About That, Father, I'll Tell You the Truth!
In the living room.
Zhu Xi, Zhu Di, and the others frowned like bitter gourds. They felt terrible!
Seeing his younger brothers like this,
“……”
The corner of Zhu Biao's mouth twitched. He was completely speechless!
With Old Zhu like this, wouldn't the hearts of his younger brothers turn cold?
Then how could he educate them to fight for the crown prince? How could he be a salted fish?
Without hesitation, he said seriously,""Father, don't talk about them!”
"This is not right. It's too barbaric. You have to use your brain when you speak!”
"This will only destroy the relationship between us brothers. It's too unwise!”
Tsk tsk…
If he contradicted her like this, he should be scolded, right?
She could make a good impression on her younger brothers and make Old Zhu feel that she had spoken rudely!
Zhu Biao even began to look forward to receiving a scolding!
"Big brother…"
Zhu Bi, Zhu Bi, and Zhu Di were touched when they saw Zhu Biao speaking up for them at the expense of his father!
With such a good big brother, he had to help out later!
The few of them looked at him gratefully, and the grievance in their hearts dissipated by more than half!
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was stunned for a moment and stared straight at Zhu Biao!
The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange.
"Come, come, scold me!"
Zhu Biao stared at Old Zhu and shouted in his heart!
He couldn't miss any opportunity to ruin Old Zhu's good impression!
But in the next second,
"Biao Er, you're right!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement, looking like he was reflecting on himself!
In Zhu Biao's astonishment,
He sighed and said as if he was reflecting on himself,"Looks like…we haven't done enough!”
"I really didn't expect you to be so meticulous at such a young age and be so kind to your younger brother!”
"Looks like I'm not a good father!”
"You said it, let's change it!"
What the f * ck?
Seriously?
"Ah, this…"
Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a dumbfounded expression.
He had deliberately contradicted Old Zhu, but he had made Old Zhu reflect on himself?
What was this?
If this continued…it didn't seem like it would work!
"Hmm…"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked satisfied. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it!
Thinking of what Empress Ma said last night,
He decided not to be so direct. He would let the Crown Prince participate in the political affairs first and then talk about serious matters."Biao Er, do you know why I'm troubled?”
Zhu Biao came back to his senses and shook his head.
Seeing this,
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said with a melancholic expression,""I want to go north and completely destroy those sons of bitches!”
"They're invading the south again and again. We can't stand it!”
"But…all the officials in the imperial court advised us not to fight!”
"We've been having a headache over this matter for the past few days. We can't even sleep well!”
Zhu Biao blinked and asked,""Father, why?"
Hearing this,
Zhu Yuanzhang pulled a long face and was extremely dissatisfied."One word, poor!"
"I just don't understand. Are the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue trash?”
"They've been running out of money every time this year. We've asked them to think of a way, but they can't even fart!”
He sighed helplessly.
He covered his forehead and continued,"The entire Ming Dynasty doesn't even have the money for the Northern Expedition?"”
"Then what use do we have for this world?"
"I can't understand, but I'm shocked!”
Zhu Xi, Zhu Xi, and Zhu Di looked at each other when they heard their father's words!
"There's no money to begin with. You're saying it as if Big Ming has never had money!”
"That's right, that's right…"
They whispered to each other, feeling speechless!
Where would they find the money for the Northern Expedition? We princes don't even have much pocket money!
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his face darkened again and he shouted,"Come, come, say it loudly if you have the ability!”
"Stand over here and say it in front of us!"
Instantly,
"F * ck, what happened to changing it?"
Zhu Xi, Zhu Xi, and Zhu Di hurriedly lowered their heads and shut their mouths!
They were cursing in their hearts.
He probably didn't even believe what his father said, right?
It was too difficult…
Seeing his sons shut up,
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and looked at Zhu Biao. His expression softened as he said,"Biao Er, tell me!"
"Aren't we too good to the officials?”
"So much so that they all went to corruption and put the money in their pockets, that's why they don't have money?”
"I want to hear your opinion."
Then, he said,
His eyes were filled with anticipation. He wanted to hear what his eldest son, Zhu Biao, had to say!
In any case, he wanted to abdicate, so it was only right to let the Crown Prince take over the political affairs in advance!
If it really didn't work, then he, the emperor, would directly help them rebel!
But…
“……”
Zhu Biao's face twitched when he heard what Zhu Yuanzhang said!
He finally understood what was going on!
It was only the fourth year of Hongwu, not even a few years after the founding of the country!
Even though he was not very proficient in the history of the Great Ming Dynasty, he was still clear that the officials of the Great Ming Dynasty were the most miserable!
Poor, low wages!
Moreover, if they were not careful, they would be beheaded if they provoked Old Zhu!
There was no need to say anything else.
With this, what could they be greedy for?
Of course…there would still be some bold ones!
The reason why Big Ming didn't have money was mainly because of the unequal tax!
Old Zhu valued agriculture and suppressed commerce, emphasizing that agriculture was the foundation and commerce was the last!
Although the required agricultural taxes were low, the finances were mainly dependent on the exploitation of agriculture and farmers!
Moreover, the business tax was not that high!
Merchants were not like farmers. They traveled everywhere!
In this era without the Internet, it was very difficult to manage. There was no one to collect taxes!
This also caused most businessmen to evade taxes and not receive much money. It could be said that businessmen at this moment were worthless social parasites!
After they obtained a large amount of wealth, they would often buy a large amount of land, resulting in land annexation, which indirectly increased the number of landless farmers!
More importantly, the merchant class and the scholar-bureaucrat class formed a relationship of mutual interest!
Because of this relationship, the taxes that the imperial court collected from merchants would gradually decrease. In the end, the taxes paid would be especially small!
As a result, under the various illegal acts of the scholar-bureaucrats, it was difficult for the money circulating in the market to enter the Great Ming's national treasury and maintain an empty state!
This was the reason why Old Zhu could never gather enough military funds!
But these…
Old Zhu would definitely be unhappy if he said it. What could he do?
Wait, wait, wait.
Zhu Biao suddenly realized what this had to do with him.
"I'm a salted fish. What does Old Zhu's unhappiness have to do with me?”
"At most, you can cripple me, the crown prince, so that I can be a salted fish!”
He was overjoyed. He was so immersed in it that he almost forgot what he wanted to do!
Just say it, say it boldly!
Anyway, no matter what, Old Zhu couldn't possibly kill him, right?
The worst case scenario would be to abolish the Crown Prince's identity.
But this was what he was looking forward to the most!
With a decision,
Zhu Biao immediately collected his thoughts and coughed twice."Father, do you want to hear the truth?"
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