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In the next two months.
Just as Zhu Houzhao thought, the entire Zheng De Dynasty was stirred up.
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The first was the case of the officials of the imperial court colluding with the wealthy merchants of Jiangnan.
A large number of elders in the civil service group were taken away by the East Chamber. For a time, the entire civil service group was almost leaderless.
Countless remonstrances denounced Zhu Houzhao's brutality.
However, this was completely irrelevant.
Because Zhu Houzhao did not attend court at all!
Staying in the leopard room all day, these censors could only remonstrate to the air.
However, this matter caused a backlash.
It was far more intense than Zhu Houzhao had imagined.
in court and in the fields.
Rumors about the emperor being fatuous and cruel, harming loyal and loyal ministers, were already endless.
There were even children's songs in the streets and alleys.
He secretly poked the current emperor's arrogance. He was Jie Zhou of the Ming Dynasty!
There was no doubt.
To be able to cause such a huge reaction, it was definitely the gentry that had begun to exert their strength.
"Fortunately, I am really cruel."
"Otherwise, I would have thought that they were scolding me.”
In the leopard room.
Zhu Houzhao rejoiced in his heart.
If the rumors outside had spread before he took control of the power, he would probably have been afraid.
After all, if he had no power, he would really drown!
But now, Zhu Houzhao was in power.
Both the military and the government were strong.
Those people who spread rumors below had no other choice but to spread these rumors.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the four people in front of him.
They were the four members of the cabinet.
Other than the first assistant Zhang Cong, the second assistant Yang Tinghe, and Yang Yiqing.
There was also a newcomer.
Zhu Houzhao's gaze fell on the newcomer.
It was not someone else.
The new cabinet elder, Yan Song!
That's right.
It was that Grand Secretary Yan who had served as the chief assistant in the Jiajing Dynasty for twenty years and had helped the Jiajing Dynasty get an unknown amount of money.
However, the current Yan Song was still young.
The reason why Zhu Houzhao had promoted Yan Song was because he had been promoted to a higher position.
In fact, she had also taken a fancy to his ability.
This person was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongzhi, and then worked in the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy.
It could be said.
In terms of ability, it was absolutely impeccable.
Other than that.
There was another reason why Zhu Houzhao let Yan Song enter the cabinet.
" Previously, when punishing the Minister of Rites, Yan Song contributed a lot. He even provided a large amount of evidence, causing the case of colluding with wealthy merchants to spread wildly in the Ministry of Rites. It even implicated the Hanlin Academy."
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Yan Song's figure, his eyes somewhat playful.
What was this?
This was a complete surrender!
Yan Song was like a hunting dog that had smelled blood, impatiently charging forward.
He decisively betrayed his gentry class and threw himself into Zhu Houzhao's arms.
Ability Loyalty
Since that was the case, what was there to say?
Zhu Houzhao was not a pedantic person and would not use Yan Song just because of his bad reputation in the future.
It didn't matter if it was a black cat or a white cat.
If it could catch mice, it was a good cat!
"Your Majesty."
Zhang Cong stood out, his face filled with joy.
The third experimental coastal port is officially open to traffic, and the first batch of treasure ships of my Great Ming has also entered the sea!”
"Now, these three experimental ports are extremely lively. In just two months, the customs duties collected are a total of five million!”
"This is a grand occasion that has never been seen in the previous dynasty!”
Open the sea ban and customs duties.
This was the first mission His Majesty had given him, and also the first time he had carried it out since he became the chief assistant.
Now, he could complete it perfectly.
Naturally, it made him happy.
"The business tax policy has also been completely implemented.”
"Among the 13 provinces, five of the southern provinces have already paid the business tax. The remaining eight provinces have fewer wealthy merchants, so they are still in the process of settling the accounts.”
Yan Song stood up and said.
Although he was a new pavilion elder, perhaps because he was about the same age as Zhang Cong, he got along well with Zhang Cong.
Regarding the implementation of the business tax policy, he had contributed a lot.
"Very good."
After listening to their reports.
Zhu Houzhao nodded in agreement.
Whether it was the customs or the increase in trade taxes.
To Da Ming, it was all matters that would benefit the future generations.
The boatmen of the first batch of the Ming Treasure Ship to the West had been personally selected by Zhu Houzhao. Each of them had familiarized themselves with Zheng He's Treasure Map in a short period of time and possessed strong theoretical knowledge.
As for the increase in business tax and the joint venture between the government and the private sector?
It also allowed the silver in the Great Ming national treasury to reach an unprecedented peak.
It could be said.
Even if they went to the national treasury in the middle of the night, they would be illuminated by the silver inside!
"93,230,000 taels!”
Thinking of this number, Zhu Houzhao was speechless.
It was said that Zhu Yuanzhang had left 30 million taels of silver to Zhu Di, allowing him to build a fleet of treasure ships to sail to the West. At the same time, he had built the Yongle Grand Ceremony and five expeditions to Mobei.
And the silver reserves he currently had were more than three times that of Zhu Di!
He had accumulated almost half of Da Ming's wealth!
How terrifying was that?
"Since we have so much silver, it will be easy to do things next.”
He was slightly excited.
Zhu Houzhao was very concerned about snatching the right to speak from the gentry.
After all, as a transmigrator, he could ignore all the rumors.
However, it might not be the same for the other people in Great Ming.
Therefore, he had to win the right to speak.
However, he had never thought of completely eliminating the Confucians as a way to disintegrate the gentry's authority.
The Kong family shop could not be taken down!
After all, there was a reason why the Confucian school had been able to remain the mainstream in the past dynasties.
There was a lot of dregs, but there was also a lot of essence.
What Zhu Houzhao wanted.
Most of them were slowly replacing the scholar-bureaucrats who spread Confucius, Mencius, Cheng and Zhu!
At that time, military power, political power, and public opinion would all be in his hands.
The entire Ming Dynasty.
It would be like the time of Zhu Yuanzhang.
The Emperor's words were extremely heavy.
No one could resist!
Just as he was thinking about it.
The system's voice suddenly sounded in Zhu Houzhao's mind.
The chat group meeting space has been unlocked. Would you like to start the second meeting?
"Is it unlocked?"
A smile appeared on Zhu Houzhao's face.
Three months had really passed in a flash.
"Activate!"
Zhu Houzhao said without hesitation.
The gathering is about to begin. Would you like to invite new people?
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