Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 311 Japan and Korea (4k)

In addition to a large number of ordinary good people, Ashikaga Takayoshi also secretly placed his female ninjas in the Sakura girls that he donated to Akira Kukushima.

It was the female ninja among them who successfully stole the new Hongwu rifle from a Qianhu who came to Paradise Island to indulge in lust.

This Qianhu was a member of the escort team that escorted the silver. He came to Paradise Island to enjoy it while the silver escort ship was docked. After losing his gun, he did not dare to say anything about it. He could only use the old-fashioned gun left by the female ninja. Gun pretended to be nonchalant and returned to the ship.

But even if Ashikaga Takagi gets the new Hongwu rifle, with the current Japanese craftsmanship, it will not be easy to successfully copy it.

Not talking about Japan, the shogun Ashikaga Takayoshi was ambitious.

Another vassal territory of the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo, which had just been conquered, was experiencing problems these days.

Although he successfully became the third prince of the Ming Dynasty to have his own fiefdom, Zhu Fan knew deeply that the Goryeo Kingdom had just been conquered, and there were still too many things for him to deal with, so he did not dare to slack off in his heart.

After the original palace of King Goryeo was transformed into the current palace of Prince Ryeo.

He summoned all the officials to discuss matters in the prince's palace.

"Has the population of Goryeo's state capitals and tax revenue in previous years been clearly calculated these days?" Zhu Fan asked, sitting on the throne.

The current five realms of Goryeo were redivided by Zhu Fan into seven prefectures and thirty-two states and counties.

Later, in modern times, for the sake of "self-esteem", Kimchi Country completely abandoned Chinese characters and directly promoted the status of "Xunyin", making it a common script across the country.

Over the years, in order to train his sons to become qualified vassal kings, Zhu Yuanzhang not only let them follow his uncles on the battlefield to gain experience, but also in government affairs.

Large-scale population loss has led to today's situation.

Because the Goryeo Kingdom has been suffering for a long time, the entire country is riddled with holes and devastation.

In terms of agriculture, Goryeo's economic structure mainly relies on land finance, but the territory is mountainous and barren. According to the ministers' report, "the land of three Koreas is not a meeting place of four arks and chariots. It has no wealth of products, benefits of goods cultivation, and people's livelihood depends on it." , only due to the strength of the soil. To the south of Yalu, there are mostly mountains, and there is no such thing as fertile land."

And what about yourself?

"The first is to quickly implement various new policies of the Ming Dynasty in Goryeo, with the tax system bearing the brunt."

The above is the current demographic and economic situation of Goryeo.

Not only writing, but also politics, military, culture, etc., have a high degree of Chineseization. This makes integration easier.

"Back to your lord, this is the method taught by Yang Guogong at Yangzhou University. It took three full days to compile the report. The data on the report is absolutely correct and false." The young official replied. road.

Zhu Fan expressed that he was very satisfied and asked the official. After learning that the official was from Yangzhou University, he nodded slightly.

Because in their eyes, Chinese characters belong to the nobility.

Goryeo was still a country before, and its area was as large as a province, and its population was not too small, with more than 200 million people. However, the total annual taxes were not even one-tenth of those of the medium-sized provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

After hearing what the young official said, Zhu Fan's eyes darkened.

In the past, he was still secretly laughing at Zhu Xi, saying that his fiefdom was just a country, but no matter how small a country was, its area was small.

Militarily, the soldiers are extremely weak and the weapons are simple and sparse. The first point can be seen from the fact that Zhu Fan was able to destroy his country in March. After taking Goryeo, I took inventory of the armories of Goryeo these days and found that the weapons and equipment were ridiculously rubbish. Not only were the reserves small but the quality of the equipment was poor. Zhu Fan really didn't know who gave the King of Korea the courage at that time. Even if the Ming Dynasty did not have new firearms, back when swords, horses, bows and arrows were the main weapons, Zhu Fan had the confidence to beat them just like beating cubs.

In the past, Goryeo collected one-tenth of the tax on private land every year. In addition, the Goryeo court also required various places to pay tribute (local products), which were divided into two types: regular tribute and special tribute. Men between the ages of 16 and 60 were required to do corvee labor. Tributes and corvee were collected and distributed according to the nine levels of households. The two classes of officials, the scholar-bureaucrat class, do not pay taxes or serve in the military. Needless to say, the effectiveness of tax reform is that Ming Dynasty has set a good example.

Zhu Fan, who was sitting on the throne, was silent for a moment and said: "Everyone now understands the current situation in Goryeo. It will definitely be very difficult in the next period of time. If we want to get rid of this situation quickly, the following points are the most important. It must be implemented immediately.”

“How could the tax revenue of Goryeo be so low over the years?”

This point in time was the end of the Goryeo Dynasty. According to the original direction of time and space, it was time for a change of dynasty.

After receiving the report submitted by his officials, Zhu Fan carefully read the basic content and other data. He had a general understanding of the general situation of his fiefdom.

This is very important. Fortunately, Goryeo did not have its own language at this time, and what they used daily were Chinese characters. However, due to the feudal social hierarchy, only nobles could learn it, and it could not be spread among common people.

The common people are almost unable to live their lives anymore. How can they get so much tax revenue if they can't make a living?

Population and taxes represent the basic situation of a city.

All found to be pessimistic.

"The second is to build schools and promote Chinese. All officials in the seven prefectures and 32 counties of Goryeo must be able to speak Chinese. I give them three months. If anyone does not speak Chinese Mandarin in public, then give him his black gauze hat. Picked."

The Chinese character for kimchi is equivalent to the Chinese pinyin of Chinese characters, without the tones, so you can imagine how many homophones and near-phonetic words there are.

It is precisely because of this that there is a very interesting situation, that is, the name column on the national ID card of Kimchi Country is specially marked with Chinese characters.

In terms of commerce, although Goryeo has had commercial activities since the founding of the country, and shops were set up when Goryeo Taizu established the capital as the capital, its commodity economy was backward and it had been dominated by barter for a long time. Emperor Chengjong of Goryeo once ordered the use of iron money, but it was abolished by Emperor Mujong of Goryeo. During the reign of Sukjong of Goryeo Dynasty, metal currency began to be used, with silver bottles as the main currency and copper coins such as Haedong Tongbao, Haedong Chongbao, and Samhan Chongbao as auxiliary coins. However, the circulation scope was very limited and it was a mess.

After listening to all the reports.

Therefore, Zhu Fan knew the tax situation of various provinces in the Ming Dynasty.

According to the original time and space, the real birth of Korean characters had to wait more than 100 years later. Under the active advocacy of King Sejong, the fourth generation of the Joseon Dynasty at that time, Korean scholars were sent to the Ming Dynasty dozens of times to study the study of music and rhythm, and created the The 28-letter Korean alphabet is "Hunminjeongeum", and its purpose is to make people literate.

But after all, there is an endless silver mine in Izumo.

The only good thing about business is that Goryeo has always carried out overseas trade, and the Bilandu port at the mouth of the Yangtze River is very prosperous.

The report statistics are very detailed and clear at a glance.

The King of Goryeo was so happy that he had already raised taxes for three years in order to counterattack the Ming Dynasty, causing most of the people to starve to death and flee from famine.

Then Zhu Fan asked his other officials to report on other matters.

But when Zhu Fan saw the tax revenue, his eyes showed shock and he couldn't help but speak.

"Your Majesty, the population of Goryeo's seven prefectures and thirty-two prefectures and counties has been clearly counted. This is a report made by the official. There are also statistics on taxation in previous years. I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a look." A young official came out and said He spoke.

Because in general daily communication, phonetics can be used, but for names, for example:

Wang da chui can be translated as Wang Da Chui Wang Da Chui Wang Da Chui... Because there is no phonetic symbol, the specific meaning is unknown.

Because there are too many words with the same sound, but it is impossible to distinguish them. If he only writes in Korean, other people except himself and his family will not know which words his name is. Therefore, we can only return to the essence - "Chinese characters" to modify and explain. (Whose last name is it?)

Kimchi Country is just so ridiculous.

"The third is that Xu Su will carry out the political officer examination. Once the number of people implementing the New Deal increases, the number of current Goryeo officials will definitely not be enough. The existing officials will also need to be retrained." If you want to govern Goryeo well in a short time, it is inevitable It is necessary to use local people from Goryeo, because only in this way will the backlash caused during the transition period be minimal. Zhu Fan knew this very well.

But what he wanted to use was not the original group of guys in the Goryeo court. Instead, he wanted to select people with both ability and political integrity directly from among the common people.

This was also an important means for the Korean people to quickly integrate into the Ming Dynasty.

Let these local young people join the political service system and use them to implement the New Deal and get twice the result with half the effort.

Three government orders were issued, and all officials in the palace tightened their nerves.

Goryeo had just been included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Fan's Prince's Palace has just been established and has not yet taken root in this land. Especially during the initial period, changes are likely to occur.

But even though Zhu Fan had been very cautious, there was still turmoil on the third day after the establishment of his Prince's Palace.

Moreover, this turmoil also occurred in the royal capital, Kaijing.

"Your Majesty, it's not good! A large number of people are making trouble in the city!"

In the prince's palace.

Zhu Fan is dealing with government affairs, Goryeo is newly settled, and there are a lot of things waiting for him to deal with every day in various places.

Now Zhu Fan has sent his own people to all seven prefectures and thirty-two states and counties.

Every day, a large number of memorials were sent back to Kaijing from various places, waiting for him to deal with them.

Zhu Fan is the head and the two are big.

He had to review memorials until late at night every day. Only then did he truly understand the greatness and difficulty of his father.

Because he worked too late last night, after the palace meeting in the morning, Zhu Fan was really tired, so he planned to close his eyes and rest for a while.

But as soon as Zhu Fan closed his eyes, he heard someone under his command speak.

Zhu Fan suddenly opened his eyes, with a terrifying look that startled the palace counselor.

The palace counselor quickly bowed and saluted, and then recounted everything that happened outside at this moment.

There was no chaos before.

But now is the time when the New Deal is being implemented.

Zhu Fan's eyes became colder and colder.

The violent emotion in my heart was stirred up again.

"Let's go, I want to see what those guys can do." Zhu Fan stood up and walked directly outside the palace.

The royal guards and servants in the palace hurriedly followed.

Zhu Fan walked to the streets of the city and saw a large number of Goryeo people marching in protest. On the Ming side, several officials and soldiers were maintaining order.

When the officials saw Zhu Fan, they stepped forward to salute one after another.

Zhu Fan raised his hand to indicate that they did not need to be polite at this time. He was about to ask about the specific situation at the scene.

Only hundreds of Korean people were heard, raising their fists high and shouting loudly.

Zhu Fan couldn't understand what they were shouting.

An official from Goryeo was about to step forward to explain, but was directly frightened away by Zhu Fan's eyes.

Zhu Fan turned his head and looked at the officials next to him who had experience working in the Huitong Hall.

The official immediately translated the words of the people and said, "Your Majesty, when these people heard that we were going to implement the New Deal and the tax reform, they thought we were going to use new methods to exploit them. We have just kept asking them Explain that the new tax reform is for the benefit of their people, but it has little effect."

Finally, the official did not forget to add one sentence.

"The Goryeo court had already collected taxes for three years in order to raise military expenses. Perhaps because of this, these people have already become frightened."

Zhu Fan shook his head slightly, not entirely because of this.

He glanced at the native Goryeo officials with cold eyes.

at the same time.

Kaijing city.

In a private mansion.

Several Koreans wearing new Ming Dynasty official uniforms were gathering here, whispering.

"So, is this method of inciting the people very effective?"

"Hehe, you Chunshan-kun, you are still awesome. Now I see how he will continue to be a prince. He says he is a prince, but he is basically a young boy who has not even grown a beard. Isn't it just that he is lucky enough to have a good father? . Now the Kingdom of Koryo is gone, but this land will always belong to us Koryo people."

"You're right. This guy started some new policy reforms when he came here. Not only did he take back all the government land, but we also had to pay taxes with him. That's all. He actually wanted to take the political affairs exam. Isn't that obvious? Did he kick us all out? Since he is going to burn bridges across rivers, I want to see how much he is capable of."

Obviously, Zhu Fan's series of operations after coming up have already touched the cake of the gentry and wealthy families in Goryeo.

This caused today's backlash.

This is true even for Kaijing City, which is the royal capital, not to mention the other seven prefectures and thirty-two states and counties.

For these remnants of Goryeo, they also know in their hearts that facing the current Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to recapture it by force.

But they want to at least protect their status and interests.

If they can't even do this, then don't blame them for making trouble in secret.

(End of this chapter)