Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 1049 No destruction, no establishment
“We must maintain monitoring of changes under the jurisdiction of the southeastern provinces.”

Zhu Youxiao put down the memorial and stretched out his hand to Liu Chao, saying, "Whether it is the disturbance caused by the Qian case or some problems that have arisen on their own, as long as there is a new situation, it should be summarized and submitted to the emperor in a timely manner."

"The slaves obey the order."

Liu Chao immediately bowed.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao was very painful. He knew how great the impact and shock would be once some things broke out, but he could not solve them from the root.

no way.

That's the environment.

Just like abolishing slavery, could it be that Zhu Youxiao couldn't see the benefits of this?
Not to mention anything else, just the size of this population, once released and the Ming Dynasty grants them household registration, this will increase a lot of tax sources.

The key point is that once this is done, it will inevitably stimulate another group, that is, the hidden population, many of whom do not even have any records from birth to death.

But they really lived.

The value created by this group throughout their lives did not change their own circumstances, nor did it benefit the court. Everything they had was stolen by the group that hid them.

The exact population of the Ming Dynasty remains a mystery to this day.

So after the new cabinet was formed, Zhu Youxiao proposed a national policy to Sun Chengzong, Bi Ziyan and others, that is, to conduct a nationwide census at an appropriate time.

Zhu Youxiao knew it very well.

Don't even think about getting this done in ten or eight years.

The key point is that if this is done, the actual population size will still be greatly deviated.

After all, not all government officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty obey orders. Most of them only care about the upper hand and not the lower hand. They know about the policies issued by the central government, but whether to implement them or not is another matter.

But this thing must be done.

Having a clear grasp of the population size is what the central government under a unified country must do. Only by knowing exactly how many people are under its rule can all aspects be taken into consideration.

If the problem is not solved, it will always remain there.

"By the way, pass this secret memorial to Prince Xin." When Liu Chao was about to leave, Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment, glanced at the memorial, and said to Liu Chao.

"Your Majesty~"

When Liu Chao heard this, he was shocked.

The matters that the internal factory is responsible for are extremely confidential. After all, there are too many aspects involved. If there are any omissions, big problems will arise.

"Are you concerned?"

Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Liu Chaodao.

"The slaves dare not."

Liu Chao immediately bowed and said, "It's just that the situation in the southeast is complicated. I'm worried that if His Royal Highness Prince Xin knew about this, it would be bad for the southeast if someone with ulterior motives found out..."

"Prince Xin is not so stupid as to be this stupid."

Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes and said, "Since it is a festering sore, we must squeeze it open. The central government must pay attention to the development of the southeast region, but we must also find a way to solve the problems that need to be solved at the central level."

The emperor wants to speed up the Qian Qianyi case.

Liu Chao immediately knew what was going on.

As the director of the Neichang, Liu Chao was not as famous as Wei Zhongxian and Fang Zhenghua. Even nowadays, many people ignore Neichang.

Because too few people show up in public.

But this is exactly what Zhu Youxiao wanted to see.

If you have a sword in your hand, you don't have to show it all. The Jinyiwei has begun to gradually adjust.

How could the factories not make adjustments?

"Go down and do your work."

"The slaves retire."

Looking at Liu Chao's departing back, Zhu Youxiao's eyes became sharp. Since some things are inevitable, let's make them explode consciously.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, the stage that the Ming Dynasty was in was a situation where it had to be destroyed before it could be rebuilt.

If you want to abolish slavery, you must make these slave groups feel fear from the bottom of their hearts. In this way, the central government will be able to introduce policies in a timely manner and there will be much less resistance.

After all, many people keep slaves for their own convenience and to maintain their extravagant lifestyle. But if one day, the group that they beat, scold, or even kill at will suddenly fight back against them, they will not be able to bear the consequences.

No matter how powerful or wealthy a person is, he or she only has one life.

If slave rebellion really occurred on a large scale in the southeast, many people would suffer, including those privileged groups.

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Zhu Youxiao would definitely suppress this matter.

But there are certain considerations on how to suppress it.

Zhu Youxiao also had to consider how to resettle the suppressed slave rebellion groups.

It's impossible to kill them all.

Among them, the evil groups must be killed, but Zhu Youxiao will not kill the groups that blindly follow the crowd. These groups will migrate to Dongfan and Nanyang, which will undoubtedly strengthen the Ming Dynasty's control over the above-mentioned regions.

Once the trend of abolition of slavery was established, Zhu Youxiao would promote a population census and even preach the suppression of slave rebellions, thereby encouraging the hidden groups to come out on their own initiative so that they could have household registration. Zhu Youxiao had a clear idea about the resettlement of this group of people: to lead them into intensive handicraft manufacturing industries and large-scale farms, so that they could create more wealth while individuals could also obtain corresponding wealth.

Perhaps these things are difficult to handle, but Zhu Youxiao cannot pretend not to know or be unclear about them. After all, these messes have to be solved eventually.

If it is not resolved, the Ming Dynasty will never get better.

Zhu Youxiao even thought that when these things started to be done, the implementation of the established policies must expand the scope of the trial.

Only by taking multiple measures can the Ming Dynasty avoid suffering some losses and impacts during this turmoil without shaking the foundation of its rule.

"Your Majesty, the officials of the Lifanyuan Court request to see you."

While Zhu Youxiao was thinking, Liu Ruoyu hurried in.

"Xuan."

Zhu Youxiao frowned.

At this time, officials from the Lifanyuan headed by Liu Hongxun came over. Zhu Youxiao was of course clear about the situation and knew that Huang Taiji must be trying to do something.

"Your Majesty, something has happened in Mo Nan."

The officials of the Lifanyuan who came to the main hall saluted Zhu Youxiao, and the Lifanyuan Minister Liu Hongxun stepped forward and bowed, saying: "The situation is much more serious than expected."

"what's going on."

Zhu Youxiao frowned.

To be honest, among the Jianlu group, Zhu Youxiao was afraid of only one person, and that was Huang Taiji. This person was much more difficult to deal with than Nurhaci.

Earlier, when he replaced Nurhaci as the head of the Jianlu Eight Banners, he asked Zhu Youxiao to adjust many strategies, because this guy was ambitious and could even give up many things for his ambition. But it was precisely this situation that made Zhu Youxiao always want to lock Huang Taiji down and trap him in a deadlock, so that there would be no change in the Jianlu Eight Banners under his control.

But sometimes the situation changes and it is beyond human control.

(End of this chapter)