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Chapter 301 The Battle in the Court ([-])

Liu Yanyuan yelled at the court meeting, beyond everyone's imagination, who is Liu Yanyuan?That is a timid and fearful person who has only been the Minister of the Ministry of War for a few days now?This temper is like eating gunpowder, it is extremely hot.Liu Yanyuan's move made the ministers present look at him with admiration.

The old courtier who was being scolded smoked from his seven orifices, pointed at Liu Yanyuan tremblingly, his neck was reddened, and he was speechless.

Yang Reform sat on the throne and watched the "debate" below with a smile. He thought it was interesting. This was just the beginning, and the atmosphere was so enthusiastic. It was a good show, a good show!

Liu Yanyuan was originally timid and fearful, and it is absolutely impossible for him to have the temper he has today. However, the Emperor's "Emperor Party" has been in power for a while, and he knows many of the Emperor's secrets, has seen many of the Emperor's arrangements, and his confidence in the Emperor has skyrocketed He was certain that the Ming Dynasty would win the war against the Eastern Captives, and he was so focused on accomplishing these few things that they would become a major achievement in his tenure as Minister of the Ministry of War, not to mention joining the cabinet. At least in the history books in the future, if it is said that a certain dynasty was rejuvenated and attacked far beyond the Great Wall, his name should be mentioned, right?
Liu Yanyuan's beautiful counterattack caught the opposition by surprise. They originally thought that the imperial party was dominated by Sun Chengzong and Shi Fenglai. Many scenes were directed at Sun Chengzong, or at Shi Fenglai. How do you know that he is always timid and afraid of getting into trouble? Liu Yanyuan, unexpectedly, went berserk.

The atmosphere at this scene reached a climax. The "arrogance" of the imperial party was strong, and many "soy sauce party" also cast approving glances at the imperial party. Anyway, this reason is taken.

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"Your Majesty, I believe that the battle between our dynasty and Donglu is a matter of life and death. To prevent Donglu from entering the pass, this matter must be taken seriously. It is also a major issue related to the country of our dynasty and should be supported. Therefore, I agree with Liu Shangshu's words, but I don't think this matter has much to do with tax collection. Guarding against the Eastern captives requires money, not necessarily tax collection. You can let the officials collect donations. Didn't your majesty open the Imperial College? Regular prisons? These can be used for military expenses, so why do you have to collect taxes?” The opposition immediately came up with a "Bone-Bone Palm", and you can use whatever punches you want, but I'm just a limp lump Cotton, no force, see what you do.

The soy sauce party standing behind nodded again. This is not wrong. Now His Majesty the Emperor is really "making money". The opening of the Imperial College is booming. After a meal, the people who failed to pass the Jinshi exam flocked Finally, all entered the Imperial College, and incidentally gave usury and usury to Juren. This, I have to say, the emperor will "live".

Yang Reform watched the debate with relish, which means that both sides are coming and going.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that His Majesty just said the day before yesterday that all officials solicited donations. No way. Considering that the salary of our dynasty is very low compared to previous dynasties, if we let all officials solicit donations again, all officials will be afraid. I can’t afford much money! Even if I took out money, it was very little, so how could I make up for the expenses of the war? Back then, our dynasty spent millions of taels of silver to aid the dynasty...” When it comes to money In terms of problems, Bi Ziyan, the servant of the household department, came out of the imperial party.

This time, not only the soy sauce crowd, but also those who support and oppose both sides nodded at the same time. This is absolutely true. The salary of this dynasty is quite low. If only living on salary, Hai Rui's "advanced deeds" Right now, everyone donated too much, where did the money come from?Is it self-inflicted?Said he was embezzled?Or say that he is a god and doesn't need to eat?If you donate less, you won’t be able to sell it, and if the price drops, it won’t be useful.

"...Although there is a lot of silver in the Imperial College, there are also hundreds of thousands of dollars, but half of it is distributed to His Majesty, and His Majesty has already used it as military expenses, and the other half is mostly given to Mr. Xu Ge for disaster relief. , the money of the Guozijian has not been wasted, and it has almost been used for military expenses. Therefore, I think that there seems to be no hope in this regard..." Bi Ziyan, as the servant of the household department, was appointed by the emperor Shangshu, of course, knows everything about money.

Bi Ziyan's words made many ministers nod their heads. Although the Guozijian made a lot of money, it also used it for ideas. The emperor's half has already been invested in the military. Those few troops who entered the capital to defend the capital were paid by the emperor, and the other half was for disaster relief, which is even more understandable.

The debate had just started, and this form was beneficial to the imperial parties, and the arrogance of the opposition was suppressed by the imperial parties.People in the opposition started to get anxious, this is a bad start!Several generals were defeated in a row.A group of people whispered for a while.Another "General" came out.

"Your Majesty, I think that the land tax can be increased to alleviate the current difficulties of the Ming Dynasty..." A villain threw a heavy bomb.

As soon as these words came out, all the officials were horrified!Isn't the opposition claiming to be pleading for the people?Why, let the emperor increase taxes now?Everyone looked sideways.

Yang Reform was also puzzled, what is the opposition doing?Just don't let yourself collect taxes, but now let yourself increase taxes?What are you doing?
"Guo Aiqing, I have just increased the land tax this year, and it has increased a lot, close to one point. If the tax is increased, won't the people have no way of living?" Yang Reform asked in puzzlement. What are you doing?Standing in the opposition and speaking for yourself?This should stand in the imperial party!

"Your Majesty, it is precisely because Your Majesty has increased taxes this year that I propose that Your Majesty increase taxes." Guo Yunhou said indifferently.

"What? What does this mean?" Yang Reform asked sternly, getting angry, he managed to earn some fame, and asked you to raise taxes again and again, is he still an emperor?It's no wonder that the common people in the world don't scold themselves to death.

"I want to report to Your Majesty. I mean, didn't Your Majesty increase taxes this year? You got four or five million taels more for disaster relief, and next year, won't you need to spend so much money for disaster relief? Your Majesty added nine taels of silver this year. Percentage, next year, you only need to add 500 cents to get more than 200 million taels. With these 200 million taels of silver, your majesty will deal with the Eastern captives in the future. Isn't it?" Guo Yunhou said unhurriedly.

"This..." Not to mention, it was only after being reminded by Guo Yunhou, the Minister of the Household Department, that Yang Reform realized that he did have such a sum of money. This year, he collected an additional tax of 500 million taels for the purpose of disaster relief. That tens of millions of taels of silver is the budget of the entire disaster relief project, that is to say, next year, if the tax increase continues, an extra 500 million taels of silver can be obtained, because the money no longer needs to be transferred to the disaster relief fund in the second year up.

"What does Guo Aiqing mean?" Yang Reform asked in confusion.

"Your Majesty, what I mean is that you can take advantage of this year's autumn tax gap and order to increase the tax by three per cent. In this way, you can get more than 100 million taels of silver for war; you can tell the people this way, because This year, I paid [-]% more tax, so next year, the [-]% tax added will only need to pay [-]% to [-]%. In this way, if I pay [-]% more this year, I can pay [-]% less next year. In this way, next year, the people will be less Paying a tax of [-]% is considered as a preferential treatment for the common people. In this way, the imperial court, Your Majesty can get money to help the people, and the common people can be regarded as some benefits... I don’t know what your Majesty thinks?" , the emperor pointed to the next Minister of the Household Department, and a servant emptied him of this Minister.He is aggrieved!He hated and feared the emperor, and he didn't know if he came up with this idea out of good intentions or black hands, anyway, he didn't know what he was thinking.

Yang Reform is confused, this is a tax increase after all!Or tax cuts?

Add [-]% this year, and reduce [-]% and [-]% next year. Yang Reform did the math for a long time, and he finally understood that this is a typical way of eating enough to live without food, and taxing next year's tax this year.

"Report to Your Majesty, I object to increasing the land tax this year." Someone in the imperial party spoke up, and upon seeing it, it was Shi Fenglai, the chief assistant.This is a strange thing, and the supporters turned against it.

"Let's talk about why." Yang Reform was puzzled. This debate will be held, and the pros and cons will switch positions.

"Report to Your Majesty, there has never been a pre-collection of the next year's land tax in my court. I have collected it year after year for more than 200 years. I have never only been in arrears with the land tax, and there has never been a rule of pre-collection of the next year. , the rule set by Taizu is to save people's power, seek benefits for the people, and not let the court persecute the people too much. If you open such an opening because of an emergency, wouldn't it break the rules set by the ancestors? Wouldn't it break me The rules of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years? Once this hole is opened, how will the people think of His Majesty? Change the order from day to day! Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely unacceptable. It is not good for Your Majesty and the prestige of the court. It's not worth it!" Shi Fenglai is confused about major matters, and has no extraordinary views, but for this kind of official rules, the rules left over from the past dynasties, they are clear, what can be done, and what can't be done Do, it is very clear.

Yang Reform originally thought that Guo Yunhou's idea of ​​adding 21% this year and reducing it by [-]% next year was a good idea. Looking at it now, it turns out that this kid is doing bad taxes and harming himself. He said it quickly, and he agreed. Once this opening is opened, the Kuomintang's taxation to the [-]st century will be repeated here. Maybe I can end the emperor's career early.

"Your Majesty, I think that although this matter is a bit out of the ordinary, the people will not suffer. After all, next year, won't Your Majesty charge them another [-]% and [-]% less? Isn't this another [-]% and [-]% less? The people are sure I will be happy, and the people will definitely support His Majesty." No one knows what Guo Yunhou thinks, anyway, this idea seems to be ambiguous, and it is fine to say that it is to collect taxes for next year, but it is said that it is for People's discounts are also available.

"There is no need to consider this method. The summer tax has not been put into the treasury yet, and the autumn tax has been completely put into the treasury. It will go until next year. Now I am waiting for the rice to cook, and I can't wait." Yang Reform didn't even bother to distinguish What on earth was Guo Yunhou thinking? He simply refused because there was no time.

"Your Majesty, I dare to ask, should the tax increase next year be reduced? After all, there will be no need for disaster relief next year. Even if His Majesty asks for money to go to war, it doesn't need to be so high. There are 200 million taels Enough, I think, Your Majesty should save the people's power and put the people first." Guo Yunhou didn't know what was in his mind, and asked to reduce the land tax for next year.

Yang Reform was about to vomit blood.Could it be that Guo Yunhou was just doing it against himself?I have just found out about my income next year, and before I have time to be happy, you are about to cut taxes. Isn’t this sincerely against me?That's more than 400 million taels of silver!
Yang Reform had a dark face and said with a dejected expression: "Let's talk about this matter next year. Today, we will only discuss tax increases." The income of two, if no one talks too much, I am afraid that no one has paid attention to the more than 400 million taels of silver. Now Guo Yunhou said that this income has been exposed. sum of money.Since the commercial tax has not yet been collected, the land tax may have to be reduced by a large amount.

After listening to the conversation between the emperor and Guo Yunhou, many ministers nodded their heads, as if they were like this. It is indeed necessary for the emperor to give an explanation for this income, and it must be for the benefit of the people. Next time, hold a debate and ask the emperor to cut taxes.

After Guo Yunhou finished speaking, he continued to stand in the opposition camp with a calm appearance.

The trick Guo Yunhou gave to the emperor was very deep. Yang Reform was very helpless. He couldn't criticize others viciously.Guo Yunhou's seat as Minister, I'm afraid he will have to sit for a while.Yang Reform found that this court is not as simple as he thought, it is easy to avoid the open arrows, but difficult to guard against the hidden arrows!In this world, I am not the only one who can dig pits, many ministers are also masters at digging pits.

Yang Reform is dejected, the tax has not yet been added, and seeing that the land tax is about to drop by a large amount, this is a sad reminder, as expected, the tax is not easy to increase!

The following debate continues.

The two sides come and go, each uses their own unique moves, and each wins and loses. Yang Reform is really enjoying it.

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A young eunuch poked his head outside the door, saw that the main hall was full of noise, hesitated for a moment whether to go in and report, and withdrew his head.

After a while, an eunuch quietly came to Wang Chengen's side and whispered in Wang Chengen's ear for a while.

Wang Chengen heard this, frowned, and went to the emperor's side to report in a low voice: "Your Majesty, all the officials standing outside His Majesty Dan have already fainted a few times. The sun outside is really too big, and many officials are affected. It’s over, Your Majesty, do you think so?” Wang Chengen got the news that the sun outside was too strong, and a few people fainted from the sun.At the hottest time of the year, Nadanbi is a bare stone step, without a shred of cover, a place to hide, and today's sun is particularly vicious.

"Oh?" Yang Reform was surprised.

"Return to Your Majesty, yes, Xiao Suzi reported just now that he had fainted several times, and many ministers were sweating profusely. I'm afraid I have to find a cool place to rest, otherwise, I'm afraid something will happen!" Wang Chengen explained.

"Well, I got it." Yang Reform nodded, and he really should be sympathetic, the sun is so big outside, Yang Reform can feel the scorching heat wave even in this Supreme Harmony Gate.

"Stop!" Yang Reform shouted.

The ministers who were debating fiercely all looked at the emperor to see why the emperor called to stop.

"Gentlemen, the ministers have just reported that all the officials standing under His Majesty Dan have fainted several times because of the scorching sun," Yang Reform said.

The officials suddenly felt that the summer sun was really poisonous. Although they were in the Supreme Harmony Gate and covered by the tall hall, it was still very hot. Many people were sweating profusely, so they remembered that there was still a lot of heat outside. There is a group of low-level officials. Because of the limited space in this hall, even if the emperor is considerate of everyone and allows many people to come to the hall to escape the wind and rain, it is impossible to let all of them enter the hall.

"Companion, tell the officials of His Majesty Dan to hide from the sun for a while. Anyway, today is not a formal court meeting. Let them stand in the shade under the eaves and listen." The sun-baked officials hid from the sun.

"I obey...Your Majesty has a decree. The officials standing under His Majesty Dan should go to the shade under the eaves of the main hall to avoid the sun... and listen to the debate." Wang Chengen first agreed, and then announced the decree loudly.

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After a while, those officials of His Majesty Dan ran under the eaves to avoid the sun. Yang Reform almost burst into laughter when he saw it. These officials were so tanned that some of them even had salt on their faces .It can be called "Bao Qingtian".

Those officials who got permission from the emperor to hide under the eaves of the Taihe Gate were so sad. They just wanted to watch the excitement. How could they know that the sun was so poisonous that they would faint from the sun? They also began to miss going to court in the morning. Well, I used to go to court in the morning, although I had to get up in the middle of the night to rush to the Forbidden City. It was very cold, but people are afraid of heat but not cold. If it is cold, you can wear more clothes. What about the heat?You can't even peel off the skin, can you?Today's new emperor has changed the rules of the morning court, and only goes to the morning court after the sun comes out in the morning. It's good, you don't have to get up in the middle of the night, and you don't have to suffer from the cold in winter, but..., in summer, the sun is too poisonous It's [-]:[-] a.m., and it's not until noon, and I've sunburned several times. The morning time is short on weekdays, and I don't think it's a little longer today, and the problem has been exposed.

The officials in the hall felt nauseated..., accompanied by the people who came here from avoiding the sun, there was also a smell of sweat...

(End of this chapter)