Daming: I was exposed by Zhu Di's Sims life!

Chapter 342 Zhu Gaoxuan: Dapeng rises with the same wind in one day, soaring up to [-] miles
In the early spring of the 16th year of Yongle, the frost and snow in Beijing melted, the season when all things sprouted, and everything was developing for the better.

After surviving the difficult winter, the old man's health finally improved slightly, but his complexion only looked better, he was not as precarious as in winter, as if he might die at any time.

These days, Zhu Gaoxuan has been calling for the old man's pulse every day, and prescribing the most suitable prescription according to the diagnosis. In terms of Chinese medicine, if he dares to say that he is the second, no one in the world will dare to say that he is the second. one.Even so, he was still trying his best to keep the old man alive.

No matter how he diagnoses, there is only one final result: the old man cannot survive the 16-year winter of Yongle.

As a son, he could only do his best to satisfy his father's wishes.

The old man has four wishes: first, not to be blamed by Lao Zhu after his death.

This wish has been fulfilled, Lao Zhu has forgiven him now, after all, there is nothing to do if he does not forgive, people are going to die, so some tolerance must be given.

Second, it was a pity to find Emperor Jianwen.

This wish has also been fulfilled, Emperor Jianwen has been buried in the western suburbs, and this heart disease has finally been cured.

Thirdly, after his death, there will be successors from Daming.

This wish was also fulfilled, and Zhu Gaoxuan said that even if Daming did not have Zhu Di, what should he do.

In this way, there is only one last wish left.

Zhu Di is a nostalgic person. After more than ten years in power, almost all the people who can make him think about it are dead.For example, Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, Mahamu, the leader of the Wara tribe, Zhu Yunwen, the emperor of Jianwen, Zhu Zhanji, the grandson of the good sage, Zhu Gaochi, the former prince...

However, one of Zhu Di's old friends survived.

The leader of the Tatar Tribe, Northern Yuan Khan Ting Taishi, King Hening, the supreme commander of the Mongolian headquarters, the last glory of the grassland, the phoenix, and Alutai.

Alutai, the most powerful enemy of the Ming Dynasty in Mobei, Qiu Fu, a general of the Ming army who made the first contribution to Jingnan, was defeated by this person.He was almost wiped out by Zhu Di, but in the end he led the Tatar tribe in Eastern Mongolia to rise up. He was also defeated by Mahamu of the Wara tribe, but now the grass on Mahamu's grave is two feet high. Now, Alutai is still active on the grassland.

He is a real phoenix. With his strong resilience, he survived his old opponent Mahamu on the grassland to death.In the battle of Hulanhu, the Ming army defeated Oala, but the biggest winner was not Ming, but Tatar.

After Mahamu's death, Alutai led the Tatar tribe to quickly unify the eastern and western Mongolia, becoming the well-deserved overlord of the grassland and the only king in Mobei. His arrogance became more and more arrogant, and he even wanted to go south to recover.

Zhu Di's last wish is to bring his old friend Alutai with him before he dies.

Judging from the fate of those old friends of the old man, it is extremely unwise to make friends with Zhu Di.

But as a son, Zhu Gaoxuan had to be filial.

He wants to help Zhu Di completely eradicate Alutai, the last overlord of the grassland, before winter comes!
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"Is this how you test the prince?"

"Which prince can't stand such a test?"

In the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Gaoxuan put down the notebook in his hand, and looked at Xia Yuanji suspiciously, "Old Shangshu, our Ming Dynasty is not short of money, right?"

Xia Yuanji nodded: "Of course there is no shortage. After reforming the bureaucracy and taxation system, although a large amount of money is distributed every year to support honesty and the development of various provinces, the wealth of the national treasury is far greater than that of previous dynasties. It is also far inferior to my treasury of Ming Dynasty."

"Since there is no shortage of money, is it that difficult for you to prepare food and grass?"

Zhu Gaoxuan frowned and said, "Old man, we have to fight before this winter. The expedition cannot be delayed until winter, and the decisive battle in autumn is the latest. In the decisive battle in autumn, we will send troops in midsummer, and it is impossible for us to prepare food and grass in summer. This spring, we must It’s about getting everything in order.”

"As a result, it's been a month of preparations. Tell me, the preparations for food and grass are not halfway done yet? Old Shangshu Xia, are you really planning to hang around until the start of the war to prepare the logistics?"

Xia Yuanji sighed helplessly: "The fact that the country is not short of money does not mean that the country is not short of food. Your Highness should know that in the past two years, the weather has not been good, and land taxes in various places are pitiful. In some places, the treasury needs to open warehouses to release food for relief. OK."

"It can't be said that just to fight this battle for His Majesty, all the granary reserves in various places should be drained. If it is really necessary to mobilize the granary reserves from all over the country, the old minister will say something bad. In case of a major disaster and drought, the provinces Without food reserves, the world may be in chaos."

Zhu Gaoyi asked in a cold voice: "Huguang, Jingxiang, is a major grain-producing province. But I see that the 25 shi of the grain tribute paid by Huguang is not half that of Henan or Shandong. Henan and Shandong produce so much grain. Well, you have to give me an explanation."

"Huguang Jingxiang, the land is fertile, but the land is sparsely populated, so it attracts population inflow."

Xia Yuanji explained, "But most of these inflows are black households, and black households do not pay land taxes. Under the pressure of the Academy of Arts, Huguang has thoroughly investigated black households in the past two years, and the results have been outstanding. Just last year, Huguang registered The population on the yellow book has doubled, but it takes time to transform, and it will take at least three to five years to plan Huguang's land tax within the administrative system."

"Can you wait three to five years for the Beizheng? It's not like you don't know about the old man's health. He will burn incense until this winter. You let him wait for you for another three to five years?"

Zhu Gaoxuan was a little impatient, but Xia Yuanji remained silent.

His prince's temper recently is indeed a bit bad.

Not only because the government affairs are too busy, but also because the old man's health is getting worse day by day, he is becoming more and more worried.

After a long time, Zhu Gaoxuan's voice was hoarse, and he said slowly: "Just now, I was in a hurry, Old Shangshu Xia, I will apologize to you."

Xia Yuanji is not the kind of person who is lazy and slippery. He must do his best to do the things Zhu Gaoyi entrusts to him.If it can't be done, it's not that he has a problem with his ability, nor is he careless in doing things, it may only be that this matter is too embarrassing.

Seeing that Old Shangshu Xia was quite old, but he followed Zhu Gaoxuan to death every day, urging the messenger like he was urging his life, his face was sallow and depressed, it was really hard work.

Xia Yuanji hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "The crown prince is really hurting the old minister. For the country and the people, this is what should be done. The old minister cannot bear the crown prince's apology. The old minister is also considerate of the prince. After all, these days Come on, the old minister sees everything."

"The crown prince has been struggling to sleep peacefully for many years and is busy with state affairs. If you are like this, how dare you slack off. Your Majesty's dragon body is not in good health. As a potential dragon in the Eastern Dynasty, it is reasonable for the crown prince to be anxious for his father."

"It's just this food collection..."

"It's really not easy to act too hastily. The crown prince is a hero and hero, so he should understand the hidden dangers in grain requisition. If you press too hard, I'm afraid it will lead to a backlash."

A sign of the decline of a country is that the country begins to recklessly collect food.

Whenever there is a war, grain must be requisitioned first.If the food collection is urgent, the people will rebel, and the people will rebel. If you want to calm down, you can only collect food.

Although today's Daming wouldn't cause such an uproar that the whole country would be rebelled by just levying a grain, but in the face of this kind of thing, it's better to take a step back.

Zhu Di stretched his eyebrows: "Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou, how about it?"

Xia Yuanji shook his head and said: "No, the imperial court has reached its limit for the people of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou in the past two years. Zhili in the south is the most stringent, with less than [-]% of the population, it bears more than [-]% of the country's taxes. Zheng, the common people will rebel."

Zhu Gaoxuan also shook his head: "Gu never thought of taking food from the common people."

"If you don't take food from the common people, who will you take it from?"

"Whoever has food will pay for it."

"Who has food?"

"Aristocratic families, officials, chambers of commerce, landlords, they have money."

Zhu Gaoxuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't think that the Tax Supervisor is like a plague god crossing the street. When you see a corrupt official, you have to peel off the skin. In fact, this is just the tip of the iceberg on the surface. Some people, even the Tax Supervisor Don’t dare to move, the common people only have so much food, and those who really have food are the landlords, the powerful families behind the food.”

Xia Yuanji said with a wry smile: "Your Highness said it himself, these people, even the tax supervisors dare not move, it's not that they have no courage, it's that they can't move. A country is a country composed of small families. These families are talking about aristocratic families." , if the aristocratic family is gone, how can the country come from?"

A country without aristocratic families is an ideal country, which does not exist in reality.

What is the reason for the poor to study hard in the poor family?It's nothing more than wanting to step into the fashion of the aristocratic family. If the aristocratic family is gone and the people in the world can't see the goal, the country will perish.

The emperor and the imperial court are the top of the country, and the aristocratic families make up the grassroots of the country. If the grassroots are torn apart, the country will be like duckweed without roots, and will be crushed to pieces with the demise of the clans.

If it can overwhelm the family, it will prosper for a while at most, but the order of the country will be disrupted from the bottom up, the system will collapse, and the empire will perish.

If you can't overwhelm the aristocratic family, then the aristocratic family will start to change emperors and dynasties.

Regardless of victory or defeat, if you want to exterminate the family, you will destroy your foundation.

"Gu Wei never thought of exterminating the powerful family. What Gu wants is their compromise."

Zhu Gaoxuan spread his hands, "It seems that the family members can change their dynasties at will, but in fact, every change of dynasties will deal a considerable blow to them. For them, only when the country is stable can they be stable."

"Now, the country is going to war and there is no food. To get the country's food and grass together, each family only needs to pay a little bit. When the war is won, the country will be peaceful, which is also a good thing for them. It is a win-win situation for everyone. "

"The country and the family are not enemies. What the orphans want is their compromise. The orphans allow them to last forever, but they also have to contribute money and efforts to the court."

Xia Yuanji sighed: "It's difficult. We all understand the truth. The family members are not fools, and they naturally understand this truth. But for these gluttonous people who only want to eat but don't want to vomit, it is better to ask them to contribute money and energy than to go to the sky." Difficult, there is always a gap between the two sides."

Zhu Gaoxuan's eyes flickered, "I want to make a southern tour."

Xia Yuanji thought he heard it wrong: "What did your highness say?"

"Gu Shuo, South Tour."

Zhu Gaoxuan said calmly, "I will go to the south alone to settle this matter. I want to make a set of rules with them, a set of rules that will accompany the Ming Dynasty forever. The aristocratic families have to contribute money and efforts when the court needs them. Always have a foothold.”

Since ancient times, the emperor's tour is the best way to stabilize the situation. Although Zhu Gaoyi is only the prince now, he is already better than the emperor.

When the capital of the country is far away from the locality, the control of the imperial court will be greatly reduced.The emperor's tour was to stabilize the hearts of the people, and to control power and radiate imperial power to the localities to consolidate the image of the imperial court.

Of course, Emperor Qianlong's six southern tours were not counted among them. Aaron was just looking for fun.

The emperor's tour was to stabilize the hearts of the people.Before Qianlong's grandson's imperial boat arrived, the local army was dispersed eight hundred miles away by the people.

Of course, Aaron didn't make all the people avoid it, it's just that the men avoided and the women stayed.One time Emperor Qianlong was having a good time, ha ha ha ha ha with a dozen or so naked girls, suddenly the queen came, Aaron was interrupted ha ha ha ha, angrily kicked the queen hard, The queen was also stubborn enough, so she jumped into the water and drowned.

It is pure nonsense that Qianlong's six trips to the south of the Yangtze River to observe the people's feelings are pure nonsense, that is, the grandson wants to experience the customs of the south of the Yangtze River.

Xia Yuanji's complexion changed slightly: "Your Highness, the southern tour is not a trivial matter."

"Your Majesty is in poor health. Beijing needs a prince who can control the overall situation. If you go to the south, what about the north? Can the court be called the court if it has no backbone?"

Zhu Gaoyi smiled lightly and said, "Isn't there still you here?"

"The Great Dao is not alone. I have never been alone. Here in Beijing, there are you, Yang Rong, Su Wen and Su Wu, Lu Chaoyang, Shen Qingyu, Zhang Fu and Zhu Yong...Gu Nan Xun, only bring Zhang Muzhi from Jinyiwei will do."

"Old Xia, you have been an official for dozens of years, and you should understand a truth. The emperor has always supported the court alone. The big roc rises with the same wind in one day, and it soars up to [-] miles. And his thousands of scales and feathers."

Xia Yuanji hesitated to speak, and said with a wry smile: "How can there be such a reason, since ancient times the emperor has been dictatorial, and there has never been such a big heart like you."

The corners of Zhu Gaoxuan's lips curled slightly: "Hesitating to speak is the answer, and answering the question is also wrong. Don't ask the question with the answer."

He was never alone, by his side, with his followers.

Just like when the Great Qin unified the six kingdoms, Li Si, Lu Buwei, Meng Tian, ​​Meng Yi, Wei Liao, Wang Jian and others followed behind the first emperor Yingzheng.

"Old Shangshu Xia, go and prepare for the southern tour."

Zhu Gaoxuan got up and left with his hands behind his back, saying, "During the period of the lonely southern tour, you and Elder Yang Ge are in charge of the government affairs, and Zhang Fu and Su Wu are in charge of the military affairs. If there is a major event, you can go to Qianqing Palace to ask the old man."

"Da Ming, it's still the same Daming."

"This southern tour, I want to relieve Daming's worries."

(End of this chapter)