Immortality begins with Xiaoao

Chapter 74 Reform, Emperor's Collapse

Huashan is now much more lively than before. Liang Fa and others have accepted disciples one after another. There are one or two young people, and four or five people are many. Angrily called "Uncle Master".

Yu Fei stayed on Huashan until New Year's Day, and then left Huashan with his wife and children and his parents.

This half month is the happiest time for Yu Fei in these years. There are elders who can be filial, children who are playing around, and a lot of juniors who haven't seen for many years chatting.

The only regret is probably Linghu Chong. After all these years, Linghu Chong still hasn't stepped out of Ren Yingying's shadow. Among the back mountains.

Everyone deliberately didn't mention this elder brother, so Yu Fei also pretended not to know.

In May of the eighth year of Zhengde, Zhu Houzhao defeated Dayan Khan again in Monan, and Dayan Khan also died in the rebellion. A grassland hero was just about to shine his light, but was crushed by Daming forcefully.

In June, Zhu Houzhao held an alliance on the grassland. All tribes, big and small, came, and the Duke respected Daming as the suzerain.

In August, Zhu Houzhao's class teacher returned to Beijing and held a grand celebration ceremony. The entire capital city or the entire Ming Dynasty fell into a sea of ​​joy.

After the change of Yingzong Tumu Fortress, the Ming Dynasty's strategy changed from offense to defense. Although Emperor Xianzong was a hero, but at that time, Daming made thousands of holes, and it was not easy to stabilize the basic situation. Although there were victories in Chenghua Liting and other wars, But in general, it is still mainly defensive.

But now Zhu Houzhao led the army thousands of miles deep into the grassland and conquered the entire grassland. This feat is no less than that of Emperor Taizong.

And this expedition to Daming naturally had a few more uncles, and Yu Fei was also promoted to the Minister of the Household Department because of the governor's logistics and palace, and became a second-rank official in the current dynasty.

The next month, Li Dongyang and Wang Jia wrote a letter together to beg for the elderly. After three times of retention, Zhu Houzhao also approved it.

Yu Fei and Yang Tinghe, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, were also admitted to the cabinet together by the Canadian Bachelor.

Jiao Fang also wanted to go together, but unfortunately Zhu Houzhao refused to let her go, so she could only be wronged as the first assistant of the cabinet.

It was Yue's military and political reform that was officially brought up, and the person who brought it up was also the chief minister of the cabinet who was absolutely unwilling.

Starting from the forbidden army in the capital, the land was re-measured, the military households were allocated, the old and the weak were eliminated, and the young and strong were selected to form the army again.

In the following year, a large number of low-level and middle-level generals from hundreds of households and thousands of households who were eliminated joined forces and went to the capital to sue the imperial court. The elder Jiao Fang, who had been drained of his value, was naturally thrown out by Zhu Houzhao to calm his anger.

In March of the ninth year of Zhengde, Yu Fei officially became the chief assistant of the cabinet and the youngest chief assistant of the dynasty at the age of 36.

The military generals who got an explanation left happily, but the military and political reform did not end, but became more intense in Yu Fei's hands.

The entire Ming Dynasty still had 130 million military registrations in the eighth year of Zhengde, but by the end of the ninth year of Zhengde, there were only less than 60 left, and most of them were abolished.

The military households who were deeply deceived united to rebel and make some noise. Among them, the military households in Liaodong reacted most violently, but they just fell into the lake like a stone, and there was nothing but a few splashes. effect.

Among them, Zhu Chenhao, king of Ning in the south, thought he had glimpsed an opportunity, and rebelled two years earlier than in his previous life. As a result, he hadn't jumped too far, so Wang Yangming, the imperial censor of Zuoqian capital who inspected the south, and the governor of Guangdong, brought this farce to the fore. It was settled, and it took less than three months before and after.

And because of his rebellion, Wang Yangming was recommended by Yu Fei to join the cabinet the following year.

In January of the tenth year of Zhengde, after being treated by Ping Yizhi, who was invited by Yu Fei to carry the sedan chair, Empress Xia was found to have a happy pulse, and the issue of heirs that had troubled Zhu Houzhao for many years was finally resolved.

In November, the queen gave birth to a son named Zhu Zaiyao.

At the same time, after nearly two years of military and political reforms, the curtain has slowly come to an end.

There are a lot of nobles who have been dropped in this military reform, there are more than ten Hou Ye alone, and there are many other high-ranking generals.

But after some reforms, a big cancer that was sucking blood on Daming's body was also eradicated. The annual military expenditure alone was 800 million taels, and the money was also used to research advanced equipment such as firearms.

Although the number of the army has decreased, its combat effectiveness is much higher than before. In addition, the food and wages are sufficient, and the distribution of military fields is reasonable, not to mention the loyalty of the army.

In July of the 12th year of Zhengde, Daming, which had just stabilized for a year, began to propose a comprehensive reform of the tax system by Yu Fei, the chief minister of the cabinet, and several of them were opposed by almost all courtiers.

The first article is to substantially increase commercial taxes and the means of collecting commercial taxes.

Second, the tax exemption system for scholar-bureaucrats from the founding of the country to the present will be abolished from now on.

The third article, abolishing the poll tax and changing it to a field tax, the more land there is, the more taxes will be collected, but it is specifically implemented in conjunction with the second article.

This is a violation of the interests of all the reading class and gentry class in Ming Dynasty, and Yu Fei has become a literary thief in the eyes of everyone.

Although there are voices of opposition everywhere, with the strong support of Zhu Houzhao and the strong support of the army, the reform has been carried out step by step.

Although there were rebellions everywhere, they all turned up and down. When the military and government were reformed, it was a joke for scholars to look at warriors, but now it is a joke for warriors to hold hands and look at scholars.

Despite the firm support of the army and the emperor, and many party members around him, the reform was still stumbling. Yang Tinghe, who was like-minded with Yu Fei at the beginning, parted ways and became Yu Fei's biggest political enemy.

In the 14th year of Zhengde, when the reform was struggling to continue, Zhu Houzhao suddenly fell ill, and the illness was very serious. In less than half a month, he became emaciated and fell into a dying state.

Royal Palace.

Empress Xia sat on the couch, supporting Zhu Houzhao, who was already hard to see, leaning against her arms.

And Zhu Houzhao was also muttering, "Why hasn't Mr. arrived yet?"

"Your Majesty, Mr. Yu, we will be here soon. Your Majesty."

Empress Xia suppressed her tears and supported Zhu Houzhao. A big man was in her arms, but Empress Xia couldn't feel any weight.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

Yu Fei, who hurried back from Henan, couldn't believe Zhu Houzhao's appearance. When Yu Fei went to inspect Henan a month ago to supervise and supervise the local officials, Zhu Houzhao was still in good condition and had a new daughter and Yu Fei. Fei had a few drinks.

"Sir, you are finally here, I can't hold on any longer."

Yu Fei strode forward and grabbed Zhu Houzhao's palm.

"Your Majesty is here. Your Majesty will be fine. I will go to Doctor Ping to treat your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head with difficulty.

"Sir, listen to me, the prince is too young to be able to govern, so Daming will be handed over to you."

After speaking, she glanced at Empress Xia, who held back her grief, took out an imperial decree from under the pillow, and handed it to Yu Fei.

"After the queen, you mother and son will have to rely on Mr. Yu. Remember that no matter what others say, you must trust Mr. I am tired, and I want to see Yao'er again."

"How did this day become so red"

(End of this chapter)