After leaving Tongguan, passing Henan, and heading north from Hebei. When passing Henan, Li You asked someone to inquire about the situation of King Fu. King Fu was given a large amount of land because he was favored by Emperor Wanli. In the 42nd year of Wanli, he was granted a vassal of Luoyang and obtained 20,000 hectares of land and attracted thousands of salt, which added a heavy burden to the already poor Ming Dynasty finance.

The Ming Dynasty's policy towards vassal kings was strange. In order to prevent these vassal kings from causing trouble, they were not allowed to be officials, they led troops, they did not allow them to do business, and even cities could not be released casually. Basically, they treated these people as pigs. Moreover, when Zhu Yuanzhang formulated the policy, he did not seem to have expected that these vassal kings had such strong fertility. Among the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, there was no rare thing that had more than a hundred descendants among the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. These people also needed the court to provide them with money. As the number of royal families in the Ming Dynasty continued to increase, the expenses for supplying them had gradually become overwhelming to bear it.

This is also a problem to be solved. Li You sighed lightly. Every time at the end of the dynasty, after hundreds of years of accumulation, even the smallest problem at the beginning of the founding of the country would have extremely serious consequences. At this time, countless people have benefited from these problems and formed huge interest groups. If they want to make changes, they will definitely fight back. The issue of the royal family is one of them, and it is not the most serious one.

Along the way, Li You looked around and saw the decay of the late dynasty. The royal family, gentry, officials, merchants, etc. exploited the people more and more. The court's taxes, envy, land rent, exploited officials, and usury using various means to try to take away the last grain of food from the people. Even if there is no Donglu, the Ming Dynasty may not last long.

Can't those gentry see these problems clearly? They are not fools, of course they can see clearly, but they are still fearless, because in their opinion, even if the world is in turmoil and someone rises up to overthrow Zhu Ming's rule and establishes a new dynasty, the emperors of the new dynasty still have to rely on these gentry to rule the world, and it will not touch their fundamental interests. And maybe they can take this opportunity to take the opportunity to gain the power of their family and make the strength of their family stronger.

Unfortunately, they didn't seem to have expected that Li Zicheng and Jiannu would treat them so harshly in the future. After Li Zicheng entered Beijing, he tortured and paid all the money they had corruption for many years. After Jiannu entered the pass, he grabbed land and turned their land into the industry of the Eight Banners. I wonder if they regretted what they did at that time.

No wonder Hu Fu gave him fifteen years to solve the problem of Jiannu and refugees, but it was much more difficult to solve these problems. To some extent, this was even more difficult than rebuilding the new dynasty. Moreover, Zhu Youjian's position wanted to make some changes much more difficult than Li Zicheng. Fifteen years were too short.

With all kinds of feelings, Li You finally returned to the capital that had been gone for a long time. Han Yu led all civil and military officials to welcome Li You back dozens of miles away. Han Yu and those officials who should not have been moved when Li You left Beijing showed uneasy, but Cao Huachun, Luo Yangxing and others looked happy. Since Your Majesty has returned to Beijing, his hard work can be rewarded.

"Long live my emperor." After boasting about Li You's extraordinary martial arts, Han Yu led his ministers to worship the mountain and shouted long live, and welcomed Li You into the imperial palace in the capital.

When they arrived at the Ganqing Palace, the ministers talked about their plans for the celebration after the victory. "Your Majesty, this is my first victory in the Ming Dynasty in a century. It is better to offer prisoners from the Meridian Gate to win the Taimiao to promote the Wuwei of the Ming Dynasty." But when talking about these questions, Han Yu and others were puzzled again. Why didn't they see the prisoners of Jiannu in the team entering the capital? Did Your Majesty kill them all? Since ancient times, it has been a negligent prisoner. Could Your Majesty have done such a thing?

"There is no need to offer prisoners at the Meridian Gate. These prisoners are still doing hard labor in Shaanxi." These prisoners of Jiannu were all young and strong men, and it was too waste to kill them like this. Now, part of the famine in Shaanxi is caused by natural disasters, and a large part of the natural disasters is caused by water conservancy disrepair. So Li You left these people in Shaanxi to build water conservancy and let them redeem their sins at one time.

This disposal made the ministers not know what to do. They said that Your Majesty was strict. The lives of these people were finally saved. They could not say such words.

"As for the Taimiao of Jue, Hum!" Before they could react, Li You continued, "Now half of the land in Liaodong is still in the hands of Jiannu, what is my face to Jue Taimiao?" Of course, the real reason is that etiquette like this consumes a lot of money, and Li You did not want to waste money on it. It is better to use this amount of money in other more useful places than to use it in other places.

"But Your Majesty" the ministers had to say something, but were interrupted by Li You without hesitation. "It has been more than half a year since Jiannu's defeat. I wonder if the Guanning Army has taken this opportunity to regain the land in Liaodong?" After losing more than 30,000 elite troops, I believe Huang Taiji's life is not easy, right? If the Guanning Army did not take advantage of this opportunity to make any move, it would be too disappointing for Li You.

Sure enough, Qian Longxi's face turned pale after hearing this. He stepped out tremblingly and said, "Report to Your Majesty, it was already winter when Jiannu retreated to Liaodong. Liaodong was a bitter and cold place. He could not march after the winter. Therefore, the Ji Liao army was still rectifying its troops and planned to wait until the weather was warmer before heading north." He could only say this for now, hoping to drag the matter over. In fact, the Guanning Army had no intention of going north.

"Hmph, the Guanning Army consumes millions of Liao salary every year. Did these generals and officers not even prepare cotton coats for the soldiers?" Li You snorted coldly and took the opportunity to attack. Although Liaodong was cold, Li You didn't believe it if you could not marching. Since Jiannu could live in such an environment, there was no reason why the Guanning Army could not go north.
Chapter completed!