Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

It's approaching evening. ♜♦

Royal study room.

Zhu Yuanzhang put down the small note sent back by the carrier pigeon, raised his head, frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Rural scholar Cunshe, tomb production of human stock, typos, and mess, what are these!"

"What the hell is that bastard doing?"

As a Jinyiwei spy, it is good if he can write a few words. The carrier pigeon delivers the message, but the content is limited.

A piece of paper, crooked, only eight words, good guy! Four more typos! Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it for a long time but didn't understand what it meant.

Mao Xiang smiled bitterly, shrank his neck, and reminded weakly: "Your Majesty, it should be a local village community, and the family property is a shareholding. This is also my guess. I don't know what it means specifically."

"But according to Jin Yiwei's emergency regulations, using carrier pigeons means that it is a very important matter."

"The carrier pigeon arrived at the Jiangning stronghold first. If Jiangning sees the carrier pigeon and doesn't understand its meaning, it should immediately send out spies, disguised as salesmen, and go deep into the village to find a way to contact our spies."

"At the same time, we will also enter the village to inquire about the situation."

The spy planted in Tuqiao Village was originally a very small chess piece. His role was to monitor the happenings around Jinling and observe public opinion.

He is not a professional spy trained by Jin Yiwei at all.

This is not bad. Although there are four mistakes in eight words and the writing is crooked, at least I can still write a few words.

Most spies placed at the rural level are not even as good as this.

The main reason why Tuqiao Village was originally selected for King Yan was because there were spies from Jinyiwei in Tuqiao Village.

The level of this spy was gradually improved after King Yan went to Tuqiao Village.

The carrier pigeon was also arranged by King Yan after he went to Tuqiao Village.

Previously, Prince Yan and his wife ran a school, and things were relatively simple. It was also the first time they tried a homing pigeon to deliver messages. Although there were typos, we could guess that it was a school.

But this time... I was able to put the typos together correctly: rural village community, family property investment.

But he couldn't figure out what King Yan was going to do.

The imperfection and imperfection of Jinyiwei has been exposed!

"Forget it." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand. He also understood Jinyiwei's difficulties and ordered: "At this time tomorrow, we must know what happened in Tuqiao Village!"

call!

Secretly breathing a sigh of relief, Mao Xiang hurriedly said: "I will leave the city overnight and personally go to Jiangning County to arrange for the most capable people to go to Tuqiao Village disguised as salesmen!"

…

That night.

In front of the small window.

Zhu Di was at his desk writing a plan.

Xu Miaoyun was making tea nearby.

After the water on the small clay stove boils, Xu Miaoyun skillfully goes through the process of scalding the pot, setting the tea, warming the cup, high brewing, and low brewing.

Put the most delicious tea soup in the tea cup and 'divide the tea' into cups.

Then he held the teacup and gently placed it next to Zhu Di.

The hot air rushes into the nostrils with the fragrance of tea.

Zhu Di looked up with a smile, looked at the steaming small teacup, and said with a smile: "Why is it so complicated to drink a cup of tea today?"

In the past, they often drank tea while reading.

But it's not that complicated.

Xu Miaoyun smiled and joked: "Don't I congratulate you on your appointment as the first village chief of Tuqiao Village?"

"Don't be too good to me, be too good to me, I want to deal with you!" Zhu Di picked up the tea cup with a smile.

Xu Miaoyun's pretty face turned red.

She knew very well what 'cleaning up' here meant.

Zhu Di took a small sip and couldn't help but nod.

Not to mention, the process is a bit complicated, but when you drink it, the taste is really different.

This is by no means a psychological effect.

"Delicious!" Zhu Di praised and handed over the empty cup with a smile.

Xu Miaoyun blushed and glared, and poured tea for Zhu Di.

Zhu Di watched the sweet tea soup being poured into the cup and said: "I want to take out five taels of silver from our family for the operation of the village community. These five taels of silver are not counted as shares. Although we can still operate without these five taels of silver. stand up."

"But if you have it, it can be faster and more convenient."

Xu Miaoyun smiled and nodded, "Is five taels enough? Our family doesn't need that much money to build a house."

"Other than building houses, we don't have much else to do with the money."

Money is an external possession.

She doesn't care.

The current small home has food, drink, warmth and contentment, which is enough.

The village community was Shiro's business, so of course she would support it.

"Even if it doesn't count as a shareholding, our family is still a member of the village community. After the money is invested in the village community, the better the village community will develop, the more our family will benefit. You don't need to discuss this kind of thing with me in the future. If you want to do it, just do it Just do it.”

"Could it be that I am such a narrow-minded person in my heart?"

Zhu Di picked up the teacup, laughed and drank, teasing: "Some people have big ideas, but they are also very powerful!"

"I just said that some people were too good to me and wanted to deal with her. Now she has seized the opportunity and turned against her."

puff!

Xu Miaoyun was holding a cup of tea, blushing, smiling and lowering her head to sip the tea.

‘The tea I brewed tonight smells so good! ’

…

He had a great time these two days.

Mao Xiang almost died from exhaustion.

The next evening.

Mao Xiang entered the palace in a dusty state.

Go straight to the imperial study room.

"Your Majesty, Mao Xiang, do not insult the Emperor's trust!" After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, Mao Xiang knelt down and presented the investigation report to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Seeing Mao Xiang's tired appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the palace maid: "Give me a seat!"

Mao Xiang was flattered. After thanking him, he stood up and sat down with his buttocks gently touching the edge of the stool.

"We ask you to sit down, and you sit properly, otherwise you continue to kneel!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the imperial court, he sat down and was about to open the book to check it out. He saw Mao Xiang's sitting posture, which was very annoying, and he was not angry and reprimanded him.

new

He was considerate, so he gave me a seat.

Otherwise, let Mao Xiang kneel down.

Mao Xiang smiled and hurriedly moved his buttocks slightly toward the middle of the stool.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already begun to check the contents of the excerpt.

As he continued to read, his face became more and more solemn.

After watching it several times.

"shameless!"

Suddenly he muttered angrily: "This is obviously a mutual aid club that copied Lao San!"

Zhu Yuanzhang learned from the content of Zhu Di's rural village community.

I saw the shadow of a mutual aid society.

He feels that this is based on the mutual aid cooperative and has been transformed to suit the special rural environment.

The third child had been to Tuqiao Village before.

This bastard, the fourth child, must have heard some information about the Health Institute Mutual Aid Society from the third child.

Mao Xiang opened his mouth and swallowed the words that reached his lips.

Because the emperor was very interested in King Jin's Military Household Mutual Aid Society and sent him to thoroughly investigate the guard station, he was fortunate enough to know the contents of the Military Household Mutual Aid Society.

He did not agree with the emperor's judgment.

On the contrary, I also suspect that the Military Household Mutual Aid Society may also be the attention of King Yan!

However, King Yan certainly did not want this credit to fall on him.

So, when the words came to his lips, he held back.

"What do you think of this cooperative rural village community?"

Hearing this, Mao Xiang quickly gathered his thoughts and replied: "Your Majesty, I think it's very good."

"The benefits to the people are all written down in this brochure."

"I will tell you the benefits to the court."

"Once the rural village community model of Tuqiao Village can take shape in the world and the people have the ability to hoard food, it means that all the food will not be concentrated in the hands of the gentry."

"The food in the world is scattered. If there are natural or man-made disasters, these squires will not be able to hoard them and blackmail the court with food."

"This is one of them."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

This is the truth.

The more decentralized food is, the less it will be controlled by a few people when it is released to the market.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang nod, Mao Xiang was encouraged and continued: "Secondly, the boundary of the court's power has always been limited to the county government."

"The governance of the countryside has always been left to the gentry in all dynasties."

"Through the influence of the squires and clan ties, the people were managed by clan rules and rural conventions."

"More than 90% of the world's population are farmers. However, this huge population has all fallen into the hands of the gentry and clans. In fact, the only thing that is really directly managed by the imperial court is the remaining population."

Emperors of all dynasties, after the founding of the country, always said to the country gentlemen and scholars in the world: This dynasty follows the previous dynasty, and the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together.

Is the emperor so generous?

Really don’t want to deal with these people?

It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I have no choice.

Just hold your nose and recognize the reality!

"Partnership rural cooperatives were established in rural areas."

"Within the scope of the power of the gentry and clans, a 'state-China' emerged, which weakened the power of the gentry and clans. Although the power of the central government did not increase as a result, the power of the gentry was weakened, which was equivalent to the increase of the authority of the central government in disguise."

"Continue." Zhu Yuanzhang encouraged with a smile.

Mao Xiang swallowed secretly, not only did he not dare to be proud and indulgent, but a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

Doesn’t the emperor know what he said?

impossible!

King Yan, I can only help you so much. Besides, the emperor should suspect that I am leaning towards you.

"Your Majesty, I am stupid and can only think of this."

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes and looked at Mao Xiang.

After a while, he said with a smile: "There is another benefit to the country. The establishment of rural village communities provides the court with an idea to restrain land annexation."

"History has proven that small farmers working alone can never compete with gentry who own large amounts of land."

"Throughout the dynasties, small farmers will eventually lose their land and become tenant farmers."

“The partnership system in rural villages has allowed us to see the possibility of small farmers breaking historical laws.”

"Although he is suspected of plagiarizing Jin Wang, his ability to expand its content to this extent on the basis of Jin Wang's Military Husband Mutual Aid Club is enough to prove how outstanding he is!"

The corners of Mao Xiang's lips twitched.

He was not sure whether the emperor's words were a compliment.

Or even deeper suspicion!

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Mao Xiang and ordered: "This matter has been done very well. Go down and rest."

After Mao Xiang said goodbye, he left feeling a little uneasy.

He could always feel a gaze on his back.

…

Morning next day.

After the ceremony between the monarch and his ministers is completed.

"minister……"

"We won't discuss anything else today." As soon as Hu Weiyong stepped out of the queue and was about to start playing, he was interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang.

What was being discussed?

The ministers looked at Longting curiously...

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a piece of paper from the imperial case, looked around at the ministers, arranged the paper, and said with a smile: "This is a secret memorial that records some things in Tuqiao Village."

"You guys circulate it first."

"After reading it, tell me what you think."

Zhu Silang!

The ministers' eyes widened instantly. This was the emperor, showing everyone secret information about Zhu Silang for the first time!

Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't care what the officials are thinking. He wants to see how these people react after watching it. This is the key point!

He casually handed the fold to the little eunuch waiting at his side.

The eyes of all the officials were fixed on the book in the little eunuch's hand, moving as the little eunuch moved...

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