Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

"Haha~!"

Liu Tiaoyuan laughed.

The emperor has sent a secret order to grant him a viscount status.

According to His Majesty, this is called - becoming a king!

According to His Majesty's new system, this is a powerful nobleman who can directly lead the people of a township!

If this were in a populous province like Shandong, Henan, South Zhili, and North Zhili, it would have to have a population of at least 10,000+ under its control!

If you compare it to Western vassals, it is comparable to a middle-sized country!

Fengjun, isn’t it Fengjun!

And, most importantly, the title you received is not an empty title!

This is a good thing with both fame and fortune!

Your Majesty has reformed the government, and the nobles in the future will no longer be useless wimps without real power and suppressed by civilian officials.

From now on, those who have been granted titles will be able to obtain more or less direct fiefdoms based on their title.

Even the lowest baron can directly command the jurisdiction of a village.

If he were a prince, he would be able to directly control a mansion or even several mansions!

Within the territory under its jurisdiction, regardless of agriculture, commerce, industry, or mining, only [-]% of all taxes within the fiefdom need to be turned over to the state.

The remaining [-]% belongs to them.

This is real money!

The emperor gave them the benefit of living with the country, so how could they not be loyal to the emperor?

Don't say that the emperor just wanted to seize Xu Qiyuan's excuse for causing harm to the country...

Even if he was asked to cover his face and chop Xu Qiyuan at night, he would not frown!

Liu Tiaoyuan laughed loudly:

"Happy together, rejoice together!"

"This credit belongs to all of us!"

Liu Tiaoyuan patted Wang Chang's shoulder hard.

He lowered his voice:

"Brother Wang, you have to watch out for these people of mine and don't let them inform anyone named Xu again...

That would be bad! "

"Brother Liu, don't worry. They are all serving His Majesty. I will naturally save you!"

Wang Chang smiled.

The two talked for a while, and Liu Tiaoyuan said:

"It's getting late, I'll leave now!"

Wang Chang turned to his lieutenant and said:

"Take our people and escort the grain and grass to Lord Liu!"

Liu Tiaoyuan also said to his deputy:

"Take these newly arrived boatmen, civilians, and soldiers, and follow the prince into the city. Remember, anyone who dares to escape halfway will be killed without mercy!"

The two newly promoted nobles who were secretly sealed as nobles by Zhu Youjian exchanged their subordinates on the spot.

Now that you have made up your mind to complete the task assigned by the emperor - then you must do it to the extreme!

Jin Yiwei conveyed the emperor’s words——

"If you are granted a title based on military merit, how can a hero be willing to be a lackey?

I hope that I, the Ming Dynasty hero, can stand upright in the future! "

This sentence spoke to their hearts!

According to the true ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, nobles are the actual beneficiaries after the royal family.

After Zhu Youjian eliminated the "ancestral system" imposed on Ming Dynasty by the civil servant group, the nobles have followed the emperor wholeheartedly!

To put it bluntly - the benefits are so exciting!

……

The boat left the shore and soon reached the south bank of Yangshui River.

Large carts were pushed onto the simple dock.

The civilian husbands, led by the soldiers, carried the sacks on the deck and placed them on the cart.

Xu Qiyuan sneered at the corner of his mouth, looking at...

‘The Dog Emperor, wants to rule the world?

See if I can't kill you!

The interests of my family come first!

What kind of bullshit emperor dares to block the interests of my family? Then he will be replaced! ’

……

Xu Qiyuan took [-] shi of grain, bypassed Wuhou Temple, and headed towards Zhangjiagou.

Ahead, there is a smooth road with no river blocking it.

Liu Tiaoyuan looked up at the sun in the sky, which was already hanging diagonally in the sky...

He lowered his head and thought for a while:

This place is less than twenty miles away from Zhangjiagou.

Calculating based on the distance traveled, we can definitely reach Zhangjiagou at noon!

No mistake!

His Majesty's plan - done!

Liu Tiaoyuan looked at the carriage in front of Xu Qiyuan, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

Old man, I'll watch where you run now!

Liu Tiaoyuan deliberately fell to the rear, waiting for all the civilian workers transporting the cart to finish.

He turned to a soldier dressed as a soldier beside him and said:

"Sir, I'm a rough guy. Is there something I don't understand?"

The soldier smiled. Although he was wearing a soldier's armor, he was dressed just like a soldier.

However, when he raised his head, there was a sharp flash of color.

It's like a sword about to be unsheathed.

Astonishingly, it was the Jinyi Guards riding hundreds of people dressed up.

"General Liu doesn't understand why your Majesty doesn't arrest Xu Qiyuan directly?"

Liu Tiaoyuan nodded repeatedly:

"Please help me solve my doubts!"

Jinyiwei Baihu shook his head, pointed at the civilian husband in front and said:

"General Liu should also know that these great scholars, looking at those who talk so much, look like they are concerned about the country and the people.

In fact, who is not a wealthy gentleman sitting on thousands of hectares of fertile land!

Among these people, who can summon the people of a county with just one shout?

Your Majesty has a saying - Great Confucians, great Confucians, are [-]% bitches in Confucian shirts.

They hold the source of money and food in one hand, and use the money and food in the other to make friends with scholars, build momentum and shout out, and manipulate public opinion.

Not to mention that there is no real evidence. Even if we really have evidence, what can we do?

Master Jiajing and Master Wanli were so powerful that they smashed the butts of countless great scholars with their royal sticks. In the end, didn’t they fulfill their livelihoods?

As long as public opinion is in their hands, even if it is black, it can be washed away into white!"

Liu Tiaoyuan sighed.

This Jinyiwei Baihu is telling the truth!

Liu Tiaoyuan frowned and said:

"So, what we have to do is let him die in the battle?"

"Correct!"

Jinyiwei Baihu laughed:

"Since we can't touch them openly, let's give them the honor behind us!

As long as they lose real power, the family business will decline within a few years.

Without the support of the common people, the wealthy gentry are nothing! "

His smile was full of sinisterness.

So what if you can control public opinion?

big deal...

I'll kill you and give you the posthumous titles of Crown Prince, Tai Bao and Prince Tutor!

Wait until your next generation grows up...

Will it take five years?

ten years?

Or 20 years?

The enrollment of Daming Royal University City this spring has reached 12!

After these people graduate, only half of them will enter government offices at all levels...

It’s enough to grasp the yamen at all levels!

Until then……

magistrate?

Prefect?

Chief envoy?

Ha ha!

With the subordinate staff in hand, even the big boss of the cabinet can prevent your government orders from leaving the yamen!

This is the bottom line!

……

Liu Tiaoyuan was shocked.

Posthumous mourning?

He somewhat understands His Majesty’s thinking!

Wonderful!

If you want to climb to a high position of real power in a government like Xu Qiyuan, in addition to studying hard for ten years and getting a title on the gold list...

It will take more than ten years of hard work in officialdom.

Even if there are people in the officialdom, it will not be less than three or four years!

If one of these people gets ahead, one of them will be cut off...