Xu Qian's words, to Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing, were a little thorny.

Xu Qian is tantamount to putting all the responsibility on the head of the commercial tax, and the commercial tax is implemented and led by the cabinet, indirectly, it is to accuse the cabinet of ignoring the life and death of the people, so that the people are dissatisfied and can no longer bear it, which is why something happened.

Yang Yiqing sneered and said, "What Lord Xu said is untrue, the commercial tax is levied by the merchants, what does it have to do with the people?" The imperial court levied taxes on merchants, what was wrong, according to the old man, it was obvious that someone was secretly stirring up right and wrong and inducing ignorant people to fight against the government. ”

Yang Yiqing's defense was slightly pale, Xu Qian couldn't help laughing, and said, "Really? When Lord Yang said this, didn't he mean that these people were stupid and idiots, so that they couldn't even distinguish between good and bad, and if they were slightly provoked, they would dare to confront the government and cause trouble to the imperial court? ”

Yang Yiqing sneered: "That's the case, it's reasonable for the foolish people in the countryside to know what is going on, and to be instigated by people with ulterior motives." ”

Xu Qian sighed and said, "Lord Yang's words, don't you feel that it is a big rebellion?" ”

Yang Yiqing said angrily: "What do you mean by this? ”

Jiajing watched coldly, now that such a big thing has happened, several important ministers of the imperial court are arguing fiercely here, he is not in a hurry to speak, but wants to take the opportunity to see what the attitude of these three important ministers is.

At this time, Xu Qian said: "The adults kept saying that they were foolish people, but the news that the lower officials received, although the people surrounded the official mansion, they raised signs one after another, saying that His Majesty was sage, not only that, but the people also sang together and praised His Majesty, and the adults said that they were foolish people, did the adults mean that the foolish people praised the Son of Heaven?" ”

Yang Yiqing was stunned.

Jiajing seemed to be a little interested, and the anxiety in his heart gradually decreased.

From the beginning, he thought that someone was going to rebel and gather millions of people, but after reading the report, Jiajing was scared into a cold sweat. If this matter is not handled properly, the consequences can be many times stricter than the rebellion of King Ning during the Zhengde Dynasty, especially the location of the chaos is in Zhizhejiang, where the money and grain of the Ming Dynasty are important, if one is not good, half of the south of the Yangtze River will be lost, and even the entire Jiangshan Sheji may fall into the hands of others.

But Xu Qian's words are conclusive, but he is saying that these so-called chaotic people are calling His Majesty Xià Shengming, and they are singing songs to praise themselves, if Xu Qian is telling the truth, then it is really a little inappropriate to say that they are chaotic people, at least in Jiajing's eyes, these people are definitely not chaotic people.

It's just that Yang Yiqing is speechless at this time, Xu Qian's words make him irrefutable, but there is a bit of sparseness but it is clear that the chaotic people are shouting the slogan of His Majesty Xià Shengming, the implementation of the new policy, and the harming of the country, if these people are fools, then why do the foolish people shout His Majesty Xià Shengming, or rather, since the foolish people are being deceived, could it be that these chaotic parties with other plans will teach the people to praise the Son of Heaven?

This truth obviously doesn't make sense, and Xu Qian's words also made Yang Yiqing realize that Xu Qian's intentions are very sinister, and this person clearly wants to put His Majesty on the opposite side of the court and stand with those ** people.

Xu Qian said again: "Your Majesty, there is a letter here, which was written by Liu Yu of Qingtian, please take a look at it." ”

"Liu Yu?" Jiajing groaned: "Isn't it that Liu Yu from Qingtian? ”

Xu Qian nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

Jiajing nodded, Liu Yu is after opening the auxiliary movement, the status is naturally noble, in Jiajing's heart, also belongs to trustworthy people, at least in Jiajing's eyes, nobles are often more reliable than officials, because nobles and daimyo share honor and disgrace, Ming is in a rì, their glory and wealth are indispensable, on the other hand, officials are different, the work for the surname Zhu is to do, the work for the surname Liu is also to do, these people may not be reliable.

Jiajing took the note and looked at it carefully.

In this letter, the language is very plain, but it truthfully explains what happened, as well as the positions of the people in Zhejiang.

Jiajing looked at it and fell into deep thought, obviously his uneasy mood had gradually calmed down, things were not as bad as he thought, the 'chaotic people' were not the imperial court, but the commercial taxes, in other words, they were not the emperor but the corrupt officials.

Although it is still inappropriate and alarming, it is just that since things are not strict to the point of irretrievability, Jiajing's heart has gradually settled down.

He looked at Xu Qian and said, "It's a commercial tax, why so many people make trouble, I still don't understand." ”

Xu Qian said: "Your Majesty, Weichen had a charter before, in order to collect commercial taxes, the current situation of the imperial court, if the commercial tax is not levied again, I am afraid that it will not be long before the expenditure of the annual income will be difficult to return." It's just a pity that Wechen's charter was not approved by the cabinet. On the contrary, the cabinet also drew up a charter, which is also a levy of commercial taxes, but in the eyes of Wei Chen, this charter is not only inconsiderate, but simply a disaster for the country and the people. The commercial tax was originally levied on merchants, but if you think about it, if the commercial tax is heavy, how can the workshops in Zhejiang be maintained? If the merchants worked so hard that all the money they earned throughout the year was used to pay their business taxes, why did they maintain their workshops? If you can't make money, the workshop will close, and the workshop will close, what will happen to these millions of apprentices? These people have lost their livelihoods, and there is no other way out, are they sitting back and waiting to starve? They are human beings, and all the adults in the court are also human beings, people have to eat, they have to dress, they have to make a living, and the adults have the imperial court to support them, so naturally they don't have enough to think about this problem, but these millions of workers, since the imperial court does not expect the merchants to feed, could it be that the imperial court can support them? ”

Xu Qian paused for a moment, and then said: "So the lower officials think that the commercial tax implemented now must be abolished, and the imperial court must reconsider the collection of commercial tax, and before, the constitution of the household department is the way that is not only beneficial to the imperial court, but also acceptable to the merchants, otherwise if this continues, millions of people will have no rations and no clothes, and this is a catastrophe." ”

Xu Qian's words were all against Yang Yiqing's commercial tax collection, Yang Yiqing was so angry that his old face pulled down, he just wanted to refute, but he couldn't talk about it.

However, Yang Tinghe said indifferently: "Xu Butang, right now we are talking about the chaotic people in Zhejiang, you don't care about him." ”

Xu Qian said categorically: "What the lower officials said is the fundamental problem, and the root of the problem is in the commercial tax. ”

Yang Tinghe said: "In this case, how to solve the problem of Zhizhejiang, Xu Butang seems to be confident, and he has already found a way, but I don't know what Xu Butang has planned." ”

Jiajing yīn calm face, has been silent, after Xu Qian's words, he has roughly understood what happened in Zhizhe, but Yang Tinghe said is not without problems, now to pursue these, there is no point for the time being, of course, it is inevitable to settle accounts after the autumn, but the key to the current problem is how to calm down the current matter, this is a big deal, no matter whether the ** person is under the banner of the Son of Heaven Shengming, if he can't deal with it decisively, sooner or later, it will cause a big disaster.

Xu Qian said: "The current problem is easy to solve, the lower official does not need 100,000 soldiers, nor does he need any money and food, he only needs His Majesty to make a will, appoint the subordinate official as the Qin Mission, go to Zhejiang, give the subordinate the right to arbitrary, and the subordinate guarantees that it will not take long to calm down the situation." ”

After going around in such a big circle, I finally got a dagger.

What Xu Qian wants is this so-called arbitrary power.

The so-called arbitrariness is to seize life and death, and monopolize power, but in a sense, Qincha itself has the right to inspect the place in the name of the Son of Heaven, so it has the right to arbitrariness, but Xu Qian deliberately mentioned it, obviously hoping to have greater initiative.

Now that Xu Qian has boasted about Haikou and is willing to settle the matter alone, Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing are not very quiet at this time.

The crux of the problem is that Yang Tinghe can't solve this huge problem, and Yang Yiqing can't solve it, and this matter has happened, and the consequences are extremely strict, and there must be no room for the slightest difference.

Yang Tinghe squinted, looked at Xu Qian coldly, and said, "But, what if Xu Butang can't solve it?" ”

Xu Qian smiled coldly: "If it can't be solved, I'd rather resign than have a vegetarian meal in the corpse." It's just that if it can be solved, will the cabinet immediately abolish the current commercial tax and change the regulations of the user department to collect commercial tax, I don't know what Lord Yang thinks? ”

Yang Tinghe smiled faintly, looked at Jiajing, and said, "What the old man said doesn't count, only His Majesty has the final say." ”

Everyone's eyes fell on Jiajing's head.

Jiajing said to Xu Qian: "Xu Aiqing is really sure? ”

Xu Qian said: "Weichen bathes the emperor's grace, even if he is not sure, he should worry about the king." ”

Jiajing pondered for a moment, nodded, and said: "That's it, I will draw up the decree, and Xu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, will be the Qincha, inspect Zhizhejiang, and appease the gentry and people of Zhizhejiang." ”

He stood up, looking a little tired, maybe because he often took pills, and he didn't sleep well at night, seeing that it was dawn at this time, his body couldn't bear it, he said to Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing: "Two gentlemen, go and rest, I have a few words to say to Xu Aiqing." ””

Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing had to say goodbye, and in the warm pavilion, only Jiajing and Xu Qian were left.

Jiajing walked a few steps in the warm pavilion with his hands behind his back, and said lightly: "You arranged this matter, right?" ”

He turned his back to Xu Qian, so that Xu Qian couldn't see his face, let alone guess what was going on in his heart.

Xu Qian hurriedly said: "Such a big matter, how dare Wechen arrange, although the business tax set by the cabinet, Wechen already knew that there was a problem, but the word arrangement, I don't know where to start." ”

Fools know that Jiajing is tempting, if he admits it, then Xu will not have to mix in the Ming Dynasty, confess leniently, and sit in prison through this truth, but Xu Qian understands. (To be continued.) )