Daming: Lao Zhu is not dead yet, you want me to rebel?

Chapter 0073 Zhu Biao! Please let me be the emperor! I will be the executive deputy emperor!!

“Who are you?”

Zhu Heng frowned and looked at Xu Da. Zhu Di quickly said:”This is your Yue……”

“I am Lao Si’s uncle, my surname is Xu. I happened to be here and came here to pay a visit.”

Xu Da interrupted directly.

Zhu Di was stunned and looked at Xu Da with some doubts in his heart, but he did not dare to say anything else.

“You guys, sit down.”

Zhu Heng asked the two of them to sit down and ordered Fu Ling’er to pour them tea.

“Brother, are you short of money? If you are short of money, I have some here. Anyway, you can’t exploit the tenants.”

Zhu Di ignored the tea and said seriously:”You are not that kind of person in normal times.”

Xu Da was also from a farmer’s background, and he hated landlords who exploited tenants the most.

Zhu Di was also extremely puzzled by this. Zhu Heng usually However , Li had never treated his servants harshly and had to explain this to Xu Da.

As a result, before Zhu Heng could say anything, Ling’er, who was serving tea next to him, said angrily:”You are not squeezing, the young master is helping them.”

The two of them were stunned and even more puzzled.

Zhu Heng waved his hand and said:”Pour out your tea and go back to each house to collect all the IOUs.

Ling’er glanced at Zhu Heng distressedly and said,”Master, you don’t have to help them like that. Ma Zheng was assigned to them.””

“What do you know? Just go if you are told.”

Ling’er sighed, put down the teapot, and went out.

Zhu Di and Xu Da looked at Zhu Heng in confusion.

By exploiting the tenants, you are helping the tenants?

What is the truth ?

Look at this meaning.

There seems to be some of it. Something you don’t know?

“Look at the wool.”

Zhu Heng said speechlessly:”It’s not because Ma Zheng is abusing the people. I’m helping them to prevent their families from being destroyed.”

Zhu Di and the two were confused for a while.

Of course they knew that Ma Zheng was nothing more than a kind of corvee.

But why did it go to the point of abusing the people and even humiliating the people?

Zhu Heng glanced at the two and said:”You didn’t give me anything at the first sight. The government raised horses”

“Horses are very precious, especially war horses. They need to be fed good fodder and beans with every meal. They have to get up in the middle of the night to continue feeding them.”

“You still have to give it a bath if it’s okay, as it can easily get sick”

“Those tenant farmers were busy from morning till night and were so poor that they only had their underpants. Who had the energy and money to raise horses?”

“However, in order to prevent the people from raising horses because they could no longer keep them, the court officials allocated the horse breeding quota according to the family’s wealth before assigning corvee labor.”

“So you took away most of their property, and most of the horse breeding quota fell on you?”

Zhu Di suddenly realized.

Xu Da’s eyes when he looked at Zhu Heng also changed. If so, then Zhu Heng is really a good man. It is rare to see a landlord who cares about his tenants so much.

“Then there is no need to take such good care of the tenants.

But Zhu Di advised:”Corvee service is the tenants’ own business after all. If you are too kind-hearted, others will think you are easy to bully.” Zhu Heng rolled his eyes:”Do I really want to be kind-hearted? I am afraid of them.” Being forced to rebel, I, the leader of the group, will be implicated!”

“rebel?!”

Hearing this, Xu Da and the two looked confused.

This is serious.

Can you raise horses to rebel?

“You’re thinking too much. That’s one horse for every seven households. Xu Da couldn’t help but said:”The burden cannot be considered heavy.””

In the end, Zhu Heng frowned and looked at him:”Do you understand Ma Zheng?”

Xu Da’s face was full of black lines.

I don’t understand horse politics?

Ma Zheng was originally to provide horses for the army. As the first person in the army, he not only understood it, but even participated in formulating the horse policy.

Seven households raise one horse, isn’t it? It was a slap on the forehead decision.

It was calculated by the officials including him. In addition, raising horses can exempt some taxes, which is within the tolerance of the people.

“No matter what, raising one horse for seven households will never force the people to rebel.”

Xu Da took a deep breath and said:”At most, the people will work harder.”

“Why not eat minced meat.”

Zhu Heng shook his head in disgust.

Xu Da held his breath again. Even Zhu Yuanzhang would not accuse himself like this. Even if he didn’t care about this, he was still Zhu Heng’s father-in-law.

As a result, he was accused and pointed out three times by Zhu Heng from the moment he entered the door. Although the fourth royal boss is not a dandy, he is really angry!

But Zhu Di quickly smoothed things over and said:”Brother, please explain in detail, what is the truth?”

“What the truth is, you will know if you go out and ask.”

Zhu Heng said impatiently:”The imperial court allows seven households to raise a horse.”

“But do you think it’s enough to just raise it well?”

“The court also stipulated that one pony should be handed in every year, and three horses must be handed in within four years.”

“If you fail to pay, you will be fined, and if the horse fails to pass the inspection, the court will not accept it, and the previously promised exemptions and other subsidies will not be paid.”

“Even the transportation costs have to be solved by the horse owners themselves.”

“When you work for you and the people have to pay for their own travel expenses, do you think the court is still shameless? How many people do you think can withstand this kind of oppression?”

Hearing this, Xu Da suddenly turned ugly.

He knew all this.

But

“The imperial court was in financial difficulty and had to suffer for the people.

Xu Da frowned tightly and said,”Besides, aren’t people all over the world like this?””

“Why should we suffer the common people, why not the officials!

Zhu Heng said angrily:”Is this still the case?” Is it right to have enough victims?”

Xu Da was speechless after being sprayed.

Zhu Di’s face was also red.

In essence, this is because the old Zhu family is sorry for the people…

Xu Da could only reluctantly say:”After all, Ma Zheng has some subsidies, it is better to do it. Other corvées should be stronger……”

Zhu Heng sneered:”It’s wrong, it’s so wrong.”

“What is the essence of Ma Zheng?”

“The essence of Ma Zheng is not corvee, but an extremely bad financial product!”

The words fell.

The two of them looked confused.

Zhu Heng continued to say with a cold face:”The imperial court stipulates that the horse owner must hand over a foal every year. This may not seem like much, but in essence”

“This is actually a loan shark with an annual interest rate of 100%!”

“And it’s a usurious loan that forces you to sign!”

“The better the horse is, the heavier the usury will be.”

“Moreover, although the emperor exempted horse households from grain, he did not clearly stipulate how much grain and labor service horse households across the country would be exempted from after raising horses.”

“So the officials oppressed the horse owners, making them raise horses and pay for food.”

“In addition, when the imperial court formulated policies, it did not consider the implementation issues with the officials below.”

“Officials will not miss any opportunity to deduct”

“In addition to raising horses on weekdays, horse households also need to regularly take horses to designated locations for inspection.”

“If you don’t understand the rules and don’t give the inspector a red envelope, then the inspection result will most likely be”unqualified”, which means you have to pay a fine.”

“So the horse household seems to be raising horses, but in fact it is raising countless court officials.”

“Ultimately, this is what creates a phenomenon”

“That is……”

At this point, Zhu Heng said slowly with a cold face:”Horses eat people!”

Horses eat people!

The words fell.

Zhu Di and Xu Da were both shocked.

These three words are so heavy and powerful.

They didn’t know what to say. After Zhu Heng’s analysis, it seemed that this was supposed to be the easiest of many corvees, but it was already the most abusive government!

Zhu Heng said calmly:”Of course people will not be willing to be eaten by horses.”

“Once the people are forced into desperation,”

“Will rebel”

“This is natural”

“These tenants under me are richer than the tenants in other places, but they cannot resist the harm of Ma Zheng”

“If one or two of them take the risk and rebel,”

“Will the government let me go?”

At this time, Zhu Di and Xu Da fell silent.

After a long time,

Xu Da sighed with a complex expression:”I didn’t expect it to be like this.”

“I didn’t know any of this before.”

He only knew that every year the army could get tens of thousands of good war horses and more than 100,000 rough horses because of the horse policy.

But he did not expect that if the horse policy was implemented, it would go so seriously.

The harm would be so great.

Zhu Di was also worried. He frowned and said,”Ma Zheng must change.……”

“So why don’t you eat minced meat? I still don’t believe it.

Zhu Heng looked at him with disgust and said,”Ma Zheng has done so much harm that it can’t be corrected just by changing it.””

“Although Ma Zheng is harmful, it has not yet reached its peak.”

“Ma Zheng’s future is the most terrifying”

“You know, the imperial court now implements horse administration for war. Therefore, in addition to letting private people raise horses, the imperial court also sets up official horse farms.”

“If the war ends in the future and Ma Zheng becomes less important, what will happen to those official camps?”

Hearing this,

Zhu Di took a deep breath and said without thinking:”Officials are enriching their own pockets and corruption is rampant.”

It’s not that he looks down on officials. It

‘s determined by the nature of officials. Officials

‘ corruption methods are simply pervasive. In the future, if Ma Zheng relaxes, they will definitely become corrupt.

But Zhu Heng shook his head and said:”You think too highly of him. How could they just be satisfied with corruption?”

“The racecourse occupies a large area, and what they are eyeing should be the land of the racecourse!”

“Are they so brave?!”

Zhu Di cried out.

Those lands are owned by the imperial court, that is, the emperor. Officials dare to embezzle people’s land, but they dare to embezzle even the emperor’s land?

“Money moves people’s hearts, what is there that they dare not do?”

Zhu Heng said lightly:”Of course, this is also one of the manifestations of land annexation.”

“By the end of the dynasty, land annexation reached its peak, when even official horse farms were appropriated”

“It’s almost time for a change of dynasty.”

Suddenly.

Zhu Di and Xu Da were completely dumbfounded.

A mere Ma Zheng.

The harm was so serious.

Zhu Di said with a gloomy expression:”The Ma Zheng must be abolished.”

Ma Zheng was actually linked to land annexation!

You know, my father is extremely sensitive to the word land annexation now.

No matter what happens, as long as it is related to land annexation, he will definitely personally intervene in land annexation.”!

Since the horse government will lead to land annexation, the horse government must be abolished! After all, the court needs a large number of war horses every year, and the Ming Dynasty cannot give up the strongest force in the war.!

“If the horse administration is abolished, is there any way to raise them?”

At this moment, Xu Da also asked hurriedly.

The biggest beneficiary of Ma Zheng was the army.

What kind of cavalry is a cavalry without war horses?

He was naturally the most anxious.

At this time,

Zhu Heng nodded slightly:” Of course there is a way”

“It’s just that it’s very difficult to handle, and even if the court knew about it, it might not do it.

Xu Da immediately said:”Just tell me and listen!””?

Zhu Heng glanced at Xu Da speechlessly. He was worthy of being the fourth uncle. They were all good at governing. They were not part of the same family.

But at this time, he simply said:”Nothing else. After conquering the Northern Yuan Dynasty and establishing a colony, you can naturally raise horses.”

Zhu Di’s face changed slightly, and he couldn’t help but nodded slightly.

Colonies still have to be established, and Mongolia is indeed a good place to raise horses.

At this time, Zhu Heng continued:”I still say what I said, follow the rules, or In other words, heaven’s behavior is always constant, and it will not survive because of Yao, nor will it perish because of Jie.”

“Mongolia has vast grasslands and is a natural place for raising horses.”

“Occupying it and establishing a colony can provide the Ming Dynasty with a large number of war horses every year.”

“Just establishing a colony is something that has never happened since ancient times. Moreover, it is extremely easy for people who occupy the Mongolian grasslands to stand on their own feet.”

“The court will definitely be worried about rebellion”

“so……”

“Even if the imperial court knew the benefits of raising horses in Mongolia, it might not be willing to implement it.

Zhu Di also frowned and nodded:”That’s right.””

These words hit home the worries in my father’s heart.

In fact, not only my father, but also any emperor would not trust a person or a yamen to possess a large number of war horses far away from the emperor. With the Mongolian slaves, this is really uneasy.

Even if I raise horses there… I’m afraid my father won’t be at ease.

“Therefore, the person who raises horses must have sufficient management skills, and at the same time, he must be someone the emperor can absolutely trust.”

At this point, Zhu Heng said lightly:”Do you think, besides the prince, who can satisfy these two points at the same time?”

Such a person is not easy to find.” Zhu Di frowned, thought for a long time, but suddenly paused.

Wait a moment.

In fact, it doesn’t seem that hard to find?

He suddenly looked at Zhu Heng with burning eyes. His eldest brother has always been right. He has no interest in fame and fortune, but he is really a good person.

As for talent, who else in the world is more talented than my elder brother?

But Zhu Heng felt uncomfortable when he was looked at. What’s wrong with the boy? Why do you keep looking at me like this?”

“It’s nothing.”

Zhu Di took a deep breath and shook his head. In the future, his eldest brother will definitely want to be a vassal king and be given a fiefdom.

Why not talk to his father himself.

After the Northern Expedition conquers Mongolia, will he give his eldest brother the entire Mongolia as a fiefdom?

Think of it. Here, he felt as if he had found a solution, and excitedly slammed the table and said:”I understand!”

“Don’t be surprised, okay? Zhu Heng’s face darkened, and he held up the tea cup that had been knocked over by him:” And you know that you are just a fool. This is the court’s business, not yours.””