Zhu Jie's face was cold, and the ministers in the court were ashamed when he said something, not to mention the other ministers below, even if it was the princes in the court, which one of them was not hooking up with the local wealthy businessmen? Although as early as a year or two ago, Chongzhen listened to Zhu Jie's suggestion and began to rectify the tax system, but Zhu Jie was first busy with the plague in the capital, and then sent troops to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng. The effect of rectifying the tax system has been greatly reduced, and the results have been minimal.

"The emperor is angry, the ministers are guilty, and the ministers are dead!"

Above the court, all the ministers knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Zhu Jie waved his hand and replied: "Get up, I won't say anything, the past is right and wrong, I really don't want to be entangled, pass on the decree, from now on, the city of the Department of Customs will be changed to the Department of Customs, specializing in the import and export trade of the Ming Dynasty, the Department of Customs will be directly handed over to the Ministry of Household Zuo Shilang Agency, fully open the Daming Sea Ban, in Songjiang, Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou to set up foreign trade ports, allow goods to enter and exit freely, export goods 15 taxes, import goods 10 taxes, the Customs Department every year has the Ministry of officials and the Ministry of Households together with the assessment, the performance is unbearable, From the left waiter, all the supervisors are dismissed! My requirements are not high, this year, the customs tax shall not be less than two million taels, and we will severely crack down on private smuggling! ”

Fully open the sea ban?

The ministers are scared, my grandfather, this emperor really dares to play!

"Your Majesty!"

Qian Qianyi stood up first and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, the sea ban is an ancestral system, how can it be changed at will, when Emperor Wuzong opened the Moon Port for trade, it was already a grace of heaven, how can he still fully open the sea ban in one go?" It has also increased six treaty ports such as Songjiang and Hangzhou all at once? Such a large-scale opening of the sea ban, that is going to be a catastrophe, when the time comes, the whole map of the Japanese will come back, and tens of millions of people along the coast of my Ming Dynasty will suffer from the pond fish!! ”

Of course, Qian Qianyi is not willing to open the sea ban, if the sea ban is not opened, the power of trade is all in the hands of the powerful and wealthy businessmen, once the sea ban is opened, as long as you pay taxes, you can trade freely, so who still depends on you magnates to do anything, this will almost cut off the wealth of the ministers!

"Qian Qianyi, shut up for me!"

Zhu Jie shouted angrily: "I have made up my mind, there is no change, if the Japanese dare to come, hum, I will personally lead the elite, attack across the sea, and level the East in one fell swoop, all the men are pressed into the mine to open the mine, and all the women are sent to the Qinglou for prostitution!" You soft eggs, why don't you want to think about how much trouble the ban on trade has caused to the common people? will try to save themselves trouble, and if you are done, what is the use of you courtiers? ”

Qian Qianyi was taken aback, he didn't expect that a few words would provoke the emperor to be angry!

However, just a few words of reprimand can not suppress the opposition of the court, it is a matter of life, most of the officials in the court are involved, there is a lot of oil and water to be fished every year, and now it is a decree of the emperor, all of them have been lost, so how can you agree? That can involve millions of taels, or even tens of millions of taels of silver!

"Your Majesty, the ministers oppose the opening of the sea ban!"

"Your Majesty, the ministers are also opposed to the opening of the sea ban!"

"The emperor is playing, and the ministers are also against ......"

One by one, the courtiers stood up and objected.

Zhu Jie stood up and sneered: "Good, good, good!" You are all loyal ministers who dare to speak out and violate the ban, but this time, I will fulfill your reputation for a lifetime, either agree to open the sea ban, or hand in your resignation and go home with your children by yourself! I will not budge! ”

In the court, I didn't expect the emperor to be so resolute this time, but this matter can't be caused by her temperament, and she must resist going back, otherwise, what will happen to the dignity of the ministers in the future?

Several ministers glanced at each other, knelt on the ground one after another, took off their black gauze hats, put them on the ground, and shouted: "The ministers would rather return to their hometowns, and they must not let the emperor make mistakes again and again, violating the ancestral system!" ”

"In that case, then you should leave the Qianqing Palace, leave the Forbidden City, and leave Nanjing City! Where to go! I will not force me to stay, come here, and expel all these former official ministers from Nanjing City, and within three days, leave Nanjing City, and you will not be allowed to enter Beijing unless you have an edict! ”

Zhu Jie didn't care about this, Chongzhen promised the Donglin Party to share the world with the scholars, but I, Zhu Jieke, never promised, you group of waste, there are not many of you in the court, there are not many of you, in addition to filling your pockets, do you have any other skills?

"Your Majesty, your majesty is angry!"

Shi Kefa on the side couldn't sit still, this matter has nothing to do with him, after all, he Shi Kefa is almost impoverished and has never been involved in these things, but the emperor dismissed so many ministers in one go, and expelled them all from Nanjing City, but it's a big deal, without these people, what should these government affairs in the court do?

Shi Kefa said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, this matter can be discussed in the long run, or we can compromise one step and slowly figure it out, opening six ports in one breath is indeed easy to cause trouble, and now the court is worried about internal and external troubles, but it can no longer withstand the wind and waves......"

"Xianzhi, needless to say, it is precisely because of today's internal and external troubles that we must practice extraordinary laws at extraordinary times! If the effect of opening the sea ban is good, then the imperial court's tax revenue will increase by no less than three or five million taels a year, and as for the mere Japanese invaders, they are not afraid, they dare to make trouble, as long as they clean up the Manchurian Tartars, I will turn around, and the entire Dongying will be wiped out! If the sea ban is not opened, where will the imperial court raise military salaries for the war? Do you still need to tax the common people? Do you want the Ming Dynasty to emerge as a second, third, or even fourth or fifth Li Zicheng? The Japanese are hateful, and they are just a minor disease, but the Manchurian Tatars and the peasant uprising are a big trouble! ”

Zhu Jie shouted hatefully, "I have made up my mind, this matter must be done, wait for you, do it or not, if you want to do it, you will do it beautifully for me, don't be afraid of offending people, the sky is falling, I will carry it for you!" If you can't do it, submit your resignation as soon as possible, and I'll let you go now! ”

Hou Xun's heart was shocked, wiped it, the emperor is serious, even this kind of words were thrown out, even Shi Kefa, whom he had always respected, pouted back, if he didn't agree, he was afraid that the saint would be over, but if he agreed, it would be completely tied to the emperor, either he would do it all, and it may not be impossible for him to go further through this matter, or it would be someone who gave the Qingjun side......

Hou Sui gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Your Majesty, the minister will follow the order, this matter is beneficial to the country and the people, it is a great plan for the future, and the minister has no reason to shirk!" ”

(End of chapter)