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Chapter 440 Li Huan is going to be dumbfounded this time!
The successive impeachments erupted suddenly, but Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo, who were the targets of impeachment, were stunned for a moment.

You must know that just now they were whispering and joking with their colleagues, but as a result, they became the targets of impeachment as soon as the court meeting started.

The most important thing is that it was not Li Huan's party that impeached them, but Fang Zhiming, the supervisory censor, stood up to impeach them in public. After the shock, Cui Ying and others turned pale all of a sudden.

They are not fools, how could they not know that they were pushed out as abandoned sons and abandoned.

For a moment, Cui Ying and the others looked at Fang Zhiming and those former colleagues who followed Fang Zhiming to impeach them, with complex expressions flashing in their eyes.

Cui Ying, Wang Bangguo and others were not so shocked when the officials of Li Huan's subordinate party came forward to impeach them as well, but although they were all impeachments, Fang Zhiming's focus was on the negligence of the household department, and it was It is suggested that the emperor should be handed over to the three divisions for joint trial.

But the content of the impeachment of those officials under Li Huan was different. They were directly charged with deceiving the emperor, and they were handed over to Jin Yiwei for strict investigation.

The crime of dereliction of duty is nothing more than losing the black hat on their heads. Anyway, they are each worth a lot of money. Even if they lose their official positions, with the contacts accumulated over the years, they can enjoy their old age in the rest of their lives.

But if it is said that he was convicted of deceiving the emperor, the consequences will be very different. By then, it may be trivial to copy the family and destroy the family.

Realizing what would happen if they were convicted of deceiving the emperor, Cui Ying and the others almost instinctively stepped forward to bow down to the emperor, their faces full of fear and grievance, and said: "Your Majesty, my minister waits for you!" Even if you are very courageous, you will not dare to deceive the king, please let your majesty learn from you."

Li Huan couldn't help looking up at Yang Tinghe, when he saw Yang Tinghe staring at Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo with an angry face, his eyes flashed thoughtfully.

Many people didn't react for a long time, obviously confused by this sudden change.

Besides, the privileged class of Ming Dynasty is not only officials and gentry like them, but even Zhang Lun, who is talking about Li Huan and praising Li Huan, is also the privileged class of Ming Dynasty.

"We just ask you to find out the real number of acres and groves, so what can you do? It's just delusional to reform the taxation by means of the so-called "split-to-mu" taxation, and revive the decadence of the Ming Dynasty."

So when the Son of Heaven spoke, none of the officials spoke.

His eyes swept across the officials with complex expressions, Zhu Houzhao showed the imperial majesty on his body, and said coldly: "I said before that the tax reform is related to my Ming Dynasty, and I will never allow anyone to resist or even destroy it. If I let you Knowing that anyone who dares to obstruct the court's implementation of tax reforms, I will punish them severely, don't say it was unpredictable!"

"Your Majesty, apart from us, the royal family owns a large number of acres in this world. Could it be possible to put the tax showdown on the royal family's head?"

So Zhang Lun must have other purposes.

Cui Ying, Wang Bangguo and the others couldn't help but change their faces when they heard that the emperor was going to throw them into the imperial prison. How could places such as imperial prisons be easy to enter? Coupled with Jin Yiwei, it is foreseeable that they can leave the imperial edict alive In terms of prison, it can only be said that the ancestral graves are smoking.

Zhu Houzhao frowned and looked at Li Huan.

The policy of spreading all the money into the mu has been widely publicized, and I dare not say that the whole world knows it, at least the officials present have a clear understanding of this policy.

It can be said that if Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo open their mouths at this moment and bite a few people casually, but anyone who is confessed by Cui Ying and the others will not end well.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged, Your Majesty..."

Cui Ying, Wang Bangguo and the others couldn't help trembling when they heard Yang Tinghe's words, and immediately kowtowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty clearly sees that I have been wronged, and I have no intention of deceiving the emperor. Those data must have come out. What is the mistake, the ministers are just unintentional mistakes..."

Zhu Hou took a look at Zhang Lun, the anger on his face dissipated, and he recovered a little bit of calm: "Oh, I don't know what's the matter with the British?"

On the other hand, Li Huan smiled, nodded slightly at the British Duke, and said, "Just ask the British Duke, and Li will definitely know everything!"

At this time, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Li Huan and said: "Li Qing, I will leave this matter to Jin Yiwei. I hope that the Qing family will not let me down."

Many people looked over Zhang Lun and other nobles with sarcasm, and finally fell on the emperor sitting there, the sarcasm deep in their eyes deepened.

Hearing what the emperor said, among the officials, many people only felt a murderous intent rushing towards them, and looking at the chill on the emperor's face, any fool would know that the emperor was furious.

Many officials couldn't help snorting when Zhang Lun obviously praised Li Huan, showing disdain on their faces.

All of a sudden, the audience was silent, all eyes were on Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo.

Anyone can feel the emperor's determination. Now it seems that it is obviously impossible to expect the emperor to change his mind.

Li Huan bowed and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely order someone to pry their mouths open, and I will definitely find out Cui Ying, Wang Bangguo and their accomplices."

Under the privileges they enjoy, even if it is divided into acres, it is a delusion to collect taxes from the land they control.

This idea is indeed correct, but it is a pity that they have forgotten one thing. As the gentry class of the Ming Dynasty, most of them have the privilege of tax exemption.

Among the hundred officials, some officials who saw the disadvantages of the method of distributing the property to the mu could only find it amused when Zhang Lun boasted how good the method was.

Although it is true that the method of dividing the family into the mu is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty to a certain extent, judging from the disadvantages they have seen, they really can't live up to Zhang Lun's flattery.

Besides, even if you want to praise Li Huan, you don't need the British Duke, who is the head of honor, to stand up and praise Li Huan in person. This is too detrimental to the reputation of the British Duke.After all, there were quite a few nobles present, and it is entirely possible that other nobles would stand up instead of Zhang Lun to praise Li Huan.

Seeing the Son of Heaven snorting coldly, staring at Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo and the others, he shouted: "Cui Ying, Wang Bangguo, let me ask you, why on earth are you bullying the king on those yellow books and fish scale books? Was it under someone's instigation?"

But at this moment, the British official changed the topic, and said to the emperor with a bit of solemnity: "Your Majesty, regarding the tax reform, I have a question to ask the champion."

At this time, in such an atmosphere, no one would jump out even if something happened.

"The minister is wronged!"

The huge square seemed to have fallen into silence. After a while, Zhu Houzhao said slowly, "Is there anything else you need to do?"

However, important ministers such as Liu Yu, Yang Tinghe, Wu Guangyuan, etc. looked at Zhang Lun thoughtfully, with some doubts in the depths of their eyes. Obviously, they were not like most of the people present thought. Zhang Lun praised Li Huan in public at this time just to flatter Li Huan.

At this moment, Cui Ying and the others also noticed that Fang Zhiming and the others must have got some news in advance, and Li Huan impeached them in front of the emperor first, and pushed them out in this way.

After hearing Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo's words, some people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They let go of their hearts and looked at Wang Bangguo and Cui Ying with admiration.

As long as they can grasp the disadvantages of Li Huan's tax policy, their interests will naturally not be affected too much.

Among the hundred officials who saw through the mystery, many officials stood there as firmly as Mount Tai, and many even looked at Li Huan expectantly, as if they wanted to see Li Huan's joke.

In the end, a fierce murderous intent spread, which seemed to show the emperor's support and determination for tax reform.

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao said loudly: "Come here, pass on my order, put Cui Ying, Wang Bangguo and others into imperial prison, and hand them over to Jin Yiwei for strict investigation. I want to know why Cui Ying, Wang Bangguo and the others have the courage to bully you." Your Majesty."

Many officials even looked at Zhang Lun with disdain. It is simply a delusion to try to reform the taxation of the Ming Dynasty by relying on the mere strategy of profiting from income.

Not to mention anything else, as far as he knows, the nobles of Ming Dynasty also hold a large number of acres of land, and these acres of land are all tax-exempt.

So at this moment, Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo actually want the emperor to show mercy, but they think things are too simple.

After Jin Yiwei's secret investigation, it is already certain that Cui Ying, Wang Bangguo and others did the work on the data. Although the emperor also knew that after Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo, there must be other people who instigated or acquiesced, but Li Huan There is no evidence there for the time being, so Zhu Houzhao's anger can only be vented on Cui Ying, Wang Bangguo and others for a while.

"Hmph, Li Huan, a mere warrior, doesn't know how difficult the reform is. It's extremely naive to think that the so-called new law can change Ming Dynasty."

Allocating people to the mu, abolishing corvee and poll tax, and only collecting taxes based on the land mu, it is clear that they are rushing to them, the gentry class who own a lot of land, and want to cut their flesh and blood from them to feed back Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, Yang Tinghe, who was the chief assistant, coughed lightly, stroked his beard and looked at Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo, his face was full of awe and scolded: "Cui Ying, Wang Bangguo, you really are so brave! , Didn’t you hear His Majesty’s question, why don’t you tell the truth quickly, who ordered you to do such deceitful things?”

As several people were dragged away, the voices of several people calling for grievances echoed in the square gradually faded away.

But at this moment, a figure took a step forward and saluted the emperor, "Report to Your Majesty, I have my duty!"

The conversation between Li Huan and the Son of Heaven caused some people, who were slightly relieved, to suddenly change their expressions, as if their hearts were pinched by a big hand.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the grievances of Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo, and the anger that had been accumulated could not help but burst out all of a sudden, he slapped on the armrest suddenly and said angrily: "Okay, okay, look Come on, you are really determined not to admit your guilt."

And the emperor's attitude made the officials who still had such a little fantasy in their hearts, hoping that one day they could convince the emperor to dispel the idea of ​​tax reform, completely cut off that idea.

As soon as the man opened his mouth, he immediately attracted everyone's attention. Many people were surprised when they saw the British public Zhang Lun standing up.

The emperor sitting there looked at Cui Ying and the others indifferently.

Although I never thought that such a thing that was pushed out as a scapegoat would happen to me one day, but in the officialdom, I have seen this kind of thing once or twice. Anyway, Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo did not go too far It's just that they are quite unwilling to lose their composure, and they want to fight for themselves as much as possible.

Some officials tensed up, their backs were covered with fine hairs, but their eyes subconsciously looked at Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo.

The British official gave a slight salute and said: "The Champion intends to carry out tax reform and implement the policy of distributing the income from the household to the mu. This policy is beneficial to our Ming Dynasty. If it can be implemented smoothly, it will surely ensure our Daming country to last forever."

Several people looked at the Son of Heaven eagerly. They could only pin their hopes on the Son of Heaven at the moment, otherwise, looking at the current situation, it would be unrealistic to expect the civil servants to protect them.

Zhu Houzhao had a slight smile on his face.

Zhang Lun laughed and said: "Okay, I just want to ask the champion, is the method of dividing the land into the mu really able to collect all the taxes of all the land in the world?"

Who doesn't know the relationship between Zhang Lun and Li Huan, and the champion's mansion is closely related to the British government. At this time, Zhang Lun stood up to praise Li Huan, which seemed to be justified.

Looking at the enraged Son of Heaven, and then seeing a pair of imperial city guards approaching like wolves and tigers to drag Cui Ying and Wang Bangguo away after hearing the sound, no official dared to stand up at this time The mold of the emperor.

In fact, the real major event has already been discussed by the cabinet and the emperor. If it is brought to the court for discussion, it is actually more of a formality and announced to the public in this form.

As for the pros and cons of distributing a man to a mu, they, the elites of Ming Dynasty, naturally see clearly, and there are pros and cons. If not, it would be so easy for Li Huan to carry out tax reform. Because they have seen the disadvantages of distributing all the money.

Zhang Lun's words echoed in the square, especially the words "all the fields in the world" were extremely loud, and the expressions of all the officials were different for a while.

"Hey, does the British Duke have doubts about the strategy of the champion? Could it be that there is some rift between the British Duke and the champion?"

"Haha, that's really great. Li Huan must be dumbfounded that even his in-laws and allies like the Duke of England are suspicious of him!"

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