Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 283 Self-financing
"Then the emperor thinks that privileges should be banned?"

It was getting late, and countless candles and lanterns were lit inside and outside Qianqing Palace. The darkness was dispersed. Compared to the tense atmosphere of Wenhua Palace, Dongnuan Pavilion seemed very relaxed.

In the cabinet at that time, the cabinet meeting had not yet ended. The accountability document jointly submitted by Cui Chengxiu was brought out for discussion again. There were many opinions and differences. Although Zhu Youxiao knew about it, he did not take any action. , allowing the cabinet ministers to debate and discuss.

"It should be banned!"

Zhu Youjian, who was sitting on the Arhat bed, put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and said with a serious expression: "If the privileges are not eliminated, the order of the country will not be stable. There are countless such examples."

"Then how to ban it?"

With a smile on his face, Zhu Youxiao reached out to pick up the spoon and served himself a bowl of lotus seed soup. While serving it, he said: "You can't just issue a decree stating that under the Ming Dynasty, there will be no special privileges in the future. Who dares to The privilege of opening one's mouth and the privilege of keeping one's mouth shut shall be severely punished?"

"Of course not."

Zhu Youjian shook his head and said: "If the emperor really does this, he may become the enemy of the literati and officials in the world, and then there will be all kinds of problems and troubles in the world."

"There is progress."

Zhu Youxiao put down his spoon and looked at Zhu Youjian with a smile, "I'm not as reckless as before. Yes, I know that I have to think more about other things before answering the question. It seems that my efforts were not in vain."

Zhu Youjian smiled. He was happy to be praised like this by his royal brother. He was busy with various studies every day. In fact, for Zhu Youjian, what he looked forward to most was to have a meal alone with his royal brother.

"The emperor's younger brother will take a look at this copy of the Yi Chuan's restructuring guide first."

Zhu Youxiao held a porcelain bowl in one hand, took out a memorial with the other, and handed it to Zhu Youjian, "After reading it, tell me what you think."

Zhu Youjian hurriedly leaned forward to take it.

Zhu Youxiao drank lotus seed soup.

Zhu Youxiao is very satisfied with the institutional reform of the responsible cabinet. The existence of the responsible cabinet is equivalent to an invisible barrier between imperial power and ministerial power, which can effectively avoid direct conflicts and prevent conflicts. The political situation in the country was turbulent, which in turn affected the stability of the world.

Although the current responsible cabinet is still far from what Zhu Youxiao wants deep down, now that it is in place, is it still far from perfect?

"Brother Imperial, isn't this what you said before?"

After reading this memorial, Zhu Youjian raised his eyebrows slightly and looked up at Zhu Youxiao, "Brother Chen remembers that the emperor also said that when it comes to postal transmission, we can choose an opportunity to add a civilian link and have Yousi make stamps. Selling among the people, without affecting military affairs, actively develops financial resources, realizes self-financing at the level of ekiden, and actively reduces the burden and pressure on the court."

"If this can be done, some of the horse politics involved in Yi Chuan can also be relieved, and even the past situation can be changed..."

"Don't talk about it."

Zhu Youxiao interrupted: "Let's talk about the reform of Yi Chuan. What do you think is the core of Wang Xiangqian, the Minister of War, in rectifying the predicament of Ming Yi Chuan? Does this involve the elimination of privileges?"

Ok?
Zhu Youjian lowered his head to read the memorial letter he was holding, and fell into deep contemplation.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao was not impatient and continued to eat dinner. After a busy day, his stomach was already empty. No matter how many things he had to do, it was not as important as his health.

"Brother Emperor, Wang Xiangqian's plan is not small."

After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Youjian raised his head and said, "This is what I think. If there is something wrong, please point it out, brother."

"Go ahead."

Zhu Youxiao picked up the teacup, replied casually, and took a sip of tea.

"The Yi Chuan restructuring planned by Wang Xiangqian is to eliminate non-essential functions, effectively retain the backbone of Yi Chuan, isolate local interference on Yi Chuan, and enhance the central control of Yi Chuan."

Zhu Youjian raised his eyebrows slightly and said with excitement: "Jiang is still old and hot. Although the post offices previously established by the imperial court were under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of War and fell under the jurisdiction of the Chai Jia Qing Li Department, it is undeniable that the post offices in various places It is rumored that everyone is doing their own thing, and it is extremely difficult to find out some situations."

"But the nature of the transfer of the Yi Chuans from various places to the Provincial Envoys and Envoys Department according to their respective inheritances and the supervision of the Provincial Envoys Department is different. Whoever said that, the Yi Chuan has a biological mother since then. "

"Wang Xiangqian's most ruthless move was to transfer the official post to the local government. Don't you like the official post to be used for private use? Okay, then it will be directly under the jurisdiction of the local government. From now on, the imperial court will be in charge of the post. If there is any shortfall in the future, If you don't even have room to move, if this thing can be done, many difficult problems will be solved."

Zhu Youxiao smiled.

"As for the establishment of additional civilian facilities to manufacture and sell stamps that the emperor mentioned in the past, Wang Xiangqian didn't mention it too much, probably because he wanted to have a backup plan."

Zhu Youjian continued: "It's not that Wang Xiangqian has any hidden intentions, but the time has not come yet. After all, we really need to set up inspection and envoy departments in various places to control express delivery shops, delivery stations, and Shui Ma Yi. If the government office has not been sorted out for a year and a half, or even longer, it will be impossible for the local e-mails to be stabilized."

"Under such a situation, if we rush to follow up on this good policy, it will inevitably be ruined by some people. Not only will it not increase the financial resources of Ekiden, it will even destroy the order of Ekiden."

"However, based on all the conjectures mentioned above, what impresses me the most is that Wang Xiangqian wanted to separate the welcome and delivery of the official post directly from the post. In a sense, this means abolishing the privilege of taking advantage of loopholes. Avoid local governments from using their money to do favors, they are so ruthless and sophisticated!"

"The basic idea is correct. Some details are wrong, but it is excusable." Zhu Youxiao lifted his robe sleeves, looked at Zhu Youjian with a smile and said: "Back to the topic just now, what should the privileges be? How to be banned? This is a very broad proposition. We cannot generalize. After all, the nature of privileges is different and it involves more fields. We need to analyze specific matters in detail. Let me give you an example, Xu Xiake, do you know?"

"know."

Zhu Youjian nodded and said: "Wasn't he summoned to Beijing by the emperor's brother and specially promoted as a doctor in the Shaofu? Did he hear that he was sent to North Zhili to draw new maps and explore for mineral deposits before being condemned by the emperor's brother?"

"good."

Zhu Youxiao said sadly: "Right now, this person is leading a team to explore for mineral deposits in the Zhongtunwei (Tangshan) area of ​​Kaiping. This person is talented, and at least he will be of great use to me."

"I heard that this person has traveled to many places in the Ming Dynasty before?"

Zhu Youjian raised his brows slightly, looked at Zhu Youxiao and said, "Brother Huang reused this person because he wanted to redraw the map of the Ming Dynasty and explore for more mineral deposits?"

"Yes."

Zhu Youxiao replied: "Xu Xiake has indeed traveled to many places, but does the emperor know that this person has enjoyed some privileges by being able to travel all over the Ming Dynasty like this before?"

"Is the official post for private use?"

Zhu Youjian frowned slightly.

Zhu Youxiao nodded.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao knew about some of Xu Xiake's actions, but what could he do if he knew that he wanted to kill Xu Xiake just because of these things?Punish Xu Xiake severely?

So who should we look for to promote the standardization and development map concept?

It's not that Zhu Youxiao has double standards, it's that reality is so cruel.

Only map this area.

When it comes to different needs such as military, political, economic, water conservancy, transportation, etc., maps of different specifications and different emphases need to be used. The above cannot be confused.

However, the key to the problem is that due to the influence of Confucianism, matters like the above are simply and crudely classified into the category of strange skills and obscene skills.

In order to support new disciplines, new fields, and new industries in Ming Dynasty, it needs enough time to accumulate and sufficient interests to drive it, so that it can be gradually built up.

For the sake of overall planning and deployment, Zhu Youxiao can only choose to temporarily ignore some things, but he will solve them in his own way.

“Rather than banning privileges, it’s more about checking for loopholes and plugging them up.”

Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Privilege can never be banned because it is closely connected with class. Does the emperor think class can be banned?"

"Brother..."

Zhu Youjian was speechless for a moment. Although he wanted to say that he could be banned, he knew that class could not be banned. If this thought could be banned, then the emperor, who was above the throne, could also be banned anytime and anywhere. ?

"So what we have to do is to limit the privileges within a scope, clarify the rules and regulations, and make it clear what the bottom line is."

Zhu Youxiao said with a serious expression: "As long as these are not touched, certain privileges are allowed to exist, but once someone crosses the bottom line, there is nothing to say, and you can do whatever you have to do."

"The prerequisite for the above-mentioned idea to be established is that there are not so many loopholes to exploit, that the private use of public equipment does not harm the local area, and does not increase the burden on the underlying groups. Yichuan is just the beginning. Just like I abolished the assessment of Liao's salary, it will be forever Just like without adding taxes, from now on I will abolish things like corvee service, horse administration, fire consumption, etc. It’s just that these things are mixed with the interests of too many people, and this is also a kind of privilege.”

"Then the emperor brother will kill many people in the future?"

Zhu Youji thought of something and looked at his royal brother.

"That's up to them."

Zhu Youxiao said in a sonorous tone: "If no one stops me, I am not a murderous person. I will not kill if I can. However, interests are involved. It is obviously unrealistic to live in peace and quiet. So, In the future, I will kill a lot of people, and many of them may be from well-off families."

"That should be killed too!"

Zhu Youjian said: "It is because of these scum that the Ming Dynasty is in today's predicament. If they were not too greedy, they would not have this."

"Haha~ The emperor is still too young."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and shook his head and said: "Okay, hurry up and eat. The food is almost cold. Go to bed early tonight and accompany me out of the palace tomorrow morning."

After saying that, regardless of what Zhu Youjian thought, Zhu Youxiao turned around and got off the Luohan bed and walked outside Dongnuan Pavilion. However, not long after, Zhu Youjian's voice of surprise came.

(End of this chapter)