Behind Concubine Jin outside the door, there were still two slender figures standing behind them, which were Zhu Di's concubines An Guifei and Concubine Pu.

Originally, they were going to be martyred for Zhu Di, and it was fateful to send them on the road with a white silk.

And Wang Xiao abolished the funeral system in advance, allowing them to survive.

Previously, Wang Xiao issued a clan decree to allow the concubines of the former dynasty who had children to live with their sons out of the palace. The older ones can also go home, if they still have their mother's home.

It's just that these two people have no heirs, and if they return to North Korea, they will definitely be regarded as being returned by the Ming Dynasty by those Korean ministers who are deeply persecuted by Confucianism.

In the face of such humiliation, these two people had no other way out but to commit suicide.

They continued to stay in the palace of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Xiao dismissed a large number of palace personnel, and gradually began to reduce and even completely abolish the eunuch system. All female officials were used in the harem.

A large number of people were dismissed, and expenses were greatly reduced. It's not a problem for the two of them to eat more.

Wang Xiao's abolition of the eunuch system and the use of female officials was by no means because he was lustful, but because he cut off the emergence of the eunuch group from the root.

People like Wang Zhen are too harmful.

After Concubine Jin came, the two lonely women finally had companions from their hometowns.

In this lonely and ruthless palace, the three of them are tired of being together almost every day.

The women in the palace don't have to worry about family and state affairs, and they don't have to worry about fine clothes and food. has nothing to do all day long, and the energy is naturally put on competing for favor, which is commonly known as Gong Dou tearing X.

This time, Concubine Jin came to deliver dim sum, the idea came from Concubine Pu, and the dim sum was actually made by Concubine An Guifei.

Of course, they should be called concubines now.

Concubine Jin walked in with a food box, opened the food box after saluting, and placed the traditional Korean pastry muffin cake in front of Wang Xiao.

The pastry was arranged in the shape of a lotus flower, but it was obvious that a piece was missing from the plate.

Emperors are afraid of being poisoned, so someone will taste it before eating. Now this job in the palace is still done by Hu Shanxiang's aunt Hu Shangyi.

Pick up a piece of muffin and throw it in your mouth, it tastes pretty good.

Of course, it's not the pastry that matters, it's the person who delivers it.

What the women of the palace want is actually very simple, they have only one thing to pursue, and that is the emperor.

In other words, what they are pursuing is to have children for the emperor.

If you give birth to a daughter, you will be prosperous, rich and worry-free for a lifetime. If you can have a son, you can immediately become one of the top few people in the world.

Mothers are more expensive than children, which is the greatest belief in the hearts of women in this era.

Wang Xiao carefully looked at Concubine Jin who was kneeling beside her, needless to say that her skin was white and beautiful.

The delicate skin makes people can't help but reach out and pinch it.

Wang Xiao really pinched her face.

Smooth and delicate, but also very elastic.

What happened next belonged to the indescribable stage, and was only recorded in the Emperor's living notes.

In the middle of the night, Concubine Jin said something that evoked Wang Xiao's memories.

Concubine Jin said that her two sisters lived a very miserable life, and washed their faces with tears until dawn every day.

This description reminded Wang Xiao of the little girl who practiced the Chong Ling Sword Technique with herself, and would play tricks on her after losing.

After a long time, are you okay?

The next morning, Concubine Kim was carried back by the palace maid she had brought from North Korea.

Wang Xiao has been studying with Sun Ruowei sisters for a long time, and with his strong physical fitness, it is not something that Concubine Jin can resist alone.

In the evening, Wang Xiao was in the imperial study to review the chapters, and the queen Sun Ruowei came over.

"Are you done?"

Wang Xiao put down the chapter and beckoned to Sun Ruowei.

In the Ming Dynasty etiquette, the queen was the head of women in the world. Not only to manage the harem, but also to meet those noble women. Sun Ruowei has a lot of work and is very busy.

"I heard that Your Majesty favored Concubine Jin and just came from her."

No matter how atmospheric Sun Ruowei is, she is also a woman, and it is impossible to really turn a blind eye to this kind of thing.

Wang Xiao took her hand and pulled the woman into his arms with a single pull.

"Don't worry about such small things."

Wang Xiao stopped Sun Ruowei's struggle, picked up a piece of music on the table and opened it, "Jiangnan Dragon Lord tossed, who do you think should be sent?" ”

Seeing Wang Xiao talking about business, Sun Ruowei didn't struggle. I looked at the recital and thought about it carefully.

This time, the matter was turned over tacitly on both sides.

After Wang Xiao gradually took control of the power, the knife in his hand finally reached out to those big turbans.

The before ascending the throne was taken out by Wang Xiao and used as a reason to clean up a group of civil officials.

These things were still expected by the ministers, so there was not the slightest objection to Wang Xiao's purge.

But then, when Wang Xiao reorganized the Metropolitan Procuratorate and replaced all the top and bottom of the Metropolitan Procuratorate with military generals, the ministers were anxious.

The Ming Dynasty's Metropolitan Procuratorate was in charge of supervision and impeachment, which was used to purge the court.

But later, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was dominated by the turbans, and their supervision and deterrence against the court declined rapidly.

After all, this is tantamount to letting the turbans report and review themselves. If it works, it's weird.

When Wang Xiao cleaned up the court, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was the focus.

The left and right imperial histories, the deputy imperial histories, the imperial histories of the dukes, and the supervising imperial histories of the thirteen provinces have all been replaced.

The biggest innovation is that Wang Xiao filled in these positions as military generals this time. Many of the imperial historians below are also military judges who have been transferred from the army.

The Ming military before the Tumubao Revolution was very strong, both in terms of military combat effectiveness and military discipline.

Coupled with the fact that the civil and military are not separated, and the military attache is used to supervise the civil officials, this heavy punch can be called fatal to the turbans.

Many civil servants led by Yang Shiqi fiercely opposed it.

They used the example of the feudal town in the late Tang Dynasty to persuade Wang Xiao to try to make him think that the military general's power would lead to a repeat of the Yellow Robe.

Wang Xiao, who is well aware of the history of the Ming Dynasty, scoffs at this.

If you don't supervise these turbans well, that's the real end.

As for the generals, the focus of Jinyiwei's future work is to keep an eye on them. No one can have uncontrolled power.

Wang Xiao ordered people to erect a stone tablet outside the Fengtian Temple, which engraved the ancestral teachings of the Metropolitan Procuratorate with the appointment of General Wu as a judge and the eternal ancestor.

Of course, Wang Xiao knew very well what the effect of this thing was. That's what it looks like.

In order to prevent those gentry from destroying the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Xiao's next knife was cut at the root of the scholar.

That is, he abolished Zhu Yuanzhang's policy of giving preferential treatment to scholars, gaining fame and not worshipping officials, and exempting them from forced labor and taxes.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, he could not collect commercial taxes, and sent eunuchs to collect commercial taxes, and he was slandered as a faint monarch by the ministers who splashed dirty water and reused eunuchs.

When the land tax was collected, it was because of the serious land annexation, and it was the gentry who had a reputation and did not have to pay taxes as the main force of the annexation. Even the field tax can't be collected much.

The field tax can only be collected from those poor people, but the court collects one tael, and the turban below will earn ten taels.

In the end, the poor people could not afford to pay taxes by selling their children, selling their daughters, selling their houses and fields.

When everything is sold out, all they can do is pin their heads to their belts and pull the flag to rebel.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the peasants revolted, and the official army won almost every time. But the result was that the peasant army fought more and more until it swallowed up the entire Ming Dynasty. The root cause of this was the non-payment of taxes by the gentry and the annexation of land.

In fact, when Zhu Yuanzhang gave the tax exemption policy, there was a quota.

But when Wenchen was in charge, they directly ignored this limit, and became as long as they had fame, they could cover as much land tax as they wanted.

This time, Wang Xiao simply eliminated this policy from the root.

Before the ministers came to their senses, Wang Xiao threw another bomb here.

"The gentry are all on errand and pay for food."

It seems like a simple sentence, but it really broke the golden body of the turbans, so that they really became people, not nobles who did not have to pay taxes.

"Your Majesty!"

Wu Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, knelt in the main hall, and kowtowed vigorously with all his might, "The gentry are one and the gentry are one and the errand is one to pay for food, and the ministers dare not agree!" ”

Wang Xiao picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Reason." ”

"This is humiliating us and other scholars!"

Many of the scholars in the main hall were related to each other, and at this moment, regardless of faction, they all had the same idea. This must not be allowed to happen!

"Are you the people of the Ming Dynasty?"

Wang Xiao's hand lightly tapped the armrest, and there was no sign of madness on the spot.

Wu Zhong stiffened his neck and responded, "The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." The ministers are naturally the people of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Since you are the people of the Ming Dynasty, why can't you pay taxes? Can't serve as a conscript? What is so special about you people? ”

Wu Zhong's eyes were red, and he looked at Wang Xiao without fear, "This is the ancestral precept of the Taizu!" ”

"Oh."

Wang Xiao nodded slowly, "Since that's the case, then it's okay for you to go and talk to Taizu about this matter?" ”

Taizu has been dead for many years, and if you go to talk to him about this, you want him to die.

"Xia Wei is tyrannical, and there is no way to do business. It's not as good as your majesty's case! ”

"Bold!"

"Presumptuous!!"

The generals who watched the excitement on the side shouted angrily. Scolding the emperor in front of the emperor, this old thing is impatient.

"Let you pay taxes and serve as servants, and then you will become a merchant in Xia Wei."

Wang Xiao didn't get angry, but laughed, "In this way, Xia Wei Shang is also the dirty water that you have poured for thousands of years. You scholars, you have really cultivated your ability to splash dirty water to the full level. ”

"Your Majesty punished my ten clans! Whatever the righteousness does, it will not hesitate! ”

Wu Zhong's face is generous and sad, and people who don't know the reason may think that he does not hesitate to throw his head and spill blood for the people of the world. But in fact, he is desperately trying for the privilege of being a scholar.

"I won't kill you, and I won't punish your ten clans."

Wang Xiao smiled kindly, and looked at Yu Qian, "Intention." ”

"Tell the world that Wu Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is loyal to the country, and deeply feels that the policy of tax exemption for the gentry's fame is harmful to the country and has no benefit. He was promoted to a scholar of Wu Yingdian University and joined the cabinet to participate in state affairs. ”

Wang Xiao turned his head to look at Xu Bin, "Send someone to his hometown to erect a monument for him, and change a royal plaque for his family." and to his sons and grandsons. Mothers and wives are all ordained. Jinyiwei must go all out to publicize it, and let the whole world know about Wu Aiqing's sky-pouring achievements. ”

After listening to Wang Xiao's words, Wu Zhong's eyes turned black and dizzy.

Trembling hands pointed at Wang Xiao, shook his body and sprayed a mouthful of old blood into the hall.

Wang Xiao waved his hand and asked Wu Zhong to go out to find the imperial doctor.

His gaze swept over the many shuddering ministers.

"Who else is going to come with him to receive this credit?"