Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 707: Zhu Biao's Angry Face

The daily life in Hujiazhuang is certainly touching, but for the vast majority of Ming Dynasty officials, their attention is still focused on the Ming Dynasty Palace.

Because only here is the real decision-making center of the Ming Dynasty.

Especially in recent months, the winds and waves here have been simply horrifying.

First, check the land!

The fish scale atlas is kept in the palace.

In the Ming Dynasty, where the fields and land were and who they belonged to was clearly remembered here.

Now, at Zhu Yuanzhang's command, the Ministry of Revenue and the Censorate cooperated with each other, and government offices at all levels in prefectures, counties and cities obeyed his orders, with the Embroidered Uniform Guard supervising in secret.

Wow, this is really going to monitor the world.

Along with the decree to check the land area, there was another decree to distribute the land tax according to the land area.

Both Zhu Yuanzhang and his son and the officials of the Ming Dynasty knew that if the Ming Dynasty wanted to develop, it would need a large amount of manpower.

The population tax imposed on all the people was clearly intended to prevent them from having children.

So, the first thing Zhu Yuanzhang and his father did was this.

But... this policy is good for the Ming Dynasty and also for some common people's families with large populations.

But for those families with few people but a lot of land, the problem becomes serious.

As a result, Huang Zicheng, who was originally just a minor Hanlin, couldn't hold it in any longer and quickly jumped out to give advice.

"Your Majesty, please think twice about this matter!"

"With your majesty's policy of recuperation, the world will only grow larger and larger. If all this is spread among the fields, won't it make the people's burden increasingly heavy?"

"If this continues, the country will no longer be a country!"

When Huang Zicheng showed up, many people who had originally wanted to stand out could no longer hold back.

I might as well stand up and agree.

"Your Majesty, I second the proposal. Such heavy taxes and levies are actually competing with the people for profits!"

"Your Majesty, I second this motion. This is a bad policy. I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

"His Majesty……"

Zhu Yuanzhang almost laughed out of anger as he watched officials stand up one after another to express their righteous opposition.

Great, it turns out that all of you are loyal to the emperor and the country, and only I, Zhu Yuanzhang, want to rebel, right?

Zhu Yuanzhang was a well-known petty person.

If you talk to him seriously and reason with him, he will be more convinced.

But they kept shouting slogans, but in reality they didn't say a word about what they were thinking. How could Zhu Yuanzhang tolerate this?
Zhu Yuanzhang was not stupid. He knew that those standing before him, from the leader Huang Zicheng to the officials behind him, were all from the Jiangnan area.

To put it bluntly, they all came from landlord families with at least a thousand acres of fertile land.

These taxes have a huge impact on the families behind them.

You know, the so-called equalization of land tax is actually to reduce the burden on those people with little or no land.

Taxes were imposed on the landlords who occupied more land.

For the Ming Dynasty, this undoubtedly liberated the vast majority of landless or small-landed farmers, while also not harming fiscal revenue. It was simply great news.

But for Huang Zicheng and other landlords who own thousands of acres of fertile land, that is definitely bad news.

Therefore, it would be strange if they didn't jump up and down. But could Zhu Yuanzhang tolerate it?

Looking at the excited court officials in front of him, not only did Zhu Yuanzhang lose face, but even the smile that had always been on Zhu Biao's face disappeared.

"Okay! Very good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the court officials who were gradually becoming quieter and sighed with amusement.

“This scene is so wonderful!”

"So the person the world wants to rebel the most is actually our emperor?"

"It's hard for you loyal ministers and generals!"

"Well, we just want to know, you officials who claim to speak for the people and make decisions for the people, how many acres of land do you actually have?"

"Mao Xiang, go and get the records filed by the Royal Guards and read them to everyone. Let's take a look at the backgrounds of these loyal officials and generals!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang said this, many people changed their expressions immediately.

Even people like Huang Zicheng looked so pale that they could hardly stand.

They themselves are pieces of shit, don't they know that?

Don’t they know what the Jinyiwei is?
Moreover, they only needed to stand up and say a few words, and Zhu Yuanzhang would directly ask the Jinyiwei to retrieve the files.

What does this prove?
This proves that the Jinyiwei had been keeping an eye on them for a long time!

With the Jinyiwei's all-pervasive means and abilities, how could they not find the land in his hometown?

Normally, this kind of news never reached Yingtian, simply because the emperor was far away and the local county magistrate helped to cover it up.

If they really want to conduct a thorough investigation, let alone the Imperial Guards, even if they send someone from the Censorate to the local area, they can get to the bottom of it in less than ten days.

Some things, before being weighed, weigh less than two taels, but once weighed, they are as heavy as a thousand pounds.

Especially when Zhu Yuanzhang's sneer in front of him made it clear that he wanted to make trouble for him, who could be immune to this?
Huang Zicheng and others were completely panicked.

They looked anxiously at Crown Prince Zhu Biao, who was usually the most peaceful and considerate of the civil officials.

However, he discovered that the Crown Prince, who was always smiling, was looking at everyone in the court with a cold expression like his father today.

Obviously, this guy also got angry today.

Huang Zicheng and other court officials were truly dumbfounded at this moment.

its not right!
Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince so murderous?
But how could they know that the person who was really driving this national policy behind the scenes was not the most radical Zhu Yuanzhang in the past, but the Crown Prince Zhu Biao who seemed to be the most conservative.

If Mr. Hu were here, he would definitely explain it with a smile.

This is clearly 'the conservatives feel the radicals are too conservative and not radical enough'!
To put it bluntly, Zhu Biao was more far-sighted in governing than Zhu Yuanzhang.

It was also because of this that after he had a conversation with Master Hu and then thought about it himself, he realized that those things were indeed the evil policies and cancer of the Ming Dynasty. How could he tolerate that?

In his opinion, if these things are not dealt with, big problems will really arise.

Zhu Biao had seen in history books the misery of the Han people, the weakness of the imperial court, and the misery of the royal family during the Song Dynasty.

The Jingkang Incident made the Zhao family in the Song Dynasty bear a bad reputation for eternity.

How could Zhu Biao, who was determined to become the most powerful emperor in history, tolerate such a thing?
Therefore, the opposition from Huang Zicheng and others was actually a stab in Zhu Biao's wound.

Let him come to rescue?

I'm afraid he is even angrier than his father right now!

You are stopping him from becoming the most powerful Emperor Taizong in history. Can he tolerate it?

Do you really think that Zhu Biao has no temper?
He also has a knife, and he can kill people! (End of this chapter)