"Really?" Luo Xin said with a smile on his face: "If there are really businessmen, families and wealthy families donating, it reflects their patriotic sentiments. Why worry about the Ming Dynasty not revitalized? ”

"No!" Gao Gong's face was solemn and said, "Don't you think that this has ruined Daming's reputation?" ”

"It's all voluntary, so how can it be said to ruin your reputation?"

"You...... No, what's the difference between you and Yan Song, Xu Jie, and the like? ”

Luo Xin shook his head and said: "I didn't spread this news, they donated silver, and I suppressed the bandits." If you don't donate, I will also fight bandits. ”

"No, you're doing it yourself." Gao Gong's face drooped.

Luo Xin got up with a smile and said, "My lord, there are still some things to deal with." I took my leave. ”

Luo Xin returned to his duty room and found Huang Jin sitting in the duty room waiting for him. When he saw Luo Xin, he got up and said:

"No, you're back."

"Well, something?"

"Your Majesty summoned you."

Luo Xin shook his head, sighed and said, "Let's go." ”

When I came to the side hall, I saw that the surrounding area of the side hall was surrounded by Jinyi Wei and Dongchang Fanzi thirty meters away from the side hall. Entering the side hall, there was only Emperor Jiajing alone. Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin and said:

"No, you released the news of letting the wealthy families and businessmen donate money?"

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded dryly.

"Smack!" Emperor Jiajing patted the book case: "Nonsense." ”

"No money!" Luo Xin said lightly: "And the army in the north can't move, to resist Goryeo, and the army in the south can't move, so beware of the Japanese invaders." Even if the court has enough food and grass, it can't suppress bandits in seven provinces at the same time, and this little force can only suppress bandits in one province at a time. In that case, how do you get it first? If you line this up, the rest will be six and you will complain. Since this is the case, it is all complaining anyway, so it depends on who donates the money first. There's no way around it. ”

When Emperor Jiajing heard this, he didn't say anything anymore and sat there sullenly. Luo Xin glanced at Emperor Jiajing and said:

"Your Majesty, we are really short of money. What is missing is not a star. Don't forget, after encircling and suppressing the rogues and pacifying the victims, we still have two battles to fight, the north and the south. How can you fight without money in war? In the seven provinces, it didn't take seven million taels of silver to suppress the bandits, and the rest was prepared for the southern and northern wars. ”

Emperor Jiajing stood up, walked to the window, looked at the scenery outside the window, and was silent for a long time. Luo Xin and Huang Jin were also silent for a long time.

"Has Da Ming finally reached this level? Am I a faint king? ”

Luo Xin and Huang Jin had no words. In fact, Luo Xin was also thinking about Emperor Jiajing's life at this time. Throughout Emperor Jiajing's life, Emperor Jiajing was not a faint monarch. Although he did not go to the court, the government was still in his hands. The Ming Dynasty has come to such an extent, and after Emperor Jiajing, it has been a thousand miles. Take Emperor Chongzhen at the end of the Ming Dynasty as an example, it can't be said that he is a faint monarch, but the environment is getting worse and worse. This environment does not refer to the natural environment, but to the perceived environment.

"No, do you think I'm a faint king?" Emperor Jiajing turned his head to look at Luo Xin.

Luo Xin secretly said: "You ask me so, do I dare to say that you are a faint king?" ”

"It's not."

"Then why do you say Da Ming has reached such an extent?"

Luo Xin pondered for a moment and said, "The decline and fall of the Li Dynasty in all dynasties actually have a common reason. ”

"What is the reason?"

"Land."

"Land?"

"Yes!" Luo Xin said in a condensed voice: "Every time there is a change of dynasty, a large number of wealthy families have died, and there is a large amount of ownerless land. Therefore, in the founding years of the Li Dynasty, the country did not lack land, and all of them distributed land to the people. At that time, the people were the happiest. However, over time, land annexation began.

There are two ways to annex land. One way is that in every disaster year, the people can't survive, so they can only sell land, and these lands are bought by those wealthy families. The other way is that once a scholar has gained fame, a large number of people will make contributions.

Since then, there must be officials in the wealthy family, and those who have contributed to the book are also famous. Naturally, there is no need to pay taxes. For more than 100 years, the land that can pay taxes accounts for less than 20% of the total land of the Ming Dynasty. But if Daming wants to operate normally, how can the tax revenue of 20% of the land be enough?

In this way, there is only a tax increase, and now the Ming Dynasty is not even enough to raise taxes, so the taxes have been received forty years later. Naturally, this has led to a situation of poor reputation. Not to mention the year of great calamity, even the year of small calamity, the people can't stand it, because their families don't have food in store every year, and they don't have the slightest ability to resist disasters. That's why Daming has reached such an extent. ”

"People's hearts are floating, and people's hearts are like smoke!" Emperor Jiajing sighed heavily.

"Hehe......" Emperor Jiajing sneered twice and said: "I got up early and greedy for night, and I was busy, and it turned out that the benefits were taken away by those wealthy families." ”

Luo Xin and Huang Jin lowered their eyes and were silent.

"Then do what you think." Emperor Jiajing said lightly.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that a lot of officials will be killed this time, so you have to prepare a replacement official. After the minister's recital arrived, he immediately sent officials to take over. Otherwise, there will be chaos. ”

"Well, I have it."

"The minister retired."

Luo Xin returned to his duty room, asked Lu Daqing to load all the materials given to him by Jinyiwei and Dongchang into the carriage, and then returned to the mansion together and moved to his study. Start watching them one by one.

Jinyiwei and Dongchang are worthy of being the spy agencies of the Ming Dynasty, and the investigation is very clear. From this point, it can be seen that Emperor Jiajing is afraid of trouble. According to this level of corruption, if they catch up with Zhu Yuanzhang's era, these people will be killed and their homes will be raided. However, Emperor Jiajing left it alone as long as he could get by. In the past 20 years, the government was handed over to Yan Song, and now they are all thrown to Xu Jie and Gao Gong.

Almost all of these corrupt and bribed-taking officials are Xu Jie and Gao Gong's party, so how can Xu Jie and Gao Gong be punished?

This is not to say that Xu Jie's and Gao Gong's people are embezzlers, because there are only these two parties in the court now, and the officials in the court are almost completely divided by these two people. Naturally, the officials who took bribes were all members of these two parties.

As for the officials who are not from the two parties, on the one hand, they are all clean and self-proclaimed, and there is no chance of corruption. On the other hand, they are all officials who have been excluded by the two parties, and they are all staying in the Qingshui Yamen, so there is no chance of corruption.

As the sky gradually darkened, Luo Xin put away the materials and sat in his chair thinking about his plan. And at this moment, footsteps sounded outside.

"Master Hou, Lord Zhou and Master Zhang are here."

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