Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 45 Wait

Another morning.

Zhu Xuan did not skip class this time. He returned to the main hall on time and met with Zhu Yunxi. Then he saw Zhu Yunwen coming.

He must have been affected by the salt incident. The way Zhu Yunwen looked at them was a bit strange and a bit resentful. Zhu Xuan noticed this look and just smiled in return.

Zhu Xuan could tell that they must have thought about Yan, and that it was deliberately arranged by him and his second brother, so they looked at him with such complicated eyes.

"Second brother, younger brother."

Zhu Yunzhen walked into the main hall and instinctively wanted to sit next to them.

At this time, Zhu Yunwen whispered: "Yunwen, come here."

Zhu Yunxu paused, thinking that his eldest brother had apologized to him yesterday, and he threw the past unpleasantness aside and walked over.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Song and the others were curious.

There seems to be some competition between these emperors and grandsons.

Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Xuan didn't think anything was wrong and sat quietly in the main hall.

Qi Tai finally returned to class, and Fang Xiaoru no longer took over the class, continuing the teaching mode of reading and memorizing.

Zhu Xuan went to class every day without any special performance.

After school was over, they left separately. They didn’t mention a word about the salt thing, what it was like before, and what it is like now.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled as to why they did not take action, he was very cooperative and waited quietly.

Several days of this ordinary day passed in the blink of an eye, and Zhu Xuan still did not move. He went to school, went to school, and went back to sleep, without even leaving the palace.

Zhu Yunwen kept staring at them, but he couldn't understand what they were doing. Qi Tai and others couldn't think of a method of making salt that could beat Zhu Xuan, and they were also inactive.

Like Zhu Yuanzhang, they continued to wait.

It is not easy to reform the salt affairs.

Zhu Yuanzhang struggled for several days, discussed with officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Salt Transport Department, and waited expectantly for his two good grandchildren to surprise him. He never thought that they would do nothing.

For a moment, no one related to this matter could figure out what Zhu Xuan and Zhu Yunxi wanted to do.

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Dahondo.

"Brother, when are we going to do it?"

Zhu Yunxi felt a little impatient. After all, after waiting for several days, there was still no movement from Zhu Yunwen's side.

Zhu Xuan said calmly: "Second brother, don't worry. I believe eldest brother will be more anxious than us, but if we wait any longer, Grandpa Huang may not be able to help but come to me and ask what's going on."

Zhu Yunxi asked: "Grandpa Huang, what should we do?"

"Confess everything!"

Zhu Xuan said confidently: "Our little moves will definitely not be hidden from Grandpa Huang."

Zhu Yunxi nodded in agreement, looked at Zhu Xuan with a strange look, and said: "My younger brother is much calmer than me and thinks more thoughtfully than me. He doesn't look like a child."

Zhu Xuan said innocently: "Second brother said that I am not a child, but I am really still a child. Am I that powerful?"

Zhu Yunxi smiled and said: "I think I am born with a genius, but I don't know how powerful I am yet."

Zhu Xuan cheered: "It turns out I am very powerful."

"Low key!"

Zhu Yunxi said again: "Sir, he's coming soon."

Then Qitai came again, and they quickly got into class and listened to the class attentively.

Compared with their state, Zhu Yunwen's state is not good.

After waiting for so many days, he still couldn't wait for the result. He was so anxious that he didn't even think about going to class. He wanted to donate the salt himself, but he was afraid of falling into a trap. What was even more afraid was that Zhu Yunxi would use it. Disadvantageous to one's own status.

But Zhu Yunxi didn't use the salt, which gave him the feeling that making salt was just for fun and not for claiming credit, so he was ready to take credit.

noon.

Zhu Yunwen ate lunch absentmindedly and went to discuss it with Qitai and the others. “According to the information from the eunuchs around Grandpa Huang, the wild boy goes to see Grandpa Huang every day, just to eat and endorse, and nothing else.”

"Grandpa Huang doesn't seem to know about the existence of Zhu Yunxi's salt."

"What do you two gentlemen think should be done?"

He looked at Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng anxiously, wanting to make use of the salt. He didn't want to miss the great opportunity, and he didn't want to leave the opportunity to Zhu Yunxi.

If Zhu Yunxi sends salt to Zhu Yuanzhang one day, he will have nothing.

Zhu Yunwen eagerly wanted to strike first.

"The emperor's eldest grandson is impatient."

Qitai said calmly: "The more impatient you are, the easier it is to fall into a trap, please remember."

Zhu Yunwen frowned and said, "But I'm afraid!"

Huang Zicheng understood what he meant and said earnestly: "Which one scares the emperor's eldest grandson more, losing a meritorious service or being resented and alienated by His Majesty again?"

Zhu Yunwen trembled all over.

This makes sense. Without credit, I am just temporarily at a disadvantage.

Disliked again, there will never be a chance.

"Thank you sir, I'm really impatient."

Zhu Yunwen reacted and was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

Qi Tai said: "Let's continue to keep an eye on Zhu Yunxi and wait for changes. We will do nothing but see how long Zhu Yunxi can wait."

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"Yunqi, why hasn't our good grandson come to offer advice?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the memorial and seemed a little impatient.

He really wanted to reform the salt affairs as soon as possible so that he could also change the taxation later, and he didn't want to delay it.

Yun Qi shook his head slightly and said: "Although the little grandson is young, he is talented and smart. He thinks deeper than the old slave. What plans he should have. Your Majesty wants to know. It is better to ask the little grandson directly later."

"If we ask, will my dear grandson tell me?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said again.

After all, Zhu Xuan and the others had put this matter down for a long time and never brought it up.

Yun Qi said: "The little emperor's grandson is the most filial to Your Majesty and the most sensible. He will definitely speak up."

"What you said makes sense."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the memorial in front of him, which was about taxation and the registration of hidden households in various places.

There is really very little tax revenue that Ming Dynasty can collect.

The tax system is problematic and in urgent need of reform.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought deeply and said, "Send Yu Xin, the Minister of Household Affairs."

After a while, Yu Xin walked into the hall.

He thought he was going to discuss the salt affairs again, but Zhu Yuanzhang gave him a brand new task, saying: "We order you to arrange people to measure clearly as soon as possible the quantity, land occupation and other conditions of all the fields in the Ming Dynasty. Cultivation and uncultivated wasteland.”

"The minister takes orders!"

Yu Xin couldn't figure it out. What is His Majesty going to do?
  But he didn't dare to ask, so he could only go down and make arrangements.

After Yu Xin left, Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "Jiang Gu, please arrange for the imperial guards from all over the country to keep an eye on those who measure. Anyone who dares to commit fraud or falsely report the situation will be taken directly to the imperial prison and we will deal with it."

"Yes!"

Jiang Wei said.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the first step to reform taxation. To collect taxes from landlords, he also had to know how much arable land there was in the world, and use this as a standard to collect taxes to prevent people below from evading taxes, or from being corrupt and bending the law.

If there are, just kill them.

(End of this chapter)