jdhmnovel Chapter 564 Our Zhu Chongba is the true ancestor of thieves!
Chapter 564 Our Zhu Chongba is the true ancestor of thieves!
Chen Mo has sold me out too easily!
Of course, being sold out by Chen Mo isn't a big deal.
Anyway, this isn't the first or second time I've caused trouble for Old Deng, so I guess he's probably already used to it.
It's just a minor restructuring; Old Deng can handle it.
The key issue is that Chen Mo has absolutely no sense of propriety.
Didn't you see Zhu Chongba's eyes getting brighter and brighter, like an old rogue who had been thirsty for many years suddenly entering a brothel?
wrong.
Using the analogy of an old rogue going to a brothel is a bit inappropriate.
To be precise, it was as if an old wolf, who had been starving for three days and three nights, suddenly saw a large piece of fat meat. Not only was his mouth drooling, but the green light in his eyes could illuminate the surrounding area for three miles!
Damn it, Deng Xiaoping transferred Lü Peng and Wu Yanhu first, and now Deng Xiaoping is coming to our door in person. I guess even Chen Mo, the last one, won't be able to be saved.
Yang Shaofeng grew angrier the more he thought about it. While cursing inwardly, he bowed respectfully to Emperor Zhu and said, "Father-in-law, the reform of Ningyang County is not yet complete, especially the affairs of the township and village governments, which affect the people of many villages and communities…"
Emperor Zhu glared at Yang Shaofeng resentfully and said angrily, "We're just thinking it over! We can tell what's important! We didn't intend to transfer Chen Mo away!"
Damn it, this is infuriating!
We were just thinking about it, and this bastard jumped out and tried to shut us up!
Emperor Zhu's hands, tucked into his sleeves, kept shifting between fist and palm, as he pondered how much force to use to slap someone without causing them confusion or brain damage. Just then, Xia Yu rushed over once again.
"The latest news from Jiangnan."
Xia Yu handed the memorial to Emperor Zhu, but gave Yang Shaofeng a strange look.
Yang Shaofeng raised an eyebrow slightly and gave Xia Yu a wink, as if silently asking, "Is this related to me?"
Xia Yu nodded slightly, then turned back and silently replied, "It's something you need to do, and it's a big deal!"
While Yang Shaofeng and Xia Yu were exchanging glances and exchanging silent messages, Emperor Zhu had already finished reading the memorial in his hand.
"This time you've really made something of yourself."
Emperor Zhu casually handed the memorial to Yang Shaofeng, then sneered, "It's not easy. This time, at least it's not harming the people of our Great Ming."
Yang Shaofeng took the memorial in a daze, but after glancing at it a few times, he put on an expression that he couldn't bear to look at it.
Cruel, too cruel.
If Zhou Liangyu treated the miners in Luan County like laborers, disregarding their lives, then the gentry of Jiangnan were even worse.
After all, the sticks Zhou Liangyu used were those who voluntarily came to the Ming Dynasty to work illegally, while the laborers used in the illegal coal mines and workshops under the control of the Jiangnan gentry were all people they managed to buy.
Of course, using the word "buy" to describe it is not quite appropriate.
After all, some of the laborers were captured at their behest.
Although Zhou Liangyu's side didn't value the lives of the Koreans, their coal and iron mines were still government-run. Even though the Koreans working illegally ate poorly and did a lot of work, they could still get their wages. Even if a Korean died, he could get some money for his funeral.
The gentry in Jiangnan simply didn't treat the laborers as human beings.
The food was bad?
As long as there's something to eat, that's enough. Why would you want more?
Even if I can save a pound of bran, I can use it to feed the pigs and sell an extra pound of meat later.
Doing a lot?
joke.
If the laborers I paid for don't do enough, wouldn't I be losing money?
Don't say they were caught and brought back.
Doesn't it require sending ships out to sea and dispatching manpower to recruit laborers?
Do you know the cost of going out to sea?
The boat is worn out, the people need to be paid, and food and drink need to be prepared for them during the voyage. If they die out there, their families need to pay for their funeral. All these costs and risks are borne by the master!
As Yang Shaofeng pondered haphazardly, he turned the pages of the memorial in his hand.
Then, Yang Shaofeng's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "You've improved!"
Emperor Zhu glanced at Yang Shaofeng and asked, "Do you think they have made progress?"
Yang Shaofeng was slightly taken aback, but Emperor Zhu continued, "What progress have you made!"
"The reason they buy and recruit laborers is mainly because the household registration system is now linked to official positions. If a large number of able-bodied men were to disappear from their jurisdiction for no apparent reason, the officials would go crazy."
"In addition to the previous Plowshare case and Blank Seal case, as well as the labor case that broke out some time ago, Xia Yu and his group made too much of a commotion in Jiangnan. These bastards know that treating the people of the Ming Dynasty as laborers will get them their heads, so they chickened out."
"Otherwise, do you think they would leave the Ming people, who are easier to capture, untouched, and instead travel all the way to the sea to capture barbarians?"
Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "Of course I understand all this, but..."
Emperor Zhu frowned and asked, "But what?"
Yang Shaofeng said, "However, their large-scale purchase and capture of laborers is not a good thing for the Ming Dynasty, nor is it a good thing for the people of the Ming Dynasty."
Emperor Zhu was momentarily stunned by Yang Shaofeng's words.
It's not a good thing that those gentry in Jiangnan went to seize laborers.
Seeing the Emperor Zhu's clear and innocent face, Yang Shaofeng could only patiently explain.
"Although that bastard Zhou Liangyu extensively used unlicensed workers from the Korean side, the mines in Luan County were ultimately dominated by the people of the Ming Dynasty."
"The daily wage of sixty coins was generous, and there was meat in every one of the three meals a day."
"In addition, they also gave the miners clothes and such."
"Luanxian's economy will develop rapidly, and the people will benefit from it."
"But because of these people, the people in Jiangnan can forget about benefiting from this. At the very least, they won't be able to get their daily wage of sixty coins."
"If the people don't get their wages, the surrounding economy naturally won't develop."
“Most importantly, Zhou Liangyu’s place is a government-run coal mine, from which the national treasury can collect commercial and mining taxes. But these local gentry and gentry run illegal coal mines in secret, and the national treasury can’t collect a single penny of commercial or mining taxes from them.”
"Therefore, the common people do not benefit, the national treasury does not collect taxes, and in the end, only these local gentry and gentry benefit."
"This is tantamount to them secretly stealing money from the national treasury."
Stealing money from the national treasury?
Emperor Zhu was furious.
That's our money!
Damn it, they're all trying to steal from Zhu Chongba!
Did you know that Zhu Chongba was also a thief ancestor who stole chickens and cattle back in the day?
It’s his mother’s fault!
Just as Emperor Zhu was burning with rage, Yang Shaofeng continued, "As for what they are planning, it is indeed a good thing."
Emperor Zhu's face darkened, and he said, "What's better?"