Husband and wife talk at night,
Zhu Di and the other three listened to the wall.
Su Yang continued talking at the urging of the little girl.
"There was so much noise at the scene that Grandpa Taizu couldn't hear clearly for a moment, so he gave an order to the officials: 'Come here, go to the Ministry of Household Treasury to get hundreds of hoes to distribute to the people. How can the farmers lose their farm tools? .'"
"It turns out that in order to encourage people to reclaim wasteland and resume production, Taizu issued many encouraging policies. For example, as long as farmers return to their hometowns to reclaim wasteland, then the wasteland is yours. Not only that, the court also provides subsidies, distributes hoes, Seeds, cattle and donkeys and other production materials, so the imperial court built a lot of agricultural tools for this purpose and stored them in the Ministry of Household Treasury."
After hearing the story, Zhu Di nodded subconsciously.
Because Taizu really loved the people as his own children, in order to encourage the people to cultivate the fields and reclaim wasteland, he also did many benevolent and good deeds that Su Yang said.
Zhu Di still had an impression of this. Su Yang was telling the truth.
"Then the retinue officials took hundreds of hoes from the treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs and distributed them to the farmers present one by one. The great grandfather thought, he is showing mercy to the people, and these people will definitely praise him greatly, so So he asked: 'Dear elders, are these hoes that I have given you easy to hold, and are they the same as your original hoes?'"
"After Grandpa Taizu said this, he waited for the people to kneel down and praise him. The officials next to him were also looking forward to it with smiles on their faces. Unexpectedly, the people were very sincere and said: 'Your Majesty, this is It’s different from our hoe. Our hoe is longer than this one. The hoe you gave us, Your Majesty, was distributed by the government a few days ago. However, this hoe is too short and useless, and it can’t do farm work at all. We have to go to the river to find our own hoes.'"
Is the hoe too short and useless?
Or do you have to fish your own hoe in the river?
What the hell is all this?
Zhu Di was stunned and looked at Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu. The two brothers shook their heads in unison.
The father and son were all confused and did not understand what kind of medicine Suyang Gourd was selling.
"When Grandfather Taizu heard this, he was immediately surprised. Why is there such a strange thing? We want to see how much longer your hoe can be compared to mine, so he shouted to the retinue: 'Here comes someone. , you go down, bring me the hoe, and see if what the people say is true!'"
"When the accompanying guards heard the order, they immediately jumped into the moat despite the severe cold. After a while, they actually fished out dozens of hoes. The great ancestor took a look in his hand, and then compared them with the hoes in the government warehouse. In comparison, it is really longer than the one issued by the imperial court. It is the iron part on the head of the hoe, which is much longer."
"Grandfather Taizu is such a wise and powerful man. When he compared the two hoes, he immediately understood the fishiness between them and became furious..."
Su Yang paused strategically, then asked with a smile: "Xiaowan, why do you think Grandpa Taizu was angry?"
The little girl was stunned when she heard this, and the three people at the base of the wall also fell into deep thought.
Then Zhu Wanqiu recalled Su Yang's swearing that day, and she immediately reacted.
"My lord, are you saying that those officials deliberately threw people's hoes and farm tools into the river for corruption?"
"That's right!" Su Yang smiled, "It was Taizu who issued the order for the government to distribute farm tools to farmers in order to encourage the reclamation of wasteland, so that local officials found a way to make a fortune."
"The imperial court said it was encouraging reclamation of wasteland. Which states and counties had more reclamation, they would receive more subsidies from the imperial court, and they would set an example across the country and be rewarded with great rewards. If those states and counties had less reclamation, the imperial court would send officials to inspect the areas and see the wasteland. Whether they have all been reclaimed, and whether state and county officials have vigorously implemented the emperor's policies."
"As a result, there are some 'quick-minded' local officials. They not only want to get awards from the court and get more subsidies from the court, but also want to put these subsidies into their own pockets and avoid the court sending imperial envoys to investigate and deal with them. How can this be true? It’s not like killing multiple birds with one stone.”
"So what exactly is the idea? These prefecture and county officials suddenly came up with a good idea. They used the money issued by the court to build a large number of defective farm tools and forcibly distributed them to the people. Among them, they saved The money will naturally go into their pockets!"
"And those defective farm tools are short and some are rotten. The common people use these farm tools. The farm work that could be done in one day can now be done in three days. Of course they are not willing to use them, but how can the common people do without them? No need. How can local officials find excuses to continue to demand subsidies from the court and continue to be corrupt?"
"When the people refused to use it, the local officials forced them to use it. They took away all the people's original farm tools such as hoes and shovels, and forcibly distributed the inferior farm tools from the court to them. As for the people's original farm tools, the government either Hidden or thrown into the river, in short, you can't find it. You have to use it if you don't need it, and you can't delay the officials' plans to make a fortune!"
Zhu Wanqiu was dumbfounded, seeing for the first time the corrupt methods of officials!
The father and son at the base of the wall were already full of anger, especially the King of Yan Zhu Di, who almost cursed him with "bastard", but fortunately Zhu Gaoxu covered his mouth in time.
Zhu Di's face was ashen and he sat on the ground in silence.
Only now did he finally understand why Su Yang told this story!
In order to encourage mulberry farming and farming, Grandpa Taizu deliberately implemented such a benevolent and benevolent act, but what was the final result?
Have the people benefited from anything?
Not at all!
Instead of benefiting from it, it actually delayed the spring plowing plan!
On the contrary, those damn corrupt officials took advantage of this benevolent government and made a lot of money from it, and their mouths were full of oil!
What a bastard!
As for whether this story is true or false, it is not that important.
Because Su Yang just wanted to use this story to expose the ugly faces of the corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty!
But what does this have to do with Zhu Yunwen?
Zhu Di's heart moved, and he forced himself to hold back the anger in his heart and continued to listen.
Su Yang's voice sounded, and his tone was a little low.
"That's why I said that with Zhu Yunwen sitting on that dragon chair, instead of making people's lives easier, they would actually make it even more difficult!"
Zhu Di's pupils shrank suddenly, and he had some thoughts.
"The reason is very simple. Zhu Yunwen is a scholar-emperor who is idealistic in everything!"
"Call him a foolish king, but he really can't be called that. After all, he still pretends to be a common people in his heart, and he has carried out various benevolent and benevolent deeds since he came to the throne!"
"But the problem is that he is too idealistic and thinks that these benevolent and good deeds will be implemented and will truly fall on the people!"
"However, this is not the case. During the Hongwu period, Emperor Taizu severely cracked down on official corruption, but there were still many corrupt officials who took advantage of various imperial policies for personal gain. What's more, now that the new emperor has ascended the throne?"
"Our new emperors are 'kindhearted'. During the Hongwu period, officials were severely punished for crimes. But when it comes to Zhu Yunwen, it has become a 'minor crime'. As long as it is not a heinous crime, a light punishment will be enough." , This will undoubtedly encourage officials and gentry to become corrupt and accept bribes with great arrogance!"
"Let's look at the people around Zhu Yunwen. He left aside the veterans who were left by the great ancestor to assist him in politics, and reused some scholars and scholars who were equally armchair strategists. This determines that no matter whether their starting point is good or bad, the common people will It is impossible to gain any benefits, it will only make those officials and gentry easier!"
"Scholar Emperor and scholarly court, do they care about the lives of ordinary people?"
