I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 342 The clue finally came
Second, because Nanjing City has a complete six-part and five-army governor's office, although most of the official positions are empty titles, the number of people is not much less than that of the six parts in the capital.

If they were cleaned up all at once, the pressure on the imperial court on the salary would be much easier in an instant.

First, there are still tens of thousands of court ladies and eunuchs in the Nanjing Imperial Palace at this time, and these people also consume a large amount of tax burden from the court every year to support them.

If it is abolished, the pressure on the court's tax burden will be greatly reduced.

The fourth, and most important one, is the fiefdom of honorable nobles.

After so many years of operation, the good land near Nanjing has basically been occupied by martyrdom groups.As a result, there are basically no common people around Nanjing, and there are only noble servants or tenants.

It is said that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, some people counted that Wei Guogong's family alone owned hundreds of thousands of acres of land.

You must know that these hundreds of thousands of mu are not taxed at all.

This is only the land occupied by a Duke. Although the entire Ming Dynasty is not much more ruthless than him, there are many people who are slightly worse than him.

Li Tian can completely take back the land in their hands while canceling the accompanying capital and Nanjing Six Departments, whether it is re-dividing other places or reducing the number of fiefdoms.

It can greatly curb the situation that these nobles are too big to lose.

The more Li Tian thought about it, the more excited he became. Abolishing an accompanying capital actually has so many benefits. He can't wait to go back to the palace to issue an edict immediately.

But then he thought about the obstacles and pressures he might encounter, and his excitement was reduced by half.

The officials of the six ministries in Nanjing are not just for nothing. Before they were sent to Nanjing to retire, they more or less had a lot of contacts in the court.

If they learn that Li Tian wants to abolish the Nanjing Six Departments, and unite together, even Li Tian may not be able to bear the turmoil caused by them.

And at this time, Daming had only moved the capital for a few years.

Many people have not yet awakened from the state of the new capital and the old capital.

There are even many people who think that the capital will move back to Nanjing in a short time.

After all, no matter in terms of geographical location or military position, Nanjing is indeed more suitable as a national capital than Beijing.

In the original history, Zhu Gaochi also had plans to move the capital back to Nanjing, but before he actually implemented this plan, he disappeared in a daze.

Even the emperor thinks so, it can be seen that there are definitely not a few ministers who have this plan in their hearts.

Therefore, if Li Tian proposed to abolish the Nanjing Six Departments at this time, he would definitely encounter great resistance.

Even Yang Shiqi and others will not support him.

However, once an idea sprouts, it is difficult to control it from growing. Even though Li Tian knows that this is not the right time, he still can't help but think about it often.

He knew that this matter would never be done in a hurry, just like the military reform and household reform, he had to take his time and wait for the right time.

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Li Tian and his party returned to the capital soon.

There is no way to go back to the Jingxin Temple for the time being, and the old monk and the young novice have no place to go for the time being.

They originally planned to temporarily place an order in a temple in the capital.

But Li Tian went to take them directly to the palace.

There is also a place to burn incense and worship Buddha in the palace, and there is nothing wrong with arranging them to stay temporarily.

Suddenly came to the place that everyone yearns for the most in the whole world, the little novice monk who didn't know much about the world was very excited.

Looking around, looking around, the little eunuch who had been following him was almost turned around.

The little novice does not have a name, and he has not yet reached the age of ordination, and he has not yet issued a title. He had a swaddle embroidered with the word "children" on his back, so the presiding old monk usually called him "Xiaotong".

Gradually Xiaotong became his name.

Although Li Tian knew about his background and his surname was Chen, he didn't intend to tell him about it.

Naturally, there is no need for Li Tian to intervene in the matter of arranging the little monk and the others.

After returning to the palace, he didn't care about anything, and fell asleep on the bed with his head covered.

He didn't close his eyes all night, coupled with all kinds of troubles, he was very tired.

He fell asleep until the afternoon before waking up.

"What time is it now!"

"Report to Your Majesty, now is the time."

"Is there any news from outside the palace?"

"There was no news, but the Empress Dowager was very anxious when she learned that Your Majesty didn't return all night, and she has already sent people to ask about it several times."

"Go and tell the queen, I'll be there soon!"

"It's Your Majesty!"

Li Tian got up slowly, stretched his waist greatly, and was about to get out of bed, when he suddenly felt that there seemed to be something more at hand.

When I grabbed it, it turned out to be a letter with a map mark.

"The whereabouts of Liu Gang and others have been found out!"

Li Tian still trembled violently at the beginning, but after shaking his head vigorously twice, he smiled wryly.

"Regardless of any era, there are people who cannot be underestimated, and Zhuang Shaoyou is definitely the top part of them."

To be able to leave a letter and leave calmly in such a heavily guarded palace without agitating himself.

It is too easy for such a person to take his own name.

Although his life was threatened, Li Tian didn't feel scared because of it.

On the contrary, the more powerful Zhuang Shaoyou is, the happier he is.

Because, this also shows that what he can learn from Zhuang Shaoyou is even more powerful.

Opening this topographic map, and comparing it with the maps around the capital, Li Tian immediately recognized the location drawn in the map.

"Where is Liu Baohe now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Supervisor Liu and the others were ordered to garrison the Jingxin Temple, but they have never returned, so they must still be there at this moment."

Li Tian put away the map, sealed it again, and handed it to the little eunuch beside him.

"You go there yourself, give this thing to Liu Baohe, and tell him that I have already helped him find someone, and whether you can catch him next depends on their ability."

After the little eunuch took the envelope, he didn't dare to neglect, and hurried away with small steps.

Insisting on handing over this matter to Liu Baohe and others is actually not just Li Tian's test of Liu Baohe and them.

Liu Gang has been the commander of Jinyiwei for more than ten years, and the contacts he has accumulated are immeasurable.

Whether it's the current Jinyiwei or Dongchang, which is a backdoor, no one is allowed to be bribed by him.

So whether it is to let the Jinyiwei go to arrest, or let the people from the East Factory go, it is inevitable that someone will tip off the news.

It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Liu Gang and others to show up in the capital, and if they missed this opportunity, the world is so big, it would not be so easy to find them again.

(End of this chapter)