I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 367 Robbery, the Mingjiao who jumps over the wall
Seeing that Li Tian seemed determined to carry out reforms, although Yang Shiqi and the others sighed in their hearts, they couldn't say much except for their support.

"Your Majesty, commercial taxation is a big matter, and this matter still needs the strong support of Xia Laoshangshu's household department, whether to let Xia Laoshangshu come over to discuss it!" Ren Jin cupped his hands and said.

Li Tian nodded, not knowing what he thought of, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth,
"That should be the case. However, I have discussed with you many times about the reform. You guys can figure out the reform of the capital's tax law this time. I won't personally participate in it."

After speaking, Li Tian shook his robe and slipped away first.

Only Yang Shiqi and others were left looking at each other.

"Your Majesty is leaving now? You gave us all the mess?"

When Li Tian walked away, Yang Shiqi couldn't help but smiled wryly,
"Hey, I don't know what kind of trouble will come out this time. Your Majesty's decision is really too hasty."

Huang Zhun shook his head and said,
"Shi Qi, you are wrong. I think it is the right time to reform the tax law!"

Yang Shiqi said curiously,
"How do you say that! The old man may be entangled in mundane affairs recently, and he can't keep up with His Majesty's thinking. I really can't understand it!"

Huang Zhun smiled mysteriously, pointed to the Beijing News on the desktop and said,
"I don't know if you guys still remember that on the first page of the Beijing News, there was once a short commentary on taxation by His Majesty through Shiqi's mouth!"

Several people nodded and said,

"Of course I remember this matter, but it was just a short commentary, not a decision made by the imperial court. Maybe there is some mystery in it."

Huang Zhun shook his head and laughed loudly,

"You guys, you are really honest, do you really think that Your Majesty, making this move is just an idle move!"

Pausing for a while, seeing several people still puzzled, Huang Zhun continued,

"Do you know that on the day after the Beijing News published this short commentary, Han Wang Zhao Wang and others entered the palace together and paid taxes to His Majesty!"

Several people exclaimed at the same time, "Is there anything else?"

After hearing the news, Yang Shiqi also shook his head and smiled wryly.

"Hey, we look really old, I never thought that a mere short commentary by His Majesty can have such power.

Han Wang and others have always been the vane of the nobles in the capital. They have publicly stated that more than half of the nobles will follow them to pay taxes honestly.

In this way, half of the greatest resistance to tax reform has been eliminated, and the rest is nothing to worry about! "

Yang Rong also said at the right time,

"Not only that, but with the completion of the household reform, the imperial court now knows exactly who is doing business and who is selling goods. Even if someone wants to evade taxes, they can't do it.

Before, we were still worried that His Majesty's move would cause the nobles to backlash, but now it seems that His Majesty is actually waiting for them to jump out and make trouble. "

Although a few of them understand that this trend is irreversible, this matter is after all related to the pockets of many people. Even if most of the nobles have succumbed, no one can say whether someone will jump out.

"Hey, once the tax reform comes out, I'm afraid the capital will be in chaos for a while!"

"Who said no!"

……

After Li Tian came out of the cabinet, he changed into casual clothes and rushed to the Meridian Gate accompanied by Jiang Bao and others.

It was approaching noon, and there was already a sea of ​​people outside the Meridian Gate.

After the Beijing News and the announcements on the imperial notices at the gates of the city, the news of the beheading of Liu Gang and others today has long spread.

Many people who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal gathered outside the Meridian Gate, waiting for the arrival of noon.

The most conspicuous thing in the crowd is a group of people standing at the front of the crowd, dressed in sackcloth and filial piety.

Almost every one of them held the tablets of their ancestors. These people were basically framed to death by Liu Gang and others.

With a sad face, he stared indifferently at the criminals kneeling in a row on the execution stage.

It was also the first time for Li Tian to watch this kind of punishment of beheading in ancient times.

Although he had been prepared in his heart, he still couldn't help pinching his nose and retching after the supervisor gave the order and the head rolled to the ground.

Amid the deafening cheers from the surrounding people and the families of the victims, Jiang Bao helped pat Li Tian on the back with a sad face, and couldn't help but complain,
"Young master, okay, why do you want to see this kind of thing!"

Li Tianmeng took a big gulp of the strong wine that Wang Fu handed over, and immediately felt much better.

He shook his head and smiled wryly in a low voice,
"It's really nothing to see! But I have to come, otherwise I will miss a good show!"

Just as he was saying this, another group of prisoners pressed up on the prison beheading stage.

The identities of this group of prisoners are quite special, among them is Liu Gang who was stolen.

After the execution officer read out the crimes of several people and gave an order, the executioner was about to chop them down with a knife.

Out of the crowd of onlookers, a dozen or so black-clothed and masked men rushed towards the execution stage while shooting arrows, shouting random codes.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Bao immediately clenched his hands nervously, as if he was about to rush out and fight someone desperately.

Li Tian patted his shoulder lightly, smiled lightly and said,
"Don't be nervous, Huang Yan and the others are already prepared, nothing major will happen."

Before he finished speaking, there was a commotion among the crowd.

I saw that scattered among the crowd, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi showed up one by one, pulled off the disguise of ordinary people's clothes on their bodies, drew their weapons, and rushed towards the execution platform.

Li Tian and others took the opportunity to quickly retreat to a safe place.

Among the crowd, Huang Yan took the lead, rushed to the front, and chopped down a man in black who was trying to rob the prisoner.

He yelled sharply, "Rebellious ministers and thieves dare to rob prisoners in public and kill without mercy!"

Hundreds of people besieged a dozen or so people. One can imagine the outcome of those men in black. Although they were in chaos for a while, they were quickly suppressed.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Huang Yan rushed over with joy and reported to Li Tian.

"I want to report to Your Majesty, luckily, all the culprits have been captured, please show Your Majesty how to deal with these people."

Li Tian let out a silly laugh,
"Pretending to be quite serious, how about it, how many real robbers have been attracted."

"Return to Your Majesty. After distinguishing, a total of eight people were drawn out. Except for two who were killed on the spot, the rest were all captured alive."

"Have you identified your identity? Are you indeed a Mingjiao person?"

Huang Yan nodded excitedly and said,

"Your Majesty is really good at predicting things. These people are indeed dead soldiers trained by Mingjiao. If they hadn't got the news in advance, I'm afraid they would really let them kidnap them."

"Let's not talk about that, and interrogate them immediately. This time, we must find out and eradicate all the remnants of the Ming Cult in the capital!"

Huang Yan took the order and left.

(End of this chapter)