In the Huangji Hall, it was the early dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Youjian, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, looked at the officials below, caressed his beard and asked: "My new law has been implemented for several years. Land taxes have been equalized and courts have been established in various places. I want to see the towns of Tianjin in various places in the Ming Dynasty.
They are still prosperous and changing with each passing day. However, after a few years, Beizhili and Shanxi are still in the same old well."
"After the equalization of land tax, taxes have been collected, and they are more than before. However, there is no scene of industrial development factories being built one after another like Tianjin Town. There is more farmland in Beizhili and Shanxi than before.
Some farmers have indeed opened some new fields, but the number of new fields is not large, and I am deeply disappointed."
"My dear friends, what is the reason for this?"
The civil servants below heard the emperor's question and looked at each other for a while.
Many civil servants were very happy. These civil servants just wanted to see the failure of the new law. Now that the emperor is disappointed with the reform, this is the best thing. It would be better if the emperor could despair of the new law and suspend the new law.
The new Minister of Household Affairs, Chen Yuanbu, stepped out of the queue and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the new law is not so much a reform as a robbery of the gentry! Our Ming Dynasty has always used scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor to rule the world. However, as soon as the new law came out, the world
Scholars are all cold-blooded and cold-hearted. Those slippery police officers brought sacks one by one to the gentry’s homes to rob them of their finances and taxes, and they wanted to kidnap the gentry’s young and weak children and sell them for money. The sufferings involved are too numerous to describe."
"Now that the world has been suffering from the new law for a long time, and since the emperor also feels that the new law has no effect, it is better to restore the ancestral legal system and exempt the gentry from land taxes."
Hu Yongnian, the newly appointed Dongge University Scholar, stood out and said: "Your Majesty, the new law is ridiculous. It cannot last forever. It will change after a long time. If the law is abolished at this time, it can still be saved!"
The civil servants stood up one by one: "I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
Zhu Youjian did not expect that his question would cause the civil servants to attack the new law so excitedly and frown.
Zhang Guanghang, the newly appointed bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, looked at the emperor's face, stepped out of the queue with his hands, and shouted loudly: "Absurd! When did tax evasion by the gentry become an ancestral legal system? The new law can reduce the burden of the poor in the private sector, and it can reduce the burden of the poor in the court.
Increase Taicang's annual income. Even if the new law in the north does not achieve the same effect as in Tianjin, it is by no means an evil law!"
After Li Zhi killed more than a thousand civil servants on the canal in the suburbs of Beijing, civil servants all over the world became less courageous. Although they still fought for the gentry's right to evade taxes, they no longer dared to collude with external forces, nor did they dare to openly communicate with the emperor.
Hearing Zhang Guanghang's words, the civil servants did not dare to refute.
However, although they could not question Zhang Guanghang sternly, they could still beg for nothing.
Chen Yuanbu, the Minister of Revenue, suddenly knelt on the ground and cried loudly.
He didn't know whether he was really sad or pretending, but he actually shed two lines of tears and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Holy Emperor, my dynasty regards loyalty and filial piety as the foundation of Confucianism. Confucian scholars are gentry, and gentry are Confucian scholars. Today,
There is no one below who knows loyalty and filial piety better than the Confucian scholars and the gentry. If the Holy Emperor insists on the new law and hurts the loyalty and filial piety of the Confucian scholars in the world, how can there be any innocent people in the world?"
"Could it be that those tigers and wolves trained by the King of Qi in Tianjin will be loyal to the emperor? If there are no Confucian scholars, who will support the imperial court and the emperor?"
Cui Changwu frowned when he heard Chen Yuanbu's slander.
He handed over his hands and walked out of the queue, saying: "The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue does not talk about taxes, but he attacks the King of Qi in Tianjin for no reason. If Tianjin's new bureaucrats are all tigers and wolves, then what about Hu Ben, who seeks to build slaves in the north and thieves in the south, who is trying to turn the tide?
Are all the armies traitors and traitors? Are the gentry who used clever plunder and forced the poor people to revolt and almost caused an unspeakable situation, are they all loyal ministers and wise men?"
"Is there such a ridiculous statement in the world?"
Zhu Youjian frowned when he saw that Cui Changwu was unhappy.
Now that Zhu Youjian has implemented the new law all over the country, Taicang has been greatly enriched. In the past six months, Taicang has collected 7 million taels more silver than last year. This is great for Zhu Youjian who was always stretched.
It's a huge sum of money.
With money, everything can be done easily.
Although the Ming court's implementation of the new law was far less effective than that in Tianjin, Zhu Youjian was basically satisfied with the new law anyway.
Now the key to the implementation of the new law across the country is the Huben Army stationed in Nanjing.
The 20,000 Tiger and Guard troops stationed in Nanjing may seem like a small number, but in fact they have a very powerful deterrent effect. Because since Li Zhi sent 20,000 troops, more troops will be added at any time. Once the local military and towns unite with civilian officials to resist the new law,
The Tiger and Ben soldiers on horseback will immediately kill them, exterminating their clans and confiscating their homes.
Therefore, as soon as Li Xing entered Nanjing, the new laws in Jiangnan were immediately implemented, and the Taichang was immediately filled.
Under the current situation, Zhu Youjian completely relied on Li Zhi financially, and of course he valued Cui Changwu very much.
Seeing that Cui Changwu was very unhappy, the emperor waved his hand and shouted: "Chen Yuanbu is talking nonsense and confusing the court. I will drag him down with twenty sticks and fine him one year's salary."
When Chen Yuanbu heard this, he kowtowed on the ground with a plop and said loudly: "Your Majesty, every word I said is the words of an innocent man! If there were no Confucian scholars and no Confucianism, who in the world would know about loyalty and filial piety? Which one would know about loyalty and filial piety?
Do you still know how to protect the imperial court? Emperor Taizu Gao established a system for Confucian scholars and the emperor to rule the world together. Can the emperor sense the heart of his fists? "
The Dongchang gangsters walked up and pulled Chen Yuanbu down to beat him.
Hearing Chen Yuanbu's words, Zhu Youjian seemed a little touched, and his face changed color slightly.
Sitting there, he didn't speak for a long time.
Cui Changwu looked at Zhu Youjian's face and was a little worried.
Suspicious, Cui Changwu suddenly took out a memorial from his sleeve and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Highness the King of Qi has this memorial, and the memorial has arrived at the cabinet."
Upon hearing Cui Changwu's words, everyone in the court turned their heads and stared at the memorial in Cui Changwu's hand.
Did Li Zhi submit a memorial?
Li Zhi has not been given a memorial for a long time. Now that Li Zhi is the king of Qi, he holds the most powerful soldiers in the world, and his every move has a huge impact. It has been a long time since he has directly offered advice to the emperor.
Zhu Youjian nodded and said: "What did King Qi say? Please read it to me!"
Cui Changwu opened the memorial and said loudly: "The King of Qi's memorial said simply, 'Being a Confucian official is contrary to the spirit of the rule of law. Confucian scholars who are immersed in the theory of private morality every day do not understand what law enforcement is like? Please ask the emperor to abolish the imperial examination.
!Select poor men with public morals in the world as officials to govern the world.'"
Hearing Cui Changwu's words, Zhu Youjian's pupils shrank and he froze there speechless.
When the civil servants in the court heard this, they all knelt on the ground.
The sky is falling! Li Zhi wants to abolish the imperial examination?!
