Zhu Youjian said: "But now that there are wars in the world, not a battalion of soldiers and horses can pacify peace. Does Aiqing have a national policy of quelling thieves and turning slaves?"
Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, not expecting that the emperor would ask him this question.
After thinking for a long time, Li Zhi handed over his hand and said: "To bring peace to the world, Li Zhi thinks three policies are needed!"
Zhu Youjian became interested, nodded and said: "Which three items? I love you, but there is no harm in talking about it!"
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said: "I believe that in order to bring peace to the world, we must rectify the officialdom, collect business taxes, and remove the tax-free privileges of the gentry and clan!"
Hearing Li Zhi's words, the eunuch beside Zhu Youjian trembled and looked up at Li Zhi in surprise.
The three national policies mentioned by Li Zhi are fatal, not to the enemy, but to the life of the initiator. Even the eunuchs were surprised when Li Zhi said such words.
The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is indeed chaotic, with countless mediocre and corrupt officials. However, these officials all have profound backgrounds. They work hard every day and have been deeply attached to the Ming Dynasty. And when it comes to official corruption, all officials in the Ming Dynasty paid bribes.
Who do you deal with when accepting bribes? No matter who you deal with, the whole thing will be affected.
If you want to deal with the most corrupt and bad officials and rectify the official atmosphere, you must strengthen the power of the supervisory agencies and strengthen the power of the factory guards. The Donglin Party, which dominated the government in the Chongzhen Dynasty, regarded the factory guards as scourges and wanted to destroy the Jinyiwei.
Hedong Factory was disbanded. Chongzhen did not dare to strengthen factory security.
As for collecting commercial taxes, that means competing with the gentry for profit. Whose Ming Dynasty belongs to the Ming Dynasty? It belongs to the gentry! Not to the poor farmers. If the gentry earns a little money from business, can the court collect taxes? Isn’t it true that the court collects commercial taxes?
Seizing money from the gentry and giving it to the farmers? Isn’t that the other way around?
The Wanli Dynasty sent eunuchs to collect business taxes, and how were they scolded by the gentry? For those eunuchs who collected taxes, the gentry wanted to break their bones and eat their flesh. Once Emperor Wanli died, this policy came to an end.
As for the privilege of exempting the gentry and the clan from paying taxes, it is even more shocking. The gentry and the clan were the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty, but Li Zhi was obsessed with extracting money from the gentry and clan. Isn't this a joke with his own life? These things
If someone takes revenge even a little bit, you, Li Zhi, will be killed and your family will be destroyed.
The old eunuch beside Chongzhen shook his head, secretly thinking that this man was so ignorant.
Zhu Youjian listened to Li Zhi's words and pondered for a long time.
Finally, Zhu Youjian sighed, shook his head and said, "Li Qing is a loyal minister!"
Li Zhi knew that the emperor felt that his plan could not be implemented, so he sighed.
Seemingly moved by Li Zhi's loyalty and daring speech, Zhu Youjian said: "Li Qing has made great achievements this time. I allow your troops to parade in the capital to show off your martial arts!"
Li Zhi was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect such treatment. He quickly raised his hand and said, "Thank you, Lord."
Zhu Youjian nodded, stopped talking, and turned back to Qianqing Palace.
Li Zhi bowed his hands and bid farewell to the emperor.
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On December 26, Li Zhi led a parade of nine thousand soldiers and horses in Beijing to show off his martial arts.
Nine thousand people carrying rifles entered the outer city of the capital through Guangqumen, accepting the cheers and worship of the people.
Previously, the emperor had ordered the heads of the more than 10,000 Tatars captured by Li Zhi to be built as a palace in the capital and placed in front of the Ming Dynasty Gate. As a result, the capital city was empty again, and the people crowded to see Li Zhi's capture. Especially
Among the Tatar heads was the body of Yue Tuo, the leader of the banner with a red flag, and many people wanted to see it. The crowd in front of the Daming Gate was so tight that it could make the living sick.
After watching the spectacle, the people in the capital knew that this was captured by the Tianjin General Soldier, and they all remembered Li Zhi's name.
These days, the people of the Ming Dynasty in the capital were tortured miserably by the Qing army. Who among the people in the capital did not have a few relatives in the capital? The Tatars entered the capital and plundered three times. I don’t know how many people they killed and plundered. How many people were there in the capital?
All the relatives were in bad luck. Not to mention that as soon as the Tatars came, the people in the capital were trembling with fear that the capital would be attacked by the Tatars.
The people in the capital hated the Tatars deeply and worshiped Li Zhi who fought against the Tatars. When the people saw the pile of Tatar heads like a hill, they were stunned. They spread the word from mouth to mouth and knew that Li Zhi
Since he was the chief military officer, everyone called Li Zhi the general.
So when they learned that Li Zhi was going to the capital with his troops and horses to show off his martial arts, the people in the capital rushed to Guangqumen to see Li Zhi. Before Li Zhi's troops could reach Guangqumen, they were already crowded outside the city gate.
The common people on the third floor and the outer three floors. The common people stood in the cold wind in the cold winter, just to take a look at Li Zhi.
As soon as Li Zhi's troops appeared, the people at the city gate became excited.
"Li Zhi is here!"
"Look, General Li Zhi is here!"
"The general is so young, he is still a boy!"
Li Zhi rode on a big horse and bowed his hands to the people watching.
The people who were watching suddenly exploded.
"good!"
"The general saluted us!"
"The general is mighty!"
Some wealthy people came up with jars of rice wine and rushed to hand the rice wine bowl to Li Zhi.
"General, have a glass of rice wine to warm yourself up!"
"General, you have worked hard to kill the enemy. Drink a glass of rice wine from me to keep you away from the cold!"
"General, this is my home-brewed wine!"
Li Zhi took the wine from a commoner and drank it in one gulp.
Thousands of people at the gate of Guangqumen saw this scene and cheered loudly. The shouts of "Great General, Great General" were as loud as thunder.
Li Zhi rode on horseback to the gate of Guangqumen, where a young eunuch led dozens of eunuchs were already waiting there.
"Our family is Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the Yongwei Battalion. He is here to lead the parade for the chief military officer today!"
Li Zhi cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, father-in-law!"
Lu Jiude said with a smile: "The general is widely admired, so our family is here to take advantage of it. It's too late to be happy!"
After Lu Jiude said this, he led the eunuch forward and opened the way ahead.
After entering the city, there were even more people on both sides of the road. No matter men, women, old or young, people from the inner city or the outer city, they all crowded to the South Street of the outer city opposite Guangqumen to watch the excitement. Not only the two main streets
The side stands were full of people, the second-floor windows of the houses on both sides were full of people, and the path that intersected with the main street was also full of people.
If the eunuchs who opened the road hadn't used loud whips to frighten the people, the road would have been impossible to walk on.
The nine thousand troops of Huben Division stood tall and walked in unison on the South Street of the Outer City.
The enthusiastic common people admired Division Huben even more when they saw his elite appearance as he advanced. The common people took out meat buns, candies, ice cream cakes, etc. that they were reluctant to eat on weekdays and stuffed them for Division Huben's soldiers.
"Heroes, take a bite of my meat buns!"
"The general's soldiers are mighty! Eat my snow cake!"
The soldiers walked and ate all the way, carrying a gun in one hand and grabbing food with the other. They had almost no time to relax.
Li Zhi asked some of the wounded who were in stable condition to sit on the carriage and arranged the carriage in the middle of the parade.
When these carriages of wounded soldiers entered Guangqumen, many people's eyes turned red when they saw the appearance of the disabled soldiers. These soldiers were all injured to protect the people of Gyeonggi.
The common people rushed to hand rice wine and desserts to the wounded to thank them for their sacrifices in protecting the common people.
From South Street in the Outer City to Chongwenmen, the road was full of people watching the excitement. When entering the inner city from Chongwenmen, East Chang'an Street in front was still crowded with people.
"Look, Li Zhi is here!"
"The troops and horses are so neatly organized and so powerful!"
