Chapter 170: Unloading the mill and killing the donkey
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For example, the lifting of restrictions.
This is the dream of all clans, you must know that in the past, they even had to be strictly controlled when they went out of the city, and they were really raised like pigs, when the Tang King was in a critical situation, he took his subordinates to the north to go to King Qin without waiting for Chongzhen's order, but he was still imprisoned for leaving the fief without permission. You must know that he is really just for King Qin, at that time, the Qing army was in Beijing, and his thousands of people were sent to death in the past, and he really had other ideas, but anyone with a little brain would not do such a stupid thing, which shows that they are strictly guarded, and it can be said that except for a comfortable life, everything else is no different from a prisoner.
And now that Yang Feng has lifted the restrictions, they can do business, they can be officials, and especially they can enter the army, which is like a dream, and there are a lot of 200,000 mu of fiefdom, you must know that in the past, the prince's income was 10,000 stones, and the output of 200,000 mu of land is definitely not only 10,000 stones, but even 100,000 stones
But......
They need a big family!
Thinking that when King Qing Zhu Zhongyi gave birth to ninety-four children, according to the previous system, one child brought him an income, and every time he added a son, he would increase his income ranging from 2,000 stone to several hundred stones, and the same was true for each additional daughter, and the sum of ninety-four children was not as simple as 10,000 stones, and his son could give birth to more than him, and King Qing gave birth to more than 100 stones. In this way, the children and grandchildren continue to add, and in the end, taking the king of Zhou as an example, there are more than 5,000 clans in Kaifeng City, and the vast majority of these more than 5,000 are all Yulu, even if the lowest is a Fengguo lieutenant, it is also 200 stones, this Yulu is even slightly higher than the scholar, these children and grandchildren are all added up, and the amount that a prince's family can get every year is a terrifying number.
And now it's 200,000 acres of land.
If you really want to say that 200,000 acres of land can live by gritting your teeth, but the question is who will plant these 200,000 acres of land for them?
Renter?
The land rent of the imperial land is all one, what kind of rent are they going to use to recruit tenants?
I'm afraid no one will do it if it's more than 10%!
So one acre of land is up to the sky to give them half a stone of grain, that is to say, 200,000 mu produces 100,000 stones a year, this has to be not affected by natural disasters, and even all the immortal seeds, all of them are in good weather and produce 1,000 catties per mu, so the limit is to collect 200,000 stone rent, these products have to feed their hundreds of thousands of clans, and they still want to live a good life before?
Just kidding!
This is the death of King Zhou, and King Zhou has to cry to death if he does not die!
"Your Majesty......"
King Fu looked at his cousin with tears in his eyes.
"Don't say more, this is the will of the grandfather, we must listen to the descendants, and I think it's not bad, look at the clans that died in the hands of thieves everywhere, it's really disappointing, the ancestor swept the world and won the head of the group to create the Ming Dynasty, as the descendants of the grandfather faced a group of rogues and slaughtered like pigs and sheep, where did the martial arts bloodline of the grandfather go? I don't expect them to be like Taizu, but they are not as good as an ordinary soldier, which is too unbearable, the whole family of the King of Chu was driven into the Yangtze River by hundreds of people, and there was no resistance except for begging, this is simply a shame, all the brocade clothes and jade food have soaked the bones of the body and bones into waste! This time, I admired Taizu Weiling to sweep away the thieves, if there is chaos next time, the current situation of the clan, I am afraid that someone will kill it.
So the clans have to sharpen it well.
It's all the blood of Taizu, I believe in the ability of the clan, in the past, the imperial court had all kinds of restrictions on them, and their talents could not be brought into play, but now there are no restrictions, with their talents, I believe that no matter what position they are in, they will stand out, you go back and tell them, I am waiting for them to serve the country with good news.
When the time comes, I will personally knight them! ”
Yang Feng said impassionedly.
Well, he completely threw away the burden of the clan in this way.
Anyway, it doesn't matter if you agree, or if you don't agree, he said that this is Taizu's will, if you don't agree, let's go to Taizu to confront him face to face, but then again, if Taizu gets angry and smashes you directly with a heavenly fire, then don't blame me for not warning in advance. If you don't want to rely on these 200,000 acres of land to feed your own family, then come out and find something to do by yourself, if you really have the ability to stand out, then I am also happy for you, if you don't have the ability, you really want to guard those lands and be a small landlord.
That's it anyway.
In fact, Tang Wang and the others didn't dare to entangle with him anymore.
In fact, they are not very stressed.
In this, King Fu and King Gui have not been sealed for many generations, King Fu is only the second generation, King Gui is also the second generation, although the King of Tang and King Lu have many generations, but the vast majority of the relatives of these two have either died in the chaotic army, or because they stayed in the thief realm and did not resist and were deposed by the emperor, so they have not many clansmen to feed, and the situation of the two kings of Huaiyi is similar to them, in such troubled times, as the most hateful person, the proportion of clan deaths is also quite high.
Of course, not only these six kings, but also the other subordinate clans who fled to the south and were not caught by Yang Feng were also solved in the same way.
But they were not separate fiefdoms.
These clans are also divided into 200,000 acres according to their origins.
For example, the grandfather of a general of Zhenguo is a prince, and his father has ten brothers, so he will be divided into ten shares according to different standards of his concubine, his father is the king of the county, so he will get his share according to the standard of the county king, and his brother is ten, then his father will continue to divide their brothers ten, even if his father's brothers are all killed by Li Zicheng, they only belong to his father's share, in short, it is a prince's fief of 200,000 mu, and the court will not give another acre of land, but the branch land of the heir is still the court's, In this way, it is like the descendants of King Qing, if there is anyone alive, they should cry!
It's possible to divide only a few hundred acres!
But this is none of Yang Feng's business, he will not give another acre of land.
This is how the clan problem is solved.
After giving a banquet and drinking wine with relatives to talk about parting, the emperor sent the four kings away and returned to their fiefdoms, but the Tang King was able to go to Beijing first because he added a Taishi, although the Taishi was also a virtual official, but it was also the head of the ministers, he should still go to Beijing to live, and the poor Tang King was so unloaded and killed by him. If the other kings are willing to live wherever they want, since the turmoil has been experienced, the emperor has attached great importance to family affection, and will definitely not guard against these relatives like thieves, of course, relatives are also full of respect for the emperor, and it is also impossible to have any other thoughts.
Anyway, they didn't want to be lucky not to die in the hands of Li Zicheng, and they were about to enjoy the blessings, but they were smashed by the emperor summoning a fireball.
"By the way, there are still widows arrested this time?"
Seeing off his relatives, Yang Feng remembered that he had missed something before, and hurriedly asked Liang Cheng, who had just come back from hanging Qian Qianyi and Wu Weiye on the city wall.
"Back to Your Majesty, Qian Yi and others took a Japanese merchant ship, carrying goods from Ningbo back to Nagasaki, before Sony had agreed with them to meet in Shengsi, and they took them back to Nagasaki, and hired Dutch ships in Nagasaki to go to the mouth of the Tumen River, and now the banks of the Tumen River are under the control of Jiannu, before they fought with North Korea many times, although the latter is vulnerable, occupied a lot of places by Jiannu, but the population of Jiannu is small and worried that we will attack, so they dare not go too deep.
In addition, it is said that Hauge shaved his hair in North Korea, forcing the people of all parts of North Korea occupied by them to shave their hair and change their clothes. ”
Liang Cheng said.
"And such a thing? Where is he now? ”
Yang Feng asked.
I don't know why, Commander Liang Du feels that the emperor seems to be very surprised!
"Jiannu is currently mainly on the northern front, they have hit here, this place called Xianzhou, and the banks of the Yalu River have been occupied by them, but because our Dongjiang naval division is threatening on the flank, they did not dare to continue south from Yizhou, the North Korean army is on the Anju line, relying on the Qingchuan River and Jiannu to confront, the two sides have stopped fighting, Jiannu does not dare to go too far south, the North Koreans have no ability to recapture the city from them, the two sides have been in such a stalemate recently."
Liang Du commanded the envoy and said.
"Then let them continue!"
Yang Feng said with satisfaction.
This kind of game of misfortune is not to be played for a few more years, anyway, the Li family did not come to ask him for help, and according to intelligence, the reason why the Li family did not come to him for help seems to be that many Confucians went to Seoul to tell about his cruelty, and even one of them is a fish that has slipped through the net of the Kong family, these people are very respected in North Korea, and they have already portrayed him as a traitor, so the Li family, who has been carrying the banner of Confucianism, of course disdain to call him a vassal, since this is the case, let Haoge continue to kill, and after cleaning up Zhang Xianzhong and others, turn back and even Haoge with North Korea** Finish.
As for Hauge's little hook-up with the Japanese people, it's normal, if he wants to develop again, he can't do without foreign trade, especially after losing the source of steel, his steel also needs to be purchased from the outside, and Goryeo and he are mortal enemies, and there are still Japanese and Dutch people left around here to provide him. The only open port in the Wa Kingdom is Nagasaki at present, and it is normal for Sony to take the Wa merchant ship there, but it is unlikely that the Wa officials have any dealings with them, at this time, the Wa people have long been beaten by the Ming army, and the Tokugawa family, who are contemplating the country, will not have the courage to provoke the Ming Dynasty again.
At most, there is some business in Dejima.
But......
"Did the owner of the Japanese ship catch it?"
Yang Feng suddenly asked.
"Caught, this man is not injured, and the ten wounded and captured crew members are all in lockdown."
Liang Cheng said.
"Go, tell him that I'll send someone to interrogate him later, and if he wants to live, then he'll have to confess something I need him to confess!"
Yang Feng said sinisterly.