The mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings, and although the city of Beijing at the end of July has just begun to show signs of autumn, it has long been a bleak place, and the cold wind blows the pedestrians who can't avoid it. And Chongzhen in the imperial study was furious, his hair was scattered, the music was thrown all over the ground, and several little eunuchs on duty knelt there trembling in fright.

"Huang Taiji deceives people too much, and no one cares about it! I couldn't eat his flesh and drink his blood, so I ordered Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Shanxi Xuanda, not to enter Beijing, to quickly perform his duties and take charge of all military affairs, and Sun Chuanting, the governor of Shaanxi, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, to suspend the matter of hanging thieves and garrison in Beijing. ”

In July of the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Taiji ordered Azig, Abatai, and led a total of 100,000 soldiers of the Eight Banners to feint to attack Mobei bypass through Xuanzhuo, Datong looted the vicinity, and even Ke twelve cities, and smeared the robbed Han folk beauties with heavy makeup on the car, played Legao songs, and was arrogant and arrogant, while the Ming army defending the city was cowardly, and only dared to follow and watch.

Poor Comrade Zhu Youxian threw away his crown angrily, no wonder, Lu Xiangsheng has worked hard for several years and fought against thieves, it is always okay to transfer him to Shanxi garrison, Sun Chuanting did not disappoint and killed King Gao Yingxiang, but immediately his nephew and uncle Li Zicheng replaced him, and finally even Li Zicheng, a raw melon and egg troublemaker, was beaten into the ravine, and it should be made to take a breath and stop the meeting. But before Lu Xiang could ascend, he stabbed the chrysanthemum again.

It's not unreasonable for the Heavenly Death Daming, if you let Shen Xing, who is basking in the sun in Shenjiazhuang, know, he will definitely give Chongzhen a big hug to express comfort, you always criticize and fold until dawn, and it will be useless, because you have just pulled out the Dinghai Divine Needle in northern Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou, the two big cows, must be more than enough to come to the capital to protect you, but Li Zicheng, who is gnawing the bark of a tree in the mountains, is afraid that he will laugh out loud in his dreams now.

And the captain of the firefighting brigade, Lu Xiangsheng, is a bitter man, he is tired of carriages and horses along the way, not to mention the and urine, and he has to take care of resting and training soldiers and horses, hungry and 100,000 iron horsemen. You Chongzhen's red mouth and white teeth will make people repel the Qing army to defend Shanxi and regain the lost territory, so you can always give some soldiers and food, just the original guards.

Your emperor Lao'er still wants to send a dead eunuch to raise a shallow overseer, can you fight with this soft thing? Several times he wanted to jump off the city and kill himself. How many tricks sink into the sea, and it's not a way to always think of a way by yourself? So Old Man Lu asked for money and food in blood and tears under the dim oil lamp.

"His Majesty knew about it, licked the three armies under the jurisdiction of the governor of Shanxi, and since the beginning of his tenure, he was sincerely afraid, and he would be short of food and morale, and then he would repay the emperor's favor and the people of An Limin. On the eighth day of the first month, the ministers led 16,000 horse infantry to the outskirts of Xuanqiu to win a battle to boost morale. Suddenly, the thief Jin Rui arrived. The soldiers were so frightened that they fled with their thoughts. Immediately beheaded a few people, and was stubborn in the gate. The ministers supervised the battle, personally beheaded the thief at the fourteenth level, shot and killed more than 100 wounded thieves, and forcibly turned the tide...... The minister's appearance is also a masterpiece, lest the city be broken and the people will be slaughtered, this is the minister really can't bear it! ”

Hundreds of officials in the court meeting bowed their heads and were silent, each with freaks, only Chongzhen smashed his hand on the dragon case after Cao Huachun finished reading. "Did you Aiqing become dumb overnight!"

Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, walked out of the queue and said, "Your Majesty, the army is impermanent, the water is not normal, all must judge the situation, this battle gold thief is prepared, the soldiers are strong and the horses are strong, but the plan is not just a little money and food, Governor Lu invited merit to fight at the beginning of his tenure, this is a big mistake, if the whole army can resist the city and defend, Yan can lose the army and break the general, as far as it seems today, the gold thief is not self-retreating. However, he avoided the important and trivialized the main words, and attributed the cause of the defeat to the lack of soldiers and food ......"

Chongzhen frowned tightly and did not interrupt, but saw a young speaker burst out under Wen Tiren's beheed, his face full of anger. "Shang Shu's remarks, how is it different from betraying the country? How could the soldiers in front of them fight bloodily to think that they would be so cold in exchange for the court, the gold thief is difficult to fill, today he fades away you can defend, tomorrow it will come again What about you, although Governor Lu is defeated, he still dares to fight, dare to fight to win, with the meaning of Shangshu, he will come again in the future, my Ming people are all daughters, the eyebrows are peaceful, the world is peaceful! ”

"You...... You, with the benefit of your tongue, Your Majesty Shengming should understand that what the minister said is not your intention. Seeing that the two of them were arguing with each other, you didn't have the slightest intention of stopping, Chongzhen was dizzy when he heard it, and hurriedly waved his hand to stop it, "Lu Qing, there are also difficulties, this battle is not the work of one person, as the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move the grain and grass, the household department still has to step up supervision." ”

"Your Majesty, the remaining silver taels of the household department are only more than 100,000 taels, Henan is drought, the relief of the victims is still insufficient, and now the Yellow River is in danger, if you can't prepare enough silver taels to speed up the repair of the embankment, I'm afraid ...... Your Majesty is requested to raise the agricultural tax! In order to be complete, "the head of the household book should kneel, and Chongzhen is in a dilemma.

Wen Tiren proudly came out of the ranks, "Your Majesty, no, the people's life is difficult, spring planting and autumn harvest, the remaining tax burden is still insufficient, rashly increasing taxes empty people's hearts are unstable, the minister please play additional commercial tax, in order to solve the urgent need of the treasury, businessmen have always been surplus for profit, I Ming collected thirty commercial taxes, this is low, a slight increase does not hurt its roots. ”

Chongzhen originally discussed with Wen Tiren in the imperial study last night to increase the business tax, because Shen Xing's gift of silver touched him too much, and he knew that the merchant had a solid family in the past, but he didn't expect that he was so rich, and the king of his own country was like a beggar on the street compared to him.

But as long as the monarchs of the Ming Dynasty mentioned commercial taxes, they seemed to have stepped on the tail of the important ministers of the court, and the voices of rebuttal were endless, and even local officials of all sizes would jointly sign a letter.

Before Chongzhen and Wen Tiren could sing a few lines of double reeds, Yang Sichang and several officials and suggestions behind him came out to oppose it. "Your Majesty, as Master Wen said, all commercial taxes, thirty and take one, and those who pass it will be judged by the Taizu for violating the order, how can we tamper with it in vain, please think twice!"

"What Yang Shangshu said and what the ministers think, the holy monarch does not speak of profit, only righteousness, does not compete with the people, and it is the royal way to hide wealth from the people, but although Shang Jia is to pursue profit, but the south and the north, firewood, rice, oil and salt are all thanks to the turnover of the people, Your Majesty must not rashly increase taxes, once the business is turbulent, all industries are ruined......"

Call...... Chongzhen took a deep breath, you keep saying that you are for the country and the people, this is not allowed to do that, so you can take a practical way to come out, do you look at the Yellow River bursting its banks, the displaced people are everywhere, and the golden thieves are stepping through the city with iron hooves, is the country and the people safe, and everyone is happy? In my opinion, you guys who are eating corpses and eat vegetarian food, you want me to die and be scolded by thousands of people, and you still be your own high-ranking officials.