This official has just finished patting his ass, and a group of officials have also reacted, as a reward for Chongzhen's tax reduction and exemption in Jiangnan, how can this proposal be stopped? Anyway, I'm not from Shaanxi, and I won't be scolded by the people when I go back, so I quickly added fire. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"The emperor is wise, thinking that the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan fertile fields only need a bumper harvest, and you can get countless money and grain, this idea is really wise."

"Yes, yes, Shaanxi has as much as 260,000 hectares of cultivated land, and only 600,000 taels of silver will be apportioned, and one acre of land is only a millimeter, which is really not enough to worry about."

At this time, a Shaanxi official, Wang Youdian couldn't sit still in the matter, watching his hometown being sold, if he didn't say a word, it was really unreasonable! If you go home to visit relatives one day, won't you be poked in the backbone by your fellow countrymen!

So Wang Youdian said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is a little inappropriate!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene was quiet, and everyone couldn't help but see who dared to talk like this? Didn't you see that the emperor was on the rise? Just now, the emperor also followed our request, the so-called peach reciprocation, how can this be stopped?

Looking back, it was Wang Youdian who was given by Like, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this time, fortunately, the official is not big, if it is an important minister of the court, then it will have to take another time.

Before the officials could speak, Chongzhen said unhappily: "Oh? What's wrong with this? Aiqing and I talked carefully. ”

As soon as Chongzhen said this, as long as he was not a fool, he could feel that Chongzhen's attitude was already very cold, and he was even a little angry.

Wang Youdian could also clearly feel Chongzhen's attitude at this time, but the words had already been spoken, and he couldn't get it back, so he could only say strongly: "Your Majesty, although Shaanxi has 800 miles of Qinchuan fertile fields, but in the past few years, Shaanxi has been in drought for many years, and the year is not as good as a year, and the harvest in the field really can't support so many taxes!" ”

As soon as Wang Youdian finished speaking, an official immediately retorted: "This is a bad statement, I think I am a big country, rich all over the world, and the country is so big, where is there nothing wrong in which place?" What's a little drought? Won't it be over when it rains someday? ”

"Yes, that's why, even if there is some drought, it's just a matter of one or two rains, so why bother! Wang was too worried. ”

All of a sudden, the officials in the court all accused Wang Youdian of being too selfish and not understanding government affairs, Wang Youdian was frightened by Chongzhen's attitude, and now he was accused by the ministers, and there was no one to speak for himself, so he really wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into.

Still Bi Ziyan couldn't stand it, and said at this time: "Why do colleagues blame Wang Shizhong, now there are Wang Er and others in Shaanxi who are in turmoil, and it is not appropriate to transfer taxes at this time, this is a great goodness." ”

Of course, at this time, the ministers first recommended Qian Qianyi, and Qian Qianyi was not ambiguous, and stood up and immediately retorted: "Lord Bi's words are wrong, the so-called ploughing the land and handing over grain is a matter of course, and now the state affairs are difficult, so we should help each other, have money to contribute, and have the strength to contribute, how can we ignore the righteousness for our own selfish interests?" ”

Bi Ziyan stopped speaking after hearing this, because Bi Ziyan knew that no matter what he said, he couldn't say anything about them. So I didn't say anything about it at all. In fact, if from the perspective of interests, Bi Ziyan can stand up and say what he just said, which is already very remarkable.

Because he is the head of the household, he is in charge of the money bag, and now Chongzhen is exempt from the Jiangnan tea tax, if there is no other place to make up for it, then the household department will collect 600,000 taels of silver less every year! Now he can say such a word for Shaanxi, as a household book, it is really a high wind and bright festival!

Bi Ziyan, the word Jinghui, Shandong Zishu people, born in Longqing three years, Wanli 20 years in the Jinshi, in one fell swoop into the Shitu, successively served as Songjiang Push Official, Xing Ministry, Ministry of Works, etc., Taichang in the first year of the Taifu Temple, the rank of the nine Qing.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, Nurhachi led the Houjin army to attack Liaoyang, Bi Ziyan was ordered to serve as the Tianjin Governor, rectify the coastal defense, Tianjin is an important part of Xiong Tingbi's "tripartite arrangement" policy, Bi Ziyan and Denglai Patrol Yuan Keli in Tianjin are each other's horns, so that the rear of Liaodong is worry-free, and become a powerful barrier to defend the capital.

Because Bi Ziyan was extremely proficient in financial affairs, he later served as the imperial history of the right capital, the left servant of the household department, and concurrently served as the governor of Tianjin.

In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Bi Ziyan was promoted to the head of the household department, because Wei Zhongxian proposed to sell the horse ranch of the South Servant Temple in the name of renovating the palace, which was resolutely opposed by Bi Ziyan, because once the horse ranch was sold, the supply of military horses and horses would be greatly affected, Bi Ziyan had a long reputation, and Wei Zhongxian had no choice but to find the Emperor of the Apocalypse to complain, the Emperor of the Apocalypse favored Wei Zhongxian, and the horse ranch was still not kept, Bi Ziyan was furious, so he said that he was sick and returned to his hometown.

After Emperor Chongzhen came to power, he eradicated Wei Zhongxian's party in one fell swoop, and then once again used Bi Ziyan as the head of the household, Bi Ziyan inspected the treasury after his arrival, and found that the treasury had been squandered by Wei Zhongxian, and the annual imperial court had a deficit of more than 1.3 million taels of silver, and the finances almost collapsed.

Helplessly, Bi Ziyan began a series of reforms, such as inspecting the false salaries of the army, checking the hidden fields in various parts of the world, etc., it was under Bi Ziyan's painstaking efforts that the Ming Dynasty's finances could be maintained, and there were signs of recovery.

Unexpectedly, Huang Taiji and the Later Jin Army entered the customs several times, and the finances of the Ming Dynasty deteriorated rapidly, and Bi Ziyan's hard work came to naught in an instant. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Liang Tingdong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, asked Chongzhen to increase the field endowment, and on the basis of the old increase of 5.2 million taels, an additional 1.65 million taels, Chongzhen had no choice but to agree.

Bi Ziyan wrote: "If the people have reached the situation where their axes are hanging at home today, how can they increase further? ”

At this time, Chongzhen was also helpless, every time the Houjin army entered the customs and looted, it was a huge blow to the Ming Dynasty, and the internal rogue was everywhere, which place did not need to spend money?

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, Zheng Youyuan, the county governor of Qingpu, did not complete the tax task, Bi Ziyan thought that he had an old relationship with him, and gave him protection, but he was impeached by the official, Chongzhen was furious, and sent Bi Ziyan to prison for questioning, but fortunately he was rescued by friends in the DPRK and China, and stayed in prison for half a year before he was released from prison.

Chongzhen was reinstated in eight years, but at this time Bi Ziyan was already weak and could not do his best for the country, so he returned to his hometown, and died in his hometown in the eleventh year of Chongzhen at the age of sixty-nine.

I have to say that Bi Ziyan was a very outstanding financial expert in the late Ming Dynasty, if it were not for Bi Ziyan's careful care, the Chongzhen Dynasty would have collapsed financially.