In fact, Zhu Houwei is not unaware of the lawlessness of officials, especially corruption, but he knows better the truth that if the water is clear, there is no fish, so as long as it is not a huge corruption, and he is not an official who eats a vegetarian meal, as an emperor, many times he will only choose to turn a blind eye out of helplessness.

But after all, the relaxed political environment still made the officials all over the world feel that the emperor was benevolent, so that they forgot the ruthlessness of Emperor Jiajing.

Taxation is the foundation of the country, a stable tax source is the cornerstone of the country's long-term stability, in Zhu Houwei's view, as a king, wealth and military, these two need to be absolutely controlled, once these two erosion, then a generation of dynasties will inevitably decline, and this is Zhu Houwei's bottom line!

Now that the government affairs of the Ming Dynasty are on the right track, the Dawu Dynasty in the battle of the Rhine in Western Europe completely defeated the military strength of Western European countries, forcing a large number of Western European people to choose to flee overseas.

That is to say, when the current Ming Dynasty has stabilized, what Zhu Houwei wanted to do at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, but has not been doing, should also enter the process of implementation.

This thing is the land!

It can even be said that in the past ten years, what Zhu Houwei has done can almost be said to be making sufficient preparations for the rectification of the land policy!

In the agricultural era, the importance of land is undoubted, land annexation is the root cause of the collapse of the dynasty, the loss of land is the most basic reason why the people can not survive, what locust plague, floods, droughts and various natural disasters are also inextricably linked with the land.

In addition, the most important thing about the land is that it involves a large interest group, which is deeply entrenched, like a towering tree, and trying to uproot it may shake the foundation of the dynasty.

There are too many interests involved, among which interests are not at all a problem that can be completely solved by killing hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people to deter the world.

Emperor Taizu, as the emperor who loved the people the most throughout the ages, the sharpness of his butcher's knife made the entire world's interest class tremble, did the Hongwu Dynasty restrain land annexation?

The Manchu emperor never killed softly, and solved the land annexation?

For the ruler, land annexation is the biggest stubborn disease of the feudal dynasty, even if it is clearly recorded in the history books, all the great emperors also know that if they don't get rid of this stubborn disease, the dynasty will be dragged down sooner or later, but no one dares to move, why?

Because if you take a trigger and move the whole body, and take action against the annexation of land, it is tantamount to declaring war on the interests of the whole world!

Those martial artists who were born and died to help the Zhu family fight the world, your old Zhu family is the emperor and has the greatest power in the world, shouldn't these martial artists follow together to enjoy happiness!

The scholars in the world, no one asks for ten years, in order to one day be able to take the imperial examination and govern the world for the royal family, shouldn't their efforts be rewarded?

The local is strong, intertwined, holding all walks of life, and it is not easy to move lightly!

But if the land is not changed, it is not enough to settle the world!

So over the years, Zhu Houwei seems to be reforming one malpractice after another, but in fact, he is sharpening his knife!

The sharper the knife edge, the faster it can cut through the mess!

The interest classes under this world include clans, nobles, officials, wealthy families, and squires......

Why did Zhu Houwei have to exclude the clan and nobles overseas?

This is to dig roots, the clan nobles have deep roots in the local area, and it is also the biggest obstacle to reforming the land, and driving these people overseas is tantamount to making them lose their roots.

Without the entanglement of intertwined interests, the individual strength of the clan and the nobles will be weakened to the extreme, and a new dynasty will be born, and it will naturally have the confidence to clean up this part of the people!

can even be done a little more excessively, such as learning from Zhu Houwei's Fangshan, as long as the ruler is shameless, does not take into account the feelings of the clan, and is not afraid of being infamy, then all the bullshit clan nobles are rubbish.

For example, Zhu Houzhao is almost doing this now, he concentrated all the clans and nobles who immigrated to Western Europe in Portugal and Yazhou, that is, on the boundaries of the original Portugal, and did not send officials to govern, except for the clans brought by the clan nobles themselves, no one was allowed to enter the land of these two states.

To put it bluntly, it is laissez-faire, whether it is contradictory or dead, whether you are fighting or dying, you are so energetic that you toss and sink, even if you toss and sink the two states, and you are desperate, he doesn't ask!

This heart-hearted Zhu Houwei is more ruthless than him, you must know that although Zhu Houwei has set up a clan, he has arranged something for the clan to do, whether it is from literature, the army or business, he will not stop him, so as to eliminate the resentment and hostility of the clan all over the world towards him.

Zhu Houzhao is more direct, he won't go around the bends, so he chose the simplest and most brutal way to let the clan and the nobles die out naturally......

And, of course, Prison Island...... This one is even more ruthless......

The migration of a large number of clans and nobles led to a large amount of land, which was sold through the government, and finally nine out of ten were taken over by the gentry of the wealthy clan, but this did not surprise Zhu Houwei, if these heroes who saw the land were like flies seeing blood did not pounce, he might be surprised.

The clan and the honorable are the two biggest roadblocks in front of the land policy, and now the roadblocks in the Ming Dynasty have lost their sharp fangs and claws!

In addition to getting rid of the nobles of the clan, Zhu Houwei encouraged commerce and also promoted industry, and this itself is a double-edged sword, which will not be mentioned here for the time being.

Now, through Zhu Houwei's careful arrangement for more than ten years, he already has the capital to do his own on the land!

As long as the land is reformed and the hidden land is eliminated, then the hidden household loses its hidden value......

"Go and call Zhai Luan." Zhu Houwei gave an order, and after the little eunuch left, he said, "Tianyuan."

"The minister is here."

"Jinyiwei's knife hasn't been cut for a long time, so that officials all over the world have almost forgotten how sharp my knife is, do you know what to do?"

Yan Tianyuan said solemnly: "Your Majesty just rest assured, the minister knows what to do!"

"Good, good." Zhu Houwei snorted coldly: "If you don't kill, it's not enough to deter the world, I will let Tianyan cooperate with Jinyiwei, and first use thousands of officials' heads to rectify the bad wind in the world!"

"Obey the order!"

"Go, don't let me down......"

"The minister retires......" Yan Tianyuan bowed and retreated.

Not long after leaving, Zhai Luan arrived at the imperial study, with a hint of horror on his face, he met Yan Tianyuan in front of the palace just now!

In the eyes of the courtiers, the Jinyi Wei of the Ming Dynasty has already existed in name only, and the commander of the Jinyi Wei makes Yan Tianyuan even a humble gentleman, it is conceivable that as the emperor's loyal dog, it is ironic to get such an evaluation.

However, at that moment just now, Zhai Luan felt a murderous aura on Yan Tianyuan's body, a murderous aura that soared into the sky!

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