I have to say that the question raised by Wang Xijue is very realistic, the serious taxes of the Ming court over the years have become less and less, and they all rely on the silver collected from various crooked ways to maintain the operation of the court, and among the so-called crooked ways, the biggest way to make money is to collect and pay mining taxes!

It's easy to depose the mining tax, all you need is a word from the emperor, and all the mining tax eunuchs sent out will be called back, anyway, the mining tax is not an official decree of the imperial court, and it is very easy to get rid of the chaos anyway.

But the question is, what about after that?

The normal tax revenue of the imperial court is not enough to support the treasury, where to find the silver when the time comes......

"Even so, the old man feels that a whip method cannot be restarted!"

The bigwigs were silent for a long time, and finally one person broke the silence, but it was Shen Li, a scholar of Wuyingdian University.

As a natural opponent of Zhang Juzheng, Shen Dage never wanted to let Zhang Juzheng's reform policy regain the light of day.

"What's more, the mining tax is not necessarily related to a whip law, and the strike tax may not necessarily have to use a whip law. The scourge of the mining tax has been a long-term problem, even if it is used to supplement the national treasury, but it is not to put the people in the principle of fire and water, for the sake of the present, we should abolish the mining tax as soon as possible, and then plan for the future! ”

The faces of the ministers present changed, and what Shen Ge Lao said was inevitably a little irresponsible.

The meaning of this is to say bluntly, I know that the deposition of the mining tax treasury will be insufficient, and I can talk about it later, and now I will abolish the mining tax!

"Shen Ge Lao's words are wrong, the mining tax is the party to the disaster, and he should be dismissed, but the lack of revenue in the treasury is also a matter that needs to be solved urgently, and we are important ministers of the court, how can we do things regardless of the consequences!"

Some people were unhappy, although they did not directly refute Shen Li, but they were a little prickly.

Everyone followed the voice and found that it was Zhao Shiqing, the head of the household, who spoke.

Zhao Shangshu was very depressed, you must know that if there is anyone present who does not want to abolish the mining tax, I am afraid it is none other than Zhao Shiqing.

Without him, he doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, and the household is in charge of silver, and only he, the family, knows how difficult it is to use the tax and silver collected every year.

Many times, he, the head of the household, had to be cheeky and go to the palace to find the emperor and ask the inner treasury for silver.

This is still a large amount of extra money in the past two years, and the treasury is much more abundant, if it had been placed in the past, I am afraid it will be more difficult.

However, speaking of which, Zhao Shiqing's personality is not a high-profile person, not to mention that he has only been in charge of the household department for more than a year, and his qualifications and prestige are not very sufficient.

If you dare to love you, you just have to take the credit for the dethronement of the mining tax and pat your ass and leave, when the time comes, the tens of thousands of officials in the capital will not be able to send a fortune, and it is he who will be blamed!

Shen Li's face was slightly stagnant, but he didn't expect that his two words with the mud would provoke Zhao Shiqing's displeasure.

The Household Department Shangshu is the Minister's Department Shangshu, and the Zuodu Imperial History is collectively known as the three giants of the Foreign Dynasty.

Zhao Shiqing's personality is not intense, but once he speaks, this weight is not light......

"Zhao Shangshu is angry, Shen Ge Lao doesn't mean that!"

Shen Li knew that he was speechless, and he didn't dare to speak more when he was at a loss, but at this moment, it was impossible for him to admit his mistakes, this was not a trivial matter, and when it came to expressing his stance in government affairs, how could it be easy to play with it, and Zhao Shiqing was confident that he was reasonable, so he naturally didn't want to fall behind, so the atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while.

At this time, the role of an ally is reflected, Zhu Geng on the side smiled bitterly and opened his mouth to play a round game.

"Shen Ge Lao means that the mining tax should have been abolished long ago for the sake of the disaster, this is a move that benefits the people of the world, Da Situ is in charge of the household department, and he should understand this principle, as for the insufficient use of the imperial court tax and materials, it is a true situation, but one went to the country of the year to pay me tens of millions of silver, which can be worth the tax of my Ming Dynasty for several years, so the matter of the mining tax is urgent, and the tax problem is slow, and the matter must be done one by one, I will wait for His Majesty to depose the mining tax, since the idea of raising the treasury revenue, but also ask the big Situ to think carefully!"

This explanation is barely passable, Zhao Shiqing also knows that the dismissal of the mining tax is politically correct, as a civil servant, it is difficult for him to come forward to stop it, in fact, he has no intention of maintaining the mining tax, anyway, the silver will not fall into the hands of the household department, but he is very dissatisfied with Shen Li's attitude that I only take credit, and the life and death of others have nothing to do with me.

At this moment, Zhu Geng personally came forward to say peace, and he planned to take advantage of this step to go down......

"Ahem......"

Unexpectedly, at this time, Chen Ju, who was silently listening to the government, coughed lightly, attracting everyone's attention.

"What is Gonggong Chen's opinion?"

Wang Xijue, as the presiding officer of the court meeting, couldn't help but ask when he saw this situation.

It's not that the old head is dissatisfied with Chen Ju, but according to the usual reason, the official participants in the court meeting are only the cabinet scholars and ministers, although Chen Ju is the eunuch who is the master of ceremonies and the eunuch, but he is actually ordered to come to listen to the government, and when everyone comes up with a result, Chen Ju will forward the result to the emperor.

In other words, Chen Gonggong is an observer, and theoretically has no qualifications to interject.

But there are exceptions, firstly, Chen Ju's identity is there, he really wants to speak, no one can stop him, and secondly, this minister has just begged people to intercede in front of the emperor, and now if he turns his face violently and doesn't even let people say a word, it will inevitably be a little criticized.

"Yuanfu has tormented our family! Naturally, the major affairs of the court and politics should be decided by the adults, and our family is only responsible for forwarding it to His Majesty, and will not speak on this matter, but I just heard Da Situ and Zhu Ge Lao talk about the situation of the treasury, but it reminded our family of what His Majesty said when he chatted with our family a few days ago, and at this moment, I might as well tell you about it, and it can be regarded as a change of brain......

Chen Ju is just square, it's not that he doesn't understand the situation, in fact, the most important thing in the palace is that he is good at dancing with long sleeves, and after saying that, he not only showed his attitude and position, but also made the scene a lot easier.

After all, the words of Shen Li and Zhao Shiqing just now were not light, even if Zhao Shiqing came forward to turn around, the atmosphere present was still not very good.

But the ease is on the surface, everyone knows that Chen Ju came out at this time, it will not be as simple as enlivening the atmosphere, you know, if the emperor chats, it is also the emperor's heart, maybe when it will become a formal edict issued to the cabinet.

Therefore, all the ministers present couldn't help but prick up their ears and waited for Chen Ju to speak.

"At that time, our family was ordered to count the inner library, but found that the accounts of the inner library in recent years are very chaotic, in the final analysis, it is because the first emperor allocated too many places of silver, in the words of His Majesty, the first emperor was kind, the silver should not be allocated silver, only asked to come to the door, the first emperor wanted to help, which made the inner library of the group of slaves and maids slack, so that the accounts were chaotic, difficult to verify, and now His Majesty's new monarch succeeded to the throne, it should be the time of strict discipline, and the treasury should be well distinguished in the future, Whichever side is whatever, don't confuse it......"

Chen Ju smiled, but it was really a gossip posture.

But after saying this, the minister suddenly looked like he had a toothache, and a certain household secretary leaned back quietly and spoke.

"Lord Yuanfu, the old man still thinks that before the dethronement of the mining tax, it is better to think about how to deal with the lack of use of the national treasury!"