Chapter 303: The Great Battle in the Court (2)

Liu Yanyuan scolded at the court meeting, beyond everyone's imagination, who is Liu Yanyuan? That is a timid and fearful person, who has only been the secretary of the military department for a few days now? This temper is like eating gunpowder, and it is extremely hot. Liu Yanyuan's move impressed the ministers present.

The scolded old courtier, who was smoking, pointed at Liu Yanyuan with a trembling finger, held his neck red, and couldn't speak.

Yang Gai sat on the throne, smiled and looked at the "debate" below, and felt interesting, this has just begun, this atmosphere is so warm, good show, good show

Liu Yanyuan was originally a timid and afraid of things, and it was impossible to have today's temper, but the emperor's "imperial party" had been in the "imperial party" for a period of time, knew many secrets of the emperor, had seen many arrangements of the emperor, and his confidence in the emperor had skyrocketed, and he had the certainty of victory in the Ming Dynasty to win the war against the Eastern Prisoners, and he was only bent on doing these things, and he wanted to become a major achievement in his tenure as the secretary of the military department.

Liu Yanyuan's beautiful counterattack caught the opposition off guard, originally thought that the imperial party was dominated by Sun Chengzong and Shi Fenglai, and many scenes were directed at Sun Chengzong, or Shi Feng, who knew that Liu Yanyuan, who had always been timid and fearful, was surprised by everyone's expectations and came to a rampage.

The atmosphere on this face suddenly arrived, the "arrogance" of the imperial party was steel, and many of the "soy sauce party" also cast approving glances at the imperial party, no matter what, this truth is occupied.

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"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the war between our dynasty and the Dongyu is life and death, to prevent the Dongyu from entering the customs, this matter has to be taken seriously, and it is also a major event related to the country's capital, and it should be supported, so the minister agrees with Liu Shangshu's words, however, the minister thinks that this matter has nothing to do with tax collection, and the defense of the Dongyu is to ask for money, not necessarily to collect taxes, and you can let the officials raise donations. These can be used to finance military expenses, so why do you have to collect taxes? "The opposition immediately came to a "bone-turning palm", no matter what heavy punch you use, I am just a soft ball of cotton, not forced, see what you do.

The soy sauce party standing in the back nodded again, this is not wrong, now His Majesty the Emperor is really "making money", and the Guozijian is in full swing, and the people who can't pass the Jinshi exam flock to the country, and they all enter the Guozijian, and by the way, they also put the money and usury to the people, this, I have to say, the emperor will "live".

Yang Gengai watched the debate with relish, which means that the two sides come and go.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that His Majesty just said the day before yesterday that the hundred officials raised donations, no, I think that the money of our dynasty is very low in the previous dynasties, if you let the hundred officials raise donations, the hundred officials are afraid that they will not be able to come up with any money, even if they take out the money, it is very little, how can they make up for the expenses of the war? Back then, in order to aid the DPRK, our dynasty spent millions of taels of silver...... "When it comes to the problem of money, the emperor party came out of the household servant Bi Ziyan.

This time, not only the soy sauce crowd, but even the people who support and oppose both sides nodded at the same time, this is absolutely right, this dynasty's Yulu is called a low, if you only rely on Yulu to live, Hai Rui's "advanced deeds" are in front of you, everyone donated a lot, where did this money come from? Isn't it self-confessing? Say you're embezzled? Or are you a god and don't have to eat? If you donate less, you can't take it, the price drops, and it doesn't work.

"......, although there is a lot of silver from the Guozi Supervisor, there are more than 100,000 yuan, but half of it has been distributed to His Majesty, and His Majesty has already used it as military expenses, and the other half has been given to Xu Ge Lao for disaster relief. Therefore, the minister thought that there seemed to be no hope in this regard...... "Bi Ziyan, as a household servant, the next Shangshu set by the emperor, naturally knows everything about money.

Bi Ziyan's words, many ministers are nodding, although this country has made a lot of money, but it has also been used in ideas, the emperor's half has been invested in the military, not to mention anything else, just the few people who entered Beijing to defend the Beijing division are the emperor's money, and the other half is disaster relief, which is even more understandable. ,

As soon as the debate began, this format was in favor of the imperialists, and the arrogance of the opposition suppressed the imperialists. The opposition began to get anxious, and this division was not good, and several generals were defeated. A group of people exchanged words for a while. Another "general" came out.

"Your Majesty, I think that we can increase the field tax in order to alleviate the current difficulties of our Ming Dynasty......" A villain threw a bombshell.

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were all shocked, didn't this opposition claim that the people were asking for their lives? Why, now let the emperor raise taxes? Everyone looked sideways.

Yang Reform also wondered, what is this opposition doing? It's just that you don't let yourself collect taxes, but now you let yourself raise taxes? What the?

"Guo Aiqing, I just increased the field tax this year, and it has increased a lot, close to one point, if the tax is increased again, won't this people have no way to live?" Yang Reform asked puzzledly, what is this Ministry of Household Shangshu Guo Yunhou doing? Stand in the opposition and speak for yourself? This should be standing in the imperial party

"Your Majesty, it is precisely because Your Majesty has raised taxes this year that the minister proposed that Your Majesty raise taxes again." Guo Yunhou said indifferently.

"What? What does that mean? Yang Gengai asked sternly, he was angry, he finally earned some fame, let you raise taxes three times twice, do you still need to mix with the emperor? It's no wonder that the people of the world don't scold themselves to death.

"Your Majesty, did you mean that Your Majesty didn't raise taxes this year? I got an extra four or five million taels of silver to go to disaster relief, and next year, will this disaster relief not need to use such a large amount of money? Your Majesty added nine cents this year, and next year, you only need to add four cents and five to get more than 2 million, with this more than 2 million taels of silver, Your Majesty will deal with Dongyu in the future, even if it is a perennial confrontation, it will be no big problem, Your Majesty said isn't it? Guo Yunhou said unhurriedly.

"This ......" not to mention, thanks to Guo Yunhou's reminder of the household secretary, Yang Gai realized that he did have such a sum of money, and this year he added four or five million taels of silver in taxes, in the name of disaster relief, and the ten million taels of silver for disaster relief is the budget of the entire disaster relief project, that is to say, next year, if the tax increase continues, you can get four or five million taels of silver, because the money does not need to be transferred to the disaster relief fund in the second year.

"What does Guo Aiqing mean?" Yang asked puzzled.

"Your Majesty, the minister means that you can take advantage of the gap when the tax has not yet been paid in the autumn of this year and order another three percent of the tax, so that you can get more than one million taels of silver for the war; You can tell the people that because you have paid an extra three percent tax this year, so by next year, you only need to pay four or five percent of the tax of the nine percent, so that you can pay three more percent this year, and you can pay four percent and five less next year, so that next year, the people can pay one and a half percent less tax, which is considered a preferential treatment for the people, so that the imperial court, Your Majesty can get money to save the emergency, and the people can also be regarded as getting some benefits...... I don't know what Your Majesty thinks? "Guo Yunhou, the head of the household book, is called a nest, the emperor pointed to a next household secretary, and a squire put his book in the air. He was aggrieved and hated and afraid of the emperor, and he didn't know if the idea was kind or black, anyway, I don't know what he thought.

Yang Reform is confused, is this a tax increase or a tax cut?

Add three percent this year, and reduce four percent and five percent next year, Yang Reform calculated for a long time, and he understood that this is a typical Mao eating grain, and this year's tax will be levied next year.

"Your Majesty, the minister opposes the increase in land tax this year." Someone in the imperial party spoke, and at first glance, it was the first assistant Shi Fenglai. This is a strange thing, and the pro-faction is opposed.

"Tell me why." Yang Gengai wondered, this debate will be held, and the pros and cons will switch positions.

"Your Majesty, my dynasty has never pre-levied the next year's field tax, I have been in the dynasty for more than 200 years, are a year to collect a year, there has never been only arrears of field tax, there has never been a pre-levy for the next year's rules, the rule set by Taizu is to save the people's power, for the benefit of the people, not to make the court persecute the people too much, if the matter is urgent to open this kind of opening, is it not a break to the rules set by the ancestors? Isn't it breaking the rules of my Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years? As soon as this opening is opened, how will the people look at Your Majesty? The order of the court is changed every day, Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely impossible, in Your Majesty, in the prestige of the court is not good, for more than one million taels of silver to put the reputation of Your Majesty and the court into it, it is not worth it" Shi Fenglai is confused about major things, and has no outstanding opinions, but for this kind of rules in the officialdom, the rules left over from the past dynasties, that is the door clear, what can be done, what can not be done, but it is very clear. ,

Yang Reform originally thought that Guo Yunhou's method of adding three percent this year and subtracting four percent and five percent next year was good, but now at a glance, it turns out that this kid is making bad taxes and harming himself, if it weren't for a well-known Shi Feng to remind him, he was afraid that he would be quick to speak for a while, so he agreed, and as soon as this opening was opened, the Kuomintang would have repeated the matter of taxes to the 21st century, and he might have ended the emperor's career in advance.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although this matter is a bit out of line, the people will not suffer, after all, in the next year, won't Your Majesty still charge them four and a half percent less? Isn't that another saving of one and a half cents? The people will definitely be happy, and the people will definitely support Your Majesty. "No one knows what Guo Yunhou thinks, anyway, this idea, it seems, is ambiguous, it is okay to say that it is a tax for next year, but it is okay to say that it is a preferential treatment for the people.

"You don't have to think about this method, the summer tax hasn't been put into storage yet, the autumn tax is completely put into storage, and it's going to be next year, I'm just waiting for the rice to go to the pot now, I can't wait." Yang Gengai didn't have the heart to discern what Guo Yunhou was thinking, so he simply refused because he didn't have time to do so.

"Your Majesty, the minister dares to ask, should next year's tax increase be reduced? After all, there is no need for disaster relief next year, even if His Majesty wants money to go to war, he does not need to collect that high, two million taels is enough, and the minister thinks that His Majesty should save people's power and put the people first. Guo Yunhou didn't know what he was thinking, and asked for next year's land tax to be reduced.

Yang Reform was about to vomit blood. This Guo Yunhou, is he specifically against himself? I have just found out about my income next year, and before I have time to be happy, you are going to cut taxes, isn't this sincere and difficult to get along with me? That's more than four million taels of silver

Yang Reform said with a dark face and a corrupt expression: "Let's talk about this matter next year, and today, I will only discuss the tax increase." Yang was hit by Guo Yunhou's blow, and his eyes were full of stars, next year's income of more than four million taels, if no one talks much, I'm afraid no one will pay attention to the more than four million taels of silver, and now Guo Yunhou said that this income is exposed, and I don't know how many people will stare at this money and nag about this money in the future. If the commercial tax has not been confiscated, I am afraid that the land tax will be reduced by a large margin.

After listening to the dialogue between the emperor and Guo Yunhou, many ministers nodded, looking like this, this income, it is indeed necessary for the emperor to give an explanation, it must be beneficial to the people, and after today's war, this tax increase is over, next time, hold a debate and let the emperor reduce taxes.

After Guo Yunhou's words were finished, he continued to stand in the opposition camp with a calm look.

Guo Yunhou's set for the emperor can be said to be deep, Yang Reform is very helpless, and he can't have opinions on others viciously, and he has to maintain his demeanor and demeanor...... If you attack Guo Yunhou now, you will definitely have a reputation for retaliation. Guo Yunhou, the seat of Shangshu, I am afraid that he will have to sit for a while. Yang Gai found that in this court, it is not as simple as he thought, open arrows are easy to dodge, and hidden arrows are difficult to defend against In this world, not only can he dig pits, but many ministers are also masters of digging pits.

Yang Reform is sad, the tax has not been added, and the field tax is about to fall down a large block, which is sad, sure enough, the tax is not easy to add

The following debate continues.

The two sides come and go, each using their own tricks, and they have won and lost each other, but Yang Reform is very happy to see it.

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A little eunuch probed his head outside the door, and when he saw that the hall was noisy, he hesitated whether to go in or report it, and his head shrank out.

After a while, a eunuch quietly came to Wang Chengen's side and whispered in Wang Chengen's ear for a while.

Wang Chengen listened, frowned, and whispered to the emperor's side: "Your Majesty, the hundred officials standing outside to His Majesty Dan have already fainted a few times, the sun outside is too big, and many officials can't stand it, Your Majesty doesn't see it?" "Wang Chengen got the news, the sun outside is too big, a few people died of sunburn, and if it goes on like this, there are really people who are sunburned to death, and now, but it is the hottest time of the year in June, and His Majesty Dan is a bare stone step, without a trace of covering, and where to hide, today's sun is also extraordinarily scorching.

"Oh?" Yang Gengai was surprised.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, Xiao Suzi just reported that he had fainted several times, and many ministers were sweating profusely, and I am afraid that I have to find a cool place to rest, otherwise, I am afraid that something will happen" Wang Chengen explained. ,

"Yes, I see." Yang Reform nodded, he really should be sympathetic, the sun is so big outside, Yang Reform can feel the hot heat wave even in this Taihe Gate.

"Stop," Yang shouted.

The ministers who were debating fiercely all looked at the emperor to see why the emperor had called it a halt.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the ministers have just reported that the hundred officials standing on His Majesty Dan have fainted several times because the sun is too scorching." Yang Gai said.

The ministers suddenly felt that the sun in this summer was really poisonous, although they were in the Taihe Gate, there was a tall hall to cover them, but it was still very hot, and many people were sweating, only to remember, there was a group of low-level officials outside, because of the limited space in this hall, even if the emperor was considerate of everyone and let many people come to the hall to escape the wind and rain, it was impossible for all the people to enter the hall.

"Companion, send an order to His Majesty Dan's officials outside to avoid the sun, anyway, today is not a formal court meeting, let them stand in the shade under the eaves and listen." In the spirit of humanitarianism, Yang reformed officials who were exposed to the sun to hide from the sun.

"Yes...... His Majesty has a decree, and the officials standing with His Majesty Dan should go to the shade under the eaves of the main hall to avoid the ...... of the sun and listen to the debate. Wang Chengen first agreed, and then made a loud announcement.

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After a while, those officials of His Majesty Dan all ran under the eaves to avoid the sun, Yang Reform almost burst into laughter when he saw it, these officials, that tanned, some people even had salt grains on their faces. It can be called "Bao Qingtian".

These officials who have been granted permission by the emperor and hid under the eaves of Taihemen are called a sad heart, originally just wanted to see the excitement, where they know that this day is too poisonous, and they will actually stun people, and they also begin to miss the good coming of the previous early dynasty, the previous early dynasty, although the third watch in the middle of the night had to get up and rush to the Forbidden City, the weather was very cold, but people were afraid of heat and not afraid of cold, and they could wear more clothes when it was cold, but what about it? You can't even peel off the skin, can you? Today's new emperor, changed the rules of the early dynasty, the morning sun comes out before the morning dynasty, good is good, no need to get up in the middle of the night, winter does not have to suffer from the cold, but ......, in the summer, this day, also poisoned a little, not yet at noon, just stun several, weekdays in the morning morning time is short, do not think, today is a little longer, the problem is exposed.

The ministers in the main hall were disgusted ......, and along with these people who came to avoid the sun, there was a smell of sweat......