"Your Majesty, this must not be done!"

As soon as Zhu Youxiao's words fell, Li Qiyuan, the head of the household, couldn't take care of his temper and immediately jumped out. I saw him say excitedly: "Your Majesty...... Although Jiangnan is rich, it is not possible that the salt tax is so much, if the imperial court persecutes the Jiangnan gentry so much, I am afraid that it will cause the people in Jiangnan to be uneasy! ”

"Jiangnan is turbulent, and the people are uneasy?" Zhu Youxiao sneered: "I'm afraid it's not the people who are uneasy, but the gentry who are uneasy, right?" ”

Li Qiyuan's face was a little embarrassed, but he didn't intend to give in, and still "argued with reason": "Your Majesty, in previous years, the salt tax in Jiangnan was only two million per year, but you asked for five million in half a year, and this time it has risen five times, how can the salt merchants in Jiangnan afford it!" ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled, his smile was so cold, I saw him say quietly: "But I remember that during the Hongwu and Yongle years, my Ming Dynasty's annual salt tax was more than 10 million taels of silver per year, why is it not good now, I don't know why Li Aiqing taught me?" ”

"This ......" Li Qiyuan couldn't help but smuggle up, no matter what, all kinds of taxes in the Ming Dynasty are declining, this is an indisputable fact, the population of the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu and Yongle years is only tens of millions, but the annual tax revenue is more than 20 million, half of which is contributed by the salt tax, and now the population of the Ming Dynasty has increased several times, but the salt tax is only 20% of the founding of the country, this is an indisputable fact, and Li Qiyuan can not quibble no matter what.

But there are always some people in this world who can always find some strange reason to cover up things no matter how ridiculous they are.

At this time, an imperial historian stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister thought that in the early years of the dynasty, most of the people of the Ming Dynasty were not happy, and Emperor Taizu and Emperor Gaozu naturally wanted to raise the salt tax for military needs in order to drive out the Tartars, but now the Mongols have long been a threat to our Ming Dynasty, so the emperors of later dynasties were sympathetic to the people's sufferings and could not bear to let the people increase the burden, so the collection of salt tax was not so strict, and it was natural to ...... Eh......"

Before the imperial historian finished speaking, he was hit on the head by something and made a groo sound, and before the ministers could find the "murderer" who was still something, they heard an angry voice sound.

"Shameless!"

As the voice fell, a figure strode up to the other party and scolded angrily: "Lu Jianshen, you still want to be shameless, you can also say such things, you are still the imperial history of the Ming Dynasty, is it only those gentry and salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River in your eyes, and there is no Ming court and emperor?" ”

This person is none other than Yang Feng.

Originally, Yang Feng was not going to speak anymore after he retreated into the ranks, after all, he had already scolded enough people today, and if he continued to scare, he would have to play real PK with those people, but after listening to Lu Jianshen's words just now, he couldn't help but stand up and point at his nose and said loudly: "Lu Jianshen, can you be more shameless, are you saying that Emperor Taizu and Emperor Gaozu are cruel and unkind, and they are tyrannical?"

"I think that although the Ming Dynasty continued to use troops in the Hongwu and Yongle years, the Ming Dynasty was also a country and the people, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. But when Ben Bo heard what you said, he accused Emperor Taizu and Emperor Gaozu of making the Ming Dynasty complain, and the people's wives were separated and their families were ruined, and they were as miserable as they died, you slandered the first emperor so much, do you know what kind of crime this is? ”

Speaking of this, Yang Feng's voice already carried a trace of killing intent, for Lu Jianshen, a-stirring stick, Yang Feng wanted to kill him several times, but he didn't have a chance, but now it seems to be a good opportunity. After finishing speaking, Yang Feng arched his hand towards Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, Lu Jianshen openly slandered the first emperor in the court, and the crime is unforgivable, and the minister implores Your Majesty to take him down and punish him!" ”

Zhu Youxiao was silent, he closed his eyes and leaned silently on the dragon chair without speaking, and the ministers in the hall were also silent.

At this time, Lu Jianshen also began to be afraid, just now he just wanted to come out and make a soy sauce to mix his face, and by the way, he could also pat the fart of Hubu Shangshu, he never thought that the fart was not photographed but a tiger was photographed, but what made him even more cold was that at this time, no colleague in the hall stood up to intercede for him, which made him feel a very bad feeling in his heart.

Lu Jianshen looked at Gao Panlong, who was not far from him, but he didn't expect that this bigwig of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who had always supported him, was standing there dozing at the moment, and then looked at Li Qiyuan, who was standing silently, Lu Jianshen's heart immediately cooled, he immediately realized that today's event was not good, and he just wanted to beg for mercy, but he saw Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, opened his eyes and said coldly.

"Lu Jianshen, the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, despised and slandered the first emperor, and his sin is unforgivable. Make move...... Take off the black gauze hat and take off the official uniform, and escort to the vegetable market to behead the public to set an example! ”

The audience was silent, no one dared to plead for Lu Jianshen, and no one in charge was stupid. Lu Jianshen's product is purely a problem with IQ, who are you not good at, but scolded Lao Zhu and Zhu Di father and son, as a descendant, if Zhu Youxiao can spare you, he will not be the emperor, and now Zhu Youxiao has obviously moved to kill, whoever wants to come together at this time to find himself uncomfortable I am afraid that he will have to be with Lu Jianshen.

Hearing that he was going to drag himself out and behead him, Lu Jianshen collapsed to the ground all over, and just when the two guards came over and grabbed his arms to drag him out, he didn't know where the strength came from to break free from the hands of the two guards, and struggled to crawl towards Zhu Youxiao and stumbled over and shouted: "Your Majesty...... The minister did not slander the first emperor, and the minister was wronged...... The minister is wronged...... Your Majesty......"

Seeing Lu Jianshen actually break free from his hands, the two guards felt gloomy, and with a hideous look on his face, they grabbed Lu Jianshen's arm and pressed it down hard while stretching out his leg and kicking him at the knee, only to hear a click, Lu Jianshen's arm and knee were dislocated at the same time, and then dragged him out like a dead dog.

Listening to Lu Jianshen's begging for mercy farther and farther away, all the officials in the Fengtian Hall were related, and many people felt a feeling of sadness in their hearts, looking at Zhu Youxiao's appearance was also a little strange, this emperor had become more and more strange to them.

In fact, since the opening of the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, in addition to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the two fathers and sons who have opened the period can be called a killing decision, the next emperors have become humble gentlemen under the education of civil officials.

Moreover, as time goes by, the power of the civil official group is getting bigger and bigger, and they can even influence the emperor's choice to a certain extent, in the opinion of the civil officials, the emperor only needs to sit in the Forbidden City with peace of mind and be your mascot well, and let us do the thankless task of governing the world.

Under the guidance of this thought, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has indeed become more and more "well-behaved", and now the ministers see that this familiar boss not only wants to increase the salt tax, but also does not hesitate to order the killing, and it is impossible for them to say in their hearts that it is not complicated.

Just when everyone's expressions were complicated, a voice sounded again, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, it is really a great pleasure to kill such traitorous ministers who slandered the first emperor, and the ministers congratulate Your Majesty!" ”

Everyone followed the sound and looked, and many people were so angry that they almost scolded, this person is not Yang Feng.

I saw Yang Feng stand up and salute Zhu Youxiao, and then said to Li Qiyuan: "Master Li, it stands to reason that you are the head of the household department, in charge of my Daming's money bag, you are Your Majesty's most trusted butler, but you can see for yourself what you have done since you took office the year before last." The taxes of the Ming Dynasty are getting smaller and smaller year by year, and the treasury is becoming less and less day by day, not only do you not want to fill the treasury, but you are advocating to reduce taxes, I really don't understand, if the Ming Dynasty collapses, what is the benefit to you? Are you so looking forward to the demise of the Ming Dynasty? ”

"You...... You are talking nonsense......" Li Qiyuan was a little panicked, pointed at Yang Feng and stammered: "This official has never hoped that the Ming Dynasty will perish, don't pour dirty water on the official's head." ”

Yang Feng sneered, took a few steps forward and walked up to Li Qiyuan's approach, and said aggressively: "Really? But can you explain that you, as the head of the household department, not only did not collect money for the imperial court, but instead distributed the taxes that should have been collected by the imperial court to the private merchants as favors, what are your intentions? ”

"I ...... I...... You...... You ......" Li Qiyuan was speechless.

"Of course, he doesn't want to increase taxes for the imperial court."

A faint voice sounded, and everyone was shocked when they heard this voice, and they couldn't help but exclaim: "Your Majesty! ”

When everyone looked over, they saw that Zhu Youxiao's face was indifferent, he looked at Li Qiyuan and said word by word: "He naturally doesn't want the imperial court to increase taxes, because his ass is already crooked!" ”

"He's sitting crooked."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao's words came out, Li Qiyuan's face became extremely pale, and when an emperor pointed to an official under him and said that his ass had been crooked, the meaning contained in this was already very obvious, which was the same as pointing at his nose and saying that you eat inside and outside.

After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he ignored Li Qiyuan, but stood up and said to the ministers: "My determination will not change, at the end of this year, if I can't see that Jiangnan has handed over the five million salt tax, all localities, from the governor to the political envoy and the inspection envoy, will be dismissed on the spot. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youxiao flicked his sleeves and turned around and walked from behind, and then he heard the eunuch's sharp voice ringing: "Retreat...... Towards ......"

Looking at Zhu Youxiao who left, the civil and military officers of the Manchu Dynasty looked at each other, and many people who were slow to reflect were still confused, didn't we come to trouble Yang Feng today, how did it become like this?

The emperor was ruthless in the early dynasty today, clearly saying that in the second half of this year, if the salt tax in various parts of Jiangnan is resisted by five million taels of silver, all the governors, political envoys, and inspection envoys in Jiangnan will be dismissed, and the officials who are not in good hands will be held accountable, and the news will spread like a whirlwind to the entire Ming Dynasty.

In Gao Panlong's mansion, there are more than ten people sitting, if the people outside see the people sitting here, they will definitely be shocked, because you must know that among the people sitting here are not only Gao Panlong, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, but also Zhou Yingqiu, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials, Li Qiyuan, the right capital of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, and other officials, looking at these people, none of them have an official rank lower than the third grade, of course, there is an exception here, this is not an official now, but a commoner, He just couldn't bear the loneliness and ran to the capital to ask for an official.

"What do you want to do, Your Majesty?" Fang Zhuangli's face was full of indignation, "How can he treat an important minister of the court like this, even saying such things, doesn't he want any dignity at all?" ”

"What do you want to do?" Li Qiyuan's face was full of decadence, "Your Majesty is clearly trying to let me get out?" Whoever let this official serve as the head of the household department in the past two years, not only did not increase, but continued to decrease, Your Majesty has long been dissatisfied with me. Besides, today I even spoke for the Jiangnan salt merchants, and Your Majesty naturally can't tolerate it any longer. ”

Everyone couldn't help but be silent, as a household secretary, not only did he not want to increase the income of the imperial court, but persuaded the emperor to reduce taxes, Zhu Youxiao was very patient if he couldn't bear to go crazy until now.

Gao Panlong frowned and said: "Your Majesty is indeed excusable for being angry today, but what puzzles that official is that if His Majesty wanted to dismiss a person in the past, he would always have to discuss with the cabinet, and then the cabinet would come forward to inform the official, usually let the official take the initiative to resign, but now he doesn't give Lord Li any face, which is very different from His Majesty's previous temperament!" Who gave His Majesty courage? ”

"It's the 30,000 new troops in the hands of His Majesty, and the 10 million taels of silver that Yang Feng just brought from Yangzhou!"

The person who said this was none other than Qian Qianyi, who is now white.

I saw Qian Qianyi said calmly: "Before Yang Feng's debut, when today's son reused Wei Zhongxian and other eunuchs, since Yang Feng came out, he has even more favor for Yang Feng, and Yang Feng is also a poor soldier, he not only trained 30,000 elite soldiers for His Majesty to rebuild the Beijing camp, but also looted tens of millions of taels of silver for His Majesty's ill-gotten gains. With such a large sum of money in hand, do you think Your Majesty should care about our feelings? ”

Everyone was silent, as the saying goes, money is strong and courageous, and after having money and soldiers in his hands, the emperor's courage will naturally be great, which is inevitable.

Then Qian Qianyi continued: "If what I expected is correct, Your Majesty will definitely have a series of actions next, and our life will be sad!" ”

After being silent for a long time, Gao Panlong said in a gloomy voice: "Yang Feng can't let him stay in the capital anymore......