In Lao Zhu's view, no matter how talented Han Du is, he can tolerate it. But he will never tolerate Han Du betraying Zhu Biao. This is a matter of principle. If Han Du could easily betray Zhu Biao, how could he rest assured and leave Han Du to Zhu Biao in the future?
The more talented a person is, the more cruel he will be if he causes harm. He is still alive and can still suppress Han Du. If in the future after Long Yu Bintian, Han Du switches to someone else, wouldn't it be a problem for Zhu Biao?
"Then just talk and speak freely. No matter what you say, I will pardon you today." Lao Zhu waved his hand towards Han Du for the first time, and then sat back calmly, waiting for Han Du's words.
"These officials are guilty, but they cannot be killed." Han Du said with a smile.
Lao Zhu suddenly laughed when he heard this and said: "You are the one who said they should be punished for their crimes, and you are the one who said they cannot be killed. Han Du, your words confuse me, do you know?"
Han Du bowed and said, "It's my fault. I didn't explain clearly. Your Majesty, what I mean is that killing them like this is too easy for them."
"You can only kill people with a nod, but you actually said it was too cheap for them?" Lao Zhu also felt that Han Du's words were interesting, so he continued to ask: "Then what should I do to not be too cheap for them?"
Han Du straightened up and said seriously: "Your Majesty, since they don't know the hardships of farmers, I thought I could depose them all, give them fields, let them all work as farmers, and let them suffer as farmers. of suffering.”
After hearing this, Lao Zhu was silent for a long time and asked, "Why do you have such an idea?"
Han Du smiled and asked Lao Zhu: "I dare to ask, does the emperor know that as long as they are alive, they will create value for the Ming Dynasty every moment?"
Seeing that Lao Zhu didn't speak, Han Du continued: "Take a farmer as an example. From ten acres of land, he can harvest twenty or thirty dan of grain every year, and he can pay seven dan in taxes to the court every year. A person can earn seven dan in a year. Even if they can pay taxes to the court for an average of thirty years, that's still two hundred dan. Although two hundred dan per person is not much, if there are 10,000 people, it is 2 million dan, and if there are 100,000 people, it is 20 million.
stone. Your Majesty, the 20 million dan of food, even if averaged every year, is still hundreds of thousands of dan. You must know that the emperor does not need to pay anything for this annual income of hundreds of thousands of stones. He only needs to show his noble hand slightly and he can easily get it. "
Although Han Du had only been in Ming Dynasty for a few years, he was very clear about Lao Zhu's character. Lao Zhu has the nature of a small farmer, and he has all the shortcomings of small farmers. Instead of talking to him about big ideas, it would be better to show him naked benefits directly.
The Guo Huan case implicated tens of thousands of people. Lao Zhu wanted to kill him, but Han Du had no objection and could kill him at will. But Han Du wanted to tell Lao Zhu in advance what the consequences would be after killing them, "Killing these people will cause Ming Dynasty to lose hundreds of thousands of dan in income every year. It's up to him to figure it out."
Lao Zhu did not expect that Han Du would kick the problem back to him. He sat without saying a word, and the war between heaven and man began in his heart. From the bottom of his heart, Lao Zhu couldn't get rid of the sand in his eyes and was determined to kill all these corrupt officials. But faced with Han Du's offer of hundreds of thousands of shi in vain every year, Lao Zhu, who had always been decisive in killing, hesitated.
Moreover, as time went by, the profit of hundreds of thousands of stones continued to increase in Lao Zhu's heart, until he completely overcame the thought of killing.
"Hmph! You kid, you are so scheming." Lao Zhu scolded Han Du unwillingly.
When Zhu Biao heard this, he felt overjoyed.
Lao Zhu glanced at Han Du who was kneeling on the ground and said, "Get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Han Du smiled and suddenly felt pain in his knees, with a grin on his face.
Lao Zhu didn't like Han Du. Seeing this situation, he deliberately embarrassed Han Du and said: "I can spare their lives, but just to let them become farmers, I am indignant. You have to find a way to help me get out of this situation." Say something bad. Otherwise, I will take it out on you."
Why are you venting your anger on me? It's not that I want to let those people go, it's obviously Zhu Biao who wants you to let them go. If you want to vent your anger, go to Zhu Biao.
But facing Lao Zhu's no-joking look, Han Du couldn't help but shrink his neck.
Said: "Since the emperor cannot relieve his anger, it is better to move them all overseas to open up borders for the Ming Dynasty."
Tuotu can be regarded as atonement for themselves. "
Han Du pretended to be helpless and revealed the plan he had prepared in his heart. Moving the people of the Ming Dynasty overseas was really difficult given the custom of attaching great importance to their homeland, and it was also something that Han Du couldn't bear.
But for these people who are about to be executed, as long as they can survive, where can they go?
Han Du has always wanted the Ming Dynasty to embark on the road of great navigation, but this great navigation does not mean that if you send thousands of ships out to show off your power and come back, you will be considered to be on the road to great navigation.
It is not that the Ming Dynasty did not have great feats of navigation. Zheng He made seven voyages to the Western Seas where all nations surrendered, which shocked the whole world. But what was the result? Rather than being lost in the surging tide of history, the great voyage of Ming Dynasty came to an abrupt end.
Han Du once pondered this question, why did he go back to his old ways even though he had gone out? After thinking a lot, Han Du finally discovered a problem. That is, although Zheng He took the fleet out, in fact, the Ming people never went out.
If Ming Dynasty wants to truly embark on a great voyage, it must disperse its people. As long as people go out, no matter where they end up, Han Du believes that with the hard work of Ming people, they can take root there.
As long as it takes root and occupies a piece of land, it will be considered stable. People of the Ming Dynasty may not care about anything, but their desire to possess the land is engraved in their blood.
Every inch of mountains and rivers, every inch of blood, is no joke. As long as there are Ming people living in this land, as long as they still identify with the Ming court. I am afraid that no matter how incompetent the minister or the emperor is, they would not dare to say the words of abandoning this land.
If the minister dares to say such things, he will be infamy for thousands of years. For them who want to leave their name in history, this is simply more uncomfortable than killing them. And if the emperor said such words, he would inevitably be scolded by the people of the world: "You are a fool, you don't feel bad for selling your land!"
Who can bear this?
Therefore, what Han Du has to do now is to move all these people overseas while they are guilty.
