The moon was starry and the stars were sparse. Zhu Gaotian sat on the dragon chair and couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.
He once thought that there would be no more corruption under his command.
But the countless account books in front of him slapped him in the face.
There were still corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty!
Not just two together!
Euphemistically called it, it will also be called Huohua!
But these things were all used to feed others!
It's those parents and officials who are leaning on the people to suck their blood!
After a half-month inspection, he discovered that the entire Ming Dynasty was rotten to the core!
From top to bottom, nearly 30% of officials have been involved in corruption to some extent!
The people have been grudges for a long time!
If Lin Tianran hadn't used his life to ignite this prairie fire, Zhu Gaoyan didn't know how long he would have been kept secret!
For a time, the government and the public were shocked!
Zhu Gaotian was not used to this group of people either.
Anyone who embezzles more than fifty taels shall be beheaded!
Anyone who embezzles more than one thousand taels will be executed!
Those who embezzle more than 10,000 taels are from the Yi tribe!
The whole court was suddenly in panic.
Many people were still chatting and laughing with their colleagues in the morning, but were detained in the sky jail in the afternoon.
Unlike the shock among the government and the public, many people among the people thanked Zhu Gaojing from the bottom of their hearts.
Many people watched Lin Tianran beat the drum of grievance!
He also watched Lin Tianran step into Yingtian Mansion step by step.
At that time, no one believed that he could really compete with the minister of the dynasty on his own?
However, Zhu Gaoyan proved it with practical actions.
This Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty for the people of the world!
Absolutely no one is allowed to trample on it!
Many people were filled with indignation when they saw the dog official who had done evil in the past being beheaded on the street.
Many people even raised their arms and shouted in the street:
Long live Emperor Hongxi!
The Holy Ming of Emperor Hongxi!
What's more, they are even willing to build a shrine for Zhu Gaoyun!
Together with the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, they are worshiped by all parties!
Although Zhu Gaoying was in the palace, he had also heard rumors among the people.
He was not as excited as before, but instead felt ashamed.
These are things that he, Zhu Gaoyuan, should do, but now, someone reminds him to know.
How can you have the face to accept the praises and praises of the people?
Then how could he have the face to face Lao Zhu, who had placed high hopes on him?
He was a little silent. The impact on him in the past few days was no less than the bloody storm in the military camp.
After several days of thinking, he finally found the root of the problem!
As long as the Ming Dynasty does not change, there will always be corrupt officials!
He can kill all those corrupt officials, but he cannot kill all the greed in people's hearts.
Picking up the pen and studying the ink, Zhu Gaoyang finished the work in one go, writing a few lines of regular script on the bright yellow cloth.
The emperor issued an edict, deeply regretting the past, saying: There is a memorial in front of me, in order to benefit the people, I will give thirty aids to use on the side, but the old, weak and lonely are in deep poverty...
After about half a cup of tea, Zhu Gaotian finally stopped writing.
This edict has no other meaning, it just admits mistakes to the people of the world.
The moment he finished writing, he felt a little dazed, and suddenly thought of Lin Tianran who was going to die alone in the court.
Although it had been more than half a month, he still felt frightened.
Although that man is relatively young, he is still a hero of his generation.
The emperor's anger will cause blood to flow across the oars, but my common man's anger will still cause blood to splash every step of the way!
Zhu Gaoying knew that if his performance at that time was not as good as he expected, even if he died, he would definitely leave a lot of trouble for Zhu Gaoying!
He sighed. In Lin Tianran, he saw the concrete explanation of the so-called chivalrous person in Confucianism.
This is the simplest yet most powerful force.
The great chivalrous person serves the country and the people!
There are tens of millions of mansions in Ande, which can shelter all the poor people in the world with joy!
Thinking of this, he hurriedly rummaged around and finally found the thin piece of white paper from under a pile of account books.
Every word above is a good guide to governing the country written by Lin Tianran.
Although many of these principles are a bit naive, they are actually feasible!
To a certain extent, it can really contribute a lot to the Ming Dynasty!
Zhu Gaotian rubbed the white paper in his hand, but was still speechless. In fact, he had read this thing by heart in the past half month.
He can write it out without even looking.
But some of these opinions were written deep into Zhu Gaoding's heart.
Abolish corvee service, re-plan official salaries, and re-establish procuratorial agencies...
Zhu Gaotian sighed again, put it aside and rubbed his brows.
The sun never sets on your reputation, and now you have a long way to go!
However, he always firmly believes that as long as he is still there, the Ming Dynasty will be there!
This Kyushu is still the Kyushu of the Ming Dynasty!
Early the next morning, in the court hall.
Zhu Gaoying looked at the civil and military officials below and felt that there were many new faces.
When they looked at Su and Yang, they also sighed.
The two of them had some complaints about Zhu Gaoyan's iron-blooded operation.
But Zhu Gaoying had no regrets. If he couldn't kill these people at once, what would the Ming Dynasty be like?
Then what happened to the people of Ming Dynasty?
Will it become a cash machine for those dog officials? !
He waved his hand and immediately issued the two imperial edicts drafted yesterday.
The first one is the edict that Zhu Gaoyang issued last night after deep reflection and repenting to the people of the world. In order to reduce the pressure on the people, he hereby exempts and exempts the people's taxes for another three years! May you be blessed with great blessings!
The second order is an order. From today on, the Ming Dynasty will begin reforms, abolish corvee service, adopt a unified method of collecting money, and then uniformly apportion taxes into the land!
Both decrees were like boulders falling into the deep pond, causing uproar.
Su Wu and Yang Shiqi looked at each other and saw big question marks in each other's eyes.
how? The emperor is making that fuss again?
Now that the Ming Dynasty is so poor, why do they still need to reduce taxes? !
Then the civil and military officials are going to have a drink with your old Zhu family? !
However, many officials had various views on this reckless emperor.
It is true that corruption by officials and bending the law is a problem that has never been solved in all Chinese dynasties.
But there was only one emperor, Zhu Gaoyang, who was willing to take responsibility for the incident!
The second article is even more so, but this move directly abolished the system established by Lao Zhu!
It gives new possibilities to the Ming Dynasty's economy that has been in decline for some time!
Imagine if a person subtracted the fixed hours of corvee service each year and switched to other industries. It can add a lot of income to the family and promote the development of the industry! In this way, the economic development of Ming Dynasty will increase a lot!
The economy can be restored as quickly as possible in a short period of time, thus realizing Zhu Gaotian's dream of expedition!
In fact, these two decrees have already been traced.
Before Zhu Gaoyang became emperor, his jurisdiction had already taken the lead in piloting this.
The result is self-evident, his fiefdom will always be the one with the most taxes!
It was only the arrival of Martin a while ago that reminded me that the development of the commodity economy could still improve the national power of the Ming Dynasty!
These actions can make the country strong and the people prosperous, so why not do it?
The officials below were in an uproar. They didn't know why Zhu Gaojing made such a major decision overnight! (End of chapter)
