First Minister of Ming Dynasty

"Zhang Xiang, it's easy to say, but hard to do! I'm afraid that the people below may not be able to do things according to Zhang Xiang's wishes. And in some places, even if they have the heart, they may not have the strength. Immigration is difficult, travel is difficult, and housing is difficult... Three Difficult to get together, I'm afraid it will be difficult to handle no matter what!"

Zhang Ximeng nodded, but said seriously: "Luo Shi, I believe what you said, but I'm afraid it can't be used as a reason to oppose immigrants. For example, in the process of escorting immigrants, we can send officials with us and ask to eat and live together. If the people cannot be brought there safely, they will be held accountable. Also, in this war, many soldiers and horses of Chen Han will be captured, 20, or [-]? These strong laborers can be used to build houses and open up farmland .Also, relocating people from densely populated areas will free up many acres of land.”

"For the people who stayed, if they want to share the land, they have to pay an extra sum of money, and the people who voluntarily give up the land and participate in the immigration can be given some rewards. Each person will be compensated thirty or fifty guan, or more. Yes, you can borrow money at low interest rates to help them settle down."

Zhang Ximeng talked about many implementation measures this time, and each of them hit the point and was very feasible.

Although there are no detailed steps yet, the general direction is clear... organizing resettlement, helping and compensating... As long as you are willing to use your brain, there are more ways than difficulties.

"Luo Shi, I might as well say a few more words. The so-called knowledge is easy to do is difficult. Scholar-bureaucrats should not just sit and talk about the way, but also act on it. Only by doing difficult things, doing big things, and doing things that are beneficial to the country, can we get something and achieve something. ! If you are hesitant before you start, how can you do it? Of course, doing things is not reckless, you have to use your brain to come up with a corresponding method, what do you think?"

Luo Furen was much older than Zhang Ximeng, but he was convinced by these words.

No wonder Zhang Ximeng has such a special status under Zhu Yuanzhang, and he really has something extraordinary.

"Master Zhang, I am sincerely convinced, I have been taught!"

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "Since that's the case, does Luo Shi have the heart to act and do the immigration well?"

"This... I am willing, but please give me enough authority from Zhang Xiang, otherwise I am afraid that it will be self-defeating!"

Zhang Ximeng nodded, "Of course the authority must be given, let's go see the lord!"

The two had a good talk and made an appointment to come to Yuzhang.

At this moment, Chang Yuchun had broken through Wuchang, and even entered Chen Youliang's palace.

When he was in the palace, Chang Yuchun was also stunned by the scene in front of him.

A huge dragon bed, the most surprising thing is that this big bed is all made of gold, shining golden... Chang Yuchun has heard of an ivory bed, but has never seen a gold bed. If you sit down, it should be what does it feel like

He made a strange mistake and reached out to touch it... But just as he stretched his hand halfway, he quickly retracted it.

Is this also something you can touch?

"Hurry up, come! Take this dragon bed as a trophy and present it to your superior. This is a golden dragon bed, and only our superiors can sleep on it!"

In this way, a full 100 people, plus [-] pack horses, sent this exaggerated golden bed to Zhu Yuanzhang...

Chapter 434 Arrested

Facing Chen Youliang's golden bed, Lao Zhu was stunned. Can this thing sleep comfortably?The length and width are more than ten feet, and the four corners are golden dragon pillars, and there are many jewels embedded in the dragon body, some pearls, some night pearls... Is this thing sleeping?Won't you have nightmares if you lie down?

Old Zhu sighed slightly, and said, "If this is so extravagant, how can the country not be destroyed?"

After finishing, Lao Zhu raised his head and asked, "Is there such a king in the past?"

As soon as he finished, Luo Furen hurriedly bowed and said, "Return to Your Majesty, Emperor Meng Chang of Later Shu used seven treasures as a chamber pot."

"Qibao?" Old Zhu frowned.

Luo Furen said: "Indeed, this chamber pot is made of agate, jadeite, jewels, gold, luminous pearls, silver, colored glaze, etc. It shines during the day and glows at night, which is very rare. After the fall of Houshu, someone dedicated it to Zhao Kuangyin."

"Then how did Zhao Kuangyin do it?"

"Smash the things of this subjugated person to pieces."

Old Zhu sighed repeatedly, nodded in admiration, "So, Zhao Kuangyin is not confused. Although gold and jade are expensive, they are not enough to decorate the emperor... Luo Shi, why do you think you are worthy of our status as the emperor?"

Luo Furen pondered for a while, looked to both sides, and suddenly felt blessed, "Returning to Your Majesty, all the sages under my command will gather together, civil and military capable ministers will gather... such as Zhang Xiang, such as Zhu participating in politics, such as Xin Guogong Xu Da, such as Chief Governor Chang Yuchun, such a civil and military virtuous minister, is worthy of the majesty of the Son of Heaven!"

Lao Zhu was slightly dazed, then he looked up to the sky and laughed, his voice was hearty and joyful, and he touched his palms and said: "Well, as an emperor, gold and jade are just common things that are readily available. The treasure of a country. Luo Shi, you can have such insight, it seems that you are also a worthy official and celebrity, a treasure of the country!"

Luo Furen trembled all over, what virtue and ability did he have, he just joined, and he was so valued, he couldn't help but prostrate himself on the ground and kowtow.

"Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to fill the land of Huguang with the people of Jiangxi. In this way, the people of Jiangxi can get the fields, and the people of Huguang can get the people. , prospered and developed. With two provinces as the foundation, we will conquer the Yuan Dynasty in the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty and unify the universe, just around the corner!"

Luo Furen said again: "I have already drawn up an immigration strategy... I think that the big households should be relocated first. Rich merchants and big households in the village, if they all have the same surname in a village, half of them should move out. And scholars from all over the country should also be moved out together. To move out. To move ten ordinary people, one scholar must be moved, and the rest of the craftsmen and doctors must also be moved, not just farmers."

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly startled, and said in a low voice, "Why?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, all businesses in the countryside are prosperous, and there are many customs and rules that have continued to this day. If you just move to ordinary farmers, they only know how to farm, and there will be a lot of inconvenience. And there are fewer scholars, and it is not convenient to promote education. Only Only by relocating all the people together can we adapt quickly, get what is good and bad, and prosper with all industries.”

Luo Furen's reasoning, even in the face of Zhang Ximeng, he is not complete, the reasoning is not complicated, there are really too many people who will offend by doing so.

Not only moving to a rich family, but also moving to a scholar, moving to a variety of industries... Especially those scholars who mastered the pen, it can make Luo Furen's infamy last forever, and he will never be able to recover.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang's words are too good, the emperor treats me as a national scholar, how can I live up to the holy grace!

Old Zhu had a smile on his face, naturally he was very happy, he turned his head and said: "Mr. Zhang, the emperor deserves a virtuous minister. I don't know what you think, what can be worthy of a virtuous minister?"

Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "Civil servants are worthy of virtue, military generals are worthy of meritorious deeds, saints are worthy of virtue and the sun and the moon, sitting on the four seas, and unifying Kyushu... What is a mere Aduwu!"

Old Zhu pondered for a while, then smiled and said, "Sir, you really have a good opinion. If that's the case, why don't you melt this stuff for us, and leave it here to hinder our eyes."

Hearing the previous words, the ministers of civil and military affairs were already in a state of excitement, and they were all cast down. Seeing Lao Zhu like this again, they couldn't wait to make a move.

At this time Zhang Ximeng suddenly said: "My lord, since Luo Shi got involved in the emigration, I have the audacity to say that emigration is inseparable from money. Chen Youliang's search is all for people's fat and people's anointing... We might as well set up a branch of the Baochao Bureau here to seize the money." The gold and silver things from the people are used as guarantees to issue precious banknotes. In this way, it can be regarded as taking from the people and using them for the people. Return the people's fat and people's anointing that Chen Youliang seized to the people."

After thinking about it for a while, Lao Zhu couldn't help laughing and said, "Mister's ingenious thinking really caught our eyes, so let's do it like this!"

With Zhu Yuanzhang's will, the first step to restore the people's livelihood in Huguang has finally come out.

Immigrants from Jiangxi have money to support them.

Luo Furen's face was filled with a confident smile, even if he was going to be stabbed in the back by people from his hometown and cursed by literati, he was not afraid.

The emperor needs to unify Kyushu, establish supreme meritorious service, write his name in the annals of history, and write it in people's hearts. Civil servants and generals, why not?

There are really not many opportunities to do things and accomplish things.

Luo Furen wished to sell this life to Lao Zhu immediately, and he no longer had the psychological burden of betraying the master, after all, he was only betraying the master, and Chen Youliang was a solid devourer!

Just when Luo Furen was sighing, someone came suddenly and escorted several prisoners, including adults and children.

"Boss, these are Chen Youliang's two younger brothers, and his two sons."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at it, and he couldn't be sure if it was true, but it didn't matter, didn't he still have Chen Youliang's father, Chen Pucai!

Not long after, the old man was invited over, he took a look, and immediately burst into tears, Chen Youzhi and Chen Youdang also trembled and their jaws dropped.

"father!"

The old man suddenly gritted his teeth with a sneer, rushed over, swung his palms, and slapped the two sons hard.

"Bastard, I told you not to do immoral things, you won't listen! You have to be with that bastard, ruin your family, and cut off your children and grandchildren!"

Chen Pucai was heartbroken, cursed loudly, slapped his fists, and landed on the two sons so hard that they didn't even dare to hide, they could only stand up.Gu Huang

At the moment, Chen Shan and Chen Li were also panicked. The two children hugged each other and cried bitterly.

When Chen Pucai saw this scene, he also fell on the ground. The five grandparents hugged each other and wept bitterly.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw it, and suddenly sighed, "Biao'er is about the same age as them!"

When Zhang Ximeng heard this, he understood what Old Zhu meant, and said with a smile: "My lord, Zhang Dingbian is playing well in Korea. How about sending these two children and their family to Korea! Leave it to Zhang Dingbian to take care of him."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, as he approved the plan.

Chen Pucai immediately pulled his two grandsons, threw them down in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and kowtowed, "Thank you for your kindness, Cao Min is willing to go to Korea, and Cao Min must tell his descendants to be loyal to Ming Dynasty, and to be the people of China forever."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and didn't care about anything.

Chen Youliang is not his opponent, let alone these old ones, young ones... Letting them go is more like Lao Zhu's attitude, even the Chen family can spare them, let alone others.

It's better not to resist stubbornly, surrender early, and the world will be peaceful.

Of course, not everyone can forgive, such as Zheng Shili.

His elder brother Zheng Shiyuan had been beheaded by Lao Zhu because of the empty seal case, and his two adult nephews were not spared either.Afterwards, Zheng Shili fled to Chen Youliang's place, but he didn't expect that Chen Youliang would collapse and disappear so quickly.

Several Ming soldiers escorted Zheng Shili, whose face was half blue, to Lao Zhu.

Facing this person, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even bother to look at him.

"Pull it down, kill!"

Zheng Shili was dragged away, and in an instant, a bloody head hung on the flagpole.

More and more battle results came, most of Chen Youliang's more than [-] troops in the city had surrendered, and less than [-] of them stubbornly resisted, basically being wiped out.

Chen Youliang's two sons were also captured, and other important figures were arrested one after another... Only Chen Youliang disappeared.

Now Chang Yuchun was very anxious, he wanted to capture Chen Youliang and make a great contribution... In the end, he entered the palace and only found a golden bed.

After hunting around, he found a man wearing a dragon robe, but after catching him, it was obvious that his age was not right.

This is depressing, Chen Youliang ran away?

Aren't you encouraging others to be benevolent?

How come you don't want to?

Despicable, shameless!

Shameless especially!

Chang Yuchun yelled and cursed, but it was of no avail, so he could only order and search everywhere.

In the huge city of Wuchang, it is really not easy to find someone.

The soldiers searched and searched, and they found Yanzhi Lane... You must know that under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, Yangzhou, Jinling, Hangzhou, these once-class prosperous places, no longer have brothels on the surface.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Ximeng may not be able to manage it for so long, but at least as long as they can manage it, there must be a clean and innocent world.

In fact, it is not that difficult... After the land is completely equalized, everyone will have property, and everyone can farm for a living.

Therefore, many Ming soldiers have never seen this at all.

The girls were very frightened, for fear that these soldiers would come and they would be robbed.The Ming army was also worried about violating military regulations, so they quickly withdrew.

Good guy, I'm afraid of beating wolves with a hemp pole.

When the news reached Chang Yuchun's ears, he was afraid that something might go wrong, so he specially sent someone over to protect this area.

They even brought some grain, rice and vegetables.

Another two hours later, Chang Yuchun, who was still looking for Chen Youliang, suddenly got the news that Chen Youliang had been arrested!

Chang Yuchun was immediately overjoyed, and hurried to watch. A carriage from a brothel, a few helping boys, and a dozen or so girls ran over in a panic.

Inside the carriage, there was a man in women's clothing tied up, it was Chen Youliang!

"Hahahaha!" Chang Yuchun laughed out loud when he saw this scene, "Chen Youliang, you have been calling people into benevolence, why did you become a woman?"

Chapter 435 Yao Guangxiao's New Official

Shabby, really shabby.

Chen Youliang swears to God, he doesn't want to do this.

In fact, Chen Youliang also thought about committing suicide, and he was even ready to die.But he remembered the conversation with Zhang Ximeng that day.

It is true that some people compare him to Xiang Yu. Naturally, Zhu Yuanzhang is Liu Bang, Li Shanchang is Xiao He, Zhang Ximeng is Zhang Liang, and Zhu Biao is... Liu Chang?

Anyway, when Chen Youliang thought of this, he didn't want to die. If he died, wouldn't he really become Xiang Yu?

The children of Jiangdong are so talented, it is unknown to make a comeback!

I, Chen Youliang, was born as a fisherman. I was a petty official, and within a few years, I became the emperor.As long as I don't die, I can make a comeback after a few years.

The surname Zhu, let's not finish!

Chen Youliang lost his will to die and planned to survive.It's not worth making a fuss about dressing up as a woman and fleeing into the brothel. A man can bend and stretch, as long as he escapes, nothing will happen.

But Chen Youliang never expected that he was arrested by a group of people from the brothel within half a day after entering.

"Sure enough, the bitch is ruthless! Thanks to the fact that I gave her a whole bag of jewels, she actually betrayed me!" Chen Youliang sneered, "Zhu Chongba, you should reward them well, and get rid of the serious trouble for you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly, "Chen Youliang, you don't need to tell me, there is still a land grant certificate, [-] acres of fertile land."

"You!" Chen Youliang was furious and stared at Zhu Yuanzhang viciously.

Old Zhu said unhurriedly: "It's true that it's less, tell them, it's for watering the ground!"

"The surname Zhu!" Chen Youliang broke his defenses and was furious, "Scholar can be killed but not humiliated, you, you treat me like this, you, you will not end well!"

As soon as Chen Youliang finished speaking, several old acquaintances couldn't help coming over to have a look when they heard that Chen Youliang had been arrested.

Zou Pusheng walked in the front, followed by Li Pusheng, Ou Puxiang and other old members of the Peng Party, including Kang Maocai, Fu Youde and others.

The big guys came to watch as if they were looking at rare objects.

Zou Pusheng looked at Chen Youliang's tulle dress, and suddenly laughed, leaning back and forth, tears streaming down his face.