Sword of the Red Chamber from Heaven

Chapter 115 Suppression of bandits?A strong medicine (please order, please follow up!)
The mountain monk can't understand how many years, one leaf falls and knows the autumn of the world.

Jia Gong was in the court, and when he heard this, the first thing he thought of was not bandit suppression, but climate change. The output of grains and miscellaneous grains was greatly suppressed, and those people had to be forced to go to Liangshan because of their livelihood.

Guessing that this was the case, he felt more sympathy for those bandits, and his thoughts of strangulation became less.

But he faded away, not necessarily other people don't want to do meritorious service, soon someone will come out of the queue.

"To play the emperor, the minister has a book to play!"

It was Fan Yuanhe, the cabinet minister. Emperor Mingkang nodded and said in a deep voice, "Speak!"

Fan Yuanhe didn't change his face, and replied in a respectful voice: "Qizuo, the emperor, I think that the Shanxi bandits are rebelling on a large scale, so we have to guard against it. There are bandits all over the world, and there are a lot of them. If the imperial court can't kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, and cut the mess quickly, all the places will think that the imperial court is powerless and follow suit. The catastrophe of overthrow!"

Emperor Mingkang nodded secretly. Although Fan Yuanhe was a member of Emperor Taikang, he was a little displeased, but it has to be said that this old guy is still very sophisticated in certain things.

After saying this, someone stepped forward again, but it was another cabinet minister, Wang Xiren.

"Show the emperor, the old minister has a book to play!"

Emperor Mingkang nodded, "Let's talk."

Wang Xiren opened his mouth and said: "The incident in Shanxi made me very sad when I first heard about it. However, there must be a reason for what happened. There is no reason for it. Regarding Master Fan's words, the old ministers have different views. You must know that the people are the most important. The king, the boat, and the people's waters Also, water can carry a boat or capsize it. Please investigate the cause of the banditry in Shanxi and understand the truth of the matter. The bandit should be suppressed and must be suppressed, but the reason behind it is more important. The court must take warning. Officials are greedy, seek people's fat and anointing, stir up people's uprisings, and go to the mountains to become bandits, then they should investigate the officials, kill chickens and monkeys, and restore the innocence of local officials. Wang Dao, if this is the case, bandits from all over the world will know the righteousness of the court, and they will definitely return home."

Hearing Wang Xiren's words, Emperor Mingkang nodded affirmatively, "What Wang Ge said is true~ If you have any opinions, gentlemen, please tell me~"

Then a few people added a few sentences, most of which were about the specific details of the two cabinet ministers. Emperor Mingkang also nodded one by one. .

When he saw Jia Gong, who was at the front on the left side of the civil and military officials, he was very happy. There was a group of old men standing behind a young man. No matter what he said, he was very happy in his heart. Those bastards usually could not command If they want to move, they should have to let them taste the humiliation.

Seeing Jia Gong standing there like a gun, Xu Mingkang asked casually, "Champion Hou, what do you think of this matter?"

When all the officials heard Mingkang Emperor's question, their eyes suddenly gathered over, and Jia Gong was also stunned. He never thought that Mingkang Emperor would ask him. For meritorious service, what will Emperor Mingkang use to reward him?Wang with a different surname?This possibility is minimal.

But after asking, Emperor Mingkang also regretted it a little. Jia Jun’s guess was right. This is what Emperor Mingkang thought. Jia Gong’s achievements are enough. If Jia Ju misunderstood what he meant and took the initiative to ask for Ying, then how could he refuse.

Fortunately, Jia Yu is not a stunned young man who doesn't understand anything. He didn't mention the matter of sending troops to suppress the bandits, but talked about another matter. Come out, so a year and a half ahead of time, it's nothing.

After thinking for a while, Jia Gong walked out of the queue and said in a deep voice: "Go back to the emperor, I have no objections here, what you said is very good, but there are only two problems."

When Emperor Mingkang heard the first half of Jia Gong's sentence, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. If Jia Gong really invited Ying, he might not be able to get off the stage, but hearing that Jia Gong had a problem here made him a little bit interested.

Emperor Mingkang stood up from the dragon chair, looked down at the officials below, slightly raised his hand, and said, "Say~"

Jia Gong then said again: "Dare you ask who is in charge of the household department? I have a few questions here, and I ask the minister of the household department to clarify my doubts!"

Emperor Mingkang was slightly taken aback, he didn't understand what exactly Jia Gong was planning, but he still pointed to a middle-aged man on the other side of the civil servant, and said, "Jiang Yi'e, the champion has something to ask you, and I will Want to hear it!"

Hearing Emperor Mingkang's words, the Minister of the Household Department came out and bent down, "Xiaguan Jiang Yi'e is the Minister of the Household Department. If you have any questions, please ask Hou Ye. The next official will definitely know everything and say everything. !"

Jia Yu looked at Jiang Yi'e, he looked very ordinary, he was not conspicuous among the officials, and his face was full of sorrow and sorrow. He thought it was not so easy to be a minister of the household department, after all, in the past few years There are many things happened in Dakang, and he needs money everywhere, and he has to ask for money.

Jia Guan then glanced at the officials, thinking in his heart that if he smashed the clapper down, he wondered how many people would be woken up.

"Master Jiang, ten years ago, how much grain could the imperial court collect in taxes?"

Jiang Yi'e was taken aback, he had been the Minister of the Household Department for less than ten years, and Jia Guan's question was a bit out of line, so he froze in place for a while.

But soon someone came out and answered Jia Jun's question, but it was another cabinet minister, Zeng Shutang.

"Young Lord, ten years ago, I served as the Minister of the Household Department. This question is for the old man! Ten years ago, my Dakang tax collection was about 3300 million shi!"

Jia Ju nodded after hearing this, and then continued to ask: "What about seven years ago?"

Zeng Shutang frowned, although he didn't know what Jia Gong was up to, he continued to reply: "3200 million shi!"

Jia Jun asked again: "Five years ago, three years ago, and this year?"

The ministers couldn't help being a little funny, why did the champion ask these questions?Is it of any use to suppress bandits in Shanxi?In the end, he was too young to know politics.

However, the complexions of several veteran ministers in the cabinet and Jiang Yi'e at that time changed suddenly, and they looked at Jia Ju with a little horror.

Jiang Yi'e replied to Jia Guan's last question, "3000 million stones, 2800 million stones, and 2600 million stones!"

After hearing this figure, the ministers also recalled that from 3300 million shi ten years ago to 2600 million shi today, Dakang's tax collection has been decreasing year by year, and Dakang's tax burden ratio has also decreased. It has never changed, thirteen taxes and one.

Emperor Mingkang also looked at Jia Gong with a serious face. Every year he was in power, the loss of [-] shi and [-] shi this year was not obvious under the huge base, but after ten years, this amount made him a little scared up.

And he quickly understood what Jia Gong meant. Ten years ago, the banditry was far less serious than it is today. At that time, Emperor Taikang went to the south of the Yangtze River many times. The whole Dakang was full of grand events. Now that he is in charge, Not to mention that the Jiubian side has never stopped, and the places are also in chaos, and bandits are rampant.

Seeing that they all understood what he meant, Jia Guan didn't say any more.

"I'm done asking questions!"

But at this time, the entire court fell silent. Although Emperor Mingkang knew that officials at all levels would accept some bribes, no one dared to falsify the data stored nationwide, because a lie would require more Lies to make up for it, and falsification in this kind of matter outweighs the gain.

Across the country, the harvest is dropping sharply. This is a terrible thing. If it takes another ten years, Dakang's annual grain collection may drop by [-] million shi. How long will it take?

Emperor Mingkang looked cold, "Jiang Yi'e, what's going on??"

Seeing the unconcealable anger in Ming Kangdi's voice, Jiang Yi'e's back was covered in cold sweat instantly, and his whole body shivered. In ten years, seven million shi was lost in grain requisition. This is not seven hundred shi , something big will happen.

But since he took over the household department, he has been conscientious and conscientious all the time, not daring to be lazy, getting up earlier than chickens, and going to sleep later than dogs, how could such a thing happen, every time the annual budget is reduced by dozens Wanshi, compared with tens of millions of stones, even Emperor Mingkang didn't care about it. He didn't encounter a natural or man-made disaster in a year, but after the data of the entire ten years were pulled out, it was not the case.

He quickly knelt down and said anxiously: "I don't know! Since I have been the secretary of the household department, I have worked hard, and I have never dared to be careless. Every year, the officials below are responsible for the collection according to the procedures. There is no mistake. The cabinet's accounting was approved by Zhu Bi!"

When Emperor Mingkang heard this, his face became even more ugly, and Zhu Bi criticized it, isn't that what he did?Isn't Jiang Yi'e saying that he knows all these things?Is this slapping him in the face?
"Old Fan Ge, tell me?"

Fan Yuanhe's face changed slightly. He is a cabinet minister, and he has participated in these annual calculations. In the past ten years, he has not failed a single time. If Emperor Mingkang took the opportunity to make trouble, he would feel uncomfortable.

But he didn't know about it. The cabinet was busy with things every day, so how could he care about those things?If Jia Jun hadn't mentioned it, who would have thought about that, why not think about how to deal with that old fox Wang Xiren!

"I don't know!"

Emperor Ming Kang narrowed his eyes, and asked again: "Old Zeng Ge, what do you think?"

Zeng Shutang also swallowed his saliva, and he didn't pay attention to this matter. Anyway, the loss of hundreds of thousands of shi would not have any effect on them. Seeing Ming Kangdi's attack, he sighed in his heart.

"I don't even know!"

Emperor Mingkang continued to ask: "Old Wang Ge, how about you?"

Wang Xiren also sighed in his heart, he didn't care about this matter either.
"The old minister is ashamed!"

After asking several cabinet ministers, Emperor Mingkang turned his attention to Jia Gong again. He just asked Fan Yuan and them just to find a way for himself. The responsibility of the cabinet is to assist the emperor in governing. Now they are not Noticing that, even if it was a blame, they should be blamed, so he could take this opportunity to silence all of you.

"Jia Guan, since you brought up the matter, you must know the reason, so how about you?"

Jia Gong had seen the reactions of all the officials before, and he expected that they didn't pay much attention to this matter, and he had already prepared a draft in his heart. Seeing Ming Kangdi asking again, he mentioned another department.

"Back to the emperor, Qin Tianjian should have an answer to this matter!"

The supervisor of Qin Tianjian, named Li Yanhua, was taken aback when he heard Jia Jun mentioning himself, what does this have to do with them!Taxation is not what they are under the jurisdiction of Qin Tianjian.

He stepped out of the queue and clapped his hands.

"Champion Hou, this matter~"

Before Li Yanhua finished speaking, Jia Jun said again: "Your Excellency, you might as well sort out the cold and hot weather of the past ten years, and then you will know what's going on!"

Emperor Mingkang heard Jia Gong's words, and said again: "Jia Gong, since you know it, you can just say it directly!"

When Jia Gong heard this, he hesitated for a moment. In fact, he would be more convincing after seeing accurate data on this matter, but at this time Emperor Mingkang was eager to know, so he had to change the term.

"Returning to the emperor, when I was fighting on the Nine Sides, I overheard a sentence. It was said by an old farmer. He said that the grain produced in the field is getting less and less. There are two stones, but now it is less than two stones. Afterwards, I called hundreds of farmers and asked about this problem. Crop production has decreased. The old minister has guessed that the food collection has become less and less. It should be that the weather has changed suddenly in the past ten years, and the cold air has increased, which has caused the land to produce less and less food, and the food collected naturally has also become less and less!"

Then he also shared his speculation about the bandits.

"Bandits have been infested by bandits in recent years. I speculate that this matter may be related. Although Taizu set a tax burden of thirteen and one tax, in order to meet the annual target, officials from various places may raise taxes privately, and the output is not much. After removing the land tax paid, the rest may be difficult to make ends meet, so I had no choice but to go up the mountain to become a bandit! Of course, this is just my guess, and the truth needs to be investigated after investigation!"

Hearing Jia Gong's explanation, all the ministers were terrified, and their hearts were beating drums. In this way, those bandits were originally ordinary people, but now they are forced to become strong beams, and the officials force the people to rebel. This is a big taboo , Omen of subjugation!
"Li Yanhua, hurry up, I will wait here~"

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