After Gao Junshan talked to Mrs. Long, he asked Cai Zhishan for coffee, and the two sat in the luxurious living room, with bright lights outside the window, but only a small table lamp was turned on in the hall.

Cai Zhishan sat in the position where Mrs. Long was sitting just now, and the two of them made a discussion about Mrs. Long.

Cai Zhishan said: "I haven't seen Mrs. Long for so many years, and she doesn't look old at all. ”

Gao Junshan said: "After we took power, we cultivated a group of upstarts, and Mrs. Long was one of them, because they took advantage of all kinds of prerequisites, when I was committed to commerce and trade in China, and with my convenient transportation conditions, those upstarts who took advantage of the priority conditions launched windfalls one by one. ”

"Your Majesty, isn't it what you have always advocated in promoting commercial and trade policies in China? Why are you complaining again today? Cai Zhishan asked.

Gao Junshan said: "The development of industry and commerce, especially the encouragement of overseas trade, is indeed my proposition, and I will implement it in this way. Haven't you noticed that in the process of the vigorous development of China's economy, a small part of the privileged class has also made a fortune and become the upstart at this stage. ”

Cai Zhishan said: "Of course I have seen this, this is all developed by them because they have the ability and economic acumen." ”

"I don't think so." Gao Junshan took a sip of coffee and continued, "If it weren't for our policy to put them in the front court, would they still be able to make money?" ”

"It's absolutely impossible, because none of them are in the interest group."

Gao Junshan said: "China's agricultural civilization has changed significantly in the previous dynasties, with the progress of technology, with the improvement of transportation, with the rapid development of civil credit, the rapid development of industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty, industry and commerce have become an important value carrier. If you control industry and commerce, you can grasp the economic lifeline of the time, but the economic lifeline of the previous dynasty was controlled by the party, forming special interest groups, which directly harmed the fundamental interests of the Ming Dynasty and led to the previous dynasty being repeatedly violated by the Tartars. ”

Cai Zhishan couldn't help but be surprised, and asked: "Could it be that the emperor thinks that there are groups like the Donglin Party in our place now?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Things have not yet developed to that extent, and I, as the king of a country, must have such a height to see the problem. After Zhu Youzhen destroyed Wei Zhongxian, he did not control industry and commerce. What is particularly serious is that Zhu Youzhen does not know how to obtain financial revenue from industrial and commercial development. In the face of internal and external troubles, the pressure on fiscal expenditure is extremely heavy. Zhu Youzhen actually adopted the stupid policy of increasing the tax burden on the peasants, which made the Ming Dynasty further reduced to a tool for special interest groups to brutally carry out social redistribution, and the result was that the economic structure was rapidly unbalanced, so that when Li Zicheng finally surrounded the capital, Zhu Youzhen could not pay the military salary with two taels of silver, and finally ended up hanging himself in the coal mountain. ”

Cai Zhishan seemed to be defending Zhu Youzhen: "This is the result of the insatiable greed of his courtiers, Liu Zongmin tortured and plundered them, didn't he raise 70 million pieces of silver?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "This is the tragedy of Zhu Youzhen, because he does not control the economic lifeline of the country. The imperial court was unable to grasp the economic lifeline, could not obtain fiscal revenue from new economic growth, and mistakenly assisted special interest groups to brutally plunder national interests and national welfare, resulting in a serious imbalance in the economic structure, and as a result, the economy could not develop sustainably and steadily, and politics fell into chaos, and social development stagnated. ”

"Your Majesty, I don't study economics, I don't seem to understand these truths of yours."

Gao Junshan didn't care whether he understood it or not, and continued: "The public finance system and policies are the foundation of the country. In order for any imperial court to stabilize politics, it must stabilize the backbone of society, that is, let the backbone develop steadily and become the basis of social balance. The public finance system and policy are to cultivate and support the generation and development of the middle class through the means of forced redistribution by the imperial court and through the transfer of wealth. However, Zhu Youzhen's fiscal policy was to bankrupt the small and medium-sized landlords and the peasants to be destitute, and the wealth was concentrated in the hands of a very small number of large households, and the imperial court had become a tool of the large households, making the imperial court a target of class antagonism, so the demise of the previous dynasty was an inevitable result of history. ”

Cai Zhishan couldn't sit still, and he asked Gao Junshan again: "Your Majesty, are you going to take these upstarts under the knife?" ”

Gao Junshan said with a smile: "Bolan doesn't need to be nervous, I have my own strategy." As long as China establishes a set of rational public finance systems and policies, the imperial court will take better care of the interests of the middle class in the process of economic development, so that the entire economic system can achieve balanced and stable growth, so that the national interests and national welfare of China can develop in a balanced manner, and the wealth will not be too concentrated in the hands of a few nouveau riche. ”

"Oh-" Cai Zhishan was relieved, "The emperor is going to adjust taxes." ”

"That's right! It's time to adjust taxes. Gao Junshan took another sip of coffee, "Levy heavy taxes on the rich and tilt welfare in favor of ordinary people." ”

Cai Zhishan worried: "Won't they join forces to oppose it?" It's like the Donglin Party of the previous dynasty? ”

"He dares!" Gao Junshan stood up a few times after taking the case, "They have all the opportunities to make money, I can make them rich overnight, or they can become poor overnight, or even their families are ruined." ”

Cai Zhishan fully believes in Gao Junshan's iron-fisted methods.

"Come on, come on, this coffee is good, drink it all." Gao Junshan raised the coffee in his hand and said to Cai Zhishan.

Cai Zhishan also raised the coffee cup, drank the coffee in the cup with Gao Junshan, and after drinking the coffee and putting down the cup, he said to Gao Junshan: "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

"Yes, you can just say that you don't have to hide it in front of me."

Cai Zhishan said cautiously: "Can you rehabilitate Yuan Chonghuan?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Bolan, you used to be Yuan Chonghuan's general, I won't blame you for making such a request, but you also have to come up with a good reason to convince me, why should you rehabilitate Yuan Chonghuan?" ”

Cai Zhishan said: "Yuan Chonghuan is wronged. ”

"You can't use the sentence 'Yuan Chonghuan is wronged' to explain the problem, Zhu Youzhen listed Yuan Chonghuan's crimes one by one. If you can explain Yuan Chonghuan clearly one by one, I can also consider a request for his rehabilitation. ”

Cai Zhishan said: "The old minister has followed Yuan Chonghuan for many years, and he knows Yuan Chonghuan's personality very well, and the old minister thinks that Yuan Chonghuan has no rebellious heart. ”

Gao Junshan said: "That's what you think, you have a personal relationship with Yuan Chonghuan, of course you will speak to him, I said, you have to come up with evidence to convince me, so that I can rehabilitate Yuan Chonghuan." ”

Cai Zhishan insisted: "The old minister just thinks that Yuan Chonghuan died unjustly. ”

"Died unjustly?" Gao Junshan asked, "He is the highest military commander in Liaodong, and he actually let Huang Taiji hit the foot of the capital, just by virtue of this, Zhu Youzhen said that even I would cut him down." ”

Cai Zhishan continued to argue for Yuan Chonghuan: "Your Majesty, don't you know that the old minister was by Yuan Chonghuan's side at that time, and it was not he who let Huang Taiji enter the capital. ”

Gao Junshan sneered: "If he lets Huang Taiji enter Beijing, you can kill him on the spot." ”

Cai Zhishan said: "It's all because Huang Taiji is too cunning. ”

Gao Junshan asked: "Jimen, a line of danger every day, who opened it?" Who put Huang Taiji into the customs? ”(https:)

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