As King Zhou and three others were imprisoned and their throne was deposed. With King De and Prince Heqing successively submitted letters, the other princes also understood that the general situation was ahead and they could not escape.

Individuals, in groups of three or three, even went into the palace to meet Zhu Xu in person, and donated land and private property like scrambling to compete.

In the imperial study room.

King Ping, Fu Changzong, and Wei Zhongxian were all there. Zhu Xu had a rare good mood. Looking at the memorials, he looked at King Ping with a smile on his face and said, "Uncle, the Governor of the Government is of great importance, so you can't be careless."

King Ping did not seem to be able to bear the heavy responsibility. He raised his hand and said with a smile: "What the emperor said, I will do whatever I want, and I will definitely not be wrong."

Fu Changzong and Wei Zhongxian didn't say anything, and knew it well that the so-called Governor Yuan was just a nursing home for these princes. The one who really made the decision was Emperor Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu smiled and said, "My hands will not be so long. The Supervisor Yuan will pay monthly salary and the same rank of senior officials. The responsibility is to supervise the various policies of the court, whether the six ministries and nine temples, especially the local governments, implement them. The first priority at the moment is whether the three teams of inspectors sent by the Censorate to perform their duties and combat corruption..."

These princes are all over the world, and their fiefs are the most prosperous places, and many things are more carefully known than the court.

King Ping understood and raised his hand and said, "I obey the order."

Zhu Xu said 'um' and looked at Fu Changzong and said, "Uncle, how are you doing there?"

Fu Changzong took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has been prepared. According to the land list presented by the princes, the industry has been carefully checked and received. There is no specific number yet, but..."

Zhu Xu looked at him and said, "But what?"

Fu Changzong glanced at King Ping and pondered: "Your Majesty, I guess that the amount of donations from the princes is probably less than half, and there are still a lot of them hidden."

Zhu Xu was not surprised at all and said, "Well, I had expected it to happen. It would be good if he could spit out half of it. You can't force it too quickly. When I come back from Liaodong, the six ministries, especially the Ministry of Revenue, will be prepared for the East Factory, and I will investigate the land in the country!"

Fu Changzong was not surprised by this sentence. Zhu Xu had already thought about this, but King Ping's heart was thrilled. He had offended the vassal kings in the world. If he offended all the officials and wealthy families again, the Ming Dynasty would become more and more unstable.

However, King Ping has never been involved in politics and is very clear about what to say and what not to say. His expression is slightly condensed and he is silent.

Fu Changzong naturally had no words. If Zhu Xu could return from Liaodong and carry the momentum of victory, it would be much easier to push anything.

Zhu Xu thought in his mind that the land was checked for redistribution, which involved the population. He looked up at Fu Changzong and said, "Uncle, do you know how many people are in my Ming Dynasty now?"

As the Minister of Revenue, Fu Changzong would not know about this and said: "Return to the emperor, there was an accounting in the first year of Taichang, which was nearly 52 million."

Zhu Xu frowned and said, "Why are there so few?"

Zhu Xu also read some records. The population in the fifth year of Longqing was about 62 million, and by the 30th year of Wanli, it dropped to about 56 million, and in the first year of Taichang, it dropped to about 52 million.

He occasionally saw a book in his previous life and vaguely remembered that the population in the late Ming Dynasty was more than 60 million, and there was a considerable gap here.

Fu Changzong said: "This is a registered person. The tax population is calculated by the ministers and the officials of the Ministry of Revenue. First, the disaster is constant, the war is second, and the third, it is afraid that someone is concealed to avoid taxes, so it is decreasing."

Zhu Xu nodded thoughtfully and said, "So, based on my uncle's calculation, how many people will be in the Ming Dynasty?"

Fu Changzong and the Ministry of Revenue did make a calculation. After thinking about it, he gave a relatively safe number and said: "Return to the emperor, I believe that it should be similar to the fifth year of Longqing, about 62 million."

Zhu Xu knew that Fu Changzong was not able to take it firmly, and this should be a conservative number. He nodded and said, "Well, check the land and the population."

If you know the land, you have to know the people to know how to allocate.

Fu Changzong raised his hand and said, "Yes."

Zhu Xu said, "Also, Military Academy, Government Affairs Academy, Naval Army Academy, etc. are all going to expand their scale. Now they need a lot of talents. It doesn't have to be fame and honor in the imperial examination, the key is ability..."

Fu Changzong knew that Zhu Xu would need more and more reliable personnel in the future, so he bowed and said, "I understand that most of the students in the academy are poor children, and I strictly prohibit them from climbing the dragon and supporting the phoenix. After the middle of the year, I will consider pulling out some of them and practicing."

Zhu Xuheshou said, "My uncle makes an idea in this regard, well... if necessary, the descendants of past ministers can also be appropriately appointed."

Fu Changzong understood and said, "Yes."

After Zhu Xu finished speaking, he looked at Wei Zhongxian again and said, "I plan to remove and abolish Nanjing, you can go there in person."

Since Zhu Di moved the capital to Beiping and changed it to Beiping as the capital. Without a position of going to Nanjing, the two capitals in the north and south were formed. In Nanjing, a set of institutions almost retained exactly the same as those in Beijing, six ministries and nine ministers, the Censorate, Dali Temple, etc.

King Ping pursed his lips and said nothing.

Fu Changzong browed and glanced at King Ping, thinking that he would persuade Zhu Xu in private later.

The most direct thing to abolishing Nanjing is that hundreds or thousands of official positions are gone. All the ministers and ministers can be divided into countless cliques and are closely related to the officials in the capital. As long as they attack them, the capital will be unstable.

Zhu Xu didn't know where he looked at the expressions of several people, and without waiting for Wei Zhongxian to agree, he continued: "Don't leak the news, take the Nanjing garrison first, Governor Yingtian will take action!"

King Ping, who had been silent all the time, suddenly realized that these two people were from Luo/Yang. This was the King of Fu that Zhu Xu had to beat the King of Fu that he had never been able to hide from.

How could Wei Zhongxian not understand and bowed and said, "I obey the order."

As he was speaking, Cao Huachun walked to Zhu Xu and whispered.

Zhu Xu nodded, stood up and said, "Okay, then we'll all go away. I won't leave you for dinner."

The three of them also knew that Zhu Xu had other things and hurriedly left.

Zhu Xu left the imperial study room and came to the side room. Luo Yangxing was already waiting.

"I bow to the emperor." Luo Yangxing knelt on one knee, wearing brocade clothes and soft armor.

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said anxiously, "Get up and tell me about the results of your trip."

Luo Yangxing bowed and said, "Emperor, I have arranged personnel to sneak into Annan, Dongxu and other places in Mengyang Xuanwei Office, and are stepping up the collection of information and drawing maps."

Zhu Xu smiled and said, "Well, you have done a good job. You have to keep installing people. It is best to lurk to various key positions, palaces, palaces, etc. The most important thing is to draw maps. I don't worry about all these. I have also read the secret book you sent carefully. It's very good. I've summoned you back this time to stay in the capital for a while and show me some things."
Chapter completed!