Chapter Ninety-Nine: Discussion of Guilt Silver
Yang Su finally came to the interest, took the fold and looked at it carefully, Yang Sichang is still very talented, this short fold, how to divide the division of labor and cooperation of the governors of the ten provinces is very meticulous and implemented.
Yang Su was sure that if this plan was carried out, the rogue would definitely be defeated. After all, history has proved that Yang Sichang's plan is feasible and has been quite effective within a year. Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others were defeated and surrendered, and Li Zicheng was beaten by Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting's two fierce men, and he was embarrassed to take 17 people to hide and hide with the Ming army in Shangluo Mountain.
However, when Yang Su turned to the last page of the fold, a total of 200,000 troops were added to the ten provinces, and the salary was increased by 7.8 million taels, and he couldn't help but turn dark!
Of course, Yang Su knew that this kind of defense everywhere must cost a lot. But the history of the Ming Dynasty in his mind clearly recorded that Yang Sichang increased his troops by 140,000 and increased his salary by 2.8 million taels. What are the plans of this group of bastards, Yang Su understands everything at the moment, and actually dares to pay attention to him, how can Yang Su not be angry!
"This plan is very good, but it can't solve the predicament of Shaanxi, and the treasury is empty, so put it on hold for the time being!" Yang Su casually threw the fold on the table.
"If the emperor uses this strategy, according to Yang Sichang's words, it only takes one year to exterminate the rogues, although the cost is huge, but it can make me have no more rogues in the court, please think twice!" Wen Tiren pleaded.
"It is unrealistic for the emperor to want to exterminate the Liukou in Shaanxi, and now he can only find another way according to the time and conditions, the minister thinks that Yang Sichang's plan is feasible, and the cost of some silver is more important than my Ming Dynasty, please think twice!" Qian Shisheng followed the persuasion.
"Your Majesty, the minister begged for two or five million silver in the inner treasury, the whole world belongs to the emperor, why should the emperor be stingy with these five million taels of silver! If you levy 2.8 million taels from the whole world, I have 20,000 people in the Ming Dynasty, and one person is only a few centimeters, and it will not hurt much! Wen Zhenmeng unceremoniously accused.
Yang Su lowered his eyelids, and his eyes were full of murder. Wen Tiren, Wen Zhenmeng and others have been able to jump around before, but Yang Su has an indifferent attitude, after all, whoever comes will be like this, maybe it will be even more unbearable than them, Chongzhen changed more than 50 ministers and told Yang Su with iron facts that if he didn't replace the rotten foundation, it would not work just to save Daming by changing ministers.
And Wen Zhenmeng is also a cheap teacher of the predecessor, Yang Su still has to do it!
But now this group of ministers is really playing him like a fool. The reason why the rogues were never extinguished was not how powerful they were, but the internal decay of the Ming Dynasty, forcing the people to have no way to live, either starve to death or be thieves.
The people, who were originally honest, were forced to a dead end, so they could only rise up. The ministers asked Yang Su to levy taxes, which undoubtedly gave a fierce medicine to the seriously ill patient of the Ming Dynasty, who seemed to be in good spirits immediately, but in fact he returned to the light.
Yang Su dared to raise taxes by 2.8 million yuan, and those bureaucrats dared to collect 10 million under his banner, and when the 7.8 million yuan of silver was implemented, there might only be 1 million taels left.
This is a feast that the bureaucrats launched on Yang Su and the people by exterminating the rogues, and divided the silver from top to bottom, no wonder even Wen Tiren stood on the side of the Donglin Party.
"I have no money, and the inner treasury has run out of money! Taizu told me in my last dream that I would never raise taxes! "Yang Su is very helpless.
"The emperor should do extraordinary things when he is extraordinary, and taxing the people is just a matter of urgency, not the norm, please think twice!" Wen Tiren carefully advised.
"I don't have any money! I have to listen to Taizu's words, and I can't raise taxes! Yang Su did not let go.
"It is indeed a blessing for the world for the emperor to worry about the people, but the rogue is so dangerous that my Ming Dynasty is dying, the emperor can first levy taxes to exterminate the rogues, and then reduce taxes to make up for the people next year!" Qian Shisheng discussed.
"No, if I go against the words of the Taizu, what face will I have to face the ancestors underground in the future!" Yang Su still flatly refused.
"The day before yesterday, the emperor Cao Gonggong only transported nearly three million taels of silver to the inner treasury, how did the emperor spend it? Now the stakes are very high, the emperor does not cherish the world but is entangled in a small amount of silver, five million taels and the emperor's country wants to compare with a dime, plucking a dime and benefiting the world, the emperor is simply ridiculous! The minister wants to name this matter to Concubine Liu and Empress Yi'an, and ask the two palaces to come forward! "Wen Zhenmeng's fighting style has always been more intense, criticize first, and then threaten if criticism doesn't work!
Yang Su stared at the teacup in his hand without speaking, and the murderous intent in his eyes became thicker and thicker.
"The emperor is reluctant to let the people go, but the slave and maid have a way to get the best of both worlds, which can solve the current crisis!" Wang Chengen suddenly stood up and said.
"Oh, Cheng'en, what do you have to do, why don't you come quickly?" Yang Su asked with a look of surprise.
"The emperor is just because of the lack of silver, and there are still hundreds of criminals in the Fusi prison in Weibei Town, Jinyi, and those criminals are all corrupt and pervert the law, and collect the people's fat and ointment, the emperor might as well raid their homes and ......investigate them."
"Absolutely not! Your Majesty, all the officials who came to the prison were arrested by Jinyiwei wantonly and arbitrarily, they were not guilty at all, not only were they detained by Jinyiwei for a month for no reason, Wang Chengen, you even want to raid their homes, the emperor must not listen to Wang Chengen's slander! Before Wang Chengen finished speaking, he was interrupted by Wen Zhenmeng.
The people in the prison are all the elites of the Donglin Party, and now they are in prison, as long as they are not convicted, there will always be a day to turn over, and if they are convicted and their homes are raided, their careers will be ruined.
"Lord Wen, the responsibility of that group of officials is true, Jinyiwei is just acting according to the law, but the ministers think that what the prince said is extremely true!" Wen Tiren suddenly turned his face and did not recognize anyone to support Wang Chengen.
The group of people of the Donglin Party was personally presided over by him to be imprisoned, and the strength of the Donglin Party was also greatly damaged because of this, and he had to succumb to him, although Wen Tiren had to temporarily join forces with the Donglin Party because of the Confucianism, but as long as the Donglin Party did not die, he would be stabbed, of course, he had to take the opportunity to sit down on the matter.
"Wantonly brutalizing officials, this is a precedent that I have never had in the Ming Dynasty! Now that there are internal and external troubles, the emperor must no longer cause turmoil in the court! Wang Chengen's words misled the country, and the emperor asked the emperor to kill this fang immediately! Wen Zhenmeng snorted wildly.
"The emperor can still forgive the defeated general Hong Chengchou repeatedly, although the officials in the prison are guilty, but they are not guilty, the minister begs the emperor to remove them from the Jinyiwei prison, and hand them over to the three divisions to be tried and dealt with according to the law, with the heart of the lenient people!" Qian Shisheng persuaded in a mournful voice.
Yang Su never thought of raising the butcher's knife to the scholars now, and finally nodded when he heard Qian Shisheng's words and said, "Well, Qian Shisheng's words are reasonable!" Now it is true that he can't be imprisoned, but the person who is arrested by Jinyiwei should be handed over to Jinyiwei to deal with, and there is no need for the three divisions to intervene, just continue to wait for Jinyiwei to interrogate! ”
Seeing that the emperor had regressed, and that group of officials had been detained for a month, they were not in a hurry for a day or two, as long as they had not been convicted, they could always find a way to rescue them in the future, Wen Zhenmeng and Qian Shisheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"However, I am indeed short of silver now, and now it involves the survival of the Ming Dynasty, I am determined to set up a criminal silver, and according to the severity of the official's crime, the silver will be exempted from punishment! and use the money they have received to suppress the thieves. Yang Su patted his head and came up with the silver system.
The cabinet ministers looked at Yang Su in disbelief, when did the emperor become so mediocre! Can't the emperor see the harm of this sin silver?