In this matter, Zhu Houzhao has no need to detour with them, if he wants to deal with it, he can deal with it directly, he has already passed the time when he needs to detour.

In the army, they are no longer absolute in control of the army, but have become a minority.

As for business, Zhu Houzhao has his own things, and he doesn't need to rely on them, but they need to rely on themselves and beg themselves, so things will be much easier.

Besides, I don't have the energy to entangle with them, so I have to do more.

After Liu Jin released the news, it naturally caused a lot of rumors, but most people decisively chose to surrender.

This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince giving you another chance, if you don't follow at this time, then there will be no such opportunity next time.

For the nobles and relatives of the Ming Dynasty, confession is a common thing, not to mention confessing to His Royal Highness the Prince, they have no psychological pressure at all.

In this matter, what makes people pay more attention is the six gates, this yamen has surprised many people, and at the same time, it has also put a lot of pressure on many people, such as officials from Shuntianfu or Daxing County.

Because they are too strong in the six doors, if you are not careful, you will be covered by the ginseng of the six doors, and they will even be investigated, and these people will not care if you are their official or not.

If you do something corrupt and bribery is discovered by the people of the Six Doors, they will inevitably impeach you as soon as possible, and then you will no longer be able to be an official.

These people can be said to be pervasive, you must know that they are in direct contact with the common people in the middle and lower classes of the yamen, and they know many things very clearly.

As long as the people of the six doors put their mind to understand, they will definitely be able to get a lot of things, and the most important thing is that these people are very difficult to buy.

In the past, everyone also knew about Jinyiwei, but now these six doors are like Jinyiwei in an officialdom.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince directly used this method to reach into the yamen, which made people very uncomfortable.

But everyone has no choice, and they can't resist. But some people are still ready to think of some dirty tricks, after all, they don't have a clean underneath their butts.

Zhu Houzhao doesn't pay attention to this kind of thing, what he should do has already been done, and the rest depends on the six doors himself.

This is not a yamen who can support themselves to go far, they need to learn to walk on their own.

Forbidden City, Xianyang Palace.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the two people in front of him in a trance, and had to sigh that time flies so fast, and the memory is a little blurry for a while.

These two people are Qi You, the head of the household department, and Liu Qi, the head of the tax department. These two people can be said to be the first to take refuge in themselves, Liu Qi may not be, but Qi You is indeed like this.

It's just that Zhu Hou looked at Liu Qi and felt this way, when he went to Jiangnan, he was still very immature, and Liu Qi at that time showed one of his styles, that is, there was basically no bottom line, and he didn't expect him to achieve today's status.

The two of them didn't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had called him into, but they knew that there must be something big.

With the status of the two people today, the reason why they haven't made a fuss is because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't want them to make trouble, so they all maintain restraint and have a relationship of mutual cooperation with each other.

If the two of them fight among themselves, it is estimated that they will be cleaned up by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

This time I was called over by His Royal Highness the Prince, I am afraid that there is a big matter, and the two of them also realized this, because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had not done this before.

After glancing at the two of them, Zhu Houzhao said, "There is one thing that you need to do. The taxes of the imperial court have dropped very much in two years, although there is a noble Zhuangtian and a feudal king's Zhuangtian, but the imperial court is still unable to make ends meet, and the two of you should know in the household department. ”

The two of them naturally know this, but this situation is not only because the court receives less, but also because there are more flowers.

If it was spent as before, the imperial court would still have a lot of savings every year, but if it was spent like it was now, it would be somewhat insufficient.

Now it seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to do something about it, and the two of them reacted relatively quickly, and they thought of what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to do in an instant.

Especially Liu Qi, he was a little excited.

It's finally time for me to show my strength, and in the past few years, I have been laying on the tax department wholeheartedly, and what I am waiting for is not this day?

"Local officials collect taxes, officials protect each other, and collude with the local gentry, so this palace wants to bring the power of taxation to the tax department." Zhu Hou looked at Liu Qi, and then asked expressionlessly, "There is no problem with the tax department, right?" ”

In recent years, the tax department has developed rapidly, and it is basically a relatively independent organization.

They have little to do with local officials, nor are they under the control of local officials, and their promotions are determined by the tax department itself, and because they have the power to mobilize Jinyiwei, their power expands rapidly at the local level.

With the establishment of the Six Gates, the status of the Jinyi Guard in the local area will gradually decline.

However, Zhu Houzhao did not intend to give up Jinyiwei, but transferred them to the tax department, which means that the US tax department will be independent in later generations.

They don't accept anyone's dispatch, and they don't care about anything else, but they are only responsible for collecting taxes. No matter who it is, as long as they dare to evade taxes, they are all within the scope of Jinyiwei's crackdown.

Zhu Houzhao's ultimate goal is to build a very strong tax team.

How strong is it?

Even if you rebel, you will have to pay taxes on your material transactions, which is Zhu Houzhao's goal.

This time it's time to use them.

Liu Qi hurriedly said: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister has been preparing all these years. The autumn harvest is coming soon, and the next thing is the agricultural slack, which is the right time, and the tax department must get things done. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, then turned his head and drove towards Qi You, waiting for him to give an answer.

"Your Highness, the minister understands. When the minister returned, he wrote the question book. Qi You said on the side.

Zhu Houzhao nodded.

There is no need to use a question book, which means that Qi You didn't want to hide it from anyone, he just wanted to do it with great fanfare. This point makes Zhu Houzhao the most satisfied.

This matter should naturally be proposed by Qi You, because he is the head of the household, which is just within his purview, and no one can say anything.

It's just that in this case, no one would choose to do so. Because it is offending people, and it is not a few, but a majority.

You must know that once the tax department starts collecting taxes, then the inventory of acres is the first thing. There is more hidden land in the world, and most of it is contribution. The surrender of land involved officials and local gentry, and it was very difficult.

This is also the reason why Zhu Houzhao uses Jinyiwei, because without strong implementation, it cannot be implemented.

For ordinary people, don't think it's a good thing. Ordinary people will get more benefits by donating land, because they don't have to pay taxes on the land they don't have to donate, and the landlords don't have it, so they will only collect a small part of the rent.

Compared with the yeoman farmers who paid taxes to the state, the people who donated their land took a cheaper.

Because the state has more taxes, but the rent paid to the landlord is less, so it is said that it is drinking the blood of the state from the top down.

If you want to implement it now, ordinary people will not be grateful to you, but will hate you, and the slightest carelessness will cause chaos.

The same goes for the gentry and officials, this is their belongings, and who wants to hand over their money?

Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that it is vigorously implemented, so that the people who raise this matter and do it will inevitably slander the whole world.

Before, they were their own people, and no one wanted to offend them, but this time it was definitely different.

Zhu Hou glanced at Qi You and nodded with satisfaction.

This is the person he needs, who does not retreat at a critical time, is not afraid in the face of danger, and just rushes forward to do it, such a person must be protected by himself.

Therefore, today Qi You agreed to come down, and Zhu Houzhao was very happy.

Seeing Qi You's statement, Liu Qi was naturally not to be left behind, and said directly: "The minister will also have a question book when he goes back." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded, then waved his hand and said, "Then go back and do it." ”

After the two of them left, Zhu Hou took care of Chen Hong beside him, and then said, "Let Zhang He of the Black Dragon Guard come here." ”

Chen Hong hurriedly replied on the side: "The slave maid will go now." ”

This time the matter is too big, Zhu Houzhao must be fully prepared, ready to dispatch people anytime and anywhere. If someone really stands up to rebel, he can quell the rebellion at any time, and he is even ready to go to Nanjing.

I have always been in the north before, and I don't know much about the south.

I went to Yangzhou, but what I investigated was only a case of selling smuggled salt. But there has been no in-depth investigation, and the result is such a case, and a group of rebels have been created, under the banner of the White Lotus Sect.

This time it's different, this time he's going to do it thoroughly, and if these people want to rebel, then it's just time to clean them up.

Zhang He came quickly, and Zhu Houzhao explained the matter to him.

For these things, Zhang He has no pressure at all, he just does this, if someone reverses, it may be a good thing for him.

After everything was arranged, Zhu Houzhao waited quietly, waiting for things to be turned over.

Things quickly took a turn, as the two men were on the question the next day.

It is estimated that after going back yesterday, I wrote the question book overnight, and handed it over the next day, and the action was very fast.

After these two question books were handed over, they caused an uproar in an instant.

The government and the opposition all paid attention to it, because this matter was so big that everyone didn't know what to do.

You must know that the imperial court has been stable for so many years, and it is difficult to do such a thing.

Cabinet duty room.

Qi You and Liu Qi's question books were placed on the table, and several cabinet scholars were sitting around them, each with serious expressions on their faces.

This time things also affected them a lot, because the outside was watching their attitude.

In fact, the outside has not been very good at the original three cabinet scholars, and they feel that they are too flattering to His Majesty.

If they still support this time, then the outside comments will take a sharp turn.

So they need to discuss it, but they all know that it's a good thing, none of them are good to get along with, and none of them are short-sighted.

"Let's talk about it, what do you think?" Liu Jian opened his mouth and said.

As a member of the Cabinet, he needs to listen to the opinions of several other people, and it is good that he does not express his own opinions.

So Liu Jian asked, but he didn't show his attitude.

"Then I'll talk about it first!" Wang Hua, who was sitting on the side, spoke first.

He is a newcomer to the cabinet, the oldest, and the last, and he should have said it first.

So several people looked at him, waiting for Wang Hua to speak.

After a moment of silence, Wang Hua spoke: "I think this is a good thing. Everyone has seen the changes in the imperial court in recent years, and the military reform has been carried out in the north, and the imperial court needs to spend a lot of silver every year, but the effect can also be seen. ”

"Whether it is Liaodong or Northwest, the output in these two years has been very good. The money spent in the early stage can be returned in about ten or eight years, and the rest is the income of the imperial court. So prove it right to do so, and the rest is the South. ”

"But now the tax revenue of the imperial court has no way to support the military reform in the south, and we all know the following things, officials pass the buck to each other and collude with local officials, so the tax has not been able to rise all these years. Concealment of land has always been a big problem, and if the tax is collected by the tax department, the benefits are obvious, so I think it's good to do that. ”

The other three people remained silent, Wang Hua supported this policy, and they understood it very well. Unlike the three of them, Wang Hua doesn't need a good reputation, or even a bad reputation to be beneficial.

Wang Hua is not worried about what will happen after he goes down, he will have his son after he goes down. It is precisely because of this relationship that if the reputation of their family is too good, it is a big deal.

Therefore, whether it is public or private, it is very normal for Wang Hua to support this policy.

After Wang Hua finished speaking, Liu Jian just nodded, then turned his head to look at Xie Qian, waiting for him to speak.

Wang Hua expressed his opinion, but it still depends on the three of them, and this discussion is nothing more than trying to reach a consensus within the cabinet.

If a consensus can be reached, it will be easy to do, but if a consensus cannot be reached, then each will have to do its own thing.

Xie Qian said expressionlessly: "I agree with this, but I want to say another thing. What the DPRK and China have done in the past few years, we all know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is promoting. I would say that this is revolutionary. ”

There is no difference between several people, although this matter has not yet been clarified, but this is a tacit fact.

Looking at Xie Qian's appearance and listening to what he said, several people thought about it and probably understood what he was going to say, so no one wiped their mouths and waited for him to finish the matter.

"I mean, if that's already the case, why not put the banner of innovation out there?" Xie Qian said with some excitement, his tone full of longing

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