Prince of Chaos

People often say that Jiangnan has been prosperous since ancient times!

The prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River began in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it has been the most prosperous place in all dynasties until today's Daming.

The prosperity here has also created a unique humanistic charm here, and the stories of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies are endless in Jiangnan from generation to generation.

Not to mention far away, Jiangnan accounted for more than [-]% of the literary talents with names and surnames since the founding of the Ming Dynasty!
Xie Jin, Yang Shen, Xu Wei and other great talents known as the three great talents of Ming Dynasty, except for Yang Shen, the other two are all Jiangnan talents, and Yang Shen's ancestral home is also Jiangnan.

It can be seen from this that the prosperity of the Jiangnan cultural context was so prosperous in the Ming Dynasty!

But behind this prosperity, Jiangnan is also the poorest place.

The prosperity and romance on the surface of Jiangnan are just the romance of the scholar-official class. Most people living at the bottom of Jiangnan society are still the same as those living in the barren land in the north.

These people are either landless farmers who can only wander in the prosperous water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, or tenants hired by landlords in the south of the Yangtze River for free.

The misery of these people's lives is almost indescribable.

They have no freedom, no dreams, they can only live with the most basic survival instinct day after day, year after year, just for a ration that can survive.

Poet sage Du Fu once said in a poem: The wine and meat of the Zhumen stinks, and there are frozen bones on the road.

However, this poem has been written for nearly a thousand years. However, this phenomenon has not been improved in any way. It has only become two sentences that most hypocrites who are benevolent and moral while eating human blood steamed buns are feeling life.

Moreover, many times these people with a lot of land and resources will push the problem to the imperial court and the emperor, thinking that the imperial court is incompetent and the emperor is incompetent, which leads to the human tragedy of Zhumen's wine and meat, and roads with frozen bones !
These people have never looked for a reason in themselves, thinking that they are the embodiment of morality, the representative of benevolence and righteousness, and the conscience of walking!

But they are the source of evil!

They use the wealth in their hands to annex the land of the poor, and use their privileges to not pay a penny of taxes. They will also use their reputation in the local area to force officials sent by the imperial court to compromise with them and squeeze the local poor together. common people.

In the end, when the poor people can't bear the oppression, they will change their faces and become the representatives of the conscience of these people, and take the lead in accusing the tyranny of the imperial court's continuous increase in taxes!

But then again, why does the imperial court continue to increase taxes?
The fundamental reason is that the imperial court's taxes are deteriorating, and the lesser taxes are decreasing year by year. As a result, the imperial court does not have enough financial resources to maintain basic national stability. Therefore, the imperial court will continue to increase taxes in order to achieve a balance.

However, the land was annexed by the gentry and landlords. These people took advantage of their privileges and did not pay any taxes to the court. If the court wanted to stabilize the basic operation of the state machine, it could only continue to increase taxes.

And when these added taxes reach the local government, in order to complete the tasks assigned by the imperial court, local officials can only cooperate with those powerful local tyrants.

In order to maximize their own interests, these tyrants will take the lead in donating under the advocacy of the government, and fool the low-level people into donating.

After all these donations were collected, according to the original agreement, the local officials would return the gentry's money in full, and the common people's money would be split [-]-[-], and the last little bit of money was handed over as the imperial court's tax.

As a result, everyone benefited except for the common people, and the final culprit was the imperial court.

This is why there have been continuous peasant uprisings since ancient times.

The common people are too miserable, as long as they can have a bite to eat, they will not take the road of rebellion!
How big the risk of rebellion is, only the main points are clear to anyone with normal thinking.From ancient times to the present, from the Chinese riots recorded in history to the Boxers of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in modern times, there have been more peasant uprisings that deserve the name than the number of dynasties that have changed in all dynasties!
However, how many times have you succeeded?Which wave was not all wiped out under the pressure of various forces, and the only ones who really succeeded were Han Gaozu and Ming Taizu.

Which one of the rest didn't give up halfway, die on the way, and become a stepping stone for others?

Therefore, in order to reverse this situation, the only thing Zhu Changluo can do now is to do everything possible to curb the trend of land mergers.

In addition, during this trip to the south of the Yangtze River, we will implement the policy of integrating officials and gentry into one grain and dividing the income into the mu implemented by Yongzheng, the emperor of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties!

Although these two policies are not long-term medicines, they are definitely a life-saving medicine for Daming, which has been suffering for nearly 300 years!
After confirming the basic national policy of Zhili Shanghai Mansion, Zhu Changluo handed over the specific affairs to Dong Qichang and Liu Pinru to handle them together.

After all, there are too many problems that Zhu Changluo needs to deal with. It is impossible for Zhu Changluo to cover everything. His most work is to put forward ideas from a high-level perspective, and then hand them over to those officials with practical ability to practice and complete them. Only in this way can Zhu Changluo be able to The complete release of the potential of the imperial court as a state machine.

Otherwise, even if Zhu Changluo did everything himself, he would not be able to manage such a huge empire well!

If a huge empire like the Ming Dynasty wanted to achieve efficient and useful governance, it could only rely on the imperial court, a level-by-level state machine with strong organizational and executive capabilities.

"Is the father and old Shen Ge still chatting?"

Zhu Changluo asked about Sun Xian who was serving beside him.

When Sun Xian heard that Zhu Changluo asked about Shen Shixing, he immediately replied: "Master, it should be over soon."

Zhu Changluo gave a hum, and said, "When Elder Shen Ge and Father Huang finish talking about the past, please invite him over. Gu also has something to talk to him about."

Sun Xian bowed his head and said yes, then quietly backed away, and went to Emperor Wanli to see if the chat between Emperor Wanli and Shen Shixing was over.

After Sun Siam arrived at Emperor Wanli's side, the reminiscence between Emperor Wanli and Shen Shixing had just ended, and Emperor Wanli was about to take a nap at this time.

Therefore, Shi Shihang also resigned wisely.

When Shen Shixing came out from Emperor Wanli, Sun Xian went up to greet him, and bowed to Shen Shixing with a smile on his face, "Hello, Shen Ge."

When Shen Shixing saw that it was Sun Xian, he didn't hold back, and he clasped his fists in return, "Eunuch Sun is being polite."

Sun Xian said with a smile: "The elder Ge is still in good spirits, and he is still in good spirits. Our family is really envious."

Shen Shixing also laughed and said: "Eunuch Sun has been young for a long time, and now he is with the crown prince again, with a bright future!"

Sun Xian said with a smile: "Mr. Shen Ge made fun of our family again. Our family is just a slave by the master's side. How can there be any future? If the master needs it, our family will be like a cow. The master dislikes it. Our family You will become a lonely ghost, how can you return to your hometown in honor like the elder Ge, and do your best?"

Shen Shixing laughed after hearing this, his eyes were full of complacency, which Sun Xian really couldn't compare to.

After Sun Xian exchanged a few words with Shen Shixing, they got to the point.

Sun Xian said: "His Royal Highness would like to invite Mr. Ge to go over and have a talk. I wonder if Mr. Ge is free?"

When Shen Shixing heard Sun Xian's words, he couldn't help but feel a little upset. What do you mean if you are free?Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince free to invite him?Even if he was lying on the bed, he still had to get up and meet him.

Therefore, Shen Shixing hurriedly said: "Please lead the way, father-in-law, please don't keep His Highness waiting for too long."

Sun Xian smiled, then led the way, and took Shen Shixing to the place where Zhu Changluo was.

After arriving here, Shen Shixing paused for a while to sort out his appearance, and then after Sun Xian's report, he entered Zhu Changluo's room.

"Chen Shen Shi Xing sees His Highness the Holy Prince! May His Highness be in good health and live forever."

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