"I am going to set up a noble court...... "Zhu Youxiao said to King Jin, King Lu and others. Zhu Youxiao introduced the House of Nobles in detail.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Lu Wang Zhu Shouhong said first. In fact, several of the vassal kings present also seemed to understand what Zhu Youxiao said about the noble court, and for the vassal kings, what Zhu Youxiao said now is right. But Zhu Youxiao's move did give the desperate vassal kings and nobles a glimmer of hope.

"There are one hundred and ninety-nine seats in the House of Lords, and these hundred and ninety-nine seats are not appointed by me, but by those who have the title. Therefore, I am going to summon the vassal kings from all over the country and their people with titles to come to Beijing to jointly elect the 199 representatives of the House of Nobles. Zhu Youxiao said. Zhu Youxiao knew that someone in this noble house must be able to understand the meaning, after all, there was already a precedent in the United Kingdom.

"I wonder when Your Majesty will arrange it?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"August 8 next year." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said.

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On October 28, Zhu Youxiao promulgated a decree on the apportionment of land to acres.

Zhu Youxiao's apportionment into the mu borrowed from the historical apportionment into the mu, and he spread the ding silver into the field to collect, abolishing the previous "poll tax"; The government loosened its grip on household registration, allowing farmers and artisans to move freely and sell their labour.

But Zhu Youxiao was more radical and radical: he abolished the privilege of exempting all privileged classes from paying taxes, and both the royal family and the nobles had to pay taxes according to the amount of land. Zhu Youxiao even uniformly stipulated that the national taxation standard for all fields is 30 taxes and 1, and as for the upper field, middle field, lower field, paddy field, dry field, and so on, the specific standards are formulated by the household department.

Even if Zhu Youxiao is now gaining momentum, his paving into the mu still attracts the opposition of many people. The conservatives of the empire even attacked the Ming Confucian newspaper at length. Zhu Youxiao's entry into the mu not only abolished the privileges of the imperial aristocracy, but also abolished some of the privileges of the imperial scholars.

For the attack of the "Daming Confucian Daily", the "Daming Imperial Daily" immediately counterattacked, and cited the examples of Shanxi and Hebei, speaking with facts, which has always been the most powerful weapon of the "Daming Imperial Daily". Since the implementation of the apportionment of the land into the mu, the tax in Hebei has increased by two times compared with before, and the tax in Shanxi has increased by as much as three times.

Although most of the ordinary people can understand the privileged class, and some even take it for granted, they are still happy to see that the privileges of the privileged class can be abolished.

But what Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that the paving into the mu was actually approved by the cabinet. Since the resignation of Gao Panlong and Lin Yaoyu, Zhu Youxiao has been busy quelling the turmoil, resulting in the current cabinet still only having five people. With the support of the cabinet and the aftermath of this great victory, although Zhu Youxiao's apportionment into the mu attracted opposition, it was implemented relatively smoothly. Guo Yunhou, the head of the household department, is already preparing to draw a new fish scale atlas.

There is a vacancy in the cabinet candidates, and this is a problem that Zhu Youxiao must also solve. After discussing the matter of apportioning the land into the acre, it will naturally fall on the matter of vacancy in the cabinet.

"The minister recommended Yang Lian to the cabinet." Han Yi said first. Han Yi knew that Yang Lian was highly valued by Zhu Youxiao, and thought that Zhu Youxiao would definitely agree to let Yang Lian enter the cabinet.

"The position of the Inspectorate Zuodu Imperial History is very important, and Yang Lian is currently the most suitable candidate." Zhu Youxiao refused.

"The minister recommended Zhou Yingqiu to join the cabinet." Wei Guangwei said.

"Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the ministry, is indeed a suitable candidate. I'm right. Zhu Youxiao nodded and said. Wei Guangwei is also suffering from minor illnesses now, and it seems that he will soon resign from his illness, so Zhu Youxiao decided to put an obedient person in the cabinet. And Wei Guangwei and Zhou Yingqiu have a good relationship, and the two have the same concept, so they took the initiative to recommend Zhou Yingqiu.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the cabinet needs to be selected from the Shangshu, and it should be customized in the future." Wang Shaohui suggested.

"What Wang Aiqing said is very true, and I also think that we should choose from the various books." Zhu Youxiao agreed.

"In addition to Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, there are also Guo Yunhou, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Xue Sanxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Gao Di, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Xu Zhaokui, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Dong Kewei, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the remaining cabinet member should be selected from the five." Wang Shaohui said.

Wang Shaohui's intention was obvious, that is, to attack the Donglin Party, and none of these five people were Donglin Party members. Moreover, Wang Shaohui was recently implicated in the "Official" case, and the Inspectorate is investigating the matter, and he has already resigned. He didn't disgust the Donglin Party before leaving.

"The minister thinks that Xue San Province is the most suitable." Han Yi suggested again.

"Since it was recommended by Han Aiqing, I have approved it." Zhu Youxiao nodded and said.

"Now that the cabinet has filled the vacancy, who can hold the post of secretary of the ministry?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The minister recommends the right capital of the imperial history room magnificent." Huang Kezhang said.

"What do you think?" Zhu Youxiao asked. It is said that in the explosion of Wang Gongchang, Fang Zhuangli's sedan chair was destroyed, but the person was fine, and it was rumored to be a strange news for a while.

"The minister seconded the proposal." Everyone said in unison.

"Then I'm sure, who will hold the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites?" Zhu Youxiao then asked.

"I think Li Sicheng is the most suitable." Huang Kezhang's first successful recommendation seemed to have tasted the sweetness, he said again.

Huang Kezhang's recommendation was approved again, and Huang Kezhang was a centrist, a person that both the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party wanted to win, so his recommendation won the support of both parties.

It's just that Huang Kezhang's recommendation was successful, but Fang Zhuangli and Li Sicheng both resigned, and their resignation and recommendation occurred on the same day, which made Huang Kezhang unexpected. I don't know if it's because I am disgusted with Zhu Youxiao's new policy, or for other reasons, there are a lot of officials who have resigned during this time, and Zhu Youxiao has not taken it to heart at all for such a situation, and the most important thing in Daming is officials.

In the end, the post of secretary was given to Wang Yongguang, Wang Yongguang is also a centrist, and history says that he is honest and diligent, loyal and upright, and dares to give direct advice. However, the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is for the sect.

What Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that as soon as the cabinet was filled, Huang Kezhang resigned, mainly because his recommendations were unsuccessful one after another, and he was suspected of bullying the monarch, and now he has become an important target of impeachment in the imperial history. Of the seven cabinets that had just filled the vacancies, three more left at once, and Zhu Youxiao had to be replenished again.

This time, Dong Kewei, Guo Yunhou, and Lai Zongdao were summoned to the cabinet. Lai Zongdao was prominent for a while in history because of his seven advancements, and in this time and space, he did it again.

(End of chapter)