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Yang Tinghe stepped forward slowly, bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty Qizuo, it is a fact that the national treasury is empty. If the imperial court does not have enough money to support it, many things may not be easy to carry out, so the old minister thinks that if so If possible, please allow His Majesty to transfer the property brought back by the champion on the canal to the national treasury."

Zhu Houzhao raised his brows. When Dong He stood up, he had already realized that all the civil and military officials in the court had probably reached a consensus, and the 300 million taels of gold and silver allocated by the internal treasury alone could no longer satisfy them. All civil and military.

In fact, it’s normal to think about it. If there is no comparison, 300 million taels is indeed not a small number. The annual revenue of the Ming Dynasty’s finances, aside from the grain and fodder, is only 500 million taels.

However, what Li Huan brought back this time was not several million taels, but tens of millions of taels of property, so that there was a continuous stream of vehicles transferring property from the pier, which lasted for less than two days. It's only half of the transfer.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were not fools, and even the emperor himself would not believe him if he said that he would not pay attention to this sum of gold and silver after he realized it.

As for the tacit understanding reached between the monarch and his ministers before, compared to the tens of millions of property, the elders absolutely don't mind treating it as if it never happened.

As Yang Tinghe opened his mouth, Liu Yu and Wang Jia also stood up together, and respectfully said to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty Wanwang regards the country as the most important thing, and the confiscated property should be filled into the national treasury and taken for civilian use." As for the people, if all the people in the world know that these properties have been put into the internal treasury and become the private property of the royal family, wouldn't it be for the people to think that the royal family competes with the people and the country for profit, which will greatly damage the name of your majesty, the sage, and the royal family. name."

Wang Jia's opening directly involved the banner of competing with the people for profit and hurting the emperor's name. It was a righteous speech, no matter how it sounded, it sounded like a loyal minister sincerely admonishing the emperor.

But everyone knows that Wang Jia said so much, just for the amazing amount of wealth to enter the national treasury.

No matter how much property there is in the emperor's internal treasury, it is up to them, important officials, to dictate, but if this sum of property is filled into the national treasury, then they will have the final say on how to use such a sum of property at that time, and then If the emperor wants to use it, he must discuss it with them and get their consent.

Instead of what the emperor wants to do like now, they can't restrict the emperor through financial barriers as before.

What impressed Wang Jia and other civil servants the most was the reorganization of the Beijing camp a few years ago. If the situation of the Beijing camp was not clear to the minds of the important ministers above the court, it would be too small to underestimate them who are in high positions. man of.

If the Beijing camp is not reorganized, it is absolutely useless, but once it is reorganized, with the support of military force, it will not be so easy for them to restrain and restrict the emperor.

Under normal circumstances, as long as they get stuck in the door of the imperial household department without money support, even if the emperor intends to reorganize the Beijing camp, it can only be nothing in the end.

As a result, the emperor took out enough property from the inner treasury, just bypassed the court, and supported Li Huan to complete the reorganization of the Beijing camp.

The direct consequences have already appeared now. Relying on the elite of the Beijing camp, the Ming Dynasty repelled the Tatar invaders in the First World War, boosted the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, achieved a victory that had never been seen in decades, and created a large number of generals, Honorable.

Xungui, who used to have no sense of presence in the court hall, suddenly became arrogant, and even some generals dared to shout at them in this grand court meeting.

Without that big victory, who would dare to disrespect them no matter if they were honored nobles or generals.

All in all, the bottom line is that the emperor has money in the treasury. In this world, as long as there is money, there are really not many things that cannot be done.

Sitting on the throne, Zhu Houzhao's eyes slowly fell on Wang Yangming. Obviously Zhu Houzhao wanted to see what attitude this elder he valued had on this matter.

Noticing the emperor's gaze, Wang Yangming couldn't help sighing in his heart, he could only take a step forward, his eyes fell on the emperor, and he said with a bit of awe: "Your Majesty, I think that Mr. Yang Ge, Mr. Wang Ge, etc. What people say is not unreasonable
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Hearing what Wang Yangming said, all the officials at the court meeting showed some satisfaction.Even some officials headed by Wang Yangming have almost general attitudes.

Although it is said that above the court, there are many factions within the civil official group, and it is not uncommon to attack each other on weekdays.

However, today's incident is obviously a collision between the imperial power and the minister's power. On this kind of matter, all the officials will inevitably put aside all kinds of discord in the weekdays and agree to the outside world.If Wang Yangming took a clear stand on the side of the emperor on this matter, he might be rejected by all officials.

But at the next moment Wang Yangming said again: "Part of the confiscated proceeds of the champion marquis can be put into the internal treasury, which is the private property of the royal family, and part of it can be put into the national treasury to benefit the people."

While speaking, Wang Yangming cast his eyes on Li Huan who was standing among the nobles, and exchanged a glance with Li Huan, Li Huan nodded to Wang Yangming with a smile in his eyes.

Wang Jia, Dong He and others looked at the emperor with smiles on their faces at the moment. At this time, all the ministers in the cabinet and the civil and military officials in the court were almost unanimous in demanding that the confiscated proceeds of Li Huan be filled into the treasury. It depends on what the emperor chooses.

I have to say that Zhu Houzhao, who is the emperor at this moment, will either choose to give in or refuse sternly, but in that case, there will inevitably be disharmony between the monarch and his subjects, and even Zhu Houzhao knows very well that once he refuses the invitation of all officials at the Great Court Meeting today, If you insist on filling all your property into the inner treasury, it won't be long before this matter will spread all over the world.

Zhu Houzhao's reputation will inevitably be greatly damaged. Let alone a reputation that competes with the people for profit, he will definitely not be able to escape.

Just thinking about so many belongings, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but feel reluctant for a while, and he couldn't help showing hesitation on his face.

At the same time, Li Huan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I think what the elder Wang Yangming said is true. Your Majesty is the Lord of the people, so you must not compete with the people for profit. The people's fat and anointing are taken from the people and should be used for the people." civil."

When Li Huan spoke, all the officials couldn't help being stunned, and looked at Li Huan with strange eyes.

As the emperor's number one confidant and die-hard supporter, under such circumstances, shouldn't Li Huan stand up and support the emperor with a clear-cut stand, and be right with them?Why did Li Huan also stand on their side all of a sudden, persuading the emperor.

Zhang Lun and other nobles who were about to stand up and denounce the officials couldn't help but blinked and looked at Li Huan in astonishment.

The emperor looked at Li Huan, and Li Huan nodded slightly at the emperor.

Although he didn't know why Li Huan was like this, but out of trust in Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and said, "In this case, Li Qing might as well tell me, how should I dispose of this batch of property?"

A series of gazes fell on Li Huan, and everyone could see that Li Huan's next words might determine the distribution and whereabouts of that batch of property.

There was a smile on the corner of Li Huan's mouth, his eyes swept over the civil and military officials who were staring at him, and he said lightly: "Everyone, as far as Li knows, the treasury is so empty that the imperial court can't even raise money and food for disaster relief. this matter?"

An official said without hesitation after hearing the words: "What the champion said is true. Now the imperial treasury is indeed empty. Even the mice will come out with tears in their eyes. There are disaster victims in the local area waiting to be fed, and many river repairs are also due to lack of money and food. Because of the supply, we can only suspend it, so the imperial court urgently needs a large amount of property. I also ask the champion to put all the people in the world first, and advise His Majesty to allow the confiscated proceeds of Yangzhou Mansion to be filled into the treasury. This move will surely be praised by all people. His name will also be passed on to the world.”

Li Huan couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, but then he stared at the officials and said: "You can stand here today, you can be said to be the pillars of the country, so Li has the courage to ask you why the court is short of money, even the relief The disaster victims can’t afford what they need, so where are the court’s taxes, and where are the princes’ ability to govern the country?”

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Immediately, the faces of many officials changed slightly, and they stared at Li Huan with extremely unfriendly expressions.

Raising money and food for the country is in itself the responsibility of these officials, but the imperial court's finances have always been in a state of extreme tension, and they simply cannot withstand any big storms

If there is a slight storm, the country's finances may fall into a situation where there is no money and food available.

An official stepped forward angrily and said, "You are not the champion, you have resorted to military action. A big battle with the Tatars has cost the court a lot of money."

Li Huan sneered and said: "If Li remembers correctly, apart from raising a batch of food and fodder, the imperial court has allocated almost all of the needs of this war from the internal treasury. Your lord may as well tell This time, how much money has your majesty paid out from the internal treasury, and how much money has been sent out from the imperial treasury?"

The official was at a loss for words when he heard the words. He is a dignified doctor in the household department, and he can be regarded as a powerful figure in the household department. Naturally, he knows better than anyone else how much power the court contributed in that battle. As Li Huan said, the big head It is really from the emperor's inner library.

Seeing that the householder was speechless when asked by Li Huan, Yang Tinghe coughed lightly and said, "Young Champion, please listen to Yang."

Li Huan looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "I don't know why Yang Ge taught me."

Yang Tinghe stroked his beard, and said with a look of concern for the country and the people: "The imperial court's finances have always been extremely tight, not just for a year or two. Because of this, that sum of money is needed to replenish the treasury."

Speaking of which, Yang Tinghe bowed to Li Huan and said, "Also ask the champion to put the country's affairs first."

Li Huan ignored Yang Tinghe and the others, turned around and said to the confused emperor, "Your Majesty, I thought that the property that had been transferred into the inner treasury would go into the royal treasury, and the property that has not yet been transferred into the inner treasury will be refilled into the national treasury." , I wonder what His Majesty thinks?"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and cast his eyes on Gao Feng who was standing beside him. Gao Feng immediately understood the meaning in the emperor's eyes, and stepped forward to whisper a few words in the emperor's ear.

In the past two days, Gao Feng has been watching the property that has entered the inner treasury on behalf of the emperor, so Gao Feng still has a good idea of ​​how many properties have entered the inner treasury.

After hearing Gao Feng's words, Zhu Houzhao learned that all the gold and silver, as well as a considerable part of jewelry and other items, had all been put into the internal warehouse, which was worth 5000 to [-] million yuan. As for the rest, although there were still some jewelry , antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., but the bulk is real estate such as fields, manors, mines, shops, etc.

Calculate these things, and they are worth tens of millions of taels, but it is not so easy to cash them out for a while.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly at Li Huan, then looked at the crowd and said, "I don't know what the Qing family thinks?"

The emperor's attitude is already obvious, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are also very excited. They can snatch a large amount of property from the emperor's mouth, and they still have nothing to be satisfied with.

As for the property that has entered the emperor's inner treasury, to be honest, they never thought about it from the beginning. After all, it has entered the emperor's inner treasury. If the emperor wants to take it out on his own initiative, it is no wonder that the emperor agrees.

It can be said that the current situation is the best result they expected.Immediately, all civil and military officials bowed down to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty is wise, and I have no objections."

Zhu Houzhao nodded in satisfaction and said: "In this case, then, according to Li Qing's play, from now on, all property that has not been included in the internal treasury will be transferred to the national treasury."

As all the civil and military personnel stood up in a good mood, the atmosphere at the Great Court Meeting suddenly became much more relaxed.

But at this moment, Li Huan suddenly opened his mouth and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Li Huan still has this play."

All of a sudden, everyone's eyes fell on Li Huan again. Many people looked at Li Huan, and for some reason, they had inexplicably bad feelings in their hearts.

Zhu Houzhao also couldn't help but said with some surprise: "What's the matter with Li Qing, even if it comes to you."

Li Huan bowed to the emperor and said, "Elder Yang Ge said just now that our Ming Dynasty's finances are tight, so that even a slight disturbance will lead to an empty treasury. I think that the reason for this situation must be Daming's taxes. There is a problem with the system.”

Now that he reacted quickly, he already understood what Li Huan wanted to do. Did he want to reform the tax system of Ming Dynasty? Doesn't he know what this kind of thing means?

No one of the princes above the court knows that the tax system of the Ming Dynasty exists
It's a huge problem, don't they want to make changes, but if the tax system is so easy to reform, it is impossible that no one has dared to stand up to solve this problem for so many years.

Reforming the taxation system is equivalent to a reform. Reforms have existed since ancient times, but how many people who reform will end well? Shang Yang's reforms touched the interests of the powerful and fought back for vested interests. His own car was torn to death, and his family was destroyed.

Wang Anshi's reform also touched the fundamental interests of a large number of interest groups, so that with the collapse of Song Shenzong who supported the reform, the conservatives fought back wildly, and a large number of officials who supported the reform were dismissed from their posts and degraded to remote and smoky places.

In addition, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, who will be famous in the future and is known as the continuation of the Ming Dynasty's national fortune for a hundred years, will eventually end up with the same end of life and family extermination.

It can be said that there are very few reformers who have achieved a good death. They stared at Li Huan, but at this time the emperor's expression changed, and he stared at Li Huan and said in a trembling voice: "Isn't it Li Qing who wants to reform my Daming?" The system of taxation?"

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