Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 446 Guangzong Yaozu

Failure to do so will lead to failure. Policies or decisions involving the national economy and people's livelihood must be made with extreme caution. If there is any flaw in any link, no matter how small it is, once it is passed to the local area, it will be ignored indefinitely. Zoom in, only the bottom layer will be damaged in this way.

The Ming Dynasty is so big, not to mention the provinces, let alone the counties that can be controlled. Outside the county, the customs and customs of various villages may be very different, not to mention the long-standing family patriarchs in the villages. The concept of clan has changed, and part of the power of punishment exists based on clan law.

This does not include other ethnic groups. For example, in the multi-ethnic situation in the southwestern provinces, the chieftain system is deeply rooted. However, the multi-ethnic situation in the northwest is more complicated, especially in Gansu, Ningxia and other places, which are close to each other and sometimes have good relations with the Ming Dynasty. For groups who sometimes have enemies with the Ming Dynasty, if they want to solve these practical problems, military conquest alone is far from enough. Cultural conquest, national identity and other means must keep up, but these all need money to support them!

If we talk about what Zhu Youxiao did in the first year of Tianqi, it was more to avoid the prestige and face of the Ming Dynasty, and to avoid being thrown to the ground by some unexpected situations.

So what needs to be done in the second year of Tianqi needs to be further extended to the external and internal levels. In addition to seeking development and positive changes, we must also take into account the stability of the overall environment and avoid chaos in the regional order. , and affect the established plans and deployments, and all of this also requires massive amounts of gold and silver to support.

So open source must start from the beginning.

It’s not just the money in the wallet that needs to be opened up.

The treasury's purse also needs to be opened to the public.

For the various problems and challenges faced by the foreign government, the group of civil servants headed by the cabinet must step up. Even if there are internal differences, they must use some means to force them to make concessions.

The salt reform proposed by Yuan Shizhen is the perfect entry point to supervise the water transportation case after Cui Chengxiu's Office of Integrity. You can argue if you want, but the matter must be done!

If you don't do it well, you should be held accountable and reprimanded!

It was precisely this that made Zhu Youxiao firmly believe that in the second year of Tianqi, a new currency system must be developed and circulated in specific areas.

Without the stable financial source of seigniorage, there are too many things that cannot be promoted. The financial gap is too large, not to mention the chaotic currency system. The losses caused to the court and the bottom class are really too great. .

If we want to completely put an end to the bad official custom of Huo Huo, and prevent officials, gentry, or businessmen from colluding with each other to exploit the lower class groups, then we can’t completely kill it by returning Huo Huo to the public, but by relying on the currency system recognized by the court. This shows the importance of the Coin Mining Department established by the Shaofu to supervise the creation of three types of currencies: gold, silver, and copper!

An imperial court meeting seemed to be about salt reform, but in fact there were too many layers involved. This was a unique phenomenon unique to the Ming Dynasty.

In the next few days, Zhu Youxiao frequently summoned ministers to the palace, including ministers from the outer dynasty and ministers from the Shaofu government. As for what they talked about, no one could find out.

With the end of the Zhengdan holiday, many government offices that were originally deserted gradually became lively, but this kind of liveliness has evolved from private before to semi-public now.

Dong Nuan Pavilion.

"Your Majesty, Luo Sigong and the others present a secret memorial."

Wei Zhongxian held a stack of memorials, walked to the imperial court with his head lowered, and said respectfully: "Shandong has made great achievements in screening out the remnants of the White Lotus, building hidden stakes, and smuggling remnants outside the mouth."

"Have the two thieves, Tong Yangxing and Tong Yangzhen, been arrested?"

Zhu Youxiao put down the memorial he was holding, looked at Wei Zhongxian and said.

"The memorial submitted by Xu Xianchun did not involve this matter." Wei Zhongxian hurriedly lowered his head and replied.

"waste!!"

Zhu Youxiao frowned and said: "All the hidden stakes sent by Jianlu to Beizhili and Shandong were arrested, but these two bandit leaders escaped. What do they do for food?"

Wei Zhongxian did not dare to say anything.

The previous operations carried out in Shandong achieved great results overall, but there were also flaws in some small aspects.

When it comes to the Jianlu hidden pile, Tong Yangxing and Tong Yangzhen ran away. As for where they ran and why they ran away suddenly, they have not yet found out.

"The arrested remnants of White Lotus, the backbone of the sect, and the stubborn people among them, none of them can be spared."

I don't know how long it took, but after reading these secret memorials, Zhu Youxiao said: "The Chief of Ceremonies will select a group of people as soon as possible and send them to various places in Shandong to spread my oral instructions. All groups who believe in these evil cults will be gathered in Dengzhou. Those camps opened by the government will be sent to Liaodong and other places in batches. They must be completely broken up. There should be no situation where people of the same race and fellow villagers get together. They are asked to reclaim wasteland and mine mineral deposits. They will never want to return to Shandong again in this life!"

The emperor didn't give an order to kill them?

Wei Zhongxian was shocked when he heard this. In the past, if this kind of thing happened, the measures taken were extremely severe. After all, the sect headed by Bai Lian was very capable of preaching and organizing privately. If they did not completely eradicate it, it would be difficult to guarantee When will trouble happen again?

However, Zhu Youxiao had no intention of doing this. One was because there were too many people involved, and the other was that most of them were deceived because they had no way to survive. A single word "poor" can change too much.

Zhu Youxiao knew the dangers of cults, so as long as those involved, they would never want to return to their hometown again in this life, and officially these people were all dead, in order to frighten other local groups.

But in reality, most of these people who were arrested for the so-called White Lotus will move to Liaodong. Those places with vast land, sparse population and rich mineral deposits will be the places they will take with them in their lifetime. In addition to giving them Provide food, and they will have to work to atone for their sins in this life! !

This is a new link in the development of Liaodong.

Liaodong is so vast and has vast tracts of black land. Zhu Youxiao will never give up until Liaodong is developed. However, developing Liaodong requires a population base. The newly launched Guandong model alone is not enough to support it. of.

Of course, besides going to Liaodong, this group of people has another destination.

This decision was made on a whim after Zhu Youxiao learned about Bai Lian's actual situation.

"Wei Banban, do you want to honor your ancestors?"

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao showed a faint smile, looked at Wei Zhongxian and said: "If you want to honor your ancestors, I have a clear way for you."

Ok?

Wei Zhongxian, who had his head lowered, showed a look of surprise after hearing what his prince said. He didn't know what the words meant.

(End of this chapter)