Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 989

Who doesn’t know that Zhu Yuanzhang is the most die-hard princeling in the Ming Dynasty!

This umbrella represents the people's love and praise for the prince. Of course, he is the happiest person present!

"Okay, hahahaha, okay, Zeng Tai, tell us about the Wanmin Umbrella in detail!"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang so excited, Zeng Tai had no choice but to continue telling him the details of the Wanmin Umbrella.

It was not until seven or eight minutes later that Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the dragon throne with satisfaction, without concealing the smile on his face.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was satisfied, Zeng Tai turned to look at Wei Wu.

"Duke Zhenguo, is there anything else you want to ask?"

"Thank you, Master Zeng, for telling me the truth. I have no more questions."

Wei Wu responded with a bow, then turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang sitting on the dragon throne and said:

"Your Majesty, since the people in Shandong are so praising the land reform, it is sufficient to prove that this is the right thing to do."

"The sooner it is implemented nationwide, the sooner the people can benefit, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is currently on patrol and has no time to spare."

"As the Duke of Ming, I should contribute to the Ming Dynasty and its development in order to repay the kindness of the court and Your Majesty."

As he spoke, Wei Wu turned his head and glanced at the official who had just agreed with Niu He, and then continued:

"Today, I, a humble servant, have the audacity to offer my services to Your Majesty. I would like to entrust Changzhou, Suzhou, Songjiang, and other areas south of the Yangtze River to you."

"I will carry out the work of land reform, such as the land tax and land tax system, and will submit a satisfactory report to the court."

"By the way, we can also supervise the road construction. After all, it concerns people's livelihood. For the court, the sooner the road is repaired, the sooner the people can benefit."

After Wei Wu finished speaking, the expressions on the faces of many officials in Fengxian Hall changed.

They either received benefits from Jiangnan or were the spokespersons for the interests of the Jiangnan gentry.

Now Wei Wu's request can be said to have hit their weak spot directly and grasped their weakness.

So, before Zhu Yuanzhang could even speak, an official immediately stood up to oppose him.

"Your Majesty, this cannot be done. Land reform is a matter of great importance to the nation, and the Duke of Zhenguo has never participated in state affairs since he entered the court."

"If this matter is handed over to the Duke of Zhenguo, if something goes wrong, even if the court remedies it, it will be unable to win back the people's hearts!"

It has to be said that this official hit the nail on the head, using the fact that Wei Wu never attended the morning court and did not understand state affairs as an excuse to attack him.

However, he thought he had Wei Wu under control, but he didn't know that Wei Wu had already considered this.

So, after the official finished speaking, Wei Wu immediately smiled and said:

"Sir, if it's something else, I'm indeed inexperienced and don't usually attend the morning court, so I'm not qualified to interfere."

"But if it comes to the issue of equalizing the land tax, I think there is no one in the entire Fengxian Palace, or even the entire Ming Dynasty, who is more suitable than me."

Upon hearing this, the official immediately snorted coldly and looked into Wei Wu's eyes and asked:

"Duke Zhenguo, you're so arrogant! You actually dare to say that there's no one in the entire Ming Dynasty more qualified than you!"

"The land reform in Shandong was personally completed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it was also recognized by the local people."

"Could it be that even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't beat you?"

The official thought he had found a loophole in Wei Wu's words and directly brought up the prince to put the blame on Wei Wu.

In his opinion, this move was enough to kill Wei Wu, but unfortunately he thought it was too simple.

Wei Wu didn't care about the accusation he made, but instead said directly:

"That's right, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is no more suitable than me, because it was I who proposed the policy of equalizing the land tax to His Majesty."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire Fengxian Hall suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and everyone's eyes were focused on Wei Wu.

None of them had expected that such a national policy was actually thought up by Wei Wu, a lazy lord who never attended the morning court.