Chapter 115: The Great Prison
Zhu Di is a human being, with two major characteristics, one is calm, he will not be as naΓ―ve as Zhu Neng, thinking that he has been favored by his father, and the prince is hopeful; The second is tenacity, never give up easily, even if there is little hope, but also do your best to fight.
Liaodong, Daning, and Beiping, all three of which were handed over to him, were equivalent to half of the Ming Dynasty's northern frontier falling on his shoulders. If it is really done well, from now on, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, whether in his father's heart or in front of the courtiers, will straighten his waist and be respected...... It's just that he pinned so much hope on him, and as soon as he heard Liu Chun's words, Zhu Di was discouraged first.
Get such a bunch of things here, let alone govern it, and if the world is in chaos, you will burn high incense.
Seeing Zhu Di's lack of interest, Liu Chun didn't agree.
"Lord Wang, how many immigrants do you estimate if you want to control Daning and Liaodong?"
"Millions!" Zhu Di had already done his homework, and it was easy to say it.
"That's right, at least one million people have to be immigrated, I'm afraid that the entire north of the Yellow River can't move so many people, right? And forced immigration, how many people will die on the road? A conservative estimate is more than a million! Lord, can you afford such a killing? β
Zhu Di shook his head silently, after Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor, Zhu Di had already begun to remember, the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty caused heavy losses to the entire Central Plains, many places, there was no rooster crying for thousands of miles, Lao Zhu made a decision. It is immigrants from Shanxi and other places with relatively dense populations.
Filling sparsely populated areas and immigrating to the solid edge, this is the famous Great Locust Tree Immigration.
This measure has been in place for decades, and about 1.2 million people have moved out.
And although the emigration is cruel, it is not as inhumane as many rumors...... In fact, Lao Zhu is very considerate of the people.
For example, he mainly migrated the people who had no land, and the military households responded to the tuntian, which could be changed to civilian households, and the imperial court had to give each household 20 ingots of treasure money to buy farm tools.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the treasure banknote was quite strong, and 20 ingots of treasure banknotes were not a small number, especially the distribution by household, which showed Lao Zhu's leniency.
Moreover, in the areas receiving immigrants, it is not possible to do nothing, but to prepare the fields in advance, prepare the houses, plough cattle, seeds, and farm tools......
Lao Zhu did his best, and among the previous immigrants of the Hongwu Dynasty, at most, he only let 100,000 people settle in the fields, and the rest were mostly 20,000 or 30,000 people, or hundreds or thousands of households.
Once, one hundred and sixteen households from Zhang Congcheng, a citizen of Qinzhou, Shanxi, were willing to apply for Tuntian, and the household department happily reported to Lao Zhu!
There are only more than 100 households, and it alarmed the Son of Heaven.
Zhu Yuanzhang's name of loving the people is by no means blown.
Many of the renderings of the cruelty of the immigrants of the big locust tree, there are many elements of irrigation, and they cannot be taken seriously.
But it is still too risky to let ordinary people leave their homes and travel long distances.
From Shanxi to Shandong, Hebei, Jiubian immigrants, there are many people who are not accustomed to the soil and water, and die on the road. Can the imperial court afford it?
The reason why Zhu Biao strongly opposes immigration, and is even willing to give up side work, is because this matter is too difficult to do.
"Lord, it is absolutely impossible to move to a good people, not to mention that if the officials of the court do not agree, Your Majesty may not be willing to do it. Millions of immigrants will shake the country's foundation. Now there are only two choices, either accept criminals from all over the world, or let the Jurchens chase rabbits all over the mountains! β
Zhu Di raised his head helplessly, and fell into the battle between heaven and man, "To be honest, this king thinks that even those shengfan are much stronger than a group of criminals...... You can ignore any trouble you make, and it's a big deal to kill it. But if you move to a group of bad guys, they come wantonly, do whatever they want, and make a mess, how can they explain to their father? β
"Lord Wang! You're still too cowardly! Liu Chun said: "We can even settle the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, are we still afraid of a few people?" β
Zhu Di smiled disdainfully, "Don't brag about it, you kid, the emperor's brain is much worse than the prisoner in prison!" You can deal with him, but you may not be able to deal with the prisoner...... You know, all these years have been locked up by my father, but they can be tossed, by the way, just like you, if you let your father see it, maybe you will be locked up too. β
Liu Chun couldn't cry or laugh, what do you mean? When I see Lao Zhu, he wants to lock me up, can I only stay in Beiping in the future?
But Zhu Di told the truth, who did Lao Zhu lock up?
The remnants of the rebel army and the Mengyuan from all walks of life, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, local heroes, arrogant soldiers and fierce generals in the army, and local scoundrels...... Honest and good old people are not qualified to go to prison.
Such a group of immortals, if they are released, it will definitely be turned upside down!
But - what does it matter?
Liu Chun was iron-hearted, "Lord Wang, you also admit it, there are talents in the prison, whether it is Liaodong or Daning, the living environment is very bad, and there are barbarians all around, except for these guys, how can ordinary people survive?" It's to use their bad! Does the prince think so? β
Zhu Di clenched his fists and stared at him widely.
Who doesn't want to leave no stone unturned under his rule, never close his door at night, his wife is peaceful, and the wind and rain are smooth...... It's a pity that he doesn't have that blessing!
The good guys and the bad guys aside, someone has to talk about it first!
Of course, there are 10,000 bad people in this gang of scum, but there is one thing, even if they die more, they will not be counted on his Zhu Di's head, and there is no need to worry about the official complaint, at least half of the worries can be removed.
As for the remaining half?
Zhu Di's competitiveness has also risen, this king led the troops to fight, and he didn't even pay attention to hundreds of thousands of Tartars, would he still worry about a group of scum?
"That's it!"
Zhu Di hammered the table hard and stood up suddenly.
"Let's go, you go to the northern prison with this king to have a look, if these people can really use it, ask my father to empty all the cells and send them all to Liaodong!"
Zhu Di took a tiger step, Liu Chun happily followed, and things developed exactly according to his estimate...... Yoo Chun was sure that he would succeed.
After all, too many Western countries have done it, and we must not underestimate the fighting power of criminals, who can commit genocide.
Liu Chun and Zhu Di, full of confidence, entered the filthy and filthy prison...... At this time, in front of them, there were two jailers, pushing a middle-aged man, towards a collective cell.
At this time, the prisoners in the cell all set their eyes on the newcomer!
"Oh, isn't this Zhang Xiucai? Why did you come in again? β
The middle-aged man is called Xiucai, but he has no fame, he can just write a few words, and others make him happy. At this moment, Zhang Xiucai's face was full of gloom, he kept waving his hand, and said in a low voice: "Don't make fun, don't make fun!" β
"Afraid of making fun of it?" An old cellmate rubbed the dirt on his chest and laughed so hard that he couldn't get out of breath.
"I don't want to make fun of you, don't do anything embarrassing, okay?"
Zhang Xiucai's face turned red suddenly, and he pointed at it and said angrily: "You, how can you slander people's innocence?" β
"Phew! You're innocent! worked as a teacher for the Wang family, not to mention stealing other people's things, and slept with the third lady of Master Wang...... You can do it! Amazing! β
"You, you!" Zhang Xiucai trembled, "You are talking nonsense, that, that is the pleasure of two loves, you ordinary people, where do you understand, don't understand!" This Zhang Xiucai looked at the sky at forty-five degrees, and muttered in his mouth: "Ask what the world is like, and teach people to live and die!" The south of the world, the north of the earth, the south of the sky ......"
Zhang Xiucai wanted to read two more sentences, but found that he had forgotten it, embarrassed as a chicken...... The cell was instantly filled with laughter, and the goods came, and the dull life finally had a touch of brightness.
At this time, sitting in the last place, a young man in his twenties stood up, he was short in stature, full of wild and unruly hair, and had a very special temperament.
walked to Zhang Xiucai's side and sat down.
"I said you're all in, don't squirm, like a big girl! Master told you, I came here just like going home, and I didn't want to go home for the New Year! β
A person next to him smiled and said, "Do you have a home?" In the Spring Garden Building, there is a mother, but I don't know who is your father! β
"Hahaha!"
In an instant, the laughter in the prison was several times stronger.
The young man could see it, and didn't care at all, "Let me tell you, I like the prison, it's much better than my home!" β
At this moment, Zhu Di's face darkened, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Are these the talents you kid is talking about?" β