"Your Majesty...... This ...... "Zhu Youxiao's move is clearly to roast Zhao Nanxing on the fire, before the investigation of the case, it was Shaobao, and after the case is over, it will be Taibao, which makes others think, but Zhao Nanxing doesn't know how to refuse.

Zhao Nanxing hesitated for a moment before saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

"The Donglin Party is a party for personal gain, and its power in the imperial court is too great, which is not conducive to my governance, at this time, I will not allow anyone to challenge my authority, and the Donglin Academy of the Donglin Party must also be dissolved. You are one of the leaders of Donglin, so you naturally know what to do. Zhu Youxiao said frankly.

"The minister understands, please retire." Zhao Nanxing said mournfully.

……

Zhu Youxiao finally wanted to make a move against the Donglin Party, which was Zhao Nanxing's first thought. Zhao Nanxing understands that the current Zhu Youxiao wants to use Donglin people on the one hand, and he doesn't want Donglin to sit big. This gave Zhu Youxiao the idea of disbanding Donglin Academy. Donglin Academy is the spiritual symbol of Donglin people, and once dissolved, it is bound to have a huge impact on Donglin people.

This time in Shanxi's pot, Zhu Youxiao deliberately asked Zhao Nanxing to carry it, which deliberately caused a situation of confrontation between Donglin people and the world's official gentry. Now that Yang Lian is the imperial history of the left capital, according to Yang Lian's character of "not rubbing a grain of sand in his eyes", with the support of Zhu Youxiao, it is bound to set off a greater officialdom earthquake.

Before Zhao Nanxing left Datong, he decided that he must go to meet Yang Lian.

"Da Hong, you are now in charge of the Imperial History of Zuodu, in charge of the Inspectorate, you can be described as a high authority, and the importance of your position is not under the Six Shangshu, what do you think?" Zhao Nanxing asked.

"I wonder what you mean by that?" Yang Lian asked suspiciously.

"The Inspectorate corrected the hundred divisions, identified the wrongs, and supervised the various provinces, which was the division of discipline for the ears and eyes of the Son of Heaven. But today's trend, as His Majesty said, the corruption of officials cannot be reversed overnight, it needs to be gradual and urgent, and sometimes a step back is to take two steps forward. Zhao Nanxing persuaded him.

"Confucius said: 'Entrust the lonely life, and you can't take it away when you are on the big festival!' Now Your Majesty is wise, hard work, treacherous and evil, clean officials, according to foreign captives, seeing that I am expected to prosper in the Ming Dynasty, I am waiting for a courtier, how can I be afraid of the head and tail, Lian only wishes that the country is strong, the holy virtue is just bright, and the sea will enjoy the blessing of peace for a long time. This foolish thought will not change until death. Now Lian has been reused by His Majesty, and Lian Zi should be the vanguard of His Majesty, and he will die with all his might! Yang Lian said generously.

"Da Hong, do you know that Your Majesty wants to dissolve Donglin Academy?" Zhao Nanxing asked softly.

"Why?" Yang Lian asked in surprise.

"Donglin is powerful, and Your Majesty thinks that the people of Donglin will threaten the imperial power." Zhao Nanxing said.

"The lower official immediately went to see His Majesty and asked His Majesty to take back his order." Yang Lian said.

"Go ahead, I'm no longer in the temple, so I won't be involved in this matter." Zhao Nanxing smiled bitterly.

……

Hearing the news that Zhu Youxiao was going to dissolve Donglin Academy, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and Huang Zunsu did not dare to hesitate at all, and they immediately went to Zhu Youxiao to intercede, hoping that Zhu Youxiao could take back his life.

Looking at the three people who were kneeling on the ground to plead for Donglin Academy, Zhu Youxiao said coldly: "The world says 'Donglin is prosperous, and everyone is in the dynasty', I have always disagreed, and now I just want to dissolve Donglin Academy, you will come to stop it immediately, is it because I have mistaken you?" ”

"Donglin people have always been honest and honest, revitalize the rule of officials, open the way of speech, and eliminate the malpractices of the government and the opposition as their own responsibility, and dare not have any selfish intentions, and hope that Your Majesty will learn from it." Yang Lian said bluntly.

"Then I ask you, who pays the most taxes to the treasury every year?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and naturally pays the most taxes." Yang Lian said.

"Who is the richest among the Shinong businessmen?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"This ...... Naturally, it is a businessman. Yang Lian hesitated and said.

"Why is it that the poorest people in the world bear the heaviest taxes, while the richest people pay less or even no taxes? Where does this come from? Zhu Youxiao asked.

"This ......" Yang Lian was suddenly stopped by Zhu Youxiao.

"Zhao Nanxing once said, 'Shinong industry and commerce, the business of the living', this sentence I recognize, Li Yingsheng hopes that I 'love business and care for the people, go up and work down to benefit the way', I also recognize, but by no means tax exemption for businessmen, five or six out of ten of the world's wealth are in the hands of businessmen, thirty taxes one, such a low tax, there are still so many people who try their best not to pay taxes, most of the people who argue for these people are Donglin people, do you think I don't know, many Donglin people only know Donglin, but don't know the imperial court?" Zhu Youxiao said coldly.

"Your Majesty, those who eat Lu are not allowed to compete with the people for profit, and those who receive the big are not allowed to take the small ......" Huang Zunsu was interrupted by Zhu Youxiao as soon as he said a word.

"Now the treasury is empty, why is it empty? You always say that you can't compete with the people for profit, you want me to save the source, but you also have to open the stream, you tell me how to open the stream? Zhu Youxiao asked.

Zhu Youxiao saw that the three of them did not speak, and he said: "I raise a new army of 100,000, the annual cost is as high as a million taels, raising a new army is expensive, but it is useful, the battle of Datong We all also see the power of the new army, if I have a million such a new army, let alone Jianjiao, even if I am not afraid of any enemy, I will definitely be able to sweep Liuhe and enjoy the peace of eternity." But where should the money come from to raise the new army? You tell me, do you always have to rely on Nenu for support? ”

"I tell you, where does the money come from? After the tax was levied on the merchants, the tax paid by the Jingshi doubled last year, and this year I expect to triple it at least, and if all the merchants of the whole country pay the tax, it means that the revenue of the treasury can triple in a year. Now the scholars do not pay taxes, the merchants pay less taxes, but only the poorest peasants are paying taxes, you are forcing them to rebel, if they die in the Ming Dynasty, after a hundred years, someone will explain that the death is due to being too lenient to the scholars and too strict with the common people. Do you think I have a point? Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Your Majesty, it is true that some of the people of Donglin are corrupt and pervert the law, which violates the original purpose of Donglin, but all this has absolutely nothing to do with Donglin Academy." Zuo Guangdou said.

"Donglin Academy I can promise you not to dissolve for the time being, but you Donglin people must change, from today on, Zuo Guangdou will be the governor of Shaanxi, Huang Zunsu will be the governor of Hebei, Yang Lian will assist the two of you, the two of you will have a competition with Xu Guangqi's Shanxi, I will see the results at the beginning of next year, if you both win, Donglin Academy I will not disband, if you both lose, it can be seen that what I said is right, Donglin Academy must be disbanded." Zhu Youxiao said.