Chapter 31: Drinking Too Much Fake Wine Again
Chen Hu's concise and straightforward voice made Zhu Zhixiong's face a little ugly, although Zhu Zhixiong saw that the Nine Emperor Princes were playing tricks on Chen Hu, but as a future emperor, he should always have the appearance of being a teacher, at least he should show that he has taken the lead.
As the saying goes, when the country is in trouble, the husband is responsible.
And his words undoubtedly gave the civil and military officials a tongue to attack him.
"General Chen, I can't help but be worthy of the name of the teacher, how can I easily say that I don't have money to push it when the country is in trouble?"
"Who doesn't know that the emperor has just rewarded you twice, a full two thousand taels of gold, which is called no money?"
"You are merry and happy, you have money every night, and when you come to the people of Li and the people of the world, you shout that you have no money, I really don't know where your conscience goes!"
"General Chen, is your heart made of iron?"
The questioning and condemnation of the voice completely put Chen Hu on the fire.
"Hehe, you donkey coins play moral kidnapping with me?" Chen Hu sneered.
"Aren't we telling the truth?"
"Father, Chen Hu is ashamed to be a teacher, and his sons want to impeach him, depose him as a teacher, and the position of prince and young master."
"Minister, seconded the proposal, and the minister also wants to impeach Chen Hu."
"The minister seconded the proposal!"
Looking at the ministers who attacked in groups, as well as the second prince and the ninth prince who found the opportunity to fall into the well, Chen Hu rolled his eyes and said coldly, "Above the temple, the rotten wood is the official, between the palace and the majesty, the birds and beasts eat Lu, the wolf-hearted dogs, the people who are in charge, and the servants who are slaves and servants have been in power, so that the ruins of the community are ruined. ”
This passage is from Zhuge Liang's lines in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the previous life, and it is appropriate for Chen Hu to use it here at this time.
"What do you mean by that?" The second prince didn't understand a little, and asked a civil servant beside him.
"He said that above the court, the rotten and rotten people who are not as good as the beasts should be officials in the court, and eat the court to serve Lu, so that the wolf-hearted dogs are raging in the court, and the servants and servants have been in power, so that the community has become a mound and ruins, and the common people have suffered from misery!" Wen Chen replied quietly.
"Bold, you dare to scold us for being beasts and dogs, father, Chen Hu should be killed, he should be sent to prison, please ask my father to give an order." The second prince shouted angrily.
Zhu Zhixiong's face was gloomy and uncertain, although he was unhappy, but he had to admire this Chen Hu, he scolded everyone so fresh and refined, and he was telling the truth, where did Zhu Zhixiong not see the current government clearly.
Chen Hu saw that Zhu Zhixiong's face was embarrassed, so he bowed and saluted, "Your Majesty, the last general feels that the words of the Nine Emperor Princes just now are not bullshit, he is not thinking about my Daming Society, but destroying my Daming, disrupting the government, I think the person with ill intentions should be him, he should be executed in Ling Chi after frying in the oil pot!" ”
Who wouldn't button the hat, Lao Tzu would curse it.
"You deserve to accuse me of being a teacher and stealing your name?" The Nine Emperor Princes glared and shouted.
"Didn't I say that?" Chen Hu said.
"Chen Hu, what do you say?" Zhu Zhixiong asked puzzled.
"Your Majesty, may I ask if during the disaster last year, did you add 20% more taxes to the harvest land?" Chen Hu asked.
"This is true, because there were many places affected by the disaster last year, so in order to help the victims, an extra 20% was levied." Zhu Zhixiong nodded.
"Then I will ask again, how much does it take to increase taxes now?" Chen Hu asked again.
"At least 20 percent." Zhu Zhixiong replied.
"The emperor is wrong, at least thirty percent, or even forty percent, then the problem is, the peasants have to pay thirty percent of the tax, plus sixty percent, there is no surplus of one percent, you can't farm in winter, except for the consumption, can you still have grain in your hands?" Chen Hu asked.
"This ...... Not forty percent. Zhu Zhixiong said.
"Your Majesty, think about it, how many people need to go through during the period from collecting taxes to distributing them to the victims?"
"At all levels, there is a problem in one link, and who suffers in the end is the people at both ends, and those officials are so rich."
"In the end, the farmers who made a good harvest have also become disaster victims, and the country, how can they make a living?"
"To put it mildly, isn't this the government forcing the people to rebel?"
"Also, let me ask the emperor, several princes have been supporting the army for a long time all these years, will they be willing to pay food?"
"When the complaints are filled, presumably the princes will have their minds crooked."
"Also, is it really effective to alleviate the suddenness?"
"Do some people need it?"
Chen Hu asked in a loud voice, and Zhu Zhixiong, who asked, was speechless for a while.
"Even if you're right, is it an excuse for you not to help?" An official asked.
"I can contribute, for the country, for the Ming Dynasty, what can I do if I go bankrupt, I just don't like to be kidnapped by morality."
"Since you want me to make a big head, let's just stand here and let the emperor send the Praetorian Guards to their respective homes to find it, and you can take out half of all your belongings, and I will donate them all!"
"I just ask you if you dare?"
Chen Hu raised his head and asked.
All of a sudden, except for a few people, all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty turned their heads to the side, and everyone was silent.
Who would dare?
No one dares!
Don't say half of it, even a tenth of it will hurt them.
"You said lightly, this doesn't work, that doesn't work, do you have a way?"
"That's it, you just don't have a backache when you stand and talk!"
Zhu Zhixiong also had the helplessness of the emperor, and asked with a long sigh, "Chen Hu, do you have a solution?" ”
"Your Majesty, there will be no general." Chen Hu smiled slightly.
"No, without you still laughing, you're just talking on paper!"
"Unashamed, arrogant, please ask the emperor to punish him."
Under the hatred of the ministers and the bitter face of Zhu Zhixiong, Chen Hu said again, "But there will be a good deal in the end, but the emperor needs to cooperate, if the emperor cooperates well, I promise that not only will there be no shortage of food or money, but also make a lot of money." ”
"Oh, what's a good deal?" Zhu Zhixiong's eyes lit up and asked.
"The emperor is a little restless, presumably the people from the Qi delegation are coming soon, and the emperor will detain them all and put them in prison, and the rest will talk to them in the future." Chen Hu said with a smile.
What?
"You're crazy, you're going to send the people of the Qi State Mission to the Heavenly Prison, are you sick in the head?"
"You guy who doesn't know the height of the sky, did you let the donkey kick your head!"
"Chen Hu, what are you doing here? Even if the two countries are at war, they will not kill the envoys, and the people who detain the envoys of the Qi State will make the world laugh at the people of our Ming Kingdom. ”
The civil and military officials, as well as Zhu Zhixiong, looked at Chen Hu with wide eyes, feeling that this guy had drunk too much fake wine last night.