The status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty was super low, and the merchants were the last class, and this ranking was directly proportional to the political status.

But the businessman is super rich.

What the result is, it is naturally the collusion between officials and businessmen.

The collusion between officials and businessmen in the Ming Dynasty was not only unprecedented, but also possibly extinct. As long as the emperor wants to collect business taxes, then the public opinion in the whole world (the scholar class has full control) will jump out to oppose it, and you will be given whatever competition with the people for profit and whatever tyranny is expropriated.

Wanli sent a few eunuchs to collect the mining tax and the silk cloth tax in the southeast, what was the consequence? Riot where to go!

Anyway, the Ming Dynasty could move anything, but it couldn't move the interests of the scholar class, and it didn't work at all. Anyone who moves, from top to bottom, is beaten into a faint king, a traitor, and a villain according to their rank. Eunuchs, needless to say, follow the emperor, the emperor will be more peaceful, listen to the scholars, and the reputation of the emperor's eunuchs will be better. If the emperor has a little idea, especially if the idea also moves the interests of the scholar class, then I'm sorry, the emperor and the eunuch are the faint kings.

On the whole, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the most shameless generation of readers. Of course, it is also because they are given too much power, so absolute power makes people absolutely corrupt.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and a large part of the reason was related to too many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but have you ever seen the world's mining, silk and other industries in the southeast, which were controlled by scholars, spit out a little bit of it?

In the eyes of the Ming Dynasty scholars, the state existed to protect their interests, and any other class served their interests. Do you want them to spend a little bit for the country? Is such a Ming Dynasty still the Ming Dynasty of scholars? Is it necessary for such a Ming Dynasty to exist for scholars who control the resources of the entire country?

So the Ming Dynasty fell, and those literati and doctors would rather be slaves of foreigners than pay a penny for the country.

The literati with wind and bones have all jumped into the sea and died, and the rest of them only have interests in their eyes, what integrity, and what style and bones, all of which have nothing to do with them.

Zhang Youda looked down on the literati of the Ming Dynasty from the bottom of his heart, and Zhang Juzheng was like that, but it was rare.

Therefore, he has never been afraid to speculate on the minds of those literati with the most vicious ideas, he would rather believe in rude martial artists, greedy eunuchs, and even the **** who are as good as they can be, rather than believe in those sanctimonious literati.

"Your Majesty's worries are reasonable, but we can come secretly, Your Majesty can discuss with Lord Taifu, first set up a special department under the Ministry of Households to collect commercial taxes in the horse market, and try to repair customs duties in the horse markets around the border, and the income tax will be collected at the disposal of the Ministry of Households, so that we can first win the support of some officials, and then, even if there are still people who oppose it, the spearhead will not be pointed at Your Majesty."

Seeing Zhu Yijun's hesitation, Zhang You knew that this money fan was a little unhappy, so he hurriedly said again: "In fact, the household department has money and benefits, at least if there is a famine, and if you manage the Yellow River and other things, Your Majesty will not need to listen to the long-winded words of the household department." ”

At that time, Zhang Xueyan, the head of the household department, was a more principled person, and Zhang Juzheng was very important, and now the expenses in the palace are not small, and he has advised Zhu Yijun several times to reduce expenses, and when he is usually fine, he often cries poor and asks for money, which makes Zhu Yijun scratch his head very much.

So as soon as he heard Zhang You mention him, Zhu Yijun was immediately happy: "Don't say it, I'm really a little afraid of that old guy, if it's really as you said, all the horse markets around the country will levy commercial taxes, in a year, I'm afraid that there will be millions, and the old guy will definitely raise his hands in favor...... Okay, it's up to you, try it first, your theory of boiling frogs in warm water is good, and after a long time, everyone gets used to it, plus other business taxes, there will definitely be a lot less opposition. ”

Did I tell the story of boiling frogs in warm water? Zhang You couldn't remember it clearly, but it didn't matter, the important thing was that Zhu Yijun was very smart and understood his intentions at once.

mentioned Zhang Xueyan, he suddenly thought of one thing: "By the way, Your Majesty, I heard that when Zhang Butang was the governor of Liaodong, Tumen Khan once governed 30,000 households and asked to be crowned king, and what did he say that I couldn't answer a slave, but he actually fell above him, and he was very unconvinced. ”

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Yes, I still remember the passage on his recital - the enemy relies on the tomb, and it is fearful to communicate with it." The peacemaker is there, and the peace will not last long. And the merit and the merit are the same seal, the offense and the obedience are rewarded together, not only take the light of the departments, but also see the smile and answer, the ministers and others are respectful to the right words (note) - this is a man with a strong backbone, or a person of filial piety, in all fairness, I still appreciate him very much. How did you come up with this question?

"It's nothing, but I think of the fact that Tumen Khan wants to unite with Changang, Tumen Khan is Chahar Khan, a direct descendant of the Golden Family, the nominal commander of the Mongolian tribes, when Altan Khan conferred the title of King Shunyi, he was very dissatisfied, and now if His Majesty crowns Changang as king, I don't know how he will feel? Isn't Duoyan Sanwei always hoping to exchange markets with the imperial court, Your Majesty might as well discuss it with Taifu and them, Weichen feels that if Chang Ang is really crowned king, Tumen Khan's heart will definitely be more unbalanced, and the matter of uniting Duoyan Sanwei will definitely be stranded...... Of course, this is just Weichen's assumption, and how to do it is still necessary for His Majesty and Taifu to discuss it before making plans. ”

Zhu Yijun had long been accustomed to Zhang You's eclectic way of thinking, and he was not surprised when he heard this, and nodded with a deep sigh: "What you are thinking about is not unreasonable, but the matter of sealing the king is a big matter, and it really needs to be discussed with those auxiliary ministers." ”

Saying that, he suddenly smiled: "You guy, I finally came back, and there was nothing else to meet, so I discussed political affairs for a long time...... Go see the queen mother at night, let your uncle arrange it, you don't have any news these days, the queen mother is in a hurry. ”

Is it true? Zhang You was moved, nodded, and said, "By the way, Your Majesty, I have to let those people continue to look for me, and I am impatient to find them......

"I know, I don't need you to remind me."

"Then Lao Xing took over as the eunuch of the Nanjing garrison, ......?"

"Accurate!"

"Your Majesty Shengming, Yao Shunyu soup, but it's ...... so"

"Okay, okay, don't be a sycophant, it's not sincere at all...... Let's tell me more about my experience in the past few days, especially the two things about making a bet with Changang's envoy and breaking the black outlet. ”

"By the way, Your Majesty, you didn't mention it, I forgot to ask, Zhao Pengcheng and Zhou Chunhe caught it, right? Where are you now? I want to see it for myself! ”

Note: The enemy is afraid of them by bullying them and accommodating them. The right to peace rests with the enemy, and such peace must not last. Moreover, the unmeritorious are given the same title as the meritorious, and the rebellious are rewarded as the same as the faithful, and are both despised by the ministers and ridiculed by me. We should reject him with righteousness. (Once Literature Network,)