"Is anyone else having any objection?" Zhu Youxiao asked, looking at everyone and looking at him.

Everyone's faces were a little solemn.

At this moment, even the idiots have come back to the scene, let alone the people present?

These are all elites of the Ming Dynasty, and everyone is a human-like figure. Everyone understands that this is not Cui Chengxiu's method, but the emperor's method.

If you want to object at this time, you will be brainless. Anyway, Cui Chengxiu's suggestion, the General Staff Department agrees, and the Ministry of Revenue also agrees, so there is no problem.

They all knew that this was a good thing, and it was a good thing for the Ming Dynasty and the court, but the pressure on the rebound below would damage their reputation.

But to their level, it may be impossible for them to speak first, but it is absolutely fine to follow the crowd and agree.

"Your Majesty's wise!"

I don’t know who started, but everyone was praising each other in unison.

As for whether anyone has other thoughts, it is unknown. Some people may have ideas to go back and think about how to get rich, but now at least everyone present agrees.

"Since no one objected, this matter was settled." Zhu Youxiao said.

In fact, with Zhu You proofreading the current control of the imperial court, it is no longer difficult to do such things. At least at the upper level, there are basically no opposition voices.

The censor who had been dancing happily had no sound in the past two years. On the one hand, Zhu Youxiao has been constantly splitting and suppressing, and many people have gone to the Tongzheng Department. After all, there is more real power there, which is much better than being in the Censorate.

On the other hand, it was done by Choi Chengxiu in the past two years. This guy can be said to be nepotism, and Zhu Youxiao also closed his eyes.

This led to the fact that the Censorate is basically Choi Chengxiu's people, or people like him. These people flatter and flattering are all good things, and they don't do anything that is really kind.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao was preparing to abolish the Censorate, so they were asked to do this. After all, the Ming Dynasty’s supervisory agency is no longer them, and there is no need to make any news.

The Tongzheng Department is operating well, and the secret memorial system is perfect, which is much better than the Censorate.

"Okay, let's all disperse." Zhu Youxiao stood up and walked out directly.

At this time, Zuo Guangdou did not leave and followed directly.

Seeing Wei Chao stopping him in front of him, Zuo Guangdou said helplessly: "Please report to my father-in-law, I ask to see Your Majesty."

Wei Chao looked at Zuo Guangdou with a smile and said, "Your Majesty has given him the order. If Lord Zuo asks for a meeting, you don't need to report it anymore and take it in directly."

After hearing this, Zuo Guangdou was stunned.

He didn't expect that the emperor had guessed it long ago. Sure enough, the moment His Majesty looked at him, it was meaningful, not a casual threat to him.

Zuo Guangdou said with a smile: "Then I'll bother Eunuch Wei to lead the way."

"No need to worry. Please, Lord Zuo." Wei Chao said with a smile.

Wei Chao would not underestimate the Zuo Guangdou in front of him. The old ministers in the court have grown old, and Han and others have not had a few years to do so; the new generation of ministers have risen, and the more representative of them is the person in front of him.

In addition, there were Xiong Tingbi and Wang Zaijin from Liaodong. After they all returned to the capital, Wei Chao felt that his strength would be enhanced.

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Among the four eunuchs in the court, his foundation was the weakest, so he also wanted to have a good relationship with Zuo Guangdou.

Others don’t know, but Wei Chao certainly knew that the emperor valued the person in front of him very much, and believed that entering the cabinet in the future would not be a big deal.

Zuo Guangdou was led to Zhu Youxiao's palace by Wei Chao.

After walking in, Zuo Guangdou found Zhu Youxiao changing his clothes.

Zhu Youxiao's dragon robe had already taken off, and there were eunuchs and palace maids serving him next to him, and his regular clothes were also taken over.

After looking at Zuo Guangdou, Zhu Youxiao said casually: "Look for a place to sit by yourself."

"Yes, Your Majesty." After hearing this, Zuo Guangdou quickly agreed and found a place to sit down.

Wei Chao also brought the tea and put it in front of Zuo Guangdou.

This is not the treatment that ordinary ministers have.

The more casual the emperor is in front of you, the more he takes you as a confidant. In this matter, it has been like this in ancient and modern times.

Zuo Guangdou also felt relieved. It was a good thing that Your Majesty did not alienate him.

After changing his clothes, Zhu Youxiao also sat down, picked up the tea and took a sip, and then said with some emotion: "It's still comfortable to wear such clothes. With more red tape, people are tired."

Zuo Guangshou couldn't answer this sentence, he could only listen.

For the emperor, etiquette is the existence of demonstrating authority, and it has always been like this. Only those emperors who do not need to demonstrate authority will be so unscrupulous.

This is the case with the emperor in front of him. He no longer needs these things to demonstrate his authority.

For Zhu Youxiao, every word he said was authoritative. He held real power and had a strong army behind him. Such an emperor basically followed the words. In addition, his prestige was at its peak, and no one opposed it.

"You don't understand what happened today?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Zuo Guangdou and said with a smile: "I want me to explain it to you?"

After hearing this, Zuo Guangdou felt a little helpless.

Your Majesty is still the same. Although his smile on his face is very bright, he doesn't seem to take this matter seriously. But if you say this, how can you continue to say it? You still have to hit yourself!

Zhu Youxiao was also helpless.

Because Zuo Guangdou is his confidant minister and he is the Minister of Revenue, he called him here to talk. If it were an ordinary minister, Zhu Youxiao would not bother to take care of it.

"Your Majesty is my stupidity and has not understood your Majesty's deep meaning." Zuo Guangdou hurriedly said: "But this time, the Ministry of Revenue is the top priority. I am afraid that I will miss Your Majesty's affairs, so I come to ask for a meeting."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Zuo Guangdou and then burst into laughter.

"The court has not been very popular in the past two years, and everyone has learned to flatter me. Why, do you learn too?"

Zhu Youxiao said with a joke in his tone: "Don't learn these messy things. It's getting harder and harder for me to hear some truth now. If you don't tell the truth, no one will tell me the truth."

Zuo Guangdou looked at Zhu Youxiao and said quickly: "I naturally know everything about Your Majesty, and I will say everything."

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, his tone a little desolate.

Since his authority became more and more powerful, the people below were more and more afraid of him, and such things were inevitable. At this point, these people became more and more careful when talking to him.

"Tell me about this matter." Zhu Youxiao looked at Zuo Guangdou and said, "You are worried that all the land will be paid taxes, and the landlord president will have a lot of life for the people?"

"Even if the court is exempt from taxes, these people will do this."

"Yes." Zuo bald nodded and said with some concern: "Although the court has less income now, it has been more than two hundred years, and the world is safe. The court is not short of this money now, so why bother to touch this?"

Zhu Youxiao's face also became serious, and he looked at Zuo Guangdou and said, "Do you think this is just a matter of money?"

"Look at who has such privileges in the Ming Dynasty today? Who can not pay taxes except scholars?"

"I just want to tell all scholars through these things that I will give you the benefits I should give, but they cannot take what I don't give."

After hearing the words, Zuo Guangdou was helpless and domineering emperor.

But your Majesty, you are domineering, and life will be difficult for the people of the world.

Zuo Guangdou stood up and wanted to refute.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and interrupted him and said, "You are the Minister of Revenue. I want to ask you something, has the grain output increased or decreased in the past few years of the Ming Dynasty?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, you have increased your yield." Zuo Guangdou said quickly: "Although there have been constant natural disasters everywhere in recent years, with the promotion of new crops, the grain production in the Ming Dynasty has increased."

"In the past two years, the grain transported by the canal has become less and less, and the capital is almost self-sufficient. Although there are often famines in various places, the imperial court has also provided timely disaster relief, mainly because the increase in food."

Zhu Youxiao nodded.

With the promotion of corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes, the Ming Dynasty's grain production was indeed increasing. Although there were frequent droughts, floods and earthquakes in various places, the food was sufficient in general.

After all, the population of the Ming Dynasty is only over 100 million, but there is a lot of arable land. Although fertilizers have not been promoted, a small amount of experiments have been started, and the experiments on hybridization of grain have also begun.

From then on, the Ming Dynasty would have more and more grain, and the direct result was a decrease in grain prices.

Of course, there is another result, that is, a new population increase.

These things happened in history, but not in the Ming Dynasty, but in the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty was more than two hundred years ago, and so many people died in the late Ming Dynasty, but by the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the population had exceeded 300 million.

When the Republic of China period is reached, we can call for 40 million people.

And under such a population base, the population of the Ming Dynasty will also increase rapidly as grain production increases.

Some things need to be prepared for the future.

We have to start expanding outward.

The production of grain will inevitably lead to the prosperity of industry and commerce. If it is not guided, there will be problems.

"The food price is relatively low now," Zhu Youxiao said to Zuo Guangdou with emotion: "You should also understand the reason why the grain is hurting farmers. This time I just want some tenants to stop farming."

"Have the Ministry of Revenue collected a lot of commercial taxes in recent years? Workshops are opened everywhere, and the manpower required is the Ministry of Revenue. You should also know the Ministry of Revenue."

After hearing this, Zuo Guangdou raised his head and looked at Zhu Youxiao suddenly, and said in disbelief: "Does Your Majesty want to solve the problem of labor shortage?"

Zuo Guangdou knew about this question that the workshop surrounding the Baigong Academy was not far from the capital, and the manpower employed there had reached more than 700,000, and it was still registered.

The person who works odd jobs and looks for work has not been calculated. If it is calculated, there will definitely be a million.
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