In the winter of the first year of Hongzhi, the new law began to be vigorously implemented throughout the country.
At first, the speed of implementation was as difficult as Zhu Youtang expected.
The Third Pavilion Elder faced many obstacles and was severely whipped by the aristocrats. The various places did not cooperate at all, and the resistance became more and more intense.
There were even peasant uprisings everywhere, and the first to bear the brunt was in the Jin-Ji region.
Pa!
Liu Jian fiercely slapped the documents in the West Garden Warm Pavilion, his beard standing straight in anger.
"A group of small fries actually used the people to make a big fuss. How despicable!”
The cabinet roared and argued one after another.
Xie Qian snorted coldly." The new law is beneficial to the people of the world. How would the people dare to resist? The group of thieves in the north are using the people to obstruct the court. They deserve to be killed!”
Xie Qian didn't mention any names, but the three Pavilion Elders knew who the thief he was talking about was. It was a large business group in the Jin-Ji region!
In the third year of Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, the empire lacked silver to guard the nine borders. Zhu Yuanzhang recruited merchants to transport grain in exchange for salt. With the salt transportation and sales in designated areas, it was called Kaizhong.
By the Hongzhi period, the merchants in Shanxi had already become a force to be reckoned with.
They had a large amount of land in their hands, and the grain harvested from these lands could be traded with the imperial court for official salt and official tea.
The grain from Shanxi was transported to the nine borders, and the court gave the right to sell official salt and tea.
But now, Zhu Youtang had implemented the new law in a thunderous manner, which made the merchants in Shanxi unable to afford food. Without large quantities of food, they could not continue to trade with the Nine Border Army.
This new law, the first to be affected, was against their interests, so the resistance in Hebei and Shanxi was particularly fierce, and even fooled the people to resist the court.
"How far away are you and you can hear the sound of a table being smashed? The three elders are heavy.”
Zhu Youtang walked to the warm pavilion with his hands behind his back and glanced at the Third Pavilion Elder.
The Third Pavilion Elder temporarily suppressed his anger and kowtowed to welcome the Emperor.
"Long live my emperor."
Zhu Youtang waved his hand." Get up."
The weather in the north was a little cold to the bone. Wynne was very observant and quickly brought a few braziers to the warm pavilion.
"These are some secret documents collected by the East Military Hall.”
Zhu Youtang handed the secret document to Liu Jian.
The three of them looked over. Gradually, the Third Pavilion Elder gasped, his face twisted with endless anger.
"A bunch of trash!"
Zhu Youtang said lightly," Yes, the group of thieves you are talking about has already become something. The official salt and tea of the imperial court can't satisfy them anymore."”
"Emperor Taizu gave them salt, tea, and iron in exchange for food.”
"But what about these merchants now? Smelting iron into weapons and trading weapons with the northern Wala and Tartar for huge profits. They are smarter than you and know how to do business.”
Zhu Youtang said casually. He held the teacup and blew the hot steam. He took a sip and warmed his body.
His body was warm, but how could his cold heart be warm?
The reason why the northern barbarians were so powerful was that they had this group of brave men doing business with them privately behind the backs of the imperial court.
Liu Jian exhaled and stood up abruptly."A bunch of traitors! I'll go and kill them!"
Zhu Youtang laughed in anger." You're an old bag of bones. I still need you in my cabinet. Sit down obediently."”
"Wynne."
Zhu Youtang's voice was calm." Go and call Mou Bin. Let's go to Shanxi together and 'invite' the Fan, Wang, and Huang families to the Forbidden City.”
This group of Jin merchants was only beginning to show signs of success.
During the Chongzhen period, this group of malignant tumors could no longer be controlled. They gradually evolved into the Eight Great Imperial Merchants, who specialized in selling military equipment to Nurhachi.
Zhu Youtang had to take advantage of this moment to clean up the mess in Shanxi.
If this group of people were not eliminated, the new law would still be difficult to implement.
This was not the fault of the cabinet.
The cabinet had no way to deal with these tycoons in Shanxi.
"Yes!"
Huai 'en left the Forbidden City with a gloomy face and went straight to the Zhenfu Department. He called Mou Bin and the factory guards were mobilized. With endless anger, they secretly headed for Shanxi.
In the warm pavilion.
"Business has no borders, but businessmen should have borders!" Zhu Youtang said indifferently.”
The Third Pavilion Elder was stunned and shouted in unison,""My Emperor is wise."
Zhu Youtang waved his hand." Alright, you don't have to worry about the matters in the north for the time being. The new law still needs to be pushed forward. Let's push it to the south first. It's much simpler there."”
"Yes!"
After the three of them answered, Liu Jian said worriedly,"Your Majesty, this group of Jin people is righteous. Moreover, they have done a very clean job in this uprising. We can't catch them…"
Zhu Youtang looked at Liu Jian and said," You're overthinking it. I will let them and the world be convinced. Go."”
"Yes!"
……
They walked on the official road of the Forbidden City.
Liu Jian was still furious.”
Grand Secretary Liu cursed for the first time.
"This is a traitor!"
"With the benefits that my Great Ming gave him, what trade is not good to do? He actually did a weapon deal with the Tartars!”
"Do you know how many of my men are killed by the weapons they lose every year?”
Li Dongyang consoled Liu Jian." Lord Chief, please calm down. You've lived for so long. How can you be so inferior compared to the Emperor?"”
"Do you see that the emperor is angry? This is the structure!"
Liu Jian laughed in anger and said,""If this old master had the Emperor's shrewdness, would I still be able to mingle in the cabinet?”
He seemed a little proud.
He was proud that he couldn't compare to the Emperor.
Li Dongyang was taken aback and thought to himself, The pavilion elder is not simple. How can he be flattered like this? I can't catch up with him.
Xie Qian chuckled." Milords, please don't joke around. The Emperor is personally stabilizing the north. This is the greatest support for my cabinet."”
"Such a wise ruler, if we don't implement the new law in the south, how can we repay the emperor's favor?”
Liu Jian and Li Dongyang nodded in unison.
The three of them didn't dare to waste any more time and rushed straight to the cabinet, starting to spread a whip technique towards the south.
Half a month later, the new law in the south received the support of a large number of farmers.
Half a month later.
The Brocade Guard and the East Chamber foreigners rushed into Beijing at lightning speed. Following them were three middle-aged men in luxurious clothes.
Until now, they still naively thought that nothing big would happen in Zhili Province.
How great was Emperor Taizu's imperial prestige back then? Didn't he still rely on them?
The new emperor had just ascended the throne less than a year ago, so what could he do to them?
At most, he would just reprimand her with a few words. It was harmless.
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