His Majesty the Emperor gave the steps, and the cabinet had been roasted on the outside and tender on the inside, how could the elders not hurry down the donkey. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

For Zhu Houzhao's help, Liu Jian and others were full of emotion.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with their original throttling plan. The situation of the Zhengde Dynasty was naturally very different from that of the Hongwu Dynasty, and the system of officials and servants established by Ming Taizu had changed in the two hundred years since his death.

Since the cruel criminal law of embezzling five taels of silver and being stripped of it to the public has been forgotten by everyone, Yu Lu's dead salary has generally become part of the overall income of officials.

Regardless of whether it is a big or small official, you can always get a little unplanned income, and no matter how bad it is, you can get a good belly.

Therefore, the plan to reduce expenditure proposed by several cabinet elders with bitter memories and sweet thoughts is nothing more than to let the majority of officials return to the pre-founding period overnight and live a life without knowing the taste of meat in March.

Do not do to others what you do not want, establish people if you want to do it, and reach people if you want to reach people, and several old people who can achieve the position of cabinet ministers are all great Confucians who abide by the way of Confucius and Mencius, so they have done a good job in promoting themselves and reaching others.

However, they obviously ignore one thing, when there are good things, it is called sharing blessings with others, and when there are bad things, it is difficult to share with others.

If you are blessed and shared, you can pull a random person on the street, and sometimes even brothers may not be reliable.

The gray income can still be supported under their throttling plan, which is nothing more than turning grief and anger into strength to make a little more money.

But those pensioners in Nanjing, who were originally Qingliu civil officials, have no way to make up for it. Nanjing's officials are not as good as BJ's officials, and the same level is different in the eyes of lower-level officials.

For example, it takes ten taels of silver to see Liu Jian and Liu Ge Lao to give a red envelope to Menzi when he enters the door, but the same ministerial-level officials only need one or two silver to see it in Nanjing, and the location determines the value, which is so realistic.

Therefore, today's court meeting is very lively.

Many of the Shangshu who didn't have any in Nanjing Liubu and Du Yushi rushed to BJ in more than ten days to stir up in the troubled waters.

Liu Jian is very embarrassed, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang is also very embarrassed, the only one who is okay is Jiao Fang, although this person has entered the cabinet, he has always been a supernumerary, and no one has anyone to bird him.

Therefore, Zhu Hou pretended to listen to His Highness's chaotic and lively disputes like a vegetable market for a while, and then vetoed the cabinet's plan to reduce expenses very righteously.

Suddenly, the people on both sides let out a long breath, especially a few people in the cabinet wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads.

If the emperor really approves their plan, I am afraid that there will be no chance to go home after the next court, and they may be beaten and die miserably.

Zuo Shunmen's place, Liu Jian and the others are determined and will not pass by again.

Zhu Houzhao stopped the excitement of the Manchu ministers and saved several cabinet ministers in disguise.

So his mentality is very good now, and after clearing his throat, Zhu Houzhao said: "None of the ministers agree with the cabinet's plan to reduce expenditure? ”

"Of course, the amount set by the great grandfather is just enough for us to support our family, how can we change it at will!"

The ministers objected one after another, and once again cast cannibalistic glances at the cabinet.

Zhu Houzhao forcibly held back a smile and said: "The treasury is empty, since everyone doesn't agree to throttle, then we have to think about how to open source, right?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Jiangnan is rich, and there are many fewer disasters in SDHN and other places than in previous years, so you can consider raising taxes to solve the urgent needs of the imperial court." Someone spoke immediately, but it was clearly the same old thing.

Zhu Houzhao immediately wanted to beat people, and the people who farmed the land recruited you to provoke you, so that the family would pay more money in order not to reduce your salary, it was really a good calculation.

Seeing the slight displeasure on the emperor's face, the minister who had a spiritual point immediately said: "The Tatars were defeated in last year's war, and the Tatar Khan King does not know whether he is alive or dead, I am afraid that it will be difficult to break the border again in five years, so the minister thinks that the nine-sided army can be reduced." ”

Zhu Houzhao shook his head secretly, good guy, after bullying the peasants and hitting the heads of the soldiers, where is the moral bottom line of this group of officials?

"Your Majesty, the minister has a way to make the treasury full!" One person said loudly, but Zhu Houzhao didn't know this person.

"Aiqing's voice is so loud, it can be seen that the method must be a good method, Qing can talk about it." Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up slightly, and he was ready to promote this person.

The man looked around, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said: "I heard that when the minister confiscated the house of the richest man in Jiangsu and Zhejiang the year before last, he actually confiscated tens of millions of taels of silver. ”

This is internal information, Zhu Houzhao has only mentioned it to a few cabinet ministers, since this person knows that the energy is not small.

"Therefore, the minister thinks that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, and the wealth of the world is also the wealth of His Majesty, so you can choose the richest family in the rich place of the world, and if you do everything you can, the treasury will be full, and it will be just around the corner!"

As soon as this remark came out, a large number of people responded in an instant, and they all talked about 10 million taels of silver, and most people in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty could not earn so much silver in their lives. At first glance, when I heard that the Shangjia family had so much money to spare, how could it not be envious, jealous and hateful?

Zhu Houzhao is 10 million grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart, I bought a watch last year, what kind of people are these, bandits? Do you know how to fight local tyrants and divide the land? I'm the biggest tyrant, okay!

Brainstorming is destined to be useful only among young people, and in front of this group of old fritters in officialdom whose thinking has been rigid, every bird is used.

"The richest man in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was confiscated because he colluded with pirates, if you follow your method, the world will not be in chaos?"

Zhu Houzhao was suffocated by their whimsical ideas.

He patted his chest, dispelled a sullen breath, and said, "Actually, I have seen the taxes paid in recent years, and the collection is actually not a lot, and if it is raised, the water will be overturned." ”

"However, in addition to grain and rice, the taxes collected are animal skins, medicinal herbs, cotton, fruits, bacon, these things must have received a lot when the finances were tight, but more of them were fed to the rats in the warehouse, what is the use?"

"Therefore, I have a method, in the future, except for the grain that can be paid in kind, the rest will be paid in cash as a tax.

The grain can be paid in silver or grain, but it must be according to the local market price. Taking grain as an example, if the tax that a family needs to pay is one stone of rice, and the market price of the year is two stone of rice and one tael of silver, the common people only need to pay nine dollars of silver, and the same is true for other department stores and other things! ”

Zhu Houzhao finished speaking in one breath, and there was silence in the hall.

"Isn't what I'm saying clear enough?" Zhu Houzhao slightly doubted his eloquence.