The coming and going of the five spring and autumn seasons has greatly changed the appearance of today's court.

The first assistant of the cabinet, Congzhe, has returned to his hometown because of old age.

The other two cabinet members, one of whom died, and one of whom died.

In today's cabinet, except for a new cabinet member, only Huang Kezhang and Yan Chenhao are left in the cabinet since Emperor Wuxing first ascended the throne.

These two people are both people mentioned by Wanli before his death, and they belong to "Gu Ming".

Among them, Yan Chenhao officially ascended to the position of first assistant not long ago, and Huang Kezhang is the second assistant.

In terms of seniority, of course, Huang Kezhang should be the first, but the emperor's trust in Yan Chenhao is in everyone's eyes, not to mention that many of the plans he put forward for the imperial problems are excellent, which can also show his talent.

When the position of first assistant was vacant, Yan Chenhao was almost expected.

Huang Kezhang is also a loyal and upright minister, he did not have the slightest opposition to Yan Chenhao's ascendancy, and he also cooperated with him when dealing with government affairs, and the tacit understanding between the two laid a good foundation for the governance of the empire.

Yan Chenhao looked at the position of the head of the group of ministers.

After decades, he finally got here.

He also changed from a high-spirited teenager to an old man with gray hair. However, he can finally stand in this position and realize his dream of governing the country.

Now, the emperor trusts him, he has reached the peak, and his subordinates have their own team, and the ministers in the court and the central government dare not offend easily.

It's time to begin his governance.

First of all, it is to clear the acres of land and clean up the hidden households.

Logically speaking, he was actually born in the landlord class, and this policy was undoubtedly an infringement on the interests of the landlords and gentry.

But in every era, there are always a few people who betray the class. For the sake of their own ideals and the common people of the world, they have chosen to run counter to their own class, just for the better development of the country.

Yan Chenhao is such a person.

Moreover, he actually didn't know about Yan Ling's existence.

In fact, Yan Ling often calls some capable juniors in the family to cultivate them personally, such as the current owner of Changle Bookstore, which is the propaganda method of various later generations taught by Yan Ling, and he also saw the monstrous nobility behind Yan Chenhao, but unexpectedly, he did not personally teach this person who is destined to be prominent in the future, even if he has shown extraordinary intelligence since he was a child.

Yan Chenxin even thought that his ancestors looked down on Yan Chenhao's concubine background, but Yan Ling also trained those concubines with business talents.

He was very confused, but if Zu didn't say it, he naturally wouldn't ask this kind of question.

And Yan Chenhao, in fact, was a little apprehensive at the beginning, after all, the Yan family is the largest landlord in the southeast, and there is also a lot of land in the north.

To put it seriously, he is betraying the family!

However, he had already made up his mind.

He was even ready to personally persuade the Duke of Yue Guo to cut the meat, but unexpectedly, the decree was not hindered in the slightest in the family's sphere of influence.

He believes that this is the family's support for him, and he is more at ease.

And the results of the inventory are also very satisfactory to him: the family's land is basically paying taxes on time.

This is also the confidence of the Yue Guogong to dare to do this - their land is in accordance with the law.

After all, today's family already owns a lot of land overseas, plus business and other things, and the daily income is astronomical, and there is no need to pay so little tax.

It's a hidden household, there are indeed a lot, and there are a lot of displaced people who have been taken in by the family over the years, although many have been sent overseas, but there are also many who have been left to farm, but their method of dealing with it is also very simple - send it overseas, isn't it over? Wait for the wind to pass, and then pick it up.

What, you ask me why this large piece of land is empty and not rented out - you care about me.

And Yan Chenhao's attack on his own family also shows his determination, Yan's cooperation, but also played a certain representative role, although most of the landlords are reluctant, but seeing that the other party is now powerful, they have no choice but to do so.

However, not everyone is so honest.

Soon, something went wrong on Nanzhili's side - several officials who went to Qingzhang Tianmu in Jiangxi Province died inexplicably.

After some investigation, the officials of Nanzhili came to the following conclusion:

He was robbed by bandits and died unexpectedly.

Then they quickly sent troops to encircle and suppress them, annihilating all the strongmen, and the generals and local prefects also invited them to take credit.

When the news reached the court, both Yan Chenhao and Emperor Wuxing were furious.

You must know that Yan Chenhao's policy strategy was approved by Zhu Changxun.

The other party, this is simply slapping them in the face!

As for the reason why some bandits robbed the road, the two didn't believe it at all.

What are the bandits doing with the petty officials sent by the imperial court to clear the fields? Figure how little they are? Figure their low status?

What's more, Nanzhili, the heart of the imperial court, near Nanjing, how could there be such a bold thief!

"How daring, is this my world, or theirs? Dare to kill the officials of the imperial court and obstruct the orders of the imperial court! It's the other way around! I want to send the Beijing army to the south, supervise this policy, and those who violate the order will be beheaded! Zhu Changxun roared angrily in his study, he couldn't bear it anymore, and wanted to use force to deal with these courtiers who did not obey his orders.

After all, when Yan Chenhao mentioned this item to him and said that it could fill the treasury, he was also very happy and supported it.

"Your Majesty, there is still news here, it is said that the officials of Qingzhang have also encountered obstacles in several other provinces, although there is no fear of life, but the situation is also very bad." Yan Chenhao said coldly, this time he did not stop the emperor's impulse.

He knew very well that most of the so-called bandits were instructed by the clans of Nanzhili, and these clans of Nanzhili, standing behind them, must be the nobles of Nanjing!

The current situation is that although most provinces have chosen to obey under the influence of example, there are also several provinces where the gentry and landlords are dissatisfied, among which Nanzhi, who has gathered a large number of nobles, is the most daring and directly intercepts and kills the officials of the imperial court!

After all, five years have passed, and five years of Daming have not used sword soldiers, and those guys have begun to gradually forget the martial arts of this emperor!

The gentry and landlords of other provinces, although they did not dare to kill like Nan Zhili for the time being, but they also expressed their opposition to this, and it is conceivable that if the imperial court died down, those officials would be in danger of their lives!

They may even want to use this method to force the emperor to compromise with them!

(End of chapter)