Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Round Girl's Parlor
Of course, something as small as making money can't be done by Lord Yang himself......
Just leave it to his housekeeper.
It is said that now Yuanyuan is the goddaughter of Empress Yi'an, who has no children and no daughters, and she is completely favored as a daughter, with this great god on the top of her head, and Yang Qing, the notorious spy leader, who is sheltered, this is fully qualified to be domineering, and she has a wide network in Nanjing......
"Whose family is this?"
Yang Qing looked at the carriages in front of his house in amazement.
It is said that he, the head of the family, is a dignified and loyal uncle, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and a terrifying person who can stop crying at night in Nanjing, but he has no sense of existence in his own home, and now he is shuttering to the court, but he has not even seen a guest.
This has to be said to be really sad.
"Back to the lord, these are all old friends who came to visit the round girl!"
The house slave next to him said.
"Male?"
Yang Qing asked.
"Well, the lord laughed, naturally they are all women."
The house slave said.
At this time, a richly decorated carriage stopped outside his door, and then a graceful light mature woman was helped out by the maid, I have to say that Yuanyuan's old friend is still very good, although this woman's appearance is not as good as Zhang Yan, but it is not inferior to Yuanyuan, and the age is between the two, slightly longer than Yuanyuan, much younger than Zhang Yan, it can be said that it is like a flower blooming, elegant temperament and gentle manners......
"This girl is good!"
The guy touched his chin and said with a smile.
The latter also saw him, but he didn't come forward to greet him, but walked to the side door and went around to the back house, Yuanyuan was alone in a small courtyard, and the maids who served were all the eyes and ears sent by Zhang Yan, like this kind of female guest who came to visit her Unless she bumped into it, there was no need to come and greet Yang Qing alone, after all, she was not Yang Qing's concubine.
"This is Mrs. Qian."
The house slave said.
"Mrs. Qian?"
The image of a shrew with a crossed waist instantly appeared in front of Yang Qing's eyes.
"Qian Qianyi, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, heard that he was also born in this famous prostitute in Qinhuai, and he came here once before."
The slave said.
"Who else has been here?"
Yang Qing asked.
"That's a lot, for example, a kabuki in the Baoguo Mansion, a female Taoist priest, and a prostitute in Meixianglou......"
The slave said.
"This prostitute still doesn't pick up customers?"
Yang Qing asked with a hint of excitement.
"It's been closed for a long time, it is said that he intersected with the son of the former squire Hou Sui, but Hou Sui and the King of Qin have a grudge, it is rumored that he was in Kaifeng to flood the army of the King of Qin, and as a result, the Hou family was copied by Li Zicheng in Guide, although Hou Xiannan fled to Nanjing, but the family was in the middle of the road, and His Majesty was quite disgusted with him, it is estimated that the recovery is hopeless, and Hou Gongzi has no money to redeem her, the two of them are hanging like this, and it is rumored that Hou Gongzi still spent her money!"
The slave said.
"Raised by prostitutes?"
Yang Qing said in horror.
"Isn't this often found in dramas? The son in distress is infatuated with a prostitute, and then one day the son of the son of the high school gold list is named to marry and return home, and it is estimated that the girl will also watch the drama and look stupid. ”
The house slave said.
"It's still a little white face!"
Yang Qing said with emotion.
Li Xiangjun estimated that he would have to waste his feelings, as long as Chongzhen was still there, Hou Sui would not want to turn over, this guy has a close relationship with Zuo Liangyu, Chongzhen would not install such a person in his own court, and he really disliked Hou Sui.
In fact, Chongzhen dislikes all the Donglin Party.
After all, he knows very well that the Ming Dynasty has fallen to this point, and the Donglin Party plays an important role in this, Shi Kefa and others can't help it, but those members of the Donglin Party who were originally dismissed, he can't use it if he can, for example, the water is too cold and he is still at home until now, and Shi Kefa recommended it several times to no avail. Those in Jiangnan still have to take care of the feelings of the gentry in Jiangnan, Hou Sui's family is in the area controlled by Li Zicheng, and he is basically working as a duke in Nanjing, but it is a pity to let Li Xiangjun waste his youth, and he has to find a chance to save it. And it's not just Li Xiangjun, there are several other Qin Huai Bayans! For example, Bian Yujing, who has a good relationship with Wu Weiye, is still cerebral palsy at this time! I guess I won't be able to chant poetry with her, and it should be good to change it to Lord Yang and her yinshi in the future.
"This is a round living room!"
Feeling the rich social circle of his nominal cousin, Yang Qing got on the horse and left his house, and jumped to the wolf's den along the way, but as soon as he arrived, he was summoned to the palace by Chongzhen......
Chongzhen is in trouble again.
In other words, Yang Qing can now be said to be Chongzhen's firefighter, who is specifically responsible for solving those troubles that His Majesty the Emperor can't solve, not only this guy's force, this guy's insidious and cunning and Xie's evil mind is also becoming more and more important, from the auction of salt merchants' assets, Chongzhen no longer simply values his force, in fact, he is now more and more like a dog-headed military advisor, after all, Chongzhen doesn't have many brains around him.
This time Chongzhen's trouble was simple.
A whip law.
"Your Majesty, why not be more simply!"
Yang Qing said.
"What do you mean?"
Chongzhen asked.
"The land is spread into the acre, the fire consumption is returned to the public, and the officials and gentry are all on errand and pay for the grain."
Yang Qing said.
Wang Chengen next to him glanced at him in horror.
In other words, this is indeed simple, a whip law is only to a certain extent to spread the ding into the mu, this is to directly and comprehensively spread the ding into the mu, the fire consumption is actually taken away from the official's money bag, as for the official gentry as an errand to pay the grain is even more ruthless, how many gentry rely on the fame on their heads to tax exemption, this time if they really do it they don't go crazy! Just the re-implementation of a whip law has already aroused the opposition of the Manchu ministers, and this is still in a whip law that has not been explicitly abolished, Chongzhen just implemented the content that was originally resisted by officials and existed in name only, and the two articles added by Yang Qing, especially the second one, actually filled an important loophole in a whip law, and the third article added something that did not dare to touch in a whip law.
It's all about doing something!
Wang Chengen supported Chongzhen to restore a whip law, because this is Jiangnan, and the implementation of a whip law here was quite stable back then, and there was no big mess, so you can try it, but Yang Qing's set of throwing it out is to arouse the rhythm of all the officials and gentry to hate the enemy! Chongzhen will become a faint gentleman in the eyes of all the gentry,
"Your Majesty, don't listen to him, let's just restore a whip method!"
He couldn't wait.
Yang Qing looked at him with a smile.
Wang Chengen glared at him fiercely.
But Chongzhen didn't speak, it was obvious that His Majesty the Emperor was a little tempted, he was looking for Yang Qing to ask this guy to come up with an idea to force the ministers to comply, before he made a proposal in the court was unanimously opposed, but he really wanted to do it, Chongzhen also knew that it would not last long by relying on the money of the family, if he did not carry out drastic reforms, Daming could not be reborn with 10 million taels of silver after all, he had to really solve the problem of no money from the root.
A whip is the best option that his wisdom can find......
Chongzhen is actually not a smart person.
It is said that if he was really a smart person, it would be impossible for him to fall to such a point, he couldn't think of anything too new with his mind, and a whip method could be used directly, but Yang Qing's words suddenly opened the door to a new world for him.
He doesn't attach much importance to the return of fire to the public, he doesn't necessarily know what's wrong with it, but he knows the results of the officials and gentry paying for the grain, Li Zicheng's words when he questioned him often sounded in his head, since they are all his subjects, why do the common people pay grain and those officials and gentry don't have to pay it? If they also pay taxes, the income of the Ming Dynasty will definitely skyrocket, and the wealth of the Kong family makes him dumbfounded, and the wealth of the Kong family is not because of more than 2,000 hectares of sacrificial land and does not pay taxes at all? And this Ming is like the Confucian family, how many gentry do not pay taxes because of various privileges? Jinshi, Juren, and Xiucai all have tax-free fields, ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand, and not including their hidden fields, and even many people have to be given money and grain by the imperial court.
There is also tax-free land for the clan lords.
There are also places where the powerful and powerful place the land in the names of these guys.
If the officials and gentry are all on errand and pay food, the skyrocketing income of the Ming Dynasty is absolute, and even it is possible for his finances to achieve a balance of payments, so it can be said that the problems that have plagued him all his life will be solved at once, and the only problem is ......
It is impossible for the officials of the DPRK and China to agree!
How could they agree, which means that they will pay for it, and these guys can say that every family has a large amount of tax-exempt land, although there is a limit in theory, but in practice there is no limit, because they have a whole lot of ways to keep their land on the official records not exceeding the limit. This kind of thing in Yintian is not only troubled by the Ming Dynasty, in fact, all dynasties and dynasties are important means for the gentry to deal with the imperial court, everyone is an official, everyone does not want to pay taxes, you hide it for me, I hide it for you, so that everyone can be happy.
Otherwise, find a vassal king with deep entanglements of interests to hang his name, so that he can happily exploit those tenants to maintain the wind and snow.
What if the gentry were all on errands?
No one can escape!
Then measure the land in various places and clear all the hidden fields, then there is no pressure on the Ming Dynasty's finances to be turned over all at once, such a beautiful prospect makes Chongzhen's eyes almost brighten, and he can't hear Wang Chengen's words at all.
"What about cabinet opposition?"
He looked at Yang Qing and said.
"Your Majesty, the cabinet will not agree, not only will this matter not be successful, but it will hurt the sum of the monarch and the minister, Yang Qing is young and reckless and does not know the severity, Your Majesty don't listen to his nonsense here, Yang Qing, don't mess around, this matter is not child's play!"
Wang Chengen said anxiously.
"There is one way, but I don't know if Your Majesty has the guts."
Yang Qing said.
"Hmph, I'm also a dead man crawling out of the pile, Beitang is covered in blood and I'm not afraid, I want to see if you have any tricks that can make me afraid!"
Chongzhen sneered.
"That, that's what the minister said."
Yang Qing said cautiously.
"Say, don't say that I will cure you for your sins!"
Chongzhen said.
"Close the door and let Li Zicheng go!"
Yang Qing said with a smile.