Han Yu knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Huang Jin is the clear stream of Jiangnan. If he had just a memorial, he would have arrested him. I am worried that it would cause dissatisfaction among the officials of Jiangnan, causing people's hearts to shake, and it would be unfavorable to the world."

"This matter has been decided and can't be discussed again."

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

"Han Ge is too worried. You should think more about how to govern the country and ensure stability. Of course, there will be a judicial office to deal with the matters of justice."

"His Majesty……"

"No need to say more!"

Han Yu immediately stopped talking and dared not continue.

He said again: "I have some things to report about the new policy."

"Oh, tell me."

"This time, the Northern Zhili was caused by the re-compilation of Huangcai. The land and property of Huangcai are getting worse and worse. I also agree with the re-compilation, but after all, it is not a matter of a day or a night. I think everything should be prioritized."

"Well, you're right, everything is prioritized."

Having received the emperor's recognition, Han Yu took the courage to continue: "Now that the new agricultural tax law is being implemented nationwide, many people are opposing it. If the yellow book is re-edited, it will inevitably trigger a larger-scale resistance and add a burden to the court to control it."

"I think that I can re-edit the yellow book first and implement the new agricultural tax law first."

"Let me go?" Chongzhen put the book on the table and smiled, "Han Ge, do you know how many people hide the fields today?"

"This... I don't know."

"I still have all my expectations for you. If you don't even know these, you dare to come to me and say you're here to postpone it."

Of course, Chongzhen didn’t know, he didn’t know how many people are hiding the fields now?

Where does this data come from?

Unless the emperor can count on his fingers.

The reason why I asked Han Dong this way was of course that I was superior to him in the debate.

He could not ask how many emperors there are, right?

Even if he asked, the emperor answered casually, how could he prove it?

"I went to Kaifeng, Henan, and the public land was sold at will. The landlord's family's fields were connected in a lot, but the yellow book in the prefect's office recorded only twenty acres of land."

"How many people in the world are like this?"

"This matter is related to taxation. It is connected to the new agricultural tax. How can it be handled separately?"

Although the emperor's tone was stable, it contained a momentum of being powerful without anger.

Han Yu was also shocked. A twenty-two-year-old young man revealed his power in every move.

"Jiannu is preparing for war in Liaodong, staring at Jinzhou and Dalinghe City, and military expenditures are becoming increasingly large. The grassland departments have ulterior motives. As a cabinet minister, you should think more about how to open source, rather than telling me how to do it step by step."

"If I had time to go step by step, could I kill so many people?"

"Besides, if I take a step back, they will dare to move forward ten steps."

"What Your Majesty thinks is as wide as the sky and as deep as the sea. I am far less than one ten thousandth of your Majesty." Han Yu put his forehead on the back of his hand, and he felt shocked and suspicious again.

He only thought the emperor was young and reckless, but he never thought that the emperor actually knew it.

"I happened to have something to let you do."

"Please make it clear to you."

"Yesterday, Taizu asked me to dream, saying that there are many coal mines in Datong, Shanxi. I asked me to dig it. I plan to set up a Daming coal mine chief, and let you take care of it."

Han Yu didn't react for a while. He was talking about the reform just now, so why did he suddenly talk about the coal mine?

"The coal mines are always not enough in winter. I still want to supply coal to the border soldiers. This matter is very serious, so I want to let you do it."

"Your Majesty, this matter may require a large amount of people's power to be requisitioned. I am worried that it will be exhausted and damaged."

Chongzhen waved his hand and said proudly: "I will not waste the people or cause money. The court will give all the people and men a salary, and it is not allowed to force labor service!"

"This... the court did not have so much money? I'm afraid it's..."

"You don't have to worry about this. Just go back and give me a general plan."

"I received the order." Han Yu did not say much. At worst, he could go back and draw up a detailed plan for the emperor, and it would be better to give a high total budget. After reading it, the emperor probably wouldn't be willing to do it.

"Go down."

"I'm leaving."

Han Yu left, but Chongzhen started to think.

Giving money to the public is of course a good thing.

But this kind of thing is not really like the emperor.

Any money involved will inevitably involve corruption.

What's more, it's giving money to the lower-level people.

Do those officials regard the lower class as human beings?

Of course not to be a human being!

Since they are not treated as human beings, will they really give the salary allocated by the court to those ordinary people?

Of course not!

Even if it is a matter of disaster relief, they dare to swallow it, let alone the salary.

But just because there are corrupt officials, you can’t dare to issue new policies and establish a new yamen, right?

If you have a knife in your hand, just do it!

Why dig coal?

First of all, of course, it is to satisfy the army.

The border troubles of the Ming Dynasty were mainly concentrated in the north.

The winters in the north are long and cold, especially in Liaodong.

Many soldiers' hands and feet were frozen.

Not only that, drinking hot water in winter is also a problem.

In fact, drinking hot water was not popularized in Chinese history until after the founding of New China, in order to improve the physical fitness of the people.

How to popularize it?

Dig coal!

Before, most people at the bottom drank raw water.

In ancient times, there were no filters, so people would easily get sick if they drank raw water for a long time.

What? Chopping wood?

It's whimsical.

Firewood is used to cook rice, and firewood is a luxury!

Since Chinese people started drinking cold and white-blooded, their average life expectancy has increased significantly.

With Chongzhen's current productivity, there is no way to achieve the full capacity of the whole people, but at least we must ensure the supply of the army.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was still facing a very serious border crisis, which was also an impossible thing, and we must do nothing less.

After dealing with this matter, Chongzhen arrived at Zhao Prison in the afternoon.

He met Gu Bingqian in person.

Gu Bingqian is already very old, 85 years old, and it is already very good to be able to live from Nanzhili to Beijing.

He knelt on the ground with trembling trembling: "See Your Majesty, Old Master."

Chongzhen ignored him and looked at the confession presented by the Jinyiwei.

After a while of silence, Chongzhen said, "Is there not enough field in Nanzhili?"

Gu Bingqian said: "Your Majesty, who would dislike Tian Duo?"

Yes, the field is the means of production in this era.

Who would dislike the large amount of means of production?

It's all money!

“No one else is involved?”

"there is none left."

"I don't believe that your Gu family can spend so much money to buy land in Henan Province. I'll say, who else? Let me tell you, I'll save your Gu family's life."

"Your Majesty is serious."

"You have no jokes!"

Gu Bingqian began to say that the Jinyiwei began to remember.

Before supper, Chongzhen took the list and returned to the Forbidden City.

Just when he returned to the Forbidden City, something big happened in Nanzhili.
Chapter completed!