"The armor protection system must be abolished, but it must not be abolished lightly."

Emperor Hongji set a tone.

"Indeed, the armor protection system must not be abolished lightly, and this matter must be done with great caution."

Liu Jian, the first assistant to the cabinet, also agreed.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that if the armor protection system is abolished, can you choose to try it out in one place first, if the effect is good, then gradually cover the entire Ming Dynasty."

Li Dongyang thought about it and said.

In fact, Li Dongyang did not agree with the abolition of the armor protection system, but the abolition of the armor protection system was proposed by his son, and as Lao Tzu, it was not easy for him to oppose it.

So, when Li Zhaotong proposed to abolish the armor protection system, he was thinking about how to deal with it, lest Li Zhaotong make a big mistake and anger Tianyan.

"I think it's possible."

The abolition of the armor protection system, Emperor Hongzhi has realized that it is imperative, but it is always right to be cautious, so Li Dongyang proposed to try it out in one place now, and Emperor Hongzhi felt that it was okay.

First choose a place for trial, and if the effect is good, it will be gradually promoted to the whole country.

It's always a good idea to be cautious, and by doing so, you'll keep the problem under control and easy to solve.

When you try it out in one place, gain experience, and then push it to other places, it is not easy to make more mistakes.

"Your Majesty, the old minister suggested that Shuntianfu try it out now." Li Dongyang suggested.

"Suncheonfu?"

Li Zhaotong wanted to object, although the population of Shuntianfu was very large, but Li Zhaotong believed that Shuntianfu was too small, and these populations still could not meet the needs of the workers.

After all, not everyone will come to work in the workshop, and the idea of small-scale peasant economy has prevailed in China for thousands of years, and in this era, if the people have land in their hands, or have a livelihood, they can ensure that the family will not starve to death, and they will not easily change their livelihood.

However, before Li Zhaotong could speak, Emperor Hongzhi spoke:

"Shuntianfu is too small, according to me, it is now being piloted in the Beizhili area."

"Your Majesty, Beizhili is such a big ......"

Liu Jian and the others were worried, so Liu Jian immediately stood up and expressed his doubts.

"I believe in my people."

Emperor Hongzhi seems more confident, the North Zhili area is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, the people in these places, relatively speaking, life is better than other places, and he is more respectful to the emperor, so he dares to take a bigger step.

In fact, in the past, Emperor Hongzhi would never dare to take a big step, in fact, he was a very conservative emperor, but since Li Zhaotong recovered from illness and went out, the world has begun to undergo drastic changes! Emperor Hongzhi also gradually realized that he had to make some changes.

So this time, Emperor Hongzhi appeared to be much more radical than Liu Jian and others.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The emperor decided to expand the trial land to the entire Beizhili region, and Li Zhaotong raised his hands in favor, so he hurriedly shouted "Your Majesty Shengming" and did not give Emperor Hongzhi a chance to sway and repent.

Moreover, he has to strike while the iron is hot:

"Your Majesty, the problem of Triangle Lake and other places, in addition to abolishing the armor protection system, is not enough."

"You still have questions?!"

Li Dongyang's eyes widened, he felt that he was about to explode, and his second son was too worry-free.

"Virtuous nephew, if there are any other problems, let's talk about them and solve them together."

Emperor Hongzhi has really changed, he seems more enlightened, and his performance made Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others look at each other. A question popped up in their minds:

"When did Your Majesty become so radical?"

However, none of these people interjected, they are all a generation of virtuous ministers, and they all know very well in their hearts that there are too many problems in the Ming Dynasty.

Many places need reforms, but they don't know about them, and they don't dare to do so at will.

Because once the reform is opened, it will be out of control, and there is no way back.

Therefore, the reform must be approved by the emperor, and only with the emperor's support can they dare to take this step.

However, the former Hongzhi Emperor was a very conservative person.

At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he was forced by the situation and the high expectations placed on him by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, so that he had to carry out some necessary governance and reform of the maladministration of the Chenghua Dynasty in all aspects.

However, there is a saying that "there is no beginning, and there is an end." ”

Emperor Hongzhi is exactly like this, in the first few years, he was willing to do things, but as time went by, the Ming Dynasty began to show a scene of singing and dancing on the surface, and he felt that this day could barely pass, and his conservative mentality was undoubtedly exposed.

He couldn't hold on anymore.

He began to slack off, he began to dare not take a big step forward, and if someone reformed in front of him, he dared to hide and not go to court.

If it weren't for the appearance of Li Zhaotong, this state of Emperor Hongzhi would have lasted until his death.

However, before he died, he realized that it was too late.

Li Zhaotong appeared with honeycomb coal, although when he first appeared, he behaved deviantly, but Emperor Hongzhi only regarded him as a young child and ignorant.

And it didn't take into account the reform to go up.

However, Li Zhaotong pulled him, got into the car, made Xishan Coal Industry, made a lot of money, and earned him a reputation, at this time, Emperor Hongzhi found that something was wrong, but he couldn't get out of the car.

He was reluctant to have that money, and he was reluctant to have that huge reputation, so he could only be pushed forward by Li Zhaotong.

Walking and walking, this speed is getting faster and faster, and Emperor Hongzhi began to issue it, and he wanted to shout brakes and get out of the car, but it was no longer possible.

What should I do if I can't shout the brakes and get out of the car, then I can only go forward!

Therefore, this has caused Emperor Hongzhi to be more radical than Liu Jian, a minister who has considered reform and wants to make a career.

……

Li Zhaotong originally wanted to come to the policy, but now Emperor Hongzhi asked him to say that he would naturally not hesitate, so Li Zhaotong was bold and said:

"Your Majesty, my little nephew implores you to implement a whipping law."

"A whip?"

Emperor Hongzhi was stunned, and then asked:

"What is a whip?"

If there was no variable of Li Zhaotong, a whip method was proposed by Gui Cao in the tenth year of Jiajing (1530), and then Zhang Juzheng popularized it to the whole country in the ninth year of Wanli (1581).

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi naturally would not know a whip method.

Li Zhaotong also knew that Emperor Hongzhi definitely didn't know, after all, it was only 1498! Gui Cao hasn't even made it to the Jinshi yet! As for Zhang Juzheng, he hasn't been born yet!

Therefore, Li Zhaotong immediately explained:

"A whip law is Lao Tzu passed on to the little nephew, he said that this is a few decades later appeared in my Ming Dynasty tax and conscription system, its main content is: the state and county of the field tax, conscription and other miscellaneous levies into one, combined collection of silver taels, according to the mu conversion payment.

Lao Tzu said that this will greatly simplify the tax system, facilitate the collection of taxes, and at the same time make it difficult for local officials to cheat, which is conducive to increasing the revenue of the state treasury. ”