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But what Zhu Cihong wants to thank today is not Taishang Laojun......

In the conference hall of the Qianqing Palace, after Liu Zongzhou spoke, the atmosphere in the venue changed again.

That's right. The reform in Wanping County was quite smooth, but another problem arose. The expenses of the imperial court were urgent. Everything is difficult at the beginning, whether it is to build a new school or to eliminate the old army and establish a new army, it is urgent to need a huge amount of money.

The implementation of the New Deal is like planting a tree, and it will take a while for it to blossom and bear fruit. It will take three or five years to implement it from Wanping to the whole country.

Even if the summer tax of Beizhili next year can be collected in accordance with the new policy, it will have to wait until half a year later. In the past six months, should the new army continue to be built, will the old military town still be eliminated, and will the school still need to be built?

Liu Zongzhou said slowly: "Holy Lord." In the minister's humble opinion, now is not the time to be in a hurry. Rather than resolutely choosing such a critical time to create internal turmoil and make it difficult to achieve this year's summer tax, it is better to hold off and take it slowly. ”

Zhu Cihong's eyes fell on his desk.

There, there's a thick note. Those were words that Liu Zongzhou did not speak.

Compared with the conference hall with many officials, the words on the song are more straightforward and spicy.

In Liu Zongzhou's view, this is the most critical juncture. The imperial court not only wanted to build a school for the emperor's new policy and cultivate a foundation for talents, but also to complete the military reform that had been pervasive in the Ming Dynasty for 300 years.

Both of these can be said to be the existence of any person who can leave a name in history as long as he completes something.

It is imperative that this be done.

As for the motivation for the reform of the field at the beginning - insufficient military spending. In Liu Zongzhou's view, there is no need to stick to the original plan.

It is too extravagant to integrate the national army and three main corps by the standards of the Guards Corps. It is completely possible to retain one master station and two garrisons as a supplement.

Throttling is obviously easier than open source.

Moreover, Liu Zongzhou also pointed out the most important point.

For the Ming Dynasty, the foundation of rule was the gentry. The emperor and the scholars share the world, not the emperor alone. If you want to govern this country, you can't push the gentry into opposition to yourself.

This time, the Tianjin Guard Mutiny was a rebound after Wanping County vigorously implemented the new policy.

As for the opposition of Huang Daozhou and Shi Kefa, it is even more reasonable.

These are the two most stubborn oppositionists, with great prestige and a sincere heart.

I look like I'm all good for you.

Zhu Cihong looked at the resolute and sacred gazes that looked at him one by one, and his heart was amused, and his expression became pondering.

Such an expression, falling in Shi Kefa's eyes, is another interpretation. He quietly clenched his fists and said in his heart: Can the Holy Lord finally listen to the advice of those of us who are loyal and upright?

You must know that this time, even Liu Zongzhou, who has always supported Zhu Cihong, also chose to oppose it at this moment! This is nothing less than a blow to those flattering and traitorous officials.

Even the middle generals of their own faction no longer approve of the implementation of the new Tian Fu policy, which naturally encouraged their opponents.

Liu Zongzhou was originally a potential supporter of Tianfu's reforms. And now, the choice of potential supporters to oppose not only means that there is less power to support the reform of Tianfu, but also more power to oppose the reform of Tianfu.

This one out and one in, that's a twofold change!

"Please think twice!" Liu Zongzhou got up slowly.

The room was silent.

It's almost a forced palace.

Zhu Cihong also slowly stood up, he got off the stage, turned his back to his hands, looked around at the ministers on the field, and finally his eyes fell on Liu Zongzhou: "I know Liu Aiqing's heartfelt words." I accepted all these wishes. Yes, it was me who didn't intend to throttle at the beginning. Because I don't want my soldiers and ministers to suffer. Therefore, I would rather take money out of the palace to subsidize education expenses than cut money. However, in the final analysis, the method of financial planning is to open up sources and reduce expenditure. It is indeed not a wise ploy to stick to open source. ”

When these words fell, the venue was filled with the sound of long and soft exhalations.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and they heard Zhu Cihong's concession.

Obviously, Zhu Cihong has loosened his attitude.

What this means is self-evident.

Shi Kefa smiled, and the zodiac Zhou was full of brilliance. They were all ready to cheer their victory.

But......

Liu Zongzhou frowned. With his understanding of Zhu Cihong, how could he give in so easily?

Squeak......

At this moment, there was a rather screeching sound from the door. The door opened, and the creaking sound caught everyone's attention. The bright light from outside the door shone in, making the man standing in the door look quite radiant.

Although the lights in the room were not weak, they looked quite gloomy in the solemn atmosphere of the meeting. At this moment, there was an extra light source shining in, which suddenly made the whole hall look a little brighter. And the person at the door walked in against such a bright background, as if a heavenly soldier had come.

When everyone looked at it, they all stood up and saluted.

Even Zhu Cihong bowed to this visitor: "The son has seen his father's ......."

"Ministers and others see Taishang ......" Liu Zongzhou, Li Banghua, Yang Wenyue, Shi Kefa, Huang Daozhou and hundreds of officials in the venue saluted together.

That's right, it was Zhu Cihong's former emperor who came. That is, the Taishang Emperor Zhu Youzhen, who abdicated for a year!

Zhu Youzhen's arrival caused countless speculations, and everyone thought carefully about how Zhu Youzhen came.

You must know that since the Emperor Taishang went to the throne, he has taken care of Zhu Cihong's every move and paid great attention to the problem of avoiding suspicion. Not long ago, he stood aside to Zhu Cihong on the issue of peace on the issue of right and wrong, so that Zhu Cihong did not have to worry about the problem of a fire in the backyard.

And now, the critical moment when Zhu Cihong seems to be about to regress has come!

"I'm here, so I'll just come and spread the word, and I'll leave in a while. Don't mess with all this red tape. Zhu Youzhen looked very relaxed, waved his hand, and motioned for everyone to sit back.

So the cadres sat on the chair with only half of their buttocks, quietly waiting for the second half of Zhu Youzhen's words.

Sure enough, Zhu Youzhen made a big move.

He clapped his hands lightly, and behind him was a clerk. The clerk pushes a wheelbarrow. On the trolley, there are stacks of notes.

Looking at these recitals, everyone looked at Zhu Youzhen and was very puzzled.

Only Zhu Cihong noticed that Zhu Youzhen at this moment was a little different from the past. In the past, Zhu Youzhen was pale and thin. And now, Zhu Youzhen's complexion has become a little tanned and much stronger.

Only Zhu Youzhen himself knows what kind of life he has spent in the past few months.

"I have now abdicated and ceased, and I am no longer the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. My current identity is that of the Great Zongbo. So, that's all I've been doing since I took office. Please...... Let's enjoy it! Zhu Youzhen said, and took out a booklet in his hand: "This is the catalog, you can enjoy it." And this is the statement of the vassal kings of all over the world! ”

The Great Sect Uncle is the supreme governor of the Zongren Mansion, that is, the organization that manages the entire clan in the empire. Later, the position was actually transferred to the Ministry of Rites.

Zhu Cihong handed over this position to Zhu Youzhen after the abdication of the Emperor Taishang, but no one thought that Zhu Youzhen really cared about the work of this great uncle!

Li Banghua got the catalog, but his eyes lit up when he saw it.

Liu Zongzhou had a hunch that this would probably be a huge surprise.

Shi Kefa and the others didn't know what their mentality was, so they also looked at it one after another.

Soon, Zhu Feiran, the king of Chu, was the first to pick it up.

"Minister Zhu Feiran, please ask the Holy Lord to get rid of the evils of the clan. The ministers and other clansmen in the land of the Chu domain are willing to stop the clan Lu Mi ...... "King of Chu."

Acting king: "Minister Zhu Chuanqi, please ask my emperor to stop the removal of the sect and the rice to save the country......"

King Zhou: "The clan has enjoyed the emperor's favor for a hundred years, and it has spread here, which has become a heavy burden for the country. Millions of stone of grain and rice are consumed every year, but it does not benefit the country. It is true that letting the minister feel uneasy. Although it is a temporary pain to stop Lumi, however, if it can be exchanged for the treatment of the normal people of the Ming Dynasty, it is also beneficial to the country, although it is sad for a while, it is joyful...... Zhu Gongqi respects ......"

"The clan has also been reformed!" Huang Daozhou understood what this pile of recitals meant, and also understood what the purpose of Zhu Youzhen came here this time!

He's showing his results!

And in the past few months, it has been this Emperor Taishang who has solved the huge burden that has plagued the Ming Dynasty's financial plan for 276 years - the Zong Domain! You must know that when later generations talked about the fall of the Ming Dynasty, they all said that the clan was an important and unavoidable reason.

Leaving aside the privileges of the clan, the financial pressure alone can be understood.

According to the regulations, the prince has 10,000 stone of rice every year, 2,000 stone for the county king, 1,000 stone for the general of Zhenguo, and 600 stone for the general of the auxiliary country. At the beginning, there were still few clan relatives in the Zhu Yuanzhang era, and the country's finances were healthy, so they could be used. By the time of this strictly controlled clan, which could only have children to survive, by the twenty-third year of Wanli, the officially registered population on the Jade Butterfly alone had reached more than 157,000 people. By the time of Chongzhen, it had exceeded 200,000.

And these 200,000 people need to be supported by the state's finances.

This is almost ten times more than the number of imperial officials.

In the 31st year of Jiajing, the national tax and grain revenue was 22.85 million stones, but the amount to support the royal palaces of the clan reached 8.53 million stones. In the Chongzhen period, although it was compressed several times, and because there was really no food to support, the clan and the clan were particularly serious because of the lack of rice. However, the pressure is still enormous.

And now, Zhu Youzhen has traveled all over the country, and has comforted 19 of the 34 princes in the country!

This is the most comfortable recital that everyone here has ever seen.

Because, this is the clan's recital to ask the imperial court not to pay Lu rice to the clan for support!

"This throttling, presumably until next autumn tax into the treasury, my Ming Dynasty's financial plans can be relieved, right?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Fu Shuxun with a smile.

All eyes fell on Fu Shuxun's face.

Fu Shuxun's face was full of red light: "It's not enough! Last year, a total of 6,790,000 stone was paid to the sect. This time, according to the calculation of the sect that asked for exemption, it can save at least five million stones! This vacancy is saved, and it is enough to move the tax into the warehouse next autumn! ”

Being able to get the tax into the treasury next autumn means that Zhu Cihong has a year to implement the new policy!

Liu Zongzhou was speechless, and a thought suddenly popped up in his heart: Did Your Majesty settle this time difference early in the morning?

With the saving of the expenses of the clan, Zhu Cihong could endure the chaos brought about by the implementation of the new policy and the instability of the government. By the time of the autumn tax next year, His Majesty the Emperor will already be able to foresee the implementation of the new policy, so that the increasing tax revenue will promote the development of the two black holes of the new army and education!

Thinking of this, Liu Zongzhou was only shocked.

This is beyond everyone's expectations.

Zhu Cihong looked at Zhu Youzhen gratefully. Looking at that tanned complexion, Zhu Cihong knew that Zhu Youzhen had been working hard in the past few months.

And Zhu Youzhen is even more proud.

In my heart, I am also proud of this heir.

Although it seems that Zhu Youzhen is resolute and resolute, this clan reform has been promoted very smoothly. But in fact, this is also on the basis of Zhu Cihong's previous efforts.

When Zhu Cihong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he defeated Zhang Xianzhong's rebellion in Wuhan and recovered the palace of the king of Chu.

Therefore, this time, Zhu Feiran, the king of New Chu, was very smooth for Zhu Cihong's reform of the clan. In fact, the clans are also very dissatisfied with the current system.

Although the high-level people were well-dressed and well-fed, they were not able to participate in political activities because of their political sensitivities, and if they made any mistakes, they would be suspicious of the emperor and would not have good results.

The original Zhou king in history, Zhu Gongfang, is one such example. When Li Zicheng came to kill, he exhausted his personal wealth to encourage the warriors in the city to defend the city. In the end, after the city of Kaifeng was broken, Zhu Gongfang was punished by Zhu Youzhen.

As for the low-level clan, it was even more dissatisfied.

Because of the status of the clan, they can't work properly. There are also many people who live on this hardcore crop every day, but when the imperial court is not good and the finances are weak, they have to eat chaff and vegetables, and they can't even live. Even if some rice is sent down, it will suffer from corruption, and it can be said that it is really harmful.

Zhu Cihong's reform of the clan broke their iron rice bowl, but it allowed them to win the whole world.

Similarly, such as Zhu Feiran, although this time he lost brocade clothes and jade food, even the tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land of the King of Chu had to be equally distributed to the rest of the Huguang clan. But in fact, Zhu Feiran got the opportunity to participate in the business development with Hengxin Commercial Bank. and will no longer be feared by the emperor.

For more clans, although they have no hardcore crops, they have the opportunity to truly live like normal people in the empire.

With the foundation laid by Zhu Cihong in Huguang, Henan and Shanxi in recent years. This time, it is not surprising that Zhu Youzhen got this performance from clans all over the country.

"Minister...... Be completely convinced. Liu Zongzhou sat down and bowed. (To be continued.) )