Newborn children are not good-looking, their skin is wrinkled, their thinning hair sticks to their scalps, and they look particularly ugly, but the couple doesn't think so.

They think it's good and laugh happily......

The baby closed his eyes and was still crying, not loud, but it made the two of them worry.

Zhu Jianshen hurriedly said, "Quick, go find the nurse." ”

…

Soon, the child was taken over by the nurse and went to the side to feed, and the slaves and maids were all clever and retreated without leaving a trace, leaving room for the two to be alone.

"Your Majesty, go and see your son, it doesn't matter if the concubine is here." Zhen'er urged.

Zhu Jian kissed her lips deeply and said softly, "You are more important than him." ”

"The Emperor's ......"

"Big joy, don't cry......" Zhu Jianshen wiped away her tears, his eyes full of doting.

~

Such a big event as the emperor's eldest son came into the world, it couldn't be hidden, and there was no need to hide it, and it spread quickly.

When the ministers learned about it, they were not happy.

In their concept, the eldest son is qualified to be the prince, but the problem is that the emperor favors the concubine alone, and whether the queen can give birth to a dragon son, or even whether she can get pregnant is debatable.

As long as the queen can't give birth to a dragon son, the eldest son of the emperor is the most qualified to be the crown prince.

This is not what the ministers are willing to see, putting aside the son-in-law, they can't accept Wan Zhen'er's life experience alone.

The palace maid is just that, and she is seventeen years older than the emperor, which is simply ...... The world's ridiculous.

How can such an old woman's child be the prince of the Ming Dynasty?

What's even worse is that this concubine Wan's background is too clean, she is not a person in the bureaucracy at all, she can't do it if she wants to, and even if she can, they can't wipe their faces.

What if you can't get it?

Wreck!

Of course, this destruction is not to kill Wan Zhen'er, nor to kill the emperor's eldest son, but... Strangling the possibility of the emperor's eldest son becoming the prince.

As a result, there are endless recitals against the emperor's snub in the palace, which is funny, whether the emperor sleeps with a woman or not, and they have to care which woman he sleeps.

But here's the thing...... They are really able to manage, in the name of 'the emperor has no family affairs', so that you can't find the slightest fault.

The crown prince is the foundation of the country, it is related to the Ming Dynasty, and the ministers have legitimate reasons, Zhu Jian is deeply annoyed, but he is helpless.

What annoyed him even more was that his mother also gave him eye medicine, so that he could pamper the queen more, also in the name of 'planning for the great master'.

They are all human spirits, and everyone understands Zhu Jianshen's thoughts, but they can't accept it, including the Empress Dowager Zhou.

She hates Wan Zhen'er and is better than a hundred officials!

This old woman who is as old as herself, but is favored by her son, she has always been unpleasant, and it is even more difficult to accept letting Wan Zhen'er's son be the prince of Daming.

The grandson is indeed her grandson, but she can have many grandchildren, as long as the son is diligent enough, it is not difficult to have a group of grandchildren, so she doesn't care about this one.

So many people put pressure on him, saying that there is no pressure is fake, Zhu Jianshen's foundation is too shallow, and he does not dare to turn his face rashly, this is his advantage - knowing current affairs.

So, he listened to everyone's opinions, and really went to live in the queen's bedroom for a few days, but ...... Whether it can be done or not, outsiders don't know.

Who would dare to listen to the emperor's wall?

The queen can't go around preaching that the emperor is sleeping, right?

When the situation calmed down, Zhu Jianshen's counterattack also began.

Since his accession to the throne, he has behaved very 'wisely', receiving advice and courtesy, but this is not his true character, nor is it his will.

What he wants to do is to be a good emperor in the annals of glorious history, not a good emperor in the mouth of his courtiers.

It has been a year and a half since Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne, and while 'pretending to be a grandson', he is also cultivating his own strength.

The celebrant supervisor, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei have returned to their hearts, and in addition, he has also enveloped some imperial history.

There is a reason why Zhu Jianshen started with the imperial history, although the imperial history does not have much authority, but they have the terrifying public opinion guidance, and they also have the power to supervise, this is a very powerful institution.

It is certainly better to envelop the cabinet and the six ministries, but the price paid is also greater, and if one is not careful, it will be self-defeating, and once it is alerted, it will not be easy to operate later.

Zhu Jianshen deeply understands that either he doesn't make a move, and he must gain something when he makes a move, otherwise, the previous forbearance will become meaningless.

The military power is already in operation, and it will not be effective in the short term, so it can only find another way.

Zhu Jianshen aims at financial power!

Since ascending the throne, the state funds have been in a state of strain, and it is a shame to say that the three million taels of silver are still obtained by him by blackmailing rich businessmen.

But this is not a long-term plan, after understanding the role of businessmen, Zhu Jianshen also extinguished the idea of killing chickens and taking eggs.

At least until Shang Jia did not threaten the imperial power, he did not intend to attack him.

However, he can not suppress the merchants, but the business tax must be rectified.

In fact, it is said that it is a businessman, but more than seventy percent of the so-called businessmen are official gentry, either someone in the family is an official, or someone in the family has been an official.

It is precisely under this situation that the relationship between government and business is intertwined, and the commercial tax has shrunk repeatedly.

Because they are both prosperous and all are lost.

In fact, with the existing business scale of Daming and the fixed amount of commercial tax, the annual commercial tax is at least six million taels of silver, or even more.

However, the commercial tax for the whole year in the first year of Chenghua was less than 2 million, which can be seen in the amount of tax evasion.

What belongs to me, I will eventually get it back little by little...... Zhu Jianshen's expression was awe-inspiring.

…

On this day, the morning dynasty.

Zhu Jianshen went to court as usual, and the ministers also saluted and shouted long live as usual.

On the whole, they are still satisfied with this new monarch, first, Zhu Jianshen has always followed the rules; Second, Zhu Jianshen was not too tough, nor did he vigorously exploit their interests.

Although there are 'absurd' moves, however, more often than not, it is still very easy to speak, for example, a few days ago, he advised the emperor that he should not snub the palace, and Zhu Jianshen really listened to it.

Looking at the Ming Emperors of the past dynasties, such Zhu Jianshen is already very good.

After the courtesy of the monarch and the ministers, the ministers went back to work separately, and then took turns to play, Zhu Jianshen also made targeted decisions, and everything was as usual......

It's just that when the dynasty was about to disperse, the military department handed a book to the incident.

The ministers were all ready to get off work, but unexpectedly, after Zhu Jianshen saw the recital, he was shocked, and asked the eunuch on duty to read it in public.

The ministers didn't think about it at first, but when they heard about the strict inspection of commercial taxes, many of them changed their faces.

Immediately, some people jumped out, held high the banner of the people, and admonished the emperor to cherish the people, and that excessive taxation would hurt the people too much and damage the emperor's reputation......

This time, Zhu Jianshen was not as good at talking as usual, and sternly refused:

"The people are important, but isn't the Ming Dynasty important?"

Zhu Jianshen has been brewing for a long time, how could he give up halfway, and even typed the speech, he said indifferently:

"Why did I say that I was going to pay more taxes?"

He glanced at the ministers and said with a dignified expression: "I am the Son of Heaven, how can I not cherish my people?" At present, it is just a strict investigation of the commercial tax set by the Ming Dynasty, why are the secretaries so excited? ”

“……”

"The Emperor's ......"

"Say no more." Zhu Jianshen flicked his sleeves and said, "Xuande, Orthodoxy, Jingtai, take the average annual tax, which is higher than the first year of Chenghua, obviously the Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous, why is there such a situation, have you ever thought about it?" ”

There was no turning back when the bow was opened, this time, Zhu Jianshen couldn't give in!

This scene was too unexpected, and the ministers were not psychologically prepared at all, and they really couldn't find a suitable excuse for a while.

They can refute the emperor, and they can even scold the emperor, but this is based on the premise that there is a valid reason, at least on the surface, it must be high-sounding.

These people were unprepared, but Zhu Jianshen simulated it countless times.

He had a righteous face, "I won't hurt the people, but I won't let the people be presumptuous, and the business tax will not be increased, but it must be strictly investigated!" ”

Then, Zhu Jianshen said in a deep voice: "I want to rule the Qingming Dynasty and be a virtuous emperor, can the ministers have any objections?" ”

Zhu Jianshen's combination of punches is really clever, and he will strictly investigate commercial taxes and equate the Qingming painting of officials.

Opposing the inspection of commercial taxes means opposing the emperor's rule of government and the emperor's being a clear monarch.

That's really ...... No solution.

Of course, the main reason is that the incident happened suddenly, and the ministers were completely unprepared, and they did not pass the qi in advance.

If you can't say a word, you can't form an effective lethality.

Zhu Jianshen took advantage of the victory to pursue, and said in a deep voice: "Zhongqing...... Who is against? ”

Zhongqing, look at me, let me look at you, there is really no one to be a bird.

It's everyone's business to be unlucky, why should I come out?

This is the psychology of all people.

Of course, they are not very panicked, and the decree is not issued overnight to be implemented, and they have plenty of time to calmly arrange.

Strict inspection of business taxes?

Hehe!

You have to find out how to move, not to mention this court, how many local officials and rich gentry wear a pair of pants?

As long as we secretly teach the opportunity, even if we find out something, it doesn't matter.

The next moment, though, their faces changed color.

Zhu Jianshen said: "I am going to hand over this matter to the factory guard, what do you think?" ”

"The emperor thinks twice!"

"Your Majesty, you must not!"

"The factory guards are like wolves and tigers, I am afraid that the people will not be able to live in peace, and the emperor must not let the factory guards investigate this matter thoroughly!"

The opposition is endless, and the factory guards are all only serving the emperor, and they are completely out of control, let them check ...... It's scary to think about.

Huhulala......

More than half of the courtiers knelt down, and some of them didn't care about themselves, but after weighing the pros and cons, they also knelt down.

Without him, at present, the emperor is still too weak to let them 'detach themselves from the masses', in this officialdom that pays attention to harmony and light and dust, they are all taking one step and looking at three steps.

As the saying goes: Hades is easy to provoke, and the little ghosts are difficult; Offending the emperor may not have an accident, but offending the minister is not good.

Anyway...... There are so many people who have offended the emperor.

Zhu Jianshen was furious: "Don't think that I don't know anything, if you don't have a ghost in your heart, how can you treat the factory guard like a wolf and a tiger?" ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers are for the people, the factory guards are famous, they will do whatever it takes to make meritorious contributions, once the place is decentralized, the people will be miserable!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, and according to the system, this should not be done by the factory guard!"

"Yes, Xuanzong set up an inspection of the imperial history to supervise local civil affairs and armaments...... Many things. ”

"Doesn't the emperor agree with Xuanzong's philosophy?"

…

Zhu was deeply furious, but he couldn't refute it, and he almost broke the defense and flipped the table.

However, under the appearance of anger, there is a hidden excitement of success.

I've been brewing for more than half a year, how can there be only this little thing? Hehe!

What you see is what I want you to see......