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Chapter 46 Huangzhuang, Brother Zhu Youjian

"Xu Qing, go to a banquet. I still have to drink a few more drinks of my wedding." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "I will submit a memorial tomorrow and I will give you a kind decree to Xu Qing as the Grand Secretary of the Dongge."

Xu Guangqi hurriedly bowed to thank him, "I have not achieved any merits. Your Majesty is promoted too fast, I am afraid..."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, interrupted Xu Guangqi, and said, "I have decided, you don't have to refuse, so let's go!"

Xu Guangqi opened his mouth, not wanting to make the emperor unhappy on this day, so he thanked him and retreated.

Zhu Youxiao reached out and took out the small notebook he carried with him, and wrote down the names Xu Guangqi said.

Li Zhizao is knowledgeable, skilled in astronomy, calendar, mathematics, "understand military tactics, and is proficient in the study of Taixi". He has a close relationship with Xu Guangqi. He is currently the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple and is also a doctor in charge of the Ministry of Works.

Sun Yuanhua, Xu Guangqi's student, passed the examination in the 40th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. He studied firearms and mathematics from Xu Guangqi. Because he was enthusiastic about Western learning, he failed to pass the imperial examination, so he gave up his fame and devoted himself to studying Western learning.

Xu Guangqi also recommended Guo Shiqi and Zhang Tao, who were "familiar with Western artifacts", "Please give a thumbs up and manage the business, and the results must be quick."

Zhu You proofread all these and removed 300,000 yuan from the treasury to establish a "Weapon and Gunpowder Bureau" outside Beijing, fully supporting the military industry of Xu Guangqi and others.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also handed over the imperial village to Xu Guangqi and others to manage, and plant whatever they want. Of course, this year it is mainly about sweet potatoes that have been tested in the north and the trial planting promotion of potatoes.

"All the king's land is under the world?" Why did the Supreme Emperor of Nine Five set up a royal farm as his private property? This has to start from the beginning.

The imperial village began during the Chenghua period. The newly ascended emperor Zhu Jianshen confiscated the eunuch Cao Jixiang's land and changed it to the palace farmland, which is the imperial village.

The establishment of the imperial village was actually a precedent for land annexation in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Jianshen's imperial village was soon spread throughout Shunyi, Baodi, Fengrun, Xincheng, Xiongxian and other places.

By the time of his son Xiaozong Hongzhi, there were five imperial villages in the capital, with an area of ​​12,800 hectares.

Within one month after his grandson, Wuzong Zhu Houqin ascended the throne, he set up seven imperial villages in Daxing County and successively developed them to Changping, Zhending, Baoding and other places. Within ten years, the area of ​​the imperial villages reached 37,595 hectares and 46 mu.

Land annexation undoubtedly intensified social conflicts, and the increase in imperial villages near the capital directly led to the uprising of Liu Liu and Liu Qi in Ba County, Hebei during the Zhengde period.

Moreover, the management of the imperial village is very chaotic, and behaviors such as "occupying land, accruing wealth, and defiling women" occur frequently, causing considerable social problems.

Therefore, in the early years of Jiajing, the imperial village was abolished on the surface and changed it to the official land, but it was just a change of soup and no medicine.

Zhu Youxiao also realized in Xu Guangqi's memorial that he was actually a big landlord. Since Xu Guangqi wanted to promote planting, he generously handed over the imperial village to Xu Guangqi and others to manage.

Of course, when it comes to setting up the imperial village, Zhu Youxiao also understood that this was competing for profit with the people and destroying the economic foundation of the dynasty's rule.

You should know that although the imperial villages are as many as tens of thousands of hectares, they are inconspicuous compared to the whole world. If the emperor takes over, can the royal family, the civil officials and military generals still be left behind? There are also official fields, academic fields...

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao was thinking about how to first cut himself, give the imperial village to the people, and then attack other bastards who invaded the land.

If you want to talk about the income of this imperial village, it is all Zhu Youxiao’s private money, so you don’t feel sorry for a cut. But this role model still has to be done, otherwise it will be difficult to convince the public.

But Zhu Youxiao had not thought about it perfectly, and before there was a good solution, he could only maintain this way.

The civil servant group that ruined the country was a civil servant who was abolished and abolished the royal family and vassals, land annexation that intensified social conflicts, corrupt bureaucrats, military system of vassals that could not be reinvigorated, the coming Little Ice Age, and the Later Jin enemy ravaged Liaodong...

Zhu Youxiao put down his chopsticks, and even the dishes he chewed in his mouth seemed to have no taste.

"Send these four dishes to the Ganqing Palace and let..." Zhu Youxiao casually stroked the table with his hands and ordered Wang Ti to dry it, "Let the White Lady taste it."

Wang Tigan bent and responded, and asked the palace servants to put the dishes into the food box and sent them to the Ganqing Palace.

Wang Tigan noticed the pause when the young emperor ordered just now. He guessed that these dishes were mainly given to Zhang Yuer by the emperor, but he was embarrassed, so he changed them to White Lady.

The emperor was nostalgic, a kind and kind person. Wang Tigan felt that he had a better understanding of the young emperor, and happened to see a young man smiling to toast, and hurriedly reminded the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the teenager who was walking up and teased and said with a joke: "Where are you, children are not good at drinking, be careful that they are intoxicated and make people laugh!"

That's right, this is Zhu Youxiao's half-brother Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor in history. He is six years younger than Zhu Youxiao and is only 11 this year.

Zhu Youjian bowed with a cup and smiled and congratulated: "Youjian wishes the emperor's brother a happy wedding, I wish the emperor and his sister-in-law alike to join the case, and they will become a noble son soon."

Hahaha, Zhu Youxiao nodded with a smile, reached out and signaled Wang Tigan to move an embroidery pier, "Who taught you these words? Although it is a slang between Min [Xinbiquge www.xsbiquge.vip], I am happy to hear it."

When Zhu Youjian saw that he was happy with the emperor's brother, the child was also very happy. He sat down on the embroidery pier and said to the emperor: "Youjian heard from the palace people about folk marriage customs and recorded it himself."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and signaled the cup, took a sip, and said, "It's time for my brother to establish a royal family. However, in Liaodong and the war in the southwest have not stopped, so the cost of establishing the family family is probably not much, but I feel wronged. Youjian."

Although Zhu Youjian was underage, he was a man. With the empress and concubines in the harem, it was not convenient for him to live in the palace again.

"The emperor said this, which makes me ashamed." Zhu Youjian didn't seem to care much about this and bowed: "The state is difficult, and the cost of the emperor's wedding has also been reduced. But it is great that my brother can live in the mansion, so the emperor does not have to worry about it."

Zhu Youxiao looked at the young boy and his emotions were very complicated.

Although the fall of the Ming Dynasty was caused by natural disasters and man-made disasters, constant party struggles, and difficult to return, Chongzhen was definitely unforgivable and he had an unshirkable responsibility.

It can be said that Chongzhen had neither plans to govern the country nor had the skills to be appointed by others, and was harsh, suspicious, and suspicious.

Although "the rooster crows and cannot sleep at night, there is no banquet in the palace", the more diligent he works, the worse the situation will be.

But it is meaningless to blame Zhu Youjian at this time. A little kid who was still in elementary school in his later years could still scold or complain about what had not happened.
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