Zhang Juzheng still cares about his image in Zhu Yijun's heart.

This has something to do with the fact that Zhu Yijun is both his monarch and his student.

Of course, the bigger reason is that Zhang Juzheng has become more and more afraid to despise himself as a student, and has to consider his feelings as an emperor's student.

"One more thing."

Because of this, Zhang Juzheng also instructed Zhang Jingxiu again: "Pass my words to the royal history of the city patrol, let him select a group of sturdy soldiers in the Soldiers and Horses Division, maintain order in the densely populated place outside the Zhengyang Gate every day, avoid trampling, and report the need for increased salaries." ”

Zhang Jingxiu said yes.

Forbidden city.

After Zhu Yijun returned to the palace, he first went to see the queen mother of the two palaces, and after saying hello and chatting with the queen mother of the two palaces for a while, he returned to his Qianqing Palace.

And after Zhu Yijun came back, he happened to see the Song version of the Four Books Annotation sent by Li Rusong, and smiled faintly, and said in his heart: "I want to test me, where can I make you so easy to tempt!" ”

After Zhu Yijun scolded a few words, he ordered someone to take down a treasure bow given by Li Rusong that was said to be Li Chengliang's treasure from the partition and held it in his hand.

Zhu Yijun tried to pull the bow, and then found that the heavy bow was really difficult, so that he gritted his teeth and couldn't pull it away, and he didn't even make the sound of the strings playing cotton.

Zhu Yijun could only give up, continue to put it in the bedroom as an ornament, and wait for the future to try again when he has more strength.

At this time, Zhang Whale came over and said: "Emperor, Zhang Jingxiu came to report that Mr. Yuanfu Zhang returned the two orchids that General Qi gave him, and said that the old slave was not Feng Bao, and he told the emperor everything." ”

Zhu Yijun sneered after hearing this.

In fact, Zhu Yijun never thought that he really wanted Zhang Juzheng to be a saint, especially a morally perfect saint.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun will not be like Wanli in history, because he learned that the gentleman in his mind, who always thought that he was honest and did not favor favoritism, was also a greedy and womanizer, and even broke down because he went out for his son and even built a luxury mansion.

Zhu Yijun, as long as Zhang Juzheng is willing to take the blame for him, he is willing to train a group of reformers for him in the early stage, and he will first find a way on the road of reform, and as for Zhang Juzheng, the beauty is so extravagant, including Wang Shizhen, he said that he is a famous dog, and he will not care too much.

But Zhang Juzheng wants to maintain an image in front of him, and he will not stop him.

In Zhu Yijun's view, this is also a good thing.

At least in the future, when the bureaucracy counterattacks Zhang Juzheng because of his abuse of power and restructuring, he, the emperor, can have more confidence to protect him.

After all, Confucian society does place a high value on morality.

Especially in history, when the Donglin Party appeared in the late Ming Dynasty, the requirements of the scholars of the Donglin faction for morality reached the peak.

As a result, more hypocrites are produced.

Of course, this is related to the social conflict that will arise in the future after the impact of the commodity economy on the agrarian society of the Ming Dynasty.

On the one hand, the idea of money worship is aggravated, which leads to the decline of the world; On the one hand, because most of the people who have the ability to worship money are bureaucrats and gentry, many scholars and doctors want to strengthen the moral construction of the emperor and bureaucrats, but they turn a blind eye to the deep-seated changes that should be carried out in society politically and economically.

For no other reason, the latter is equivalent to cutting one's own flesh, while the former is naturally easier.

Therefore, the crazy promotion of moral construction to solve social problems is over, and more people can support it.

"Let him go."

Zhu Yijun knew that Zhang Juzheng, as a member of the Confucian scholars, still had moral baggage, even if he knew that it was impossible to be a moral pacesetter, he still wanted to disguise himself in front of the emperor.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun didn't say much, but asked next: "Is there anything else?" ”

Zhang Whale replied: "Mr. Yuanfu Zhang told Zhang Whale Xiu that he has communicated with Da Sikong and intends to ask the imperial court to further open the sea and abolish the craftsman household system. ”

"That's the right thing!"

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked: "Last time you copied Feng Bao's family property, how much did the Xu family give Feng Bao that year?" ”

"Back to the emperor, there are more than 1.2 million taels."

Zhang Whale replied.

Zhu Yijun said: "I remember that Liu Yaohai, the governor of Fujian, reported that the annual tax revenue of Yuegang in the opening of the sea was more than 11,000 taels, right?" ”

"That's right."

Zhang Whale replied.

Zhu Yijun was silent after hearing this.

He didn't expect that the opening of the sea during the Longqing period brought less than one hundredth of the tax revenue to the country in a year by a local gentry.

Originally, it was all my money, but I could only take 1 hundredth.

This made Zhu Yijun feel very uncomfortable.

Thinking about it again, in history, Zheng Zhilong could earn more than 20 million taels of silver a year by relying on sea trade.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty was so closed, and the tariffs during the Qianlong period were more than 6 million taels.

Zhu Yijun suddenly felt that his taxes in the Ming Dynasty were really low and pitiful, and the policy of opening the sea that boldly broke the constraints of the ancestral system only enriched the local wealthy people.

"And I remember that when the first emperor opened Haiyue Harbor for the first time, the annual income was only more than two thousand taels, right?"

Zhu Yijun asked again.

Zhang Whale replied again: "That's right. ”

Zhu Yijun did not say anything more.

But he also had to admit in his heart that there were indeed benefits to opening the sea, but the civil officials and bureaucrats responsible for formulating taxes set the taxes very low under the banner of not seizing benefits from the people, and the benefits of opening the sea that the state did not get were far less than those of the local gentry.

"It seems that, no matter what, opening the sea can indeed increase national finance."

Zhu Yijun said and asked Zhang Jing: "Do you think Mr. can they succeed in continuing to open the sea?" ”

Zhang Jing said at this time: "Since the emperor asked, the old slave dared to say it bluntly, I'm afraid it will be difficult!" ”

"Tell me your reasoning."

There are some truths that Zhu Yijun can't learn from the mouth of the doctor, but can only learn some from the mouth of the house slave.

This is also a combination of listening and understanding.

"Yes!"

"Your lord, in fact, except for Fujian and Zhejiang, which are really because there are many mountains and few lands, if the people are not allowed to go to sea, there will be a civil uprising, and other large households that rely on Haili do not want the imperial court to open the sea."

"Being able to open the Moon Port, it is really because they are afraid of the Japanese rebellion, coupled with the fact that Gao Xinzheng was deeply trusted by the first emperor, this person dared to do things, and he was able to overcome public opinion, and with the support of a group of Fujian and Zhejiang officials, he opened Haiyue Port, and only then did he snatch tens of thousands of taels from Haili in the world and now come out to the imperial court for military salaries."

"Further opening the sea means that we must further strengthen the sailors, so as to ensure that the sea is safe and the small people dare to go to sea, in this case, the imperial court will also have to increase taxes, and at the same time, there will be more small people going to sea;"

"And if the sea is not opened, then Haili can only be monopolized by the gentry, they can cooperate with the pirates, or raise armed families themselves, without worrying that the court sailors are not strong and the pirates at sea are rampant, and even they will work part-time as pirates to plunder the land people."

"Therefore, now that the sea is opened again, it is equivalent to taking 10,000 or even tens of thousands of taels of silver from the hands of the big gentry who eat Haili from all over the country to the imperial court, and it is also necessary to let the small people have the opportunity to go to sea directly, take away the Haili of the big gentry, and also let the big families no longer collude with pirates to plunder the rich people on land, so I am afraid that this will make the big gentry very dissatisfied."

"Originally, now tens of thousands of taels of silver were given to the court in Yuegang, and they were all considered to be taking profits from the people!"

Zhang Whale replied.

Regarding the tens of thousands of taels of sea tax in Yuegang, Zhu Yijun originally felt that he had taken less!

As a result, according to Zhang Whale's meaning, in fact, people are too much!

It is better not to give a penny to the court, and not let the people earn a penny.

And the people can only work the land, to be lambs to the slaughter.

"A Xu family can earn millions of Haili a year, and I can only get more than 10,000 taels, or Gao Gong and these people are desperately fighting for it, and they don't even want to give this 10,000 taels."

"Is this Da Ming still my Da Ming?!"

Zhu Yijun asked as he spoke.

"The emperor is angry!"

"Fortunately, Mr. Yuanfu Zhang and Da Sikong are still ministers who are determined to innovate and are loyal to the country, so they are willing to increase the national treasury in this way that does not need to be endowed to the small people, but only offends the big households."

Zhang Whale hurriedly knelt down and replied.

"You're right, I'm lucky, get up."

Zhu Yijun said.

"Emperor Xie!"