Chapter 8: The Awakening of the Tool Man

While Zhu Jingyuan continues to think about politics, he has gradually realized his own value, a bit like a giant panda who understands that he is a national treasure.

Since you all use me as a tool man, don't blame the tool man for having a big appetite.

From the very beginning, Zhu Jingyuan believed that the simplest and most direct way to turn the crisis-ridden empire into peace was to let the royal family sell its interests.

The most direct and rapid way to transfer profits is to open up some of the profiteering industries that are exclusively owned by the royal family.

Zhu Jingyuan selected such typical ones as industrialized brewing and wholesale, industrial sugar production and wholesale and export, tea wholesale and export, large-scale iron and steel smelting and sales, production and sales of vehicles and large machinery, and construction and sales of large ships.

There are light industry, heavy industry, industry and agriculture, import and export, and traditional industry and commerce, all of which have very good profit margins.

Of course, the royal family also has more core industries such as cigarettes, mining, oil refining, and munitions, which Zhu Jingyuan has not brought out and may never take out.

Just the six items of wine, sugar, tea, steel, machinery, and ships are enough for private capital to digest for many years, and they should be able to accept his previous conditions happily.

That is, it was agreed to abolish the feudal domain and establish provinces, and allow the capital, elites, and workers of the feudal state to enter the territory and compete with them.

If this kind of proposal and demand for the royal family to cede benefits is not put forward before the armistice, there may never be a chance when the peace talks are completed.

Zhu Jingyuan believes that his grandfather, the old emperor, should be far-sighted and should be able to understand the same truth.

But as the patriarch of the royal family, he may also be influenced by the entire clan group, and he can't rashly take the initiative to propose such a plan.

But after taking the blame for him and proposing the direction by himself, he should be able to "reluctantly" accept it.

Because the vast majority of princes and ministers would enthusiastically approve of it.

Sure enough, Zhu Jingyuan said his second proposal, and the Wenhua Hall immediately became lively again.

The previous chaos was everyone's collective opposition and boycott of Zhu Jingyuan, but now it has turned into full support with surprise and luck.

This proposal was well received, and the only one who was hurt was the royal family, at least the emperor and the other royals on the scene would think so.

Several members of the royal family led by the emperor now widened their eyes and looked at Zhu Jingyuan with incredulous faces.

Zhu Jingyuan himself, under the fierce gaze of two uncles, two uncles, and one grandfather, stood straight and stood still, waiting for the old emperor's response.

The old emperor coughed heavily, and the scene quickly fell silent.

The old emperor raised his cloudy eyes and looked at Zhu Jingyuan below:

"Bastard, did you forget everything you learned just after graduation? Do you know where your own position should be? ”

There are no supernatural powers in this world, but the majesty of the superior who wields great power can still make ordinary people instinctively tremble and fear.

The old emperor vaguely showed a tendency to be angry, and the people around him seemed to be immediately under invisible mental pressure, and they all bowed their heads and remained silent.

Zhu Jingyuan, who bore the brunt of the attack, directly oozed a cold sweat from his back, and subconsciously wanted to retreat.

But Zhu Jingyuan finally persevered, lifted one foot and put it down, and after taking a deep breath, he replied with a stiff neck:

"I personally should represent the interests of the royal clan, but at the same time, I should represent the interests of the elite groups of the Ming Empire, and even more so, the national interests of the entire Ming Empire.

"The Ming Empire gets more benefits, the elite group of the empire can reap more benefits, and the royal family, as the leader of the elite group, can share more benefits.

"The imperial elite is the main force of the empire now, and to safeguard the national interests of the Ming Empire, it is necessary to liberate and strengthen the power of the entire elite.

"As a family, our power has reached the limit, and we cannot control the world with the power of one family.

"But I think that all the elites of the Ming Empire, led by the royal family, have the power to control the whole world!

"The royal family will give away part of the benefits and nurture the elite of the empire to continue to grow and grow, so that the Ming Empire will be stronger, and finally the royal family will share more benefits!

"The imperial family, the imperial elite, and the imperial state, our interests converge at a higher level, not contradictory."

Zhu Jingyuan knew that his current age was just right, and he could be a young man and an old man with foresight, and he could retreat without being a child, so he simply stabbed the window paper open.

Zhu Jingyuan's study content includes social class and interests, national interests and the relationship between rulers, etc., and there is no prohibition on the spread of relevant content.

Therefore, the emperor, the prince, the grandson, the nobles, and the ministers can all understand what Zhu Jingyuan said, and at the same time understand its logic very well.

Under the guidance of Emperor Shizu, the royal family and magnates, who had been fully capitalized, were not resistant to topics such as the acquisition and distribution of benefits.

It's just that under normal circumstances, no one will be as explicit as Zhu Jingyuan said, explicit and harsh, and adults will cover it up a little.

But now no one criticizes Zhu Jingyuan, and no one stands up against Zhu Jingyuan, but they all think that what Zhu Jingyuan said is too good.

Now, in addition to the royal family, all the capitals of the entire empire, including the vassal states, will stand behind Zhu Jingyuan.

Some people have even subconsciously sighed in their hearts, it would be good if Zhu Jingyuan in front of them was the emperor.

has been oppressed for a long time by the royal family who only wants to eat alone, and the development of a very unsound group of imperial capital elites is very eager to have an emperor who is willing to bring everyone to riches.

But these are not enough, because the power of the royal consortium may be stronger than all the other capital of the entire empire combined.

No one can force the emperor who controls the royal consortium except for a change of dynasty.

Therefore, everyone can only persuade, and can only expect the emperor to change his concept, or he himself has a higher consciousness, not just as a spokesperson for imperial capital.

So after Zhu Jingyuan finished saying his thoughts, he was very serious, very sincere and solemn again, bowing to the old emperor and pleading:

"Grandpa Huang, this is my personal real thoughts and judgments, I think it's time for us to give away some benefits to everyone.

"I think that as long as the emperor makes a decision and cooperates with the corresponding reform measures, Daming will definitely be able to turn the crisis into safety."

With Zhu Jingyuan's words, everyone on the scene looked at the old emperor again, including his two brothers and son, waiting for the old emperor's reply.

The old emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and he seemed to be a little out of energy, he didn't know whether to talk to himself, or to ask Zhu Jingyuan, and said a sentence in his mouth:

"Is it time to sell your benefits......

The others were a little excited, thinking that the old emperor had begun to seriously think about Zhu Jingyuan's suggestion, so they didn't dare to make a sound, but just listened quietly.

Zhu Jingyuan himself subconsciously replied:

"I think it's time."

The old emperor exhaled lightly, and continued to ask in a casual tone:

"Do you have anything else in mind?"

Zhu Jingyuan was a little embarrassed, originally his own idea was to hope that the old emperor would agree to this article first, and then talk about other requirements himself.

Say the thoughts of each side one by one, and let the emperor give answers on the spot in turn.

This is equivalent to spreading a large number of applications to be submitted, which should be able to lower the psychological threshold of the emperor's approval.

The point is, even if all the applications are not approved, there are probably a few individual items that can be approved.

If you pile up a bunch of applications, if you're lucky, you might get all of them approved, but if you're unlucky, you might be rejected for all.

But now that the emperor said so, Zhu Jingyuan can only continue:

"Uh...... Yesβ€”"