Coming out of the Wei Mansion, Zhu Di returned to the East Palace.

Zhu Biao has lived in this place, Zhu Yunwen has lived, and now as the prison office, Zhu Di has become the new owner. It's just that Zhu Di doesn't like the layout of the East Palace very much, it turns out that Zhu Biao is very thrifty, and his residence is a grade lower than Zhu Yuanzhang, but when Zhu Yunwen became the master, he changed a lot.

For example, the large bed of ivory nanmu is covered with layers of skin, including wolf, mink, and lynx...... All the bells and whistles, like a big cotton bag.

Zhu Di was too lazy to ask for these, so he gave them all to the meritorious soldiers in the army, so he made an old sheepskin mattress, a thin layer, and then lay on the hard bed, down-to-earth!

"Lord, in fact, you don't have to be so frugal, the princess is about to enter Beijing, and she still has the prince's child in her belly, so she can't treat the princess badly, right?"

Liu Chun casually made a cup of tea for Zhu Di, it was Xiaolongtuan, and he didn't know where he got it from.

Zhu Di is very clear about Liu Chun's virtues, "You are the most greedy person in your bones, by the way, I still remember, you used to eat a dish, it was fried bean sprouts, but in each bean sprout, a shredded ham and meat was stuffed into it, and it was difficult for you to get it?" ”

Liu Chun smiled, "Lord Wang, I just taste it occasionally, I think it's okay to taste the food, eat it every day, it's just a cow chewing peonies, a waste of things." But if you don't eat it once in your life, you will feel regretful. ”

Zhu Di snorted, "It makes sense, but I can't do it!" I have a little slack, once I tasted it, it will be written in the annals of history, it will be known to the world, it will be effective, and there will be many people who want to try it! ”

Zhu Di sighed deeply, "So, it's not easy for me!" Thousands of people have to open their mouths to eat, I am the head of the kitchen, it is not appropriate for anyone to serve as much, I must have a bowl of water to ......"

From eating, wearing and flowers, and finally talking about the world of the family and the country, it is not Zhu Di who pretends to be garlic, and this is the case. Xu Huizu's diary certainly involves too much content, which is enough to liquidate the Qing Dynasty and completely destroy the Zhu Yunwen group.

But what's the use?

It can't be proved that Zhu Yunwen is a villain, and he Zhu Di succeeded, these are two completely different things.

is still the same sentence, Zhu Di must quickly restore the people's livelihood economy and quickly let the people have enough to eat, so that he can gain a firm foothold!

"Liu Chun, you've been busy for so long, have you figured out what kind of mess my nephew has left behind?" Zhu Di leaned over and asked.

Liu Chun said: "There are a lot of messes, and everything needs to be solved. But I think the most important thing to solve, and the most tricky, is the number of unemployed vagrants in the big cities south of the Yangtze River, who number more than a million, and if they don't settle down as soon as possible, they will become a powder keg. ”

Yoo Chun is busy every day, and his greatest energy is spent figuring out what is happening, and he has to understand and judge the whole situation.

I still remember that when it came to developing overseas trade, Zhu Yuanzhang instinctively demanded that the scale of trade be controlled and that farmland should not be impacted. However, Liu Chun also formulated the official trade policy, which was recognized by Zhu Yuanzhang.

But when it came to Zhu Yunwen, the civil officials of the family took a fancy to the profits of overseas trade, and they desperately mixed in, and after two years, the land was annexed, and a large number of displaced people were driven to the city like cattle to make a living.

If this is sad enough, then the saddest thing is still to come, the Royal Bank collapsed, the workshop and trading houses in many cities collapsed, the deposits of the small bosses were gone, and the porters in restaurants, teahouses, cars, and docks were all unemployed.

The original urban people have no jobs, let alone the young people who pour in.

How many of them are there?

According to Liu Chun's most conservative estimate, Yingtian alone plus Suzhou will have as many as seven or eight hundred thousand!

In addition, the 200,000 forbidden troops in the capital, Mei Yin's men and horses, plus the defeated troops in various places, and the number of Xiangyong are also about six or seven hundred thousand.

"Lord Wang, that is to say, in a short period of time, we must let more than two million young people find a livelihood and be able to live and work in peace and contentment. Otherwise, these people will collude with Jianwen's old ministers and continue to rebel! ”

Zhu Di frowned, "Is it okay to start the construction of a large project like Beiping?" ”

"It's hard!" Liu Chun honestly admitted, "We are in Beiping, and the number of people who need to be resettled is only 120,000, and Jiangnan is more than 10 times, and we don't have so much money, so we can do the project, but we can't solve the main problem." Otherwise, it will be our finances that will collapse first. ”

"What about immigrants? How about immigration to Liaodong? ”

"It's also very difficult, now in the north, especially in Liaodong, it's still winter, and if you want to migrate on a large scale, you have to wait until three months later, and you have to equip the immigrants with enough supplies and prepare housing. All in all, there are too many of them, and the immigrants are beyond our means. It is not even realistic to restore the industry and commerce of Gangnam. It's easy to destroy, it's too hard to rebuild. ”

Zhu Di took a deep breath, "Liu Chun, if you want to settle these people now, I'm afraid there is only one way to go." ”

Liu Chun did not deny that there was indeed only one way left.

Frankly speaking, in the past, Liu Chun talked about changing the law, and he tried his best to wear out his mouth...... But people are inert. The status quo is not bad, you have to get by, and the people who benefit may not be grateful, but the victims must oppose it, and a large number of people will oppose it.

It's just that these people can't imagine that it is precisely because of their tossing that they have made trouble until now, even if they want to change the law, they can't solve the problem only by filling in the entire gentry group.

Zhu Di pinched Xu Huizu's small book, which also had a special record of the Xu family's property.

It is said that the meat of the bun is not on the folds, and the huge Zhongshan Palace, from the inside out, is all fatty meat and oily kind!

Among them, there are nearly 300,000 acres of land alone! Other houses, shops, estates, trading houses...... Needless to say, these are all said.

"If the Xu family's property is divided, at least 10,000 people can be settled, that is, one in 200." Zhu Di smiled dumbly at Liu Chun, "There's no way, even if the princess is unhappy, I have no other way." ”

What else can Liu Chun say, be blessed and enjoy hardships together!

"Lord Wang, I think before doing this, I should go to see someone first."

"Who?"

"Fang Xiaoru!"

……

A simple courtyard, a grape, a square table, a courtyard of about 20 square meters, three main rooms, and two side rooms, this is Fang Xiaoru's residence in Beijing.

The wings on both sides were piled with scrolls, and after his death, no one had come to destroy them.

Liu Chun and Zhu Di came to the courtyard and were looking around, when suddenly there were footsteps outside, and the guards stopped them, and this person hurriedly said: "The next official is Yang Shiqi, I am here, I am here to pay homage to Mr. Fang." ”

Zhu Di said inside: "Let him in." ”

The guards got out of the way, Yang Shiqi walked in quickly, saw Zhu Di and Liu Chun, and hurriedly came over to give a salute.

"Xia Guan has seen His Royal Highness King Yan, and he has seen Young Master!"

Liu Chun smiled, "Yang Shiqi, when I invited you to Beijing, I taught in the Jiming Mountain Academy, and also participated in the compilation of the Emperor's ancestral teachings...... You haven't been implicated by me in the past few years, have you? ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Shiqi was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down, it stands to reason that he is a member of Liu Chun's family, but most of the others have participated in the Jingnan Army, and even if they are not involved, they will all retreat to the forest.

He is the only one who continues to be an official in the court, and he is also involved with Fang Xiaoru, which is really a little unreasonable.

"The lower official has the grace of the young master, and the lower official is guilty!"

Liu Chun chuckled, "You don't have to say it, I know your business." It is reasonable that you have an old mother to support. ”

Yang Shiqi hurriedly said: "Thank you for your understanding, the lower officials are in Beijing, and they all rely on Fang Xiaoru to protect them, and they are ......" Yang Shiqi didn't dare to speak.

Zhu Di looked at him, "Speak, don't stumble." ”

"Yes...... Xiaguan, Xiaguan felt that Fang Xiaoru and those officials seemed to be different! ”

Zhu Di looked at him for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "What is different, it is very different!" Zhu Di said viciously: "This surname Fang is not happy." If he is willing to surrender to this king, clear the acres of land, and implement Juntian, he is the best candidate, but he wants to die with Zhu Yunwen, it is really pedantic and incorrigible! ”

Yang Shiqi and Zhu Di's words were taken aback, after all, Fang Xiaoru is still an old minister of Jianwen, and he is second only to Huang Zicheng, His Royal Highness King Yan actually respects him...... No wonder Fang Xiaoru's last words were so strange, Yang Shiqi seemed to understand at this moment.

Thinking of this, he mustered up his courage, "Your Highness, Young Master, before the city was broken, Fang Xiaoru once asked Weichen to bring a few words. ”

Zhu Di said: "Speak." ”

"That's right...... He said that there may be good people among the scholars, but in order to succeed in the complete reform of the law, it is necessary to eradicate the scholars...... He also said that he would, and he would remove the biggest stumbling block for the young master! ”

Liu Chun was stunned, "When did he say this?" ”

"It was before the army crossed the river and Zhu Yunwen was summoned to discuss state affairs...... By the way, after Fang Gong entered the palace, Yan Shenggong Kong Ne and Kong Gongjian died, and then the hundred officials beat Fang Gong in Zuo Shunmen, he was seriously injured and almost died, and when he returned to the mansion, Wu Hua brought people to kill Fang Gong. He also said that he colluded with the Jing Nanjun and had ill intentions. ”

Zhu Di and Liu Chun were both surprised, they all knew about the death of Yan Shenggong, Zhu Di still felt that God helped him, but he didn't expect it to be Fang Xiaoru's work!

Zhu Di sighed meaningfully, looking very regretful and annoyed, "Liu Chun, this Fang Xiaoru is indeed different, but it's a pity that he can't be used by me!" ”

Liu Chun groaned: "He saw the problem, and I talked to him about it when I negotiated peace on the river. Fang Xiaoru has always regarded himself as a scholar. It's just that I know that the so-called scholar should be the kind of ancient benevolent gentleman who died as a confidant, which is completely different from the current scholar. He chose to die, in fact, for the sake of the Tao in his heart. ”

When Zhu Di was in Beiping, he came into contact with Fang Xiaoru, at that time the old party was still a rotten Confucian, and Zhu Di looked down on him at all, but more than ten years later, Fang Xiaoru actually had such a mind and insight, which was really impressive, but he would rather die than be loyal to himself, what a pity!

"Yang Shiqi, what do you think of Fang Xiaoru's last words?"

"This ......" Yang Shiqi pondered for a moment, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Just now, Master Young Master said that Fang Xiaoru's taxi is an ancient benevolent person, and Weichen feels that Fang Gong most likely wants to get rid of all the preferential treatment on the current scholars, so that the scholars can restore the ancient demeanor, emphasize righteousness over profit, take the world as their own responsibility, and think of the well-being of the common people!" ”

After listening to Yang Shiqi's words, Zhu Di was very satisfied, he glanced at Liu Chun, "What do you think?" ”

"What Yang Shiqi said is indeed high-sounding!" Liu Chun smiled and said: "The ancient scholars are all landlords, and their lives are even more leisurely than the current gentry and landlords!" ”

Liu Chun's words changed, "But Yang Shiqi also pointed to the key point, scholars should be a responsibility, a mentality, not a privilege!" ”

"So...... The minister suggested that all the gentry fields should be confiscated immediately and the displaced people should be settled, and without further ado, action must be taken immediately! ”

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