"Father, could it be that if Pan Zuyin and them become governors and prefects, millions of silver dollars will be collected?"

Prince Zhu then asked.

"Of course you can." Zhu Jishi nodded, "They raised tens of millions in less than a week, what are millions?" In order to get this silver, in fact, there is no need to open any new taxes, as long as the officials of the three provinces and two provinces make a little less, they will come out! ”

Just a little less officials in the three provinces and two provinces, the imperial court can have millions more a year!? Zhu Guojie was surprised for a while. This panicked Ming Dynasty has become corrupt like this?

"There's nothing strange about being an official...... Isn't it just for the money? Officials who don't want to be greedy for money are saints, and how many saints have there been since ancient times? The three provinces and two provinces are rich places, and at least 20,000 or 30,000 officials are fishing together, so how much does the country's loss amount to several million a year? ”

There was silence again. The crown prince's pure and young heart was devastated. After a while, the little guy suddenly said: "Can corruption be cured with severe punishment?" ”

Of course, it is possible to punish harshly and harshly enforce the law! This has been proven in China in later generations, isn't it Haiqing Heyan that the founding Taizu shot two heroes? However, Emperor Zhu is soft-hearted, not such a ruthless person!

"I'm a benevolent monarch, and I don't want to kill for a little money!" Emperor Zhu had a compassionate expression on his face. "Therefore, since I came to power, I have not killed a single official because of corruption."

The crown prince nodded, and said in his heart, it turns out that his son is a loving father and benevolent monarch, which is really a blessing for the common people in the world.

Luo Xiangmei rolled her eyelids, because Emperor Zhu had 8 million people who died, not 10 million, and the whole butcher also said that he was Renjun. How can a person's skin be so thick......

Zhu Jishi continued to talk nonsense. "So I've always been. They all want to use the method of not killing to deal with corruption. This is the purpose of running a newspaper to open up the way of speech, opening a parliament to introduce industrial and commercial supervision, and fostering the two associations of royalist and righteous path to supervise each other. It's a pity that the members of the Royalist and Righteous Path Second Society are figures of the old era and can't undertake such a mission. Well, now that the two groups of people from the Jishi Youth Party and the Donglin Party seem to be much stronger than the royalists and the righteous path two associations. ”

This is true. The real big names in the two meetings of the royalist and righteous path are not only the bureaucrats and generals of the old days, but also the heroes, such as Zheng Hong, Liu Peng, Zuo Zongtang, Luo Zenan, Chang Dachun, Miao Peilin and so on. These figures either form a party for self-respect, or avoid suspicion and protect themselves, and they are not capable of forming a modern political party. On the contrary, the people of the Jishi Youth Party and the Donglin Party are lightly armed, and there are no taboos, and they can run political parties freely. In addition, before the Chinese bourgeoisie and the new generation of Jishi students grew up, it was impossible to establish a real modern bourgeois party, and at best it would be a landlord party of little use -- the current Donglin Party was such a party. There is still a lot to learn if we want to become a powerful political party that can fight against the Jasso Youth Party.

Zhu Jishi looked back at Zhu Guojie and asked with a smile, "Fat boy." Now you know what this Nanjing city will be governed by them, right? ”

Zhu Guojie hesitated for a moment, but still didn't answer, but asked another question: "Father, what do you mean, as long as the two parties of the Jishi Youth Party and the Donglin Party are allowed to supervise each other, the world can be ruled by the arch?" ”

This kid thinks so beautifully! Zhu Jishi shook his head with a smile and said with a smile: "If it is really that simple to rule the world, what else does the emperor do?" The two parties hold each other account...... How do you make sure they don't complicit? How can we ensure that there is no conflict between the parties and the troops to meet each other? The brawl that escalated years ago was a riot! Emperor, let me tell you the truth, don't say it's you how to manipulate the party struggle, even I have just begun to learn. This is a university question, do a good job, make a good rule, and penetrate into the hearts of the people of the world, our Ming Dynasty can have long-term peace and stability. He looked at the new city in the distance with some emotion and smiled, "Okay, let's stop here today." Empress, take the crown prince back to the Forbidden City. I was a little tired and wanted to rest for a few days at Fort Maria. ”

The queen looked at Maria with some reluctance. Clementina glanced at it, then saluted Emperor Zhu with a smile before leaving with her son. The two of them just left, and Zuo Zongtang, Luo Zenan and Chang Dachun rushed over from Nanjing City.

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to dissolve the Zhengdao Society and join the Donglin Party."

After seeing Emperor Zhu and paying tribute, Zuo Zongtang bluntly told Emperor Zhu that he wanted to join the Donglin Party.

"Oh," Zhu Jishi sat on the throne in the audience hall and nodded with a smile. "What are those people in the Donglin Party doing now? They must have had a very unstable year, right? ”

Zuo Zongtang smiled bitterly, waved his hand and said: "The New Year is not easy, but it is very stable, some people are eating prison food, some people are waiting for prison food all day long, and some people are selling houses and land and preparing to run away." This year, for Jiangnan Shizi, it was really bitter. ”

"Well, ask for your own suffering." Zhu Jishi crossed Erlang's legs, he already knew these news, Jin Yiwei is not idle these days, and he is working overtime to monitor Jiangnan Shilin during the New Year, for fear that they will return to their hometown to launch a rebellion against the poor and middle peasants. However, after working for a long time, not a single thief was caught, and it was in vain that the gentry of the Ming Dynasty were still good comrades.

"Your Majesty, Jiangnan Shilin is not worried, but there are many men in the world!" Zuo Zongtang said calmly.

"Oh, what a good man!" When Zuo Zongtang mentioned the world's scholars, a trace of disdain suddenly flashed in Zhu Jishi's eyes. "Zuo Xiang, don't complain too much about the world's scholars and doctors. Before the revival of the Ming Dynasty, just 200,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners crushed tens of millions of soldiers in the world, what did the Manchu Qing give them? only treat them as slaves, it is more difficult to get an official than to ascend to the sky, and there are no men in sight! Now I have given 400,000 official hats, and all the fields in the world have paid these scholars and officials, and then I am going to run compulsory education, hire hundreds of thousands of teachers, and have to take the industrial and commercial tax to paste it in...... What are these gentlemen dissatisfied with? ”

Zuo Zongtang was choked by Emperor Zhu, and his face was slightly ugly, but after thinking about it carefully, Zhu Jishi's words seemed to be true. The Ming court treats scholars very well...... At present, the salary paid to the non-commissioned officers is not less than 100 million yuan a year, and if compulsory education is completed, I am afraid that I will have to get tens of millions more. Which court would be so generous?

"But the emperor, this major event in the world must be discussed by the gentry and businessmen, and it cannot be all handed over to the businessmen, otherwise once the businessmen are dominant, it will also be difficult to restrain them." Chang Dachun saw the embarrassing scene and hurriedly came out of the round.

Emperor Zhu smiled: "How can I not know this truth. His gaze softened and looked at Zuo Zongtang, "Zuo Xiang, do you really want to enter Donglin?" ”

"Surrendering to Donglin can calm the hearts of the world's scholars." Zuo Zongtang said, "The minister only puts on a name, and he won't support Donglin too much." ”

Zhu Jishi didn't believe Zuo Zongtang's words, this left mule was going to be the head wherever he went, he was going to the Donglin Party, and the three gentlemen of Donglin were about to be crushed, and the Donglin Party would be turned into the Xianghu Party sooner or later. This left mule must have seen the great prestige that the Donglin Party had built up among Shilin, and wanted to use this force for his own use, so that he could use it to suppress the Jishi Youth Party. If he really agrees to Zuo Zongtang to do this, the future world will be a struggle between the two parties of the Donglin Party and the Youth Party, just like the Republican and Democratic parties of the US imperialism in later generations......

Thinking of this, Zhu Jishi smiled slightly: "Since Zuo Xiang is bent on protecting the Donglin Party, I won't stop it." So, for this election, Zuo Xiang, Luo Xiang, what else do you have to build? ”

Zuo Zongtang and Luo Zenan glanced at each other, and Luo Zenan said: "Your Majesty, the current distribution of seats in the Constituent Assembly is really unreasonable, and it is too biased towards Yingtian, Nanzhili, Guangdong and Borneo. ”

The finances of the Ming Dynasty now mainly rely on industrial and commercial taxes, which in turn come from Yingtian, Nanzhili, Guangdong and Borneo. As a result, more than half of the seats in the Constituent Assembly other than the noble members came from these regions. If there is no reform, the future Constituent Assembly will be transformed into a Constituent Chamber of Commerce.

Zuo Zongtang said again: "Your Majesty, this matter of the world must be discussed by the people of the world. Otherwise, it is difficult to guarantee that the situation of the British Chartist movement will not appear in the Ming Dynasty! ”

This is actually a threat, and the subtext is: if the emperor does not agree to increase the representation of the gentry in the parliament, then the Donglin Party should come out to fight for universal suffrage in the next meeting!

This threat, Emperor Zhu can't afford to ignore it! On the surface, there is not much difference between universal suffrage and voting rights subject to tax limits, but in fact they are the difference between the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie and democracy! There is no doubt that the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie is the method of enriching countries and strengthening their armies, just look at what kind of countries are the first and second class powers in the world at present.

However, democracy is the way to bring disaster to the country and chaos in government, and the history of later generations has repeatedly proved this, and choosing democracy is choosing turmoil......

"The elections in Yingtian, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Borneo are on the horizon and cannot be changed. The limit on the amount of tax paid cannot be changed at the moment. Zhu Jishi frowned and said, "However, the representation of various localities in the Constituent Assembly can be changed after this round of elections." The Constituent Assembly shall henceforth be divided into two chambers, the upper house shall be composed of nobles appointed by me and shall be responsible for examining the bills of the lower house, and the members of the lower house shall be elected by the votes of the provincial and provincial bureaus, and in principle the share of each province in the lower house of the Constituent Assembly shall not exceed 10 per cent and not less than 1 per cent; The share of each province in the lower house of the Constituent Assembly shall not exceed 5 per cent, not less than 5 per 1,000. ”

Hearing Zhu Jishi's words, Zuo Zongtang and the others all sighed softly in their hearts, the current Ming Dynasty is not prosperous everywhere, otherwise the annual income would not be 300 million but 3 billion. Therefore, in places other than Guangdong, Jiangnan, and Lanfang, the gentry's voting power still far exceeds that of industry and commerce, and they can completely control the local public bureau. (To be continued......)