Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

After joking in his heart, Wei Wu finally spoke:

"In fact, the short-term solution is also related to the land tax. Mr. Zhu, you also know that any reform will be hated."

"Equalizing the land tax is equivalent to shaking the foundation of the landlords and gentry. They will definitely jump up and down and find someone to oppose it."

"By then, there will not only be resistance from the people, but also many officials in the court will oppose it. But you certainly won't care, right?"

Having said that, Wei Wu deliberately raised his eyebrows, and Zhu Yuanzhang laughed when he saw this.

If it were any other situation, he would indeed have to care about the attitudes of the officials and not act arbitrarily on his own.

However, this good policy that benefits both the country and the people can benefit future generations for hundreds of years, and may even be enough to prolong the Ming Dynasty's reign.

In this situation, anyone who opposes is going against him, which is equivalent to forcing him to draw his butcher knife.

At this time, Wei Wu was like a little devil, constantly provoking Zhu Yuanzhang's nerves.

"Think about it, Mr. Zhu. Who would obstruct the implementation of this decree? It would definitely be the wealthy merchants and landlords in Jiangnan."

"They are all incredibly wealthy! Obstructing national policy is a grave crime. Confiscating all their property and wiping out their entire clan is no exaggeration."

"However, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is kind and generous. He will certainly dissuade us from doing this upon learning of this matter. Please, for his sake, punish only the main culprit."

"The key is to confiscate property. Jiangnan is very rich. House deeds, land deeds, shop deeds, gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, all of which will be used to fill the national treasury and the imperial treasury."

The more Wei Wu spoke, the brighter Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes became.

He nodded from time to time, indicating that he agreed with what Wei Wu said.

However, this is not the end. After talking about the confiscation of property, Wei Wu continued to guide.

"Once the treasury has money, we can build large ships and train the navy. Then we can go straight to the Japanese pirates and seize the silver mountain."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded rapidly, obviously very satisfied.

"In the future, we will lift the ban on the sea and allow private businesses to organize trade, and even the imperial court can organize large-scale caravans."

"We'll go out to sea for large-scale trade, and then re-establish the Maritime Customs Office to control the ports. Customs duties and commercial taxes will be exorbitant!"

Upon hearing this, the look of being fooled on Zhu Yuanzhang's face immediately disappeared.

When he turned to look at Wei Wu, his face was full of amusement.

"You little brat, I told you to talk about taxes, but you ended up bringing us to the sea."

Without waiting for Wei Wu to reply, Zhu Yuanzhang continued:

"Don't worry, we promised you to fight against the Japanese pirates and we won't go back on our word. Besides, we won't miss out on the Age of Exploration you mentioned."

"Since we know that overseas is so rich, how could our Ming Dynasty miss it? But now is not the right time, don't rush."

Upon hearing this, Wei Wu scratched his head and smiled, looking as if he knew nothing.

But in fact, he did hope to open the forbidden sea, not only to open the forbidden sea, but to directly carry out colonial rule.

If you can't use the technological gap to crush the weak in Earth Online, then developing technology is like walking in the night in gorgeous clothes!

Of course, he didn't mean to lift the maritime ban now, he just wanted to remind Zhu Yuanzhang from time to time.

Once he develops the steam engine, that will be the beginning of the Ming Dynasty's fame overseas.

Having said everything that needed to be said, Wei Wu had no intention of staying in the palace.

However, at this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said:

"By the way, we have called the fourth brother back and he will be going to Beijing in the next few days."

Wei Wu was stunned when he heard this.

What the hell, Old Zhu called Zhu Di back?

What Wei Wu couldn't understand the most was.

What did Old Zhu mean by calling Zhu Di back and specifically telling him about it?

Just when Wei Wu was confused, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again.

"Xiao Wu, I want to know how future generations will evaluate our reintroduction of the feudal system."

"This can only be said to be a mixed bag, but the criticism far outweighs the praise."

After hearing Wei Wu's answer, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression did not change at all and he remained quite calm.