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Chapter 295
Yang Reform wanted to collect a little tax, and even talked about several tax items, all the officials responded in silence, with only one meaning, that is, this tax is absolutely unacceptable.

If collecting taxes was as simple as that, we would not have expended so much energy in the past, messing up all kinds of taxes, making all kinds of taxes crippled, and ministers all shrinking their heads. communicated.

"Everyone, can't you just say a few words?" Yang Reform continued to ask in a mocking tone. It was better if he didn't know how the Ming Dynasty's taxes were handled before. Now he knows all kinds of Ming Dynasty taxes. , He gritted his teeth with hatred for these pillars of the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't get angry.

A minister couldn't stand the emperor's ridicule and persecution, so he stood up and said, "I would like to report to Your Majesty, I think that since Your Majesty is short of money, why not let all the officials and nobles pledge to donate? Each person donates a little, that is This is not a small amount, and it can be regarded as a courtier doing his best for His Majesty."

"Pledge? I feel that my salary in the Ming Dynasty is extremely low. If you ask everyone to pledge, do you still have to eat? What's more, it is impossible to donate every month. When I fight a war, I don't fight a war." I won’t fight every month! Everyone’s salary is already low, and if we ask everyone to pledge donations every month, don’t we all have to cook at home?” How could Yang Reform allow such things as pledges to offset income? Tax?Taxes are collected every year, every month, and donations are pledged, which will only make you scolded by the bureaucratic class all over the world.

The official who stood up to speak immediately shrank his neck and retreated. This trick to fool the emperor was useless.

In Wenhua Palace, the summer is scorching, but the atmosphere is as chilly as if the central air conditioner is turned on.

Guo Yunhou, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, thought for a long time before he stood up and said, "I would like to report to your Majesty, I think that now that the summer tax has started to be collected, the full amount will be collected in August at the latest. By then, the imperial court will have money." , can alleviate the embarrassment of the court, when the court has money, it will not allow His Majesty to support wars in various places. Now it is only a month before August, Your Majesty, I think that as long as we persist for a while , persist for a month, the money will be there, and there will be no need to collect taxes, let alone rely on the pledges of hundreds of officials..." Guo Yunhou stood up and spoke out. One is going to find him. Sooner or later, he will stand up and say a solution. After much deliberation, there is only this way to quench thirst. If you can delay it, just delay it.

Yang reformed him, and he can still do this. It would be great if the war could be paused. Unfortunately, war is never a game. If you are half defeated, you can press a pause, go out to urinate, and then continue the fight.

"How to use the summer tax? Those places need to use the summer tax. How have they been used over the years? The Ministry of Households has no idea? No fixed number? Can you transfer it all to me to fight the war? Guo Aiqing, how much do you think you can transfer? "Yang Reform is no longer the junior brother who just came to the Ming Dynasty. He doesn't understand anything, and he also understands the taxes of the Ming Dynasty. He said it was the summer tax. In fact, the main income of the Ming Dynasty was from the autumn tax. , The summer tax is in the form of a few million. This number will not exceed five. Generally, it hovers around two or three. That is to say, the summer tax is actually only two or three million, and the autumn tax is about 300 million. In fact, even if it is until August, the summer tax that can be collected will not exceed one-fifth of the annual tax. This amount of money has been fixed over the years. It is very unrealistic to rely on this money to fight wars. Yang Reform is no longer the foolish young man he was back then, so he naturally understands the tricks. If he really does what Guo Yunhou said, he will find out in August that there is not much left in the summer tax and nothing can be done. The courtiers will definitely tell the emperor to look forward to the autumn tax, and then, a year will pass.

As soon as the emperor said it, Guo Yunhou stopped talking. He could figure out how to use the summer tax with his toes. The income, which can be transferred, has not exceeded 300 million taels, and the rest has nothing to do with the household department. It is collected from the field and directly consumed in the local area, and it is counted on the summer tax to save lives. Don't even think about fighting for 1 years.

The officials found that the emperor was not easy to fool, and all of them lowered their heads even lower. It was really impossible to communicate with the emperor about this matter.

The atmosphere in Wenhua Palace became dull again.

"His Majesty, I feel that it is difficult to make an argument for increasing commercial tax, mining tax or customs tax. Why don't we discuss it at the next court meeting? At that time, there will be many people, and the idea is certain." There are more, what does your Majesty think?" A minister came out and came up with a method of dragging, dragging, dragging.

Yang Reform despises these bureaucrats very much, and will do anything for his own self-interest.Yang Reform thought in his mind that the purpose of this atomic bomb was to make a big noise, to get all the officials to participate, and to make the officials have nothing to say. Hearing that someone was engaging in delaying tactics, he agreed, saying: "Okay, According to the Qing family, I will discuss this matter as a major event in the next court meeting, and let's stop here today."

Yang Reform looked at these bureaucrats with contempt, and said bitterly in his heart: You are told to be arrogant now, told to eat inside and out, told to not do human affairs, and then I will tell you to look good, and sometimes you will cry.Once the atomic bomb in Yang Reform's hands is released, it will be so powerful that it will sweep the entire Ming Dynasty and shake all the rules of light and darkness. It will definitely change the direction of history. So, let's talk about this now, for The most important thing is to build a nuclear shelter for yourself first, so as not to accidentally injure yourself. At that time, once the nuclear bomb explodes and destroys the existing rules of the Ming Dynasty, you can stand aside and watch the show, clean up the mess, and re-establish the rules. Well, when the nuclear bomb exploded, I hurt myself, so it would be difficult for me to re-establish the rules.

Seeing that the emperor stopped talking about this matter, the officials were all thankful that they had escaped, and put it on the court for discussion. There would be more people arguing with the emperor and procrastinating. It would be even more impossible to talk about collecting business taxes. , The lessons learned by Emperor Wanli are not far away.

The monarch and his ministers share the same bed and different dreams, each with their own ideas, and they broke up the sutra feast.

Yang Reform is very happy, things are moving in the direction he wants, and no matter how smart and powerful the officials are, it is impossible for them to think that an atomic bomb that is about to sweep the entire Ming Dynasty will explode.

"Big Companion, I have something to say to the imperial physician just now." After the banquet, Yang Reform did not leave, and remained in the Wenhua Palace.

"As ordered, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed.

After a while, the imperial physician surnamed Wang arrived, and when he entered, he still kowtowed first.

"Wang Jiren [fictitious], the envoy of the Chen Tai Hospital, kowtowed to my emperor, long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live the emperor."

"Get up." Yang Reform ordered.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Doctor Wang thanked him with a hint of excitement, and stood up. All the people in the world who can be valued by the emperor have developed. This time, it's his turn.

"Physician Wang, I'm asking you, your imperial hospital has studied the instruments I gave you, and what's their use, have you figured it out?" A few days before Yang Reform, he asked someone to send a batch of thermometers and alcohol lamps. There are many places for things like glass tubes and magnifying glasses, and this hospital is one of them.

Imperial Physician Wang is the envoy of the Imperial Hospital, that is, the head of the Imperial Hospital. Ever since he received the things from the emperor, he was very happy. He immediately asked someone to wrap these utensils in yellow silk and worship them high. The imperial physicians burned incense and worshiped. If there is any use for these things, Imperial Physician Wang knew that there was one use, and that was to worship.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I haven't had time..., I haven't had time, and I dare not use what the emperor gave me. This is arrogance..." Doctor Wang finally said these words after dawdling for a long time.

"Arrogance? Did I hear you right?" It was the first time for Yang Reform to hear someone talk about arrogance to him. He thought it was funny. Could it be that the things he bestowed were just for looking at?
"..." Doctor Wang was very afraid of the emperor.

"Then you didn't burn incense to offer the things I gave you, did you?" Yang Reform thought it was really a big joke.

"Returning to Your Majesty, in order to show respect to Your Majesty, I wrapped the things that His Majesty gave you in yellow silk and enshrined them in the main hall of the Imperial Hospital, but brought the imperial doctors to kowtow to salute every day..." This imperial physician is also an honest man. How did the emperor ask, but how did he answer.

"..." Yang Reform was sweating all over his forehead. This joke was a bit cold. He was still counting on the Taiyuan Hospital to use those instruments to do some scientific research, or medical research. How did he know that his scientific instruments, It was beyond my expectation to enjoy such treatment.

"Doctor Wang, don't you think that the things I gave you are all useful? A magnifying glass can magnify things and make people's eyes see more subtle things. You know the thermometer today, it is a A kind of weighing instrument, that alcohol lamp... Oh, forget it, I will open your eyes today..." Yang Reform originally hoped that the Tai Hospital would learn to use alcohol to disinfect and use alcohol lamps for experiments, but now it seems , is to die.

"Big companion, bring me some alcohol." Yang Reform turned his head and said to Wang Chengen. Since the last time the blowtorch was successfully used with spirits, the extraction of alcohol has been handed over to the inner court who are in charge of brewing alcohol. The knife was distilled a few more times to obtain relatively pure alcohol, so now, Yang Reform can also use alcohol.

Yang Reform got drunk and said, "Doctor Wang, come here, I have something to do and I need your help." Yang Reform said with a "bad intention" smile.

"I obey..." Imperial Physician Wang cautiously walked over to the emperor's desk.

"Doctor Wang, stretch out your hand, I need your hand to be useful." Yang Reform still smiled wickedly.

That doctor Wang listened to the emperor very much. Although he was puzzled for a while, he didn't think much about it, and still extended his hand to the emperor.

"Very good, Doctor Wang, put your hand here, no matter what happens, you can't move it, understand?" Yang Reform said with "bad intentions".

Doctor Wang was terrified by the emperor's smile, but he still said: "I obey." He is an obedient minister.

Yang Reform smirked, scooped a few spoonfuls of alcohol from the glass bottle, and poured it into the hands of the imperial physician. The imperial physician felt his palms go cold, and watched the emperor busy with his work curiously.

"Prince doctor, remember, don't move! If you move, you will be deceiving the emperor!" After finishing speaking, Yang Reform took out a fire pocket, blew it on, and then went to light the alcohol in the doctor's hand.

The soul of the imperial doctor was almost frightened away. In ancient times, there was cannon fire, but now, the emperor directly burns people!

A strange blue flame rose from the doctor's hand.

The imperial physician uttered a terrified, desperate, and terrifying cry: "Ah!..." But the emperor had already said beforehand that if he moved, he would be deceiving the emperor. Very obedient doctor.

Looking at the crying imperial physician, Yang Reform admired him in his heart. This imperial physician was also obedient, and he didn't move at all despite how loudly he was screaming.

The Wenhua Palace was filled with the miserable cry of the imperial physician.Even Wang Cheng'en couldn't bear to watch the emperor set fire to the living, he grinned and turned his head away.

Yang Reform silently said in his heart, one, two, three, four, five, and then quickly covered it with a quick-wet towel.The blue flame in the imperial physician's hand disappeared.

The imperial doctor was still yelling like killing a pig, but he really didn't dare to move his hands in the slightest. In the Wenhua Palace, a very ridiculous scene was staged.

Yang Reform smiled and said, "Imperial physician, imperial physician."

The imperial doctor felt that his hand didn't have the hot feeling he imagined, so he turned around and looked at his own hand. His hand was fine and nothing happened. The blue flame just now was like a dream.

"Damn it, damn it, you're guilty, you're guilty..." The imperial physician knelt down on the ground, his cry was a bit too loud.

"Hehe, get up, imperial physician, look at your hand, is it burning?" Yang Reform asked.

The imperial doctor looked at his hand, it was not damaged at all, it was still cold, and said: "Your Majesty, this is really strange, there is obviously a fire on my hand, why is there nothing wrong with my hand?"

"Hehe, get up, I'll do it again for you." Yang Huaihe said with a smile, playing with fire with his hands, like many people, he played a lot when he was young, especially when the lighter was first released. Pour the air into the palm of the hand, then ignite it, and watch the flame burn in the palm of the hand, it is a very awesome thing.Now, Yang Reform is the son of heaven, he would not take risks with his own hands, so he used other people's hands to experiment with burning alcohol. Who told this imperial doctor to be so obedient?
The imperial doctor didn't think much about it, got up, and put his hand in front of the emperor's desk.

Yang Reform scooped up a few spoonfuls of alcohol again and poured it into the palm of the imperial physician's hand, and then lit it with a torch. This time, the imperial physician did not scream, but widened his eyes, calmly looking at the blue flame in his palm.Wang Chengen on the side also watched this miraculous scene.

Yang Reform silently said in his heart: one, two, three, four, five, and then quickly covered it with a wet towel.The eerie blue flame extinguished.

"Hehe, what's the matter, imperial physician, is it burning?" Yang Reform asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, no, but I feel my palms are chilly, what kind of fire is this! Why is it not hot at all!" The imperial physician felt amazing.

"Not hot? Okay, let's do it again." After Yang Reform finished speaking, he scooped up a few more spoonfuls of alcohol, poured it into the imperial physician's hand, and lit it.

Then he took out a piece of rice paper, quickly placed it on top of the blue flame, and immediately ignited the rice paper.

Yang Reform conveniently threw the rice paper into the inkstone.Then quickly covered the fire with a wet towel to extinguish the fire in the doctor's hand.

"How, is this a fake fire?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.

"Return to Your Majesty, it's true, I dare to ask Your Majesty, how did you do this? Is there any magic?" The imperial physician said with certainty.

"Spells? Hehe, actually, I want to tell you that this thing is alcohol! It's one of the things I gave you at the Taiyuan Hospital last time. I thought that your Taiyuan Hospital would study the uses of these things, but I didn't expect that, You actually enshrined these things, I am really disappointed." Yang Reform said.

These things are not only available in the Tai Hospital, Zhang Xianyong also has a set, for no other reason than to improve the level of medicine, improve human understanding of nature, and prepare for future overseas colonization.It's just that Yang Reform did not expect that his own set of things would be confessed like a Bodhisattva. This really disappointed Yang Reform.

"Your Majesty is ashamed, I am ashamed of your gift to Your Majesty, ashamed of your Majesty." Wang Taiyi said very ashamed.

"Why did you ask you to study this? In fact, you should have heard it in the hall just now. Nowadays, there are wars everywhere, and there will inevitably be casualties. Therefore, I hope to do my best to save my soldiers. Our lives are precious, so I hope that there is a set of cheap and effective treatment methods that can be used on the battlefield. On the battlefield, most of them are wounded by knives and arrows, so many of them need surgery, wound cleaning, or even amputation. , That’s why I sent you those things, a magnifying glass to help you observe more subtle things, an alcohol lamp, this kind of flame uses alcohol as fuel, and the burning flame is clean, just like what you saw just now Flame, you can't see a trace of black smoke, unlike today's lamps, there is a lot of smoke and dust, I read medical skills, and know that cleaning the wound of a knife and arrow will probably burn the knife with a live wire, so I think, if you use this kind of fire to burn the knife , the knife will be cleaner, and when saving my soldiers, there will be a few more chances. In addition, you have also felt it just now. This kind of alcohol, when applied to people, will make the human body feel cool and comfortable. I think , if you use alcohol to smear the wounded area when performing surgery and debridement or amputation on our soldiers, first, it can relieve the pain of the soldiers, and second, this thing is the cleanest, and the fire that burns is all It's so clean, I think, it's also clean, so it should be used more than ordinary water pipes for cleaning wounds, so I sent these things to you... Sigh, who knows, you..., who can... Relieve my worries for me!"

Yang Reform looked regretful.

The imperial physician was moved to tears by the emperor's words.I have always heard that the emperor loves the people and loves the people. Today, after listening to the emperor's explanation, I realized that it is true. For the sake of the officers and soldiers, for the soldiers, and for the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that I have broken my heart and tried everything.

"Your Majesty is merciful, and I have nothing to show for it. I shouldn't cry in front of Your Majesty. The soldiers on the front line must have been moved to tears just like me when they heard about His Majesty's benevolence... When I went back, I immediately followed what Your Majesty said and tried these things." Useful, to find out a set of methods that His Majesty said is suitable for the treatment on the battlefield, so as to realize His Majesty's wish." The imperial physician was moved and cried in a mess.

"Okay, it's good that you can understand my painstaking efforts! It will be effective in the future. Officers, soldiers, and soldiers will not forget you. I am waiting for your good news." Yang Reform fooled a laborer to do medical research for himself, secretly To promote the development of medicine, although Taoism is also involved in this matter, it is obvious that a monopoly is not competitive. Yang Reform still introduced a competition mechanism, which makes both sides feel the pressure and will naturally be motivated.

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