Ignoring the pleas, curses, and wails of the officials, Zhu Houzhao turned his gaze to Zhu Budian.
"Imperial uncle must blame zhen in his heart now, but zhen has to do this. Only then can my Ming Dynasty be more stable. It didn't matter if Uncle didn't understand. Therefore, I will hand over the matter of seizing the house to Imperial Uncle and Cao Zhengchun. At that time, Imperial Uncle would know how this group of vermin had been sucking the marrow out of the bones of the Ming Dynasty.”Zhu Houzhao sneered.
This cold smile was directed at the officials and also at Zhu. Zhu Budian wanted to curry favor with the officials and win their support. But Zhu Houzhao wanted him to offend all the officials.
"Iron Gut Divine Marquis Zhu Bujue, East Military Governor Cao Zhengchun, listen up!”Zhu Houzhao shouted.
"This subject (old servant) is here!" Zhu Budian and Cao Zhengchun immediately cupped their hands.
"I order you to confiscate the property of the officials. The silver obtained has not been put into the treasury, the land property has been returned to its original owner, and the antiques, calligraphy, and paintings have been kept.”
"This subject (old servant) receives the decree!"
Cao Zhengchun was quite excited, even though he had obtained the support of some officials. But he knew that officials and eunuchs were always enemies.
Those officials who supported him were only forced by his power. If there was a chance, they wouldn't mind biting him back.
Therefore, he was very excited to confiscate the property of the officials.
In comparison, Zhu Bujue was also very dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to do it.
"Eunuch Sun, tell the nine sides, three battalions, twelve guards, and four guards of the Imperial Horse Bureau that the east and west depots can move.”Zhu Houzhao said coldly.
"This servant will obey!" After Eunuch Sun received the decree, he immediately prepared to leave.
"Wait!" But Zhu Houzhao stopped him.
"Your Majesty, please instruct me!"
"Transfer all the Jinyiwei out and investigate all the officials, including corruption and political achievements. In addition, your eunuch and the Shadow and Iron Blood Warriors that I have you train should also be mobilized.”
"Yes, this servant will investigate all the officials thoroughly!”
"Go!"
"Yes, sir!"
Eunuch Sun's little eunuch, Zhu Houzhao had started grooming him seven years ago. Although not everyone was an expert, none of them were weak.
The lowest was at the twelfth layer of the Body Refinement Realm. It wasn't that he could fight a hundred people alone, but it wasn't a problem for him to fight ten. In addition, there were many experts among them. Even the Eight Great Sects were not their match.
In addition, Zhu Houzhao also let Eunuch Sun secretly train an underground organization of the Iron Blood Warriors and the Dark Shadow.
The Dark Shadow Organization was an intelligence organization. The two strongest intelligence organizations in World's Best were the Dragon Guarding Mountain Villa and Cao Zhengchun's East Chamber.
However, the Dark Shadow Organization established by Zhu Houzhao had far surpassed them after seven years of development. Every county had at least one intelligence station of the Dark Shadow Organization.
Most of them were brothels or taverns, and some were beggars. In the past seven years, Zhu Houzhao had spent a lot of money to form a huge organization that spread all over the country.
However, these organizations were earning a lot of money for him now. Not only could they maintain their operations, but they could also make a lot of profits.
The other was the Iron Blood Warriors. This army did not have many people, only 10,000. However, all of them were Iron Blood Warriors and were trained according to the standards of the special forces of the future.
They might not be as good as the young eunuchs individually, but once they formed a team, ten of them could beat a hundred young eunuchs.
"Liu Jin, draft a few edicts for zhen. zhen wants to summon the world! Zhen Nian, you write it!" After Eunuch Sun left, Zhu Houzhao ordered Liu Jin.
"Yes, sir!"
Never underestimate eunuchs, especially the eunuchs around the Emperor. Except for a few people, they were all educated.
"Corrupted officials harm the people. I will eradicate corruption throughout the country. Once there was evidence, he would be severely punished. All the land that had been taken by trickery would be returned to its rightful owner. This is the first one!"
"Second, restore the laws of our ancestors from now on. Those who embezzled five taels of silver will be dismissed from their posts. Those who embezzled more than sixty taels of silver will be sentenced to death. In addition, students are not allowed to discuss government affairs. Violators will lose their academic achievements and school status…"
"Third, from now on, the tax will be based on how much land the family has, not on the head. Also, squires and people with achievements no longer enjoyed tax exemption. The squires no longer had the power to collect taxes. In the future, each town would set up a tax station to collect taxes (farmers used to collect taxes this way). Everyone had to pay taxes at the tax station. In addition, the taxes would be converted into cash and no more grain would be collected (one whip method).”
"Fourth, business taxes will be collected from now on, but business will also be protected by the Imperial Court. Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy."
……
Zhu Houzhao said a lot of things in a row, including the policies that he had revised in the past month.
"Have you memorized it?" Zhu Houzhao asked.
"Remember it!" Liu Jin said respectfully.
"Remember, use the vernacular language that Zhen said just now, not the words that are used to describe the person. I want everyone in the world to understand and not deceive my superiors and subordinates.”
"Yes, sir! "However, Your Majesty…" After Liu Jin received the order, he looked at Zhu Houzhao with some difficulty and hesitated.
"If you have anything to say, say it!" Looking at Liu Jin's expression, Zhu Houzhao knew that he had something to say.
"The Emperor's action is very kind, but it is very difficult for the scholars and country gentry to accept. This servant is afraid that they will cause trouble and it will not be easy to clean up the mess.”Liu Jin was indeed someone who could become a Great Eunuch in the future. He knew how to think for the Emperor.
It wasn't that there hadn't been any reforms in the past. In the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi's reform, Wang Mang's reform, and so on, but the results weren't very good. He was worried that this reform would also arouse the resistance of the squires, scholars, and wealthy families.
"Of course I know. That's why I ordered the Nine Borders, the East and West Depots, the Twelve Guards, the Three Great Battalions, and the Four Guards of the Imperial Horse Bureau to all move out. Even my Shadow, Iron Blood Warriors, and even the eunuchs in the palace have been sent out.”
"Zhen is not afraid of them making a fuss, but Zhen is afraid that they will not make a fuss. If they make a fuss, I can legitimately eradicate them all. If he didn't cause a ruckus, it would leave behind a hidden danger.”
"They may cause chaos in the country for a while, but it will pass very quickly. I have the support of all the people in the world. They can't do anything.”Zhu Houzhao sneered.
In the past, those people could not get rid of the influence of the squires, scholars, and wealthy families. They still needed these people. Thus, after being resisted, they could only compromise.
However, Zhu Houzhao did not need these people. It was good that they resisted. Zhu Houzhao could openly take the land from the local tyrants.
"Go, act according to Zhen's decree. In addition, send people to all the villages to publicize these regulations and read them out to the common people. We can't miss out on any of them!"
"Yes!"
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