The commoners of Hanzhong Prefecture were wealthier than the commoners of Yingtian Prefecture!
Zhu Biao was speechless after listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's explanation!
To be honest, as the Crown Prince, he could naturally see some of the drawbacks of the Yellow Book system established by Zhu Yuanzhang!
Firstly, it was because when the Ming Dynasty had just been established, the old master had already established the system. The purpose was to quickly grasp the situation of the country and facilitate the overall management of the imperial court!
Secondly, it was because there was no better way to replace it. After all, time was too tight at that time. In the early stages of the country's establishment, stability was the key. The drawbacks of the yellow book system were not considered properly!
Now that more than twenty years had passed, if there was a better way, it was not impossible to change it!
It was just that Old Ninth had bypassed the Imperial Court and changed it himself. To put it bluntly, he had overstepped his authority!
Even if the old master didn't care about him, it might not be the same for all the civil and military officials in the court!
Fortunately, the old man did not criticize Ninth Brother too much. Instead, he seemed to agree with Ninth Brother's reforms!
This also made Zhu Biao heave a sigh of relief!
The main thing was that the old master was willing to clean up Ninth Brother's mess. Even if someone in the imperial court spoke up about this matter, it could reduce the matter to a small one!
"Father just said that this is only one of them?”
"Then what else did Ninth Brother do?"
It had been more than half a year since Zhu Biao went to Hanzhong Prefecture. At that time, he did not pay much attention to what Zhu Yuanzhang said. He only went to ask about the cause of death of the Han Princess Consort!
"Ninth Brother canceled the curfew in Hanzhong Prefecture!”
When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, the corners of his mouth twitched!
Zhu Biao was shocked when he heard this!
Good fellow!
This Ninth Brother was going to ascend to the heavens!
He even dared to cancel the curfew?
But soon, Zhu Biao felt that something was wrong!
He had clearly heard the old man say that Hanzhong Prefecture could still keep their doors open at night and not pick up anything on the road. Could they still do this after the curfew was lifted?
In fact, curfews had been abolished in most towns during the Song Dynasty. The main reason was that the Song Dynasty valued commerce and the night market was unprecedentedly prosperous. Kaifeng Prefecture during the Northern Song Dynasty was famous for being a city that never slept!
However, after the Yuan Dynasty, even in the Ming Dynasty, in order to stabilize the situation, the curfew was implemented again!
Currently, the only place in the Ming Dynasty that the imperial court did not allow a curfew was the Hangzhou government!
Lin 'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, had a thriving night market culture. Zhu Yuanzhang was able to exempt Hangzhou from the curfew mainly because of the large amount of taxes!
With the curfew, these business taxes could not be collected!
However, just like the Ying Tian Prefecture, they were currently strictly implementing a curfew system. At night, the common people were prohibited from walking freely on the streets. If they were caught, they would be beaten!
For example, after nightfall, the five city military divisions would set up fences at the intersections of the major streets. Almost every intersection would have a checkpoint and a 'card room,' similar to the sentry boxes of the future!
The fences were open during the day and closed at night, which meant that the people could only move around during the day. Basically, after dinner, it was the stipulated curfew time. Those who still wanted to wander outside were equivalent to courting death!
Not to mention the Hanzhong Prefecture, where they could go out shopping, listen to music, and watch a show at night!
Another example was the Willow Lane of Fireworks. One could go to the most famous brothels in the Ying Tian Prefecture, such as the Qinhuai River. However, one could only arrive before dark. One could only stay inside for a night and not come out. If one wanted to come out, they could only do so the next morning!
As long as you didn't walk on the streets, the government wouldn't care if you were to have fun and party in your house or on the pleasure boats on the Qinhuai River!
"This Ninth Brother is too reckless. However, he should have hoped that the business of Hanzhong Prefecture could develop!”
Zhu Biao sighed. His words were obviously helping Zhu Li to get away with it.
"Let me finish first. Hanzhong is no longer the same as before!”
"Ninth Brother's plan might really be able to develop Hanzhong Prefecture thoroughly!”
However, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly changed the topic.
Zhu Biao was stunned when he heard that. He didn't expect the old man to say such a thing instead of being angry!
"Why is that?"
Zhu Biao asked subconsciously.
"Do you know that the population of Hanzhong Prefecture is about to exceed a million?”
Zhu Yuanzhang asked seriously.
Hearing this, Zhu Biao felt numb!
Millions?
Was this a joke?
When he went to Hanzhong Prefecture previously, the registered population was only about 400,000. Even if he included some floating population, it would not exceed 600,000!
It had only been a few months, and the number of visitors had already exceeded a million?
With that, wouldn't Ninth Brother's restaurants, lodgings, and inns in Hanzhong Prefecture make a lot of money?
He still remembered that in Hanzhong, Old Jiu had opened dozens of inns, restaurants, and lodgings. At that time, he thought that Hanzhong Prefecture was such a small place and could not compare to Xi'an Prefecture. This business would definitely lose money!
He finally knew that he had been too narrow-minded!
"Old Nine, this brat, we were all stunned by his generosity!”
"In the past, we thought that this kid only knew how to cultivate and refine pills. In the end, he was also talented in military affairs! Now, it seemed that Old Nine had a talent for business!”
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh as he finished speaking.
"Father, didn't you always hate merchants the most and forbid the royal family and even the relatives of the royal family to personally participate in commercial transactions?”
Zhu Biao was confused by Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction!
"What I hate are those profiteers who only know how to earn money and exploit the common people! Although Old Nine had also done so many businesses, the ones who really benefited were the commoners!”
"We didn't know if we didn't investigate, but we were shocked when we did!”
"Do you know how much food and money the Jinyiwei found in the homes of the Hanzhong people?”
When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, his tone unconsciously became excited.
"This…your son really doesn't dare to speak nonsense!”
Zhu Biao thought to himself, How am I supposed to guess?
"Let's put it this way. The commoners in Yingtian Prefecture City are considered wealthy enough, right? The commoners of Hanzhong Prefecture have three times more grain and money than the commoners of the capital!”
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and then gave Zhu Biao an analogy.
The main thing was that they could only estimate a rough estimate. Even the imperial court could not investigate the exact statistics in a short period of time!
But in short, the commoners of Hanzhong Prefecture were richer than the commoners of Yingtian Prefecture!
Zhu Biao, on the other hand, was stunned on the spot because of this sentence. He could not come back to his senses for a long time!
How did this Ninth Brother do it?
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