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Chapter 303 The Battle in the Court ([-])

Above the court hall, the wind direction changed instantly.

The imperialists fought back.

Liulizhai, which voluntarily pays [-]% of the tax, turned the situation upside down in an instant. The opposition's "benefit for the people" and "petition for the people", which were used as weapons, collapsed. In any case, others absolutely "voluntarily" paid Tax, can you not let others pay it?If it was an ordinary person, it would be possible to suppress this merchant so that his voice would not reach the court, but this Liulizhai...isn't it courting death to send someone to suppress him?The people who went there were low-level, so Jinyiwei Qianhu is a vegetarian?Throw it out for you on the spot, go to a minister?Minister or something?A few days ago, a minister who wanted to plan Liulizhai was kicked as far as possible by the emperor. He still doesn't know where he is with the wild man in that corner.

The opposition was counting thousands of times, and they didn't count Liulizhai, or Sun Liniang, who had just been appointed as an official, so they stumbled and almost couldn't get back up.

The opponents were all pale and almost desperate. Today, after making so many preparations and compromising a lot of interests, it is possible to achieve such an effect. Unexpectedly, a small memorandum from others made all these preparations go away. Float.The emperor's hand really hit them seven inches, and it was a great play.

The spirit of the imperial party has returned, and the soy sauce party is also looking at the opposition with a look of optimism.

Yang Reform was quite proud, sitting on the throne, he said with a smile: "Hehe, Shi Aiqing, this is a good thing! In my Ming Dynasty, it is rare to find such a merchant who voluntarily pays taxes! Besides, this Liulizhai is said to be A mountain of gold, hehe, [-]% of the monthly income is used to pay taxes, Shi Shoufu, then do you know how much money you can receive each month?"

Yang Reform did this on purpose, absolutely on purpose, and wanted to use money to show off and anger the opposition.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to the memorandum, Liulizhai sold 8 taels of silver last month, and two of them were 6000 taels, and 19 taels a year... Tsk tsk... Your Majesty, 2000 taels!" Shi Fenglai was very cooperative, explaining in rather exaggerated words, especially when he said 19 taels, he wanted to let everyone in the world know about it.

"Wow!" The entire hall was completely bustling. Everyone knew that Liulizhai was a golden mountain. Unexpectedly, it really was a golden mountain. They were willing to spend 6000 taels to pay taxes every month. Every year, That's 20 taels!The calculation standard for a medium-sized government is to pay 20 to 20 shi for grain, and this [-] taels of silver is almost equivalent to two medium-sized government.

The ministers were discussing one after another, and the Soy Sauce Party was the most heated discussion. Even those low-level officials who came to watch the show were also talking about it. The size of the two medium-sized mansions is a rare thing. Today, I definitely didn't come here for nothing, and I didn't bask in the sun for nothing.

In the entire hall, only the opponents had pale faces.The emperor's blow was considered to have killed them.

Shi Fenglai was even more unwilling to give up, using more "vicious" language to stimulate the opposition.

"Your Majesty, it is also said in this memorial that 8 taels per month is not the best. It will definitely become more prosperous in the future, and you can pay more taxes... Maybe you can pay three taels a year." 40 taels of silver is not unusual! Tsk tsk, amazing, amazing!" Shi Fenglai said in exaggerated words.

"Wow!!" There was even more commotion among the ministers. A merchant pays 40 taels of tax, which is only [-]% of the merchant's sales. How much does this merchant earn every year?Jinshan, Jinshan!Liulizhai is now the official name of Jinshan.

Yang Reform is secretly funny. Liulizhai can say that 10 taels of silver is 40%, and it can also say that [-] taels are [-]%. Anyway, it is passed from his left hand to his right, but it is just an extra procedure. , As for how to say it, it depends on your own preferences.

"Oh, really? This is really a good thing! It's rare to have such a good businessman with a conscience in the world. He is really a model for thousands of businessmen in the world! If all the businessmen in the world are like this one, I will be satisfied and resist outside The invasion of foreign tribes, inside, appease the people, it is not bad money! Good man, good man!" Yang Reform also put on a show.

Many ministers made fun of the emperor's exclamation. Who doesn't know that Liulizhai is your own property, and Sun Liniang is the emperor's wife. Isn't it just taking your own money from your left hand to your right hand? ?This is still spending your own money, so you don't have to brag about yourself like this.

Now the opposition has nothing to do with this matter. They winked anxiously and tried to find a way. Seeing that this debate is about to lose!
An old minister's eyes were red, his eyes were determined, and he looked at death as if he were at home. He shouted: "Your Majesty, I firmly oppose your Majesty's taxation. Now that my court has made such troubles, don't you understand that this is God's punishment for you?" My court’s punishment! Why has there been a drought in the north for more than ten years? This is because some people in my Ming Dynasty have done Tianhe, and the sky is angry and people complain, so such a disaster has come! Your Majesty still does not self-examine yourself, and blindly insists on being strong. Collecting taxes, does your majesty want to see the world of Ming Dynasty, and you will end up with it? Your majesty, it's time for self-cultivation and self-examination..." The opposition finally brought out the theory of the unity of man and nature, except In addition, there is no rhetoric that can change the situation on the court.Seeing that they were about to lose, the opposition didn't care about being shameless. They couldn't afford to lose, and they must stop the emperor from collecting taxes.

"...the country will suffer the failure of losing its way, but heaven first sends out disasters to warn them, without self-examination, and then sends out weirdness to warn them, and it has not yet changed, and it will be injured and defeated... Now our dynasty, its disasters are endless , involving millions of people, there is a strange sign, this is God warning His Majesty! Your Majesty still does not know that if you want to increase taxes on the world, will there be greater disasters? Your Majesty, for my Ming Dynasty People of the Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty should do a good job, pay more attention to your own virtues, don't collect taxes... Otherwise, the heavens will send down even more severe punishments, and this will all be borne by the people of the Ming Dynasty!  … ...don't collect taxes..."

The old man, the more he talked, the more excited he became, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, he couldn't catch his breath, and he fainted on the ground. The scene was chaotic, and he didn't know whether he really fainted or faked it.

Yang Reform cursed inwardly: Damn, what are you doing?Rolling, splashing, pretending to be a rascal can all be included.

It is now the first time that Yang Reform realizes that being an emperor will bring such pressure. This set of theory of heaven and man is really a bridle on the emperor's head. It prevents the emperor from being free, and it is also a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it pushes the emperor to the status of a god, becoming the son of heaven, ruling the Quartet on behalf of the heavens, and ruling the people of the world, so that the legitimacy of the emperor's rule of the world is logical, but it also brings a negative effect. Once disasters occur, especially large-scale This has become a manifestation of God's warning to the world that someone needs to be responsible, and the person in charge must be the Son of Heaven. Who calls you the "Son of Heaven"? If such a big thing happened, it was not you This "God", this "Son of Heaven" problem, or whose problem?Only when the Son of Heaven loses his morality and makes God angry, God will bring down terrible disasters...

Yang Reform also lamented that the person who designed this set of remarks is really a genius. With this set of theories, in the future, restrictions on

Sovereign power, then there is a "jurisprudential" basis. It is very simple to find trouble with the emperor and oppose the emperor. Few places in the world suffered disasters in that year?As long as you use this set of theories to deal with the emperor, the emperor will not be able to argue with a hundred words, and the emperor will be very passive. The emperor will put a "son of heaven" on his head innately. The title, or in other words, the mastery of the imperial power, has reached the point where he doesn't care about anyone, and has the courage to kill all those who oppose him, but there are not many such powerful emperors, that is, the founding emperor has this ability Obviously, the other successor emperors were unable to do this step. Therefore, this set of doctrines was really designed for the emperor, and it was specially used to deal with the emperor.

Yang Reform is not at all interested in this kind of relationship between heaven and man, and he does not believe it at all. Yang Reform never believes that he is some kind of emperor, or some kind of agent of God in the world. What Yang Reform believes is that the reason why he can be The emperor, because he has a good ancestor, because he holds the army and the gun in his hands.

If you are the Son of Heaven, then according to the billions of years of the earth, the "Son of Heaven" yourself is ridiculously insignificant. If you expand the scope of the sky to the entire universe, then the "Son of Heaven" yourself is even more ridiculous.

Although Yang Reform didn't believe it, he "cooperated" with the opposition. After hearing what the opposition said, he pretended to be irritable and said, "You mean to say that this natural disaster happened because of my problems? What about feelings?" , I don’t need to spend tens of millions of taels of silver for disaster relief, just burn a few sticks of incense and beg God, the drought will be solved? Then nothing will happen?” Yang Reform pretended to be angry, which is what a young man should do. No one can bear the reaction of someone else's frivolous sentence completely negating the credit for spending tens of millions of taels of silver.

"Returning to Your Majesty, that's right! It is precisely because Your Majesty does not take care of himself that God will bring such a terrible disaster. Now, Your Majesty wants to collect taxes and seek the people's fat and anointing. How can God not be angry? God will definitely return An even bigger warning will be issued! Your Majesty, please collect the idea of ​​recycling taxes, and leave a way for the common people in the world..." Now that the face has been torn apart, and some "predecessors" fainted, the opposition will let go. He got rid of his scruples and began to use the great weapon of harmony between man and nature to teach the emperor a lesson.

"Hey, hey, what do you mean, because I became the emperor and the son of heaven, there will be a drought that will last for more than ten years in the future? Haha, so, you simply abolished me and established a new emperor. , wouldn’t this prevent natural disasters? How about it?” Yang Reform showed the image of an extremely arrogant emperor, even saying that he should not be an emperor.

The ministers also did not expect the emperor to say such inappropriate words, not only the opposition factions were all sweating, even the soy sauce party and the onlooker party were all sweating, which was pretty good in the first place A debate, just a few more words, turned into this, it is too unexpected, if this really angered the emperor, I am afraid that the scene of hundreds of ministers in court will reappear!I am afraid that many people will be killed again!
This court meeting has completely escalated to the ultimate confrontation between the ministers and the emperor. In this, one party must make a concession, otherwise, no one will be able to step down. This is no longer a matter between the opposition and the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I beg your majesty to give up collecting taxes..." An opponent saw that it would be dangerous to continue like this. They are the ones who will suffer at that time. They decided to use the big move "AE" to force the emperor to make concessions. Otherwise, they are the ministers who will suffer today. Why bother to be beaten up to save a few money for the businessman?
The first minister's "AE" pose was made, and the people behind understood it, and then also took the pose of the "AE" big move, all of them knelt down on the ground, and said nothing else except to let the emperor give up collecting taxes. .This is the ultimate mystery of the bureaucrats against the emperor.

"I implore Your Majesty to give up collecting taxes..." A minister then knelt down.

"I implore Your Majesty to give up collecting taxes..." The scale of AE expanded rapidly, and its power was immediately revealed, increasing geometrically.

Many members of the Soy Sauce Party also felt the danger, and joined the "AE" duel. Today, the emperor must make concessions, otherwise, they will be in danger.

"I implore Your Majesty to give up collecting taxes..." The soy sauce party also knelt down.

Those low-level officials were just here today to watch the excitement and to see something new. How did they know that the opposition would have such a fierce collision with the emperor? It was simply that the opposition coerced them to put pressure on the emperor.These onlookers have no temper at all, "There are risks in onlookers, and onlookers need to be cautious."Today, it is necessary to help the opposition once.

"AE" came to fruition very quickly, and the ministers from all over the place put on the same pose and said the same sentence, pointing the spearhead of "AE" at the emperor and demanding the emperor to make concessions.

Except for a few imperial parties, most of the others couldn't resist, they all knelt down and were coerced into the formation of AE.

Yang Reform sat on the throne, watching the ministers from all over the place tell him to give up collecting taxes.Yang Reform didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

The sad thing is that the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty is completely rotten!For self-interest, can do all unimaginable things.They must be completely wiped out before they can change their fate.I am happy that I finally have an excuse to let myself lose. My purpose today is to let myself lose. I specially arranged this good show. Yang Reform is still worried that his side has too many trump cards and the opposition is not sharp enough Well, now it seems that it is just a good time to use this big move "AE" to step down, give the fruits of victory to the opposition, and let them taste the "fruits of victory".

At this moment, Yang Reform didn't feel any anger in his heart, but a kind of schadenfreude.This group of idiots who don't care about life and death and only want to seek self-interest have fallen into their own tricks. Now you will laugh for a few days, and in the future, you will not be able to cry.

The emperors, at this moment, lowered their heads and didn't have the mood to debate. The whole hall was full of people kneeling on the ground, while the few of them were standing, standing out from the crowd, and the pressure was great!
Sun Chengzong finally stood up, ready to say something.

When everyone saw Sun Chengzong standing up, they all looked at him eagerly, wondering what he would say, was he telling the emperor to clean us up?Or persuade the emperor to make concessions?

As the "teacher of the emperor", Sun Chengzong was most trusted by the emperor, but in this debate today, he didn't perform very well, he just said a few words in a tepid way to settle the matter.Now that he stands up, everyone knows that the boss is going to play, and the conclusion will be drawn.Everyone held their breath to see what Sun Chengzong had to say.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say, and I don't know whether to say it or not." Sun Chengzong said calmly.

"Let's talk." On the surface, Yang Reform was still pretending to be mad with anger. Even in the face of Sun Chengzong, he gave a little good face. This good show must be performed well.

"My Majesty, first of all, I still think that there is nothing wrong with collecting taxes. I support His Majesty's collection of taxes. However, today's situation is related to the harmony between the monarch and his ministers. If I continue to talk about it, I am afraid it will hurt the face of the court. I suggest that , the matter of tax collection is postponed, and we will not talk about it for the time being. As for whether it will be collected in the future, let’s talk about it separately. To appease the people is also the heart of some businessmen, and you must not hurt their hearts and cut off their way to serve the country. Therefore, I suggest that it is better to collect taxes on the premise that the businessmen are voluntary. Your Majesty will not send taxes. The prison, not to mention sending people to collect taxes, but relying on the voluntary tax declaration and voluntary payment of taxes by businessmen, also opens the door for some businessmen to serve the country. "Sun Chengzong came to make a peace, and turned the issue of tax payment into voluntary, and both sides retreated half a step, which is easy to explain.

When Yang Reform waited for this sentence, it meant that all the flowers that had been waiting were gone.The set of today is to wait for this sentence, once this sentence comes out, the set is locked.He was secretly happy in his heart, but on the surface he looked puzzled.

The ministers, especially those in the opposition, saw that Sun Chengzong of the imperial party said such things, and both sides retreated half a step, so that they could step down. They immediately felt that this idea was a good one. Since the emperor loves to play and collect his own taxes, then Take it, as long as you don't take ours.

All the ministers looked at the emperor eagerly, hoping that the emperor would agree to Sun Chengzong's method, so that both sides would be able to step down, otherwise, if this confrontation continued, their buttocks would definitely bloom.

"Hmph! Is I a fatuous, incompetent, and licentious monarch? How dare you say that to me, it really breaks my heart, no matter... I'm just looking at Master Sun's face today, and I don't care about you, otherwise , it will never be as easy to talk as it is today." Yang Reform also looked resolute, and agreed with Sun Chengzong's statement.

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief, the final confrontation with the emperor did not end in the worst possible situation!

"Your Majesty is holy..." The officials hurriedly kowtowed their heads joyfully to thank them. The old man's unscrupulous words just now triggered a big confrontation between the officials and the emperor, and it was finally resolved. Otherwise, the emperor and them must be very injured.

(End of this chapter)