Tang Yi led the civil and military officials into the Golden Palace, Longqing in the company of Teng Xiang, rushed to come, these ten days of hard work, Longqing turned the "Theory of Taxation" on the one hand, while thinking hard, not to mention, there are a lot of experiences, he is also holding back a lot of energy, don't you all say that I am incompetent, you have to see, these members of the imperial court, what is the ability!

"Master Tang, this time the Golden Palace deduction will be handed over to you to preside. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Yes."

Tang Yi asked people to bring up a king-sized table of eight immortals, he stretched out his hand, invited Longqing, and stood on the main seat, he and Longqing faced each other from north to south, leaving six sides, the three on the left were for the side that supported a whip method, and the three on the right were reserved for Shen Shixing and them.

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng looked at it, Zhang Juzheng took the initiative to come out, plus Li Youzi and Liu Ziqiang, a pavilion elder, plus two third-grade adults, in contrast, Shen Shixing's three seemed too weak, almost disproportionate.

Tang Yi remained silent and turned out seven wooden cards, the first one was given to Long Qing, with two words on it: Emperor.

"Your Majesty, as the lord of the world, you have your own purpose and desired effect to implement a whip law."

Long Qing took the wooden sign with a smile, put it in front of him, and then said with a smile: "I inherit the foundation of my ancestors, as the lord of all the people in the world, the people's livelihood is difficult, the country is changing, I am worried, the people often say that there are seven things to open the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea." It boils down to a money word, and the country is the same, over the years, I have been in arrears at every turn, and I feel distressed when I look at it, it's not that I don't want to sympathize with the difficulties of the big guys, but the court is poor, and there are too many places to spend money...... Alas! I want to implement a whip law, focusing on filling the deficit of the household department and enriching the national use. However, the law must be changed and improved, and it must be done not to mislead the country, not to sick the people, and not to infringe on the people too much, especially the small people, now the Ming Dynasty is full of wolf smoke, if the people are forced to rebel, the country will be in chaos immediately. ”

After careful consideration these days, Long Qing's words came out, stable and impeccable. His Majesty the Emperor wants to change the law, but it must benefit the country and the people, and there must be no chaos.

When the tone was set, Tang Yi smiled and took out the remaining six wooden cards, Zhang Juzheng got a "court", Li Youzi got a "Xinjiang minister", and Liu Ziqiang's one read "Giant Room".

As for Shen Shixing, the three of them represent "peasant households", "merchants", and "small officials" respectively.

Everyone divided their identities, Tang Yi said with a smile: "Your Majesty's words, all your colleagues must have heard it clearly, Elder Zhang Ge, let's start with you, talk about the benefits of this whip method, and how to implement it." ”

Zhang Juzheng nodded, he looked around majestically with a straight face, and then said: "As we all know, the grandfather has set the rules of preferential treatment of the gentry, but in recent years, the big families, the desire for profit, wantonly annexed land and property, and accepted the people's contributions, as long as they pay some land rent, they can not bear the taxes and servitude of the imperial court, so that the small people are promoted, the arable land is getting less and less, and the taxes are getting worse day by day. It's not that the cabinet is lying and intimidating, since last year, there have been so many people fleeing around Gyeonggi that there are so many people fleeing around Gyeonggi that ten rooms and nine empty rooms are still at the feet of the Son of Heaven, let alone other places. If the law is not changed, the Ming Dynasty is worried about the death of the country. Although Zhang Juzheng said it briefly, the big guys have an account in their hearts, and there are really not many poor people in the court, even if they were poor before, after becoming an official, they are not poor.

Zhang Juzheng brought out all the big guys' behavior of digging into the corners of the imperial court, making them hateful and helpless, and many courtiers who supported the change gave Zhang Juzheng a thumbs up.

Sure enough, he is loyal and courageous, and he dares to speak out and admonish, what a Zhang Taiyue!

"This cabinet thinks that in the past, the grain chief collected money and grain and transported it to the two capitals and Taicang, which was cumbersome and inefficient, and at least more than 30% of the money was lost on the road alone. After the re-clearing of the acres of land, determine the amount of taxes, and then convert the fields into silver, as well as the exacting taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which is simple and convenient, easy to transport, and avoids the space for small officials to get up and down their hands, and to profit from it, which is really a law that benefits the country and the people. ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at it calmly and looked confident, grabbed his beard with a high arch, and nodded frequently, obviously Zhang Juzheng's proposal was very good for his spleen and stomach.

Tang Yi nodded, "Elder Zhang Ge, you suggest that Qingzhang Tianmu bear the brunt, that is, the big families in the world, if they rebound, how do you think to deal with it." ”

"Jisuke-sama, deal with it with an iron fist!" Zhang Juzheng said categorically: "Here this pavilion wants to announce one thing to Your Majesty, as well as to the princes of the court and the central government, my Jiangling Zhang family is willing to accept Qingzhang first, and the excess land will be returned, as an example!" ”

Zhang Juzheng's attitude disappointed many people who were gearing up, as if he had punched a cotton bale. A good fatal blow was actually defused by Zhang Juzheng, who was the rumor of the revelation, it's really damned!

As for others, they were even more admiring, and looked at Zhang Juzheng higher.

"Huge families, embezzling the people's acres of land, it is not in accordance with the rules, their family has a big business, they would rather attack the big households, than harm the small people. It is inevitable that they will fight back, but in the eyes of this cabinet, it is not a big deal, as long as they show great courage, determination, and forceful implementation, they will definitely be able to succeed. This cabinet proposes to promote a whip law, include it in the evaluation of local officials, promote the examination law, set limits on examinations, and hold people accountable for things, and those who cannot complete the tasks of the court will be deposed and will not be tolerated! ”

Zhang Juzheng was murderous, and Li Youzi, on behalf of the local officials, stood up, pondered and said: "Although some officials are unscrupulous, but the court threatens each other with black gauze hats, and they dare not do their best. ”

Liu Ziqiang also smiled: "Don't look at the local gentry who look very powerful, as long as the court recognizes it, from top to bottom, strongly promote, no one dares to resist the court, after all, there are rebellious people, there are no rebellious gentry, let's talk about it, isn't this reason?" ”

Although the ministers present had a lot of dislikes, they couldn't find a high-sounding reason to refute it, and they were about to settle the overall situation.

Long Qing looked at Tang Yi frequently, only to see Tang Yi with a faint smile on his face, and turned his head to look at the three on the right.

"Since we are standing on the debate platform, there is no high or low, only one word of reason, Zhang Ge Lao and they have made a whip law clear." Tang Yi looked at the one in the middle of his eyes and said with a smile: "Wu Tiancheng, you represent the businessman, what do you think?" ”

Only then did many people know that this guy who dared to love was Wu Tiancheng, the supervisor of Shuntian Bank! I heard that he was born as a bookkeeper, and he was in the Guozi Prison, and his knowledge is estimated to be only stronger than those who stand in the palace, and what can he understand about the law of the imperial court?

One by one was full of contempt and disdain, and some people turned their heads away, not even bothering to look.

Wu Tiancheng gritted his teeth secretly, you look down on Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu still looks down on you! Above the court, except for my master, the others are not all miscellaneous!

Zhang Juzheng, seeing your triumphant appearance, I will give you some color.

Wu Tiancheng puffed up his chest, first hugged his fists, and then said: "Back to Tang Xiang, as Zhang Ge Lao said, the opportunity for businessmen to make a fortune has come, and the law he called to benefit the people is actually a businessman at all, I really don't know what Zhang Ge Lao thought at the beginning." ”

Zhang Juzheng frowned, his eyes were like electricity, staring at Wu Tiancheng, "You explain it to me clearly!" ”

Wu Tiancheng was not to be outdone, "Just talk about it, everyone knows that the more people buy something, the higher the price." The old Zhang Ge paid taxes and forced labor together with the silver, and the imperial court levied silver taels, so that the price of silver must rise. If I were a merchant and I had silver in my hand, I would wait until the autumn harvest and take out the silver and buy grain at fifty percent of the normal price, or even less. ”

Li Youzi frowned and said disdainfully: "The common people are not fools, will they sell it to you?" ”

"Hehe, the common people are not fools, but you forced them to be fools! The imperial court wants to collect money, they only have grain, and they do not sell it at a low price, in exchange for silver taels, how to deal with the wolf-like servants? ”

As soon as Wu Tiancheng's words fell, Han Dewang, as the representative of the small officials, couldn't help laughing, "Boss Wu, when the time comes, I will go down and force the people to pay taxes, you collect grain at a low price, let's join hands and make money for three or seven accounts, what do you think?" ”

"Okay!" Wu Tiancheng said with a smile: "When I control the grain, I will hoard it, and when the green and yellow are not available, I will lend it to the people at a high price, and I can make a profit." ”

As soon as the two of them sang and harmonized, the court officials present were dumbfounded, and some people jumped out and scolded them for being shameless, insidious, cunning, and hateful......

But some people are happy, Zhao Zhenji, and Zuodu Yushi Ge Shouli, are all conservative figures, they know that they want to debate, they all found Tang Yi, and they want to end up in person, and Zhang Juzheng and they reason, how do they know that Tang Yi is resolutely opposed, he said that this time it is a weapon deduction, talking on paper, and they want to play different roles. If they are all court officials, isn't it no different from the court council?

Tang Yi repeatedly assured them that he would definitely find a suitable candidate.

Zhao Zhenji and Ge Shouli were originally skeptical, but after listening to Wu Tiancheng and Han Dewang's words, they gave a thumbs up, and they were really a profit-seeking businessman and an evil official who oppressed the good!

They snorted at the gang of officials who jumped out, you are in a hurry to hold Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng's stinky feet, it's too early! We are still here, and we will definitely not let the law that harms the people pass.

Tang Yi's face sank, "Colleagues, today everyone has their own identities to play, they are just speaking from the standpoint of the role, and they can't be criticized." ”

Tang Yi glanced at Shen Shixing, who had not spoken, again, "What do you think?" ”

After Shen Shixing entered the Hanlin Academy, Tang Yi gave him and a number of Xinxue disciples a vacation, so that they could inspect the people's livelihood.

"The local people, men and women weave, village and town markets, barter, self-sufficient, except for salt, many people, hardly buy anything. They grow grain, raise chickens and ducks, spin coarse cloth, and the court collects grain, and they can get it, if they really collect silver, they are afraid that they will have to sell grain cheaply as Brother Wu said. Shen Shixing spread his hands out, very helpless. (To be continued.) )