Daming Super Dimension Company, President Zhu Yuanzhang!

Chapter 87 Zhu Di violently beats Zhu Houcong!
If the matter of converting rice to mulberry is successful, it will add another stumbling block on their way to overthrow Yan Song and others. Now it seems that the emperor is obviously moved. These Qingliu can't sit still and jump out one by one.

"Your Majesty, you must not do this. Food is the foundation of people's livelihood."

"Your Majesty, if this precedent is set, what if the money is still not enough in the future? One out of ten? It becomes two or three out of ten?"

"It is really not the behavior of a wise king to destroy the food that is so good!"

Immediately, these Qingliu and Yandang started to quarrel in the court hall, talking like a vegetable market.

Jiajing held his head against his head and said impatiently: "I have made my own decision on this matter. We will discuss it later. I will withdraw from the court today."

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Zhu Houcong did not go to court. He wanted to change rice into mulberry, but there were always people who got in the way. This made Zhu Houcong unavoidably agitated. He held a book in his hand and read it, so he could calm down and calm down.

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di pulled Xiao Ran over, they happened to see this scene. They were so angry that they puffed their beards and glared: "You are an unworthy descendant. In the clear sky, you don't read the memorials, but just look at these useless things!"

"I want to do everything myself, but I am afraid that the people will not live a good life. I only sleep two or three hours a day, but you..."

Zhu Di had served as a chariot on five personal expeditions, and he was an emperor with strong military virtues. He immediately took out his belt from his waist, walked towards Zhu Houcong, pushed him to the ground, and whipped him hard!

Zhu Di waved his belt fiercely: "You like the Tao, right? Those who respect the Tao will be promoted and make a fortune. If you don't respect the Tao, your ministers who dare to speak out and advise you will be punished. At the least, they will be reduced from their posts to serve the people, and imprisoned in the shackles. In the worst case, they will be beaten to death on the spot." right?"

"Ouch, who are you! Someone is coming, there is an assassin stabbing you!" Zhu Houhuang yelled.

"Oh, you have the nerve to shout, you don't even know your ancestors." Zhu Di was even more angry.

Zhu Yuanzhang also took off his shoe soles to join in the activity of beating the children.

If Zhu Houcong was just mediocre, he would not be angry. He just thought that in October of the 21st year of Jiajing, more than a dozen palace maids headed by Yang Jinying were determined to kill this unworthy descendant, and he could really succeed. I feel angry in my heart.

When did the descendants of the Zhu family become so aggrieved? How much carelessness could there be in the palace to allow the emperor to be assassinated?

Zhu Houcong also thought of the Renyin Palace incident at this time, and had a strong psychological shadow, otherwise he would not have moved from the Forbidden City to the Longevity Palace in Xiyuan.

That night, Zhu Houcong was sleeping when more than a dozen palace maids swarmed up and held him down, tying a rope around his neck and trying to strangle him to death. If they hadn't tied the rope into a tight knot in their panic, they wouldn't have been able to strangle Zhu Houcong to death. The trees on his grave would have grown quite tall now.

Two of them were Zhu Houcong's concubines. When they saw something was wrong, these two abandoned the other maids and reported to the queen, hoping to make a crime and meritorious deeds. Fortunately, the queen immediately led people to rescue Zhu Houcong, who had been breathing out more than he was taking in. .

As for the palace maids headed by Yang Jinying and the two concubines who reported to the queen, they were all sentenced to death.

Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were tired from the beating. One held his belt and the other held his shoe soles and stopped.

Only then did Zhu Houcong have the opportunity to raise his eyes and take a closer look at who these two people were who dared to break into the Longevity Palace and beat him.

"Bold, you dare to wear dragon robes..." But before he finished speaking, Zhu Houcong realized something was wrong. Why do these two people look so familiar?

Rather like Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yongle...

Thinking of the luminous jade he had picked up on the cave earlier, Zhu Houcong's eyes suddenly lit up and he rushed to the legs of the two of them: "That jade order is actually real!"

Seeing his ancestor, Zhu Houcong felt a sense of security even though he had just been beaten.

No matter what happens, the ancestor will not be murderous towards him.

"Do you want to change rice into mulberry?" Xiao Ran took a step forward.

Seeing an outsider, Zhu Houcong's eyes became a little wary.

"I am the boss of Super Time Company, and your order will be completed by my company."

Zhu Houcong nodded and sighed, with a bitter look on his face: "Yan Song and others proposed changing rice to mulberry. In fact, if done properly, it is also a good way to benefit the country and the people. However, Zhang Juzheng and other so-called Qingliu sincerely don't want to Let me get this done."

Xiao Ran nodded: "That's true. This so-called Qingliu is just a group of people who claim to be Qingliu. They also have selfish motives. The matter of changing rice to mulberry was proposed by Yan Song and others. If it is really successful, Yan Song The strengthening of the party's power will also add a stumbling block for them, the Qingliu, to overthrow the strict party. Thinking of this, if those Qingliu agree one day, they will definitely create a stumbling block behind this matter."

Zhu Houcong nodded repeatedly: "This is what is worrying me now."

Xiao Ran shook his head and said: "Everything has two sides. The disadvantages of changing rice to mulberry are very obvious, but the benefits are also great. But when a major decision is made, if no one can predict the negative effects it may cause If sufficient evaluation is given, a set of implementation methods that are consistent with the system are formulated, and methods are used to make up for loopholes, then problems may be magnified during the implementation process and the decision will fall short. For such a decision, it is not just the decision itself that should be reflected on, but the entire decision There’s something wrong with the institution.”

"It's a pity that this policy that benefited the people turned into a policy that harmed the people."

Zhu Houcong was puzzled: "Although Yan Song is treacherous, he is definitely the one who wants to handle this matter the most. And those Qingliu, even if they are fighting with Yan Dang, but with their self-proclaimed aloofness, , even if it is a stumbling block, he will not really do anything harmful to the people."

"But wasn't it you who really made this move a dead end from the beginning?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di heard this, they immediately became angry again.

"You kid, why don't you tell me what you did again!"

"We knew there was something fishy behind this." Zhu Yuanzhang blew his beard, and followed his style, strictly prohibiting officials from corruption, giving adequate compensation to the people, converting rice into mulberry, making raw silk into silk, and selling it overseas. It's a sure thing to make a profit without losing money, but it's just a waste of food in the fields, but it doesn't matter if you grasp this proportion and arrange the people who are buying the fields.

Although there are problems in all aspects of this matter, Zhu Houcong's own problems are not small.

Xiao Ran said: "How to settle accounts is a big problem."

"In the process of converting rice to mulberry, there is more than one person who needs to settle accounts. Everyone's accounts have their own calculations. The first is the feasibility of converting rice to mulberry. If farmers lose their fields, they will lose food. Are they willing to change their accounts? Converting rice to mulberry? This problem can be solved by allocating grain from other provinces." "If you convert rice to mulberry fields, you can enjoy preferential tax policies. If you calculate it like this, converting rice to mulberry will indeed benefit the country and the people, and the accounts will be reasonable. There is some feasibility.”

Zhu Houcong quickly responded: "I...I think so too..."

He glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and took back what he had said for more than thirty years. How dare he call himself "I" when these two ancestors were in front of him?
"But this is just an idealized state." Xiao Ran shrugged, "Next, let's start finding fault."

"Yan Song proposed to change rice into mulberry, half of it was to fill the treasury deficit caused by them, and half of it was because the Yan Party was in decline now, and he needed to do something well and make some achievements. But... …”

Emperor Jiajing just breathed a sigh of relief after listening to Xiao Ran's previous words. This "but" instantly made his heart skip a beat.

"Yan Song is now so high up that he may not be able to fully control the people below him. There are loopholes in the preferential tax policy that can be exploited. Those under the Yan Party will take the opportunity to annex land when they see a profit. This will then trigger a civil uprising. .”

The more Xiao Ran spoke, the uglier Emperor Jiajing's face became. Apparently, he had figured this out now.

Zhu Di even boasted about his beard and glared, copying the seven wolves, and struck at Jiajing: "You stinky boy, you do things without thinking about the future, how can you be a good emperor? If you have never thought of a way to deal with this matter, there is no way you can do it." If a minister who has the ability to completely control his subordinates makes decisions based on the moment of being happy, then he should not become the emperor!"

Zhu Di's words made Emperor Jiajing's face turn pale instantly.

Could it be that he wants to abdicate himself?

Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houcong was the second son of Xingxian King Zhu Youqi, and his father Zhu Youqi was the fourth son of Ming Xianzong. If Zhu Houzhao, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, had no heirs to inherit the throne, this position would not have been his turn in the form of brother-in-law succession.

Zhu Houcong naturally cherished the throne very much.

Xiao Ran looked at the beaten Zhu Houcong and silently lit wax for him in his heart. Although he had made many achievements, Emperor Jiajing had always been a very contradictory person.

He likes to spend money, but he is also stingy. He is always trying hard to manage things, but he is intermittently messy. The decisions he makes are sometimes stupid and sometimes wise.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang saw more problems.

"Isn't this probably the reason why the conversion of rice to mulberry failed completely?"

Xiao Ran nodded: "My uncle still has a strategic vision, and the most critical problem still lies with Emperor Jiajing."

At this time, Emperor Jiajing was breaking out in cold sweat. Before Xiao Ran could finish what he said just now, he was whipped. It would be great if he said all of it.

Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but wink at Xiao Ran and rub his fingers again. He understood the meaning.

Money bribe?

Xiao Ran chuckled. Emperor Jiajing was still thinking of paying hush money. He was indeed an emperor who was always good at amassing money.

However, he couldn't accept the money. Zhu Di would know what Zhu Houcong had done when he went back with him to check on Du Niang.

"Speaking of which, Yan Shifan and the others encouraged Yan Song to propose changing rice to mulberry. They actually had a plan for a long time."

"Although, from a macro perspective, that is, from what Qingliu can see, the accounts of converting rice into mulberry can be considered even. But in doing this, not only Yan Party wants to profit from it, but Emperor Jiajing was the biggest profiteer."

The eyes of Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang all fell on Jiajing. Is this guy the biggest profiteer?

"There are several key people involved in this matter. One is Hu Zongxian, and the other is Gao Hanwen, who was influenced by Hu Zongxian. This is how their account books are calculated. If the rice is changed to mulberry, the land will have a good harvest. Fifty shi per acre, forty shi per acre in bad years, even in disaster years, an acre still costs 30 shi.”

"But Yan Song has a different view on the price of buying the land. However, he has done bad things all his life, and he really has no intention of having any evil intentions this time. If he wants to do this well, the price of buying the land cannot be too low. , Don’t let the people be unhappy and go to counties that were not affected by the disaster to buy it, but if the businessmen are still unwilling, then they can only force it and let the government do it.”

"But in this matter, Yan Song is just the one who issues orders. How to implement it in the end depends on those below."

"In the end, this task fell on Shen Yishi. His attitude was, ten stones per acre, otherwise his workshop would not be able to operate."

Zhu Di felt something was wrong: "Didn't I say before that even fifty-one acres is feasible? The difference between here and outside has reached four times, so is Shen Yishi a profiteer?"

Xiao Ran's eyes fell on Emperor Jiajing: "In the final analysis, the reason is here. As an emperor, you compete for the interests of the people."

The eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di also fell on him.

Jiajing instantly felt a chill running down his spine, as if he was about to be beaten again.

Xiao Ran didn't show mercy at this time, and directly exposed Jiajing's old background at once.

However, as a latecomer standing on the shoulders of history, Xiao Ran sees the joints more thoroughly.

"For Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong and others, they must have silk, but the land price cannot be low. The plan to convert rice to mulberry can be implemented, but the land cannot be purchased cheaply. They feel that even if it is fifty stones per acre, There is money to be made from buying land, but if the price is lowered, it is serious party corruption. People like Hai Rui and Wang Yongji have always been serious about this."

"For Yan Song, silk must be available, and the price of land must not trigger a civil uprising. The conversion of rice to mulberry must be left to large households, but the price for purchasing the land cannot be too low, otherwise it will arouse public indignation, so , people like Zheng Michang, He Maocai, etc. Even including the entire Zhejiang officialdom and people in the capital who are related to this matter, it is best not to take a penny."

"Emperor Jiajing's own account is not a small sum. When Shen Yishi's silk is woven, half will be given to the palace first, that is, it will be turned over to the Weaving Bureau. The rest will have to be divided among individual officials. Suppose he produces four million For each piece of silk and satin, two million pieces will be given to the Weaving Bureau, and about one million pieces will be given to the remaining officials. If he can save eight to nine million pieces, it is already good."

"Moreover, he has to use a large part of it as principal to buy raw silk. If Shen Yishi wants to maintain business, he can only keep his costs down."

At this time, a large amount of cold sweat broke out on Emperor Jiajing's head. He felt that he could not stand here.

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more angry and blew his beard and glared: "You stinky boy! Your weaving bureau requires people to donate half of the silk. The most greedy boy is you!"

(End of this chapter)