Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 104 The wise king and the tyrant (1)

It was colder than expected in Beijing in November. The cold wind blew on my face, like a knife stabbing me, making me feel very uncomfortable.

Contrary to imagination, the capital city, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, was actually very little affected by the Liao Dynasty. Perhaps when the Liao Dynasty first heard of the Ming Dynasty's fiasco, it had a big impact on the capital city. But when that trend ended, the original life was no longer the same. Slowly coming back.

Living in the world, people's attention can be transferred from one place to another. After all, life has to be lived and a family has to be raised. How can there be empathy in this world? People's experiences are different, so how can we do it? Do you feel the same way?
"This winter... I don't know how many people will freeze to death."

In the lively market, looking at the people coming and going, Zhu Youxiao, who had not returned to the palace, changed his clothes at this moment and looked a little emotional.

The accompanying Han Zanzhou, Hong Chengchou, and Wei Shitai looked more or less nervous. Although there were many Han generals who had changed their clothes around them and were responsible for secret protection, the emperor's impromptu private visit in disguise still made them very nervous.

"Uncle, how is the selection of the people you selected?"

Zhu Youxiao turned around and looked at Wang Sheng who was specially called, "The matter of the bank account can no longer be delayed, and another batch of merchants must be selected. After walking all the way, the price of grain and cloth in the capital has increased a lot. It seems that the turmoil in the capital a few days ago has had an impact on the people."

"The first batch has been identified."

Wang Sheng glanced around, lowered his head slightly, and said to Zhu Youxiao: "I... have prepared the memorial and are about to submit it to the emperor, but the specific screening needs further investigation by the factory guard."

"Then submit it as soon as possible."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hands.

Since Yu Ji ascended the throne, Zhu Youxiao has been busy breaking the situation and taking power, and has no intention of leaving the palace. However, Zhu Youxiao also knows that if he wants to bring changes to the Ming Dynasty, he cannot be separated from the people and cannot understand the sufferings of the people. , if you can't even see clearly and understand the real situation at the bottom, then the so-called new policies formulated will be passed down layer by layer and turn into a bad policy that harms the people!
How powerful is the charm of power? Only those who truly possess it know what it feels like. This also makes it extremely terrifying once power loses restraint and supervision.

Knowing this, Zhu Youxiao has been avoiding one thing ever since Yuji ascended the throne, never interfering with the local government, let alone expressing a certain attitude easily, because a word he said may be seen by others. Excessive interpretation has evolved into various practices.

The people at the bottom of Ming Dynasty suffered too much.

Land tax, capitation tax, corvee, levy, exorbitant taxes, fire consumption... From the time they came to this world, they began to bear a lot. It seems that they studied hard to participate in the imperial examination and then achieved class leap. This is very important to the vast majority of people. For me, it is an extremely extravagant thing.

Carrying mountains on his back, and living in an environment prone to natural disasters, Zhu Youxiao really couldn't imagine that if he didn't try to solve these problems, one day, when some people who were forced to a desperate situation roared to resist, Ming Dynasty should Where to go?
"Yan Yan, do you think it is necessary to apportion Liao's salary again?"

Zhu Youxiao walked forward slowly and said to Hong Chengchou who was beside him: "Because of the Jianlu rebellion, the imperial court allocated Liao wages to the people many times, but the Liao wages collected were not paid in full each time. I Sometimes I wonder, are there some people who, using the name of the imperial court, put most of the collected Liao wages into their own pockets?"

Hong Chengchou's heart tightened. How could he dare to talk about such a topic so easily? Liao pay had been levied many times in the Wanli Dynasty in the past. The reason was that the treasury had no money, and Emperor Shenzong did not allocate money from internal funds, but in order to solve the problem of Liao If the local crisis situation arises, apportionments will be clearly made to local governments.

"This……"

Hong Chengchou hesitated for a long time, and he broke into cold sweat. A gust of cool wind blew, which shocked Hong Chengchou.

"Has Yanyan thought about this problem? Or not?"

Zhu Youxiao stopped and looked at the nervous Hong Chengchou with a smile, "Or is Yanyan afraid to say it?" "I have thought about it."

Seeing the Son of Heaven like this, Hong Chengchou bowed his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "It's just that there are many things involved in this matter. For example, the situation of the chief envoys in different places is different, the apportionment shares are different in different places, and the issues considered by the governors and chief envoys in various places are different. One, so..."

I still have concerns.

Zhu Youxiao sighed secretly in his heart, Zhu Youxiao could understand Hong Chengchou's reaction, the current chaos was not only in the court, but also in all parts of Daming.

The root cause lies in the collapse of officialdom.

The power of senior officials in various places is not restrained and supervised. Perhaps among these local officials, there are indeed officials with conscience, but more of them are in harmony with the light, or simply collude with local gentry, merchants and other groups.

This also made land annexation and class conflicts very serious under the Ming Dynasty. If these problems were not solved, even if the Ming Dynasty suppressed the Jianlu rebellion in Liaodong, the underlying problems were not solved, and the ultimate fate could not be changed.

"Official administration."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said with sharp eyes.

The emperor wants to rectify the administration of officials?
Hong Chengchou thought about it in his mind. From his point of view, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was indeed in need of rectification. However, if the root cause could not be solved, then the rectification of officialdom would not be effective.

The party dispute between North Korea and China is too sharp.

Hong Chengchou frowned. When he thought of the Donglin Party, Qi Chu Zhe Party and other factions in the DPRK, Hong Chengchou thought for a long time, but he didn't think of how to change this situation.

Especially not long ago, the decisions made by the emperor had a great impact on the situation of the DPRK. Although it initially shocked the civil and military forces of the DPRK, there are now signs of emerging.

"Let's go, find a place to eat something."

Seeing Hong Chengchou frowning slightly, Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and said, "I'm really hungry after walking for so long."

These words made Han Zanzhou on the side become nervous.

How can he eat food outside the palace casually? If it goes bad, he cannot bear the responsibility at all.

But as Han Zanzhou thought, Zhu Youxiao didn't care at all. At this moment, he was thinking about how to rectify this messy Ming Dynasty.

New policies related to the national economy and people's livelihood cannot be implemented abruptly. Someone must do it. Without someone to implement it, it is just a slogan and cannot bring about any substantive changes. It may even aggravate certain contradictions.

However, rectifying the administration of officials is a good entry point. No matter how many officials in the world are killed, some people will eventually squeeze their heads in. After all, the charm of power is too great. As long as you can control a strong army, you can save money by killing corrupt officials. With a fortune, it will be relatively easy to do something specific at that time.

(End of this chapter)