Wu Zheng shouted angrily, "You Mao Pijiang is the chief minister of the cabinet. Speaking of which, what I did is nothing more than to clear the obstacles of government orders for you, but you don't appreciate it at all... Well, you can play by yourself!"

Mao Xiang was happy with the change in Wu Zheng's attitude, so he knelt down and bowed and said, "I thank Your Majesty for your colleagues for your kindness... My Emperor's wise and wise!"

Wu Zheng waved his hand with a hint of fatigue and helplessness, "Get up... I ask you, if I don't accept advice today, will you learn from Chen Mingxia and gather the officials in the city to fight against me... Let's tell the truth!"

Mao Pijiang was stunned and asked back, "Your Majesty doubts?"

"I heard that many officials have come to the palace to see you over the days."

Mao Xiang smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty's previous thunderous methods really made the subjects in the city feel uneasy... The so-called illness and seeking medical treatment indiscriminately is at the critical moment... After all, the ministers are also the chief minister of the cabinet. If they don't come to find them, is there any other way?"

Wu Zheng looked at Mao Xiang with a strange expression, "So you came to the palace to seek justice from me with the friendship?"

Mao Xiang doesn’t answer, it’s hard to answer this question, and he will be wrong, and he will be wrong if he doesn’t answer, so he simply won’t answer.

Wu Zheng did not continue to ask, and the king and his minister looked at each other and remained silent for a long time.

After a while, Mao Xiang first spoke up and broke the silence, "In fact, I don't agree that those people will sincerely be loyal to Your Majesty and the court... I can guess that Your Majesty is thinking, but Your Majesty, the house is rotten, and it is not an exaggeration to remove skin and pick up the flesh to diagnose and treat it. But cutting off the pillars and beams and pushing them down again will be really a damaging force... I think it is not advisable. If the Northern Expedition has not been successful yet, I don't want to contradict Your Majesty like this, but now the Qing army has been driven out of the pass, and the second Northern Expedition has been started... Why does Your Majesty refuse to slow down again?"

Wu Zheng was silent for a while, looked up at Mao Xiang and said, "The Qing army entered the pass and caused trouble for eight years. After my management over the years, the coastal areas along the south of the Yangtze River have basically recovered, and they are even slightly prosperous than before the war. But in the northwest and southwest, even the recent Fujian and Guangdong, the population has dropped sharply and the people's livelihood has withered... Can the whole world be saved by the prosperity of Jiangnan alone?"

Mao Xiang shook his head, "Of course it's not possible... Although Jiangnan is rich, in the years since His Majesty's management of Jiangnan, more than 70% of the population has stopped farming. Basically, it relies on weaving departments, coastal trades and workshops opened in various places to make people's livelihoods. The food required must be purchased from Huguang, Fujian and Guangdong, and even from Sichuan... But due to the sharp decline in the population in these places, the annual income is less than a year, and a large number of people are transferred eastward. It is indeed inappropriate to continue like this!"

"It's right!" Wu Zheng sighed lightly, "More importantly, the land in the south of the Yangtze River has its own owners, and the land prices are so high that it is so high that it is so impressive... Even the residential land that the imperial court needs to resettle with officials needs to move the capital is difficult to buy. Then the population migrated from the northwest, southwest and other places is impossible to be allocated to the land. Then, these populations will not only not help the annual income of Jiangnan, but will instead cause unnecessary chaos and struggles!"

"Your Majesty said so much!"

"The land is all in the hands of the rich and powerful families, and my will cannot control them!" Wu Zheng said in a deep voice, "I can only snatch it from them... This is the real reason for my slaughter this time!"

"Your Majesty's wise!"

After hearing this, Wu Zheng looked at Mao Xiang with a strange expression, "Mao Pijiang, aren't you here to flatter me when you enter the palace?"

Mao Xiang said seriously: "Only after your Majesty's words, I realized that my concerns are too shallow... I cannot share your worries, and I also accused Your Majesty of being unfair... I am guilty!"

Wu Zheng laughed and said angrily: "If I don't believe this, I'm afraid I won't even believe it yourself... Just think that those people are your fellow men, and you are angry with me... right?"

"It seems that Your Majesty is really misunderstanding my intention!" Mao Xiang sighed, "I know very well that those people are indeed unreliable... But on the contrary, Your Majesty and the court are indeed indispensable... Instead of losing both sides, it is better for everyone to be happy... I am not standing on their side, but I do not want Your Majesty to be tainted!"

Speaking of this, Mao Xiang stopped and sighed, "I agree with Your Majesty's statement that redistributes interests... But this matter cannot be too hasty. It is related to interests. Whoever is willing to let go easily? If you are not careful, you will fight to the death... Unfortunately, they actually do not want to oppose Your Majesty, but are just forced to the death by Your Majesty!"

"Haha..." Wu Zhengqi smiled, "In the end... Is it my fault? It's forced them to have no way out?"

"I don't dare!" Mao Xiang looked at Wu Zheng straight, and his eyes were not afraid. His eyes were clearly saying, wasn't it caused by your excessive force?

Wu Zheng was a little annoyed and waved his hand and said, "I am tired...you go back first!"

Mao Xiang bowed and said, "I obey the order... but please rest assured, I will strictly control it... I will leave!"

....

It comes quickly and goes quickly.

In the court, the normal position began to return to normal, and the missing position was slowly filled.

In Yingtian Mansion, the subjects were no longer panic.

It seems that everything has faded away.

Everyone is focusing on two things - the Second Northern Expedition and the Moving Capital to Songjiang Prefecture.

The Hangzhou Prefecture Incident has a significant and far-reaching impact.

More than 600 officials of all sizes were seized and investigated. The old group of forces was divided due to the lack of a leader. In order to protect themselves, the remnants of various forces all rely on the subordinates of the chief minister Mao Xiang.

As a result, Mao Xiang's strength increased greatly, which was like a mountain. This obscure confrontation between imperial power and ministerial power made everyone in various forces stand on Mao Xiang's side, and the degree of enforcement of government orders became rapid and unreduced.

In this incident, more than 60% of the merchants suffered a heavy blow. Jiangnan, especially the major merchant gangs in Jiangbei, were declining, and 40% of them were destroyed.

In order to protect themselves, all those who survived were devoted to the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, and began to form a pattern that the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce dominated.

After the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce was taken over by Mo, it quickly integrated into major merchant gangs and grew rapidly. There were seven fleets of overseas trade alone, with more than 5,000 sea ships and tens of thousands of inland ships.

The court added a State-owned Assets Department, the full name is "State-owned Capital Department of the Han and Ming Dynasties", which belongs to the Zhili cabinet and is on par with the six ministries.

Wu Zheng "plundered" more than 30,000 acres of land deeds and house deeds from Shuntian Prefecture to Songjiang Prefecture, as well as more than 20,000 acres of land that Mo's profits in the Hangzhou battle brought by Mrs. Zhenyi back to Beijing were included in the State-owned Assets Department for business and leases from domestic and foreign merchants in Songjiang Prefecture. The harvest was placed separately every year, and 60% were dedicated to Song Yingxing's Dongfanghong Technology Co., Ltd. as R&D funds, and 40% were dedicated to disaster relief and pensions for natural disasters and man-made disasters in various prefectures.
Chapter completed!