Xu Youzhen has the power of his thinking, but he also has the limitations of his vision.
He's not perfect either.
After listening to Cao Jixiang's words, he actually disagreed. The Ming Dynasty had had too many foreign wars in recent years. Although no wars that shook the country broke out, after a series of victories, would His Majesty the Emperor? Will he become arrogant and go further and further down the road of war?
As long as the country is stable and the finances are sufficient, foreign wars can be fought. As long as it does not affect the lives of domestic people, it doesn't matter.
But the point of the matter is that at this time, His Majesty the Emperor has somewhat forgotten who is the biggest enemy of Ming Dynasty.
The real enemy of the Ming Dynasty, the one who can be called a rival is Mongolia.
The campaign in North Korea can be said to consolidate Liaodong, and it can become Liaodong's logistical guarantee outside the customs and contain Mongolia.
It is reasonable to fight against Annan. During the period of Emperor Taizongwen, it was indeed the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Four hundred years ago, Jiaozhou was also the territory of the Chinese nation.
Attacking Annan and taking over North Korea are both in line with the national interest.
But the Japanese country is alone overseas.
Throughout history, there have been only a few envoys communicating.
The Ming Dynasty knew very little about the customs and customs there, whether they were poor or rich, and they rashly launched a large-scale attack. If it failed like Mongolia, would the plague of Japanese pirates in the southeast be restarted, and would the Ming Dynasty's tax-rich areas still be affected? .
This is really affecting the country.
Although Xu Youzhen said she would not tell the matter, she was still thinking about finding an opportunity to persuade His Majesty the Emperor in private...
After drinking for a long time, both of them were very drunk and returned home happily...
As the days passed, preparations for each department were completed.
Zhu Jianshen, who was wearing casual clothes, got on his horse outside the palace gate, led a group of officials, thousands of honor guards, and thousands of cavalry, and left the city of Nanjing with the people kneeling to see him off.
His Majesty the Emperor left Nanjing and returned to Beijing. For the wealthy gentry in Jiangnan, this was definitely the first happy event of the new year.
The emperor is in Nanjing, and Jiangnan is at the emperor's feet.
These people are tied up in everything they do and can only be manipulated by others. This is how the new tax law appeared and was written into the law as quickly as possible.
If the emperor was in Beijing and wanted to carry out this in Jiangnan, it would never be so easy to do.
But this time, His Majesty the Emperor personally took charge, and it was completed without encountering any decent obstacles.
Of course, the nobles in Jiangnan all know that the biggest reason why the emperor was able to accomplish these things so easily was the Jinan Restoration Conspiracy.
This case dealt a heavy blow to the entire Jiangnan Shilin.
Although it was called restoration, everyone knew that this was an unforgivable felony of rebellion. Although the case was closed, it was easy for the court to add a few more accomplices.
This restoration conspiracy case has also become a sharp sword in the hands of the imperial court. If you dance a little more cheerfully, someone with intentions can drag you into this case, and you will never be able to get over it.
In addition, the checks and balances on imperial power within the civil servant group of the imperial court were getting smaller and smaller.
Li Xian, the chief minister of the cabinet, immediately became a decoration, and the other important ministers were all sycophantic "villains", especially Xu Youzhen, Wan An and others...
If the emperor wants to kill people, he can find any reason and he will give you a gift package from the nine tribes. The current world is really not good for those of us who are well-educated scholars.
If you say that you will kill the nine tribes, you will kill the nine tribes. No one will slip through the net, let alone people. No matter how many eggs you have in your house, you still have to shake the yolks one by one and pour boiling water on the ant nest. The main thing is to destroy the family. Do not stay.
The emperor couldn't afford to joke, so he stayed in Nanjing. Jinyiwei and Dongchang's hawks and dogs were all over the south of the Yangtze River. Under this tense background, they did not dare to hold any gatherings, write books on the people, move out the ancestral system, and saints. to block the advancement of the rule of law.
But His Majesty the Emperor is gone.
He left Nanjing.
Within a few months, he returned to Beijing.
The sky is high and the emperor is far away. If you don't care about the tax laws, you're done.
Of course, there are only criticisms at this stage, especially those big households who own huge means of production and pay heavy taxes every year. They are suffering even more.
However, despite the criticism, they still dare not take the lead, and everyone is thinking that if there is a tax evasion case like this in Jiangnan, they will see if the court will treat everyone in this way according to the law.
As the saying goes, a dead Taoist friend will not die but a poor Taoist.
Everyone said they should ignore the new tax law, but no one dared to think too hard about paying taxes.
This situation continued...until the first crab eater appeared and was poisoned and died...
These people wanted to let someone take the lead, and Zhu Jianshen, who was on the road at this time, was also waiting for someone to take the lead. Although he was on the road, Jiangnan's spies caught up with him.
Zhu Jianshen is also waiting for these people to make mistakes. In his mind, the government and the gentry are one, paying taxes on duty, and gradually reducing the privileges of scholars. This is the path that the country must take if it wants long-term stability.
We must stick to this path for a hundred years.
The imperial court is short of money and cannot reach out to ordinary people. This is also the meaning of the existence of a country.
Especially in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao came from a humble background and became famous all over the world as a refugee. If he was also destroyed in the peasant uprising, this would definitely bring shame to Emperor Taizu Gao.
In real history, after Li Zicheng broke into Beijing, he began a comprehensive raid on the houses of Beijing's big and small families, and confiscated a total of 70 million taels of silver...
But at that time, their monarch, Emperor Chongzhen, wanted to borrow some money from these ministers and squires, but he could not borrow a penny. Even if these people could give one-tenth of their own money to the Ming Dynasty, the outcome of the story would not be like this. miserable.
At critical times, the only people the court can rely on are the common people. These squires with money and status, those with vested interests, will only think about how to preserve their privileges and wealth when faced with great changes. How to save their country...
After Zhu Jianshen left Nanjing, it only took six days for Yujia to arrive in Fengyang.
This time the emperor traveled lightly and simply, whether it was the honor guard or the escort, they all traveled on horseback. Even though there was spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River at this time, they arrived in Fengyang three days earlier than planned.
At night, Zhu Jianshen rode a horse into Zhongdu.
It was raining heavily in Fengyang at this time, even heavier than the rain that year when Emperor Zhu Qi was caught up in the civil march march...
Zhu Jianshen entered the Zhongdu Palace to live in the rainy night.
The entourage was also arranged in their original official offices...
Ji Yao and Zhu Youtang both stayed in Nanjing and did not follow Zhu Jianshen back to Beijing this time.
But Kaganoko followed Yujia to Beijing.
Because she used many methods, she really succeeded in getting pregnant with a dragon. However, her status did not change because she was pregnant with a dragon...
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