In fact, what Zhu Youxiao feels now is the normal relationship between emperor and minister. No matter how powerful the emperor is, he is just a person and can't do much. He wants to do anything and implement any orders and decisions. In the end, what he depends on is the following.

Minister.

Before, Zhu Youxiao ordered reforms without any excuse or objection. It was because of the influence of Hongwan's coup and some rumors he secretly let out, which made the ministers calm down and work hard. But now, with the

As the coup trend gradually fades away, the ministers of the Ming Empire will gradually show their style again.

Sun Chengzong had actually been secretly paying attention to the emperor's reaction. When he saw the young emperor secretly breathing a sigh of relief, he felt funny in his heart, so he gave up the idea of ​​admonishing him and seriously looked at the Liaodong Statement in his hand.

This sight made him extremely surprised. These strategies were beyond his expectation. If it were someone else who proposed these things, Sun Chengzong would definitely curse and say that the other party was treasonous. But think about the person who wrote these

It was the emperor, but he still put this idea out of his mind.

The content written by Zhu Youxiao is actually quite ordinary. It just establishes prefectures and counties, installs civil servants, establishes a city defense army system, establishes grassroots governments, sends government officials to the countryside, and imperial power to counties, exempts agricultural taxes, reclaims land, and grows cold-resistant rice.

The content here involves all aspects, including military, politics, agriculture, culture, and organization, but it is very messy. It goes here and there, and it makes Sun Chengzong frown when he sees it. It is not easy to pick and choose.

, only then can these contents be classified and understood.

Although these contents are messy and were completely written subconsciously by Zhu Youxiao, it is precisely because of this that they most intuitively reflect his political leanings.

After reading these statements, Sun Chengzong had a vague feeling in his heart. This was the first time he had a glimpse of the emperor's inner plan. After secretly keeping these in mind, he returned all the papers to Zhu Youxiao.

"What does your majesty mean?" Sun Chengzong asked in confusion. He really didn't know what Zhu Youxiao meant by showing this to him. Of course, it wasn't that he didn't really know. He was also a cabinet minister, so it wasn't like that.

Mu, you just can't show it in front of the emperor, otherwise you know everything, how can the leader lead?

"As a governor, I'm afraid you should continue to be the governor." Zhu Youxiao said in a deep voice, "Read this battle report first." With that, he handed over the battle report on She Chongming's rebellion that he received yesterday.

"This..." Sun Chengzong looked at it and was extremely surprised. No wonder the emperor suddenly wrote these statements. He was arranging political affairs in Liaodong. He was afraid that he would have to go back.

Sun Chengzong's mind was very fast, and he could think through these thoughts in one go, and this also made him relieved. The emperor would finally stop wandering around outside, and his reputation would be much smaller. But he knew clearly that when he came here,

What kind of reaction will be caused after the battle report is sent back?

"Your Majesty, please give me instructions!" Sun Chengzong handed back the battle report and prepared to listen to the holy teachings respectfully with his hands lowered. He knew very clearly what he should do and would never go overboard.

"I originally planned to continue to advance and destroy the Jurchens in one breath. But now that the country is unstable, more than 10,000 Jurchens have escaped. This is a variable after all. There is only one Yulin Army, and I will definitely take it back.

, and with the remaining army in Liaodong, facing the Jurchens and Huang Taiji who fled back, they can only have a slight advantage at most. They may be able to defeat Hetuala with their numerical advantage, but it is impossible to destroy the Jurchens." Zhu You

The principal put his hands behind his back and talked eloquently.

"Therefore, I will leave Li Tu and three thousand cavalry behind, recruit troops in the northeast, and form a hussar army. This is the first point. The second point is the division of administrative divisions, which is related to the formation of the government and city defense forces.

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"I don't know much about these, and I need your advice." Zhu Youxiao said directly, and he did not cover up his shortcomings at all.

"What I want to talk about is the formation of the government. Needless to say, the provincial and county levels will be handled as inland. What I want to talk about is the establishment of the government below the county level." Zhu Youxiao turned around and said with a burning gaze.

There was something inexplicable in his eyes that Sun Chengzong couldn't see through.

"Institutions below the county level?" Sun Chengzong muttered.

"Yes, I call this the Imperial Power to the Countryside Plan."

"Imperial power goes to the countryside?!" Sun Chengzong thought of the word he saw on those papers just now.

"In the customs, government orders often do not leave the county. When they go to the countryside, the words of the government are of little use. They have to rely on the local gentry to handle things. This is very inconvenient and also causes a lot of filth, such as... the Fish Scale Imperial Register" Zhu You

The principal said in a deep tone, the emperor at this time made Sun Chengzong feel very dangerous.

Very wisely, he chose to remain silent at this moment, not saying a word. He didn't know what the emperor meant when he mentioned this word, whether he really knew the deep evil in it, or something else.

"I will return all the land in Liaodong outside the Pass to the state. It is state-owned, not the imperial estate." The young emperor emphasized in particular. When he said this, he seemed particularly excited and waved his arms vigorously.

"Including farmland, mines, rivers, and roads, they are all state-owned. Here, I am exempted from agricultural tax and head tax. All residents who settle here will be allocated farmland according to their household registration. As long as it is food grown by themselves, all

If it belongs to him, I will not charge a penny of tax, whether he eats it himself or sells it."

"In Liaodong, commercial tax will become the mainstream. If you open a shop here, buy and sell cattle and sheep, and sell goods, all taxes will be collected." The last sentence of Zhu Youxiao was shouted out fiercely. He comes from modern times and will never tolerate disrespect in business.

The act of paying taxes.

This attitude... well, Sun Chengzong still didn't dare to say anything for fear of irritating the emperor.

"Changing the topic back to the imperial power going to the countryside." Glancing at him, Zhu Youxiao breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Unlike the county government, the township agency is a service agency, mainly providing services to the villagers.

Various services, such as schools, medical care, legal advocacy and mediation, and farmland population statistics and classification.”

"Many trivial matters that used to be done by the county government are all assigned to the townships. The county magistrate only needs to manage the various township and town leaders. I will never allow such things as lynching clan rules to exist."

Sun Chengzong was confused by what he said, but the last sentence made him suddenly wake up, "His Majesty the Emperor has an inflated desire for control and wants to bring everyone under his rule."

Everyone does not pay commercial taxes. He is not satisfied and wants to collect commercial taxes. There are many drawbacks in collecting agricultural taxes. Favoritism and fraud are frequent and cannot be eliminated and controlled, so he wants to exempt them. There is a serious population hidden among the people, so he wants to exempt them from poll taxes and control them.

Population; local big families and remote mountain villages all had lynchings and privately decided punishments. He was dissatisfied and wanted to push the government to the countryside and manage them all.
Chapter completed!