moved the wealth of the scholars, not only the eunuchs, but even the emperor could not hide from it!

Zhu Changluo in the Red Pill case, the Emperor of the Apocalypse who accidentally fell into the water and inexplicably ate any immortal medicine to ascend to heaven died in vain. And after the young and vigorous Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he was flickered by the big turbans, and as soon as his head was hot, all the supervising eunuchs in various places were withdrawn. Now the turbans are comfortable, Emperor Chongzhen is also safe, and he has been sitting on the throne until he hangs himself on the coal mountain, and no one has sent him this pill and that pill.

After Emperor Chongzhen came to power and withdrew all the supervising eunuchs, the proud turbans were so arrogant that they did not even pay the most basic field taxes. also clamored that this is the ancestral system, and it is the system of preferential treatment for scholars set by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty!

Historically, the tax exemption of scholars was done by the later Manchu Qing Dynasty to buy the hearts of scholars. This is also the fundamental reason why Kang Youwei and others are willing to run everywhere for the restoration of the Qing Dynasty.

On the one hand, the turbans do not allow the state to collect taxes, and on the other hand, they control all the businesses that can make money. The result is that the country is getting poorer and the turbans are getting richer.

At the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen was still able to survive with the tens of millions of taels of silver that Wanli Apocalypse had saved for him. But there are too many things going on in various places, and the money is spent like a tide, and it has not been able to last for a few years. Moreover, the money allocated has been intercepted and drifted away at various levels, and in the end less than two-three out of ten can fall into the hands of the clerk.

Let's take the simplest example. Mao Wenlong, the chief soldier of Dongjiang Town, led a group of northeastern refugees whose families were ruined to resist Houjin on overseas islands. In seven or eight years, he has exerted his combat effectiveness with a body like a fly that is not inferior to that of a police dog! The lustful immortal who harassed the entire Houjin wanted to die! Because of Mao Wenlong's containment, Houjin went south or conquered North Korea many times in vain.

In such an important position, the various supplies issued to them by the imperial court were already half of the books before they left the Jingshi! After arriving in Tianjin, he 'drifted' Sancheng, and after arriving in Dongjiang Town. The eunuchs of the prison army or something were divided into a part. In the end, what fell into the hands of the soldiers and civilians was not enough to feed themselves!

In such harsh and difficult conditions, watching others sit in the safe rear and drink and eat meat, they have to tighten their belts and play with Houjin. The group continued to fight by going to Houjin to plunder and hunt on weekdays. Because most of them are locals in the Northeast, because the rise of Houjin led to the destruction of their families, and they all have a blood feud with Houjin.

Later, Mao Wenlong once went to Beijing to cry to Emperor Chongzhen about the fact that the supplies were drifted away and that the lack of food and consumption led to the starvation of many soldiers and civilians. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen was furious, and many officials who had participated in the drifting fell to the ground. And this incident also laid the groundwork for Mao Wenlong's death. Because he broke the rules. In fact, he didn't want to, but Dongjiang Town really couldn't resist, and if he didn't give anything, everyone would starve to death!

Later, Mao Wenlong was killed for refusing to fight. What exactly is going on is a matter of opinion to the benevolent and the wise.

The people in Dongjiang Town all have a blood feud with Houjin! Before, they would rather eat snow and hunt than fight Houjin to the end, and such an army with a great hatred with Houjin actually surrendered to Houjin in the end! You say it's not forced, who can believe it?

With no other choice, Emperor Chongzhen could only extend his hand of raising taxes to Tian Fu. This is the largest source of taxes for all dynasties.

There were no taxes on salt, commerce, mines, tea, and the city. After stretching out his hand to Tian Fu, a civil uprising occurred in the northwest, and it was out of control until Emperor Chongzhen, who was forced to hang himself!

The reason is also very simple, it is still the same sentence, the reader is exempt from tax. Since it is tax-free, of course, the scholar does not have to pay the field endowment. Not only do they not have to pay taxes, but they can also help others avoid paying taxes. It's easy way. Even if you put all your property in my name, then naturally you don't have to pay taxes. Just give some benefits afterwards.

The people who owned most of the land did not pay taxes, but the state and the emperor were in a hurry to use the money, so what should they do? There is no doubt about it. This kind of unfortunate thing naturally falls on those small farmers who have no power, no power and no money.

What was the most hateful profession in ancient times? It's a tax collector! These hereditary tax collectors, who have been collecting taxes for generations, are definitely the most hateful people in the eyes of ordinary people! When they collect taxes, they unscrupulously reap benefits for themselves, such as stepping on the basket, entering and exiting large scales, adding more floats, and shoddy, etc. As for whether they will ruin other people's families if they do this, they can't control it!

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen had carefully calculated before he began to collect land taxes, and the range of levies was still within the range that the people could bear. But after layers of addition. By the time the tax collectors went to the homes of the common people to collect taxes, the amount had even exceeded ten times the amount set by the emperor!

Where can ordinary people withstand this kind of blow? In ancient times, the peasants had a very difficult life, and there were many natural disasters at that time. Plus this damn **. This kind of thing happens naturally when you can't survive.

The use of the military to suppress the popular uprising also requires money. Originally, I was collecting money, but I didn't receive the money and spent more! But the matter of using money before has not been resolved, and the threat of the rise of Houjin is too great, and Emperor Chongzhen can't hold back, so he can only continue to raise taxes. After that, he fell into a dead cycle, raising taxes, popular uprisings, suppression, spending money, and raising taxes until the coal mountain was hanged, and Emperor Chongzhen finally became anxious and forced the ministers to donate money. After Li Zicheng entered the Beijing Division, those scholars who could take out tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of taels to buy life money, gave their house deeds to the emperor one after another. said that his family was very poor, and he really had no money to help, so he had to donate his family's house. What did Emperor Chongzhen want to do with those houses that could neither eat nor drink? In the end, this matter had to be settled. Then came the beginning of the dark night.

Gao Yang's gaze swept over the faces of all the ministers in the main hall one by one, and he silently recorded their appearance in his heart.

"Don't look at your joy now, buddy's little book remembers you! There will come a time when you'll all throw up! Not to spit on me, but to atone for the harm you have done to this nation! Gao Yang's eyes were extremely cold and ruthless, like a sharp cold wind from the North Pole, which made people shudder!

Things soon returned to square one, and the ministers asked the emperor for money to buy food for relief to the victims. But the emperor had no money, and things were deadlocked.

The ministers are not in a hurry, and this world is not theirs. The major shops in the city are actually backed by the ministers behind their backs, otherwise you can open them in this Jingshi? It doesn't matter if the emperor doesn't spend money, there are still so many ordinary people in the city! After suffering a military disaster this time, the price can be justifiably increased again, and it is a good time to make a lot of money.

Emperor Chongzhen, who had an ugly face, sat back on the dragon chair gloomily, bowed his head slightly, clenched his fists tightly, and his chest rose and fell. After taking a turn in front of the Ghost Gate, Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to regain his strength and continue to shine for the sake of the country. But the blow of reality made him speechless, the country has not changed at all, it is still the same as before, it is still the same as before! Dying!

Gao Yang took off his headphones, looked sideways at Emperor Chongzhen, who was speechless, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, his eyebrows were raised, and he said with a smile, "What do you need?" Money? Or grain? ”

"Huh?" Zhu Youzhen was slightly stunned, and suddenly raised his head to look at Gao Yang, his eyes were full of hope. Some trembling voices said, "All, all of them!" "He really forgot just now that there is an immortal by his side to help! The magic weapon of the immortal family is infinitely powerful, if there is a cornucopia or something, wouldn't everything be solved?!

Gao Yang nodded, chuckled and said, "Yes, I'll come out of these things." ”

"Hiss~~~" All the people in the hall who heard Gao Yang's words gasped! In this capital city and the surrounding prefectures and counties that have been plagued by military disasters, the hungry people waiting for the relief of the imperial court do not know how many, at least hundreds of thousands! With so many mouths, even the imperial court can't do it. I don't know where I came from, but I'm quite tall. The toad opened his mouth and gasped, what did he say!? Crazy, isn't it?

Wei Zaode was the first to stand up, and said in a strange tone, "Master Guoshi, Li Wei's army has crossed the border, and the people who have suffered from the disaster do not know how many. That's not tens or hundreds, but hundreds of thousands! So many people can eat and use the national teacher?! The national teacher is not joking, right? ”

"Wei Zaode, the champion of Chongzhen's thirteenth year. Good at rhetoric, eloquent, and deeply familiar with Emperor Chongzhen's strategy, he can always cater to Chongzhen's thoughts, and is deeply trusted, and served as the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty after Chen Yan. When Li Zicheng approached the northern capital, Emperor Chongzhen asked his ministers for help, and he was the first to hand over the deed of his house to say that he had no money, which eventually led to the direct collapse of the defenders without food. Later, he was arrested by Li Zicheng and put in prison, and in order to save his life, he handed over hundreds of thousands of taels of ransom money. But in the end, he couldn't escape death. His son died in prison with him. The origin quickly summarized Wei Zaode's life deeds.

"Shh Gao Yang pursed his lips disdainfully, just a villain who was greedy for life and afraid of death. However, at this time, the Ming court was full of this kind of person, and Gao Yang was not interested in saying anything more to such a little person.

However, Gao Yang's indifference made Wei Zaode feel that he was hurt. Lord Shousuke frowned, and his voice became louder, "Above the court, how can you talk nonsense!" ”

Gao Yang glanced at him sideways, his gaze indifferent. He opened his lips lightly and said, "Silly 13." (To be continued......)