With the King of Zhou and the other three people imprisoned and stripped of their thrones, plus King De and King Heqing County have written one after another, the other princes also understand that the general trend is ahead, and they can't hide.
Alone, in twos and threes, and even ran into the palace to see Zhu Xu in person, donating acres of land and private property as if they were scrambling to be the first to grab the last.
Inside the Imperial Study.
King Ping, Fu Changzong, and Wei Zhongxian were all there, Zhu Xu was in a rare good mood, looking at the notebook, and looked at King Ping with a smile on his face, "Uncle Huang, the Governor's Court is very important, and you can't be sloppy." ” King Ping didn't look like he could bear the heavy trust, raised his hand, and said with a smile: "What the emperor says, just do what I do, it will definitely not be a big mistake." ” Fu Changzong and Wei Zhongxian did not speak, knowing that the so-called Governor's House was just a retirement home for these princes, and it was Emperor Zhu Xu who really made the decisions.
Zhu Xu smiled and said, "My hand won't stretch out so long, the Governor's Yuan, on a monthly basis, the same product."
The responsibility is to supervise the policies of the imperial court, the six ministries and nine temples, especially whether they are implemented locally.
The first priority at the moment is whether the three teams of inspection officials sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate will fulfill their duties and crack down on the ** ......"
These princes are all over the world, and the fiefs are the most prosperous places, and many things are more careful than the imperial court knows.
King Ping understood, raised his hand and said, "The minister obeys the order." ” Zhu Xu said 'um', looked at Fu Changzong and said, "Uncle, how are you doing over there?"
” Fu Changzong took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the household department has already prepared, according to the list of acres submitted by the princes, the industry has been carefully checked and received, and there is no specific number yet, but ......"
Zhu Xu looked at him and said, "But what?"
” Fu Changzong glanced at King Ping and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the ministers speculate that the amount donated by the princes is only less than half, and there are still a lot of hidden ones. ” Zhu Xu was not surprised at all, and said, "Well, I had expected it, it would be good to let him vomit half of it, and he couldn't be too anxious."
When I come back from Liaodong, the six departments, especially the household department, and the east factory must be ready, and I will take stock of the country's acres of land!
” Fu Changzong was not surprised by this sentence, Zhu Xu had already had this thought, but King Ping's heart jumped hard, he had already offended the king of the world, if he offended all the eunuchs and rich households, the Ming Dynasty would be more unstable.
However, King Ping has never been involved in politics, and he knows very well what he can say and what he can't say, his expression is slightly condensed, and he is silent.
Fu Changzong naturally has no words, if Zhu Xu can return from a big victory in Liaodong, with the momentum of a big victory, it will be much easier to promote anything.
Zhu Xu calculated in his heart, the inventory of acres of land is naturally for redistribution, which involves the population, he looked up at Fu Changzong, and said: "Uncle, do you know how many people I have in Daming now?"
” Fu Changzong, as the head of the household department, would not be unaware of this, and said: "Back to the emperor, there was an accounting in the first year of Taichang, nearly 52 million. ” Zhu Xu frowned and said, "Why so few?"
” Zhu Xu also read some records, the population of Longqing in the fifth year was about 62 million, in the 30th year of Wanli it dropped to about 56 million, and in the first year of Taichang it dropped to about 52 million.
He occasionally saw a book in his previous life, and vaguely remembered that the population at the end of the Ming Dynasty was more than 60 million, and there was a big gap here.
Fu Changzong said: "This is registered, and the taxed population is calculated according to the ministers and the ministers of the household department.
First, there are constant disasters, second, wars, and third, I am afraid that some people are being concealed in order to avoid paying taxes, so it is decreasing. ” Zhu Xu nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Then based on my uncle's calculations, how much will the actual population of my Ming Dynasty be?"
” Fu Changzong and the household department did have a calculation, thought about it, and gave a relatively safe number, saying: "Back to the emperor, the minister thinks that it should be about the same as the five years of Longqing, around 62 million. ” Zhu Xu knew that Fu Changzong was also unstable, this should be a conservative number, and nodded: "Well, if you check the acres of land, you must also check the population." ” If you know the land, you must know the people to know how to distribute it.
Fu Changzong raised his hand and said, "Yes." ” Zhu Xu said, "Also, the Military Academy, the Government Affairs Academy, the Navy Academy, etc. must be expanded, and now they need a lot of talents, not necessarily the imperial examination, the key is the ability ......."
Fu Changzong knew that Zhu Xu would need more and more reliable manpower in the future, so he bowed down and said: "The minister understands that most of the students in the academy are children of the poor family, and the minister also strictly prohibits them from climbing the dragon and the phoenix. ” Zhu Xujaw said, "Uncle has an idea in this regard, huh......
If necessary, the children and grandchildren of the former ministers can also be appropriately appointed. ” Fu Changzong understood and said, "Yes." ” After Zhu Xu finished speaking, he looked at Wei Zhongxian again and said, "I plan to withdraw and abolish Nan/Jing, you go there yourself." ” The Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Beiping from Zhu Di, changed to Beiping as the Beijing Division, and did not have to go to the south / Beijing status, so it formed the north and south two Beijings, in the south / Beijing, almost retained a set of institutions exactly the same as the north / Beijing, six departments and nine qing, the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, Dali Temple and so on.
King Ping pursed his lips and did not speak.
Fu Changzong's eyebrows moved, he glanced at King Ping, and thought that he would persuade Zhu Xu in private later.
The most direct thing about the abolition of Nanjing/Beijing is that hundreds or thousands of official positions are gone.
There are countless friends who can do Shangshu and Shilang, and they are inseparable from the hundreds of officials in the capital, as long as they are attacked, I am afraid that the capital will also be unstable.
How could Zhu Xu not know, looking at the expressions of several people, he didn't wait for Wei Zhongxian to agree, and continued: "Don't leak the news, take Nanjing to guard first, and open the knife to the Heavenly Patrol!"
” King Ping, who had not spoken, suddenly realized that these two people were from Luo/Yang, and this was the Fu King who Zhu Xu was going to beat and couldn't hide.
Wei Zhongxian couldn't understand, bowed down and said, "The slave obeys the order." ” As he was talking, Cao Huachun walked up to Zhu Xu and whispered.
Zhu Xu nodded, stood up and said, "Okay, then let's all disperse, I won't leave you to eat." ” The three of them also knew that Zhu Xu had other things, so they hurriedly retired.
Zhu Xu walked out of the imperial study and came to the side room, where Luo Yangxing was already waiting.
"The minister knocks to see the emperor."
Luo Yangxing knelt on one knee, dressed in brocade and soft armor.
Zhu Xu waved his hand and said eagerly, "Get up and tell me about the results of your trip." ” Luo Yangxing bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has arranged for people to infiltrate Annan, Donghu and other places where Mengyang Xuanwei Division is located, and is stepping up to collect intelligence and draw maps. ” Zhu Xu smiled at the corner of his mouth and said: "Well, it's a good job, you have to constantly install people, it's best to be able to lurk in various key locations, palaces and palaces, etc., and the most important thing is to draw a map."
I don't have to worry about these, I have also read the secret book you sent, it's very good.
I summoned you back this time to ask you to stay in the capital for a while, and to show me some things to some people. ” Although Luo Yangxing is far away in Yun/Nan, he still knows many things, and he knelt down again and said: "Please rest assured that the emperor is here, and the capital is foolproof!"
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