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Chang Dachun, as a household servant, knows the treasury best, and when he saw that Meng Sheng stopped the southern expedition on the grounds that the treasury was empty, he retorted: "Although the treasury is only about three million taels, it is more than enough to support the southern expedition, how can Lord Meng say that it is not enough?" ”

Meng Sheng said unhurriedly: "Master Chang laughed, this Northern Expedition, the Western Expedition should not use silver, and besides, it is necessary to keep the silver to distribute the officials." ”

Hum! I discussed with Sidi in the middle of the night, and all aspects were well considered, how could you object to it with half a word! Meng Sheng saw Chang Dachun speechless and smug.

'Smack' Li Yunzhong slapped the desk angrily and said angrily: "Presumptuous! What I'm asking is if the Ministry of Household Affairs has a way to replenish the treasury, not that you should deny each other! ”

Meng Sheng and Chang Dachun saw that the King of Han was angry, panicked, each bowed his head, and quickly thought of countermeasures in his heart, the King of Han is not an easy to fool the master, if you talk nonsense, it will provoke Long Yan to be angry, and I am afraid that I will lose my official position!

In terms of the experience of dealing with state affairs, Chang Dachun obviously won more than one step, and after a while, he came up with a countermeasure, raised his head and said: "Your Royal Highness, now that commercial activities are rampant in southern Jiangsu, unscrupulous businessmen trick the people into planting tea gardens and mulberry trees, and even buy people's fields to build factories. The minister asked His Highness to increase the commercial tax, which can not only enrich the treasury but also curb the merchants from spoiling the fertile land! ”

Meng Sheng heard this, and almost laughed out loud, this Chang Dachun is really confused, and he doesn't ask who the businessman's background is, Han Wang is the biggest unscrupulous businessman you said, raw silk, tea, railways, and factories all have the figure of Han Wang, isn't it difficult for Han Wang to raise taxes like this!

He immediately objected: "No! When the king of Han entered Nanjing, he issued an official document to exempt the people from paying taxes for three years, and this increase in commercial taxes will definitely disturb the people's hearts, and the enemy will take the opportunity to bewitch the people, and the stable and peaceful situation of the Han Dynasty will never return! This case is full of troubles. ”

As the secretary of the military department, Lin Daji knows best where the expenditure on the use of troops in recent years has come from, first, to break through the city and seize the inventory of the Qing army, and second, to donate money from merchants.

"Chang Daren doesn't know, the merchants under the rule of the Han State abide by the law and love the country, competing to donate, only Shanghai donated two million taels of silver and three million quintals of grain last year, the king of Han promised to discuss the commercial tax every three years, if the commercial tax is rashly increased, will not let His Royal Highness lose his trust in the world!"

Chang Dachun laughed at these reckless men in his heart, and even told the businessmen about credit, since ancient times, which dynasty was not heavy on agriculture and businessmen, and when the treasury could not make ends meet, he forced businessmen to pay donations to solve the urgent need! But he said: "Merchants are the most unscrupulous, profit-oriented and credulous, wantonly harming farmland, this kind of atmosphere should be forbidden!" ”

Go ahead! Go ahead! Say it hard! Meng Sheng snickered, this poor scholar actually slandered in front of His Royal Highness, didn't he point to the monk and scold the bald donkey!

Zuo Zongtang caught a glimpse of the Han King's face becoming more and more gloomy and gloomy, and said secretly, so he hurriedly added: "Since His Highness has made a promise to the merchants, he should abide by it, and enrich the treasury. ”

"Yes, what Lord Zuo said is very true, people have no faith and no standing, let alone the king of a country! It is really not advisable to add a commercial tax! Zhao Liewen also listed the remedy.

Wang Qinglu saw that Chang Dachun was about to open his mouth to refute, and also walked out of the queue, and said with a pun: "Since the Han Dynasty exempts the people from paying taxes, the treasury can only run with the support of merchants, so it seems that businessmen are not all faithless and cunning, they will definitely be able to obey the law and be loyal and patriotic under the inspiration of the King of Han!" ”

Chang Dachun shuddered and completely woke up, it turned out that the money that had been shipped to the treasury recently was all earned by King Han from business! These martial artists have set a trap waiting for me to jump, and now they have not only lost face but also have the most His Royal Highness, they really lost their wife and broke their soldiers, and silently retreated into the queue.

Li Yunzhong also didn't want the matter to be exposed to the world, otherwise those stunned young people would go around preaching that he was competing with the people for profit, emulating the faint monarch to make money in business, and laughing and generous.

Summing up: "This matter of the household department quickly came up with a feasible idea, and I heard that the people are exempted from paying taxes, they are still living very poor, from today onwards, the landlord shall not collect more than 30% of the rent from tenant farmers, and the household department can set up a grain department to collect grain at a fixed price every year!" ”

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Lu Jianying stepped forward and said: "Your Highness, the British Minister Bao Ling came to Nanjing yesterday and wanted to visit His Highness and discuss with His Highness the date of the construction of the railway from Nanjing to Suzhou. ”

Li Yunzhong said with a 'huh' and said secretly: Isn't the British minister Wen Han? Why did you change to that guy named Bao Ling again! "After the dynasty is dispersed, you take him to the Han Palace, and I will talk to him personally!"

Lu Jianying did not agree with the construction of the railway, and continued: "Please think twice, the foreigners have sinister intentions in building the railway, not only to make money, but also to explore the dangerous terrain of China, and the foreigners' ships are strong!" It's just that they are afraid of China's vast land and resources, so they don't dare to use troops rashly! His Royal Highness must not agree to the conditions for foreigners to build a railway, that is, the railway from Shanghai to Suzhou must be redeemed and demolished, so that he can resist the invasion of foreigners by virtue of the natural dangers of mountains and rivers. ”

The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all nodded and praised, even Meng Sheng, Hu Yihuang and others did not agree with the construction of the railway, which did more harm than good, not only labored the people and lost money, but also made it convenient for foreigners to take profits!

Seeing that no one came out to refute Lu Jianying's point of view, Li Yunzhong could only go into battle in person, and said with a smile: "Lord Lu's point of view is indeed refreshing, but foreigners are greedy, if you don't build a railway, how can you catch up with them?" ”

Lu Jianying had long felt that the entire Han Dynasty was afraid of foreigners and flattered foreigners, because he still retained a trace of hatred for Li Yunzhong in his heart, and boldly mocked: "Could it be that His Highness is just afraid of foreigners, so he agreed to these unreasonable demands, and let foreigners bully the people and plunder their hard-earned money!" It can be seen that His Royal Highness's repeated claims to love the people are just deception ...... the world! ”

"Bold! The surname Lu, do you want to die? Ling Shibai interrupted Lu Jianying angrily, and wanted to step forward to teach him a good lesson.

Lu Jianying still has some psychological shadows on Ling Eighteen, thinking that when he persuaded Houxiang to surrender under the inner city, he was kicked several times by Ling Eighteen for no reason, and now seeing him coming violently, he hurriedly retreated like a conditioned reflex, and saw Ling Eighteen not relenting to catch up, and hurriedly trotted around everyone, wanting to get rid of Ling Eighteen.

'Smack'...... Li Yunzhong slapped the table and said to Meng Sheng and Hu Yihuang, who were stunned in place: "Why don't you pull the two of them away quickly, what kind of system is it to chase and fight like this." ”

Hu Yihuang and others hurriedly stepped forward to grab Ling Shibai, Zuo Zongtang, Zhao Liewen and others also helped Lu Jianying, and each returned to the queue to stand.

Only Lu Jianying let out a burst of inhalation from time to time, secretly scolding himself for being confused, how could he say what was in his heart on impulse, this should be placed in the previous Daoguang period, and he would not be immediately dismissed from office and sent to prison! In my heart, my opinion of Li Yunzhong has changed a little, and it seems that he is not a very unreasonable person.

Li Yunzhong looked at Lu Jianying, who had a blue nose and swollen face, and turned his head to Ling Shibai and reprimanded: "If you are not injured yet, then you can be so Meng Lang, I will punish you and apologize to Lu Shangshu after the next court!" ”

Chang Dachun continued the topic just now, planning to strike while the iron was hot to persuade King Han to give up building the railway, "Although Lord Lu was a little angry just now, what he said is indeed reasonable, please ask His Highness to redeem the railway from Shanghai to Suzhou!" and refused to allow foreigners to build other railways in China. ”

It seems that we have to convince them thoroughly today, so that they can completely open their eyes to the world! Otherwise, with such an attitude towards the railway, it is not passive and slacking off? Li Yunzhong calmed himself down and said with a smile: "You answer me a question?" You all know that the foreigners are strong and artillery, so how do they build foreign guns and cannons? ”

Chang Dachun had already studied these things, and immediately replied: "Foreigners are greedy for money, so they naturally study strange and obscene techniques, and it is not surprising that they invented these guns?" ”

Li Yunzhong saw that the ministers all nodded in agreement, and asked again: "Strange lewd skills?" Foreigners can easily defeat us with guns, if we don't learn from them to build guns, how can we resist aggression and protect the people? ”

Chang Dachun is not a pedantic person, and he is not opposed to building guns to defend against foreigners, "Foreigners rely on sharp weapons, we can also make ships, guns, and cannons!" As long as China is united, how can they be afraid of them! ”

"What Master Chang said is reasonable, how can foreigners go all out to attack across the sea!"

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"Yes, I have a lot of land and resources in China, and I will definitely be able to suppress foreigners"

"Yes! I think the Han army is enough to defeat the foreigners."

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