"His Royal Highness, the Emperor has appointed you and me to be responsible for pardoning the low-ranking people in the world. I am very lucky to be able to work with you. I will be guided by you in the future."
The small court meeting in Qianqing Palace dispersed, and the ministers went out in twos and threes. Li Zhigang seized the opportunity to get close to Zhu Gaochi.
"This is the emperor's first act of virtue after he ascends the throne. How to do it depends on your Royal Highness. If you don't mind it, I will serve as a host at noon and let's chat while we eat!"
Zhu Gaochi smiled like a Maitreya Buddha. When Li Zhigang said something, he nodded once and said in a very humble manner, "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no." You just serve as a supervisor, but you are the one who really does the work."
"Since the emperor has appointed you, just go ahead and do it. Gu is indispensable here, and there is no mention of support. Although Gu is the emperor's grandson, everyone is a colleague in the same palace and ministers. You are Gu's senior, and we all have mutual respect for each other. Please help us to complete the tasks assigned by the Emperor!"
"Eating? That's not a coincidence. Gu has been very angry these days, and the imperial doctor said he was just about to cleanse his stomach. Come, come, come, come, come, come, come, come, I will do something, haha, farewell!"
After speaking, Zhu Gaochi nodded and walked to the south study room with a smile.
Li Zhigang stood there, looking at the other person's back and his mood became even more joyful.
Not only did the prince of King Yan not put on any airs, but he also revealed in his speech that he would not take power or be tyrannical, and his attitude of letting Li Zhigang do it with his hands was really commendable.
An errand is a good errand, an errand that shows his face. This matter is going to make him Li Zhigang. Not only can he leave his name in history, but he can also take a step forward in his official career. What is even more rare is to have such an official who delegates power.
"The prince is quite kind!" Li Zhigang thought to himself.
At this moment, Xie Jin happened to be the last one to come out of the Qianqing Palace.
"Yixing, congratulations!" Xie Jin cupped his hands.
"The gentleman is just joking, but he is serving the country!" Li Zhigang smiled in reply and said, "If there is anything wrong with my errands in the future, I will inevitably trouble you to give me some advice!"
"Where can I give you some advice? Yi Xing is too polite!" Xie Jin said, cupping his hands again, and turned to leave.
Li Zhigang smiled and watched him go away, but his smile gradually disappeared.
"Bah!" He cursed in his heart, "It would be great to be the counselor of the South Study Room, but I am just saying a few polite words to you. Are you still superior?"
Today in the Palace of Qianqing, Xie Jin did not recommend him but recommended the Crown Prince of Yan, which already made him feel a little annoyed. Now that he realized that Jin's words meant rejecting people thousands of miles away, he was even more annoyed. .
"There is still room for us to rely on him in the future, but we can't break up with him yet!"
With one more word in his mind, Li Zhigang walked towards the outside of the palace with proud steps.
As for how to start pardoning the untouchables, he had already made plans in his mind.
First, a document was issued to the chief secretaries of each province, and after counting the number of people again, it was implemented at the local level one by one.
Although he, a third-rank minister, has some influence in the capital, when he goes to the local level, he is the imperial envoy, and he keeps his word!
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"Smelly idiot!"
"You're such a stinky idiot!"
Outside the Imperial City Wall, near Zhengyang Gate, in a mutton soup restaurant, Zhu Gaochi was sitting at the table, cursing with a rare hint of rudeness.
"Before the matter is done, the man is getting angry first? Does he think this is a simple matter?" He said, squinting at the opposite side, "Mr. Gentleman, you have pushed me into the wind!" "
Sitting opposite him was Xie Jin, who was struggling with a bowl of mutton soup in front of him with a frown on his face.
After the palace cut expenses, the ministers who stayed behind did not have to eat. They, the ministers in the South Study Room, either paid for it with their own money from the imperial kitchen, or ate out.
Not to mention the dishes in the Imperial Dining Room, they cost a lot of money and are not to your taste. They are stewed in various large pots.
But now Xie Jin misses the food in the palace, because as a Jiangxi native, he has nowhere to eat the haggis soup and the thick sesame sesame pancakes that are bigger than his fist.
He was forced to eat by Zhu Gaochi, but who knew he would find such a restaurant with northern tastes. Shaobing and haggis soup, sheep's hooves with sugar and garlic.
"Here you go, please keep it warm while it's hot. It won't be crispy if it cools for a while!"
At this time, the shopkeeper put a plate of hot lamb kidneys on the table and said goodbye with a smile.
The hot lamb kidneys were bright red and had a pungent smell. Xie Jin couldn't help but frown, he didn't like eating mutton.
Zhu Gaochi didn't care about this, he took two big mouthfuls of mutton soup, broke open the sesame seed cakes, stuffed the mutton kidneys inside, and chewed with his cheeks puffed out.
"In any case, this is the most virtuous policy of the Emperor since he ascended the throne." Xie Jin said slowly, "You also know that it is not so easy to pardon a lowly person. It is easy for ordinary people to be disgraced if they are responsible. You are the Emperor.
Sun, he is Minister Wang from the South Study Room, he is of great importance, if you don’t take the lead, who will take the lead?"
"That's what I said!" Zhu Gaochi knew that Xie Jin recommended him because of the emperor's intention, and he did not mean to blame Xie Jin, but he felt more and more that this matter was really difficult to handle.
"Bachelor Xie, tell me the truth!" Zhu Gaochi swallowed the food in his mouth and whispered, "Does the above mean that we can do something similar, or do it in a real way?"
Jie Jin looked at him and said with a smile, "Of course it's the real deal!"
Suddenly, Zhu Gaochi's face turned ugly.
The biggest difficulty in pardoning untouchables is not actually the identity of those untouchables, nor how to deal with them, but the fact that it will offend the interests of others.
Not to mention those fishermen, such as the servants in Huainan and Huaibei, the lazy people in Zhejiang, and the shantytowns in Fujian. In fact, in the eyes of the local gentry, they are equivalent to domestic slaves, free tenants, and big two-legged animals. Especially the locals
The government can manipulate the labor force at will, and a sudden pardon will inevitably arouse resentment and resistance from a large part of the people.
But what's more difficult is the real meaning behind this sentence.
Strictly speaking, it also involves some shady human trafficking, slaves in the homes of officials and gentry, and many other aspects.
Offend people!
The fragrant sesame cakes immediately became tasteless.
"Actually, the imperial court has been conducting population censuses in the past few years, but the numbers are different every time!" Xie Jin stirred the mutton soup and said, "The key is that there are local countermeasures to hide the population, and suppressing the good makes the poor! Pardon the low.
The reason for the registration is not only good governance, but also it can make it clear how many people there are in the Ming Dynasty!"
"Now that the population is clear, it will be easier to divide the land into acres!" Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly, "Xie Xie, I dare you to do one thing after another!"
Population and land will always be the core issues of this country. All policies must revolve around these two items. Xie Jin's seemingly casual words directly get to the essence of the issue. Junquge
"Actually, I am not afraid of difficulties. I am the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, and the world belongs to my family!" Zhu Gaochi smiled, "So I am not afraid of offending others. I will deal with anyone who dares to attack me. But the problem is that I have nowhere to do it.
Mouth?"
He said with a smile, "It's like looking at this sheep's hoof, where do you start chewing it?"
"Xia Guan has an idea!" Xie Jin said with a smile.
This chapter has been completed!