Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

"No, I have to go and admonish Your Majesty, and I can't get involved in this way any longer!"

In the silence, Lai Zongdao got up abruptly, and since he served as the chief assistant of the cabinet of the Daheng Dynasty, under the little bit of persecution by the emperor, the original double-sidedness and flattery seemed to slowly disappear. It has entered the status of the chief minister of the cabinet.

Liu Qiyuan shook his head, stood up, and pulled Future Zongdao to sit down again.

"Your Majesty will not stop."

"This tax embezzlement is just a name. It's not that you don't know what His Majesty really wants."

"It hasn't reached the level that His Majesty wants, even if you talk about breaking the sky, His Majesty will not listen to you."

"With this time, we might as well take advantage of this opportunity to clean up this mess. The more we do, the sooner this case will end..."

After finishing speaking, Liu Qiyuan didn't have the chance to come to Zongdao with a cloudy face, turned his head to look at Yang Sichang and Chen Qiyu, the two new cabinet ministers, and cupped his hands: "Old Yang Ge, old Chen Ge, the affairs of the Ministry of War have been backlogged." It’s been a long time, you have to work hard, watch more, and figure it out as soon as possible.”

"It's a matter of duty, it's incumbent."

Yang Sichang and Chen Qiyu immediately clapped their hands together and made a sound.

"Okay, let's leave, my household department has a lot of things to do!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Qiyuan glanced at Lai Zongdao who was still brooding, and couldn't help shaking his head. In the past, it was the chief assistant who came to persuade him, but now, it's his turn to persuade the chief assistant. ...

The world is impermanent, life is full of vicissitudes!

He didn't say any more, waved his hand, and walked out of the Wenyuan Pavilion. Seeing this, Yang Sichang and Chen Qiyu paid homage to Lai Zongdao, and then they also walked out of the hall.

"Hey!"

After all three of them had left, Lai Zongdao couldn't help but sigh heavily!

No one dares to admonish, no one can admonish, no one can admonish!

For a long time, people's hearts have been suppressed and frightened, and they are in constant fear, what can we do!

While thinking, Lai Zongdao looked even more sad when he saw the memorabilia from Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Rites, on the table!

At this time, persuade the establishment of the crown prince?

How did this stunned young man survive in this court?

I really dislike this court, this world is not chaotic enough!We must add another fire!

"Lord Chief Assistant, His Majesty let you go!"

At some point, an eunuch appeared in the cabinet and spread the word.

"it is good."

Lai Zongdao calmed down, got up quickly, and followed the eunuch towards the outside of the cabinet.

After passing through several halls, Lai Zongdao suddenly became suspicious: "This, isn't it the way to Qianqing Palace?"

"Your Majesty said to ask Mr. Shoufu to wait at the gate of the palace."

The eunuch quickly replied.

"The gate of the palace?"

Lai Zongdao was a little puzzled, but he didn't think too much about it. No one in this imperial palace dared to falsely pass on the will, let alone to him, the chief minister of the cabinet.

When he was about to reach the gate of the palace, he vaguely saw several figures at the gate of the palace, and Lai Zongdao was even more confused.

"White Dragon Fish Costume?"

A little bit suspicious, Lai Zongdao walked quickly, and the scene in his eyes became more and more clear.

I saw today's emperor, Duke Yasukuni, Liu Qiyuan, the second assistant to the cabinet, and the old man Wang Wu, the head of the inner court, all dressed in ordinary clothes. They looked like the housekeepers of ordinary landlords.

"Sir, see Your Majesty!"

"Okay, the butler is here, go, change the clothes for the butler."

The emperor laughed, and Wang Wu, who was beside him, immediately stepped forward with a Confucian shirt.

Seeing this, Lai Zongdao didn't understand what was going on, so he bowed to the emperor, and then, led by Wang Wu, he went to the side tower.

"Your Majesty... Where are you going, master?"

Xu Feng on the side couldn't help asking.

Liu Qiyuan also looked at the emperor curiously.

"Go to Beidafang first, then go out of the capital, and walk around Shuntian Mansion."

As soon as these words came out, Xu Feng was fine, but Liu Qiyuan's expression changed slightly.

Beidafang belongs to the outer city of the capital, and it is the most desolate place in the capital. Most of the poor people live there, and most of the foreign businessmen also live in Beidafang. It can be called a mixed place.

Of course, if it's just these things, it doesn't matter, the emperor is in white fish and dragon clothes, and he is just sympathetic to the people.

However, although this emperor said that Gan Gang was arbitrary and murderous like hemp, he really had nothing to say to the people at the bottom.

Not to mention that the reform is for the people, even though the finances are so tight now, the emperor is very sympathetic to the people. It has long been the norm to provide relief with work in various disaster-stricken areas, and he is even more sympathetic to the people in the capital.

For example, before the winter, they ordered the inner court merchants to allocate and suppress the coal, firewood and food on the market and other necessities for the people to survive the winter.

As far as he knew, the emperor squeezed out the grain from the military pay.

But...Since ancient times, the matter of relief has never been tricky!

The emperor stayed in the palace, even if it was Jin Yiwei, it was impossible to report everything in detail, after all, it was impossible for Jin Yiwei to be free from tricks.

But once the emperor comes to the scene in person, there is nothing tricky to hide it from the emperor!

No matter how small it is, once it falls into the eyes of the emperor, it will be a big deal!

Looking at the emperor's interested appearance, Liu Qiyuan hesitated for a while, and finally swallowed the words that came to his lips.

Nowadays, it is not the former Ming Dynasty. The ancestors' laws and etiquette rules can restrain the former emperor, but it does not mean anything to this emperor.

Strictly speaking, the words of the emperor are the laws of the ancestors and the rules of etiquette.

"Seek good luck..."

Liu Qiyuan prayed silently in his heart, it has been such a difficult and eventful year, but don't let any more accidents happen!

Chapter 491 The Right to Discuss Public Opinion

Although it's late winter, the streets of the capital are still bustling and noisy.

The vicissitudes of the upper echelons of Daheng have almost no negative impact on the life of the city at the bottom. On the contrary, it has a positive impact, which is not small.

For example, after the news of the reform came out, coupled with the butcher knife that the emperor had wielded recklessly, there were not a few landlords and gentry who reluctantly sold their land.

After all, anyone with a little bit of knowledge can see that this time, the butcher knife wielded by the emperor is not just cutting down on corrupt officials, but at the same time cutting down on corrupt officials, it is also following the vines and implicating a series of people.

In this world, even a mere juren who is not an official, with the privileges of the previous Ming Dynasty, can become rich and accumulate a family business that can be passed on to the family.

Not to mention, when Shangguan exists, the relationship behind which one is not intricate and entrenched in one place.

If one is chopped off, as long as one is determined to investigate, a series of interests will be drawn out.

Obviously, those who can be connected with these relationships cannot be poor people who can't even get enough to eat, at least they will be rich landlords.

As for whether it will hurt a good person...

The emperor can only say sorry in his heart, for the foundation of the world, for the countless people in this world who are still struggling with food and clothing, the necessary sacrifice is also a must.

The allocation and balance between the poor and the rich has never been determined by the market itself. The rich will only get richer, and the poor will only get poorer.

This problem is actually the same problem as land annexation.

The past dynasties cannot solve it, but in his hands, even if absolute fairness cannot be guaranteed, absolute balance must be achieved.

As for the destruction of the people's livelihood and the economy, the emperor has long been mentally prepared for a big break.

Under such circumstances, it is obvious that the wave of selling land is becoming more and more turbulent. It can be expected that with the continuation of the slaughter, the land selling will only become more turbulent.

Obviously, the more violent the land sale, as long as the court is properly deployed, the people's life will naturally get better and better.

The people are living a good life, even if the central government has to suffer for a few years due to the turmoil of the people's livelihood and economy, it is also a happy thing for the emperor.

After the storm, there is a rainbow.

For Daheng, after the wind and rain that has swept the world for many years, it is the beginning of a prosperous age. For this world and this nation, it is the eternal foundation!

"The people are peaceful and full of smiles. Master, this is the scene of the prosperous age!"

Several people were walking on the street, and Lai Zongdao was also flattering.

The Son of Heaven laughed, but he didn't take it seriously. The prosperity he wanted was not the prosperity that the people boasted that they couldn't even eat enough.

Now, even the capital under the emperor's feet is still far from what he wants!

"Let me tell you, today's day, Shi Shi, is an unprecedented kind of good governance!"

"You guys, don't be fooled by those traitors. Although His Majesty's reform is to take back all the land, it is not to grab our land!"

"This is to let us poor people have land to grow and eat enough to eat. Think about it, the land is owned by the state, and His Majesty has set up many rules and restrictions, and His Majesty is watching. Those traitors in the past, If you want to covet our land again, it will not be so easy..."

"Look, why the land on the market is so cheap is because of your Majesty..."

Walking to an inn, there was a faint voice, but it made several people stunned. The emperor was obviously interested, took a step, and walked towards this inn.

Seeing this, Lai Zongdao and the others looked at each other subconsciously, and hurriedly followed.

The emperor walked gracefully, but it was the soldiers of the Imperial Battalion who suffered from the secret guards.

Originally proceeding according to the established route, all the guards have been arranged properly, but this sudden change, it is still a place like the inn, which is small and crowded with people, the difficulty of guarding has obviously increased by more than one level.

While all the officers and soldiers of the imperial front battalion were busy busy, the emperor and several civil and military ministers had already arrived at the private room on the second floor of the inn.

Undoubtedly, at this moment, including the emperor, everyone's attention was attracted by the storyteller in the inn.

Lai Zongdao and the others looked pensive, but the emperor had an undisguised smile on his lips.

In this era, there are actually very few channels for the circulation of information.

Even for gentry and landlords, the channel for receiving information is nothing more than word of mouth.

As for the people at the bottom, there are very few channels for receiving information. Most of the people, I am afraid that they will spend their entire lives wandering around in their own villages and nearby towns at most.

And the dignity of scholars is needless to say, and it is precisely because of this that the right to speak in public opinion in this era has always been firmly grasped by the local gentry and landlords.

The first step for imperial power to go to the countryside is naturally to break the control of public opinion.

He has been working on this matter since he was in charge of governing the country and planning reforms.

To break the gentry and literati's control over public opinion, first of all, it is natural to get rid of the privileges of the scholars, as well as the arbitrariness of the landlords and gentry over the tenants.

This point, he has already carried out.

The rest, of course, is to diversify the channels for people to obtain information.

In the past, the common people's understanding of the imperial court's policies depended on the local gentlemen's decision, or they relied on the few words heard by the common people who went out.

As for those court notices posted everywhere...

What to write, in the end, can only rely on the mouth of the scholar!

The people at the bottom hardly have any sources of information that can unimpededly understand the policies of the imperial court.

And what he did was to start with the few entertainment methods of the common people in this era.

Such as storytellers in taverns and inns, such as major theater troupes.

Tell the people about the imperial court's policies in the most easy-to-understand way through these.

At the same time, these can also be used to influence the direction of public opinion, suppress some people with ulterior motives who confuse black and white, and can also subtly complete the new cultural promotion that the emperor has always been thinking about.

Up to now, in the Cultural Propaganda Department established by Jinyiwei, there are nearly [-] theater troupes registered in the register, and nearly [-] storytellers...

Of the nearly one million taels of silver allocated to Jin Yiwei every year, almost 30 to [-] taels were allocated to this propaganda department, and then he, the emperor, also influenced the public opinion of the whole world through the propaganda department.

"This Department of Literature and Propaganda is useful."

At some point, Lai Zongdao suddenly uttered such a sentence.

Liu Qiyuan also nodded. The existence of the Wenxuan Department was a secret to the low-level people, and even most of the literati and gentry, but to them, it was naturally not a secret.

In recent years, many people who obstructed the Wen Xuan Department were dealt with by Jin Yiwei. These are all things that they know well.

"In the most popular way, the imperial court's policy is preached. In this way, it can also prevent people with ulterior motives from misinterpreting and distorting the imperial court's policy, and fooling and oppressing the people."

"That's just one of them."

The emperor shook his head: "Just letting the people know is not enough. There are not a few people who are bold and bold. If you want to let the people live well, you must make the policies of the imperial court be implemented, and let the people benefit. , the channels for the common people to appeal must also be unblocked.”