"I, Yang Yiqing…"
"I, Xu Jie…"
"This subject Wang Shouren…"
"Greetings to the emperor, long live our emperor…"
After the three of them kowtowed, they waited quietly for the Emperor to speak.
"Men, give Chief Assistant Yang Yiqing a seat.”
Zhu Houjie saw that Yang Yiqing was indeed old and thin, so he called the eunuch to get him a stool.
"Your Majesty, although I am old, I am not old. There is no need to sit and talk. Your Majesty…"
Yang Yiqing's biggest weakness was his age. He was almost seventy years old this year.
At this age, he should have retired a long time ago and enjoyed his old age.
If the emperor thought he was old, then he should pack up and leave.
Therefore, when he heard the word 'bestow', he hurriedly declined.
"I told you to sit, so sit down." Zhu Houjin said indifferently.
"Yes, yes, Your Majesty."
When Yang Yiqing heard the Emperor's words, he shifted half of his butt onto the stool.
Xu Jie and Wang Yangming stood with their hands by their sides, secretly sizing up the little Emperor.
They realized that although the little Emperor's face was somewhat childish, he already had the appearance of a sovereign ruling the world.
Although Yang Yiqing was sitting on the stool, he felt a little disappointed.
Originally, the war against the Japanese was planned by himself, but the Emperor handed this job to the Minister of War, Wang Yangming.
If this went on, Wang Yangming would probably be in the limelight…
While they were secretly looking at Zhu Houjiu, Zhu Houjiu was flipping through the memorial.
The ministers could only wait quietly. They wanted to see the Emperor's reply on the memorial.
Zhu Houyan, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was looking at the memorial that Zhu Bujue had handed over.
The content of Zhu Bujue's memorial was very simple. First, he praised the Emperor's decisiveness and wisdom in executing Yang Tinghe.
Then, he described how he arranged for the Dragon Guarding Mountain Villa to go south to fight the pirates, and expressed his loyalty…
Zhu Houyi placed Zhu Bujue's memorial on the Dragon's desk and asked,"
"Although the war in the south is not a small matter, it is just a disease of the Empire. I would like to ask my beloved ministers what they think of the fatigue of the Empire's officials.”
"Dear ministers, speak freely. Today, I grant you special permission to speak without sin!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the three ministers were shocked beyond words. The speaker was innocent…
This was something that had never happened in the Ming Empire since the founding emperor Zhu Baba.
However, they were very touched when they heard this.
The young sovereign was clearly telling them that he trusted the three of them completely.
" Your Majesty, I am so grateful…" Yang Yiqing sat on the stool, tears streaming down his face.
Wang Yangming felt that he had finally found a good emperor. Before this, Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde had never taken him seriously, whether it was suppressing bandits or Prince Pingning's rebellion…
Thinking of this, Wang Yangming tidied up his court clothes and said,"
"Your Majesty, the government affairs of our dynasty are weak. The biggest drawback is fraud, corruption, and corruption. This humble subject suggests that we punish corrupt officials with lightning speed and crack down on all kinds of unhealthy practices…to correct the government!”
After Wang Yangming finished his political views, Zhu Houzhen did not respond immediately. Instead, he looked at Chief Yang Yiqing and said slowly,
"Chief Yang, I want a comprehensive reform. What do you think?”
"A reform?" Yang Yiqing was stunned.
Change what method?
Ancestor's method?
He was familiar with the history books and knew that there was a reform by Wang Anshi four hundred years ago. Could it be that the young emperor wanted that kind of reform?
This…was too unbelievable, right?
Not only Yang Yiqing, but Xu Jie and Wang Yangming were also shocked.
The little emperor had just ascended the throne and was going to reform the empire?
Zhu Houyi knew that in this era, the word "reform" was not a good word.
"This is Zhen's reply to your memorials.”
Zhu Houyi ordered the eunuch to hand over the memorial on the Dragon's desk to them.
Yang Yiqing took it and saw a few words written on the memorial: The reform is a top priority. Land, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce must all be changed. You should know first. The cabinet will discuss it before telling me!
Yang Yiqing raised his head and looked at Zhu Houjin. Was the Emperor going to be bold and decisive?
How difficult it is to reform!
If it was not handled well, it would cause turmoil in the empire.
At this time, Wang Yangming bowed and said,""Your Majesty, this humble subject supports the reform. The current empire must reform, and the first thing to do is to reform the land!”
"Continue." Zhu Hou encouraged Wang Yangming.
"Yes, Your Majesty. The land of the empire must be re-measured. The imperial court must know how many granaries there are in the world. We will no longer use the head tax, but instead change it to the land tax.”
The more land there was, the more taxes there would be. This way, he could avoid some big rats from evading taxes.”
After listening to Wang Yangming's words, Zhu Houyi nodded slightly and did not comment. Instead, he asked,"
"Wang Yangming, do you know how big the land reform is? How long would it take to complete it?”
"Your Majesty, I have calculated that it will take about five years to see results and ten years to complete.”
Zhu Houzhen stood up from the dragon throne. The young emperor left the Dragon Book table and walked down to stand in front of the cabinet ministers, saying,"
"How much silver is in the national treasury now? Do you know what to do?"
"Eight hundred thousand taels." Yang Yiqing answered first.
"What is it? Only eight hundred thousand?" Wang Yangming and Xu Jie were shocked.
It was normal for Wang Yangming, who had just been transferred to the capital, not to know. Xu Jie, the assistant, naturally knew that the national treasury was empty, but he never expected it to be so empty.
In a great country, where the emperor was in power, the national treasury only had 800,000 taels.
Where was the money?
Where did he go?
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