Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Guo Andao: "Report to Your Majesty, I need 100 million taels of silver!"

"100 taels of silver?"

Zhu Di's eyes widened again.

"Exactly!"

Guo An nodded slowly, and then couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, as long as the newspaper is established well, it will be a steady stream of money in the future."

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "We know that Guo Qing has always been able to make money, and Guo Qing really did not disappoint us... However, the 100 million taels of silver, even if it is a year-end bonus for the vassal kings and all the officials in the world, is nothing more than So much, but now it is used for so much, to establish Baodi...

Is this too much?Although our Ming Dynasty has several silver mines like the Japanese country, every year the vassal king needs to pay year-end bonuses, and all officials in the world also need to pay year-end bonuses, but they still have to send troops to conquer the Mongols in the north...

Guo Qing, our Ming Dynasty treasury is not that rich! "

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, the money reported to the mansion will come from your Majesty's internal funds!"

"My internal funds?"

Zhu Di was even more distressed and angry.

"It's a waste of our trust in you. You actually imitated those ministers and plundered our internal funds!"

"Your Majesty, when have you ever lost money? The newspaper will definitely earn back your 100 million taels of silver!

In addition, the newspaper is your own money because it is your own money. No matter how much money you make in the future, it will all go into the money! "

"Is it really profitable to report a residence?"

Zhu Di was still a little suspicious.

Guo An nodded with certainty, "Your Majesty, newspapers are really profitable!"

"In that case, does Guo Qing want to take part?"

Zhu Di asked again.

Guo An was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, and then slowly replied: "Your Majesty, the newspaper is too important, and humble ministers only dare to account for half of it!"

"Can!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "If so, then we will allocate you 100 million taels of silver!"

"Wei Chen will definitely live up to His Majesty's high expectations. Wei Chen is half a member and will pay 10 taels of silver!"

Guo An bowed his hands and saluted, and then said: "Your Majesty, although nowadays, reporting to the residence is not taken seriously.

However, in the future, newspapers will inevitably occupy an important position among literati and officials.

Therefore, I request your Majesty to manage the newspaper personally, or have His Royal Highness the Crown Prince manage it! "

"Me and the prince?"

Hearing this, Zhu Di frowned again, thought for a moment, and then slowly shook his head.

"We are busy with government affairs every day, so let's leave it to the prince for now."

Zhu Gaochi felt a pain in his heart and sighed slightly, "My child obeys the order!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An also quickly bowed his hands.

After Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were sent out of the house, Guo An's eyes sparkled and he was in a great mood.

A group of bald donkeys and gentry actually dare to unite to bully Guo An. Do they really think he is a fool?

Since everyone can't live in peace, let's overturn your table and see how you can stand me!
……

"Take back those temple lands?"

Upon hearing Zhu Di's words, Monk Daoyan's expression suddenly changed.

"Your Majesty, be careful!"

"Oh?"

A strange light flashed in Zhu Di's eyes, "Does the Master think this is inappropriate?"

Monk Dao Yan panicked in his eyes and said quickly: "Your Majesty, although I am also a monk, I think it is inappropriate for the temple to have so much land!"

Zhu Di smiled faintly and said, "Then I wonder what the Master has to do to solve this problem?"

Monk Dao Yan said: "Your Majesty, in the Ming Dynasty, not only the temples occupied a large amount of productive land, but also the Taoist temples.

Wei Chen thinks that the farmland of monks and Taoists can be limited to no more than ten acres per person, and the excess farmland should be equally distributed to the local poor with those acres! "

"Ten acres..."

Zhu Di pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly.

"Ten acres, no more, no less, just enough for one person to plant!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Monk Daoyan breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Di continued to ask: "Master, who do you think would be good to report this matter?"

"Amitabha!"

Monk Daoyan silently recited the Buddha's name and said slowly: "Your Majesty, this is a major event that benefits the people of the world. It can be reported by the chief officials of the various states where the temple is located!"

"What the Master said is true!"

Zhu Di nodded with great satisfaction.

Monk Daoyan looked slightly bitter.

Ugh!
Why are you so good-looking, provoking the Marquis of Dinghai?

However, after this incident, it has benefited tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people, which is also a great good deed!
Amitabha, good is good!

……

a few days later.

Yu Qian, the prefect of Hangzhou, was inexplicably visited by thousands of members of the Jinyiwei family in Hangzhou.

In the 28th year of Hongwu's reign, Yu Qian was promoted to Shandong Silangzhong of the Ministry of Punishment by Guo Zisheng, and was awarded the title of Fengyi Dafu.

In the 31st year of Hongwu, that is, after Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was directly promoted to the prefect of Hangzhou and awarded the title of Doctor Zhongshun!
In this way, Yu Qian can be considered a favor to Zhu Di.

Of course, during his tenure, Yu Qian was not as concerned about people's livelihood as some officials were. As soon as he took office, he would either mess with things or work with those corrupt officials to get money.

But even so, Yu Qian was still wary of the Qianhu Jinyiwei in front of him.

"I wonder if Chen Qianhu has anything to do with me?"

Chen Jiubao smiled slightly, took out a letter and handed it to Yu Qian.

"Prefect Yu, we are here to deliver a letter to Prefect Yu! As for the content of the letter, we don't know!"

"Letter? Who sent it?" Yu Qian was stunned and asked with some doubts.

"I do not know!"

Chen Jiubao shook his head slowly, got up and walked out.

Chen Jiubao had no idea who sent the letter or what its content was.

Again, he didn't want to know at all.

Being able to send letters to a dignified magistrate through his royal guards, the person behind it is definitely not someone he can mess with.

"This……"

Seeing this, Yu Qian was stunned.

By the time he reacted, Chen Jiubao had already left.

Yu Qian couldn't help but lower his head and opened the letter.

At one glance, he took a deep breath.

The letter contained a detailed list of the acres of land occupied by the Hangzhou Prefecture and even the Jiangnan temples.

"...The temples and Taoist temples occupy so many acres of land, but are exempted from official corvee labor, while the poor have no land, but are trapped by corvee labor. How unfair is it?

Since you are the father-in-law of a government, you should make decisions for the people and the local people..."

"call……"

Yu Qian frowned and looked heavy.

"The temples and Taoist temples in the south of the Yangtze River actually occupy so many acres of land? Could this letter be from the Marquis of Dinghai, or..."

After saying that, Yu Qian immediately shut up.

This matter was no longer something he could delve into.However, if he can get Jin Yiwei to send him a letter, that person will definitely know...

Thinking about it, Yu Qian shouted directly outside the house: "Come here, invite the master!"

"Yes, sir!"

……

same.

Several prefects, including Yangzhou Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Nanchang Prefecture, Wuchang Prefecture, and Taiping Prefecture, all received letters personally delivered by Jin Yiwei.

In this regard, although several prefects chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb after thinking hard for a while.

However, the remaining prefects were relatively clear-sighted. Regardless of whether they wanted to or not, how could they be fooled by the letter that Jin Yiwei personally delivered to their door, so they, like Yu Qian, the prefect of Hangzhou, summoned the masters in the prefecture.

Another few days.

The noise in the capital has almost subsided.

No officials impeached Guo An, the Marquis of Dinghai, and no people cursed Guo An, the Marquis of Dinghai. As for the impeachment of Jin Yiwei by Zhang Zhen, the Minister of Civil Affairs, there seemed to be no follow-up, and everything was calm.

this day.

Along with several memorials, they were sent to the cabinet.

Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu, and Fang Xiaoru, the cabinet ministers, suddenly looked solemn and handed the memorial in their hands to the prince Zhu Gaochi who was sitting on top.

"Your Highness, there is a strange memorial here, please read it!"

"Oh?"

Zhu Gaochi took the memorial with a curious expression and began to read it.

"The magistrate of Hangzhou reported that the temples in the south of the Yangtze River, which occupies hundreds of hectares, have been exempted from official corvee service. The poor people have no land and are trapped by corvee service... requesting that the fields of monks and Taoist priests be limited to no more than ten acres each. The rest will be distributed equally among the poor..."

"it is good!"

Zhu Gaochi looked happy and said directly.

"I didn't expect that our Ming Dynasty would have such officials who care about the people!"

Around them, Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu, Fang Xiaoru and others couldn't help but have strange expressions in their eyes. Then they picked up one or two memorials from the table in front of them and handed them to Zhu Gaochi.

"Your Highness, I have such a memorial here. It can be seen that the temples and Taoist temples in the world have invaded the people's fields and have aroused the anger of both humans and gods. Otherwise, so many officials would not have impeached them at the same time!"

"Yes, these temples occupy a large amount of land and do not pay corvee labor. However, the poor people who farm the fields have no land and are trapped in corvee labor. It is really unfair!"

Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu, Fang Xiaoru and others quickly replied, "What Your Highness said is absolutely true!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly, and then said: "However, matters involving temples and Taoist temples around the world are not trivial. I still need to trouble all the great scholars to search for them. I will send all such memorials to my father!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

In this regard, Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu, Fang Xiaoru and other cabinet academicians did not object. Then they found several copies of the same memorial again and gave them to Zhu Gaochi.

They have been in the cabinet for so many days, and so many similar memorials have appeared at the same time. How can they still not understand what is going on with such a strange thing?

Immediately, Zhu Gaochi picked up the memorial and sent it to Zhu Di.

"Dad, today I sent a total of twelve memorials to impeach those temples and Taoists who wantonly occupy their fields!"

"Twelve books?"

Zhu Di took a look and said softly, "That's right! Tomorrow, we will discuss this matter in the morning!"

"Yes, Dad!"

Zhu Gaochi looked solemn and answered with cupped hands.

……

Morning the next day.

"Gentlemen, do you have any other reports?"

As Zhu Di asked the question, all the officials of His Highness were quiet. They had already reported almost everything they should report.

Seeing this, all the officials looked relaxed and were ready to go to court.

However, what surprised them was that after Zhu Di finished asking, he actually said it again.

"Since there is no report from the Qing family, I have something to discuss with you!"

"Your Majesty has something to discuss with us?"

Hearing this, all the ministers couldn't help but look shocked.

"Exactly!"

Zhu Di said: "In the past few days, we have been receiving memorials from various states to impeach temples and Taoist temples. You should not know this!"

... (end of this chapter)