Chapter 498: Intriguing

The capital, Forbidden City.* Since the Jiangnan levy of commercial taxes, the memorial to impeach Chen Xie has not stopped. According to the instructions, the impeachment is invalid, so the censors should be honest. Why bother with a mess of writing and energy? This matter is still very interesting. If it were the censors in the past, they would have to end up with a cliff. There were many such precedents in the Ming Dynasty, such as the dispute over great rituals. Civil officials challenged the emperor, not afraid of death or court sticks. They would say "Faith for justice!"

The situation is very fun now. If it is impeachment, it will not be a matter of life. The memorial was released, but the emperor ignored it, and they did not have any other actions. They just continued to impeach and did not make a fuss. At first, Zhu Youjian was a little bit like facing a great enemy. After a while, he found that it was different from before, and gradually he tasted a little.

What is the situation? The times have changed. Since two years, Chen Xie has established great prestige in the war between the internal and external forces. The traditional means of dealing with political enemies are ineffective on Chen Xie. This is a minister who may not even be able to do anything to the emperor. With this premise, civil officials should impeach or impeach, because they took other people's money. But if they did it, they would ignore it. Anyway, collecting money and doing things can fight to the death of others, but this trick is useless to Chen Xie.

Another situation is that the control of civil officials over military generals was seriously shaken. So, the chance to talk in the imperial study room was a bit strange in the expressions of the cabinet ministers, like constipation. The Ming Dynasty is still fighting, and there are two main battlefields, one is Liaodong and the other is Sichuan.

After Ding You, Lu Xiangsheng immediately returned to the position of Minister of War. Zhu Youjian was worried. He was the one who presided over today's meeting. Four people attended the meeting, including Yang Tinglin, Minister of Revenue and Zhou Yanru, the chief assistant of the cabinet. Today's discussion was mainly caused by the war reports coming from the front. One was the war report from Liaodong. After the general of Dengzhou camp, Chang Shiren, led his troops northward, pushed the troops all the way, and Jiannu fled to the wind and avoided the battle. The other was Wang Ben's battlefield outside the frontier. He joined forces with the Korqin tribe to fight a war with the coalition forces of Duoduo and Chahar, beheaded 800 times, and advanced 500 miles westward.

The court in the Liaodong battlefield did not have to worry at all. Because there was no need to pay for food, just give some population and policies. Dengzhou Camp was responsible for it. By the way, Zu Dashou threw it to Tongliao to station troops. Compared with Tongliao, everyone knew that it was impossible for 50,000 Guanning Army to threaten the capital in the future. If you become a vassal state in Tongliao, the mountain was high and the emperor was far away, so there was no threat for the time being. The battle on the grassland greatly eased the pressure on the three sides, which was also the reason why Lu Xiangsheng was able to be the Minister of War.

The battle in Sichuan is not so smooth. How to say it? The road to Shu is difficult! The logistics pressure on the army entering the southwest is very serious. It is unrealistic to raise logistics on the spot, because after the bandits crossed the border, it is much more powerful than locust plague. Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai were sabotaged, which is much easier than construction. Moreover, the officers and soldiers in Sichuan are not a question of their combat effectiveness. They are simply rotten. The officers and soldiers knew that they could make money and had no food to eat for the soldiers, and the genius was willing to work hard. This led to Zhang Xianzhong's unstoppable power after entering Sichuan, and there was only one officer and soldier who really threatened Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, that was the chieftain soldier of Shizhu.

As Hong Chengchou led the Qin army and some Guanning army into Sichuan, and the various troops after the reorganization of the army, the situation eased. However, due to the huge logistical pressure, Premier Hong Chengchou could only follow the bandits and chase them slowly. Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai ran all the way to the southwest, and they were not stupid, and they knew that they would be looking for death if they turned back. The whole Sichuan was disturbed, and the benefit it brought was that the Central Plains and Northwest had basically calmed down. Of course, it was also very chaotic, but it was not as chaotic as before.

After Hong Chengchou entered Sichuan, he did not rush to use troops, but continued to urge money and grain. He was under the command of the Qin army and some Guanning army. These two armies had no changes and did not work hard without money. There was another army, which was very good, but Hong Chengchou was not very moved. Because the food and salary were self-contained. He Renlong, Hu Dawei, Liu Guoneng, and Li Guoqi became unexpectedly honest after being cleaned up by Chen Xie in Xiangyang. They had one thing in common, that is, to listen to the general of Xiangyang Lin Ya. Lin Ya brought four officers and soldiers of the character A battalion to specialize in the logistics of the four. You can imagine their choice.

In principle, Hong Chengchou's orders should be listened to, in fact, listen reasonably, and not listen unreasonably. Hong Chengchou was still helpless and had to complain to the court. Now it was such a situation. A large number of officers and soldiers entered Sichuan, Henan, northern Huguang, and Jiangbei, and were controlled by Dengzhouying. Dengzhouying was the most worry-free and never complained. He was dedicated to doing things, using work for relief, immigrants, and doing things were very vivid. The embankment of the Yellow River was being built, and the official roads in various provinces were being built, and immigrants kept sending them away. Anyway, the court knew what they were doing. People didn't hide it, so they knew that the most reassurance was the territory controlled by Dengzhouying.

So at the beginning of this meeting, Lu Xiangsheng said: "The reports from Liaodong, Henan, Jiangbei, Huguang and other places are all good news. Shaanxi and Shanxi have been urging relief food. Supervisor Hong has been complaining that the money and grain cannot keep up, and has repeatedly said that the soldiers from Huguang do not listen to the dispatch. However, according to the reports from government officials from all over the country, since entering Sichuan, all the officers and soldiers who were originally affiliated with Chen Sihua have strict military discipline and have no harm to the people. On the contrary, other officers and soldiers, after entering Sichuan, can harm the people more than bandits." Lu Xiangsheng had no good impression of Hong Chengchou. This guy is killing and killing bandits, and indulging in dealing with officers and soldiers. As long as you listen to the dispatch, you will do whatever you want. This is Hong Chengchou's command method. If you don't listen to the dispatch, it's hard to say.

Zhu Youjian also had a headache. The people who could use it now were Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting. Something happened recently. Hong Chengchou killed Zu Kuan'an for not listening to the dispatch. It is said that the Guan Ning army was very restless because of this. Chen Xie advocated equal importance of suppression and appeasement, unlike Hong Chengchou, who was just killing! At the moment, Chen Xie's method was more effective, but the biggest problem with this method was money and food. Others could not play with this, it was not that they didn't understand it.

Zhu Youjian looked at Yang Tinglin and said: "How is the situation of the Ministry of Revenue? How is the commercial tax revenue this year?"

When Yang Tinglin heard this question, he said, "Your Majesty dares to say that the commercial tax for a year is just how long it has been levied? And it is only three provinces that are implementing it. But when it comes to this matter, Yang Tinglin, the Minister of Revenue, is still very happy. Why? The effect is significant. When it comes to this, he feels energetic.

"Go to your Majesty, after the commercial tax this year was officially levied in August, the autumn commercial tax in Jiangnan had all been levied to the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue who were sending money houses, totaling 586,700 taels. Shandong's commercial tax was officially levied in April, with a total of 834,000 taels in two quarters. According to Your Majesty's wishes, these two sums of silver cannot be used without His Majesty's approval. Liaodong's commercial tax also began to be officially levied in August, with a quantity of only more than 50,000 taels, and it has already been received." Yang Tinglin read the book according to the script, and after saying that, Zhu Youjian's expression changed a little. Even Liaodong collected more than 50,000 taels of commercial tax? This was just a quarter.

Before the commercial tax was imposed, Zhu Youjian didn't dare to believe that he could collect so much money in one quarter. Now, when he heard this data, his eyes were a little red. According to the previous agreement, 30% of them entered the treasury and 70% returned to the Ministry of Revenue. Zhu Youjian, who has always been a poor child, felt a bit like a rich man. Take a deep breath and take a deep breath.

Not to mention Zhu Youjian, even the chief minister Zhou Yanru, Lu Xiangsheng and others changed their faces. Knowing the commercial tax, who knew that after the commercial tax was changed to 10 taxes, the commercial tax came so violently? Before everyone could digest the news, Yang Tinglin said again: "According to the report of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of the three provinces, there were a total of 365 tax-resistant incidents during the period, and the majority of those who negotiated and resolved were mobilized, and the detective team was mobilized for 103 times. More than 560 people were taken, causing 58 casualties, and the resisters were fined 340,000 taels of silver. This silver is still left in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of various provinces, as a reward for the bonus."

Zhou Yanru couldn't sit still when he heard this. He, the chief minister, has recently received many blind dates from Jiangnan, all of whom have come to complain. He said that Chen Xie was a fishy person in Jiangnan, but he did not have a specific understanding. Now he knew that the fine was 340,000 taels alone, and he was not taken to the capital to pay it, so he left it himself.

"Isn't this a nonsense? How much public anger should such a large sum of money arouse? Chen Sihua is so reckless." It's time for this, and Zhou Yanru didn't dare to say harsh words. Other cabinet ministers can imagine it. Like Lu Daqi, he just pretended to be a clay Buddha. Why? Chen Xie is too difficult to deal with, and this guy doesn't follow you. To put it bluntly, the commercial taxes in various parts of Jiangnan were collecting, and what happened during this period caused more than a hundred bloodshed incidents.

This is a very serious matter, but there are not many important sounds in the entire Jiangnan officialdom. Even the six ministries in Jiangnan did not make any sounds. This is a very strange phenomenon. In theory, the severely affected areas should be Nanjing and Susong. As a result, these three ministries have almost no resistance, but problems have occurred in other places one after another. This is intriguing!

Zhu Youjian ignored this, and he knew that he was rich now, so he decided to indulge Chen Xie and said lightly: "Let's do this, let Chen Sihua give a self-defense memorial and let's talk about it." After saying this, he looked at Zhou Yanru with dissatisfaction. That's what you mean? The emperor of the Zhu family is really mean and ungrateful.

Zhou Yanru was blocked in his chest in one breath, and he took a long time to breathe. His face turned red and slowly turned white after a long time. Other cabinet ministers all showed desperate eyes, while others showed disdainful expressions.

"Your Majesty, since you have money, should you pay the salary owed to the capital official first?" Lu Daqi said this. He was always quiet. A word would appear. The gods would be transferred. Zhou Yanru showed an intriguing look and saw that this person didn't say anything.

When Zhu Youjian heard this, he showed a painful expression on his face and frowned and said, "Then let's go for three months first." (To be continued, please search for Piaotianwen. The novel is better and faster!
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