Hey, the meal has been finished, why are you still with us?

After the two of them had enough food and drink, the old man lay comfortably on the rocking chair and said in surprise when he looked at Zhu Yunxi.

Go back to the harem and go find your wife! The old man said, changing to a more comfortable position. The Zhu family is still too few. You have to work harder while you are young now!

Zhu Yunxiu took a blanket from Park Bushen and carefully covered the old man. Grandpa Huang, it was still early, and it was still bright now!

The old man squinted his eyes, what does giving birth to a baby have to do with dawn or darkness?

Zhu Yunxi smiled, sat on the round stool next to the old man, and said, "Grandpa, grandson, have you read the memorial for you?"

Which book? The old man squinted his eyes, as if he was about to take a nap.

That is... Zhu Yunxiu looked at the old man's face, the memorial of the Zhongdu Royal Village in Fengyang. When his grandson went to Zhongdu, he found that 60% of the good land in Fengyang was in the hands of our Zhu family's imperial village, and 25% were in the hands of the nobles. So many Fengyang people were only half of the remaining, and they were all slope fields and mountain fields. Life was really difficult!

The old man opened his eyes, Fengyang, but our hometown!

It is precisely because it is our hometown that my grandson thinks he should be kind to the people! Zhu Yunxi continued, "You said, if the people in their hometown become tenants of our Zhu family, then what kind of kindness is he? The people may not be proud of Fengyang's Zhu family!

Bad boy, you will squeeze us as soon as you come back? The old man sat up and said unhappily.

How could this be a smuggling you! Zhu Yunsheng smiled and said, "We are all in the world to support us, why should we build so many farms in our hometown?"

Our ancestral tomb is in Fengyang! The old man said, let alone the emperor, even if any rich man in this world has a hundred acres of land deeds. If we become the emperor, if we don’t do these things well, if we die in the future, how can we have the attitude to meet our ancestors?

As the saying goes, death is like life. Even a hero who does not believe in anything will have awe and filial piety towards his ancestors. In this era, people with status are not just buried directly if they die.

The wealthy families all have a farmhouse next to the cemetery. One is to let the farm tenants guard the graves, and the other is the annual output of the farmhouse, which is used as memorial services among the clans. Moreover, it is the capital used by the family to survive the crisis.

This is true among the people, let alone the royal family.

Tombs are a kind of ritual, and those places are actually worshipping ancestors.

Your grandson understands what you mean! Zhu Yunxiu continued to smile, but grandson took too much. After all, the royal family is different from the people. The world is the first, not the honor of one family. You have also said that you hope that every family of the world has land and property. In recent years, you have been light taxes and levies and granted land to the people, which are all the virtues praised by the people. Why did you adjust this in Fengyang?

There are so many noble villages in the imperial village. The people have no land and can only be tenants. You know the hardships of tenants. If the people are not living well, they will definitely poke the backbone of our Zhu family!

You kid, it seems like we have robbed the people's land! The old man became angry. Those lands were reclaimed and the land was filled with royal farms. We did not touch the common people's land! How can we support the people without these farms? And the troops of the Huaixi General Administration and the Zhongdu Dacang, aren't they all relying on the prospects of the imperial farm?

Then keep less idle people! Zhu Yunxiu advised that his grandson returned to Fengyang, and the city was tall and magnificent, but it was all about face. Zhongwu is not a strategic place, and he could not use so many soldiers. What did the imperial court spend huge sums of money to make for Zhongdu? Just for the good look?

Think about it, if Fengyang did not have so many imperial villages, so many idle people in palace and imperial tombs, and not so many soldiers, what would it be like? Not only would the court not have to pay money, but it would be self-sufficient.

The old man suddenly became furious. Let us ask you to return to our hometown to worship our ancestors, to let you know the difficulties of our ancestors, not to let you plunder our ancestors! As he said that, he took off his cloth shoes and said angrily, he went out and criticized your grandfather when he came back. Are we the leader of the family now?

Zhu Yunxiu did not hide, but looked at the old man and smiled, Grandpa, Fengyang is not only the hometown of our Zhu family, but also the hometown of the people of Fengyang!

The old man's hand stopped and he did not fall.

A few years ago, you killed so many people who did not abide by the law in Fengyang, and issued repeated orders to the Duke and Mausoleum not to invade the land of the people, abuse the farmhouse households, and force-buying and selling. You have the people in your heart, so why can't you get around this when it comes to our own family?

My grandson didn't say he didn't want the imperial village, but was thinking about being smaller. Not only the Zhu family's village, but also the noble village had to find ways to become smaller. Only when the people were happy can the people be happy. Only when the people were happy can our Zhu family be worthy of their hometown and ancestors!

We don't need you to preach! The old man was still angry and threw away his shoes. Suddenly, he seemed to understand something and asked, "You said, I want to bring all the nobles to the village.........?"

Yes, there are too many lands for nobles. Credit is credit, and the land is in the land cannot be confused. Zhu Yunxiu said, "In fact, the imperial village is not bad, after all, it is the Tian family's thing, and no matter how harsh it is, there is a limit." The difference between nobles, the grandson heard in Fengyang that the tenants planted land for them for a year. If the year is not good, they would still owe them rent!"

Whose family? The old man asked, who is so bold to take our words as an indifferent ear?

The nobles are all in the capital, but they may not know that they are in charge of their business and other affairs. But it is difficult for the little ghosts to deal with! Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "There are many people in the world who rely on their power, but you don't know."

The old man pondered for a moment. The land of a noble man is not a trivial matter. It was the one they had earned for us at the beginning. It has been taken back a lot by us over the years, but if you really want to move, you have to have a good idea!

The grandson had already thought about it! Zhu Yunxiu said, if you allow it, the grandson asked Ling Han and others to submit a memorial at the court meeting to talk about the imperial village first. After we agreed to allocate the extra land in the imperial village to the people according to the ranks, let Fang Xiaoru and the others submit a memorial...

The old man told them to write to the nobles in Fengyang that they have too much land, which will affect the livelihood of the people?

Grandpa, the emperor, wise! Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "In this case, our father-in-law and the nobles have nothing to say. The grandson will be in harmony with Duke Cao and others and ask them to take the initiative to return land and mines, and this matter will not cause any storm!"

Moreover, the court did not ask them for nothing. The things they worked hard for us were determined by our father-in-law! Zhu Yunxi continued to say that we could redeem them, or be kind to their descendants, and give them official titles. In fact, no one of the nobles in Huaixi in Beijing lived on that little rent. Having land in Fengyang is a matter of face. If we gave them some benefits, they would just push the boat!

The old man thought for a long time and saw Zhu Yunxiu. What is your idea in mind?

Zhongdu is the place where the Ming Dynasty rose. My grandson thought that it was just here to implement moral governance! Zhu Yunxiu said that the land was distributed to the people according to the population. The previous tax on the tax was abolished, but tax on the land. If tax on the land was collected, there would be no longer any hidden population, and there would be no more people who could not pay the tax on the tax and sell themselves as slaves!

You have said this a long time ago, and we thought about it for a long time! The old man lay down again and said, "But this is difficult!" If you change this, the rich and rich people in the world will not want to do so. They have more land, so they will pay more. If the people have no tax, they will no longer ask for their protection. This is not a trivial matter, it will affect the whole body...

Are you scared? Zhu Yunsheng smiled.

Humph! The old man sneered, whether it is a noble or an official, there are any rich people, only they are afraid of us! As he said that, his eyes were swaying, yes, grandson, you are right. You should do this kind of thing when they are afraid of us!
Chapter completed!