The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 179 Resisting the Decree Zhu Yuanzhang Specialized in Fighting against the Lands Not Conquered, This Is Master Ye's Good Way!
On the smug smiling face in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang saw the four characters of villain Dezhi.

In fact, it can also be described by the words "successful tricks", but at this moment, he wants to use an adjective that is as despicable as possible and as close to the despicable meaning as possible.

Ye Qing's meaning is obvious, if he doesn't follow Ye Qing's words, if he doesn't give Ye Qing face, he won't be able to get Ye Qing's solution.

mean!

It's so despicable!
But he can't do anything, who told him to stab the basket, and he doesn't know how to remedy it?
It would be fine if it was just some innocuous small mistakes, but this is not a small mistake, which is equivalent to planting the seeds of the destruction of the dynasty with his own hands.

If it is not remedied, Daming will be the next Great Song Dynasty, and it will even die faster than the Great Song Dynasty.

In fact, he, Zhu Yuanzhang, can swear to God that he has absolutely no intention of exploiting the people.

He was the one who was exploited the worst by the government. Even the rations of the whole family were taken away, and even his parents were exploited to death.

How could he, who has experienced such a tragedy, turn around and exploit the people after becoming the emperor?

Since he ascended the throne, he has repeatedly warned the Chinese and military officials in the court that the people call them parents officials, and they must fulfill the responsibility of one parent.

There are no parents in the world who snatch food from their children.

If they dare to grab food from the people's mouths, Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher knife will be absolutely sharp.

The reason why he let Ye Qing live until now is because not only did Ye Qing not steal food from the people, but he also managed to enrich himself and the people at the same time.

Zhu Yuanzhang just wanted to gather gold, silver and copper in the center in this way, and then passed strict laws to let everyone use paper money.

And when he formulated and implemented this decree, he never thought about the "reserve" and "reputation of the imperial court" at all.

Now after Ye Qing's poisonous tongue taught him, he finally understood.

The emperor has strict laws, but the people also have steelyards in their hearts. This kind of rule that only the imperial court is allowed to exchange gold and silver from the hands of the people with precious banknotes, and the people are not allowed to exchange gold and silver from the hands of the court with precious banknotes, is a kind of law in the eyes of the people. What an overbearing exploitation!

In this way, no matter what Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention was, it doesn't matter at all.

Because the essence of what he did was to tyrannically exploit the people.

If he is not careful, Daming will have to embark on the road to perdition.

"It really deserves it!"

"We have done stupid things ourselves and still can't solve them. If others can solve them, they should raise their tails to the sky."

"If you scold yourself, you can get a solution to this maladministration, which is worthwhile."

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang just took a deep breath, and said to Ye Qing with a smile: "You are amazing, you are amazing, you are right, with your eyes closed, you are telling us that His Majesty is a dishonest old man!"

In this way, in order to get a solution, Zhu Yuanzhang scolded himself directly with a smile.

But at the same time, Ye Qing also gave him a very bad impression, that is 'to be justified and not forgive others'.

Also because he felt that Ye Qing was too reasonable and unforgiving, he immediately gave Ye Qing a label of 'talented but not virtuous'.

Can he use such a talent?

Such a talent must be useful, but when he runs out, he must be mercilessly killed.

He clearly said that for those who are talented but have no virtue, Zhu Yuanzhang must kill the donkey.

With such a result, it must be that he, Ye Qing, did not commit an unforgivable capital crime during this process.

If he commits a capital crime, such as daring to take a bite out of the agricultural tax, then Zhu Yuanzhang will not even give Ye Qing the chance to grind.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly planning, Ye Qing was somewhat touched.

Ye Qing didn't know that he was Zhu Yuanzhang, but only knew that he was an imperial merchant who had been Zhu Yuanzhang's personal soldier, married the sister of Queen Ma's family, and could talk to Zhu Yuanzhang.

If Ye Qing had such an identity, he would also regard Zhu Yuanzhang as his reborn parents, as the only piece of sky above his head.

If someone dares to scold Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him, he will rush forward and die!
But the old master Guo in front of him suppressed his anger, even smiled and agreed with Ye Qing, scolding his benefactor!
What is he doing this for?
He just wanted to get a solution for Zhu Yuanzhang, and then tried to remind Zhu Yuanzhang.

Being able to achieve this step is enough to prove that Zhu Yuanzhang did not misunderstand the person. This Mr. Guo is really a loyal person who knows how to repay his kindness.

Such a person is worthy of admiration, if Ye Qing is not in a hurry to go home, he can really make friends with him.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing just smiled and patted Master Guo on the shoulder and said: "Actually, I also believe that His Majesty's original intention is good."

"I can also guarantee that His Majesty will never have the idea of ​​exploiting the people!"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

What's the matter with this person, is this a trick of 'slap and give a candy'?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang started his best at observing words and expressions, but he found that Ye Qing's eyes at this moment only had the word "sincerity".

As Zhu Yuanzhang saw from Ye Qing's "window to the soul", Ye Qing's words definitely came from the heart.

The reason why Ye Qing dared to guarantee that Zhu Yuanzhang never had the idea of ​​exploiting the people was because he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was the best emperor to the people.

He still remembers the corresponding historical materials!
According to historical records, Zhu Yuanzhang promulgated many policies that directly benefited the people in the middle and late Hongwu period.

Zhu Yuanzhang respected the elderly all over the world. He issued edicts and decrees requiring that every place must treat the elderly well. Not only that, but he also asked the county government officials to send rice noodles and clothes to visit the elderly on a regular basis.

Fearing that the implementation would not be effective, Zhu Yuanzhang also told the Minister of Rites many times to reiterate this policy in the name of the emperor.

In order to let the elderly people who live at home have someone to take care of them, he also stipulated at the beginning of the seventh year of Hongwu: "Those who are over [-] years old, Xu Ling will be taken care of by one son, and they will be exempted from official duties."

The official meaning of this sentence is that in order to allow the elderly over the age of 70 to spend their old age in peace, the country allows one of the elderly's sons to be exempted from military service.

For those who respect the elderly, Zhu Yuanzhang also asked not only to give spiritual praise, but also to give material rewards such as clothing and money.

Not only that, Zhu Yuanzhang also set up free nursing homes, free medical offices and free cemeteries in the middle and late stages.

What surprised Ye Qing the most was that Zhu Yuanzhang actually experimented with the 'indemnity housing' policy in the middle and late stages of Hongwu.

He ordered a pilot project in Yingtian to build public housing in the suburbs and arrange for the homeless to live. It can be said that it is the earliest national free public housing in the world.

Based on these policies that benefit the people, Ye Qing can responsibly say that the era of Zhu Yuanzhang was the best period of social welfare in ancient times!

To be honest, these welfare policies of his Yanmen County also partly refer to Zhu Yuanzhang's welfare policies in the middle and late period!
How could an emperor who still had the heart to do these things in his busy schedule want to exploit the people from the bottom of his heart?
It can be said that his mistakes in the treasure banknote policy were due to his lack of reading and lack of economic knowledge.

After all, he was born in mud legs, knowledge and insights have always been his flaws!

Just when Ye Qing thought of this,
Zhu Yuanzhang asked with anticipation again: "Master Ye, do you really believe that His Majesty has never thought of exploiting the people?"

Ye Qing just nodded his head firmly and said: "Of course I believe that His Majesty was born in a humble family, so he naturally knows the suffering of a humble family. He would not do such a thing."

"The reason why I said this is just to explain a point of view."

"The common people will not know the original intentions of the superiors, and will only judge the original intentions of the superiors from the policies promulgated by the superiors and the consequences."

"The scolding I made before is the scolding that the common people will definitely say in the future!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he suddenly realized.

At the same time, he still felt that he was too narrow-minded, and he made the mistake of jumping to conclusions as soon as his temper came up.

Fortunately, this is Ye Qing's territory, if he was in Yingtian Mansion, he would definitely do the regretful bastard thing of killing Xianliang by mistake.

After having such a realization, he began to miss his sister. If his sister was in the carriage, such a incident would not have happened.

"Master Ye is right, I am superficial."

"I will apologize to Mr. Ye, and please continue to teach Mr. Ye the solution."

"Your Majesty's kindness to me is as great as a mountain. Even if I die, I must make him realize his mistakes."

Seeing such a determined master Guo, Ye Qing really felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was lucky.

He is such a thing who specializes in killing donkeys, and there are still people who are so loyal to him.

This is not,

In order to get the method to wipe Zhu Yuanzhang's ass from him, Ye Qing, he directly called himself 'under'!

Ye Qing looked at Master Guo's eyes full of expectations and prayers, and wanted to tell him the solution.

But Zhu Yuanzhang is an extremely stubborn person, and it can also be said that he is a person who does not turn back if he hits the south wall.

From the current point of view, the disadvantages of the treasure banknote system have not yet emerged, and it is even full of positive trends. If Master Guo touches Zhu Yuanzhang's brow now, he will definitely die.

It is even possible that Master Guo died earlier than Ye Qing!

Besides, even if Zhu Yuanzhang listened to it, he would never be able to do it!
In fact, the way to change the treasure banknote system from a bad government to a good one is also very simple to say, that is, to turn most of the gold, silver, copper and iron in the world into Ming Dynasty.

Of course, this world refers to the world in Ye Qing's cognition, not the world in Zhu Yuanzhang's cognition.

As long as this is done, not only can the Daming treasure banknote system be turned from disadvantages to advantages, but also the gold standard, silver standard, and copper coin standard can be achieved.

As long as it is handled properly, the precious metal standard banknotes of the Ming Dynasty can become the world's common currency recognized by all countries in the world.

In this way, they can obediently deposit their gold and silver in Daming without any bloodshed.

If the economy is good, the military can be vigorously developed.

With the military strength enough to always overwhelm other countries, the economy of one's own country will naturally be better.

Although this method sounds simple, it is very difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang!
Because he is an extremely conservative person, in order to prevent future kings from taking the road of expansion, he also set up the ancestral motto, listing "countries that will not be conquered"!
And to do this, first of all, he must hit one of the countries that he has decided not to conquest, that is the 'Wo country' across the sea!
There is a big silver mountain in the Wa country, and only after their big silver mountain is knocked down can they have money to do other things!
If you can't do this, it's all useless!

Obviously, under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, no one dared to make such an opinion, and no one dared to do such a thing!

The emperor set up the ancestral precepts on the front foot, and the ministers did it against the back foot?
Other than him, Ye Qing, no one would dare to do this! .
(End of this chapter)