Ming Dynasty: Abandoned baby at the beginning, Zhu let me be the emperor

"Grandpa Huang!"

Not long after the young eunuch left, Zhu Ming's voice came from outside the door.

Only when he saw Zhu Ming walking safely into the Daming Palace did Zhu Yuanzhang feel completely relieved.

Before Zhu Ming could react, he walked up to him and hugged him in his arms.

"You kid, why did you leave the city without saying hello?"

Zhu Yuanzhang scratched Zhu Ming's nose and complained with some grievance.

This kid has made me worried for a long time.

"To do something big."

Zhu Ming looked at Zhu Yuanzhang proudly. He was quite satisfied with the gains of his trip.

"What's the matter? Tell me about it."

Seeing Zhu Ming speak so proudly, Zhu Yuanzhang was also intrigued. He put aside his previous grievances and asked with a smile.

"Grandpa Emperor, I know how to make the Ming Dynasty strong."

Talking about serious matters, Zhu Ming also became serious.

It was really too incongruous to see such a serious application appearing on the child's still immature face.

However, with the previous experiences, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer doubted Zhu Ming's wisdom in governing the country.

"The first step to making the Ming Dynasty strong is to feed the people so that they can focus on other things."

Zhu Ming slowly told what happened to him outside the city.

Zhu Yuanzhang came from a poor family, and when he heard Zhu Ming talk about this, he felt the same way and nodded repeatedly.

"People plant crops for a year, but most of the harvest goes to the landlords, and the rest is not enough to feed their own families."

As he spoke, Zhu Ming became indignant as he recalled the old man's sentimental look. He was now in a high position, and it was time for the Ming Dynasty to make changes.

"The people have already done their best just to survive, how can they have the energy to make the Ming Dynasty strong?"

"So, Lin'er, what do you mean?"

Zhu Yuanzhang also agreed with what Zhu Ming said. If he had an acre of land to feed his family, how could he have risked his life to rebel?

"Measure the land and distribute it to the people, so that those who till the land will own it."

Speaking of this, Zhu Ming was also extremely serious.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Ming, who was so ambitious, and felt as determined as when he first persuaded him to lift the maritime ban.

This kind of concern for people's livelihood is quite representative.

“Only when the people see a better life in the future can they willingly serve the Ming Dynasty.”

Zhu Ming remembered that Napoleon was able to sweep across Europe because he let those soldiers know that they were not only fighting for the emperor, but also for their own land.

"But, how can those masters let go?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Ming, but hesitated again.

Zhu Ming's words were good, but these lands were in the hands of those lords. If they refused and rebelled, turmoil was inevitable.

"Tang Taizong Li Shimin once said that water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it."

In order to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Ming even brought out Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin.

As Emperor Taizong, who created the Zhenguan Reign and truly attracted all nations to pay tribute, all emperors in history regarded him as an idol, and Zhu Yuanzhang was no exception.

"Whoever the people support will win. Let the people fight the landlords and take back what belongs to them."

After hearing Zhu Ming's words, Zhu Yuanzhang also fell silent.

The reason why he was able to rise from a beggar to the supreme position was because the people were no longer on the side of the Yuan Dynasty, wasn't it?

"If those landlords are willing to hand over their land, the court can pay some money to buy it back. If they are unwilling, the rent cannot exceed 20%."

Zhu Ming was still talking about his plan, and Zhu Yuanzhang had already been fascinated by it and nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, okay, then let's do as Lin'er says."

Compared with other emperors, no one knew what the people wanted better than Zhu Yuanzhang.

At this moment, he had been completely convinced by Zhu Ming.

After talking about the land issue, Zhu Ming did not stop.

Since the goal is to make the Ming Dynasty completely strong, it cannot be that simple. He has bigger plans.

"Food is the most important thing for the people. Ming'er thinks that we should not give the grain to the rich anymore and let them buy and sell it."

If a basic need like food were left in the hands of the rich, they would certainly hoard the goods and sell them at high prices.

The income from farming in a year was not enough to buy food to feed their family, so they had no choice but to borrow money, and finally became tenants again and were oppressed.

"So, what does tomorrow mean?"

Zhu Ming's words made Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes light up.

Before this, he only knew about the salt and iron trade, which was not allowed to be distributed to the people. Now that Zhu Ming said this, he felt as if his eyes had suddenly opened.

"The imperial court is responsible for collecting the grain from the people and unifying the price. This way, small vendors can also buy grain at a more affordable price."

In this way, there will be enough food, everyone can have enough food and clothing, and society can be stable.

"But in this case, what will happen to the grain merchants?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was worthy of being called a legendary emperor. He saw the drawbacks of Zhu Ming's ideas at a glance.

The common people benefited, but what about the rich?

"That's what I was going to talk about tomorrow."

When asked by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Ming did not panic. He had already thought of a way to deal with it.

"As for those grain merchants, the imperial court can set up a department to recruit all the grain merchants in the world and allow them to profit from it."

"It's just that the price must be decided by the imperial court. We can't just flip our hands and make things happen as we did before."

If these decrees were issued in the name of Zhu Yuanzhang, those people would not dare to say anything even if they had complaints.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang killed tens of thousands of people in several major cases without even blinking an eye.

If you listen, you will just earn less, but you won't lose your life.

Zhu Yuanzhang's murderous intention would not be restrained just because there were so many people around.

"Well, that's one way to do it."

The more Zhu Ming spoke, the more Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his beloved grandson with admiration.

Although this child is young, his perspective and perspective on things are so great that even I feel ashamed of myself.

Biaoer really found a treasure when she gave birth to this child.

"Yun Qi."

He turned around and shouted to Yunqi with some excitement.

Yun Qi had been stunned by what he heard, and only came to his senses when Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, and responded hastily.

"Write down what Ming Er just said. I will discuss it with all the officials when we go to court tomorrow."

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Zhu Ming and asked Yunqi to take a pen and paper to write down all the key points Zhu Ming said.

The land was measured and distributed to the people, and then the right to operate grain was taken back.

In this way, people’s food and drink will no longer be a problem.

"Yes, I will write it down right away."

Yun Qi responded simply, then went to get a pen and paper, and wrote down everything Zhu Ming said while he still remembered it.