhu Chu if he needed to do that.

Zhu Ming looked at Wang Fu subconsciously.

Wang Fu said funnyly: "If I need to do that, I will do it."

It turns out that although Shaoxing Prefecture is also in the Jiangnan area, most of today's aristocratic families are in the core areas of Jiangnan. For example, there are 83 families in Jiaxing Prefecture, 57 families in Suzhou Prefecture, 27 families in Changzhou Prefecture, and 24 families in Songjiang Prefecture. , 24 in Hangzhou Prefecture, 12 in Yingtian Prefecture, 12 in Huzhou Prefecture, seven in Taicang Prefecture, and two in Zhenjiang Prefecture.

Shaoxing Prefecture and Ningbo Prefecture already belong to the seaside.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, the seaside tourism business has not yet been developed, so ancient seaside cities are generally not considered wealthy and are incomparable with modern coastal cities.

After all, there are even political measures to ban the sea, not to mention other things.

And although the sea is rich, after all, the current ship manufacturing industry and fishery are not developed. Fishing in rivers and lakes is nothing, but fishing at sea is not that easy.

Therefore, there are no aristocratic families in Shaoxing Prefecture that need to be renovated. In fact, here, they are closely related to coastal border defense.

When talking about Shaoxing, one cannot help but think that Shaoxing is rich in masters, but it is not popular yet. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that masters became available.

When the prefect of Shaoxing learned that the King of Dian had arrived, he didn't bother to prepare for rest. He hurriedly beat the gongs and drums, and asked the three squads of government officials to hold the signs for clearing the streets, that is, the signs of "Avoid" and "Quiet", and hurried over. meet.

"The prefect of Shaoxing came to pick him up. The King of Dian is a thousand years old."

The prefect of Shaoxing knelt down and kowtowed in the street.

He did not wonder why King Dian, the king of the Yunnan vassal, came to Shaoxing, which meant that the news that Zhu Zhen was now an imperial envoy to inspect the world on behalf of the emperor had already spread out.

There were still pedestrians on the street, and they all knelt down at this time.

Zhu Chu is riding on a horse. Although his clothes are simple, he is also very majestic.

After all the officials and citizens had finished saluting, he slowly raised his hands and said, "Everyone, get up. No need to salute."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

After everyone stood up, Zhu Zhen said to the governor of Shaoxing: "Don't disturb the people. I am just going to rest here for one night and will rush to Ningbo tomorrow. Please arrange a place for us to stay."

"I obey the order," the Shaoxing magistrate quickly began to organize and ordered people to prepare several courtyards. Although they are not as luxurious as the Qian Mansion, they are clean and tidy, and several courtyards are connected together, and they can also accommodate Zhu Ming and others. There were about a hundred guards accompanying him.

Because he had been traveling all day, Zhu Zhen asked someone to help move Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin's belongings into the west wing of a courtyard, while he went into the east wing on his own.

After riding a horse for a day, even he felt pain in his back and buttocks, so he quickly lay down on the bed to take a breath.

At the same time, Zhu Zhen secretly calculated that since leaving the capital, although he has not visited the entire Jiangnan area, nor has he uprooted all the Jiangnan aristocratic families, that is unrealistic.

But he can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people. At the same time, with the decline of three aristocratic families, other aristocratic families should also restrain themselves.

The main reason is that he has other things to do when he comes out this time, and it is impossible to stay in the Jiangnan area forever. This is actually just a matter of course.

As for Yunnan that he misses most, apart from wanting to return to his vassal territory and missing his eldest wife Muqiu, the most important thing is of course the movements of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Western Chagatai Khanate.

The Eastern Chagatai Khanate showed signs of being ready to use troops against Tibet, and the Western Chagatai Khanate also had the possibility of marching eastward and sending troops.

These are his ultimate goals.

That night, the prefect of Shaoxing Prefecture personally brought people to deliver truckloads of food and drink expenses. He even brought the chef from the house with various ingredients to cook a delicious meal for Zhu Chu on the spot.

Zhu Zhen accepted the other party's kindness and also rewarded the cook with silver. He also paid for the carts and carts of things.

He will not leave any shortfall to the local area.

After resting for one night in Shaoxing Mansion, Zhu Ming will continue to Ningbo Mansion with his troops tomorrow.

At the same time, dozens of seemingly inconspicuous ships formed a fleet on the sea and were also heading towards Ningbo.

(End of this chapter)