I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 898 The True Great Plan

"They are nobles, they are the heroes who have made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for the imperial court to kill the donkey.

So in order to curb their continued greedy demands, His Majesty can only do this.

Only by revoking Nanjing's status as the accompanying capital, so that the nobles no longer have any privileges in Nanjing, can they curb their growing greed. "

"The greed of many nobles in Nanjing is like a tumor parasitic on Daming's body, and it has reached the point where it has to be pulled out.

But tumors are not developed in a day or two.

If one wanted to cure this lesion that had penetrated deep into the bone marrow, one could only endure the pain and completely cut it off.

Even if you do so, you may face great risks.

But I have to say that His Majesty's decision to make such a decision is actually made of great determination! "

"Master Zhou, as the governor of Nanzhili, you should have understood the current situation of Nanjing City for such a long time.

You said, if His Majesty doesn't do this, what else can you do to break the millions of people in Nanjing City out of the squeeze of the nobles! "

Yang Su asked a rhetorical question, which made Zhou Chen wake up, as if he had suddenly enlightened.

Before that, his whole face was very strange.

For a while it was the bitterness of grievance, for a while it was a helpless sigh, and then it turned into the sadness of compromise.

It wasn't until after listening to Yang Suwen's series of analysis that he suddenly understood everything.

"Brother Yang, you are right.

It was the official who had made a mistake earlier, and walked into a dead end from the very beginning.

I always think about trying my best to integrate myself into the closed system of Nanjing City, and then change the status quo here little by little.

As everyone knows, even if the official finally did it.

But in the eyes of those nobles, this official is at most just the next Ma Dazhong, another stumbling block that hinders them from getting rich and enjoying.

This officer always wants to start from the simplest place, first to gain the trust of the nobles, and then slowly figure it out.

But I never thought that the prosperity of Nanjing City today is not because there are so many nobles living there, nor is it because it was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties.

It's because there are millions of hard-working people living here, who have worked hard all their lives. "

"Your Majesty's move can be regarded as a draw from the bottom of the pot. From the fundamental point of view, this problem has been solved, and the common people have completely jumped out of the cage of the nobles.

What His Majesty is doing now is a great change that will benefit the present and benefit the future! "

Yang Suwen kept nodding at the side, his face full of longing for the future of Nanjing City.

Before coming to Zhou Chen, he still couldn't figure out why Li Tian was taking such a big risk and making such a big noise.

Now he seems to understand.

Nanjing City can be said to be the most prosperous place in the entire Ming Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most prosperous city in the world.

But behind his prosperity, there is a serious problem that makes the hair stand on end.

That is, the whole city is almost wearing away bit by bit in a deformed state, the essence accumulated for thousands of years.

It stands to reason that such a place with thousands of years of cultural heritage, superior geographical location, outstanding people, and a large number of talented people.

It should be the same as before, continue to forge ahead, and become more and more prosperous and great.

But I don't know when it started, the whole city of Nanjing seems to have fallen into a pool of stagnant water.

There hasn't been any amazing changes for many years.

Some are just repeated day after day, constantly overdrawing the future of this supposedly great city.

In the whole city, more than [-]% of the industry is in the hands of officials and nobles.

And those who take care of the property for them are almost all their cronies, even family members.

In this way, not only will the population of Nanjing City far exceed their ten times and hundreds of times, they will lose their competitiveness, and even lose the channel for upward promotion.

Even if some people are very talented, if they are given a chance, they may even create a miracle.

But if he works in a noble industry.

Then even if he worked hard all his life, he could only do it, and his position was one level lower than the steward sent by Xungui.

If he wanted to go further, unless he could become a member of the Xungui family, he would never be able to cross this threshold.

And the industry in the whole city is severely divided, which has led to the fact that it is impossible for an ordinary person to start a business and continue to grow bigger and stronger.

Even occasionally, when such a new industry appears, those greedy lords are like sharks smelling blood in the sea, one by one pounces on them.

And waiting for their ending, they are often annexed and turned into other people's money-making tools, or they are forcibly snatched away from the market by nobles with greater financial resources.

This is the same as those Internet industries in later generations.

Once a newcomer emerges, he will be immediately suppressed by the big group. In the end, he will either be acquired or squeezed out with the power of capital.

In such a ossified, even hopeless, quagmire, it may be more difficult to stand out than ascend to the sky.

Although Li Tian's original intention at the beginning was just to solve the problems that the nobles couldn't get rid of.

But it is undeniable that if Li Tian really does this in the end.

Maybe Nanjing City will experience some labor pains at the beginning, but as long as everyone can get through it.

Then what will welcome them in the future will be a more fair and just place where all those who work hard will get what they deserve, a brand new Nanjing city full of hope.

Li Tian may not have considered such a far-reaching place.

But Yang Suwen had a complete epiphany after Zhou Chen said that the people are the foundation of Nanjing City.

At the same time, I also understood why Li Tian insisted on taking such a big risk to do this.

He discussed his understanding and ideas with Zhou Chen.

The more Zhou Chen listened, the more determined his thoughts came to him earlier.

"Brother Yang, I never imagined that you could think of going to such a far-reaching place.

I have only seen a little bit of superficiality before, but you have already seen your flesh and blood, and even seen the earth-shaking changes in Nanjing City in the next ten or twenty years. "

After saying this, he began to look up and down Yang Suwen with a scrutinizing gaze.

In his cognition, he always thought that Yang Suwen should be a person similar to Yue Feng, who was only responsible for some issues that required force.

Unexpectedly, Yang Suwen not only handles various confidential affairs with ease.

(End of this chapter)