"Li Qing, do you mean to use thieves to wipe out the rich and return the land to the people?"
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice sounded.
Although the sound was not loud, it was like thunder in everyone's ears.
Li Jing took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there are many rebellions nowadays. In addition to natural disasters, the more important reason is that the people have no land to farm."
"You must know that Li Thief didn't have much to worry about in his early years, but after he captured Luoyang, held a Fulu Banquet, and provided relief to the victims, he immediately became famous and had a lot of followers. This shows that the people did not support Li Thief, but supported his policies."
"If Your Majesty allows the people to obtain land for farming and live a secure life, they will not rebel. In this way, the rebels will inevitably be weak, and the court will not need to add taxes. The people will therefore live a prosperous life, and those who rebel will If it decreases, the rebels will be even weaker."
"If things go on like this, the rebels will get weaker and our army will get stronger. When the time comes, your Majesty will only need to send a large general to lead the western expedition, and the victory will be decided in one battle."
"So I feel that the best way to counter rebellion is not to annihilate the rebels, but to stabilize the people. If you want the people of the world to be peaceful, you must solve the land issue."
"Furthermore, I believe that the reason why the capital city was preserved is not only due to His Majesty's divine power, but also the land that Your Majesty gave to the soldiers who defended the city. This is also an important reason. I also got inspiration from this and came up with this method. Please think about it again!"
After Li Jing finished speaking, he was already sweating profusely, while Jiang Dejing and others all looked frightened.
When Shen Zhanran heard Li Jing's advice, he knew that he had not yet formed a complete train of thought, so in order to avoid being punished, he hurriedly thought of ways to improve it.
After Li Jing finished speaking, he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, so he guided him in a deep voice: "Master Li, do you know that if your Majesty follows your method, the whole country will be ravaged by the rebels."
"Even if this matter was done by the rebels, the gentry will still be dissatisfied with His Majesty. And if the rebels gain power because of this, how can the world be stable?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he glanced at Shen Zhanran first, and then looked at Li Jing, but did not speak.
Seeing this, Li Jing was silent for a while and said: "Master Shen is very worried, but since we want to drive out the rebellion and suppress the rich, we cannot let him get out of control."
"Nowadays, the rebels are still powerful, so this method cannot be implemented. However, the north has been ravaged by the rebels. Your Majesty can take the opportunity to try it out and use the conquered land to station troops and stabilize the people."
"If you can really make the people peaceful and the soldiers strong, your Majesty can force the rebels to go south after defeating the main force of the rebels. Then everything will be under your control."
Shen Zhanran nodded slightly and then asked: "Even if it is true as Mr. Li said, every time the rebels capture a city, the people will suffer, and then all lives will be devastated. How can you bear it, Your Majesty?"
Li Jing thought for a while and said: "Since the rebels are controllable, the city they attacked must also be under our control. As long as we evacuate the people in advance, we can avoid this disaster!"
Shen Zhanran pondered for a while and said: "If we want to evacuate the people, the rich will inevitably flee. How can we achieve the goal of suppressing the rich?"
After he finished speaking, he saw Li Jing frowning and said nothing, then shook his head and said, "You can't let His Majesty issue an order not to allow those wealthy households to leave, can you?"
Hearing this, Li Jing immediately understood the key and said with some excitement: "Of course your Majesty cannot make such a decree, but your Majesty can make a decree to let wealthy households protect their property."
"If wealthy households abandon their fields and flee, Your Majesty can confiscate their properties. If they can really fight against the rebels, you can also take the opportunity to weaken their power."
Shen Zhanran stole a glance at Zhu Yuanzhang and saw that his face was no longer as solemn as before, so he said to Li Jing: "This method is barely justified, but land is the source of livelihood for rich households. Once they have no livelihood and turn to the rebels, what will happen?" Isn’t it more troublesome?”
Hearing this, Li Jing shook his head and said: "In the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River, let alone Fujian, Guangdong and other places, there is overseas trade. Even in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there is a lot of overseas trade."
"Although there are risks at sea, they can get ten times or even a hundred times profit from a trade. In addition to overseas trade, there are also profits such as salt, iron, tea, etc. Even if they lose their land, they will not be unable to live."
"Besides, Your Majesty can also grant them a certain amount of land depending on their situation. In addition, the rebels are weak, so they will not surrender to the rebels."
Shen Zhanran only thought of this for the time being. After Li Jing finished speaking, he stopped talking and pretended to think.
After Jiang Dejing and Ni Yuanlu listened to his conversation, their previous fear became a little excited.
Because what is most lacking at present is silver and land, if Li Jing's method is adopted, this dilemma can be solved.
Moreover, Li Jing's method was first tried in the north, and the risks were considered controllable.
After the two of them looked at each other, Jiang Dejing knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, although Mr. Li's method is a bit radical, it also has merits. Please try it out in the north first."
After Jiang Dejing finished speaking, Ni Yuanlu hurriedly knelt down to second her opinion.
Zhu Yuanzhang was originally planning to confiscate the property of the wealthy households in the north and station troops. Seeing that Jiang Dejing and Ni Yuanlu agreed, he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "Although the north is not as complicated as the south, the rebels are short-sighted and only killed people from our clan and did not bring them to justice." The land is completely distributed to the people.”
"Once we regain the lost land, those wealthy officials, gentry, and wealthy households will definitely ask for land from us. Then the situation may be more complicated than in the south!"
When Ni Yuanlu heard this, she said excitedly: "Your Majesty, you don't need to worry about this. Most of the wealthy officials, gentry, and wealthy people have defected to the rebels and will not dare to ask you for land."
"As for the small number of loyal people, I am willing to personally persuade them and show my righteousness, and they will definitely agree."
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly happy, he still looked at Shen Zhanran and said, "Shen Qing, what do you think of this matter?"
Shen Zhanran still didn't understand Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts at this moment, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "What Mr. Ni said is reasonable, please don't worry, Your Majesty!"
"Moreover, those wealthy households often conceal their land assets in order to avoid paying taxes. When the time comes, your Majesty will only need to send people to measure the land, and they will not dare to complain."
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded and said: "Okay, since all the ministers think this matter is feasible, let's try it out in the north first, but we must send reliable people to do it."
With that said, he looked at Jiang Dejing and said: "Jiang Qing, you will be responsible for the personnel matters. Once selected, you will report it to us immediately."
Jiang Dejing saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had a worried look on his face before, and was worried that there would be setbacks. When he heard this, he immediately accepted the order loudly, and then asked Zhu Yuanzhang for relevant details.
At this time, a young eunuch came in and reported that Wang Shoulin was outside asking for an audience.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Wang Shoulin was no longer responsible for his security work, and that Li Guozhen should have news about coming here at this moment, so he hurriedly asked the young eunuch to bring him in.
After Wang Shoulin bowed and saluted, he told him that Li Guozhen had persuaded Jiang Yu yesterday and killed the pacifier sent by Li Zicheng.
Now Li Guozhen has gathered 30,000 soldiers and horses from Xuanfu and Datong, and is marching towards Juyongguan. I believe they will arrive there tomorrow.
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, but Zhu Yuanzhang said with a worried look on his face: "Wang Qing, hurry up and stop Uncle Xiangcheng, so that he only needs to pretend to attack Juyongguan, but not really send troops."
When Jiang Dejing and others heard this, they all looked at him in surprise.
