Fang Congzhe decided to resign as the first assistant, and the second assistant Liu Yijing naturally acted as his first assistant, just waiting for the day when Fang Congzhe left the Beijing Division, Liu Yijing would be the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The important departments in various parts of the capital division also began to slowly change personnel, and the household department, the official department, and the official department were basically occupied by the loyal ministers of Donglin. Ying Zhen, an official of the Criminal Department, also took refuge in Donglin. The other ministries also have an ambiguous attitude and dare not plunder their edge.

At this point, Donglin, a group of righteous men and gentlemen, fully occupied the court. , Liu Yijing of the older generation, and Han Kuang occupy the cabinet. Zhao Lanxing holds the real power of the ministry. Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Gao Panlong, and other well-known young generations also held important positions in the court.

In terms of Liaodong, which everyone is concerned about, Yuan Yingtai is also used as the governor of Liaodong, and Xue Guoyong is the governor of Liaodong. Ousted the Liaodong Jinglu Xiong Tingbi, who had been defeated again and again.

The government and the opposition are thriving, and the scholars from all over the Beijing Division are also spreading, the official system is gradually clear, and the country's prosperity is in sight.

Zhu Youxiao also expressed his trust in the people of Donglin at this time, as long as it does not involve the crime of dismissal and beheading, he basically obeys his words.

If there is really a so-called corrupt and heinous official, Zhu Youxiao is also the emperor, and the emperor and his father died within 100 days, and the country is in turmoil.

I have to be assisted by all the ministers to stabilize the country, and now I can't do such a thing as crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. will do a traitorous offense, and all of them will be beaten to Nanjing or related idle positions.

Although this move seems indecisive, it should not be the way of the emperor. It also made Zhu Youxiao fall into a reputation for being lenient to others.

There is one exception, of course.

Minister Zuo Guangdou wrote to the emperor on the grounds that he was coming of age, hoping that Kebaba would be able to move out of the palace. Zhu Youxiao was furious. angrily reprimanded Zuo Guangdou, and dared to meddle in the affairs of the harem several times.

The court officials are naturally not afraid, and say that the Son of Heaven has no family affairs. And the civil and military officials could not kneel in the court.

Zhu Youxiao was angry and retreated.

Later, Kebaba couldn't kneel down in the Qianqing Palace, hoping that the emperor would let him go home and live for a long time.

Zhu Youxiao was helpless and allowed it.

However, after Kebaba left the palace, the Son of Heaven did not think about tea and dinner every day, saying that the small meals were cooked by Kebaba, and after the substitution, he had no desire to eat.

In desperation, the ministers could only allow Zhu Youxiao to use a carriage every morning to bring the guest to the palace, and after dinner, he was sent out of the palace.

Although this incident does not hurt the overall situation, it also makes everyone in Donglin understand that the Son of Heaven has a motherly affection for Kebaba, and he can't offend the Son of Heaven because of this little thing when the situation is good now.

Seeing that the emperor is an adult, in order to avoid wind and rain. Zhao Lanxing wrote that the crown prince is the foundation of the country, for the country, it is recommended that there is no need to be conservative, (Emperor Wanli, Emperor Taichang should be filial piety after death.) It's time to prepare. The edict draft girl has long been set as the queen.

Zhu Youxiao allowed it, and the Ministry of Rites prepared as soon as possible, and the Ministry of Household prepared silver taels in advance. After the first month of next year, the national draft girl.

The monarch is loyal and loyal, and the people are in the dynasty. In the eyes of Donglin, a group of righteous gentlemen, it seems that it will not be long before Daming will be able to achieve the great rule in the sage book.

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In November of the first year of Taichang, the court meeting.

After all the ministers paid homage, Wang An shouted in his duck voice:

"If there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat!"

At this time, Fang Congzhe had already recuperated at home, and the head of the hundred officials was naturally Liu Yijing, the second assistant of the cabinet.

He walked out of the civil official team quickly, bowed to Zhu Youxiao and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have something to do." ”

"Lord Liu, please speak." Zhu Youxiao raised his hand and said.

Liu Yijing pondered for a moment, put on a compassionate attitude, and said:

"Your Majesty, Shandong, Liaodong drought, the disaster is serious, the people are miserable and urgently need food for disaster relief, and this matter is still expected to be decided by the emperor."

Hou Guoxing nodded and said:

"I have received a report from Jinyiwei yesterday, and I would like to ask Lord Liu, how much food is the Disaster Relief Cabinet going to take out this time? How many silver taels? What are the ways to do this?

Hearing Hou Guoxing's series of questions, Liu Yijing's old face was slightly red, and he secretly hated this damn god for giving him a drought when he was about to become the first assistant.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Yijing replied:

"Your Majesty, yesterday the ministers and cabinet members calculated that 500,000 stone grains and grass and 200,000 taels of silver needed to be prepared for this disaster relief. in order to help the people through the disaster. As for the follow-up to help the victims resume production, I am afraid that at least 500,000 taels of silver must be prepared, but Zhu You .......

"500,000 taels!" Zhu Youxiao got up violently. Hou Guoxing on the edge of the corner also took a breath of cool air.

After a while, Zhu Youxiao sat down slowly and asked:

"Lord Liu, how to seek disaster at present, does the cabinet have a plan?"

Liu Yijing blushed and said:

Your Majesty, yesterday the household department reported that the treasury now has 100,000 taels of silver, 20,000 taels of gold, and a few copper coins.

Speaking of this, Liu Yijing looked up at Zhu Youxiao, who was pale, and continued:

"The household department has this little money left at the moment, it must be a drop in the bucket, but now the disaster is urgent, and the minister asks the emperor to take pity on the people in the world and use the inner treasury to ask for disaster......"

Give it a try and change it after two hours.

(Let me put a paragraph about Wanli. During the Apocalypse, the issue of mining taxes, which was constantly fighting, will be corrected in two hours.

The Truth Behind the Story of Mining Tax: A Brief Analysis of the Black Economy

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I don't know if people have noticed, in the face of the emperor's collection of mining taxes, the officials of the entire Ming Empire have taken action.

In this matter, the officials of the Ming Empire instantly broke the boundaries of party struggle, because whether they were members of the traitorous party or members of the Donglin Party, they were all jumping up and down against the emperor's collection of mining taxes. More importantly, both conscientious officials and conscientious eunuchs actively opposed the emperor's imposition of mining taxes.

Who said that since ancient times, good and evil have not been opposed, it is because everyone has no common interests, and if everyone's interests are the same, good and evil will join forces.

It is said that once, the Wanli Emperor was sick and dying, so his conscience found out, so he told Shoufu Shen to stop collecting mining taxes now. And let the eunuch write the decree to stop the mining tax and hand it over to the cabinet. Seeing this decree, all the officials were very happy

Unexpectedly, the next day, Emperor Wanli recovered from his illness. After waking up, he immediately asked the eunuch to urgently summon Shen Cheng to recover the holy decree. Shen never wanted to return this holy decree. As a result, the eunuchs sent by the emperor came one after another, and a total of more than ten came before and after. Some eunuchs even knocked their heads out of blood, in short, if you don't return the holy decree, we won't be able to pay it back. Shen has always had no choice but to return this holy decree.

At that time, the eunuch Tian Yi had been arguing with the emperor on the basis of reason, all in all, there was no joke in the king, how could there be a reason to change it. Emperor Wanli was so angry that he drew his sword, and in short, he wanted to correct the law and righteousness on the spot. However, Tian Yi was still undaunted to advise the Wanli Emperor, but Tian Yi found that Shen had always handed over the holy decree of abolishing the mining tax.

Later, Tian Yi spat on him as soon as he saw Shen Yiyi: "As long as you hold on a little longer, the mining tax can be revoked, why are you so timid?" ”

Shen has never been a member of the Donglin Party (Shen has always been a Zhejiang Party boss; The Zhejiang Party is also the legendary traitorous party), but he also actively opposed the emperor's collection of mining taxes, and the emperor sent twenty eunuchs, and the eunuchs knocked their heads to the blood, so that the holy decree of abolishing the mining tax was taken back from Shen Yi's hands.

Tian Yi is not only not a member of the Donglin Party, but also a eunuch who makes people cut birds, and the legendary celebrant (the big eunuch who sits on the top spot). However, in the matter of opposing the levy of mining taxes, Tian Yi was more courageous and fearless than Shen. All in all, in the face of the emperor's unsheathed sword, he still did not flinch.

As for the central and local officials, there are even more people and things who oppose the levy of mining taxes. All in all, if you look at the history of that time, there were groups of officials who opposed the collection of mining taxes, but it seems that there are really no officials who support the collection of mining taxes.

Of course, the members of the traitorous party and the leaders of the eunuchs are still like this. The great Donglin Party, not to mention.

Whenever I look at this history, I find it extremely strange.

Because, the story about the mining tax seems to tell us that the officials of the Ming Empire are all dedicated to serving the people; Moreover, many conscientious eunuchs served the people more wholeheartedly than officials. In order to prevent the emperor from imposing mining taxes, officials actively opposed it at the risk of being removed from their posts and imprisoned; Some eunuchs even risked their lives to oppose it.

If the Donglin Party is a great party, so its members have this kind of awareness, I am reluctant to believe this fact (although I also have to close my eyes). The problem is that the members of the traitorous party at that time were all so great. It's hard for me to believe that.

If there is no person who has cut the bird, there is no psychological perversion, so with this kind of awareness, I am barely willing to believe it (although I also have to close my eyes). The problem is that when it comes to opposing the imposition of mining taxes, eunuchs have more backbone than officials. I can't believe it.

Whenever I look at this kind of history, I can't help but feel ashamed of the officials of my dynasty and Taejo's time.

I think that back then, my dynasty Taizu wanted to increase the agricultural tax, and the officials all said that the agricultural harvest in the past two years was bumper, you said that the yield per mu was 3,000 catties, he said that the yield per mu was 8,000 catties, and there were even people who said that the yield per mu was 10,000 catties or 30,000 catties. It's really how bold and prolific people are.

The meaning of what the officials said is very obvious, that is, if we collect three times more taxes from the people, there will be no problem. Because, the common people have too much food, and they can't eat five meals a day.

Only General Peng stood up and said that the peasants are now so poor that they don't have a fart, what is the yield of 10,000 catties per mu, isn't that nonsense? All in all, if taxes are increased to the common people, the common people will starve to death. The result? General Peng became an alternative at that time, and was unanimously criticized and criticized by everyone. The result? It is said that tens of millions of people starved to death as a result. I use the word "supposedly" here because the number is very controversial. Because, the highest number is fifty or sixty million; But the most conservative numbers are also in the millions. To be continued, tomorrow I will continue to tell you about this issue about the mining tax at the end of the Ming Dynasty, because it mainly occurred in the Wanli Dynasty, this book is only briefly mentioned)