" Long live our emperor…Long live…"
Zhu Yijun arrived at the throne room with Gao Yi's help. The officials were already waiting there.
Surrounded by the crowd, a huge group of worshippers headed to the Temple of Heaven.
As the Minister of Rites, Gao Yi had been following Zhu Yijun. His heart was filled with shock. He stared at Zhu Yijun's small figure and did not dare to underestimate this young emperor.
Before heading to the Golden Hall, the two of them talked about the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Gao Yi never expected that the little Emperor's understanding of the laws of the Ming Dynasty would hit the nail on the head.
First, the Ming laws were too cruel.
These capital punishments needed to be removed…
Second, the power of the Jinyiwei was above the law of Ming Dynasty, which should limit the power of the Jinyiwei of East Chamber…
Gao Yi wrote that the most important reform of the Ming Dynasty was to limit the power of the East Chamber. This was because when the Ministry of Justice tried cases, the East Chamber often interfered, seriously hindering the fairness and insight of the law…
Other than these two points, the little Emperor reiterated that the imperial power should be concentrated, the cabinet should be weakened, and the East Chamber should be weakened. The power of the Ming Dynasty should be in the hands of the Emperor!
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Gao Yi looked at the young man sitting on the dragon carriage and was very excited."The Great Ming Dynasty has waited for a hundred years and finally has a wise ruler!”
The first assistant Gao Gong and the second assistant Zhang Juzheng led the civil and military officials to follow. Both of them had their own ideas. Zhang Juzheng wanted to reform the tired officials of the Ming Dynasty, measure the land again, and check the taxes.
Gao Gong wanted to maintain the status quo.
The two of them had never thought of making a move on the business of the Ming Dynasty.
From Zhu Yuanzhang onwards, agriculture was the foundation of the country and suppressed commercial behavior. This was because in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, merchants did not engage in production and were not the foundation of the country.
If merchants were everywhere, who would farm?
In less than a hundred years, the country will fall.
Therefore, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were in a miserable situation. The state's commercial control was extremely strict and never relaxed...
Zhu Yijun had already decided that after he came to power, he would not touch agriculture first because the foundation of the aristocrats was too big. A slight move would affect the whole body. Moreover, the impact of touching agriculture was minimal. If he wanted to touch it, he would touch business!
First, he would reform commerce, rebuild the merchant tax, open up trade, and let the merchants live.
It was much easier to lift the ban on commerce than to investigate the land and property of the aristocrats.
Not only did Zhu Yijun want to lift the ban on business, but he also wanted to increase business taxes because there were too few business taxes now.
Zhu Yijun believed that even if he increased a portion of the business tax, the merchants would be very happy because compared to the lifting of the ban on commerce, increasing the business tax a little was not important to them.
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The civil and military officials followed behind Zhu Yijun to complete the ceremony.
After nine shots, Zhu Yijun kowtowed to the heavens and earth.
When he stood up again, he began to accept the worship of the civil and military officials.
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In Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Li called Feng Bao over.
All these years, Empress Dowager Li had been able to monopolize power in the harem and influence the court because of Feng Bao.
"Empress Dowager." Feng Bao stood respectfully in front of the Empress Dowager. At this moment, he had already begun to keep a distance from Empress Dowager Li because he knew very well that the Emperor was not a child that could be fooled…
"Feng Bao, what have you been doing these past few days? Why do you look so flustered?”
"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, I will be handling official documents in the East Chamber these few days.”
"Is there anything important to investigate?”Empress Dowager Li asked. Normally, Feng Bao would have told her everything he knew.
But today, Feng Bao stood there silently.
Confusion appeared on Empress Dowager Li's face.
"Feng Bao, why aren't you saying anything?”
Feng Bao respectfully cupped his fists and said," Replying to the Empress Dowager, I am in charge of the East Chamber. I am also the Seal Eunuch of the Chief of Rites who was conferred by His Majesty. I am a fourth-rank official of the court who only listens to His Majesty."”
"So, please forgive me, Empress Dowager. I can't report to you about the affairs of the East Chamber.”
Feng Bao rejected Empress Dowager Li like never before. This was something that Empress Dowager Li would never have imagined. Before the little Emperor ascended the throne, Feng Bao and Empress Dowager Li were on the same side, advancing and retreating together.
But now, Feng Bao was telling Empress Dowager Li that he was the Emperor's eunuch, a rank four official. What did this mean?
This meant that from now on, Feng Bao would only listen to the Emperor and be the Emperor's eyes, ears, and claws.
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Empress Dowager Li sat on the phoenix couch and quietly looked at Feng Bao, who was standing in front of her. A storm seemed to have risen in her heart.
When did the little emperor subdue Feng Bao?
Without showing any signs, she held the East Chamber in her hands and cut off Empress Dowager Li's eyes and ears in an instant. Even if Empress Dowager Li wanted to participate in politics now, she had no way out.
Looks like I've underestimated my son.
From the looks of it, this little fellow was born to be an emperor.
Empress Dowager Li sighed.
"I was just asking casually. From now on, you have to help the little emperor well. He is no longer the little kid from back then…"
After Empress Dowager Li said this, Feng Bao revealed a look of understanding.
How could he not know how powerful the little Emperor was? A few days ago, the little Emperor had already established his might and firmly grasped his sore spot in his hands.
"Replying to the Empress Dowager, I will not come to the Cining Palace in the future. I need to handle official documents conscientiously in the East Chamber. Even in the Imperial City, I will serve in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.”
After Feng Bao said this, how could Empress Dowager Li not know what he meant?
From now on, Feng Bao would never step into Cining Palace again because he was in charge of the East Chamber and held a high position. If he got too close to the Empress Dowager, it would be easy for the Emperor to suspect him.
If he was suspected by that little emperor, he would probably be consigned to eternal damnation.
After Feng Bao left the Cining Palace, Empress Dowager Li suddenly felt better.
Actually, the reason she called Feng Bao over this time was to tell him not to come to Cining Palace from now on because the little Emperor's gaze was too scary.
The imperial family was the most ruthless. If the little emperor hated her, even if she was the mother, she would probably…
Empress Dowager Li didn't want to think about it.
Because she knew that he had already become the monarch of the Ming Empire and was no longer an ordinary young man.
It was just that she was a little unable to adapt to Zhu Yijun after becoming the emperor…
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