West Garden.

Zhu Zaili knelt in front of Jiajing dejectedly, but Jiajing, who no longer suffered from gains and losses, became leisurely.

"A total of 20 million stones of grain and straw were used for disaster relief in the northwest, which amounted to 7.5 million taels of silver, and the merchants paid all in advance, making a price of 10.5 million taels of silver."

"Father, these people are too deceitful! Yan Song was holding the bowl of the court, but he was doing such a thing, which was really chilling. ”

Jiajing sat on the dragon chair and said with a copper mallet: "Tsk, I said that you gave the authority to the outer court, and my Ming Dynasty will make the people safe, and the Haiyan River will be clear." ”

"But the imperial court is really powerless to provide disaster relief, only with the help of merchants, the imperial court can never sit idly by and watch the people in the northwest ......starve to death," Zhu Zaili bowed his head and said.

Before Zhu Zaili finished speaking, Huang Jin walked in with a notebook.

"Emperor, the veteran of the Yan Pavilion has prepared a book, and the commercial tax is assigned to the household department, but the Lu rice of the nine-sided general is still spent by the internal money, and the Lu rice of the clan is divided by the household department, and there are six imperial weaving farms and nine porcelain kilns, all of which are under the jurisdiction of the Weaving Bureau, and the military department has been supplying ten large ships of 4,000 materials to the imperial horse supervision every year since this year, 20 ships of 1,000 materials, and ten tribute ships, a total of 300 tribute ships."

"The imperial property is subject to tax according to the people and merchants, and after the cabinet settles the commercial tax of the imperial property every year, it will be returned to the treasury at the end of the year."

This incident seems to take off their pants and fart, but in fact, it cuts off the way for the people to dedicate themselves to the royal family.

If the imperial court levied land from scholars like this, these people would rebel directly without even thinking about it.

Today, it was used on the head of the Son of Heaven with a backhand.

Hearing this, Jiajing couldn't help but laugh angrily: "Listen, on weekdays, let them think of a way to recruit the gentry and Tianfu, and they all look like unenlightened beasts." ”

"Today's calculation has come to my head, but I don't leave you any loopholes."

As soon as Jiajing's words fell, Huang Jin spoke: "Emperor, if you can't do it, the slave will fight back this proposal first, and Yan Ge Lao and Xu Ge Lao will formulate countermeasures." ”

"No need." Jiajing threw away the copper mallet in his hand a little lazily: "Zhu Zaili." ”

"The son is here."

"Do you know how to act when a monarch loses the upper hand?" Jiajing looked at Zhu Zaili and asked.

"The son is stupid."

When Jiajing heard this, he said earnestly: "You have to wait, you have to rely on, you have to hide your weapons in your body, you want everyone in the world to see your concessions, and you want everyone in the world to see how aggressive those people are after they gain power." ”

"When the sun falls, the pole of things will be reversed, or the pole will come, that is, it will be loaded."

This is the truth that Jiajing realized during the Great Ceremony, and now, Jiajing has taught Zhu Zaili these words and deeds.

"Guozijian is deliberating, this scene seems familiar." Jiajing sighed and said: "The last time was more than a thousand years ago, do you know what happened after the Later Han Taixue Qing discussion?" ”

"Two disasters of the party, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the Three Kingdoms." Zhu Jaeli blurted out his debut.

"It's good to know, just wait."

"Whoa."

Although it is called the imperial property, it is a commercial property after all, but it is no longer the tax that was guaranteed by drought and flood in the early years.

As long as it is a sale, it is a profit and a loss.

Jiajing is so shrewd, this transaction will not be able to lose for a while, and even make money.

The emperor of the Zhu family can't have Jiajing's brain from generation to generation, and he can go out to get money when he picks up the abacus.

There are only two choices in front of the Zhu family.

Either the royal family will have more money, or they will regain their authority.

Looking at Zhu Zaili's back as he left the palace, Jiajing's brows furrowed, and he immediately spoke: "Huang Jin." ”

"The minister is here."

"Tell Yan Song to add one more."

"The prince enters the cabinet to listen to the government." Jiajing said casually.

Huang Jin was stunned and said: "Emperor, there is no such precedent in the country. ”

"There is no precedent for the dynasty to transfer commercial taxes to the Ministry of Households, so ask Yan Song to add this article, and he can approve those payments."

"Whoa."

Jiajing wants to leave a grip in the outer court.

——

The attribution of commercial taxes was clarified, and the gloom that shrouded the cabinet dissipated almost overnight.

Then it was the Jin merchants, Hui merchants, Qi merchants and other provincial giants into the value of the Lu signed.

Yan Song and Xu Jie signed their names and surnames on the IOU in turn, and then stamped their respective public seals, private seals, and the official seals of the cabinet and the household department.

Zou Wang looked at the IOU in his hand, his eyes were red, and his tears fell "pop" and "pop", and he hit the IOU directly.

"Father Jun and the two elders care about the people so much, it is really a blessing for the common people!"

With Zou Wang taking the lead, all kinds of businessmen gathered in the duty house also followed with "gratitude".

Yan Song arched his hand towards the businessman in front of him with a solemn expression: "The victims of the Northwest disaster depend on you. ”

Zou Wang bowed his hand, and then bowed.

"It is the duty of a minister to devote oneself to the king's affairs."

Xu Jie and Yan Song stepped forward one after another to support these businessmen, Zou Wang stretched out his sleeves, and he didn't care about wiping a handful on his face before he spoke: "Two elders, I'll go on an errand for the disaster victims when I wait for this!" ”

"Okay, okay, Zisheng, let's send it on behalf of the victims in the northwest?" Yan Song looked at Xu Jie on the side.

Xu Jie didn't say much, and followed behind Yan Song.

The two elders personally sent these merchants out of the palace gate.

After leaving the palace, these people seemed to have wind on the soles of their feet.

On the heavenly street, you can see high-spirited businessmen everywhere.

"East Lake, since ancient times, when did we business people have today's scenery? I thought that this would be the case in my life, and I could only hope that my unsuccessful son would be promoted to the rank of the emperor, and the glory of the ancestors, who would have thought that we would earn both fame and fortune in this way, hahaha. Hua Linxiang laughed.

"That's a fallacy! Big fallacy! Let's do an errand for the Son of Heaven and fulfill the responsibility of the ministers! Speaking of this, Zou Wang did not forget to bow his hand to Xiyuan from time to time: "The victims of the disaster in the northwest are waiting to be fed, you and I should hurry up to run errands, so as to live up to the trust of the monarch and the people!" ”

After being reprimanded by Zou Wang, Hua Linxiang immediately put away the expression of his hippie smile.

Although the cabinet signed, the IOU was clearly written, when, where, and where the grain was transported.

These merchants did not stay long in the Heavenly Street, and began to get busy even when they went to various places.

And in the distance of Tianjie, two slightly lonely figures were staring at these businessmen with some envy.

"Elder Yan Ge, to put it mildly, I really envy them a little bit of businessmen." Xu Jie sighed helplessly: "You don't have to show up, in the end, even if there is a big mess, you and I will stand up to it on the stage, they just need to make a lot of money, and they can gain fame and fortune." ”

"Zisheng finally understands that this chair in this cabinet is not so easy to sit on?" Yan Song sighed lightly and continued: "Zisheng, don't look at Yan Shifan and Xu Fan getting close to them, but as long as you and I are in this position one day, they will not treat the Xu family and the Yan family as their own people. ”

"After receiving this wealth and authority, the monarch will no longer trust you and me as much as he did in the past, and now you and I are truly roasted on the fire."

After speaking, Yan Song put his hands behind his back and walked straight in the direction of the duty house.

All the IOUs are the names of Yan Song and Xu Jie, and they are not stamped with the official seal of the household department or the seal of the cabinet.

In this matter, from beginning to end, the celebrant didn't even move his pen.

It not only means that the authority is lost to the cabinet, but also means that once something goes wrong, it has nothing to do with Jiajing.

The authority that is really comparable to the power of the prime minister has withdrawn the outer court in disguise, but it has made Yan Song more and more like a pin.

Whether it is the Yan family or the Xu family, if they can have today, they will be raised by authority after all.

It's cold in the heights.

——

There are six departments in Beijing, and the newspaper hall was born in Beijing, and Jingshi has become the most dense place in the two Beijing and 13 provinces.

The Northwest earthquake, the new law, the cabinet's big loans, the Lingtai discussions, so many major events are piled together, and the business of these newspaper halls is not good.

The people of Jingshi will gather at the nearby newspaper hall as long as they have a little free these days, for fear of missing any important events in the imperial court.

In particular, the matter of "Lingtai Deliberations" has been talked about by these newspaper gentlemen day and night.

"The public right and wrong are in the Lingtai, the world's heroes and strong discuss it, the ancient virtue and politics are nothing more than this, in the past, Qi Huan Gong created the Jixia School Palace in Linzi, so there is the hegemony of the West Qin and the East Qi."

There was silence in the newspaper hall.

After a while, the people cautiously asked, "That gentleman, what is the East Qi and the West Qi?" ”

"That'...... Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Wuhou, do you know? ”

Everyone nodded again and again, and the story of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has obviously been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Hearing the name of Zhuge Wuhou, everyone immediately shook their heads.

"Yes, yes."

"Why was the world in turmoil during the Three Kingdoms period, do you know?"

"I don't know."

"It's because the second emperor of Huan Ling is a faint monarch, and he didn't listen to those gentlemen!"

"I know that the Second Emperor Huan Ling is a faint monarch! So let's have a good life? ”

"That's right! In order to relieve the disaster in the northwest, the imperial court borrowed more than 10 million taels of silver! Back then, even Emperor Zhuge Wuhou and Emperor Taizu Gao didn't spend so much money on the people! Old ministers of the Yan Pavilion, Your Majesty Shengming! ”

The newspaper hall was filled with applause in an instant.

It's just that when everyone was applauding, Zhang Juzheng rushed into the newspaper hall in one step and dragged Ning Jue, who was applauding, out of the newspaper hall.

"Brother Ning, what's wrong with you these days? Why did you sing along with Yan Song? ”

"No, you wait, I haven't finished the fennel beans yet." Ning Jue picked up the plate casually and shouted to the guy, "I'll send you the plate back later." ”

It wasn't until he got to the street that Zhang Juzheng asked: "Brother Ning, that Yan Song and Xu Jie took advantage of disasters and stole power, and the people didn't understand the reason, why did you praise him Yan Song?!" ”

"Because I wrote the manuscript! I've written several articles here, look at this, I'll read it to you, Zou Donghu is a disaster victim, sheltering from the wind and rain, and the old ...... of Xu Ge with a breeze on his sleeves."

Zhang Juzheng pushed away the manuscript in Ning Jue's hand, and said puzzledly: "Then why are you?!" ”

"If you don't boast, you can't boast."

"I can't boast about it......" Zhang Juzheng was stunned when he heard this: "Why can't you boast?" ”

"The imperial court is about to levy a business tax, do you guess it is these small merchants and hawkers who will be taxed first, or those giant businessmen and tycoons in Zou Wang?"

Ning Jue chewed fennel beans and looked at Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng frowned and muttered, "The silver is borrowed by the cabinet, and the business tax needs to be collected by ......the cabinet."

"Brother Ning...... This is to stuff firewood under the Yan family's buttocks?! ”

(End of chapter)