Soon, the cabinet issued a decree for the benefit of the peasants of the world, that is, to abolish the agricultural land tax of the entire Ming citizens.

This is another good governance after the Ming Dynasty abolished the poll tax, forced labor, and road guidance system.

In addition to the indifference of the capital group, all strata clapped their hands and applauded, shouting that this was the grace of the emperor in the prosperous era, and chased Yao Shun from afar.

The complete abolition of the agricultural tax, for the south, where the gentry group still exists, will undoubtedly make the gentry more profitable, and the part of the interests that should have been exploited by the court and the bureaucracy will completely fall into the hands of the gentry as the land annexation intensifies.

This prompted more people to leave the land and move into the cities to become workers.

For the north and outside the Guan, where there were few or even few gentry groups, because there were few gentry in the early stage, the process of land annexation was slow, and the yeoman farmers were better protected.

And because there was no exploitation of the basic officials of the imperial court, the yeoman farmers would not be exploited and forced to sell their land, which also slowed down the speed of land annexation.

Since there are mostly yeoman farmers engaged in agricultural production in the north and outside the Guan, as far as the entire Ming Empire is concerned, the exemption of agricultural taxes has promoted the enthusiasm of farmers in production and promoted the increase in grain production in the Ming Empire.

Perhaps in the later period, with the growth of the ruling group, the land still cannot avoid the accumulation of land in the hands of a few people.

And with the development of industry and commerce and the bankruptcy of the small peasant economy, it was inevitable that the bourgeois revolution and even the later proletarian revolution would inevitably be carried out.

But that time will not be a hundred years before the situation becomes very serious.

As the emperor, Zhu Youzhen was confident that he would eliminate all foreign forces that might block the process of self-evolution through reform or revolution in the Ming Dynasty while he was still alive.

The Ming Imperial Council and the House of Representatives will still question and oppose some of the cabinet's decrees, and even some suggestions.

The Cabinet will adopt some and may not adopt them, but it does not completely ignore the opinions of the Council and the House of Representatives, and the decrees issued are not so offensive to the interests of a class.

Zhu Youzhen also conveyed to his princes why he chose to set up the two courts, so as to make them understand his good intentions in doing so.

"We are members of the royal family, shouldering the heavy responsibility of the stability and development of this empire, we cannot take sides, any of you will inherit the throne of me in the future, you must remember that the cabinet chief and auxiliary should try to choose the governing philosophy of the two houses is different."

Zhu Youzhen said.

"Father, why?" Zhu Ciwu asked.

"This is called the art of imperial checks and balances, and it is also the way of peace in the world, if you choose the first assistant of the cabinet with the same governing philosophy as the two houses, then the cabinet will not listen to you, but listen to the words of the two houses."

When Zhu Youzhen said this, the princes all nodded as if they didn't understand.

Zhu Youzhen smiled slightly, whether these princes understood it or not, he believed that they would understand it in the future.

The current state of the Ming Empire is the most satisfying state for Zhu Youzhen, and because of this, he can also rest assured that he can look at the world and compete with the world.

Now Zhu Youzhen's greatest concern is still the English Stuart dynasty.

He knew that the current king of the Stuart dynasty of England was James II.

The difference between the new bourgeois aristocracy and the old bureaucratic aristocracy in England was religious beliefs.

The British bureaucracy embraced Catholicism, which represented the conservatives.

The British bourgeoisie, on the other hand, embraced radical Protestantism.

Among them, the bureaucratic power is dominated by Scotland and other places.

The bourgeois forces are dominated by England and other places. 、

The current King James II of England is a Catholic, that is, a conservative, and is sparing no effort to restore the interests of Catholicism throughout England.

But Zhu Youzhen remembered that more than ten years later, in 1688 AD, the British bourgeoisie would launch a coup d'état and force James II to abdicate the throne.

At the same time, the English bourgeoisie made William III and Mary II the lords of England, and passed the Bill of Rights, which limited the power of the king, and officially completed the bourgeois revolution.

It made the whole of England enter an era of rapid capital development, and eventually became the empire on which the sun never sets, and was once the strongest empire in the world.

What Zhu Youzhen wanted was to stop the process of England becoming the strongest empire, so as to eliminate this empire in advance, which was likely to become his great rival in the future.

After all, it will take a long time for the development of the domestic situation of the Ming Dynasty to complete the historic institutional transformation.

And the price paid for small changes in the British Empire was not large.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen had to nip the bourgeois revolution in the British Empire in the bud.

"My will should be conveyed to Xiyi", Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but ask Ma Jixiang from Dongchang.

"Back to Your Majesty, it should be almost there, the distance from Daming to Xiyi is too far, and many times, the news we get is a year ago."

Ma Jixiang said.

Zhu Youzhen also feels that geographical distance is still the biggest problem that plagues him in ruling the Ming Dynasty and even manipulating the world.

"If only there was a telegram," Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but think to himself.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but ask Xu Yinsha, an internal official on the side: "How is the development of Daming electricity now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, now Xu Yin and others have just made a friction starting motor, using sulfur to make a rotating body, and generating electricity through the friction of the rotating film, and using this to observe the electrostatic induction."

When Zhu Youzhen heard Xu Yinsha say this, he had to sigh: "It's too slow, go and pass this Xu Yin into the palace, and I will have a good chat with him." ”

For electricity, Zhu Youzhen, as a science student, is no stranger.

Although how electric charges are generated and the specific causes of the formation of electric currents are still a mystery to physics.

But Zhu Youzhen knows the basic law of electric charge, knows Ampere's law, and knows electromagnetic induction.

In this way, Zhu Youzhen also knows the basic principle of generating electricity and the basic method of storing electricity.

But now, because Zhu Youzhen has spent his energy on popularizing natural sciences, he has spent his energy on popularizing basic knowledge, such as the basic laws of physics and the periodic law of chemical elements, and the basic distinction between organic chemistry and inorganic chemistry.

As a result, many researchers in the Ming Dynasty are still only studying electricity with some curiosity about natural electrical phenomena.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty has not developed too significantly in electricity, and the level of electricity development in the West is still about the same.

There are even many Ming researchers like Franklin who used metals to collect electricity and feel the presence of electricity during thunder and lightning weather.

Of course, it is precisely because of this that many pioneers of electricity research in the Ming Dynasty were killed by lightning like ten thousand households.

There are still some traditional superstitious people in the Ming Empire who believe that they used metal equipment to anger the thunder mother, so that there are fewer and fewer people in China who dare to study the thunder mother.

But there are still people who insist, and Xu Yin is one of them.

(End of chapter)