"Free trade zone plan?"
"He still hasn't given up!"
Empress Liang Zhao looked at the text that appeared on the simulator and felt a little helpless. She had known about this plan for a long time and even asked her father about it.
But his father said that it was a national policy to emphasize agriculture and suppress business.
National policies cannot be changed lightly, otherwise it will easily shake the foundation of the country.
"My father said that this hole cannot be opened easily. Once those businessmen are given status and privileges, they will become executioners and crazily harvest the people at the bottom."
"Learning is valuable than anything else!"
"Businessmen must be at the bottom. If everyone goes to do business, will there be anyone farming?"
Empress Liang Zhao murmured that she knew this very well. The current extravagant trend in official circles was caused by these businessmen.
They were extravagant and greedy, and in order to expand their business, they used all means to win over court officials, and even took some extraordinary measures to let officials enjoy a luxurious life and let them abandon their persistence for money.
"The free trade zone plan is tantamount to directly recognizing the status of businessmen, which is an invisible pressure on other regions."
"However, Zhou Zhenwen's real estate reform is very thoughtful. Unfortunately, it requires cement to be successful. I don't know if he has invented cement now..."
Empress Liang Zhao was in favor of harvesting businessmen's money, but she felt that the free trade zone plan was very risky.
[Zhou Zhenwen’s free trade zone plan was discussed intensely in the court. 】
[In the end, Zhou Zhenwen pushed against all opinions and implemented it forcefully. After Emperor Xuan hesitated, he could only temporarily agree, agreeing on a three-year period and using half of Qingzhou as a pilot to verify the effect. If the effect is not good or problems arise, the plan will be cancelled. 】
[Zhou Zhenwen personally went to Qingzhou and began to take charge of the overall situation. 】
[Emperor Xuan began to squeeze the power of the Tsing Yi Party and expand his own power. 】
"Using the free trade zone plan to make Zhou Zhenwen temporarily leave Beijing for three years?"
Empress Liang Zhao suddenly felt that this matter had great potential!
"With Zhou Zhenwen here, everything has to go through the cabinet. If he goes through it, I can't use my hands and feet."
"And a free trade zone, half of Qingzhou, can take away Zhou Zhenwen for three years!"
"In these three years, I can completely control the power of the Tsing Yi Party and place my confidants in important positions. When Zhou Zhenwen comes back, I won't have to look at his face!"
Empress Liang Zhao now feels that the free trade zone plan should be left to Zhou Zhenwen!
Do whatever you want!
What kind of disturbance can half of Qingzhou create?
As long as I can control the overall situation of the court, nothing will be a problem!
[One or two years have passed in a blink of an eye. You have been favored by Emperor Xuan and have a certain prestige in the court! Became a representative figure of the royalist party! 】
[You helped Emperor Xuan complete many major events and gradually entered the core of power. 】
[Suddenly one day, at the court meeting, Gao Fengyu, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, proposed that the salary of the vassal princes in various places had exceeded 12 million dan. Most of the court's annual tax revenue was used to support the vassal princes, which was a huge burden. 】
[Gao Fengyu, the right minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs: Your Majesty, please reduce the vassalage! Reduce the expenses of the feudal clan! 】
[As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officials were in an uproar, whispering to each other, and talking about it. 】
[The matter of reducing the vassal status is almost the taboo that Dahuang dares not mention. 】
[As early as after the death of Taizu, during the second emperor's period, some ministers proposed to reduce the vassal status. However, the vassal kings in various places were powerful and were brothers of the emperor at that time. On the one hand, they took family ties into consideration and did not want to fight each other. On the other hand, they are worried that the war will rekindle in the wilderness, and the lives of all people will be devastated, and the matter will eventually be settled. 】
[During the reign of subsequent emperors, they also had the idea of reducing the vassal vassal, but due to various reasons, they were not realized. 】
[Finally, during the reign of the fifth emperor, the vassal king's salary was too high to get rid of, and he decided to officially reduce the vassal for the sake of the great wilderness. 】
[As soon as this news came out, vassal kings from all over the country protested one after another. Some vassal kings even believed that villains and sycophants appeared beside the emperor, and they used the slogan of "cleaning the emperor's side and serving heaven to appease the troubled people". 】
[This frightened the emperor at that time and quickly dismissed the minister who made the suggestion and sent him to prison. He appeased the vassal kings everywhere and finally calmed down the matter. 】
[In the end, the vassal princes also compromised and agreed to control several generations of descendants. Descendants exceeding a certain number would no longer receive salary, which was considered a face to the court. However, the vassal princes also had a condition, that is, the descendants of direct descendants. Within three, the court must provide a salary and cannot reduce it. 】
[The emperor agreed to this matter. 】
"In order for the great wilderness to last forever for thousands of generations, Taizu once made a ancestral precept. If there are traitors in the court who cause trouble, the vassal kings from all over the country can lead their troops to the capital and King Qin can eliminate the traitors!!"
"The original intention of this ancestral precept was to prevent Dahuang from being conspired by treacherous ministers to usurp the throne, but instead it became a means for the feudal kings to support their troops and respect themselves. Once they did not follow their will, they could follow this ancestral precept and lead their troops to Beijing to use the side of the Qing monarch. In the name of others, we do things that are disobedient..."
Empress Liang Zhao's face didn't look good, which was why she didn't dare to touch these vassal kings rashly.
The current reigning vassal kings, except for King Jingzhou who just succeeded to the throne, are all from her uncle's generation.
She has no objection to letting her use the knife on these people, but cutting off the vassal is not just cutting off one person's vassal, but cutting off all the vassals.
Once the eight vassal kings unite, the wilderness may experience a catastrophe!
[Emperor Xuan: The matter of reducing the vassal state will be discussed later. 】
[After the morning court, Emperor Xuan came to you and asked: Feng Aiqing, do you think the reduction of the vassal can be carried out? 】
[You: Your Majesty, would you like to discuss the matter of reducing the vassal status with Mr. Zhou? 】
[Emperor Xuan was slightly unhappy: He is in Qingzhou now, how to discuss it? 】
[You: Your Majesty can announce his entry into Beijing. 】
[Emperor Xuan: Let him come back? 】
[Emperor Xuan hesitated for a while, but finally, with your persuasion, he agreed to let Zhou Zhenwen return to Beijing to face the Holy Spirit. 】
[More than ten days later, Zhou Zhenwen arrived in the capital and came to the Imperial Study Room. 】
[Zhou Zhenwen: Your Majesty. 】
[Emperor Xuan: Zhou Aiqing, there is one thing that asked you to come back. I want to ask your opinion. 】
[Zhou Zhenwen: Your Majesty, please speak. 】
[Emperor Xuan: Feng Aiqing, tell me. 】
[You: Yes, Your Majesty. 】
[You told Zhou Zhenwen about the reduction of the vassal state. 】
[Zhou Zhenwen pondered for a moment and then said: It is imperative to reduce the vassal state. This move will serve the present and benefit the future! The vassal kings from all over the country continued to occupy land. King Guangyi occupied more than 30,000 hectares of cultivated land, and he arbitrarily occupied the country's land, as if he was a country within a country! 】
[Emperor Xuan: The land of Bashu is easy to defend but difficult to attack. This has been the case since ancient times! King Yi has many elite soldiers and generals under his command. It may not be easy to reduce his vassal...]
[Zhou Zhenwen: I can go to Yizhou as a special envoy to meet King Yi! 】
