Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Li Zicheng was paid a lot of money in the capital!

He studied the secret report sent from the capital in detail. In the entire capital, Li Zicheng probably paid more than 7000 million silver.

If we include Li Zicheng's plundering of places along the way, the amount of silver deposited in Dashun would be at least [-] million taels!

According to His Majesty's estimate of [-] taels for the entire Ming Dynasty...

Eight to one - ready to go!

"wonderful!"

Zhu Youjian gave high fives and praised:

"Ni Hubu's skill is really wonderful!"

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The two people stood on the bow of the ship and considered the next steps in detail. They immediately decided to reinforce the place at the front of the three islands and use it as a place to mint silver coins.

Before the island was fortified, a piece of land was circled and all the silver in the emperor's hands was turned into silver coins to test the water first...

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Wangfuzhou was originally named Wulongzhou in the county annals.

The vast Han River spans three thousand miles, and Wangfuzhou is the first island in the Han River!

Because the Han River is several miles wide here, and is divided into five waterways by three large sandbars and several small sandbars in the middle of the river, the ancients named this place Wulongzhou based on this feature.

This is a special land.

Since the pre-Qin Dynasty, or in other words, after human society entered private ownership, the ruling class that has mastered the power of production must seize a certain amount of exclusive land in order to maintain its rule.

In the pre-Qin period, this was called "the mountains, forests, rivers and swamps all belong to the king."

After Qin Shihuang established the world of prefectures and counties, these lands were known by various names, but in fact they were all "special land" exclusive to the ruler in order to maintain stability!

Wulongzhou was no exception. It was classified by the Ming Dynasty as "Bianbian, Beimu, or Tuenmuguanbeihuang, Bingzhuanghu" and other places.

The first few are easy to understand, namely fighting, grazing, local disaster preparedness...

What does this Zhuang nest mean?

Zhuangfu originally refers to: a large area of ​​land occupied and managed by the royal family, nobles, high officials, rich people, monasteries, etc.

The Zhuang Nest in the Ming Dynasty Law is a special land used by the state to reward nobles, which is also the source of the royal family and noble vassals.

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Wulongzhou was originally a school field, that is, after the mediocre households cultivated it, they turned over half of the output and used it as "grain for the students."

After Zhu Zhanyi was granted the title of Xiangyang, the three large sandbanks of Wulongzhou were changed into one of the vassal fields of Prince Xiang's Mansion.

After the mediocre households farmed, they collected [-]% of the grain and paid it to the feudal king.

(After Wanli's one-whip method, feudal fields were also converted into cash collectors, and the amount of tax collected was no different from that of civilian fields.

{Of course, I don’t know whether the people will change it or not. Who cares how much taxes the people have paid in the past? According to official documents, there were only three cents of silver per acre, which was four copper coins. }

"Records of the Ming Dynasty": "In the early days when King Fu came out to grant the title of Henan, the land he was granted came from the Henan sect, Shandong sect and Huguang sect. The total number of the Huguang sect was 480, 220 and 670 hectares, which is surprising. In addition to the king's wish to reduce the number by one thousand, many parties searched for it. The land is only one thousand, two hundred and twenty six hectares, and each mu of land is taxed with three cents of silver, so the amount of silver per year is three thousand, six hundred and seventy nine taels."

Look, the records are clear and clear. The vassal fields are only taxes paid to the vassal king, not the land.

{When I see them talking nonsense, I get very angry. Why don’t you write history if you don’t read? Misleading people! }. )

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Speaking of this, I should also mention the King of Xiangyang who was almost wiped out by Zhang Xianzhong.

The first king of Xiangyang, Zhu Zhanyi, was the uncle of Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Qiyu, the "gods of war" of the Ming Dynasty.

After Renzong's death, the situation in the court was in turmoil. The kings of Han and Zhao were eyeing him and were ready to take action, so the civil servants recommended Zhu Zhanxun to come out to supervise the country.

"God of War" was captured and traveled abroad on the grassland. Someone proposed to the Queen Mother Sun that she should make King Xiangyang the emperor.

Zhu Zhanzhen wrote a letter to appoint the crown prince Zhu Jianshen as the emperor and Zhu Qiyu to supervise the country.

Therefore, some people proposed that Zhu Qiyu should be the emperor and Zhu Zhanyi should supervise the country.

As a result, Zhu Zhanzhen was squeezed out.

In the end, it was Yu Qian who proposed to make Zhu Qiyu emperor, which became the final decision.

Unexpectedly, in the end, the civil servants promoted Zhu Zhanzhen, but also promoted the "God of War" younger brother to the throne.

Of course, this is a political struggle, and it cannot be explained in a hurry. The ultimate beneficiary of this matter is the civil servant group.

People's "brothers go together with brothers", but it was a tragedy for Zhu Zhanchang, who was pushed out by civil servants.

The big bosses made such a show of manipulation, and the politics of King Xiangyang... became unclear.

Afterwards - Zhu Zhanzhen was cautious all his life, and even handed over the tiger talisman and gold book of the palace.

He didn't get involved in politics, so he died a good death.

And what happened next was tragic.

Because Zhu Zhanzhen lived to be 73 years old, the second generation of King Xiangyang reigned for nine years and died in the first year of "One Wife Hongzhi".

The third generation of King Xiangyang was even more miserable. He only reigned for less than a year and died...

The political impurity of King Xiangyang's family, coupled with the fact that two vassal kings had short reigns in succession, the latest one lasted less than a year...

Forget it, the third generation of Xiangyang King Zhu Jianshu may not have been in power for a short time, but this person did a major thing that was hated by scholars!

Zhuge Liang has always been one of the highest gods in the hearts of literati, and he is also the highest pursuit of literati.

Zhuge Lu in Gulong is the most sacred place in the hearts of literati!

Everyone thinks that parties like the Donglin Party only existed in the late Ming Dynasty. In fact, the issue of party struggle has existed since the time of Zhu Yuanzhang.

The literati formed cliques, joined forces and opposed dissidents. In office, there was no distinction between right and wrong, only closeness and distance;

While in opposition, he built schools and cultivated party members.

Zhuge Lu, who is located in Gulong, is naturally not immune.

Next to Zhuge Thatched Cottage, there is a cultural holy place in the mid-Ming Dynasty - Longzhong Academy.

This can be said to be the Donglin Academy in the mid-Ming Dynasty...

The King of Xiangyang was granted the title of Xiangyang, and just outside the city was the great literary society of Longzhong Academy. At this time, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was really about eating, sleeping, and playing Doudou... uh, no, beating the King of Xiangyang...

Anyway, no matter what happens, just impeach the King of Xiangyang.

Regardless of the lack of political achievements, giving the King of Xiangyang some eye drops is politically correct!

Who makes this guy politically incorrect!

What was done to Zhu Zhanzhen? After Zhu Di, vassal kings were never allowed to leave the vassal.

Zhu Zhanzhen, on the other hand, went to the capital countless times throughout his life to explain his innocence to the emperor.

Zhu Qizhen and Zhu Jianshen, father and son, naturally knew about Zhu Zhanzhen's situation, so while they rewarded and appeased him, they maintained their tacit approval of this kind of blackmailing of the vassal king in the officialdom - because the emperor after Zhu Di had a relationship with the vassal king. But they are natural enemies!

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Zhu Jianshu, who had been in office for only one year, suddenly had a headache for some reason.

Perhaps, it was Zhu Jianshu, the third generation king of Xiangyang, who took a fancy to Zhuge Thatched Cottage;

Perhaps, he wanted to have some talent;

Perhaps it was the political incorrectness of the King of Xiangyang's lineage that made this guy, who had witnessed the King's grandfather being suppressed by the officialdom all his life, feel resentful.

Zhu Jianshu: mmp, you pushed me to block the gunman, and then you continued to suppress our Xiangyang King clan. Damn it, if you are playing tricks on me, I will explain it to you!

So, Zhu Jianshu waved her hand - "I want Zhuge Thatched Cottage, you all make room for me, I want to build my tomb here in Zhuge Thatched Cottage!"