People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 8 Since ancient times, strength has been best seen in close combat! [Seeking for further reading]

A room covering an area of ​​more than 20 square meters.

It's a battlefield.

Entering with a murderous weapon, he looked like a majestic and high-spirited general.

At most, he only had a brief taste of it, but he didn't expect that he had already entered the battlefield and there was still no cutscene or textual plot.

Instead, he had to go out and fight in person.

This made Chen Han somewhat expectant.

What's the matter?

Benefits for closed beta players?
I am a gentleman!

How could this be?
The three girls were originally maids in the palace. They had a high self-esteem and felt aggrieved by their devotion to Chen Han.

Originally I just wanted to welcome him, but I didn't want Chen Han to gallop forward on his horse.

They originally wanted to frustrate Chen Han's energy, but Chen Han was more powerful and they couldn't resist.

In the end, the sword drank blood three times and still remained sharp.

The three women were convinced and sincerely attached themselves to him.

Chen Han was like a victorious general, looking at the country he had conquered, he was filled with emotions for a moment.

He now somewhat believes that there are benefits for players in the closed beta test.

Even the final game has other changes.

It's pretty good that I can feel it this time.

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Han said in his heart: Such a good function, after exiting the game, you have to report it to the official and it must be turned off.

Things that are not good for health must not be allowed.

hey-hey……

Thinking of this, Chen Han couldn't help but feel a little shameless.

But soon he started thinking about business.

The reason why playing games by yourself has so many fans is that it can be completed quickly.

There are many side plots to unlock.

In the previous Da Qin chapter, he spent twenty years unifying the world.

The Three Kingdoms chapter took fifteen years.

For the Ming Dynasty chapter, it will take ten years.

Records are meant to be broken.

The above two records were both created by Chen Han.

Then there is no reason for others to achieve the third record.

After looking at the little beauty who had kicked away a corner of the quilt to reveal her fragrant shoulders, Chen Han covered them with the quilt in a good mood.

Then, he sat in the middle, with his hands on the quilt, smelling the fragrant fragrance of powder. His meridians were clear and his thoughts were quick.

The reason why Zhang Juzheng was able to fill the Wanli Dynasty's treasury was mainly due to tax reform.

He did two things, measured the acres of land, and implemented a whip method to collect the miscellaneous land taxes of the Ming Dynasty into one line.

This reduces corruption among officials at all levels.

This greatly offended the gentry and bureaucratic classes.

The gentry class paid taxes based on the amount of land after measuring the land.

Who has more land?

It's the landowners.

Originally, these landowners used various means to conceal the land, but now that they have all been measured, they can no longer hide it at all.

They naturally hated Zhang Juzheng.

Then there is the bureaucracy.

The country's taxation system is originally a mess, so it is easier for them to fish in troubled waters and make up taxation items at will to line their own pockets.

In particular, servants and corvees, as well as annual offices and miscellaneous offices in taxation, are the focus of official corruption and bribery.

What are annual affairs and miscellaneous affairs?
To put it simply, the central government of the Ming Dynasty did not issue office funds to local governments.

How does the local government work?
Apportioned to the heads of the lower classes. Therefore, in government offices, whether they were patrollers, flag bearers, watchmen, sedan bearers, etc., ordinary people were used as free labor.

What? How dare you not come? Then you are a cunning person, evading taxes, and exiled to Lingnan.

There are also government office supplies, pens, inks, paper and inkstones, as well as government office tiles, urine buckets, killing sticks, government servants' clothes, etc., provided by the common people.

Those with money were given money, those without money were given wood and pieces of cloth, and the government did not choose.

Even the servants, food, drinks, and toiletries in the official's home had to be provided by the common people.

Therefore, officials in the Ming Dynasty seemed to have low wages, but in many cases it was pure salary, including food and housing.

But even so, they still complain endlessly, why?

That's because he is a scholar-official.

How can we, the scholar-bureaucrats, simply be satisfied with eating and drinking? We have to be pompous, elegant, recite poems, and have an uproarious love affair with a prostitute.

The cost of these is the bulk.

More than two hundred years had passed since the Ming Dynasty to the Wanli Dynasty, and the civil servants had long lived a life of luxury and enjoyment.

Who pays for them?

Common people.

And Zhang Juzheng's reforms cut off their corruption activities with a click. Can they let Zhang Juzheng go?
He had every intention of killing Zhang Juzheng alive.

But Chen Han felt that this was not ruthless enough. If he wanted to pass quickly, he had to launch a Ming Dynasty with a prosperous country and a strong people.

Who deserved to die the most in the middle and late Ming Dynasty - civil servants.

They are extravagant and have twisted thoughts, and they are proud to be beaten by the emperor.

It's not that they are not afraid of death, but they know that being beaten to death by the emperor will definitely leave a mark in history.

Therefore, they seek fame and reputation, but have no good strategies for governing the country. They scold anyone who does practical things.

He scolded the emperor and his chief minister.

Most annoying.

So when Chen Han came, the first person he had to deal with was this group of people.

Then comes the introduction of more extreme reforms.

……

Early the next morning.

Outside the Meridian Gate, there is a newspaper copy gallery for six subjects.

Civil and military officials were whispering around the public notice board.

The six subjects and the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were all very angry.

"What's going on? Feng Bao went down?"

"That's a good thing!"

"Good thing? Here comes Cao Zhengchun, who is also a great eunuch."

"Who is this Chen Han? He was awarded the title of Loyal Protector for his meritorious service. Why is such a big matter not discussed by the court? What does Zhang Juzheng do for food? The chief minister of the cabinet doesn't even fart?"

"Hmph! This Zhang Juzheng did not expect to be so helpless after his fight with Gao Gong. What does the emperor know when he is only ten years old? It must be the wings cultivated by Zhang Juzheng."

"No, we have to step in to impeach such a big matter."

Both the Sixth Section and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were public officials. Thanks to the great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang, the supervision system of the Ming Dynasty officialdom was quite complete.

Although the Sixth Section and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are not high-ranking officials, they are only seventh-grade officials, but their power is very powerful.

Especially those in the Sixth Section were able to reject the opinions of the Sixth Division.

This is a typical system in which small officials check and balance big officials.

This group of censors and officials scolded the world and the public, and were not polite to anyone. They especially liked to show their ability by performing operations on those who could make the decision.

And their political achievements are also remarkable. Several cabinet ministers have been impeached and dismissed by them or their predecessors.

After this group of people saw the notice board outside the Meridian Gate, they became furious.

Originally, they were very dissatisfied with eunuchs and harems interfering in politics. But now, it was good that the appointment of such an important position did not pass the court consultation, and they were immediately angry.

So they all went back and prepared to write excerpts to impeach Zhang Juzheng.

And when Zhang Juzheng himself knew that he was about to be sprayed with blood, Chen Han and Cao Zhengchun had already arrived at Feng Bao's residence in the capital, preparing to ransack the house...

(End of this chapter)