Most of the people present were short of breath!

Prince Zhu's hands are not soft when he searches, and his hands are not shaking when he divides fat, what a real big deal! Not to mention Emperor Chongzhen, even if Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang came back, it can't be compared!

A proper emperor of the ages!

Of course, the wool comes from the pigs. Behind the 600,000 taels a year that the Songjiang government paid the officials and distributed the fat, the loss of rent from the military, civilian gentry and merchants in Songjiang was at least 1.5 million stone! And the overpaid commercial tax is at least 300,000 taels - Songjiang cotton cloth is sold all over the world, and the income of the wealthy merchants is not under the Suzhou silk merchants, but the imperial court has not received any taxes in the past...... You won't have to pay taxes in the future!

In addition, the annual income of the Shanghai ports and customs located on the ground in Songjiang and Suzhou is even more astronomical!

Although the gentry and merchants of Songjiang were about to go bankrupt, a small part of them, between a few hundred and a thousand, could get an official body and a rich fortune, and live a happy life as minions of the imperial court. With them leading and maintaining the local area in Songjiang, it was difficult for other gentry and merchants to make trouble.

Zhu Cihong smiled and said: "Everyone, when the imperial court has money, it is easy to get an official with a high salary...... To be a civil official, you don't have to be a jinshi or a person. Officials can be officials, elders with skills can also be officials, and those who are well-known in the local area can also be officials. As for the local people, as long as they are willing to be officials, they can arrange to be a petty official in the local area! Petty officials are just the beginning, as long as they enter the official career, no matter what their background, they can be promoted according to their merits, military merits, and years of merit. Jinshi was born, but the starting point of the official is higher, and the newly awarded official position is higher than that of the lifter.

In addition, it is also possible to let the big landlords who take the initiative to cooperate with Qingtian and Qingtun, and the wealthy businessmen who pay more commercial taxes and tariffs, recommend celebrities and celebrities to Nanjing to become political officials.

This palace sees that all of you are well-educated and knowledgeable, if you enter the office, you must be a good official of my Ming Dynasty! I hope that all of you can go out of the mountains and enter the world at the time of the national crisis, and do your part for the Ming Dynasty and the world! ”

Expanding the ranks of bureaucracy was Zhu Cihong's established policy, and even if Luo Dagong did not propose it, Zhu Cihong planned to expand the ranks of bureaucrats who could really do things while promoting the reform of Qingtian and Qingtun and commercial taxation - the bureaucratic ranks of the Ming Dynasty were very large, and the number of military attachés in the guard system alone was frighteningly large. However, there are very few officials who really do things, and even fewer of them can get things done while being greedy for money. Therefore, the bureaucratic ranks of the Ming Dynasty also need to be greatly reorganized! The way to rectify the ranks of bureaucrats is to be lenient and strictly managed. That is, a large number of officials are recruited first, and then the last one is eliminated!

Every year, recruit a batch and drive away a batch, which lasts for ten or eight years, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty will be able to "996", and they will all have the wolf nature of howling - it will be enough for Tartars to drink a pot at that time!

Of course, the premise for people to "996" to scream and do things is to get the money in place. If you don't give money to talk about loyalty and patriotism, you are playing hooligan.

In addition, the expansion of the bureaucracy, especially the increase in the number of officials who actually do business, has the advantage of being able to dismiss all the local officials in a certain place, and then let the neighboring or similar state capital send officials to take over the administration of that state capital - this is a kind of collective punishment for the gentry in a certain place! It is used to deal with the large-scale tax and rent resistance instigated by the gentry in a certain place (land rent from official fields and military fields), and the local officials collectively do not act.

In this case, all local officials would be laid off, and local scholars would no longer be allowed to participate in the imperial examinations – until they pleaded guilty to the imperial court and paid compensation!

If there is another incident like "Ge Xian's tax resistance", it will not only be the reckless men who rush to the front and become the first birds, but the scholars and officials of the entire region who will be punished!

But these rules are not necessary to say it now......

After Zhu Cihong finished saying the words of encouragement, he glanced at Wei Zaode, who immediately took over the topic and said to everyone with a smile: "What the prince Chitose said, do you have any objections?" If there is no objection, our Donglin Party will fully support Qingtian, Qingtun and strict commercial taxes!

In addition, our Donglin Party was too loose in the past and it was difficult to become one. Therefore, today's conference is to discuss with you how to make our Donglin Party unite and become a help for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to resist capture and protect the religion! ”

This is to establish a Donglin party belonging to Zhu Cihong!

"Shousuke, what do you want to change the Donglin Party to?"

It was Ji Kun who asked. In fact, he did not approve of the Donglin reform...... Because the reformed Donglin will inevitably become a tool of imperial power, and it will no longer be the real Donglin, and it may be more appropriate to call it a eunuch.

However, he is now "reused" by Zhu Cihong, and he is reluctant to resign, so he can only cooperate hard.

However, even the seven sons who should have been elected by the Donglin Conference can be determined, and Donglin is still a eunuch, which is actually obvious......

Wei Zaode said sharply: "The monarchs of Donglin should gather under the banner of Donglin and become one. As a whole, there should be a programmatic purpose, a hierarchy of upper and lower levels, rules and regulations, and the ability to order and prohibit.

The purpose of the so-called program is naturally to protect the Ming Dynasty and the famous religion...... If there is a strange change today, is it only the change of my Ming Dynasty, but the strange change of the famous religion since the opening up, my Donglin gentlemen are full of reading the books of sages, Wu Ke sits with his hands in his sleeves and does not come forward?

The so-called upper and lower levels are the establishment of the Nanjing General Association and the State Branch. The branch should be subordinate to the general meeting, which is headed by three kings and seven sons. The three monarchs and seven sons were elected by the Donglin Conference...... With the upper and lower levels, it is natural to formulate the Donglin law, order and prohibit, and punish if the order is violated. The most serious case will be dismissed and naturalized, and it will be accused of being a eunuch scum! ”

Well, there is a program, there is organization, there is party discipline, and there is a democratic and centralized decision-making mechanism - the Donglin Party already looks very much like that.

Of course, just what it looks like! This quasi-modern political party with the name of Donglin is actually a tool used by Zhu Cihong to control the discourse power of Shilin in the southeast.

Because the Donglin Conference, which was used to promote the "Three Monarchs and Seven Sons", the ten-member group leading the Donglin Party, was completely under Zhu Cihong's control, and only Zhu Cihong had the ability to rush such a conference.

Moreover, the Donglin General Association and the Donglin Branch need a lot of funds to operate! Of course, the only one who can provide Donglin Party funds is Zhu Cihong.

In addition, most of the scholars and doctors who are listed in Donglin are still for the sake of being officials! Daming's official shop is surnamed Zhu, and it is firmly pinched in Zhu Cihong's hands.

If those people want to be officials, they have to listen to Zhu Cihong's words obediently!

And once the Donglin Party, the backbone of the Southeast Scholars, is restrained by Zhu Cihong, the new laws and new policies that follow, and even Zhu Cihong's own "progress", will be easy to implement......

The southeast of the Ming Dynasty is now basically mastered by Zhu Cihong!