Chapter 016 The Honorable One is Still the Weakest
Looking at the excited Zhu Yijun, Gao pragmatically smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I forgive you, but I would like to ask an inappropriate question first."
Zhu Yijun was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said: "There are only you and me here. If you have any questions, just ask."
Gao pragmatically said: "Suppose there is an issue now, which causes the king of Zhou, Duke Dingguo and Mr. Guo Ge to argue endlessly. However, the emperor originally has no opinion on this issue. It doesn't matter who you listen to... I would like to ask the emperor at this time
Who will you choose to listen to?”
"Ah... what kind of problem is this?" Zhu Yijun said with a surprised look on his face.
Gao pragmatic smiled: "Your Majesty, just answer me."
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said thoughtfully: "If that's the case... then you should listen to Mr. Guo."
After hearing this, Gao Pragmatic smiled and said, "Then let's eliminate the wealthy businessmen and scholars first."
Zhu Yijun was startled, and he somewhat understood Gao Pragmatic's thoughts, but he was not completely sure yet.
Seeing that he had no objection, Gao Pragmatic said again: "Okay, let's get rid of Mr. Guo Ge first. Suppose there is an issue that causes the King of Zhou and Duke Ding to argue endlessly, and the emperor originally had no opinion on this issue.
It doesn’t matter whose opinion you listen to...Who will the emperor choose to listen to at this time?"
"This..." Zhu Yijun hesitated and said hesitantly: "The King of Zhou is the vassal king. Logically speaking, he should not have a dispute with Duke Dingguo?"
"It's just a hypothesis." Gao Pragmatic chuckled: "Let's assume that the two of them went to court and argued endlessly, and the emperor thought it didn't matter... Who will the emperor listen to at this time?"
"Then..." Zhu Yijun coughed dryly: "Then you should listen to King Zhou. After all, he is a dignified prince and an elder of the clan."
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "In that case, let's start with the nobles first."
"Hey, wait a minute!" Zhu Yijun looked depressed: "There's something wrong with your way of distinguishing!"
Gao Pragmatic laughed: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with this method of identification?"
"The problem is big!" Zhu Yijun opened his eyes wide: "This is not about distinguishing who is difficult and who is easy? This is just about distinguishing who I need to give face to first!"
"That's right." Gao Pingshi said with a smile: "Why does the emperor want to give Guo Ge old face first? Then compare it, and then give face to King Zhou?"
Don’t give Guo Ge old face? Then I will be scolded to death by my mother! Even if I am not scolded to death by my mother, I will be scolded by the official!
As for the King of Zhou and Duke Ding, the King of Zhou is also named Zhu after all, and he is a descendant of Taizu. I don’t even look at the faces of monks, but also the faces of Buddhas!
You said it yourself, it's just an insignificant matter. Since I can't afford to offend Mr. Guo Ge, I must exclude him first. As for the King of Zhou and Duke Ding, if the King of Zhou is embarrassed by me, other clans and even
Don’t everyone in the world have to say that I don’t care about family ties? And as long as Mr. Guo Ge doesn’t oppose me, Ding Guogong is nothing! Will other nobles make trouble with him? Even Wei Guogong and his family will not!
My nobles have long been afraid of being bullied by civil servants. As long as the courtiers stand on my side, who dares to cause trouble?
Eh...wait, wait, wait!
Zhu Yijun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Gao Pragmatic with a smile on his face: "You mean... the courtiers must support Qingzhang Xungui Yintian?"
Gao pragmatically smiled and said: "Qingzhang Yintian can increase the income of the household department. Since the income of the household department increases, no matter which yamen the court is, it is possible to get a share of the pie. In this case, why don't the courtiers support it?"
Zhu Yijun was stunned. Is this how the account was calculated? Why does it sound a bit weird?
Seeing that he was in a daze, Gao Pingshi added: "Of course, if the emperor wanted to be more reliable, he could have issued an edict to clear up his father-in-law's land and property, and at the same time issue an edict to slightly increase the courtiers' salaries, or not increase them at all, but alone
A subsidy is issued, just like charcoal subsidies and silk subsidies. The money comes from the taxes generated by the hidden land that has been cleared. As for how much it is paid, it depends on how much hidden land has been cleared."
Zhu Yijun stopped as soon as he heard this, shook his head repeatedly and said: "How can that be done? Isn't my busy work in vain?"
"If you want to take something, you must first give it to it." Gao Pragmatic advised earnestly: "It's not like the Qingzhang has made a profit of 10,000 taels, so we can give him a subsidy of 10,000 taels. The emperor will not lose money... We can give this subsidy.
Set a ratio, such as one-tenth, or at most one-fifth.”
"One-fifth is definitely not enough!" Zhu Yijun's eyes widened: "I will give them one-tenth at most. If not, I will break up in two!"
Gao Jingshi was also stunned, thinking to himself: Wanli was famous for being "greedy for money" in history, and it seemed that there were signs that he was becoming stingy even before he took office.
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty, the key issue now is to win the support of the courtiers. As for the subsidy ratio, that is not important... Oh, it is not unimportant, but there is no need to get too entangled now. Anyway, wait until the matter is finished.
,Can’t the Emperor make adjustments?”
Gao Qingshi originally wanted to say it wasn't important, but when he saw Zhu Yijun's eyes getting bigger and bigger, he had to change his mind quickly.
Zhu Yijun thinks this explanation is good. He should clear out the land first. As for the subsidy ratio, if it is too high, he can find an opportunity to reduce it in the future... I am not a stingy person. Although one-fifth is not enough, one-eighth...
...Forget it, let’s just give one-tenth, I can still give you one-tenth!
After understanding this truth, Zhu Yijun was in a good mood and waved his hand generously: "Okay, I am the supreme king in the world, how can I care about this with my ministers... If it doesn't work, I will adjust it later."
Gao Pragmatic rolled his eyes inwardly when he heard this: You are the one who mentioned the supreme being in the world. I think it is quite appropriate for the supreme being in the world.
But he quickly added: "Oh, by the way, Your Majesty, it is best for us to separate the issue of hiding the land of honorable nobles, and it is best to deal with it separately for the Northern and Southern Zhili."
Zhu Yijun was stunned: "Why is this? We are all nobles, why should we separate?"
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, would it be more troublesome for all the nobles to oppose the same thing, or only half of the nobles to oppose it?"
"Oh...I understand." Zhu Yijun nodded, but after thinking about it, he hesitated and said: "But if you move half of it, the other half is not stupid. Don't they understand the meaning of lips dying and teeth cold, so they just sit back and wait to be beaten?
A knife?"
Gao pragmatic laughed and said: "Then let's throw a few smoke bombs...Does the emperor know about the smoke bombs? A thing made by the Jinghua Artillery Factory some time ago. The Ming Dynasty also had it in the past, but it was not professional. It was just a kind of thing that could be thrown out.
A firearm that emits a large amount of smoke and obscures the enemy's sight..."
"I know, I know. Let's get down to business first!" Zhu Yijun doesn't want to know about Gao Pragmatic's new weapon now, he just wants to know how to throw this smoke bomb.
"Oh..." Gao Jingshi deeply regretted that he didn't have time to promote a wave of products, so he had to change the topic back and said: "We can put on a play to make half of the nobles think that the other half who was chopped by a knife is
Unlucky, the emperor happened to find out that they had a lot of hidden fields in their hands, so the emperor was furious, so he cut them with this knife. Then the other half of the nobles had a sense of luck, thinking that as long as they were careful, they could still escape this knife.
of."
Zhu Yijun's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "What a great idea! But how to do it specifically?"