Comprehensive martial arts: Summon the thunder and lightning general, I will rule the world

Chapter 273 Someone wants to kill me

It is precisely because of the tax-free policy of the literati that Ming Dynasty later received less and less tax revenue. Perhaps at the beginning, he thought that as long as the people above him supervise it well, then these things would not be a problem.

But if you can't stand the emperor behind you, your family will be ruined!

The ambitions of literati are always difficult to understand, and even more so, unimaginable. After all, many emperors of the Ming Dynasty were directly killed by the literati. Even the better ones still need to be wary of the literati, and even do not hesitate to go to court for this.

Zhu Houzhao is also currently investigating the information about the Tumu Fort incident. This guy Zhu Qizhen, the God of War, is indeed a scumbag.

However, Zhu Houzhao also felt that the original Tumubao incident was not that simple, and that there might have been internal fighting among civil servants.

After all, after the Tumubao Incident, a lot of civilian officials died, but similarly, the number of military attachés also decreased a lot.

Ming Dynasty's tax revenue slowly decreased from more than 60 million taels of silver to more than a hundred taels of silver. What a shame!

Zhu Houzhao said that you can never overestimate the integrity of literati, but on Zhu Houzhao's side, he had a large number of his own people, and many of those wealthy families were killed by Zhu Houzhao. Now nearly one-third of the Ming Dynasty's land is In Zhu Houzhao's hands, this is enough for the time being.

What Zhu Houzhao has to do next is to slowly make trouble for these elders and slowly eliminate their influence.

Zhu Houzhao rented the fields in his imperial village to the common people at a low price. Given the choice, the people were naturally willing to cultivate Zhu Houzhao's fields. However, those gentlemen wanted to cultivate their own fields, unless they chose to rebel. , otherwise, the rent can only be reduced.

And Zhu Houzhao slowly made trouble for them. For example, they mistreated farmers and failed to pay taxes.

Zhu Houzhao even plans to slowly eliminate all tax exemption policies for these literati.

They are all used to it!

If anyone dared to raise a problem, Zhu Houzhao said that he would give it all to them.

Taizu had preferential treatment policies for these literati, but those businessmen were still well clothed and well fed!

Don't forget that there are strict restrictions on the food, clothing, housing and transportation of merchants. These guys have strict regulations. If you really count, these guys will all be dead.

In fact, the key depends on the emperor's control over the court. If the emperor can control the court and the army, these literati want to cause trouble, but there is nothing they can do.

Most of the generals of the Ming Dynasty are Zhu Houzhao's absolute confidants. If anyone dares to cause trouble, they can just send troops to quell it.

Even if all the emperors in the entire Zongwu Continent were added up, none of them could do what Zhu Houzhao did!

The negotiations between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty were successful. In the end, Cai Jing purchased 500 war horses at a price of taels per horse.

As for why there were 80,000 war horses instead of 100,000, it was mainly because the Northern Song Dynasty was temporarily out of money!

Yes, there is nothing wrong with the Northern Song Dynasty being very rich. After hundreds of years of accumulation, they have become the richest dynasty in the entire Zongwu Continent.

At least the government's tax revenue and per capita GDP are the highest.

At the same time, the Northern Song Dynasty became a favorite in the eyes of the Yuan Dynasty. However, after a year of war, the Northern Song Dynasty also had financial problems.

<divclass="contentadv">Ten million taels is not a small number anymore!

In fact, in history, the Song Dynasty was indeed the richest dynasty in history, but the people had money and fewer people were willing to serve as soldiers. In order to get the people to serve as soldiers, the only option was to use high salaries.

When the Southern Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty went to war, the military expenditure on the Western Front alone was tens of millions of taels every year. Add in other defense lines, and you can imagine how huge the Southern Song Dynasty's annual military investment was.

Who would have thought that the real reason for the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty was inflation?

The situation in the Northern Song Dynasty was actually similar. Even this time they solved the Murong family, Fang La, Liao and Jin.

But after that, they will be in trouble for a long time.

After solving Cai Jing's problem, Zhu Houzhao returned to the Summer Palace, but when he returned here, A Qing, Yan Lingji and Ji Yanran were already waiting here.

"That aura from before?" A Qing looked at Zhu Houzhao with a slightly worried look and asked.

Obviously, she was also attracted by the aura of Zhu Houzhao and the Fire Lin Sword.

She would not take the initiative to go to the court. Even though as a land god, she would go to the Ming Dynasty meeting without any problem, and no one would say anything.

But Ah Qing is not a public person. He is usually very secretive and unwilling to get involved in those things.

"It's this sword. Someone gave it to me." Zhu Houzhao took out the Fire Lin Sword and said with a smile.

"It's this sword." Ah Qing stared at the Fire Lin Sword and exclaimed: "I saw this sword when I went to Dahan before. At that time, I felt that there was a big problem with this sword, and I also reminded the owner of this sword. But he didn’t seem to care, and instead thought I was trying to get the Fire Linjian’s idea.”

"Is that so?" Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth: "The vast majority of swordsmen cannot refuse this Fire Lin Sword. Putting aside this sword will cause people to go crazy. This is indeed a A good sword, just not for me.”

"So you know!" Ah Qing was slightly relieved when she heard this. She was worried before that Zhu Houzhao would be demonized by the Fire Lin Sword. Wouldn't the entire Ming Dynasty be finished by then?

"Yes!" Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly: "The exercises I practice can solve all the problems of inner demons, which means that I will not go crazy!"

Listening to Zhu Houzhao's words, everyone couldn't help but twitch the corners of their mouths. Good guy, is there such a technique in this world?

You must know that even the authentic Buddhist and Taoist techniques have the possibility of becoming possessed!

As a result, Zhu Houzhao was able to help him solve all his inner demons. Is this cheating?

Even a technique like the God of War Illustration is probably not as good as Zhu Houzhao's, right?

"However, someone wants to murder me!" Then Zhu Houzhao sighed again.

"It's a bit like that person's behavior!" Ah Qing stared at Zhu Houzhao with burning eyes and warned.

"I think so too. It's just that it's difficult to find that guy! Then I'll pretend to be slowly affected by the Fire Lin Sword!" Zhu Houzhao stroked the blade of the Fire Lin Sword and said softly: "

This sword is indeed a good sword, but it is a pity that it does not suit me. "

"Your Majesty, do you have any requests? Although our country of Yue is gone, the sword-making technology still exists. If your Majesty needs it, we can make swords for him." Ji Yanran stared at the Fire Lin Sword in Zhu Houzhao's hand, facing it. Zhu Houzhao asked.