Alliance of the Heavens and Ming Dynasty

Chapter 213 Vibrant
On the streets of the capital, there are people coming and going, and it is very lively. There are small vendors hawking loudly, there are street runners doing nothing, there are merchants from all over the place, and there are children chasing and playing.
full of life

"It's more than a step away!"

Old Zhu sighed with emotion. In terms of strength, his Hongwu Dynasty was not inferior to Zhengde Dynasty, and even stronger, but in terms of potential, his Hongwu Dynasty was far inferior to Zhu Houzhao's Zhengde Dynasty.

When the Hongwu Dynasty came to the end, it was nothing more than the second Chongzhen Dynasty, but the Zhengde Dynasty was different. Even if Zhu Houzhao had three ups and downs, as long as the successor did not go astray, it would definitely last for a long time.

He casually found a restaurant to sit down, ordered a few small dishes, and Lao Zhu began to ask Xiao Er about many deeds of the Zhengde Dynasty, especially the policy strategies of the court. He felt that his Hongwu Dynasty might not be able to learn a thing or two from the Zhengde Dynasty.

It is not a shame to take its strengths and make up for its own weaknesses.

Gambling workshops, brothels, and wine shops are the three places with the best news. All kinds of religions and cultures are closely related, chatting, and the waiter in the wine shop naturally knows a lot.

After some inquiries, Lao Zhu basically figured out the changes in the Zhengde Dynasty in the past ten years.

Throw criminal officials to Liaodong to farm land, collect heavy taxes from businessmen, suppress civil officials, ban many privileges of vassal kings, overthrow the situation where Confucianism is the only one, reproduce the contention of a hundred schools of thought, annex Annan Korea and other countries, and the world has many armies that others do not like. Zhu Houzhao did all the things he dared to do and dare not think about!

"Zhu Houzhao is really ruthless!"

Old Zhu's face twitched, he thought he was ruthless enough, and he would not let go of his brothers who fought together, but now he found that compared with Zhu Houzhao, his ruthlessness was nothing short of a big deal.

At least he kills very happily, and won't make people suffer forever. Unlike Zhu Houzhao, he doesn't kill people easily, but he can make life worse than death. Letting civil servants farm the land is tantamount to putting the dignity of those self-proclaimed noble scholars on the ground. Repeatedly rubbed and trampled on the ground.

Killing hearts!

Xu Da, Tang He glanced at each other, secretly thinking that they are indeed the descendants of Lao Zhu, and that the blue is better than the blue.

"His decision was right."

He has grown into a handsome young man, his face and temperament are [-]% similar to Zhu Biao's, gentle yet heroic, elegant yet decisive, Xiao Zhu, who has been silent all this time, suddenly speaks out.

"Tell me?"

The grandson of the baby has an idea, and Lao Zhu is naturally all ears.

Empress Ma, Xu Da, and Tang He looked at Xiao Zhu expectantly.

Little Zhu is not only Lao Zhu's hope, but also their hope.

Zhu Biao replaced Zhu Yunxuan as Emperor Xiaokang, and the future Hongwu Dynasty was destined to be inherited by Xiao Zhu, and the fate of Huaixi nobles depended on him alone.

"On the surface, Emperor Zhengde's methods are too brutal and bloody. All major interest groups in the world have offended him. I don't know how many people want to eat his flesh and drink his blood."

Xiao Zhu has grown up and has his own ideas and insights, and he can talk freely in front of Lao Zhu, Queen Ma, Xu Da, Tang He.

Although still immature, he already has the demeanor of an heir to the throne.

"But from another perspective, although Emperor Zhengde has offended most of the vested interests, his country has become extremely stable, and he has extremely strong potential for war."

"Businessmen pursue profits, occupy a large amount of private resources, and do not charge heavy taxes. When the merchants become powerful, chaos will arise. The Shanxi merchants in the Chongzhen Dynasty are a typical example."

"Civil officials sit big, and civil and military imbalances are not conducive to the development of the country. It is imperative to suppress civil officials."

"Annexing countries is really a wise move. How can you allow others to snore and sleep on the side of the couch."

"Recover the land from all over the world as state-owned, and redistribute it to the common people for cultivation, explicitly prohibit the sale of land, restrain land mergers, and increase the loyalty of the common people to the imperial court."

Xiao Zhu took a deep breath and said with a serious face: "Suppress what can be suppressed, and change what can be changed. The war potential of the Zhengde Dynasty is extremely huge. The government, people's livelihood, and military aspects are all showing a state of vigorous development. "

He naturally avoided Zhu Houzhao's reforms to vassals, honors, and the army. After all, in the Hongwu Dynasty, vassals, honors, and the army were taboos, not to mention Xu Da and Tang He were still here.

"well said!"

Old Zhu was overjoyed at Xiao Zhu's sharp judgment. With such insights, Xiao Zhu could already be on his own.

Then he sighed again: "Zhu Houzhao's Zhengde Dynasty is not only a huge potential, but an unlimited potential!"

Suppressing various interest groups to death, carrying out subversive reforms in politics, military, economy, and people's livelihood, the Zhengde Dynasty is like a tree, which looks young, but actually contains infinite vitality. Can grow into a towering tree.

And the vitality that is invisible but actually exists is exactly what he did not have in the Hongwu Dynasty, Yongle, Xuande and other fifteen dynasties. Potential is extremely limited.

"Grandfather"

Xiao Zhu stopped talking, he felt that Zhu Houzhao's political policy was correct, and he intended to follow it, but he didn't know how to speak.

The system of the Hongwu Dynasty was formulated by Lao Zhu, and his grandson proposed to change it. Isn't this a slap in the face of Lao Zhu!
"Wait for a while!"

Lao Zhu waved his hand and said calmly. He understood what Xiao Zhu meant, and he had long intended to change the political direction of the Hongwu Dynasty. After all, he had known about Zhu Houzhao’s reforms ten years ago. Although they were not comprehensive, they could See the benefits of Zhu Houzhao's reform.

The reason why he hasn't put it into action until now is that his Hongwu Dynasty is too complicated, and it is not so difficult to make drastic reforms like Zhu Houzhao's.

The military generals headed by the Huaixi Party and the civil servants headed by the East Zhejiang Party are fine if they don't make trouble, but once they do, they will be even more terrifying than the Donglin Party.

The Donglin Party only knows about collusion between officials and businessmen, advocates incorruptibility, and talks nonsense. There are not many people who are truly capable. The Huaixi Party and the Eastern Zhejiang Party are different. Most of them are ruthless characters who have come out of troubled times. With brains, even Lao Zhu was quite afraid.

Before making complete preparations, Lao Zhu will not make changes easily, and make decisions before making moves. This is his style.

If you don't move, you're done, and if you move, everyone will be speechless.

It's like killing Hu Weiyong and abolishing the prime minister system. You must know that before Hu Weiyong's downfall, he was still the Lord Xiangguo who was "one with the monarch and his ministers and bonded with each other" with Lao Zhu. Who would have thought that Lao Zhu would suddenly attack Hu Weiyong!

"Let's go, go to see that kid Zhu Houzhao's Sun Moon Academy."

After taking a sip of crude tea, Lao Zhu immediately took Empress Ma, Xiao Zhu, Xu Da, Tang He to the Sun Moon Academy.

The original Sun Moon Academy was nothing more than a group of criminal officials’ mansions connected together, and it was built hastily without any sense of beauty. However, after ten years of adjustments and repairs, the Sun Moon Academy is no longer what it used to be. Compare.

Red bricks and blue tiles, pavilions, gardens and waterside pavilions, green lakes and spring waves, a series of wonders, the scenery is absolutely magnificent.
The pinnacle of the Ming Dynasty's architectural craftsmanship is all concentrated here, and it is definitely worthy of the name of the No. [-] school in the Ming Dynasty. There is an endless stream of students who come here to visit and study every year.

Zhu Houzhao is serious about education. In order to cultivate more outstanding talents, he invests nearly 500 million taels of silver in the Sun Moon Academy every year, which has just made the Sun Moon Academy brilliant today.

(End of this chapter)