When Yu Youding, Li Chengliang, Wu Weizhong and others led the Ming army to the palace, when they saw Li Hui, Li Hui immediately knelt down and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, Li Hui greets you!"
"Good morning, Your Majesty!"
Yu Youding replied and asked, "Does Your Highness know that Ping'an Road Observer Zheng Che refused the Heavenly Army's entry into Pyongyang?"
After hearing this, Li Hui glanced at Zheng Che who was being escorted, and then quickly denied it: "I don't know."
After hearing this, Yu Youding said: "Then what do you plan to do with this person?"
Li Hui hurriedly said: "I will punish you!"
Yu Youding nodded and glanced at Li Chengliang, who then ordered Zheng Che to relieve himself.
Li Hui said at this moment: "Behead Zheng Che immediately to prove his loyalty!"
Zheng Che said nothing, only smiled with tears in his eyes.
Not long after, Zheng Che was also executed.
And then, Yu Youding expressed his willingness to report on behalf of the emperor on the grounds that the Korean King Li Hui had exterminated the traitor and proved his loyalty, and announced that the emperor wanted him to pay all the treasury, and immediately ordered Busan, Jeju, and the It was decreed that all Madhu Islands would be managed by Chinese troops stationed there.
Li Hui accepted the order and followed it without any dissatisfaction. He also had to raise funds to entertain the ministers, officers and soldiers of the Celestial Dynasty seriously.
Li Hui and his ministers really didn't dare to neglect, and they were also deeply afraid that the ministers and officers and soldiers of the Celestial Dynasty would be dissatisfied at all and refuse to leave, making them feel like slaves.
Therefore, as Li Chengliang said when he drafted troops in advance, the entire Ming army really celebrated the New Year in Seoul and had a good and comfortable New Year.
Except for Wu Weizhong, who was ordered to take part of the grain and beans stored in the North Korean government treasury to Busan to garrison troops after New Year's Eve, Li Chengliang stayed in North Korea until early February before leaving with a full amount of savings from the North Korean government treasury.
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"Pyongyang's great victory, Li Chengliang did not disappoint me. It seems that there is no problem in North Korea's troop garrison,"
The third day of the second lunar month in the eighth year of Wanli.
When the ice and snow melt, the old willows on the palace walls begin to sprout new green.
Forbidden City.
On the day after the sutra banquet, Zhu Yijun learned the news of Pyongyang's victory when he was reading the imperial chapter in the west room of Wenhua Hall. He laughed because of it and said to Zhang Juzheng:
"This success is all due to the New Deal. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty was able to spread the power of martial virtue to foreign vassals. Sir, you can take the lead."
"I feel ashamed. If Your Majesty had not had the intention to work hard to govern, even if I had the intention to benefit the country, it would be difficult for me to really implement the ZTE policy. Therefore, those who can really make Ming Dynasty achieve this kind of martial arts are all the work of Your Majesty!"
"Besides, your Majesty is the king and father of the people of the world, and only you can bring grace and power to the people of the world."
"It can be said that the prosperity of the world and the fall of the world are all due to your majesty. And the so-called ministers, even if they have the ability of Zhuge Wuhou and Yue Wang, are just the icing on the cake for the emperor to rule."
Zhang Juzheng replied.
Zhu Yijun nodded.
He knew that Zhang Juzheng was taking this opportunity to let him understand the importance of the emperor's governance and enterprising spirit to an empire. He should not really think that this was only related to the chief assistant. To put it bluntly, the chief assistant was essentially just a person who carried out the emperor's will. Just a high-end wage earner.
"Now that the land purification has been completed, if I really want to be a ruler, I cannot be content with just measuring the land in the world. I should continue to innovate in the system, especially the financial and taxation system. After all, all civil and military achievements depend on it. This is the basis.”
Zhu Yijun started talking at this time.
Obviously, Zhang Juzheng's worry that Zhu Yijun may only be satisfied with the achievements he has achieved in the future and gradually lose his determination in the future is unnecessary.
Otherwise, Zhu Yijun would not have revealed his intention to ask Zhang Juzheng to continue restructuring for him after clearing the land.
The clearing of farmland has been implemented across the country since the first month of the fifth year of Wanli. Now, three years later, at the beginning of the eighth year of Wanli, all local governors have reported the number of completed land registers, and the clearing of land has indeed been completely completed.
This can be regarded as a major event completed in the early years of Wanli.
It took three years to re-examine the country's fields, and the problems that can be found are not only mergers, but also problems of population structure, class consolidation, and climate change.
Zhu Yijun has planned to set up an organization to collect statistics and research corresponding data, and conduct scientific analysis of the survey data to provide guidance for subsequent reforms, especially the national land area data that has just been completed.
After all, clearing the land cannot be done in vain, and its meaning cannot only be used to increase land wealth.
Back to the topic.
Zhu Yijun said here and asked Zhang Juzheng: "What do you think, sir?"
After Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment, he cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you are wise!"
Zhu Yijun continued: "So the New Deal cannot end with the clearing of the land, and we must continue to implement new restructuring strategies. It just so happens that the cabinet ministers, Master Ma and Master Shen, have returned to Beijing from their inspection tours. I hope that Sir, these two masters and all the ministers will Let’s discuss and establish new policies that can be reformed to eliminate the long-standing disadvantages.”
Zhang Juzheng raised his hand and said yes.
"Before the new restructuring strategy is determined, the governors in various places should not be idle and issue an edict asking them to prepare for a population survey. I have been on the throne for so many years, so I have to know how many people I have."
"In addition, it is stated in the edict that the slaves and slaves who serve as adopted children must also be recorded in the register. In order to prevent the powerful officials and gentry and other large households from being unwilling to truthfully report the situation of slave ownership, it must be clearly stated in the edict that if they do not report the truth, the government will Registration, once a servant runs away or disappears without being registered, the government is not allowed to search and arrest him."
Zhu Yijun said at this time.
Zhu Yijun had actually long wanted to conduct a national census of the Ming Dynasty.
After all, if you don’t have a thorough understanding of the country’s population, you will have no idea how to do many things.
For example, the proportion of workers to the total population relates to the development of the commodity economy in the Ming Dynasty. Should the imperial court begin to intervene in the commodity economy, or even start to pay greater attention to these workers, and whether it should promptly abolish the decree established by Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty. The strike of employees shall be regarded as the following crime and conspiracy to commit treason, and shall be punished lightly.
These are very necessary, and they are also the most basic starting point for treating oneself as a Han Chinese.
It's just that in the past few years, it was necessary to clean up the official system, collect taxes, and even clear the land, and the entire bureaucracy, which was mainly composed of reformists and follow-up officials, could not get around to conducting a census.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun only asked for an edict to conduct a census after the land clearing was completed.
"You see, your Majesty loves the people. He doesn't really regard the people of the world as the same as grass and grass. After a period of time, they disappear in large numbers and then grow up again, and feel that there is no need to count them. He really regards the common people in the world as his own people, and wants to see their number in the book."
When Zhang Juzheng finished his lecture in the Wenhua Hall and left, he started talking to Wang Jiaping, the new living commentator.
Because Shen Li had already asked for external transfer, but he learned that his father had passed away not long after his external transfer, and had to go directly back to his hometown of Dingyou to visit the people in the countryside.
Therefore, Wang Jiaping became the new daily commentator.
Zhang Juzheng said this to Wang Jiaping, who had just arrived at the Imperial Palace and was not very familiar with the emperor. Wang Jiaping handed over his hand and replied:
"What Yuan Fu said was that the subordinates also saw His Majesty's love for the people, but he didn't expect that the emperor was indeed as Yuan Fu said, and he himself had a strong desire to work hard to govern! This made Yuan Fu's reminder just now It also seems unnecessary.”
Zhang Juzheng smiled lightly and said: "It's good that you know! As a close minister of the emperor, you should remember one sentence: 'If the emperor is not secretive, the minister will lose; if the minister is not secretive, the virgin will be lost.' After all, some people do not want the emperor to be aggressive."
Wang Jiaping replied: "I understand!"
Zhang Juzheng nodded and said nothing more.
Wang Jiaping was not his student.
As for why Zhang Juzheng did not recommend any of his students to serve as civil servants, it was because he, the chief minister, was determined to reform, and because Duo Qing did not follow the etiquette but followed the holy orders before, most of his disciples had betrayed him. .
Therefore, among his students, he could no longer find officials who were from the Han Dynasty, had good literary talents and could take care of daily life, and were also good-natured, cautious and taciturn officials who did not easily make friends and associate with others.
He could only find it from people who were not his students.
Therefore, Wang Jiaping was appointed as the new daily official.
Because of this, Zhang Juzheng often needed to take the initiative to tell Wang Jiaping some things, and it was impossible for him to take the initiative to talk to him like Shen Li did when he was the daily affairs official.
(End of chapter)
