Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 202 Zhu Yuanzhang hopes to unify Yunei!
After Zhang Cheng said this, everyone swallowed and looked excited.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang was not so calm. He smiled and said: "As Mr. Zhang said, since there are still so many fertile lands that have not been unified by China, and the people of Jiuzhou are rich, why bother to go to bed now?" How can you allow others to snore and sleep?"

"Zhao Song is short-sighted!"

"So after hundreds of years, Yanyun will not be around again, let alone these places."

"The new dynasty we want to establish cannot just be satisfied with the unification of Kyushu and the four seas, but also the unification of Yunei!"

Zhu Yuanzhang finally said something heroic.

"it is good!"

Guo Tianxu and Chang Yuchun couldn't help but drink.

Then, the two looked at each other.

Guo Tianxu frowned and said: "Chang Yuchun, if you really like to talk, you should have made some great achievements earlier and come here, but now, you have to act like you are listening!"

"Then you lend me your troops and horses. I will now go to the north and conquer most of the capital. Then I will go to the west and climb over that big mountain to unify that place that has more fertile land than us."

"But, having said that, should annexation be prohibited in any field?"

Chang Yuchun asked as he spoke.

"It's too early to say that."

"We'll wait until we are unified in the future."

Zhang Cheng couldn't help but grin, and after Chang Yuchun said this, he took the initiative to answer Chang Yuchun's question.

This is what he actually wants.

The heroes of the Han family in the early Ming Dynasty should open up the situation and follow the example of Zhao Song and Hu Yuan in engaging in internal fighting.

Since he is a hero of the Han family who has risen from the bottom, he should rebuild the former glory of the Han family from scratch!
In fact, this brilliance should be carried forward, so that the nation can always be on the road of external growth, instead of becoming more and more internal strife, playing the tricks of internal fighting, and confusing what is human and how to be a good slave and how to manage a slave well. Playing becomes knowledge.

"That's right. Now let's talk about how to restrain the annexation of the fields within Kyushu. It is naturally unrealistic to divide the fields now."

"We might as well legislate to restrict land transactions across the country."

Zhu Yuanzhang also took over the words with a smile at this time, because the cake everyone saw, the so-called blueprint, was bigger, so the atmosphere became much more harmonious.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who has always been serious, is not so serious now.

Zhu Yuanzhang also took the initiative to smile at Zhang Cheng quite humbly and said:
"For more details, let's ask Mr. Zhang to tell us. Mr. Zhang knows more about internal affairs than we do."

Zhang Cheng and Zhu Yuanzhang had already communicated in advance and determined what they would discuss today, so Zhu Yuanzhang already knew how to restrict the sale of land in the world.

"Row!"

Zhang Cheng didn't have the sophistication to be polite and got straight to the point:

"If we need to restrict it, then I think we should legislate to restrict the sale of land all over the world."

"But it would be very difficult to directly prohibit the sale and purchase of land in the world. After all, the court cannot keep track of the land situation in the world at all times, and it is difficult to keep track of the transactions in that field. What's more, as long as the land can be bought and sold, then he is It’s a natural behavior and it’s hard to ban it.”

"So, what I mean is that it is better to directly legislate to restrict the buying and selling of land by our nobles and bureaucrats, that is, prohibiting the buying and selling of land by our nobles and bureaucrats, including the king."

"The imperial court cannot fight against natural phenomena, but it can control the people who rely on itself to obtain privileges. It can control the hands of these people."

"It can be stipulated this way."

"If nobles and bureaucrats purchase land, they will be dismissed from their titles, positions, and various privileges, and even be expelled from Datong society."

"If a king annexes land, sets up an imperial estate, seizes land from the people, and seizes taxes from the country, it is considered immoral. The court council has the right to regulate and remonstrate. If he does not listen to the remonstrance, he has the power to remove him and choose another wise king from the clan."

"We are also encouraged to report on nobles, bureaucrats and members of the Datong community who buy and sell land. Those who successfully report can receive generous rewards."

"In any case, it is easier to monitor nobles and bureaucrats. Compared with monitoring the people of the world, it is not easier to turn a policy that benefits the people into a policy that harms the people."

"After all, if people are directly prohibited from buying and selling land, then the land-owning people will be able to buy land to live in the face of major changes, but in the end they will be severely punished by the government for buying land, and even make matters worse, take risks and rebel. thing?"

"So, what I mean is that it is better to legislate to restrict the annexation of land by nobles and bureaucrats. The reason for the decline of dynasties in the past is often that there are too few restrictions on the nobles and bureaucrats, which leads to more and more serious mergers in the later period and the increasing tax revenue of the court. The more depleted it is.”

Zhang Cheng looked at everyone as he spoke: "What do you think?"

The policy of dividing the land among the people was implemented for the large number of private lands in the south of the Yangtze River that were currently confiscated by Hu Yuan's powerful officials. "

"The superior, Privy Councilor Guo, Zhang Zhongcheng, and Shao Tingwei have already agreed to distribute these fields to the people. I wonder if Duke Li and Feng have any objections to this?"

After Zhang Cheng said this, he asked about Li Shanchang and Feng Guoliang.

Li Shanchang smiled and said: "Of course there is no objection. This is the way to achieve long-term peace and stability."

Feng Guoyong also followed: "Yes, we conquer the world for the sake of ordering the world, not for the expansion of fertile land."

Zhang Cheng nodded: "That's good." "Then make legislation."

"Announce this matter immediately, before the brothers have been in Jiangnan for long and have not had time to purchase land."

Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Feng Guoyong asked at this time: "Who will make it?"

"Let Song Lian come here. However, at this point, it is best for our Tingyi Bureau to have an official office that handles the legal writing and a group of academic officers who draft various regulations. Such academic officers should be consistent with our opinions. Be consistent and have strong consciousness, so as not to hide ingenuity in the words when drafting, and deliberately allow evil people to take advantage of it. "

"As for us senior officials, to be honest right now, we are not good at literary talent. Even I am not good at it."

Zhang Cheng came up with other ideas.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "It's hard to decide on this at the moment. After all, how many of the talented literary people at the moment are not from a family of prominent officials?"

"Yes!"

Zhang Cheng sighed.

Then, Zhang Cheng added: "In addition to prohibiting the annexation of fields, after discussing with the superiors, I believe that members of the Datong Society, as well as nobles, bureaucrats and merchants should also be prohibited from doing business on their own, or even cooperating in business, in order to prevent us from ending up just knowing Make decisions for wealthy businessmen, not for the common people.”

"But now we all have shares in government-owned businesses. Does this need to be banned?"

Feng Guoyong asked.

Zhang Cheng replied: "This is not necessary. Officials and businessmen are doing business for the country. The operators are also bureaucrats and belong to the state-owned industries. The participation of nobles and bureaucrats in dividends can make the nobles and bureaucrats more willing to support officials and businessmen. The only thing is to prevent embezzlement from officials." Property requires strict supervision by the emperor and officials.”

Feng Guoyong nodded and said: "There's nothing else. I'm worried that this ban will be in vain in the future, allowing meat-eaters to control their own hands and not collude with merchants, which will make it difficult to reach heaven."

Zhang Cheng nodded: "Yes, I'm afraid that the emperor and ministers cooperated very well in not pursuing each other's collusion with merchants, including the previous prohibition against nobles and bureaucrats buying land, I'm afraid it will be in vain, as long as the court council later The senior government officials cooperated very well and did not care about the emperor's enclosure of land and the granting of land to aristocrats and bureaucrats, and the emperor did not care about the enclosure of land by aristocrats and bureaucrats. Therefore, this ban is equivalent to a mere fiction. After all, not every generation of emperors and ministers is like us at the beginning. Like those who conquer the country, they are willing not to compete with the people for land. "

"We discussed this with Mr. Zhang, and what we finally came up with is that no matter whether this situation will happen in the future, we have to establish laws first."

"As for whether the people behind are willing to abide by it, it is difficult for us to be sure. The only thing we can be sure of is that we must set the rules now, and in addition, let the people wake up as soon as possible. As long as the people are wise, even if those meat eaters are useless in the future, they will not be able to coax them anymore. common people.”

Zhu Yuanzhang also started talking at this time.

Feng Guoyong stood up and cupped his hands and said: "As the superior said, there is nothing more to say. We should establish this rule first."

then.

Li Shanchang and others did not object.

Only Chang Yuchun couldn't help but interrupt at this moment: "If you can't annex fields and do business, how can you make a fortune?"

"Is it to make a fortune by joining the Datong Society and working for the imperial court?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

Chang Yuchun couldn't help but spread his hands and sat back: "Shut up! We shouldn't speak!"

Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "Yes, we have to consider how the members, nobles and bureaucrats of Datong Society could not annex fields, do business, and cooperate with merchants at that time, so how to make a fortune, otherwise it would be like this in the long run. Psychological imbalance. In addition, even if the members of the Datong Society, the nobility, and the bureaucrats themselves are highly awakened, it does not mean that their family members are also highly awakened and willing to make selfless contributions. Therefore, after discussing with the superiors, I decided to also give the members of the Datong Society, and A welfare system unique to aristocrats and bureaucrats.”

"What system?"

Guo Tianxu couldn't help but ask at this time.

Zhang Cheng replied: "The first is to provide generous money to support integrity; the second is to continue to receive additional salary and enjoy certain benefits after retiring from office so that he can still support the country after becoming an official; the third is to allow participation in official business and the purchase of official bonds. The fourth is to give generous bonuses of silver at the end of the year, the fifth is to honor their parents and children and give them certain official salaries based on their merits, and the sixth is to encourage nobles and bureaucrats to go out and explore. If the fields outside Kyushu and the Four Seas are conquered by the Chinese army, they can be given them based on their merits and contributions. , and also allowed them to buy these newly opened territories from the government, and gave them a price discount that was 30% lower than that of the common people. "

"In short, if you want to be richer, do more for the country and the people, support the national cause more, and go out more to promote the unification of the world as soon as possible for China."

"Just as Mr. Zhang said."

"That's it for today. Next, let's go to work on our respective responsibilities. Guo and Feng Ergong will go with us to choose a yamen as the place where the Privy Council will handle affairs. Now the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Zhongshu Province will directly serve as the meeting place of the Datong Society. A place for court promotion and handling of various social affairs.”

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke at this time.

Zhang Cheng also said to Li Shanchang: "Marquis Huaiyuan, come with me to choose the yamen for the cabinet."

"Okay, then let's also choose a mansion suitable for the censorship."

Zhang Tianyou also stood up and said something.

Shao Rong smiled and said: "Then let's choose a place suitable for Dali Temple."

At present, the Chinese army of Datong Society has just captured Jiqing, and many government offices have just been established, so the specific locations of offices have not yet been determined.

Fortunately, there are many mansions of powerful officials in the Yuan Dynasty in Jiqing, which can be directly confiscated as official property and used as the office space of the new government office.

It just needs the leaders of Datong Society to make a selection.

(End of this chapter)