Zhu Yuanzhang sighed heavily.
"Why, is my Hongwu Emperor disheartened?”Empress Ma smiled as she looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.
" Hmph, how can I be disheartened?" Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head and looked at the video.
in the video
In order to reform the government, Zhu Yijun supported Zhang Juzheng's reform.
Thus, Zhang Juzheng began to reform both the political and economic aspects.
In the imperial court, Zhang Juzheng had been practicing the 'examination method' for the first five years.
It was to assess the achievements of officials and promote capable officials.
Zhang Juzheng knew that if he wanted to reform, he needed capable officials.
Otherwise, everything would be over.
After all, it was the officials who did the work. If they didn't put in effort, nothing could be done.
In the next five years, Zhang Juzheng began to reform the economy.
He executed the 'One Whip Technique'.
The first thing to do was to clear out the land of the entire country.
In five years, the clearing of the provinces of the Ming Dynasty was completed.
The land of the Ming Dynasty increased by 1.4 million hectares, and many hidden fields were cleared.
After that, he would really use the whip technique.
Then, the video began to introduce in detail what a whip technique was.
In particular, it emphasized the unique folding system of Ming Dynasty.
Officials 'salaries, taxes, and so on.
bomb screen
"Good fellow, the commoners of non-tea-producing areas use rice to exchange for silver, then use silver to buy tea and pay tea tax."
"Rice for silver, silver for tea, and tea tax. How many layers of exploitation have the commoners suffered?”
" Zhang Juzheng's method is still the best. No matter what taxes they pay, they are all paid with silver. The burden on the commoners has been greatly reduced."
" Number One, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are really good at it. The tea production area pays tea tax, and the tea production area pays grain tax. No wonder the people are always revolting."
"If you can't live, you'll naturally revolt."
"It's not easy being an official. Not only is the salary low, but it's also turned into spices. What can spices do?”
Primitive Great Ming World Number One.
Wenying Hall.
" That's impossible. This isn't how the national tide tax is collected."
"Who exactly is that bastard that caused the Ming Dynasty to be in such a state!”
"It's still a flower played by the later generations of officials."
"Hehe, the reason why the officials of the future generations are playing with flowers is because there is no emperor like today!”
"Alas!"
On the surface, the officials were lamenting, but in fact, many of them had envious looks in their eyes.
It was difficult for the officials of the Hongwu Dynasty!
If they worked too much, they would earn less, and if they were greedy, they would be skinned alive.
Even if they neglected their duties, they would be beheaded by Emperor Hongwu.
They worked with trepidation every day, afraid that if they were not careful, not only would they lose their lives, but they would also implicate their families.
Unlike his colleagues behind him.
Their days were so comfortable.
Envy!
At this moment, Lee Shan Chang's expression was grave.
He understood now. No wonder the Guang Sect, Xi Sect, and Si Sect all faced the same problem.
That meant that the imperial court was out of money.
What could they do if they had no money? They needed to levy more taxes. If the people could not survive, they would rebel. If they rebelled, they needed more money to quell the rebellion.
This was back to the original problem.
This was simply unsolvable.
Lee Shan Chang felt a little dejected.
He could be said to be the deputy chief designer of the Ming system.
The chief designer was naturally Emperor Hongwu.
In Li Shan Chang's opinion, there was no problem with the system he participated in designing.
How could he be exploited to such an extent?
There were also those officials, aristocrats, and merchants who colluded with each other.
This was…
Lee Shan Chang shook his head speechlessly.
He had no choice!
In the video…
Ten years ago, with the help of Zhang Juzheng.
Da Ming's overall situation had improved.
Whether it was the decadent atmosphere of the civil servants, the tax revenue of the country, or the military strength of the border defense, they had all been greatly strengthened.
It really made the country rich and the army strong, giving the Ming Dynasty a shot in the arm and realizing the "Wanli Revival".
However, the reform in the past ten years was not smooth sailing.
The reform of the past dynasties would inevitably touch the cake of those who had already gained benefits.
For example, Shang Yang of Qin.
For example, Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty.
Zhang Juzheng was no exception.
When Zhu Yijun was twelve years old, a snowflake of memorials was placed on his desk.
Almost all of them impeached Zhang Juzheng for nepotism and abuse of private power.
However, although Zhu Yijun was young, he was still a child.
However, he had received an elite education since he was young.
He understood that Da Ming's current pillar of support was his teacher, Zhang Juzheng.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun fiercely berated the officials who impeached Zhang Juzheng.
Furthermore, he publicly said that he trusted Zhang Juzheng wholeheartedly.
When Zhu Yijun was fifteen years old.
Zhang Juzheng's father died of illness, and according to the law, Zhang Juzheng had to resign and return home to mourn.
However, at this time, the reform of the Ming Dynasty was at a critical period.
Zhu Yijun couldn't leave Zhang Juzheng.
Therefore, he chose to use the emperor's privilege, which was to " seize love."
Thus, Zhang Juzheng continued to be the chief assistant.
Seeing this, the officials began to impeach Zhang Juzheng.
Zhu Yijun once again maintained his trust in his teacher and suspended all the impeachment officials.
When Zhu Yijun was sixteen years old.
He wanted to improve the food in the palace.
Hence, Zhu Yijun borrowed 20,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue.
However, Zhang Juzheng did not allow it and taught Zhu Yijun to be thrifty.
Zhu Yijun was speechless because Zhang Juzheng was right.
It was right for the emperor to be thrifty.
After that, Zhang Juzheng used this as an excuse to reduce all expenses in the palace.
Su and Song Yingtian weaved and cut off most of them.
The construction of Ciqing Palace, Cining Palace, and Wuying Hall was stopped.
Even the lanterns and lanterns in the palace were exempted.
In order to save some money, Zhang Juzheng even changed the time of his lecture to Zhu Yijun from the evening to the morning.
In the bullet screen…
"This monarch and minister really complement each other."
" Without Zhu Yijun's support, Zhang Juzheng still needs some time to reform."
"Am I the only one who can tell that Zhang Juzheng has the shadow of a powerful official?"
"Bullshit! How could he tell that Zhang Juzheng was a powerful official? The divine grandmaster was young. Wasn't it normal for Zhang Juzheng to teach him?”
"That's right. If the emperor is more thrifty, the lives of the common people will be better. Do you understand?"
"Ah, is that really the case? As long as the emperor is thrifty, the people will have a good life?”
"Of course!"
"Of course!"
The comments were full of approval.
At this moment, Number Two was transforming the Great Ming World.
Wenying Hall.
"Old Zhan, I keep feeling that something is wrong, but I can't put my finger on it."
Xu Ben looked at Zhan Hui with a burning gaze.
"Tell me, is this Zhang Juzheng a powerful official?"
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