The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 544
Zhu Linming was planning how to allocate these funds, so Shi Lin came to report, saying that King Jinyu Zhu Shenzheng asked to see him.

Since the last king of Jin, Zhu Shenxuan, was captured by Li Zicheng to Beijing, and then fell into the hands of Jianlu, the position of king of Jin has been vacant for a long time.Later, his third younger brother Zhu Shenxuan fled to Fujing and was granted the title of Jinyu King, which actually replaced Zhu Shenxuan's position in the lineage of Jin Wang.

Since Jin Wang's branch has been serving as Zongzheng of the clan's mansion all the year round, it is Zhu Shenzheng's turn to take this position—anyway, he has been idle for thousands of years, and no one cares.

However, King Jin Yu was really busy these few days. After entering the study, he bowed to Zhu Lin and immediately held a booklet.

The latter took it and opened it, and saw that the first page read: Prince Lu's Mansion, 20 taels of stock, divided into 24 shares of the ocean caravan.About the whole treasury bank payment, not received...

Han Wang's Mansion has 3 taels of stock, which is divided into [-] shares of Foshan Iron Works.About to pay with Kuyin and Yanzhou Liangtian, but it has not been received...

At the back of each page are the signatures and affixes of all the vassals and court handlers.

"Grandfather Wang, the details of the investment of 43 clan members are all recorded here. The sea caravans and the iron works get the most money." Zhu Shenzheng looked smug. He has never lived so much. The past few days have been so busy, "In addition, more than [-] clan members from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces sent news yesterday, saying that they also want to invest in shares, but it is too small and has not yet been compiled."

Zhu Shenxuan's seniority in the clan is extremely low. Although he is over 30 years old, he is indeed Zhu Linming's grandson.

Zhu Linmi looked through it roughly, and the content was basically the same as what she left. It seems that this King Jinyu is quite reliable in his work.

He put down the detailed rules for the clan's shareholding, and only told Zhu Shenzheng: "You can lead someone to clarify matters involving money, but the focus after that is on verifying those clansmen who are living in hardship.

"You have to make it clear to everyone one by one, you can't miss one, and you can't be deceived by others. For the clan members who can't live without the salary, each person can get six acres of fertile land, and the salary is reduced to [-]%, and then it will be paid for another two years.

"The allocated acres are allocated from the Huangzhuang, and they are only allowed to plant. They are rent-free for five years, but they are still Huangzhuang's land. After that, they pay the same rent as ordinary Huangzhuang contractors."

After repeated purges and strangulations by Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and Jianlu, there are only a little over [-] Ming clans left on the ground in the nine provinces of the Taizheng Dynasty.Among so many clansmen, there are very few who can really win the title, and not too many get a share of the family property. More than [-]% of the clansmen are actually living a little better than a well-off life, and there are even a few who are extremely poor.

If the salaries of these people are suddenly stopped, they will not be able to do anything, and they may starve to death on the street.The most troublesome thing is that these people are all descendants of the Zhu family, if they are used by someone with a heart, it is hard to guarantee that they will not cause some trouble.

Zhu Shenxuan hesitated and said: "Grandfather Wang, but this ancestral system stipulates that clan members are not allowed to farm. I'm afraid they can only rent out the eight acres of land to them. If they are deceived by the unruly people again, they will still have no life. fall……"

"You're right," Zhu Lin said, "so these people have to voluntarily withdraw from their citizenship, and after signing and depositing, they will be removed from the genealogy, and they will find their own way of life in the future. In this way, the ancestral system will not be able to restrain them."

Zhu Shenzheng was taken aback, "Is this possible? I'm afraid they won't agree."

Zhu Linmei smiled, "The left and right have no salary anymore. Tell them that anyone who voluntarily gives up his clan status can receive an additional three acres of land and have his salary extended for half a year. There is only a two-month chance of resignation. Those who are hesitant There will be no such benefits.”

"Yes, grandson can save it."

……

"Bertman, I can tell by the look on your face that there must be bad news for me." A blond middle-aged man stood proudly on the bow deck of the Graveland, glanced at the young man beside him, still Looking at the sea in the distance, he said, "Let's talk, it's always been like this these days anyway, I'm getting used to it."

The young man took a deep breath, stood at attention and saluted: "General Bess, the Egret has lost the Spaniard." He glanced at Bess' expression, and hurriedly added, "The Spaniard took the risk of turning off the lights last night, and the Egret has tried its best Keep up, but the Spaniards are obviously very familiar with the waterways..."

"Okay, I see."

Bess waved him back, then turned to his first mate and said, "Cesareo, since that's the case, we have to go southeast and stop them from the inside, and we must never let them have a chance to get close to the officer.

"Send the order, raise the flag, turn left, and go south from the west side of Dagou Island. In addition, send the Salman to search west."

"Yes!"

Cesareo immediately turned the rudder, and after the entire fleet completed the turn and raised the sails again, he said to Bess in a complaining tone: "General, what are the Spaniards trying to do? Good thing."

"I don't know about that either," Bess said in a calm tone, "Mr. Owat has sent a special envoy to Manila, but the Spaniards have an excuse to not see him at all.

"Actually, it's not surprising. We just broke through the Spaniard's stronghold in the chicken coop last year and realized the monopoly of Ming's coastal trade. It is expected that they will come to make trouble."

Beth's second officer looked worried, "General, it is said that they have made a lot of money in trade with the Ming Dynasty in the past six months. Perhaps Madrid has decided to increase investment in the Far East... The Manila authorities don't want to declare war on us, do they? ?”

"Declaration of war?" Bess sneered, "Aren't we at war with the Netherlands? Although everyone in the Far East has their own interests, it's not surprising that the war spread from Europe to here."

The Commonwealth of the Netherlands is the collective name for the cities of the Netherlands under the former Spanish rule. They began to rebel against Spain nearly a hundred years ago, and now they have almost won.The latter is also known as the Low Countries Rebellion.

"However," he changed the topic, "Manila's strength is far from enough to challenge us, otherwise when we besiege the chicken coop, they will send fleet reinforcements.

"The Spaniards also have a lot of troubles to deal with. It is impossible for them to send seven warships wandering aimlessly in Dongfan for a long time."

He suddenly remembered something, "By the way, you said that Spain used Macau to trade with the Ming Dynasty... Maybe they wanted to show off their fighting power and warn us not to interfere with their newly opened trade channels..."

As he was talking, Bertman turned back again, this time looking a little excited, "General, the Warren just sent back a message that a Spanish light warship was spotted on the southeast side. It is less than fifty nautical miles away. .”

"It seems that my judgment is correct," Bess smiled conceitedly, "as long as we find a ship, their main fleet must be nearby!"

(End of this chapter)