Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 65 tit for tat
The capital of the country fell, and the world was in chaos.

Perhaps, such a great Ming also made the bureaucratic gentry aware of the seriousness of the problem.

Let them realize that they must give up some of their interests in order to return to the former peaceful and prosperous world.

In addition, while people are greedy for profits, they still have the most basic conscience.

Therefore, it is made in the empire of this civilized society.

These feudal literati also began to think about their own problems, and began to hope that Ming Dynasty would change.

This also led to today's court meeting, and none of the cabinet members was perfunctory.

Only four cabinet members spoke, but the topics raised were already considered extremely sharp.

The treatment of the common people and the gentry and the collection of commercial taxes are issues that officials were unwilling to face before.

But now they are all brought up by the cabinet scholars.

The Six Ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Imperial Academy and other officials who listened to politics, as well as the officials of the Kodao, could not help but want to speak.

However, Zhu Youjian glared at him, but also shrank back.

Wu Lu, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, was a slow-moving person, and Ma Shiying took the lead when he couldn't react in time.

At this moment, he could only stand up in embarrassment:
"Your Majesty, this time I followed the prince from Tianjinwei to Hangzhou by sea, and found that there are many merchant ships in Ningbo area, and Zheng Zhilong's treasure ships are innumerable. Weichen once visited Weifu and learned that the Zheng family's maritime trade made tens of millions of taels of profit at a time, so we cooperated with it. The annual profit of tea merchants, porcelain merchants, and silk merchants in Ningbo, Hangzhou, Quanzhou and other places is not less than one million taels!"

"But in my Ming Dynasty, since the opening and closing of Longwan, there have been merchants and merchants in the sea, but the silver earned by the weaving office is only a few hundred thousand. The sea area of ​​the Ming Dynasty far exceeds that of the Southern Song Dynasty, so why not attribute the benefits of the four seas to the imperial court, so as to solve the problem of who will raise the millions of elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty that Mr. Li Ge said."

Who said that the ancients were short-sighted, and Zhu Youjian never thought that Wu Ra, who had only stayed in the Imperial Academy and the Ministry of Rites in the past, discovered the huge profits of sea trade after a sea trip.

"Li Ruolian, after the meeting is over, send ten capable Jinyiwei captains to Wu Ge's old mansion!"

Seeing that these cabinet ministers could talk about the key points, Zhu Youjian was in a good mood, so he couldn't help making a joke. He slapped the table and called Li Ruolian, the commander of Jinyiwei, to the hall.

Wu Sheng, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, was timid at first, a person who dared not get angry when Ma Shiying took the lead.

Seeing that His Majesty Zhu Youjian was about to send Jin Yiwei to his residence, Wu Ra was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground:
"Your Majesty, did I say something wrong, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

The other senior officials in the court also looked at Zhu Youjian in astonishment, wondering if what everyone said just now was too much and made His Majesty angry.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Youjian changed the subject:
"You Wu Ge always want to use the interests of big pirates and coastal officials and gentry, how can the Zheng family and the princes in the court spare you, I sent a few Jinyi guards to your house to protect you, lest you be assassinated. "

As Zhu Youjian spoke, he looked at the civil and military officials in the court.

These civil and military ministers didn't know Zhu Youjian's implication, and hurriedly replied in unison: "I dare not wait!"

"It's good to know if you don't dare. You are all well-read books of sages. You can't be regarded as businessmen who only care about fame and fortune. You should be as selfless as Mr. Wu Ge."

With that said, Zhu Youjian made Wu Raw, who was already in a cold sweat, retreat from fright.

At this time, Zhang Shenyan, a scholar of the East Pavilion, also stood up: "Just now, all the elders of the pavilion said that the world is so tired that it is caused by officials, gentry and rich businessmen. I am sorry that I do not agree. The reason why the people in the South is still there, and there is no chaos. , all because officials, gentry, wealthy merchants support the people for the imperial court, if your Majesty accepts business from all over the world to benefit the imperial court, he will definitely compete for profit with the southern scholars and the people;”

"In my opinion, instead of competing for the benefit of the world, the imperial court is better off sharing profits with the people of the world. The reason why the profit of the Shibo Judiciary is not as good as that of the Maritime Merchant is because the internal ministers are greedy and ignorant of rules and regulations. Your Majesty should replace the guards in various places. Eunuchs, choose civil servants to supervise the interests of the inner government, and the household department to manage the court's trade, so that the court can be as rich as all the people, and it can raise millions of elite soldiers without betraying the people's hearts."

Zhu Youjian understands the meaning of this cautious statement. It is nothing more than that he does not want the imperial court to take away the benefits of maritime trade held by the Jiangnan gentry dominated by the Donglin Party, but is only willing to accept that the imperial court and the Jiangnan gentry jointly conduct maritime trade.Even, the imperial court's less profitable pot was thrown to the courtiers.

Zhu Youjian also admits that many eunuchs have dirty hands and feet, but this does not mean that letting civil officials manage the imperial trade must be clean, and it may even cause the imperial court to lose money year after year, while the civil officials in charge of imperial trade continue to fight like eunuchs. Under the guise of the court to seek benefits.

"This Zhang Shenyan became the Secretary of the Household Department for nothing!"

Zhu Youjian cursed inwardly, then he also hit Zhang Shenyan: "Four months ago, Yushi Liu Yindong also obstructed me with this, and I wanted his head on the spot. You, Mr. Zhang Ge, have the guts, but you I already have something to say today, this court will not afford to kill, I allow you to have your own opinions, but increasing the business tax is a national policy that I have set before, and it cannot be changed!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me!"

Zhang Shenyan withdrew, feeling a little unhappy, but he had to accept the fact that His Majesty wanted to increase the business tax: "In this case, can Your Majesty not impose taxes on officials and gentry, but only collect taxes from wealthy businessmen and wealthy businessmen, and the salaries of all officials in the world are meager?" , If there is no profit from doing business, I am afraid that they will annex the fields with their own rights, and the phenomenon of the people having no land to grow will become more serious, and there will be more and more refugees. How can the world be at peace."

Dongge University scholar Lu Zhenfei also stood up at this time:
"Just now what Elder Zhang Ge said, my ministers do not agree with it, since Mr. Ge is afraid that officials and gentry will seize the people's fields with their power, is he not afraid that officials and gentry will use their power to seize the people's interests?

The next official arrived at Ren Yingtian Mansion within ten days, and received two petitions:
One is that Zhang Shenming, the younger brother of Zhang Ge, the official secretary of Dongge University, hoarded grain, which caused the price of Nanjing's grain to soar. A grain merchant from Huguang saw this and transported 20 stone grain to Nanjing for sale, but Zhang Shenming and the inspection department of Xiaguan Captured the Huguang grain merchant, looted the 20 stone grain, and caused the price of Nanjing grain to continue to soar;
Unfortunately, this Huguang grain merchant was the nephew of Ying Tianfu's push official, so Weichen ordered someone to take this Zhang Shenming and Xiaguan Inspection Department for inspection, but Zhang Gelao also wrote a letter to Xiaguan He wrote a letter asking the officials to release his younger brother and return his 20 stone grain. "

After speaking, Lu Zhenfei handed the letter to Zhu Youjian.

Zhang Shenyan couldn't help being stunned, staring at Lu Zhenfei: "Brother Lu, you!"

"Zhang Ge is not angry, for the future of the Ming Dynasty, the lower officials have to do so."

After speaking, Lu Zhenfei went on to say:

"There is also a second indictment. The servants of the Baoguo Gong's family approached Weichen recently, saying that the [-] bolts of silk hoarded in the Taipingmen area of ​​​​Nanjing have disappeared, and the officials need to send Yingtianfu officers and soldiers to rescue them. Unfortunately, That day was the time when the subordinate officials were ordered to lead Yingtianfu officers and soldiers to rush to repair the river embankment, so they did not respond.

However, Lord Baoguo threatened to impeach the lower officials because of this. I would like to ask, the common people pay taxes to my Yingtianfu, but why did the slaves of Lord Baoguo pay taxes to my Yingtianfu?

I asked the officers and soldiers of Tianfu whether they should build embankments for the people to preserve autumn food, or should they rescue the [-] bolts of silk that ran out of water for the servants of Lord Baoguo, and become your servants of Lord Baoguo! "

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