After the establishment of the West Factory, Liu Juntao, under the instruction of Emperor Chenghua, led the Ministry of Central Intelligence and the West Factory to cooperate comprehensively, and at the same time of fully implementing the law change, the forces that opposed the change were eliminated from all parts of the Ming Dynasty and all parties.

Wang Zhi, the commander of Xichang, was also a ruthless character, and he led 1,000 cavalry, 500 sentinels, and 3,000 Longxiang soldiers transferred by Liu Juntao from Beijing to the south, and rushed to Nanjing along the official road with great fanfare.

For a time, nine out of ten officials and gentry who opposed the change in the Ming Dynasty were arrested, and the rest of the people also died down, for fear of being targeted by these Xichang banners who were far more fierce than Jinyiwei, and that would be the end of raiding the family and exterminating the clan!

And the heroes in Daming are even more miserable, under the investigation of the Xichang Sentinel Flag, with the full cooperation of the Ministry of Central Intelligence, all the details of these heroes have been found out, and then Wang Zhi commanded the three thousand Longxiang soldiers to go out separately, with the cooperation of the garrisons in Daming, these heroes who oppose the change of law will be eliminated one by one, and these people will not be given a chance to fight back at all, and they will directly raid the family and exterminate the clan!

In just a few months, the powerful forces in Daming have been dealt a huge blow, and the powerful and powerful families that were originally entrenched in various places have almost been wiped out by this turmoil, and even some of the powerful who have maintained neutrality have been affected.

The wealth of these powerful families was very rich, and all of them were transported to the capital by the banners of the West Factory; And these powerful people were originally in the locality, and the relationship with the local officials and gentry was intertwined, but now the powerful forces have been wiped out, and the officials in various parts of the Ming Dynasty have also lost their strength in an instant, and they have lost their sharp minions in the past.

Regarding the actions of these West Factory flags, Liu Juntao naturally understands that there will definitely be people who have been wronged, and those Haoqiang who have been beaten are not all those who oppose the change of the law.

But Liu Juntao always remained silent, only to Shandong and Shanxi and the Tiance army to befriend the Haoqiang, and advised these Shandong and Shanxi Haoqiang to clean themselves and devote themselves to the industry advocated by the imperial court's change.

In September of the fourth year of Chenghua, Jingshi.

In the middle of the night, Guo Muying came to the study with a heavy heart, at this time Liu Juntao was still working by candle, and the newspapers sent from all over the country had been piled up, all of which had to be approved by Liu Juntao in time.

Liu Juntao's originally straight waist had been slightly bent down at this time, and even his hair already had a hint of silver.

Guo Muying looked at Liu Juntao, who was struggling to write, and kept recalling the ups and downs that the two had experienced together over the years, and couldn't help but be fascinated when she looked at it.

Liu Juntao raised his head and asked with a smile, "What is Madam looking at?" ”

"My husband is old, and he has gray hair."

"Of course, I'm also forty-six, if it weren't for the delay in the southern and northern wars over the years, I guess I would have become a grandfather by now!"

Guo Muying glanced at her with a smile, but her face turned serious and said; "Husband, there has been a lot of turmoil in various places recently, those Xichang flags are ruthless, and many people have died, is this too heavy to kill?"

Liu Juntao sighed and said: "I also know that there will definitely be people who have died unjustly, but the law cannot be changed halfway, and the purging cannot stop here!" ”

Guo Muying's face was unbearable, and said: "Husband, this is putting himself on the opposite side of the whole world, can't you take your time?" Just like in Shandong? ”

Liu Juntao shook his head and said firmly: "This time and that time!" At that time, we were just trying to survive in Shandong, and we couldn't talk about any changes; And now, what I'm going to do is to make a big difference! The matter of changing the law must be carried out with all its might, even in blood! If the change is successful in the future, I can guarantee that the Ming Dynasty will only be unfading for three hundred years, and I can let the Han civilization break through the seal of the Great Wall and push it to all the countries of the world! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Juntao couldn't help but boil with blood, and said loudly: "The changes in my Huaxia since ancient times are all made of human heads, and it is impossible to succeed in the changes that do not die and do not shed blood!" Now it is necessary to use thunderous means to eliminate the opposition forces in order to ensure the success of the reform! Now that all the countries in the world are working hard, Daming and even Huaxia need a change in the color of heaven and earth in order not to fall behind in the general trend of the world! Therefore, it is better to have a long pain than a short pain, and instead of procrastinating and missing the opportunity, it is better to cut through the mess quickly! ”

Looking at Liu Juntao's excited appearance, Guo Muying suddenly understood that her husband was a hero, a hero who could sacrifice everything for Huaxia!

But Guo Muying still couldn't help but say: "But has your husband thought about the future?" Do you have to go to the footsteps of Shang Ying? Now that the government and the opposition are dissatisfied with their husbands, and even the royal family has begun to eyeing their husbands, will Your Majesty always support your husband? ”

Liu Juntao was silent for a while, and then said loudly: "Although Shang Ying died, Great Qin became strong because of the change of law, and then unified the six countries, opening up the foundation of China for all generations, and Shang Ying died as he deserved!" If Daming can become richer and stronger because of this change, and can make Huaxia proud of the world from now on, then I have no regrets even if I die! ”

November of the fourth year of Chenghua.

After several months of promotion and improvement, the new policy has begun to show initial results, according to the Ministry of Finance's estimates, this year's tax will increase by 10% compared with previous years! Moreover, new schools and training camps have sprung up in Daming, and industry and commerce in Daming have also begun to flourish, especially the continuous development and growth of banks in various places, so that the vast silver flow in Daming has begun to exert great power, and the entire Daming has radiated great vitality, which was not expected by Emperor Chenghua and Liu Juntao, and also made the two very excited.

However, the Chinese officials of the dynasty and the gentry class of the Daming were still unwilling to pay taxes, so they began to secretly encourage the kings of the Daming clans to make these imperial relatives stand up against the change of law.

In fact, in order to reduce the resistance to changing the law, Liu Juntao did not include the royal family in the tax system this time, but prepared to include the royal family in the future after the new tax law of the Ming Dynasty matured.

However, these civil officials continued to bewitch the royal families in various places with the truth that their lips were dead and their teeth were cold, so that many local princes and county kings began to speak out to resist the change.

Emperor Chenghua had a headache about this, after all, he couldn't be ruthless to these royal families, even if Xichang was arrogant, he would be a jealous weapon to the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't dare to make any moves and measures.

Liu Juntao also realized this, and urgently communicated with Emperor Chenghua, and the two discussed for a day and a night.

Just three days later, Emperor Chenghua issued a direct decree regardless of the opposition of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and decreed: Where the imperial family takes the initiative to pay taxes, the imperial court allows all the heirs of his clan to inherit the title, divide the family wealth and food equally, but each time he inherits the title, it will be one level lower!

As long as anyone who has read the book knows this order, and a discerning person can know at a glance that it is an imitation of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Tui'en Order, but it is just a fiefdom that is used on taxation.

But this conspiracy of the imperial court made all the royal heirs in the Ming Dynasty crazy, and those princes and eldest sons who were unwilling to pay taxes were all forced by their many sons, if they did not agree, they were destined to end up with a whole family breakdown!

The civil officials who had been privately active in the court and China before were all dumbfounded at this time, and everyone did not expect that Emperor Chenghua and Liu Juntao would suddenly use Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Tuien Decree for reference, and they also completely ignored the desire for glory and authority of the princes and heirs of the various feudal princes in the Ming Dynasty!

Now, the resistance from the Daming imperial family has not yet fully played a role, and it has been dissolved invisibly by Liu Juntao and Emperor Chenghua, and the entire Daming imperial family has also been pulled into the "gentry paying taxes as one", which has greatly increased the tax revenue of the imperial court, and at the same time completely severed the connection between the Chinese officials of the dynasty and the imperial family.

It didn't take long for Liu Juntao to take advantage of this great opportunity to directly order the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Central Intelligence, and the Xichang to jointly conduct an inventory of the property, acres, industrial shops, and household servants of the vassal kings in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and all of them were registered in the register, as the basis for the imperial court to levy taxes on the vassal kings in various places, liberate slaves, and check the vassal population.

At the beginning, all the vassal kings in various places tried their best to resist, and Liu Juntao wanted to check their old bottoms, where were these high-ranking princes on weekdays willing to comply? All of them resisted with all their might.

Concealing property, concealing the population's families, instigating the vassal population to gather to make trouble, and even inducing local soldiers to resist violently can be described as doing everything!

After Liu Juntao received the news, he just smiled indifferently, and just ordered the personnel who were investigating to be calm and not to be impatient, and not to make too much trouble with the princes and royal families in various places.

But in just a few days, civil strife began among the vassal kings and royal families in various places!

The concubines of these royal families all jumped out, not only took the initiative to hand over all their own situation to the imperial court's inventory team, but also united with the imperial court inventory team to confront their father and patriarch.

After thinking about it, everyone from all sides understood that these royal families and royal concubines were all for their own interests: as long as the imperial court's inventory work could be successfully completed, and the imperial court began to collect taxes on the royal family and royal palaces all over the world, these royal concubines could get the same treatment as the eldest son in the family, and they could completely change their lives!

Almost overnight, the resistance from the entire Ming royal family collapsed, and those royal princes and patriarchs who were originally aggressive and wanted to "fight to the death" with Liu Juntao were all subdued at this time and took the initiative to report their property and population, and were ready to pay taxes.

Since then, the tax reform has progressed rapidly.