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Chapter 66 Zhu Yuanzhang’s reform measures! All the officials were confused! Zhu Di was ecstatic!

The second day.

The light of the morning sun shines on the glazed tiles on the roof of the double-eaves veranda, exuding a golden and solid glaze color, shining brightly.

In the main hall.

magnificent.

Hundreds of civil and military officials lined up below the white stone jade steps, wearing crimson or cyan official robes and holding praise boards.

Zhu Yuanzhang was wearing a yellow military uniform, sitting on a golden nanmu dragon chair, with his hands on the armrests, and his face calmly listening to the performance of the civil and military officials.

"Tatars occupy the north. They are the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, also known as the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Now Tuogu Si Timur is called the Tianyuan Emperor."

"These remnants are the hidden danger of our great Ming Dynasty.

"You must not stay."

"More troops need to be sent to eliminate them."

"The southwestern barbarians have been a problem since ancient times. Their customs and habits are different from those in the Central Plains. They are very repulsive to the Ming Dynasty. We should send troops to suppress them and eliminate the disobedient people.

"In terms of household registration management, does the Ministry of Household Affairs follow the Yuan Dynasty's various household plans, or does it adopt the household registration management system of other dynasties?"

"Various household plans in the Yuan Dynasty."

"Category management of household registration, divided into participating households, compound households, and assisted households...

“With this household registration management system, once your identity is determined, your children and grandchildren cannot change it.

"The Song Dynasty inherited the fifth-class edition of the Tang Dynasty."

"Divided into customers and main customers."

"In the management of rural soldiers, the Baojia system was adopted.

“The Ministry of Household Affairs has not been able to decide for the time being whether the household registration system of the Yuan Dynasty should be followed, or whether the system of other dynasties should be used.

"Your Majesty, please make your decision."

Not long after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, internal management policies needed to be decided, either to follow the dynasty system or to formulate new policies to manage the country and the people.

External chaos needs to be quelled and barbarians suppressed.

Zhu Yuanzhang - decisive.

For issues that cannot be decided, let the officials find a way to decide.

The ministers could not think of a way and could only suppress the problem first.

After discussing government affairs.

When the civil and military officials of the dynasty thought they could disperse the dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke.

"We have something to announce."

"First, we decided to support commerce and trade and develop the economy."

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, the whole hall was boiling.

The civil and military officials' jaws dropped, their eyes widened, and their faces were full of shock.

Just outrageous.

Everyone knows that Zhu Yuanzhang hates businessmen.

He was born into a poor man and witnessed officials oppressing the people at the bottom. In his eyes, he believed that businessmen and corrupt officials worked together to oppress and exploit the people. For this reason, he hated the businessmen.

Therefore, he formulated a series of policies to suppress and devalue businessmen.

The status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty was the lowest in history.

One can imagine how much Zhu Yuanzhang hated businessmen.

However, this emperor, who hated merchants and wanted to punish them quickly, actually said that he would support commerce and trade, which was outrageous.

It's almost like someone is possessed by an evil spirit.

Civil and military officials did not dare to refute Zhu Yuanzhang, so they could only whisper to each other secretly.

The hall became a little noisy.

"quiet!!"

The eunuch standing next to Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Yuanzhang frowning slightly and shouted in a high-pitched voice.

The sharp sound was piercing the beams.

Echoes in the hall.

The officials fell silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang:

"We support commerce and trade."

"But there are conditions.

"We will increase taxes on merchants."

"Taxes on merchants increased with their income."

The ministers were stunned.

I see.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the national treasury was empty. If it supported commercial trade and increased taxes on merchants, the national fiscal revenue would increase and the national treasury could be filled to some extent.

They thought Zhu Yuanzhang had changed his temper.

It turns out that they still want to exploit businessmen.

This is worse than belittling businessmen.

Li Shanchang secretly glanced up at Zhu Yuanzhang, his eyes showing confusion.

He had been with Zhu Yuanzhang for many years and knew Zhu Yuanzhang's character very well. He hated businessmen so much that he would never think of using this method to deal with businessmen.

Liu Bowen frowned slightly.

All officials have different thoughts.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the civil and military officials below and continued to issue orders:

"Second, we need to lift the sea ban."

Baiguan's heart was filled with turmoil.

Lift the sea ban?

Zhu Yuanzhang banned the sea because the coastal areas were invaded by Japanese pirates. However, now Zhu Yuanzhang can't help but regret it?

What kind of trick is this?

The corners of Liu Bowen's eyes twitched slightly.

Regarding the sea ban, he thought more deeply than others and knew what was going on better.

On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to solve the intrusion of Japanese pirates in coastal areas, and on the other hand, he wanted to monopolize the huge benefits of maritime trade.

The focus is on the second one.

Even the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang would be moved by the huge benefits of maritime trade.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang actually gave up such a huge benefit?

what on earth is it?

He felt that something was wrong with Zhu Yuanzhang today.

Something is very wrong.

What on earth is Zhu Yuanzhang doing?

"Third."

"Ministry of Industry."

"We order you to build sailing ships. We want to build an invincible fleet on the sea, dominate the sea, frighten the surrounding small countries, and increase the power of the Ming Dynasty!"

"You need to start work immediately without any mistakes!"

The Minister of Industry was stunned for a moment, wondering.

What the hell is this Armada?

Building a sailboat?

Since the ban on maritime trade was issued, although the imperial court still used sailboats to go to sea and trade with other overseas countries, it did little shipbuilding and mostly maintained old ships.

Now listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's tone, it seems that he wants to build many ships.

The Minister of Industry took a step forward, held his fists in his hands, glanced above, and asked cautiously:

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask you, how many ships do you want to build?"

"A big ship or a small ship."

"Guangzhou, Shachuan, or Fuchuan?"

"Fuchuan's warships include bird boats and clippers...

"How many ships are needed for each?"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, "In the future, 707 will ask someone to submit the specific number and type of ships to be manufactured to the Ministry of Industry. You only need to go and make them."

"My lord, take your orders."

The Minister of Industry accepted the order.

What else could he do.

The ship can only be built in accordance with the documents after they are submitted to the Ministry of Industry.

"Finally, we will give the vassal kings the right to conquer other countries, and the territories conquered by the vassal kings all belong to the vassal kings and are collectively called colonies."

Zhu Yuanzhang gave the last order.

If the previous order only caused a small shock to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, then this order was undoubtedly an earthquake of more than ten magnitudes, shaking the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to their core.

The ministers were stunned.

Li Shanchang was also confused.

Even Liu Bowen, who had always been quiet, was confused.

They did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would make so many big moves.

Why didn't they hear anything about it beforehand?

Moreover, these are all unexpected big moves by them.

Every decision Zhu Yuanzhang made would set off a storm in the Ming Dynasty.

Compared to the shock of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, Zhu Di was filled with ecstasy. He clenched his hands under his sleeves into fists and suppressed his excitement.

Success!

Finally got the power to conquer other countries!

After gaining the power to conquer other countries, he can rely on him to control the countries they conquer.

He can be the king and hegemony within the domain!

No more feeling inferior to others!