Just when they were thinking about the red-haired Yi people, Liu Haojia continued: "I think the three of you should have some understanding of the internal situation of the Ming Dynasty in recent years! Land annexation is getting more and more serious! Corrupt officials are rampant! Even us The honorable nobles are not to be outdone. They eat empty pay, drink the blood of soldiers, and resell weapons! They can do any tricks and make the country weak and the people weak! You three might as well go to the countryside below to see how many people are hungry. They are not fully clothed, and they are even selling their sons and daughters! If nothing else, how many fields in the guard house are not occupied, and how many military households have become slaves of the guards officers? A group of slaves have never even had a knife in their life. After touching it, what will they do if a war breaks out? And these military households might be the first batch of people to rebel! If this continues, it won't be long before war breaks out!"
The three Dukes of Xu Guogong were silent when they heard this! Do they know the following situation? Definitely know something! But their position is so high that it’s hard to see what’s going on below! But sufficient experience gave them enough imagination, so with Liu Haojia's prompts, he could also imagine what it was like below!
But Liu Haojia had no intention of letting them go, and continued: "The three of you should know that Prime Minister Zhang has always disliked me! In the early years, he even took the initiative to get me out of the capital! To be honest, at that time, I suspected that he had killed me. He has a heart! But now why is he indifferent to the junior’s affairs? Even if the junior does something extreme, he just pretends to shout and kill and then passes away? "
The three of them couldn't accept the sudden jump to this topic, but when the three of them turned around and thought about it, it seemed that this was really the truth! It’s really puzzling that a person like Zhang Juzheng, who always speaks his mind, let Liu Haojia go!
It's just that they are older and really care about face and don't want to ask this question! And Liu Haojia also knew what they were thinking and simply gave the answer! He said: "That's because Mr. Zhang discovered that this junior and he are doing the same thing, all to extend the life of the Ming Dynasty!"
The three people were shocked at first when they heard this, but then they fell silent! Because they had never thought about this problem before. They only thought about how to continue their wealth in the Ming Dynasty. They had never thought about what would happen if the Ming Dynasty ended one day? And now what Liu Haojia said really touched them!
Seeing that they had listened, Liu Haojia lowered his tone and said, "What Prime Minister Zhang did was to clean up hidden fields and hidden houses and prevent annexation! Let the Ming Dynasty have enough food and the most basic taxation, and at least those people can The poor people have enough to eat! The three princes are all people who have read history books. They should know that when the people at the bottom can't even eat, there are only two things they can do!"
At this point, Liu Haojia remained silent and waited for Xu Guogong and the other three to answer! As expected, Duke Xu said in a hoarse voice: "Go to hell! Or rebel!"
Liu Haojia slapped the table and said, "That's right! Think about the Taizu of my dynasty! His father had no choice but to support his family and finally hanged himself to death! But Taizu chose another way, which was to rebel! That's why there was Today’s Ming Dynasty! My Ming Dynasty has been in power for two hundred years. Look at the previous dynasties. How many dynasties have truly lasted more than two hundred years? When the time comes, everyone will be destroyed by civil strife, and we nobles will be the first to be unlucky!"
At this point, Liu Haojia ignored their embarrassed looks and helped the three of them fill up their teacups, poured himself another cup of tea, and then put down the teapot before saying: "As for what this junior has done in the past few years, everything he has done in the past few years is in the eyes of these three." ! What the younger generation does is to develop industry and commerce, so as to use industry and commerce to accommodate more people, and organize the navy to actively explore the outer sea! At the same time, we find more tax sources for the Ming Dynasty, so that the court can have money to do some practical things for the people at the bottom! On the contrary Come here and take a look at the other distinguished nobles, including the families of the three princes. How much land have they annexed? How many people have been concealed? How much tax revenue has been evaded? The children of the family are extremely brave when they are jealous, and they mount their guns and mount their horses. The bones are weak and the tendons are soft! Now our noble family does not use sedan chairs when going out, how many people are riding horses?"
These words made the three princes blush! Because the children of each family are really just like what Liu Haojia described! However, Xu Guogong was really embarrassed and said in a low voice: "There are still some children in the family who are begging for food in the army!"
Liu Haojia tilted his head and said, "Master Guo, what about you?
Tell the younger generation, are these people from the side? How much property will they get when they separate? How much credit do they have to get to where they are now? Did you use the power of your family? "
Now the three princes stopped talking! Because although each family is rich and powerful, they cannot handle the large population after spreading their branches and leaves, and there are always people who cannot be taken care of! Therefore, in addition to receiving some administrative care, some of the children from the side branches really have to fight for their lives on their own!
Under such circumstances, they may not be as the three princes said! They are just better than those people Liu Haojia mentioned! They get a small official position through the influence of the government, and then live a life of drunkenness and dreams. Their life is much more nourishing than that of the common people at the bottom!
Xu Guogong was a little annoyed by what Liu Haojia said. He slapped the table and said, "Stop talking about this now, just tell me what your idea is. We will discuss it after you tell us!"
Liu Haojia sat up straight and said: "Hand over the military power of the two capital camps in the capital and Nanjing, at least the part of the military power that you can control! Then the confiscated salt fields will be sold to the aristocratic business group at a symbolic price! But there are Several principled issues need to be noted! That is, the salt field must undergo large-scale transformation! The blueprint for the transformation is the Tianjin Salt Field. As for the formula for producing cement, it can be handed over to the aristocratic business group to produce cement and transform the salt field. Of course, you can also You can sell cement for profit! In this case, you need to give some personal benefits to the younger generation! But we will talk about this later! Also, every year, the salt farm must organize a cost accounting by the court, and then sell the salt at the designated price. Because the salt tax will be included in Among them! The third point is that after you take over the salt farm, you can only produce salt and sell it to salt merchants, and you cannot sell salt yourself! That's it for now. If there are other issues, we can discuss it again!" Kanshu La
At this time, Xu Guogong said slowly: "I have a question, and you have to answer it truthfully! Is it your intention to consolidate military power, or is it the intention of Long Live Lord?"
