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Then, a generation of Mingjun, the lord of ZTE, and Emperor Hongzhi of the Ming Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and the population plummeted to 5000 million in an instant.

It is also very interesting to compare with the number of acres.

In the 24 years of Hongwu, the country's cultivated land was more than 3 million mu.In the 7th year of Hongwu, the inventory of farmland was completed, and the country's cultivated land soared to 25 million mu—this was not the beginning, but the peak of the entire Ming Dynasty.

By the time of Emperor Hongzhi, the amount of arable land in the country was directly halved from that of Zhu Yuanzhang.

As the founding emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang really did whatever he wanted.Let’s talk about checking the number of acres of land and making yellow books. In one year, the amount of cultivated land in the country has doubled, from 3 million mu to 7 million mu.

Zhao Han was also the founding emperor, and he also wanted to do whatever he wanted.

After an imperial decree went down, officials all over the country got busy.The province sent commissioners to the government to supervise, and the government sent commissioners to the prefectures and counties to supervise.Often the county yamen and household departments are short-staffed, and officials have to be seconded from other departments, and village and town cadres and peasant associations are also functioning.

A large number of cases of violence or covert occupation of civilian land were exposed during the process of clearing land.

With the support of the emperor, if local officials still dare to conceal, there are always farmers who go to report anonymously.Low-level peasants, every household has children who read books. Many anonymous report letters are written by elementary school students.

More and more officials were sacked, and more and more powerful gentry were arrested, and then they were waiting to be collectively moved to the Heilongjiang capital.

The capital of Heilongjiang is too remote, and normal immigrants are unwilling to go there. Isn't there enough immigrants now?

Guo Shunyu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, summarized the situation in the two provinces around the capital, and reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, most of the land invasion cases in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces took advantage of immigration. The imperial court organizes immigration every year. The original land Redistribution. Immigrants can designate an acre of land and donate it to relatives who stay in their original place. The rest of the land will be distributed by the government to the newly grown people nearby. This kind of distribution is done by local officials and gentry tyrants! Occupy people's land Most of them are not low-ranking officials or wealthy businessmen, but small officials in the county government and prominent families in the countryside."

"What do you want to say?" Zhao Han asked.

Guo Shunyu said: "The four provinces of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, and Liaoning have continuously immigrated nearly one million people. The imperial court's immigration plan can no longer be implemented, and it is better to wait for these provinces to reproduce naturally. The more immigrants to the north, the more land in the south. The more chaotic, and the court has spent countless money and food. Since the recovery of the north, the court has not fought much, but there is not much money and food left in the treasury, all of which are thrown into the immigrants. The transportation along the way, the resettlement of the refugees, the gift Cattle, seeds, clothes, subsidies... money is needed everywhere, food is needed everywhere.”

Zhao Han laughed and said, "The treasury is now the head of the Ministry of Finance. It has nothing to do with your household department. What are you worried about when the treasury is empty?"

Guo Shunyu cried and said: "But the immigration is managed by the household department. From the central household department to the county government household department, the officials are all exhausted. One person is used as several people. The money and food needed for immigration need to be contacted with each government office. From application, review to approval, the whole day is extremely busy. Immigrants from their original places to new ones are all under the supervision of the household registration department. If there is a slight mistake, they will be suspended at every turn. There are finance and bank officials watching over them, and from time to time To cope with the review of money and food, we must also cooperate with the supervision of the Inspectorate.”

This is to complain, the officials in charge of immigration are really tired.Moreover, immigrants’ money and food are supervised layer by layer, so there will be no problems if they are greedy for small things, but they will be easily exposed if they are a little bit greedy.

Zhao Han said, "Period immigration."

Guo Shunyu subconsciously wanted to continue persuading, but suddenly realized something was wrong, why did the emperor agree so easily?

Zhao Han said: "There is going to be a big battle, and there is no money and food to emigrate."

The finances in recent years have been very strange. The revenue of the treasury has continued to increase, but there is always no amount of food saved.

One is that the wages of officials have been increased, the other is that education expenditures have continued to increase, the third is that the proportion of local taxes retained has been increased, and the fourth is that immigration costs have continued to soar.

In the past, when people immigrated to Shandong and Henan, the enthusiasm of the people was very high, and many people signed up enthusiastically, and the cost of immigration was not very high.But when the destination is changed to the north, the common people are not so enthusiastic. The more remote and bitterly cold the place is, the more the treatment of immigrants must be improved, and the cost of each immigrant has skyrocketed.

Zhao Han continued: "After this war, there will be no more large-scale immigration. But small-scale immigration will not stop. Many places in the Mongolian territory north of Hebei and Liaoning are suitable for farming. A group of Han people must be migrated every year. In the past, this was the only way to consolidate the frontier."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo Shunyu quickly flattered, as long as there is no large-scale immigration.

Officials are complaining, but they all know that immigration work is necessary.Just like in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, many places were destroyed, Zhu Yuanzhang also carried out immigration resettlement that lasted for many years.

For example, Hongdong County in Shanxi was the northern immigration transfer station in the early Ming Dynasty.

At that time, immigrants from all over the country were sent to Hongdong for registration under the big locust tree, and the final resettlement location was determined before being transferred away.Hundreds of years later in the modern society, it has become a sacred place for hundreds of millions of people to seek their roots. They all say that their ancestral home is in the big pagoda tree in Hongdong.

Where are my ancestors?Big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi.What is the name of the ancestor's former residence?The old raven's nest under the big locust tree.

The immigration of the big locust tree in the Ming Dynasty lasted for 50 years, even after Zhu Yuanzhang died!Due to the limited finances in the early Ming Dynasty and the busy fighting, large-scale immigration could not be carried out in a short period of time, and it could only be carried out on a small scale for decades.

In this time and space, it is estimated that there will be another collective memory.

The immigrants going to the north, except for Liaoning by sea boat, all the others will be collected and distributed in Xuzhou. Xuzhou will become the dream hometown of countless people.

……

"drive!"

In the eastern suburbs of Nanjing, Royal Racecourse.

This period of time is the opening day, and many people come to play.Even if you don't have the money to rent a horse to ride, you can still buy tickets to watch the game, and there is even a phenomenon of gambling.

Whether it is horse racing or polo, there are people who set up bets in private.

Of course, the scale of the game is small, so it can only be done quietly, after all, the imperial court has always banned gambling.

"come on! Come on!"

"Click the whip!"

More than 2000 spectators shouted wildly, and more than a dozen horses were galloping on the track.

Regarding the source of "Come on", some say it came from Liu Bowen, some said it came from Liu Yong, some said it came from Zhang Zhidong's father, and some said it came from the name of the oil press.But in this time and space, Nanjing people shouted "Come on", it must have come from Emperor Zhao in the Forbidden City.

Zhao Han was watching polo one day, and when he got excited, he suddenly shouted "Come on", and the word gradually spread.

At this moment, Fei Ruhe was watching the horse race with the crown prince.

After this guy returned to Beijing, he played around and had fun, but in the end he still felt that the racecourse was what he wanted.Not only did he come by himself, but he also took the prince out on a trip. Zhao Han did not stop him from doing so. It is a good thing that the prince got to know his uncle well.

"Ugh!"

Zhao Kuanghuan watched the winning horse cross the line, and suddenly sat down depressed. The horse he fostered here only ran third.

Fei Ruhe said: "Prince, I have a horse, quite a steed, and I keep it in Datong. When the grassland is settled, I will bring it back and give it to the prince."

Zhao Kuanghuan said: "My uncle is going to fight in the battlefield, of course he needs a good horse. I just ride a horse for fun, and a few good horses are enough."

"You are young and mature, as you...follow Your Majesty." Fei Ruhe said with a smile.

After hanging out several times in a row, Zhao Kuanghuan and Fei Ruhe had become acquainted, and asked, "Uncle, are the Mongol Tartars really that cruel?"

Fei Ruhe complained: "You are so cruel, I have been suffocated to death these past few years. The Manchurian Tartars in Monan Mongolia have long since broken their bones, and they can sweep away all ministries with tens of thousands of people. But His Majesty ordered not to Zhun went north without authorization, saying that money and food would be used for immigration, and after the population and food in the northern provinces were sufficient, they would collect food from the north to go to war."

"Isn't that right?" Zhao Kuanghuan asked.

"Yes, yes, but it's too late," Fei Ruhe said, "I understand what your majesty thinks. If the north is dying, you have to transport food from the south to fight the grasslands. It's easy to fight, but you have to immigrate and garrison troops on the grasslands. Supply lines It drags longer and consumes more food and grass. At most, it can reach Jining (Ulanchabu). After His Majesty emigrates and enriches the north, the food and grass will be abundant and the supply line will be shortened. Not only can it reach Jining, but also You can mobilize the army to conquer Mobei."

Zhao Kuanghuan asked again: "What's Mobei like? Has uncle been there?"

Fei Ruhe explained: "I've never been to Mobei, but I worked in the caravan and found out a lot of news about Mobei. After crossing the Yin Mountain, the Gobi Desert is everywhere in the north. Without a guide, you will get lost in the desert. After crossing the Gobi Desert, you will find the grasslands of Mobei Mongolia. If you want to fight Mobei, you must have a lot of rations, such a long journey, and there are deserts everywhere, and if you don’t pay attention, you will starve to death without food."

"Will Uncle seal the wolf from now on?" Zhao Kuanghuan asked excitedly.

"Sealing Langjuxu, I will definitely do it. This is the agreement with His Majesty at the beginning," Fei Ruhe became depressed as he spoke, "Unfortunately, I don't know where Langjuxu Mountain is. The Mongols have never heard of the wolf Juxu."

Zhao Kuanghuan was speechless for a moment, the general who wanted to seal Langjuxu, but didn't know the specific address.

Fei Ruhe said again: "I have already found out that Yanran Mountain in Leshi Yanran is on the territory of Khalkha Mongolia! So, regardless of the wolf's residence, Leshi Yanran is also good."

Chapter 784 [Zhu Hongwu is reborn? 】

"Your Majesty, outside the residence of Lord Zhen Guo (Fei Ruhe), there are many people posting and visiting every day. But they are all dispatched by merchants, and no court officials are involved. Lord Zhen... closed the door to thank guests. In fact, he didn't live at home at all. Hiding in the residence of Lord Baoguo (Fei Chun). Now the merchants who want to see Duke Zhen have all gone to the Dongjiao racecourse. In addition, the crown prince also showed up at the racecourse. Yesterday, more than 5000 people bought tickets to enter the racecourse."

"I know, step back, and don't need to monitor any more."

Zhao Han rarely monitored the minister's whereabouts. He sent someone to watch Fei Ruhe, purely to know what his childhood friend would do.

Facts have proved that Fei Ruhe is very smart.

Fei Ruhe knew that he was based in the north, and any businessman who wanted to do grassland business would definitely come to visit Taojin.He couldn't be bothered to talk to him, so he simply didn't stay at home.The place where he lives is also very interesting. He actually lives directly in Fei Chun's house.

What is this expressing?

First, although I let my clan brother do business, all operations are legal, and I also follow the court's laws when making money, and I will not accept bribes from other merchants.

Second, I don't collude with the ministers of the DPRK and China, and I don't even deal with the ministers.But I am nostalgic. I don't need to avoid suspicion about my relationship with Fei Chun. I believe His Majesty the Emperor will not be suspicious.I regard Fei Chun as an old friend, and I will definitely regard His Majesty the Emperor as an old friend.

What really made Zhao Han dumbfounded was that none of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty dared to visit Fei Ruhe on his own initiative.

Xu Ying's cleansing of Jiangsu's officialdom was followed by a nationwide cleanup of land. More and more local officials were arrested, and occasionally even ministers of the DPRK and China were involved.This series of operations frightened the Beijing officials. They felt that Zhao Han was going to play Zhu Yuanzhang's tricks. How could he dare to meet Fei Ruhe openly?

After all, Fei Ruhe is not only the Duke of Zhen, not only the Zuo Dudu of the Dudu Mansion, but also the uncle of the crown prince!

If you get too close to Duke Zhen, what if the emperor becomes suspicious?

No longer caring about Fei Ruhe, Zhao Han opened a memorial, and got angry just reading the beginning: "Am I that scary? The dignified minister of the Ministry of Industry is so scared that he wants to resign and return home!"

Ding Shijing, who was burying his head in writing the notes on daily life, murmured in his heart: It's not just scary, both inside and outside the court were scared to death.

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Li house.

Li Rixuan complained to Yang Zhong who came to visit: "How dare you come to my place at this time? Beware of being watched by the black guards!"

Yang Zhong said: "The Black Clothes Guard has been changed to the National Security Council, and never monitors ministers."

Li Rixuan retreated to the left and right, took Yang Zhong into the study, and said in a low voice: "How do you know that His Majesty doesn't monitor the ministers? Maybe today when you and I meet, you have already fallen into the sight of the black-clothed guards! Your Majesty will be Zhu Hongwu, black-clothed Wei is Jinyiwei!"

"Hui Bogong is worrying too much," Yang Zhong asked, "I heard that Hui Bogong asked to be appointed as an official? That's good, why didn't the minister of the Ministry of Industry do it?"

Li Rixuan said: "Zhejiang has just found out a major corruption case. I used to be the political envoy of Zhejiang Zuobu. In this major case, the Zhejiang bureaucrat who committed the crime was the one I used in Zhejiang. This guy is so bold. Buying and selling officials, it’s like the old birthday star eats arsenic and is impatient to live! My old subordinate, who has such a big incident, how can I have the face to be an official? How can I have the courage to be an official?”

In addition to being responsible for assessing the performance of officials in the province, the official selection departments of each province also have the power to appoint miscellaneous officials in the province, and have the power to appoint officials at all levels in the provincial government.

To be honest, Zhao Han never expected that officials would dare to buy and sell official positions on a large scale in the 11 years since he became emperor!

The specific operation is: send money to the chief official of the Zhejiang Office of Officials, and the official's provincial assessment will be rated as excellent.The Central Bureau of Officials generally will not overturn this kind of performance evaluation, and it will be easier for the official to be promoted in the future.This is a fraudulent political performance, selling officials in a disguised form.It is more convenient to sell officials directly. The Zhejiang Office of Officials can handle miscellaneous officials and officials in the province within the scope of its authority.

This big case of selling officials in Zhejiang was actually involved by Qing Tian.

A middle school dropout who didn't get a diploma because of his poor grades applied for the county clerk exam with his primary school diploma, and he actually passed the exam because of his nepotism.Because the family was rich, this guy started to spend money, and he was excellent in the examination every time, and was quickly promoted to the fourth-class official.Then he went to spend money and was transferred to Qiantang County as the head of the household section, in charge of the household registration and field records of the whole county.

The land clearing operation in Zhejiang Province was first launched in Qiantang County and Renhe County. The land administration in these two counties was in a complete mess.

The chief of the household department in Qiantang County was arrested, and after some interrogation, the matter of buying an official and promoting him was exposed.Following the clues and investigating step by step, it was found that the office of officials in Zhejiang was at the head of the official office in Zhejiang, and the head of the official office in Zhejiang took the lead in messing up.As a result, there are some big or small problems in the evaluation and promotion of officials in Zhejiang province.

"Zhejiang is going to be the same as Jiangsu. People will be killed by the inspectorate. I have been in charge of Zhejiang for several years. If such a big incident happened, I can resign early and still be decent." Li Rixuan said.

Yang Zhong persuaded: "Uncle Hui is clean and honest, and no one in the world knows it? Even if it is investigated, it is at most that he did not know people well and employed people improperly. There is really no need to resign."

Li Rixuan shook his head: "I have made up my mind. After three requests and three resignations, His Majesty will definitely agree."

Yang Zhong couldn't persuade him anymore, so he could only leave with a sigh.

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Hanlin Academy.

Zhang Pu, who was sick and bedridden every year, survived for ten years.

Zhang Pu and Qian Qianyi both wanted to become officials in the cabinet before, and then they wanted to be teachers for the prince.Now that all hopes were shattered, they became more open-minded and stayed in the Imperial Academy to compile the "History of Ming Dynasty" with all their heart.

Qian Qianyi gloated and said: "The two parties are fighting, and before they really started fighting, both sides were hurt by His Majesty. Yu Shiqin thanked guests behind closed doors, and seemed not to want to be the leader of the party anymore; Li Rixuan was more interesting, so he went directly to the library and asked to resign. What a fool, he was not sober at the beginning, and he still wants to form a party in front of the founding emperor?"

Zhang Pu said: "It's the cleaning up of the officialdom and the farmland this time, which is really serious. Many of their henchmen have been arrested one after another. How dare they jump up and down in the capital? The current emperor is indeed the rebirth of Zhu Hongwu. If this goes on like this, it will really be like the early Ming Dynasty, when officials are allowed to work in shackles."

"That's not enough," Qian Qianyi said with a smile, "at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, there were not many scholars, and there were not enough officials. Zhu Hongwu's laws were strict, and officials were often offended, so criminals were put in shackles. Sitting in the yamen. The Ming Dynasty has cultivated scholars for 300 years, and the world has practiced enlightenment. It is difficult to find three-legged toads, but two-legged scholars are everywhere. Where is the lack of officials now? Just kill all the local officials, and there are enough officials to make up for it vacancy."

Zhang Pu suddenly felt emotional: "If Chongzhen had the courage of today's emperor, how could Ming Dynasty perish so quickly. Sigh!"

Distance produces beauty, and time can also filter out all shortcomings.

It was Zhang Pu who scolded Chongzhen the most at the beginning, describing Chongzhen as a self-willed and independent husband.It has only been so many years, and I actually start to miss Chongzhen again, and feel sorry for Chongzhen from the bottom of my heart.

Qian Qianyi said: "It's not that Chongzhen has no courage, it's that the Ming Dynasty's officialdom is rotten to the root. The Donglin Party has too many old debts, and it will never be trusted by Chongzhen. Wrong, it only depends on winning or losing. If Chongzhen dares to order an investigation and rectification of officials, the imperial decree will be issued, and the world will be in chaos.

Qian Qianyi also belonged to the Donglin Party, but he was a pseudo-Donglin Party. For his own future, he could even sell the Donglin Party at any time.

At this time, Qian Qianyi was completely out of the discussion, as if he had never been a member of the Donglin Party.

As he spoke, Qian Qianyi shook his sleeves: "You and I are more comfortable. Sitting in the Imperial Academy to compile history, it has nothing to do with us killing people in the officialdom. How much money can you be greedy for in charge of the Imperial Academy? Just be greedy." Pen and paper candles, hahahaha!"

"Whatever, my life is not long anyway." Zhang Pu felt that his body was very weak.

Hearing this, Qian Qianyi wanted to roll his eyes.

Zhang Pu suddenly started to talk about business: ""History of the Ming Dynasty" can't be wrong anymore. When the draft was proofread last time, a person from Wujiang presented "Wujiang Zhi", and the paragraph we edited was ridiculously wrong. Fortunately, it was not submitted to His Majesty for review, otherwise you and I It's all going to be embarrassing."

The story of Shen Wansan wanting to spend money to build the city wall and being exiled to death by Zhu Yuanzhang has been widely spread in the late Ming Dynasty, and has even been recorded in many unofficial histories.

Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu compiled "History of Ming Dynasty", but met someone who contributed "Wu Jiang Zhi".

Mo Dan, the author of "Wu Jiang Zhi", is related to Shen Wansan's descendants, and there are detailed records about Shen Wansan in the book.Qian Qianyi was afraid of making mistakes, so he sent people to Wujiang to inquire, and also got the Shen family's genealogy to verify.

The actual situation is that when Zhu Yuanzhang came to the throne, Shen Wansan had been dead for 12 years.If he did not die, Shen Wansan would be over 80 years old.Because Shen Wansan's son, Shen Rong, was 62 years old at the time, and his grandson, Shen Sen, was 39 years old.When the Ming army pacified Yunnan, Shen Wansan was almost 100 years old. Even if he was still alive, would the centenarian be exiled to Yunnan?

According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", elderly people over the age of ninety and children under the age of seven, except for serious crimes such as rebellion and disobedience, will not be sentenced to death even if they kill people. Exile is also not suitable for the elderly and children.

The editing work of "Ming History" was divided into four editing groups by Qian Qianyi, responsible for the Ji, Zhi, Table, and Biographies respectively.

Under the four major editorial groups, there are many small editorial groups, such as one group for Geographical Chronicles, and another group for Shihuozhi.

Qian Qianyi himself does not do it himself, but is only responsible for arranging manpower and reviewing manuscripts. Even so, the review is often dark.The compilation activities of each group involved a huge workload. In addition to the official historical materials of the Ming Dynasty, as long as there were local chronicles that could be found, they had to read the local chronicles first.