Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 222
The urgent report of Wuchang Mansion and Jinyiwei Wuchang Baihu Office was passed on by the important ministers and then returned to the imperial case. There was no scene of outrage and righteous indignation in the palace.All the civil servants hated these blood-sucking vassal kings and clans extremely, so even though such a horrific tragedy happened in Chu Fan, the officials basically treated it with a gloating attitude: Look at your Zhu family, you are raising some WTF!

"How to deal with this matter, you have to discuss it, and you must come up with the regulations as soon as possible!"

Zhu Youjian was quite shocked when he heard about this at first, but then calmed down quickly; Zhu Youjian didn't have any emotional components in these clans that had long been estranged from him, otherwise he wouldn't have thought about it. Send people to deal with them in such a shameful way.

"Reporting to the Holy Majesty, since the report is true, I think that the most urgent task is to send personnel to Wuchang to arrange the funeral of the King of Chu and give him a posthumous title. The clan's family must come forward for this matter!"

The first assistant, Wen Tiren, played.

This is also the proper meaning of the question, no matter what, the deceased must be buried in peace.It took more than ten days for the Wuchang Mansion's memorial to be delivered, and the imperial court needed to prepare well before sending personnel to Wuchang for the funeral, which would take a lot of time.It is now March, and the weather is getting hotter day by day. Although Zhu Huakui's body is covered with a lot of ice, it will still rot after a long time, so this matter must be carried out as soon as possible.

As for how to deal with the matter of Zhu Yunhui, the prince of Chu's son, who killed his father, imprisoned his mother, killed his younger brother, and raped the two princesses of the county, it belongs to the royal family's family affairs, and Wen Tiren, as a foreign minister, has no right to intervene.

"Zhu Yunhui's crimes are heinous, and he should have been sentenced to death, but I consider that he is the blood of the Taizu, so according to the clan's regulations, the clan's mansion sent people to escort Fengyang to imprisoned in the high wall, and he will not be pardoned for life. All the accomplices were executed! The third son of the king of Chu has been killed, and Zhu Yunhui killed the second son. The third son has no heirs. The lineage of the king of Chu has no heirs. Therefore, the king of Chu's feudal kingdom will be abolished from now on, and his family property will be confiscated! The concubine and others moved to the Hanyang Palace, and they will provide for their future living needs according to their discretion! All the kings of Chu will be expelled from the nobles, and the fertile land under their names will be distributed to the clan and Wuchang people who have no land will pay taxes according to the regulations from next year; Lakes, ponds and rivers are under public ownership, and no one is allowed to occupy them privately; shops and pits are handed over to the Four Seas Commercial Firm. Gong Yonggu, the captain-in-law, and Zhou Zhiqian, the left servant of the household department, are the principal and deputy envoys. matter!"

Zhu Youjian quickly set the tone for the Chu Palace to deal with. The specific matters will be discussed and handled according to the specific situation after Gong Yonggu and Zhou Zhiqian arrive at Wuchang Mansion.

Now that the Chu Fan Zhengzun has also disappeared, the remaining county kings, town generals, and auxiliary generals in Wuchang City have lost the need to exist, and they just happened to be abolished together, and the people of Wuchang have a clear sky.

Chu Palace is a big fat sheep.In history, after Zhang Xianzhong broke Wuchang in the 16th year of Chongzhen, the gold and silver seized from the Chu Palace alone reached 180 million taels, and the rest of the land and shops were not included. Zhu Yunhui's self-inflicted crimes made Zhu Youjian gain A fortune.

Zhu Youjian estimated that the Chu Palace and the various county kings of the Chu Kingdom should own no less than one million mu of land, and these million mu of land are fertile fields that do not pay any taxes.

If the tax rate is calculated according to the thirteenth tax quota next year, calculated on the basis of one stone per mu of fertile land, the household department will increase the income of hundreds of thousands of grains every year.

The population of the royal family of Chu has reached more than [-] in the past two hundred years. Except for those direct descendants of county kings and generals, the living conditions of most of the clan are extremely miserable. There should be no problem.The rest of the one-hundred-thousand-million-wood field is given to those farmers who rent and plant the fields on a daily basis. These tenant farmers rent and plant the fields of the Wangfu on a daily basis, and pay rent to the Wangfu at a rate of more than [-] each year. The burden will be greatly reduced.

"Qizhuo Shengshang, the previous emperor issued an order that all canal private ships except official ships should be taxed. After the cabinet wrote the document, Hu Dake rejected the matter from the household department. The reason was that it violated the ancestral system and damaged The government is insulting, and it is competing with the people for profit. I dare to ask the Holy Majesty if he will withdraw the imperial decree and think about it again?"

Second assistant Wang Yingxiong came out and played.

Among the subjects of the Ming Dynasty, they are typical representatives of inferiority and power. Although the grade is only seven ranks, they have the right to refute imperial edicts and cabinet writings, which is an important means for the Ming Dynasty to control the size of the officialdom.

Among the affairs of various subjects in the Ming Dynasty, he was in charge of attendants, admonitions, repairs, pick-ups, review, sealing and refuting edicts, refuting the memorials issued by Baisi, supervising the six departments, and impeaching Baiguan, which complemented each other with Yushi.

After Zhu Youjian heard Wang Yingxiong's report, he understood in his heart that Hu Dake must have been instigated by others to use his seldom-used power to refute his imperial decree. Simple, the content of the imperial decree violated the interests of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.

For the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, the payment of tolls by all ships except official ships was barely acceptable, but the imperial decree suddenly used the banknote pass as a place to collect business taxes, which was unbearable.

Existing banknote toll collection method is collected in a way similar to tolls in later generations.For example, a fully loaded merchant ship sets sail from Suzhou and carries a large amount of goods to the capital for sale. The total voyage is more than 3000 miles, and each bank only needs to pay a toll of more than three taels. about two.

This fee is insignificant for those merchant ships worth thousands of taels of goods. For the imperial court, 10 ships only collected a few [-] taels of silver.

But this time the imperial court is going to impose a business tax on the banknotes, and it will be one out of twenty, which is absolutely unacceptable to the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.

This means that for a shipment of goods worth 2000 taels of silver, a tax of 100 taels of silver has to be paid at a time. Doesn’t this mean that the court took money out of its own pocket?The Ming Dynasty has been in power for more than two hundred years, how can there be such a fatuous and senseless emperor?Is this trying to force us to rebel?
Yes, the officers and soldiers needed food and salaries to suppress thieves and resist slaves, and they also needed money and food to maintain the operation of the court.But shouldn't all these food and salary increases be added to those poor ghosts who farm?Why did you attack the dry city of our country?Is there any reason for this?No, we must resolutely resist this kind of reckless behavior of the emperor. This Ming Dynasty should be governed by us gentry and the emperor, and he cannot be allowed to act recklessly.

"At present, the imperial court needs a large amount of money and food to help the victims, and there is also a huge gap in the food and salaries of the officers and soldiers. The business tax is already imminent and has to be issued. The merchants themselves are not involved in production, they only need to profit from it through distribution and trafficking. The commercial tax only slightly reduces its profits, I have decided on this matter, and there is absolutely no possibility of taking back the imperial decree!"

Zhu Youjian's attitude is very firm.

"At present, all the salt interests in the world belong to the Holy Majesty and the imperial court, and the benefits are already huge. If the commercial tax is imposed by force, the public opinion may be violent, and the situation in the south of the Yangtze River may be in turmoil. This move to compete with the people for profit may not be convincing to the public. According to future historians, the reputation of the Holy One is probably not good! Although merchants do not engage in production, if there is no such thing as the north and south, where does the world’s daily use come from? Could it be that the Holy One intends to ban its circulation?"

Wang Yingxiong's big hat had already been pointed at Zhu Youjian. Obviously, Wang Cifu was firmly on Hu Dake's side.

The original Emperor Chongzhen attached great importance to his reputation and was always afraid of leaving a stain on the history, so even though he thought of some measures that benefited the country and the people, but because it touched the interests of certain groups, he was finally quoted and generously presented by everyone. Lost in the words.

But the current Zhu Youjian is not the original Chongzhen. Zhu Youjian just sneered at Wang Ge's naive behavior of talking about history.

Qing history left a name?

History is a little girl, and in the end the person who gets her has the right to dress her up beautifully.

And I am the one who holds the power.

　Thanks to the book friend Long Ziyan for the reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)