Chapter 424: The Eunuch Rises

After counting all the transcripts, only a dozen people, including Wei Guangwei, a scholar, Cui Chengxiu, a secretary of the military department, Hong Fuyi, a political envoy, and Deng Wentong, the director of the Fujian Qing Officials Division of the Ministry of Households, did not write to attack Xu Zhi.

In particular, Deng Wentong wrote in the twists and turns that the finances have reached the point where it is unsustainable, and asked the emperor to open up sources and reduce expenditure, and listed eighteen measures, each of which is to the point.

Apocalypse felt a strong sense of powerlessness in the face of the mountain of transcripts.

A mere Yan Shenggong just took the shop of the Kong family and counted the land and property that was annexed privately. This alone angered the Manchu Dynasty Wenchen to complain for the Kong family, and he was eager to exterminate the nine clans, drink blood and eat meat.

But what about the Ming Dynasty, there was a huge deficit of five million taels in the past year, and there were fires everywhere, internal and external troubles, and these people never knew how to find a way.

said that he was to Jun Yao Shun, but the monarch will never be as good as the Taoist in their hearts! Yes, there is a thousand-year-old Taoist system, and there is no thousand-year-old court, even if it is a change of dynasty, Yan Shenggong has always been safe and sound, on the contrary, the more he lives, the more nourishing he is.

As for those Confucius and Mencius, I didn't see that they were all martyred, most of them still changed their courts, continued to eat and drink spicy food, and counted on these people to serve the Ming Dynasty......

As if he had penetrated some mystery, Tianqi's face turned red, and he paced back and forth on the ground, and kept muttering: "Such a courtier, such a courtier......"

"The old slave sees the master, long live the master." Wei Zhongxian prostrate on the ground and kowtowed.

"Get up." Tianqi reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "Wei Daban, the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty have written a book, do you know?" ā€

"Master, the old slave has heard about it." Wei Zhongxian bowed down and said: "There is a lot of discussion in Beijing, and they all say that Xu Zhi, the governor of Shandong, is too much, insults Sven, and wants to punish him. ā€

"Humph! Sure enough, they all spoke in unison! Tianqi flicked his sleeves and suddenly asked, "Wei Daban, I heard that before you entered the palace." Is it hard at home? ā€

Wei Zhongxian burst into tears, knelt on the ground, and cried bitterly: "Master, the old slave's family is poor. The daughter-in-law couldn't stand the poverty and ran away first. Later, the daughter was so hungry that she screamed, and the old slave was ruthless, so she gave it to someone else. Later, I couldn't survive. I gave myself a knife. Fortunately, I entered the palace and served my master, so I have today. Every qiē of the old slave is given by the master, and the old slave is a loyal old dog of yours! ā€

Apocalypse let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile: "Wei Daban, his wife is separated, and he sells his sons and daughters, it's really not a lie!" I heard that there is no one in a hundred who can enter the palace, and those nameless whites who can't enter are even more miserable! The Son of Heaven is like this in the last period, and by extension. I have two capitals and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty, and how many people are in dire straits, and the day is precarious. There were Jiannu rebellions in eastern Liaoning, Tusi in the southwest, famine in the provinces of the Central Plains, and the White Lotus Sect fanning the flames. My Ming dynasty is already full of holes, and the wind and rain are shaking! ā€

Syllable!

The apocalypse slammed on the table of the red sandalwood, shaking the music book on it and falling down. The little eunuch hurriedly squatted down and reached out to pick it up.

"Don't pick it up!" Apocalypse gritted his teeth and said, "My courtiers only have their saints, and there is no emperor!" Xu Aiqing was not wrong to punish the Yansheng Mansion. Not only that's right, but it's also a great achievement! ā€

Wei Zhongxian served the apocalypse, and he had never seen him so angry.

Peeking at Zhang Ye, who was there with the old god on the side, Jiu Qiansui couldn't help but feel a cool breath in his heart. What the hell did this guy say. Make the emperor angry like this!

As the lackey of the Son of Heaven, Wei Zhongxian did not hesitate, and hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The master's kindness and compassion for all the people are the blessings of the common people in the world. ā€

"Wei Daban, I want to clear the acres of land again. Cracking down on the giant room, Xu Zhi made a good start, starting from Shandong first, and asked the Kong family to spit out all the acres and return them to the people. ā€

Wei Zhongxian couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, how easy is it to clear the acres of fields!

Not to mention the gentry represented by the Confucian family, even among the ceremonial supervisors, except for Zhang Ye, the other four Bingbi have more than 100,000 acres of fertile land in Beizhili. Moreover, the feudal kings scattered all over the country are the biggest landlords, the king of Lu in Shandong, the king of Fu in Henan, who does not have millions of acres of fertile land.

If you really want to clear the acres of land, you will only be like Zhang Juzheng back then, and you will stab the hornet's nest. Even the emperor with a half-immortal body can't afford the consequences!

"Master, the old slave thinks this is absolutely impossible."

Apocalypse's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he said faintly, "What? Wei Daban is also afraid? ā€

Wei Zhongxian knelt and climbed half a step, kowtowing to the ground: "Master, the old slave's dog life is yours, how can you be afraid, it's just that the old slave thinks that Qingzhang Tian can't do anything!" ā€

Apocalypse frowned, didn't say a word, and there was a deathly silence in the hall.

Zhang Ye suddenly stood up, knelt down and said: "Master, Gonggong Wei is seeking the country's words, clearing the acres of land and redefining the land endowment, the impact is very wide, and it cannot be done lightly." However, the imperial court's finances have reached the verge of collapse, as Xu Zhongcheng said, the local people own less than one percent of the land, but they have to bear ten percent of the land endowment, and if this continues, the beacons everywhere are irreversible! The old slave has the courage to build yƬ, and the master can follow the example of his predecessors, dispatch tax supervisors and mine supervisors, collect road taxes, reclaim gold and silver minerals, and increase income! ā€

Wei Zhongxian's eyes lit up, this method is much more reliable than Qingzhang Tianmu.

"Master Qi, what Gonggong Zhang said is very true, and the old slave seconded it!"

Apocalypse was silent for a long time and nodded heavily.

……

Just when the Manchu ministers were waiting for news and severely punished Xu Zhi. Suddenly, there were two central decrees without the cabinet, the first of which was to order the celebrant to send mine supervisors and eunuchs to the southeastern provinces, set up additional checkpoints, and collect taxes. The second is to promote Xu Zhi to the left deputy capital envoy, still serving as the governor of Shandong, cleaning up and annexing, and appeasing the people.

These two decrees were issued, and the capital suddenly went crazy!

The mine supervisor and the tax supervisor were finally canceled after Wanli's death, and now they have been sent out again, not to mention that the previous achievements have been abandoned, Wei Zhongxian is much more fierce than the eunuchs in the Wanli period, and the collection must have increased exponentially, which is equivalent to grabbing meat from the hands of the gentry and wealthy businessmen, how can they agree!

And the second one is even more ridiculous, everyone asked for punishment, but the emperor instead promoted Xu Zhi from the imperial history of the capital to the deputy imperial envoy, this mouth really hurts!

The capital was boiling in an instant, almost all the officials couldn't sit still, and everyone connected in series, some wanted to jointly write a letter asking the emperor to retract his will, and some threatened to kill Xu Zhi and prevent him from going to Shandong.

The strongest reaction was the six section officials, under the leadership of the section chief Mao Shilong, they used the power to refute and return to the central order.

This is also a power given by Zhu Yuanzhang to the six branches, in order to prevent future generations from doing misdeeds, but the old Zhu Quan has knowledge, and he is afraid that he will be angry and cancel this fatal power.

However, although the Sixth Branch was able to reject the appointment of Xu Zhi, it could not prevent the mine supervisor and the tax supervisor, and Lao Wei used the men and horses of Dongchang and Jinyiwei to escort the mine supervisor and tax supervisor south.

The most important of them are Jiangnan, Suzhou and Hangzhou, but Wei Zhongxian never dreamed that his decision would lead to a riot that shook the world...... (To be continued.) )xh118