In the third year of Chongzhen (AD 1630), the imperial study room was in the capital.
Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian was reading the memorial.
A memorial from Shanxi caught his attention, "Since the early days of the Apocalypse, Gai Jin Tu has suffered from disasters every year, and it was especially worse last year..."
This memorial was the same one that Tie Niofei showed to Xing Honglang not long ago. Tie Niao Fei really only copied a copy and didn't really kidnap it, so it still fell into Zhu Youjian's hands.
Zhu Youjian felt like he was on a jumping machine.
"You want money, and you want money from me. The last sentence, 'If you want to get rid of the thieves in Jin, don't first care for the poor in Jin', are you just trying to get me to give you the money?"
The great eunuch Cao Huachun whispered: "They are all staring at the emperor's internal funds."
"Humph!" Zhu Youjian said: "Where did I get so much internal money to give them? What are the responsibilities of these officials? Isn't it just to help me manage the place? Now the place is in chaos. They don't do their best, but they come to me for help. Money? Don’t even think about it!”
He casually threw Shanxi's memorial into the corner, out of sight and out of mind.
Then he picked up the next memorial and took a closer look. This memorial was submitted by Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The memorial said that because of the "big deficit", the emperor was asked to increase tariffs on twelve matters.
Zhu Youjian smiled: "Look, that's right. Ask me to increase taxes. However, it's not easy to increase taxes. The people in the world are all my children. Nowadays, all the people are poor, but we can't. More taxes.”
When these words came out, they happened to be heard by Liang Tingdong, the Minister of War, who had just entered the imperial study. Liang Tingdong immediately said: "The reason why the people are poor is all because of official corruption. After the official corruption is eliminated, more land tax will be distributed, and the people will agree." "
Zhu Youjian: "Oh? Then does Liang Aiqing think that corrupt officials have been wiped out since I came to the throne?"
Liang Tingdong hurriedly said: "After His Majesty ascended the throne, he cleared away the lottery and wiped out corrupt officials. Now that the officialdom is clear, it is a good opportunity to raise taxes."
Zhu Youjian felt as if he was on a jet plane.
The royal pen personally approved: "Control the affairs of Xiangyuandong, increase the tax on the acres, sleep without sleep, and stay in my arms for a long time. Recently, the border is suffering from Mining, and the army is getting more and more urgent. The Ministry of Household Affairs has repeatedly consulted, please see me in every acres. In addition to the additional nine cents, another three cents of silver will be levied, making a total of one and two cents of silver. However, the Beizhibao and Heliu Prefectures proposed to waive the tax. Today, an additional tax of six cents per mu will be levied. The preceding items will be used as Liao rates. The action will stop as soon as the matter is settled. Because I have reached an agreement with the court, I will comply with the expediency. All my people have the same hatred, how can they not have the desire to be righteous?"
So, the tax increase was decided!
Just after the imperial edict was issued, Zhou Shipu, the right minister in charge of new wages in the Ministry of Household Affairs, came again. After many urgings, taxes from various places still had not been delivered to the ministry.
Zhu Youjian wrote again: "The Ministry of Household Affairs restricted each employee to investigate the root causes of arrears, and named and punished them one by one. If they failed to comply within the limit, they would be severely punished."
After finishing writing, Zhu Youjian was a little happy. My ability to govern the country is pretty good. As long as this tax increase is implemented and I can easily acquire millions of taels of silver, the war in Liaodong will be worry-free, hahahahaha!
During lunch time, Li Daoxuan was eating Rongchang braised goose. The goose wings were so chewy that his hands were all oily.
The field of vision of the box rests on an open space in the east of Baishui County. Four faucets are spraying rain directly into the box.
The last time he expanded his field of vision to see the Yellow River, half of the land cover in Baishui County was still in his field of vision, but he was busy running Qiachuan Wharf and had no time to take care of Baishui County. Now arrangements have been made at Qiachuan Wharf. Okay, I started to secretly bring some rain to Baishui County, and then sent people there to sell books and so on, and a whole process of heart attack began.
At this moment, the three words "Gaojia Village" on the box suddenly flashed, which meant that someone in Gaojia Village was ringing the bell to call him again.
This is really uncommon.
The people of Gaojia Village were always afraid of disturbing Tianzun, so they worked hard to fend for themselves. When they rarely called him, Li Daoxuan knew that it must be something important, so he quickly wiped the goose fat on his hands with a napkin, and just marked the words "Gaojia Village?"
His field of vision suddenly returned to the sky directly above the observation tower.
I saw Gao Yiye ringing the bell, while Chengcheng County Magistrate Liang Shixian and Heyang County Magistrate Feng Juan stood behind Gao Yiye, waiting eagerly.
Li Daoxuan was so anxious about this wave of vision that he even forgot to close the four faucets that rained down. As a result, when the view came back, it turned into four faucets spraying rain over Gaojiacun.
The people in Gaojia Village laughed: "It's raining!" and each hid under the eaves.
Gao Yiye smiled, went back to the house, took out an oil-paper umbrella, and opened it. She knew Tianzun wouldn't mind holding the umbrella herself.
But Liang Shixian and Feng Juan came to see Tianzun. Now that Tianzun is here, how can they hide immediately? It would be too disrespectful to do so, so the two of them had to stand still and let the light rain fall on them.
Liang Shixian was okay, he didn't have any reaction, he just got wet when he got wet.
Feng Juan's expression was respectful, but his eyes were darting around, obviously thinking of ways to block the rain.
Li Daoxuan could tell from this small detail that Liang Shixian was more stubborn, while Feng Jun was more flexible in his approach to life.
He put away the faucet and the rain stopped: "What's important?"
Gao Yiye put down the umbrella: "Tianzun asked you a question."
Liang Shixian and Feng Juan looked at each other, refreshed, and Liang Shixian spoke, clasping his fists and saying: "To the Heavenly Lord, the imperial court has become indifferent to human affairs. In this year of great calamity, it actually increased the payment of 100,000 yuan per acre of land." On top of the original amount, an additional three percent tax will be added.”
Li Daoxuan almost cursed when he said "f*ck", but he thought that Gao Yiye was still listening down below, so he didn't want Xiao Nizi to learn too many swear words, so he held it back.
Liang Shixian said: "Seeing that the bandits have gone to Shanxi, the land of Shaanxi can finally breathe a sigh of relief, but I didn't expect the people above to act so recklessly. I'm afraid... alas..."
Feng Juan said: "Although our two counties, Chengcheng and Heyang, have weathered the disaster due to Tianzun's rainfall, other counties will soon be in trouble."
Li Daoxuan thought: Okay! More people will become thieves again. However, this matter should not have a direct impact on the two county magistrates. Chengcheng and Heyang have not paid taxes at all. They are lying in default. What do they have to worry about whether they increase taxes or not?
As soon as he thought of this, Liang Shixian said: "Our Chengcheng County has been in arrears with taxes for three years, and Heyang County has also been in arrears for two years. Now the Ministry of Household Affairs is restricting each individual to find out the root cause of the arrears. One-name corrections If you participate, you will be punished; if you do not participate beyond the limit, you will be treated severely."
At this point, he showed an embarrassed look: "The governor sent someone to ask us why the taxes in Chengcheng County and Heyang County have been delayed again and again. If we can't come up with a decent reason, we will be punished."
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