Chapter 104: One Family Rejoices and One Worries
Su Chengyu mentioned that the household department was originally responsible for the matter of taxation, and Huang Daozhou had already roughly said the content to He Kai.
At this time, He Kai heard that the emperor asked, and immediately said: "The minister thinks that most of Jiangxi has been destroyed for a long time, and it should indeed be cultivated by the people. It's just that the imperial court is also very nervous, and now it is the time to fight with Jianyu, and it costs a lot of money.
"In addition, the saint has sealed the king of Chen this time, and the Zheng family will become more and more embarrassed by the imperial court, which allocates the silver to the household......
Therefore, with the intention of the ministers, the two state capitals of Ganzhou and Fuzhou, Jiangxi, which have not been affected by the construction of the army, are still levied normally, so that the people will not be able to bear it. Other states may be able to reduce some of their taxes depending on their circumstances. ”
Zhu Yujian listened to him, and while looking at the small ticket attached to Su Chengyu's concert by the cabinet, he saw that its content was similar to what He Kai said. It's just that the cabinet is more concerned about what King Chen said about restoring the lives of the people of Jiangxi within half a year and the ways to improve the imperial court's fiscal revenue, and hopes that King Chen can give specific terms as soon as possible.
However, both He Kai and the cabinet scholars selectively ignored the sentence "think of other tax policies" on Su Chengyu's recital, and did not say a word.
Su Chengyu originally meant to mention the matter of collecting gentry taxes. The Ming court and the peasants at the bottom were extremely poor, but the gentry and the merchants who depended on them were extremely rich.
Even in these places that the Longwu Dynasty now controlled, as long as they collected a little tax from the gentry, the finances of the imperial court could be restored immediately, and they might even have a large surplus.
However, the entire court is not the gentry class. They don't even have the slightest idea of taxing themselves.
The most a loyal minister like Huang Daozhou can think of is to collect less taxes when the common people are in distress, and then resume taxes when the peasants and small craftsmen have recovered.
If you want to levy taxes on the gentry, it is simply a forbidden area that no one can reach in the Ming Dynasty.
Although Su Chengyu's extremely careful attempt this time did not have any effect, from the beginning of his volume, the protracted and vigorous tax war between him and the Ming bureaucrats has quietly kicked off.
Seeing that the opinions of the household department and the cabinet were basically the same, Longwu stopped thinking about it and ordered that taxes be paid normally in Ganzhou and Raozhou, and that other state capitals should reduce taxes. However, out of absolute trust in Zhu Linmiao's ability, he still slightly changed the content of the cabinet's vote, and decided that the Jiangxi political envoy would select several of the most difficult state capitals and exempt them from taxes for half a year.
Huang Daozhou and others took the order to deal with it specifically.
Ying Tianfu.
The seal on the door of King Chen's mansion had already been torn clean.
The palace was lit up and down, and the mothers-in-law were busy with their eyebrows and smiles, as if they were doing a happy event.
Princess Chen, no, she is now Princess Chen, and her face is full of joy.
Zhu Yurui was demoted to the prince of the county after only one month, which made her very sad for most of the year.
It's just that I didn't expect my son to be so competitive! Since the beginning of the second year of Longwu, Empress Zeng has told her some news of the great victories on the front line from time to time, and nine times out of ten she will mention her son Zhu Linmiao.
It's just that Empress Zeng is pregnant, Zhu Yujian doesn't let her inquire too much about political affairs, and Concubine Chen lives in the palace and has no source of information, so the information she originally learned was very limited.
It wasn't until two days ago that someone from the Ministry of Rites came to deliver a decree, saying that Zhu Linmiao had sealed King Chen, and the seized palace would be reused immediately. Only then did she inquire with the official about her son's specific situation - all parts of Jiangxi had made outstanding military exploits, decided to attack Jiangxi, and appeased tens of thousands of righteous troops, and now they are leading troops to surround Nanchang, which is simply glorious.
Concubine Chen was overjoyed, and first went to Zhu Yurui's tablet to pay respects, and then decided to celebrate in the whole house.
However, due to the fact that the palace has been sealed for a long time and there are many maids and servants, Concubine Chen still borrowed a group of subordinates from her uncle, that is, the Tang Palace, so she opened the façade of the palace.
Today's palace is particularly lively, and there is an endless stream of officials from all walks of life who come to congratulate them, and it can be said that the officials of the emperor's family have basically come.
These veterans of officialdom are all elites, and from the fact that Long Wu named the king of Chen Zhou as the king of Chen, they immediately understood that the emperor was going to officially declare war on the Zheng group.
Although it seems that the strength of the imperial party is slightly weaker at the moment, but recently, King Chen has been divided, the situation in Jiangxi is good, and the future victory or defeat is especially unknown. Besides, they have sided with Zhu Yujian, so they must make a clear attitude!
King Chen is the focus of contention between the two parties, and coming to King Chen's mansion at this time is the clearest statement.
Concubine Chen listened to the steward's constant reports of the names of the congratulatory officials, and only then did she realize how hot her son was in the court now, and she was even more happy.
Especially today, the Longwu Dynasty supervised the country - Tang King Zhu Yu came to congratulate her, she dressed up neatly in the morning, and waited for the prison in the palace. Not only is the palace more ornate than yesterday's, but each gate has also sent a lot of guards, which looks festive and very solemn.
Several carriages passed by Chen's mansion, but they did not stop.
In the most luxurious car in the middle, Zheng Zhilong looked through the window, and his eyes were full of bustling crowds outside King Chen's mansion and colorful silk red lights everywhere.
He retracted his gaze and snorted coldly in his heart, you should be arrogant for the past few days, I'm afraid that the good time is running out.
Hong Chengchou asked Huang Xiyin to write several letters, and Guo Bichang has also come many times.
A few days ago, Guo Bichang even brought a personal letter from Bo Luo, the general of the Qing court's expedition to the south, promising that as long as he Zheng Zhilong could control the Ming army when the Qing army invaded Fujian, and did not need the Zheng family to participate in the war in person, he would be crowned the governor of Fujian and Guangdong!
Compared with being an official in the Longwu Dynasty, although he had to be crowned Marquis Gaojue, he still had his original Fujian in his hands. But Bolo was much more generous, and the whole of Guangdong was under his rule with a wave of his hand.
Without the false name of the marquis, but what he got was the benefits of a province, how could he not be tempted.
In addition, that Longwu is becoming more and more disobedient, and now Dafeng, the king of Chen, is putting on a posture to embarrass him. Zheng Zhilong thought of this, his expression became more and more angry, a court that was crumbling under the continuous attack of the Manchurians, actually raised eyebrows at me?
Since you are unkind, don't blame me for Zheng Zhilong's injustice. The Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty are the same thing, isn't it just a change of master?
He casually closed the curtain of the car, and said viciously in his heart, when the Eight Banners army arrives, see how you can wagging your tail at my feet and begging for mercy!
He immediately remembered that Zhu Yujian's imperial drive had moved, and he couldn't help frowning slightly, this was the "big gift" he was going to give to Gushan Baylor, but he must not let him run away.
Zheng Zhilong thought of this, and raised his eyes to look at Zheng Du, who was sitting at the bottom, "How is Hong Xu's preparation over there?" ”
"Yesterday, Zhong Zhenbo sent a message, saying that it can be launched today."