Alliance of the Heavens and Ming Dynasty

Chapter 23
"The minister waits for a second opinion."

All the ministers shouted in unison, everyone is an old fox who has been in the officialdom for decades, and no one knows what Zhu Houzhao is thinking.

Since Zhu Houzhao prefers Wang Yangming to join the cabinet, there is no need to fight against Zhu Houzhao. After all, those who fight against Zhu Houzhao usually do not end well.

"Okay, since all the lovers have no objection, then from today, Li Dongyang will be promoted to the first assistant of the cabinet, Wang Yangming will be promoted to the cabinet as the second assistant, and Yang Yiqing will be named a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion."

Zhu Houzhao was quite satisfied with the ministers' knowledge of current affairs, so he also helped Yang Yiqing along the way. This guy has good abilities and is obedient enough.

Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing kowtowed and thanked each other.

Afterwards, Zhu Houzhao winked at Wang Yangming, indicating that it is time to start!

Wang Yangming comprehended it, and immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty, since the founding of the country by the Taizu, our dynasty has lasted for nearly two hundred years. While many systems have continued to be passed down, there are also many outdated points. I implore Your Majesty to implement reforms and revitalize the country." I am Daming."

As soon as these words came out, the officials changed their colors, and the word "reform" deeply stimulated their nerves, making their hearts, livers and five internal organs tremble violently.

Being able to stand on the Fengtian Temple, all of them are smart people, smart people among smart people, they are familiar with history books, and they deeply understand that every reform means bloodshed, which means that the old order will be provoked, and the interests of some people will be deprived.

And as those in power, the beneficiaries of the current system, once the reform starts, they will definitely be the first to suffer damage.

Liu Jian and Xie Qian couldn't stop regretting. They knew that Zhu Houzhao and Wang Yangming would play this game, and they would never retire hastily even if they died. After they left, no one can stop Zhu Houzhao's footsteps!

"Your Majesty, you must not violate the laws of your ancestors!"

Before Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth, before Wang Yangming explained the details of the reform, some ministers couldn't wait to jump out to seek death, crying loudly, and those who didn't know thought his old mother was dead!

"The law of the ancestors cannot be changed, who told you, why, you went to the underworld to ask the great grandfather?"

Zhu Houzhao's face darkened in an instant, looking at the official of the Ministry of Rites who said in a cold voice, a sternness flashed in his eyes.

He would never let anyone who dared to block his way, not to mention a mere official from the Ministry of Rites, even Liu Jian and Xie Qian.

"Chen, minister"

The official of the Ministry of Rites was speechless. Of course he couldn't go to the underworld to ask Zhu Yuanzhang. The so-called ancestral law is immutable, but it's just an excuse for these civil officials to protect their own interests!

"Bold, are you fooling me?"

Zhu Houzhao yelled angrily, and immediately scared the official half to death, and fooled the emperor. He couldn't bear the charge of this crime, so he could only keep screaming.

"Your Majesty, the law of the ancestors cannot be changed. Once it is changed, the world will be restless and the people will be restless!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the laws of the ancestors are immutable, if you change the law rashly, the success or failure is unpredictable, Ming needs stability, Your Majesty."

Some ministers with no eyesight also cried and howled, as if Zhu Houzhao had committed some heinous crime. Zhu Houzhao felt that if he did not listen to them and gave up the idea of ​​reform, then he would be an eternal tyrant comparable to Shang Zhou and Sui Yang .

But like Li Dongyang, Yang Yiqing, Fei Hong and others are mature and prudent, neither objecting nor expressing support, Zhu Houzhao wants to make enemies of many interest groups, so let him go, they can no longer stop this young and powerful emperor .

"Since all the lovers have talked about this, I won't play tricks with you."

Zhu Hou's face sank like water, and his attitude was extremely tough: "Reform, if you agree to change, if you disagree, you must change."

"Your Majesty, the law of the ancestors"

There were also ministers who tried to use the old-fashioned but practical excuse of immutable ancestral law to suppress Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao interrupted him roughly: "Don't use the ancestral law to prevaricate and fool me, unless one of you has the ability to do it." Yincao Difu asks Grandpa Taizu and Emperor Yongle to see what their opinions are on my reform."

All the ministers were speechless, if they went to the underworld to find Zhu Yuanzhang, wouldn't that mean that they should die, how could they be willing to die because they finally got the power and status they have today.

"Wang Yangming, tell the civil and military officials how you plan to reform."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Wang Yangming, and he gave Wang Yangming the greatest support.

"Yes"

Wang Yangming described to the ministers the reforms that he had discussed with Zhu Houzhao long ago.

The military reform, the land reform, the tax reform, the three reforms came out, and the officials were shocked. It was not fear, but fear. The so-called three reforms were aimed at them. After the three reforms are completed, they are almost finished!

The military reform aimed at the increasingly rotten guard system, and it was the honorable group, the scum in the army, who suffered from the air and the blood of the soldiers.

The land reform is aimed at wealthy gentry, vassal groups, and powerful landlords, to curb land mergers and prevent local power from becoming bigger.

The tax reform is aimed at civil servant groups and businessman groups. These people occupy a lot of resources under their names, but pay less than a drop in taxes, and there are even more tax evasions.

The three reforms included almost all interest groups. What Zhu Houzhao wanted was for them to spit out all the imperial resources they had occupied. The blood of the Ming Empire was not something they could suck at will.

After listening to Wang Yangming's narration, all the officials broke out in cold sweat, terror and anger lingered in their hearts, the three reforms must not proceed smoothly, otherwise, they will be finished!
"His Majesty."

Liu Jian wants to speak out for the civil society and let scholars pay taxes, which has never happened since ancient times, which is really absurd.

"Since Liu Aiqing has resigned from office, don't worry about it!"

Zhu Houzhao said coldly.

"Ugh"

Sighing weakly, Liu Jian understood that the glory of the civil servant group had come to an end, and the three reforms had already demonstrated the determination of the young emperor.

He is no longer reconciled to being an emperor who has achieved something, he is comparable to Taizu, Qiping Yongle!
With such an enterprising emperor, Liu Jian should have been happy for Daming, but he was not happy at all when he thought about the laws in the three reforms aimed at civil servants and scholars.

After the Battle of Tumubao, the Civil Service Group managed to rise up, leaving aside the shadow of being suppressed by the two generations of heroes of Hongwu and Yongle, and now there is another Zhu Houzhao, with Zhu Houzhao's martial character, and compared with Hongwu and Yongle. With all the cruel methods, Liu Jian seems to have predicted the end of the civil servant group.

"Your Majesty, the three reforms are really absurd and absolutely unfeasible!"

Liu Jian could see the consequences of the three reforms, but how could the civil and military officials, who were as treacherous as ghosts and as cunning as foxes, not be able to see it?

(End of this chapter)