Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 157 Hot discussion in Beijing
Yu Zigao, who was talked about by the emperor, naturally did not know that the emperor intended to keep him in the north to rectify the navy.

Of course Yu Zigao was very happy to receive the word "Yu Long" written by the emperor himself. He immediately accepted the emperor's order and set off for Beijing immediately.

But as the commander-in-chief of Fujian, he naturally had to arrange things in Fujian before setting off. In particular, Zheng Zhilong was causing a lot of trouble in Fujian and was competing with the Ming government and army for the dominance of Fujian's maritime trade. Before Yu Zigao left, he had to arrange this matter properly.

In order to prevent major changes in Fujian after leaving for too long, Yu Zigao did not take the post road to Beijing, but took a sea ship and went directly north by sea.

Some people told him that the sea route was dangerous and that he should be more cautious, but Yu Zigao didn't take it seriously. He had fought in naval battles, and he also knew that Fo Langji, who had good relations with the Ming Dynasty, and the Helan Kingdom's Hongmao Fan, who once occupied Penghu, all came across the ocean from thousands of miles away. What dangers can I face if I go north along the coastline during the storm season?
Besides, Zheng Zhilong is making a big fuss now. If he went north by land, he would not come back until four or five months later. By then things may have been settled, and who else will share the interests of the sea with him?

So Yu Zigao chose several large ships and followed the route explored by Ming merchants, first to Songjiang. I rested there for a few days and then headed north from Songjiang to Tianjin in half a month——

The whole journey from Fujian to Tianjin only took one month. Compared to taking the land route to Beijing, it takes less than half the time.

So in late November, when Zhu Youjian was talking about him, Yu Zigao had already arrived in Tianjin and was about to enter the capital.

However, after arriving in Tianjin, Yu Zigao felt a mixture of sadness and joy when he heard the news from the capital.

Fortunately, the emperor named him a hero, and his father, Yu Dayou, was posthumously awarded the title of Zhenhai Bo.

The imperial court had already decided on this matter, and the decree to confer a title on him had been issued. Maybe they would all be at his house by this time.

It's just that Yu Zigao has been sailing on the sea, so naturally he doesn't know about it. Now after hearing about it, I found out that my father was posthumously awarded the title of earl, and I can call myself the queen of the earl.

This incident of course surprised Yu Zigao, who believed that the emperor reused military generals and that he might achieve greater achievements. Maybe he could continue to be knighted and convert his father's posthumous title into a hereditary title.

But another piece of news made his originally excited mood seem like a bucket of cold water had been poured on him.

The news of the fall of the Eunuch Party and the death of Wei Zhongxian soon spread to Tianjin as Zhu Youjian deliberately spread it.

Yu Zigao was very uneasy about this news.

Because although he himself had no rebellious behavior, his in-law Wu Chunfu was one of the five tigers of the eunuch party. Now that the eunuch party has fallen, how can Wu Chunfu be spared?

When he, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, fell, his biggest supporter in the court was gone. Whether I can stay in Fujian in the future is still unknown.

Sure enough, on the way to Beijing, Yu Zigao heard the news that the emperor had dealt with the main criminal who built the temple, and Wu Chunfu and others had been captured.

This let Yu Zigao know that he should be more cautious after entering Beijing. To avoid being targeted and impeaching yourself to the emperor.

Fortunately, the emperor praised the Yu family and showed his intention to reuse military generals. As a descendant of Yu Dayou, he doesn't have to worry about his safety.

If not, Yu Zigao might not have dared to go to Beijing, but would have pretended to be sick on the way.

It was in this uneasy mood that Yu Zigao entered the capital and became another general soldier called to the capital after Mao Wenlong.

As the commander-in-chief of a town, Yu Zigao had so much power in Fujian that he even ignored the orders of Governor Zhu Yifeng.

But when he arrived in the capital, no one cared about him as the commander-in-chief, but not many people cared about him.

Even the fall of the eunuch party, which was much discussed in other places, has become a thing of the past in Beijing.

What people in the capital are talking about the most now is that the emperor divided the mine fields in Liaodong, implemented the feudal system of the mine fields, and enfeoffed the mine fields to meritorious officials. This kind of benevolent government and giving an inheritance to the hero's family naturally attracted everyone's attention.

Wei Zhongxian's death was rarely talked about in the capital. How could many people care about Yu Zigao, Wu Chunfu's in-laws?

This discovery made Yu Dayou feel relieved and the pressure was much reduced. What he was most worried about was that the government was investigating the eunuchs, and as Wu Chunfu's in-laws, he was being targeted.

But now that people in the capital don't care much about this matter, the possibility of him being targeted is naturally much smaller.

Even if a few people came forward to impeach him, given the emperor's high regard for him and the title he had just awarded to Yu Dayou, it would be impossible to punish him at this time and he would not be able to step down.

Therefore, Yu Zigao passed the aftermath of the eunuch's collapse safely. This made his mind come alive, and he asked about the feudal society in the well field.

I heard that the emperor divided the thousands of miles of land in Liaodong into millions of well fields, and all of them were awarded to the meritorious officials. Even though he already knew the emperor's attitude towards the heroes, Yu Zigao was still surprised——

This is really too generous, it can almost be said that it is a fiefdom.

In particular, well fields cannot be bought or sold, nor can they be divided. They can only be inherited by the head of the household from generation to generation, and only the tithe tax must be paid.

This is very similar to a fief. People who own mine fields can almost be said to be hereditary vassals. Except that he has no governing power, he can be said to be a local emperor.

No wonder people in the capital are discussing this matter and don't even care much about the collapse of the eunuch party.

Compared with Ida, which can be passed down from generation to generation, not many officials are qualified to take up the official positions vacated by the eunuchs. They have a better chance of obtaining these million shares of mine fields.

What dissatisfied the officials in the capital was that the emperor clearly stated that Ida would be awarded to meritorious officials first, and that priority would be given to fallen martyrs, disabled soldiers, and frontline soldiers.

At the same time, because each hero has a minimum limit of one minefield and a maximum of one hundred minefields. If Liaodong's troops and horses are calculated as 140,000, these frontline soldiers will have to occupy at least 140,000 minefields. If you count the dead and disabled soldiers, there will be even more minefields that need to be separated.

In addition, these people have priority, and the cultivated land in Liaodong is not enough for these people. They, the heroes at the rear in the capital, can only pick up the remaining bad land.

So some people began to become active. Some wanted to persuade the emperor to change this distribution method, and some planned to follow Sun Chengzong to the front line to gild.

Some people began to question the 140,000 soldiers and horses in Liaodong, believing that this number was too false and that they should be re-counted to verify the number of soldiers. Moreover, the soldiers fighting and those stationed in the field must be separated and cannot be treated together as frontline heroes.

In short, because of the well-field system that Zhu Youjian planned to implement, Beijing's attention to Liaodong suddenly increased.

Many officials in the imperial court no longer regarded Liaodong as a bad place and it would not be a pity to give it up. What they most hoped for was that the imperial court would regain Liaodong and give themselves a share of the mine fields.

It can be said that restoring Liao has become the common voice of court officials. Anyone who opposes this is opposing Ida.

The peacemakers were swept aside mercilessly, and now even if Hou Jin wanted to sue for peace, he would have to spit out the land in Liaodong.

Others were eyeing the land further north in Liaodong and planned to request the emperor to entrust these places with well fields.

Zhu Youjian has received this request and also received a lot of strategies for making wells. Confucian scholars and officials who thought they were knowledgeable were writing to him, explaining their understanding of the well field system and how to implement the well field system under the current situation.

It can be said that Zhu Youjian experienced the feeling of being supported by everyone for the first time since he came to power. Even the Purple Pavilion Heroes he introduced was not as hotly discussed as the well-field system.

(End of this chapter)