My Daming New Empire

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Gao Yang'er had already heard that there were Jin Yiwei who came this time, and thought they were high-ranking and difficult to get in touch with, but he didn't expect them to be so airless.

He didn't know the reason for this at this time, but he knew that the court had arrested many corrupt officials, and he also knew that Jin Yiwei was leading this time, and he still had a good impression of Jin Yiwei.

He said to one of his subordinates: "It's almost time for dinner. You take a few adults to visit the cave behind the village and then come back. Don't go too far. My lords, please forgive me for the lack of hospitality."

Under the leadership of a young and strong man, Chu Song and the others walked around in a circle. It took about half an hour before they saw someone calling them.

Chu Song knew that this was Lin San and the others had finished talking with Gao Yang'er, and now it was his turn to play.

Chu Song is not worried about dealing with these people.

He occupies the general trend, and the imperial court supports him behind his back. As long as they don't wholeheartedly rebel, going to Jixibo with a background can be regarded as a sunny road.

Returning to this courtyard again, Gao Yang'er's attitude really became much closer.After asking Chu Song to sit down, he knelt down to the south and kowtowed three times.

Then he got up and said: "Although I, Gao Yanger, am just a villager, I also know that His Royal Highness Taisun transported grain from Nanyang and saved the lives of countless people. These three worships are made by me for the people who survived, and it is also my Gao Yanger." Willingly worship."

Chu Song asked him to sit down and said with a smile: "When I return to the capital, I will tell His Highness the truth."

Gao Yang'er sat down, and couldn't wait to ask: "Your Highness promised that I will go to the extreme west and expand the territory for my Ming Dynasty. I will use the city land and the title. I just don't know if this is just for Brother Lin, or if we all Is it equal treatment?"

Chu Song and Lin San smiled and said, "I know that Brother Lin has a map of the Far West, why don't you take it out and let me explain it."

Dong Yangao got up immediately, and moved an Eight Immortals table on the inside to the door. They removed the chairs and stood beside the table looking at the map.

Chu Song pointed to the Northland and said: "This Northland is sparsely populated, full of dense forests and swamps, and thousands of miles of permafrost. It is difficult to survive there by farming, mainly by hunting and breeding, and also mining.

There is a gold mine near Tanglin City that His Highness promised to Brother Lin, and this piece of toast, which is twice as big as Daming, obviously has more than one gold mine.As long as all the people of my Ming Dynasty are willing to go there and gain a firm foothold there, my court will assist in building the city and enfeoff the area.

If there are mines, you need my Ming garrison, and you need to contribute [-]% of the tax. If you don’t need my Ming garrison, you only need to contribute [-]% of the tax.

However, there is no need to pay taxes for farming. For at least ten years, the court does not need a cent of tax for the land cultivated by oneself, and there is no need to serve in the army.

And the imperial court will not only open up business channels and trade with you, but also send troops to help you when you encounter a big enemy. "

Chu Song drew a line on the map with his hand, and said: "There is a mountain range here, leading from north to south. As long as a city is built along this mountain range, the imperial court will strongly support it. Anyone who has the ability to build a city will be treated equally.

Further west in the territory of the Golden Horde, there is another river, which the locals call the Volga River.However, that was already the hinterland of the Golden Horde, and the imperial court would not collect a single cent of tax for anyone stationed there, even if there were mines. "

Gao Yang'er had obviously heard Lin San's introduction, and asked again: "The imperial court provided us with knives and guns?"

"Of course the first batch is free, but if you want it in the future, you have to exchange it through trading. But the knives and guns sold to you by the imperial court will not be expensive, and you will only be able to exchange them at a low price."

"I heard that the leaders of the Golden Horde are all Mongols who look like us. What if we win them over?"

Chu Song laughed and said: "As long as you have the ability to make them obedient, the imperial court will naturally confer titles on them."

Gao Yang'er nodded, turned to Lin San and said, "Brother Lin, you can do it!"

Lin San smiled and said: "Of course I am capable, that's why my brother came to look for Brother Gao. Later, I will go to Juzhou, Jimo, Zhucheng and other places to recruit Brother Yang, Brother Wang, and Brother Bai.

With the support of the imperial court, you and my brothers have no worries. It is not difficult to attract a team of tens of thousands of people.We first went to Jixi to work hard for two years, and once we gained a firm foothold, we could take over our family members. Afterwards, we would eat large pieces of meat in Jixi, drink in big bowls, and be at ease. "

Chu Song's heart tightened, he didn't expect that this group of people would have such power, and they would say that they could win tens of thousands of people over and over again!

This White Lotus Sect is really unfathomable!

However, this is only for ordinary people.To the imperial court, they are nothing more than grass chickens and dogs, and no amount of numbers can match the muskets of the army.

He was worried again, if all these people were sent to the extreme west, wouldn't they really be afraid that they would rebel in the future?

But thinking of his grandson, he felt that his worries were unnecessary. His Highness is wise and mighty, and he probably had already thought of a countermeasure.

If you dare to use and support these people, His Highness will naturally not be afraid of their rebellion.

With common interests, Gao Yanger now has no trace of hostility towards Chu Song.When a large pot of fried chicken was served, they started eating with the wine they brought.

After toasting Chu Song with a glass of wine, Gao Yang'er brought up the topic of the situation in Shandong. "Recently, the imperial court's arrest of those corrupt officials is really satisfying, but a strange thing happened in Yanzhou, I don't know if you have heard of it?"

Chu Song said with a smile: "But someone went to the Yamen to sue the Kong family?"

Although Chu Song has been in Putai County for the past few days and only came to Qingzhou the day before yesterday, he is also very clear about the situation outside because there are hidden lines of Jinyiwei all over Shandong.

The navy sent Chief Ma Dezhong back to his hometown to go to the grave, only to find that the tomb of his parents had been dug up by the Kong family.

What's more, no one from the Kong family restrained the bones, but pretended not to know and fooled the past.

But now, Ma Dezhong went directly to the Qufu County Government to sue the Kong family.

The Kong family is in Shandong, which is a first-class big family. Which official in Shandong does not respect the Kong family?

The Qufu county government didn't dare to accept the case at all, so it transferred it to the Yanzhou prefecture, but the prefectural government didn't dare to accept it, so it transferred it to the Chief Secretary of Shandong.

At this time, the imperial court arrested almost all officials in Shandong officialdom who did not receive Nanyang food, and prepared to escort them to the capital.

Therefore, although this case is a big one, it is now showing a tendency to end without a cause.

Ma Dezhong was under the imperial order and could not stay in Shandong for a long time. It is said that his boat was one of the boats escorting Shandong officials.

But he also let go of his words, and after returning to the capital to return to his command, he will come back to sue again, just to seek justice.

Gao Yang'er sighed: "The Confucius family is the family of saints, how could they do such things as occupying good land and digging up their ancestral graves?"

Chu Song laughed and said: "A saint is a saint, but the descendants are not necessarily so. Thinking of my emperor Taizu, I was just a cowherd at the beginning, and now many ministers in the court are from poor people. And those in the past year ago How many surviving families are there?"

"So, is it true that the Kong family dug other people's ancestral graves?"

Seeing everyone's curious expressions, Chu Song nodded and said: "The evidence is convincing! Moreover, the county magistrate of Qufu used the court's labor to dig canals for the Kong family, which is an extra crime. This time, he was also taken to the capital for trial."

Ever since he knew that the Kong family was involved in the conspiracy to boycott the Nanyang grain transportation, Chu Song didn't like the Kong family at all.

What kind of saint family is this?In order to sell the grain at a higher price, Nanyang grain is not allowed to be shipped in, regardless of the hundreds of thousands of people who have nothing to eat.

This kind of people who forget righteousness at the sight of profit are ashamed to be the queen of saints.

Although the people here in Shandong have always respected the Kong family, he is not from Shandong.Moreover, he is not one of those Confucian scholars, so he would not even confess to the Confucius family.

However, this group of Shandong people find it unacceptable. It seems that after the saints, they should also be saints.

Gao Yang'er sighed and said, "This is the Kong family, it's my Daming, it's my face in Shandong!"

Everyone else nodded, wondering if the court would make a big move.

Chu Song smiled, seeing what they meant, he seemed to think that they should be treated leniently and not be too harsh on the Kong family.

But in Chu Song's view, the Kong family participated in the boycott of Nanyang food, and they will not be able to fall this time.

Chapter 45 The Kong Family