Zhu Youxiao looked at his trusted ministers and just wanted to despise them.
Because he had to admit that essentially, none of these guys were good!
On the surface, he is the only one who obeys the orders of the emperor.
It seems like the emperor's farts taste good to him.
But in fact, they are all very smart, and they all want the emperor to make a bad name, take the blame, and be known as a cruel king. And they follow their tyrant to get rich while saying that they have nothing to do and that they are just following orders.
Zhu Youxiao could only accept this.
After all, who made him the emperor?
The role of the emperor is to take the blame.
The country thrives because the emperor is good.
A country only dies because the emperor is not good.
Just like in history, when the Ming Dynasty fell, Chongzhen had to take the blame. Even if he tried to escape the blame by hanging himself, he would still be held responsible by later generations.
As a result, senior civil servants such as Xie Sheng, a bachelor of the Ming Dynasty, immediately blamed Chongzhen for the collapse of the world as soon as they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, saying that he had become a single man and that he had led to the collapse of the country.
Chongzhen naturally has to bear a lot of responsibility, after all, he is the emperor.
But fundamentally, the collapse of Sheji was not caused by the emperor alone. Otherwise, if the demise of the Ming Dynasty was really due to Emperor Chongzhen's personal reasons, then in history, after Chongzhen hanged himself, Nanming should not have collapsed so quickly.
Back to the topic.
Anyway, Zhu Youxiao knew that since he had reached the position of emperor and became the helmsman of the Ming Empire, he must be ready to take the blame at any time.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao then added: "According to Chen Xinzhi's proposal, it seems that if the coastal defense insurance system is really established, it will not hinder the court, but will help the court increase its revenue. If this is the case, then the coastal defense insurance should be deepened and paid every year. All citizens of the Ming Dynasty who paid five to fifty thousand silver coins every year in the south of the Ming Dynasty could receive ten times the compensation in the event of a sea disaster. They had to pay for twenty years. After twenty years, even if they did not encounter a sea disaster, they would still receive ten times the compensation. income;
In addition, every year the royal court uses this money to bring in revenue, whether it is sending navy out to fight pirates and regain property, or whether the court uses this money to organize caravans to trade for profit, all the profits brought back will be accounted for by the court. In addition to the income, dividends will be distributed according to the insurance amount paid. As the emperor, I pay 100,000 silver coins directly from the internal funds to the insurance bureau every year, and I also participate in the insurance! "
Fang Congzhe, Bi Ziyan and others became even more excited after hearing this.
Chen Ce and other generals were also a little helpless.
This is not paying for coastal defense insurance to buy peace. This is simply paying money to buy shares, so that when the court sends troops to plunder a large amount of wealth in the future, they will participate in dividends. This is an opportunity to make a fortune!
Therefore, these ministers looked at Zhu Youxiao with burning eyes like cats that smelled fishy smell.
Therefore, Fang Congzhe couldn't help but said at this time: "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, this insurance policy will help the people restore their family business and is a favor of the country. However, this benefit cannot only benefit the people in the south. The people in the north should also have some benefits." Insurance, after all, the northern gentry are often harmed by foreign invaders, especially the people from the Nine Borders. The cruelty of the Tartars is no less than that of the pirates. Therefore, I believe that border insurance should be set up in the north. I believe that the northern gentry is also willing to pay for this insurance. , and the money paid can also be used by the court to make profits and feed back to the people."
"Yes! Let Aiqing work with the Ministry of Household Affairs to draw up detailed rules and immediately call on the people of the world to pay for coastal defense and border defense insurance. The payment of insurance premiums is not a tax payment. There is no need for the West Factory to make payment. It is all based on voluntary registration! In addition, there is one more thing Although it has been agreed that coastal defense should be used to solve the problem of pirates plundering the coast, it cannot be said that coastal defense is not really paid attention to. It is proposed to establish the post of economic planner for the five southeastern provinces and abolish the economic planner for the five southwestern provinces. Zhu Xieyuan took charge and ordered him to prepare for Japanese defenses!"
Zhu Youxiao immediately replied at this time.
Naturally, he did not mind that the northern gentry also participated in colonial plunder. After all, the Ming Dynasty did not only have half of the country.
As for Zhu Xieyuan being appointed as the manager of the five southeastern provinces, he had already thought about it.
In Zhu Youxiao's view, the main people who can command the army of the Ming Dynasty now are Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Keli, Sun Chuanting, plus Zhu Xieyuan.
Here, Zhu Xieyuan was from Suzhou and had the same clan as Xu Guangqi's grandmother. Therefore, the Zhu family behind him was also involved in the government-run textile industry. Therefore, Zhu Xieyuan did not infringe on the interests of the gentry because of Zhu Youxiao's New Deal reforms. Standing on the opposite side of Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao now asked him to be transferred to the post of manager of the five southeastern provinces. As a southern gentry, he naturally knew better how to mobilize the coastal gentry to defend against pirates, and he was more motivated to do this. After all, his Like the Xu family, the family's interests are related to sea trade, and are also tied to government-run trade.
"According to the order!"
Fang Congzhe replied, feeling very excited in his heart.
Chen Ce couldn't help but rub his nose because of this, thinking to himself that this chief minister was from the north after all, and even such a good thing that was only related to southerners actually involved northern scholars.
Chen Xin couldn't help but curse in his heart: "Old guy, even if there are border troubles, what do your family in the capital have to fear! If you want a share of the pie, just say so!"
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"The Chen family in Guancheng, Dongguan County, Guangzhou Prefecture paid a coastal defense insurance principal of 50,000 silver dollars!"
On the first day when the insurance bureau was established in the capital, Chen Ce, the former right governor of the Military Governor's Mansion, asked his servants to carry 50,000 yuan of silver coins here and pay the insurance premium.
Not only that, the King of Hirado Zhu Yousong also took over 10,000 silver coins: "This doctor, I am the King of Hirado Zhu Yousong. I also paid 10,000 silver dollars as the insurance principal. Please log in." .”
Therefore, the household doctor of the insurance bureau couldn't help but ask: "No, Your Highness, are you also worried that your family property will be taken away by pirates or Tartars?"
"Isn't that right? The vassal territory given to me by Your Majesty is in Hirado. I heard that overseas, if it is stolen by pirates, it will naturally be my loss. I will naturally have to pay a deposit to keep my vassal territory. "
Zhu Yousong replied.
"And I, Prince Zhu Yujian, grandson of the Tang Dynasty, pay a deposit of five hundred silver coins!"
At this time, another member of the Ming Dynasty clan, Zhu Yujian, walked in.
When Zhu Yousong saw him, he quickly turned around and raised his hands and said, "Are you from the Tang Palace?"
"Yes, I have met His Highness King Hirado," Zhu Yujian also bowed his hands and saluted.
"If it hadn't been for His Majesty's decree to allow all the vassal princes and adult descendants to come to the capital, I would not have had the chance to meet you people. Let's go and have a drink together. How about it? I'm treating you!"
Zhu Yousong took the initiative to suggest as he spoke.
"Your Highness is so kind that I dare not refuse."
Zhu Yujian hurriedly replied.
"Let's go then. When did you enter Beijing? All the clan members should be here, right?"
"We're almost there."
…
Zhu Youxiao had previously issued an edict to allow the vassal kings and their adult descendants to enter the capital. Now, these vassal kings and clans have indeed entered the capital.
And because of this, Zhu Youxiao began to carry out the vassal reform.
On this day, after Zhu Youxiao had discussed military training and coastal defense, he specially summoned the vassal princes and clans who had been summoned to Beijing to Damingyuan to meet them.
In addition, Zhu Youxiao also asked Zhu Youjian to accompany him.
Zhu Youxiao had decreed to make Zhu Youjian the King of Xin, but he did not join the feudal clan and still stayed in the palace and was taught by him personally.
Now Zhu Youxiao asked Zhu Youjian to accompany him to meet the vassal princes and clans who came to Beijing because he planned to let Zhu Youjian, the vassal prince closest to him, participate in the vassal affairs in the future.
Now Zhu Youjian is fourteen years old and can still participate in certain affairs.
As soon as he saw these sects, Zhu Youxiao went straight to the point: "You already know the purpose of my summoning you to Beijing. I won't say much. I only let you see what my emperor brother Zhu Youjian summarized. Based on the statistics of the vassal kings' illegal activities in the past thirty years, you will know why I want to discuss the reform of the vassal. It is not that I want to change, but for the sake of our Zhu family's country, the time has come when we have to change. "
As Zhu Youxiao spoke, he ordered: "Youjian, read out your statistics of the vassal king's crimes in advance and let them all listen."
"According to the order!"
Zhu Youjian replied immediately.
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