Chapter 87: Cutting the Domain
"Free Trade Zone Plan?"
"He's still not dead!"
Empress Liang looked at the words that appeared on the simulator, and felt a little helpless in her heart, she knew about this plan for a long time, and even asked her father back then.
But his father, the emperor, said that it was a national policy to emphasize agriculture and suppress business.
The national policy cannot be moved lightly, otherwise it is easy to shake the national foundation.
"Father said that this opening cannot be easily opened, once those merchants are given status and privileges, they will become executioners and frantically harvest the people at the bottom."
"Everything is inferior, only reading is high!"
"Merchants must be at the bottom, and if everyone goes into business, how can anyone farm?"
Empress Liang Zhao muttered in her mouth, she also knows this very well, and the current atmosphere of officialdom and extravagance is caused by these businessmen.
In order to expand their business and win over the officials of the imperial court, they will do whatever it takes, and even take some extraordinary measures to let the officials enjoy a luxurious life, so that they can abandon their persistence for money.
"The free trade zone plan is tantamount to directly recognizing the status of businessmen, which is an invisible pressure on other regions."
"However, Zhou Zhenwen's real estate reform is very thoughtful, but unfortunately, there must be cement to succeed, and I don't know that he has no ...... in inventing cement now."
Empress Liang Zhao raised her hands in favor of harvesting the money of merchants, but she felt that the free trade zone plan was very risky.
[Zhou Zhenwen's free trade zone plan, above the court, there was a heated discussion. 】
[In the end, Zhou Zhenwen pushed out the public opinion and implemented it strongly, and Emperor Xuan could only temporarily agree after hesitation, agreeing to a three-year period, with half of Qingzhou as a pilot to verify the effect, if the effect is not good, or if there is a problem, the plan will be canceled. 】
[Zhou Zhenwen personally went to Qingzhou and began to preside over the overall situation. 】
[Emperor Xuan began to squeeze the power of the Tsing Yi Party and expand his power. 】
"Use the free trade zone plan to let Zhou Zhenwen temporarily leave Beijing for three years?"
Empress Liang Zhao suddenly felt that this matter was promising!
"Zhou Zhenwen is here, everything has to go through the cabinet, and after him, I can't show my hands."
"And a free trade zone, half of Qingzhou, can take away Zhou Zhenwen for three years!"
"In the past three years, I can completely clean up the forces of the Tsing Yi Party and place my henchmen in important positions, and when Zhou Zhenwen comes back, I don't have to look at his face!"
Empress Liang Zhao now thinks that the free trade zone plan should let Zhou Zhenwen toss!
Toss around!
What kind of storm can half of Qingzhou set off?
As long as I can control the overall situation of the imperial court, everything will not be a problem!
[In a year or two, in a flash, you have been reused by Emperor Xuan and have a certain prestige in the court! Became a representative of the pro-emperor party! 】
[You helped Emperor Xuan complete many major events and gradually entered the core of power. 】
[Suddenly, one day, above the court meeting, Gao Fengyu, the right attendant of the household department, proposed that the feudal kings in various places had more than 12 million stones, and most of the annual taxes of the imperial court were used to support the feudal kings, which was a great burden. 】
[Gao Fengyu, the right attendant of the household department: Please cut the feudal domain! ] Cut the expenses of the feudal clan! 】
[As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officials were in an uproar, and they exchanged heads and ears, and there were many discussions. 】
[The matter of cutting the feudal domain is almost the taboo that the Great Wilderness dare not mention. 】
[As early as after the death of Taizu, during the period of the second emperor, some ministers had proposed to cut the feudal domain, however, the feudal kings in various places were strong, and they were the brothers of the emperor at that time. 】
[During the reign of the subsequent emperors, they also successively had the idea of cutting the feudal domain, but due to various reasons, it was not realized. 】
[In the end, during the reign of the fifth emperor, the vassal king Yulu could not get rid of it, and he decided to officially cut the feudal domain for the sake of the great wilderness. 】
[As soon as this news came out, the vassal kings from all over the country protested, and some vassal kings even thought that villains and ministers appeared next to the emperor, and they played the slogan of Qingjun's side and Fengtianjing's difficulty. 】
[This frightened the emperor at that time and hurriedly dismissed the minister who made the suggestion and sent him to prison, and appeased the vassal kings of various places, which calmed down the matter. 】
[In the end, the vassal kings also compromised and agreed to control the generations of their descendants, and if they exceeded a certain number of descendants, they would no longer receive Yulu, which was regarded as giving the court a face, but the vassal kings also had one condition, that is, the descendants of the direct descendants, within three, the court must give Yulu and not cut it. 】
[The emperor agreed. 】
"In order to prolong the great wilderness, for thousands of generations, Taizu has set the ancestral motto, if there are traitors in the court, the vassal kings from all over the country can lead troops into Beijing, and the king of Qin will eliminate the traitor!!"
"This ancestral precept was originally intended to prevent the great wilderness from being rebelled by traitors and usurped power, but it became a means for the vassal king to support his troops and respect himself, once they did not follow their wishes, they could follow this ancestral precept, lead the troops into Beijing, and borrow the name of the Qing monarch to do things that are not subordinate......"
Empress Liang Zhao's face is not very good-looking, which is why she does not dare to rashly move these vassal kings.
The current reigning vassal kings, except for the king of Jingzhou, who has just succeeded to the throne, are all from her uncles.
She has no problem with letting her use the knife against these people, but cutting the domain is not just one person's domain, but all of them.
Once the eight vassal kings unite, the Great Wilderness will probably experience a catastrophe!
[Emperor Xuan: The matter of cutting the feudal domain will be discussed later. 】
[After the end of the early dynasty, Emperor Xuan came to you and asked: Feng Aiqing, do you think the matter of cutting the feudal domain can be carried out? 】
[You: Your Majesty, have you discussed the matter of cutting the feudal domain with Lord Zhou? 】
[Emperor Xuan was slightly displeased: he is now in Qingzhou, how to discuss? 】
[You: Your Majesty can declare him to Beijing.] 】
[Emperor Xuan: Let him come back? 】
[Emperor Xuan hesitated a little, and finally agreed to let Zhou Zhenwen return to Beijing to face the saint under your persuasion. 】
[More than ten days later, Zhou Zhenwen arrived in the capital and came to the imperial study. 】
[Zhou Zhenwen: Your Majesty. 】
[Emperor Xuan: Zhou Aiqing, let you come back, there is one thing, I want to ask your opinion. 】
[Zhou Zhenwen: Your Majesty, please speak. 】
[Emperor Xuan: Feng Aiqing, come on. 】
[You: Yes, Your Majesty.] 】
[You told Zhou Zhenwen about cutting the domain. 】
[Zhou Zhenwen pondered for a moment and said: The matter of cutting the feudal domain is imperative, and this move is a matter of merit in the present and benefit in the future! The vassal kings of various places continued to encroach on the land, and the king of Guangyi alone occupied more than 30,000 hectares of cultivated land, wantonly embezzling the country's land, as if it was a country within a country! 】
[Emperor Xuan: The land of Bashu is easy to defend and difficult to attack, since ancient times! ] There are many elite soldiers and good generals under the command of King Yi, and if you want to cut his domain, I am afraid it will not be easy to ......]
[Zhou Zhenwen: The minister can go to Yizhou, as a special envoy, to meet this Yiwang! 】