Ming Dynasty: My father Yongle, Forever Reigns Over Mountains and Rivers

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Hanwang's Mansion, study room.

Prince Zhu Gaochi sat slumped on the chair, his eyes a little dull.

For a long time, the illusion of Government of Great Harmony in his heart was gradually being shattered.

He is Zhu Gaochi, the unpopular prince of Yan and the unpopular prince of Ming Dynasty.

Even when King Yan launched the Jingnan Campaign and rebelled to seize the world, he stayed in Peiping and served with meritorious service, but he was still not welcome.

The father who became the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty went to Jinling to claim the throne, but it was not until the second year of Yongle that he pinched his nose and established him as the prince!

Zhu Gaochi originally thought that as long as he did well enough, sooner or later he would be recognized by his father.

Therefore, he studied tirelessly, handled government affairs diligently, and did everything he could.

When his father rebelled, he sat in the rear and arranged food, grass and baggage.

When his father launched the Northern Expedition, he was ordered to supervise the country and handle government affairs!

Gradually, his abilities were recognized by the courtiers, who praised him as a benevolent prince and a sage and wise prince.

Zhu Gaochi did not disappoint them. He selected talents, promoted officials, and implemented benevolent policies.

Moreover, he did not forget to study and cultivate virtue. In his spare time, he took the initiative to ask famous scholars for lessons.

These great Confucians did not disappoint him. They taught him the sage words of Confucianism, the way of a benevolent king, and the great rule of the world...

Zhu Gaochi originally thought that when the old man went to Hexi and he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he would be able to stop the army and calm down the people, develop people's livelihood, and create a true rule of Datong and a truly prosperous Ming Dynasty!

But now, this grand dream is shattered!

The words of his second son were like a pair of black hands, tearing through the fig leaf of those civil servants and scholars, and revealing the bloody reality nakedly before his eyes!

What benevolent government!

What a sage!

What kind of rule of great unity!

It's all fucking bullshit!

This bunch of bitches, from the very beginning, are only here for themselves!

The so-called benevolent government is just benevolent government for them, and the real beneficiaries have always been them!

And what do the poor people at the bottom get?

Working in the dark, with little food left, and living in a callous manner...!

For a moment, Zhu Gaochi really wanted to pick up his Tai Chi sword and chop all these bastards!

Suddenly, the big fat man looked at Zhu Gaoxu with hope, and asked in an almost pleading tone: Second brother, is everything you said...all true?

How he hoped that the second child would tell him that this was all a lie!

Prince Han was a little reluctant to face the pleading gaze of Big Fatty, and subconsciously turned his face away.

He knew how cruel it was to destroy a person's faith with your own hands.

However, when things developed to this point, Zhu Gaoxu was helpless.

Boss, let me put it another way. If you don't believe it, you can go to the Gyeonggi area incognito.

Every village and market town will only be filled with low thatched houses and mud-walled houses, but there will definitely be one or two tall households with black tiles, white walls, and carved beams and painted beams. Remember what I said, every village and market town is!

The dignitaries above the court can only advocate a prosperous age, whitewash peace, and lavish attention on people. Where is the peaceful and prosperous age they talk about, the sea, the rivers, and the clear rivers? The word 'poor' is enough to sum up the current situation of all the villages in the Ming Dynasty!

When the prince heard this, the light in his eyes disappeared, and the last trace of luck in his heart was completely shattered.

Because there is no need for the second child to lie to him. As long as he really goes out incognito, the truth will naturally come out.

Zhu Gaoxu felt a little unbearable when he saw him like this, but since he had said it all, he continued to add fuel to the flames and worked hard, maybe Big Fatty would be able to change his mind.

Boss, let me ask you another question, in whose hands is most of the land concentrated?

The prince sighed and said silently: According to you, he should be a wealthy gentry.

Hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu felt reassured that his good brother was finally on the road.

Boss, have you ever thought about it? The local gentry holds the most land in the area, but they don't have to pay taxes because they have official status, right?

Well, it seems like this. This is a national policy... Zhu Gaochi followed Prince Han's thoughts and nodded subconsciously.

However, what Zhu Gaoxu said next made his expression change drastically!

The national policy also stipulates that the amount of tax stipulated in each place will remain roughly the same. The local government will levy how much tax there is on the fish scale atlas, right?

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi's face suddenly turned ugly.

He already realized what the second child was going to say.

Tell me, Prince, the gentry are constantly annexing fields, and they don't have to pay taxes. So who does this missing tax ultimately fall on?!

When Zhu Gaochi heard this, his scalp felt numb, his face instantly turned pale, and he uttered two words: Farmer!

Yes, only the people who farm their own land! Zhu Gaoxu's expression also became serious, and he said coldly: The imperial court stipulated a tax of thirty to one. However, because the gentry annexed the fields, the local government had to pay the missing part in order to complete the set tax amount. Allocate it to the common people who are not gentry tenants!

Originally, it was thirty taxes per one, but in order to complete the tax amount, the government would change it to twenty taxes per one. As the gentry continued to annex fields, as more and more common people were unable to pay taxes and had to become tenants of the gentry, This tax rate will increase, and eventually it will become one tax per ten, or even one tax per five!”

At that time, the poorest people will have to pay the heaviest taxes. Prince, what do you think the consequences will be?

Zhu Gaochi was numb and felt shuddering!

When that time comes, what will be the consequences?

The common people worked hard to cultivate their own fields, but due to heavy taxes, they had no food to eat and no clothing to cover their bodies. They had to become tenants of the gentry, but they still had no enough to eat, until finally... they had no way out!

At this point, what will they do?

Rise up...rebellion!

The prosperous Ming Dynasty finally collapsed because the gentry annexed the fields!

Is this Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu's unfounded worries?

no!

At least Zhu Gaochi believes that this will definitely happen!

Because the fundamental reason for the demise of the Yuan Dynasty was that the people in the world did not have enough to eat, and eventually they rose up and caused chaos in the world!

The lessons for the past are right in front of us!

Second brother, the court can find a way to stop this annexation...

Big Fatty suddenly spoke, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.

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Stop it? Who is going to stop it? You or I?

The only people who really want to stop this annexation are our old Zhu family, or even just you and me!

Fields are food and everything. The clan kings, dignitaries, local officials, and gentry are all eager to have more fields in their hands. Who would stab themselves in the back for what kind of loyalty?

You don't really think that those Cheng and Zhu scholars who read the sages' books have really become sages, and do they really care about the people and the country and the people?

Suddenly being ridiculed by the King of Han, Big Fatty was so angry that his face turned red.

He clenched his fists and wanted to refute, but in the end he sadly found that he couldn't refute at all!

Zhu Gaoxu let out a long sigh, and his eyes became cold.

My Ming Dynasty treated these Cheng and Zhu scholars so well that they forgot about themselves.

If you listen to singing and music all day long, play with women and drink wine, you can reap the benefits of a lot of land and drive the people like slaves!

And for them, even if they destroy the great country of my old Zhu family, it has nothing to do with them. At worst, they will just sit back and watch this country change its master. They will turn around and throw themselves into the arms of the new dynasty, make suggestions for the new dynasty, and become the new dynasty. Good humerus, keep enjoying life!

The new dynasty was established and the fields were redistributed. The worst they could do was start from scratch, gain fame through the imperial examination, become gentry, annex the fields, cultivate the family, and inherit the family. A new cycle begins again... This is the so-called prosperous age. How ridiculous!

Yes, how ridiculous!

Zhu Gaochi froze on the spot, with two lines of clear tears streaming from his eyes.

It turns out that the so-called prosperous age mentioned by the literati was only their prosperous age, the prosperous age of the gentry, never the common people's prosperous age!

His faith was shattered.

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