Through his father's character and the way he behaved, Zhu Houzhao came to the conclusion that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was really stupid. He grew up in a deep palace and never went out in his life. His thoughts were instilled by civil servant teachers.

His, this also made him really feel that what those civil servants said was right. On the other hand, Emperor Jiajing was a negative example. He was a vassal king and had seen many times the shamelessness and inferiority of civil servants.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing did not believe anyone, and these civil servants were not good people, so he used power to control these people.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, his handling method is only fair and reasonable on the surface, but when it comes down to it, will those civil servants let go of such an opportunity? By taking advantage of the opportunity of compensation, they must be squeezed to the end. On the one hand, they can make some money for themselves, and on the other hand, they can make some money for themselves.

On the one hand, they also want to be famous. They want to overthrow nobles and pay compensation to the people. What a good way to gain reputation!

Under such circumstances, they will definitely do everything possible, that is, they will definitely let these three companies come up with as much as possible, but Zhu Houzhao doesn't care about this.

The more money these three families spend, the worse their consequences will be, and the better their effect will be to scare the monkeys. That's why Zhu Houzhao proposed such a strategy.

Now that the decision was made, the news naturally spread quickly. For a while, the civil servants were happy and the nobles were as if they were mourning. Zhu Houzhao explained this matter and paid attention to it. Then Zhu Houzhao did not intend to take care of it. This was originally

It's just a small thing that scares the monkeys, and it's not worth Zhu Houzhao's investment of more energy and time.

After the news spread, Zhu Houzhao directly ordered people to find Zhang Heling. Looking at Zhang Heling, Zhu Houzhao found that Zhang Heling's expression was much better than last time. Seeing Zhang Heling's expression, Zhu Houzhao knew that things were done well. It was settled.

He waved his hand to indicate to Zhang Heling that he would be exempted from the courtesy: "You're welcome as a family, uncle, sit down!"

After Zhang Heling sat down, he said: "Your Highness, things are going very smoothly. Most of the nobles have agreed to pay taxes on Zhuang Tian these days."

Zhu Houzhao had guessed this a long time ago. Of course, guessing alone is not enough. Zhu Houzhao also received a lot of news from the outside. The situation was indeed as Zhang Heling said. At this time, Zhu Houzhao felt that it was almost done and nodded.

Said: "In that case, let's start tomorrow morning! Uncle, you are the one who initiated it."

"Yes, Your Highness!" Zhang Heling respectfully agreed without any hesitation. The matter has reached this point, and there is no point in delaying it.

Early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao packed up and prepared to go to the morning court. This was a big event today, and Zhu Houzhao naturally wanted to participate. When he met his father on the road, Zhu Houzhao was glared at by his father. Zhu Houzhao immediately felt helpless.

What's going on? Why are you glaring at yourself? You didn't do anything bad, right?

After Zhu Youtang glared at his son, he said, "Are you sure? Can you tell me now? What exactly do you want to do?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then said with a smile: "I have said it before, but we are just starting to do it now. What I have to do is to share the food with the government and the gentry."

After listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, Zhu Youtang was suddenly shocked. His son had indeed said it before, but Zhu Youtang did not expect that his son would attack the village land, and his goal was to share the grain with the farmers and the officials and gentry. The Ming Dynasty was very large.

Although the nobles had a lot of farmland, everyone knew that they did not occupy too much, because most of it was in the hands of the gentry.

Hiding land and not paying taxes was mostly done by the gentry. There were many problems here, such as the cash investment that the court had always wanted to solve, which was a derivative problem.

Although it is a derivative problem, there are too many tricks here. Local civil servants collect taxes, but basically they will not collect taxes from scholars. Everyone has a tacit understanding to turn a blind eye. Because every official

They are all vested interests, and they will all subconsciously safeguard this interest, thus forming a huge interest class. It is not an easy matter to deal with this matter.

"I'm afraid there will be trouble!" Zhu Youtang looked at his son and shook his head seriously: "No, there is too much noise."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, but did not think what his father said was right, and said directly: "Yes! There is too much movement, it is indeed not the right time."

Zhu Youtang glanced at his son in surprise, and then felt relieved. This time he watched his son complete the thing step by step. Under such circumstances, Zhu Youtang naturally wanted to know what his son would do next.

.The fact that Zhu Youtang allowed his son to do this was largely because his son had been really successful.

"What do you want to do?" Zhu Youtang looked at his son and asked.

"This time the noble village pays taxes, so should our royal family also set an example? The imperial palace and the imperial village also have to pay taxes!" Zhu Houzhao did not answer his father's question, but raised a new question, "Huangzhuang,

This is a very deformed product. To put it bluntly, it is the royal property just like the noble farmland.

The income from the farm is used to support the emperor's family, which is equivalent to the emperor's land. Under such circumstances, there is no need to pay taxes.

Now that the estates of nobles and relatives are taxed, the emperor's estates must also be taxed. Otherwise, what do you want the people below to think?

Zhu Youtang nodded: "This is natural."

"Since the royal palace has to pay taxes, what about the vassal kings in various places? Do they also have to pay taxes?" Seeing his father nodding, Zhu Houzhao took advantage of the situation and pointed the finger at the vassal kings in various places.

The vassal kings had a lot of land, but they did not pay taxes. How could this be done? The emperor paid taxes, and the vassal kings also had to pay taxes.

"With the land tax from the vassal princes and nobles, the court's taxes will definitely be much higher, and I will be able to carry out military reforms again. This time I am ready to reform Liaodong." Zhu Houzhao did not hide his thoughts, and pointed the finger directly

Pointing to Liaodong. In Zhu Houzhao's view, the current nine sides of Ming Dynasty are actually similar to those of later generations.

This time, a new military region will be established in Liaodong to set a model for future military reforms. At the same time, the military household system in Liaodong will be changed to a recruitment system.

The most important thing is that Zhu Houzhao wants to develop animal husbandry and textile industry in Liaodong. As for the textiles, they can be shipped back to the Ming Dynasty for sale, or they can be exported directly to North Korea. He will definitely be able to develop Liaodong into a large business center within this year.

At that time, Liaodong will naturally become prosperous, and there will be a population to cultivate the fertile soil of the Northeast Plains.
Chapter completed!