"I know that Dongchang and Jinyiwei are understaffed, but this must be done now."

Zhu Cihong paused for a moment and continued: "No matter what method you use, you must find out the property of the Nanjing officials within ten days. ”

Zhu Cihong is not Chongzhen, of course he knows that these 'pillars of the country' have a lot of wealth and are rich enough to rival the country. At the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen called on the officials of the capital to donate silver and two to help the army, but as a result, these important ministers began to cry poor in the palace one by one. The one who took the lead in crying poor was Zhu Cihong's cheap grandfather Zhou Kui. This guy was originally just a fortune teller on the street, because his daughter was elected to the palace of the king of letters, and later became a queen and became prosperous, and was named Jiadingbo. It can be said that everything in Zhou Kui was given by the emperor. But not only did this guy not want to repay the favor, but when the thieves were approaching the city, he was still thinking about his own private wealth.

Chongzhen sent the eunuch Xu Gao to Zhou Kui's mansion, hoping that Zhou Kui could donate more points and play a leading role. But Zhou Kui cried poor as soon as he came up, saying that he could only donate 10,000 taels of silver at most.

Later, Queen Zhou couldn't stand it anymore, so she took out the five thousand taels of silver she had saved and asked her father to donate it together.

The funny thing is that Zhou Kui took the money and did not donate it in full, but deducted two thousand taels and donated three thousand taels of it.

The state lord is like this, and the situation of the rest of the courtiers can be imagined. Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the cabinet, only donated a mere 500 taels, and the great eunuch Wang Zhixin only donated 10,000 taels.

Of course, Zhu Cihong knows what these people think in their hearts. They think that the world belongs to the Zhu family anyway, so why should we donate money for the throne of your Zhu family?

It's a pity that these people still miscalculated, after the city of Beijing was broken, Li Zicheng began to pursue stolen goods in the city, including Wei Zaode, and the Ming Dynasty's 'ministers of the humerus' were among the stolen goods. It is ironic that these officials were found to have tens or millions of taels of silver in their homes, and they refused to donate money to pay the Ming army, but in the end they cheapened the thieves for nothing, and ended up with a death and a raid on their homes.

It was precisely because Zhu Cihong knew these inside information that he was ready to call Jinyiwei and Dongchang to check the property of these officials.

Legitimate property is naturally protected, but the proceeds of corruption must be spit out.

Zhu Cihong is not Chongzhen, and he will not be deceived by these officials.

"The emperor and Your Majesty can rest assured that the slaves and ministers will definitely find out the assets of these officials on time."

Liu Chuanzong and Zhao Xin said together.

"Besides that, I want you to do something. I am going to collect mining taxes all over the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Cihong was not surprised when he saw that the two of them were not surprised, so he continued: "When the Divine Sect sent internal supervisors to the gold and copper mines to collect taxes, they were opposed by the courtiers. Their reasoning was that the Son of Heaven was not allowed to compete with the people for profit. At first glance it sounds reasonable. But why did the Divine Sect ignore the opposition of the ministers to levy a mining tax? ”

Zhu Cihong didn't wait for the two to answer, and said to himself; "Because the court has no money. Emperor Taizu set the ancestral system, thirty taxes and one. This is the number for both the field tax and the commercial tax. If the land was in the hands of ordinary people, it would be fine, but the Ming Dynasty has been established for nearly three hundred years, and the land has been annexed by those scholars. Nine out of ten of the world's lands are concentrated in the hands of these people, and sometimes I wonder whose world it is. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Cihong sighed.

As an expert in the history of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, he certainly understood what the problems of the Ming Dynasty were. The land issue is definitely the most fatal. In order to be exempt from taxes, ordinary people donated their land to the names of famous scholars. Over time, they all became tenant farmers, and if the good year was good, they were likely to sell their wives and children in a bad year.

Of course, the problem is also exacerbated by a whiplash law. The levy of silver taels instead of grain led to the lack of grain in the grain depot of the central court. In the famine year, the profiteers hoarded goods and raised the price of grain to a very high level, and the imperial court wanted to buy grain for relief. This led to peasant uprisings at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

"Slaves and ministers deserve to die."

Liu Chuanzong and Zhao Xin buried their heads in unison.

The lord humiliated the ministers to death, since the Son of Heaven said such a thing, all the two of them can do now is to prostrate on the ground and take the initiative to ask for guilt.

"The sin is not with you." Zhu Cihong shook his head and said, "I can't move the field tax now, so I can only change the commercial tax first." The collection of mining tax is only the first step, and then it is necessary to integrate all kinds of miscellaneous taxes and collect them according to the ladder. I call it a ladder tax. ”

"Emperor, how is this ladder tax collected?"

Liu Chuanzong obviously didn't have any concept of this term, and asked curtly.

"Quite simply, the higher the income, the higher the tax. The poor pay less or no taxes, and the rich pay more. ”

Zhu Cihong's original idea was to promote the ladder tax in various industries across the country, but now it seems that it will not work. At least the field tax can't be collected like this, otherwise there is no need for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to go south, and the entire Jingentry group will be able to eat Zhu Cihong. If you want to do this, you have to wait for Zhu Cihong to grasp absolute power and firmly control the army.

Now he can only take Shang Jia first.

"The poor pay less and the rich pay more. The Emperor Shengming. ”

Liu Chuanzong's words are not completely sycophants, but they are motivated by feelings. The current Ming Dynasty is completely the rich paying less or no taxes, and the heavy taxes are completely pressed on the poor people. If the emperor can really change this status quo, then the Ming Dynasty is completely hopeful.

"I will discuss this matter with your ministers, but before that, I want you to get the details of the courtiers' assets."

Zhu Cihong said it so clearly, Liu Chuanzong and Zhao Xin naturally no longer had any doubts.

It seems that His Majesty wants to use this to threaten the ministers of the court and make a deal with them. At least when His Majesty decrees the reform of commercial taxes, the ministers will not object.

"Your Majesty, the emperor can rest assured, the ministers, slaves and maids will definitely do this errand well!"

"Well, stand down."

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said a little tiredly.

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Capital.

Dolgon sat on the dragon chair in the Imperial Palace, overlooking the Eight Banners Lord in the hall.

Since the death of Emperor Taiji, he has thought about replacing him countless times.

But the reaction within Eight Banners was very strong. Especially the two yellow flags, they insisted on respecting the son of Huang Taiji as the emperor. Although the two red flags and the two blue flags are not hostile to themselves, it is absolutely impossible for them to support their ascension to the throne of God.

With the support of the two white flags alone, Dorgon would certainly not be able to convince the people. If he insisted on ascending the throne, it would definitely cause a fire within the Eight Banners, resulting in a great loss of strength in the Eight Banners of Manchuria. That's what Dolgon doesn't want to see.

So he finally accepted the compromise and became the regent, supporting Fulin to ascend to the throne of the Qing Emperor.

Dolgon continued to pursue the policy of Huang Taiji, co-opting the Mongol tribes and suppressing Korea. In his opinion, the confrontation with the Ming Dynasty would continue for at least a few more decades. Who knew that there was a problem within the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng laid down Beijing, and Chongzhen hung the coal mountain. After Wu Sangui surrendered and rebelled, Li Zicheng waved his army to Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui had no choice but to ask for help from the Qing Dynasty, and Dolgon took the opportunity to lead the Eight Banners into the customs, and took advantage of the situation to enter Beijing, taking over the power of the Ming Dynasty Jifu and Henan.

It all happened so fast that it was like a dream.

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ps: Thanks to the 800 coin reward of the Eight Treasure Porridge Scout~