Chapter 600: Come Prepared
When Xu Chongguang, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Shang Shulin Zhenzhong of the household department heard this, they secretly cursed in their hearts: "What can't be levied, it's clear that I want to push your 'tax coupon'!" β
The opponent's hole cards, both sides know about it. Lu Chengqi, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun", understood that the civil officials wanted to suppress the military attachΓ©s, so he could not retreat. The dominance of either side of the civil and military forces is unfavorable to the control of the court situation. The way of the emperor is to balance, and the best thing is to stand on three legs. It's a pity that there are only civil and military officials in the court, no wonder the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the official history wanted to set up the east and west factories, that is, to create a three-legged momentum!
Lu Chengqi felt that it was completely unnecessary, because neither civil nor military officials belonged to the same camp as the emperor. The emperor himself is a force, and he is the strongest, but he is a little isolated. So as long as the emperor is in it and balances the civil and military officials, why not fear that they will unite, or fight against each other? Isn't this a three-legged stand, why bother to create another force, and then the emperor jumps out to watch the play!
The consequence of watching the drama in the Ming Dynasty in the official history was that the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party fought each other, and the military attache was completely reduced to a vassal. It's like the eldest brother and the second brother are fighting, and the third brother is killed, what a tragedy! If the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was smarter, more diligent, and firmly grasped the authority, where would the cabinet be so dominant that it would have to set up east and west factories to balance?
When Lu Chengqi was thinking, Tao Thoqing said again: "What does Your Majesty think about reducing the money and silver for water control in the Yellow River?" β
Lu Chengqi didn't think about it, and directly refused: "The Yellow River water control is a matter of a thousand years, and it is urgent!" Cutting the money and silver for water control, how to tell Li Jie? No, never. If you want to look at it, it is better to take out the pension money of the Qing family and use it for the first ......"
"Your Majesty, this matter must not be done!"
Before Lu Chengqi finished speaking, the Daqing Hall was fried. The civil and military officials of this meeting almost have no gray income, and they all count on getting the pension after resigning. To embezzle that pension, wouldn't it cost them their life? No, many officials who don't speak on weekdays have come out to oppose it.
Lu Chengqi pretended to be embarrassed: "If you don't take it out and use it, you won't be able to send out the money of the Qing family......"
"Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to take less money!"
Many officials began to express their stance painfully, they would rather take less now than have their pensions misappropriated, which is a lot of wealth!
Lu Chengqi saw them fall into the hub, smiled proudly in his heart, and said: "This is not necessary, I have a method, if it is operated well, there is no danger of the treasury being depleted." β
Xu Chongguang and Lin Zhenzhong glanced at each other, with the word helplessness written on their faces, and said in their hearts: "It's still here that should come." β
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you know how big my Dashun territory is?"
Lu Chengqi does not play cards according to common sense at all, if Su Shi is here, he must know that he will not only promote national bonds, but also develop Jiangnan.
"The territory of Dashun extends to the East China Sea in the east, the grassland in the north, the South China Sea in the south, and the Black Khan and Uighur States in the west, which is the largest of all dynasties." Seeing that they had the opportunity to show their faces, some civil officials hurriedly came out to pat Lu Chengqi's sycophants and said seriously.
Lu Chengqi nodded and said, "Yes, then I will ask all the Qing family again, where is the most prosperous place in Dashun?" β
"It's the Central Plains!"
This is something that three-year-olds know, and many ministers replied in unison.
"Yes, my Dashun has a vast territory, why is it that only the Central Plains is prosperous and has a large population? South of the Yangtze River, the land is much broader than the Central Plains, sparsely populated, dense water network, and many fertile fields. Lu Chengqi slowly said his thoughts, and at this time, the courtiers in the entire Daqing Hall stopped talking.
When Xu Chongguang heard this, his heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but come out and say: "Your Majesty means to make Jiangnan become the second Central Plains?" β
Lu Chengqi nodded and said, "Xu Shoufu really knows what I mean, yes, I do have this intention." Such a vast land, but there are no people; There are so many fertile fields, but grass is growing; Where the climate can grow twice a year, but no one grows rice, what a luxury and waste! I feel distressed, this is like begging for food with a golden bowl, and the treasury is less than tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue! β
Xu Chongguang said worriedly: "Your Majesty's intention to run Jiangnan is a good thing. It's just that the people of the Central Plains are willing to leave their hometowns? β
Lu Chengqi said with a smile: "As long as there is land, everything is not a problem. I have thought about it, since the Central Plains has a large population, there are always people who have no land and no land. Once there is a natural or man-made disaster, these people will certainly have little ability to resist the natural disaster, after all, they have no land. And Jiangnan is the most lacking in population and land, so I want to decree that if the land is reclaimed in the south of the Yangtze River, this land will be owned by this family, and one person is limited to five acres. Everyone, what do you think? β
Speaking of which, where does Xu Chongguang still not understand, Lu Chengqi came prepared? And his goal, I'm afraid, is not to issue any "tax coupons", but to develop Jiangnan! Seriously, Xu Chongguang doesn't care about this, he just beware that this political achievement should not fall into the hands of others, especially his political enemies. Don't look at him as the first assistant of the cabinet now, and the scenery is infinite, in fact, I don't know how many people covet his position. In the cabinet, which of the remaining eleven cabinet ministers is not ambitious and wants to replace him? Now they lack prestige and cannot threaten Xu Chongguang's position for the time being. If the little emperor supported one of them in order to balance the government, for example, he gave this person this political achievement in developing Jiangnan, then he would definitely be Xu Chongguang's successor.
To be honest, Xu Chongguang thinks that his body is still very strong, and it is no problem to stay in the position of the first assistant for another ten years. However, now his relationship with the little emperor is a little strained, and it is unknown whether he can last for ten years. So he can't let this achievement fall into the hands of political opponents, in that case he will be too passive. He would rather ruin the plan than let anyone else threaten his position. This is not that Xu Chongguang is selfish, but he believes that his ambitions can only be realized if he is in the position of the first assistant to the cabinet. The prerequisite is that he is also the first assistant to the cabinet.
Based on this, Xu Chongguang was the first to stand up and object: "The minister thinks this matter can't be done!" β
Lu Chengqi was a little surprised, he couldn't figure out why Xu Chongguang was the first to come out and object. Although this old man has some political disagreements with him, as long as it is beneficial to Dashun, he still supports it. This time, he was the first to jump out to oppose it, which surprised Lu Chengqi.
"Why did Xu Shoufu say that?"
Xu Chongguang said eloquently: "Your Majesty, if those who have land and land also come to reclaim the wasteland, wouldn't it be a mess?" Moreover, although Jiangnan is large, there must be millions of households without land in Dashun, and the fields in Jiangnan can be geometric, can they meet the needs of millions of households? Millions of families are pouring into Jiangnan, how will the local state capital be resettled? When the foreign population is large and there is a conflict with the local people, how can the local state government decide the case...... Have you ever considered these things? (To be continued.) )