Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 334 Doubt
  Except for Li Jinglong and the others, as well as Huaixi Xungui, all the ministers in the hall were questioning Zhu Xuan.

Not to mention that they wanted to support Zhu Yunwen and suppress Zhu Xuan, the five or six times more taxes had already made the people present feel incredible.

They seized this point to attack Zhu Xuan and suppress the credit.

After listening to Lian Zining's words, many ministers agreed. They were all talking about Zhu Xuan's excessive tax collection, bullying the people in order to highlight his political achievements, etc.

The court hall was filled with this voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang was watching and listening, and smiled coldly.

These people don't give themselves any face, nor do they give their little darling grandson any face.

For Zhu Yunwen, you can be crazy.

As a king of a country, the last thing he wants to see is for his subordinates to be so united, which will have a certain impact on his power.

Although the unity was to help Zhu Yunwen ascend to power, Zhu Yuanzhang did not want to see this either.

If Zhu Yunwen really becomes the emperor, he will not be able to control these united ministers. However, he did not say anything and only focused on Zhu Xuan. He wanted to see if the little darling grandson had the ability to deal with this group of almost crazy people. of civil servants.

I hope my good grandson can suppress them.

Zhu Xuan noticed the way Grandpa Huang looked over, understood what Grandpa Huang meant, and nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang ignored them and let them make noise, just showing a cold smile.

Zhu Yunxi wanted to say a few words for Zhu Xuan, but when he saw Zhu Xuan was so calm, he hesitated and said nothing for the time being to see how Zhu Xuan would fight back.

Li Jinglong, Qi Tai and others argued with the civil servants.

But there were few of them, and the civil servants in the court basically supported Zhu Yunwen. Their voices of argument were soon covered up.

"Quiet, quiet!"

Finally, someone noticed the sneer on Lao Zhu's face.

The minister shouted twice in a low voice, then raised his head and looked up. He was suddenly covered in cold sweat and did not dare to speak anymore.

Other civil servants, after hearing this reminder, also looked at Lao Zhu.

When they saw the sneer, they were all shocked and understood that this was too presumptuous, mainly because they couldn't help it because of Zhu Yunwen.

"Go ahead!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly: "Wouldn't it be great to make our court as lively as the vegetable market?"

All the ministers were silent and did not dare to say a word.

The pressure brought by Lao Zhu is not something ordinary people can bear.

"My dear grandson, tell me more."

Zhu Yuanzhang's tone gradually softened when facing Zhu Xuan.

Zhu Xuan said: "You said that I over-taxed, so I want to ask you, if I really over-taxed, what would happen if I collected the taxes of a Chief Secretary in the same government?"

Chen Di said: "The people have no money and food, so they can only starve to death."

"Would I do something so stupid?"

Zhu Xuan asked them again.

Everyone: "..."

No normal person would be able to do such a thing. For the sake of political performance, it is basically impossible to impose taxes to this extent.

Even though Zhu Xuan is a child, a child of nearly twelve years old has already had the ability to think independently.

Besides, Zhu Xuan is so smart and unlikely to be so crazy.

Even if it is really done, it is still hidden, but it will never be hidden for long. Once it is exposed, or conflicts break out, the blow to Zhu Xuan will be super terrifying.

Chen Di and other civil servants were thinking that they were impulsive just now.

"Even if I dare to do this, Xu Qi, the prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture, would not agree."

Zhu Xuan continued: "Forced taxation is very serious. Once it happens, Xu Qi's failure to report it will be a death penalty. If you don't believe it, you can go and investigate. You can investigate whatever you want. I don't care."

Guangdong is so far away from Yingtian.    There are some things that you can't just check if you want to.

But according to Zhu Xuan, there is really no problem with the taxes brought back.

Everything looks normal.

"Excuse me, Your Highness, why can one government collect so much tax?"

Huang Fu, Minister of Industry, asked.

Others were very curious, if it wasn't for forced taxation, how could Zhu Xuan bring back so much tax?

"There are two reasons. One is also related to Mr. Xia."

Zhu Xuan looked at Xia Yuanji.

Xia Yuanji was startled, thought for a moment, and asked, "What are those fertilizers that His Highness is talking about?"

Zhu Xuan nodded and said: "That's right! Chemical fertilizers are produced in our factory. They can greatly increase food production and can replace farmyard fertilizers. Farmers in Guangzhou Prefecture have already tried chemical fertilizers. As long as they are used properly, they can increase production by at least twice."

Zhu Yuanzhang had already heard about the fertilizer issue.

I was also surprised.

When I heard Zhu Xuan bring it up, I didn't think it was anything.

But the officials present exclaimed after hearing this.

"Can that thing called chemical fertilizer really increase yields?"

Xia Yuanji asked in surprise.

He's got the chemical fertilizers, those smells, super bad.

When Zhu Xuan's people delivered the fertilizer to the Ministry of Household Affairs, he just asked people to throw it aside and deal with it casually, but he did not expect that this was an artifact that could increase production.

"Master Xia doesn't believe me. Next spring plowing, you can arrange for someone to give it a try."

Zhu Xuan said: "This is how I get my food. As for the money, if I talk about it, you will inevitably scold me."

Yu Xin said: "Your Highness, just say it, we won't do that anymore."

Others nodded and allowed Zhu Xuan to continue.

They were all curious about how Zhu Xuan did it.

If they can borrow Zhu Xuan's approach, they can also help Zhu Yunwen increase Fengyang's tax revenue in the coming year.

"Business!"

Zhu Xuan said: "The emperor has given up the sea ban, so I will guide overseas business and attract foreign businessmen to trade in the Ming Dynasty. All the taxes and money are taxes on the transaction income, and part of the transaction profits. I will stay in Guangzhou. Build water conservancy projects for local people.”

Hearing the word "doing business", those officials almost couldn't help it, they really wanted to criticize people.

But I still endured it.

“Isn’t the Lingnan area rich in water resources? Does it still need water conservancy projects?”

Lian Zining thought about it for a while, but still felt that he needed to find a topic to discuss.

It's not easy to do business because the imperial court has government-run businesses.

Zhu Xuan had no choice but to explain: "The water source is indeed abundant, but the intrusion of seawater is serious. In Panyu, I personally handled a case of water fighting. Villagers from two villages fought each other and killed one person. This matter was reported to the Minister of Criminal Justice Mr. Hou should know, right? While the water source is abundant, it is also prone to flooding. We must build water conservancy and regulate the water source, which is not as easy as you think!"

Hou Tai, the Minister of Punishment, nodded and said: "It is indeed true. We have received the file from Guangzhou. I have also seen this case. Your Highness handled it extremely well."

After listening to Zhu Xuan's description, they basically believed that the difficulty of governance in Guangzhou Prefecture was several times higher than that in Fengyang and Liuhe Counties.

Those of Zhu Xuan are all real political achievements and real abilities.

Except for the issue of excessive tax collection, there is currently no way to verify it, and they cannot refute the rest.

Looking at His Majesty's reaction, it seems that there is no lie, it is all true.

(End of this chapter)