Daming: From the Son of Heaven to the Leader of Comprehensive Martial Arts

In addition, Zhu Qizhen Daxing business.

The censor officials demanded that Yan Song, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, be severely punished, saying that they favored the businessman and accepted bribes from the businessman in order to improve the status of the businessman.

What is said that since ancient times, everything has been low-grade, only reading is high, businessmen do not engage in production, speculative, and harm the country and the country.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and strict hierarchy.

This kind of rule must not be changed during His Majesty's reign.

Since ancient times, the status of merchants has been very low. Not only can they not take part in the imperial examination, but they are also not allowed to wear silk and satin.

Even in the Tang Dynasty, when the mind was so open.

How talented is the great poet Li Bai?

But because his father was a merchant and he was the son of a merchant, Li Bai was not eligible to take the imperial examination.

After the Song Dynasty, until now, due to the influence of Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism, the confinement of thought is even more serious. Only Confucianism is the most comprehensive, and no other voices can be tolerated.

Zhu Qizhen never imagined that his new reforms, perfecting commercial taxation, and increasing taxation for the Ming Empire would anger some of the censors.

Perhaps it wasn't that these censors were angered, but that Zhu Qizhen's vigorous reforms touched the interests of certain groups.

The censors believed that Zhu Qizhen had violated the ancestral system. He not only formulated a commercial tax system, but also improved the status of merchants, and even destroyed the ancestral teachings of banning seas left by the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

They suggested that the emperor should abolish the commercial tax, continue to ban the sea, and abolish the Ming Navy... just like a teacher, teaching the emperor that this cannot be done, and that cannot be done.

Zhu Qizhen was furious. What are these so-called rumor officials trying to do?

However, Zhu Qizhen immediately realized that the reforms he had vigorously promoted recently touched the interests of certain groups, and now these groups began their final struggle.

"The literati group must be guarded against, and it must be cured!"

Zhu Qizhen is very clear that this group of literati who claim to be clean, usually look aloof.

The three sentences are "for the sake of the country, for the common people", and in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty was in danger, this group of literati not only failed to save the country, but stumbling the emperor.

"A group of hypocrites, really hateful!"

Zhu Qizhen got angry when he saw it. These are all the censors, are they full?

I have a dynasty for five days, isn't it diligent enough?

You must know that in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there were many kings who did not go to court for several years or decades, and he could already be rated as a model worker.

"I never imagined that these censors would want me to go to court every morning, and at five o'clock in the morning, you gang of censors, do you want to exhaust me to death?"

"I postponed the time to go to court. For the ministers of the court and me, it was originally a matter of hello, me, and everyone. But these censors actually want to restore the ancestral system?"

"Okay! If you want to restore the ancestral system, then I will restore the ancestral system for you!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Qizhen waved at the memorial: "Zhen Zhun, the censors who ordered the memorial are ordered to go to court every day, and if they are late once, they will deduct one month's salary!"

"The time for other court officials to go to court remains unchanged."

"See if I can't manage you anymore?"

As for the abolition of the Ming Navy and the restoration of the sea ban, it is even more ridiculous.

Now the Ming Navy under Zheng Chenggong has beaten the Britons to pieces, and now the Britons and the Japanese pirates of the Japanese country are cowardly like grandchildren. How else can they come out and harm the people along the coast?

Moreover, Zhu Qizhen's emperor's ambition is far more than that.

He believes that in a few years, the Ming Navy will regain its glory, equip ocean-going warships, destroy the Empire on which the sun never sets and Japan, and dominate the sea and the world. It is not impossible.

Xu Jie and Yan Song proposed to open the sea, and there was no problem.

Fishermen rely on the sea for food. Even if they do not open the sea, and the fishermen go out to sea secretly, who can resist it for decades?

And he implemented the policy of opening the sea, allowing fishermen to go fishing at sea, pay taxes, and increase the revenue of the treasury.

Isn't it the best of both worlds?

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen made instructions on these memorials.

"You guys have said with certainty that the abolition of the sea ban policy will endanger the safety of the people along the coast. Well, go and find a group of pirates on the sea who can harm the people, and I will reopen the sea ban for you. If you can't find it, you Just don't come back."

As for the dismissal of Yan Song and Xu Jie, it is wishful thinking!

It is absolutely impossible for Zhu Qizhen to do this now!

Without Yan Song and Xu Jie, who would Zhu Qizhen ask for money?

These two old guys are now Zhu Qizhen's right-hand man. He also counts on Yan Song to help him govern the world, and counts on Xu Jie to prosper the business of the Ming Empire and become his own cash cow.

Removing two famous ministers, wouldn't it make me cut off my arms?

Do you really think I'm a fool?

And, what's wrong with making a business tax system?

These censors actually think that Yan Song, Xu Jie and others are partial to businessmen. Isn't this pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, and scolding me in a corner?

Zhu Qizhen picked up the pen and gave instructions on these memorials.

"Okay, if you want me to deal with Yan Song and Xu Jie, I will obey you. However, before punishing Yan Song and Xu Jie, I will pay you 800 taels of tax first."

For the rest of the memorial, Zhu Qizhen didn't want to continue reading, he felt that if he continued to read, he might have a heart attack and be pissed to death.

At that time, he will become an emperor who died young like his father Zhu Zhanji.

For the sake of your health, it is better not to read the memorials of these censors.

Zhu Qizhen is going to check these censors to see who they are?

"Hmph! Of course the dog I raise wants to bite people I hate, but now it has come out to bite its master!"

When he goes to court tomorrow, he will be in the court hall and personally ask these censors of the Ming court, what are they thinking, and who are the interest groups behind them?

In the evening, Zhu Qizhen summoned Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, in Qianqing Palace. When he heard that the treasury's money had bottomed out and was less than 500 million taels, Zhu Qizhen's expression changed drastically.

"Why did you spend so much money? At the beginning of the year, the property of corrupt officials in the world was confiscated, but there were more than 5000 million taels of silver. It's only been a few months. Where did you get my money?"

Chapter 52 The Death Stare of the East Factory

"Your Majesty, it's been more than half a year."

"It took more than 1000 million taels to build a border city, and more than 3000 million taels to build the Ming navy. According to your will, every prefecture, county, and county in Daming will build a Daming bank, and a total of more than 800 banks will be built. All kinds of commercial banks need to be established, and there are more than 500 million taels of silver left in the treasury, all of which are saved by the ministers tightening their belts."

Xu Jie, the second assistant to the cabinet, muttered a few times, full of grievances.

However, Xu Jie, the second assistant to the cabinet, did not dare to say it directly, and could only cup his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the Ming Empire needs to be comprehensively built, and there are too many places to use money."

"Ahem, Mr. Xu Ge has worked hard."

Hearing Xu Jie's words, Zhu Qizhen coughed slightly.

Immediately, he frowned.

Now, the money in the national treasury is not enough. Zhu Qizhen originally planned to withdraw several million taels of silver from the national treasury to repair the canal transportation. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is too silted, and many sections of the river can only be used by small boats, not large boats. Pass.

In addition, a large amount of artillery research and the manufacture of steel warships require a lot of money.

Zhu Qizhen looked at Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet, and asked, "If I raise all taxes by 800% and collect another [-] million taels of silver, what does Xu Ge think?"

"Not at all, Your Majesty!"

Xu Jie quickly waved his hands: "If you do this, I'm afraid the world will be in chaos."

Hearing Xu Jie's advice, Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​increasing taxes.

"His Majesty, Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is waiting for orders outside the palace."

At this time, Wei Zhongxian walked in.

"Xuan."

After Yan Song walked into Qianqing Palace, Zhu Qizhen smiled and handed him and Xu Jie the memorial of Qing Rumor Officer.

"Old Yan Ge, Elder Xu Ge, take a look, now His Majesty may want to warn those censors and tell them to calm down."

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as it seems."

Xu Jie frowned when he saw that all of these memorials had been approved by the emperor.

"Oh, Mr. Xu Ge, what's your opinion?"

Yan Song asked, although they are usually not in the same group, but the two of them faced the attack at the same time, he really wanted to hear the opinion of Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet.

Xu Jie said: "The two types of memorials, Forbidden Sea and Ancestral System, really should warn those censors to be more peaceful, and don't be like a mad dog, jumping up and down, biting whoever catches them."

After a pause, Xu Jie pointed to other memorials and said, "But these business-related memorials have a lot of meaning in them, Mr. Yan Ge, you should savor them seriously."

Yan Song savored it carefully.

These memorials, impeaching the two of them for accepting bribes from businessmen and protecting the interests of businessmen, indeed reveal a lot of different meanings.

"Before punishing Yan Song and Xu Jie, you conjure up 800 million taels of silver for me."

This is His Majesty's reply to the memorial, and it is very straightforward. This is not only to frighten the censor, but also for the cabinet to read.

The implication is:

Let the two of them work boldly with confidence, and the emperor will be their backer, but I am in a hurry to spend money, so I quickly scrape together 800 million taels of silver for me.

Yan Song felt like vomiting blood.

Your majesty called him here for money.

However, these 800 million years of silver, such a huge sum of money, are not so easy to raise.

Seeing Zhu Qizhen drinking tea lightly, Yan Song's old eyes were hazy.

He mumbled his mouth a few times, wanting to say something, but finally held back.

"Cough cough..."

Zhu Qizhen coughed twice, and said: "It's no big deal to call Mr. Yan Ge here, I just show you these notes, and want to tell you that I trust you and support you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

Yan Song and Xu Jie immediately bowed and cupped their hands.

"Well, you two elders, go down."

"According to the order."

The two bowed and exited the Qianqing Palace.

While walking on the road, Yan Song still turned his head and faced this political opponent with a smile.

"Old Xu Ge, are you saying that His Majesty showed us the memorials of the impeachment of the two of us, are you warning those mad dog-like censors to be quiet?"

"This is clearly a hint to us that we need to get out the money quickly, otherwise you and I may not be able to afford it."

"If someone gets out 800 million silver for His Majesty sooner, you and I will probably go home to hold our grandson."

Hearing this, Xu Jie also nodded.

"Old Yan Ge is right on point, it's true."

"Mr. Xu Ge, you are the chief assistant, and I am the second assistant. Your majesty showed you and me such a paper, and it has already been reviewed. Your majesty's meaning is self-evident."

This time, Xu Jie and Yan Song agreed.

The former political enemies are now drawn on the same front.

Both of them knew very well that their main task now was to make money for Zhu Qizhen and the Ming Empire.

Therefore, they will soon reform Daming Commerce.

Because both of them knew that in the final analysis, the wool would ultimately come from the sheep, so they decided not to rush to increase business taxes again, and prepared to speed up business development.

In this way, the wool of the sheep grows faster, and when they mow the wool, they can cut more and faster.

The two came to the cabinet side by side, talking and laughing, discussing how to reform and prosper the business of the Ming Empire along the way.

Yan Song is not as familiar with the reform of commerce as Xu Jie, the cabinet assistant.

After all, Xu Jie, the cabinet assistant, has always been in charge of this matter, so he decided to listen to Xu Jie's opinion first, and then continue the discussion.

Yan Song felt dizzy when he heard the emperor asked them to raise taxes by 800 million taels.

That night, when Yan Song returned home, he shouted in his study:

"Your Majesty, to increase the tax by 800 million taels all at once is simply a difficulty on the road of Shu. Otherwise, you might as well sell the old minister, and maybe you can get a little more money."