"Your Majesty! In extraordinary times, do extraordinary things! Now Henan is starving, and the people have nothing, can you collect taxes if you want to? Instead of giving those corrupt officials, landlords and landlords an excuse to oppress the people, it is better to make a painful determination to exempt the tax burden, so that at least it can win the hearts of the people and relieve the pressure of the Ming Dynasty! ”

Liu Fan's painstaking persuasion made Chongzhen a little uncertain, not that Chongzhen was reluctant to bear the tax burden this year, but that he had other worries, not to mention what to do in the face of the opposition of the courtiers, just say that once this example is opened, other provinces will follow suit? You must know that in recent years, natural disasters have continued in the Ming Dynasty, and the province that has suffered from disasters is not only Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and the south of Zhili, which place has no disaster? Even in Jiangnan and other places, there are occasional disasters. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoHenan is exempt from Shanxi, what should Shaanxi do? You must know that the disaster situation in these two provinces is even more serious, and even several battles with the rogues were carried out in these two provinces! The most important thing is that this "head" has been seized by those civil officials, what should they do if they take the opportunity to seize power?

Seeing that Chongzhen was silent for a long time, Liu Fan's heart was in a hurry, and he couldn't help but open his mouth again to persuade, "Your Majesty!" When the judgment continues, but suffer from the chaos, you are the emperor's every word and deed is related to the safety of the people in the world, can some silver be more important than the lives of millions of people? If you really can't afford the money, can't you go out for them? I just hope that Your Majesty will be more sympathetic to the people, they are all your people! ”

As soon as the words came out, Liu Fan secretly screamed badly, he has been in the officialdom for so long, and he knows some things, what he said is the most taboo thing for the monarch! You don't see Shen Wansan, you are rich enough, reward the three armies for Lao Zhu, what will happen in the end? Although he understood it in his heart, Liu Fan couldn't help the impulse in his heart. The arrow is on the string and has to be sent. The words have already said this, in the face of the life and death of millions of people, even if he knows that he can't do it, Liu Fan has to fight, and the worst result is just to arouse a person's disgust and suspicion, although this person is the emperor!

Liu Fan's aggressive attitude made Chongzhen extremely angry, and his heart was even more angry, and he couldn't help but slap the table and shout, "Ridiculous!" You know what! Do you think I really care about that little bit of money? The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister! As a great tomorrow, I am rich all over the world, do I need to take food from the people? What are my worries, you know? Tax-free, tax-free, is simple to say, but all aspects involved, how huge is the impact? Can't you just let me think about it? ”

Chongzhen's shout alarmed the eunuchs and guards outside the hall, and when they heard the movement, everyone hurriedly rushed to the hall and surrounded Liu Fandao, "Your Majesty, don't panic, wait for the ministers to take down this thief!" ”

Chongzhen was even more angry when he heard this, picked up the cup in his hand, smashed it towards the leader of the guards, and shouted angrily, "Get out!" Did I let you in? What did I just tell you? Didn't you hear my order not to enter? ”

The leader of the guards knelt on the ground with a "poof", covered in cold sweat, and hurriedly pleaded for sin, "Weichen is dead, please forgive your majesty!" ”

Chongzhen snorted coldly, "I miss your escort, I will spare you this time, get out!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Your Majesty, the minister retires! The guards bowed down and withdrew from the hall, and when they left, the leader of the guards couldn't help but glance at Liu Fan, wondering what Liu Fan said to make His Majesty so angry.

Don't make such a fuss, whether it is Chongzhen or Liu Fan's anger has dropped, seeing Chongzhen still snorting angrily, Liu Fan was a little funny in his heart, but his face was expressionless and said, "Your Majesty, the minister you are worried about doesn't understand, and the minister doesn't need to know." But there is one thing that the minister knows! Change is life, and change is death. Sticking to the rules will not save the Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty, as the emperor, should be able to make trade-offs! Compared with the opposition of those civil ministers, the ministers felt that the people were more important. ”

Glaring at Liu Fan fiercely, Chongzhen snorted coldly, "You have many reasons, don't I know these truths?" Okay, okay, I don't bother to tell you more, since you want tax exemption and want to help the people. How about I leave this matter to you? ”

Leave it to me? Liu Fan was shocked in his heart, his face turned black in an instant, with his current pitiful prestige, who would bird him among those civil officials in the Ming Dynasty who were above the top? Chongzhen, this is completely chasing ducks to the shelves!

How could Liu Fan's face change escape Chongzhen's sight, seeing Liu Fan not answering for a long time, with a look of embarrassment on his face, Chongzhen was happy in his heart, and joked, "What?" Don't dare to speak? Didn't you just say it, go on? So you know it's not easy! ”

Liu Fan was helpless, smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, Shengming, the minister really can't do it!" ”

Seeing that Liu Fan was deflated, Chongzhen was in a good mood, and couldn't help but continue to sarcastically say, "I can't do it, it turns out that there are still things in this world that you Liu Jimin can't do, I still think you are omniscient and omnipotent!" ”

Liu Fan was shocked in his heart, Chongzhen's words were a little heavy, could it be that he was dissatisfied with himself a long time ago? Showing yourself too much? It seems that we will have to keep a low profile in the future. Thinking of this, Liu Fan couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, this is not a good sign, Chongzhen's dissatisfaction with him must be dispelled, Liu Fan was very anxious, his mind turned sharply, and he thought about how to break the situation. If you are sharp, you have to learn to hide your clumsiness, but how to hide it?

Liu Fan's heart lit up, and he suddenly had an idea, wouldn't it be okay to exaggerate the strength of the enemy and show his weakness? Expose his disadvantages to Chongzhen, so that his heart will be a little more balanced. After a pause, Liu Fan replied: "Your Majesty, Mingjian, the minister is actually not very smart, the reason why he seems to know a lot is actually just standing on the shoulders of giants to see the world. Your Majesty wants the ministers to give relief to the victims, not to mention that the ministers don't have so much food in their hands, even if they do, none of those local officials will really listen to my orders. Moreover, the best thing for Ming officials is to "drift" His Majesty allocated 10,000 taels of silver, and it would be good to have 100 taels left in the hands of the people. The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty cover each other and use each other through the relationship between teachers and students, fellow villagers, and clans in the same year, and the entanglement of interests is so huge and complex, how can an outsider interfere? ”

"That's it! All right! I know all this, I'm not confused, this kind of thing won't be handed over to you. Liu Fan's explanation Chongzhen's heart suddenly balanced a lot, Liu Fan is just an outsider, if he wants to gain a foothold in the Ming officialdom, he can't do it without decades of accumulated prestige. Therefore, Chongzhen knew very well that Liu Fan wanted to climb up, relying on his trust as the emperor, and his nature was no different from the emperor's domestic slave "eunuch". Would the emperor be afraid that the eunuchs would threaten his position? The answer is self-explanatory.

After thinking clearly, Chongzhen didn't bother to bother with Liu Fan, and said bluntly: "I am now asking you about the best way to exterminate the Liukou, not to listen to you." In the future, there will be less preaching and more facts, do you know? I'm the emperor, I don't need others to help me make decisions, I just need advice, understand? ”

Liu Fan suddenly realized, it turned out that the root was here, Liu Fan always thought that it would be easier to gain Chongzhen's trust and favor if he was more radical and enthusiastic, and he looked like he was wholeheartedly thinking about Daming, but he didn't expect to ignore the emperor's feelings. Although Wei Zheng is good, does Li Shimin really like him? What's more, Chongzhen is not Li Shimin. Liu Fan secretly said in his heart, it seems that he will really change his attitude in the future and learn how to be a courtier! (To be continued.) )