On the Imperial Palace, it was the early dynasty of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen, the great son of heaven, looked at the hundred officials below, stroked his beard and asked, "My new law has been implemented for several years. All localities equalized the fields and established courts. I want to see that all parts of my Ming Dynasty are thriving and changing with each passing day. However, a few years have passed, and Beizhili and Shanxi are still ancient wells without waves. ”

"After equalizing the land tax, the tax was collected, and it was more than before. But there is no scene of industrial development in Tianjin Town, where factories are built one after another. There is more farmland in Beizhili and Shanxi than before, and some farmers do open some new fields. However, the number of these new fields is not large, and I am deeply disappointed. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, what is the reason for this?"

When the civil officials below heard the Son of Heaven's inquiry, they looked at each other for a while.

Many civil servants were very happy. These civil servants want to see the failure of the new law, and this is the best thing to do, if the son is disappointed in the change of the law. It would be even better if the Son of Heaven could despair of the new law and suspend the new law.

Chen Yuanbu, the new head of the household department, stepped forward and said loudly: "Holy Lord, the new law is not so much a change as a plundering of the gentry!" I have always ruled the world with scholars and doctors and the Son of Heaven, but as soon as the new law came out, everyone in the world was cold-hearted. One by one, the slick servants carried sacks to the gentry's house to rob them of the taxes and taxes, eager to tie up the gentry's young children and sell them for money. Among them, the suffering is too numerous to write. ”

"If the new law has been suffering for a long time today, since the Son of Heaven also feels that the new law has no effect, it is better to restore the ancestral legal system and exempt the gentry from the land endowment."

Hu Yongnian, the new scholar of Dongge University, bowed his hand and said: "Holy Lord, the new law is ridiculous, it can't last long, and it will change for a long time. At this time, the law is abolished, and it can still be saved! ”

The civil officials stood up one by one: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

"The ministers seconded it!"

Zhu Youzhen didn't expect that asking a question would provoke the civil officials to attack the new law so excitedly, and frowned.

Zhang Guanghang, the new scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, looked at the face of the Son of Heaven, bowed his hand, and scolded loudly: "Ridiculous! When did tax evasion by the gentry become the ancestral legal system? The new law can reduce the burden of the poor and small people in the people, and increase the income of the Tai Warehouse in the court. Even if the new law in the north does not achieve the effect of Tianjin, it is by no means an evil law! ”

After Li Zhi killed more than 1,000 civil officials by the canal in the suburbs of Beijing, the heavenly officials were a little less courageous. Although they still campaigned for the gentry's right to evade taxes, they no longer dared to collude with external forces, nor did they dare to openly make enemies of the henchmen of the Son of Heaven. Hearing Zhang Guanghang's words, the civil officials did not dare to refute.

However, although they can't question Zhang Guanghang sharply, they can still beg for nothing.

Chen Yuanbu, the head of the household, suddenly knelt on the ground and cried.

He didn't know if he was really sad or pretended, but he shed two lines of tears, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Holy Son of Heaven, my dynasty takes loyalty and filial piety to Confucianism as the foundation of governing the country, Confucianism is the gentry, and the gentry is Confucianism." In this world, there is no one who knows more loyalty and filial piety than Confucianism than the gentry. If the Son of Heaven insists on the new law and hurts the loyalty and filial piety of Confucian students in the world, where is there still a child in this world? ”

"Could it be that those tiger and wolf generations cultivated by the King of Qi in Tianjin will be loyal to the Son of Heaven? If there is no Confucianism, which one of the imperial court societies will support my Holy Son of Heaven? ”

Hearing this Chen Yuanbu's slander, Cui Changwu frowned.

He bowed his hand and said: "Hubu Shangshu does not talk about taxation, but he attacks the king of Qi in Tianjin for no reason. If the new-style bureaucrats in Tianjin are all tigers and wolves, then the north is begging for slaves, the south is a thief, and the tiger army is turning the tide. The gentry who forced the poor people to rise up and almost caused an unspeakable situation by taking advantage of the plunder, are all loyal ministers and wise men? ”

"How can there be such a ridiculous statement in the world?"

Zhu Youzhen saw that Cui Changwu was unhappy, and he also frowned.

Now that Zhu Youzhen has implemented the new law in the north and south of the river, the warehouse has been greatly enriched. In the past six months, the Tai Warehouse has collected seven million taels of silver more than last year, which is a huge amount of money for Zhu Youzhen, who was overstretched everywhere before.

With money, everything is easy.

Although the effect of the Ming court's implementation of the new law was far less good than that of Tianjin, in any case, Zhu Youzhen was basically satisfied with the new law.

And now the key to the implementation of the new law in the north and south of the river is the Tiger Ben army stationed in Nanjing.

The 20,000 tiger army in Nanjing seems to be a small number of people, but in fact it has a very great deterrent effect. Because since Li Zhi sent 20,000 people, he would increase his troops at any time. Once there is a matter of local military and town joint civilian officials resisting the new law, the Tiger Ben army will immediately kill it on horseback, and it is not a problem to exterminate the clan and raid the family.

Therefore, as soon as Li Xing entered Nanjing, the new Jiangnan law was immediately completed, and the warehouse was immediately sufficient.

In the current situation, Zhu Youzhen is completely dependent on Li Zhi financially, and of course he values Cui Changwu very much.

Seeing that Cui Changwu was very unhappy, the Son of Heaven waved his hand and shouted: "Chen Yuanbu is talking nonsense, confusing the court, dragging down the court staff for twenty years, and fining him for one year." “

When Chen Yuanbu heard this, he pounced on the ground and kowtowed, and said loudly: "Holy Lord, every word the minister says is the words of a child!" If there is no Confucianism, if there is no Confucianism, who in the world still knows loyalty and filial piety? Who still knows how to maintain the imperial court? Emperor Taizu Gao set a system for Confucian scholars and the Son of Heaven to rule the world together, can the heart of his fist be perceived? “

The fans of Dongchang walked up and pulled Chen Yuanbu down to play the board.

Hearing Chen Yuanbu's words, Zhu Youzhen seemed to be a little touched, and his face changed slightly.

Sitting there, he didn't speak for a long time.

Cui Changwu looked at Zhu Youzhen's face and was a little worried.

With a twist on his heart, Cui Changwu suddenly took out a piece of music from his sleeve and said loudly: "Holy Lord, His Royal Highness King Qi has a music, and the music has reached the cabinet." “

Hearing Cui Changwu's words, everyone in the court turned their heads and stared at the music in Cui Changwu's hand.

Did Li Zhi play the song?

Li Zhi hasn't been in a recital for a long time. Now Li Zhi is the king of Qi, holding the world's male soldiers, and his every move has a huge impact, and he has not directly offered advice to the Son of Heaven for a long time.

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "What is the King of Qi playing, please read it!" “

Cui Changwu opened the envelope and said loudly: "King Qi's chapter is simple, 'Confucianism as an official is contrary to the spirit of the legal system. Confucian students, who are immersed in the theory of private morality every day, do not know what it means to enforce the law? Please abolish the imperial examination! Choose the world's virtuous Han Shi as officials to govern the world. ’“

Hearing Cui Changwu's words, Zhu Youzhen's pupils shrank, and he froze there speechless for a moment.

When the civil officials in the court heard this, they all knelt on the ground.

The sky is falling! Li Zhi wants to abolish the imperial examination?!