The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 96 Zhongxingxing!
The next morning.

Tang Hao was still sleeping in.

I can't help it, I've been using up too much mental energy lately.

If he had a choice, sometimes he really wanted to punch an old friend and kill the gentry of the whole dynasty directly, so as to be clean.

As a result, I finally had a day off, and someone immediately came to my door.

Tang Er hurriedly came to knock on the door and said loudly: "Hao'er, the British Duke and the Baoguo Duke are here to visit. Get up quickly!"

Hearing this, Tang Hao opened his eyes in confusion, and then got up with a look of displeasure on his face.

After a while, Tang Hao saw the two princes in the front hall.

The British Duke Zhang Mao was relatively good, and Tang Hao always regarded him as the elder in the family.

But Duke Bao Zhu Hui was different. To be honest, this was the first time the two met in private, so Tang Hao was very polite.

Zhu Hui looked at Tang Hao with a smile and said: "Speaking of which, it is really thanks to the Marquis of Zhongshan this time, otherwise those civil servants and gentry would never agree to my request for credit!"

"When I came in just now, I saw that this house was too shabby. It didn't look like the residence of a prince. I happen to have a house on East Street, so why not give it to the prince of Zhongshan!"

Look, this is the absolute strength of the top nobles of the Ming Dynasty!
In this capital city where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, a marquis mansion is given away just as it is said to be given away!
In fact, the military officers and nobles of the Ming Dynasty are indeed declining day by day, but that does not include the top princes such as the British Duke Zhang Mao and the Baoguo Duke Zhu Hui!
The treatment of the Duke of the Ming Dynasty is quite generous. The Duke's title is the highest honor that a hero with a foreign surname can receive. Once awarded, he will be granted the title of Duke for three generations, be given a royal title upon death, be granted the title of wife and son, and be granted an oath of alliance with the emperor. The iron coupon alchemy book, the title of world knight is passed down from generation to generation, and it is hereditary.

Secondly, the standard annual salary of a duke is three thousand dan, which can be divided into five levels. In a sense, it also reflects the status of the Ming Dynasty Wu Xun above the court.

The one with an annual salary of 5,000 dan was the Duke of Wei, Xu Da. He was the undisputed leader in military merit in the Ming Dynasty, both in terms of power and merit.

In the second level of salary, the one with an annual salary of 4,000 dan was Korean Gong Li Shanchang. He served as an official for ten years. After retirement, his salary was reduced to 1,800 dan. Later, his family was confiscated and his family was exterminated. More than 70 members of his family were executed together.

The third group with an annual salary of more than 3,000 dan is Liang Guogong Lanyu, 3,500 dan, Qi Guogong Qiu Fu, Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng also reached 3,500 dan after adding Lu, Zheng Guogong Chang Mao, three One thousand two hundred stones.

The fourth level of annual salary is three thousand dan, which is the standard income of most hereditary dukes in the Ming Dynasty. It is twice the standard income of marquis. For example, the two princes in front of them are at this standard.

The fifth level of annual salary is less than 3,000 dan. The annual salary of the princes granted by Yongle and later, such as Zhang Heling, the Duke of Chang, is 1,800 dan, and the annual salary of Guo Xun, the Duke of Yi, is only 1,500 dan. The annual salary of the princes in this period is only 1,500 dan. My treatment was far inferior to that of Hongwu and Yongle dynasties.

The annual salary of the hereditary prince has increased from 5,000 shi at the beginning to 3,000 shi now, and then to 1,500 shi later. The decreasing annual salary precisely reflects the powerful status of Ming Dynasty Wuxun. It is getting weaker and lower.

"Duke Baoguo doesn't need to be so polite. We are all honorable ministers. This is what Tang Hao should do!"

As expected, Tang Hao refused again. It wasn't that he looked down on Zhu Hui's house, but he was too lazy to get involved with Zhu Hui.

It is difficult to evaluate Zhu Hui, and there is no need to evaluate him.

Unlike the old Duke Zhang Mao, Zhu Hui really had no political achievements in his life, and he was not at all like his father Zhu Yong.

He went out to fight, commanded the army, and went to resist the little Tartar prince, but he was timid and a proper guard dog!

Therefore, Tang Hao was somewhat dissatisfied with Zhu Hui, but it did not hinder their normal interactions.

We are all noble military commanders. Now is the time to join forces to keep warm. We must not fight among ourselves over trivial matters!
"Look, I just told you, this guy is very smart and will never take over your house!"

Zhang Mao couldn't help but laugh, becoming more and more satisfied with Tang Hao's performance. Zhu Hui was asking for trouble and simply kept silent and never mentioned the matter again.

"Xiao Tanghao, you did a great job with the salt method!"

Zhang Mao looked at Tang Hao with a face full of relief, then stood up directly, and then bowed to Tang Hao respectfully!
Tang Hao was shocked when he saw this. He stood up quickly and tried to avoid it, but was pinned down by Zhu Hui and Tang Ren, unable to move.

"Do not move!"

"This is what you deserve!"

"I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of the millions of soldiers and civilians in Jiubian Army Town!"

Zhang Mao's voice sounded. Tang Hao was startled when he heard the words, and then he accepted the gift abruptly.

After Zhang Mao straightened up, Tang Hao smiled bitterly and said: "Old Duke, you are really a bad boy!"

"What's wrong with you? This is indeed what you deserve!"

"You don't know that since that damn Ye Qi's reform, the lives of the soldiers and civilians in Jiubian have become more and more difficult every day. They have to resist the plunder and harassment of barbarians like the Tatars. God knows how they got here all these years!"

Zhang Mao's old face was full of sorrow, and he sat back down, and everyone also took their seats.

"Actually, when Ye Qi carried out his political reform, I immediately went to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit and informed the late emperor about my interests, hoping that he could take back his life!"

"It's a pity that the late emperor obeyed the advice of the Confucian ministers, and at that time he was obsessed with making money to replenish the national treasury, but he just carried it out like this!"

Emperor Hongzhi obeyed the advice of the civil servants and gentry, which destined him to never revive the Ming Dynasty in his life!

Because the biggest problem in the world is not whether the king is wise or not, but rather the gentry in the court and the local gentry!
You obey their advice, but you still want to work hard to revive the Ming Dynasty. How is that possible?
To put it bluntly, there is no difference between Emperor Hongzhi and Emperor Jianwen. They are both fools who have been fooled by civil servants and gentry all their lives!

"Little Tang Hao, do you know how difficult it is for the soldiers and civilians on the nine sides?"

"Over there in Liaodong, if a bucket of rice is worth eight yen of silver, nine out of ten soldiers and civilians will starve to death!"

"Over there in the Xuan Mansion, one, two, three or four cents of silver can be used to get rice or one stone. The soldiers and the people are short of food, and many people have died of starvation!"

"Over there in Datong, more than 60,000 gold can buy about 20,000 shi of rice, which means that the price of rice per shi is about three taels. Many soldiers and civilians died of starvation!"

"And over there in Jizhou..."

Zhang Mao cried blood every word and was heartbroken every word!
Every word he said was not just a light word, but contained the blood, tears and bones of countless soldiers and civilians!
Hongzhi ZTE? !
Zhongfuxing!
At the price of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians starving to death from exhaustion, they exchanged for the false prosperity and peace in the mainland of Ming Dynasty, for the singing and dancing of civil servants and gentry, and for Emperor Hongzhi's reputation as the "Lord of ZTE"!

No one cares about the life and death of the soldiers and civilians of Jiubian!
Emperor Hongzhi wouldn't care, because Jiubian is too far away from the capital, and he can't see the hardships of Jiubian soldiers and civilians to survive, and he can't hear the shrill wails of Jiubian soldiers and civilians!
If possible, Tang Hao really wanted to take Emperor Hongzhi to the Jiubian Army Town and open his eyes to see what he had tried so hard to cure!
"So, little Tang Hao, you can afford this gift!"

"From now on, the soldiers and civilians of all nine sides will regard you, Tang Hao, as their benefactor. This is extremely important to you!"

"I just need to wait until the imperial court restores the old system of paying grain and opening up the country, and then tell the world that you, the Marquis of Zhongshan, will win the goodwill of the entire Ming Dynasty's Jiubian Military Town!"

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