After a whole day of discussion, everyone spoke out their thoughts, there was nothing to hide, everyone had enough confidence in Su Tiancheng to be the emperor, so at this time, they must show their own ability to leave a deep impression on Su Tiancheng, and in the eyes of everyone, Su Tiancheng is undoubtedly very wise, able to listen to everyone's opinions, whether positive or negative, can listen patiently, this is a situation that everyone has never seen.

The next day, when everyone walked into the governor's yamen again, they all looked very solemn, all the matters today have to be determined, Su Tiancheng will definitely make a decision, as for how the final decision will be, everyone actually knows in their hearts.

Su Tiancheng was holding a stack of paper in his hand, which was densely filled with self.

"Yesterday's opinions and suggestions, are on this, I read it carefully last night, benefited a lot, I very much hope that you will be able to participate in political discussions with such a mentality in the future, this is a form worth promoting, the controversy in the court, I just don't say, you are also knowledgeable, those to the matter and supervise the imperial history, when discussing things, the attitude is probably more intense, but their deliberations, often go to the extreme, and eventually become a personal attack, Or it is not right to take some punitive measures against someone, and to be proud of it, to discuss national affairs, you need to have a serious mentality, you need to have the bearing of accepting all rivers, and you need to see the overall situation. ”

"I have always believed that nothing is perfect, it needs to be constantly made to improve, and the same is true for dealing with political affairs. It is the common people who suffer, as well as the court itself. ”

"The opinions discussed yesterday are roughly divided into three aspects, and the first aspect is that you basically agree with the establishment and responsibilities of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. And Lord Fan and Lord Xu put forward a very good suggestion, I think it is completely feasible, there are not many officials in Fuzhou County, but the intensity of supervision is not small, and there are many forms of corruption, there is a kind of corruption, which is the most difficult for us to pay attention to, that is, not to give money and do nothing, or to shirk responsibility. Give the silver to do things randomly, whether it is right or wrong, it is satisfactory, the people are very accurate, the government and the yamen are open, and there is no money to come in. This kind of problem is not easy to find, and it is also because the people have no knowledge and do not know how to handle things. Therefore, some of our officials took advantage of the situation to do mischief. ”

"The supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It is by no means a form of expression, it needs to go deep into the bone marrow, so that our officials must always understand that there is a sharp sword hanging over their heads, and the measure of this sharp sword is the evaluation of the people. The common people have rods and scales in their hearts, and they know the good and bad of the officials. ”

"The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light, this sentence. You must keep in mind that it must be implemented in our daily behavior. ”

"The functions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you have agreed on it, I won't say more, let's focus on the tax and criminal department and Dali Temple."

"I thought about it for a long time last night, and the suggestions you put forward are in line with the actual situation, I understand your painstaking efforts, but I think of a character thousands of years ago, and you also know this character, that is, Shang Ying, the role of Shang Ying's reform, I won't go into details, you are very clear, here I want to talk about what Shang Martingale changes to what will lead to personal tragedy, the biggest flaw of Shang Martingale reform, in my opinion, is to believe too much in the role of violence, and despise the function of etiquette and education, The blind use of violence, including the powerful, led to personal tragedy, the Qin state became stronger, and finally destroyed the other six kingdoms and unified the world, but Shang Ying was torn apart. ”

"It is very interesting that after Shang Ying was torn apart, the successive rulers also adopted the reform system established by Shang Ying, and managed the country according to this system, which made the Qin State quickly become strong in a short period of time."

"I have mentioned Shang Yang here, and I am afraid that you will also understand that the matters we have to decide yesterday and today are no less than a change in the law, and it can even be said that the things we discuss and decide will have a far greater impact in the future than the Shang Yang change, but you must also understand a truth, any change, we have to pay pains, because we have to change the bad habits of the past, we have to adapt to a new change, we need to start from ourselves, adapt to other changes brought about by the change of the system, it is possible that this change, It's completely different from the education we receive. ”

"First of all, let's talk about the status of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, you emphasized a fact yesterday, that is, the Yamen of Fuzhou County, in addition to the matter of money and food, the most is the matter of loosening the prison, which just shows that the government in the eyes of the common people is to uphold justice, to solve disputes between them, they believe in the government, obey the management of the government, in this case, what should we do."

"For thousands of years, Fuzhou and counties are the chief officials responsible for judging cases, which has become a habit, and it is also a practice that everyone is accustomed to and recognized, you ask yourself, before you entered the imperial court, when you were still ordinary people, have you heard of a lot of unjust prison matters, anyway, I have heard a lot, on the other hand, is it the prefect, the governor and the county, deliberately corrupt and pervert the law, I don't think necessarily, a thick Ming law, there are a few prefects, prefectures and counties can read through, Those who can understand the rules and regulations are not involved in the Da Ming Law at all in our imperial examinations, so the officials who serve as the chief officials of Fuzhou and counties are not legal experts at all, and can even be said to know nothing. ”

"What do we rely on to handle cases under such circumstances, relying on the majesty of the government, relying on the positions of the officials themselves, and using strong means, even deterrent means, to make the people surrender, it is by no means our so-called mirror hanging, let alone because we handle cases impartially."

"It is a huge project to separate the prison issue and let people with rich experience handle such matters, which can not be completed overnight, and the people also need time to adapt, but we must do this, even if it is to improve while doing it, the majesty of our government is to rely on honesty and integrity, rely on impartial handling of cases to establish it, let the people truly support us, let the people support us wholeheartedly."

"As for the increase in expenses by doing this, I have long had a point of view that everything that needs to be done is to increase the cost no matter how much it is, it must be done."

"Now let's talk about taxes, which is what you debate the most, and it's what I think about the most."

"You should know very well that in the early years of Chongzhen, the imperial court was extremely embarrassed, unable to take out the silver, unable to pay the military salary, and when the rogues were in turmoil, the troops of the guards in various places also began to rebel and mutiny, in such circumstances, the imperial court had no choice but to increase the salary, but there were still many people who objected, saying that it increased the burden on the people, which was not right."

"When I say this, there are some things I have to say, I hope you can understand, what is the role of the court, what is the role of the government, in my opinion, is to protect the interests of the people, when the country and the world encounter harm, we must try our best to protect, at the same time, let the people's lives get better and better, let the country become richer and stronger, when the court and the government do things for the people, what should the people do for the government, paying taxes is a natural duty, otherwise how should this court be maintained, Without silver, the court can't do anything. ”

"The matter of taxation is not a trivial matter, when you consider paying taxes, you think of the light and meager taxes, and think of the people, which is very good, but you ignore the most important point, that is, the government can not collect enough taxes, can not maintain the necessary expenses, the government can not operate normally, and eventually anything can happen, corruption, fish and flesh of the people, suffer from the invasion of foreign enemies, and even the danger of losing the country, the consequences of this harm, in the end it is the people to bear, The price to be paid is even more severe, to put it bluntly, the family is ruined. ”

"That's why I've been emphasizing the issue of taxation."

"Yesterday we discussed that we must greatly increase the salaries of the officials, and to do this well, we need to take out the silver, and where the money comes from, it must be taken out of the taxes. If I want the horses to run well, and the horses don't eat grass, it's impossible to do such things, and I can't do it, I can't eat enough, if I become an official, I will definitely want to do everything possible to reach out to the people, and the burden of the people is probably far more than taxes. ”

"On the issue of increasing taxes, what I need to emphasize is the direction of the increase, we increase taxes, by no means trying to reach out to the peasants, the peasants are not rich in the first place, and even very poor, increasing their taxes will not be able to feed us, we are increasing taxes in commerce and trade, and vigorously increase taxes in commerce and trade."

"I have always thought that the Ming court is putting the cart before the horse, leaving those rich businesses alone, but increasing taxes on farmers, so that farmers can not survive, isn't this a joke, we can't make such mistakes, the focus of our taxes is on commerce and trade."

"The experience of Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, you may know a little, increasing the tax on commerce and trade, is not directly from the hands of the merchants, the government for the development of commerce, to provide the necessary guarantees, so that they can trade with peace of mind, peace of mind to earn silver, under such conditions, they have to pay a sufficient amount of taxes to the government."

"There is a point of view, I hesitate again and again, I still want to say it, we increase the tax on commerce, in fact, it is a kind of adjustment, using the money of the rich to do things for the poor, after a few years, you will definitely understand this truth." (To be continued......)