Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Chongzhen, who traveled from later generations, understood a sentence very well: "Things that can be settled with money are not serious!"

I have just ascended the throne, who is the real loyal?Who is the real rape?Besides the old eunuch Wang Cheng'en who hanged with him in Meishan, who else could he trust?The British Duke Zhang Weixian can believe that, after all, the last Duke of the Kingdom also died in battle for himself.Where is Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen?This old thing is a thief!Luo Yangxing, this bastard has received national grace but mixed with a group of people from the Donglin Party, can you believe it?

So in such a comparison, the eunuchs such as Wei Zhongxian and Wang Chengen and some of the relatives are more trustworthy.

As for some people saying that Wei Zhongxian wanted to kill Chongzhen, and Wei Zhongxian teamed up with the Hakka family to kill Tianqi Emperor's empress, Empress Zhang, who had miscarriages many times, so that there was no prince, so she could only pass the throne to Chongzhen in the end?In fact, it is impossible to think about it with your brain. After all, no matter how stupid Wei Zhongxian and Keshi are, they will know that controlling a young emperor is better than controlling Xinwang who has always been disliked by them—that is, Emperor Chongzhen who killed them later. Simpler, right?For eunuchs, how did their power come from?Isn't it relying on the emperor's favor?Liu Jin, Wang Zhen, Wei Zhongxian, which one is not?When Chongzhen's accession to the throne became a foregone conclusion, Wei Zhongxian would definitely think of ways to please Chongzhen at the first time instead of trying to murder him-that would be a big death!During the Zhengde period, Liu Jin, the leader of the Eight Tigers, was scratched with a small piece of paper; the majestic nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, facing the original butcher knife of the Chongzhen Emperor in history, was also eager to be slaughtered, without even a fart of resistance.

As for the records in the later Ming history, they were edited by Qing Qing, and the revisions were made by the disciples and grandchildren of the Donglin Party. Their credibility is estimated to be the same, at best, it is better than nothing.

So now, the wise and mighty Emperor Chongzhen couldn't find his golden finger. In desperation, he had no choice but to take the novel he had read at a certain point in his previous life as the law. At any rate, he knew that eunuchs were far more reliable than the Donglin Party. As for other , Jinyiwei, East Factory and West Factory, he doesn't intend to let go of any of them, let him use everything that can be used!The ministers are disobedient, just kill them and change them. Daming doesn’t have many other things. There are many people who want to be officials with their heads sharpened. Even with Zhu Baba and Zhu Laosi’s efforts to kill officials, there are still some people who become officials. It is estimated that Emperor Chongzhen killed a few. no problem.

The most urgent task now is to let the old man Wang Chengen work with the Eastern Hierarch to set up the inner factory first, lest he die like the previous emperors and die for no reason!Secondly, I still need to find a few reliable dragon legs, and get a few troops that can be completely loyal to me, and I want the kind that let them die without blinking an eye.After all, the great man once said that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun, and a gun is the king of grass.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was in a bad mood, continued to mutter: "Director, I seem to have taken the wrong script, can I change it..."

Chapter 4 First buy a wave of hearts

Overnight, Emperor Chongzhen's youthful head turned pale from worry, but unfortunately, the sun still rose the next day.After thinking about it all night, Emperor Chongzhen still decided that it was important to renew Daming's life first by wooing the peasants, killing the disobedient ministers and the eight locust merchants by the way.

When the next day went to the court and came to the main hall, the voice of the officials shouting long live fell, and Wang Chengen shouted at the side: "If there is a book to play early, if there is no book, retreat to the court."Seeing that no one in the group of officials disgusted him, he said to Wang Cheng'en beside him: "Wang Cheng'en, declare the decree."

Wang Chengen bowed and said: "Yes!", glanced down at the officials, and immediately opened the imperial decree and said: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said: I will inherit the great career with the age. It is only the merits of the ancestors, However, I only obey the laws and regulations; it is difficult for officials to govern the people, and they will seek flexibility. I am young. I don’t know the magic of ancient sage kings in governing the world. However, I have heard that in ancient times, sage kings governed the world. The people did not add gifts, but the sea was rich and abundant , although I am not sensitive, I also yearn for it. It is ordered that all officials in the government and yamen of the world will have divisions, and from now on, there will be no more taxes in the Ming Dynasty!"

As soon as Wang Chengen's voice fell, all the "honest gentlemen" in the court hall were dumbfounded.For a while, no one came out to speak.Even, many ministers who were full of ideals and the thoughts of a wise king were immediately so moved that their faces flushed.

Never add a gift!

What a benevolent government!

Who mentioned the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period?

This is the real benevolent king!

It has to be said that Kang Mazi's trick is still very capable of bluffing people, including the later Jin Daxia and countless mite remnants, but they all think it is Kang Mazi's benevolent government.

However, this is simply a nonsense false proposition.Because in China, taxes and taxes.Always separate.Taxes are used for national defense expenditures, government expenditures, and various local affairs and channel digging and repairs, etc.And Fu.It is used to build palace temples for the emperor, eat, drink and have fun.To put it bluntly, taxes go into the national treasury, but taxes are the emperor's internal funds, which do not go to the national treasury.

The Emperor Chongzhen issued such an edict, in fact, it has almost no impact on the operation of ministers and local yamen!It's just that it will affect the enthusiasm of the subordinate staff when collecting taxes!This is also the confidence of future generations who dare to shout never to add gifts.Otherwise, you want him to shout that there will never be tax increases, try it?Let's see if those Shanxi merchants and landlords will rise up and tear up the millions of Eight Banners soldiers!

Well now, regardless of whether it is the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party, or any other messy Chu Party or Zhejiang Party, you have to admit that the imperial decree of Chongzhen is an out-and-out benevolent government—anyway, the emperor’s own money What's wrong with us?The world is yours, so spend as little as you can.So the monarchs and ministers hurried down the mountain under the leadership of the first assistant Huang Liji to shout long live: "Your Majesty's benevolence and virtue will benefit the common people. Please issue an edict to announce the world, so that the world will know your majesty's benevolence and love for the people!"

Chongzhen looked at the officials below, and then said: "Wang Chengen, this edict should be issued to the world tomorrow, and ordered Jin Yiwei and Dongchang to send people to read it out to the people, so that the people will know about it, so as to prevent any small officials from below from harming the people. If there are people involved in it, the common people can go to Beijing to file a complaint, and Jinyiwei and Dongchang will send people to guard, and there must be no mistakes."

After playing such a trick, Emperor Chongzhen can finally breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. After all, with this edict as a foundation, those small farmers and small and medium-sized landlords will treat Emperor Chongzhen as their own father!wrong!It's a father who is closer than my own father!As for the people at the bottom, I'm afraid they would like to set up a tablet for him, and worship him day and night.And with the hearts of the people in hand, even if the "honest men" in the court rebel collectively, I believe that as long as he can walk out of the palace and come to the street, the people will immediately be grateful and send him to the throne of God.

In this move, Chongzhen still learned from the hooligans of the old Liu family in the Han Dynasty.Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty exempted all kinds of land taxes at every turn. The old hooligan Liu Bang played this game even more slippery.In this way, people have their own basic disk.Now that Chongzhen has also played such a trick, I am afraid that the people of the whole Ming Dynasty will become Chongzhen's basic board. With such a strong backing, Chongzhen said that those who are against me are scumbags...

As for how much money is not in hand now, Chongzhen said that Emperor Daxing’s elder brother Tianqi Emperor still has some wealth, and soon, there will be a wave of house raids. It is estimated that it will not be a problem to get a few million taels. Jinyiwei and Dongchang will give it to me Go to the streets to collect protection fees, especially brothels and restaurants, you must collect a lot.As for what kind of background these people have, I have Jin Yiwei and Dongchang in my hands, why do I care about these scumbags?Let Jin Yiwei and Dongchang investigate anyone who dares to jump out!Guaranteed to check one accurate!After checking the house and ransacking the house, wouldn't the money just come?Even if it's not enough, isn't there still the Eight Great Locust Merchants?These few are very rich!If Shanxi merchants are not enough, then Zhejiang merchants, Anhui merchants, Fujian merchants, Shandong merchants, and Beijing merchants are added. This will always work, right?

What is a luxury businessman?A wealthy businessman has no country, what are you afraid to do for profit?so what are they?Isn't it the pigs raised by the state?The pigs are too fat to be slaughtered and bled, and they are still waiting for them to sell Daming to those wild boar skins of Tungus with the Eight Great Locust Merchants?

Chongzhen was very happy doing things, but when the ministers below heard it, they couldn't be happy——Jinyiwei and Dongchang, these two harmful things, you still don't want to abolish them?Keep it to cause trouble and harm people, right?Although he was dissatisfied, no one jumped out to say something. After all, Wei Zhongxian has not fallen yet, and the court is full of old fritters, waiting for someone to come forward, but you look at me, I look at you, who? Not stupid, no one jumped out to object.

The ministers are not very comfortable. It has only been one day since you ascended the throne. Your Majesty, why do you look like a different person?So what about the King Xin who trusted us honest gentlemen and hated Wei Zhongxian and those eunuchs when he was in the mansion?How can you change as soon as you take the throne?You can't pull the bird ruthlessly as fast as you!After all, everything was fine before he ascended the throne yesterday, right?

Ignoring the feelings of the officials below, Emperor Chongzhen was very happy.For Emperor Chongzhen, one of Jinyiwei is the eyes, and the other is the knife in his hand, neither of which can be easily abolished. Jin Yiwei, everyone knows the consequences. When the country was in crisis, only one eunuch, Wang Chengen, was with him. Those who died fighting for Chongzhen were all eunuchs. Only a few scholars died in the national disaster. None of the other ministers entered the palace!It's all right now, seeing that I have my own big basic board, and then strengthen my eyes and sharpen my knives, the rest is to deal with the army!

Chapter 5 Take out the prestige of the factory guard to collect protection fees

Chongzhen's original intention was to be a wise ruler who loved the people like his own son, which is really wonderful.But what are the prerequisites for becoming a Mingjun?The answer is that you have to be rich and have power.In order to achieve this goal, all means are not important, so Chongzhen doesn't mind becoming a big tyrant first.

Just like some dynamic groups in Hong Kong in later generations, when the boss is poor, you still expect a younger brother to hang out with you?Isn't coming out to hang out just trying to return home to honor your ancestors?To achieve these two things, in the final analysis, don’t you still have to be rich?

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to get money very much now.In order to get a big foundation for himself, he blows out the awesomeness that will never be added. As the emperor, his teeth must be used as gold, and he will definitely not be able to take back his life, so this gift has no hope— —Even if he counted on it, in fact, the common people in the late Ming Dynasty were so poor that they couldn’t get out of the pot, and they couldn’t afford a few big sons—if they could survive, who would take the risk of losing their heads to rebel?

Therefore, after thinking about the practices of some dynamic groups in later generations, Emperor Chongzhen decided to learn from it. First, he allocated Jinyiwei to set up an urban management office and assigned it to Dongchang, and then began to collect protection fees, booth fees, and urban sanitation management fees from all merchants in the capital. Wait, and using Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi as the city management, it is estimated that it can stop children from crying at night, which is much more powerful than the city management of the later Celestial Dynasty...

Our Emperor Chongzhen, who has traveled through time, is the master who wants to do it as soon as he comes out. Thinking about it, he is a newcomer. He is not familiar with these people in Jinyiwei and Dongxichang. Simply let Cao Huachun and Wei Zhongxian do this. Forget it, anyway, no matter which film and television drama they are in, these two guys are not good things. The reputation is stinky, and it is the same if it is stinky. Don't worry.

Just do what you say, after summoning Cao Huachun, Emperor Chongzhen immediately gave Cao Huachun an opportunity to face-to-face: "There is a shop in the capital that counts as one, first find a way to find out their income, and give me one and a half floors as a protection fee every month. It’s called booth fee, urban sanitation management fee, and public security security fee. Half of the floor is reserved for the city management office, and the first floor is handed over to my internal treasury. Don’t care who’s buying or selling, what the prince of the country is, it should be collected Time can't be soft, if you get less, I can't spare you."

"Businessmen are counted one by one, especially those from foreign countries. In this way, all Han people will be charged one and a half floors. If they are foreign or non-Han businessmen, one person will be counted as one, and all will be charged two and a half floors! Half a floor Leave it to the city management yamen, and the rest will be escorted to the internal treasury.”

Cao Huachun was also dumbfounded. Didn't the emperor really believe in the Donglin Party?Why is this less personal than what Wei Zhongxian did?Immediately asked: "My lord, if it's from the father-in-law's family..."

"You don't care whose family he belongs to. If he doesn't pay the money, he will be smashed. Make sure he pays the money honestly! Whether it's the head of the country or the Duke of the country, I don't care about it. As long as I see the money, I can't take it." If you come up with the money, I will take your dog's head first!" As soon as Chongzhen mentioned collecting money, he immediately became murderous, especially when he heard the head of the country, he was even more angry.

The reason why Emperor Chongzhen did not let go of his father-in-law was not at all out of setting an example or treating everyone equally, but because he had great opinions on his father-in-law himself!After all, the original "benevolent emperor" Emperor Chongzhen who believed in the Donglin Party's set of evils in history was about to finish his game, so he wanted to borrow some money from his father-in-law to deal with emergencies. People cry for being poor, and in the end, like sending a beggar, they took out 3000 yuan and sent Chongzhen away!Later, after the Chuangjun entered Beijing, how much did they get out of Zhou Guozhang?A full 53 taels of cash!Dozens of other rare treasures have been pulled!No matter how you look at this matter, Zhou Guozhang's inhumanity came first. Since this is the case, how can this Chongzhen treat his old father-in-law differently?Had to scrape the skin off of the old thing!

"Listen to me. What I want is one and a half of their profits. You are not allowed to charge more, but you can't charge less. Even if you have more or less of a big man! If you encounter someone who doesn't pay , let Jin Yiwei, or your own fans, beat, smash, and make trouble for me every day, so that their business can't go on! As for those who have paid, no one is allowed to harass them anymore. If there is green skin to give birth Just break their dog legs and throw them to Huangzhuang to do coolies! At the beginning of each month, send some silver to the internal treasury!" Speaking of silver, Chongzhen's eyes began to glow green.

"Your Majesty, if you do this, will someone impeach you and compete with the people?" Cao Huachun was still worried.

Upon hearing Cao Huachun's words, Chongzhen immediately reprimanded: "Bastard! You old bastard, have you lost your mind after hanging out with those Donglin Party members for a long time? Competing for profit with the people? Competing for profit with which people? It was just announced today that there will be no tax increase, so why are you competing for profit with the people? With those businessmen? Didn’t the court officials say that they should emphasize agriculture and despise business? Never increasing tax is the best way to emphasize agriculture! Similarly, income The protection fees of these lawless businessmen are also the best light businessmen! Those with backers do not pay taxes, and those without backers will be exploited by Qingpi. From now on, the merchants in the capital will be exploited by me. I think they will be much happier than being exploited by Qingpi! Remember, you are my slave, not the Donglin Party!" The blatant declaration of exploitation, the vicious tone, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like what a son of Shengming should do, right?

"Also, if someone impeaches me, let Dongchang and Jinyiwei jointly investigate! See how much money is in the family of this kind of adult who actually "emphasizes business" and wants to plead for the "people" and how much is his salary? How many people are there in the brothel! If corruption comes, first give him a ransack, and then peel him, real grass! Don’t they like the ancestral system, so use the ancestral system of Taizu Hongwu to fulfill them! When will this Ming Dynasty Is there still a shortage of people who want to be officials? At worst, Enke will be added next year, and more people will be recruited!"

When Cao Huachun stepped down, Chongzhen began to order Wei Zhongxian again: "The local tax supervisors can't stop! Continue to raise taxes for me! Anyone who objects to it will investigate! There is also salt tax, and those illegal salt merchants must be investigated, and they must be thoroughly investigated! Let the people in Dongchang pay attention to the salt tax! Whoever dares to smuggle salt or evade taxes should be killed, and those who should be ransacked are not allowed to kill the wrong ones, let alone let them go! If the people sell them by themselves to eat Yes, turn a blind eye and close one eye! In a word, it is convenient for the common people, and trouble for those local tyrants and evil gentry! However, no matter what kind of tax, if you dare to receive mud-legged people, you will also kill yourself !"

Once the fire was over, Chongzhen remembered something again, and said to Wei Zhongxian: "Hurry up tomorrow, give up your nine-thousand-year-old title! There is no need for people to tear down all your shrines and exchange them for silver coins." You have sent the internal money, you can use this money to recruit people, and in the future, the people in the East Factory will no longer be drawn from Jinyiwei, and they must be self-contained, understand?"

"The way of heaven is to make up for what is not enough. The way of man is to make up for what is not enough. What I do is the way of heaven!" Emperor Chongzhen, who drove away Cao Huachun and Wei Zhongxian, began to mutter again: "I really love the people Like a child..."

Chapter 6 Let's see how they collect money

After staying in the palace honestly for a few days, Chongzhen, who had a headache dealing with official affairs, finally couldn't stay any longer.Even if I'm an IT nerd, but you always bother me with these trivial things that are not serious, what is your intention?Do you want me to die of exhaustion earlier?If I have to deal with any problem, then what is the use of me in the cabinet and the Sixth Ministry?

Emperor Chongzhen, who couldn't stay still, decided to leave the palace to learn from that Kang Mazi who would visit privately in undercover clothes when he had nothing to do.Look at Kang Mazi, he doesn’t do his business every day, he just patronizes private interviews on Weifu, and the private visits don’t do any serious business. Rather than talking about Kang Mazi’s private interviews on Weifu, it’s better to say that he’s picking up girls on Weifu, even people like Kang Mazi How can I become an emperor through the ages, how can I be worse than him? From now on, I will not only be diligent in political affairs, but also diligent in private visits in undercover, so that the legend of me will spread among the people!Like those hooligans in the old Liu's family in the former Han Dynasty, privately visit your own base and reputation through micro-services. As for picking up girls like Kang Mazi, forget it.The quality of the beauties in the harem of the Ming Dynasty was not comparable to those of Mi Qing's horse faces... However, this can also understand why Kang Mazi likes to go out to pick up girls-basically, any woman outside the palace is more beautiful than his harem!

But then again, Kang Mazi is definitely not the number one among those who like to go out to play in history.Speaking of playing, the old Liu family of the former Han Dynasty, from the emperor to the prince, all liked this tune-look at Emperor Han Jing, this guy who was named Mingjun, and later the guy with big ears always called himself the great-great-grandson of Emperor Xiaojing , it was him who smashed Prince Wu to death with a chessboard on the streets of Chang'an, causing Wu Wang to not go to Chang'an at all, and Chang'an had to lose face to Wu Wang.If King Wu hadn't rebelled later, no matter how much this guy jumps, Chang'an would have to hold his nose to recognize him. After all, King Wu's prince was smashed to death by the current prince and later Emperor Xiaojing with a chessboard...

Chongzhen, who made up his mind to visit in private, called Wang Chengen, and Qiao dressed up as the young son of the Zhou family, that is, his brother-in-law, and asked Wang Chengen to pretend to be the housekeeper, and Fang Zheng to pretend to be the guard (this guy is awesome, Dongfang The undefeated prototype, finally died in a fierce battle when Li Zicheng's army attacked the palace, a loyal member of the royal family), and then secretly accompanied by the Dongchang Fanzi, the group left the palace, and began the private visit of Chongzhen Weifu.

Walking aimlessly on the street, Chongzhen saw a side that he never saw in the memorial: a peddler bargained with a customer for a copper coin, and after the customer left, he looked forward to the next customer with hope; there was a girl in a brothel Leaning on the railing, waving a handkerchief and shouting to him: "Master, come!", that voice can make people's bones crisp from the inside out; I also saw the shopkeeper of the restaurant chasing the little beggar; Most of the people on the road looked hungry, and it seemed that most of them were malnourished.

Chongzhen even saw groups of Jinyiwei Xiaowei and Dongchang Fanzi walking on the street with a group of soldiers. They would go in when they encountered a shop. If they came out with a cloth bag, they would hang a sign at the door of the shop. , with the word Juyue written on it.Chongzhen guessed that it probably meant September, and put up a sign, which meant that the store's protection fee for September had already been paid—as for anyone dared to forge it?Impossible, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have such a fierce reputation that they can almost stop children from crying at night, so how could anyone dare to risk their heads to counterfeit this brand?

Chongzhen simply sat down in a small restaurant where Jinyiwei and Dongchang fanzi had just left, and shouted: "Shopkeeper, here are two special dishes and a pot of wine!"

The waiter in the running hall was quite discerning. Seeing Chongzhen's attire and Wang Chengen and Fang Zhenghua who were beside him, he knew that Chongzhen's status was extraordinary, so he immediately notified the shopkeeper, and went to the back hall to order the kitchen to cook and warm the wine.

Chongzhen saw that the waiter had informed the shopkeeper, so he was not polite, and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, come here."

The shopkeeper trotted over quickly and asked, "This young master is very strange, what orders do you have for the little old man?"

The expected pretense and face-slapping plot seemed to be unplayable, so Chongzhen simply asked: "Shopkeeper, a certain shopkeeper saw that Jin Yiwei and Dongchang's fan came out of your shop just now, and even hung a sign at your door , but why?"

The shopkeeper was honest and honest, and replied directly: "Young master, Jin Yiwei and the masters of Dongchang just now, what kind of management fee do you charge when you come to the small shop? A sign like this."