079 The demons dance wildly, and the gentleman loves money

Zhu Houxi: "Ye Hao's level is really poor!" If a courtier is measured by character, then there is no good thing in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty! That's why I never play with them, and I don't listen to their nonsense! ”

Zhu Youxiao: "I think, in fact, the Donglin Party is not all bad people, what do you say?" ”

Chongzhen: "I know that those people are not good things!" But I didn't expect that Qian Qianyi would be so shameless! I should have killed the Donglin Party that day and not give these hypocrites a chance to live! ”

Qianlong: "Since you have already quoted my famous poem, why do you still scold me?" ”

Qian Qianyi: "Once, I also wanted to be a good person, a pure good person!" However, the water is really cold, and the good head is not willing to be taken away like that! So, you get the idea! ”

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[If it is said that because Qian Qianyi is bad and hypocritical, he blames the turmoil in the last years of the Ming Dynasty on his head, then it is too wrongful to look up to him. 】

[The fall of the Ming Dynasty was the result of Qian Qianyi and his predecessors, peers, and descendants—referred to as the same party, plus their opponents, who worked hard for decades. 】

[At the end of the Ming Dynasty, since the day Gu Xiancheng founded the Donglin Party, the entire government has fallen into the quagmire of party contention and cannot extricate itself! 】

[In the thirty-second year of Wanli, Gu Xiancheng offended Emperor Wanli and gave lectures with Gao Panlong and others at Donglin Academy in his hometown of Wuxi. In addition to the lecture, he sprayed the gains and losses of the government and other people, showing that he was very noble and cared about how the emperor was doing. This so-called, far away from the rivers and lakes, do not forget its king! 】

[Later, they and their disciples and grandchildren gathered together to put forward a program of opening up the way of speech and improving current politics, and they were very supported by the common people, mainly the major chaebols in Jiangnan, and formed the so-called Donglin Party. 】

[There are more than one or two chaebols in Jiangnan, and there are more than one place in Jiangnan in Daming. 】

[The cake is so big, you Donglin Party eats more, and others eat less. The point is, if you eat too much and don't forget to spray others as bad people, this is a bit inauthentic. 】

[Moreover, everyone also has their own interests to protect, and they all need to have a spokesperson in the court or something, and they also want to have a good reputation among the people, so as to continue to fool those foolish men and women. 】

[The Donglin Party is dominant, which is not in everyone's interests! ] 】

[As a result, at the same time, Shen Yiyi, a native of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province (who had been the first assistant) gathered Zhejiang bureaucrats in Beijing, was called the "Zhejiang Party", and specifically contradicted the Donglin Party. 】

[Others followed suit, found "dear" fellow villagers one after another, and set up small gangs such as the Chu Party, Qi Dang, Kun Party, and Xuan Party with geographical relations as the link, and launched a war of tearing and forcing with the Zhejiang Party as the leader. 】

[At this time, right and wrong are not important, righteousness is not important, and the life and death of the people are even less important! 】

What is important? Party struggle is the most important! 】

[What is party strife? 】

[That is, only buy the expensive and not the right, only look at who speaks, not the content. If you accidentally agree with another team, you'll be embarrassed to say hello to your teammates! 】

[As long as it's not from our team, it's the bad guy!] Be sure to denigrate! Banish! It is better to physically destroy him and then give him a legacy for 10,000 years. Nailing the opponent to the pillar of shame in history, you will never be able to turn over! 】

[Since it involves their own net worth and life, everyone doesn't want to work hard, just look at which family's thighs are thick, just hold on to your life. 】

[So, the courtiers are like a marquee, and the government is like a wild horse, running all the way on the irretrievable road! 】

[Finally, through the three cases of "Court Attack", "Red Pill", and "Moving the Palace", after the death of Emperor Wanli, the Donglin Party finally took control of the government for the first time. 】

[With so many gentlemen and such noble character, they should always be able to take the opportunity to do something good for the benefit of the country and the people, right? 】

[Don't say it, they really did a good thing that made everyone applaud tomorrow, a great thing! ] 】

[In Zhu Changluo, who was hung up after only one month as the son of heaven, the Donglin Party persuaded him and abolished the mining tax! ] 】

[This is really, saving the people from fire and water, and relieving the people from hanging upside down!] 】

[Such a good thing, I set up a monument and carve a statue for them, and sprinkle a soak of urine on it every day to nourish them, isn't it too much? 】

[Some officials are about to say that the mining tax is set up by the faint monarch of Wanli in order to loot the people's fat and ointment, it is a bad government, and it should be abolished! ] 】

[Then, let's break it up, what is this so-called mining tax, and what kind of person's fat is looted. 】

[To put it simply, the mining tax refers to the tax levied on non-ferrous metal mines, and also includes additional taxes on commerce, in order to make up for the huge fiscal deficit caused by the imperial court's reliance on agricultural taxes alone. 】

[The scale of the simple mining tax is not large - it is a mine that is uniformly mined by the imperial court, and there is not much difference between adding and not increasing taxes, and it does not have much impact on everyone. The reason why he was scolded was because the eunuchs sent out by Wanli turned mining into a nationwide extortion campaign. The money extorted also entered the inner treasury of Emperor Wanli! 】

[But, it is the rich who knock on it, and it is the landlord who cheats it! ] And the families of rich landlords all have a lot of surplus food to train their children to study and become officials. Therefore, there was a lot of turmoil. 】

[As for the tax, it is terrible. 】

[Let me ask, in the Ming Dynasty, when capitalism was just budding, commerce was already relatively developed, is it not appropriate for you, the Wanli Emperor, to violate the ancestral teachings and say that taxes will be raised? 】

[Oh, the rule set by Zhu Yuanzhang back then was "thirty taxes and one", and he also said that he could never raise taxes in the future. 】

[You Wanli violated the ancestral teachings in order to satisfy your own selfishness, competed with the people for profit, and exploited the people, it is really hateful! 】

[Therefore, since Wanli began to collect mining taxes in the twenty-fourth year, all those who left some names in the history books have stated and opposed them to Wanli! 】

[I don't want to rehabilitate Wanli, because Wanli is indeed not a good bird, and his original intention of raising taxes is not very open. I'm just asking, how can you cope with the huge expenses if you don't increase the business tax and open the mines? How do you give relief to the victims? How to pay the military salary? 】

[It's a pity that these so-called "gentlemen" cling to the ancestral precepts that cannot be violated, and stick to the bottom line that the money of the rich must not be overcharged, and they don't look at how far the situation has collapsed and how far business has developed! 】

[The ancestral precepts cannot be changed! 】

[The tax on the interest group they represent cannot be added!] 】

[So, if you don't take the money of the rich, whose money will you take?] 】

[Of course it's those poor ghosts!] 】

[Poor ghosts, there is no one to reason for them, and there is no need to worry about them daring to resist. If you dare to resist, you will die! 】

[So, we know that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, peasant uprisings bloomed everywhere, and the generals and rich families had their own ghosts, and finally made a cup full of people entering the customs and no longer dressed! ] 】

[Who is to blame?] 】

[Blame Zhu Youzhen, impatient and rash, without a reasonable long-term plan, and without a quick knife to cut through the mess! ] 】

[Blame the forces of all parties led by the Donglin Party, they are greedy for power and mislead the country, and disregard the lives of the people! ] 】

[Therefore, the tenth place among the top ten faint monarchs is none other than Zhu Youzhen! ] 】

[The tenth place of the top ten traitors, it is none other than Qian Qianyi! ] 】