"Your Majesty, the tax silver of the Lianghuai Salt Road is very important in the tax revenue of my Ming Dynasty, so the Yamen of the Lianghuai Salt Road cannot be abolished, please think twice." After the initial consternation, Hu Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came to the front of the palace and bowed to Emperor Xuande to persuade him.

Emperor Xuande's decision did not appear in the previous court discussions, so even Hu Ying, who was the secretary of the ministry, did not know that Emperor Xuande would remove the two Huai Yandao yamen.

"Lord Hu, don't be impatient, the salt affairs of the two Huai are related to the national capital of my Ming Dynasty, and the emperor must have a way to deal with it." As soon as Hu Ying's words fell, Yang Pu, a cabinet member, stood up, first bowed to Emperor Xuande, and then said to Hu Ying quietly.

Hu Ying's face suddenly showed a look of surprise when he heard this, and from Yang Pu's calm expression, he vaguely realized that Yang Pu should have known about this matter in advance, otherwise how could he be so calm?

The civil and military officials in the hall looked at Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong and other cabinet elders in the cabinet, and saw that they were all calm, and Jian Yi and Hu Ying and other six Shangshu showed a surprised look on their faces, and they suddenly tasted it in private.

Immediately afterwards, the high-ranking officials and dignitaries at the scene realized a problem, whether the new yamen established by Emperor Xuande to manage salt affairs after the abolition of the Lianghuai Salt Road Yamen was still under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households?

Guo Zi, who was kneeling there, couldn't help but look ugly, the salt affairs of Lianghuai are the fattest oil and water in the world, and it is also the most important input of household taxes, if it is taken away by the cabinet, the consequences will be severe.

However, because Emperor Xuande had just pressed Guo Zi with the two Huai Yandao corruption cases, Guo Zi couldn't speak at all now, so he could only be secretly anxious there, hoping that Hu Ying and other officials from the six departments would come forward to relieve him.

Although the six ministries are not monolithic, and there are entanglements of interests with each other, they are both losses when facing the cabinet, so they can share the same hatred and hatred for the enemy.

The nobles and royal families on the right side of the main hall looked at the scene in front of them with great interest, and everyone could see that the cabinet had stumbled on the salt affairs of the two Huai, and the six departments would definitely not give up the salt affairs of the two Huai lightly.

Li Yuntian stood there solemnly, his eyes were flat, he naturally knew Emperor Xuande's arrangements for the two Huai salt affairs, because he had already given Emperor Xuande an idea for the disposal of the two Huai salt affairs, and it was adopted by Emperor Xuande.

"The Lianghuai salt affairs are very important to my Ming Dynasty, in order to get rid of the greed for ink in the salt affairs, I decided to reorganize the yamen in charge of the salt affairs of the two Huai and set up the Lianghuai Salt Bureau to specialize in salt affairs." Emperor Xuande glanced around at the ministers with different expressions at the scene, and said loudly, "The Lianghuai Salt Bureau is directly under the jurisdiction of the Cabinet, and its personnel appointments are drawn up by the Cabinet and then handed over to the Ministry of Officials. ”

Guo Ziyan couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard this, the two Huai salt affairs were really taken away by the cabinet, so that the household department would lose an important source of input, and the annual charcoal and ice respect of the officials of the six ministries would also be reduced a lot.

Although the ministers in the main hall had already expected this result, when Emperor Xuande announced it in public, it still caused a commotion, and it was obvious that the six ministries lost to the cabinet in the two Huai salt affairs this time, so that the cabinet had a direct yamen.

The corners of Hu Ying's eyes twitched, and he turned his head to look at Jian Yi who was standing in front of the civil official queue on the left side of the main hall, wanting to see if Jian Yi had a way to stop Emperor Xuande from carrying out this matter.

Seeing this, Jian Yi shook his head helplessly at Hu Ying, he is calm by nature and has a gentle personality, he is not the kind of person who likes to intrigue, he rarely gets involved in the battle between the cabinet and the six ministries, and he often used to act as a peacemaker between the cabinet and the six ministries with Xia Yuanji, the former secretary of the household department, so naturally he will not get involved in this matter.

Besides, the embezzlement of ink in the Lianghuai Salt Road can be described as a shocking case of the Ming Dynasty, since the household department cannot be in charge of the Lianghuai Salt Affairs, then Emperor Xuande naturally has to choose another meritorious, if you want to blame, you can only blame the bad luck of the Lianghuai Salt Road to meet Li Yuntian.

Moreover, Jian Yi had already learned about this matter from Emperor Xuande in advance, and he was the only one among the six officials who knew about this matter, how could he disobey Emperor Xuande's holy will?

Hu Ying's face couldn't help but show a look of disappointment, and he looked at the other hall officials of the six departments, and those hall officials also shook their heads slightly, at this time, it was obviously not suitable to come out for the matter of Lianghuai Salt Affairs.

"Lord Yang, the affairs of the Lianghuai Salt Bureau will be handed over to your cabinet to prepare." Emperor Xuande waited for a while, and saw that there were no officials from the six ministries who came forward to oppose it, so he looked at Yang Shiqi and said quietly.

"The Ministers obey the Holy Decree!" Yang Shiqi walked out of the queue when he heard this, bowed to Emperor Xuande, and replied in a deep voice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after the case of the Lianghuai Salt Road, I deeply feel that the responsibilities of the household department are too complicated, not only in charge of the collection of the Ming Dynasty, but also in charge of the withdrawal of the Ming Dynasty, which makes the Lianghuai Salt Road supervisor self-stealing and guiding a large amount of tax and silver loss."

Emperor Xuande bowed slightly to Yang Shiqi, and then his words turned around, and he said in a stern voice, "Therefore, I have decided to separate the collection and expenditure of the Ming Dynasty, and set up the Daming Tax Bureau to be in charge of the Ming Dynasty's taxation, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the cabinet, and the household department is in charge of expenditures!" ”

With a bang, Emperor Xuande's words were in a commotion as soon as they landed in the hall, and the officials or nobles and the royal family were shocked by the news, and they whispered to each other.

Originally, after the establishment of the Ministry of Agriculture a few years ago, a lot of power had been taken from the household department, and now Emperor Xuande handed over the tax power to the Daming Tax Bureau directly under the internal jurisdiction, so that the power of the household department will not be reduced by half?

Guo Zi's face turned pale in an instant, and fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and the cabinet made it clear that he wanted to take advantage of the case of the two Huai Yandao to open the household department and take the opportunity to split the power of the household department.

If the household department loses the power of taxation, not only will it be hit hard, but the strength of the cabinet will also be greatly increased, and then the six ministries will lose their suppression of the cabinet in the court.

In Guo Zi's view, the reason why Emperor Xuande established the Daming Tax Bureau must have been bewitched by the cabinet, otherwise why would Emperor Xuande move the household department?

"Your Majesty, although the household department has the responsibility of negligence in the salt affairs of the two Huai, but since the establishment of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the household department has been in charge of the world's collection and withdrawal, and its operation has already been customized.

Hu Ying was the first to recover from the shock, and hurriedly bowed to Emperor Xuande, and loudly defended the household department, "Your Majesty, don't make a big deal out of it according to the ministers, the tax bureau and the household department are both the yamen of the Ming Dynasty, if the tax bureau can achieve the clarity of the officials in the collection, then the household department can naturally do it!" ”

A subtle smile flashed at the corner of Li Yuntian's mouth when he heard this, and the meaning of Hu Ying's last sentence was obvious, also as the yamen of the Ming Dynasty, if the officials of the household department were greedy for ink, then the officials of the tax bureau would naturally be also greedy for ink.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Hu is reasonable, and the establishment of a tax bureau is complicated, which is not a good policy."

"Your Majesty, the tax bureau is like a mirror, and it can't get rid of the wind of greedy ink."

"Your Majesty, taxation is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, and I can't move it lightly, so I hope the emperor will think twice."

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Immediately, the officials of the six camps in the main hall came out one after another to oppose the establishment of the tax bureau, and played the game with nonsense, which made the situation on the scene a little chaotic.

"Silence!" Seeing this, Emperor Xuande frowned slightly, reached out and patted the armrest on the dragon chair, and shouted, "It's noisy and shouting like a vegetable vendor in the market, what kind of system!" ”

The Taihe Hall immediately fell silent, and all the ministers bowed down one after another to wait for Emperor Xuande's instructions, making the scene appear an eerie silence.

"Master Hu, it is precisely because the wind of greed for ink cannot be eradicated, so I have to prevent the right to separate the right to collect and withdraw before it happens, so that the two sides can restrain each other to avoid the recurrence of such a major case as the Lianghuai Salt Road."

After pondering for a while, Emperor Xuande stretched out his hand and pointed to the account books in the two baskets, and said to Hu Ying with a stern expression, "A lesson from the past, a teacher from the future!" ”

Hu Ying had an embarrassed look on his face when he heard this, and it was difficult to defend for a while, in case he angered Emperor Xuande, he would not be able to attack the officials who had received money from the Lianghuai Salt Road and the Salt Merchants Association in the account books, and the losses of the six departments would undoubtedly be even greater.

"After the establishment of the tax bureau, the local government office will only be responsible for collecting agricultural tax, and the commercial tax will be collected by the tax bureau."

Seeing that Hu Ying was silent, Emperor Xuande looked at the ministers in the main hall and announced in a deep voice, "In addition, Emperor Taizu was sympathetic to the people's livelihood, so he set the commercial tax at thirty taxes and one, but now it seems that Emperor Taizu's good intentions have undoubtedly been in vain, as far as I know, many merchants in Jiangnan live extravagantly like salt merchants and bribe officials of the government, so I decided to raise the commercial tax and set up the Ming Commercial Bureau to manage the world's commerce." ”

"The Marquis of Zhenwu is proficient in commercial affairs, so I have decided to let him take the position of the secretary of the commercial bureau, and the commercial bureau will be temporarily returned to the Jiangwutang, and its ownership will be determined in the future." As he spoke, Emperor Xuande looked at Li Yuntian and said loudly.

The officials in the hall couldn't help but look at each other, Emperor Xuande arranged the relevant matters of the tax bureau is a reasonable thing, but the establishment of the business bureau and the increase in commercial taxes is very surprising, from the beginning of Emperor Hongwu, the king of the Ming Dynasty despised and even suppressed commerce, so there is a tax policy of thirty taxes and one tax, no one thought that Emperor Xuande would pay attention to business abnormally, which is really unexpected by people.

I have to say that the ownership of the business bureau is really difficult to determine, according to the social ranking of the Ming Shi agriculture and industry, the merchants are at the bottom of the society, and the scholars are ashamed to be with them, so neither the cabinet nor the six ministries want to include the business bureau that deals with the merchants under their command.

Therefore, in this way, the martial arts hall has become the best place for the merchant bureau, after all, the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty did not reject merchants like civil officials, so they could be accepted.

Of course, the Commercial Bureau, like the Taxation Bureau and the Lianghuai Salt Bureau, was Li Yuntian's idea to Emperor Xuande, and in Li Yuntian's opinion, the Commercial Bureau was the most important of the three.

The Ming Dynasty did not have a special organization to manage commerce, the emergence of the commercial bureau undoubtedly filled this vacancy, Li Yuntian can use the guò business bureau to regulate and guide the commercial market of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time can protect the interests of the merchants, so as to promote the prosperity of the Ming business, so that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty gradually bid farewell to the handicraft workshop production and develop in the direction of large industrialization.