I will hold high the dragon flag in the world of the heavens

Chapter 47 The spring breeze blows, Wei Zhongxian's [-]th generation ancestor was spurned!
The feudal lords have had a very fulfilling few days!

They not only accept countless chicken soups, but also work hard all their lives for "everything the sun and moon shine on is bright soil".

They will be the first pioneers.Half a year later, they led the first batch of Ming people to migrate to the New World.

This is a very large program.

According to the plan, Daming will relocate at least 500 million people, and even 1000 million people in the future.

They will bring countless books, weapons, population, tools and food to open up new continents.

Emperor Tianqi was moved by the pioneering spirit of the Daming vassals!

He deliberately ordered that the vassal princes who expanded their territory outside the country should obtain military and civil governance rights.

And solemnly promise to restore the enfeoffment rights during the period of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang!

Most of the vassals are reluctant to part with their own glory and wealth.

But who is the amiable Wei Zhongxian, who is super masculine when holding a whip and a steel knife!

They only need to explain enthusiastically, and then these vassal kings will happily accept the development plan to go to other places.

Feudal kings who don't want to go to the outside world also have the opportunity to choose.

It's just that Daming no longer provides any form of help, they must rely on their own knowledge and means to survive.

Countless vassal kings had to pinch their noses, and the convener will start to discuss how to expand the territory.

Seven days later, on the eve of the Spring Festival.

The Rendezvous Ceremony was officially held!

Tianqi, who was swollen and terminally ill, insisted on passing the throne to Zhu Youjian.

The ceremony is over, and the new emperor ascends the throne.

Nothing happened.

Those who have opinions are thrown into the cesspit as fertilizer.

I have to say that Wei Zhongxian is a loyal eunuch.

What he did for Tianqi was very dedicated.

Today, a new page of Daming begins!
The new reign of Ming Dynasty was designated as Chongzhen, and the abdication ceremony was held very smoothly.

After Chongzhen ascended the throne, he directly issued several imperial decrees:
The first imperial decree was that the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty deeply felt that the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty were difficult. The vassal kings set an example and would donate all the land and distribute it to countless people without land.

You must know that there are more than 400 vassal kings and county kings in the Ming Dynasty.

The fields and land they occupied amounted to millions of hectares.

In the Ming Dynasty, Yiqing’s land converted into modern acres was as high as [-] acres.

5000 million mu of land was directly distributed to countless Ming people who had no land.

The issuance of this decree directly captured the hearts of countless Ming people.

After the officials saw this, they also praised Zhu Youjian to the sky.

A second decree was sent out a few days later.

duty free!

Exempt from taxes on a large scale.

This imperial decree clearly stated that the Ming Dynasty will be plagued by disasters for many years to come, and the Ming Dynasty should not put pressure on the people.

I have decided to exempt Daming from all agricultural taxes in the next three years.

Except for public welfare construction labor such as water conservancy and disaster relief, all other collections are exempted.

And ordered that the salaries of officials will be obtained from commercial taxes, and the construction of all government offices and other construction projects will be stopped.

The imperial decree strictly ordered officials from all over the Ming Dynasty not to collect any taxes in any name.

After this insane imperial decree was issued, the people of Ming Dynasty directly regarded Emperor Chongzhen as Zhu Yuanzhang alive!
The prestige of Emperor Chongzhen reached its peak directly.

At the end of the imperial decree, there is also an announcement that in order to supervise the officials of the world, the Ming Dynasty Weekly will be published once every seven days for the entire Ming Dynasty.

The cost of the weekly report is borne by the Daming Royal Commercial Bureau.

After the announcement was issued, many officials agreed with it.

But many officials felt uneasy and tried to stop it.

Then, Wei Zhongxian's mad dog bared its fangs again.

The falling of the bloody heads of more than 20 officials directly shocked anyone who made small moves.

After the two imperial decrees were issued, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty experienced some chaos, but it was harmless in the end!
The decree is also implemented very quickly!

Countless people of the Ming Dynasty saw that the Spring Breeze Action was of great benefit to them, and they all called out the Lord of the Ming Dynasty Zhongxing.

The gentry and businessmen saw that these things did not touch their interests, nor did they rise up and cause major troubles.

Businessmen dare not, and the gentry think it is not worth it.

Those new troops who had just been trained had very strong combat effectiveness. It is said that more than 5 Jian slaves were wiped out in World War I.

You can't be picky this time, or else after the new army sharpens their swords, they will be the next target!

Ten days after Chongzhen ascended the throne.

A store called "Daming Weekly" appeared in all prosperous places such as Beijing, Yangzhou, Sichuan, Jinling, and Zhengzhou.

There are quite a few employees in this store, and most of them are women.

Many of these women have worked in the Jiaofang Division, and they are knowledgeable.

After several months of glorious training such as "equality", "friendship", "harmony", and "glory" and Morse code training, they became radio telegraph operators who received messages from the capital of Ming Dynasty.

After several months of research and development of the wireless telegraph, hundreds of units have been manufactured, which can be used by all newspaper offices in Ming Dynasty.

The shop does nothing but print and sell newspapers and books.

The books sold are mainly industrial and agricultural books and short story books.

On the contrary, the paper of the newspaper is extremely rough, but its price is super cheap, three Wen a piece, the price of a steamed bun!
At the beginning of this newspaper are various decrees, and at the bottom are a large number of famous quotes and short stories about loyal ministers and good generals.

The sub-version contains all kinds of fascinating short stories, as well as the management of some royal shops and the like.

In addition, there are all kinds of gentry business tricks, small inventions, and small methods that are useful to agriculture!

The most eye-catching thing in this Ming Dynasty Weekly is that Emperor Chongzhen talked to the people of Ming Dynasty like a family chatter.

For example, he talked about the new policy in a homely way.

The civil servants instinctively felt uneasy, feeling that the emperor was acting rashly.

They asked the emperor to withdraw the imperial decree, saying that such a serious loss of the majesty of the emperor.

Wei Zhongxian, who was hiding in the shadows, reappeared.

The butcher's knife and the court stick are doubled!
A few unclean guys were dealt with clearly and clearly.

The civil servants who were bullied into sheep by Wei Zhongxian suddenly dared not speak!

After this time, it became the norm for Emperor Chongzhen to lower his status and talk about the future.

Chongzhen said many times in the weekly newspaper that the disasters and man-made disasters in recent years have been too severe, and it is not easy for everyone to live. He is a majestic emperor who sold gold hoes and went to the fields to do farm work himself.

He also said that the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty also felt the hard work of the people, so they donated the land to the people of the Ming Dynasty who did not have land for free.

When the people of Ming Dynasty heard what the scholar said, they all burst into tears.

It turned out that the emperor had a hard time!
They all bought the golden hoes, and they also wanted to raise money and food for everyone.

Da Ming's young scholars also felt that the emperor's life was miserable.

The old fried dough sticks want to refute, but if this matter goes wrong, it will be stained with fishy smell.The people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei have been watching them all the time, just waiting for these people to be caught!
In this way, the content of the weekly newspaper successfully entered the hearts of Ming people.

Naturally, newspaper sales were booming.

The 10 copies of the first issue of Daming Weekly sold out within three days.

In order to let more Daming people know about Daming Weekly, the Printing Bureau printed another 20 copies.

It sold out in less than two days.

This weekly newspaper was published many times, but it couldn't resist the love of the people of Ming Dynasty, and everyone bought newspapers one after another.

Daming Weekly was a big hit at the beginning, and quickly circulated throughout Daming.

One month later, the third imperial decree of Emperor Chongzhen was issued.

This edict was mainly because Emperor Chongzhen felt that the wages of Ming officials were too low.

In order to allow more officials to live a good life, the salaries of officials will be increased by 3 to 10 times.Not only that, but more tax-free land for officials will also be considered!
Considering that there have been too many natural and man-made disasters in the past few years, in the second half of the imperial decree, it is emphatically reminded that taxes should be re-customized.

For example, the agricultural tax shall be reduced by half within five years.

Promise to never give up!

The gentry and common people were excited when they saw it.The officials were greatly moved after seeing it.

It's just that the businessmen are so angry that their noses are crooked!

Because the imperial decree mentioned that the tax rate of luxury goods, wine, porcelain, etc. should be increased by three to twenty times.

Resources such as iron, ore, and coal are [-]%.

The tax rate for food, cloth, etc. is still at [-]%, maintaining the original state.

When the imperial decree was issued, some businessmen were indifferent, and some were so angry that they scolded their mothers!

Why are we always the ones who get hurt?

Many officials have tasted the sweetness, and their positions are suddenly not firm.but
Ming officials gradually fell into a war of abuse.

Many civil officials submitted memorials, arguing that commercial taxes should not be so high.But there are also younger officials who think that's the way it should be.

Emperor Chongzhen once again issued an imperial edict.

Don't worry, the business tax is only temporary!Agricultural taxes are only temporary!
The salaries of officials are only temporary!

Then, more officials hesitated.

The next day, Chongzhen issued another imperial decree.

The content of this edict is more straightforward, written entirely in vernacular:
"Feng Tian Cheng Yun... Dear friends, there are so many officials in Ming Dynasty, but their salaries are very low. I raise the salaries of officials all over the world. Why do some officials disagree?"

"Qian Qianyi... Waiting for people from Donglin, why don't you agree to a salary increase? You keep saying that you don't compete with the people for profit, why are you doing business? Also, why are you defending businessmen so much? Are you doing business behind your back?"

The imperial decree spread throughout the prosperous Ming Dynasty the next day through the weekly report.

Civil officials, gentry and businessmen of the Ming Dynasty were in trouble, and the officialdom was also in chaos.

No matter how rotten the crotch of the officials of Ming Dynasty, there are still good officials.

It's just that they couldn't be an upright official before, and they didn't have the conditions to become an upright official. Now that they have the conditions, they are naturally ecstatic.

Businessmen and gentry groups felt that this was a conspiracy by Chongzhen.

They always feel that Chongzhen is playing a big game of chess!
In response to Chongzhen, these gentry and businessmen united one after another to set up a weekly newspaper with the same function.

The weekly newspaper is published every three days at a cost to the local area.

Except for the emperor's daily chatter, the content of the newspaper completely imitated the Ming Dynasty Weekly.

A few days later, Wei Zhongxian dispatched again.

The eunuchs, Dongchang House, and Jinyiwei are dispatched everywhere!

Then, those who confiscated their homes, destroyed their families, had their heads chopped off, were skinned, bought them to Jiaofang Secretary and then joined the Daming Weekly, and those who added wives to the new army...

One word: Dare to copy businessmen and gentry, what a miserable life!

(End of this chapter)