Chapter 22
In the emperor's hall, all the ministers were stunned by a series of appointments, and after a moment of silence, the quick-response ministers knelt down to remonstrate.

"Your Majesty, I don't object to exempting the common people from taxes, but raising commercial taxes is to compete with the people for profit, and it will definitely arouse resistance from merchants all over the country. The situation in Ming Dynasty will only become worse! Think twice, Your Majesty!" play road.

The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were extremely low. In order to increase their income, in addition to accepting bribes, officials took advantage of their positions to start businesses one after another. Pawnshops, cloth houses, and inns abound. Eight or nine hundred officials participated.

To levy business tax now is to drink their blood. ,

"Your Majesty must not trust the villain's words. The most urgent thing to do is the troubles of the bandits and the Manchus. The Jinyi Guards will bring disaster to the country and the people. The past lessons will serve as a guide for the future. Your Majesty must not use them!"

Zhang Xin, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, knelt down on the ground, and the tears came out as if by a magic trick. He cried with both emotions and words, and his heart was full of pain, as if his parents were dead. Zhang Xin's famous stunt.

"Your majesty, the old ministers also agreed, not to mention the harm caused by Jin Yiwei's troubles in the court, so what can Liu Hongjian do? A brat and humble minister thinks that he can't bear the heavy responsibility. If the emperor wants to use Jin Yiwei, he can discuss with all the ministers. A capable candidate." Li Jiantai, the right servant of the Ministry of Officials, said righteously.

Although Jin Yiwei has been idle for a long time, there are still people secretly collecting information about the ministers of the court, including who is corrupt and accepting bribes, who knows who breaks the law, and the current commander Wu Mengming is also a dog who never spits ivory, always holding evidence Extort and extort officials and make a fortune.

Li Jiantai has been serving as the right servant of the Ministry of Officials for a long time. If he can't do anything, he will take the appointment right at the last time. It is not difficult to appoint an obedient commander.

If Liu Hongjian, a brat like Liu Hongjian, became the Jinyi Guard, with his outrageous behavior in the past two days, most of his colleagues might have to go home to retire, maybe this would be a better ending.

"I'm admonishing you to death! Your majesty must not restart Jinyiwei!"

"I'm admonishing you to death! Never levy business tax!"

"I am admonishing you to death!..."

The old men who were half-dead just now suddenly became alive and well, and the pan was fried in the hall in an instant.

"That's right, Your Majesty, a humble minister with little talent and learning, weak power, and being alone is useless, Your Majesty!"

Liu Hongjian also joined the wailing army. He really didn't want to be the commander of this troublesome son. This muddy water is not easy to wade through.

"Are you going to disobey me too?" Seeing that Liu Hongjian also rejected his appointment, Chongzhen couldn't help feeling sad, and stared at Liu Hongjian, frowning tightly, with disappointment in his eyes.

This look was full of disappointment, loss and despair, as if he had finally grasped the straw to save his life, but the straw was a rootless grass, Chongzhen closed his eyes slightly, and remained silent.

Liu Hongjian was shocked by the almost despairing look in his eyes, it was he who gave Chongzhen the idea, he gave Chongzhen new hope, he was like the life-saving straw in Chongzhen's hands, but now he stabbed him personally.

Liu Hongjian deeply regretted it, a man has no regrets, since he gave hope to this empire, let's do it!

"I don't mean that, Your Majesty, I can be the commander, but I don't know if this official has the power of life and death. If I meet someone who is corrupt and perverts the law, I don't have a big official, so what can I do?" ?”

"I have given you the Shangfang sword, which can be used to kill corrupt officials and profiteers. When encountering lawbreakers, you can kill first and then play later!" Chongzhen, who was full of disappointment, saw that Liu Hongjian was only worried about being a petty official and light on power, and that his affairs would be ruined. The look of disappointment disappeared immediately.

"The minister will definitely hold this sword, overcome obstacles for the emperor, eradicate traitors, and never give up!" Liu Hongjian knelt down and thanked him.

It's over, now I'm on a thief ship!

"Your Majesty, please take it back!"

"It's absolutely impossible, Your Majesty!" The ministers began to remonstrate again.

"Noisy! Don't dare to persuade those who are admonishing, pull out the staff and punish them for 20!" Chongzhen changed his amiable expression just now, he watched these performing artists perform for a full 17 years, and he didn't see any improvement in Daming, on the contrary, he became more corrupt and worse.

For 17 years, he listened to these ministers to abolish the Dongchang, shelve Jinyiwei, and repeatedly reduced and exempted commercial taxes, making the commercial tax revenue almost zero at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

He obeyed these ministers to collect three rates from the people, causing the people to rise up, and millions of innocent people died as a result.

He followed the advice of the ministers and asked the Liaodong Army to stand still. As a result, Lu Xiangsheng, the only one who could restrain the Manchu blade, died in a bloody battle alone, and the Manchu army immediately sent troops to Shanhaiguan.

Now, he was disappointed and awakened, and he decided to follow his own ideas.

"If the emperor doesn't take back the order! I have to beg for the bones and return home!" Qiu Yu, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, made up his mind and signaled his colleagues around him to resign collectively. In his opinion, as long as everyone is of one mind, Chongzhen will surely submit as before.

"Sure, Zheng Sanjun will immediately draw up a suitable candidate for the left servant of the Ministry of Industry!"

Um?Before the colleagues around him could say it, Chongzhen got it right, and Qiu Yu, who was choking, wanted to cry without tears. When did the emperor start playing cards unreasonably?Your majesty, I don't want to resign...

There was a burst of crying just now, but not all the ministers came out to object. The ministers who did not refute include Zheng Sanjun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Ma Shiqi, the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and Fang Yuegong, Wu Ganlai, the left and right servants of the Ministry of War. Wang Jiayan, the servant, Sun Chengze and Meng Zhaoxiang, the left and right servants of the Ministry of Punishment, Fan Jingwen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Jiang Dejing, the right servant.

Zheng Sanjun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, took a slight step forward and bowed his head to accept the order. Chongzhen glanced at the few ministers who were standing there and did not follow him to refute him.

"Ni Yuanlu and Liu Hongjian follow me to the Qianqing Palace! The rest of you wait, retreat!" Chongzhen stepped down from the throne and walked towards the Qianqing Palace without looking at the ministers who were looking at each other in silence.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Industry took a look at the AKM on Liu Hongjian's body, and followed Liu Hongjian step by step. He had been envious of this murderous weapon for a long time.

When he arrived at Qianqing Palace, the eunuch had already prepared for Liu Hongjian the badge of the Commander of Jinyiwei and a Shangfang sword inlaid with gold leaf.

Liu Hongjian took Shangfang's sword and took it out to observe it repeatedly. You must know that he has only seen this thing in TV dramas, and he has never seen the real Shangfang sword. It's still legal to kill people and steal money, isn't it?

"Is this what you call AKM?" Chongzhen was in a great mood after he had settled all the officials, and looked at the AKM in Liu Hongjian's hand with great interest.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Mr. Fan of the Ministry of Industry has been coveting this AKM for Weichen for a long time! You can see that he has followed!"

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