Today was a very special day. All the ministers in the court came to the Meridian Gate to watch the execution of the criminal.
Zhu Youjian had personally issued an edict requesting this!
After the establishment of the country, the ministers in the court had forgotten the butcher's knife of the emperor. They had forgotten that they were wage earners and not the head of the big empire.
There was only one person in charge of the Ming Empire, and that was the current emperor, Zhu Youjian.
Since someone wanted to rebel, the emperor's butcher knife would follow.
Zhu Youjian brought Wang Chengen, Wei Zhongxian, and Xu Xianchun and hid among the crowd.
Especially after the empire announced the execution of these important criminals and revealed all the secrets of these criminals, the people in the capital were furious.
After Zhu Youjian took office, every national policy would be made public!
Therefore, the common people could understand every national policy and facilitate the implementation of the policy.
After all, once the commoners knew, they would no longer be fooled by the local officials.
The first batch was the core members of the rebellion case, Li Sancai, Wang Tiqian, Han Fei, Luo Yangxing, Luo Sigong, and other important criminals.
The second batch of Donglin criminals were Qian Longxi and the others!
The next was the corrupt officials. Although they were not involved in the rebellion case, they were executed for corruption and bribery.
Li Sancai and the others were really crying now. Their despairing eyes made many of their colleagues shake their heads.
Especially the Li Clan, they would be executed along with him, and all nine of their clans would be executed. This was the second time in the dynasty.
The first time was Fang Xiaoru during the Jingnan period, but Fang Xiaoru's family was loyal to Zhu Yunwen and was killed.
Although Chengzu Zhu Di hated Fang Xiaoru for being reckless and refusing to surrender, he was killed by Zhu Di and his influence was extremely far-reaching.
The second time was Li Sancai. How could Li Sancai be compared to Fang Xiaoru? Li Sancai poisoned the previous emperor to death, so his nature was different.
Fang Xiaoru could be remembered by future generations, but Li Sancai was despised by future generations.
What was especially prominent was that the supervisor was Yuan Keli!
The old man looked at Li Sancai with a solemn expression and said,""Do you have any last words?"
"The winner takes all," Li Sancai said indifferently."It's been like this since ancient times! Our Li family died for the common people of the world. What's wrong with killing a fatuous monarch?”
"Unrepentant, the shame of our school!”
Yuan Keli was as cold as ice. He really did not expect Li Sancai to still not have the heart to repent.
Li Biao shook his head as the judge, and the trace of pity in his heart disappeared.
Huang Liji and Shi Fenglai appeared very calm. They didn't ask or say anything. They just watched silently.
Only Cheng Jiming and Li Guopu were furious. They didn't expect Donglin to have such a scourge.
The most hateful thing was:
Li Sancai was still the leader of Donglin. This was Donglin's greatest tragedy.
The Six Gentlemen of the Eastwoods had sacrificed themselves for nothing. How unjustly they had died!
Donglin's only card of sadness was the Six Gentlemen of Donglin. They could forget about having a good reputation. A good card had actually been ruined by Li Sancai.
Han Fei and Wang Tiqian suddenly said to Yuan Keli,""Lord Yuan, although we have committed such a heinous crime, our deaths are not worth regretting. We don't want to die with a vicious villain like Li Sancai.”
Yuan Keli's expression eased up a little and he said calmly,""Yes!"
"Thank you Deacon Yuan for your help!"
After saying that, the two of them spat at Li Sancai and turned around to leave, far away from Li Sancai.
" The time has come. Li Sancai's nine clans, Han Muyi's three clans, Wang Tiqian's nine clans, Luo Sigong's nine clans…"
After Yuan Keli finished speaking, he shouted resolutely,"Because of your rebellion and poisoning the previous emperor, the emperor has decided to kill you!”
"Slash!"
"Slash!"
"Slash!"
A group of supervisors shouted.
"Good kill, good kill!"
The surrounding commoners also cheered. Not many people liked these traitors.
They had a good life, but they had to do something rebellious. If they didn't die, who would?
This time, there were about 20,000 people involved in the extermination.
Blood flowed like a river outside the Noon Gate! Wails filled the air!
Although Zhu Youjian looked at the innocent people who were killed and felt some sympathy, he did not waver.
This was a dog-eat-dog society. Since the country was already so corrupt, how could they intimidate the officials of the world without heavy punishment?
In the eyes of the common people, these officials were like wolves and tigers. If they were not killed, it would not be enough to warn future generations.
Looking at the executioners changing batch after batch, it could be seen that the task of the executioners was extremely heavy.
However, in order to appease this incident, Zhu Youjian wondered if he should give some benefits to the people of the Ming Dynasty.
The official road from the capital to Shanhaiguan was too narrow, so it had to be widened by two times to facilitate the movement of troops and materials in the future.
It would be better to use food as a reward and mobilize the people of the capital to repair the pipes. They would provide food and accommodation every month and a stone of food every month.
Anyway, he did not lack this bit of food, especially now that he had more than 15 million mu of fertile land and 80 million taels of silver.
The imperial court's treasury was sufficient, they could afford it!
Not only that, Zhu Youjian also planned to never increase taxes to reduce the burden on the people.
Among the taxes, the exorbitant taxes were directly abolished. This was the national policy that would be implemented next.
In any case, he had sufficient money and food now. He did not lack money or food. Now that he had abolished all kinds of exorbitant taxes and corvee, he could win over the hearts of the people.
It seemed that the past dynasties had never abolished corvee, but Zhu Youjian hated it very much. This was naked exploitation.
He didn't want to do such an inhumane thing, nor was he willing to do it.
Forcing the commoners to do voluntary labor was the main source of money for local officials. Coupled with all kinds of exorbitant taxes, it was really too difficult for the commoners to eat.
He was crying out for these poor commoners!
As long as the harsh taxes and corvee were abolished, the lives of the people would greatly improve.
As for the pressure, with the high-yield rice that was resistant to drought and cold, he could play like this.
If he did not have the confidence and means to become a wise ruler for all eternity, becoming an emperor for all eternity would only be a dream.
As long as these two national policies were firmly implemented, even if that scholar wanted to label him, the people would probably not agree.
This time, he had killed more than 20,000 people in a row. The impact was indeed huge.
The introduction of the two measures of high salaries to maintain honesty and never increasing taxes was to smooth out the impact of this matter.
In particular, they would never increase taxes. The main abolition was the exorbitant taxes and corvee.
It was decreed that no more taxes would be imposed, which stipulated that farmers only needed to pay grain taxes, and the rest of the taxes would be abolished.
He couldn't let these scholars label him as a tyrant. These people deserved to die, so there was no need to pity them.
He would rather spend a greater price to win over the hearts of the people than bow to the gentry.
Giving the benefits to the real toiling masses and shifting the burden of the country's tax burden to industry and commerce was the true people-oriented national policy.
Firstly, it was imperative to raise the business tax, and it was also imperative to lift the sea ban.
Taking advantage of this opportunity to go all out and destroy the evil spirit of Donglin, he directly took on the arduous task of collecting business taxes and opening up the sea to collect taxes.
If they could take down the two hardest bones, then the salt tax and mining tax would become easier!
It could be said that as long as he obtained the business tax and the overseas trade import and export tax, he could provide the empire with 50 million taels of silver in tax revenue every year.
After settling the salt tax and mining tax, plus the agricultural tax, the tax revenue would increase by 20 million taels.
The entire empire had about 70 million taels of silver, which was enough to solve the empire's current financial crisis.
A year or two of relaxation was enough for Zhu Youjian to start an industrial revolution in the true sense.
After the basic industries were established, the development of the Empire would be rapid, and the tax revenue would double. It would not be a dream to break through the 100 million mark.
The establishment of an industry required the establishment of a complete financial system, and banks had to be set up as well.
In any case, the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty didn't understand, but there were plenty of such professionals in the system. They weren't afraid of being messed up.
The industrial system and the financial system created by the royal family would become the two powerful behemoths of the Imperium that would push forward the reform.
Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian's feelings for these criminals also faded.
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