"Our Pan family wants this kind of thing!" Pan Jingwen said without hesitation, in order to behave in front of the governor, he didn't mind being a loser.

Although he can't be the master and let the Pan family change all of them to long-staple cotton, he can still do it by letting some of the land be planted. After all, he had already responded on behalf of the Pan family, and he knew that those old guys of the Pan family did not dare to offend the governor at all now.

Wang Yue believes that the Pan family's long-staple cotton harvest will inevitably bring more extensive planting. The businessmen came with apprehension, and they didn't think that they would not only blackmail, but also had a lot of gains, so they all smiled when they left.

Wang Yue levied commercial taxes in the name of urban management fees in the Yingtian area, and then killed the Quartet, killing scholars, gentry, and even officials, the world was shaken, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were stunned.

What followed was extreme anger, which was even more indignant to the officials in the court than the establishment of slaves, because Wang Yue was moving their own cake, and did not they smell the fact that robbing people and wealth was like killing their parents?

Zhang Juzheng's whipping method and Yongzheng's paving into the mu of officials and gentry to pay grain in one, which one is not scolded by the literati? It doesn't make them feel ashamed and indignant how many people they kill when they enter the Koukou, but if the tax is collected on their heads, they will all jump to their feet, even if the emperor does it.

The impeachment of Wang Yue flew from Nanjing to the imperial court like snowflakes, and the first to get the news were officials such as the Nanjing Sixth Department and the Nanjing Town Guard, and for Wang Yue, the governor of Yingtian, it can be seen from the last incident of killing Zhu Tongrui that they have nothing to do with Wang Yue, and all they can do is impeach.

On November 15th, the Great Imperial Meeting, on the Emperor's Palace.

The officials in the court already knew what Wang Yue had done in Suzhou, so they were filled with righteous indignation.

The officials were the first to go out of the middle of the matter and said loudly: "I am a scholar who rules the world in the Ming Dynasty, and I have more than 200 years of continuous national fortune. Wang Yue slaughtered civilians, killed clothes, and killed officials without authorization, shaking the foundation of our Ming Dynasty, and the crime is unforgivable. If the emperor does not punish him, there will be unspeakable things in the future! ”

Huang Shiren, the right servant of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, also came out of the class with a tooth card, and said with a heartache: "The minister seconded the proposal, the king thief changed the ancestral law in Jiangnan without authorization, and aimed the butcher knife at the scholars and officials, which is really a great crime, if it is not severely punished, the country will not be a country, and my Ming Dynasty is decently dressed, and it will be completely lost!" ”

This person is not polite to speak, and calls Wang Yue a thief.

Feng Ying, the secretary of the Criminal Department, stood up angrily and said: "The minister seconded the proposal, Wang Yue detained and killed court officials without going through the Criminal Department, undermined the legal system, and asked the emperor to punish him severely!" ”

Chongzhen asked expressionlessly, "May I ask Lord Feng, how should Wang Yue be severely punished?" ”

Feng Ying was stunned, how should a person like Wang Yue be severely punished, how did he know? This person has a history of rebellion, how to solve Wang Yue, that is the emperor's business.

Seeing Feng Ying's embarrassment, Huang Shijun, the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out to relieve the siege and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Yue has no sages to kill Shilin, ignoring the laws of the country, which is really a problem for my Ming henchmen. The minister asked the emperor to order the soldiers and horses of the world to destroy this fang, and if the king did not remove it, the soldiers of the world could not sleep at night! ”

Chongzhen sneered, suppressed his anger and asked, "Where do you come to the world?" Do you want to use the Jiliao army, what should you do with the Dongyu? ”

Huang Shijun said proudly: "Although Donglu is evil, he also knows that he respects his clothes and treats scholars well, but now Dongyu's strength has been greatly damaged, and he has become a problem of scabies." And Wang Yue looted the people's wealth and destroyed the country's laws, which was the life-and-death enemy of the imperial court. ”

Zhou Zuo, the imperial historian of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, also echoed: "The minister seconded the proposal, Wang Yue did not get rid of it, and the world corporal would lose face!." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal...!"

Most of the ministers in the court stood up to express their approval, and they showed a rare unanimity, and they were determined to fight Wang Yue to the end.

This shows how difficult the tax reform was to carry out, and even the emperor could not do anything about it. The so-called diehards and conservatives are in fact vested interests, and they can do anything to protect their interests from being violated.

"You ......!" Chongzhen was speechless, these civil officials did not hesitate to give up the Liaodong defense line in order to deal with Wang Yue, it can be seen that Wang Yue's actions really touched their bottom line.

The tradition of the Ming Dynasty is not to sin people, so these civil officials are very good one by one.

The civil officials had finished speaking, and looked at Chongzhen one by one to see how Chongzhen decided. For a while, the court was quiet, and all the officials were waiting for Chongzhen's words.

Chongzhen looked at Xie Baoqing, the secretary of the military department who made a wood carving clay sculpture, and then looked at Zhou Yanru, the first assistant who had not spoken, and wanted to ask their opinions, but finally gave up this plan.

After thinking for a long time, Chongzhen said slowly: "Wang Yue is a loyal minister. ”

Hearing Chongzhen's words, the courtiers in the court immediately exploded.

"The emperor is confused!"

"Ridiculous! Ridiculous! ”

"Wang Yue is a wolf, how can he be called a loyal minister?"

Chongzhen waved his hand, and after waiting for the ministers to be quiet, he said: "Wang Sihua has made a note to me, he will gradually implement a new policy in Jiangnan, promising that from next year, the Tianfu in Jiangnan will be paid in full every year in the form of silver taels, and another two million taels of silver will be paid to my internal funds every year." ”

Wang Yue's recital had been delivered to Chongzhen half a month ago, which probably meant that he had contracted the taxes in Jiangnan. With the prosperous business in Jiangnan and the construction of the starting point city in the future, this money is just a drizzle.

The ministers didn't do it, and Huang Shijun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said angrily: "This is the silver that Wang Yue dug three feet into the ground, and every tael of silver carries the blood of Jiangnan Shilin!" ”

Zhou Zuo, the imperial historian of the left capital of the Imperial Inspectorate, said loudly: "Please think twice!" ”

"Please think twice...!"

Chongzhen waved his hand impatiently and said, "Let's stop here today, retreat!" ”

Ignoring the shock of the officials, he brushed his sleeves away and left the Imperial Palace.

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After retiring from the court, Chongzhen, who returned to the imperial study, had long lost the good color of the court, and his face became darker and darker, as if he could not suppress the anger in his heart more and more.

Finally, Chongzhen couldn't help but be angry, and slapped his right hand on the table next to him with a snap, slapping the round table crookedly. A blue-and-white porcelain teapot on the table rolled down the table with a thud and shattered. The tea in the teapot spilled on the floor, leaving the room in shambles.

The eunuchs and palace maids who heard the movement outside the room, seeing that the emperor was so angry, were deeply afraid that the pond fish would be affected, and none of them dared to go up to clean up the broken porcelain, and they all knelt on the ground.