"Yes, there is a problem at the root of our Daming!"

Yang Feng Zhengse said: "After Emperor Taizu led our Han people to drive out the Mongol Tartars and establish the Ming Dynasty, the tax of the Ming Dynasty reached eight million taels of silver in the fifth year of Hongwu, and the tax of 12 million taels in the 20th year of Hongwu reached nearly 20 million taels in the Yongle period. During the Hongwu period, the world's tax per mu was more than 8 million hectares (120 million mu), and now the fields of the Ming Dynasty have increased more than ten times, but the tax is several times less than that in the Hongwu and Yongle years, what is the explanation? ”

Zhu Youxiao was silent, he naturally knew this question as an emperor, but it was not easy to say it, but he didn't say it Yang Feng said it for him.

"In fact, now, it can be considered that some of the laws formulated by Emperor Taizu are no longer appropriate. For example, Emperor Taizu thought that being an official should be able to keep the poor, so that the salary for civil and military officials was pitiful. What will the ruler do if he has no money? Naturally, there are tens of thousands of corrupt officials killed by Emperor Taizu during his reign, but there are still people who are greedy for ink one after another, why is this? This is the nature of people, people have studied hard for ten years and finally become officials, but you want them to eat chaff vegetables, who will stand it, it can be seen that Taizu's move is really inappropriate.

Also, Taizu stipulated that the gentry did not need to pay grain and taxes, so now most of the fields in the Ming Dynasty have fallen into the hands of the gentry and powerful in various places, and all the taxes of the entire Ming Dynasty are paid by the poor people who can't even eat enough, and the gentry and rich businessmen who are poor and luxurious all day long don't have to pay taxes at all, dare to ask Your Majesty, is this fair? ”

Zhu Youxiao was silent again, and Yang Feng continued: "Some people say that the reason why the Ming Dynasty has been declining in recent years is because of natural and man-made disasters in recent years, coupled with the continuous attack of the Manchurian Tartars, which has led to today's dilemma. But Weichen thought that the people who said these words were all a group of people who were vegetarian in the corpse position, thinking that when the Ming Dynasty was built, Emperor Taizu had to fight with the Mongolian Tatars outside the Guan, and also had to fight with Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang from all walks of life, and the situation at that time was ten times more difficult than now, why it was not as embarrassing as it is now, and the reason was because the government decree at that time was accessible. On the other hand, now, the power of the imperial court is held by a group of Donglin party members who represent the interests of the gentry in Jiangnan, and they will desperately stop any government order that makes them pay for money, and these people have become desperate for the sake of silver and their own interests. ”

A trace of distress appeared on Zhu Youxiao's face, and he smiled bitterly and sighed: "I don't know what Aiqing said, it's just that Daming has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, and if you want to change, it can be done overnight, and Aiqing also said it." These wealthy merchant gentry are inextricably linked with the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and I don't know what to do. Since Aiqing has already raised the question, I wonder if there is a way to solve this problem without hurting the muscles and bones? ”

"Your Majesty thinks too well." Yang Feng chuckled, "There is no way in the world to solve the problem without hurting the muscles and bones, but also in the wind and drizzle." All dynasties and dynasties want to change the law and reform the system, which time is not the blood flowing like a river? After all, those gentry and rich families are used to lying on Da Ming's body to suck blood, if anyone doesn't let them do this, then he will immediately become the enemy of those gentry and rich families, and they will try their best to get rid of him, no one will be an exception, so if you want to change the law, there is only one word. Kill...... Kill them until they're scared! ”

"Hiss......"

Although the brazier in the house was still burning red, Zhu Youxiao still couldn't help but feel a chill surging from his heart, this Yang Fengshi's murderous aura is so heavy, he actually wants to kill all those who oppose the reform of the law, so that there are tens of millions of people to kill, is he really a killer? Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao's eyes when he looked at Yang Feng changed a little.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao's strange eyes, Yang Feng naturally knew what the other party was thinking, he pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty, don't blame Weichen for being too talkative." Weichen can say that if Emperor Taizu is here at this time, I am afraid that the first thing he will do is to kill all the Donglin Party members of the Manchu Dynasty, and after killing all these Donglin Party, he will immediately send troops to kill Jiangnan, slaughter those rich merchants in Yangzhou and Suzhou, and then use the money obtained by these speculators to train the new army, at most three years he can pacify the Jiannu outside the Guan, and finally reorganize the mountains and rivers. ”

Zhu Youxiao grinned, and wanted to speak, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back. Yang Feng's words sounded like a madman's words to himself at first glance, but if you think about the ruthlessness and eloquence of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, it is really normal for him to do this, would a ruthless man who can kill even corrupt officials to the point of bleeding like a river, would he mind killing a few Donglin Party members and rich gentry? As for worrying about the collapse of the entire Ming situation in Jiangnan erosion, this will not be put in his heart, what is the big deal about Jiangnan erosion, just rebuild it, as long as you rest and recuperate for more than ten years, Jiangnan will become a land of fish and rice again.

Looking at Zhu Youxiao's constantly changing face, Yang Feng laughed. In modern society, someone once made an assumption on the Internet, that is, assuming that after Zhu Youxiao's death, Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the position of Zhu Youzhen, the emperor of Chongzhen, whether he could turn the tide and save the Ming Dynasty in danger. As a result, almost all netizens gave a positive answer, that is, absolutely, and it is still a breeze for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because Lao Zhu will definitely grasp an army that is absolutely loyal to him at the first time, and then clean up the Ming officials in the entire capital, and this process will not exceed half a year, after controlling the army, he will not hesitate to lead the army to attack the gentry in Jiangnan, when Zhu Yuanzhang mastered the massive wealth and money, food and materials of the gentry and landlords in Jiangnan, it will not be much more difficult to destroy the Manchurian Jiannu in his opinion than to eat a meal.

Some people may say, seeing that you are so light, is Chongzhen just a fool and can't do such a simple thing? And the explanation given by that netizen is very simple, Chongzhen is not stupid, but the biggest difference between him and Lao Zhu is that he does not have Lao Zhu's ruthlessness, courage and command, so Zhu Yuanzhang became the founder of the country, and Chongzhen could only end up hanging in the end.

The problem is the same now, Zhu Youxiao also does not have the determination and courage of his ancestors, this is the difference between the emperor who grew up in the war and the emperor who was raised in the deep palace.

"Your Majesty, Wechen also knows that you won't do this, after all, you also have to worry about your reputation. But Wechen can tell you clearly, today's Donglin Party has become a tumor of the Ming Dynasty, if you don't get rid of this tumor, sooner or later one day such a tumor will drag the entire Ming Dynasty to the abyss of destruction, Wechen said it all, I hope you can do it yourself......"