"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." After a bow, Zhu Youxiao shouted a flat body, and the early dynasty began. Zhu Youzheng wanted to ask about the financial situation, and the officials below began to tear up.

Yu Shi Jia Jichun played and impeached the Donglin Party officials for interfering in the emperor's family affairs without authorization, forcing Li Xuanbei to move the palace, so that Li Xuanbei was holding the emperor's eighth sister and wanted to throw himself into the well.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Chaorui from the Donglin Party jumped out to refute, and a tearing war appeared in the court. Both sides are frantically slamming pots on each other's heads.

It turned out that before Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, there was a palace transfer case. When Zhu Changluo died, Li Xuanzhi lived in the Qianqing Palace, and then a group of Donglin Party members snatched Zhu Youxiao out of the Qianqing Palace and supported Zhu Youxiao to ascend the throne. Li Xuanzhi occupied the Qianqing Palace and did not leave, and was later driven out of the Qianqing Palace by the Donglin Party and Wang An, Li Xuanzhi walked into the cold palace on foot, and then suddenly caught fire, although the people were rescued, but it was rumored that Li Xuanzhi was going to throw himself into the well.

At this time, the focus of the dispute between the two sides was whether Li Xuanzhi effectively imitated Wu Zetian's intention to listen to the government, and the Donglin Party insisted that Li Xuanzhi intended to emulate Wu Zetian, while Jia Jichun accused the Donglin Party of being alarmist.

"Emperor Qiqi, Jia Jichun is so partial to Li Xuan, I am afraid that Li Xuan is a fellow party in the court, please ask the emperor to send Jia Jichun to prison for questioning." Yang Lian, the saint warrior of the Donglin Party, jumped out and asked Zhu Youxiao.

Xibei Zhu Youxiao doesn't know much about the inside story, but if you want to come to Donglin to support him to take the throne, they are all great loyal ministers!

"What Aiqing said is reasonable, come and put Jia Jichun in prison for questioning." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, and the head of the cabinet below looked gloomy and sighed softly.

The controversy over the palace removal case came to an end for the time being, and Zhu Youxiao began to inquire about the state finance. Li Ruhua, the secretary of the household department, replied, "This year, the income of the household department is 21 million stones. In addition, the salt tax was 2.3 million taels, plus gold and silver, and a total of 3.8 million taels of silver was added to the Tai warehouse. In addition, Jiangnan also owed the imperial court two million taels of taxes such as salt tax, gold and silver, and had not been paid. ”

"What about the expenses?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"In terms of expenditure, the field endowment is basically used for the distribution of rice from the clan, the honorable and noble rice, and the rice of the hundred officials. Taicang into the silver, then used for the nine sides and Liaodong military salary. This year, a total of 5.2 million taels of military salaries were spent in Jiubian and Liaodong, and there was still a deficit of 500,000 taels, and it was necessary to transfer silver taels from internal funds. Li Ruhua said.

"What? It also has to be transferred from the internal treasury, which now has less than 30,000 taels of silver left. Zhu Youxiao was dumbfounded, Li Ruhua was silent, in the past, the Wanli Emperor relied on the eunuchs in the palace to collect mineral water, operate the Huangzhuang, the Huangdian or something, the annual internal income is relatively high, and a lot of military expenses in the three major expeditions of Wanli are from the internal funds.

As soon as the Wanli Emperor died, the mining tax was naturally abolished. Huangdian also stopped collecting tolls on past business travelers, and it was inevitable that there would be no money inside.

Zhu Youxiao also wanted to get some silver from the Tai Warehouse to spend, but he didn't expect that the Tai Warehouse was poorer than the internal treasury, and there was even a deficit of 500,000 taels of silver.

What a hairy yarn!

By the way, the Ming Dynasty did not levy commercial taxes. It seems that the crux is here, Zhu Youxiao figured out the problem, so he said to the hundred officials: "The imperial court's finances are tight, in my opinion, some commercial taxes should be levied, otherwise how can the country be maintained?" ”

"The emperor thinks twice, light commercial tax is the ancestral law of our dynasty, and the emperor must not compete with the people for profit." At this time, Yang Lian, Zhou Jiamo, **Xing and other Donglin Party members jumped out one after another.

"How can we talk about the same day at this time and that time." Zhu Youxiao argued, and at the same time wondered in his heart, do these ministers have a problem with their brains? How can you be so stupid! The imposition of a commercial tax is a matter of course and the best way to improve the central government's finances, so why oppose it?

"Your Majesty, it is not easy for private businessmen to operate, there is no money to be made, if the commercial tax is levied again, not only will the businessmen not be able to survive, but also will lead the price of goods to rise, and the people will inevitably have no livelihood." ** Star Songs. Other Donglin Party members knelt on the ground and shouted: "The ancestral law is immutable, please think twice." ”

This scene seemed to have been trained, and the Donglin Party members shouted in unison, unanimously opposing the commercial tax, which made Zhu Youxiao almost faint on the spot. There was a wail in my heart, who are these people?

Zhu Youxiao trembled with anger, and his fingers tightly grasped the armrest of the dragon chair.

Is it not easy for a businessman to operate? Will the imposition of a commercial tax make the people miserable? So why not levy a commercial tax, and the people will be miserable at the end of the Ming Dynasty?

For the traverser Zhu Youxiao, this is simply the most bizarre remark he has ever heard in his life. From the perspective of modern people, the non-collection of commercial taxes is the most terrible, which often means that businessmen will grab a lot of wealth, and form a strict social gap between the rich and the poor, which is the fundamental problem of the people's livelihood! Why don't these righteous Donglin Party members understand such a simple truth?

Are you pigs?

Zhu Youxiao saw that almost eighty percent of the civil officials knelt down to oppose the imposition of commercial taxes. Those officials who did not oppose it did not dare to stand up for his commercial tax.

This, what's going on?

Isn't the emperor supreme and can do whatever he wants? How is it that even the collection of a business tax is such a huge obstacle?

A lot of confusion made Zhu Youxiao feel that his brain was not enough. Zhu Youxiao, who is a science graduate student and doesn't know much about human affairs, will be stunned for a while and can't figure out what is going on.

Zhu Youxiao, who intended to levy commercial taxes to improve the difficult financial situation of the central government, did not expect such a situation at all, and he was suddenly in no mood to go to court early, so he left with his sleeves up for a while.

When the eunuch on the side saw this, he hurriedly shouted: "Retreat!" ”

There was silence below, no official shouted long live, Zhu Youxiao turned his head, and vaguely saw the indifferent and cold gaze in the eyes of those civil officials who stood up.

Back in the Heart Cultivation Palace, the palm print eunuch Wang An came in with his hind feet.

"Your Majesty, I heard that you want to collect a commercial tax?" Wang An asked straight to the point, Zhu Youxiao nodded, and asked strangely, "What?" You don't feel right too? ”

"With all due respect, commercial taxes must not be levied. Emperor Shenzong just collected the mining tax, and the world was about to be in chaos. If the emperor collects the commercial tax, won't the people in the world make a living, and the Ming Dynasty will be in danger! Wang An said eagerly, Zhu Youxiao was also drunk, and asked rhetorically: "Then increasing the land endowment to the peasants, won't the people have a bad life?" ”

"My Daming Tianfu is very low, and it is not a big problem to increase the income of Tianfu a little." Wang An's face was taken for granted, which made Zhu Youxiao suddenly realize something. With a blank face, he said to Wang An: "I'm tired, I'm going to rest." ”

"Yes, the minions are retired." Wang An saw that Zhu Youxiao was impatient, and hurriedly retreated. Early in the morning, Zhu Youxiao was naturally not tired, but he was about to cry because of the intelligence of the ministers.

At this time, Li Jinzhong ran in.

"Your Majesty, I heard that you mentioned that you wanted to levy a commercial tax in the early dynasty?" Li Jinzhong came in and asked Zhu Youxiao, and before Zhu Youxiao could answer, Li Jinzhong said eagerly: "Your Majesty, this commercial tax must not be levied~!" ”

"Li Jinzhong, are you like the Donglin Party, are you all pig brains? The benefits of a commercial tax are so simple that you can't see it? Zhu Youxiao was really angry, feeling that if he continued like this, his IQ would definitely be forcibly lowered by this group of people.

"Your Majesty, the Donglin Party is not stupid. Everyone knows the benefits of commercial taxes, and now the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty are also understood by the Donglin Party. Li Jinzhong shook his head and said, Zhu Youxiao was stunned, and asked puzzledly: "Then why do they oppose the levy of commercial taxes?" ”

"Because Donglin Academy was funded by Jiangnan merchants, Jiangnan merchants passed guò Donglin Academy and cultivated a large number of scholars who worked for them. Therefore, it is not that the Donglin Party people are unaware of the benefits of commercial taxes to the country, but they first think not about the benefits of the country and the imperial court, but about the benefits of merchants. Li Jinzhong said, "So if the emperor wants to levy a commercial tax, the Donglin Party will naturally never agree." ”

"The Donglin Party is like this?" Zhu Youxiao was shocked, this was completely different from what was recorded in the history books, he didn't know that the history of the Ming Dynasty was actually repaired by the Donglin Party who surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty. However, Zhu Youxiao immediately calmed down and said: "What if the Donglin Party is against it, I want to levy commercial taxes, can they still stop it?" ”

"Your Majesty, Emperor Wanli also wants to collect commercial taxes, but in the end? can only rely on the ministers (eunuchs) to go out of the palace to collect a little mining tax, and there is no way to start with the comprehensive collection of commercial tax. And Your Majesty, have you forgotten how the first emperor died? Li Jinzhong said suddenly, making Zhu Youxiao look stunned, Li Jinzhong continued: "Although the first emperor withdrew the mining tax after ascending the throne, he and the first assistant Fang Congzhe agreed to collect the commercial tax by the imperial court. As a result, the first emperor died less than a month after he succeeded to the throne. Immediately after that, the Donglin Party snatched the emperor from the Qianqing Palace to the Wenhua Palace, just to manipulate the emperor, if you forcibly collect commercial taxes now, maybe you will also be assassinated! ”

"What, what?" Zhu Youxiao was shocked, and hurriedly asked Li Jinzhong: "You mean that the Donglin Party assassinated the first emperor?" ”

Li Jinzhong nodded, this news was like a thunderclap for Zhu Youxiao.

"Am I just a puppet emperor?" This thought flashed through his mind, and Zhu Youxiao vaguely felt that his situation really didn't seem to be good.