Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Brother of the Zhu Family Seeks Immortality

He sorted out a pile of memorials and nodded.

"These memorials are basically submitted by civil and military officials. They are all requests for funds from the imperial court, and the demands are quite legitimate. It seems that if they are not revised, the sky will fall!"

At the end of Zhu Di's words, his tone was actually a bit harsh.

It can be seen that he is not very happy, but feels a little awkward and embarrassed.

Being so coerced by his ministers made him feel very unhappy!

"Then what is Grandpa Huang's plan? Are you really trying to build the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Zhankan asked Zhu Di seriously.

When Zhu Di heard his grandson's sudden question, his face was startled at first, as if he was thinking about the past.

Then, his face gradually became firmer, he stood up and said seriously: "Yes, I want to be an emperor who truly develops a foundation for the ages, unprecedented and unprecedented!"

Several other people present seemed to be calmed down by Zhu Di. Unexpectedly, the previous one was still talking about solving money problems, and now they were talking about opening up the foundation of eternity.

"But... that's very difficult..." Zhu Zhankan said.

"I'm not afraid!"

Zhu Zhankan nodded, Grandpa Huang actually had such courage and plan.

He said: "The money problem is easy to solve. At present, Yanzheng already has a stable income."

"Sell the right to sell salt to many merchants, and then ask the merchants to pay the money to buy salt, deposits, advance payments, etc., and then let the merchants bid to create a special land franchise."

"Specialized land franchise?" Zhu Gaochi asked curiously: "How does that work?"

"For example, the salt near the capital can only be sold by one or two families. Let the other party buy the right, but don't sell it for too long. If you only sell the right for three to five years, you can collect a large amount. money."

Zhu Gaochi frowned and said, "That's good, but in this case, I'm afraid there's no way for Yanzheng to be taken over by the Zhu family, right?"

While several people were talking, they looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di sat back on the dragon chair, rubbed his head gently, and sighed: "That's all, it seems that it is still difficult to get this money in your own hands."

He set his sights on Zhu Zhankan: "Zhankan, according to your estimate, how much money can you make by doing this?"

"I don't know, but it shouldn't be too few. After Emperor Taizu left, I have enough time to raise a group of wealthy merchant gangs in the fourteen years of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Gaochi asked: "But if this happens, I'm afraid the restrictions on merchants will be relaxed a lot."

Originally, Zhu Gaochi's plan was for Lao Zhu's family to hire those businessmen and use them as tool men to transport salt.

A group of businessmen still want to share the royal court's profits?

But according to Zhu Zhankan, it seems that the sale of salt will be handed over to merchants?

Is this a bit too risky?

Zhu Di also nodded: "I'm afraid that this will greatly increase the power of businessmen. Businessmen do not understand etiquette, pursue profits, have no shame, and should not be entrusted with big responsibilities."

"Grandpa Huang, my grandson doesn't think so!" Zhu Zhanji stood up and wanted to show off.

"Oh? What do you think, Dasun?" Zhu Di asked with interest.

"Businessmen may become a serious problem, but now scholars have become a serious problem for the imperial court!"

Zhu Gaochi was shocked when he heard this and quickly stopped him: "Zhanji, what are you talking about?"

The old man just expressed his intention to bring great rule to the Ming Dynasty.

The governance of the Ming Dynasty was inseparable from officials from various places.

How is it possible to completely abandon officials?

Zhu Zhanji retorted: "Father, you are not talking nonsense. Nowadays, almost all the people in the imperial court are scholars who were taught by Cheng and Zhu Neo-Confucianism. They are all Confucian scholars. Isn't this a hidden danger?"

Zhu Zhanji cupped his hands in front of Zhu Di and said, "Grandpa Emperor, Confucian students have been the dominant family in the court for many years, and they have formed a terrifying group."

"This time, my grandson, his father, his second uncle, and his third uncle all joined forces and failed under the attack of civil servants. They were helpless. Isn't that enough to explain the problem?"

Taisun felt a little dissatisfied with the resistance of the civil and military officials.

Of course these words are not entirely correct.

Civil servants were not the only people who hindered them from taking back the power of the Salt Regime.

But all the officials and clan members in the court who have interests in it.

However, Zhu Zhanji mentioned civil servants here and gave them small shoes!

Emperor Yongle just revealed his intention to powerful Ming Dynasty.

Under this background, it is impossible to continue to accommodate the dominance of the Confucian family!

Originally, the imperial court or the emperor only relied on Confucianism.

First, Confucianism has taken root in this land for a long time.

Secondly, what is most needed to govern the court is stability.

Thirdly, Confucianism is indeed suitable for the development of imperial power.

Confucianism, from the very beginning, was completely in line with the interests of the imperial power.

After thousands of years of development, the more famous theories include Gongyang theory, Lu theory, and the most widely circulated Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

The interests and power that Confucianism now represents can even be said to be extremely huge!

If the power of all Confucian students could be unified and integrated, it might be enough to change the world.

Even if he was as powerful as Sheng Yuan at the beginning, he would still have to rely on Confucianism to govern the world in the end!

Never in the past dynasties has another set of doctrines been developed, or in other words, has Confucianism been set aside to govern the country!

If you want to become a successful dynasty, the most basic writing style cannot be monopolized by one company!

Being monopolized on the path to becoming an official, other classes and professions have basically no chance to become officials.

The so-called prosperity of the dynasty is probably out of the question.

Zhu Zhanji said: "If you want to prosper the country, you must tear open a hole among the officials controlled by Confucianism and use people from other industries as officials."

"Nonsense, this is nonsense!" Zhu Gaochi said with some grief: "Son, you are going against the world if you think so!"

Zhu Gaochi has been influenced by Confucianism for many years and has read many Confucian classics.

How could he think that Confucianism is not good just because Zhu Zhanji said a few words?

Moreover, Confucianism does have a certain status and benefits.

Chapter 119 Tearing a hole in the court

How many reforms in ancient and modern times have ended because the reformers died.

Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty and Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty.

Only when a new interest group emerges can everything not end.

Zhu Zhankan injected this idea into his elder brother Zhu Zhanji.

This was also Zhu Zhankan's plan at the beginning. As one of the stepping stones, the establishment of the Business Department was established!

The basic class of the Ming Dynasty is scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans.

The position of scholars has been occupied by many Confucian scholars.

It is already difficult for farmers to support the world's taxes. Unless crops with huge per-acre yields such as potatoes and sweet potatoes are developed, farmers will have the ability to develop themselves.

Not to mention workers. In the face of the demographic dividend, the development of technology means that many people will lose their jobs.

Moreover, in the Ming Dynasty with a small peasant economy, it is basically impossible to have much development.

The development of technology must also be done step by step.

However, businessmen still have the opportunity to share a piece of the pie in the airtight Confucian interest group.

When Zhu Zhanji first heard the big pie drawn by his sixth brother for him, his thoughts were extremely prosperous.

It was not until now that he revealed his thoughts in front of the emperor grandfather.

Zhu Zhanji said to Zhu Di in a serious tone: "Students have worked hard and studied hard for ten years, what do they want?"

"Nothing more than getting their names on the imperial examination list and bringing honor to their ancestors."

"And passing the imperial examination means they can become an official! Enjoy the emperor's grace, tax exemption and labor service exemption!"

"Is it too simple to select officials in the court with only this one method?"

Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair and carefully analyzed what Zhu Zhanji said.

It must be admitted that the problem raised by Zhu Zhanji does exist.

And in the current Ming Dynasty, it is actually quite serious.

The most obvious thing is that in the past few days, the civil service group has almost wrapped up the consciousness of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di set his sights on Zhu Zhankan.

It is absolutely impossible for the grandson to come into contact with this knowledge in his usual studies.

The teachers he found for the grandson could not teach this knowledge to the grandson.

So there is only one truth!