Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 444 Adding more fuel to the fire

The sun rises in the east.

The cold wind howled.

The temperature difference between the outside and inside the temple is in sharp contrast.

A ray of golden light shines on the ground through the window.

"Your Majesty~"

A slightly lazy voice sounded. Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the dragon couch and putting on his boots, turned around with a smile and reached out to caress Zhang Yan's face.

"If you want to sleep, just sleep a little longer."

Zhu Youxiao said softly: "I like to get up early. After I've gone to bed, I will ask someone to serve you."

"Concubine..."

After Zhang Yan heard this, her cheeks turned slightly red, and her brows showed a bit of shyness. Thinking of what she had experienced in the past few nights, she felt extremely ashamed.

Normally I would wake up at this hour when I was in Kunning Palace, but after staying in Xiyuan for the past few days, I felt tired no matter how I slept.

"Okay, let's sleep a little longer."

Seeing Zhang Yan's shyness, Zhu Youxiao smiled slightly and said: "After I finish my exercise, I will join the queen at breakfast."

As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao leaned down and kissed Zhang Yan's forehead. Zhang Yan shyly buried her head in the bed as if she was electrocuted.

"Haha~"

Zhu Youxiao smiled, then got up and walked out of the hall. No matter when it was, no matter how busy he was, his daily exercise never stopped.

"Meet the Emperor!"

The moment he walked out of the palace, many eunuchs and maids waiting outside the palace bowed and saluted one after another. In the core area of ​​​​Xiyuan, no outsiders were allowed to enter or leave. The rules were the rules.

But when it comes to rules, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming Dynasty was relatively more comfortable than most emperors in the early days of Yuji's ascension to the throne. He did not need to get up very early to pay his respects. As long as he could frighten and balance the outer dynasty, There is no need to wait until Ji Guan can take charge, which is still rare.

"Don't disturb the queen's rest."

Glancing at the female officer standing next to Wei Zhongxian and others, Zhu Youxiao said calmly.

"The servant understands."

The female officer hurriedly bowed and responded.

"Let's go."

Zhu Youxiao said something and walked out of Yuxi Palace. Wei Zhongxian, Liu Ruoyu and other eunuchs followed behind with their heads lowered.

Everyone in the inner court knows about the unshakable exercise every day.

Without a healthy body, no matter how impressive your achievements are, if your body collapses and you are gone, all of that will be fleeting.

What about the emperor?

If you don’t accomplish everything you want to do, people behind you can still overturn it.

"Brother Emperor!"

"His Majesty!"

Walking all the way to Qianming Gate, Zhu Youjian and Zhu Yujian, who arrived first, saw the emperor approaching and ran towards the emperor with smiles on their faces.

Since moving to the Yangxin Palace, they have to go to the Qianqing Palace to study every day. They also have to exercise every day. This habit has been maintained.

"You woke up early enough."

Looking at the two people running over, Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you that during these few days of rest in Xiyuan, you can sleep in, and there is no need to study like in Qianqing Palace."

"I'm used to it." Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "I won't be able to sleep by then."

"I really don't get up to exercise, but I feel like something is missing."

Zhu Yujian followed closely and said, "This feels weird."

Seeing the two of them like this, Zhu Youxiao didn't say anything else, and just started to warm up before the activity. The more cold the weather is when exercising, the more important it is to warm up in advance, otherwise the exercise will not be successful, but the body will suffer from something wrong. .

Every time at this time, Wei Zhongxian, Liu Ruoyu and other eunuchs who were accompanying him would follow at a distance so as not to disturb their prince.

The so-called self-discipline is just a matter of attracting attention. Even though Zhu Youxiao gets up very early every day and has to deal with government affairs, when the body is tired, he should rest when he needs to. If he wants to play something to relax his mind, he will do it. Doing things strictly according to the schedule every day is obviously anti-human.

The most important thing when people live in this world is to follow one's heart, but there are only a few people who can do that. After all, there are too many people who have to work hard for a few taels of silver. This is the reality.

Exercise is extremely boring, and it is still in the cold winter. It is too strong a test of a person's will, and this is precisely one of the reasons why Zhu Youxiao persists. There are so many challenges and difficulties, and there is no extremely strong person. It’s easy to become discouraged if you don’t support it with your will.

After half an hour of exercise, Zhu Youxiao felt that his whole body was very warm, but his clothes soaked with sweat made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Hurry up and wash up and take a shower. After breakfast, come back to Qianqing Palace with me today."

Looking at the two people who were slightly out of breath, Zhu Youxiao moved his body and said, "It's the sixth day of the first lunar month. It's time to go back to Qianqing Palace. I'm afraid it's going to be noisy outside the palace."

"Yes."

The two nodded in response.

When he came to Xiyuan from Qianqing Palace to rest, Zhu Youxiao gave an order to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, saying that as long as it was not an important military mission or a designated matter, he was not allowed to be sent to the imperial court.

Rest well.

If you are busy, be seriously busy.

Don't end up not getting a good rest just because of some trivial matters, or being too busy to get results because of some trivial matters. It's a waste of time!

Zhu Youxiao returned to Yuxi Palace and took a comfortable hot bath. The fatigue caused by the early morning exercise had long since disappeared without a trace by the time he finished washing.

When Zhu Youxiao, who was wearing a big cloak, walked out of the greenhouse, Wei Zhongxian, who was waiting outside, stepped forward, holding a memorial in his hand.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Shizhen, the Minister of Salt Law, presents a memorial."

Ok?

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows slightly and reached out to take the memorial in front of him. Yuan Shizhen, who had left the capital to inspect various places, returned to the capital?

With this doubt, Zhu Youxiao opened the memorial and read it.

"This Yuan Shizhen is really ruthless."

I don't know how long it took, Zhu Youxiao smiled, and said with a slight smile: "The situation in Shandong is already complicated, and it has attracted the attention of many people. If the salt is moved to Shandong, isn't it because the fire is not strong enough? ? Haha..."

It seems that Shandong’s fire needs more fuel.

Wei Zhongxian and Liu Ruoyu, who were standing there, heard what their royal master said. Although they didn't know what the memorial submitted by Yuan Shizhen was about, they could listen to it and they had already been familiar with it after serving the emperor for such a long time. His own emperor's temper has changed.

"Burn it, burn it. If Shandong is not completely burned, things will be difficult to handle in the future."

Zhu Youxiao closed the memorial, looked at Wei Zhongxian and said: "Wei Banban, sent someone to summon Yuan Shizhen to the palace. Tomorrow, I will hold a court meeting in front of the imperial court and invite all the cabinet ministers to participate."

"The slaves obey the order."

Wei Zhongxian was busy bowing and saying goodbye.

Zhu Youxiao did not expect that it would be Yuan Shizhen's salt reform that would take over the Shandong water transport case. Originally, he wanted to wait a few more days to see if there were no other disturbances in the court, then he would do something else, but since Yuan Shizhen The salt reform has been delivered sparsely, and the angle is excellent, so why not take advantage of the situation and start it.

As long as the salt reform is successful, it will help the national treasury to open up more money.

However, under Zhu Youxiao's plan, as long as what he planned can be accomplished, the Ming Dynasty's economy can achieve transformation, and salt tax will account for the smallest proportion of the national treasury tax revenue in the future.

After all, salt tax accounts for a large proportion in the small-scale peasant economy, but as the economic structure changes, the direction of taxation will also change immediately.

When the Ming Dynasty will no longer levy agricultural taxes, then the reform will have initial results. Agricultural development needs support, and the burden on the bottom groups must continue to be reduced. As for this part of the replacement, Zhu Youxiao has already thought about the group and direction to take over. !

(End of this chapter)