The 'Huang Chengyuan incident' in the capital is still fermenting, and more and more people are stirring in, like boiling water, which begins to bubble out one after another, tumbling endlessly.
However, there are more onlookers, and they have experienced too many times, and there are many people who learn to be smart, watch from afar, and die without touching a single bit.
In stark contrast to this trip, the imperial palace is becoming quieter and quieter, and the imperial city where needles cannot be inserted and water cannot be splashed is like an iron bucket, and the slightest news has not been revealed.
No one knew the emperor's thoughts, nor did they know what the imperial court was going to do.
Zhu Xu, who was nagged by Empress Dowager Zhang for a long time in Cining Palace, was finally released and returned to the imperial study, still bored.
The recent recitals are either crying poor and asking for help; Either impeachment, a struggle for power.
Zhu Xu's attention was on political reform, and he was not interested in reading such a book at all, so he sat down for a while and then went back to Yuzao Palace to rest.
Early the next morning, when Zhu Xu was still in bed, Li Jieyu, who had already gotten up, came over and said softly, "Your Majesty, Lord Bi is asking to see you in the side hall of Jingyang Palace." ” The more tired he got up, the heavier his anger became, Zhu Xu struggled for a while, got up and washed up a little nervously, and then came to the side hall.
"Master Bi sits."
Zhu Xu sat down on the soft collapse and asked people to bring a stool to Bi Ziyan.
Bi Ziyan was also accustomed to the emperor's affinity, and after thanking him, he sat down, holding the notebook in his hand, and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have discussed with the six ministries, the governors, and the governors, and the government will be decided in three days. ” Zhu Xu held the porridge in his hand, and said with his jaw head: "Well, you can." ” Bi Ziyan saw that Zhu Xu was listening, so he continued: "Your Majesty, Wenzhao Pavilion is a little small, and this political discussion is very important, and the minister suggested that a court meeting be held to demonstrate Yan. ” Zhu Xu's expression moved slightly, the hand holding the spoon paused, and then looked at him and said, "This is a good proposal, and the court will discuss it in three days." ” These Bi Ziyan believed that the emperor would agree, and the following couldn't help but hesitate a little on his face.
Zhu Xu drank it in two sips, wiped his mouth, looked at Bi Ziyan and said with a smile: "Master Bi, what's the difficulty?"
” Bi Ziyan looked at Zhu Xu and said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, the governors of the southwestern provinces all hope that the imperial court will reduce taxes again, especially the share handed over to the imperial court.
In addition, they hope that the tax will be handed over to them, and the gentry will pay taxes and redraw the land, and they all say that it is not appropriate to implement it at this time, which will provoke more popular uprisings. ” Zhu Xu prepared to formally set up the State Administration of Taxation to divide the local tax into national taxes, including commercial tax, grain tax, salt tax and other large taxes, and other small ones were allocated to the local tax and handed over to the local government for collection.
This is clearly at odds with the interests of local officials, and it is normal for them to oppose it.
As for the gentry paying taxes and rezoning the land, this is Zhu Xu's plan to do experiments in the southwest and print a mold in order to implement the world.
However, what these people say is also reasonable, this kind of practice is indeed like adding fuel to the fire in the southwest, and will provoke more 'thieves and gangsters'.
But if you don't scrape your bones now, it will be even more difficult in a few years!
Zhu Xu's face did not move, and said, "This is not negotiable." ” Bi Ziyan had already guessed it, and said: "Zhejiang.
Jiang, Jiang.
The provinces of the Soviet Union also mentioned a lot of ideas for political reform, mainly to cut taxes, including commercial taxes, and the sea.
Guan, sea trade, especially the payment of grain arrears, I hope that the imperial court can be exempted. ” Zhu Xu Leng picked up the tea on the table and said lightly: "Is there anything else?"
” Bi Ziyan pondered for a while, and said, "There is nothing else, the ministers can handle it, but the attitude of these governors is relatively firm, and the ministers can't convince them." ” Zhu Xu stood up, looked out of the palace from the window, and snorted coldly: "Master Bi go and prepare, I should meet these feudal officials to see if they have become soil emperors and don't recognize me as the emperor......"
Bi Ziyan's expression moved slightly, although he strongly controlled himself not to speak anymore, he still couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, at this time, be cautious. ” Zhu Xu raised his eyebrows, is his past resume so untrustworthy?
Bi Ziyan was afraid that Zhu Xu would make a surprise attack again, and if he was caught off guard, there would be a big mess.
Now the ministers seem to be calm, and everyone knows that it is only the surface.
If this court meeting fails, not only will the emperor's majesty be damaged, but the prestige of the court will also be hit, and the political reform that has been carried out for many years will be hit hard to clean up!
Zhu Xu was calm, and after discussing with Bi Ziyan for a while, he asked people to summon the governors of the southwestern provinces into the palace.
This was the first time that the emperor officially summoned the governors of various provinces to the palace, which caused a lot of shock.
Four.
Sichuan governor Zhou Weijing, Gan.
Su Governor Fan Yixuan, expensive.
State Governor Wang Sanshan, Shaanxi.
When Li Banghua, the governor of the west, and others received the order, they quickly sorted it out, gathered together, and walked towards the palace.
The governors of other provinces are watching, and the entire Ming Dynasty knows that the emperor attaches great importance to the southwest, and the governors of these six provinces go over together, and the picture is not small!
"Ministers and others see the emperor!"
In the imperial study, Fan Yixuan and others bowed and saluted.
Zhu Xu swept his eyes and said lightly: "Let's all be even, just now Master Bi came to tell me, you have a lot of opinions on political reform?"
” The six of them glanced at each other, and Zhou Weijing, who had been in the southwest for the longest time, raised his hand and said: "Back to the emperor, the disaster in the southwest is endless, the people are hungry, and robbers are everywhere, and the ministers and others hope that the imperial court can consider the actual situation of the six southwest provinces and slow down the new ......."
Zhu Xu saw that these six people had formed an alliance, and said with a flat expression, "Push slowly?"
How do you slow down?
” Obviously, they have already discussed it in private, and Zhou Weijing said with ease: "Back to the emperor, regarding the grain tax, the ministers ask for a reduction or exemption, increase the grain and silver for disaster relief, and ...... the hearts of the people in southwest Anxi."
Syllable!
Suddenly, Zhu Xu slapped the table and shouted with a calm face: "Chongzhen's money will be empty in two years, and in the past few years, the six provinces in the southwest have received no less than eight million silver and grain, and no less than five million stones, where did the money and grain come from?"
All from all over Jiangnan!
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You are clamoring for tax cuts and grain exemptions, what should the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River do?
I collect their heavy tax subsidies from you?
They are asking for tax cuts, should I agree?
If the tax is reduced, where will the silver and grain be given to you......"
The faces of the six changed slightly, and they hurriedly knelt on the ground: "The ministers are guilty!"
” Zhu Xu stared at his eyes, waved his hand impatiently, and said, "Don't give me this set, what should I do?"
River.
Su, Zhejiang.
Jiang and other provincial governors are clamoring for tax reductions and grain exemptions, and half of your southwest is tax-free, and their demands are reasonable. ” The six of them knelt there, raising their heads slightly, looking at each other, all with embarrassed expressions.
They know very well in their hearts that the imperial court can really be said to be benevolent and righteous to the southwest, and they know that they have never had disaster relief, tax exemption, and the situation of the treasury, and it is impossible to spend a lot of money and grain on disaster relief in the southwest every year, especially since the disaster situation has not improved at all.
Zhu Xu saw that they didn't speak, and said with a cold face, "Get up and speak, you are the governors of the six provinces, and you are the officials of the feudal territory, you are not here to solve problems for me, say a way!"
” The six of them stood up tremblingly, and looked at each other for a while, all a little helpless.
The so-called Qiao women are difficult to cook without rice, no matter how strong their ability is, they can't grow anything in the ground, and they can't fill the stomachs of the people, it's still the same!
After a while, Fan Yixuan considered his words and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers will try their best to find a way to pay taxes and grain, but the gentry will pay taxes and redraw the acres, and the ministers will wait for the disaster to improve before implementing it, now the people are like ants on a hot pot, and they can't be tossed anymore......"
Zhu Xu slapped the table again and said angrily: "Nonsense!
There are a large number of vacant land, wasteland, and wasteland in the southwestern provinces, plus all the imperial court, and the former clan's acres of land are more than 10,000 hectares, so why can't it be redivided?
This is the acres of land for the people, who is going to toss them?
When did the gentry not pay taxes?
Taizu's ancestral system has been abandoned for so many years, whose responsibility is it?
I don't want them to pay back, and I'm already lenient, so it's hard for you to resist the decree on their behalf!
” "The minister is guilty!"
The expressions of the six people changed drastically, and they hurriedly knelt down again.
Their eyes flickered, and their hearts were worried.
In their view, the emperor is clearly determined to complete the political reform, and it is by no means something that can be moved by a few words.
Zhu Xu is now in a race against time, so naturally he will not give them a chance to refuse, or even delay, and continues to wave the big stick, scolding: "I see that you are all dizzy!"
Now immediately go back and write a report on the 'New Deal' experience, must be written reasonably, profoundly, if the writing is not bad, you governors should not be, I look for someone who can do things, I Ming court, there is no need to be a dull official, let alone do nothing, boastful!
” The six of them all twitched slightly, and they couldn't get out of their chests in one breath.
Before the apocalypse, it is now, for the sake of the 'right path' to confront the emperor, disobedience to the court is nothing, this is an honor, even if you die, it is also a 'martyrdom', but if you are deposed with the hat of a 'faint official and mediocre official', it is a joke in the world, a stain on their life, a stain on their family, a stain on their neighbors, and a stain on the history books!
Unacceptable!
"Obey the order!"
The six of them secretly gritted their teeth, not daring to argue any longer, for fear that the emperor would directly depose them.
With the prestige of the emperor and the investment of the imperial court in the six southwestern provinces, if they were deposed, the spitting stars would drown them.
The six of them left, Zhu Xu drank tea calmly, shook his shoulders, and then said: "Pass on Jiang Dejing, Qian Longxi, and Huang Liji." ” These three people are the mountain.
East, River.
Su, Zhejiang.
Governor of the River.
Huang Liji and the other three are all old people of Wenzhao Pavilion and Zhu Youzhen, but Zhu Youzhen has always 'liked the new and hated the old', disgusted with these three people, and the three of them also disdained King Xin, and their faces were lukewarm.
They looked at Fan Yixuan who left, Zhou Weijing and the others had a bitter face, and they were secretly frightened, what did the emperor say to them, let them show this expression.
The three of them glanced at each other, and they all entered the imperial study with a hint of unease.
As soon as the three of them were about to salute, Zhu Xu waved his hand and said lightly: "Before you left Beijing, what did I ask you to do, how did you do?"
” The three of them were stunned, and they were all a little speechless.
The emperor talked about them one by one before they left Beijing, including the recovery of grain arrears, the restoration of the Taizu tax system, the re-registration of households, acres of land, etc., these seem to be light, but in fact it is as difficult as climbing a mountain, not to mention that they have no foundation in the place, even if they have, they will not be able to move lightly for a while.
Huang Liji has been away from Beijing for the longest time, his expression moved, and he raised his hand to Zhu Xu and said, "Back to the emperor, I have been in the dynasty for more than two hundred years, and the disadvantages have been accumulated for a long time, and the ministers still need time, so slowly plan ......"
"So where are you going?"
Zhu Xu said without being salty.
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The three of them looked stiff and didn't know how to speak.
Although they seemed to be in power, they did not dare to carry out drastic reforms, so they could only barely stabilize the situation and promote the reform plan of the imperial court little by little.
As for those difficult bones, they all retreated as soon as they touched them, and they did not dare to go deeper.
Zhu Xu leaned half-sideways, his fist slammed on the table, his face was cold, and his tone became heavier and heavier, and he reprimanded, "You are the governor of a province entrusted by me with a heavy responsibility, and you are the official of the feudal territory!"
Is this how you repay me and the court?
” Zhu Xu's last voice was particularly high, echoing in the imperial study.
The three of them hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "The minister is guilty!"
” Zhu Xu snorted coldly, slammed his fist on the table, and scolded more and more coldly: "You haven't done a good job in the things I explained, but you are thinking about tax cuts!"
Don't you know that the imperial court is short of food and silver?
You are the governor of the past of the Governor of the Sect, do you listen to me or listen to them!?
” Huang Liji, Qian Longxi, and Jiang Dejing hurriedly kowtowed, and said loudly, "Don't dare!"
” All three of them have the label of 'King Xin', and if the emperor is angry, he can throw them into prison!
Cold sweat broke out on the heads of the three of them, and they trembled.
Zhu Xu still didn't give a good face, and sneered, "Don't dare?
What are you not afraid of?
In order to reduce taxes for those people, you still quarreled with Bishi?
I see that he is all with me, you really give me face, do you still have me in your eyes!
” The end of Zhu Xu's sentence was accented, and it was vibrating endlessly in the imperial study.
"Death to the minister!"
The three of them became more and more frightened, their heads hit the ground, and their whole bodies were shaking.
They are afraid, afraid that the emperor will be wrathful and condemn them!
"Ten thousand deaths?"
Zhu Xu's voice was as cold as iron: "What else do you have besides talking about this?"
Tell me, "Can you still do this governor?"
If you can't do it, you will return immediately, I will allow it now, and I can send someone to send you back to your hometown now, all the way home!
” The three of them were cold, and the emperor didn't need to refuse three times, this was to directly dismiss their officials and remove them from their posts!
"The emperor forgives his sins!"
Jiang Dejing was terrified, and suddenly said loudly: "The minister is loyal to the emperor, he dare not or forget, this time he will strictly implement the laws of the court, and he will never dare to slack off!"
” "Don't dare or forget!"
"The minister doesn't dare or forget!"
The others and the others spoke, both terrified and trembling in their voices.
Zhu Xu's face was indifferent.
Stared at a few people for a while before saying, "I'll give you a chance!"
Go, everyone writes an article, and when it's written, I will publish it in the morning newspaper for you, if you fool me, you won't participate in the political reform meeting!
” Everyone knows how important the political reform meeting is, and the three of them felt cold in their hearts, knelt on the ground and hurriedly said, "The minister obeys the order!"
” The three of them exited the imperial study with great anxiety and left Jingyang Palace, all looking at each other with dejected faces.
They finally got out of the Wenzhao Pavilion and took up the post of feudal officials, and they still have a great future, if they sink into the sand like this, it will be a big loss!
They are not reconciled!
Qian Longxi had a gloomy face, looked at Jiang Dejing, and Huang Liji said: "Two, the emperor is angry, what should we do now?"
” Huang Liji was the most calm, his eyes flickered slightly, and said, "Go see Master Bi, there are some things......
Counsel with him one more thing or two. ” Qian Longxi and Jiang Dejing's eyes lit up, and they hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, go together, go together." ” "Who's down there?"
In the imperial study, Zhu Xu became more and more calm and drank the tea ceremony.