Zhu Youzhen said: "But if there are flames all over the place today, isn't it a battalion of soldiers and horses that can be pacified, and Aiqing can have a national policy of pacifying thieves but slaves?" ”

Li Zhi was stunned, he didn't expect the Son of Heaven to ask himself this question. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Zhi gave up his hand and said: "Now that we want to calm the world, Li Zhi thinks that three policies are needed!" ”

Zhu Youzhen became interested, nodded and said, "Which three?" Love Qing, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it! ”

Li Zhi arched his hand and said: "The minister thinks that in order to pacify the world, it is necessary to correct the officialdom, collect business taxes, and remove the tax-free privileges of the gentry and clans!" ”

Hearing Li Zhi's words, the eunuch beside Zhu Youzhen trembled, raised his head and glanced at Li Zhi in surprise.

The three national policies that Li Zhi said were fatal, not to the enemy, but to the life of the initiator. When Li Zhi said such a thing, even the eunuchs were surprised.

The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is indeed chaotic, and there are countless mediocre and corrupt officials, but these officials all have a deep background, and they have already been deeply absorbed in the Ming Dynasty. And when it comes to official corruption, in the Ming Dynasty, all officials paid and accepted bribes, who do you deal with? No matter who you deal with, it will affect the whole body.

If we want to deal with the most corrupt and bad officials, and if we want to rectify the atmosphere of officialdom, we must strengthen the power of the supervisory organs and the power of the factory guards. The Donglin Party, which dominated the government of the Chongzhen Dynasty, regarded the factory guard as a flood beast and was eager to disband Jinyiwei and Dongchang. Chongzhen didn't dare to strengthen the factory guard at all.

As for the collection of merchant taxes, it is to compete with the gentry for profit. Who is the Ming Dynasty? It's the gentry! Not for the poor peasants. The gentry and merchants earn a little silver, can the court collect taxes? Didn't the imperial court collect the merchant tax and snatch the silver from the gentry for the peasants to use? Isn't that the other way around?

The Wanli Dynasty sent eunuchs to collect business taxes, and what did it look like to be scolded by the gentry? For those eunuchs who collected taxes, the gentry were eager to break their bones and eat their flesh. As soon as the Wanli Emperor died, this policy was also discontinued.

As for the exemption of the gentry and the clan, it is even more shocking. The gentry and the clan are the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty, but this Li Zhi is bent on picking out silver from the gentry clan, isn't this a joke with his own life? If these people retaliate a little, you Li Zhi will be killed.

The old eunuch beside Chongzhen shook his head, and secretly said that this son was so ignorant.

Zhu Youzhen listened to Li Zhi's words and pondered for a long time.

In the end, Zhu Youzhen sighed, shook his head and said, "Li Qing is a loyal minister!" ”

Li Zhi knew that the Son of Heaven felt that his suggestion could not be implemented, so he sighed.

Seemingly moved by Li Zhi's loyalty and outspokenness, Zhu Youzhen said: "Li Qing has made a great contribution this time, and I will allow your troops to march in the capital to show off their martial arts!" ”

Li Zhi was stunned, he didn't expect such treatment, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Holy Lord." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, stopped talking, and turned around and went back to the Qianqing Palace.

Li Zhi bowed his hand and bid farewell to the Son of Heaven.

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On December 26, Li Zhi led 9,000 soldiers and horses into Beijing to parade, boasting of his martial arts.

Nine thousand people carrying rifles entered the outer city of the capital from Guangqu Gate to receive the cheers and worship of the people.

Before, the Son of Heaven had ordered someone to build the heads of more than 10,000 Tartars captured by Li Zhi this time into a Jingguan and placed them in front of the Daming Gate. So the capital was once again empty, and the people crowded to see Li Zhi's seizure. In particular, there is also the corpse of Yue Tuo, the owner of the Red Flag Banner, in the head of the Tartar, and there are many people who want to see it. The front of the Great Ming Gate is crowded, and it can squeeze the living out of the disease.

After watching Jingguan, the people in the capital knew that this was the capture of the Tianjin General Army, and they all remembered Li Zhi's name.

In these years, the Ming people of Gyeonggi were tortured by the Qing army badly. The people in the capital, who doesn't have a few relatives in Gyeonggi? The Tatars plundered three times, I don't know how many people were killed, and the relatives of the people in the capital were unlucky. Not to mention that as soon as the Tartars came, the people of the capital trembled and feared that the Beijing division would be broken by the Tartars.

The people of the capital hated the Tartars to the core, and they admired Li Zhi who beat the Tartars very much. The people were stunned when they saw the piles of Tartar heads that looked like a hill. They spread the word of mouth and knew that Li Zhi was the chief military officer, so they all called Li Zhi a general.

So when he learned that Li Zhi was going to bring soldiers and horses into Beijing to boast of his martial arts, the people in the capital flocked to Guangqumen to see Li Zhi's appearance. Before Li Zhi's soldiers and horses reached the Guangqu Gate, the people on the inner three floors and the outer three layers were crowded outside the city gate. The people stood against the cold wind in the cold winter, just to see Li Zhi's appearance.

As soon as Li Zhi's soldiers and horses appeared, the people at the gate of the city were boiling.

"Li Zhi is here!"

"Look, General Li Zhi is here!"

"The general is so young, and he is still a young man!"

Li Zhi rode on a big horse and bowed to the onlookers.

The onlookers exploded suddenly.

"Good!"

"The general saluted us!"

"The Great General is mighty!"

Some wealthy people rushed up with rice wine jars and rushed to hand the rice wine bowl in their hands to Li Zhi first.

"General, drink a glass of rice wine and warm up!"

"The general kills the enemy and works hard, drink me a glass of rice wine to ward off the cold!"

"General, this is my home-brewed turbid wine!"

Li Zhi took a common man's turbid wine and drank it all.

Thousands of people at the gate of Guangqu Gate saw this scene and applauded. The shouts of "Great General" and "Great General" were like thunder.

Li Zhi rode to the gate of Guangqu Gate, where a young eunuch and dozens of eunuchs were already waiting.

"Our family is Lu Jiude, the eunuch of the Yongwei Battalion, and today I am here to lead the parade for the chief soldier!"

Li Zhi arched his hand and said: "There is Father-in-law Lao!" ”

Lu Jiude said with a smile: "The general is widely admired, and our family has also come to get some light, and it's too late to rejoice!" ”

After Lu Jiude said this, he took the eunuch to the front and opened the way in front.

And when they entered the city, there were more people on both sides of the road. Regardless of men, women and children, whether it is the people of the inner city or the outer city, they all crowded to the south street of the outer city opposite the Guangqu Gate to watch the excitement. Not only were people standing on both sides of the main street, but there were also people in the windows on the second floor of the houses on both sides, and the side roads that crossed the main street were also full of people.

If it weren't for the eunuchs who opened the road with whips and beating and scaring the people, the road would not have been able to be walked at all.

The 9,000 Tiger Benshi straightened their chests and walked in unison on the south street of the outer city.

The enthusiastic people saw the elite appearance of the Tiger Benshi when he was advancing, and they admired it even more. The people took out meat buns, halva, snowflake cream, etc., which they were reluctant to eat on weekdays, and stuffed them into the soldiers of the tiger division.

"Heroes, take a bite of my meat buns!"

"The general's GIs are mighty! Eat my family's sorbet! ”

The soldiers ate all the way, carrying guns in one hand and grabbing food in the other, and they were hardly idle.

Li Zhi sat some of the wounded who were stable in a carriage and arranged the carriage in the middle of the procession.

When the carriage of these wounded soldiers entered the Gwangqu Gate, many of the people were red-eyed when they saw the appearance of the disabled soldiers—these soldiers were all injured to protect the people of Gyeonggi.

The people rushed to hand the wounded rice wine and desserts to thank them for their sacrifices to protect the people.

Walking from the South Street of the outer city to Chongwenmen, the road was full of people watching the excitement. Entering the inner city from Chongwen Gate, the East Chang'an Avenue in front is still crowded with people.

"Look, Li Zhi is here!"

"This soldier and horse number is neat, so mighty!"

"The Great General of the Tartars is here!" (To be continued.) )