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When Zhang Fengyi's letter with a joyful tone was delivered to Huai'an, Zheng Xunrui's emotions exploded instantly. ∮，

The matter of collecting arrears of taxes was first proposed by the Donglin Party, and the environment was after the emperor cleared the eunuch party, the Donglin Party put forward the strategy together, as well as the exemption of many commercial and trade taxes, under the banner of course, hiding the wealth from the people, and it was precisely because of the strategy put forward by the Donglin Party people that the country and the people had caused the Ming Dynasty to be crumbling and went to extinction.

Even Wei Zhongxian knew the suffering of the common people, and when he was in power, he would never increase the burden on the people, and a large part of the fundamental conflict between Wei Zhongxian and the Donglin Party was that Wei Zhongxian made up his mind from the scholars and merchants in order to fill the treasury, and levied a large number of commercial and trade taxes, which led to a fierce backlash from the Donglin Party.

Such an example also existed before, Zhang Juzheng back then, also made a fuss about trade and taxation, so that the treasury was full, but unfortunately, Zhang Juzheng died young, and the policies he implemented also encountered the crazy counterattack of bureaucrats and scholars, and finally ended up in the tragedy of ruining his family.

One of the simplest comparisons is that when Wei Zhongxian was in power, not only did not increase the burden of the people, but also allocated silver taels to repair ditches and rivers, but after the Donglin Party was reused by the emperor, for more than ten years, the imperial court did not allocate a tael of silver to repair the ditches and rivers, but on the contrary, it increased the burden of the people.

On the other hand, in order to safeguard the interests of Jiangnan scholars and merchants, the Donglin Party also used the slogan of hiding wealth from the people to reduce or even reduce taxes on commerce and trade on a large scale, resulting in a significant reduction in the revenue of the government treasury.

Donglin Party members safeguard their own rights and interests. Regardless of the lives and deaths of the people, the matter of collecting taxes was exposed.

Zheng Xunrui's biggest opinion on the Donglin Party is also in this place, as for the later party disputes and other matters, it is not an uncommon thing. Anyway, this kind of thing has happened in all dynasties, but the party struggle at the end of the Ming Dynasty was too fierce, and it has directly threatened the stability of the country.

It is also the analysis of many aspects that makes Zheng Xunrui determined to work against the Donglin Party, and he must fundamentally shake the foundation of the Donglin Party, and even completely exterminate the Donglin Party, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in the hands of the Donglin Party sooner or later, and the gods will not be able to save it.

After serving as the governor of Caoyun. Zheng Xunrui is laying the foundation step by step, and is ready to start in the second half of the year, who knows that at this time, the cabinet actually decided to start collecting the arrears of taxes over the years.

From the first year of Chongzhen to ten years, countless natural disasters occurred in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and the disasters in the north were particularly tragic, which led to the complete bankruptcy of the people in the north, and the people in the south were also in danger. For the common people in the north, survival has become the biggest problem. There have been scenes of selling children and even cannibalism, and countless people have starved to death.

This is typical**, natural disasters plus**. Isn't it to cut off the foundation of the Ming Dynasty?

This decision of the cabinet is a decision to self-destruct the foundation, and it is a decision to push the Ming Dynasty to a rapid demise.

Zheng Xunrui can't stand by and watch, he knows the pain of the people, even if it's Shaanxi Province, which he is trying his best to protect. Every year, hundreds of thousands of stone grain is also needed to ensure the basic food and clothing of the people, at this moment, the Liukou is in Shanxi, Henan, Huguang and Sichuan, once the holy decree of arrears of taxes is collected, that is to help the Liukou to the greatest extent, and the north will once again be completely plunged into turmoil.

Zheng Xunrui doesn't want to see a chaotic world, doesn't want to see the people pay a heavy price, and such a situation is a heavy blow to Zheng Jiajun and him, once there are riots in various places, Caoyun will suffer great obstacles, Fuzhou Penglai and Shaanxi and other places, there will be great difficulties in transporting grain.

These places are the foundation of Zheng Xunrui, and they must not be messed up.

Under the nest, how can there be eggs, this simplest truth, Zheng Xunrui still understands, he is not so short-sighted, he can't see anything for his own interests.

Xu Wanghua entered the Donglin Book House, carefully read Zhang Fengyi's letter, and after listening to Zheng Xunrui's suggestion, he was silent for a while, and Zheng Xunrui did not urge Xu Wanghua to speak his opinion.

A full quarter of an hour passed before Xu Wanghua spoke.

"Your Excellency is thinking of writing a recital of impeachment, subordinates think it is inappropriate, the letter is written by Lord Zhang, and the cabinet of lords is surprisingly unanimous, all agree to levy arrears of agricultural taxes, if you are clearly opposed, the pressure is not small, the price paid is not small, it is possible that after the impeachment, the Lord will offend the cabinet deputy Lord Zhang and the cabinet minister Lord Yang, Lord Zhang is in charge of the military department, naturally thinking about building Dalinghe City, so that the Guanningjin defense line is more stable, perhaps in other aspects, It is inappropriate to consider it, if the adults publicly refute the faces of Lord Zhang and Lord Yang, the end may be to lose all the support of the capital, and at that time, the situation of the adults and Zheng Jiajun will be even more difficult. ”

Xu Wanghua said that it is indeed considered from the perspective of Zheng Jiajun and the overall situation of Huaibei, if Zheng Xunrui strongly opposes the collection of arrears of agricultural taxes, or even direct impeachment, while offending all the adults in the cabinet, he may not be able to successfully stop it, after all, Zheng Xunrui is in Huai'an, not in the capital, and the strength of impeachment and suggestions is not enough.

Of course, Xu Wanghua is aware of Zheng Xunrui's worries, the drawbacks of collecting arrears of taxes are obvious, I am afraid that it will provoke more people to rebel, and the government in the process of collecting taxes, wantonly increasing the fire consumption, making the people even more unbearable.

"Mr. Xu, do you think I can't put forward any opinions on the matter of collecting arrears of taxes?"

"That's not it, the subordinates think that the adults can directly write a secret letter to the emperor, stating what problems may arise in the collection of arrears of taxes, so that the emperor can finally make a decision."

Zheng Xunrui shook his head slightly, in fact, his heart, the judgment of the emperor, has a rough outline, although the emperor is exhausted, but unfortunately he is ambitious, can not deal with the problem calmly, and the suspicion is very serious, the temper and personality are obviously extreme, when you believe in a person, you can't wait to take off your pants to others, when you don't believe it, you don't ask about it, you ruthlessly suppress or even exterminate it, this kind of child's character has made some people of insight feel disappointed.

In fact, the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party of Zhejiang, which exist in the DPRK, have already had very complex contradictions, and the emperor controls the power of many parties on the one hand, and uses the contradictions between the parties to control the situation on the other hand, which cannot be regarded as very wrong, but it requires the emperor himself to have extraordinary ability, to accurately foresee any problems and correct them in time.

The emperor does not have this ability, so this approach is to draw a tiger into an anti-dog.

Zheng Xunrui can be sure that the secret letter he wrote to the emperor has no effect, but may be used by the emperor to balance the relationship between ministers and achieve the goal of controlling the overall situation.

In order to prevent the decision to levy tax arrears, the only way to prevent the decision to levy arrears of taxes is to make an accurate analysis from a rational point of view, point out the huge drawbacks, and then get the support of the majority of the people in the DPRK and China, so that the matter discussed by the cabinet can be put to rest.

But in doing so, Zheng Xunrui will definitely offend everyone in the cabinet.

Comparatively speaking, such a situation is even more unfavorable to him Zheng Xunrui.

The imperial court passed the collection of arrears of taxes, and the impact will slowly erupt in a short period of time, and the commotion will not appear in a short time, but if it offends all the adults in the cabinet, Zheng Xunrui is afraid that in the shortest possible time, he will be in an extremely disadvantageous situation.

The lesser of two powers.

After thinking about it carefully, Zheng Xunrui finally decided to compromise, which was his first compromise.

"Mr. Xu, what you said is very reasonable, if I forcibly impeach, it will not help, besides, in the imperial court, some adults are eyeing me, I can't wait for me to have any problems, so I flock to impeachment, I received a letter from Lord Liu Zongzhou a few days ago, I am very emotional, Lord Liu is worthy of being a great Confucian, and he still has his own bottom line to see the problem, and he hates the practice of the fourth prince, and he hates it, it is a pity that a great Confucian like Lord Liu is only a small part of the Donglin Party members."

"As for the matter of writing a secret fold to the emperor, forget it, but I still have to express my own views on the collection of arrears of agricultural taxes, and it is still okay to express it in general."

Xu Wanghua nodded, he also understood some of Zheng Xunrui's concerns.

"My subordinates feel that the adults might as well reply to Mr. Zhang, and when it comes to worrying about the aspect, as for whether Mr. Zhang can understand, then I can't influence it."

After Xu Wanghua left the Donglin Book House, Zheng Xunrui's expression was very bad and he paced in the room.

This kind of being controlled by others is very uncomfortable, knowing that the court may have to make a wrong decision, but it is not possible to openly oppose it, because this is a practice of hitting a stone with an egg, which will cause great harm to itself, but if you don't stop it, the people will suffer, and there may be great turmoil in the future.

Could it be that the stormy Ming really wants to fall down in the midst of natural disasters and **.

Is it true that the fate of history is irreversible?

Zheng Xunrui looked at the map on the table and let out a long sigh, since he couldn't stop what was happening in the imperial court, he began to bury his head in what he had to do, and gather the greatest strength in the shortest possible time. (To be continued......)