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Chapter 12 Make up your mind

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    Facing Zhu Youxiao's series of questions, Fang Congzhe and Yang Lian didn't know how to answer, so they could only nod mechanically. Zhu Youxiao smiled and asked: "Have you ever seen a five hundred kilogram silver pumpkin?  "

    Fang Congzhe and Yang Lian didn't know why Zhu Youxiao asked this, so they could only shake their heads mechanically. Zhu Youxiao slammed the table and said angrily: "Such rare things are piled up like mountains in the merchants' homes on the southeast coast.  But as soon as the imperial court announced the launch of sea transportation, countless officials opposed it. Do you know why? Because the imperial court opened sea transportation, there would be official ships going to sea, they would have to charge a few cents, and they would have to pull out one or two hairs from their bodies. So these  The officials and businessmen who colluded together would rather the court be impoverished and the people starve to death than let go of some money that their families could no longer hold. This is called plucking a dime to benefit the world, but not doing anything! Such officials and businessmen are sorry for the court,  I am sorry for the people, even if I am cut into pieces by a thousand swords, it is not an exaggeration. Do you two adults think that Gu is right?"

    Fang Congzhe and Yang Lian saw that Zhu Youxiao had made his words so clear. They knew that Zhu Youxiao was definitely not just talking about the opening of the sea. However, they both knew that everyone in the Ming Dynasty hated the opening of the sea.  Even if Emperor Longqing forcibly opened the sea, he only opened one port, Yuegang. Therefore, the opening of the sea in Longqing is also called the Longqing switch. There is still a big gap between the complete lifting of the sea ban at the national level in the true sense!

    Moreover, after the switch of Longqing, a large number of maritime merchants turned from darkness to light. They gathered together to form a powerful interest group. Not only was smuggling rampant, it was even difficult to collect much tariffs on ships entering and leaving Yuegang. In other words, Longqing  Switch, the only ones who got rich were maritime merchants and big businessmen, but it did not bring much benefit to the Ming Dynasty court and the people!

    Zhu Youxiao knew that according to later historical records, after Longqing opened the sea, more than 300 million taels of silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty from overseas, accounting for one-third of the world's total silver production at that time. However, during the same period, the annual income of the Ming Dynasty court basically did not exceed 500 million taels.  One million taels of silver, even if Emperor Wanli, who was criticized the most by later generations, strengthened customs and commercial taxation, the Ming Dynasty's treasury only received more than four million taels of silver a year. Even Emperor Wanli defeated three major conquests!

    In fact, the historical Emperor Apocalypse basically continued the tax policy of the Wanli period, and Wei Zhongxian stepped forward to press harder on the large households in the southeast. As a result, during the Apocalypse period, no matter whether fighting wars or providing disaster relief, there was basically no large-scale private tax collection.  During the Chongzhen period, Emperor Chongzhen, who had been deceived by civil servants, abolished customs and commercial taxes, and placed all the burdens on the peasants. In the end, not only was the court stretched thin, but it also forced a large number of peasants to rebel!

    It can be said that the large amount of silver poured into the Chinese Empire from all over the world in a short period of time, the Ming Dynasty court and the people at the bottom were basically not affected, so that the finances of the Ming Dynasty court have been hovering on the edge of balance of payments, and the people of the Ming Dynasty have been struggling to pay for food and clothing.  , and a huge amount of silver was earned by private individuals and then buried underground!

    But Zhu Youxiao will not let this happen. Nothing he wants to do does not require a lot of money, so he must open this sea, and the subsequent business taxes must also be strengthened, and this process must be between the royal family and  The court must get involved, but judging from the reactions of Fang Congzhe and Yang Lian, this matter is definitely easier said than done!

    Fang Congzhe pondered for a long time before bowing and saying: "I dare not refute what Your Highness said, but the opening of the sea is of great importance. I hope Your Highness will think twice, otherwise the government will be in chaos, which will be harmful to both the Ming Dynasty and Your Highness."  ah!"

    Yang Lian also advised: "I hope Your Highness will think twice about this matter!"

    Zhu Youxiao looked at these two people and suddenly felt the helplessness of the carpenter emperor in history. The power of the civil servants had reached the point where no one would have to retreat. Even if the country was about to perish and the people were killed, the selfishness of these civil servants could not be shaken at all.  Self-interested thoughts.

    Now Zhu Youxiao has finally made up his mind to carry out a major purge of this extremely corrupt civil servant group. However, it is impossible for the civil servants to do this kind of thing themselves. It can only be done by him, the future emperor. As for the  Zhu Youxiao didn't have a clear plan in mind as to how many people would be killed in this purge.

    But now that the matter has reached this point, Zhu Youxiao felt that there was no need to say anything to these two people, so he said directly: "That's it for today. I'm a little tired. You two adults, please step aside!"

    Fang Congzhe and Yang Lian clearly felt the change in Zhu Youxiao's attitude, and naturally they felt unhappy, but since Zhu Youxiao had already kicked people out, they had no choice but to resign!

    After leaving the Nuan Pavilion, Fang Congzhe and Yang Lian walked together for a while. Yang Lian couldn't help but catch up with Fang Congzhe and asked: "Mr. Ge, look at His Highness"

    Before Yang Lian could finish speaking, Fang Congzhe waved his hand.He ended his words and said in a voice that only he could hear: "Remember what you said to His Highness, maybe you can avoid this bloody storm!"

    Yang Lian didn¡¯t quite hear what Fang Congzhe said. When he wanted to ask again, Fang Congzhe had already left. Yang Lian opened his mouth but couldn¡¯t say anything!

    After Fang and Yang left, Wang An saw that Zhu Youxiao was not as angry as he expected, so he asked carefully: "Young Master, didn't you say that there are four things that need to be done by Mr. Fang Ge and Mr. Yang?  ? Why did you just say one thing and drive them away!"

    Zhu Youxiao did not speak, but stood up and walked to the desk, picked up his pen, and wrote eight characters, namely finance, water conservancy, Donglu, and shipping.

    After writing these eight characters, Zhu Youpiao said to Wang An: "Engrave these eight characters into an iron plate and carry it with you!"

    Wang An responded quickly, and then dried up the eight words and put them away. At this time, Zhu Youxiao said: "Only when these four things are solved can the Ming Dynasty be viable. But just now I only mentioned the full opening of the sea, and we encountered  Faced with many difficulties, Fang Congzhe and Yang Lian were still loyal ministers, but when it came to shipping, they lost half of their courage. It seemed that there were many people who wanted to dig graves for the Ming Dynasty, but since Gu wanted to become the master of this country,  Then let Gu dig a hole for those who dig graves for the Ming Dynasty first, but Gu wants to see if their necks are as strong as a knife!"

    When Wang An heard Yang Shuo's words, he became murderous and quickly advised: "Young Master, calm down. Opening the sea has always been the most difficult thing to do. When Master Long Qing wanted to open the sea, the whole court was in an uproar. Finally, the ministers  I can't defeat Mr. Long Qing. The sea has opened, but it has only opened for a month. It is no different from not opening. Even if the young master wants to open the sea, he should do it slowly. If it is too drastic and shakes the country, it will not be good at all!  "

    Zhu Youxiao asked nonchalantly: "Wang An, have you ever raised a monkey?"

    Wang An didn¡¯t know what Zhu Youxiao meant by this, so he could only say with a sorry smile: ¡°How have you ever raised that thing before?¡±

    Zhu Youxiao laughed and said: "I have never raised a monkey before, but I know there is a trick to raising a monkey, that is, you have to beat the monkey from time to time so that it can be obedient!"

    Wang An asked jokingly: "What the young master said is interesting, but what kind of statement is this?"

    Zhu Youxiao sneered and said: "This is because of monkey skin. If you just keep it, it will treat itself as its master. Then it will bully you. You can only beat it, and you will hurt it.  Only then will it be obedient and know that you are the master!"

    Wang An then heard something about it, and couldn't help but said with some worry: "I understand what the young master means, but if you push the monkey into a hurry, wouldn't it be a bad thing?"

    Zhu Youxiao patted Wang An on the shoulder and said: "Don't worry, monkeys are monkeys, and their temper of bullying the weak and fearing the strong cannot be changed!"

    The reason why Zhu Youxiao is so sure is that in the history of another world, those gentry and civil servants who dragged down the entire Ming Dynasty to death in the late Ming Dynasty faced the rebels and the Manchus who did not regard them as human beings.  Zhu Youxiao believed that as long as the knife in his hand was strong enough, these people would also be obedient in front of him.

    However, Wang An did not know these things. He was still worried that Zhu Youxiao would cause a backlash if he forced the civil servants too hard, so the loyal old eunuch reminded Zhu Youxiao: "Young Master, since ancient times, gentry and officials have been  As one with the royal family, when the young master first ascends to the throne, he should be gentle and gentle. If the gentry and officials are alienated from the royal family, it will be a great disadvantage to the young master!"

    Zhu Youxiao didn't explain anything to Wang An, he just laughed and said: "Don't worry, Old Wang! Gu knows what he knows, now go and offer incense to his father, and then wait for the adults to send Gu to the  Take the throne!"

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