Two more days passed in the cell, and the young man from the last time did not come again, and his middle-aged entourage came once, taking away several copies of Yang Hongzhang's music and full of expectations.

did not let Yang Hongzhang wait too long, on the third day when the middle-aged man took the chapter, a eunuch came to the dungeon, and immediately unfolded a volume of Huangling after entering, Yang Hongzhang had no choice but to kneel down to receive the holy decree.

I heard the eunuch say in a sharp voice: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said...... Yang Hongzhang was born as a Jinshi, and was promoted to a member of the household department, and had full authority to manage the reform of the imperial court's tax rate......"

After listening to the holy decree, Yang Hongzhang was a little confused, this is to say that he is fine, the five major crimes should not have been accepted by the emperor and the imperial court, but he did not mention the matter of military exploits, is this intended to offset the merits? It's a pity, killing tens of thousands of Qing troops, capturing Haoge and Yue Tuo, the credit should be given to Lu Xiangsheng casually, and that is the one who joined the cabinet.

Wailang, a member of the household department, a civil official of the fourth grade, was also given the background of a jinshi, what kind of rhythm is this? Thinking of the responsible tax rate reform in the future, my scalp is even more numb.

Why is this emperor so knowledgeable and good-natured, is it just a few pieces of music handed over by himself, the emperor and the cabinet university teachers use themselves, and they are so clear that they let themselves go to the household department to be in charge of the tax rate reform?

The eunuch saw Yang Hongzhang stunned, so he stepped forward to help Yang Hongzhang up, stuffed the holy decree into his hand and said with a smile: "Our family Bingli supervisor Gao Shiming, congratulations to Lord Yang, the emperor said, allow your Excellency to select one thousand elite from the Hejian Army to be stationed in the capital to assist your lord in charge of the tax rate reform." ”

"Thank you Emperor Longen, thank you Gao Gong, may I ask Gao Gong, is the emperor in his thirties with white hair and two temples......" After thinking about it, Yang Hongzhang felt that he should take advantage of the lack of people here to ask this great eunuch who came from a kilometer.

"Huh? Lord Yang is so confused, didn't the emperor bring the prince here a few days ago, our emperor is less than thirty this year, it's all this state affair, has Lord Yang forgotten that it was the chapter written by Lord Yang to the emperor that made the Manchu Dynasty civil and military impressed by Lord Yang's talent and learning, and the emperor decided to give Lord Yang a scholar's background? Why didn't the prince tell you? Gao Shiming was obviously a little puzzled by Yang Hongzhang's question. And Yang Hongzhang said so bluntly that there was something wrong with the emperor's appearance or something. However, he also heard Wang Chengen say that this young Lord Yang was even more arrogant and rude when facing the emperor.

Yang Hongzhang was stunned for a moment, yes, according to the age, the age of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is about the same as that of the young man of that day, and then think back to the situation when several people chatted, the young man's bearing and tone seem to be only possible for the emperor today. It's just that I was too excited and forgot to ask about it. At the beginning, he just regarded this young man as an ordinary noble, just because Yang Hongzhang was a person in the harmonious era, so in Yang Hongzhang's opinion, his thirties were very young, and Wang Chengen's lack of beard was also ignored by him. You must know that this is the Ming Dynasty, and a middle-aged man without a beard is a eunuch at first glance. It is not the emperor but also the prince who can make the eunuch worship as the master!

Yang Hongzhang went out of the dungeon with a complicated mood and followed Gao Shiming to see the emperor, this time there were no chains, and no one covered his head, he could observe the Forbidden City very leisurely and closely. Gao Shiming was also very polite to him because of the emperor Zhu Youzhen, and while telling him some etiquette when he met the emperor, he explained to him the buildings along the way. This made Yang Hongzhang's impression of eunuchs have changed greatly, and when I think of Wang Chengen, who has met him twice, and Gao Keng, who has been with him for a while, it seems that not all eunuchs are as heinous as TV series. It's just that I don't know what kind of cross-cutting and domineering the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, who was disposed of by Emperor Chongzhen.

Seeing the familiar and unfamiliar city of Beijing, Yang Hongzhang didn't know where to stay, because deep in his soul he still regarded himself as a spectator, even when he was in the dungeon, but Gao Shiming kept reminding him to understand that he was still a part of this decaying feudal dynasty after all, and now he began to enter the power core of this dynasty, and he had the opportunity to meet the supreme monarch and have the opportunity to show his ambitions.

Seeing Emperor Zhu Youzhen again, Yang Hongzhang was a little embarrassed, everyone has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, he really has eyes and doesn't know the Son of Heaven. Zhenlong was completely presumptuous in front of him. Because his attitude in the dungeon that day was really arrogant, and thanks to the content of his conversation, or because he had a little military exploit outside Beijing, otherwise it is estimated that he would not even be able to pass Wang Chengen's level.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen looked at Yang Hongzhang with a smile, looking very gentle and close. Yang Hongzhang was speechless, not because he was unusually promoted and appreciated by the emperor, but because of the dignified Ming Emperor, people under the age of thirty have gray hair on their temples because of hard work, and the corners of their eyes are already crawling with crow's feet! You must know that this age is still the age of single parents urging marriage in the era of harmony. The person in front of him has held the supreme authority of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years. There are always people in the history books who lament that he is not a king of the dead country*, but the Ming Dynasty perished in his hands!

Looking at the emperor in front of him who had put down the emperor's shelf, Yang Hongzhang thought of Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui, and Chen Yuanyuan, who dumped all beings. If history does not change, these figures who changed the fate of the Ming and even the Han people are about to appear, and the person in front of them is the young emperor known as the wise and martial arts, and the final destination is the coal mountain.

According to historical rumors, this person is suspicious, Sun Chengzong's generation of emperors, the governor of Jiliao single-handedly built the Guanningjin defense line, but he suppressed it for more than ten years in Gaoyang, Yuan Chonghuan was first entrusted by him with the important task of carrying the sword of the Son of Heaven to supervise Liaodong, but was finally Ling Chi. What's even more exaggerated is that the history of the bureau records that Chongzhen was executed once there were so many governors and governors every year. Doing things on such an emperor is really half a sentence.

Ascending the throne at the age of sixteen, Zhu Youzhen's relationship with the civilian clique was very delicate, hating each other on the one hand, and using each other on the other. This is the conclusion that history has brought to Yang Hongzhang. Yang Hongzhang can understand that it is not so much the corrupt Ming court as the decadent civilian-bureaucratic group. If the young emperor wanted to make a difference, he had to break free from the control of the civilian bureaucracy, but the reality made him have to rely on these people. Finding balance in the twist, it's strange not to have a good hair early.

No matter what kind of person the emperor Zhu Youzhen is in history, but in his own affairs, it cannot be said how wise he is, how discerning he is, and how discerning he is, and he can deign to enter the dungeon himself for the sake of a military general of the first and fourth grades, which is already what many high-ranking emperors can't do. In the face of his subordinates, he was so rude and rushed but he was able to calm down and listen to the other party's venting, and then decided to reuse it after reading the recital. Thinking about it, for the sake of himself, a civil official who was born as a jinshi and is a fourth-grade civil official, he competed with those old men in the inside, and his white hair may have been forced like this by those old men in the cabinet.

Kneeling in front of the emperor for about a moment of silence, Yang Hongzhang's sudden idea of resigning from the household department disappeared. An emperor is like this for the country and the people, and he can still be limited in his own talents, how can he be worthy of the sentence of profit, the life and death of the country, and avoid it because of blessings and misfortunes. Don't say that the soldier dies for his confidant, he must be worthy of this courtesy.

"Yang Aiqing, I am waiting for you to raise military salaries for hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Liaodong, if it is enough that day, I will reduce taxes for farmers in Henan and Shaanxi. Don't worry, I won't let you be Shang Ying or Zhang Yi. I will allow you to choose your own elite guards to enter the city. Zhu Youzhen looked at Yang Hongzhang expectantly.

"Your Majesty, the tax rate reform must be difficult, and the ministers will face the opposition of the Manchu nobles and ministers, which is even more difficult than Shang Ying. The minister wanted to ask the emperor to allow Jinyiwei or Dongchang to send someone to assist...... "Since you have decided to receive this errand, Yang Hongzhang plans to handle him well, otherwise it is impossible for Zhao Kuo, who is just playing tricks, to gain the trust of the Sword Emperor."

"Wang Chengen, go and invite Cao Gong to come." Zhu Youzhen obviously also realized the importance of what Yang Hongzhang had to do, and hurriedly asked Wang Chengen to invite the great eunuch Cao Huachun. can be honored by the emperor as Cao Gong, which is enough to see Cao Huachun's status in the palace.

Yang Hongzhang was very surprised that Zhu Youzhen agreed to his request without thinking, and it seems that the emperor knows better than himself how difficult the tax rate reform is. Otherwise, Cao Huachun will be dispatched directly.

Soon Cao Huachun came with the order, and he was very curious when he saw the legendary Yang Hongzhang, unlike ordinary eunuchs, although Cao Huachun was not Wei Zhongxian's sworn friend, but he was born against each other as a domestic slave and a foreign minister, so he was extremely excited after hearing Yang Hongzhang's idea of tax rate reform, and his old face was actually flushed. Perhaps in the eyes of this old eunuch, it is something to be happy about being able to embarrass those old guys in the outer court.

So Yang Hongzhang said his thoughts, this time the reform army was divided into three ways, and the emperor Zhu Youzhen naturally took Yang Hongzhang's recital in the court to make a fuss, and let the ministers discuss and then draw up a charter. Of course, there is no need to think about it carefully, the courtiers will definitely unite to resist the new tax rate, and even those nobles who usually do not participate in politics will continue to write to the emperor, demanding that the tax rate reform be stopped, and even asking for the removal and disposal of Yang Hongzhang.

Cao Huachun was responsible for investigating the commerce of the capital, mainly some wine shops, stamped buildings, gambling houses and the like related to officials and nobles, in case of need, the most important Yang Hongzhang wanted to prove his point through Cao Huachun's hand, that is, it was clear that it was not without money, but was monopolized by the nobles and civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. Only in the face of big data, Emperor Zhu Youzhen will completely believe in Yang Hongzhang.

Yang Hongzhang was responsible for drafting specific regulations and dealing with possible counterattacks from the courtiers. The tax rate should be changed, but it should not be one-size-fits-all, and it is necessary to distinguish between profiteering industries and traditional industries and low-profit industries. Yang Hongzhang wanted to pursue relative fairness through the tax rate, and at the same time open source for the imperial court, definitely not to loot the merchants of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the commercial tax rate must be increased, but the industry and the scale of business must be distinguished.

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