Chapter XXVI Reform

Since then, Hosokawa Terumoto has been arranged to live in the same hall, because Yoshida Zonggui was also named the imperial doctor by Emperor Jiajing, so with this relationship, from time to time you can also enter the palace to meet Emperor Jiajing, talk to each other, chat. Some new ideas and new ideas that transcend modern times made Emperor Jiajing more wise and harsh than before. The rewards given to Hosokawa Terumoto also became more and more heavy, and with the emperor's favor, Hosokawa Terumoto was often able to visit dignitaries everywhere.

Among them, the important friends are Yu Wang Zhu Zaiyuan, the second assistant of the cabinet Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and so on. He focused on telling them how the Japanese imperial power had fallen (referring to the power of the shogunate) and how the people were suffering, and implicitly put forward various contradictions and crises in the Ming Dynasty, especially the dictatorship of Yan Song, the decadence of the dynasty, the corruption of officials, the trouble of "southern and northern captives", and the suffering of the people caused by land annexation. In response to these criticisms, Hosokawa Terumoto combined the experience of later generations to propose feasible ways to improve them for their reference and discussion.

The current Zhu Zaigao is just twenty years old, he is a young man, his mind is progressive, he is willing to forge ahead, and most importantly, he is the future Emperor Longqing.

It's a pity that when he was a teenager, his mother Du Kangfei fell out of favor, and he was not the eldest son, so he rarely received his father's love. The so-called blessings and misfortunes depend on the misfortunes and blessings, and the experience of his childhood made Zhu Zaiyuan more exposed to all aspects of social life, and learned about the various contradictions and crises of the Ming Dynasty, which made him care about the court situation before he ascended the throne, and had a greater impact on his handling of government affairs after he ascended the throne. Later, relying on the best efforts of Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin, Zhang Juzheng and other ministers, he implemented the policy of reforming and implementing new policies, and was greatly governed at home and abroad, known as the Longqing New Deal in history. It's just because he is addicted to kitsch drugs and he also takes these kitsch drugs to help his fun, which leads to a shortage of political affairs. Therefore, Zhu Zaiyuan reigned for 6 years and died of illness at the age of 36. The temple name is Mu Zong, and the name is Qi Tianlong, Dao Yuanyi, Kuanren, Xianwen, Guangwu, Chunde, Hong, Xiaozhuang, and the Emperor. Buried in the Ming Tombs Zhaoling, later passed on to the reign Zhu Yijun. Ming Muzong is generous, diligent and thrifty, loves the people, pays attention to the affairs of the border, and handles them just right, so he can be called the master.

But in this life, due to the intervention of Hosokawa Terumoto, this bad habit of his has been fundamentally eliminated.

Three months later, Wang Zhi's belonging was finally determined, and Wang Zhi was first awarded General Wude, Xiao Cavalry Captain, and the official worship of the Navy was five products and thousands of households to preach consolation. Since Wang Zhi's surrender, there has been an uproar in the government and the opposition, and the opinions on surrender and extermination have not been unanimous. It wasn't until Hosokawa Terumoto proposed the "Ming Thief Code" and the "Privateer License" system that the friends of the Ming Dynasty were stunned, it turned out that pirates could still play like this. In wartime, as a compulsory soldier, it belongs to the national army for wartime, and in peacetime, a "privateer license" is issued, and as a target country for legal piracy, 65% of the goods obtained are owned by the state, and the remaining 35% is owned by the fleet. If the property is not handed over, the business license will be revoked, and other legal operators can conduct a bargain, and the income will be shared proportionally.

It is mandatory for pirates operating at sea to abide by the Code of Thieves, and those who refuse to enforce it will be punished. The Code provides as follows:

1. Everyone has equal voting rights in all daily affairs (in order to prevent thieves from sitting on the throne).

2. Those who steal the property of their accomplices will be abandoned on a desert island.

3. Gambling on board is strictly prohibited.

4. Turn off the lights at 8 p.m. on time.

5. It is forbidden to wear unclean weapons, and everyone must scrub their guns and knives from time to time.

6. Children are not allowed to be brought on board, and those who seduce women to death.

7. Those who escape from the battle die.

8. It is strictly forbidden to fight privately, but it is possible to duel in the presence of a notary, and the person who kills his companion must be tied to the dead and thrown into the sea. It is strictly forbidden to infringe on the people and territorial interests of the Ming Dynasty, and the violator will die.

9. The income of the fleet shall be distributed according to work: two shares for the captain and quartermaster, 1.5 shares for gunners, cooks, doctors, and boatswains, 1.25 shares for other employed personnel, and one share for ordinary sailors, and the remaining share shall be deposited in the "public fund". In the event of a work-related disability, compensation shall be made from the "public fund" according to the disability.

10. Official Redemption: If you want to return to your homeland to settle down, you can go through the household registration procedures with an official certificate, and you can obtain an equivalent lord according to the payment of taxes. (commonly known as whitewashing)

This major change caught the pirates in the Daming Sea area off guard, and suddenly realized the wise saying that "peers are enemies", and the first thing the pirates did was to exterminate the pirates, and it was cool to think about such a rationalized seizure of goods. Those thieves who want to resist stubbornly are worried all day long, for fear that one day they will be slaughtered by the mutiny of their subordinates, why? Look at people's "Ming Thief Code", everyone has the right to vote, and they also share money and equipment, and in the end, they can redeem themselves and buy a knight, and enjoy the rest of their lives. There is also the pirate king Wang Zhi as a movable type signboard, and the Ming Dynasty will soon exterminate the pirates around the Ming Dynasty, and appease the appeasement.

Taking advantage of such remarkable results, Hosokawa Terumoto proposed the "Regulations on the Opening of the Sea and Commerce" to establish the practice of customs collection of customs duties and restore Japan's tributary trade relations, so that the so-called "troubles" along the southeast coast could be permanently resolved.

However, this proposal was opposed by the vast majority of people for two reasons: First, Ming Zu had a ban on the sea that "no piece of board is allowed to go to the sea". Second, it touched the vital interests of the coastal gentry, wealthy businessmen, and corrupt officials.

So Hosokawa Terumoto released another big move "Demolition and Reconstruction", which can blow up the sky, because the system clearly states that the land can be demolished and replaced. You must know that the Ming Dynasty has set up a unique military guard system since the founding of the country, and the army itself must be self-sufficient and self-sufficient, which is the basic establishment of the Ming army. The Tuntian system is one of the fundamental systems of the army of the Ming Dynasty, this system was originally to prevent the land annexation from causing the displaced people to lose their homes, but unfortunately "there is a policy, there are countermeasures", the "military property" land that the army depends on for survival and supply, it can also be said that the "state-owned assets" were unscrupulously occupied and seized by the vested interests! The trend of eliminating the other caused the Ming Dynasty to finally sink into the malpractice and die out in the long river of history, and the later Manchu government was closed to the country, and was finally bullied and humiliated by the Western powers, resulting in a century-long history of suffering for the Chinese nation.

At this moment, I think of the poem written by the later poet Xiaohua to Lord Ergin, who burned the Old Summer Palace:

I hate it

Hate that I wasn't born a century early

that I may stand star-to-face with you

Eerie and gloomy castle

A wilderness in the morning light

Either I'll pick up the white gloves you threw down

Either you catch the sword I threw over

Either you and I each ride a war horse

Far away from the handsome banner that covers the sky

Leave the cloud of standing

Decide the loss under the city