Wanli Youming

Chapter 88
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On the night after Zhang Juzheng was instructed by Zhu Yijun, he sent people to invite Zhao Zhenji, a scholar, Zhang Han, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Ma Ziqiang, Minister of Rites, Wang Guoguang, Minister of Household, Tan Lun, Minister of Military Affairs, and Hai Rui, Minister of Zuodu, to his home. .

"Your Majesty still cares about the common people!"

"It's not just about wanting the common people to be neither hungry nor cold."

And these people are all reformists, and they are already Zhang Juzheng's supporters, so after these people gathered together, Zhang Juzheng did not hide the emperor's true intentions, and deliberately let these people know that the emperor supported them, so he just Speak bluntly.

"How do you say that?"

Zhao Zhenji asked.

Zhang Juzheng said conveniently: "Your Majesty rejects the whipping method, and it is only allowed to be carried out in accordance with local conditions."

"No?"

Zhao Zhenji stood up after hearing this, then sat back and asked Zhang Juzheng: "The uncle didn't tell your majesty that although this whip will make the people have to pay taxes in silver, it will also make it easier for the government to settle the general levy, which is not good for you." Sneaky post?"

"said!"

Zhang Juzheng replied, "But the Son of Heaven is not someone who only wants to make things easier for the government and not for the common people!"

"The state-owned sage!"

Wang Guoguang suddenly sighed, and then said: "This is a good thing!"

"Don't look at many emperors since ancient times who have been inseparable from talking about the common people. They all proposed light corvees and thin taxes, but few people really thought about doing it! It shows that His Majesty really cares about the people."

"It is indeed better for this whip to be enforced by local officials according to the actual situation than directly issued by the imperial court to pass through the whole country. After all, not all people in all places have enough money to pay taxes."

After Wang Guoguang said this, Hai Rui also nodded: "In that case, it's better to leave it to the local governor to decide on his own. It's just that the governor must be strictly ordered not to act recklessly, otherwise he will be dealt with strictly!"

Zhang Juzheng nodded.

"Never mind!"

At this time, Zhao Zhenji sighed and said: "The holy will is so, there is nothing to say."

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile at this time: "Although the direct implementation of a whip to the whole country has been rejected, your majesty means that it will still be implemented throughout the country in the future, but before that, the imperial court will issue something that can be used as a transaction for the world. The standard silver coin, and this silver coin is not a simple silver, it must be controlled by the imperial court."

"Your Majesty is thoughtful!"

The Household Minister Wang Guoguang, who is proficient in the way of money and food, nodded after thinking about it, and said: "In my opinion, it is better to use the silver that has been increased now as silver coins to facilitate the market, and then talk about a whip in the future." thing."

Zhang Juzheng nodded.

The others also nodded without expressing any objection.

Therefore, the reform in the early years of Wanli has been carried out to the present, and compared with the original history, there has been a big change.

Because of the consideration of the uneven development between the North and the South, the One Whip Act was not implemented in a hurry across the country.

Instead, the central imperial court is beginning to carry out the reform of the currency system.

Forging silver coins is not difficult for Daming whose forging technology is mature.

Therefore, soon Zhu Yijun saw the first national silver coin of Ming Dynasty from Zhang Juzheng.

Zhu Yijun named this silver dollar, and issued an order that the scholars and people in the world should not destroy it intentionally, otherwise it would be disrespectful to Taizu.

Because when Zhu Yijun determined the design pattern of the Daming silver dollar, he specifically asked for a portrait of Taizu to be engraved on the front of the silver dollar. The reason was that he had received such an entrustment from the Taizu in his dream, saying that he wanted to personally ensure the smooth flow of transactions in the Ming Dynasty.

Changchun Nunnery.

When the various new policies in the early years of Wanli continued to be carried out in full swing, Empress Dowager Li had been staying next to the ancient Buddha with a green lamp for a year.

During this year, her mood finally calmed down a lot.

When Wanli came to greet her again, she finally chose to see him instead of refusing to see her son of the emperor as before.

"Shouldn't you be getting married?"

Empress Dowager Li asked this question first when she saw Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "Of course we have to wait for the benevolent orders from the queen mothers."

"After the wedding, what do you plan to do with Zhang Juzheng?"

Queen Mother Li asked.

Zhu Yijun didn't answer, but only asked: "Is there something that the queen mother lacks here? Is there anything I need to order to be supplemented?"

Empress Dowager Li chuckled: "What can I lack?"

Then, Empress Dowager Li got up and turned her back to Zhu Yijun: "Go ahead, I know you don't like staying here!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Yijun left here and walked to Mrs. Chen's backyard.

"Queen! What do you think of my foot?!"

When Zhu Yijun was walking towards Empress Dowager Chen, he happened to hear the laughter of Xiao Yongning who came here first.

Suddenly, Zhu Yijun saw that Xiao Yongning kicked a shuttlecock very high, but he could catch it no matter how he kicked it, so he showed off in front of Queen Mother Chen.

"Slower!"

"Be careful of tripping!"

Empress Dowager Chen asked with some concern.

"fine!"

"I can't fall!"

Zhu Yijun also walked over with a smile at this time: "Mother's queen!"

"Come here?"

When Empress Dowager Chen saw Zhu Yijun appearing, she said something with a smile.

"Brother Emperor!"

Xiao Yongning didn't kick the shuttlecock anymore, and came over at this moment.

Zhu Yijun nodded to Empress Dowager Chen, then patted Xiao Yongning's little head, and then said to Empress Dowager Chen with concern: "Mother Empress has been feeling better recently, how do you like the tangerines sent by someone a few days ago?"

"Thank you for thinking about it!"

"It's delicious, but I accidentally ate too much because of my greedy mouth. I got up several times in the middle of the night, but it's okay."

Queen Mother Chen said with a smile.

After Zhu Yijun heard this, he chatted with Empress Dowager Chen about other things. For a while, because Yongning suggested to play shuttlecock together, he also played with him. Empress Dowager Chen watched from the side, just smiled.

But I don't know when, Empress Dowager Li also came over, because she saw the emperor Zhu Yijun and Xiao Yongning having fun with each other, she didn't come, and she didn't come to Empress Dowager Chen until Zhu Yijun and Xiao Yongning left: "Sister!"

Empress Dowager Chen nodded.

Empress Dowager Li said with a smile at this time: "The emperor and Yongning are happier when they are with my sister, but they are not willing to say a word when they are with my sister."

"Don't always think about asking about government affairs, it won't be like this."

Empress Dowager Chen said.

Empress Dowager Li smiled awkwardly and said, "What my sister said is true! It's just that Jun'er is about to get married now, so I just asked one more question."

"It's time for Jun'er to get married!"

Empress Dowager Chen looked at Empress Dowager Li and said, "You and I will give a kind order to the Ministry of Rites. We still have to do what we should do. It's really not good to procrastinate. It's easy to make people think too much, thinking that someone deliberately doesn't want to let us go." The emperor's wedding!"

"Sister said yes!"

Empress Dowager Li replied with a smile.

Therefore, in the first month of the fifth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun's aunt, Empress Dowager Rensheng, and biological mother, Empress Dowager Cisheng, issued an order to the Ministry of Rites to choose a marriage for the emperor.

(End of this chapter)