Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 136 136 I, Zhu Yuanzhang, was born to love white women.

Empress Ma asked Zhu Yuanzhang to pay more attention to the other heirs, but Lao Zhu didn't listen at all.

In his heart, there will always be only a good boy.

As for how his other sons were raised, he didn't care at all.

Because I saw the fourth child being forced to seize the throne in the fairyland, I occasionally sent people to check on him.

Zhu Yuanzhang found that Lao Si was preoccupied with training troops to fight, and was obsessed with going to Peiping to destroy Yuan Tarzi.

No matter how you look at it, you can't tell that he wants to usurp the throne.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, Biao'er's son is really bad!

Seeing Chongzhen's operation, Zhu Yuanzhang realized this deeply.

The heir to the throne is really not for everyone.

Zhu Yuanzhang would be even more worried if there was a Jin Hui Emperor who didn't eat minced meat.

The couple tasted ice cream here and thought about educating their children.

In the literary building, Zhu Mingxiu dug into ice cream and watched his future husband-in-law reading the documents given to him by the prince's brother.

Brother Prince said that he has been at the grassroots level for a long time, so he must understand the environment below.

If the policies formulated by the emperor are not implemented in place by the grassroots county governments, it will harm many people.

Wang Buli looked at this explanation about Daming Station.

Before Lao Zhu became the emperor, he regarded the post station system as the bloodline and the most important link in the world. Therefore, after he ascended the throne as the emperor, he immediately promulgated the establishment of water horse stations, delivery stations, express delivery shops and other post station systems nationwide.

With the recovery of Sichuan and other places, except for Yunnan, water and land post roads have been established in all directions from Nanjing, about 2018 kilometers, and more than post stations have been established along the post roads.

Starting from the Yalu River in the east and reaching Jiayuguan in the west, the towns of Liaodong, Xuanfu, Datong, Yansui, Ningxia, Gansu, Jizhou, Taiyuan, and Guyuan were built, and they were unified under the command of the Yanjing and Liaodong capitals.

Especially in the border areas, there are many inns, and there is a fear that news may not reach Yingtian.

Zhu Yuanzhang is also planning to order prefectures and counties all over the world to build bridges and roads to further form a postal network. After the roads are completed, he will also order various places to draw atlases to record in detail the mileage and post stations of the main post roads from the capital as the center to the country.

Zhu Yuanzhang mainly planned eight main roads, all of which are located in the current border government or military command bases. There are more than a thousand planned post stations in these places, accounting for half of the country.

If Yunnan is recaptured and Beiyuan is destroyed in the future, the station will continue to expand outwards.

Wang Buli flipped through the booklet and found some words of Zhu Yuanzhang in it.

In view of the fact that the officials in the Yuan Dynasty did not respect the law and discipline, the post delivery was too heavy, and the people were treated as horses, blindly letting them hold coins in their mouths, and whipping them with horsewhips in order to run fast.

This caused the phenomenon of a horse dead and a man running away, so I am rectifying the legislation of Yi Chuan to prevent the drawbacks of the Yuan Dynasty from recurring again.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly persuaded the courtiers not to make the post horses too heavy and hinder people's livelihood. He also gave an example in the book that he severely punished two marquises who used post horses privately.

Wang Buli turned another page. Why does the good guy Lao Zhu still like to talk and boast about himself? He talks too much and misses the point.

Finally, Wang Buli saw Zhu Yuanzhang's reform of post stations, which was to propose setting up post stations based on geographical location, and reduce the service burden according to the severity of the service and the distance of the post city. For example, if the war was busy, the land rent would be completely exempted, and some would be exempted from three points. For two, one-third is exempted.

In order to prevent the post from being overburdened with personnel, non-military and important matters are not allowed to be assigned to the post!

If the war is complicated, the local government should allocate official land to the border postmen to cultivate fields and reduce their burden.

The so-called important affairs of the military state refer to "the imperial court dispatching troops and horses to conquer the bandits, guarding the border cases, and alerting the border generals to prepare strategies."

And "the generals guarding the border and the various government offices flew to the court to report military information and request orders."

He just wants to put an end to the Ming Dynasty, which is like officials and gentry, relatives of the emperor, bullying the weak, using inns without licenses, white women and old Zhu, and must resolutely curb people like Xu Xiake.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to take back all the Yi Chuan talismans issued in the past. He was limited to leaving a few for each Chief Secretary and General Inspector. He limited the used and unused ones to be reported every year, and he could collect them after the report was allowed.

At the same time, the trust certificates held by the postmen are divided into three types: talisman, Kanhe, and fire cards.

When Wang Buli turned to the end, he found that Lao Zhu really liked Bai Nv Piao.

Lao Zhu ordered that the horsemen at the inn must be from wealthy households with plenty of food and many people. Anyway, the court does not cost money.

"Brother-in-law, how are you?"

"Is this written by the Crown Prince or His Majesty?"

"I wrote it according to dad's wishes."

"Oh." Wang Buli put down the booklet in his hand:

"Brother Prince, he is much better than before. Personally, I think we need to add two more to the Ming Dynasty Law "Military Law Mail"."

"Which two?"

"The first emphasis is on not allowing interference by powerful people. This can be regarded as a legal basis. When sentencing in the future, we can avoid the situation where there is no legal basis like the Kongyin case, and it will be more convincing."

"Hmm, good idea."

Zhu Biao knew that Wang Buli thought there were areas that could be made up for in this plan, so he asked him to give his opinion.

"What about the second rule?"

"That is to prevent people from using postmen to smuggle goods privately."

Although Kaiyuan King Naha still led 200,000 people to gather in Liaodong, the capital guard of Liao was established in the fourth year of Hongwu.

The area under its jurisdiction is equivalent to most of today's Liaoning Province. It was only after Lan Yu's expedition more than ten years later that Naha Chu was completely destroyed and the entire Liaohe Tao was brought under actual control.

As Baozong studied abroad, the Mongols moved south, greatly losing the Ming Dynasty's actual control over this land.

If Hu Weiyong, the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty, could eat the products of the Northeast, it must be because someone brought the goods there.

"Ok?"

Zhu Biao thought for a while: "Are you saying that someone uses the inn to transport goods to make a profit?"

Isn't this obvious?

Your father, Lao Zhu, likes Bai Nu Piao, so the people below are naturally knowledgeable.

Especially when shipping by sea, there is a huge difference in value between an empty ship and a ship filled with cargo.

Anyone who wants to flatter Hu Weiyong must naturally offer some precious things from remote places.

Liao ginseng is very precious, and it is not the big radish of later generations.

"Then this loophole must also be filled in the Ming Law."

Zhu Biao nodded heavily, but it was a direction he had never thought of.

"There is one more problem." Wang Buli opened the book and said, "Why is there no post money?"

The strategy set by Zhu Yuanzhang was to use rich households to serve, but in the end if it was implemented, it would fall back to the poor.

The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, not because the policies set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the country, will change.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the first thing Dorgon did to bring order to the chaos was to give money to the post station.

To prevent the postmen from sending more troops due to the lack of post silver, a second Li Zicheng appeared, threatening his rule.

Li Zicheng really demonstrated the value of united front.

To put it bluntly, Wang Buli believed that Zhu Yuanzhang simply refused to provide office funds to his subordinate officials for fear that they would be embezzled.

The main thing is to get white female votes. Working for us is a blessing you have earned in eight lifetimes.

"Didn't we already give them rent-free land?"

Wang Buli glanced at Zhu Biao: "Brother Prince, do you think there are any loopholes in the system?"

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Regarding this aspect, Zhu Biao is still very realistic.

He knew that there was no system that people could not exploit, it was just that the people who made the system did not anticipate it in advance.

Just now Wang Buli briefly mentioned two loopholes.

If it were someone with vested interests, they wouldn't necessarily open their mouths to remind them, father and son.

"Then why do you think farming can make up for their shortfalls?"

Zhu Biao fell into deep thought. He knew that Wang Buli had said about raising business taxes, and he had also seen in the fairyland that the future of the Ming Dynasty was all about silver. He guessed that he had found a silver mine.

Therefore, commerce is extremely developed, just like the Song Dynasty. People have money in their hands, and there are fewer people farming, so the land is not necessarily very attractive to them.

Coupled with natural and man-made disasters, if they continue continuously, who will be able to farm with peace of mind?

Zhu Biao grew up in the late Yuan Dynasty, so he naturally saw many people farming.

"And this." Wang Buli opened the booklet again and said:

"Loose horses are bred among the people, and their colts are harvested every year. As the source of the stage horses, the prince can check what happened to the folk horse breeding in the Song Dynasty. Are you sure the people can afford the cost of raising additional horses?"

Zhu Biao didn't know much about the horse-raising policy of the Song Dynasty, but he must have made some mistake, otherwise Wang Buli would not have said this.

Zhu Mingxiu said nothing. She was a little surprised to find that her husband had confused the prince's brother.

"Brother-in-law, do you have any good ideas?"

"I don't have any good ideas." Wang Buli sighed and said:

"But I know that everyone in the world is here for profit. If you want to better drive them, you have to give them money."

"Give me money?"

Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang who has always been obsessed with women, Zhu Biao has not inherited his father's ideas very well at present.

"It's a good idea." Zhu Biao then asked: "But who should give the money?" Wang Buli glanced at him again, and just now he was secretly praising you in his heart for not being as stubborn as your father. money.

And there is also a little bit of hatred towards the rich.

Whether it is the method of opening a state-owned brothel or these inns, they can continue to plunder the wool.

"There are so many post stations in the world. If we just send them out from the central court, we will lose a lot along the way. It is better to give them from the local level."

"Hmm, good idea."

Zhu Biao nodded repeatedly: "But corrupt officials often take advantage of legal loopholes and embezzle public funds, causing the post stations to be exhausted and the post roads to be unsmooth."

"Is it possible that the emperor did not dare to fight against Chen Youliang because he was afraid of his power?"

Wang Buli was no longer looking at the paperwork, but digging into the ice cream that was about to melt:

"How can the prince look forward and backward, and give up on the important task of improving the post road for fear of a few moths?"

Zhu Biao's head was pounding.

He was awakened by Wang Buli.

If the people in power issue a policy and are hesitant and hesitant, the people below will naturally have no ambition to do it well.

Besides, if moths appear, just crush them to death.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been many attempts to remove the skins of corrupt officials and warn those who come after them.

If there are corrupt officials, just find them and kill them.

Zhu Biao fell into deep thought on how to better formulate a system so that corrupt officials would have no way to start.

"Wang Lang, do you have any idea?"

Zhu Mingxiu asked in a low voice when he saw Wang Buli eating ice cream quickly and the sorrow on the prince's brother's face.

"There is a way." Wang Buli dug out a piece from her bowl and put it into his mouth:

"But there are some things that the prince needs to think about by himself first, and get the answer as soon as he comes up. In the future, he will become dependent and will not think for himself."

"Oh."

When Zhu Mingxiu saw Wang Buli's bold behavior, he immediately lowered his head and his cheeks turned red.

Wang Lang was really too bold.

"Brother-in-law, do you have any ideas for me?"

Zhu Biao thought about it for a long time but didn't think of how to prevent it. He knew that he could kill people, so he could let go.

"Adopt an assessment system."

Wang Buli felt that Zhu Biao had not had much contact with the memorials of the county government below, because the county government conducted assessments every year, and it seemed that Zhu Biao had not done much grassroots inspection.

"What is an assessment?"

"At the end of each year, the patrol inspectors create a booklet and send it to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Officials who violate the law are severely punished. Assessment procedures and disciplinary regulations must also be promulgated to let everyone know in advance how they will complete the assessment and what punishment they will receive if they make mistakes."

Wang Buli put down the spoon in his hand: "The cost of the inn station is allocated from the local area, and the expenditure must be verified so that every penny at each station can be used for actual expenditure, so that corrupt officials have no opportunity to take advantage of it.

In addition, government expenditures for labor and food expenses for husbands and horses will be increased, and private conscription will be reduced to ensure people's livelihood. "

Zhu Biao was still a little unhappy with Wang Buli's strategy of not giving away female votes.

He doesn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea are without being a family member!

Nowadays, the imperial court's annual income and expenditure are only tens of thousands of taels of silver, and the rest is in kind. How can there be any extra money for them?

Zhu Biao did not reject Wang Buli's proposal, but stood up:

"Brother-in-law, you two should keep it secret. I'll write it down when I go back and report it to dad when the opportunity comes."

"it is good."

Wang Buli watched Zhu Biao leave in a hurry. He turned his head and looked at Zhu Mingxiu: "You should ask someone to send it to your sister, so as not to melt it after a long time."

"it is good."

Zhu Mingxiu called some of her maids and ordered them to take the food boxes and give the ice cream to her sisters to try.

The reason why Wang Buli wanted to give advice to Zhu Biao was that as Zhu Yuanzhang's consort, he naturally had to pretend to be dedicated to the country and make up for the loopholes.

Only in this way can we get along better in the Hongwu Dynasty.

Zhu Di's launch of the Jingnan campaign could not be completed in a day or two.

As for Lao Zhu's stubborn temper and unwillingness to spend money, that has nothing to do with Wang Buli.

Anyway, if you asked me to make suggestions, I simply gave three suggestions. This is considered to have completed the task and made sense, proving that I am not a useless person.

Zhu Biao hurriedly went to find Lao Zhu and told Wang Buli's suggestion.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened unconsciously.

"Prodigal stuff!"

"It's true that I'm just betraying my father. I don't feel sorry for him."

"How can I have money?"

Zhu Yuanzhang gave these three answers to Wang Buli's suggestions.

What a plan he had.

The court costs nothing, and neither do the people.

We only want the rich to pay for our services.

Who gave them more money?

What a great idea!

But when it comes to Wang Buli, he still wants the local government to pay. Doesn't this mean that he is asking Zhu Yuanzhang to pay for things?

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Wang Buli still thought that he was a stingy as an emperor.

"Chongba, since you sent Biao'er to ask him and Buli gave him advice, it's possible that because he doesn't follow your wishes, you blame him. Is it possible that you can only listen to those treacherous ministers? It sounds nice, but you can’t listen to what loyal ministers say?”

Empress Ma immediately began to admonish her: "This is true advice that is harsh to the ears. Otherwise, with the mentality of a cloth plow, he wouldn't be able to say something beautiful?"

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to what Empress Ma said.

But with his simple temperament for so many years, he was reluctant to spend money.

Wang Buli planned to spend money when he came up. There are so many inns in the world, how much money do they have to spend every year?

Zhu Yuanzhang finally knew that Chongzhen's elimination of post stations could save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. For all the post stations in the world, wouldn't that be just a drop of water in the ocean?

That document also contained the inn that Zhu Yuanzhang had not yet built.

With money flowing out all at once, wouldn’t the post station become a burden to Ming Dynasty?

In Zhu Yuanzhang's plan, don't spend money if you can, and let the people spend money if they can.

"Dad, what he said makes sense. We should first send someone to inquire about the horse-raising policy of the Song Dynasty, and then see the results. Nowadays, people in the Ming Dynasty are poor, and their families all hope to raise cattle, and no one wants to raise horses."

Zhu Biao walked a few steps in the palace: "Besides, the rich are already rich and powerful. It is normal for them to circumvent our Ming Dynasty's policies and ask the poor people to do it. I think the court should spend money to maintain the inn.

If those rich families dared to embezzle, their homes would be confiscated to subsidize the expenses of the inn, and their men would be sent to the frontier to guard the border, while their women would be sent to Ye Qinhuai as punishment. "

After listening to his son's words, Zhu Yuanzhang thought seriously for a while.

"Hmm, good idea."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed a few times: "We still love fishing."

If the Ming Dynasty wanted to control its borders stably, it had to continue to migrate Han people out.

Let them multiply and live there, and as time goes by, they all cultivate the land, and then the Ming Dynasty's border will naturally fall under the actual control of the Ming Dynasty.

But no one wants to leave the hometown where their ancestors lived.

Then we can only seek compensation from the guilty people.

"Then let's do this for now."

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and said: "After all, he is our new son-in-law. Knowing that he has worked hard, for the sake of Ming Dynasty, can we still blame him?"

Queen Ma and her son pretended not to have heard what Lao Zhu said.

You didn't just angrily criticize Wang Buli's suggestion. When you heard that it would cost money, you jumped in haste.

It can only be wishful thinking to wish that you can govern the world well without spending money.

The Ming Dynasty is your Zhu family's world, not everyone's world. They subsidize themselves to build the Ming Dynasty, and if the subsidies are not enough, you have to punish them.

You, Zhu Yuanzhang, still want the Ming Dynasty to be passed on to all generations. What the hell are you thinking about?

It is difficult to change a person's thinking in a short time.

If Zhu Yuanzhang did not have Empress Ma's advice, it would be difficult for him to listen to other people's advice.

Wang Buli was talking to Zhu Mingxiu, and he knew that Zhu Biao had gone back to discuss with his father.

If Queen Ma dies, Wang Buli will definitely not say anything like what she said today.

Whoever likes to give advice can give advice, but I don’t give advice anyway.

"Wang Lang, this ball is something I have never seen before. How did you inflate it?"

(End of this chapter)