Domineering Daming

Just as the three of them were about to salute, Zhu Xu waved his hands and said calmly, "How did you do what I asked you to do before you left Beijing?"

The three of them were startled, and were a little speechless.

The emperor talked with them one by one before they left Beijing, including recovering the outstanding grain, restoring the Taizu tax system, re-registering households, fields and so on. I can't move for a while.

Huang Liji was the one who had been away from Beijing for the longest time. His expression changed, and he raised his hand to Zhu Xu and said, "Go back to the emperor, I have been in the court for more than two hundred years, and I have accumulated evils for a long time. I still need time to plan slowly..."

"Then where have you progressed?" Zhu Xu asked indifferently.

The three looked stiff and didn't know how to speak.

They are restrained in the local area. Although they seem to have great power, they dare not make drastic reforms. They can only barely stabilize the situation and promote the imperial court's innovation plan little by little.As for those tough bones, they retreated as soon as they touched them, and dared not go deep.

Zhu Xu turned his body half sideways, knocked his fists on the table, and reprimanded him with an increasingly serious tone: "You are the governor of a province entrusted with a heavy responsibility by me, and you are the officials of the frontier! This is how you repay me. Did you repay the court?"

Zhu Xu's final voice was particularly loud, echoing in the imperial study.

The three quickly knelt down and said, "I am guilty!"

Zhu Xu snorted coldly, slammed his fists on the table, and scolded more and more coldly: "You haven't done any of the things I told you, but you want to reduce taxes! Don't you know that the court is short of food and money? ? You are the governor sent by me, do you listen to me or to them!?"

Huang Liji, Qian Longxi, and Jiang Dejing hurriedly kowtowed and said loudly, "I dare not!"

All three of them have the label of "King of Faith". If the emperor is furious, he can throw them into prison!Cold sweat broke out on the heads of the three of them, trembling with fear.

Zhu Xu still didn't show a good face, and sneered: "Don't dare? Why don't you dare? In order to reduce taxes for those people, you even quarreled with Master Bi? I saw that he was always careful with him, but you really gave My face, do you still have me in your eyes!"

At the end of Zhu Xu's every sentence is an accent, which oscillates endlessly in the imperial study.

"I will die!" The three of them became more and more frightened, knocking their heads on the ground, shaking all over.They are afraid, afraid that the emperor will be angry and punish them!

"Want to die?"

Zhu Xu's voice was as cold as iron: "What else do you have besides talking about this? Just tell me, can you still do this governor? If you can't do it, you will return immediately. I will agree now, and I can send someone to send you off now." Back home, I'll take you all the way home!"

The three of them felt cold all over, and the emperor refused three times and didn't use it any more. This was to directly dismiss their officials and remove them from their posts!

"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

Jiang Dejing was terrified, and suddenly said loudly: "I am loyal to the emperor, I dare not forget it, this time I will strictly enforce the court's laws, and I will never slack off!"

"I dare not or forget!"

"I dare not or forget!"

The other two followed suit, all terrified, their voices trembling.

Zhu Xu's expression was indifferent.Staring at the few people for a long time, he said: "I will give you one chance! Go, everyone write an article, and when it is finished, I will publish it in the court newspaper for you. If you fool me, you will not participate in the political reform conference." !"

Everyone knows how important the political reform meeting is. The three of them felt chills in their hearts, knelt on the ground and hurriedly said: "I obey the order!"

The three of them exited the imperial study room in great anxiety and left the Jingyang Palace, all of them looked at each other with ashen faces.

They managed to get out of Wenzhao Pavilion, and they have a bright future ahead of them, if they are so broken, it will be a big loss!

They are not reconciled!

Qian Longxi looked at Jiang Dejing with a gloomy face, and Huang Liji said: "You two, the emperor is furious, what should we do now?"

Huang Liji was the most calm, with his eyes flickering slightly, and said: "Go to see Mr. Bi, there are some things... I need to discuss with him for a while."

Qian Longxi and Jiang Dejing's eyes lit up, and they hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, let's go together, let's go together."

"Who's down here?" In the imperial study room, Zhu Xu became more and more calm as he drank his tea ceremony.

Chapter 549

Cao Huachun knew that the emperor was trying to establish his prestige, and he was laying the foundation for the political reform three days later. Seeing him ask, he turned sideways and said, "Returning to the emperor, it is Zhao Han, the governor of Henan, Zhang Ruitu, the governor of Shanxi, and the governor of Jiangxi..."

"Xuan." Zhu Xu rubbed his face, there are already the first two batches, and the next one will be handy.

The emperor wanted to find fault, but no one could run away. He was reprimanded and beaten with big sticks. The three people who came in were all flustered, and they kept "convicted" and "death".

They were kicked out in the same way and wrote a "guarantee letter". If they couldn't write well, they would be labeled as a "faint official" and sent home to farm.

This trick is really unsatisfactory!

The emperor reprimanded the governors of the eighteen provinces, accusing them of being "faint officials" with no political achievements, which caused quite a stir in the capital.

The public opinion personnel arranged long ago are quickly playing a role, spreading the "incompetence" of these officials in the streets and alleys, which really puts a lot of pressure on these officials who came to Beijing.

Evening, Royal Garden.

Zhu Xu walked in front, followed by Shen Yongmao and Sun Chengzong.

Shen Yongmao knew what was going on outside the palace, and said with a smile: "The emperor's move is brilliant, I heard that Lord Bi's side is going well now..."

Zhu Xu smiled. If he wanted to subdue these literati, it would be useless to forcibly issue orders. We must grasp their weakness, that is, "reputation"!

"How are things going?" Zhu Xu didn't care about these, they were all small tricks, and asked slowly.

The two were startled, and Shen Yongmao raised his hand knowingly and said, "Go back to the emperor, now Zuo Liangyu has almost returned to Yunnan, He Renlong, Daishan, Dorgon, etc. have all arranged to go south, and the Military Intelligence Department has long been sorting out the situation." Based on Annan's information, and formulating a suitable counter-insurgency plan, it will not take long to send troops!"

Southeast Asia is basically the territory of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, there were various "Xuanwei Mansions", but gradually they all existed in name only, and later even the "name" disappeared.Therefore, there is no problem with using the word "counter-insurgency".

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes and kept thinking, and said: "Annan has a total population of just over 300 million. The separatist regimes are fighting in a melee. The combat power is backward. There are no firearms. The territory is very narrow. Our army is all elite, battle-tested, and the waterway Going hand in hand, there is no reason why it cannot be taken down. What I want to know is, how much land can Annan have, and how many people in the disaster-stricken areas can be resettled?"

This is what Shen Yongmao is doing. He said: "Back to the emperor, I have estimated that the Zheng family in the north has more than 10 hectares of fertile land. If it can be fully occupied, tens of thousands of people can be transferred in a short period of time. With the reclamation , within three years, there is no problem with 500 million people, and if it goes well, it should be acceptable to send another 300 million people."

The situation in Annan is very complicated. Northern Zheng, Southern Nguyen, and small countries such as Champa that do not belong to Annan. Even so, there are other large and small separatist forces, which have been fighting endlessly and complaining constantly. This also has a profound history. The origin involves hundreds of years of grievances and grievances between the two dynasties of Mori and Li.

Naturally, Zhu Xu already knew about these things. He paced back and forth, his eyes like swords, and said, "Emperor Taizong surrendered Annan back then. The strategy is wrong, this time, I plan to give Annan the status of North Korea."

Both Sun Chengzong and Shen Yongmao were taken aback, and Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty, what does 'Korean status' mean?"

The corners of Zhu Xu's lips curled up, and he said, "Allow them to retain the king, and have semi-independent government affairs. The imperial court will send officials to the court to supervise and be responsible for taxation. At the same time, they will implement the 'Mutual Defense Treaty', and all military forces will be controlled by me, Ming..."

Sun Chengzong and Shen Yongmao looked at each other, Shen Yongmao frowned and said, "Your Majesty, didn't you annex them directly?"

How to immigrate without completely annexing and taking all the power?Also, this approach of not moving forward and not backward is also not in line with Daming's usual style.

Zhu Xu smiled more and said: "We are not familiar with the place and need their help. If we want to restore those Xuanwei mansions in the south, we still need to rely on their strength. In this matter, Daishan, Dorgon and the others are the main force. We must rely more on them, and when it is time to delegate power, we must boldly give..."

Zhu Xu's idea was to expel them and beat himself, and the Ming army followed behind and waved their whips.

Shen Yongmao and Sun Chengzong didn't quite agree with Zhu Xu's idea. The so-called "people who are not of my race must have different hearts", no matter if they are Annan people or Jiannu, they cannot be trusted.But the emperor obviously had his own plans, and the two could only claim to be.

Zhu Xu stretched out his hand to fold a cold plum, and after a click, he said firmly: "Order Yang Sichang to go south and set up a combat headquarters on the front line in Yunnan. Zuo Liangyu, Daishan, and Dorgon will all go in. I will order Jin Yiwei to send all Send all the information to assist in the war!"