The next day is the first day of the first lunar month, the first year of the Great Tomorrow was officially changed to the first year of Chongzhen, this famous year name in history, will be accompanied by the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, and become the dust of history. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, now except for Wanhua, no one knows that the Ming Dynasty has entered the era of the last emperor's rule. At this time, whether it was above the court or among the people, most people had ardent expectations for Chongzhen.

Because after the young emperor succeeded to the throne, he showed his iron skill, and within a few months, he uprooted the eunuch party headed by Wei Zhongxian, and tens of thousands of heads paved the majesty of Chongzhen.

All of a sudden, the sound of the Ming Dynasty was about to fill the court, which also made the young Zhu Youzhen feel the supreme feeling of being above the tens of thousands of people, and at the same time made the young emperor's self-confidence greatly increased, from this day on, he officially opened his legendary life, but his legendary life ended in tragedy! The dynasty he controlled also ended in tragedy!

On this day, Emperor Chongzhen was reading the inscription book in the Qianqing Palace, only to see Chongzhen wearing a golden crown and wearing a yellow dress, eighteen-year-old he was fair-skinned and energetic, giving people a feeling of vitality.

In addition, Wang Chengen and a group of eunuchs and maids accompanied them, surrounded by purple smoke, solemn and solemn, all revealing the majesty of the royal family.

After Chongzhen reviewed the manuscript for a long time, he took a slight rest, stood up and walked a few steps, although his face was idle, but his heart was a little entangled, because many of the questions were written on the same thing, that is, the exemption of business tax in the Jiangnan area.

It turned out that in the process of overthrowing Wei Zhongxian, many ministers actively supported Chongzhen, and now that Wei Zhongxian and the eunuch party have been destroyed, these ministers naturally feel that the time has come to fight for their rewards.

As a result, many ministers have written and proposed in the past few days, saying that the Jiangnan area has been increased year after year, floods and droughts are frequent, business hardship and labor are disturbed, and the people's livelihood is difficult.

The so-called no profit cannot afford to be early, and these senior officials of the DPRK and the Central Committee are actively writing books, ostensibly for the sake of the people's livelihood and development in the Jiangnan area, but in fact they are just reaping benefits for themselves. If we want to restore the people's strength, why not talk about reducing or reducing agricultural taxes? And what about asking for a reduction in business taxes?

It turns out that the Ming Dynasty treats the famous scholars very well, and those who take the examination to raise people and enter the meritorious service can be exempted from agricultural tax under their names, so if they ask for exemption or exemption of agricultural tax, then it is not good for them, because they themselves do not need to pay this tax.

So why are they asking for a business tax break? It turned out that they were ostensibly members of the imperial court, but in fact they were big merchants, or had become the spokesmen of merchants, and how could the income from the fields satisfy the appetite of these court officials, and their hands had already reached out to lucrative commerce.

The business in the south of the Yangtze River is developed, there is heaven on it, there is the reputation of Suzhou and Hangzhou in ancient times, and the wealthy families in its place are everywhere, silk, tea, salt and other industries have given birth to countless rich people, they are all rich and rich, if any businessman does not have a net worth of hundreds of thousands of taels, he is embarrassed to greet others when he walks out.

Behind these big businessmen are often officials who support them and escort them, and there are many businessmen in the families of these officials and tycoons, so they have written letters to ask for business tax reductions and exemptions and rest with the people.

There are many kinds of commercial taxes, such as salt tax, tea tax, etc., this time they focused on the tea tax, hoping that Chongzhen can be exempted.

Chongzhen thought: The Jiangnan tea tax is now handed over to the imperial court every year more than 600,000 taels of silver, which is actually the bulk of the commercial tax, how can it be said that it is exempted? It costs silver to raise the army, and it costs silver to raise civil and military officials, especially now that Liaodong is tight, and millions of taels of silver are raised every year, it is just to maintain the situation, if you want to fully restore Liaodong, it will be a bottomless pit!

But if you don't agree, it will chill the hearts of the officials, these people have played a huge role in the process of eliminating the eunuchs, and now that the eunuchs have been removed, it stands to reason that it is indeed time to reward them, otherwise, who will work hard for the court in the future?

It's really a dilemma, at this time, Chongzhen saw that Wang Chengen was also around, so he subconsciously asked: "Companion, you said that the courtiers want me to reduce the Jiangnan tea tax, is it allowed or not?" ”

Wang Chengen served around Chongzhen very early, and he has always been well-behaved and very measured, so he is very trusted by Chongzhen, and if he encounters some trouble, Chongzhen will also ask Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen thought for a moment and said: "Back to the emperor, our family doesn't know much about this important matter of the court, but our family thinks that if the tax is exempted, then the court will definitely collect a lot less silver, if not, after all, they are also the meritorious ministers of the Wei Party, Xu will chill their hearts, if they can think of a way, not only can they be exempted from taxes, but also will not be less tax silver, then it is the best, but this method is difficult to think." ”

Wang Chengen's remark reminded Chongzhen, and Chongzhen couldn't help but think: Can you pay these 600,000 taels by other places, my Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and many people, which province is not hundreds of thousands of hectares of cultivated land, millions of people, only 600,000 taels of silver, any province can take it out, this may be a good idea, it is better to hand it over to the ministers for discussion.

The idea has been decided, Chongzhen is also in a much more relaxed mood, so he said to Wang Chengen: "Companion, how many hours are there until the court meeting?" ”

"Back to the emperor, it is estimated that there is still half an hour, the emperor gets up early every day, and goes to bed late at night, and asks the emperor to take care of the dragon body." Wang Chengen replied.

After hearing this, Chongzhen smiled with satisfaction and said: "Now that Wei Zhongxian has just been eliminated, it is the time when a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived, how dare I slack off, every time I think of the fact that my Daming country was harmed by Wei Zhongxian, I feel very heartache in my heart, lest something go wrong with my ancestors' country in my hands." ”

When Wang Chengen heard this, he immediately said in a panic: "The emperor is too worried, the emperor is too worried, I am a Ming dynasty for thousands of generations, forever solid, and the emperor is such a wise and martial artist, now I am in sight of the Ming Dynasty, how can there be any difference!" ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but feel greatly relieved, indeed, since he succeeded to the throne, Wei Zhongxian, who was powerful all over the world, was killed by himself in one fell swoop, and those loyal and righteous people who were persecuted by Wei Zhongxian were rehabilitated one by one.

Wang Chengen looked at Chongzhen from the side, and couldn't help but say: "Emperor, there is still half an hour before the court meeting, so it is better to use some snacks first." ”

Chongzhen nodded and said, "Okay, I'm really a little hungry when I say this, so let's use some snacks first." ”