novelonline Chapter 419 Princess Lu said she was going to beat Dengwen Drum?
Chapter 419 Princess Lu said she was going to beat Dengwen Drum?
Chapter 419 Princess Lu said she was going to beat Dengwen Drum?
Zhangqiu County.
With the arrival of truckloads of rice from the south, food prices in Zhangqiu County have plummeted.
From the sky-high price of three taels of silver a dou before, no one wanted it when it dropped to three hundred Wen a dou.
This made the local grain merchants and gentry very anxious. They wished they could find the emperor's grandson's grain depot and burn all the grain stored by the emperor's grandson!
However, Zhu Yunxi had long since distrusted the local government and guards after passing through the command of Chen Zhi in the capital of Shandong Province. The people from Jinyiwei and Xingwuwei brought by him were responsible for all the food from landing to transshipment.
In order to ensure the distribution of food, he also transferred the Shandong Xuezheng, and mobilized the county school and prefecture students throughout Shandong, and asked them to be responsible for the copying work.
Now the students in the county school in Zhangqiu County, under the command of the local edict, are responsible for registering the victims who came to collect food.
Every household is distributed according to the household registration population on the yellow book. Regardless of whether it has been imported in the past two years, or it has died and has not had time to register, the population recorded in the previous yellow book will be used.
More will not be refunded, less will not be compensated!
Wang Dali was also in the army receiving relief food. Hearing the complaints from the people around him, Wang Dali was full of pride when he didn't know what to live on in the future when he sold his house and land to the local gentry at a low price because of the lack of food at home.
Fortunately, I married a good woman, I would rather sell her than let us sell, or we have to worry like them now!
Wang Dali was lucky. He survived this natural disaster and kept his only piece of land and two adobe houses.
But others have not been so lucky, and they have already been eliminated in this round of land acquisition extravaganza.
Zhu Yunxi was wandering in Zhangqiu County, listening to the complaints of the people around him, his heart was once again rippling.
"Master Gao, how can we make those squires spit out the land they bought at a low price?"
Gao Ming was very happy when he heard the words, and was very happy that he could have a master who was dedicated to the people.
But regarding what Zhu Yunxi said, he shook his head helplessly.
"Hard to do!"
"Very difficult!"
"Although the local tyrants and evil gentry are hateful, their actions are completely within the laws of the Ming Dynasty and have not violated the laws!"
"Unless you use Jinyiwei to force them to return the land and call on the local people to report..."
"But in this way, you will offend scholars and officials all over the world. I am afraid that your future reputation will not be much better than that of His Majesty today."
Gao Ming's words were taken out of his heart, he even betrayed his own class, and supported Zhu Yunxi wholeheartedly.
Zhu Yunxi was also very moved when he saw that Gao Ming was able to say these words, and he was even more thankful that he did not admit the wrong person.
"Thank you, Master Gao, for reminding me!"
"But Gu was never meant to make them grateful, and there is no need to worry about his posthumous fame!"
After Gao Ming heard this and felt Zhu Yunxi's firm confidence, he spoke again to dissuade him.
"Actually, if Your Highness wants the farmers who lost their land to get their land back, you can be more gentle and don't make too much noise..."
"any solution?"
"Lend money to farmers who lost their land, and let them redeem it from buyers. Then, you order the government to cooperate, and let Jin Yiwei beat the side drums, and most of this will be done!"
Zhu Yunxi's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he was not short of money or food, and he was fully capable of doing this.
If they are forced to hand over their land, it will inevitably cause anger and resentment, and even shake the foundation of the Great Ming Law.
But if the landless peasants were allowed to redeem their land, it would be reasonable and legal!
"That's it!"
Seeing that Zhu Yunxi agreed so happily, Gao Ming hurriedly reminded him.
"His Highness Shengming!"
"But Your Highness will spend a lot of money on this move, probably no less than tens of millions!"
This is also the reason why Gao Ming didn't talk about this strategy in the first place, because this strategy was too costly, even if the emperor's grandson had the name Tao Zhugong, it would be difficult to spend so much money, right?
Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly upon hearing this.
"You don't have to worry about money!"
"Furthermore, doing this kind of thing doesn't necessarily mean losing money, maybe I can still earn some money?"
"make money?"
When Gao Ming heard this, he couldn't believe it.
How can this kind of thing make money?
However, Zhu Yunxi didn't have the slightest thought of explaining, and happily got into the carriage and prepared to go back to cheat people.
Qi Wangfu.
Although the king of Qi, Zhu Yu, has entered Beijing, the machine in the palace of the king of Qi is still operating normally, and he keeps in touch with the king of Qi through letters.
After Zhu Yunxi released the news of the draft, Wu Shouan, the brother-in-law of Princess Qi Wu's family, secretly collected folk women under the instruction of Princess Qi.
For this purpose, he collected more than a dozen stunning beauties, plus tens of thousands of court ladies.
They thought that this move could win the favor of the emperor's grandson and seek greater power for the future Qi palace.
Unexpectedly, after only ten days, he received an order from the emperor's grandson, saying that there was never such a thing as choosing a concubine, and it was all a trick of the unscrupulous eunuch Wang De privately!
When Princess Qi heard this, she was so angry that she almost vomited blood.
In order to choose a concubine for the emperor's grandson, she spent 10,000+ taels of silver, plus a few thousand shi of grain!
When the king of Qi came back from the capital in the future and found out that he had lost so much money, why not beat him to death?
"It's all your fault, I had to come up with some bad idea, and donate a concubine to the emperor's grandson. Now it's all over, I lost a lot of money, and the favor hasn't fallen yet!"
Wu Shouan, who stood respectfully by the side, was also very wronged. Who knew that the eunuch next to the emperor's grandson could be so bold?
However, he does not admit to losing money.
Although this wave was played by the emperor's grandson, they had collected millions of acres of land at the beginning of the drought, and they had already made a lot of money.
Compared with this wave of gains, the loss of 10,000+ taels of silver is simply insignificant!
"Sister, you can't say that. Didn't we help His Highness King Qi collect millions of acres of land? This is a lot of money. How can it be considered worthwhile?"
When Princess Qi heard this, her face looked a little better.
But this is a disgraceful thing. If His Majesty the Emperor finds out, they will definitely be reprimanded by Prince Qi.
"Don't say this kind of thing anymore, if it reaches the ears of the official censor and impeaches our lord, we will all have to eat and walk around!"
Wu Shouan looked indifferent.
"Sister, are you too careful?"
"Yan Wang's Mansion received more than us. It is said that Zhou Wang's Mansion took the entire land of Kaifeng into his own home. Has His Majesty the Emperor scolded them?"
"Furthermore, is 100 million mu a lot?"
"There are so many officials and generals in our Prince Qi's Mansion, and there are thousands or hundreds of households. It's nothing if each family gets a little bit!"
Princess Qi nodded upon hearing the words, and at the same time felt a little resentment towards His Majesty the Emperor.
The same is true for His Majesty the Emperor, what is it enough to give only 1 taels of silver every year?
The Wangfu is such a big stall, not to mention the annual expenditure of the three guards and horses, the expenditure of the Wangfu alone costs one hundred and eighty thousand silver a year.
If you walk around more frequently with the officials and nobles in Beijing, you may need 20 taels of silver to barely survive.
There are also women in the palace who have to be filial on New Year's Day, which is also a considerable expense.
"You're right!"
"Your Majesty treats you princes very well, and you shouldn't get angry because of such a trivial matter..."
While the two were talking, a young eunuch's voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Princess Qi, the emperor's grandson has sent someone to send a letter, please go over there!"
"Oh?"
Princess Qi frowned when she heard this, and couldn't help complaining.
"What the hell is this emperor's grandson doing?"
"If it weren't for his meddling disaster relief, how could our Prince Qi's Mansion have only collected a million acres of land, and should have taken all the land in Qingzhou Mansion to our prince's mansion..."
"Eldest sister, you should go and have a look, what if the grandson of the emperor has something important to do?"
"event?"
Princess Qi curled her lips in disdain.
"What big deal he can do is nothing more than reprimanding us."
"But he is really, he is only a grandson of the emperor, so he dares to reprimand his elders. If he becomes the emperor in the future, he will not deceive our prince to go to the capital and lock him up!"
When Wu Shouan heard this, he hurried to persuade him.
"Elder Sister, don't talk nonsense about this, if it gets to Jin Yiwei's ears, our Prince Qi's Mansion won't be able to afford it!"
Princess Qi regretted it after she finished speaking, but she was embarrassed to admit it in front of her younger brother.
"It's just the two of us in the room, if you don't tell me, if I don't tell you, who else will know?"
At this moment, there was a crisp sound of "pop" outside the door.
Princess Qi trembled when she heard this voice.
"what sound?"
"Return...Report to the princess, the servant accidentally broke the teacup..."
Princess Qi was furious when she heard this.
"Bastard!"
"Come here, drag this lowly maidservant out and beat him twenty times!"
After Princess Qi dealt with the maid, she drove her younger brother out.
"Go and entertain the messenger first, and I'll change my clothes before going."
"okay!"
When Wu Shouan came to the front hall, he saw that the person who came to deliver the handwritten order was wearing a flying fish suit with a Jinyiwei badge pinned to his waist, and his heart shuddered.
"Are you all blind? Hurry up and serve tea to the brothers of Jin Yiwei!"
Tian Hong, a member of Jin Yiwei, hurriedly refused when he heard the words.
"No trouble!"
"Leave after handing down the decree!"
Hearing this, Wu Shouan wanted to approach him, but was pushed away by Tian Hong.
"Master Wu, please respect yourself. I have the emperor's life in my humble position, so it's inconvenient to greet you!"
Wu Shouan blushed immediately, hating this Jin Yiwei in his heart.
Their Wu family is also the descendant of the general family, and their father also chased Jiang Guogong, but they were ignored by a little Jin Yiwei!
"Since the superior officer said so, then the humble official will not order anyone to serve tea!"
"Remove the tea!"
"promise!"
After the maid went down with the tea, the entire front hall suddenly plunged into freezing point.
Tian Hong didn't want to talk, and Wu Shou'an didn't want to talk either, until Princess Qi dressed up and came over, Tian Hong took out a handwritten note from his bosom with a businesslike attitude.
"Emperor Grandson's Handbook!"
"I've heard that many squires, officials, and vassals in Shandong recently bought land at low prices, bought and sold land by force, and robbed land by force..."
"With the attitude of being responsible for Daming and Grandpa Huang, I will send imperial envoys to strictly investigate the land sale."
"If there is anyone who commits illegal acts, regardless of the vassal king or officials, they will all be investigated and dealt with!"
Tian Hong left after reading the handbook, leaving only Princess Qi and her brother looking at each other.
It was only after Tian Hong walked a long way that Princess Qi came to her senses.
"what did he say?"
"He said he would strictly investigate the land sale?"
"Why!"
"King Qin, King Jin, King Yan, and King Zhou have all done it, why should we be investigated?"
"Is it because we are easy to bully?"
Wu Shouan said worriedly when he heard the words.
"Sister, why don't we go back a bit?"
"The emperor's grandson is deeply loved by His Majesty. If the emperor's grandson informs His Majesty of our affairs, His Majesty will definitely set off a thunderous fire..."
Princess Qi has fallen into endless grievances, how could she listen to her younger brother's words.
"No retreat!"
"This is the land we bought back with money and food, why should we return it!"
"It's good that we didn't rely on the power of the palace to seize us, why should Zhu Yunxi control us!"
The same drama was also staged in Lu Wangfu.
Although King Lu died, he left behind a son, and Princess Lu Geshi.
The Ge family is not a fuel-efficient lamp either, taking advantage of the drought to purchase land arbitrarily, buying a lot for Lu Wangfu and his natal family.
Now when she suddenly heard the emperor's grandson's order, she was so angry that she went crazy.
"No retreat!"
"If you kill me, I won't retreat!"
"If Zhu Yunxie dares to come to Prince Lu's mansion to seek trouble, I'll put on imperial clothes and beat Dengwengu, so that everyone in the world can see how Zhu Yunxie bullies our orphans and widowed mothers, woo woo woo..."
Jinan Mansion, the palace of the emperor's grandson.
Zhu Yunxi listened to the report of Jin Yiwei, his subordinate, and gained a new understanding of these relatives of his family.
"Princess Qi said that Gu would trick King Qi into the capital and lock her up?"
"Princess Lu said she was going to beat Dengwen Drum?"
"Tsk tsk..."
"Sure enough, it's hard for an upright official to break up housework!"
"Since they don't want to retreat, don't blame me for being dark, hehehe..."
After Zhu Yunxi issued the first manual, he issued the second one every few days, followed by the third and fourth.
Concubine Qi looked at the scriptures in front of her, and she was in a bad mood.
"what!"
"He, Zhu Yunxi, dares to overturn the laws of Ming Dynasty and collect taxes from our palace?"
"Still taxing according to the amount of land you own, the more land you have, the heavier the tax?"
"I'm not alive anymore, I'm going to Beijing to sue the imperial court, woo woo woo..."
Concubine Lu Geshi was relatively calm after seeing Zhu Yunxie's letter.
"Tax according to the amount of land?"
"cut!"
"What a big deal. I'll put the land under the tenant's name and that's it?"
The new laws issued by Zhu Yunxi mainly have several points. The first point is to tax all landowners in Shandong.The second point is that those with less than five mu of land per capita are not taxed.The third point is that after the land is determined within one month, it will be confiscated according to this determination for the next ten years, and the procedures such as land sale and transfer will no longer be accepted.
Concubine Lu Ge immediately assigned the land under the name of the Lu Palace to the tenants, with five acres of land per person, absolutely not exceeding it at all.
At the same time, the tenants were asked to sign a new contract with them, a land sale contract, as a supplementary agreement.
In fact, this is also a routine that officials and squires often did in ancient times, that is, relying on various IOUs to restrain tenants.
Coupled with the armed forces they hold, they can completely dominate the local area.
After Princess Qi was furious, she also fully learned from Princess Lu's method.
Don't you want to collect taxes on those with more land, then I will break it up into pieces and put all the land under the tenant's name, and see what you use to collect taxes!
Under the vigorous instigation of Princess Lu and Princess Qi, officials and gentry throughout Shandong Province followed suit.
For a while, the local yamen were too busy dealing with documents such as land renaming and buying and selling.
A month later, when everyone had completed the formalities of name change and transfer, Zhu Yunxi issued another novice order...
(End of this chapter)