Chapter 642: The Bitter Zhu Ge Lao
The person who stood up was not small, the young master of the prince and the scholar of Wenhuadian University, Zhu Geng.
"Your Majesty, the ministers have the disadvantages of guarding the success, sending envoys, and expediency of the mining tax, please Your Majesty to take a look!"
Zhu Geng slowly took out a note from his sleeve and respectfully handed it over his head.
As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly cheered up, and all the officials seemed to have a little more spirit, but on the other hand, Zhu Changluo's voice was a little more cold.
"In that case, present it!"
The little chamberlain hurriedly walked down from His Majesty Dan and handed the music in Zhu Geng's hand to the imperial case.
Zhu Changluo didn't say much, opened the music and looked at it carefully, I have to say that this book is indeed carefully prepared.
The above arguments are interlocking, detailed and reasonable, and the drawbacks of levying and paying mining taxes are written in detail from three aspects.
What's more, the name of the signature suddenly made Zhu Changluo's eyes cold.
Zhu Geng, a scholar of Chenwen Huadian University, and Shen Li, a scholar of Chenwu Yingdian University, are respectful......
The two cabinet ministers jointly played, this weight is not light!
It seems that not only Zhu Changluo is preparing these days, but others are not idle.
"Xuan!"
Putting down the song, Zhu Changluo casually handed it to the little envoy on the side, and said lightly.
At this moment, Zhu Changluo vaguely understood why his father didn't like to go to court.
This kind of sudden attack is really uncomfortable!
According to the rules, the government affairs handled above the court meeting are generally drafted by the cabinet vote, and the major matters that the emperor feels need to be discussed will be put to the court meeting.
In fact, there are not many such performances directly at the court meeting, and there are some bad rules when it comes to it.
But Zhu Changluo couldn't attack directly, because at today's court meeting, what he did was not very ruly.
Although it is said that it is the benefit of the new emperor's accession to the throne, but the rules are broken after all, and the state officials cannot only be allowed to set fires and not allow the people to light lamps.
What's more, cabinet ministers like Zhu Geng and Shen Li already have the right to play directly, and although it is inappropriate to hand over the recital in person, it has not yet reached the point where it can be faulted.
And the trouble is the trouble, since the song is handed over, it has to be dealt with!
If he is like his father, he lives in the deep palace all day long, not to mention the joint performance of two scholars, or two more, as long as people do not go to the inner palace, it will be the end of staying in the middle and not sending it.
Even if the elders enter the palace in person, most of them will be perfunctory.
But now it is at the court meeting, in front of the ministers of civil and military affairs, perfunctory is definitely not perfunctory, and it is not possible to stay in the middle without sending it, because in front of so many people, even if you want to stay in the middle of the country, you must come up with a strong reason......
Shen Zhu and the two of them didn't write for a long time, so it only took a moment to read it out.
Zhu Geng took a step forward and spoke.
"Your Majesty, the disaster of mining tax, has been around for a long time, first there are Linqing, Wuchang, Suzhou changes, and then Guangdong, Liaodong, narrow west, Yunnan is ready to move, the people's livelihood is uneasy, the first emperor levied and paid the mining tax, this is an expedient measure for the reconstruction of the three major halls, but now the three major halls have been completed, the mining tax has caused the people to live in poverty, please Your Majesty Mingjian, depose the mining tax, stop mining, withdraw the envoy, and treat the sticks, in order to show the wind of Renjun!"
Shen Li also stepped forward and said.
"A few years ago, the edict into Beijing, everywhere to observe the customs, know its situation, the people on today's politics, the most inconvenient people are not as good as the mining tax, the beginning of the cover, the first emperor was expedient, did not want to increase taxes on the people, so the ministers were dispatched to open mines and levy taxes, but the ministers could not rely on virtue, abuse the group of small, full of Sichuan Lu, poor search and hunting, and the group of small and each has its own teeth and claws and wings, tigers devouring wolves and greed, unwarranted accusations, non-torture, so that countless unjust cases are numerous, damaging the name of the first emperor, the emperor and the new monarch succeed to the throne, and should be deposed from the bad government!"
The disadvantages of the mining tax have been in trouble in the DPRK and China for several years, and since the moment the mining tax was introduced, the courtiers have not stopped fighting on this matter.
Today, the impeachment of the mining tax has become somewhat politically correct.
Zhu Geng mentioned it at this time, obviously uneasy and kind.
After Shen Zhu and the others finished speaking, many courtiers immediately came out one after another, and they all began to talk about the disasters caused by the mining tax, and the hall suddenly became a little noisy.
Zhu Changluo glanced at it roughly, and there were about twenty people who stood up.
Most of them are young imperial historians, and there are some subordinate officials in the six departments, but the official positions are not high, and there are no more than three grades, and according to Zhu Changluo's knowledge, even if Zhu Geng does not have the ability to invite the big guys in the court, at least under his influence, it is not difficult to find a few officials of the third grade.
So, Lord Zhu is not doing his best and leaving hole cards?
Don't you know that Zhu Geng is also very uncomfortable now.
Of course, he has more than this power in his hands, in fact, he has been eyeing the matter of mining tax for a long time, and if he can persuade the emperor to depose the mining tax, it can greatly enhance his prestige among the scholars, and maybe he can also explore the position of the first assistant in his lifetime.
And to do this, the best time is to take advantage of the new emperor's accession to the throne and his foothold is not stable.
So he has been preparing for this matter these days, not only persuading Shen Li to sign a joint letter with him to persuade the two heavyweights.
Sun Piyang, the secretary of the ministry, and Xiao Tycoon, the secretary of the criminal department!
Among the two, Sun Piyang has always been friendly with Zhu Geng, and it is not difficult to convince him, but it is difficult for Xiao Daheng, this old fox has no friendship with Zhu Geng or even Shen Li, but he is a staunch anti-Zhang Juzheng faction.
With this relationship, coupled with Sun Piyang's lobbying, Zhu Geng reluctantly pulled Xiao Daheng to his side.
The second cabinet minister and the second Shangshu can account for one-third of the court bosses, which is enough to be called a large force.
When it comes to the court, even the emperor can't ignore it.
In addition, the matter of mining tax is a matter that has been discussed by the court for a long time, and when he raised his arms, the ministers will have a large number of responses, and even if the emperor is unwilling, I am afraid that he can only push the boat down the river.
But who would have thought that there would be unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and such a thing would happen at this great court.
Sun Piyang was impeached, no matter what, it is not suitable to come forward at this time, and Xiao Daheng, the old fox, was looking at Sun Piyang's face, and when he saw that he didn't come forward at this moment, he immediately retreated.
So Lord Zhu is miserable, he missed this opportunity, and he wants to wait for the next time, I don't know what year and month it will be, not to mention that if he really comes according to the regular procedure, this song should be led by Shoufu to admonish the ministers, so what else is going on with him!
Therefore, even if the situation was not in his favor, Zhu Geng still had to stand up, hoping that the emperor would take into account the wishes of the courtiers and depose the mining tax.
Of course, Zhu Changluo is not easy to deal with, and after waiting for a while, seeing that no one stood up again, his heart suddenly became clear, and he said lightly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please come up, the matter of mining tax still needs to be discussed, and it is not good for the DPRK to make a rash decision, so let's talk about this matter after a few days, after I am familiar with government affairs!"
However, today's big court meeting seems to be destined to have many accidents, and as soon as Zhu Changluo's words fell, he saw another person in the court column walking out and giving up.
"Your Majesty is slow, the minister has something to say!