Jiao Fang said while taking out a charter. He said that this was the result of Liu Jin discussing with him last night, but now he has made the charter like a magic trick. This is quite interesting.
This is clearly because he has planned for a long time, and I believe this charter has been around for some time.
Jiao Fang first called a clerk and passed the charter to Li Dongyang to see.
Li Dongyang just glanced at it briefly, but he was not surprised or strange at all. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and did not express any comments. Then he circulated it to Zhang Cai.
Zhang Cai looked at the contents of the charter, and a ray of light flashed across his eyes, saying, "This is really a long drought and rain. The government has been decaying for so long for so long. Now it is finally going to be purged. And the factory guards have always been rampant.
Now the emperor and Eunuch Liu both mean to rectify the situation. This is a great joy for everyone to celebrate. In my opinion, this reform is not only feasible, but also needs to be implemented as soon as possible. In this way, the emperor's kindness can be used as soon as possible.
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Yang Tinghe couldn't help but snorted coldly. When it was passed into his hands, he looked over carefully, his eyebrows raised, as if there were signs of an attack.
On the surface, the reform regulations seem to have no problem. They list many current current problems, such as the East Factory, the West Factory, and the Jinyiwei have no restrictions and are rampant. If you only look at it literally, you are indeed not wrong.
Relying on the support of the palace, the guards acted freely, even invaded the people and inquire about the privacy of officials. These behaviors naturally made people feel scared.
However, the regulations proposed a solution, and the solution was very simple, that is, to set up an expert factory above the factory guards, so that the internal factory can supervise the factory guards and restrict the factory guards.
Seeing this, Yang Tinghe immediately understood Liu Jin's intentions. Although Liu Jin now controls the West Factory, the East Factory is still in the hands of other eunuchs, and the Jinyiwei is also firmly controlled by Liu Chengfeng's palm, so Liu Jin's power
The scope can only be the West Factory. Although the West Factory is at its peak now, it is a bit short of breath compared to those East Factory with deep heritage.
The internal factory used to manage factory guards is equivalent to adding a cabinet to the six ministries. Who will the eunuch in the hands of the internal factory end up? Isn’t that Liu Jin?
The so-called reform was actually just a means by which Liu Jin used to seize power. He was no longer satisfied with the Western Factory, but wanted to unify the factory guards and let the factory guards and the soldiers of the world be his minions.
In addition, the charter also restricted officials, saying that officials were corrupt and corruption became popular, and they must be punished and strictly supervised, which was quite a bit of the intention of imitating Emperor Taizu's severe punishments and laws on officials.
It is worth pondering here again. It seems exciting to restrain officials and curb corruption, but it depends on who is the person who is implementing it. If it is Emperor Taizu, it will naturally be considered a kindness to the world and can give it to the people of the world.
It brings a lot of benefits. But who is Liu Jin? This guy is a stupid person, and he is greedy. His so-called "stern punishment" is just a tool to attack political enemies. Yang Tinghe can almost imagine that if this reform is done,
If it is implemented seriously, then all officials who refuse to obey Liu Jin will become the target of Liu Jin's attack. From then on, the court will be filled with Liu Jin's followers.
Of course, Liu Jin and Jiao Fang are not fools. Although they brought their own interests into the reform, they still implemented some benevolent policies during the reform, such as taxes and reduction of corvee labor. The constitution stipulates that since then, all
All agricultural taxes were reduced by half, and officials in various places were ordered not to increase the burden on the people in various names.
This is a big deal. After all, there has never been such a precedent for such a large-scale tax reduction and exemption in the Ming Dynasty. Once the reform is implemented, many people will be able to gain tangible benefits from it.
But Yang Tinghe couldn't help but sneer when he saw this. The so-called agricultural tax is no longer worthy of its name. Back then, most of the sources of the treasury in the Ming Dynasty came from agricultural tax, but since the emergence of Jubaolou and the commercial bank, the proportion of agricultural tax has been
The annual tax was less and less. Back then, the annual tax was only two to three million taels of silver, but now the agricultural tax was not increased but decreased, at most it was about one million.5 million. However, the annual income of Jubaolou alone was already high.
More than 50 million taels of silver, the agricultural tax has become a small head in the first few years of the Ming Dynasty treasury, and it is not even enough to plug the teeth.
To put it bluntly, Liu Chengfeng paved the way, and Liu Jin and others were able to enjoy the success. They not only could use this to win people's hearts, but also implement reforms, killing two birds with one stone.
I have to say that this charter has many meticulous things, and its three main measures are extremely confusing. Whether it is restraining factories and guards, combating corruption or reducing taxes, it can not only confuse many people, but also gain a considerable number of people.
Support.
Yang Tinghe looked at the charter carefully, and was surprised and angry. He glanced at Jiao Fang from the corner of his eyes, and couldn't help but wonder, with Liu Jin's insight, how could he formulate such detailed rules of reforms.
Come out? This must be entirely done by Jiao Fang, and Jiao Fang is really not to be underestimated.
Jiao Fang always smiled. Seeing that Yang Tinghe had turned to the last page, he asked with a smile: "What do you think Yang Gong thinks?"
Yang Tinghe snorted slightly and said coldly: "I still say the same thing, governing a big country is like cooking a small freshman. Mr. Jiao's constitution is good, but what has ever been said about reforms is not glorious, but in the end it will cause endless harm?
You can learn from it, but..." Yang Tinghe paused here. He was also a very smart person. Of course, he knew that directly opposing this charter would only give people a handle, and people criticized him for being conservative, so he did not object verbally.
He just said, "But this matter has to be done slowly. If you want to succeed, you will not be able to do it without ten or eight years of hard work."
Ten years and eight years...
This is obviously unwilling to cooperate.
Jiao Fang ignored him, but his eyes fell on Li Dongyang: "What about Mr. Li, what do you think?" Jiao Fang looked at Li Dongyang with a burning gaze. In the cabinet, he and Zhang Cai were firm reformists.
Yang Tinghe put forward an objection, and it depends on Li Dongyang now. If such a move is supported by Li Dongyang, even if it is Li Dongyang's verbal support, the matter will be decided like this.
Although Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe were wearing pairs of pants, Jiao Fang knew that Li Dongyang had the intention of making an announcement like Eunuch Liu recently, but I don’t know if he was willing to support this statement today.
Li Dongyang was asked by Jiao Fang, but he did not rush to answer first. Instead, he took a sip of tea. In the eyes of the three great scholars, he slowly said: "Reform is a good thing. As Jiao Gong said, "Is the stubborn disease of the Ming Dynasty?"
It's hard to return. If the law does not change, I may worry about the country's overthrow. We are all cabinet ministers. It's okay to say something openly. The emperor and Eunuch Liu support the reform. I have also read the regulations for the reform. Although the regulations are just a straw.
He briefly mentioned the general direction of reform, but it was also targeted at current problems. Therefore…” Li Dongyang paused here and then said, “I support reform, this is a good thing.”
Jiao Fang was overjoyed after hearing this. There were three Grand Secretarys in the cabinet support, and the palace agreed. This matter was a foregone conclusion. Who would dare to object at that time? He quickly stroking his hands and laughed: "Li Gong Gaoyi, this fist
Eunuch Liu will definitely understand the patriotism. Since that's the case, then the matter is decided. If there is no problem with the charter, then what will be left to the court to discuss the details?"
Li Dongyang smiled and nodded, saying, "Very good."
The two of them sang together, which immediately made Yang Tinghe startled, and then furious. He absolutely did not believe that Li Dongyang would not understand the intention in the charter. Since Li Dongyang knew, why did he be accomplice for the tiger? Do you still think that Liu Jin's authority is not great enough?
What's more?
But at this time, he was isolated and helpless. Even if he jumped out, it would be useless. So he could only bear the anger in his heart and watch coldly. He just looked at Li Dongyang with a little more indifferent look.
Jiao Fang was proud. Li Dongyang agreed to the charter so quickly, but he was surprised. He had already made a mistake in his mind that Li Dongyang must have been scared and wanted to cling to Eunuch Liu.
Just at this moment, a clerk outside hurried in and said, "Princess Taikang is happy when the memorial was handed over by Zongling Mansion. Lianzhou sent it with whip..."
The emperor had already had an oral order, and the King of Chu could be submitted directly. In addition, Princess Taikang was involved, so everyone in the cabinet was stunned for a moment.
The late emperor had only one son and one daughter, but now the emperor has no descendants. Although the remaining Princess Taikang is the princess, she is pregnant now, which is also a big deal. Not to mention that the child in His Royal Highness the princess's belly is still of the King of Chu. This palace
The two most concerned children in the group are naturally extremely concerned.
The four people in the cabinet had one expression. When they heard the news, they couldn't even bother to study the reform. Jiao Fang's face was surprised at first, and then fell into silence. Obviously, she was a little worried about the sudden news. No matter what,
Now the most important thing about Eunuch Liu and him is to ensure the smooth progress of the reform. As long as the reform is successful, Eunuch Liu's power will be unprecedentedly powerful. They are not willing to encounter any changes in the middle. Princess Taikang's pregnancy is obviously a kind of change.
At least for a while, the palace has not had so much energy to discuss reforms.
"Hurry, bring the memorial, Lord Zhang, let's go to the palace to report the good news." The incident had already happened, and Jiao Fang couldn't do it anymore if he wanted to be an ostrich. His eyes fell on Zhang Cai, and the good news was a name.
The real purpose is to take the opportunity to enter the palace to discuss with Liu Jin.