The king of Qi surrendered.
But it was naturally impossible for Zhu Yunzhen to simply let King Qi expose the matter with just one sentence.
Zhu Yunzhen's face suddenly showed a sad look.
Full of disappointment.
Anyone who sees it will have to say that Your Highness the Grand Sun values love and justice!
He obviously trusted King Qi so much, but King Qi actually did such a ridiculous thing!
I really betrayed my grandson’s trust...
But in fact... Zhu Yunzhen and King Qi both knew that this was just a deliberately staged chess game.
Used for wrestling between the two sides.
But now, King Qi has lost!
"Sigh... Uncle Qi, if I say I don't blame you, I don't blame you."
"It's just that for such a big matter, you still need to explain it clearly to the officials and the people of Ming Dynasty."
"After all...this Ming Dynasty is not a lonely one."
"Please tell the whole story and publish it in the People's Daily tomorrow to make it clear to the people all over the world."
"As for the blame, if you want to blame it, let's blame it on Gu Gu!"
Zhu Yunzhen said sadly.
King Qi, who was below, couldn't help but tremble all over after hearing Zhu Yunzhen's words.
Staring at Zhu Yunzhen.
Published in People's Daily?
This is going to ruin his reputation! As long as this matter is published in the daily newspapers, the reputation of King Qi will plummet!
A huge fall!
It can never come back again!
And once he loses the support of the people... even if he defeats Zhu Yunxuan in the future, it is impossible for Lao Zhu to consider making him the crown prince!
As for culpability?
After the people read the daily newspapers, they would not say that Zhu Yunzhen was shielding his relatives.
Instead, he will praise him!
What's the use of a trivial punishment? !
Such a vicious plan... King Qi was already convinced, but now he couldn't help but feel resentment in his heart.
There was a hint of malice in his eyes.
But when Zhu Yunzhen saw the resentment in King Qi's eyes, he didn't care at all.
From the beginning, King Qi was already in his urn!
Let King Zhu Di of Jin serve as the Zongren Mansion's Zong Ling, instruct Yang Shiqi to pay close attention to the matter of redeeming the land, and then arrange for King Zhu Di of Yan to collect evidence and challenge King Qi.
Everything is in his plan.
King Qi was never his opponent from beginning to end. He was just a chess piece that needed to be beaten and a bait used to draw out a group of corrupt officials!
"Uncle Qi, tell me, please?" Zhu Yunxuan reminded him calmly.
King Qi looked at Zhu Yunzhen above.
There was a feeling of weakness in my heart.
As early as he admitted it, King Qi's psychological defense had collapsed.
At this time, it is normal to be led by Zhu Yunzhen.
I can only tell everything I did in detail.
Including the officials he contacted and how they colluded, he told them in detail one by one.
King Qi will not forget it.
Zhu Xi, the Zongling of the Zongren Mansion, was looking at him.
If he didn't explain everything, he might have to go to that sect's mansion!
And after entering the sect's mansion... he didn't even know if he would have a chance to come out again...
“It’s true that wildfires can’t be burned out, but the spring breeze blows them again!”
"Such a corrupt official will be killed and exterminated endlessly!"
Zhu Yunzhen slammed the chair and stood up.
He scolded: "Bring these people to justice! Hand them over to the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate for trial!"
"Don't let anyone go!"
Below, the ministers and officials looked at the furious Zhu Yunzhen and couldn't help but tremble.
Afraid of having anything to do with myself.
And those officials who had something to do with this matter had already fallen to the ground, sweating profusely!
He kept praying in his heart that Zhu Yunzhen would let him go.
But all that awaits them is Jin Yiwei's cold chains!
"Let's take a look, everyone."
Zhu Yunxuan pointed to the officials who were taken away.
He said: "Which of these people is not the pillar of our Ming Dynasty?"
"But it's just for self-interest! I couldn't control the greed in my heart! And I ruined the lives of myself and their family members!"
"I hope you will think more about my Ming law when you act in the future."
"Think more about the consequences! Pick up your conscience!"
"And please don't think that everything will be fine if they are captured and you can live alone."
"Are all of you here really that clean?"
Inside Fengtian Hall.
There was silence for a moment, and you could hear a needle drop.
No one dared to take a breath.
They looked at Zhu Yunzhen above with fear. They did not expect that although their grandson looked small, he was so powerful in his actions!
And when it comes to cleaning up corrupt officials, he is exactly the same as Lao Zhu!
Extremely lethal!
Immediately, the relaxation in the hearts of the ministers and officials that had arisen after Lao Zhu left and was replaced by Zhu Yunzhen as the superintendent of the country disappeared.
His Highness Taisun... is not necessarily easier to serve than Lao Zhu!
This thought came to everyone's mind at the same time...
"I will carefully abide by the teachings of His Highness the Grand Sun, and will definitely abide by the law and be committed to the Ming Dynasty!"
In silence.
Yang Shiqi suddenly stood up.
expressed his attitude.
Afterwards, the ministers realized what they were doing and expressed their loyalty to Zhu Yunxu one after another.
Zhu Yunzhen's 'expression' looks good now.
But in fact, he has always been in a good mood. After all, corrupt officials will always be killed. This is an eternal truth.
Naturally, Zhu Yunzhen would not be angry because of this.
But as a ruler, he must send an obvious signal to the people below: he does not like corrupt officials!
In this way, people below will have some scruples when doing things.
Don't dare to act recklessly.
This is the art of leadership... So sometimes, leaders express their likes and dislikes with their own political purposes.
As for what it is specifically, it depends on how the subordinates figure it out.
It gave everyone a head-on blow.
Zhu Yunxuan started giving out sweet dates to everyone again.
"Uncle Qi, although you have made a big mistake, you also have problems."
Zhu Yunxuan blamed himself and said: "The losses suffered by the people this time will be borne by Gu alone and compensated."
"But Uncle Qi, you made a big mistake after all."
"Just reflect on it in the mansion for three months, and then help me deal with other matters in the future."
Zhu Yunzhen fulfilled his promise and did not give any real punishment to King Qi.
King Qi couldn't help but feel relieved.
But what followed was a burst of anger. Zhu Yunxuan handled the matter gently and let it go.
Doesn't this mean that in his mind, he is no trouble at all?
Thinking of this, King Qi couldn't help but clenched his fists and hated Zhu Yunzhen even more!
Zhu Yunxuan naturally saw King Qi's movements. Looking down from above, everyone's movements could not escape his eyes.
But Zhu Yunzhen did not expose it.
King Qi was right, he just didn't take King Qi seriously!
After deciding what to do with King Qi, Zhu Yunxu then dealt with other vassal kings.
"Fifth uncle, sixth uncle, and twelfth uncle, the three of you will return the money to the treasury. If it is not enough, you can pay it off by doing things for the court."
"Uncle Wu has always loved medical skills, and I happen to be planning to compile a new volume of medical skills, so I'm here to help."
"Uncle Twelve is so talented that he took over the duties of Uncle Seven and took full charge of the construction of national highways. I want to see that every province is connected to at least one national highway before next year!"
"As for Uncle Six, I just have one more thing to do."
"It's up to you to do it."
Zhu Yunzhen arranged one thing for each feudal king to do.
After all, he recalled the vassal princes to the capital, so he couldn't leave them idle, lest they do things secretly and waste their energy on guarding.
Might as well put it under your nose and watch.
It's also simpler.
And after what happened to King Qi, they must not dare to act as boldly as King Qi.
Unscrupulous!
Taking advantage of the fact that he had just established his power, Zhu Yunxu hurriedly said what he was going to do next.
Unify land tax!
As early as when he was quelling the Japanese pirates and passing by Suzhou Prefecture, Zhu Yunxuan knew that land taxes were different in various places in the Ming Dynasty, and he had this idea in particular when he suppressed Suzhou Prefecture.
But at that time, his foundation was not stable.
Inside, Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunxi were working against him.
So there is no way to let go and do anything.
Now that the pattern has been initially decided, it is time to change the Ming Dynasty according to your own ideas.
"I plan to unify the land tax across the country and reduce the land tax as much as possible to reduce the burden on the people."
"Although this matter is complicated, you must draw up a charter."
Unifying land taxes is not a simple matter.
On the contrary, it is very complicated.
There are too many involved.
But even if it’s complicated, you have to do it!
"You have thought a lot about it and written down many feasible suggestions into a memorial and submitted it to the Advisory Office, where I will review them one by one."
There are three major difficulties in unifying land tax, especially unifying land tax in Suzhou Prefecture.
Most of the land in Suzhou is government land. People not only have to pay the government to rent the land, but also bear taxes, which can be several times or even ten times more than private land!
One of the major difficulties is to balance the taxes on official land and private land.
Secondly, among the fields in Suzhou Prefecture, many private fields are tax-free!
Fields that don’t pay taxes at all!
The tax exemption for gentry in the Ming Dynasty began in the Hongwu Dynasty. As long as the gentry had the title of capital minister, they did not have to pay taxes.
How can we unify the land tax for these tax-free fields?
Thirdly, Suzhou Prefecture is located in the south of the Yangtze River and has been a prosperous place since ancient times. However, places such as the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province are often affected by disasters and have insufficient grain production.
If taxes were unified between Jiangnan and Northwest China, it would inevitably increase the inequality between regions.
Therefore, there are many difficulties in unifying taxation.
Quite difficult.
But this matter was done anyway and must be resolved.
Land equalization tax is a good thing for both the people and the court.
Ming Dynasty's land taxation cannot continue to be such a mess!
The people of Suzhou Prefecture cannot continue to bear such heavy taxes!
"In addition, I plan to set up a propaganda group, and Uncle Liu will be the director."
"Going to the countryside for the orphans, preaching the land tax policy, and letting everyone in the world know about it."
This can be considered as a way for King Chu to find trouble.
Anyway, the King of Chu has always been extravagant, so he sent him to the countryside to exercise and reform, and maybe he would have a different look when he came back.
Moreover, it is also very necessary to go to the countryside to preach.
Zhu Yunxuan has done such practical things for the people, so he must let the people know about it, right?
The propaganda team preached everywhere in the form of drama, which not only prevented the blind and ignorant rural people from being deceived.
It can also make the people grateful for everything Zhu Yunzhen has done.
Consolidate your rule.
So from every aspect, it is a good thing.
But the officials below were in trouble.
Of course they won't object to the preaching team. After all, this thing has nothing to do with them.
Land taxes can be unified...
"This... Your Highness, the land tax system was formulated by Your Majesty himself..."
"Now that we want to make changes, should we ask His Majesty for his opinion?"
The grandson had just established his authority, and the officials did not dare to directly oppose him.
I only dare to express my opinions in a roundabout way, after all, this matter is quite difficult.
It’s not easy for anyone to handle.
There was nothing the officials could do.
Moreover, land tax is unified. Can the tax on private land be the same as that on official land? Should those fields that were originally tax-free be taxed again?
No matter from which aspect you look at it, it’s a headache!
And when the land tax was first formulated, it was Lao Zhu who made it himself!
Baiguan really didn't want to offend Lao Zhu.
When the time comes, there will be rivers of blood and heads rolling in!
"Don't worry, I will definitely get Grandpa Huang's consent for this matter."
"You just need to take care of it!"
"Don't ask too many questions!"
Zhu Yunzhen's attitude was tough, and the officials could not say anything else.
He could only nod his head in agreement.
Get ready to go down and discuss a charter.
But in my heart, I couldn't help being surprised, and I respected Zhu Yunxuan even more.
Look at it like this.
Your Majesty really allows His Majesty the Grand Sun to do whatever you want!
Today's Ming Dynasty... I'm afraid even Lao Zhu doesn't want to take care of it anymore, and leaves it all to his grandson.
In this way... the grandson is no different from the emperor!
(End of chapter)
