Li Qiantang knelt down and obeyed his orders. Zhu Biao thought for a while and said: "Take it from the people and use it for the people. Your Li family has made a fortune by selling private salt. Now give it back."
Li Qiantang naturally had no objections. It was enough to save the lives of the whole family. Besides, he had lost so much blood. How could the other aristocratic families not give him some compensation? The outlaws under the Li family were still alive. Everyone was Decent people will naturally not make trouble to the death.
Zhu Biao looked at the others and said: "The business in the city is just business, it's all serious business. Just sell the farmland outside the city to the court. In the future, it will make the people rich and your business will be better. There is no need to focus on the potential of the land."
Of course, this land cannot be given directly to those tenants who have no land. There is no need to worry about the lack of equality. If it is given to them for nothing, it will be a disaster rather than a blessing. Besides, the tenants are not necessarily good. Being poor does not mean being kind. That kind of excessive Those who only think about whoring and gambling day after day will probably go and exchange money for fun after the land is allocated.
There still had to be a set of rules, and Zhu Biao's hard work could not be wasted by a bunch of scumbags. The others naturally looked at Magistrate Chen and saw that he readily agreed, so they naturally had no objection.
Zhu Biao nodded with satisfaction and said: "Both the canal dredging and the state capital's corvee work can use more tenants. Once done, the court will lend them field seeds and allow them to return them after a few years. If there is a natural disaster during the period, the court will make its own arrangements." ."
Magistrate Chen nodded in agreement. Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief. He couldn't just take advantage. To be honest, he had gone too far this time. Except for the Li family, the other aristocratic families were all good Ming dynasty families. As the crown prince, Zhu Biao protected him. They are natural.
The Chen family basically took away the family's foundation. No one dared to discount the things they promised in front of Zhu Biao, otherwise it would be the crime of deceiving the emperor. Therefore, his family's tens of thousands of acres of fertile land were taken away by the court at a low price.
Although Magistrate Chen looks calm now, he still thinks that after Zhu Biao leaves, Magistrate Chen will cry bitterly in front of the ancestral memorial tablet. After several generations of hard work of a wealthy family, it is still possible to take advantage of the right time and place to save such a large family. The karma is now all gone.
The rest of the people also had heavy expressions. In an agriculture-based society, no matter how prosperous the business is, they still have peace of mind when their families have land. Zhu Biao comforted him softly: "After I return to Beijing, I will be in charge of the government. East Palace. There are many old ministers and few young scholars."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes lit up. It was true that the prince was about to take charge of the government. This was really unbelievable. The Holy Emperor actually loved His Highness the prince so much. It was simply beyond common sense.
Immediately, there was an endless stream of praises and praises, praising Zhu Biao from the day he was born to today, and they would not let go of any deeds that could be mentioned. Fortunately, Zhu Biao did have a few achievements, otherwise it would be too embarrassing. .
It was almost done. Zhu Biao smiled and waved his hands to calm them down. He looked at Magistrate Chen and said, "There are many talented people in the family, but I don't know the specific ones since I came to Jiangnan. I'll ask Magistrate Chen to recommend me. I'll give the list tomorrow." Leave it to me."
The smile on Magistrate Chen's face was much brighter now, and he had an explanation to the clan elders. Otherwise, even if he was the head of the main clan, he would not be able to escape the blame. After all, every clan had interests in it.
The rest of the people didn't have any objections. The Chen family should eat a few more mouthfuls after losing so much blood. Besides, the family is one, and it is impossible to abandon them. After all, they all have a mouthful of meat to eat.
After that, there was nothing more to say. Zhu Biao picked up the teacup and took a few sips without putting it down in a hurry. The others understood immediately and respectfully said goodbye. Before leaving, he invited Zhu Biao to the banquet in the evening. Zhu Biao himself He politely refused and asked Xu Yungong and Chang Mao to attend the banquet on his behalf.
Xu Yungong and Chang Mao were his confidants. It was always good to see more in rare places. After everyone had left, Zhu Biao stood up and moved around. His waist was sore from sitting, but it was considered a troublesome thing was solved. , the longer this matter is delayed, the harder it will be to deal with it. It would be best if it could be resolved at the beginning of the founding of the country.
What the family wants is nothing more than official positions, and what the people want is self-sufficient farmland. As long as the people can be stabilized, the family will not be worth mentioning until they want to solve an order.
After a while Quan Xu walked in, saluted Zhu Biao and said: "Prefect Chen went back to the government office, Li Qiantang went home alone, and the others went to Zhang Mansion to discuss."
Zhu Biao nodded and asked Quan Xu to go down and continue to investigate. Then he picked up a little milk cat and started wandering in the yard. The scenery was really good. Zhu Biao thought that when he became richer, he would find a famous Jiangnan craftsman to renovate the East Palace.
In fact, Zhu Biao didn't have much money. He only had 18,000 taels of silver in the East Palace, which were seized from the Beiyuan Palace during the Northern Expedition. The rest were some valuables, such as calligraphy, paintings, antiques, jewelry, etc. Zhu Biao It is not easy to sell this identity for money. At most, it can be used as a reward.
As for Lao Zhu, he didn't have much money, and the inside was almost empty. If Zhu Biao hadn't stuffed things in it, Lao Zhu would have nothing to reward his ministers.
There is money in the treasury, but it can still be used. Those who do not spend money to fight for the peace of the people are like running water. Even a mountain of gold cannot withstand it. Fortunately, most of them only need food.
It is not that Zhu Biao has no way to make money, but the current problems of Ming Dynasty cannot be solved with money. After all, people's livelihood was difficult in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and money may not buy much. After all, productivity is there.
The kitten in my arms is very honest. Unlike the one who was noisy just now, this one seems to be the one at the bottom. The other brothers are stepping on it to climb up. The weak one is always lovable.
In fact, in the eyes of the wise kings of the past dynasties, ministers, gentry and common people are like their three children. The eldest is the smartest, the second is the best in health, only the third is neither smart nor in good health, and the two brothers opposite are always beaten and suffer. , if the father doesn't take care of him, he will have no way to survive.
But most of the time, the emperor is still used to being the boss and the second child. To be honest, the emperor can deal with a few low-level people in his life. The most common ones are either ministers or children of aristocratic families. They are sensible, talk and give gifts, while the common people will only complain when they are poor. The emperor is also a human being, he is not a loving god, he naturally likes sensible people.
Zhu Yuanzhang came from a poor family, and his butt was on the people's side, so he treated the ministers and gentry so harshly. If Zhu Yuanzhang had handled this matter, many people would have died. In his eyes, It is because the ministers are greedy and the gentry are arrogant that the people are not rich and live a bad life.
Zhu Biao actually does not agree with this concept. It is not wrong that the common people have the foundation, and it is right that the court should take more care of them. However, the ministers and gentry are also his people. Just because they are smart and healthy, he cannot not care at all, or even treat them as enemies. Kou, is it possible to reach this point without your own efforts?
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