Immortality begins with Xiaoao

Chapter 76 15 years

Facing the Queen Mother's question, Kong Jiancheng dared not speak, but kept kowtow.

"I, Daming, have never treated Kong badly?"

"Bang" "Bang" "The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty"

Empress Dowager Xia looked at Kong Jiancheng who had been kowtowing, and shouted:
"What are you knocking on? You tell the Aijia, why did you want to kill the late emperor?"

"You don't need to ask the queen mother. These people have always only had themselves in their eyes. Since ancient times, they have only known to use natural disasters and man-made disasters to occupy land and collect slaves. Your Majesty's original intention of reforming the tax system is to make a living for the small people. These people can't exploit the people. How can you bear it, are you right? Master Yang?"

The last sentence was directed at Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing kept his head down, but after hearing the words, he was silent for a moment, stood up, took off the official hat on his head and threw it on the ground, looked at Yu Fei, then at the Empress Dowager Xia who was standing in front of the imperial court, and said with a sneer:

"It is true that Ming Dynasty did not treat the Kong family badly, but it did treat the scholars all over the world. Zhu Yuanzhang killed Han Gonggong and killed countless scholars. Zhu Diyi Fang Xiaoru's whole family broke the backbone of the world's scholars. Yu Shaobao, a national hero, is a role model for our generation, but what will happen?"

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Yu Fei and said bitterly:
"My senior brother has worked hard all his life, and when he gets old, he wants to enjoy peace and happiness when he returns home, but for a little land, they forced my senior brother to break up his family and business. He was humiliated by petty officials and begged to come to my door. Shang Shu has nothing to do, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge to this point, can't we resist?"

"you you."

Empress Dowager Xia was so angry that she trembled and couldn't speak.

Yu Fei shook his head and said in the same way:

"Don't tell me that those people who you deliberately forced to sell their sons and daughters deserve what they deserve?"

Before Yang Yiqing could speak to refute, Yu Fei waved his hand, "Differences in ways and no conspiracy, take them all away, let me try them one by one, and those who murdered the former emperor must not be let go."

"Yes" Yang Xu agreed, and with a wave of his hand, the royal guards began to drag away the officials kneeling on the ground according to the list.

"Let go of the old man, the old man will go by himself."

"Yu Fei, you traitor to scholars, you literary thief, you will die badly."

"Master Yu, please spare me. It's because the lower officials were confused for a while."

There are all kinds of life, each is different, some curse, some are silent, some beg bitterly.

In less than a moment, the number of officials in the entire Golden Luan Hall decreased by more than one-third. Yang Tinghe, who was not involved in this matter, looked at Yu Fei, smiled and said:
"Zi Yang, you won, have you thought about how to deal with this old man?"

After thinking for a while, Yu Fei smiled and cupped his hands and said:

"The chieftain of the Southwest has always resisted the matter of reforming the land and returning it to the local people. Brother Jie is from the Southwest. He must have a strategy, so he patrolled the Southwest. How about urging this matter?"

Yang Tinghe took a deep look at Yu Fei, and said slowly:
"Zi Yang is so merciful, I don't like your reforms, I will wait in the southwest to clean up the mess for you."

Yu Fei smiled and cupped his hands.

After this big case of rebellion, most of the conservative forces in the court were wiped out. Yu Fei took the opportunity to promote many young officials with ambitions, among which Xia Yan and others were the best.

In March of the first year of Tianshi, the big treason case officially ended, and nearly [-] people were affected, and Yu Fei was severely punished to deter those who came after him. All their homes were ransacked and beheaded. .

Originally, Yu Fei wanted to take advantage of the trend to abolish the privileges of the Confucian family, and even planned to take back the title of Lord Yansheng, but he encountered great opposition, and even Wang Yangming came to the door to intercede in person.

"The Confucian family plotted rebellion. The lower officials did not object when the barbarian clan used it as a police officer, but the status of the sage cannot be shaken. Otherwise, the hearts of the world will be in chaos and it will be difficult to restrain them. What's wrong with the sage if the descendants are unfilial? The grand master thinks twice. "

After several days of deliberation, Yu Fei still accepted Wang Yangming's opinion, moved Nanzong back to Shandong, and inherited the title of Lord Yansheng, but there was only one hectare of sacrifice land left, and the county magistrate of Qufu, who had been serving the Kong family for generations, was no longer there. It will also be dispatched by the imperial court.

The privileges of the Kong family were basically abolished by Yu Fei, and only the status in face was retained.

With the support of the queen mother, Yu Fei monopolized the power, and without the constraints from the government, the reform was smoother than before.

Although those gentry and wealthy families wanted Yu Fei to die quickly, they could only smile and cooperate with the reform of the imperial court, and even praised the wise master a few times. Dare to stab.

In conjunction with the tax reform, land and population checks are also being carried out together.

After more than four years, the reform has also achieved initial results.

It took nearly five years from the 12th year of Zhengde to propose reforms until the third year of Tianshi.

Taxation and population have increased from Zhengde's five-year annual income of more than 320 million taels, with more than 700 million households, to today's annual income of 560 million, with more than [-] million households.

The number of households has doubled, and the tax revenue has increased by nearly four times. With the country's abundant money and food, the people's taxes and corvees have also continued to decrease.

When people have spare money in their families, they are willing to use some fabrics to make some clothes. It is no longer a state where there are only two or three clothes in a family, and I have nothing to wear if you wear them.

When the country has money and food, it naturally cannot be kept as a miser, it has to be spent to make sense.

In the fourth year of Tianshi, another major project since the management of the Yellow River was proposed by Yu Fei and passed the court council, that is, Fuxing Guanzhong.

Since the Tang Dynasty, due to excessive development and wars, Guanzhong has long lost its reputation as the land of abundance in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

This time, it is planned that the imperial court will spend 6000 million yuan to manage the government in three years. The whole Guanzhong is going to be re-planned, the people who should be relocated will be relocated, and the rivers and canals that should be repaired will be repaired. It is bound to prevent Guanzhong from continuing to decline.

Moreover, the revival of Guanzhong is also related to the imperial court's re-control of the Western Regions, which is an important part of Yu Fei's plan.

Daming is too big, and it is extremely difficult to manage. There are also a lot of things to consider, and every move will involve other problems.

Originally, Yu Fei planned to open the sea first, but considering that the benefits of opening the sea are too great, it is true that opening the sea can greatly enrich the imperial treasury at this time, but it is because the benefits are too great, and the profit is far more than that from the land. It's easier to come by.

Once you open the sea first, and then try to calm down and redevelop Guanzhong, there will be great obstacles.

In the eighth year of Tianshi, Wei Guogong Xu Peng was elected as the commander of the North Route Army, leading [-] cavalry out of Hamiwei, and Wang Yangming was the commander of the West Route Army leading [-] main forces out of Yumen Pass.

In less than a year, the tribes of Miebuja, Turpan, Yarkand, and Uszang took full control of the Western Regions and formed a semi-encirclement of the grassland.

After taking over the Western Regions, the tribes on the prairie became more honest, and they would bring gifts to meet the Great Ming Emperor every New Year and festival, not daring to despise the Great Emperor just because he was young.

In the tenth year of Tianshi, the imperial court shifted its focus to Liaodong. In three years, millions of households immigrated. In addition to the Han people, they suppressed the population of the minority tribes in Liaodong. When the immigration was completed, Ming also stretched out its fangs. Ya, wantonly implemented Sinicization of Jurchen Bohai and other ethnic minorities, and all those who dared to resist were punished.

In the 14th year of Tianshi, the fleet that has been preparing for several years has officially set sail.

After a year of trekking, they returned to Daming in March 15. The fleet not only brought back a large amount of gold, silver and plant seeds, but also brought countless envoys to the land of Daming.

At this time, Ming Dynasty has also become a behemoth, not only the whole of East Asia is covered by it, but Central Asia is also continuously influenced by Ming culture.

In addition, the people in the country are rich and know how to be courteous, but they are brave, everyone is high-spirited, and they have the demeanor of the kingdom of heaven, even the Han and Tang Dynasties are not as good.

(End of this chapter)