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Yangju Hall seemed to be accustomed to this name. When he came to Jiangnan, Chongzhen also used this name.

In the palace, all civil and military officials gathered together and saw Chongzhen and Lin Yan. Some knew Lin Yan, and some did not.

"See your majesty, long live your majesty!

I’ve met the Imperial Master!”

"See your majesty, long live your majesty!

I’ve met the Imperial Master!”

Those who didn't know Lin Yan also followed suit.

Regardless of whether you recognize me or not, if you can be treated like this by His Majesty, you can never go wrong with being polite.

"Haha, now that all the ministers are safe and the national master has returned, the Northern Expedition will be more certain."

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Although the Southern Ming Dynasty was not as powerful as the Qing Dynasty in terms of national strength, the Qing Dynasty also struggled to suppress the rebel kings in the world. Even when it first entered the Central Plains, the fate of the people's hearts was a big problem.

As a result, the national power of the two parties is at a stalemate.

The Qing Dynasty was working hard to stabilize the country and bring the world back to its core, while the Nanming Dynasty was working hard to govern.

It can be said that they have all the right places and people, and for a while both sides come and go, each with its own victory or defeat.

Under Lin Yan's suggestion, Ming Dynasty established a scientific research department with a high level of confidentiality. Under his theory, in just five years, although strong ships and guns were not yet mature, they were already usable.

Over the years, there were Wang Ding, Li Dingguo, Zhang Huangyan, Yan Yingyuan outside, and Du Yinxi, He Tengjiao, Qu Shichu, He Desheng, Hu Shenghai, Liu Yishun, Yang Longxi, Li Wenmao and others inside, and the Nanming Dynasty was stable.

With his help and the emperor's consent, he has personally begun to draft the contents of the new policy, waiting for the emperor's review and waiting for the seven ministers of the cabinet to gather in Nanjing, and then discuss with the cabinet and the emperor to finalize the contents of the new policy.

The political system of the Ming Dynasty is the most complete imperial political system after the development and accumulation of successive monarchy dynasties.

Except for the fact that the financial system and the garrison military system were out of date and needed reform, other aspects basically did not need major reforms, especially the official system. Lin Yan had no intention of suggesting that the emperor carry out major reforms.

He had many advanced ideas and a social production model that was almost not tolerated by the small-scale peasant economy in today's society and needed to be forcibly implanted into this ancient world where men farmed and women weaved.

Although Emperor Chongzhen did not understand it very well, he did not refute it out of trust in him.

Chongzhen knew that for the Ming Dynasty to be what it is today and to have the strength of the Northern Expedition, he certainly had a role to play, but the biggest contributor was none other than Lin Yan.

He even wanted to marry his favorite daughter Changping to Lin Yan, but Lin Yan kept pushing the envelope.

In the Yangju Hall, Chongzhen looked at the civil and military officials and said: "The seven cabinet ministers are ministers of the country. They are all old. Please give me a seat!"

Of course, he did this not really because the seven cabinet members were older, but based on Lin Yan's opinions, he intended to improve the status of the cabinet and strictly enforced the hierarchy, so that the ministers could focus their attention on

In the position of the cabinet, not on the throne of his own emperor.

Naturally, the seven members of the cabinet sat down with thanks.

“Time flies so fast, and before I knew it, it was already the 23rd year of Chongzhen.

Who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty, which was once about to collapse, could still develop to this day?

In all this, the National Master has contributed a lot.

From Datong to Xuanhua and then to Juyongguan, from the governor general to the generals and censors, most of them defected to the enemy and rebelled, so that the capital city fell overnight. Although the emperor guarded the country and the monarch died, this is the ancestral system of our Ming Dynasty.

But the prince is young and the people are in dire straits. How can I abandon the century-old foundation established by my ancestors? Fortunately, with the help of the imperial master, I was persuaded to move south, work hard and work hard, so that I can save the Ming Dynasty from the fire.

Because of this, I am summoning all my dear friends today to ask why the world has become like this. Is it because I have done something wrong, or if you all here have done something wrong, or what went wrong with the Ming Dynasty.

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It actually made the people uneasy and rebellious, causing the world to fall apart and the hearts of the ministers to be divided!

Of course, in the past few years, with the help of the Imperial Master, Nanming has been stabilized, but we should also learn from the pain.

We can reverse the situation this time, but what if we encounter similar situations in the future?"

Chongzhen also knew what they were thinking, so he said bluntly: "Today's court meeting is not a court meeting to eliminate traitors, but a court meeting to discuss the new policy of the Ming Dynasty. Those present today are all our loyal ministers and good generals of the Ming Dynasty, so dear friends, but

Please speak freely, without trying to save my face, you can even speak out about my faults, I will not kill or punish anyone today!"

After Chongzhen finished speaking, he looked at the seven cabinet ministers sitting in front of him.

At this time, the senior officials on both sides also looked at the seven cabinet ministers.

As a cabinet minister, in charge of the center of the empire, and even sitting in front of His Majesty, he naturally has to take responsibility.

What's more, Zhu Youjian had already decreed that during today's political discussion, cabinet members could discuss matters, while the rest of the ministers were only qualified to listen to the government.

Therefore, Zhu Youjian's so-called request for words just now was actually only addressed to these seven cabinet members.

Wei Zaode and other seven cabinet members also understood that although they had the power to discuss politics, they did not have the power to make decisions.

In the end, Qian Gang made the final decision, and it was His Majesty who made the final decision.

Fan Jingwen, the bachelor of Jianji Palace and the chief minister of the cabinet, stood up first.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and other Shaanxi bandits began to cause chaos in the second year of Chongzhen. Once in the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong was appeased and Li Zicheng was defeated. The bandits in Ming Dynasty were a little relieved.

I thought carefully and found that the two groups of thieves who disrupted our Ming Dynasty were refugees from Shaanxi, and Shaanxi is a dry land in the north. It has always faced both the intrusion of the northern Tartars and the harassment of the internal frontier troops, so the people have been trapped for a long time.

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Since the Wanli era, the state government has levied three additional taxes on acres of land. Shaanxi and other northern regions have more acres but less output, resulting in more taxes and less income for the people. As a result, the number of refugees has increased, and rebellions have begun.

In contrast, in the south, there has never been a major turmoil. This is because all the princes in the government are from the south. The south has fewer acres of land but higher output, so it pays less taxes and earns more. It also has developed water conservancy and no drought or Tatar bandits.

Natural and man-made disasters.

I went all the way south, and in the north I saw thousands of villages in ruins, and the people were displaced. What's more, some of them sold their sons and daughters, and exchanged their sons for food!

Bandits are rampant on the road! There are villages that are still barely intact, but they are continued to be exploited and plundered by the government.

And the bandit's words of not paying food when the king came came naturally made the people follow him.

Therefore, in my opinion, the Ming Dynasty is now focused on winning the hearts and minds of the people and appeasing the common people!

In the past, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty once said that the king is the boat and the people are the water. Water can carry the boat or capsize it;

Today's Ming Dynasty should exempt the North from taxes for three to four years, and the South should not impose additional taxes, so as not to lose the hearts of the people in both the North and the South.
Chapter completed!