There are people lining up to resign and become officials. When they return home and gather troops to rebel, there are hundreds of thousands of troops who can be wiped out at will. If you want to distort the facts and misinterpret the emperor's true intentions, the Imperial Daily will guide public opinion and convey the most authentic information.

Tell the people.

At the beginning, the Imperial Daily insisted on writing in vernacular to prevent people from misinterpreting its meaning. The vernacular plus punctuation marks can be understood by anyone who is literate. In the Ming Dynasty, especially in the south, there were not too many literate people. Those Tongsheng

, an old scholar, a down-and-out scholar who writes letters for others, is happy to read newspapers for a few coins.

Under such circumstances, public opinion will not be guided by the gentry at all.

It can be said that Zhu Youxiao has broken the foundation of civil resistance in all aspects. Of course, not resisting does not mean that they will cooperate. Can they still use cold violence? However, what Zhu Youxiao wants is this time difference, and he does not mind the location

Some people's non-violent disobedience, he now just wants to carry out these systems.

When a system or a habit is implemented for a long time, everyone will take it as a matter of course, such as paying taxes. In modern times, no one has ever thought that anyone can avoid paying taxes. Everyone regards paying taxes as a matter of course.

Things. And Zhu Youxiao wanted this kind of effect.

As for their non-cooperation, isn't it because of the local police, Jinyiwei and Dongchang? As the general trend goes, the die-hards will only become qualifications on some people's credit books and become negative teaching materials. Other than that, they will not

play any role.

Zhu Youxiao looked at the increasingly flustered ministers below with a sneer, looking like he was sure of victory.

Of course, none of the above reasons are the reason why he is so impatient to implement these policies. In fact, if he waits for a few years, he can do better, but he can't wait any longer.

Although Zhang Yan's appearance made him happy that he had a virtuous wife who had been proven by history, it also gave him a sense of urgency. He was afraid that he would die seven years later like the Emperor Apocalypse in history.

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Even if he was reborn and traveled through history, the seventh year of the Qi Dynasty would still be a great calamity for him. He didn’t know if he could survive it. If he could overcome this hurdle, everything would be easy. If he couldn’t, I’m afraid he would have to

It's the same as Zhang Juzheng, when people die and government ceases to exist.

This situation is absolutely intolerable to Zhu Youxiao. Therefore, he seems a little eager, eager to get rid of some things that he wants to change, thinks are bad, and hinders social progress, and then uses another

system, making it a new default rule.

If he hadn't traveled through time, he wouldn't be able to control so much, but now that he is in this era and has a vision beyond ordinary people, he must definitely shoulder the greatest responsibility and save the country and the nation from danger.

All because of his deep feelings for this country, this nation, and this culture. He is never willing to let this country fall into the abyss and darkness for a hundred years again.

no way!

Liu Ruoyu's voice continued, pouring out one great righteousness after another. His voice was very slow, and every word was very clear, allowing the officials to hear clearly.

“…………. The whole world is not the land of the king, and the shores of the land are not the king’s ministers. Today, the Holy Emperor has revealed that he will take all the land in the world as the public, and divide it equally among the people of the world, regardless of men, women, old and young. In terms of population, all

I have acres of land to cultivate, and I have issued an edict to exempt all agricultural land taxes in the world and replace them with commercial taxes. I appreciate this!"

The preceding righteousness is long, but the real policy is very short. It is explained clearly in just a few sentences. Of course, this is just an announcement, and the detailed policy will be published in the Imperial Daily for the reference of all people in the world.

These short words were like thunder falling on the world, shocking all the officials who heard the news and making them confused. Hearing rumors is one thing, but now the official announcement of the imperial edict is another.

These are completely two concepts.

Are you going to be tax exempt? All officials are confused.

It's just that tax exemption is enough, why should we take back all the land and distribute it equally to the people of the world? What about the land that has a lot of land? Did the emperor take it back lightly with just one word?

Why! This is the land my family has accumulated over the generations, and it is meant to be passed on to our descendants. Why should the emperor take it away with just a word? Even if the agricultural tax is exempted, it won't work. At the worst, I will just pay the agricultural tax.

This is the sentiment of almost all officials. Even if they do not agree with exempting agricultural taxes and replacing them with commercial taxes, they still admit it in their hearts. This is good governance, but why does it have to be linked to tax exemption now?

All the officials clearly saw the small implication in the imperial edict. The emperor wanted to use tax exemption to win the hearts of the people in the world and then force the big families.

"Your Majesty, no, if this policy is enacted, the world will definitely be in chaos!"

Several consecutive shouts rang out in the Huangji Hall, and several old ministers rushed out, knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing. This was the only sound made by the officials since the beginning of the first month of the dynasty.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of Ming Dynasty's plan for two hundred years, please take back your Majesty's orders."

"Your Majesty, you can't mess around!"

Several old ministers kowtowed with bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang their heads, their voices were like cuckoos weeping blood, and they whined bursts. The sound coming from the heart made all the officials feel sad.

"Your Majesty, please take back your order!"

A large number of officials followed the three veterans and knelt down, shouting loudly. Seeing their sincere words and crying like blood, they were really the most loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. But how many of them were sincerely serving the country and the country of the Ming Dynasty?

The ministers who worry about Zhu Youxiao are unknown.

In the Huangji Hall, a large number of courtiers knelt down, but there were still many who were standing and did not kneel down. They just lowered their heads and remained silent. And among these standing people, almost all were from the group in the front row on the left and right.

There were also people who were identified as ministers and ministers of various ministries in the edict just read out. Because of their newly promoted official positions, they hesitated and did not kneel down. A closer look showed that those who came out to dissuade were all officials of the third and fourth grades, while the second-rank officials

No one above grade level stood up.

"The wine and meat in the Zhumen stink, and the roads are frozen to death!" Zhu Youxiao started with a poem and spoke slowly. Looking at about half of the officials standing below, he smiled with some relief. No matter for whatever reason, they were not there.

Forcing him to have a baby at this moment is the best support for him.

This cold poem pierced the hearts of all officials like a sharp sword. To be honest, the existence of this poem has always been a silent complaint from the lower class people against the upper class who occupy countless resources. And starting with this sentence, it also

This shows Zhu Youxiao's purpose and is absolutely on the side of the poor family.

To be honest, among the courtiers kneeling down, almost all of them have rich families and endless acres of land, while those standing, those below the second rank, all come from poor families. Although they also have land in their names at this time, what really belongs to them is not

Most of it was donated, and not much of it would be taken back by the emperor. Compared with his own future, these lands are nothing.

Before, they might have made a fuss. After all, they are also human beings. They also need food, clothing, and support for their families, and these all cost money. Where does the money come from? Isn't it from the ground?

But things are different now. The emperor has just received a salary increase, and this salary is not generally generous. Taking the chief minister of the cabinet as an example, after one year, he will probably have 50,000 taels of silver. A full 50,000 taels. Fifty thousand taels a year.

What is the concept of salary of two?

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, if you generally want to cultivate connections, you can go to any level of the cabinet to smoothen the connections, and if you are transferred or promoted, you can only get two to thirty thousand taels of silver at a time. This shows that the purchasing power represented by silver in the Ming Dynasty.

Most of the officials standing now are in the third or fourth grade. After the adjustment is completed, they will definitely be promoted to one or two levels. At that time, according to the standard of chief minister, his annual salary will be at least 10,000 taels. One

What is the concept of ten thousand taels? Even for Li Ruhua at this time, it was a huge sum of money.

What's more, the emperor also promised to raise his salary every five years, which means that wages will continue to rise in the future. Why do you need land for such a thick salary? With this money, you can support your entire family and live a good life.

Very generous.

And this is also the reason why ordinary officials are still standing today. They don't have much land in their names, and whether they can harvest the land or not has little impact on them. They might as well worry about their own future first.

"I will definitely take back this land, but the method is still debatable, such as redeeming it, retaining the land and having the government grant management rights, or letting me use force to force it back." Looking down.

Zhu Youxiao's words floated out to the kneeling ministers, making them suffocate.

Yes, the emperor did not say that it was to be robbed. Or could the government pay for the redemption and then distribute it to the people? Although the redemption also requires taking away all the land, this method is much gentler and is not unacceptable.

What.

Besides, isn't there some grant of management rights later? Although the word is unfamiliar, it obviously refers to things like permanent tenant rights. In other words, the emperor just wanted to take back the land on the surface, but in reality he still let them

Farm it yourself.

Such twists and turns quickly passed through the minds of these officials. As they thought, the atmosphere that was originally dull and almost solid began to relax.

No one except Zhu Youxiao himself knows what the real land policy is, but now the emperor's words are also an endorsement, which relaxes the whole situation.

However, these kneeling ministers look at me and I look at you. They are still hesitant and do not dare to get up from the ground. They are all old fools. Can't they see this kind of procrastination commonly used in officialdom? Yes.

Therefore, they were hesitant to go down the stairs that the emperor was throwing out at this moment.

However, Zhu Youxiao didn't have such good patience anymore. He looked at the ministers who were motionless below and shouted flatly, "Are you still stubborn?"

"Where is the Jin Yiwei?"

"Xu Xianchun, the official of Jin Yiwei, is here!"

Following the emperor's shouts, Xu Xianchun soon entered the hall with a large number of royal guards and quickly surrounded the group of kneeling courtiers. Zhu Youxiao was preparing to take a ruthless blow. If there were still people who insisted on kneeling, they would not be able to afford it.

, take it down first and then talk about it.
Chapter completed!