Yang Shiqi is crazy!
This is the thought of many courtiers!
Because he suddenly targeted Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs!
That was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the leader of the Jin gentry!
Who is Xia Yuanji?
A close confidant of Emperor Yongle, a talented and capable official who was famous in both the government and the public!
When the Wude Emperor Zhu Gaoxu was still the prince, because Xia Yuanji secretly blocked the craftsman's promotion path, the prince Zhu Gaoxu ordered Xia Yuanji to become an official. But what was the final result?
As soon as Hubu left Xia Yuanji, he couldn't move anymore.
The prince Zhu Gaoxu had no choice but to send Nie Xing, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, to bring Xia Yuanji back. At that time, the matter became a topic of discussion among the courtiers and officials after dinner.
I have to admit that Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, has been in charge of the Household Department for twenty years. He can be called the head of the court officials and the leader of the gentry!
Why did you, Yang Shiqi, go crazy today? You insist on biting Hu Bu and directly pointing the finger at Xia Yuanji. Isn't this killing an egg with a stone?
Or is this the intention of His Majesty the Emperor, who is already dissatisfied with Xia Yuanji, so he releases Yang Shiqi to bite him?
After all, Yang Shiqi is a cabinet scholar and a well-known confidant of the emperor!
For a moment, all the ministers were a little frightened. They subconsciously closed their mouths and stood there honestly.
They vaguely felt that the reason why Emperor Wude held the morning court today must be planning something, and something big would definitely happen!
Seeing that all the ministers had calmed down, Zhu Gaoxu stopped holding the ball and went directly to help Yang Shiqi.
"Xia Aiqing, what Yang Shiqi said...is it true?"
here we go!
The target of the attack was indeed Xia Yuanji!
Many courtiers were shocked and quickly looked at Xia Yuanji.
Old God Xia Yuanji was standing on the ground, not caring about those eyes full of meaning.
All civil and military officials in the court looked at Xia Yuanji, thinking about how the Minister of Revenue would fight back.
After all, Yang Shiqi was too arrogant and rude, and he should be taught a lesson.
There are rules in the court, that is, important ministers generally will not end easily.
After all, none of them are brainless idiots who have reached this point, they are all old foxes who have been in the officialdom for decades.
Even if there is really a political disagreement, at most the officials under his command can come out and quarrel, and that's pretty much it.
If the important ministers of the court were to die in person, it would not just be a simple political disagreement, but a serious feud of life and death!
Now Yang Shiqi, a scholar in the cabinet, took the initiative to attack Xia Yuanji, the minister of household affairs. The ministers were both frightened and excited at the same time.
After all, two important ministers of the court went to fight in person. Such exciting scenes are really rare in the court!
Everyone looked at Xia Yuanji and Yang Shiqi, all eyes focused on them.
Especially Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, all the courtiers wanted to know how sharply he would fight back.
However, something jaw-dropping happened.
All the ministers saw, Xia Yuanji came out of the queue calmly, and then knelt on the ground.
"I would like to report to your Majesty that everything Mr. Yang said is true. As the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, I am responsible for the oversight. Please forgive me!"
Ministers: "???"
What?
Responsibility for oversight?
Please punish me?
Shouldn't you fight back?
Why did you just give up so quickly?
"Every word is true", isn't it a disguised confirmation that everything Yang Shiqi said is true?
For a moment, everyone in the court was dumbfounded and looked at Xia Yuanji in disbelief.
Many courtiers had faces full of fear and their bodies were shaking like chaff.
Because they saw some clues, or noticed something was wrong.
From the moment Yang Shiqi bit Hubu for no reason to Xia Yuanji directly confirming that what Yang Shiqi said was true, this was a tacit cooperation!
Yang Shiqi's goal is not the Ministry of Revenue at all, nor is he trying to bite Xia Yuanji. What he wants is for Xia Yuanji to testify that what Yang Shiqi said is true, and that "the rich have a lot of land, but there are only a few poor people in the poor land." If there is no standing cone, there will be too much corvee!”
These two old foxes are clearly singing a double act!
Then the next step is...
Emperor Wude!
"Asshole!"
The ministers saw that His Majesty the Emperor was furious and stood up directly.
"The rich have vast fields, but there are few servants. The poor have no standing cones, but there are many corvees!"
"Is this how you serve as officials and officials? Is this how you benefit the people?"
Faced with Emperor Wude's accusation, all civil and military officials in the court fell to their knees and lowered their heads.
When things have developed to this point, if they can no longer understand the current situation, then they are really fools!
This is clearly a good show!
Under the instruction of Emperor Wude, Yang Shiqi, a cabinet scholar, and Xia Yuanji, the minister of household affairs, co-starred in a great play!
No wonder Emperor Wude suddenly held a morning court today!
No wonder Yang Shiqi suddenly attacked Xia Yuanji by biting the household department!
No wonder Xia Yuanji confessed directly to Yang Shiqi's unprovoked biting!
This was the intention of the Dog Emperor Zhu Gaoxu from the very beginning. How could Yang Shiqi and Xia Yuanji disobey it?
I just don’t know what this Wude Emperor wants to do!
After three years of peaceful life, is Zhu Gaoxu going to cause trouble again?
"Yang Aiqing, since you raised this matter, do you have any solution?"
Zhu Gaoxu cursed the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty angrily, then looked at Yang Shiqi and asked directly.
Yang Shiqi understood and immediately shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, because there are many omissions in the Ding Yin tax, I would like to ask that the Ding Yin tax be directly allocated to the land tax collection, that is, the fixed Ding tax will be evenly distributed into the land tax, and a unified land tax will be levied." Ding Yin, the Ding tax is no longer levied on people, it is to 'share a small amount of money into an acre'!"
"In addition, the local officials in each province should check the number of acres of land in each place and distribute taxes equally according to the acres. Those who are allocated more people must have more fields, and those who are allocated less people must also have fields. As long as there is land, Then the corresponding taxes must be paid, and the gentry, officials, and gentry all work as servants and pay the grain as one, so that the corvee taxes can be equalized!"
Ministers: "!!!"
Numb!
Really numb!
This Yang Shiqi is crazy!
The gentry and officials work as errands together and pay for the food together!
He wants to abolish the fame and privileges of the gentry and gentry and cut off their fundamental lifeline!
How dare?
How dare he, Yang Shiqi?
How dare he, Yang Shiqi, propose such a policy that risks the disapproval of the world?
In an instant, countless malicious glances shot towards Yang Shiqi like sharp swords.
Should be killed!
This Yang Shiqi really deserves to be killed!
He must not be allowed to continue to confuse the public and the saints with his monstrous words!
Yang Shiqi faced these gazes, but remained calm and composed.
He had already made up his mind when he took on this job.
Yang Shiqi has known for a long time that when the imperial court officially implements the idea of dividing children into households, he will become the target of public criticism.
However, he still made this choice, so he was naturally mentally prepared for it!
If the New Deal is successfully implemented, he, Yang Shiqi, can make further progress and become the uncrowned Prime Minister!
The implementation of the New Deal failed, and he, Yang Shiqi, was shattered to pieces, died without a burial place, and may even be infamy for thousands of years!
From the moment Zhu Gaoxu found him, Yang Shiqi had no way out!
If you don’t succeed, you will succeed!
