Chapter 58: A method of whipping and sharing the land!
When Ling Han heard Chen Han's question, he obediently asked, "Why is this?"
Zhu Youwei also asked: "Yes, there must be a reason!"
Chen Han replied: "Because the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty suffered from moneylessness."
Ok? Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this reason. What kind of statement is this? Chen Han explained: "In the Guo Huan case, Lao Zhu not only hacked to death more than 1 officials, but most of the others who were hacked were those with rich family assets. Moreover, these unlucky guys were not only hacked, but their family fortune was also taken away by Lao Zhu. The Rabbit copied everything:
"History of the Ming Dynasty·Volume 94·Zhi " records that since the six ministers and ministers all died, 700 million yuan was stolen. The words were linked to all the officials in the province, and tens of thousands of people stolen goods were sent and borrowed all over the world, and most of the people's homes were destroyed.
Even the "middle-class family" is not spared. How much does Lao Zhu hate these rich people? Due to the retrograde behavior of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty when they occupied the Central Plains, the contradiction between Han and Hu was very prominent in the early Ming this situation, Zhu Yuanzhang complied with the overall situation and popular sentiment and launched a large-scale attack outside the Great Wall.
In the 29 years from the third year of Hongwu to the 27th year of Hongwu, he launched a total of thirteen Northern Expeditions, completely crippled and scattered the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
However, as the saying goes, "One cannon blast brings ten thousand taels of gold." This kind of expedition spanning thousands of miles consumes a lot of logistical supplies. Often, one kilogram of food transported to the front line will consume three to five kilograms on the though the Ming Dynasty was founded with great prosperity and strong soldiers and brave generals, such a huge consumption was unbearable.
In particular, the second northern expedition in the fifth year of Hongwu suffered a desperate counterattack by Bei Yuan. The Ming army suffered heavy losses and was unable to move northward for the next nine years.
Even though he reluctantly launched three more Northern Expeditions in the 17th, [-]th and [-]th years of Hongwu, the scale was not very large. The main reason was that Lao Zhu had no money and could not move.
But just two years after the Guo Huan case broke out and Lao Zhu "loaned nuclear stolen goods all over the world", in the 20th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang sent Song Guogong Feng Sheng, Ying Guogong Fu Youde, Yongchang Hou Lanyu and other famous generals to lead an army of 20 in the Northern Expedition, and in one fell swoop Defeated Beiyuan Taiwei Nahachu and incorporated Liaodong into the Ming Dynasty;
The following year, Lao Zhu continued his efforts and sent Lan Yu to lead an army of 15 to raid Yuerhai. He forced and killed Tuogu Si Timur, the Tianyuan Emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and captured 120 people including the prince and princess of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, 3000 princes, and close soldiers and civilians. 8 people, countless livestock, as well as Bei Yuan's seals, books, gold and silver seals, etc., completely destroyed the small court of Bei Yuan.
Aren't these enough to explain the problem? "
Zhu Youwei has already seen her imperial grandfather, and now her head is full of black lines.
If someone else was in this situation, he would probably be killed easily.
woohoo...
It is obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang's breathing is a bit heavy now.
In this situation, Zhu Yuanzhang was angry.
There is murderous intent in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.
Sure enough, this is a very sensitive nerve, and there will be absolutely no good results if it touches it.
Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang held back in the end. He probably remembered what Zhu Biao said. Chen Han is now an opportunity given by God to the Ming Dynasty.
Ling Han also turned back to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, and was relieved when he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang finally held back.
He actually admired Chen Han because Chen Han could unscrupulously say something to relieve their anger.
Just like Chen Han said, you, Zhu Yuanzhang, are indeed a talented and strategic emperor in a big way.
But judging from the things you have done, can't we say that you are a cruel king?
Even if the things you did are not recorded in the history books of later generations, will they not be passed down? So Ling Han couldn't help but feel that Chen Han's mouth could say a lot of things that everyone couldn't say, and also let Zhu Yuanzhang understand whether everything you did was right.
You can control the opinions of current people, but you cannot control the opinions of future generations.
Zhu Biao always kept his expression unchanged.
He was involved in this matter and saw too much bloodshed but he could not stop it. In other words, there was a lot of helplessness that Chen Han and the others could not to mention the constant provocations of the Beiyuan forces in the north, let's just say that the Ming Dynasty was in a state of complete waste and waiting for prosperity. Without the infusion of this powerful medicine, it is estimated that the Ming Dynasty would have been difficult to sustain at that time.
But Zhu Biao also knew that he must have done a lot of evil by doing this, and it is understandable that future generations would evaluate him like this.
But Zhu Biao always kept one sentence in mind: it is better for officials to cry than for common people to cry.
After Chen Han finished speaking, he said again: "The simple and crude financial system was established from Zhu Yuanzhang until the demise of the Ming Dynasty. Except for the fact that Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister of the Wanli Dynasty's cabinet, briefly extended the life of the Ming Dynasty. Except for this, the Ming Dynasty’s financial system was in a complete mess at other times.”
Ling Han grasped this point and immediately asked: "How did Zhang Juzheng do it?"
Chen Han chuckled: "Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely not be able to imitate Zhang Juzheng."
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little unconvinced when he heard this.
Why can a minister from the Wanli Dynasty do it, but we, the emperor, can't?
The proud and arrogant Zhu Yuanzhang has an expression written all over his face. He can do what we can do too.
Ling Han was also very surprised: "Teacher Xiao Chen, you also said that Zhang Juzheng is at best the chief minister of the cabinet. What he can do, can the emperor not do? The emperor holds great power. Who dares to disobey an order?
Besides, Emperor Hongwu, you also said that it was true. If he wants to change it, it is not just a matter of saying something casually. "
Zhu Youwei also chimed in: "Yes, the emperor is the biggest!!"
With the support of the two of them, Chen Han next to him said: "I knew you would all say this, but some things are not about who has more power, but about the development of the situation.
Many conditions during the Hongwu period simply did not allow Zhu Yuanzhang to complete these tasks because there were too many restrictions. "
The more Chen Han said this, Ling Han, Zhu Yuanzhang and even Zhu Biao became more interested.
"Tell me, what are the conditions?" Ling Han really wanted to know: "Anyway, we are discussing!"
Zhu Youwei on the side also said: "Yes, let's talk about it!!"
When Chen Han heard Zhu Youwei asking this, he cheered up and said, "Okay, you guys have to listen, right? If you have nothing to do, let's sit down and discuss history."
As she was about to drink water, Zhu Youwei hurriedly handed Chen Han a cup of tea.
Seeing Zhu Youwei like this, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son felt a little sour.
Youwei has never served us like this, why do you think so?
But in order to hear Chen Han's final thoughts on how to reform, they had no choice but to endure it.
After thinking about it for a while, Chen Han finally said: "Zhang Juzheng implemented the One Whip Law during the Wanli Dynasty, which greatly increased the revenue of the national treasury. The so-called One Whip Law, to sum up simply, is to divide all states. The land tax, corvee service and other miscellaneous levies in the county were all combined into one line, and the silver taels were collected together and paid per mu.
Yong Zheng of the Manchu Qing Dynasty introduced a slightly upgraded version of the system of sharing the land between the gentry and the officials on the basis of a reform. He also very radically proposed that the government and the gentry would be responsible for paying the grain. "
After hearing this summary, Zhu Yuanzhang and his son's eyes lit up.
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