Wenhua Hall.
Zhu Yijun still persisted, receiving lectures on Confucian classics from lecturers here every morning except during the imperial court, and he would still consult Zhang Juzheng on some government affairs during the breaks.
"Sir, he has become a lot thinner. You should pay attention to keeping fit!"
On this day, when Zhu Yijun saw Zhang Juzheng, he said this first because he saw that Zhang Juzheng had dark circles under his eyes and that he was indeed thinner.
Zhang Juzheng cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I will pay attention to it."
Zhu Yijun nodded: "From Dongchang, I heard a lot of voices from the people about further opening up the sea, and there were many words of joy and encouragement. Now that I think about it, further opening up the sea is not completely unpopular."
After saying that, Zhu Yijun added: "It's just a matter of opening up the sea. If you want to turn the benefits of opening the sea into official benefits, there is still a long way to go. For a long time to come, sea trade will inevitably be controlled by the rich." Monopoly, and I am afraid that the wealthy people will still not pay the tax on going to sea honestly. It can only be said that the opening of the sea now is just a verbal permission for the people to go to the sea, and the people are afraid of sea pirates and official exploitation, presumably There are still only a few people who dare to go to sea.”
"What your Majesty said is that nothing can be accomplished overnight. Now it is enough to let the people know that it is not the imperial court that restricts them from going to sea to make profits."
Zhang Juzheng replied.
Zhu Yijun nodded.
He knew that the imperial court's opening of the sea could only be like the opening of Yue Port at the beginning. The opening of an additional port would only increase the tax revenue by more than 10,000 taels per year.
But if we really want to increase a large amount of tariff revenue, we still have to rely on cracking down on smuggling.
But combating smuggling is not an easy task.
Because cracking down on smuggling is equivalent to truly taking action against the fundamental interests of the powerful and powerful, the resistance will definitely be much greater than just allowing people to go to sea now.
But everything can only be done step by step.
Zhu Yijun is not in a hurry to crack down on smuggling.
He knew that the key for the Ming court now was to continue to implement the clearing of land throughout the country, and to strengthen military training and build new interest groups through the increased taxes from the clearing of land, so that they could crack down on smuggling in the future and further increase customs revenue.
Eat the meal one bite at a time.
Things should be done step by step.
For Zhu Yijun, he still has plenty of time and doesn't have to worry about not having the chance to do it in the future.
"Has the Ministry of Household Affairs Bureau's title book been officially implemented across the country to clear land ownership?"
After the lecture in the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Yijun returned to the Qianqing Palace and stood outside the palace under the clear sky. Thinking of the Qing Dynasty's land, he asked Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing replied: "Back to the Emperor, I have been approved!"
Zhu Yijun said nothing after hearing this.
In December of the fourth year of Wanli, it was the cold winter of March 9th.
The imperial edict on the nationwide implementation of the Qing Dynasty was officially delivered to the chief secretaries through various post stations.
According to the requirements of the imperial edict, beginning next year, which is the fifth year of Wanli, the clearing of land and acres will be fully implemented across the country.
Therefore, after receiving such an edict, the reformist bureaucrats who had already been placed in important positions such as care and apocalypse in various places began to gear up and were waiting for the arrival of the fifth year of Wanli.
After all, they had seen how much the emperor rewarded officials who actively promoted the clearing of their father's land, so no one wanted to take this opportunity to make progress.
Datong, Shanxi.
Just after the New Year, Jia Yingyuan, the governor of Datong, immediately ordered the governor Ru Zongshun to be invited to discuss the matter of clearing the land.
The concubine beside him saw that it was still early, so she said: "Master, why should you be anxious? It's just a reward of ten thousand taels of silver. Our family still cares about this little income?"
"What do you know about this woman!"
"Can the ten thousand taels of filial piety gained secretly be compared with the ten thousand taels of silver rewarded by the emperor for his political achievements?!"
"Your master and I have received a lot of money as governor, but do we dare to spend one tael blatantly?! I bought you secretly! But the money is different. In the future, we will build gardens and buy fields, and the censor will not be able to say anything!"
After Jia Qiyuan finished speaking, he said: "Go and bring me my official hat!"
Datong Governor Ru Zongshun also came to Governor Jia Qiyuan soon.
After the two exchanged greetings, they discussed the matter of clearing their father-in-law's land and agreed to go to the state capital tomorrow to supervise the matter.
It can be said to be vigorous and resolute.
However, soon, the two ran into trouble when supervising the clearing of their father-in-law's land in the Datong area.
It turned out that Zhu Tingpu, the lieutenant of the Zhenguo of the Raoyang Palace, and Zhu Junchun, the Fengguo general of the Lucheng Palace, were trying to stop the abbot. They directly brought a group of clan members and slaves to stop the official mission of the abbot's land, threatening that whoever wanted to abdicate would be killed first by them. Step over.
After hearing this, Ru Zongshun rushed over in person. Seeing this scene, he directly asked Zhu Tingpu and others: "What do you want to do? Are you trying to obstruct national policy?! Don't think that because you are members of the clan, you can do whatever you want!"
"What a bullshit national policy. This country belongs to our Zhu family. If you want to clear the father-in-law, you should not blame our clan for it!"
Zhu Tingpu replied loudly.
Zhu Juncun also shouted: "That's right! We are the nobles of the Tian family. If any of you dares to be disrespectful to us, then a white knife will go in and a red knife will come out! I still don't believe it. The court wants me to pay for your ministers' lives." !”
"You guys should stop being so arrogant!"
Ru Zongshun replied loudly and said: "The matter of clearing the father-in-law's land must be implemented, even if the people of Datong die! Don't think that the court will not implement it if it costs human lives!"
"If you, the descendants of the clan, dare to act recklessly, I will never tolerate you. I will report your behavior to the court and ask the court to punish you severely!"
Ru Zongshun said this and told the magistrate of Datong: "Let your people continue to go to Qingzhang!"
The prefect of Datong had no choice but to comply.
But at this time, when a group of official officers came towards Zhu Tingpu, Zhu Tingpu actually pulled out his sword and rushed in, and stabbed the official officer who had no time to guard to death on the spot.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Tingpu pulled out the bloody knife, looked at Ru Zongshun and others, and sneered: "I said, whoever dares to clear the land of my clan will die!"
Ru Zongshun was shocked when he saw this.
Other officials present, including the descendants of the clan who opposed Qingzhang, were also shocked.
"Withdraw! Wait for this to be reported to the court first!"
Ru Zongshun was not in a hurry to deal with Zhu Tingpu and other clan members. After all, just because the clan members disrupted the law, it did not mean that he could disrupt the law.
"The descendants of the clan are obstructing the Qing Dynasty. The court must come up with countermeasures. If you are allowed to caress, take it first and ask questions later!"
Ru Zongshun came to Jia Qiyuan next and told Jia Qiyuan about the matter.
Jia Qiyuan agreed to join Ru Zongshun in a joint petition, requesting the imperial court to issue an edict to all the princes in the world. Each clan strictly ordered the clan to have the inspection and understanding of any land purchased by the governor. If they refused, the governor should order it. Arrested in the name of resistance!
"According to his wishes!"
"Raoyang Prince's Mansion is ineffective in controlling his children, so the prince must be dismissed!"
"Zhu Tingpu is good at killing the officials of the Qing Dynasty. He is lawless and a bastard! I don't have a clan member here who can't pay for his life if he kills someone!"
"Zhu Juncun was deprived of his title and imprisoned in Fengyang!"
After receiving the reports from Jia Qiyuan and Ru Zongshun, Zhu Yijun issued corresponding instructions to Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng raised his hand and said yes.
