Dao Yan looked down and saw beads, like frightened rabbits, jumping in different directions, scattered and without any rules. Spreading out his old hand, a black bead lay quietly in the palm of his hand.
"I can't understand what the emperor said."
Dao Yan held the rosary beads, looked at Zhu Yunzhen deeply and said.
Zhu Yunwen stood up, picked up a rosary from the ground, rubbed it on his fingertips, and said: "For many years, Master has been persuading King Yan. You know it, and so do I. Taizu ordered you to serve King Yan, just for It turns out that he is angry, but it is unthinkable, and it suits your selfishness. I know about the white hat sent to the feudal king. "
Dao Yan's pupils condensed slightly, his old face gloomy.
"Master has a sharp gaze and knows the consequences of Taizu's killing of heroes. He also knows that among the kings of Sai, only King Yan is very similar to Taizu, no matter the means, ability or potential. So, you choose King Yan, keep lobbying, and raise troops to go south, right? ?”
Zhu Yunwen handed the beads to Dao Yan and asked.
Dao Yan spread his hands, caught the beads, his eyes darkened, and asked: "Is the person the emperor is talking about this monk?"
Zhu Yunwen laughed loudly, kicked a bead under his feet, and said sternly: "Daoyan, no, Yao Guangxiao, I am not Sakyamuni, and I cannot send you the Paradise. But I am the Lord of the Ming Dynasty, so I can send it to you. Go to the prison and the underground! I still allow you to live, but I don’t understand why you want to rebel? "
Dao Yan is a very strange person. He encouraged Zhu Di to rebel, overthrew a court, and assisted Zhu Di to establish a new court. But what about himself?
Don’t ask for an official position, don’t ask for profit, don’t ask for fame, don’t ask for a woman.
Wear court clothes during the day and go to court to work, honestly. At night, I put on my black cassock, stand in silence under the withered lamp, and return to the Buddha with all my heart.
History books do not record his hobbies, but only the crimes he committed, his unsuccessful attempts to dissuade him, and his last wish before he was temporarily imprisoned. No one knows why he rebelled.
Zhu Yunwen was very curious.
Dao Yan stood up and saluted: "I, the monk, cannot understand what the emperor said."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Dao Yan who was pretending to be confused, sneered, sat back, and said: "It doesn't matter, you have concerns, I won't force you. It's just Dao Yan, since you have foresight and good planning, you can predict many things. Why don't we How about you two guess what King Yan will do next?"
Dao Yan frowned, wondering what Zhu Yunwen meant.
Zhu Yunwen pointed to a pile of documents on the desk and said: "These are all the documents you have after leaving Beiping Mansion. You can read them here, and then you can predict what King Yan will do next. I also How about we prejudge and see who is right and who is wrong?"
Dao Yan frowned, how could the imperial documents be allowed to be read by a monk?
"If your prediction is right, I will let you go back to Beiping Mansion. If you are wrong, you will stay and help me govern the Ming Dynasty. How about it?"
Zhu Yunwen said seriously.
Dao Yan's eyes showed surprise.
Back to Peiping?
He knew clearly that he was Zhu Di's confidant, and even knew that he had rebellious intentions, but he still dared to let him go?
stay?
Dare he use himself?
Dare you let yourself govern the Ming Dynasty?
Dao Yan found that he could not see through the Emperor Jianwen in front of him. Under his seemingly weak appearance, there seemed to be another soul hidden, a strong and confident soul.
"If you don't say anything, I will think you have agreed. This is my prediction. You can take it away and keep your prediction sealed. We will unblock it together one day and decide the winner."
Zhu Yunwen put a sealed letter on the desk, then walked to the door and told the inmates not to disturb Dao Yan. If he needed to leave the palace, just arrange for someone to take him out.
Seeing that Zhu Yunwen was in a good mood, Shuangxi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, are you going to the harem today?"
Zhu Yunwen has not been to the harem for more than a month, and he is still making trouble with the whip method. Even though the cabinet has come up with a complete plan and prepared strategies to deal with the existing problems.
For example, on the issue of silver being expensive and grain being cheap, the cabinet's advice was to let the Taxation Department take on the responsibility of exchanging silver and grain, and to unify standards across the country to prevent merchants from maliciously raising the price of silver.
Another example is the issue of possible boycott by prefectures and counties. The cabinet, together with the Ministry of Household Affairs, repeatedly discussed with Zhu Yunwen and concluded that the reason for the boycott by prefectures and counties was that a whipping law would harm the interests of local yamen and make them unprofitable.
The court could take a step back and give 30% of the tax money to the states and counties for their own control, while the central government only needs 70%.
If Zhu Yuanzhang were in power, and I heard that the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs wanted to let the local governments share their money, these people's heads could be hung on the flagpole to dry. But Zhu Yunwen is not Zhu Yuanzhang. He understands the laws of the market better, and he also understands primary and secondary financial allocation.
Zhu Yunwen took the tax data from previous years given by the Ministry of Household Affairs and calculated it for a long time, and finally agreed to the cabinet to benefit the local area and implement the policy.
But Zhu Yunwen agreed, the cabinet nodded, the six ministries knew about it, and all officials quit.
Groups of people started to make trouble, saying that once money is left to the localities, it will inevitably lead to local separatism and local corruption. When the localities are rich, but the central government is short of finance, what should we do?
He also said that once he acted like this, the capital would inevitably fall into a situation where there was no food available, and the tragedy of exchanging children for food would reappear in the world.
Before the whipping method could be implemented anywhere, it encountered resistance in the court.
This gave Zhu Yunwen a headache, and he completely felt the resistance to reform. These die-hards, using high-sounding reasons, criticized the whipping method as useless. Some officials even said that this method would definitely trigger the wrath of heaven.
Zhu Yunwen didn't know whether the sky was angry or not.
But the earthquake is really coming.
Although the magnitude of the earthquake was not high and the movement was not large, the earthquake was felt after all.
This time, it gave officials more room to play, linking a whipping method with a warning from heaven that Zhu Yunwen must stop this method.
Zhu Yunwen had a good temper, but he was also angered.
Damn, what's going on with the earthquake? I know better than you idiots, and you actually used the earthquake to attack a whipping technique. Then reward them with a whip and let these idiots take riding whips and go to the frontier to let their horses go.
Within a month, Zhu Yunwen transferred thirty-five officials, such as Liu Yong, the most aggressive supervisory censor of the seventh rank. Zhu Yunwen praised him, and then with a stroke of his pen, promoted Liu Yong to the rank of sixth rank Xuan Fu. Place of employment, Leizhou Prefecture.
After receiving the order, Liu Yong begged the emperor to take back his order and changed his stance, showing that he was the first to support the whipping method.
Leizhou Prefecture is the southernmost part of Guangzhou. You can go fishing on Hainan Island by swimming across the sea.
Liu Yong obviously didn't like fishing, so he sought connections and went through the back door. In the end, Qi Tai, the Minister of Civil Affairs, interceded, and Zhu Yunwen withdrew his appointment.
But other people are not so lucky, and they are more hard-headed. When they pack their luggage, those who should go to the frontier to herd horses go to the frontier, those who should go to the desert to dig sand go to the desert, and those who should go to the sea to live their lives go to the sea.
After a lot of twists and turns, Zhu Yunwen, the cabinet, and the six ministries elaborated their views many times and told the officials the advantages of the one whip method, and finally got through the ideological work of the officials.
At this time, it has been more than a month of hard work, and the autumn taxes in some places have begun to be paid.
It's winter, so it's not appropriate to use the whip method.
In the end, the cabinet made a decision and notified the local government to temporarily suspend the delivery of autumn grain, which was to be implemented in the first year of Jianwen. At the same time, a group of supervisors were selected from the Imperial College to form a team of officials specifically responsible for supervising the one-whip method.
Zhu Yunqi, who was tormented, also needed to be responsible for the strategy of the new army.
As Jin Zhong said to Zhu Di, the biggest problem with the New Army Policy is whether it is sustainable. If the New Army Policy is implemented halfway and is suddenly interrupted and no longer implemented, the problems will be serious.
Zhu Yunwen was not a fool, nor were the Governor-General of the Fifth Army fools. The people in the Ministry of Revenue were even more shrewd and could not fail to see this.
Judging from the tax revenue in previous years, although the central fiscal silver was only 3 million taels, if the grain was converted into silver taels, it would still be as much as 10 million taels.
When the New Army's strategy is limited to Jingying, Beiping Prefecture, Shanhaiguan and other places, supporting it for one or two years is not a problem at all.
In addition, Zhu Yunwen is preparing for agricultural tax reform, and has authorized Peking to pilot commercial reforms first. The potential for commercial development is about to be released. By then, Ming Dynasty's finances will definitely improve, and it will not be too late to implement the new army strategy throughout the army.
In the snow, walking towards the harem.
Zhu Yunwen likes snow and the boundless white world.
The light snowflakes all over the sky are like elves given to the world by God, trying to change the world with their own efforts.
When Ma Enhui saw Zhu Yunwen coming in the snow, he welcomed him into the house worriedly. He arranged for someone to heat up the charcoal fire and asked the maid to prepare some hot soup. Then he said complainingly: "Although the snow is small, it's better to be safe. It's such a cold day, Your Majesty." You should stay in Nuange, why bother coming to Chang'an Palace."
Zhu Yunwen hugged Zhu Wenkui who rushed towards him. Hearing the child call "Father" childishly, his heart felt extremely warm. He said to Ma Enhui: "If you don't come again, won't you complain more?"
"What are you complaining about?" Ma Enhui glanced at Zhu Yunwen, took the clothes from the palace maid, walked to Zhu Yunwen, and said, "Let's change clothes."
Zhu Yunwen took the clothes, put them aside, and sighed: "No need to change, just sit down and talk with me."
Ma Enhui picked up Zhu Wenkui, looked at the tired Zhu Yunwen, sat aside obediently, and asked with concern: "Your Majesty, there are many things in the court, but work must be balanced with rest."
Zhu Yunwen nodded and said: "I just don't understand. They are all well-educated people who understand right and wrong. Why do they know that a whipping method is right and good, but they still oppose it. Why is it good for the country and the people? They still want to interfere in the matter, these people are officials, who are they officials for?"
"Of course it's for the emperor." Ma Enhui said softly.
Zhu Yunwen frowned slightly.
Seeing this, Ma Enhui quickly said: "Is this my concubine wrong?"
"No, you are not wrong, it is me who is wrong."
Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said solemnly: "You have awakened me. They are officials for me, but what I want is that they be officials for the people and the Ming Dynasty! They are based on trying to figure out the holy will and political speculation. , it is better to take the position of benefiting the country and the people! These people have taken the wrong path. In the final analysis, there is something wrong with our education in Ming Dynasty."
