Jiang Hao smiled faintly: “Why is Mr. Xu Ge doing this? I just don’t know why Mr. Xu Ge opposes Taiyue’s reform. Isn’t Taiyue’s reform beneficial to both the country and the people?”

“I know that you have annexed a lot of land, but I don’t intend to take away your land, nor do I intend to make you pay taxes. Why are you anxious?”

“I want to create a prosperous age that has never been seen before. I don’t care about infamy at all. I want to eradicate all the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty.”

“In my opinion, Zhang Juzheng’s reform opinions are good medicine that can save the Ming Dynasty. They will benefit the country above, you in the middle, and the people in the bottom.”

“I have decided to implement Zhang Juzheng’s reform measures. You must be prepared. Don’t go against the rules, otherwise I will not be lenient.”

“Who still objects?”

Jiang Hao glanced over, and all the ministers lowered their heads, no one dared to object.

Xu Jie, the chief minister of the cabinet, was speechless. If others jumped out, they would be humiliating themselves.

If he might be hated by the emperor, his future would be over.

In the Ming Dynasty, the emperor indeed had absolute power.

Especially Jiang Hao is now the Emperor of Jiajing. He has been in power for a long time and must be quite authoritative.

Many times, the emperor seems to have no power or is inactive, but he is just afraid of taking responsibility.

Once the emperor decides to implement something, no one can object to it. But if the matter is messed up, it will be the emperor’s fault, and the emperor’s prestige will plummet.

The average emperor would not make decisions by himself. Instead, he would let his ministers give their opinions, and the ministers would make decisions, while the emperor pretended to be convinced.

In this case, if the matter is accomplished, it is natural that His Majesty the Emperor is wise and powerful and leads well.

If things go wrong, then the minister is deceiving the Holy One. He is a treacherous minister and deserves to be killed.

After all, the emperor is a non-stick pan.

And Jiang Hao openly criticized Xu Jie, the chief minister of the cabinet. In fact, he helped Zhang Juzheng take half of the responsibility and used the emperor’s authority to force the matter to pass.

Naturally, the ministers had nothing to say.

However, they cannot openly oppose it, but it is impossible for them to cooperate honestly with the implementation of the New Deal.

They think to themselves, you are the emperor, you are awesome, we can’t defeat you.

However, although the emperor is arbitrary, the implementation of policies requires people to execute them.

When Wang Anshi carried out the reform, everyone made trouble for Wang Anshi at the implementation level, and Wang Anshi became a traitor who brought disaster to the country and the people.

We repeated our old tricks and ruined Zhang Juzheng’s reputation, but it was not difficult.

At that time, even if you are the emperor, you will have to give in.

With this idea in mind, although the officials were still unhappy, they all supported Jiang Hao’s idea.

Making trouble in private is making trouble in private. On the surface, everyone supports the emperor.

A few hours later.

Xu Mansion.

Xu Jie returned to his home. Not long after he rested, some officials came to visit Xu Jie.

These officials are Qingliu.

Xu Jie is the leader of Qingliu. In the past, he united Qingliu to fight against the Yan Party led by Yan Song. Although he was at a disadvantage, he could still maintain it.

After all, although the Emperor Jiajing favored Yan Song, he would also check and balance him. He deliberately left Qingliu and Yan Song to fight in the ring, and would not let Yan Song cover the sky with one hand.

In the past few days, things have changed dramatically.

The emperor’s sudden rejuvenation was already a big deal.

However, the emperor suddenly took action against Yan Song, and the Yan Party collapsed.

Qing Liu Dan Guan was celebrating, and just when he was about to work hard to clean up the strict party, Zhang Juzheng suddenly made such a trick and wanted to make major changes.

The Qingliu people quit immediately.

Most of these young people came from the southeast, and their families had a lot of land. Zhang Juzheng’s reform methods really hurt their interests.

Although the emperor said that they would not be taxed, who would dare to believe what he said?

At that time, Emperor Taizu also issued a large number of iron coupons to avoid death, but none of them worked.

The only iron coupon that works to avoid death is in the Tang Dynasty. The iron coupon issued by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the iron coupon issued by Emperor Taizu himself are all invalid.

The emperor has absolute power, and a person with absolute power can easily break his promise and get rich. After all, even if he breaks his promise and gets rich, no one can take revenge on him.

Emperor Taizu was not trustworthy, and the current Emperor Jiajing was even less trustworthy.

Because of this reason, since ancient times, everyone has known how to make a fortune silently.

If the land at home is clearly measured, if the emperor plans to do something in the future, they will not even have the freedom to hide their property.

Under normal circumstances, they would not go to Mr. Xu Ge’s house, so as not to give the emperor the impression that they were forming a clique for personal gain.

Although in fact they are forming cliques for personal gain, but if they pretend not to be cliques for personal gain, what else are they clamoring for?

Gentlemen are in groups but not party members.

During the Qingli New Deal, Ouyang Xiu, a swindler, wrote “On Clique” and blatantly supported the clique. As a result, Song Renzong, a tolerant emperor, couldn’t stand it and deposed all Ouyang Xiu and his party, and the Qingli New Deal was over.

Song Renzong is famous for his good temper. Even so, the current Emperor Jiajing is really petty. If Emperor Jiajing mistakenly thinks that they are going to form a party, the consequences will be serious.

But there is no way now. With such a big event happening in the court, there must be a big shot to make an idea and decide what to do next. Only Mr. Xu Ge can make this idea. They have to come to see Xu Jie.

Xu Jie was speechless.

These people came to his house together.

But he still had to see it.

If you don’t see it, you will lose your heart.

If you see him, Your Majesty will be jealous.

Xu Jie, who had only been the chief assistant for a day, felt really exhausted both physically and mentally. The current situation was even more uncomfortable than when he faced off against Yan Song.

“You shouldn’t have come to see me!” Xu Jie vented his dissatisfaction as soon as he showed up.

“If it’s not necessary, we don’t want to disturb Mr. Ge. Your Majesty has been bewitched by Zhang Juzheng and wants to carry out reforms. This is a big deal that breaks the sky.” Zhao Zhenji said, “If you are not careful, our Ming Dynasty will be destroyed. For the country and the people, we have to come.”

Another official said: “We thought that Zhang Juzheng was one of our own, but we didn’t expect that this person actually harbored such evil intentions and was a treacherous minister like Wang Anshi. However, he bewitched His Majesty again. Your Majesty supported him. I Daming is really in danger!”

Another official said: “At this time, only Mr. Xu Ge can turn things around, so we can only come to see you, Mr. Xu Ge.”

Faced with the compliments of these people, Xu Jie did not feel honored. Instead, he smiled bitterly and said, “I wanted to talk to Your Majesty today, but it’s a pity that His Majesty blocked my words when he said that my family has 300,000 acres of land. What can I do?”

“In our Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty is the only sun. If we oppose what His Majesty decides, it is useless.”


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