Jia Xu's idea is really a bit bold, and all the people around him were silent for a while, this thing is simple to say, but it is not simple to do, just to win over one side of the force requires a lot of silver investment, not to mention supporting one side of the force to replace the other side.

Jia Xu saw that no one was talking, and coughed: "The reason why the minister made this suggestion is that now is the best time, the people are full of food under our rule, and they are still at home to our court, and in a few years, they will immediately only think about the benefits of one gentry, because after all, the court is too far away from them, and those gentry will gather these people for their use, and it will be difficult to move these gentry when the time comes." On the other hand, the ministers of our court basically came with His Majesty's army, and even if they have anything to do with those gentry, they have little to do with it, and in a few years they have established inextricable links, and I am afraid that they will not be able to move at all. ”

Cheng Xiaolian thought about Jia Xu's words seriously, and felt that now is indeed the best time, most of the ministers in the court are still enterprising, and they don't plan to establish their own power, so it is indeed the most appropriate time to move those gentry now, otherwise when it comes, it will be like Chongzhen, and they can't move if they want to.

Besides, he is not the Manchu court, he can see a bloody path with a knife, these people are linked, once a knife is cut, the court will immediately become turbulent.

He had done these things before, when he was in Sichuan, because of the problems of the imperial merchants, he fought with many gentry, and after several battles, he finally won the hearts of the Sichuan scholars, and now he just wants to copy those again.

"I'm not worried that those big families have turned the sky upside down, but now that we use troops in three places in the Ming Dynasty, if it causes civil strife again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support, and we must come up with a complete way to do it."

Chen Chengan coughed: "There are no more than two ways to deal with these people, the threat of force and the temptation of interests, of course, these two are not long-term methods, they will be effective for a while, and we have to rely on ourselves to regulate and control them after a long time, if Your Majesty wants a short period of peace, you can do this, otherwise you have to find another way." ”

Yang Youcai suddenly stood up at this time: "It's not easy, let's elect five Jinyi guards in each village, and each town is the same method, the city will select one Jinyi guard for every two hundred households according to the size, only tell them that there are Jinyi guards around them but don't tell them who they are, and secretly support these Jinyi guards with silver money, and when the time comes, their every move will not fall into our eyes?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian immediately vetoed this method: "If this continues, everyone will be in danger, and it is better to prevent the people than to prevent Sichuan. Besides, the people live and work in peace and contentment, so that the world can develop better, and we can't cut off our arms. ”

"The minister agrees, this matter really can't be done, but what Lord Yang said about the placement of Jinyiwei is indeed reasonable, we just settle but don't inform the people, so it won't cause panic. When the time comes, they will not be able to hide from our eyes, whether they are overt or secret, and if they want to oppose the court, they will kill themselves! ”

"It's possible to put an eyeliner between them, but how to win over these people, there must be a charter, right?"

When he said this, Chen Cheng'an, who was standing on the side, smiled: "This matter is also easy to do, the minister has read a lot of historical records, the reason why those people are unwilling to cooperate with the court is really too much for the court, let's just like the original set up in Sichuan Imperial merchants, share some of the benefits to them, and do things in the name of the court, once it is found that there are officials secretly colluding with the scholars, they can immediately dismiss the officials, and put the silver that those courtiers can get in the treasury, so that the court has money, Those people can be regarded as having a settlement in their hearts, and the people do not have to be exploited too much. ”

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "Mr. Chen, your idea is good, but don't you consider your own interests, you must know that all this money has fallen into the hands of you ministers before." ”

Chen Chengan laughed: "People say that young people are lustful, old people love money, and the minister is still young, and he doesn't plan to take this silver, and besides, this silver is too hot. ”

The decision was made immediately, and after several discussions, this document was sent to all parts of the world, and the prefects and magistrates of each prefecture and other figures all posted notices in their counties, stating that the imperial court would select two or three figures as the good families of the prefecture and county, and the selected families could receive the plaques of good families from the imperial court.

What does the plaque of a good person mean? The Zhang family is in the cloth business, and the Liu family is also in the cloth business, if the Zhang family has this plaque, they can take the lead in the battle with the Liu family, not to mention anything else, once the lawsuit goes to the government, is it not clear who the government will want?

A simple plaque quickly disintegrated the union of these families, no way, this year is not the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, if you don't stab someone in the back, it's hard to ensure that others don't stab you in the back, once someone else takes this plaque, it can't be said if they encroach on your business, and if you want to drag your family to the Zhou Dynasty, you can only think about it like this.

Although the reputation of the Zhou Dynasty is good now, but the business is not good, a business has to be stripped off at least three layers of skin, in business, even if you shout loud slogans, no one will go there if you can't make money, right?

Don't say anything else on the Ming side, the government is still clear, and there is basically no too much difficulty in doing business, although the commercial tax has been raised, the silver on the surface is paid more, and the class taken in secret is less. Some people can even sue the government yamen if they take it.

Compared with this kind of fair and honest taxation, businessmen are more afraid of those black hands in the dark, after all, once in the dark, how much money people want to take is not up to the people, and it is not impossible to catch up with the inconsiderate service, so that you can go bankrupt.

Since you don't plan to leave, you have to fight for this plaque of good people, as for what Sage Kong's mansion was demolished by the imperial court, it is all a matter of the imperial court, no matter what they do, scholars have always looked down on them who do business, let them have a headache to go, even if there are scholars in the family, they can't work against the imperial court these years, they can't participate in the imperial examination, and the family's business is not done, right?

In this case, all kinds of voices of support for Confucius were immediately depressed, and the territory of Daming returned to its original appearance, and these families all set their eyes on other people's families, waiting to grab this plaque of good people.

(End of chapter)