Chapter 760

In the imperial library, Zhou Ze only waited for less than half a column of incense. Then Wang Chengen led an old man with bent body and silver hair to come in.

"Your Majesty, Wei Zhongxian has arrived!"

"Well! Let him in Zhou Ze nodded and put down the brush he was playing with.

"Old slave, see your majesty!" Today's Wei Zhongxian, the disaster of many days in prison makes him look very tired, but at the moment of seeing Zhou Ze, his spirit is extremely excited, and he desperately wants to seize the last straw.

"Wei Zhongxian, civil and military officials have urged me to order you to be executed several times. Do you know why I have not ordered you to be executed?"

"The old slave... The old slave is stupid. I hope your majesty will elaborate."

Zhou Ze looked at the old man who kept kowtowing on the ground. After a long time, he began to speak slowly.

"When the imperial brother passed on the throne to me, he told me that loyalty and virtue could ensure the stability of the throne. I have never understood this sentence. Can you explain it to me, Duke Wei?"

"Your Majesty, do you know why the late emperor was so addicted to carpentry that he did not want to go to court?" Hearing Zhou Ze say the first emperor, Wei Zhongxian looked excited.

"Oh? Talk about it

"When the first emperor ascended the great treasure, he also wanted to be a famous Ming monarch in the history of history. Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty has been in a state of uncertainty. In the imperial court, there are many corrupt scholars who boast and have no real material. They often ask the sage to say that they have to retreat to the Imperial Palace and indulge in carpentry."

"Only when the emperor had no choice but to cultivate the old slaves against the corrupt Confucians in the imperial court!"

"Sire, the old slave is a dog kept by the royal family. If your majesty wants to kill the old slave, he can easily deprive the old slave of his power and kill him with a will. The old slave has no resistance at all!"

"But has your majesty ever thought that when the old slave is dead, who will share the firepower of those corrupt scholars in the court hall for your majesty? Without the old slave, a vicious dog, those who seek fame and reputation but are actually prostitutes will aim at your majesty. "

"At that time, your majesty, would you like to be a wise king in the mouth of the courtiers and act under their control, or will you be a faint one and hide in the back palace and ignore the affairs of the court?"

Wei Zhongxian's eyes are full of expectation, looking at Zhou Ze, he has said so thoroughly, so barefaced, if the emperor wants to kill him, then he also admits his life.

Zhou Ze was silent for a long time. Finally, he stretched out three fingers.

"Three demands!"

"Your Majesty, please speak!" Hearing Zhou Ze's request, Wei Zhongxian felt relieved. He was not afraid of the emperor's request. He was afraid that the young emperor was a fool and did not understand the emperor's weighing skills.

"First, I need money, a lot of money. You can't take it from the people! This one, maybe finished? "

"Don't worry, your majesty, there are so many powerful and rich gentry in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the south of the Yangtze River! The wealth in the hands of these families ranges from hundreds of thousands to millions of silver. The old slaves only need to find a few families with serious crimes to take over their families every year, which will be enough for your Majesty's money and wealth. "

Zhou Ze shook his head. "This is not a long-term law. I need you to push forward the business tax. No one can stop it!"

On hearing this, Wei Zhongxian frowned, "Your Majesty, you may not know that when the first emperor was here, the old slave had carried out the business tax according to the emperor's will, and it was still a very slight tax of 20:1, but as a result, the tax collectors sent to collect taxes were killed by the common people just after they arrived in the south of the Yangtze River! I'm afraid the merchants will not accept the ten taxes and one tax demanded by your majesty! "

"Hehe, they can't accept either 20 or 10 taxes. In that case, why not raise the tax rate?"

"The business tax is not a matter of urgency for the time being. It will be carried out slowly after I have completely grasped the military power of Beijing camp."

"In this way, as long as your majesty gives military support to the old slave, the old slave is confident that the commercial tax will be carried out completely!"

Zhou Ze nodded his head and continued: "second, from today on, you will step down from the post of director general of the ritual supervisor, and become the supervisor of the East Hall and the West factory. I need this court to remain basically stable, but I do not want courtiers to be too idle to find trouble. Do you know what to do? "

"Don't worry, your majesty. The old slave is the best at this! There are not a few of them clean under the bottom of those rotten scholars. The old slave will take care of anyone who offends his majesty! "

Zhou Ze chuckled. "This is your old line, but there is one. What I want is evidence rather than evidence. You should remember this one clearly."

"Your Majesty can rest assured that the evidence of the old slave's crimes alone will be enough for most of the people in the hall to be beheaded. There is no need to build a trap out of nothing!"

Zhou Ze believed this. He knew very well that there was hardly any good thing about the so-called Donglin Party in the Ming Dynasty hall. One by one, the two sleeves are clean, the family is poor, in fact, each is greedy, all pull out to chop, and few are unjust!

"Third, you should be familiar with the five barracks, the three thousand battalions, the Shenji camp and the guards in charge of the imperial horse prison?""Your Majesty's meaning, I understand. In a short time, I will hand over to your Majesty the factional list of the generals in the barracks, so as to help your majesty control the military power as soon as possible!"

"In this way, it's the governor Wei who will do me a favor!" Zhou Ze nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile.

"It is the duty of the old slave to share your worries with your majesty!" Wei Zhongxian was reborn from the dead. He felt that he was separated from the world. Even the sound of kowtow was loud.

"So, you will go down and start to deploy the things I have given you! As for your appointment as commander in chief of the East Hall, it will be issued soon! "

"No! The old slave will live up to his Majesty's expectations Wei Zhongxian bowed and kowtowed.

When Wei Zhongxian left, Zhou Ze put his eyes on Wang Chengen.

"Thank you, I'm going to appoint you as the head of the ceremonial officer and the head of the Royal Horse warden. Would you like to

"Your Majesty, these two positions are of great responsibility. I'm afraid that I can't do a good job. I'll take care of your Majesty's trust."

"Ha ha, I still have confidence in your ability."

After patting Wang Chengen on the shoulder, Zhou Ze can't help but breathe a sigh of relief. There are too few people he can use now. Wei Zhongxian, in fact, doesn't like this dog, but he still has to use it. Otherwise, without this dog to check and balance the courtiers, some follow-up plans will be difficult for him to carry out normally.

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in the boundless void, Cheng Hao's body appears and disappears from time to time.

The trial of hundreds of students, every move, can be said to be in his eyes.

When he saw all the actions of Zhou Ze after he woke up, he could not help nodding. Although this guy looked a little tired and lazy, he was sober in his heart. If there was no accident, the task was stable.

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