The reason why Zhu Youxiao cares about the status of clear land in Henan, Shandong, and Huguang is.
The reason is that these three places are the production centers except Jiangnan, especially Huguang.
Once the land clearing in these three places is successful, a large amount of contributions and deceitful payments as well as arrears in taxes will be discovered, and a large amount of grain can be recovered.
According to previous experience in clearing Zhangzhang in Nanzhili, these three places combined can produce tens of millions of dan of grain.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao believed that as long as these three areas were cleared, the imperial court would be able to obtain a large amount of grain, which would undoubtedly be more than enough to solve the food crisis in Jiangnan.
"According to the reports from the governors of Henan, Shandong and Huguang, the land clearing in Henan, Shandong and Huguang is only the vassal king's land that has not yet been cleared. However, the vassal kings are all nobles of Tianhuang. According to the ancestral system, , any official who reports that Wang has made a mistake, alienates a relative, will be killed!
Therefore, no one dares to impeach the feudal king easily, and the governor has no power to deal with the feudal king. Once the feudal king refuses to be cleared, the matter will be difficult to handle. "
In the capital, the Minister of Household Affairs told Bi Ziyan to Fang Congzhe about clearing the land.
Fang Congzhe said: "Even if it is difficult, it must be done! Your Majesty will not protect the clan members and let the local prosecutors and censors impeach without worry. If something really happens, I will protect them. Even if your Majesty really wants to offend the courtiers because of the vassal king, I will I will be the first to apologize to His Majesty!"
When Bi Ziyan saw what Fang Congzhe said, he said: "Yes!"
"The key now is to quickly transport the grain and taxes recovered after clearing the land to Jiangnan. You and I both know that since the government-run textile industry began, it is impossible for Jiangnan to stop. Now it is a rebellion, and the next step may be after the rebellion is put down. The skyrocketing food prices and the wanton mergers of local wealthy families. If Your Majesty prevents the local powerful families from wanton mergers and releases money to ordinary people in Jiangnan, the skyrocketing food prices will be aggravated. Now His Majesty's several expedited edicts have shown that this matter is already under way. So, Wang Gong, how much tax has your West Factory recovered during the land clearing process in Henan, Shandong, and Huguang?"
Fang Congzhe asked Wang Yingjiao, the governor of Xichang.
Wang Yingjiao, the governor of the West Factory, replied: "With the land clearing in Henan, Shandong, and Huguang, the West Factory has recovered more than five million stones of grain and fodder, and now it has all been transported to the Hubu warehouse. Next, we just have to wait. The fields of the feudal princes will be cleared and we will see how many people can be found who have donated money to avoid taxes."
"These five million stone grains have been transported to Jiangnan as the third batch of grain after His Majesty ordered to adjust grains in the south of the Yangtze River. It is estimated that it has passed Linqingzhou. At the moment, the land of the King of Qingzhang is still the key. Most of the fertile land in these three places If we don’t clear out the feudal kings’ lands, it will be difficult to recover more than half of the grain taxes collected from these three major grain-producing provinces.”
Bi Ziyan frowned and said.
Fang Congzhe said solemnly: "It seems that the clearing of the land of the vassal king must be carried out as soon as possible. I personally wrote a letter to the governors of these three places. Whoever can complete the clearing of the land of the feudal lord the fastest, I will be the first to recommend him. Be appointed as the official of Liubu Hall in Beijing!"
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Shandong Jinan.
Prince De's Mansion.
Because Dezhou is barren, historically, King De built his palace in Jinan.
After receiving Fang Congzhe's handwritten letter, Xu Keqiu, the governor of Shandong, became more active in promoting the clearing of land. Therefore, he personally brought a group of Shandong officials to Prince De's Mansion, requesting to meet King De Zhu Changjie and clearing the land belonging to Prince De. .
"Want to clear away my land?"
After Zhu Changjie learned about Xu Kequu's purpose, she immediately darkened her face and said: "Only let Xu Kequu in! Also, call all my guards!"
Not long after, Xu Keqiu came to Prince De's Mansion and met Prince De Zhu Changjie.
At this time, there were already many guards around Zhu Changjie.
Zhu Changjie smiled faintly at Xu Keqiu and then asked directly: "Xu Futai, I heard that you are coming to clear my land?"
"That's right. This is the imperial court's decree. I hope Your Highness will cooperate with it."
Xu Keqiu bent down and replied.
Zhu Changjie directly picked up the tea cup and threw it at Xu Keqiu, gritting his teeth and saying: "I obey your bullshit decree! Fang Congzhe really thinks that he is Yuan Fu, what can he do to me? I am of the blood of the Tian family, no one dares to treat me How about it!"
Xu Keqiu was splashed with tea, but he still said calmly: "Your Highness, please cooperate with the Qingzhang matter."
Seeing this, Zhu Changjie became even more angry and ordered: "This whole world belongs to my Zhu family, are you qualified to investigate? Get out of here! Don't even think about the matter of Qingzhang. No one is qualified to investigate my king's fields." !”
Xu Keqiu did not leave, but continued to reply: "Your Highness, please cooperate with the Qingzhang matter."
Zhu Changjie was furious, stood up, and walked to Xu Keqiu: "Okay! It seems that you will not give up if you don't take over my land today!"
"Come here! Kill this guy who has no regard for me! Make him a human pig. I like to play with human pigs the most!"
Zhu Changjie smiled sinisterly as she spoke, and then patted Xu Keqiu's face: "You brought it to the door yourself."
Xu Keqiu was also shocked. He didn't expect that King De would deal with him like this. He couldn't help but said loudly: "His Royal Highness, King De! Please respect yourself! You are a noble man from Tianhuang, how can you be so cruel!"
At this time, Shi Jiayuan, the head of Prince De's palace, hurriedly advised: "Your Highness, is this not good? After all, he is the governor and an official of the imperial court."
Zhu Changjie sneered and said: "I am a bloodline of the Tian family, no one can kill me! What a court official, what if I kill him? I just like to play like this! At most, I am going to Fengyang to imprison, how dare I kill him? This king?!"
As Zhu Changjie spoke, she shouted to the guards: "Don't you want to live anymore? Didn't you hear my king's order? Drag Xu Keqiu down and punish him!"
The guards of Prince De's Mansion had to drag Xu Keqiu away.
Xu Keqiu was shocked and shouted: "His Royal Highness, Prince De, you are violating the law! Even if I am guilty, it is not your turn to deal with it! You can't even think of stopping the imperial court from clearing the land! You can cut me to pieces with a thousand swords." , it can’t be stopped!”
Zhu Changjie didn't listen.
Half an hour later, Xu Keqiu was punished by Prince De. Xu Keqiu, who had no limbs, was then thrown directly out of Prince De's palace.
boom!
Xu Keqiu fell outside the steps of Prince De's Mansion.
The door to Prince De's Mansion was immediately closed.
Shandong's censor Youshi Ren and other officials were shocked when they saw this.
"Futai was so persecuted by the vassal king. Do you want to pay back your father-in-law's land?"
Xiao Jixue, the envoy from the left, asked.
Youshi Renze said with a trembling voice: "No! Wait until the court sends a new governor and report the matter immediately. It is very difficult for the Qingzhang Lord to farm his land!"
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After Zhu Youxiao heard about this, he immediately turned cold and said: "These feudal kings really don't pay attention to my royal laws. My governor will kill him whenever he says. Have they forgotten that besides being Tianhuang nobles? , or my minister?!"
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, even if the vassal kings were guilty of excessive crimes, they would not be put to death unless they rebelled. At most, they would only be imprisoned. That's why the vassal kings were so unscrupulous. What's more, this time, the Qingzhang lord's land was indeed used for their benefit. "
Xiong Tingbi replied.
"A decree was sent to abolish Prince De's Mansion and expel the titles of everyone in Prince De's Mansion. Zhou Yuji, you are transferred to the post of governor of Shandong and the commander-in-chief of Shandong Army, and you have captured Prince De's Mansion for me! Bring Prince De's Prince Zhu Changjie to me! Get rid of all the women and children in Prince De's Mansion. Take them to Liaodong and exile them all, and kill them all! Killing my governor is like rebellion!"
Zhu Youxiao said: "Compete with me, and you don't even think about who is the emperor of Ming Dynasty!"
"In addition, it is proposed that Zhang Tongchang be given the title of right minister of household affairs and right deputy censor of the capital, and concurrently serve as governor of water transportation. He is responsible for supervising grain transportation affairs and transporting the grain taxes recovered after the confiscation of the land and land to the south of the Yangtze River as soon as possible. The most critical thing at the moment is The most important thing is to solve the food shortage in Jiangnan, and our solution is to bring food from all over the country. This is the time to prove whether the imperial power can suppress local powerful people!"
Zhu Youxiao continued to give instructions.
Now that the reform has entered the deep water zone and has involved the interests of Dong Xungui and the vassal princes, the empire's most powerful people, Zhu Youxiao has to start to shift his most trusted Yulin Wei from leading troops to managing internal affairs and implementing policies for him. The New Deal came up to enhance his rule as an emperor.
After all, the ministers who support Emperor Zhu Youxiao's reform are still mainly central ministers, and local officials are still relatively short of reliable people.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao began to appoint Yulin guards such as Zhang Tongchang and Zhou Yuji as important civil servants.
Just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had to let his brother-in-law change from a horse boy to a general in order to conquer the Huns, Yongzheng had to use his domestic slaves to serve as generals and governors in order to suppress the royal family.
Zhang Tongchang and Zhou Yuji, who are now regarded as Zhu Youxiao's most reliable people, have to bear heavier responsibilities to leverage larger interest groups.
"According to the order!"
Zhou Yuji hurriedly replied at this time.
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