Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Zhu Houzhao was furious at the imperial censor who was kneeling below. This was the third time he was angry with the civil servants, without him, because he wanted to find out the force behind it.

"The Minister of Punishment?"

"According to my Daming Law Calendar, how should this person be dealt with?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to my Da Ming law and calendar, you should be skinned and stuffed, and your family property will be confiscated. Those who are greedy for ink should be punished by the three clans."

After listening to it, Zhu Houzhao immediately said angrily: "In the future, the cruel criminal law in the Daming Law will not be applied to ordinary people, but the officials of the court will all use it. I want them to know what to do at all times!"

"The minister obeys the order!" The Minister of Punishment bowed to Zhu Houzhao.

"Cao Zhengchun!"

"The minister is here!"

Zhu Houzhao pointed at the censor and said, "Take him into the East Factory and torture him. I want to know who he was instructed. He was so daring that he dared to attack my cabinet scholar."

"The minister obeys the order!"

That Censor Li Du had lost his mind at this time. He knew that once he fell into the hands of Dongchang, there would be no good fruit to eat!

Cao Zhengchun led someone to **** the censor, walked out of the court, and returned to the East Factory.

As His Majesty's confidant, finding out who the man behind him is is a big thing for him to do now.

Moreover, this matter should be completed in the shortest time. Of course, Cao Zhengchun also has his own ideas.

At this time, in the court, no one dared to speak up. The three spokesmen all spoke out their thoughts recently and many people. They originally wanted to gain a good reputation, but they did not expect that the young His Majesty, not only did they fail to fulfill their purpose, Ruined their futures one by one.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair and said, "Aiqings, do you want to play?"

Just after he finished speaking, Li Dongyang, the second assistant in the cabinet, stepped forward and said, "Instructing Your Majesty, since His Majesty ascended the throne, my Ming Dynasty has become more and more prosperous, especially the destruction of the Tartars and the anti-Française, which has greatly shown the prestige of my Ming Dynasty..."

Zhu Houzhao listened to the old fox's flattery, and there was a hint of pride in his heart. In fact, this is also a small vanity of his. Everyone has it, so why not the emperor?

Li Dongyang's voice just fell, and the civil and military people of the whole dynasty congratulated and shouted: "Your Majesty, this is really a blessing for all people!"

Who doesn't like the feeling of being touted?

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Aiqing, you don't need to say any more. If you have anything to say, just say it!"

At this moment, a small civil official stepped forward, bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said:

"Your Majesty, there are many ordinary people outside who say it is a severe drought this year, and ask Your Majesty to find someone to go to the Temple of Heaven to ask for rain, so that the weather will be smooth!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard it, he was very happy. When he was the prince, his favorite thing was to use guns and sticks, and there were some things that were not related to the government.

"Present! Minister of Rites Yang Yiqing listens to the order!"

Yang Yiqing came out.

Zhu Houzhao said: | "The Ministry of Rites chooses good days and auspicious days. I want to go to the altar to worship my ancestors, and find someone to ask for rain!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

After Yang Yiqing returned to the shift, Li Dongyang continued to play: "Report to Your Majesty, since Your Majesty destroyed the Tatar tribe and defeated the French warship, the 15 affiliated countries around the Ming Empire have doubled their taxes."

"There are thirteen small countries who want to join Daming and become the vassal states of the Daming Empire. They are willing to pay taxes every year, and they are willing to be ministers to Daming. They were originally small countries in the Western Regions, and were ravaged by the Tartar country before. would like to belong.”

When Yang Yiqing's voice fell, Zhu Houzhao suddenly remembered, as if the princess of North Korea had already entered Beijing.

Among the many affiliated countries around Daming, only the Korean state pays the most tribute, and every new emperor of Daming ascends the throne, they will send one or two princesses to serve the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair, his eyes were bright, and his eyebrows were full of arrogance. Since he ascended the throne, he has created a lot of wealth for Daming.

"How many years of silver have these dependent countries brought me?"

"Go back to your majesty, the Joseon Dynasty is 500,000 taels of silver per year, and the future dependent countries are between 200,000 and 300,000 taels. In addition to the silver, there are also rare items such as corals, luminous pearls, and crystal cups."

"Does only North Korea have the most silver coins?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, only they are half a million taels."

Yang Yiqing listened to Zhu Houzhao's words with a gloomy expression on his face. He knew that His Majesty has been making money madly recently. In order to develop the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that he has exhausted all means. accumulated with.

North Korea is not rich in the first place, and it is already very good to be able to do this. As for the annual silver of other countries, it is also a major expenditure of other countries.

This money is probably all the protection fees paid by these affiliated countries to Daming? Otherwise, why do people give you so much money for no reason?

To repair the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, 300,000 taels is more than enough. As for repairing the river, the silver of this country is enough...

Zhu Houzhao sat in the court hall, but he no longer thought about this matter. He was thinking that the annual silver paid by these dependent countries would add up to a lot, a lot...

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said to Li Dongyang, "Go and tell those affiliated countries that if you want to get the protection of my Ming Dynasty, on the basis of the current years of silver, each country will send an additional 100,000 taels. If not, don’t come to pay tribute in the future.”

After Li Dongyang heard this, he silently sweated on behalf of Zhu Houzhao. In fact, he knew in his heart that this was His Majesty's intensifying efforts to collect money, which was not in line with reality at all.

If these vassals are forced into a hurry, they will unite in rebellion, which will have a great impact on the Ming Dynasty.

Even though Daming is as strong as a tiger now, there will be times when he will doze off. Isn't this time the root cause of trouble?

However, now, the persuasion is not successful, Zhu Houzhao act decisively, no more than his father Emperor Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youjian~www.wuxiahere.com~ It is the Hongzhi Emperor, who is generous and benevolent by nature, maybe he will be sympathetic to these countries...

Li Dongyang handed over the memorials of these affiliated countries. Zhu Houzhao opened it and calculated it carefully, and said silently in his heart: "Twenty-five affiliated countries, each handing over 300,000 taels, then..."

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao showed an unbelievable smile on his face. He felt that his emperor was really good.

However, the ministers below are very clear in their hearts that this false "prosperity" may be very good, but the suffering he left to future generations is indescribable.

At this time, Li Dongyang stepped forward and reported: "Report to Your Majesty, Fran Jiguo has sent envoys to establish an armistice agreement with Daming, and they are willing to compensate for the loss of Daming's naval battle, and they are also willing to spend money on those captured warships and All the captives are redeemed."

"Hehe, how much compensation did they pay me?"

......

In the courtroom, Zhu Houzhao began to ask about the relevant information of the Fran Jiguo.

Now, his Daming Navy is not yet capable of going to the Western Ocean, and it has to be trained for at least a year. The best way to do it now is to pay for it from the French people.

As long as there is money, everything is easy to do, Zhu Houzhao thinks so.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the French people use gold coins to settle the settlement. For a prisoner of war, they are willing to pay three gold coins, more than two thousand prisoners, or more than six thousand gold coins, and then they plan to buy back the captured warships, each with three thousand gold coins. ..”

"Three thousand gold coins? Do they think I'm still young?"

"Go tell them! I don't want any of their gold coins, I want silver, more than 10 million taels, let's talk, let's talk about this amount, don't talk!"

This is Zhu Houzhao's imperial edict, and no one dares not to listen to it.