Yue Buqun shook his head and said, "Literati...... Did His Majesty Chengzu's power and throne come from the literati?"

Emperor Zhengde was stunned, and Yue Buqun said again: "Did the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Han, Tang and other dynasties stabilize the world by literati?

Emperor Zhengde was silent when he heard this, and Yue Buqun said: "It is difficult to say that it is difficult to govern the country and level the world, and it is easy to say that it is easy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 As long as you have a sense of responsibility, less selfishness, no carelessness, more listen to people's words, do good deeds, and benefit the public, no matter whether you are a literati or a martial artist. Moreover, it is not right for the emperor to insist on dividing people into three, six, nine and so on, and to use literati, martial artists, farmers, craftsmen, and merchants as their titles. ”

"Because there are many talented talents in all walks of life, such as the ancient sage Fenghou and Yi Yin were farmers, assisting the Yellow Emperor and Shang Tang to obtain the throne and make great contributions to the world, Jiang Shang in the Zhou period was a fisherman, Guan Zhong in the Spring and Autumn Period was a businessman, Le Yi was a martial artist, Xiao He was a sword and pen official in the Han Dynasty, and Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms was also a farmer......"

"These sages are not literati, and if an emperor insists on the prejudice of identity, he can only waste great talents in vain. If these talents are obtained by the enemy, it will be no less than a huge disaster for Daming. Yang Jiefu, as a minister from a literati background, advises you to attach importance to literati, and he is right in his position. But you are the emperor, as an emperor, you can't listen to and believe partially, you must treat everyone equally. ”

Yue Buqun said a lot to Emperor Zhengde, and Emperor Zhengde nodded again and again.

After a period of talking and teaching, the relationship between the two gradually recovered, and they became as close as the master and apprentice again.

In the end, Emperor Zhengde smiled and asked: "Master, I came to Jiangnan for another purpose, that is, I want to do Master's fifth thing, "reorganize taxation and establish a separate tax system", and I want to take the salt merchants of Lianghuai first and make them pay taxes? With these silver coins, the regular tax, poll tax, and miscellaneous labor tax of the whole country can be exempted, and the people of the world will have no worries about food and clothing. If the nation's commercial taxes are collected, the treasury will not be able to spend all its money. Instead, we can implement what Master said: 'Four cars gallop all over the world, and all over the world can open academies, and everyone can be literate.' Since then, there has been no difference in identity, and everyone is like a dragon in the Datong world. ”

Yue Buqun shook his head and smiled: "There are four things ahead that have not been accomplished, this will be a child's dream." You must know that the policy of the Ming Dynasty is to control the size of the system, and even if you are the Ninth Five-Year Honor, you can't do whatever you want. Do you want to collect a salt tax now? Hmph, the Manchu Dynasty is afraid that no less than a third of the ministers will oppose it. Also, if you want to collect business taxes, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the lords and princes, and their relatives will all oppose it. Just hold high the banner of 'Fight with the people' and you will be defeated in an instant." Moreover, the household department only recognizes the positive tax, and never recognizes the commercial tax. If you want to be exempt from regular taxes, and the officials everywhere will collect them correctly, what will happen to you?"

At that time, the tax rate in the Ming Dynasty was not high, and the total of various taxes did not exceed 15% of the annual income of each household. However, officials and large landowners everywhere tried their best to oppress the people, which made the taxes high.

Then, Yue Buqun explained why these taxes can't be collected now, and how big the network of relationships is involved. He also said a little bit about some of the methods used by the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty to deal with the emperor, and suddenly frightened Emperor Zhengde into a daze and at a loss.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty could not control the greedy civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and it was not an ordinary difficulty to create the dictatorship of the Qing Dynasty emperor and treat the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty as chickens, killing them whenever they wanted.

Moreover, no matter how dictatorial the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was, there was nothing he could do about the corruption of the Manchu Dynasty. Officials under the dictatorship were also more prone to corruption, so the Qing Dynasty was better than the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, how could so many vampire zombies in later generations wear Qing Dynasty official uniforms.

It is because the officials of the Qing Dynasty were greedy and shameless that they had anger in their bodies after death, so that they would not be corrupted. They sucked the blood and sweat of the people when they were alive, and they will continue to suck the blood of the people after they die.

Yue Buqun re-regarded the ten important things he had left behind, "rectifying the army and selecting generals, supporting and controlling speech, fighting corruption and advocating clean government, sorting out the rule of officials, reorganizing the tax system, reducing rents in Sanqi, galloping the world, everyone can be literate, the development of science and technology in the workers, peasants and the army, and the great navigation activities." "One by one, I explained it in detail to Emperor Zhengde.

Yue Buqun said: "It has been nearly one hundred and fifty years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and after so many years of changes, it can be said that it has almost decayed, just look at when it will fall." If you want to bring him back to life, it will be as difficult and dangerous as rebuilding a new dynasty. If you want to be so easy and simple, it's not good to daydream. Di Xin and Yang Guang are your end......"

After a long time, the sluggish Emperor Zhengde regained his vitality, his eyes were full of firm perseverance, and he said:

"Master, you once told my father, the queen mother, that I, the emperor, have no descendants, and I only have sixteen years of imperial life. I am not satisfied with the destiny of Heaven as measured by Master, and I will definitely break a hole in this destiny and forge a new path. Cleaning up the court, reforming politics, and strengthening China will lead to chaos in the world? Hehe, this is possible, but I, Zhu Houzhao, have always liked martial arts, and it is a big deal to personally conquer and quell the rebellion. Even if I die like Di Xin and Yang Guang, I have no regrets. ”

Yue Buqun nodded with satisfaction, Emperor Zhengde can have such an awareness and such a clear cognitive attitude, then this Ming Dynasty court still has a lot to do.

And since he came to this world, he is not just a mere laughing and proud of the rivers and lakes, being an ordinary Jianghu guest who changes Yue Buqun's own fate.

Instead, he did his best to the best he could, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, causing countless ripples.

Giving full play to the great value of the traverser, whether it is the economy, culture, military, politics, religion or martial arts of the Chinese people in this world, some great changes have been made.

As the saying goes, when a goose passes through a voice, a person dies and leaves a name. I finally won't regret my life because my life is dull, mediocre, nothing, and I don't want to do anything, and I don't care about everything.

Because of my ability, at least I have worked hard and changed, and my grades are not bad.

Some people believe that the most successful people are the ones who live in style. However, there will always be a day when people die, and it is better to die at the age of 50 than to live in a mess at the age of 100.

At least I have no regrets.

Emperor Zhengde asked: "Master, apprentice, I am young and knowledgeable, I don't know what to do, and I don't handle things well. Although Master Yang is amazing in writing and moral, he is too old-fashioned, and I am afraid that he will not be able to do great things to reform and change the world. If you return to the court, how about I let you be the first assistant. You and I master and apprentice work together, we will make the Ming Dynasty look new, re-inject vitality into the Ming Dynasty, and make my Ming Dynasty immortal, the sun and the moon shine together. ”

Yue Buqun shook his head and said, "Do you think that when I left Beijing the year before last, what I said about the end of my life would be true. As a teacher, I really only have more than half a year to live, and if I can't break my own calamity, I'm afraid I won't survive next year's autumn harvest. ”

Emperor Zhengde was shocked and asked, "How is this good? Master hasn't found the blessed land in the world yet, and practiced the seven-star life-sustaining technique?"

Yue Buqun said: "That's so easy. This is the number of days, how can it be so easy to break. If you want to have good ministers to help you do the great thing of reform, you should go back to Liu Hui'an and Xie Muzhai. Although they are a bit old-fashioned, it makes you feel very inconvenient to govern. But together with Li Xiya, they have a very deep affection for His Majesty Xiaozong, even if it will make you feel restrained and unhappy. But they will be absolutely loyal to the country and to you. If you use Yang Jiefu's words again, this Mr. Morality may follow Yi Huo's actions and abolish you, the emperor who does not follow the right path. ”

Emperor Zhengde was silent, and said for a long time: "Houzhao has written it down, how can Houzhao wait until the master is safe." By the way, Master, is there anything you need your disciples to do?"

Yue Buqun smiled: "There is nothing to be ...... as a teacher Yes, there are still three needs, not four. ”

Emperor Zhengde said happily: "Master, please speak." None of the disciples refused. ”

Yue Buqun said: "First, the lord of the Xilufan Kingdom in the Western Regions is related to me, if he is respectful to Daming, help him." ”

Emperor Zhengde responded: "Yes, I don't know what else?"

Yue Buqun said: "The Gan clan business group in Chang'an is set up by my relatives, and I have instructed them to support all your policies of the emperor, and you can rest assured of them." ”

Emperor Zhengde was a little surprised, he had long heard that there was a Gan clan business group in Chang'an, which had strong financial resources in the northwest and southwest, but he didn't expect it to be the master's kinship industry.

However, only the master can make a small merchant become the No. 1 wealthy merchant in the northwest in 20 years, and a powerful merchant even stronger than Shen Wansan in the early Ming Dynasty.

Yue Buqun said again: "There is also the matter of the Five Virtues Sect, the leader of the Five Virtues Sect, Wuchen Zhenren, has abdicated, and passed on the position of the leader of the Five Virtues Sect to my son Yue Xinning. There is no need for the emperor to take more care of the Five Virtues, as long as it is allowed to develop. ”

Emperor Zhengde's head roared, what? The leader of the Five Virtues Sect is now the son of the master?

Among the Master's relatives, there is a lord of a country, a wealthy merchant group, a leader of a big sect, and by the way, thousands of students from Xiyue Academy.

This...... This...... This, there are soldiers, wealth, students, and people's hearts, what does Master want to do?

Scheme...... No, if he had a different heart, he would never tell me easily.

And what about him...... Is it really a child?

Yes, Master's relatives have such a powerful power, if they were discovered by me or any other emperor, they would never tolerate it.

Since Duan Zhanfei of the Five Virtues Sect stole the country of Turpan, the court has been very vigilant against the Five Virtues Sect in the Ming Dynasty, although it has not been suppressed, it is not as laissez-faire as it has been in the previous ten years.

And if it weren't for the fact that Duan Zhanfei of Turpan could threaten the flanks of the Northern Tatar Dayan Khan, I am afraid that he would not be willing to recognize the throne of Duan Zhanfei so far.

As a businessman, the Gan family has a huge amount of wealth, and I heard that there are no less than tens of millions of taels, and almost all of them have the total tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty for a year.

The princes, nobles, and civil and military ministers in the northwest stared greedily at the merchant group from time to time, and even Qian Ning was full of greed when he talked about the Gan merchant group.

When the master was in the court, it seems that he had dealt with several officials in the northwest, and it seemed that it was to protect the merchant group of the Nagan clan.

Master confessed to me today, I'm afraid it's really going to ...... That's why he handed over the Gan Clan to me for protection.

Yue Buqun saw Emperor Zhengde's concerns and said, "You can rest assured, the teachings of the Five Virtues Sect are peaceful, beneficial and harmless to the country. If you don't feel at ease, I can let the Five Virtues Sect move out of Daming, as well as the Gan Clan's business group, and I will keep them away from Daming. And let Duan Zhanfei, the head of the Turpan country, turn west to south, by the way, let them go to Tianzhu, what do you think?"

Emperor Zhengde thought for a while before he exhaled and smiled: "I, Zhu Houzhao, am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the father of hundreds of millions of people in the world, how can I not even tolerate a sect, a small country, or a business group." Master, you can leave them to me with confidence. At that time, if Zhanfei wanted to be the lord of Tianzhu, I could send 100,000 troops to help him capture his land. Yes, isn't there something else to the master? What is it? ”

Yue Buqun nodded with satisfaction, I treat him with sincerity, and he treats me with sincerity.

If Emperor Zhengde is replaced by the later Emperor Jiajing, or Emperor Chongzhen, if you want to get my honesty, there is no door.

"The last thing is a small matter, I want to build a Taoist palace in Huangshan, to be a place for incense offerings that I can't make after the catastrophe, and I need a lot of people to work. I will pay the money myself, and the people will ask the emperor to send it. There is no need for a simple servant for each man, and I am willing to pay two hundred wen a day. ”

Emperor Zhengde responded: "Okay, okay, I'll give an order later." I don't know if the master has named the Dao Palace, although the disciple's calligraphy is average, but he is also willing to write the name for the Dao Palace. ”

Yue Buqun frowned and said, "It's called ...... Huangshan Zixia Palace. ”

The people in the courtyard of the He clan were very happy and eager for the close relationship between Yue Buqun and Emperor Zhengde, and they were eager for Yue Buqun to help the He clan say good things, so that Emperor Zhengde pardoned the guilt of the He clan.

When they saw Yue Buqun and Emperor Zhengde walking back, they were all looking forward to it.

When he saw Yue Buqun nodding at He Yuanyi, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, calming down the beating heart in his cavity.

Emperor Zhengde repeatedly said goodbye to Yue Buqun and led Qian Ning to take the first step.

Wang Shouren and the five of them knelt on the ground again and asked, "I haven't seen the teacher for a long time, I don't know if the teacher has anything to mention?"

Yue Buqun said: "Among the five of you, three of you are often with the emperor, you don't dissuade the emperor from approaching the virtuous ministers and staying away from the villain, but accompany him to mess around, how can it be a minister's act." You have let me down so much. ”

Wang Shouren said: "What the master said is that the emperor drove away the cabinet ministers Liu Jian and Xie Qian, and there is also the matter of reusing Liu Jin and other Eight Tiger eunuchs and Qian Ning. Master misunderstood. That Liu Hui'an and Xie Muzhai despised the emperor very much, just looking at the name of the era they agreed on for the emperor, 'Righteousness, righteousness, self-righteousness, and those who are on the top are governing the people by themselves.' This is the lack of virtue in oneself, and the need to correct one's virtue. ”

"As cabinet ministers, they first disrespected the emperor, and then their political affairs were even more dictatorial and arbitrary, and they didn't even report to the emperor, but how did the emperor respect them. It was because the emperor asked them to return to their hometowns in advance, face up to their mistakes, and then re-use them according to the situation, and the disciples thought that there was nothing wrong. ”

"As for the matter of Liu Jin and others, it is that the courtiers bullied the emperor at a young age, and the government was not clear, and there was no distinction between political affairs, so they played more books containing evil intentions to plan for their own selfish interests. Our official position is still light, and I can't help the emperor too much in the court, so the emperor has to use Liu Jin and others to suppress the courtiers. ”

Yue Buqun said: "Liu Jin and the others are no less than a double-edged sword, which can not only help the emperor subdue the courtiers, but also hurt the emperor's prestige and reputation, you must take more precautions." ”

Wang Shouren respects his orders. (To be continued.) )