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

Chapter 14: Prepare to take the credit for Zhang Juzheng’s reforms!
Chen Han sat down and said he wanted to carry out reforms.

Moreover, the changes would do the greatest harm to officials and the gentry in the world.

Chen Han is simply not changing this, he is directly killing them.

Is it possible to say this casually?
Even if Zhang Juzheng has the same view on the current situation as Chen Han, he still has to take his time.

And judging from historical records, Zhang Juzheng first tentatively implemented a whip method around the third to fourth year of Wanli.

At that time, the resistance was considerable. Not only the gentry among the people reacted violently,

Even the bureaucracy resisted en masse.

Because this is cutting off their flesh, how can they allow this kind of reform to proceed?

At the beginning, Zhang Juzheng had already united with Empress Dowager Li in the palace and Feng Bao, the superintendent of ceremonies, to form a stable iron triangle, which ousted the emperor.

Therefore, the power is almost concentrated in the hands of Zhang Juzheng. Only then can the imperial examination law be introduced to force officials all over the world to measure land.

But now Chen Han's strength may not be stable.

Although Chen Han had already dealt with Queen Mother Li and drove Feng Bao away.

He helped his own man Cao Zhengchun to the position of chief eunuch of the ceremonial department.

But as the first assistant, I may not be your Chen Chenhan.

Why do you dare to talk about reform?
The group of ministers in the cabinet duty room were also shocked.

They even felt that Chen Han was arrogant and disliked Chen Han's attitude.

From the moment he came in, he showed an air of contempt for the world and looked down on everyone.

Just now, Chen Han almost scared the talkative official to death, and he knew that he himself was unscrupulous.

Coming to the cabinet now is just a routine announcement.

Maybe he just needs the cooperation of the cabinet.

Therefore, these bureaucrats are even more unwilling to listen to Chen Han.

Zhang Juzheng did not say clearly that Chen Han's reform would definitely not succeed.

Instead, he asked tentatively: "Tishuai, reform is a good thing, but now so many censors in the court are impeaching you and me.

If this problem is not solved yet, if we rush for reform, I am afraid that it will easily arouse more officials to participate in impeachment.

Even if the reform measures are advanced by then, it may be difficult. "

The officials in the cabinet nodded one after another.

The key is that Chen Han was too careless.

Reform is akin to confidentiality.

If you say it in front of so many people, once word gets out, officials outside will have to scold you.

Being so lax, you don't look like a person capable of doing great things.

How could Chen Han know that this was not a game.

In the game, the plot setting NPC will not do him any harm.

Even if he heard his secret, he would not tell it.

So why would he take these NPCs seriously? He just wants to advance the plot as quickly as possible and do a speed pass.

Then Zhang Juzheng said, "You may not know the methods of these people.

This first wave of impeachments was just for those in the Sixth Section and the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The second wave may be officials from the Sixth Department.

They will scold you until the time is right, and then the real bosses will finally come to an end.

What you are hearing now is just the first wave.

But when I look at this first wave, it seems to be overwhelming. I wonder, Tishuai, what do you think of this matter and how do you plan to solve it? "

After listening to Zhang Juzheng's words, Chen Han looked at the bureaucrats beside Zhang Juzheng. The expressions of gloating on their faces were the same as Zhang Juzheng's.

I guess they are thinking in their hearts: Your butt is not clean yet, why are you still thinking about reform?
If you reform, these people will eat you alive?

You didn't catch the first wave of attacks. How dare you tell me what happened next?

Chen Han laughed loudly after hearing this: "Mr. Zhang Ge, it seems that you have underestimated me. I know who is behind those censors.

Isn’t she the woman named Princess Ning’an? The handsome man has taken care of it, and she will never dare to speak again. "

Zhang Juzheng and the others looked at each other, could they say such big words?

Who is Princess Ning'an?
That was the late emperor's sister and the current emperor's aunt.

Her husband Li He's family has a close relationship with the Queen Mother's natal family, which is a mess.

This is the reason why Princess Ning'an stood up to complain for Empress Dowager Li.

Unexpectedly, in just one day, Chen Han dared to say that he had solved the problem of Princess Ning'an.

Princess Ning'an, this woman, has quite a bit of the talents of Shangguan Wan'er and others in the Tang Dynasty.

Although she is a woman, she runs many shady industries.

Such a character was actually solved by Chen Han? They didn't want to believe it.

Chen Han said again: "It will naturally be verified in two days. Now let's talk about reforms."

Seeing the determination on Chen Han's face, Zhang Juzheng didn't know what to say.

I have seen evil people, but I have never seen such evil people.

Why can I say anything?

Zhang Juzheng also understood that if he was not allowed to finish what he said today, Chen Han might not be able to pester him endlessly.

"Please give me your instructions!" Zhang Juzheng said.

Chen Han was really not polite to him: "Let's talk about the current background.

Since Emperor Jiajing ignored the affairs of the state, officials have been monopolizing power and the royal family has been extravagant, building a large number of palaces and mausoleums;
The army recruited a large number of soldiers, and the annual military salary expenditure of the imperial treasury increased sharply, and the amount of military expenditures became larger and larger. "

Chen Han's first words made Zhang Juzheng sweat profusely on his forehead.

What a good guy, he directly belittled the grandfather of the current emperor.

Why is Chen Han so brave?

Chen Han continued: “Due to the huge expenditure of the treasury and the lack of revenue growth, the treasury deficit has existed for a long time.

In addition, emperors, princes, and eunuchs seized private land and built farmland, and land annexation activities intensified.

On the one hand, these eunuchs and powerful people's farms squeezed and killed their tenants at will, and on the other hand, they evaded taxes through exemptions or concealment.

On the other hand, officials and treacherous people colluded with each other. They failed to publish the tax and service books for a long time and tampered with the atlas. The rich and treacherous people used bribes to avoid heavy services. The tax and service books were destroyed and the tax and service collection was chaotic.

A large number of self-cultivating farmers have left their land and are unable to engage in normal agricultural production. Agriculture has seriously shrunk. In many places, land abandonment has occurred, and land tax income has decreased. "

Zhang Juzheng was shocked after hearing Chen Han's words.

At first, he only thought that Chen Han was joking, but he didn't expect that what Chen Han said was so reasonable.

It simply pointed out the ills of the times and pointed out all the most important issues in the Ming Dynasty.

And the words are concise, but to the point.

Zhang Juzheng's palms were sweating.

He stood up and walked to the door, shouting: "All guards, get out!"

Then he returned to the duty room and said to everyone: "If even half a word of this matter is revealed today, you will never survive!"

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(End of this chapter)