It is foreseeable that after Wang Yu comes to power, the aristocratic families that have successfully defeated Xin Min will further regain the land, farms and slaves lost due to Xin Min's policies. In this way, the social conflicts that have been eased will break out again, and there will be no way to survive. The good men and bitches who go down will hate the nobles of Goryeo and the many ministers of the two classes.
At that time, the Goryeo officials under Jiang Side and Yao Guangxiao should at least have some actual power. If everything goes well, Zhu Biao will also use Li Chenggui to control Goryeo's 20,000 elite cavalry.
If all plans go well, the aristocratic family will eventually find that they have lost the command of all their troops, and all they have in their hands is political power, countless gold and silver treasures, and illusory land and farms.
The nobles who have mastered the wealth and power of the country will find that they are unable to suppress any rebellious untouchables. They can't command anyone except their own servants.
By that time, it was too late for the aristocratic family to regret it. Zhu Biao added fuel to the flames by releasing evidence that Wang Yu was the son of Xin Min, and then asked Tang Ding to send a wave of Japanese pirates to add fuel to the fire. Amid internal and external troubles, the country perished. And it was their people who destroyed it themselves.
Zhu Biao never wanted more than just the throne of Goryeo. That was actually not difficult. There was a problem with Wang Yu's identity, and even speaking of King Gongmin and Wang Zhuan was a bit unfair. If Zhu Biao really had a plan, he would do some politics with the Goryeo family. Compromise, he and Wang Rui's son in the future will be fully qualified to inherit the throne of Goryeo with both Zhu Ming and Wang Gao blood.
But if you do that, you are just sending a puppet. The power of the Goryeo family has crossed the line. It can be seen from the fact that Wang You can take the position this time. Even when the Queen Mother Myeongde and other Goryeo clan are opposed, Li Inren can be forced to promote it. For the King of Korea.
It can be seen how neglected the royal power is. It is a joke. Although his and Wang Rui's child is not his legitimate son, Zhu Biao does not want him to be someone else's puppet.
What's more, since he spent so much energy to occupy Goryeo, Zhu Biao naturally hoped that he could develop and support the Ming Dynasty in the future, so he must ease its social conflicts, return the acres of manor occupied by the aristocratic families to the people of Goryeo, and encourage them Carry out commercial handicrafts and other matters.
Zhu Biao leaned back in the chair and talked to his father for a long time. Lao Zhu couldn't comment. He obviously didn't have much interest in Goryeo. The reason why he continued to listen was just to see his son's overall view.
For people with traditional concepts like Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming Dynasty is the center of the world, and the rest of the land is barbarian land. It is useless to spend energy to conquer it. It is just like the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. It cannot be governed. Isn't it the same as nothing?
It was late at night and they had finished talking. Zhu Biao bid farewell to his father and returned to the East Palace, while Lao Zhu was too lazy to move and slept directly in Jinshen Hall.
In the next month or so, in addition to going to court early in the morning to discuss the military situation in the north, Zhu Biao also welcomed Li Yan from the Li family and Chen Yunqing from the Chen family. The prince's harem was now somewhat large. Both of them seemed to be quite well-behaved at the moment.
As for Wang Rui, she was even quieter. Apart from going to greet the Crown Princess every day, she would read, write and appreciate paintings in the house. At most, she would play chess with her maids and treat Zhu Biao with the same humility as before.
Chang Luohua now has a son and everything, so he doesn't bother to take care of these three talented people. He is quite generous to them, and gives them all the jewelry made by his wife, just like a qualified wife.
As for the two children, although they were already a month old, it was winter after all, and the sky was freezing and the wind was howling. Although Lao Zhu and Queen Ma both missed their grandchildren, they were not willing to toss their children back and forth in this winter, so they didn't see much of them.
Especially Lao Zhu, Empress Ma could visit the East Palace in person every now and then, teasing her with each other for a while, but it was not easy for Lao Zhu to visit. Just like Zhu Biao would not easily enter the harem now, entering the harem would also clear the way for Liu Jin in advance. , asking his father’s concubines to get out of the way, it would be hard for Lao Zhu to ask his daughter-in-law to get out of the way.
Therefore, if Lao Zhu wants to enjoy family happiness, he may have to wait until spring before he can often take his two grandchildren to play with him. By then, the children will be as delicate as they are now.
Recently, there have been many major events in the imperial court. For example, the imperial envoy who inspected the capital camp reported that "some of the officers and soldiers living in the capital and guarding the capital spent their leisure time drinking heavily, and some of the guards on duty even drank until they fell into a trance and neglected their duties."
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the generals who had been watching the excitement turned dark. After glaring at the censor fiercely for a few times, they knelt down with a bitter face and apologized. The official wine was limited, and these generals usually couldn't drink much. They were on duty below. What the taxi soldiers bought must have been privately brewed.
Lao Zhu himself actually liked drinking very much, but brewing wine in this era required the loss of a large amount of pure grains. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the people could not even afford rations, but merchants were still making wine on a large scale.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang issued a ban on alcohol as early as when he was conquering the world, firstly because of the consumption of food, and secondly because he was afraid that the generals would drink and cause trouble.
At first, no one dared to disobey Lao Zhu's military orders, and the same was true for the state capitals under his rule. The merchant families were afraid of losing their families and destroying their families. But as time went by, some people started to have other ideas. As the saying goes, rare things are valuable.
The stricter the prohibition on alcohol, the higher the price of alcohol. The benefits obtained from brewing can be imagined, so the merchants hooked up and approached Hu Sanshe, the son of Hu Dahai, but the boy was also motivated by profit and agreed.
The business was getting more and more prosperous, and it was natural that it could not escape the eyes of Lao Zhu. At that time, Hu Dahai was the marshal of the right-wing army, only one step lower than Xu Da in the army. Li Shanchang and others advised Lao Zhu to remonstrate with Xiaopu and Dajie. The heart of a general.
In fact, it was true. At that time, Hu Dahai was commanding troops to guard the important area of Ningyue. If he mutinied or defected to Chen Youliang and other forces, big trouble would happen. However, Lao Zhu still insisted on using military law to kill Hu Sanshe and the merchants who had colluded with him.
As a result, no one dared to violate the prohibition on alcohol, and it was not until the world was about to be pacified that it was relaxed. But at least on the surface, only the imperial court and government-run restaurants could brew some alcohol at their discretion.
Since the second year of Hongwu, when the people in the south gradually settled down, the trend of moonshine wine has emerged again. Zhu Biao has heard of the reputation of Qiulubai, Sanbai wine, Shenqu wine, pancake wine, poplar bark wine and other wines.
It doesn't matter how this kind of thing is done in secret, but once it is brought to the surface, it is difficult to turn a blind eye. Lao Zhu first reprimanded the noble generals in the Beijing camp for their improper upper beams and crooked lower beams. He punished several of them with a stick, and then ordered officials from the Ministry of War to conduct a thorough investigation of the Beijing camp.
After understanding the emperor's intention, Zhongshu Sheng ordered all states, counties and counties to severely crack down on moonshine workshops, and then once again reiterated that diligence and frugality are the basis of governance, and luxury is the source of family ruin. As a local official, indulge in indulgence If you don’t know how much it costs to get drunk, but if you use limited resources to pay endless expenses, how can you get enough of it over time?
However, knock on knock, as the people in the south become richer and richer in grain production, such things as moonshine brewing will inevitably become more and more common. Nowadays, the court has no control over it, and it is estimated that the blockade will be lifted next year.
In addition to this matter, Zhu Biao, together with the Zhongshu Province and the Ministry of War, agreed on the preferential payment rules for officers and sergeants. If there are no children to inherit military positions, but there are parents and wives, the full salary will be reduced by half after three years. The same is true for young children, who will be given their salary upon assuming their posts...
The Ming Dynasty still gave preferential treatment and pensions to the families of sergeants. After all, in troubled times, this was particularly important to unite people and stabilize morale. However, there was no explicit provision, and Zhu Biao specifically implemented it.
War reports from the north came frequently. Although they were defending the city, Yesudier's offensive was also quite crazy and did not care about the casualties. As a result, the herdsmen also caused considerable casualties to the Ming Dynasty.
This group of casualties will enjoy the policy. The imperial court will order the local government to implement it, and Zhu Biao will also make arrangements. It is said that the imperial power does not go to the countryside, and this is also an opportunity to experiment.
Moreover, Zhu Biao planned to arrange the injured soldiers to serve in local areas. They did not necessarily have to be in the guard station, nor did they have to have any authority. The purpose was to see how resistant the squires were to the imperial policy, so that Zhu Biao could take the next step. arrange.
In fact, Zhu Biao still has a lot of plans, but nowadays the military system is not easy to change lightly. There are hidden dangers in the east, west, north and south of the Ming Dynasty. The military system affects the whole body. Once the military power is damaged, the subsequent problems will be too serious. So Zhu Biao could only continue to seek stability.
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