Section 288 The Words of the First Assistant
The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty
Chongzhen's face sank, and his sharp eyes swept towards Xue Guoguan. Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info as the first assistant, let the provinces save themselves, to put it bluntly, they do nothing.
And to pay attention to the royal treasury, which he cannot tolerate, means that the imperial power will be completely hollowed out by the cabinet.
"Xue Shoufu doesn't have any countermeasures, and the Manchu ministers are helpless?"
Xue Guoguan's face was bitter, and he secretly slandered himself in his heart, and he couldn't turn into grain and silver. It seems that it is unrealistic to want to pay attention to the inner library, which is the forbidden body of the heavenly family.
Not to violate Chongzhen's meaning is his consistent magic weapon for the first assistant, he stubbornly said: "Weichen has an emergency plan, but he wants the help of the heavenly family?" ”
Chongzhen's face softened, there is a way to become, as for helping or something, it is the duty of the whole world, after all, the world is his own.
"Xue Shoufu, please say, I should do my best!"
"Your Majesty, although the treasury is empty, there is food and wealth in the treasury of the emperor's relatives, dignitaries and nobles, why not use it temporarily to solve the urgent need?
The courtiers of the outer court can be wrapped in Weichen, but as for the emperor's relatives and relatives, they have to be the emperor himself? ”
Xue Guoguan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.
He was also forced by Chongzhen to have no choice, so he made such a decision. It is conceivable that with the implementation of the plan, there will inevitably be a chorus of scolding from both the government and the opposition.
Therefore, he also kept a little caution and let Chongzhen shoot at the emperor's relatives first, then his resistance would undoubtedly be much smaller. The Son of Heaven insisted on this, and the ministers did not dare to attack him too much.
History is so real in front of him, Qin Haoming has a sudden feeling.
Due to the lack of financial management in the cabinet, the central government could not make ends meet, and Xue Guoguan, in order to get out of the predicament, came up with a bad idea and asked the emperor's relatives, officials and nobles to help.
Emperor Chongzhen reluctantly agreed to do so, so in the name of the emperor's holy decree, he first cut on Li Guorui, Marquis of Wuqing, and asked him to donate 400,000 taels of silver in the name of "help".
At this time, the emperor's relatives and relatives all made a fortune by virtue of their privileges, but they did not worry about the country and the people, and Li Guorui was no exception, like an iron rooster - a hair.
But he did not dare to openly disobey the holy decree, so he had to deliberately pretend to be poor, demolish his house, and put the sundries in his house on the street to sell, causing a storm in the city.
This was simply detrimental to the royal dignity, and Emperor Chongzhen was furious and ordered to deprive Li Guorui of his knighthood, and Li Guorui died of panic.
However, the wind of "helping" became more and more intense, making everyone in danger for the emperor's relatives and relatives, and they were unwilling to destroy wealth and eliminate disasters, so they spread rumors to confuse the public.
Empress Dowager Xiaoding, Emperor Chongzhen's great-grandmother accused the emperor in heaven of being too mean to his relatives and to suffer the curse of heaven, and Chongzhen's son was about to die.
Of course, this is a rumor, but the strange thing is that Zhu Cihuan, the fifth son of Emperor Chongzhen, really died.
In order to give an explanation to the Empress Dowager Xiaoding, he immediately posthumously crowned Li Guorui's seven-year-old son as the Marquis of Wuqing, and returned all the gold and silver handed over by the Li family.
After this setback, Chongzhen hated Xue Guoguan to the core, but it was inconvenient.
Qin Haoming looked at his nose and nose and his heart, and was silent, now that the inner library is full, how will Chongzhen choose?
Chongzhen hesitated and calculated for a long time, and only then did he say slowly: "How sure is Xue Shoufu?" ”
"When there are eighty percent! As long as it is said that it will be returned when the year is good, I think the noble minister will agree. ”
Xue Guoguan was anxious to solve the hot potato, and at this time he couldn't take care of too much, and even claimed that there were as many as eighty percent.
He didn't want to think about it, not to mention the reaction of these noble ministers?
Over the years, the Ming treasury has been eating grain, and I don't know how much debt it owes, according to the current agricultural tax system, can it be repaid?
How can these shrewd noble ministers not know the state of the treasury?
Qin Haoming saw Chongzhen's rather moved appearance, as if he was thinking about gains and losses, and he was a little anxious. If Chongzhen agrees, it will be a golden mouth, and it is inconvenient to change it.
But after all, he is not a courtier, will it be a little rude, or is it better to speak afterwards?
For a while, he was a little troubled and restless.
"Qin Aiqing, do you have any good suggestions?"
Qin Haoming's performance Chongzhen saw it in his eyes, thinking that he had always been scheming, so he asked with an attitude of trying.
"The emperor, Xue Shoufu, and the lower officials observed that silver has become a social wealth, and low commercial taxes have become a serious problem in this case.
Large quantities of silver circulated in the market, but the imperial court was unable to collect taxes and transform a prosperous social economy into a strong national power.
What is even more serious is that after the levy of the levy of the levy of the silver conversion, the fluctuation of grain prices intensified, and a large number of the benefits fell into the hands of wealthy merchants, and the state and the people fell into a difficult situation.
Is it so difficult to collect commercial taxes? Is this Ming Dynasty really going to be hollowed out by some moths? ”
Qin Haoming is also a dead horse as a live horse doctor, since he has the opportunity to let him speak, if his words are not sharp enough, I am afraid that it will not have any effect.
Therefore, he is not shocking and endless, calling these court ministers moths.
Daming has reached a dangerous situation, I don't know how Chongzhen and the important ministers of the court still have such a good attitude, they don't know how to be flexible, and they are really speechless?
For these Donglin Party members or all the interest strata of the Ming Dynasty, including Chongzhen, to be honest, Qin Haoming really admires these people very much in his heart, this is a group of martyrs of moral idealism.
They practiced what they preached, did their best, and sacrificed their lives for the overall interests of the Ming Dynasty.
However, they remain in the idealized realm, and in practice they are incompetent and helpless, weak, withdrawn, and insensitive, until they suffer the catastrophe of annihilation.
But even so, they still have no regrets, which is really angry and hateful.
"Governor Qin is cautious!"
Seeing Qin Haoming comparing the ministers of the court to moths, Xue Guoguan snorted, as the head of a hundred officials, what did he become?
Chongzhen stood up, folded his hands, frowned, and looked into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.
To this day, he has regretted very much that he reused the Donglin Party at the beginning, so that now it is a big trend.
Therefore, in recent years, he has chosen to serve as a non-Donglin party.
However, they couldn't deal with the Donglin Party, and they just chattered and quarreled every day, which really made him tired of it.
Now, Qin Haoming's words undoubtedly made his heart flutter, perhaps, this is a good way to change the situation?
Xue Guoguan glanced at Qin Haoming reproachfully, blaming him for not talking too much, he was not an enterprising first assistant, and he didn't want to fight with the Donglin Party and Xungui collectively.
"This matter can be discussed later, Qin Aiqing still talks to Xue Shoufu about the reduction and exemption of the three salaries of the five provinces of Xuanda?"
The matter of levying industrial and commercial tax is too slim, and Chongzhen doesn't know how to implement it?
In addition, he didn't completely think about Xue Guoguan's affairs, so he simply let go of these miscellaneous matters and turned to solve Qin Haoming's proposal. After all, he knows that Xuanfu has food and is operable.
Qin Haoming and Xue Guoguan gave a brief introduction to the situation of Xuanda, and explained the impact of the severe drought on the current situation, to see if they could reduce the three salaries of the Northwest and Xuanda.
In fact, in his opinion, the most important place to reduce taxes is the northwest, and the situation of Xuanda is much better.
However, he knew that what he said was in vain, that the household department did not allocate food and salary, and the officials below in the northwest would definitely accept it.
What's more, Yang Sichang himself is in charge of the northwest, and he is an advocate of the collection of three salaries, and it is not easy to ask him to give up.
On the contrary, it is better that the Xuanfu is Lu Xiangsheng in charge, and the order can be carried out.
"By no means, the imperial court is already stretched thin, and it is really unable to reduce taxes anywhere. If the Xuanfu has surplus food, it may as well be able to help part of the imperial court.
As for the hundreds of thousands of hectares of cultivated land in the northwest, a mere 1 million taels of silver is apportioned, and one acre of land is only a millimeter, which is not enough to worry about.
Besides, if you think that the 800 miles of Qinchuan fertile fields only need a bumper harvest, you can get countless money and food, and there is no need to worry! ”
Xue Guoguan looked frightened, and there was no longer half of Shoufu's calm appearance. If the three salaries are cancelled, he doesn't know how to be this first assistant?