Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

The grain managers were all local landlords, and each owned at least 200 acres of land.

In addition to paying his own taxes and receiving discounts, the grain chief was responsible for collecting grain from hundreds of ordinary people's homes.

The recruits were collected and escorted to the county, prefecture or capital.

The grain chief was in charge of collecting grain, and the imperial court only cared about the total amount of tax revenue. The part that was not collected would be paid by the grain chief.

Those who do a good job will be received, rewarded and commended.

In this way, no matter natural disasters, man-made disasters, birth, old age, sickness or death, the court's tax revenue will never be reduced.

The late emperor's move was beyond everyone's expectation. It bypassed all the people between the emperor and the common people, and the students of the Imperial Academy directly connected with the common people.

Those who could serve as grain collectors were all large landlords with some power. For the little benefits and false reputation given by the late emperor, they worked very hard in collecting and delivering grain.

Historically, imperial power had never reached the countryside, and it was extremely difficult for the emperor to truly reach out to the common people. The late emperor saved court expenditures and also controlled power down to the county and township levels with just this simple move.

It was very difficult for officials at that time to intercept food.

Zhang Laodi's father was very respectful when talking about this.

Unfortunately, because of this move, no one involved gained any benefit, and in the end, the job of collecting grain returned to the hands of the clerks.

"My Lord, please allow me, an old man, to speak my mind. It has only been thirty years since the founding of the dynasty, and it has already become like this. It won't be long before the officialdom will also have a clear price tag, just like the salary of a clerk. Officials who cannot afford to be officials, what else can they do except being greedy?"

Old Man Zhang took a look at the chubby son-in-law his daughter married.

To be honest, I am not satisfied. I am a little dissatisfied.

My own good daughter could have married in Yongcheng.

They even chose their future son-in-law, a child from a scholarly family in Yongcheng.

The second son was good at studying. When the family was divided, the elderly followed the eldest son.

The young couple is living alone, and with some help from the Zhang family, their life would be much simpler.

My daughter will definitely be able to live a happy life where her parents can take care of her.

If her husband grows up to be crooked or has any bad qualities in the future, Zhang's father and two brothers will be able to support Zhang Xin at any time.

It was because of him that Zhang Xin was selected and won.

She was a princess of a prince's family. This was a case of throwing meat buns at a dog and never coming back.

What's more, Yan is a frontier area.

No matter how much he wanted to take care of him, he couldn't, and he had to pretend to be happy on the surface. The emperor's grace was so great, and during that time, Old Man Zhang was extremely sad.

Later, Bao went to take care of Zhang Xin during her confinement, and came back saying that her son-in-law was quite reliable and loved Zhang Xin very much.

He felt a little better.

Zhang Chang also went to help his sister and went out to sea.

He felt more at ease and everything was going well.

——Bang!!!

My daughter's father-in-law rebelled.

From ancient times to the present, few princes have succeeded in their rebellions!

The wars of the past two years have made him feel anxious every day.

Fortunately, because he was a government official, he had first-hand information about the court's movements. Later, when things got tense, the whole family was almost thrown into jail.

Zhu Yunwen sent people to arrest Zhang's family, saying that Zhang Chang assisted Zhu Di in rebellion.

Zhang Lao and his family got wind of the situation in advance and hid in a private house that had been arranged in advance for several months. At that time, the neighbors covered for him and he managed to get through it.

After two years of fear and anxiety, the situation was finally settled.

When he returned to his home, he burned forty-nine sticks of incense to thank the gods and Buddhas.

But later on, I found that my daughter's identity had changed and new problems arose.

I am the third son in the family, who should be given this position?

As the eldest son and former crown prince, Zhu Gaochi would have died if he did not get this position.

What if his daughter died?

The Zhu family is a group of people who don’t behave like human beings!

There have been several cases of princesses being buried alive with the emperor.

After Zhu Di ascended the throne, as the father of the eldest prince's wife, Old Man Zhang was also given an honorary title of third rank and became the commander of the Beijing Guard.

At that time, he had not yet handed over the affairs of Yongcheng, and he did not want to leave Yongcheng very much. Besides, he was watching the developments in the capital.

But, it’s been two years.

The position of crown prince has always been vacant.

Old Man Zhang felt that he had to come here in person.

If the only way to ensure that his daughter would not be buried alive is to fight for the supreme position, he would risk his life to push Zhu Gaochi to the top!

So after Zhang Sheng's wife had given birth and finished her confinement, Old Man Zhang came to the capital with Bao.

After arriving, I had contact with Zhu Gaochi for a few days.

He was slightly satisfied with Zhu Gaochi, at least he was quite satisfied so far.

Yesterday, he took advantage of the fat son-in-law being drunk and asked him a lot of questions.

Zhu Gaochi's backyard was quite quiet, with only two of them.

After Zhang Xin gave birth to two sons, Zhang Xin's mother-in-law, Empress Xu, told Zhang Xin that if she didn't want to have more children, she shouldn't. There was no need to do so. Giving birth was a life-threatening process. It was enough to just focus on raising these two sons, and let others have the rest.

Zhang Xin stopped giving the medicine to the two women in the backyard.

But no one got pregnant.

It turned out that Zhu Gaochi didn't allow people to get pregnant.

The reason is that he doesn't want to repeat the same mistake. It's good enough to have only one woman's child at home.

As soon as his eldest cousin's illegitimate eldest son was born, the eldest legitimate son died.

He is very satisfied with the current Zhu Zhanji, as Zhu Zhanji is no longer at the age when he is prone to premature death.

Just in case, he didn't want any child in his family to be born from another woman's belly.

According to the fat son-in-law's own experience, although his two younger brothers were a bit troublesome, there were also people from outside trying to make trouble.

But at the critical moment, our hearts are together. We are brothers from the same mother, but we are different.

They are not born of the same mother, so when they grow up a little, they will inevitably be lobbied by various groups. They are not mentally firm, so it is not surprising that the brothers will fight with each other.

Old Man Zhang was very satisfied with this drunken talk (the truth).

If Zhu Gaochi said that he liked Zhang Xin, he only wanted the baby born by Zhang Xin, but Zhang's father would not agree.

Between husband and wife, especially royal family.

There is no such thing as being with one person for the rest of your life. Even if you think so now, don't change your mind too quickly once a young and beautiful concubine enters the palace in the future.

Only by thinking about everything from a realistic perspective can the relationship be maintained for a long time.

Of course, the fat son-in-law finally showed off his love for Zhang Dahua, which made Zhang's father very satisfied.

That's why he told his son-in-law, who could kill him at any time, the truth and some unspeakable secrets of the clerks without reservation.