King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 15 The disaster caused by the Japanese pirates made Tang He very worried!

To know.

This is the salary of a high-ranking official.

500 kilograms of rice is roughly equivalent to 90000 kilograms of rice, although it is quite a lot.

But when it comes to building a house, living in eight seats, and supporting a group of servants, it is still very difficult.

Therefore, the life of officials in the Ming Dynasty was the most miserable in history.

of course.

Zhu Yuanzhang also set an example with officials.

He himself ordered people to plant vegetable fields in the palace.

What he eats every day is simple meals and light meals.

Empress Ma took the lead in setting an example, spinning and weaving herself every day to supplement the palace expenses.

The emperor can do this.

The officials were naturally embarrassed to say anything.

Zhu Biao suddenly sighed inexplicably.

In the early years of Hongwu, there was still a lot of private wealth.

However, his father has always pursued a policy of resting with the people and has not increased the collection of taxes.

Therefore, when the court wants to do things, it is inevitable that it is somewhat constrained.

The Northern Expedition against Beiyuan has been planned for several years, but it has always been difficult to implement. This is the reason.

but.

If he continues to print Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes as his father said, Zhu Biao will also know the consequences!
  He smiled bitterly and said: "Father, if we continue to print more treasure banknotes, I'm afraid the price of the treasure banknotes will be even lower!"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said to Zhu Biao: "Prince, you just said that the treasure banknote examination department meant that there were too many treasure banknotes flowing to the people, so that made the treasure banknotes worthless?"

Zhu Biao nodded and said: "Exactly! There are too many treasures, which makes people only want things, not treasures! That's why treasures are worthless."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.

"We have a way! Ask Guo Huan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, to give us a memorial! Just say that this year the Ministry of Revenue has requested to increase the official salary by 10% and distribute it in treasure banknotes! In this way, the treasure banknotes will flow to the officials, and the people will not There are so many treasures!”

Zhu Biao was stunned.

Isn't this the same thing?
  The treasure money in the hands of officials will eventually go to the private sector to buy things!
  What's more.

If you issue an extra 10% of treasure banknotes, the official’s salary will be reduced by more than 7%!

Officials may not be able to handle it.

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly.

He said softly: "In this case, I'm afraid the officials will inevitably complain."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "You can't complain about that! They are all memorials from the Ministry of Revenue, we just follow them!"

Zhu Biao:.
  He suddenly felt sympathy for Guo Huan.

This happened to him just after he took over as Minister of Household Affairs. I hope he can withstand the pressure from officials.
  Zhu Yuanzhang continued to turn over the memorial.

Suddenly he hummed: "These damn Japanese pirates! When the imperial court takes care of Bei Yuan, they have to use their hands to kill that Prince Huai Liang!"
  In February of the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Guangdong was attacked by Japanese pirates!
  In March of the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Shandong was attacked three times by Japanese pirates!

Outrageous!

A group of thieves who don't know what they are called are now attacking from all sides, causing Ming Dynasty to have to prepare for war! "

Zhu Biao said softly: "Father, the Japanese pirates are rampant in Shandong. Do you want your seventh and tenth brothers to be more vigilant?"

The seventh brother mentioned by Zhu Biao was Zhu Shu, the king of Qi who was vassal in Qingzhou. The tenth brother is naturally Lu Wang Zhu Tan.

One of them is in Qingzhou and the other is in Yanzhou.

In fact.

The King of Qi had greater responsibility for guarding the coast because Yanzhou was not near the sea.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Shandong's coastal defense should really be improved! Huh! Tang He is also a fool! Let's let him improve the coastal defense. It would be better for him to go wherever there is a problem!
  Zhejiang and Nanzhili had a lot of fun with Japanese pirates in the past few years. After he went to build a city to train troops, there was no problem, and then he didn't care about other places!

I just don’t know what it means!
  Shandong Haiphong is not Haiphong?

Isn’t Fujian and Guangdong Haiphong Haiphong?
  Crack the whip and move a step!
  A useless thing!

We want to reprimand Tang He! "

When Zhu Biao heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, there was another wry smile on his face.

I am afraid that Duke Xin Guo did not think that places like Shandong, Guangdong, and Fujian also need to strengthen coastal defense.

just
  My father had killed many noble Huaixi nobles over the years because of the Hu Weiyong case.

There are also many people who reprimand and punish severely!
  Duke Xin is now inevitably at a loss.

If he really did something drastic, he would probably be afraid of arousing his father's suspicion.
  Next, I have to write a letter to Duke Xin to reassure him so as not to be frightened by his father's rebuke.
  Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered.

"Prince, haven't you been with King Chalu? What's the result now? If that bastard has really committed so many crimes, he will be escorted to Yingtian! I will skin him myself!"

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly.

"Jin Yiwei should have gone to Shandong, and he will probably arrive soon! Father, don't worry!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and immersed himself in writing instructions scolding Tang He.

Zhejiang.

Taizhou Prefecture.

Tang He looked at the imperial edict in his hand with a bitter look on his face.

Lu Zhongheng, the Marquis of Ji'an, asked softly: "My lord, is your Majesty angry?"

Tang He sighed with a bitter smile and said: "Yes! We did not do our job well. Although we prevented the Japanese pirates in South Zhili and Zhejiang, those damn guys were roaming along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. His Majesty was very dissatisfied with this! This is how we suffered. Scold!
  If another place is attacked by Japanese pirates, be careful of our heads! "

Lawrence Lu also felt helpless when he heard this.

This time.

Patrol coastal defense and defend against Japanese pirates.

Xin Guogong Tang He is the coach and he is the deputy coach.

Facing such things as Japanese pirates, both of them were a little helpless!

no way!
  The coastline of Daming is really too long!
  And the Japanese pirates are really disgusting!
  These Japanese pirates have extremely strong fighting power and sharp weapons, which are not comparable to the soldiers of the ordinary Ming Dynasty Guards.

It also comes and goes like a ghost, suddenly appearing somewhere along the coast. Once it lands, there will be an uproar!
  It is said that you can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no reason to prevent a thief for a thousand days!
  Lu Zhongheng and Tang He have been studying how to resist Japanese pirates these days, and they understand this feeling of powerlessness very well!
  Tang He said helplessly: "If we want to deal with the Japanese pirates, we must either lure the enemy deep into the enemy's nest, or go straight to the nest. I don't think we can defend ourselves against them with this kind of defense!"

Lu Zhongheng smiled bitterly and said: "What the Duke said is true! These Japanese pirates are cunning. Now seeing that we are well-defended in Nanzhili and Zhejiang Chief Envoys, we simply stopped coming and went to attack the weak Shandong and Guangdong. If we continue To strengthen the defense of those places, I am afraid that by then, the Japanese pirates will come to South Zhili and Zhejiang again!
  When the time comes, Yingtian Mansion will be shaken and it will become even more difficult to deal with! "

Tang He sighed and said, "Yes! Recently, there have been three Japanese pirate attacks in Shandong within a month! I don't know, we have to go to Shandong once!"

Lu Zhongheng smiled and said: "It's good that the Duke of the country has gone! Prince Lu just took over Yanzhou! Haha. You can also stop by to see your daughter!"

Tang He glared at Lawrence Lu.

"It's unreasonable! Dayu controlled the floods and even passed through the house three times without entering! My father-in-law went to deal with the Japanese pirates, how could he visit his daughter?"

Tang He said with a sad face: "Shandong must not have any more Japanese pirates. If another county is breached and Your Majesty gets angry, I'm afraid something big will happen."

(End of this chapter)