Zhu Youxiao originally just asked him a question, but unexpectedly he actually put forward a feasible suggestion.
It seems that this person still has merits.
He nodded and said, "What Zuo Qing said makes sense.
Rice can indeed increase yields, but water conservancy facilities in the north are few and ineffective.
I want to overhaul water conservancy in the north and use cement.
I wonder if Zuo Qing can share my worries."
Zuo Guangdou thought to himself, here it comes again, the disobedient ones will be kicked away, right?
However, he has always been interested in water conservancy, and now that he has this opportunity, he will naturally not refuse it.
So he replied: "I am willing to serve your Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao said: "Appoint Zuo Guangdou, the censor of Zuo Qiandu, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, responsible for managing water conservancy in the north, and give Shang Fangjian.
All expenses will be paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Officials in various places must obey his orders.
Officials of fourth rank and below can be killed first and then reported. " Zuo Guangdou originally thought that the emperor didn't like him, so he wanted to kick him out of the capital, but he didn't expect that the emperor valued water conservancy so much and gave him such great power.
Feeling both grateful and ashamed, he knelt down and said, "I, Zuo Guangdou, will live up to His Majesty's expectations."
Zhu Youxiao said: "Get up.
Water conservancy is indeed useful, but I feel that if the tenants collect more, the rent collection will also increase.
This will not have much effect on the tenant farmers, so rent reduction is imperative."
Wang Qia, the censor of Youqiandu, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, for thousands of years, the court has not interfered with the issue of tenancy.
It has become a common practice.
If there is a sudden change, I am afraid it will cause shock to the world."
Many more ministers came forward one by one and expressed the same meaning as Wang Qia.
Because this matter has indeed never happened in history, everyone does not want to go against the emperor, but is really worried that the world will be turbulent because of this.
Zhu Youxiao patiently listened to what they said.
Then he stood up and said: "Bi Qing, your Ministry of Revenue sent people down to check the harvest situation in various places in the third year of Tianqi.
The future rent rates will be based on this.
This year I will definitely reduce the rent.
Don't worry, gentlemen, this world There can be no turmoil.”
The ministers were stunned on the spot, thinking that we had been talking for a long time in vain, but the emperor didn't listen at all.
But what has been said has been said, but the emperor always refuses to listen, and there is nothing he can do about it.
After the imperial meeting, the cabinet and six ministers remained.
Zhu Youxiao asked: "I think you all have the same idea as those people just now about rent reduction.
Let's talk about it."
Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, the matter of renting is really only related to landlords and tenants.
There has never been a situation where the court forced the rent rate.
It is certainly good for your Majesty to be the first in the world, but I am afraid it will really turmoil the world."
Huang Kezuan said: "The Ming army is not a vegetarian, let's see who dares to stir up trouble."
Zhu Yanxi glared at him and said, "Can the Ming army also be used against the gentry in the country?"
Zhu Youxiao nodded and said: "That's true.
The army is not allowed to fight domestically except for peace trials.
This will be stipulated in laws in the future."
Ye Xianggao said: "Your Majesty, I don't understand why I suddenly made such a big move.
Can't you take your time?"
Zhu Youxiao sighed and said: "Although I have only been out for more than twenty days, what I saw on the way really made me sad and worried.
What I am sad about is the suffering of the people in the world, and what I am worried about are these poor people, that is, the domestic people.
It’s an unstable factor.
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When they don’t have enough to eat, they dare to do anything.
By then, it will be too late to fight.”
Ye Xianggao said: "But if the landlords are not willing to reduce rent, how can we end it without using the army, how can we make them surrender and use the army, how can we convince them?"
Xu Guangqi said: "It is impossible for the landlord to be willing to reduce the rent.
Although Your Majesty did not say what the rent rate will be, I think it will always be less than the original charge.
Then why would the landlord be willing to reduce his income?
If this matter is beneficial to the tenants, then If it is not beneficial to landlords, it will be impossible to implement it everywhere.”
Ye Xianggao said: "But if it is good for the landlord, it will be harmed by the tenants, and if it is good for the tenants, it will be harmed by the landlord.
This matter cannot be beneficial to both parties."
Zhu Youxiao thought to himself that his goal was not just to reduce rent.
He wanted the landlords to sell their fields to tenant farmers.
Now just reducing rent seems like an impossible task, and selling land is even more impossible.
He said: "The reason why I say unrest is impossible is because there are a large number of overseas vacant land and Liaodong vacant land waiting for people to cultivate.
If the landlords are unwilling to reduce rent, then I will immigrate in large numbers so that they will have no tenants to use. " Xu Guangqi said: "If you use tenant farmers to threaten the landlords, of course it is possible to make them soften, but how long will it last?
Once the population increases, isn't it the same thing again?
I look at each dynasty and each generation.
In the early days, the land distribution was relatively even.
However, After a period of time, the land began to flow to a few people, resulting in a large number of landless poor people, which eventually led to the change of dynasties.
Ye Xianggao said: "Threatening the landlords with tenant farmers may not necessarily make them give in, so this matter should be discussed in the long term and a safe way to be found."
Zhu Youxiao said: "I have a way to break the cyclical law of dynasties.
Reducing rent is the first step.
You should think about this step first, and then it will be easier."
Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty actually has a way to break the change of dynasties.
That's great.
Let's convene officials from various ministries to find a way to reduce rent.
But I don't know if your Majesty's method can be revealed first."
Zhu Youxiao smiled mysteriously and said: "The secret must not be leaked.
We will know it when the time comes."
In fact, his method is to let the landlords sell their fields to tenants, but how to sell it and where the tenants' money to buy the fields will come from, he is still confused.
Water, they will still have to find a solution when the time comes, so saying it now won’t work.
The ministers were used to seeing the emperor's endless new ideas, and these new ideas were all effective, so they thought the emperor really had a good solution and couldn't help but be greatly encouraged.
Of course, everyone does not want the Ming Dynasty to perish.
It is best to survive for generations to come.
Since the emperor said that rent reduction is the first step, of course the first step must be done well.
If the emperor's method works, what a great achievement it will be.
Confucianism pays attention to establishing words, meritorious service, and establishing virtue, which are called the three immortals.
If I can participate in it and come up with good ideas, I will really leave my name in history.
The ministers were very excited about the pie planned by Zhu Youxiao.
After they left, they immediately started looking for someone to study how to reduce rent.
Zhu Youxiao was not idle, and asked Wang Chengen to publish a letter from a reader in the newspaper, describing the current situation of the difficult life of tenants all over the world, advocating that landlords should reduce the rent rate of tenants, and calling on the imperial court to stipulate regulations on tenancy. , set a reasonable rent rate, so that everyone in the world will comply, so that the living conditions of tenants can be slightly improved
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