Zhu Lin snorted coldly in his heart, these guys will really avoid the important and trivialize, saying that they want them to pay taxes according to the rules???. ｒａｎｅｎ`ｃｏｍ

It's just that this one person is only three or five hundred taels, and he is called Hanako?!

But now there is a trend of "unity" in the court, so he no longer insisted, adjusted his mood, and raised his hand happily: "Ah, everyone is dedicated to the country, and I am very relieved."

"That, Zhang Butang, you unify the money donated by everyone. As for the matter of letting you pay for food, I am not in a hurry to think about it in the long run. Alright, let's disperse. ”

The courtiers went out of the meeting, and they were still talking in a low voice, "Why did the emperor suddenly mention the matter of receiving grain?" ”

"I'm afraid I didn't say that on purpose so that I could donate some military salaries, right?"

"Afraid of what? This is a matter of public anger, and even the emperor can't push it hard. ”

"Yes, as long as we insist on opposing it, even if the Holy Decree is forcibly levied, the government and the opposition will be in defiance."

"Hey, I'm still worried for a while, I knew that I wouldn't donate the four hundred taels just now."

Zhu Lin looked at the backs of the ministers and said to Ma Wensheng: "Summoning Song Yingxing, Huang Zongxi, Zeng Jian, Xu Erlu, Fang Yizhi, Hong Si, Yao Qisheng, and Qian Chengzhi to meet at the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”

"Eh, slave obeys." Ma Wensheng bowed down and answered, but he thought for a while, who is this Qian Chengzhi, and his name is a little familiar.

An hour later, the eight people came to the main hall of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and Zhu Lin did not beat around the bush, and said directly: "What do you think about what the court will say about the matter of paying food?" ”

A few people glanced at each other, and saw that there were all the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Officials, and the grades were even far behind, and there was even a new branch of the Hanlin Academy who ran errands, and they were quite puzzled about this tax matter, why didn't they just look for the household department, but recruited us?

After a moment, Zeng Jian stood up first.

He is just a person, and he climbed from the head of the Wenxuan Division to the Ministry of Officials in more than half a year, and he knows very well that this is all given by the saint today, how can he not firmly hug the emperor's thigh?

What the emperor thinks is what I am anxious about!

He immediately arched his hand and said: "The minister thinks that it is natural and righteous to pay grain according to the law, and His Majesty only needs to issue an edict to carry it out." Minister, I will strongly agree! ”

When the other people heard him say this, they immediately understood, thinking that they didn't have any property in their names, and the silver invested in the shares had already paid taxes before the dividends, at most, the workshops in their hands had to pay some tax silver.

Those who didn't have a workshop in their hands immediately followed suit, "The minister will do what he is ordered!" ”

"The imperial court levies taxes, who dares to object?"

Xu Erlu and Fang Yizhi's home have some weaving and shipbuilding workshops, and after thinking about it for a while, they all remembered that the current saint was not thin on himself when he was the king of Chenzhou, and the little industry in the family only paid three or four hundred taels of silver a year, how could he be so stingy?

So they said together: "The minister agrees to pay the tax, but it is on the emperor's orders." ”

"The minister thinks the same way."

"Okay," Zhu Lin nodded with satisfaction, "You can go back and go to the table separately." By the way, tomorrow's court meeting will also mention it in public. ”

"Minister, obey the order."

After a few people finished speaking, they were about to retire, but they heard Zhu Lin say again: "There is one more thing." I plan to open the scientific examination next month, because it is the first time, so I will take the township examination directly, and enter the Beijing township examination immediately after the opening of the list. He looked at Xu Erlu, "Let's take someone to prepare when we go back." ”

Gezhi Imperial Examination?! Xu Erlu, Song Yingxing, and Fang Yizhi glanced at each other, and several of them were all Gezhixue, and their hearts were suddenly excited.

That's what they've been thinking about!

Since then, Gezhi has been able to officially enter the classroom and get rid of the identity of "useless miscellaneous learning". And a few of them, as the "sages" who opened the study of Damingge, will surely go down in history!

After a while, Xu Erlu reacted, and hurriedly bowed down to confess, "The minister's order." The minister was too happy in his heart, and asked His Majesty to forgive his sins. ”

"It doesn't matter."

Zhu Lin waved his hand, and said to Song Yingxing: "Lord Song, now that several Gezhi schools have been in operation for a long time, they must have a lot of experience in experimentation and innovation. I thought to myself, this Mingge Academy should start preparations. ”

Yuan? Daming Royal Gezhi Academy!

Song Yingxing was stunned again, this was the biggest dream of his life, but he didn't expect it to be implemented so soon.

He immediately knelt on the ground excitedly, "The minister has fought this old bone, and he will definitely do this big thing!" ”

"Lord Song, please get up." Zhu Lin said with a smile, "Wen has Hanlin, and Gezhixue must also have its own palace."

"In the future, Lord Song will also preside over the Mingge Academy, and strive to create more ingenious and earth-shaking artifacts for the Ming Dynasty, so that my skills and knowledge will always be better than those of others!"

"Minister, you will live up to Your Majesty's trust!"

After instructing the Mingge Academy and Gezhi Academy, Song Yingxing, Xu Erlu and others retreated.

Zhu Lin leaned back in her chair tiredly.

He previously found that the more people like Song Yingxing and Yao Qisheng came from a scholarly background, the less resistant they were to his tax reform plan, and it greatly helped the industrialization process.

So he simply took advantage of the tax reform to promote the matter of Gezhixue. It just so happened that the attention of the courtiers had been distracted by the collection of taxes recently, and they were busy preparing for the Northern Expedition, and the constraints on the imperial examination of Gezhi would inevitably be much weaker.

And these Gezhike students naturally have a high degree of acceptance of taxation, and they can in turn support his tax reform policy, and at the same time, it is also a kind of suppression of officials from the subset of classics and history, you are unwilling to pay taxes, right? It doesn't matter, I'll change the personality of the department, and after you're marginalized, will you continue to be stubborn?

However, in a short period of time, the power of the people from Gezhike is weak, and most of them have to be arranged to enter the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Commerce, which will be established soon, and after they gain a firm foothold, they can gradually penetrate into other steps.

In the future, the Ming Dynasty will form a situation of balance between literature and science, which is of very positive significance for the stability of imperial power and for avoiding the country from being led by pure "liberal arts students".

The next day's meeting.

Zeng Jian took the lead again, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister Qi is concerned, and the matter of the full tax discussed yesterday is in the great interest of the country. At that time, the thieves were rampant, and the fullness of the treasury was a precursor to the use of soldiers, how could those who were courtiers drag down the country?

"Minister, I have submitted the list of acres and acres of land and property to the Ministry of Households, and voluntarily pay taxes according to the law from now on, so as to be the whole minister."

There was a sudden earthquake in the court.

In fact, the cabinet received a table from Zeng Jian and others yesterday, saying that they would pay taxes in full, and Yang Tinglin, Lu Zhenfei and others discussed it and temporarily suppressed it. I didn't expect Zeng Jian to dare to express his position in public today!

Someone immediately jumped out and said: "Lord Zeng's words are wrong, and it doesn't matter what he ...... for the country."

As soon as he was halfway through speaking, Song Yingxing interrupted him, "Your Majesty, I think what Lord Zeng said is extremely true. The ministers also voluntarily paid taxes according to the law. ”

Xu Erlu, Yao Qisheng, Fang Yizhi and others immediately expressed their willingness to pay taxes.

Although some of the courtiers began to agree with what they said, and some did not care, many more gritted their teeth with hatred, and although each person could not pay a few dollars a year, they had long been accustomed to this privilege, and they felt as if they had been robbed.

"The minister thinks that this matter should be considered in the long run......"

"Paying taxes is a big deal and shouldn't be so hasty."

"If Lord Zeng wants to show his loyalty, take a few thousand taels of silver and send it to the household, why do you need to do this?"

"The tax system should not be lightly reformed ......"

"Now that the preparations for the Northern Expedition are tight, it is difficult to divide the energy to revive this matter."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the ......"