"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, the imposition of additional taxes is a bad government! Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty think twice, Your Majesty! ”

"Today, when all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, Your Majesty will increase the commercial tax, which is to compete with the people for profit...... Never, Your Majesty! ”

"Your Majesty previously set a tax of thirty and one, but now he wants to increase it, which is tantamount to changing the decree of the court...... Now that the Northern Yuan has not been removed, this will lose the hearts of the people in the world, Your Majesty! ”

"Your Majesty, the former Yuan Yinjian is not far away, issuing money is the way to save the country, and taxation is actually the policy of destroying the country, Your Majesty!"

After a short silence, there was a cry of crying and grabbing the ground in the group of civil officials. Countless officials came out of the ranks, either to make a direct admonition, or to grab the land with their heads, as if today's commercial tax is increased, and tomorrow the Ming Dynasty will be ruined.

Someone took advantage of the chaos to secretly pull Li Shanchang's sleeve: "Han Gong, why don't you admonish?" Your Majesty listens to the public the most, if you can't stop Your Majesty, what will the public do in the world? ”

Li Shanchang quietly pulled his sleeve out of the man's hand, and continued to lower his head and do something that didn't matter to him. What's in the world, don't you see the eyes of the superior getting more and more fierce?

"Enough!"

Li Shanchang's expectations were indeed not bad. After a while, he heard the Emperor's cold roar from above his head.

Lao Zhu looked at the frozen ministers and pointed at them with his finger: "Look at you, what are you crying and making trouble?" ”

"Did we say we're going to harm the people? Did we say we were going to change the day? ”

"Before we even said how to collect taxes, you were crying and grabbing the ground...... Why, we just want to change the business tax, could it be that we are taking food from your mouths? ”

As soon as these words came out, the officials were speechless. They secretly made eye contact, and no one dared to say more: This is too heavy, and the increase in business taxes is not just taking food in our mouths? It's just that the emperor dares to say this, but they can't admit it!

"We set 30 taxes and one before, which is indeed too light. It is the so-called 'rule of the king, respecting the root and suppressing the end, and farming and heavy grain'. Business is the last way, too preferential treatment, and it will be harmful to the country after all. ”

Lao Zhu also shook his head and dragged a sentence, and the civil officials under the choked all looked strange. These words are exactly the rhetoric they used in the past when they advised Lao Zhu not to focus on business and concentrate on agitating agriculture.

"Besides, if you are a businessman, you can easily accumulate money without production, which is not in line with the truth." Lao Zhu continued. "Let's think about it, and the business tax should be levied according to the income of the merchants. The people do some small business, which is naturally still thirty taxes and one. ”

"The higher the income, the higher the commercial tax, and it is reasonable to collect taxes according to the tier. How, by ......"

"Let the cabinet draw up the rules! Be sure to investigate carefully and plan carefully. After giving us a review, it will be written into the Da Ming Law. ”

"Yes. The retainers obeyed. Zhu Biao, who was temporarily in charge of cabinet affairs, replied with a silky answer, leaving no room for other civil officials to beak at all.

Originally, this kind of thing written into the Daming Law was to be discussed by the Ministry of Households, the Criminal Department, and even other ministries, but now it was directly handed over to the cabinet!

Obviously, this is a collusion between this master and the two mornings!

"Your Majesty!" Even though Lao Zhu was so resolute, Zhan Tong, the secretary of the ministry, still came out and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not in line with the system. ”

"Moreover, it is necessary to investigate the income of merchants in the world and formulate the specific amount of tax according to the income...... This is tantamount to the imperial court directly monitoring all the merchants in the world, and the manpower required is huge! ”

"With all due respect, even if all the officials of my Ming Dynasty are involved in this matter, I am afraid it will not be implemented."

"This political reality is difficult to implement, and I ask Your Majesty to withdraw the ...... of your order"

Zhan Tong, as the secretary of the ministry, immediately thought of the problem of manpower, so he seemed to be pertinent in his objection, and what he said was not insightless...... Seeing this, the civil servants became active again, and those who seconded the proposal abounded.

"Well, that's right." Lao Zhu looked at Zhan Tong playfully, "Zhan Aiqing, let's remember that your Zhan family in Huangzhou has a big family business...... Isn't that why you oppose the levy? ”

"Your Majesty!" Zhan Tong raised his eyes and looked at Lao Zhu. "The minister is purely out of a public heart! Most of the family property is owned by the clansmen. Under the minister's own name, there are only a few acres of thin fields for cultivating and reading heirlooms. ”

"If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to investigate! The minister's loyalty to His Majesty can be expressed every day! ”

Haoran righteousness, full of face.

"Oh. A good clan owns, a good cultivator and an heirloom. Lao Zhu was not moved, but his face was inexplicable. Let's let you be the secretary of the ministry, and sure enough, I didn't look away. ”

"As an official, he holds a lot of power, and what he is most afraid of is using power for personal gain and amassing his wealth." Lao Zhu stood up, "There is a saying in the Song Dynasty, wow: three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver!" ”

"You officials in the court, if you were in the Song Dynasty, you would all be Beijing officials, and in terms of authority, your authority is a few more than the prefect."

"If you abuse your power for personal gain, how can you cure it?"

"Your Majesty!" When the officials heard this, they were in a cold sweat, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The ministers don't dare, the ministers are loyal to the heart of the Ming Dynasty, and they can be expressed every day!" ”

"You're good, let's believe it." Lao Zhu said emotionlessly, but there was no trace of trust on his face. "It's just that even if you are honest, you can't control someone from pulling your tiger skin as a banner and making profits for themselves!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhan Tong, and the Shangshu who was still performing the loyal minister show just now was sweating profusely. "If your family members and clansmen use your name to amass and make a fortune...... You say, 'How should the court be governed?' ”

"Minister...... Panic! Zhan Tong didn't dare to look at Lao Zhu anymore, and bowed down and trembled.

"You say that there are not enough people, and you can't control the world's businessmen." Lao Zhu got back to the point. "So, let's start with you officials."

"Regardless of the people of the world for the time being, this policy of increasing business taxes will start with your relatives who are officials!"

"During the current season, all the relatives of officials in Beijing who do business and have income, according to the new tiered commercial tax law, will be subject to additional commercial tax!"

"Anyone who resists, deceives and does not report, those who do business are imprisoned for crimes, and those who are officials at home will sit together!"

"It's so decided, retreat!"

After speaking, under the frightened eyes of the officials, Lao Zhu waved his robe sleeves and left Fengtian Hall directly.

Left behind a group of dumbfounded officials, who wanted to defend themselves, but could no longer speak.

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"Li Xiang, you have to come up with an idea! You said that the policy of issuing treasure money must be a certainty...... How can it be that in the blink of an eye, not only is there no news of the treasure banknote, but the commercial tax of our officials will be increased...... "In the study room of the Korean government, many senior officials of the DPRK and China took advantage of the secret meeting with Li Shanchang, and poured bitter water.

"Yes, big brother, you said this morning that you know Your Majesty best...... Why is it that in the blink of an eye, my lifting is blown like this? Li Shanchang's side, even his younger brother Li Cunyou, was also resentful at this time. This big brother doesn't talk much, he says that he will make a fat difference...... I waited excitedly for a few hours in the house, and I ended up waiting here?

Not only did I have no oil and water to eat, but I also had to bleed......

What is this called?

(End of chapter)