"So much silver?"
Chongzhen was dumbfounded and looked at the report submitted by Jinyiwei, there was actually one million taels of silver.You must know that the annual income of the Ming Dynasty treasury is only a few million taels!
This is only the collection of taxes from the Beijing division and the surrounding areas of the Beijing division, and the Jiangnan where the local tyrants gather has not yet opened the knife."
Tell me the will."
Chongzhen looked at the numbers on the report, his eyes were shining, "Everyone is responsible for paying national taxes, the more money and more food and land, the more you have to pay." ”Let this decree go first.The gang of people and the local doglegs will definitely disobey the yang and the yin, and evade taxes, it doesn't matter, when the time comes, Jinyiwei will come out, and it will be a big income.It's time for those moths to spit it out.Guangding Province, Gouwei County.The county commander Cheng Qingfeng had a headache.Now there is a disaster and famine in the northwest, and a large number of displaced people have emerged, and even there are wanderers.These gangsters robbed houses and houses, and ate everything, and it is said that even people can cook and eat it.The rogues have already ransacked several counties, and they are about to reach Gouwei County.But can it withstand it with the existing strength in the county?
Cheng Qingfeng wanted to strengthen the city defense, buy some weapons and the like, and don't want to fight the rogue bandits, just let the rogue people be scared and then move to another county.He is very selfish, he only wants to protect the people under his rule, and he can't control anything else, and he doesn't want to care.But looking at the empty warehouse, how to recruit people and purchase weapons?
Gouwei County is a small county, with a population of only 200,000, and there is basically not much left after the annual money and grain taxes are handed over to the state.To put it bluntly, the income is still too small!
There are a lot of good fields in the county, but unfortunately most of them are occupied by the rich squires.And these rich squires are all related, either there are people in the family, or there are relatives who are officials, and these people occupy a lot of land but do not pay a penny of taxes.What's even more annoying is that some low-level merchants still hang their own fields under these people's accounts and wantonly evade taxes.But does Cheng Qingfeng have a way?
No.It is the national law set by Emperor Taizu that scholars do not pay taxes and do not pay grain, who can change it?
Recently, there have been several more people in the county, and they immediately have more than 100 acres of land on their accounts, all of which are high-quality paddy fields, and I don't know which merchant invested in them.Originally, as the lord of a county, Cheng Qingfeng's life could be very good, as long as he worried less and socialized more, anyway, the country has money and no money to care about his?
But as an aspiring young man, he also wants to benefit the people."
Your Excellency."
A white scholar ran over and said hurriedly, "My lord, what a happy event!
”"Don't worry, take your time."
Cheng Qingfeng said lightly."
The imperial court has issued a holy decree, and everyone will have to pay a land tax in the future."
This white scholar is the lord of this county, named Li Tao, he is happy in his heart!"
How can Your Majesty make such a holy decree?
It's simply against the ancestral system. ”An old man said angrily with a cane."
Yo, Lu Xiancheng, are you saying that you are wrong today?"
Li Tao couldn't get used to him for a long time, so his tone was unceremoniously.Lu Xiancheng stomped on the ground with a cane, spitting stars flying wildly, "How can there be a mistake today, it must be those traitors who have deceived the Holy Hearing." ”"Hehe Lu Xiancheng, you still don't have to care so much at your level, I will wait for the implementation of the orders of the imperial court."
Li Tao didn't bother to pay attention to this old guy."
The old man believes that the Confucianism in Donglin will definitely go to the book and set things right."
Lu Xiancheng can be said to be a die-hard fan of the Donglin Party, and his biggest ideal is to go to Donglin Academy in person to listen to a class and talk about state affairs."
Don't argue, let's wait for the official notice from the government."
Cheng Qingfeng still has a bit of prestige as the lord of a county, and Lu Xiancheng and Li Zhubo both shut up.Chongzhen's holy decree was simply shocked.First of all, Donglin Academy held a vigorous discussion and criticism, and the scholars were impassioned and spoke enthusiastically.Secondly, the local Donglin Party members wrote books one after another, accusing Chongzhen of forgetting the law of his ancestors and being unfilial.However, this time, all the officials in the imperial court were dumb, Chongzhen's pressure was much less, and the promulgation of the holy decree was particularly smooth, and soon most of the country knew about it.As for whether it can be implemented, it is difficult to say.Chongzhen took a sip of tea comfortably, picked up a small pastry in his hand and was about to feed it to his mouth, this pastry is really fragrant!"
Wait!"
The black guard knocked the pastry off his hand, "It's poisonous." ”The black guard was the name Chongzhen gave him, and he was originally going to call the number one and two directly, but the guard didn't agree.Chongzhen was dumbfounded, these people really dare to kill the king!"
Check!"
Chongzhen slapped the table excitedly, "Come on, check it for Lao Tzu." ”Soon, Jinyiwei and Dongchang took control of the palace, and soon captured several petty evils, a cook and two eunuchs.Later, Jinyiwei withdrew and handed over to Cao Huachun, the governor of Dongchang, who was also a ruthless person, and immediately imprisoned the three of them, tortured them, and prepared to dig out the big guys behind them layer by layer.Speaking of this Cao Huachun, many people must be familiar with him, he is the prototype of the famous Cao Gonggong in many martial arts dramas, a typical example of the cholera dynasty, who is shameless by people with lofty ideals and is often assassinated.In fact, this guy is loyal to the emperor.It also calmed down a lot of Donglin's cases, but it was such a pro-Donglin eunuch, and later he was also hacked by those people, which shows how shameless those people were at the end of the Ming Dynasty.Chongzhen actually took pity on him, and secretly swore in his heart, Lao Cao!
I must bring back your three views.A secret room."
These people won't have a problem, right?"
An anxious male voice came, but he saw that this person was extremely white and fat like a pig."
Their parents and relatives are all controlled by villains, and they don't dare to talk nonsense!"
A middle-aged man persuaded.The obese man hurriedly walked around, "What if they can't stand the penal code?"
”"Then the little man will help them."
The middle-aged man said hatefully.Cao Huachun walked around worriedly, how has the emperor changed recently!
Didn't the emperor respect the Donglin Party in the past?
If you want to talk about the Donglin Party, it is really nothing to say, the top ones are the pillars of the country, and my Lao Cao admires them the most.But these days, the emperor has issued several holy decrees in a row, which makes these righteous gentlemen extremely dissatisfied.Is it still far from the country?
No, my Lao Cao must not look at the emperor who is so close to the villain Yuan Xianchen anymore, and the Xianchen of Donglin must be reused