Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 333

Wang Buli's words gave Zhu Di no reason to refuse.

Your second brother can marry a Mongolian as his principal wife, so why can't you take a Jurchen as your concubine?

If Zhu Di dared to refuse, Zhu Yuanzhang would take off his shoes and beat him first.

"can."

Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded slightly. Now Liaodong was under Zhu Di's jurisdiction, so there was no problem at all for him to marry a foreigner as his concubine.

Everyone congratulated His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan, and it was unclear whether it was a mockery or not.

Zhu Yuanzhang signaled Zhu Biao to show the booklet to everyone, as it would be easy to ruin the military farming project.

When it reached Wang Buli's hands, he found that Zhu Yuanzhang had summarized quite a few points.

The first is the invasion and occupation of the clan by noble officials and wealthy people, and the second is the annexation of the clan by wealthy people.

The third is that wealthy families used the barren land of the people to exchange for fertile military farms.

The fourth is that the powerful people asked the government to convert the military farms into civilian farmland.

The fifth is to manage the hidden residences or official flags of military farms.

Sixth, the official flags were pawned. Seventh, the soldiers could not bear the miscellaneous work of garrisoning grain, so they secretly surrendered the garrison land to the powerful.

Eighth, because the fields were far away or there was no means to cultivate them, the garrison troops rented the fields out to others, and the fields became tenants’ property for a long time, without knowing where they were.

The Ninth Garrison Army fled and the garrison farms were abandoned.

Tenth, the garrison officials exacted taxes and abused soldiers, causing the soldiers to flee and farmland to be abandoned.

Eleventh, due to poverty, lack of cattle, tools and seeds, and inability to farm, the land is abandoned and left to waste.

The twelfth northern border was abandoned due to Mongolian raids.

There are many reasons, the most important of which is abandonment and concealment.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw the problems of military farming in the fairyland, and asked Zhu Biao to record them all so that everyone could see if there was any solution.

Wang Buli took a closer look and felt that the seventh reason for the failure of military farming was the most abnormal.

Especially in the early Ming Dynasty.

Could it be that at that time the word "投献" was used to circumvent taxes?
In June of the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang cast an iron list for dukes and marquises to restrict their occupation of land.

Who doesn't want to live anymore and doesn't want to be rich anymore and wants to go against Lao Zhu?
Wang Buli showed no suspicion and handed it to Mu Ying beside him for review.

"Could it be that there are other colleagues in the Ming Dynasty now?"

Wang Buli felt that it was very wrong for Lao Zhu to put this thing out.

This memorial does not seem to indicate that many problems with military farming were discovered in the early Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang should have issued an order to do so long ago.

It is simply impossible that the military settlement system would last only during the Hongwu and Yongle reigns and become so corrupt that it would become a burden.

If it really needs to be brought up, it would be normal if Wang Buli himself took the initiative to bring it up.

But Wang Buli himself didn't mention this, and it was very abnormal that Lao Zhu brought it up.

Otherwise, why would Wang Buli suspect that there were other time travelers?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Buli and watched him finish reading calmly without saying anything. After all, everyone hadn't finished reading yet, but he was the first to ask questions, which was very targeted.

Wang Buli glanced at Zhu Di, who had been staring at him, and his eyes seemed to be questioning him.

She has been like this since she entered the palace, and it is not because she wanted him to take a Jurchen woman as a concubine.

I'll think of a way to get some information out of him so that I don't know anything.

Hu Weiyong was thinking about who had submitted the memorial to His Majesty, and his investigation was quite comprehensive.

Moreover, he wrote the letter directly to the emperor without going through the Secretariat, which really made Hu Weiyong feel embarrassed.

Ever since the emperor issued an order that anyone could write to him with suggestions, the position of the Secretariat seemed a bit redundant.

Many memorials did not need to be submitted to the emperor through the Secretariat.

It looks like they are from the common people. Could they be the group of students from the Imperial Academy who went to the north for training?
So many problems were found in such a short time. It seems that there is a "genius" among this group.

Zhu Biao saw that Mu Ying had also finished reading, and then he spoke:

"These are the problems discovered by the students of the Imperial Academy who went to the north for training. They have been recorded and are now displayed to everyone."

"Oh I got it."

Xu Da nodded repeatedly and said to the prince, "It seems that the selected students of the Imperial Academy are not just bookworms. Instead, they are willing to get involved and go to the fields to investigate the truth."

"Thanks to Buli's election method." Zhu Biao also took advantage of the situation:
"Otherwise, how could we easily know that there are so many problems down there!
They have to be young students who are motivated and have no intention of just dealing with the officialdom."

In short, Zhu Biao praised these students who went to the north for training.

Hu Weiyong remained calm, but he was still slightly worried.

Even though the talents produced by the current system of recommendation have been granted official positions by His Majesty, he has already realized how much the emperor values ​​the students who go to the north for training.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have discussed their lowly affairs in public.

Zhu Biao explained this and Wang Buli didn't say much.

Those students who have such insight should have become famous long ago.

Wang Buli felt that it was a huge progress that each of them was willing to humble themselves and walk in the fields.

Not to mention being able to offer such sharp advice.

Do you really think I haven't interviewed those people?
Zhu Yuanzhang had been looking at Wang Buli, trying to find any flaws in him.

However, I don’t know whether this boy is not aware of these matters concerning military settlements or is daydreaming.

In the end, there was no response.

Mu Ying did raise a few specific points, and Xu Da also talked about his own countermeasures.

Everyone expressed their opinions, except Wang Buli, who remained silent.

Zhu Di looked at Wang Buli, not knowing what he was thinking, but he could not associate him with an immortal.

"Buli, you always have a lot of ideas, why don't you say anything?"

Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Wang Buli bowed slightly:

“Your Majesty, I am not very good at military settlements, but the cause of this is nothing more than an act of privilege.

I happen to be in a privileged position, and few people can control themselves, so I don’t know how to deal with it.”

privilege.

Wang Buli is right. Who among us here is not privileged?

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned by what Wang Buli said.

In fact, this is very normal. Everyone wants to make the Zhu Dynasty last forever just for the sake of privilege.

The beneficiaries as they are could then become dukes and nobles for generations and enjoy wealth and prosperity forever.

“Then we should improve the supervision system.”

Zhu Biao was not silenced by what Wang Buli said. In the past, none of the people present here were rich and powerful.
Xu Da is also a street urchin.

Zhu Biao was an ambitious man who wanted to make the Ming Dynasty better.

Especially with the fairyland as a means to peek into the future of the Ming Dynasty, problems can be discovered earlier and improvements can be made.

This will prevent future generations from following ancestral rules and being unable to change some wrong policies.

There are two types of supervision systems, one is on the surface and the other is not on the surface.

So the ministers were speechless.

"This matter requires long-term consideration. We have been sitting here for so long, it is time to let go."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his sleeves and took the initiative to let them go for a stroll.

So Wang Buli decisively got up and went out for a walk.

Zhu Di hurriedly followed, and the two of them stood in the corridor outside the hall.

"Brother-in-law, you hid it from me so badly!"

Zhu Di blurted out this sentence immediately.

Wang Buli hummed: "Not bad."

Zhu Di thought that Wang Buli would ask him what he had concealed and he would cover it up, but he never expected that he would admit it directly. He was stunned for a moment.

Instead, he heard Wang Buli patting his shoulder and saying, "In order to allow you to take a concubine naturally, we have found a good reason for you. It is for the country and the people!"

Zhu Di never thought that what Wang Buli was talking about was this.

He was still in a daze, and then he shook his sleeves:
"My relationship with Miaoyun is deep, and I can no longer see other women in my eyes. Unlike you, you like to go to Qinhuai at night and flirt with other women."

"Just marry her. I didn't make you like those women."

Wang Buli shrugged, looked at the huge palace from afar, with his hands behind his back.

Zhu Di had many questions in his mind that he wanted to ask, but he simply couldn't say them.

What's more, there are many eyes and ears in the palace.

"Hey."

Zhu Di sighed deeply: "Forget it, as a prince, how can I have so many wishes come true!"

Wang Buli glanced at Zhu Di and said, "Old Fourth, you are different today. I saw you as soon as I entered the palace. You acted as if I owed you 1,800 taels. What's the matter? Did your wife lose money in the shop she runs?"

"No."

Zhu Di could not tell the truth to Wang Buli, and he felt a little uneasy. He could only say firmly:
"Brother-in-law, I really didn't expect that the emperor father valued you so much. When I become a vassal in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to ask the emperor father to let you go with me to Peking to kill the Mongols and seal the Wolf's Lair."

Hearing this, Wang Buli looked at him again: "Old Four, you won't give up your wish so easily, right?" "That's impossible."

"Father will grow old, and we will all grow up. Are we going to stay here for the rest of our lives without making any achievements?"

Wang Buli shook his head slightly: "What's the meaning of life then?"

At this time, a gust of wind came, making the clothes of the two people rustle.

The two were silent for a while, and then Zhu Di said:
"It's going to rain hard again."

"Ah."

Wang Buli was still feeling the natural breeze, which changed from warm to cool, mixed with some earthy smell.

Zhu Di kept sighing.

But Wang Buli did not ask him why he sighed, which made Zhu Di very angry.

We are not good brothers anymore.

You really like to eat alone, and you are so patient!
The young Zhu Di was a little impatient, but he did not dare to complain to Wang Buli, let alone go against the wishes of his father and elder brother.

So the two of them just looked at each other in silence.

Everyone has something on their mind.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Wang Buli and Zhu Di go out, he did not stop them.

He believed that the fourth brother would not dare to go against his words and reveal anything to Wang Buli.

Zhu Biao, on the other hand, felt a little restless.

After all, some secrets are no longer secrets when more people know them.

It's not that he didn't believe that the fourth brother would keep his mouth shut, but he was worried that with the fourth brother's current mental state, he might not be able to resist Wang Buli's temptation.

"father."

"It doesn't matter. Even if we have to show our cards, there's no harm in that. We are a family after all. Maybe we can get more information."

Zhu Yuanzhang was hoping that Wang Buli would take the initiative to talk about this fairyland.

He always had many questions in his mind, but he didn't know how to ask Wang Buli.

Based on his understanding of Wang Buli, it would be difficult for Wang Buli to tell the truth once he, the emperor, asked him.

People came back one after another.

A violent storm arose.

Then it started to rain heavily.

Wang Buli stood at the entrance of the hall and could feel the wind blowing the rain in.

The stuffiness disappeared a lot.

Zhu Yuanzhang just sat there and watched Wang Buli watching the rain at the door, and then heard him whispering with Zhu Di.

Even though it was raining so heavily, the soldiers did not take shelter from the rain.

By then, armor will easily rust and people will easily get sick, so at least they will have to wear a hat or something like that when standing guard.

"Father ordered them to stay there. No one else has the power to move them. I advise you not to even think about hiring palace guards. That's a way to get yourself killed."

Zhu Di's earnest persuasion made Wang Buli look him up and down:
"Do you think I would be such a fool as to do such a thing?"

Considering the highly sensitive matter that Zhu Yuanzhang was concerned about, who would dare to do such a thing?

Even if it was Hu Weiyong who was slandered for treason, he did not dare to interfere with the palace guards!

Even if it was Lan Yu, he was arrogant and domineering.

Old Zhu has always held on to military power tightly.

Many people's counterattack against him was only in the two years before his death, when they tried to do something tentative, such as the North and South Lists, but they were severely punished by Zhu.

Therefore, those people were waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to die and Zhu Yunwen to take the throne before they continued to cause trouble.

Zhu Di did not say much. He knew the privileges that Wang Buli had just mentioned. Those stationed troops were just like the soldiers standing guard in the imperial palace.

Some people were working inside the palace, while others were standing guard in the rain.

Among those soldiers standing guard in the rain, who would be completely submissive when looking at the people hiding from the rain in the palace?
Before Zhu Di could feel any emotion, Zhu Yuanzhang called a commander into the palace and asked him to arrange for the soldiers to take turns to rest and to transfer two-thirds of the men to take shelter from the rain.

The imperial kitchen is also preparing ginger soup and other things. We will all have a good meal today.

It was not the turn of others to remind Zhu Yuanzhang about these ways of winning people's hearts.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already mastered these things.

After watching the excitement and heavy rain for a while, Wang Buli was called over to continue the meeting.

The windows of the hall were not closed, but were all opened to let in the cool air.

It would be better if everyone gathered in the main hall.

In fact, Wang Buli was standing in the rain thinking, and his previous conversation with Zhu Di had already been exposed. There were some things Zhu Di could not say.

I just don’t know which aspects.

Wang Buli had no plan to build a secret room in the princess's mansion, as that would easily give people a chance to criticize him.

The seeds of doubt were planted in his heart, but Wang Buli was not in a hurry to explore.

There will always be too many opportunities in the future.

"Buli, what's the progress on the White Lotus murder case?"

Wang Buli shook his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, there has not been much progress so far, but we have captured quite a few White Lotus members. We are constantly narrowing the scope, and it will take time to capture the murderer."

"That's good."

Zhu Yuanzhang responded and instructed Zhu Biao to leave the matter to him.

Some leaders of the White Lotus Sect must not be let off.

If these people were sent to the north to guard the border, they would easily lead others to believe in the White Lotus Sect, which would endanger the stability of the imperial court.

Wang Buli was still sitting on the round stool, not knowing what to say.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became in high spirits. It was annoying to continue reviewing memorials in such heavy rain.

Why not play mahjong to relax your mind?

Let’s have hotpot together in the evening.

Everyone was surprised by Zhu Yuanzhang's proposal.

Is this still the diligent emperor?
How could he have such an idea!
Xu Da, Mu Ying, Hu Weiyong and others did not understand, but since the emperor had proposed it, they could not disturb his interest.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang, his two sons and Wang Buli sat at a table together, and they watched from the side.

Zhu Biao took the lead and did not say much. He just talked about reviewing memorials all the time, which really made his neck feel a little uncomfortable.

Zhu Yuanzhang criticized me and I didn't feel any pain in my neck. Why would you feel pain in your neck at such a young age?

Zhu Di didn't dare to say anything, as he generally didn't deal with memorials.

Wang Buli did not respond, but just said that one cannot work at a desk for a long time and it would be better to move around appropriately.

Hu Weiyong listened to the words and quickly said that the Secretariat had failed to help His Majesty deal with the memorials in a timely manner and was guilty of dereliction of duty.

Zhu Yuanzhang, however, waved his hand nonchalantly, saying that this was my new policy, and many of my subjects wanted to make progress. I cannot pile too many on them and extinguish their enthusiasm to serve the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Buli watched the emperor and his ministers acting out the drama, glanced at Mu Ying who was playing mahjong on the side, and gave him some pointers on what he wanted to do with the cards.

Although everyone played mahjong to relax, no one felt relaxed. Instead, they felt more tired.

Wang Buli, in particular, always felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the palace today.

As the saying goes, too much talk will lead to mistakes, he did not inquire immediately.

In short, he would agree with whatever Zhu Yuanzhang and his son said, and then raise new questions that did not relate to their previous statements.

Zhu Yuanzhang always felt that Wang Buli was a slippery man, and that he had gained experience in the county government.

He still feels the same way now. There are too many secrets hidden in him. Wang Buli never opens up to others.

Zhu Yuanzhang believed that even the fourth brother did not know how many secrets Wang Buli had hidden.

Zhu Biao was looking forward to what he would see and hear in the fairyland in the future, so that he could resolve the doubts in his heart.

Especially those things that Wang Buli refused to answer or say more about.

He had a vague guess in his heart that Wang Buli knew something about the future of the Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, when they were looking at the future events of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Buli would have also entered the fairyland, and they would not be able to see him at that time.

What is he doing?
Could it be that Guang is flirting with the fairy there?
Zhu Biao obviously didn't believe that Wang Buli would waste such a good opportunity every time.

He must be tinkering with something obscure somewhere.

In fact, Zhu Biao was sometimes more radical than Zhu Yuanzhang, but because of his gentle temperament, people thought he was a conservative.

"What a fool."

Zhu Di suddenly shouted, breaking the silence, and stretched out his hand with a laugh:

"Give me money, give me money."

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled twice and said, "I forgot to invite some prizes. Go get some silver and share it among us."

Following the emperor's instructions, the eunuch brought up some small change.

Zhu Yuanzhang started distributing profits, and everyone got a share, so they could see some benefits.

Zhu Biao held the silver in his hand and said, "Dad, this silver is not good. Is it the silver presented by Japan?"

(End of this chapter)