"Your Majesty, this is the situation reported by the tax yamen in various places~"

"The tax collection work is very difficult to carry out, and there are all kinds of violent tax resistance in various places."

"In Nanjing, the tax yamen was set on fire~"

"There are also people who unscrupulously beat the officials of the imperial court, and violently resist strictly."

"Just today, in Tianjin, Shou Ninghou and Jian Changbo openly and violently resisted the payment of taxes, beat the officials of the imperial court, and killed 15 officials and officials on the spot, and dozens of tax officials and officials were seriously injured."

Liu Jin handed it over respectfully, and said very seriously.

"What?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

As for the bigwigs present, they all looked incredulous, someone actually burned down the tax yamen and openly killed the officials and officials who collected taxes, is there any royal law?

Is there a court in this eye?

Even if you are a prince and nobleman, a relative of the emperor and a relative of the country, you must not be blind to the king's law, let alone beat all the officials of the court to death, and kill more than a dozen people at once, and you will be stabbed out on this day.

The prince broke the law and was guilty of the same crime as the common people, and this Zhang brother was too arrogant.

As for whether this thing is true or not, everyone has no need to doubt it at all.

The Zhang brothers are definitely the ones who can do this kind of thing.

That is, in the past few years, if there had been some trouble in the past, there would have been a large number of officials to impeach the two brothers that year.

"How can this be reasonable, there is no king's law~"

Emperor Hongzhi watched Liu Jin's recital very quickly, and suddenly the whole person couldn't help but be angry.

This tax work was something that Emperor Hongzhi was determined to change.

If you don't change the tax system, there will be no money, and if the court doesn't have money, you can't do anything.

Now Liu Jin's meaning is very simple, and he needs your support.

"Your Majesty, Shou Ning Hou and Jianchang Bomu have no royal law, and they openly killed more than a dozen court officials, and the ministers ask Your Majesty to uphold justice~"

Liu Jin expressed his attitude very directly.

The officials under his command were beaten to death, if he didn't even say a fart, who would dare to do things for himself in the future, and how would the people of the world see him.

Therefore, in this matter, Liu Jin's attitude must be resolute, and he must make decisions for these officials under his command and seek justice.

"Your Majesty, the ministers also thought that Shou Ninghou and Jian Changbo should be severely punished, and they openly ordered officials in the court, and there was no royal law, if they were not severely punished, I am afraid that the people of the world would be unconvinced."

Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, also stood up and made a statement.

In this matter, he must also express his position, this Zhang brother is too arrogant, even if you are the emperor's brother-in-law, you must not openly kill more than a dozen court officials, arrogant and arrogant, but you can't touch the bottom line.

In the past, arrogance was arrogance, and domineering was indeed arrogant, but it was not so daring to kill the court officials, and this rampant domineering was mostly bullying ordinary people.

Even if everyone wants to manage, but many times they turn a blind eye, and there is no way, who makes them the brother-in-law of Emperor Hongzhi.

Who let Emperor Hongzhi have a wife, the key is that Emperor Hongzhi still loves Empress Zhang very much, and he also connived at the Zhang brothers, otherwise it would be more than that.

"Your Majesty, we must severely punish those who have no law and kill the officials of the imperial court~"

"Yes, it must be severely punished~"

Others have also come forward to express their positions.

Although everyone actually doesn't want Liu Jin to collect taxes, but one yard is one yard, and the officials of this court have been openly beaten to death, and this court has no majesty, so who will pay attention to them in the future.

"Message~"

"Immediately summon Shou Ninghou and Jianchang Bo back to Beijing, and I will severely punish them~"

"Arrest all those who beat the court officials and kill the court officials, and punish them severely~"

Emperor Hongzhi frowned, thought about it and ordered.

It is definitely impossible to kill Shou Ninghou and Jian Changbo, he doesn't want to sleep in separate beds with Empress Zhang, but their subordinates can't let go.

Summoning the two brothers back, Emperor Hongzhi was also ready to personally come forward to teach the two brothers a hard lesson, and even the officials of the court dared to beat them to death, and there was nothing they could do.

"Yes~"

When Xiao Jing heard this, he hurriedly replied respectfully, nodded slightly to the little yellow door beside him, and the little yellow door also left to do errands.

"Your Majesty~"

Seeing that Emperor Hongzhi had expressed his position, Liu Jin thought about it and said again.

"Let's talk about it~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, signaling Liu Jin to speak freely.

"Your Majesty, there have been huge profits and tax resistance in all parts of my Ming Dynasty, and what happened in Tianjin today is definitely not a single case, and it will not be the last one."

"According to the reports of the tax yamen in various places, in various places, there are endless cases of huge profits and tax resistance, and the local governments are unwilling to cooperate with our tax yamen in collecting taxes, which makes it difficult for our tax yamen to carry out the tax collection work."

"In the long run, this tax reform will become a dead letter, and in the end, it will be the same as before, and at that time, not a single penny of tax money will be collected." Peerless Tang Gate fo

Liu Jin thought about it and slowly put the problem out.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi also nodded solemnly after hearing this.

He also saw that there were all kinds of violent tax resistance in various places, and the situation in Tianjin was the most serious and worst, but other places were not much better.

In many places, no one pays attention to the tax yamen, and they do not collect taxes at all, and the local yamen do not cooperate, so there is really no way to do it.

It is useless to collect taxes only by lip service, and violence must be used to do so.

Taxes have been mandatory since ancient times.

"It's really not a way to go on like this~"

When the others heard this, they also nodded.

In any case, the tax reform is a national policy of the imperial court that has been decided, and there is a problem that must be solved.

"So what do you have to do about it?"

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a moment and asked.

"Your Majesty, Princess~"

"Since ancient times, whether it is tax or conscription, it has been compulsory, and only compulsory can it be collected."

"Now there are violent tax protests in various places, and a very important reason is because the local yamen do not cooperate with the tax collection work of the tax yamen."

"Therefore, the minister thinks that under the local tax yamen, a special tax arrest should be set up to collect taxes and adopt strong means to collect taxes, and only in this way can we ensure that the imperial court can collect taxes and investigate and punish those who evade taxes."

Liu Jin thought about it and said slowly.

Regarding the tax, that is, on the eastern side, it has always been emphasized that it is light and thin, but if it is in the west, there has been no talk of light taxation since ancient times.

In their tradition, paying taxes and dying are inevitable in a person's life.

The tax police of the bald eagle in later generations are famous, whether it is a celebrity or a gangster or the like, everyone is afraid of the tax police.

No one dares to evade taxes, because once tax evasion is discovered, the consequences are extremely serious, and once the tax police come to the door, it will be over.

"Tax arrest?"

When everyone heard this, they were immediately dumbfounded.

This Liu Jin can really think of anything, and he can come up with any idea.

"You tell me in detail about this tax catch~"

Emperor Hongzhi was immediately interested.

"As the name suggests, tax arrest is specifically set up for tax collection, and the main work is to enforce tax collection, investigate and deal with tax evasion, except for tax matters, tax arrest is not responsible for anything, and it has nothing to do with it."

"The tax arrest is fast, and it does not catch petty thieves, nor does it catch big thieves, but is only responsible for tax matters, and adopts violent means to treat those who violently resist taxes, and forcibly collects taxes."

Liu Jin thought about it and further explained this tax catch.

"I see~"

Emperor Hongzhi also nodded slightly after hearing this, and then fell into deep thought.

After thinking about it, he also said to everyone: "What do you think of this proposal?" ”

"The minister thinks that a special tax catcher should be set up, there are too many things to resist taxes in various places, and if there is no compulsory tax, this tax will not be collected at all."

Liu Jian thought for a while and said: "It's just that the establishment of this tax capture will not lead to the phenomenon of rampant expropriation." ”

"Your Majesty, Liu Gong~"

"The so-called expropriation is the excessively high standard of value collection, for example, in the past, farmers farmed, it was more reasonable to harvest 30%, but if you received 70%, this is called expropriation and expropriation~"

"The standard of taxation of our tax yamen is set by His Majesty and the princes of the court, except for special industries, the proportion of taxation in other walks of life is only one hundred and eight taxes at most, and the tax rate can be said to be quite low."

"As for worrying about the indiscriminate taxation of local yamen, there is no need to worry, because the local government yamen can also play a supervisory role, and once taxes are levied indiscriminately, they can also be quickly known and dealt with."

"The duty of tax arrest is to urge the payment of taxes, not to levy arbitrarily, and reasonable taxes are also for the operation of the imperial court and for the Ming Dynasty."

Liu Jin thought for a while and explained.

In the final analysis, the officials of this era do not want to collect taxes, because they always feel that tax collection is bad, it is a tyrannical extortion, and the people are not happy, but they do not realize the importance of taxes.

"Hmm~"

After listening to Liu Jin's explanation, Emperor Hongzhi and everyone also nodded one after another, and their words were not wrong.

How to collect, according to what proportion to collect, this is the emperor and the princes of the court have the final say, the following officials and officials are just executors, how can they be rampant, in the end, everything is still located in the center of the emperor and these powerful officials in the court.

"Then according to your wishes, set up a special tax catcher."

"On your side, just draw up a charter and work out the relevant rules and regulations in detail."

After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi also agreed to Liu Jin's proposal, since he supported Liu Jin, he would support it to the end.

It's not easy to have a life without money!