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Chapter 760 Zhou Ze and Wei Zhongxian
In the imperial study room, Zhou Ze only waited for less than half of the time, and Wang Chengen walked in with an old man with a rickety figure and silver hair.
“Your Majesty, Wei Zhongxian has already brought it!”
“Yeah! Let him in!” Zhou Ze nodded and put down the brush he was playing with.
“Old slave, see your majesty!” Today’s Wei Zhongxian, after many days of imprisonment, his expression was extremely frustrated, but the moment he saw Zhou Ze, his spirit became extremely excited, desperately trying to catch this last A life-saving straw.
“Wei Zhongxian, hundreds of civil and military officials urged me to make an order to execute you several times. Do you know why I have not made an order to execute you?”
“The old slave… The old slave is dull, I hope your majesty will say it in detail.”
Zhou Ze looked at the old man on the ground who kept knocking his head with some playful eyes. After a long while, he spoke slowly.
“When the emperor’s throne was with me, he once told me that he said that the loyal and sage is present, but the throne is stable. I have never wanted to understand this sentence. Duke Wei, can you explain it to me?”
“Your Majesty, do you know why the emperor was obsessed with carpentry and did not want to go to court when he was alive?” Hearing Zhou Ze talking about the emperor, Wei Zhongxian’s expression suddenly became excited.
"Ой? Скажи мне!"
“When the first emperor first ascended to Dabao, he also thought about being a Ming prince with a history, but unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty is already precarious for a long time. In the court, there are mostly rotten scholars who boast and have no real material. Training, forced the first emperor to retreat to the harem and indulge in carpentry work!”
“As a last resort, the first emperor cultivated the old slaves and confronted the corrupt Confucians in the court!”
“Your Majesty, the old slave is a dog raised by the royal family. If your Majesty wants to kill the old slave, he only needs a will, and he can easily deprive the old slave of his authority and grant him to death. The old slave has no power to resist!”
“But your Majesty has thought about the death of the old slave, who will share the firepower of the corrupt scholars in the court for your majesty in the future? Without the vicious dog of the old slave, those who seek fame and reputation are actually male thieves and female prostitutes, they will target your majesty. you.”
“At that time, your Majesty, are you willing to be the prince of the courtiers and be at their disposal, or be a faint prince and hide in the harem and ignore the affairs of the court?”
Wei Zhongxian looked at Zhou Ze with anticipation in his eyes, he had already said so thoroughly and so blatantly, if the emperor wanted to kill him, then he would also admit his fate.
Zhou Ze remained silent for a long time, and finally extended three fingers.
“Three requirements!”
“Your Majesty, please!” Hearing Zhou Ze’s request, Wei Zhongxian breathed a sigh of relief. Not afraid of the emperor’s request, he was afraid that the young emperor was stunned and did not understand the emperor’s balance.
“First, I need money, a lot of money, you can’t search for this money from the people! Is this possible?”
“Your Majesty, rest assured, in the Ming Empire, there are countless powerful, wealthy and gentry, especially in the south of the Yangtze River! The wealth in these families ranges from hundreds of thousands to millions of silver. Old slaves only need to find A few serious families ransacked their homes, and this is enough for your majesty’s money!”
Zhou Ze shook his head, “This is not a long-term law. I need you to implement commercial taxes. Ten taxes are one, and no one can stop them!”
Hearing this, Wei Zhongxian frowned, “Your Majesty, you may not know that when the first emperor was there, the old slave once implemented business tax according to the first emperor’s will, and it was still a very slight twenty-one tax, but in the end, the tax collector was sent to collect the tax. I just walked to the south of the Yangtze River, and I was beaten to death by the people! The merchants are even more reluctant to accept the ten tax one required by your Majesty!”
“Hehe, no matter whether it is 20 tax one or ten tax one, they cannot accept it. In that case, why not raise the tax rate?”
“Commercial tax matters, don’t worry for now, wait until I completely control the military power of the Beijing camp, and then slowly implement it!”
“So, as long as your majesty supports the old slaves in the military, the old slaves have the confidence to thoroughly implement the commercial tax!”
Zhou Ze nodded and continued: “Second, from today, you will step down as the chief executive officer of the ceremonies and serve as the admiral of the East Factory, and the admiral of the West Factory. I need this court to be basically stable, but I don’t want it. The courtiers are too idle, come to me for trouble! What should you do, do you understand in your heart?”
“Your Majesty, don’t worry, the old slave is the best at this matter! Few of the ruthless buttocks are clean. Whoever makes your Majesty unhappy, the old slave will clean up!”
Zhou Ze smiled, “This is your guilt, but there is one thing that I want is true evidence, not arbitrarily constructed evidence. You have to remember this one clearly!”
“Your Majesty, rest assured, just relying on the various evidences of the old slaves is enough to pull out and behead the majority of the people in the hall, there is no need to construct out of thin air!”
Zhou Ze believed this. He knew very well that the so-called Donglin Party Qingliu had hardly any good things in the Ming Dynasty. One by one, the two-sleeved Qingfeng family was from a poor family, but in fact they were all hugely greedy, and they were all pulled out and hacked, and few were wronged!
“Third, you should be familiar with the five army camps, the three thousand camps, the Shenji camp and the guards in charge of the Imperial Horse Prison in the capital?”
“The old slave understands what your majesty meant. Soon, the old slave will hand over the list of factions of the generals in each barracks to your majesty to help your majesty control your military power as soon as possible!”
“So, then there will be Governor Lao Wei!” Zhou Ze nodded and smiled with satisfaction.
“It is the duty of the old slave to share your worries for your majesty!” After regaining a new life from the dead, Wei Zhongxian felt like a world away, and even the voice of kowtow was louder.
“So, you go down and start deploying the things that I gave you! As for your appointment as the admiral of the East Factory, it will be issued soon!”
“Nuo! The old slave will live up to your majesty’s expectations!” Wei Zhongxian bowed and kowtowed before slowly retreating.
When Wei Zhongxian left, Zhou Ze set his sights on Wang Chengen.
“Cheng’en, I am going to appoint you as the chief of ceremonies and horses, would you like it?”
“Your Majesty, these two positions have great responsibilities. The servants and maids are afraid of not doing well, so they are entrusted by your majesty!”
“Haha, I still have confidence in your ability!”
Patting Wang Chengen on the shoulder, Zhou Ze couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. There are still too few people he can use. Wei Zhongxian actually doesn’t like this vicious dog, but he still has to use it, otherwise there is no such vicious dog. To check and balance courtiers, some follow-up plans are difficult for him to carry out normally.
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In the boundless void, Cheng Hao’s figure appeared from time to time.
The trial situation of hundreds of students, every move, can be said to be under his nose.
When he saw all the actions Zhou Ze had done after waking up, he couldn’t help but nodded. Although this guy looked a little tired, he was sober in his heart. If there were no accidents, this mission would be considered stable.
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