After the ministers thanked him and saw Emperor Shenwu's serious expression, they all carefully sat half their butts on the chairs.

They dare not sit down and must stand up at any time to report back.

After all, Sun Chuanting is young, and his ability and execution ability are indeed better than Li Banghua.

After he took office as the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, in addition to resolutely carrying out the emperor's will, he also had some plans of his own for national governance.

Not only was he honest and self-disciplined, he also strictly required officials and local officials to set an example and make their own contributions to the people and the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty could embark on the path of rapid development.

After everyone sat down, Sun Chuanting cupped his hands and asked:

"Your Majesty, I wonder what your orders are when you summon my ministers?"

Sun Chuanting's question brought Zhu Youjian out of his thoughts. His serious expression made the air in the imperial study begin to become colder.

Zhu Cixiang glanced at their faces one by one before speaking slowly:

"Are there any smokers among you? Report the truth."

After hearing the emperor's questions, several ministers felt more relaxed. It turned out that it was not because they had done something wrong that made the emperor angry.

Sun Chuanting cupped his hands and replied:

"Your Majesty, I don't have that hobby, and I don't know if anyone among my colleagues smokes it."

Subsequently, all officials present stated that none of them smoked tobacco.

Only then did Zhu Cixiang's expression turn from cloudy to clear. It turned out that the smoke and dust had not yet corroded the main ministers of the DPRK.

Liu Lishun, the minister of Honglu Temple, bowed his hands and saluted:

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, there are not many ministers in the court who smoke tobacco. The Ming Dynasty does not have laws prohibiting smoking tobacco, so they are not violating the rules."

Zhu Cixi nodded and said seriously:

"I will not ban tobacco, but tobacco is not good. It must be strictly prohibited and no one can get involved."

"The imperial court must issue a decree as soon as possible. All tobacco sales and smoking are prohibited in the Ming Dynasty. Anyone who violates this will be severely punished."

"If anyone, including officials, nobles, feudal lords, and gentry, engages in the tobacco and soil trade, all benefits will be cut off, and their homes will be confiscated and beheaded in public."

Common people, merchants, generals, soldiers, etc., if they are involved in the trade of tobacco and soil, they will be killed without mercy, except for medical purposes, of course!"

From the date of the promulgation of the decree, those who smoked officials reduced their official positions to the people, those who smoked noble lords and kings had their titles and fiefs revoked, and those who smoked gentry and common people took back their lands."

The Ming Dynasty will never give tobacco any room to survive. After you go back today, you will immediately draft a law, and within three days, you must issue a ban on smoking."

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"hiss……"

Emperor Shenwu's words made all the important ministers of the Ming Dynasty take a breath of cold air.

The ministers didn't understand what it had to do with smoking some tobacco. As long as they had money, the court didn't have to care about them at all.

Anyway, those who smoke tobacco are either rich or noble, and they don't care about the money because they are rich.

However, how could these ministers know the true harm of tobacco smoke?

If they knew that the demise of the Eastern Capture regime was inextricably linked to Yantu.

If they had known that all this smoke would eventually turn into huge amounts of silver and flow out of China, they would certainly not have thought this way.

Several ministers looked at each other and wanted to persuade the emperor, but they did not dare to speak first.

Zhu Cixiang looked at the few people and saw that their eyes were moving wildly, and they all looked like they were hesitant to speak. He immediately guessed what they were thinking.

Zhu Cixiang was not the kind of emperor who didn't let his ministers speak. Under normal circumstances, he would listen carefully to what his ministers said.

As for whether he will adopt the minister's suggestion, that is his own business.

Zhu Cixiang lightly tapped the table with his fingers and said calmly:

"Everyone, you have something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Chen Zilong cupped his hands and said:

"Your Majesty, I feel that this sentence seems a bit too harsh. Please think again."

Zuo Maogeng, the happiest minister in history, raised his hands and said:

"I second the proposal."

Zodiac Zhou organized his language and said:

"Your Majesty, there are many noble gentry smoking cigarettes now. If you go by your statement, many families will be ruined. Please think again, Your Majesty."

Zhu Cixiang couldn't help but frown:

"Oh, from what you think, this matter will be very involved, right?"

The ministers hurriedly replied:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it is indeed the case."

Zhu Cixiang ignored them, but looked at Sun Chuanting, the chief minister of the cabinet, and Lu Xiangsheng, the Minister of War, who had been silent.

"My dear friends, what do you think of this?"

Sun Chuanting, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, and Lu Xiangsheng, the Minister of War, stood up in a hurry and saluted:

"Your Majesty, I don't know much about this matter and I don't dare to have any opinions. As your Majesty is wise and powerful, there shouldn't be any problem. I will implement it resolutely."

Zhu Cixiang smiled and nodded, thinking to himself:

"See how well these two cooperate with me. If the ministers are like them, I can be a hands-off shopkeeper."

In fact, Zhu Cixi knew very well that the ministers who just spoke were loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

They are not like the clear streamers in the past, neither to gain benefits for themselves nor to protect certain people.

They mainly believe that the imperial court has killed too many people in the past two years. As long as the crimes are not extremely heinous, there is no need to kill people!

However, Zhu Cihong was very clear about the harm of smoke and soil to the Eastern Capture regime, and it can be said that he is still vividly aware of it.

He had made up his mind and there was no way anyone could change their mind.

Knowing that the ministers did not understand the dangers of tobacco, Zhu Cixi decided to educate them about it.

“Dear dear friends, once you become addicted to this drug, it is very difficult to quit, and it is very harmful to people.

After smoking cigarettes, you may initially feel euphoric, unable to concentrate, and have dreamy phenomena, leading to a high degree of psychological and physiological dependence.

After long-term use, once it is stopped, symptoms such as craving for medicine, restlessness, tears, sweating, runny nose, irritability, trembling, chills, anorexia, constipation, diarrhea, body curling and cramping will occur.

Excessive use can cause acute poisoning, with symptoms including coma, respiratory depression, hypotension, small pupils, and severe respiratory depression leading to death.

Soldiers who smoke will lose their combat effectiveness, and officials who smoke will make them unable to concentrate on their work. They may even induce corruption and ignore government affairs in order to buy cigarettes.

After people smoke it, they don't want to work at all, and they even lose their money or even their families because of the purchase of tobacco.

The Ming Dynasty has just embarked on the path of normal development. Millions of people of the Ming Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment. I will never allow the existence of smoke and soil.

Don't talk about how the implication is too wide. Have you forgotten that when the rogue bandits caused chaos, they almost overturned our country, the Ming Dynasty?

There is no room for negotiation on this matter. If they want to survive, they must strictly abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Give you three days, the anti-smoking law must be promulgated and announced to the world in the Ming Dynasty Daily.

Otherwise, your position can be replaced by someone else, and you all go to work on the farm for me..."

As a time traveler, Zhu Cixiang must not let the smoke spread in the Ming Dynasty, and he must not let the Ming Dynasty follow the footsteps of the Eastern Conqueror.

In order to ban tobacco (that is, opium, in order to avoid being harmonized, it is called tobacco).
Chapter completed!