Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 170 Zhang Cheng brought drastic changes to society in the late Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be amazed!

"Yes, sir."

"Now the rebels treat the common people as human beings. They have strict military discipline and do not kill surrendered soldiers. Even if they are allowed to serve, they are given food and salary. It can be seen that they will conquer the world."

"So, we just want to ask the master to be kind and let us out of the house and let us have a family background in the rebel army, or let our children have a family background in the rebel army. For this, we are willing to pay more ransom money."

As Zhang Hua spoke, he knelt down to Chen Di: "Please have mercy, Master!"

"Master, please have mercy!"

All the servants who came with Zhang Hua knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Di.

Chen Diyin thought that there were not many servants who wanted to go to the mansion at the moment, and it was not easy for him to force him to stay. After all, forcing him to stay would probably make these people resentful or even turn against each other, and he might tell some of the shameful things in the mansion. It is better to leave a good relationship, so that even if these people do well in the future after leaving the house, they can still help the Chen family.

Therefore, Chen Di was not angry and just smiled and said:
"It doesn't matter if you want to go out, I won't force you to stay. As for the ransom money, there's no need to mention it. It's rare that you have done so much for our Chen family for so many years. Some of you have even been in my Chen family for a long time. We are a family, and the matter of ransom is very important."

"Go ahead and tell me that those who have been in my Chen family for more than twenty years will be given twenty taels of silver, those who have been in my Chen family for more than ten years will be given ten taels of silver, and the rest will be given five taels of silver."

Of course, this is also related to the over-saturation of slaves maintained by landlords and bureaucrats in this era.

Moreover, the removal of these slaves from slavery is not just as simple as increasing the number of free people, but also improving the quality of free people.

Therefore, there are still a small number of slaves who want to get rid of their slavery and become free people.

In an era when everyone wants to be a slave but cannot, those who can become a slave must naturally have quality.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang's rebel army has not really conquered the world yet.

……

Chen Di then began to give instructions to the housekeeper in deep thought.

but no matter.

Chen Di hurriedly helped these domestic slaves, and then actually returned their bonds of sale and gave them a reward of silver.

Gentlemen like Chen Di were relatively lenient to slaves who wanted to get rid of their slave status. Basically, they not only allowed them to get rid of their slave status, but also offered them no redemption money and even rewarded them with silver.

"The silver reward given to you is to make it easier for you to settle down after you go out. After all, once you set up your own business, there will be no more places to spend money than when you were in the mansion."

"We owe the Chen family so many years of upbringing, but we have to do this in order to honor our ancestors. It is rare for the master to be so generous. Even if we are no longer slaves to the Chen family, we are still willing to pray and burn incense for the master!"

After all, in troubled times, those who can be taken as slaves by the wealthy gentry are actually those with higher quality among the lower class people, whether it is technical background, cultural level or moral level.

"Stop saying this!"

Due to the previous wars, a large number of free people surrendered to the landlords and bureaucrats as slaves, so many landlords and bureaucrats had no shortage of slaves, but felt that they had too many slaves.

A large number of slaves got rid of their slavery and became free people. The most significant effect was that the rebel army's fiscal revenue increased sharply.

"You are willing to go out and establish your own business. It will be beneficial to the country, the world, and your filial piety towards your ancestors. How can I stop you?"

Because whether these free people are working, farming, or doing business, their economic activities are no longer just carried out in the landlords' villages or manors of the wealthy gentry, but are carried out under the direct rule of the rebels. The labor value generated is besides theirs. In addition to the income obtained, most of it became the income of the rebels.

These house slaves who wanted to leave home all choked up and started talking.

Zhang Hua and others were greatly moved after hearing this, and burst into tears for a while, and kowtowed again to thank him.

"Master's great kindness will never be forgotten by us!"

Therefore, now that these slaves have shed their slavery and become free people, the quality of free people has indeed improved significantly.

The most direct manifestation of this is that the number of technical talents in iron smelting plants, ordnance factories and other factories is increasing significantly, causing industrial output to continue to increase.

The social model that was gradually transforming into a feudal landlord manor economy was accelerating its transformation into a government-run commodity economy.

Coincidentally.

At this time, the envoy from the Yuan Dynasty sent by Zhang Shicheng and the secret decree of Emperor Yuan Shun to recruit him also arrived in Taiping. Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Cheng, Guo Tianxu and others met the envoy sent by Zhang Shicheng, and also met Qin Tai, the envoy of the Yuan Dynasty.

The rulers of the rebel Zhongshu Province were very happy about this.

Because this means that Zhang Shicheng is officially informing them that he will no longer accept Yuan Ting's recruitment, but will only join Zhu Yuanzhang and others to fight against Yuan.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but glance at Zhang Cheng while feeling happy.

They were able to control Zhang Shicheng's power and force Zhang Shicheng to change his stance. Of course, the fundamental reason was that they achieved a major military victory and allowed the world's heroes to see the weakened nature of the Yuan Dynasty.

But if Zhang Cheng had not planned ahead, taking advantage of Zhang Shicheng's idea of ​​​​expanding his troops quickly, and using industrial and commercial means to control Zhang Shicheng's weapons supply, they would not have been able to force Zhang Shicheng to change his mind.

Zhu Yuanzhang had to admit that Zhang Cheng really opened his eyes and made him realize that he could still manage the world in this way.

"Those who are well-planned can win the battle thousands of miles away. There is nothing like this."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed secretly when he saw Zhang Cheng.

While sighing secretly.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered: "Drag out the envoy sent by Hu Yuan to alienate our rebel army and behead him! The content of his edict is published in the newspaper, and the whole army is ordered to learn and express their opinions!"

In order to completely cut off Zhang Shicheng's idea of ​​​​recruiting.

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally wanted to kill the envoy sent by Yuan Ting to recruit Zhang Shicheng.

"You monster thieves!"

"Sooner or later, they will be cut into pieces, sooner or later!"

"You can't change your destiny!"

Qin Tai knew that he was bound to die, so he shouted while being dragged down.

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but smile slightly at this time.

He was happy about it.

Because if it weren't for him, maybe Qin Tai, a scum like Qin Tai who worked for Yuan Ting and did not hesitate to recruit rebels and continued to enable Hu Yuan to harm China, would not be killed at all, but would only enjoy wealth and honor for his success in recruiting soldiers, even in the future. When the Ming Dynasty was established, they would probably be treated well because they had contributed to the recruitment of the so-called orthodox dynasty.

In fact.

Many bureaucrats and Confucian scholars who were supposed to have a good reputation and die a good death according to the old etiquette rules now have a bad name and a bad death due to Zhang Cheng's influence.

This is undoubtedly a drastic change.

And this upheaval has just begun.

Because Zhang Shicheng showed a good attitude, Zhu Yuanzhang and other rebels re-transported weapons and armor to him and started to build weapons and armor for him again.

However, Zhang Shicheng soon learned that Zhu Wenzheng's Shenji Battalion had already captured two major cities in Changzhou and Hepingjiang.

After all, Zhu Wenzheng has been developing independently in the Zhenjiang area in his life, and he also has logistical supplies from the Chuzhou base area. He is also organized and targeted to carry out popular uprisings in the Zhenjiang area, so it is normal to capture Pingjiang and Changzhou faster than Zhang Shicheng.

But this made Zhang Shicheng quite sad.

Because places like Pingjiang and Changzhou are very wealthy.

"How to do!"

"What should we do now? Should we break up with Zhu Yuanzhang directly for the sake of Changzhou and Pingjiang, or should we continue to endure it?"

Zhang Shicheng asked about Zhang Shide and others.

(End of this chapter)