Prince of Chaos

The reform of the capital was initially completed.

Although, at first glance, the yamen officials in the capital seem a little bloated, but the efficiency of handling affairs has improved a lot. Some responsibilities were not clear, and now they are all classified and assigned to a certain ministerial yamen.

Although this kind of operation seems a little cumbersome, many things are much faster than before under this kind of handling.

Of course, there are still some problems.

The biggest problem is the difference between the north and the south and the difference between the central and local governments.

Although Zhu Changluo has supervised the country for nearly 20 years and holds the supreme imperial power in his hands, his influence still cannot truly radiate the whole country, and he can only be respected within his sphere of influence.

Going further to the south, although the whole world recognized Ming's rule, when the fundamental interests were really touched, the imperial power seemed extremely pale, and the local big clans and gentry were still the most stubborn obstacles.

They keep saying that they are good citizens of Ming Dynasty, but they are still selfish all the time, focusing on their own interests from the beginning to the end, and the pace of land annexation has not stopped for a moment.

Moreover, there are still many local officials at the grassroots level who shield them, allowing them to oppress the people who were originally fellow villagers, and at the same time colluding with these people to resist the imperial court's taxes.

Daming's taxes are divided into two taxes in summer and autumn. The two taxes add up to only about [-]% of the tax, and what is collected is only the most basic land tax. But just for these taxes, these big households have to think about it. Avoid taxes as much as possible.

Some places simply wrote memorials to the imperial court about the famine every year, asking the imperial court to reduce or exempt local taxes. In the end, even if the imperial court exempted some taxes as appropriate, these big households and gentry still would not pay half of the tax.

They are like Huang Silang in "Let the Bullets Fly", they are serious landlords on the surface, but secretly they control the wealth and power of a county. Gotta work with these guys.

But the consequence of cooperating with these people is to lose their conscience and become the white gloves of these villains, to create a name for these villains in Yurou Township, to create various names and tricks of taxes to deceive the poor people so that they can make their living beyond their means even worse. worse.

Zhu Changluo is also well aware of this. He is not a real prince who was only born in the deep palace, nor is he a white political player who has been brainwashed by traditional Confucianism. What he understands is across the ages.

Therefore, even though Zhu Changluo may not be able to compete with these scheming gentry and landlords in terms of ingenuity, Zhu Changluo's vision beyond the times makes Zhu Changluo understand better what is evil in the human heart.

Zhu Changluo's trust in people's hearts has always been very low, especially in the late Ming Dynasty when the collapse was approaching, Zhu Changluo didn't believe these people's lies.

Therefore, even if Zhu Changluo is short-witted, he will not trust anyone, which also ensures that Zhu Changluo will not be easily deceived.

However, to solve these problems, just let Zhu Changluo sit in the capital and count on the intelligence of the memorial and Jinyiwei, as well as the terrorist politics played by Dongchang, it is impossible to win these aristocratic landlords who have been entrenched for thousands of years.

If he wants to play with them, if he wants to win, Zhu Changluo must use an upright conspiracy and dare to end, otherwise, any will will be sprinkled after the capital is out, timid, and those who know how to advance and retreat can still pretend Be obedient and restrain yourself.

However, most gentry and landowners dismissed the decrees and orders issued by the court, not even the paper to wipe their butts!

Even Zhang Juzheng, who was determined to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, strongly implemented the order to clear up the land in the whole country, but how true is this data?

Of course, even if this is a piece of data that has been mixed with water, it is better than the old data that has not been updated for more than 200 years from Hongwu to Wanli.

Therefore, if Zhu Changluo wants to govern the region, except for the current Jiubian, Jingshi and Liaodong, Zhu Changluo still has to use the data collected by Zhang Juzheng as a blueprint in other places.

Although the data collected by Zhang Juzheng has been mixed with water, it is actually quite powerful!

In the original historical time and space, hundreds of years after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, when the Manchu Qing took control of the artifacts of Kyushu, the original data used by the Manchu Qing court for ground governance was also the data obtained by Zhang Juzheng during the Wanli period.

It can be said that Zhang Juzheng's population and land data were not only the most accurate population and land data at the time, but even after hundreds of years, the imperial court still had to act according to this data.

Of course, the reason for this is not that the Manchu Qing court was lazy, but because the black pot of population and land was too big, even the murderous Manchu masters did not dare to open the pot rashly.

After all, this cauldron is directly related to the stability of local grassroots rule. Whoever dares to move, these obedient landlords and obedient people who have their heads shaved will rise up and become the main force against the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

Since ancient times, even if the peasants' rebellion has turned upside down, they are nothing more than short-sighted thieves who can't stand on the stage.But once the landlords and gentry were forced to rebel and let them join the ranks of rebellion, the nature changed.

These people are knowledgeable, cultured, and have strong organizational skills. Once they design and plan for those rebellious mud legs, these mud legs will instantly turn into dragons and become a terrifying force that can directly shake the foundation.

Therefore, if the rulers of the past dynasties wanted to prolong their lives, they never wanted to please the hard-working peasants, but the dignified landlords and gentry.

These talents are the ultimate representatives of productivity in the ancient farming society, and their choices can directly relate to the prosperity of a dynasty!

Therefore, even Zhu Changluo, who has traveled through time, has to be cautious when dealing with this issue!He absolutely can't get involved with these gentry and landowners in a flash of his head.

Moreover, to put it bluntly, even if Zhu Changluo wanted to be kind to those poor people at the bottom, these people who have been tortured to the point of numbness by life would not appreciate Zhu Changluo's kindness.

However, Zhu Changluo couldn't give up on them, because these ordinary people are numb now, but they are also a dangerous powder keg.

If these gentry and landowners are allowed to squeeze down, sooner or later, these numb people will become terrifying demons who choose to eat people, and the first to bear the brunt is not the landlords and gentry who have oppressed them, but the court and the emperor!
In the eyes of these people, they will attribute their suffering to the immoral court and the overbearing government.

Therefore, Zhu Changluo must decompress these numb ordinary people, so that they can stick their heads out of the water for a breath of air.

And there is only one way to let these ordinary people have a chance to stretch their heads and release their pressure, and that is to suppress the landlords and gentry. There is no other way.

Fortunately, Zhu Changluo has accumulated a lot of strength in the capital over the years. Now Zhu Changluo has not only turned the capital into an iron bucket, but also collected Jiubian and Liaodong.

The current situation is like the end of the Warring States Period, Zhu Changluo is the powerful Qin State.

These gentry and landlords are the decadent Ji Zhou and the Six Kingdoms. Although they have also occupied this land for thousands of years, since Zhu Changluo began to arm himself with industrial power, the gap between them has emerged. up.

Now Zhu Changluo only needs to take advantage of his own strength and sweep across from north to south, and let the monster of industry tear up these landlords and gentry who stand in front of the mighty general trend.

Therefore, Zhu Changluo decided to tour Nanjing, go directly to the core positions of these gentry families, and meet them face to face.

As long as Zhu Changluo can take down the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, the rest of the place will soon fall apart. In this way, at least 50 years of Zhu Changluo's time can be saved!
Nanjing, the Land of Longxing in Ming Dynasty!

It is also the resting place of Emperor Taizu Gao!

It is also the place where Emperor Cheng Zuwen won the final victory after Feng Tianjing could not bring order out of chaos!

It is also one of the second capitals of the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to the capital Beijing.

There are too many legends here, too many legends.

From the Three Kingdoms era to the present, in nearly 400 years, this place not only preserved the fire for Chinese civilization when the nation was in crisis, but also created countless prosperous and romantic figures!

However, it is such a land of heroes. When people talk about it, they will not think of its heroic past, but only think of Liuchao Fendai and Jinling Gentleness.

It seems that after arriving here, the Huaxia spirit, which was originally tough and tough, suddenly became a rich and rich dandy.

Therefore, since ancient times, all dynasties that established their capitals in Nanjing could not escape the short-lived state of Guozuo. Although, compared with the Northern Dynasties, the Southern Dynasties were prosperous and splendid, but behind this prosperity and splendor, there were sad melancholy one after another.

Liu Jinu, who swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger, hated Jianye, leaving only the lament of panic.

The prosperity of the 480 temples of Emperor Wu of Liang left only the regret of Hou Jing's rebellion and starvation to death in Taicheng.

Empress Chen's melodious voice of flowers in the backyard left only the anecdote of Yanzhijing's peachy and subjugated country.

There is also Emperor Jianwen, an idealist who wanted to prosper the rule of three generations with all his heart in Wenzhi. He left only a fire and hurriedly ended his era.

Nanjing is such a magical place, a romantic and elegant place full of legends and regrets.

Literati and poets love this place, and families and romantic families love it here.

Politics aside, Nanjing would indeed be an excellent place for pleasure and comfort.

Therefore, after watching Mr. Cao's Dream of the Red Chamber, Emperor Wanli became more fascinated by Nanjing's fantasies. He couldn't imagine what kind of place it would be that could give birth to so many strange women.

Emperor Wanli was looking forward to meeting Lin Daiyu and the other twelve beauties in his heart after he came to Nanjing.

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Nanjing, here I come!Hahaha! ! ! !