Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 312 The Monarch and His Ministers Determined to Recycle the Precious Banknotes and the Emperor Shi En Appointed the Examiner

Fortunately, Huang Pu had been prepared for a long time, and when he saw that things could not be avoided, he replied without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I think that the people can use precious banknotes to deduct taxes.

For example, ordinary people can use treasure banknotes to deduct [-]% of the land tax every year.

In this way, we don't need to exchange real Jingtai Tongbao for the depreciated Daming banknotes.At the same time, it can also reduce taxes by [-]% for the people in disguise.

Then we can set a time limit, such as allowing this tax credit policy to last for ten years.Ten years later, the treasure banknotes will be officially declared invalid.

By that time, the precious banknotes in the hands of the people should have been exhausted.

In this way, the imperial court and the common people will get their own place, and His Majesty will also receive the honor of lightly corvetting and valuing the common people. "

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu nodded repeatedly.In fact, I thought so too, but I didn't want to steal the limelight from the ministers.

Only by allowing the ministers to raise and think for themselves can their enthusiasm be mobilized.And what the emperor himself has to do is to encourage and recognize these ministers.

The plan Huang Pu gave was good, but the financial pressure on the emperor was a bit heavy.

If you want to live a prosperous and stable life, you have to increase income and reduce expenditure.

In terms of thrift, Zhu Qiyu has already saved as much as he can for the court.

Next, we can only work hard on open source.

It is not what Zhu Qiyu wants to collect land taxes from the south by knocking bones and sucking marrow.

First of all, if the landlords in the south were really attacked, the backlash would be very strong.

Secondly, even if all the landlords in the south were offended, there would not be much oil and water to be squeezed out.

Third, the taxes collected in the southern fields are already heavy enough.Especially in Nanzhili, the court's oppression has been quite severe.

The grain in the north is not even self-sufficient at the very least, and it has to be transferred from the south to Beijing all day long.

Zhu Qiyu can understand the gentry in the south. To be honest, the butt determines the head. Everyone looks at the problem from the perspective of the emperor and the court, and thinks that the gentry in the south deserve to die.

In fact, if you really put yourself in the shoes of others, if I were a big landlord in the south, I wouldn't even fucking want to pay taxes.

After all the hard work, they finally got some harvests from farming, but they were either squandered by the emperor and the vassal kings, or the Ming army fought indiscriminately, killing tens of thousands of people at every turn, and consuming a huge amount of food and grass supplies.

Just like last year's civil fort, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed, all the supplies were lost.

The south worked so hard for a long time, and it was transported to Beijing for you painstakingly. As a result, all of your hands were gone. It would be strange if they were happy.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu didn't have the idea of ​​the southern landlords, but was more interested in collecting salt tax and mining tax.

There is also the trade of goods such as porcelain and tea with overseas, which is also an aspect that Zhu Qiyu is interested in.

Especially the salt tax. Some people in later generations calculated and compared the salt tax income of the 'Da Song'. The salt tax potential of the Ming Dynasty should be around 4000 million taels per year.

As a result, the Ming court was actually able to accept three melons and two dates, which made people unbearable to look directly at.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu gritted his teeth and agreed to Huang Pu's plan.

Since there were all his cronies present, Zhu Qiyu continued: "Recently, the Gongyuan may be on fire, you don't need to worry about it, just do your own thing.

There is also the examination in February next year. He Aiqing represents the Ministry of Officials, and Wang Aiqing represents the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment. Let's be the chief examiners for this session.

As for the eighteen co-examiners, Huang, He, and Yue, the three Aiqings, took up two places, and Xu Youzhen, who had a successful river management career, counted as one.For the remaining [-] examiners, let the cabinet discuss and decide. "

When everyone heard the words, they quickly expressed their orders.The emperor's arrangement is not bad, he himself decided to have two chief examiners and four fellow examiners.The appointment of the remaining fourteen fellow examiners was given to the cabinet.

As for why Chen Xun was not allowed to take the exam, it was also out of consideration for the balance of the court and the alternation of the old and the new.Chen Xun is already the chief assistant of the cabinet and concurrently the secretary of the household department, which can be said to have reached the pinnacle of civil servants.When you reach this position, you should support and support the younger generation more.

Moreover, this arrangement made Wang Wen even more devoted to the emperor.How many students can you recruit as a chief examiner?

If there are a large number of talents in this class, the benefits that Wang Wen will get as the teacher of this class of Jinshi are unimaginable.

Zhu Qiyu is also very kind to his cronies and direct descendants.Three years ago, He Yi, Huang Pu, and Yue Zheng were still participating in the examination.Now he has changed suddenly, and has become the same examiner of the examination instead.

In addition to the consideration of cultivating cronies, Zhu Qiyu appointed He Yi, Huang Pu, and Yue Zheng as fellow examiners, and also intended to set an example for the candidates who participated in the examination.

Let people see that if you follow the emperor with all your heart, you can really take off on the spot and rise to the top.

Especially Yue Zheng, as the No. 1 person who petitioned to restore Empress Hu, is the benchmark of loyal ministers that Zhu Qiyu wants to set up.

After assigning the examiners for the general examination, the monarch and his ministers chatted about some trivial matters, and then parted ways.

When Zhu Qiyu returned home, he leaned on the soft couch, and four or five concubines came over to squeeze their shoulders and legs.

Zhu Qiyu sighed in his heart: What the female philosophers of later generations said is absolutely correct. Where is the shortest way to a woman's soul?

Well, since the physical and mental unity with each favorite concubine, the tenderness and sweetness of the favorite concubines has obviously been raised to a new level.

Zhu Qiyu felt that the eyes of the concubines looking at him were different from before.So he patted on the shoulder, motioned the concubines to squeeze hard, and sighed:

"Since our Hu Dashangshu and Yu Dashangshu went to Nanjing, and Wang Dashangshu returned to his hometown, I feel that the emperor is much more comfortable.

After this batch of Jinshi comes out, I will rest for a few more months, and then I will wait to welcome the Supreme Emperor.

Who among you will send someone to inform me that Yang Jie will come to see me tomorrow. "

Qianxue asked from the side: "Which Yang Jie? Is he the son of Yang Hong, the former military governor of Xuanfu?"

"That's right, that's him. I have important tasks for him."

Qianxue asked curiously: "My husband gave Ling Chi his father and elder brother. If you still dare to use him, aren't you afraid that he will hold grudges?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "The colleagues are enemies. Yang Jie is the son-in-law, and Yang Jun is the son-in-law. Do they really have much affection? Just look at our family and you will know, one is me, and the other is the emperor.

Everyone wants to be a son-in-law, and they all want to be the 'orthodox emperor', and in the end they have to die.

The same goes for the Yang family.

And Yang Hong, the whole family of the Yang family was really killed, so it was too late for Yang Jie to hate him. Could it be that he still wanted to avenge Yang Hong?
Besides, I just asked Yang Jie to go to Shanxi to make money for me, and I wouldn't really treat him as a cronies. "

Qianxue nodded when she heard the words: "The slave's family sent someone to notify him to come and wait early in the morning."

Ning Xiang smiled and said: "Don't, it's cold again now, my husband should sleep until the afternoon and then get up. So what are you doing up so early?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Xue'er is right, I really have to get up early tomorrow morning. Because the Gongyuan is going to be on fire tonight, if the wind is strong, I am afraid that more than half of the Gongyuan will be burned down."

(End of this chapter)