Emperor Tianqi used to hate people like Zhou Jin the most.

The chief minister of the cabinet spoke, what could you interrupt?

Don’t know the superiority and inferiority.

But most of the censors and Qingliu of the Ming Dynasty were like this.

If others interrupt them, they think that others have no etiquette and are rude.

But if you interrupt others yourself, you will feel at ease.

Because in their opinion, this is a symbol of not fearing power and a manifestation of iron-mindedness.

Of course, this is also aware that whether it is the emperor or the prime minister like Huang Liji, he is still shameless after all. You should not be impatient at this time, otherwise it will make people feel that you are petty and you have to be generous.

But today's Emperor Tianqi looked very interested and seemed to encourage Zhou Jin.

Zhou Jin then said, "Your Majesty convened a court discussion today, what's the matter?"

Emperor Tianqi said: "You asked me about it, haven't you said it clearly? It was the case of Shandong Provincial Administrator's Rebellion against the Party."

Zhou Jin said: "Since it is a rebel party, why should the court discuss? In the past dynasties, it has always been better to kill the wrong party than to let go. This is a big deal. Today, it is a big mistake to put it in the palace to discuss it. Therefore, I think... the most urgent task of the court now is not to discuss the so-called rebel party case at all."

Emperor Tianqi couldn't help but think that this was coincidental to me and Zhang Qing. I and Zhang Qing were so good at killing each other before.

Emperor Aoki looked at him and said, "Since you can't talk about the rebels, then what are you talking about?"

"Only discuss one thing, where does the rebellious party come from!" Zhou Jin said seriously.

Emperor Tianqi said: "Then let me tell you, where did this rebellious party come from?"

Zhou Jin said: "I have been to the Shandong Provincial Administration and the Ministry of Education and County, and have been shocking in various prefectures and counties. Many people there have never been a place to stand. The gentry in Shandong loves to study, and there are many students and scholars with fame. Therefore... many people have been exempted from taxes and corvee service by relying on their fame."

"But... how can the court have no food? How can the country have no taxes? Therefore, if this tax cannot be collected from gentry and scholars, it falls on ordinary people. To be promoted to fight against the common people, it is already extremely poor and has to pay various taxes at any time. The annual corvee service is also as numerous as a cow. In recent years, Shandong has been doing well, not like Guanzhong, but the people... have reached the end of their journey."

He paused and then said, "Therefore, the people are full of grievances. It's okay. The gentry and scholars, seeing that the people are suffering and cold, not only do not have the kindness and righteousness taught by the saints, but think that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. The people cannot survive anymore, so they lend money, borrow a liter of rice this year, and you will have to repay a bucket next year. If they can't pay it back, they will sell their children and daughters, or be slaves forever. In addition, many places have long stopped practicing moral politics. They collude with local officials and exploit them wantonly, and have reached the point where both man and gods are angry."

Speaking of this, Zhou Jin paused: "Your Majesty, the local area has been corrupt to such an extent. The exemption from the local area has now become a powerful tool for people's hearts and souls. The country is in danger and bandits are everywhere. They even have an affair with bandits. How dare you ask Your Majesty, is this a thing of the past? So I couldn't help but think about it, why did I fall to this day... So I thought hard and thus came to a conclusion."

All the officials bowed their heads and said nothing. Today, the palace was surprisingly quiet.

Huang Liji narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Jin, then glanced at Liu Hongxun from the corner of his eyes, with deep meaning.

Liu Hongxun had an indifferent expression on his face, as if everything had nothing to do with him.

At this time, Emperor Aoki's voice said, "What is the conclusion?"

"Your Majesty, my conclusion is very simple. The fundamental reason is that these gentry monopolized the land of the local area. With the land, they controlled the people in their hands. So that the land of a county is often stolen by several gentry. Most of the people in the county are their tenants, grooms, long-term workers, short-term workers, guards, and local governments. There is no need to be tolerated by these families in everything. Because of this, this has been the case that the local people have reached such a level that these people are so unscrupulous, treating the law and orders as a joke, playing with and applauding the court."

"If the court continues to ignore this, then our Ming Dynasty court will not only be useless, but may even be in danger of collapse. I think the Ming Dynasty's country is not implemented, and the country will be in a state of doom."

As soon as this statement comes out.

Someone lowered his head and kept silent.

Someone looked at Zhou Jin with an angry look.

Some people also think about it, as if they are thinking and weighing.

But Zhou Jin looked calm and looked like a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.

After a brief noise, Emperor Tianqi coughed and said in a puzzled look: "New Policy? Before... I implemented the New Policy, don't you all strongly oppose it? Now, you often say that I have changed my orders every day, but I didn't expect you to be like this."

Zhou Jin was not ashamed at all, but said sincerely: "I also opposed the original new policy. This is not because the purpose of the new policy is problematic. The purpose of the Liaodong prince's new policy is to maintain a long-term stability in the country. So why aren't it the same? It's just... the process of the Liaodong prince's new policy is too rough, and many supporting new policy articles and laws have been criticized."

"For example, if you only talk about dividing the land, you need to measure the land, but how to divide it specifically? Dividing the land is not a fight, killing, or a marching or formation, or a command, and you can accomplish something. How to measure, how to distinguish the quality of the land, whether it is divided by Dingkou, divided by one village and one surname, or a household. Not only that, how to manage the government, what should the people do if the land is divided by the people, whether the mountains, rivers and lakes are divided or not? And how should the gentry... be dealt with directly, killing or also divide the land? If the cultivated land is divided, how can the other land be confirmed?

What is the only thing that matters is... if the land is divided, should the corvee labor change, and how much tax is? If there is no gentry in the place, what should we do if the original grain chief and baojia are there? Who will urge grain in the future? If there is a dispute between the Zong surname, what should we do? If the country needs to requisition land, what should we do? In our great central country, after King Wu attacked Zhou, he first used the well-field system. Later, the Qin Dynasty established counties and counties, and divided the land based on the military merits and titles. When it came to the Han Dynasty, it was the equal-field system. When it was the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it adopted the equal-field system, the renting system, and the government and military system were combined..."

"But since the Song Dynasty, private land has been rampant. If there is no corresponding system and only needs to be divided, then what is the difference between it and the bandits? Bandits can act rashly, but the court must have rules. Therefore... I have been in Shandong for these days and have been back to the capital for many days. Today I ask Your Majesty to allow me to submit the "Seventeen New Policies Commentary" and ask Your Majesty to take a look. If Your Majesty is right, you can use these seventeen commentaries as the foundation and submit them to the cabinet and the ministers of various ministries for discussion..."

As he said that, Zhou Jin then took out a memorial that was almost half thick from his sleeve and bowed his hands.

In the astonished eyes of everyone.

The eunuch who was waiting for him carefully took his "Seventeen Memorials" and sent it to the imperial case.

Emperor Tianqi was shocked. He was not a fool. This guy was just a censor, but he was definitely not a reckless man. To put it bluntly, he was just a person who played the striker.

The question is who is the central army behind him, and who is standing on his left and right wings...

This is not one person, this is a group of people.

So the seventeen comments submitted by Zhou Jin, but in essence it is the result of a group of people's efforts.

As for why Zhou Jin submitted the memorial, it is actually the norm in the court. Such a big event may cause huge controversy, or even fall into endless party struggles.

Because things are important, people who often want to achieve their goals will not stand up in person, but will first let a censor come to explore the wind.

If this is done, then everyone rushed forward together, and finally everyone shared the fruits of victory and lined up to divide the fruits.

But once there is huge resistance or something big of a mess, the person who comes back will continue to shrink. At worst, he will sacrifice a censor.

Of course, most of the time, the censor will not sacrifice it, because most of the censors are young, and those who are in the top will not be angry with a confused young man!

On the other hand, the Censor’s position is not high after all. If you shout at him today, you will be beaten and killed. If the person behind him retaliates against him in the future, you may not be able to take advantage of it.

After all, revenge is equal.

This is actually the same as the two armies fighting and not killing them. After all, everyone is not Khwarezm, who specializes in killing envoys.

Emperor Tianqi had already felt the different atmosphere in the court.

Good thing, even the new policy charter is ready, this is obviously...it has been planned for a long time!

Therefore, the people who were informed were calm and composed with an ambiguous and uncertain attitude. Those who did not know about it in advance were caught off guard.

And the ministers began to whisper again.

At this time, Emperor Tianqi had already opened the Seventeen Spreads and looked down carefully.

Inside... it can almost be understood as a supplement to Zhang Jingyi's new policy. The purpose is almost the same, and the process is actually similar. Anyway, even those gentry will die.

The details that need to be considered are indeed much more careful than that guy Zhang Jingyi!

In such detail, this is obviously not a temporary work by a censor.

And there are too many traces inside, which is not just something that a censor can think of.

Here... it can be said that it has a very theoretical level, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is far-sighted.

If you can have this level, I am afraid that there will be no more than ten people in this court.
Chapter completed!