The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

At present, the four places of Xuanfu, Dezhou, Dengzhou, and Linpu are very separated from each other and are relatively independent. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But after he left Fujian, Xuanfu, Dezhou, and Dengzhou were difficult to form a cohesive force and unite with the outside world due to backward transportation and communications.

Therefore, before he leaves, these things must be arranged.

Of course, now is the period of development, and the reputation is not good, and it has not attracted the attention of people with a heart, and it may not be the case in the later stage.

In Gyeonggi, the majestic palace is already lit up, the palace gates are closed, and the guards guarding the city patrol back and forth.

The kyoshi, who had been noisy all day, fell silent in the night, and the sound of horses' hooves in a galloping gallop sounded in the quiet night, and came straight to the closed gate of the palace.

The guards at the gate of the palace were alarmed, some drew their swords, some bent their bows and arrows, and their eyes fixed on the darkness in the distance on the main street.

Several fast horses gradually ran out of the darkness, but they heard their voices before they saw them: "The commander of the Jinyi Guard has made Luo Yangxing have something important to report to the Son of Heaven." ”

A black whirring iron plaque flew out of the hands of the fast man and fell directly to the feet of the guards at the palace gate.

The guard only glanced at it, then immediately waved his hand to the man behind him to pull away. As soon as the palace gate opened a crack, the fast horse galloped in and disappeared into the palace in an instant.

The mountains of twists and turns piled up in the Qianqing Palace on weekdays have been much less than usual in recent days, and Emperor Chongzhen is also happy.

The daily twists and turns are almost the same, nothing more than a few, asking for money, disaster relief, and party disputes. Otherwise, it's the sycophants of the ministers, and some trivial impeachment notes.

To say that this impeachment is very common in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, and the early dynasty yawned and impeached. Disheveled, impeached. Anyone who hasn't been impeached dozens of times is embarrassed to say that he is an official of the Ming Dynasty.

A little eunuch came quickly with a lantern in his hand, and among the attendants at the entrance of the Qianqing Palace, an old eunuch about the same age as Wang Chengen stretched out his hand to stop the little eunuch and asked in a low voice, "Who wants to see?" ”

"Commander of the Jinyi Wei Luo."

"Hurry up!"

The old eunuch didn't dare to slack off, and the Son of Heaven waited late at night, wasn't he just waiting for Luo Yangxing to report on today's situation?

In the imperial study of the Qianqing Palace, Luo Yangxing lowered his head and respectfully explained the situation clearly, without even a trace of omission.

"Very good, this is my minister of the humerus, a bachelor who has read poetry and books, and a model among the ministers."

Chongzhen's face swelled up, not knowing whether it was sadness or anger, and he sat on the dragon chair in a daze.

More than 50,000 cash silver, countless antique cultural relics, millions of silver ticket IOUs, tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, this is the rich net worth of Chen Yan, a university scholar.

Thinking that for the sake of a mere 7.3 million taels of salary, he ignored Qin Aiqing's repeated objections and forcibly levied it in the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty, how ridiculous is it to think about it now?

At the beginning, Qin Aiqing once said: There are many royal families in Shaanxi, and their grange is across counties and even mansions, and the land is immeasurable.

There are also famous people, squires and wealthy families, and the fields under their names are already innumerable? If they can pay their taxes, they will be worry-free, but they won't pay a penny!

All taxes and silver can only be paid by the common people who have no money to spare, and they have to go through layers of exploitation by the gentry of the local government.

What should I do if I can't afford it? Sell the land and sell the land, sell the children and sell the daughters.

What should I do if I can't pay it? Or run away! Or rebellion!

Now that everything has been verified, not to mention anything else, Chen Yan, as a waiter of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Dongge University, who would dare to levy his taxes on his tens of thousands of acres of fertile land?

In fact, the agricultural tax of the Ming Dynasty is not heavy, and it can be said that it is very light, the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was born as a farmer, and he has a very deep affection for farmers.

If he is not good to the peasants, then there is no one who can be good to the peasants. At that time, it was thirty taxes and one, and it was not necessary to set up a small stall or open a small shop.

There are no officials who dare to bully the people, if they dare to bully the people and are known by Zhu Yuanzhang, it must be the officials' bad luck.

However, after more than 200 years of evolution, there are tens of millions of dragon sons and grandchildren, countless gentry and wealthy families, and they have encroached on countless fields.

If so, the occupation will also be occupied, and the most important thing is that there is no need to pay taxes, which is fatal.

There is a fixed amount of taxes paid by the imperial court every year, and the extra part can only be paid by the small people of Shengdou!

"Luo Aiqing, go all out to investigate to the end, Chen Yan's good land and family property will be confiscated, and there must be no omission."

Chongzhen stood up with the imperial case and said through gritted teeth.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Chen Yan still occupies salt wells in his hometown of Sichuan, and his people are involved in smuggling salt. According to Weichen, its value may be even greater! ”

How deep is the benefit of private salt, Luo Yangxing, as the person in charge of Jinyiwei, naturally knows better than anyone else.

What we have to do now is to make Chen Yan never turn over, otherwise, he will be afraid of being harmed one day.

Chongzhen has been in power for more than ten years, how can he not understand Luo Yangxing's careful thoughts, and his sharp eyes suddenly shot directly at Luo Yangxing, making the latter tremble and panic.

After a moment, Fang Cai said gloomily: "I don't want to listen to perhaps, learn more from Qin Aiqing, do more and talk less, come up with real evidence, don't deceive me." ”

Luo Yangxing's back was cold and sweaty, his legs trembled, and he knelt down and kowtowed, "Weichen understands, please forgive the emperor." ”

Chongzhen waved his hand to make him retreat, a trace of disgust flashed on his face, and he thought of Qin Haoming's character more and more in his heart, this kid seems to have never been afraid of me, it is estimated that he is not like them, he has so many selfish thoughts.

In the early morning of the next day, Chongzhen sent someone early to invite Lu Xiangsheng and Qin Haoming, who did not need to go to the court, to participate in the morning court that day.

With the melodious bell ringing, the morning dynasty began on June 20, the twelfth year of Chongzhen.

First of all, it was the household department that played the concert of the governors of Gansu and Shaanxi: Since August last year, not a drop of rain has fallen, thousands of miles of red land, the army and the people are hungry, and the people are cannibalistic. In order to survive, there are many thieves who have changed from thieves to outcasts.

Wu Chen, the imperial historian of the left capital, asked the imperial court to help the two provinces, but the content of the chapter, asking for relief is only one aspect, and more importantly, he denounced the scourge of the officials and soldiers to the people in the chapter.

Wu Chenxiang wrote in the recital: "Ganqin is hungry, but it is not as bad as the official army!"

Zhang Yingchang, the chief soldier of Gansu, and other generals, are afraid of the Kou like a tiger, killing more good and risking merits, and the people of Zhongzhou counties are more afraid of the officers and soldiers than the thieves!

Your Majesty can't be born, the military ministers kill them and ignore them, there are thieves and hunger, how can the people live, the ministers are really painful! ”

"The Ministry of War verified the original situation, and the chief soldier Zhang Yingchang was not strict and was fined for one year."

Because of the embarrassment of troops, Chongzhen did not deal with these domineering generals strictly, but only ordered them to be reprimanded.

"Wechen obeys!"

Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the military department, saw that Chongzhen did not make a big fuss, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he had just taken office, and his authority was still established, and he did not want to do much, so it was naturally the best.

"Your Majesty, this year's autumn grain is still being harvested, and there is no surplus grain in the household department, so I implore the local officials to borrow grain from the rich households for disaster relief, and then return the autumn grain after it is put into storage.

In addition, I implore the imperial court to introduce a new policy and severely punish the rice sellers. ”

Shen Tingyang looked bitter and suggested to Chongzhen.

In fact, he deeply understands that even if the autumn grain is put into storage this year, I am afraid that it will not solve the problem.

The natural disasters are getting worse year by year, and the price of rice in the Gyeonggi area is close to Baiwen, and many large merchants have begun to stock up grain and sell it, disrupting the market.

If left unchecked, the Gyeonggi region will certainly cause an uproar.

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