Chapter 350: The Heart of the People
To reduce the burden on the people of the world, so as to win the hearts of the people, this is Zhu Youzhen's purpose. As for the silver collected each year, I can think of other ways.
Jiannu was disabled, and the external troubles disappeared temporarily, and the next step was to gradually change according to his own plan, and completely transform the entire Ming Dynasty into the appearance in his heart. In this process, the interests of the gentry will inevitably be harmed, and it will inevitably be opposed by many gentry and even the entire gentry class. So he needs to pull allies, he needs someone to support him. In addition to the army in his hands and the righteousness occupied by the position of the emperor, the greatest support comes from ordinary people.
If you can get the support of the people of the world, if you can win the hearts of the people of the world, what is the reason for the gentry class?
Who is your friend and who is your enemy is the first question to be clarified in order to implement change!
The reform should move the interests of the gentry class, and in addition to himself, the emperor, but also the people of the world will benefit, so the people of the world are their biggest supporters. How to win the support of the people all over the world, the suspension of Liao salary is the first gift!
Of course, the suspension of the levy of Liao salary will damage the interests of some people, such as the officials cannot take the opportunity to loot the people, for example, the gentry cannot take advantage of the people's inability to pay the silver to carry out annexation, and these are naturally not considered by Zhu Youzhen.
As for whether there will be opposition in the court, there will naturally be, but as long as the will to stop levying Liao salary is thrown, there is no need for Zhu Youzhen to do it himself, and naturally someone will charge for him. After all, although there are many bastards among civil officials, there are also many clear streams, and there are many people who really care about the people, even if they are verbal.
Wang Chengen silently retreated after announcing the decree, Zhu Youzhen did not speak again, but looked at the expressions of the officials in the court with great interest, and saw the stunned, hesitation, and excitement on the faces of many people, which made Zhu Youzhen very satisfied.
In the train, many officials looked confused, such as Zhang Jie, Zhong Jianyuan, Xu Song, Shi Fan and other imperial histories, and Zhu Youzhen's holy decree suddenly disrupted their rhythm.
They originally wanted to attack Sun Chuanting in the court, attack Sun Chuanting for ignoring the great cause of recovering Liao, ignoring the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, withdraw troops from Liaoyang without authorization, attack Sun Chuanting for colluding with Jiannu, and so on. Most of the officials of the Ming Dynasty are very happy, at this time to recover Liaodong, attacking Jiannu is the greatest righteousness, as long as you pull here is to occupy the righteousness, you can win the support of many officials.
As for the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, whether it has the ability to maintain the garrison in Liaoyang and whether it has the strength to fight again is not considered by these officials at all. The treasury does not have money and does not do their business, and whether they can win the war or not does not do their business, they only need to shout the slogan of recovering Liaodong and swearing to destroy Jiannu to reap the profits.
As long as there is a lot of emotion in the court, and most of the officials support the occupation of Liaoyang and the removal of Sun Chuanting, then the emperor has to give in.
However, unexpectedly, before they could impeach Sun Chuanting, the emperor brazenly announced the suspension of the levy of Liao salary to reduce the burden on the people of the world. The emperor's move was for the sake of the people of the world, and he naturally occupied the moral high ground. Over the years, what the people of the Ming Dynasty have been doing, people of insight have seen it, and to reduce the burden on the people, they can naturally get the support of many Qingliu officials.
In the case that Jiannu no longer poses a threat, forcibly recovering Liaodong and reducing the burden on the people is more important, and many officials will hesitate, including some imperial histories who originally wanted to impeach Sun Chuanting.
For a while, there was a brief silence in the court.
In the queue of civil officials, Hong Chengchou was stunned for a moment, and took the lead in praising it: "Your Majesty is benevolent, and he is really the lord of the Holy Ming!" ”
Zhu Youzhen's move to stop levying Liao salaries was not discussed with Hong Chengchou, a confidant, in advance, but Hong Chengchou still guessed Zhu Youzhen's intentions at once.
"The people of the world have been suffering for a long time, and Your Majesty's move is really an upside down to relieve the people." Qingliu representative Li Banghua also praised.
Sun Chengzong hesitated for a moment, but finally did not stand up. He has always opposed the withdrawal of troops from Liaodong, believing that he should take advantage of the damage of the Jiannu force to restore the old land of Liaodong, but he had already formed a decision when he was summoned by the emperor in the palace before, and it was naturally difficult to oppose it at this moment. Since the troops were to be withdrawn, the war in Liaodong came to an end, and it was natural to suspend the levy of Liaodong. Sun Chengzong is also a clear stream and was born in Donglin, but the clear stream and the clear stream are also different.
Seeing this situation, many people were anxious, and Zhang Jie, the deputy envoy of the capital, stood up: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be cautious and not handled." ”
"As His Majesty said, Jiannu suffered heavy losses, but its main force was not damaged too much, the so-called hundred-legged insect died but not stiff, Jiannu was not driven out of Liaodong for a day, the war in Liaodong was not over, at this time the levy of Liaonu was suspended, once the war resumed, what should the court do to deal with Jiannu, if the war was repeated because of the lack of money and food, then the previous efforts were wasted, not my luck."
"Yes, Your Majesty think twice!"
"Anyway, the Liao salary has been levied for so many years, so you might as well collect it for a few more years, and wait until the Jiannu is completely pacified."
I have to say that Zhang Jie's words are still reasonable, and he immediately won the support of many people.
"Hehe, you have ill intentions, do you want to cause trouble to the Ming Dynasty?" Someone sneered and scolded, which immediately provoked many people to look at them angrily.
In the eyes of many people, Wen Tiren flashed out of the train, pointed at Zhang Jie and reprimanded angrily: "You are still the imperial history, you know that you are intriguing in the court all day long, you know about impeachment and impeachment all day long, and you don't know anything about the situation of the people in the world!" ”
"From the sixth year of the Apocalypse to the first year of Chongzhen, Songjiang Mansion has experienced heavy snowfall for three consecutive years, Sang Miao has frozen to death, and more than 100,000 people have been affected. Just this year, Hubei Province suffered heavy thunder, snow and hail, freezing people and animals to death, hundreds of thousands of people's houses were smashed by hail, crops were destroyed by hail, and no grain was harvested and became homeless. This is still the rich Jiangnan region, and the northern provinces have been plagued by numerous natural disasters in recent years, such as droughts, locust plagues, and earthquakes.
All kinds of disasters have forced the people to have no food and clothing, and the imperial court has increased the salary many times, so that many people have been forced to become homeless. There are more and more displaced people, and the government has no money to provide pensions, so that civil unrest occurs from time to time. Xu Hongru in Shandong, Wang Er, Wang Jiayin and other civil unrest in Shaanxi all crossed prefectures and counties, and it took a lot of effort for the imperial court to calm down.
The current Ming Dynasty is like being on a volcanic crater, and it will be burned to pieces at any time due to volcanic eruptions. At present, since Liaodong has been settled, the imperial court should focus on caring for the people, loving the people, and recuperating and recuperating, instead of recklessly using military force.
The land of Liaodong is there, and you can recover whatever you want, but the people can't stand such suffering! ”
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