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Chapter 83 Faint Lord 2
In order to reduce the treatment of members of the clan, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the Imperial Concubine, and the Imperial Concubine have tirelessly nagged them countless times through various channels. They all hope to give up this idea. The reasons are all strange, and they are still dying. To live.

These people should indeed oppose it. If the grace order is really implemented, they and the families behind them will be the most directly harmed.This is like the central enterprises and state-owned enterprises in later generations that drastically reduced wages and benefits. When Premier Zhu broke the iron rice bowl, he was still struggling and faced many obstacles.

But at least they have a whole team at their disposal, and they also have strong support from higher-ups.Now, except for Li Zhi and a few middle- and lower-level officials, he is almost alone, and he has to bear all the pressure alone.

Faced with questions from these relatives, Hong Tao would either disappear or make up lies if it didn't work out.Why put state affairs first? Just implement it for a year or two to see the effect. The central idea is that your relatives will not suffer a big loss. When there is some surplus food in the national treasury, the lost losses will be doubled to make up for it.

But everyone is an adult, and no one is short of brains. Even if you are an emperor, you can't be perfect just by talking. So Hong Tao came up with another trick to turn a deer into a horse.

There is a clause in the Tuien Order that specifically addresses the future livelihood sources of clan members. Originally, these people could not engage in the four common occupations, that is, scientific research, farming, workmanship, and business, and had to rely entirely on the support of the imperial court.Once the benefits are reduced too much, some people's great achievements will not affect their lives, but some people may really not be able to survive.

In order to largely avoid this consequence, reforms were carried out during the Wanli period, and members of the clan were conditionally allowed to take the scientific examination. Those who passed the examination were either awarded a title or entered the court as an official.

It's a pity that after more than 200 years of support, most of the clan's children have become parasites.Studying and taking exams are so tiring. How comfortable it is to just sit at home and do nothing but eat, drink and have fun all day long.

There are only a few clan members who can actually take the scientific examinations and achieve excellent results, and even fewer choose to become officials after passing the examinations. It is more in their interests to go home with a title and continue to wait for the state to support them.

Now Hong Tao must completely solve this problem. On the one hand, he must reduce the treatment of the clan members, and on the other hand, he must find a way out for them.This sounds a bit bragging. More than a dozen emperors have not thought of a solution. You have been emperor for less than two years and have not been recognized by the courtiers. How can you find a solution?

Indeed, Hong Tao's method does not require the help of the court. As long as the grace order is passed, it is equivalent to having a legal basis. No one can use ancestral laws and other reasons to stop it in the future.

At the same time, it does not cost the court a penny, but it can contribute some tax revenue to the Ministry of Household Affairs.You must know that all the land previously occupied by the clan did not pay taxes, and it was purely a favor.

What method can solve the problem of food and clothing for at least tens of thousands of people?Very simply, commerce and industry, or handicrafts, to be precise, were the royal joint-stock companies during the Ming Empire.

Hong Tao built clock, glass, and coke workshops when he was the prince, and he will definitely not abandon them after he becomes the emperor.It cannot be said that these workshops are making a lot of money every day, and they are all very promising industries. There are currently no competitors, and the market is huge.

Now that things are done, if the workshop is expanded, whichever clan intends to do business and make money with the emperor should quickly invest in the shares. From now on, dividends will be distributed according to the shares every year, which can subsidize the family.

It’s easy to say that the family really can’t afford much money to invest. The emperor doesn’t want money, he wants people!Come and work in the Royal Joint Stock Company. The salary you get every month can support a family of several people.

What?It’s shameful for a relative of the emperor to work for someone else!Don't worry, it doesn't exist.The nominal boss of the Royal Joint Stock Company is the emperor. Everyone in the country, including officials at all levels, is working for the emperor. Who said it was embarrassing!Then someone said, my family has no money and I don’t want to work. It’s too far away from home and the work is too tiring.Yes, then you can just wait at home for your national salary. If you have enough to eat, you will eat. If you don’t have enough, you will starve to death.There is no shortage of waste in the royal family, and such people are not worthy of being royal relatives.

Look, the emperor is quite considerate. Not only does he have to take care of the interests of the country in his busy schedule, but he also takes time to find a not too bad way out for the members of the clan.If you keep nagging, you won't be able to do this or that. The concubine who was hanged in the harem is an example.

It's nice to die alone, but the whole family was captured by the Jin Yiwei.The crime is simple, unfilial!Your whole person belongs to the emperor, and you can die only if you are allowed to die. To die without permission is to be disloyal and unfilial to the emperor.

But everything has its pros and cons. Hong Tao shocked the harem with thunderous means. From then on, he could no longer pretend to be a good boy and easily gain the support of the empress dowager, empress dowager, noble concubines and concubines.

The temperature in the originally harmonious harem suddenly dropped to freezing point. The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager refused to see each other all day long because they were feeling unwell. Others were wary when they saw Hong Tao, even with a sense of distance in their smiles.

In 1606 AD, the second year of Jingyang, as spring approached, the noisy court and local officialdom gradually returned to peace with the official issuance of a "Tweening Order".Those who should be in office are appointed, those who should be dismissed are dismissed, and those who should be promoted are promoted. Some people laugh and some worry.

In this court battle, the Donglin Party members won a complete victory and obtained a total of more than 50 local officials.The Zhejiang Party, which was in the spotlight, suffered a complete defeat and received less than ten seats.

At the same time, they also suffered a huge loss. Shen Guangyuan, the chief minister of the cabinet, proposed to retire and return to his hometown due to poor health. Emperor Jingyang personally tried to persuade him to no avail and could only approve his resignation.

Why is this result? Hong Tao doesn't know the details within each faction, but based on the process and performance, it can be deduced that most of the responsibility lies with Shen Guan.

As the most powerful official faction in the court, Shen Guangyuan was always undecided on the issue of reducing the vassal vassal. As a result, he resorted to his old tricks and remained unchanged in response to changes.I plan to wait for others to step on the trap first and finally get the advantage.

Unfortunately, he miscalculated this time. When no Zhejiang Party officials expressed their stance, the Taizhou School officials represented by Li Zhi first raised the banner of supporting the emperor. As a result, ten more red circles were immediately added to the list of foreign inspection officials. and ten black circles.The emperor approved the promotion reports of some officials, and at the same time, some officials were demoted.

In the eyes of laymen, this kind of behavior is too normal. The evaluation reports of officials are made by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The emperor is nothing more than the final review, who should be promoted, who should be demoted, and who should go home. There are good reasons for this. of.

But the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not think so. They never looked at the surface when looking at problems, and always had to dig deeper.So we quickly came to the conclusion that the promoted officials were either students of Li Zhi or members of the Taizhou School, without exception.The officials who were demoted belonged to official groups such as the Qi Chu Zhe Party and the Dong Lin Party.

(End of this chapter)