Chapter 141: Accumulating momentum
"Chang Quan, give Feng Changzai a box of Longjing rewards before the Ming Dynasty, and other jewels and jade bracelets and other objects, you can look at and pick up a few things, and let the little eunuch reward them together!"
"Yes, Hooray. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info "Chang Quan received the will to go down and arranged. This Feng Changzai is very happy.
Emperor Rongjing got up in the morning as usual and listened to the ministers' speeches in the morning.
Emperor Rong Jing himself only through his confidants, a little bit of the news of land rectification, these civil and military ministers began to hear the wind and object, saying what "the old system of the ancestors", and what "the reform of the land system will cause chaos in the people", in their own opinion, this is all afraid that they will move their interests, "official chaos" is true, but this people's livelihood is becoming more and more difficult, but it is not for them to see!
"Stability in everything"? Don't you know that your ascension to the throne is short, and you should seek stability, but the treasury income of this country is probably not as rich as the treasury of these landowners!
This matter of cleaning up the deficit of the treasury has been paid off within a time limit of three years, this matter is very difficult, but it is difficult to do, this country, if all taxes are owed and cannot be collected, how can this country and this court continue?
At present, the court has been discussing the rebellion in Qinghai and Tibet, but it has not been possible for a long time because the treasury is empty, and the ministers have shirked the blame left and right.
These old ministers are all greedy and seek stability, and it is difficult to even find enterprising ministers!
Emperor Rongjing's heart is just slander, and being an emperor is not something he can do arbitrarily, he does whatever he wants, sitting in the imperial study, and continues to bury his head in the folds.
Emperor Rongjing's diligence is exuded in his bones, he can do it himself, he will never fake the hands of others, and he will not slack off easily.
I don't want to, there are unexpected surprises in the fold handed over today, Emperor Rong Jing picked up one of the folds, read it carefully twice, this joy has floated on his face, and he is rarely a little happy, and he stood up and turned back and forth twice on the main hall.
Chang Quan was watching from the sidelines, and his heart said, "What's wrong with this long live lord today?" That's not right! But he didn't dare to ask this. Busy stepped forward and changed the hot tea for Emperor Rong Jing again.
Emperor Rong Jing sat back on his seat, took the tea and drank it slowly, and said to the below, "Chang Quan, Xuan Zhan Weiping." ”
"Yes, long live the lord" Chang Quan led the decree.
Zhan Weiping didn't think that since the last time he presided over the Guozi Jian Wenbi, Emperor Rong Jing felt that this person was available, and he would come to him for details in many things recently, and it was easy to use it.
did not let Emperor Rong Jing wait too long, and the eunuch immediately reported "Zhan Weiping has arrived".
"Xuan!"
"Chancellor Zhan Weiping knocks on the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live!"
"Let's be polite!" Emperor Rong Jing shouted.
Emperor Rong Jing handed the excerpt to Zhan Weiping, "Take a look, tell me about it!" ”
Zhan Weiping has often been called by Emperor Rong Jing to talk about excerpts recently, and he is no stranger to this, in order to deal with Emperor Rongjing's various inquiries, this period of time can be described as extremely busy, reading the local directories and so on every day, in his own opinion, he can often talk back to the emperor, this is a good sign, such an opportunity, how can he not grasp the reason.
He immediately stepped forward and replied, "Yes!" I took the fold and looked at it carefully.
Zhan Weiping opened the fold, looked at it carefully, and closed it to listen to the training.
"What do you think of what this excerpt says? Do you know anything about this Lei Xing? Emperor Rong Jing had already begun to ask.
Zhan Weiping replied after a little silence: "Back to the emperor, this Lei Xing was the next place to Tianjin as the governor of Tianjin when the Tianjin Weishu changed the state two years ago. ”
"Okay, you don't call me haha, say it well, get to the point!" Emperor Rong Jing interrupted him and said.
"Yes, what Lei Zhizhou played, this Zhang Xun is really bold and reckless, in broad daylight, in the middle of the bright world, the Son of Heaven actually did this thing at his feet, it is really hateful, and he must be severely punished according to the law, and the law will be corrected!" Zhan Weiping replied tentatively.
"Well, it should be punished severely, and what?" Emperor Rong Jing asked again.
"His father Zhang Lin is the crown prince and young protector, he is not strict in teaching his son, and he should be reprimanded for his evil deeds." Zhan Weiping replied.
Emperor Rong Jing looked at him and smiled, "Oh, reasonable, go on!" ”
"This, this ......" Zhan Weiping knew that it would be a big deal to say anything more, so he was a little spitting, but he still had to be cautious and look at the tone.
Emperor Rong Jing stood up and hummed, took the fold and clapped his hands, and said with a smile, "What? Don't dare to go on? ”
Zhan Weiping hurriedly knelt down and asked for sin, "The emperor forgives the sin, this matter is very important, and the ministers dare not say anything." ”
"Say, forgive you!" Emperor Rongjing sat down again.
Zhan Weiping knew Emperor Rongjing's intentions, and he no longer had any scruples to say, "From this, we can get a glimpse of Zhang Lin and his son, in the name of official salt merchants, selling illegal salt, taking advantage of it, and making huge profits." Moreover, the Tianjin Salt Administration still owes the imperial court salt tax, and the relevant people ignore the laws of the imperial court, collude with each other, deliberately default, and the crime is very heavy, and it should be strictly investigated! ”
Zhan Weiping also knew that if this matter was revealed, it would be big or small, but no matter how big or small, this salt tax matter was a big deal, and the emperor thought that he was also short of money, so it could not be said that it was not a way to start from this.
"Okay, this matter should be strictly investigated!" Emperor Rongjing also said.
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The next morning, all the courtiers went to court as usual.
Emperor Rongjing sat down on the dragon chair in the upper court, and the courtiers below shouted long live, and Emperor Rongjing raised his hand and shouted.
"There's a morning play!" Chang Quan, as the chief eunuch, sang and sang.
"The minister has a copy!" Cai Ruzhong weighed it again and again, gritted his teeth and said. Wealth and danger are sought! Don't miss the time!
"Oh, Changquan, present it! What did Cai Qing play? Emperor Rong Jing said.
"The minister impeached the crown prince Shaobao Zhang Lin, Zhang Lin and his sons were salt merchants in Tianjin, who sold private salt for the convenience of officials and businessmen, obtained a large number of silver, sought personal gains, and still owed the imperial court salt and grain tax silver. And the son Zhang Xun was arrogant and lawless, robbed the people on the street, ran unscrupulous, and fished in the township. The responsibility is heavy, and it should be strictly investigated and punished! The ministers are invited to the emperor to judge. Cai Ruzhong will tell the things that have been played one by one.
When everyone in the court heard this, they were all shocked, and their reactions were different, and they were silent for a while, and they all bowed their heads and did not dare to speak, and those who were a little more bold dared to raise their heads slightly to glance at Emperor Rongjing, and observe the words.
Emperor Rong Jing took the fold from Chang Quan's hand and looked at it, smiled and knocked his hand, asked Chang Quan to hand over another fold, and said, "I also have such an excerpt in my hand, which is similar to what Cai Qing played, so it seems that this matter is not groundless." Hmph, this is the salt administration under my rule! There is a lot of chaos, the program has been lost, and the relevant political officials have nothing to do, why is this? ”
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