Jian Ning was a little surprised, she thought that people like Zhengde should like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. After all, others made the Huns tremble, and the Chinese people even called themselves the Han nation, and these were all attacks by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"Are you surprised?"

Zhengde smiled, "Actually, he is no different from Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Yang of Sui." Abuse of civil power, reckless use of force, the difference is that he succeeded. If a monarch can't give the people a stable life, and only blindly thinks about cultural governance and martial arts to add to his name in history, then he and the tyrant are only a matter of a line. Even more harm than a tyrant to the nation! Isn't Emperor Yang of Sui talented? Not capable? If it weren't for his abuse of labor, his arrogance, and his repeated attacks on Goguryeo, how could the Sui Dynasty have died in two lifetimes? The Sui Dynasty fell, and the people suffered even more, and it took decades of fighting to achieve reunification.

When Tang Taizong ascended the throne, he didn't take over a good plate, otherwise how could he make an alliance with the Turks to cut off the white horse and make an alliance by the Weishui? Isn't it impossible to do so? For this reason, he also took out all his family funds, in exchange for the Turkic retreat, in exchange for the opportunity to recuperate......"

A hint of gloom flashed in Zhengde's eyes, "If I had felt that the king had died before, I would have been relieved to hear this, and my blood was boiling." But recently, I think about it, how can the major affairs of the country be done just by virtue of enthusiasm? Sometimes taking a step back can be a new opportunity. That little prince, I'm going to let it go for a while, or make the money, and then consolidate the border......"

"It's great that Your Majesty understands the importance of money."

Jian Ning clapped his hands and admired, "Your Majesty, you will soon find out that as long as your old man is rich, those courtiers can only be led by your nose." This country is made up of thousands of small families, and whoever holds the money has the final say. ”

"Well, step by step, let's first implement the matter of sea trade and the workshop group. I think the standardized construction you mentioned makes sense, and let the people below do it. I also ordered officials who knew how to fortify with a group of skilled craftsmen to study fortification weapons, all of which cost money, and I had to step up. ”

Jian Ning saw that Zhengde had a tired look in his eyes, and he was also a relative in his heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang has made his descendants miserable, and he has also miserable the peasant uncle. Daming just has that bit of land, and in the end hides the land, how much agricultural tax can be collected? If you can't complete the performance, you can only set up a name. However, the commercial tax has become a moral symbol of the high wind and bright festival, which is really strange.

Daming commerce and trade are prosperous, there is a budding capitalism, if you do a good job, how can the Ming treasury run mice?

"Your Majesty will first do a good job of sea trade, and when you gather people's hearts, you can slowly raise the opening of commercial taxes. Now the thirty tax is too little, in fact, it can be divided into several levels to collect taxes, this tax is for the state, but it must also reflect the use of fairness. The state collects taxes for the operation of the imperial court and gives back to the people, so it should also be divided into levels, reflecting the policy of earning more and paying more taxes, earning less and paying less, or even not paying, so I think there will always be people who support it. ”

Zhengde was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled, "What are you doing with this brain?" Why are there so many ideas? ”

He pondered for a moment, "You have a point. To earn more is to pay more, and this level is well divided. Do you have any specific implementation plans? ”

"Your Majesty, I'll just think about this casually, and now is not the time to bother with this. Now our top priority is to rely on sea trade to earn enough silver, earn enough people's reputation, and then force the ministers to open sea trade, and then raise the commercial tax will be justified. ”

"What if anyone objects?"

Jian Ning sneered, "This is a century-old plan for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, who dares to stop it, kill it!" ”

Zhengde was stunned, and grabbed Jian Ning's hand and couldn't help but clench, "You're not afraid of infamy?" ”

"I don't have a good reputation, what are you afraid of? Not everyone in this world is blind, and when the people are better, they know that those who deserve to die will always die and will not kill wrong. ”

"That's why I say that you are bold enough to die, and you are so cowardly that you are very willing to die. Yun Shu, you are the strangest person I have ever met. It seems that there is a power in your body, a power that wants to overturn the whole day. So sometimes I wonder, is your cowardice and prudence just to pierce the sky? ”

He lifted her chin and looked into her eyes and said, "Am I right?" Do you hate the world? ”

Jian Ning lowered her eyes, "When you are not oppressed by power, you feel that everything is good; When you are oppressed, you feel that nothing is fair. I don't want to break the sky, I just want to live comfortably. It's just that sometimes when I look at the poor people on the roadside, I feel sad again. I came to His Majesty's side, and I shouldn't have come up with these ideas, but I didn't have the ability to realize what I wanted, but Your Majesty could, so I ......"

"Do you want to use my power to fulfill your dreams?"

Zhengde's voice trembled a little, "This is your dream?" ”

Janine was silent.

Dream?

You don't understand my dreams.

When I was deeply immersed in this real history, at first I just wanted to live, to have something to eat...... Later, I just wanted to find a backer and not be bullied...... Later, after all kinds of oppression, I thought that I could protect myself and survive......

It wasn't until these profound things were rubbed into my own blood little by little, until the real you stood in front of me, and until the light of the glazed golden palace of the Forbidden City folded into my eyes, that I remembered this graceful and suave, and after this golden brilliance, what kind of fragments of history left behind that made future generations sad......

Eight-Nation Alliance, territorial division, 14 years of national martyrdom, 8 years of War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression......

Scene after scene, the Chinese people have been leading the world for thousands of years, but in the past hundred years, they have tasted the bitterness of the world, fallen into hell, and the wailing and terrible voices have hovered in the land of China, burning endless dry bones, and telling endless blood and tears, this is the darkest moment in China.

And when she came here, she gradually gave birth to a little bit of a heart that touched history. Maybe she won't succeed, but she has to try, doesn't she?

Seeing her solemn face and slightly sad eyebrows, Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized that he was the Son of Heaven after all. How can a Son of Heaven not be terrified when he says such things to his own woman?

Holding her hand, he whispered, "It's not a bad thing for a woman to be ambitious, at least I don't think so. You were born at the wrong time, and you voted for your daughter, if you are a man, you will be a pillar of talent. In this life, you can't fulfill your ambitions by yourself, so let me be your pack horse and carry you through this road. ”

After saying that, he laughed, and his slightly childish face was filled with the smell of sunshine, dispelling the slightly decadent atmosphere of the capital, "I don't want others to be smarter than myself, especially my own woman. In the future, there will be a record in the history books, and only the combination of you and my husband and wife will be recorded, and their achievements will be eternal. ”

"If I say ......"

Jian Ning hesitated and said: "My dream is to think that I will be in the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment, and even expand the territory, never be bullied by foreign races, and the tragedy of the Song Dynasty will not be repeated, will Your Majesty believe it?" ”

"You've got a big heart!"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes widened, patted her on the door of the head, and said, "Do you dare to think about expanding the territory?" ”

"Why not? Those Xiyi came from the other side of the sea, which means that there are many borderless lands in this world, and if I don't take them today, I will become a spear for others to attack me every day. The population of the Ming Dynasty is already tens of millions, and the land is no longer enough to cultivate. ”

Zhengde nodded, "That makes sense." The people of the grapevine country have already submitted their credentials, but their king Rausch was very excited when he heard about it, and sent some nobleman over and a gift to pay tribute, so he had to wait. ”

"Does Your Majesty have a craftsman?"

"I think the Grape King will be able to understand it."

When Zhengde said this, it was all the arrogance and pride of the kingdom. But when he thought about it, he didn't know the history of Portugal, so how could he attach importance to a small overseas country?

Jian Ning didn't say anything more, but felt that his book on the rise of the empire needed to be written urgently. After it is published, we will see how the market reacts, and then we will pretend to collect information, and then we will write a Ming Dynasty version of the rise of great powers, and also talk about the history of this Western country.

After dinner and resting for a while, Gao Feng came to report that the matter had been completed. Zhengde felt comforted, so he praised Gao Feng a few words. Then he chatted with Jian Ning for a while, and only went back when it was almost eight o'clock in the next life.

Liu Jin was hit by Zhengde and became well-behaved again. This incident is actually a bit big, Liu Jin was attacked by the folk Shilin again, and many people contributed articles and criticized him. Liu Jin finally felt a little scared, because he found that these people who did not become officials were much more terrible than the people in the court.

His Majesty has read the royal daily newspaper, and he can't do anything if he wants to be hoodwinked. I wanted to threaten Tang Yin, but Tang Yin has been protected by His Majesty, and if I don't behave a little more, I'm afraid I will be locked up again.

In desperation, Liu Jin had to change his style, honestly handle the affairs of sea trade, and no longer scrape the ground. It's just that he doesn't scrape the ground anymore, but those maritime merchants still don't let him go.

Robbing someone for money is like killing a parent. In the past, Zhang Yong only did some official monopoly business, and those silks and other things were all from the royal court, which was different from the route they took, so the impact was not great.

But after Father-in-law Liu came to power, it was different. Liu Jin is a strong person, how can he be satisfied just by taking a boutique route? So he came up with a package of projects, and it was directly completed.

That's good! Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and they pinch their noses to earn some money to subsidize the family, who makes the family the co-owner of the world? And take the high-end route, everyone does not affect each other. But your father-in-law Liu is good, this is not even for us to drink the soup?!

Gas! Resist or everyone will have no way to live! As a result, the Ming Dynasty ministers, who had always looked forward to Liu Gonggong's horse, suddenly changed direction and began to stumble Liu Jin openly and secretly. didn't participate in him on the face, but the eye medicine was on a lot, the so-called money can make the ghost grind, let alone a Liu Jin who blocked everyone's financial path?

It didn't take long for Liu Jin to be overwhelmed. Don't dare to use ruthless means again, those businessmen are grinding foreign workers, refusing to deliver goods left and right, seeing that the wind season is coming, and if they don't go to sea, this year will be over!

Thinking of this, Liu Jin was about to cry. But the criticism in the newspaper is not over, and he doesn't dare to act rashly, thinking about Haikou boasted in front of the Son of Heaven at the beginning of this year, and then looking at the current situation, Liu Jin has the heart to die.

"Sir, there's a gentleman outside."

"Who dares to come to me? Boom away! ”

Liu Jin was furious, and he was worried in his heart, how could he have the heart to meet guests?

"Master, slave, slave dare not ...... Then, that is the future nobleman, surnamed Jane......"

With a "flutter", Liu Jin stood up, his eyes glaring, "Who do you say?!" ”