The implementation of the new commercial tax law was blocked, and the little eunuch had proposed to increase the commercial tax and increase the existing commercial tax to fill the treasury, after all, the treasury tax revenue in these years almost only relied on agricultural taxes, and the common people were already hard enough to collect all kinds of taxes, and it is no wonder that people rebelled, but those merchants who ran businesses had low taxes, and some even did not have to pay taxes.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally agreed, and he strongly supported the proposal of the little eunuch, a confidant, to collect money for him.

However, several bigwigs in the cabinet did not agree at first, Wei Zhongxian had done this before, and had made a lot of money for Zhu Youxiao, and was impeached by the Donglin Party and other civilian groups to take advantage of the people, but in fact, it was just moving their interests.

So as soon as Emperor Chongzhen proposed it this time, the cabinet felt that the remnants of this Nima Wei Zhongxian had revived, and when he heard that it was Chang Yu's suggestion, he was even more scolded, but thinking that this guy was leading a large army to chase the Qing army at this time, and it was not appropriate to offend too much, so he endured his anger and persuaded Emperor Chongzhen to give up, don't make the people resentful.

As expected, Emperor Chongzhen used Chang Yu to try the water a little and saw that the reaction was so big, and he also sneered in his heart, so he said, ninety percent of the commercial tax goes into the treasury!

Several bigwigs in the cabinet were dumbfounded, Wei Zhongxian's tea tax and other revenues at that time were all in the emperor's treasury and there was no point in the treasury, and they still had a reason to beep, but they were speechless at this time, although they were not happy, they couldn't find a reason to refuse for a while.

After the cabinet reluctantly responded, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the trial implementation in the capital and Nanjing at the same time, Nanjing did not know, but the capital has been complaining these days, and the merchants are saying that the war has just passed and the people are not living and they are collecting wool taxes, and they are crazy to be poor.

When all kinds of news came into the palace, Emperor Chongzhen sneered, he naturally knew that those people were making trouble behind his back, and he didn't object on the surface, but he was doing things behind his back to put pressure.

"Chang Yu is right, it's all spoiled!" Emperor Chongzhen slapped the table and glared, and Wang Chengen whispered comforting beside him: "As the old saying goes, Dou Mien is promoted to ...... enemy."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Gonggong Dongchang Chun handed a note in," At this time, the eunuch outside the Qianqing Palace knocked on the door and said softly.

At this time, it was already dark, and the palace door was closed, and Chunxiang did not have the privilege of Chang Yu to enter the harem directly, but if he came in so late, it must be an important matter, and it was very likely that it was Chang Yu's military situation.

Chongzhen hurriedly asked Wang Chenen to take the strip, and then opened it to read, he was stunned, his brows were twisted into a twist roll, Wang Chenen knew that something important must have happened, and he was very worried: "Emperor, isn't it Chang Gonggong's side......"

"It's not!" Emperor Chongzhen shook his head lightly, spread the strip in his hand, and Wang Chenen glanced at it: King Qin is now Puzhou (now Yongji, Shanxi)

The origin of King Qin's vein is not small, it is Zhu Zhang, the second eldest of Emperor Taizu's family, and his status is only this prince Zhu Biao, who held the military power back then, and even the later Ming Chengzu Zhu Di was not compared, and his wife's side is not small, the concubine is Zhang Wuji's wife, yes, it is the sister of Wang Baobao, the king of Henan in the Yuan Dynasty, and the side concubine is not small is the daughter of Deng Yu, the king of Ninghe, anyway, he was old and awesome, otherwise Lao Zhu would not have been able to give him Xi'an, the ancient capital of the Thirteen Dynasties, as a fief, known as the first feudal king of the Ming Dynasty!

It's just that two or three hundred years have passed, and no matter how awesome the vassal king was back then, his descendants are just waste who are raised in captivity and eaten and waiting to die, and this generation of Qin King Zhu Cunji is also this kind of goods, and it can even be said that he is not even a waste, he is a cowardly scum who is afraid of death.

Last year, Li Zicheng listened to Gu Junen's suggestion to break Xi'an first and establish a base area, and after leading his troops to attack Xi'an and defeat Sun Chuanting, Bai Guangen, who was defending Tongguan, the gate of Xi'an, surrendered, and Xi'an was already an isolated city.

At that time, the weather was cold, and the soldiers in the city had no food and clothing, and even defended the city barefoot in the ice and snow.

This goods are ignored, Yan Sun Chuanting's hundreds of thousands of troops have been scattered and surrendered, where are there still Mao reinforcements, and at this time the city soldiers are difficult to suffer from hunger and cold, when Li Zicheng came to attack, the deputy general Wang Genzi killed Feng Shi Kong to open the east gate to dedicate the city, and when Li Zicheng entered the city, Zhu Cunji took his son Yongshou Wang to expose his body and bow down to the courtiers, and Lu Zhiqi led 300 officials to surrender on their knees......

Li Zicheng was overjoyed and named him a general,

And then...... The family property was confiscated, and he occupied his palace as a palace!

And he was also taken with him during the Eastern Expedition, and Zhu Cunji also went to Beijing City because of this, but he was killed on the way back to Xi'an after more than ten days, and the location and time were very similar to Li Yan, all in Zhending Mansion!

Of course, these are all things pieced together from the historical materials of later generations, but at present, Emperor Chongzhen knows very little about Zhu Cun, and in October last year, he heard that Xi'an was occupied by the thief army, and the line of King Qin was finished.

Unexpectedly, news came out later that Zhu Cunji was not a general as if he was killed, and said that he had surrendered.

Emperor Chongzhen was also suspicious when he first heard it, after all, the propaganda of the thief army was very large in recent years, and it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, not to mention deliberately stirring up trouble, and later it was rumored that Zhu Cunji was indeed not dead There were more and more news, and he was furious.

If Zhu Cunji is not dead, it can only mean one thing, he really surrendered!

Because Li Zicheng urinated in the past, he would kill the vassal king if he broke a city! Even if it is a surrender, Zhu Youqiao, the Chongwang of Runing, is the cousin of Emperor Chongzhen, Li Zicheng will defend Yang Wenyue after breaking the city, Chongwang's family surrendered, Li Zicheng named him a Xiangyang Uncle, and the dignified Ming Domain King was named an earl, this is a great shame, Zhu Youqiao did not accept it, but Li Zicheng was also very happy, and he was killed directly!

But Zhu Cunji is alive and well! It can be seen that his people not only surrendered, but also shamelessly accepted the thief's reward!

I endured the civil officials and the military generals, but the dignified Ming vassal was willing to be a pawn, which humiliated both the ancestors and the royal face to the country.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally couldn't bear it!

It's just that Emperor Chongzhen is very puzzled, how could Zhu Cunji appear in Puzhou? He didn't know about Zhu Cunji and Li Zicheng's eastward expedition together. The doubts in his heart were not that the rumors were wrong, he did not surrender to the thieves, but escaped.

Although Emperor Chongzhen regarded the vassal king as a thorn in his side, it was not easy to wronged people, if he really escaped, he should be appeased and appeased, and he should be killed...... Hey, it's a bit tricky for the little eunuch not to be around.

In order to find out what was going on, Emperor Chongzhen let Chunxiang enter the palace to explain the matter in detail.

It's just that Chunxiang doesn't know it, and a few days ago he sent Fanzi to Puzhou to pass on the military order of the little eunuch, so that Gao Jie and others could garrison the bank of the Yellow River and monitor their military discipline.

But someone just sent news outside the city that Gao Jie and Liu Zeqing had captured the King of Qin in Puzhou and had confirmed their identities, and were preparing to send someone to Beijing to invite merit.

What a shameless thing to ask for, these three people are really shameless, they were ordered to pursue Li Zicheng before, and the three of them got a lot of money, but they also reported to the court that they should be rewarded for their meritorious service in fighting thieves.

Emperor Chongzhen's face was black at that time, and he scolded angrily in the hall, but he couldn't say anything clearly, and he also sent a eunuch to pass on the word of encouragement, saying that after the Tartars retreated, they would reward the generals and temporarily stabilize a few people.

At this time, he had to ask for a reward for Zhu Cunji, which really challenged his patience and bottom line.

I have to say that Gao Jie and the others are all brainless goods, I thought Zhu Cunji was a treasure, but in fact it was a hot potato, but Chang Yu either secretly released it, or secretly killed it, so that he would not take it out on the table to ask the emperor for reward.

How to deal with Zhu Cunji This is a family matter, but it is also a tricky annoyance, a dog who can be scolded by the cabinet and the government and the opposition if he does not handle Emperor Chongzhen well.

So he urgently needs a henchman to deal with it, the little eunuch is the most suitable, and he has had several experiences, but it is difficult to lead troops outside at this time, do you want Wu Mengming to go? Although this product is loyal, but he does things roughly, and after thinking about it, he looked at Chunxiang: "You go and find out whether King Qin has fled or surrendered."

Chunxiang received the order, and was stopped again just after leaving the Qianqing Palace, and Emperor Chongzhen stood at the door of the palace and stared at him: "You know what to do."

Chunxiang couldn't help but get goosebumps: "The little one knows."

"What do you know?" Emperor Chongzhen asked coldly.

"The little one doesn't know anything" Chunxiang looked down at his toes, Emperor Chongzhen snorted, and raised his hand: "Go, by the way, knock and knock those three indiscriminate!" ”

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