Li Shuo put down the brush in his hand, stood up, walked to the door of the lobby, looked at the dim sky and said, "Obey the destiny of heaven and do your best." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Although there is a possibility of a civil uprising in Shaanxi, but in terms of disaster relief, Li Shuo still does not have the slightest carelessness, and Cao Dezhang said, an 800-mile expedited recital into the Beijing Division, is to ask the imperial court to agree to the Shaanxi government to use the military rations stored in the Chang'an Mansion, this urgent recital into the imperial court, by the cabinet and Zhu Youzhen attaches great importance to it, Li Shuo said in the chapter, Yan'an Mansion tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, are not subject to rain and dew, in addition to the cold weather, many lands have dry cracks, this situation in this season is extremely rare.

After receiving the recital, Li Shuo summoned Li Guopu, the first assistant, and Guo Yunhou, the head of the household department, to enter the Qianqing Palace to discuss matters.

In the Qianqing Palace, Li Guopu and Guo Yunhou were both given seats.

"What Li Shuo said in the chapter, you have all seen it, the disaster in Shaanxi is inevitable, how much food does the imperial court have to mobilize, do you have a charter in your heart?" Zhu Youzhen's voice was very low, although he knew that something would happen in Shaanxi, but when the chapter arrived in front of Zhu Youzhen's case, Zhu Youzhen still couldn't accept this long-known reality, of course, although Zhu Youzhen was a little sad, but not decadent, what he was thinking about now was how to let the people affected by the disaster have enough to eat, if the people rebelled, how to quell the rebellion, or how to block the road for the displaced people to flow to the Central Plains provinces.

"Playing the emperor, the household can transfer 1.28 million taels of silver, 120,000 quintals of rice, and 270,000 deniers of grain." Guo Yunhou, who has long been counted, said.

"Can the household department of the imperial court only transfer such a small amount of money and grain?" Zhu Youzhen's face was a little unhappy, although he knew that the household department was nervous, but in the case of the private occupation of the military field in Shaanxi, there were more than these silver taels paid to the household department, and now Guo Yunhou's attitude made Zhu Youzhen somewhat dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty, don't hide it, Weichen said a lot, Liaodong wants money and grain, North Korea wants money and grain, Mongolia has to reach out this year, and the household can really only come up with so much, so there will be no chaos." Guo Yunhou knew that Zhu Youzhen was a little dissatisfied now, but even if he was not satisfied, he had nothing to do, the household department was so capable, as a department in charge of money and grain in the country, they would always have a sum of silver taels that could not be moved, which was regarded as an emergency fund.

"What about Shaanxi, if there is a real drought in Shaanxi this year, and there is no harvest, is it possible that the imperial court can only take out so much money and grain for disaster relief?" Zhu Youzhen's voice was a little cold.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry, Guo Shangshu has no choice, the imperial court's annual tax revenue is so much, in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the tax silver is only 2.6 million taels, and in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, it is only 2.95 million taels, and it is not easy for the household department to take out 1.28 million taels as a silver deposit for disaster relief in Shaanxi." Li Guopu, as the first assistant of the cabinet, knows better than anyone how difficult it is for the Ming Dynasty to manage the household department, with more money and less money, and it is a vicious circle every year.

After listening to Li Guopu's words, Zhu Youzhen sighed and said softly: "I think it's reckless, Guo Shangshu, what methods do you say the imperial court can use to relieve the disaster now?" ”

"Raise taxes."

"How?"

"The land tax will be increased in batches, and the salt tax will also be increased." Guo Yunhou gritted his teeth and said, as a civil official, he can say such a thing as increasing taxes, which shows that now the embarrassment of the Ming Dynasty has forced Guo Yunhou to have no way out.

Zhu Youzhen became interested: "How to increase the field tax in batches, and how to increase the salt tax?" ”

"In the rich provinces, more grain and silver taels will be levied to fill the affected provinces, and in my Daming, there can be no Zhumen wine and meat smelly, and there are frozen bones on the road." Guo Yunhou said firmly.

"Speaking of Zhumen's wine and meat, there are frozen bones on the road, how can this not be a scene, there are only three of us in this palace today, I tell you the truth, even if the agricultural tax is increased, even if the salt tax is raised to the point that ordinary people can't afford to eat salt, it can't fill the holes in the affected provinces, but I have been in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, and I have collected taxes from those rich merchants and squires." Zhu Youzhen stood up on the dragon chair, and after Zhu Youzhen stood up, Guo Yunhou and Li Guopu didn't dare to sit and hurriedly got up.

"That's true, Your Majesty, the Qin State can destroy the Six Kingdoms and dominate the world, using strict laws and doing justice, Weichen thinks that taxes should be levied on those squires in order to make my Ming rejuvenated and strong." What Guo Yunhou said is all his heart, he has been in the center for many years, and has been holding the position of the Ministry of Households, he knows better than anyone where the Ming Dynasty's illness is, the root cause is still in the tax, the tax is not much, and it is extremely unfair, as long as a person has a fame, he can not pay taxes or pay grain, which makes the Ming Dynasty lose a lot of taxes, more importantly, the Ming Dynasty's commercial tax is pitiful, or even no, commercial tax is the top priority in which dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty did not, The reason is also those pedantic officials who stand above the court.

When Zhang Juzheng was rehabilitated, the fundamental reason why so many people opposed it was that everyone knew that Zhang Juzheng represented the New Deal, and preparing for Zhang Juzheng's rehabilitation, and the New Deal would definitely persecute the interests of the landlord and gentry class, and those officials standing in the court represented the interests of these classes, and even many of them were the biggest landlords.

Guo Yunhou's words surprised Zhu Youzhen and Li Guopu, although Li Guopu knew that the emperor meant this, but when Zhu Youzhen talked to him, he never mentioned it, because he was afraid of public anger and being besieged, but he didn't expect Guo Yunhou, who has always been an official and low-key, to say such things in front of the emperor, of course, Zhu Youzhen was surprised, but more relieved, and shouted in his heart: "The revival of the Ming Dynasty is hopeful." ”

"That is the official and gentry paying taxes as one."

"Yes." Guo Yunhou said.

"Someone." Zhu Youzhen shouted.

The eunuch who was waiting outside the door hurriedly pushed the door and entered.

"Go ahead, Wang Chengen will find me."

"Yes." After the little eunuch received the will, he didn't dare to delay for half a minute, and went directly to Wang Chengen.

In the past few days of the New Year, Wang Chengen has also been busy with things in the palace, and he has not seen Zhu Youzhen for two days.

When he arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Wang Chengen hurriedly knelt down and said: "Long live my emperor, long live long live, long live, long live." ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, "Flat." ”

After Wang Chengen stood up, he waited for Zhu Youzhen's instructions to him.

"Wang Chengen, I asked you to come over because I have something to do with you."

"I don't know what the emperor commands?" (To be continued.) )