The mountain monk does not understand the number of nails, and a leaf falls to know the autumn of the world.

Jia Chen was above the court, and when he heard this, the first thing that came to mind was not the suppression of bandits, but climate change, the output of cereals and grains was greatly suppressed, and those people were forced to go to Liangshan because of their livelihoods.

Guessing that this was the case, he had more sympathy for those mountain bandits, and his thoughts of strangulation were a little more intense.

However, he was so angry that no one else wanted to make meritorious contributions, and soon someone came out of the queue.

"Playing the emperor, the minister has the book to play!"

It was Fan Yuanhe, the cabinet minister, and Emperor Ming Kangdi nodded and said in a deep voice: "Say it!" ”

Fan Yuanhe's face did not change, and he replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the bandits in Shanxi are making trouble, and they have become large-scale, and they have to be guarded against. Now there are mountain bandits everywhere, and there are a lot of them, if the court can't kill the chicken to set an example for the monkey, and cut the chaos quickly, all places must think that the court is powerless, and they have followed suit, and then I will be in a good place, or there may be a disaster of overturning! ”

Emperor Ming Kangdi nodded secretly, although Fan Yuanhe was a person from Emperor Taikang, he was a little disliked, but I have to say that this old guy is still very experienced in some things.

After saying this, someone stood up again, but it was another minister, Wang Xiren.

"Playing the emperor, the old minister has a book to play!"

Ming Kangdi nodded, "Say it." ”

Wang Xiren opened his mouth and said: "Shanxi matter, the minister at first heard the heartache, but there must be a reason, how can there be groundless, for the words of Lord Fan, the old minister has a different view, you must know that the society is the country, the people are important, the king, the boat also, the people are also water, the water can carry the boat or overturn the boat, the minister please investigate the cause of the bandits in Shanxi in detail, understand the truth of the matter, the mountain bandits should be suppressed, but the reason behind it is more important, the court must take it as a warning, if it is because the officials are greedy, loot the people's fat and ointment, provoke the people's rebellion, go up the mountain for bandits, then the officials should be investigated, If the local ideology is not pure, then vigorously promote the way of the sage, build a school, and make the people obey the royal road, so that the bandits from all over the country know the righteousness of the court, and they will return from the wind. ”

Hearing Wang Xiren's words, Emperor Ming Kang nodded affirmatively, "What Wang Ge Lao said is very true~ If you have any opinions, please tell me~"

Later, a few more people added two sentences, most of which were about the specific details of these two ministers, and Emperor Ming Kang also nodded one by one, of course, there was also a line of martial arts, and Emperor Ming Kangdi did not refute it.

When he saw Jia Chen, who was at the front of the left side of the civil and military officials, he was also happy in his heart, there was a group of big men standing behind a young man, how to say this, anyway, he was happy in his heart, those bastards couldn't command on weekdays, so he had to let them taste this humiliation.

Seeing that Jia Chen was like a gun, standing there, Xu is mind was in his mind, and Ming Kangdi asked casually, "Champion Hou, what do you think of this matter?" ”

When the hundred officials heard Emperor Ming Kangdi's question, their eyes suddenly converged, Jia Chen was also stunned, he didn't expect Emperor Ming Kangdi to ask him, with his current merits, even if it was a bandit, it would not be his turn, if he made another meritorious service, what would Emperor Ming Kangdi take to reward? A king with a different surname? The likelihood is slim to non-existent.

However, after asking, Emperor Ming Kangdi also regretted a little, Jia Chen's guess was very right, this is also what Emperor Ming Kangdi thought, Jia Chen's deeds are enough, even if the imperial court really sends someone to suppress the bandits, it will not be him, in case Jia Chen misunderstands what he means and takes the initiative to ask Ying, then how should he refuse.

Fortunately, Jia Chen was not a stunned young man who didn't understand anything, and he didn't mention the matter of sending troops to suppress bandits, but talked about another thing, Jia Chen thought that this matter would come out in the end anyway, and it was nothing like a year and a half in advance.

After thinking about it, Jia Chen walked out of the queue and said in a deep voice: "Back to the emperor, the ministers have no opinions here, and what the princes have said has been perfected, but there are only two problems." ”

"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"

When Emperor Ming heard Jia Chen's first half of the sentence, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, if Jia Chen really asked for help, he was afraid that he would not be able to get off the stage, but hearing that Jia Chen had a problem here, it made him a little interested.

Emperor Ming Kangdi stood up from the dragon chair, looked down at the ministers below, raised his hand slightly, and said, "Say~"

Jia Chen then said again: "Dare to ask the princes who is in charge of the household department?" I have a few questions here, and I would like to ask the Tobe Shangshu to solve the puzzles! ”

Emperor Ming Kangdi was slightly stunned, he didn't understand what Jia Chen was planning, but he still pointed to a middle-aged man on Wenchen's side, and said: "Jiang Yiyu, the champion Hou has something to ask you, I also want to hear it!" ”

Hearing Emperor Ming Kangdi's words, this Hubu Shangshu came out of the queue and bent down, "Xiaguan Jiang Yiyi, as the Hubu Shangshu, if the Hou Ye has any questions, just ask, Xiaguan will definitely know everything, and he will say everything!" ”

Jia Chen looked at Jiang Yiyu, this person looked very ordinary, among the hundred officials, he was not conspicuous, his face was sad and bitter, he thought that this household Shangshu was not so easy to be, after all, there have been a lot of things that have happened in Dakang in the past few years, and he has to make money everywhere, and he has to ask for money.

Jia Chen then glanced at the ministers, and secretly said in his heart that he would smash this smash, and he didn't know how many people he could wake up.

"Lord Jiang, ten years ago, how much stone grain could be collected by the imperial court's taxes?"

Jiang Yiyu was stunned, he had been the head of the household department for less than ten years, and Jia Chen's question was a little out of line, and he was stunned for a while.

However, someone soon came out and answered Jia Chen's question, but it was another minister in the cabinet, Zeng Shutang.

"Little Marquis, ten years ago, the old minister served as the head of the household department, this problem, let's talk about it! Ten years ago, I paid taxes and collected about 33 million stones!"

Jia Chen nodded after hearing this, and then continued to ask, "What about seven years ago?" ”

Zeng Shutang frowned, although he didn't know what the hell Jia Chen was doing, he still continued to reply: "32 million stones!" ”

Jia Chen asked again: "Five years ago, three years ago, and this year?" ”

The ministers couldn't help but be a little amused, what is this champion asking for? Is it of any use to suppress bandits in Shanxi? In the end, he is too young to know political affairs.

However, several old ministers in the cabinet, as well as Jiang Yiju's faces at that time, changed suddenly, and their gazes at Jia Chen became a little shocked.

Jiang Yiyu replied to Jia Chen's last question, "30 million stones, 28 million stones, and 26 million stones!" ”

After hearing this number, the ministers also came back to their senses, from 33 million stones ten years ago to 26 million stones today, Dakang's tax collection is decreasing year by year, and Dakang's tax burden ratio has not changed, thirteen taxes and one.

Emperor Ming Kangdi also looked at Jia Chen with a serious face, every year in power, this year there are less than 700,000 stones, 600,000 stones, which is not obvious under the huge base, but after ten years, this number has made him a little frightened.

And he quickly understood what Jia Chen meant, ten years ago, the bandits were far less serious than today, at that time, Emperor Taikang had also gone down to the south of the Yangtze River many times, and the whole Dakang was a grand event, and now when it came to his governance, not to mention that the nine sides had not stopped, and all places were in chaos, and mountain bandits were rampant.

Seeing that they all understood what they meant, Jia Chen didn't say anything more.

"The minister has finished asking!"

However, at this time, the entire court fell silent, although Emperor Ming knew that officials at all levels would accept some bribes, but no one dared to falsify this kind of nationwide data at all, because a lie would need more lies to make up for it, and the fraud in this kind of thing would outweigh the losses.

Nationwide, the harvest is plummeting, this is a terrible thing, if it is another ten years, Dakang's annual grain collection may fall to 20 million stones, how long will it take?

Emperor Ming Kang's expression was cold, "Jiang Yiyu, what's going on??" ”

Seeing the unconcealable anger in Emperor Ming's voice, Jiang Yiyu's cold sweat instantly crawled all over his back, and the whole person shuddered, in ten years, seven million stones were lost in the grain collection, this is not seven hundred stones, something big will happen.

But since he succeeded the household department, he has been conscientious and conscientious all the time, he doesn't dare to be lazy, he gets up earlier than a chicken, and sleeps later than a dog, where would he think that this kind of thing will happen, every time the annual budget is less than hundreds of thousands of stones, compared with tens of millions of stones, even Ming Kangdi doesn't care, which year will not encounter a natural and man-made disaster, but after the data of the entire decade is pulled out, it is not like that.

He hurriedly knelt on the ground and said urgently: "I don't know! Since the minister served as the head of the household department of the book, he has been conscientious, and he did not dare to be careless and slack off, and the officials under the collection were responsible for the procedures every year, and there was no mistake at all. ”

When Emperor Ming Kangdi heard this, his face was even more ugly, Zhu Bi Yu approved, wasn't that what he did? Didn't Jiang Yiyu say this, did he know all these things? Is this a slap in the face?

"Elder Fan Ge, can you tell me?"

Fan Yuanhe's face changed slightly, he is a cabinet minister, he has participated in these annual accounts, and in the past ten years, he has not fallen once, if Emperor Ming Kangdi takes the opportunity to make trouble, he will be uncomfortable.

But he didn't know about it, the cabinet was busy every day, so how could he take it to heart? If Jia Chen hadn't mentioned it, who would have thought about that, it would be better to think about how to deal with Wang Xiren's old fox!

"I don't know!"

Emperor Ming Kangdi's eyes narrowed, and he asked again: "Elder Zeng Ge, what do you say?" ”

Zeng Shutang also swallowed his saliva, he didn't pay attention to this matter, anyway, the lack of hundreds of thousands of stones had no effect on them, seeing that Emperor Ming Kang was in trouble, he sighed in his heart.

"I don't know!"

Emperor Ming Kangdi continued to ask again: "Elder Wangge, what about you?"

Wang Xiren also sighed in his heart, he didn't care about this matter.

"The old minister is ashamed!"

After asking a few cabinet ministers, Emperor Ming Kangdi turned his attention to Jia Chen, and then asked Fan Yuan and them just to find a step for themselves, the responsibility of the cabinet is to assist the emperor in governing the government, and now they haven't noticed it, even if it is to blame, they should be blamed, and he can take the opportunity to block the mouths of Youyou.

"Jia Chen, since you brought it up, you should know the reason, so you can tell me?"

Jia Chen saw the reaction of the hundred officials before, and it was expected that they didn't pay much attention to this matter, and they had already prepared a draft in their hearts, and when they saw that Ming Kangdi asked again, he mentioned another department.

"Back to the emperor, there should be an answer to this matter!"

The supervisor of Qin Tianjian is named Li Yanhua, he heard Jia Chen mention himself, and he was stunned, what does this have to do with them! Taxation is not something that they have under the jurisdiction of the Qin Heavenly Prison.

He walked out of the queue and bowed his hand.

"Champion Hou, this matter~"

Before Li Yanhua finished speaking, Jia Chen said again: "Your Excellency might as well sort out the meteorological temperature in the past ten years, and then you will know what is going on!" ”

When Emperor Ming Kangdi heard Jia Chen's words, he spoke again: "Jia Chen, since you know, you can say it directly!" ”

When Jia Chen heard this, he hesitated, in fact, after seeing the accurate data, this matter would be more convincing, but at this time, Emperor Ming Kang was anxious to know, so he had to change his statement.

"Back to the emperor, when the minister was fighting on the nine sides, he overheard a sentence, an old farmer said, he said that the grain produced in the field is getting less and less, a few years ago there were two stones per mu, but now it is less than two stones, and then the minister convened hundreds of farmers, asked this question, they all said that it was like this, and there was an old farmer said that the weather has become colder and colder in recent years, which led to a decrease in crop yield. Therefore, the minister has a guess that the grain requisition is getting less and less, it should be a sudden change in the sky in the past ten years, and the cold has worsened, resulting in less and less grain production on the land, and less and less grain naturally collected! ”

Then he also told his speculation about the mountain bandits.

"In recent years, the mountain bandits have been troubled, and the minister guessed that this matter may be related, although Taizu set a tax burden of thirteen taxes and one, but in order to complete the annual target, officials around the country may raise taxes privately, and the output is not much, remove the field tax paid, and the rest is afraid that the lake mouth is also difficult, and it is forced to go up the mountain for bandits! Of course, this is just speculation, and what the truth is, we still need to investigate it! ”

Hearing Jia Chen's explanation, the ministers were also shocked in their hearts, and their hearts were like beating drums, so to speak, those mountain bandits were originally not ordinary people, but now they are forced to become strong beams, and the officials force the people to rebel, this is a big taboo, a sign of the death of the country!

"Li Yanhua, do it quickly, I'm waiting here~"