Chapter Two Hundred and Four: Liaodong Tiao Chen
In fact, Zhu Youxiao's current feeling is the normal relationship between monarchs and ministers, no matter how powerful the emperor is, he is just a person, he can't do anything, he wants to do anything, implement any orders and decisions, and ultimately rely on the ministers below.
Previously, Zhu Youxiao ordered the reform, without any prevarication or opposition, and that was because of the influence of the Red Pill coup d'Γ©tat, as well as some rumors that he secretly released, which made the ministers quiet down and do their best. And now, as the coup tide gradually fades, the ministers of the Ming Empire will gradually show their style.
Sun Chengzong had actually been secretly paying attention to the emperor's reaction, and when he saw the young emperor's secretly relieved appearance, he didn't feel funny in his heart, so he also extinguished the idea of admonishment, and looked seriously at the Liaodong Tiao Chen in his hand.
This look made him extremely surprised in his heart, this strategy was simply beyond his expectations, if it was someone else who proposed this, Sun Chengzong would definitely scold, saying that the other party was rebellious, but thinking that it was the emperor who wrote this, he still extinguished this idea in his heart.
The content of Zhu Youxiao's writing is actually quite ordinary, but it is just the establishment of prefectures and counties, the placement of civil officials, the establishment of a city defense and military system, the establishment of a grass-roots government, the government to the countryside, the imperial power to the county, the exemption of agricultural taxes, the reclamation of land, and the cultivation of cold-tolerant rice.
The content in this involves all aspects, military, political, agricultural, cultural, and organizational, but it is very messy, one will be east and one will be west, which makes Sun Chengzong frown when he sees it.
Although these contents are chaotic, they are completely written by Zhu Youxiao subconsciously, but it is precisely because of this that his political tendencies are most intuitively reflected.
After reading these articles, Sun Chengzong faintly felt this feeling in his heart, this was also the first time he had a glimpse of the emperor's inner plans, and after secretly remembering these in his heart, he returned all the papers to Zhu Youxiao.
"What does Your Majesty mean?" Sun Chengzong asked puzzled, he really didn't know what Zhu Youxiao meant by showing him this. Of course, he doesn't really know, he is also a person who has become a minister, not so wooden, but he can't show it in front of the emperor, otherwise you know everything, how can the leader lead.
"You, the governor, I'm afraid you still have to continue to be in power." Zhu Youxiao said in a deep voice, "You take a look at this battle report first. As he spoke, he handed over the battle report of the rebellion that he had received yesterday.
"This ......." Sun Chengzong looked at it, and his heart was suddenly extremely surprised, no wonder the emperor suddenly wrote these notes, this is arranging the political affairs of Liaodong, he himself is afraid that he will go back.
Sun Chengzong's mind was very fast, and he thought about these things thoroughly at once, and this also made him breathe a sigh of relief, the emperor would finally not wander outside, and his infamy would be much smaller. He knew very well what kind of reaction would be caused when the battle report came back here.
"Your Majesty, please!" Sun Chengzong returned the battle report and bowed his hands respectfully to listen to the hadith. He knew quite well that when it came time to do something, he would never overstep it.
"I originally planned to continue to push forward and destroy the Jurchens in one go. But now that the country is unstable, more than 10,000 Jurchen people have fled, which is a variable after all. There is only one Yulin army, and I am bound to bring it back, and with the remaining army in Liaodong, in the face of those Jurchens and Huang Taiji who fled back, they can only have a slight advantage at most, and they may be able to defeat Hetuara with their numerical advantage, but it is unlikely that they want to destroy the Jurchens. Zhu Youxiao put his hands behind his back and talked eloquently.
"Therefore, I will leave Li Tu and 3,000 cavalry behind, recruit men and horses in the northeast, and form a hussar army, which is the first point. The second point is the division of administrative divisions, which is related to the formation of the government and the city defense army. β
"I don't know much about these, and I need Aiqing to give advice." Zhu Youxiao said directly, he did not hide his shortcomings at all.
"What I want to talk about is the formation of the government, needless to say the three levels of the provincial capital and county, and deal with it according to the mainland, what I want to say is the institutions below the county level." Zhu Youxiao turned around and said with burning eyes, there was something inexplicable in his eyes, which Sun Chengzong couldn't see.
"Institutions below the county level?" Sun Chengzong muttered.
"Yes, I don't care about this called the Imperial Power Countryside Plan."
"Imperial power goes to the countryside?!" Sun Chengzong remembered the word he had just seen on those papers.
"In Guannai, often the government decree does not leave the county, and when it comes to the countryside, the words of the government are useless, and everything has to rely on the local gentry, which is very inconvenient, and there are a lot of dirty, such as ...... "Zhu Youxiao said in a deep tone, the emperor at this time made Sun Chengzong feel very dangerous.
Very wisely, he chose to be silent at the moment, not to say a word, he did not know what the emperor meant by mentioning the word, whether he really knew the deep ills in it, or something else.
"In Liaodong, outside this pass, I will nationalize all the land, which is state-owned, not Huangzhuang." The young emperor was particularly emphasized, and when he said this, he seemed particularly excited, waving his arms vigorously.
"Farmland, mines, rivers, roads, are all state-owned. Here, I am exempt from the agricultural tax, exempt from the poll tax, and all the inhabitants who settle here will be given farmland according to their household registration, and as long as the grain he grows himself, all will belong to him, and I will not charge a cent of tax, whether he eats it himself or sells it. β
"In Liaodong, commercial tax will become the mainstream, and all of them will be taxed when they open shops, buy and sell cattle and sheep, and sell goods." Zhu Youxiao's last sentence was shouted viciously, from modern times, and it is absolutely intolerable to do business without paying taxes.
This attitude...... Well, Sun Chengzong still didn't dare to say anything, for fear of irritating the emperor.
"The topic turned back and continued to talk about the imperial power going to the countryside." Glancing at him, Zhu Youxiao sighed lightly and continued, "Unlike the county government, the township agency is a service organization, mainly providing various services for the villagers, such as schools, medical care, legal publicity and mediation, as well as the statistics and division of farmland population. β
"Many of the trivial things that used to be county officials are all assigned to the township to do, and the county only needs to manage the township mayors and mayors. I will never allow such a thing as lynching. β
After saying this, Sun Chengzong was ignorant, but the last sentence made him suddenly wake up, "Your Majesty the Emperor is a controlling desire to expand and want to bring everyone into his rule." β
Everyone does not pay commercial tax, he is not satisfied, and he wants to collect commercial tax; When agricultural taxation is taken, there are many drawbacks, favoritism and fraud are frequent, and it cannot be eliminated and controlled, so he must be exempted; The people are seriously hiding the population, so he wants to exempt the poll tax and control these populations; The local clans and remote mountain villages all have lynching, and the punishment is determined in private, and he is not satisfied, so he wants to push the government to the countryside and manage all of them.
Thinking about it from this point of view, Sun Chengzong suddenly became enlightened, and when he continued to listen to the emperor's words, he suddenly saw the sun like a cloud, and it was clear at a glance and extremely clear.