After the monarch and ministers reached an agreement on military affairs, Zhu Qiyu decided to continue to test it, so he smiled at everyone and said, "What do you think about going to the West?" ”

In the previous battle to defend Beijing, the core secret, Zhu Qiyu only communicated with a few of his closest henchmen. Even Chen Xun, Wang Wen and others were excluded.

Zhu Qiyu knew in his heart that it was just an expedient measure, but it could not be repeated. If they are always hiding with Chen Xun, Wang Wen and other cronies, they should give birth to mustard after a long time.

So now, Zhu Qiyu doesn't hide it, and directly tells everyone that he wants to go to the West again.

When it comes to going to the West, these Wenchen who have lived dozens of years older have psychological shadows.

In those years, when they went to the West and built ships, they spent all the money of the imperial court.

The huge profits from Western trade were all put into the emperor's pocket.

What is this?

The most important thing is that Emperor Taizong still took the money to do the two things that his ministers hated the most: building Beijing, forcibly moving the capital, and constantly conquering Mongolia.

After years of fighting, it is okay to lose money and labor.

This relocation of the capital really touched the interests of the ministers.

As a result, the newly built Forbidden City in Beijing, less than 100 days after its opening, encountered 'thunder and fire from the sky', and the three major halls in front: Fengtian Palace, Huagai Palace, and Jinshen Palace, were burned clean.

Then Taizong actually made an edict for this.

That's Taizong, why are you so cowardly? Zhu Qiyu has never been able to figure it out.

Fortunately, when they arrived in the Orthodox Dynasty, while Zhu Qizhen succeeded to the throne at a young age, the ministers completely stopped going to the West.

It's just that I didn't expect to send one away and another one.

This was only the third day of the Jingtai Dynasty, and the emperor came to discuss going to the West.

Wang Wen was afraid that others would talk nonsense and anger the emperor, so he hurriedly stood up and asked, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, how to go to the West specifically?" “

Zhu Qiyu patiently explained: "To build a fleet, the imperial court will pay half of the money, and I will pay half of the money from the inside." The profits obtained from Western trade were all at the disposal of the imperial court, and were used to distribute money to civil and military officials, to help the people, to prevent floods and rivers, and to build water conservancy. ”

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other, everyone has lived for so long, and today can be regarded as seeing a fresh emperor.

In the past, the emperors all desperately moved the wealth of the imperial court to their own inner treasury. The current Emperor Jingtai has completely reversed himself and sent his internal money to the imperial court desperately.

This made it difficult for the ministers: the emperor was open-minded and honest to this extent, so should everyone oppose going to the West?

Without waiting for everyone's reaction, Wang Wen immediately changed the question: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, land and land tax, can Your Majesty be interested in reforming?" ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I have no interest in tossing the land, I just want to go to the West." If the profits from Western trade were large enough, I intended to reduce the land tax and forced labor.

Especially in Jiangnan, the taxes collected by the imperial court are too heavy, and I can't even look at them. Didn't I reduce 50,000 stone of white grain to Suzhou and other five prefectures before?

In the future, when the imperial court is more prosperous, I will further reduce the amount of grain. ”

After that, Zhu Qiyu immediately added: "The grain should be greatly reduced. The number of troops in the capital should also be reduced, and the guards of the upper and direct guards in Beijing should be merged into Nanjing.

There are also these eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, those who can be dismissed, and those who cannot be dismissed are also placed in Nanjing.

It is necessary to reduce the population of Beijing, reduce the pressure on the Cao Yun, and greatly reduce the burden on the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

The people of Jiangnan are also my people, and they can no longer be squeezed to death as before. ”

When everyone heard this, they continued to look at each other. Such an emperor is really rare,

In the past, it was the ministers who played games with the emperor, and they fought for the division of interests. It's good now, everyone doesn't have to do anything, and the emperor takes the initiative to spit out the benefits.

This makes everyone very unaccustomed.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and smiled at everyone: "You don't have to think that I am absurd, I am this character." I am also truly not in love with power, vanity, arrogance, indulgence, and pleasure.

I just copied a few eunuchs, and then used the money I got to build a satisfactory palace, and then lived in it and was free, that's all.

is still the same sentence, even the imperial tomb does not need to be repaired, and it can save the people a little. ”

When Wang Wen heard this, regardless of Chen Xun, he knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty is the reincarnation of Emperor Xiaowen, and the true saint is the son of heaven!" ”

The ministers reacted, and they also quickly knelt down, and the mountain shouted long live.

Zhu Qiyu's old face flushed, Wang Wen's sycophant shot, although it was a bit exaggerated, but thousands of clothes were worn, and the sycophants were not worn, anyway, it sounded really useful.

The ministers were also very happy, the emperor did not compete with the people for profit, nor with the hundred officials, then most of the problems were solved.

For ministers, in particular, the core interest comes from land. Since the emperor promised not only not to move the interests of the hundred officials in the land, but also to reduce taxes and reduce labor to benefit the people. The ministers' hanging hearts were completely let go.

As for Western trade, the impact on the interests of the hundred officials was not as great as imagined.

At least not to the point where the emperor needs to fall overboard.

Zhu Qiyu made a big move and proposed another reform measure: abolishing the medical household system.

The ministers all have eyesight, and Ling Chi needs to cut three thousand knives, which will last at least three days. Princess Shunde's concubine Shi Jing is still chopping now, and the ministers were also forced by the emperor to watch the execution yesterday.

With the fact that Princess Shunde was poisoned by the concubine and the imperial doctor, the emperor wanted to reform the doctor's household, and no one dared to touch the emperor's mold.

Change it, just change it, just a doctor, what's the matter with the ministers.

So the monarch and the ministers agreed, and the hereditary family was abolished, and they could participate in the imperial examination, and they were no longer imprisoned by generations.

The ministers also know that with the reform of the medical household, there will definitely be the reform of the military household and the reform of the artisan household.

But the ministers are really tired today, and they don't want to listen to the emperor endlessly talk about his reform ideas.

Especially the generals present, as long as they ensure that they have titles, land, and wealth, this is enough. No one cared how the emperor wanted to reform.

Zhu Qiyu also has eyesight, and he doesn't want to toss his cronies endlessly during the New Year, so he clapped his hands, and then more than ten women walked in.

The woman at the head was especially charming and gorgeous, and everyone's eyes suddenly lit up. Most people also recognize that this is Li Xi'er, the owner of the Goddess Pavilion, the original first prostitute in the capital.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Xi'er carefully, and couldn't help nodding again and again. After the change in history, Empress Dowager Sun deposed Jingtai's edict, the sentence 'destroy the ancestral palace and build a palace to live in a demon prostitute', in which the demon prostitute refers to Li Xi'er.

Now that I see Li Xi'er with my own eyes, this appearance, this figure, this tenderness and charm, it is worthy of the four words of red face and trouble, no wonder Jingtai is so fascinated.

After enjoying a song and dance by Li Xi'er, Zhu Qiyu ordered a heavy reward, and then went back to the backyard.

As soon as Zhu Qiyu left, the ministers got up at ease, drinking and watching Li Xi'er dance, so happy.

Nothing to say for a day.

Early the next morning, the concubines began to pack up their belongings and direct the guards to load the car.

Zhu Qiyu seized the free time in the middle and summoned the leaders of Totobuhua, Ara, and Duoyan Sanwei.

(End of chapter)