According to the etiquette system of the Ming Dynasty, February and August were the seasons for spring sowing and autumn planting, and the emperor needed to personally plough the fields and set an example for his subjects in the world. Zuo Zhan looked at the twists and turns of Zhou Jiamo, the household servant, and thought to himself that he was a good hand at farm work, and besides, it was particularly important to persuade farmers to teach at the moment, and he was willing to take the lead.

After Zhou Jiamo finished speaking, Zuo Zhan immediately responded, saying:

"What Zhou Aiqing said is extremely true, now that the land of the four seas is barren and the people are waiting to be fed, I am willing to open a piece of imperial land outside the Yongding Gate, and I will personally go to the ground to sow seeds, water, fertilize and harvest, so as to encourage agricultural production throughout the country."

Pan Yang heard that Zuo Zhan was going to move seriously, and knew that this was a pragmatic monarch, so he took the opportunity to say:

"Qi Song Sheng, the minister privately talked with Lord Xu Guangqi of Qin Tianjian, there will be disasters of varying degrees in the past 20 years, and countermeasures should be formulated in advance. At present, the two adults, Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian, have already organized displaced people and disaster victims in Gansu and Shandong to build water conservancy, and the preliminary effect is very obvious, and it should be promoted throughout the country. ”

Zuo Zhan thought that building water conservancy was a century-old plan for the benefit of the country and the people, but it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. At present, the finances of the imperial court have just been leveled, and it will take at least more than two million taels of silver to implement it throughout the country. Thinking of this, Zuo Zhan said:

"Quasi-playing, Song Yingxing is promoted to the Ministry of Works, Tuntian Langzhong, and Shui Shilangzhong Pan Yang and conferred the Wenhua Palace Scholar, you can submit the submission directly to me. Led by Song Aiqing, he summarized the knowledge of agricultural production and handicrafts in all dynasties, compiled the book "Heavenly Creations", and published it throughout the country. Pan Aiqing popularized water conservancy knowledge such as "Two Rivers Pipe See" and "River Defense at a Glance", and was jointly responsible for water conservancy construction across the country with Zhizhi. ”

Everyone saw that the little emperor was the head of the water conservancy, and he also promoted two scholars in a row, and they all looked forward to it. Seeing that the sweet dates had been spilled, Zuo Zhan was about to slap them and continued:

"Since Xia Yu controlled the water, the Central Plains has been suffering from natural disasters. Since I succeeded to the throne, disasters have continued in various places, and I am determined to devote the country's efforts to solve this problem and implement cash-for-work throughout the country. Focusing on water conservancy, roads, wasteland and other infrastructure construction, the imperial court funded the preparation, the state government organized and implemented, and the people in all parts of the country contributed to the work and efforts to first solve the current problem of feeding the disaster victims, and from a long-term perspective, solve the problem of the peasants relying on the sky for food. ”

Zuo Zhan had very high expectations for cash-for-work and decided to take this opportunity to implement a whip law to re-measure the land in the disaster area and distribute it to the victims of the disaster by household along with the newly opened wasteland, so as to solve the problem of land annexation. However, this aroused strong opposition from vested interests, and Ye Xianggao, who had been silent for a long time, was angry when he saw the little emperor, and rushed to the front again, and said:

"There is charity in the holy, which is the blessing of the people of the world. However, it is a matter of course for tenants to farm and pay rent, and if the land in the hands of the rich is forcibly repossessed and distributed equally among the people, not only will the court lose its trust in the world, but it will also encourage the lazy heart, and no one will be willing to work hard in the future. ”

Zuo Zhan thought that this was sophistry, so he didn't have to argue with him, and said directly:

Gui Cao proposed a whip law in the tenth year of Jiajing, and it began to be implemented throughout the country in the ninth year of Wanli, and the new cultivated land was as much as 7 million and 100 mu in ten years. At that time, the treasury was abundant and the people were rich, so Shenzong did an excellent job of quelling the rebellion of the Mongols Bibai and Yang Yinglong, the Tusi of the Miao territory, and repelled the invasions of the Japanese invaders twice in Korea.

In the early years of the Apocalypse, in order to quell the rebellion of Jianyu, the household department could not come up with money and food, so I had to use nearly 10 million taels of internal silver. If there is a similar rebellion again, I will have to tear down the Forbidden City to collect military salaries, can you rest assured? ”

Everyone listened to the little emperor tell the truth, and the original conspiracy turned into a conspiracy, and Hulala's kneeling claimed to be guilty. This trick is called continuous sitting, and hundreds of officials have already tried it repeatedly, and Yuan Huazhong, the backbone of the Donglin Party, took the opportunity to say:

"Shengshang, Zhang Juzheng repeatedly committed crimes during his tenure as the first assistant, just like Huo Guang of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Shenzong had no choice but to dismiss him and abolish many of his policies. Now that I am mentioning this person again, I think it is disrespectful to the Divine Sect, please think twice. ”

Zuo Zhan thought to himself, you guys are playing this set of collective strikes again, right? Then let's have a fish to die and break the net, and if I take a step back at this time, you will not be allowed to ride on my neck in the future, get up and say:

"Emperor Shenzong's martial arts is a rare Ming monarch in the past dynasties, if there is no support from him, how can Zhang Juzheng implement the reform? The reason why he wanted to cut down the knight and dismiss the official was because Zhang Juzheng was proud of his achievements and disobedient to the saint.

However, he became ill for the state affairs, and the humiliation followed before he died, and his son could not bear the humiliation of the knife and pen officials, and committed suicide to protect the name, which shows the loyalty of the Zhang family to the imperial court. Now that you have gathered to coerce me, how is it different from Huo Guang? If you don't think I'm worthy of sitting on this dragon chair, how about I give it to you? ”

After speaking, Zuo Zhan pointed to the cold dragon chair and made a gesture of please. Ye Xianggao, Yuan Hua and other Donglin party members saw that the emperor was angry with thunder, and knew that they had pierced the sky, so they bowed their heads and remained silent.

Seeing that Zuo Zhan temporarily frightened this group of bastards, he coughed twice for a long time and a short time, which was the code for him and Zhou Jiamo. In order to implement a whip law, he secretly ordered Zhou Jiamo last night, and finally persuaded this hard bone under coercion and temptation. Zhou Jiamo got the hint and said according to the script:

"Qi Shengshang, Zhang Juzheng's merits have been determined by the imperial court, and the minister just wants to talk about the benefits of that change to the Ming Dynasty.

He believed that the lack of clarity in the administration of officials was the root cause of officialdom's struggle for power and profit, and dereliction of duty, so he proposed the examination method of respecting sovereignty, teaching officials, believing in rewards and punishments, and No. 1 order. The orders of the imperial court, although thousands of miles away, are carried out day and night.

The landlords are strong and strong, the squires are rich and the households are not endowed with land, the people are poor and tired, and the people are poor and flee, so they are the root cause of the country's poverty and the people's poverty, so they advocate re-measuring the land, and merge all taxes and tributes into one article on the basis of the prefectures and counties, which increases the income of the imperial court, avoids the apportionment of local officials, reduces the burden on the peasants, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

The minister thought that measures such as the examination law and the whip law should be resumed to cooperate with the national policy of cash-for-work proposed by the Holy Lord. Whoever comes out against it is a traitor who is greedy and corrupt, and should never be tolerated! ”

These words were too radical, and everyone, including Zuo Zhan, was shocked and praised the benefits of changing the law. Zuo Zhan was overjoyed, returned to the dragon chair and said slowly:

"Zhang Juzheng's mistakes have been punished, and credit should be commended. His son Zhang Jingxiu committed suicide for the sake of honor, and was posthumously awarded the title of filial piety. Zhang Sixiu is the leader of Wanli for five years, Zhang Maoxiu is the champion of Wanli for eight years, and Zhang Jianxiu has been the commander of Jinyiwei, all of whom are well-educated. From now on, Zhang Sixiu will be transferred to the Ministry of Officials to be Langzhong, responsible for the implementation of the examination law. Zhang Maoxiu was transferred to the household department as a staff member and was responsible for the implementation of a whip law. Zhang Jianxiu was incorporated into the Yulin Forest and followed me left and right. ”

Everyone heard that the little emperor promoted Zhang Juzheng's three sons to the court one after another, and knew that he was determined to reform. originally wanted to blackmail through a collective strike, but Zhou Jiamo, a "traitor", came out in the middle, and they fell to the left side like the grass on the wall.

Seeing that everyone was soft, Zuo Zhan knew that blindly suppressing would be counterproductive, so he commanded his subordinates to give both grace and might, so he decided to throw out an olive branch and said gently:

"Cash-for-work is a national policy, led by the cabinet and the six ministries, and anyone who obstructs my national policy, from the emperor's relatives to the common people, will be punished according to the crime and will not be tolerated. For the prefectures and counties that give priority to completing the examination method and the whip law, the income of all officials will be doubled, and the daily consumption will be increased by 50%. ”

At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang started with cloth clothes, and he was very harsh on officials, and Yulu was the lowest standard in all dynasties, which is also a reason why there have been many big cases but still cannot solve corruption. Now Zuo Zhan has taken the initiative to raise wages because he wants to follow the objective law, and wages should also rise when prices rise, otherwise who will work for you.

As the saying goes, money can make the ghost grind, and everyone is overjoyed when they hear that they are going to raise their wages, which is their vital interests, and they thank God for their grace and shout long live. The hall was full of joy, and the ministers changed their sad faces and laughed at each other, praising the emperor as an enlightened monarch.

Zuo Zhan was sitting in danger and watching all living beings, secretly thinking about how to scrape together enough of these silver taels to implement high salaries and cheap maintenance and cash-for-work. These policies are all large-investment, long-term, slow-yielding wealth management products, it is inevitable to continue to allocate domestic banks to promote the first step, and then encourage the development of commerce, abolish the checkpoints in various places, promote the circulation of goods, increase commercial taxes, and at the same time develop overseas trade, to fill the deficit of the internal treasury.

As long as these policies can be adhered to for more than five years, the Ming Dynasty will be able to make a qualitative leap, and the long-term line released at that time will definitely have a big fish on the bait.

"All of you Aiqing are elites at the top of my court, and you can stand on top of the court and go through a lot of hardships, how can you come to the world in obscurity? As for whether to be like Yue Fei for a hundred years, or like Qin Hui, how to choose is up to you.

Now that I want to implement a new policy, whether it is to provide relief through work or to increase my income, I need to allocate the internal bank first, and the ultimate beneficiaries are the officials and the people. The only thing that can make me happy is that we can calm the victims, resume production, and join hands to create a prosperous world of our own. In the future, when future generations read this historical book, they will either clap their hands and praise us, or sacrifice our souls with a glass of turbid wine, and they will have no regrets in this life. ”

Listening to Zuo Zhan's heartfelt words, everyone really felt that the emperor's reform was to make wedding clothes for others, and in the end, the people and officials of Li people got the benefits, and if they didn't make it, they would go bankrupt. What makes them even more excited is that they can gain fame and fortune, which is everyone's pursuit.

Those ministers who were as upright as Han Yi, Zhu Kuiyuan, Huang Kezhang and others said that they would not be the masters of the people as officials, so it was better to go home and sell sweet potatoes, and if they did not follow the virtuous monarch, they would be ashamed of the emperor's holy grace. In the future, we must dedicate ourselves to public service, be diligent in government and love the people, and work hard for the implementation of the new policy.

Zuo Zhan listened to it and felt that money could be used for a while, and he strengthened his determination to develop commerce and trade. As the head of the family, the most important task is to ensure the survival of the whole family, and then lead the people to live a prosperous and dignified life.