"It is a national policy for both the government and the gentry to pay taxes and serve as errands, which will benefit the future. However, when in power, we cannot only actively make a fuss about land taxes and dawdle on commercial tax reform! The pilot reform of commercial tax increase cannot be delayed. Now we have to be proactive about this."
Yuan Keli was also having a small gathering with ministers such as Han Xu and Bi Ziyan, and Bi Ziyan brought up the issue of additional pilot projects for commercial tax reform at this time.
"That's right, we can't just let our civilian gentry suffer. Not only did his business gentry escape unscathed, but he was also favored by the emperor and gained the reputation of being able to build a country with old age and eliminate abuses through innovation."
Yuan Keli just replied when Bi Ziyan mentioned it.
"Although it is a pilot project, I'm afraid it is not that easy. The commercial tax has not been levied for a long time. The main reason is that His Majesty is wise and knows that this matter cannot be rushed. If he rashly talks about it now, it will inevitably anger His Majesty and give Fang Party an opportunity to take advantage of it. It’s better to take a long-term approach and avoid being impatient in everything.”
Since Han Xu fell into the water, he began to realize that Emperor Tianqi not only tolerated ministers who opposed him, but also tolerated mediocre ministers who only knew how to live their lives.
Therefore, he still wanted to be in power and position, so he had to start to seek political power in his position. However, because he was also from the civilian gentry class, his family was a big landowner in Shanxi, and He Fang Congzhe was not able to deal with him at all. Therefore, he is now relatively close to people like Yuan Keli and Bi Ziyan.
Han Xu had stayed in the court longer than Yuan Keli and Bi Ziyan, and had a lot more experience, so he began to advise Yuan Keli and Bi Ziyan not to be impatient.
Because Han Xu clearly remembered that the reason why the Donglin Party met such a tragic end was that he was too impatient and wanted to immediately accuse Fang Congzhe of regicide and cleanse all non-Donglin Party members. He completely ignored it. The real master of the Ming Dynasty was the emperor, and he even directly regarded the emperor as an enemy, so he suffered a cruel blow.
Therefore, Han Xu persuaded Yuan Keli and Bi Ziyan at this time. He hoped that ministers such as himself and the Fang Party who did not deal with them would also learn to hide their capabilities and bide their time and learn to take advantage of the trend.
"What Mr. Ge said is right, Sun Tzu said: Water has no constant momentum, soldiers have no constant shape, people have no normal state, and things have no routine. The difficulty in this world is that it is unpredictable. For example, Fang Dang and others are eager to stabilize the country and want to Establishing the crown prince to stabilize power. Like all the gentlemen in Donglin in those days, after Zhang Jiangling's party lost power, they couldn't wait to eliminate dissidents, weaken the power of the cabinet, and strengthen the power of admonishing the officials. As a result, His Majesty Shengming , understand the meaning of this, those who claim to be a private prince will be killed immediately! Now, people in the Fang Party must also be disappointed, right?"
Yuan Keli laughed.
He has been leading troops for many years and is familiar with military books, so when Han Xu mentioned it now, he quickly understood it, instead of having to go through the experience of a civil servant like Han Xu who only served in noble yamen such as Hanlin and the Ministry of Rites in the capital. It takes several big turmoils and setbacks to understand.
"Then just wait until the Holy Will wants to collect business taxes."
Bi Ziyan replied.
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"I don't want to collect business taxes all the time, but people like Yuan Keli and Bi Ziyan are very good at leading troops and fighting, and their strategies and tactics are unparalleled in the world. They are also good at managing finances, caring for the people, and doing internal affairs. But the structure is not enough. They only want to deal with Fang Congzhe and the business gentry through reform. Why can't they jump out and see if there is anyone in the world who needs to be dealt with more than Fang Congzhe. To deal with Fang Congzhe, all he needs is an imperial edict. But it’s not that simple to deal with certain external forces.”
After Zhu Youxiao learned about the remarks among the courtiers through Dongchang, he cursed in his heart.
In the eyes of the emperor Zhu Youxiao, Fang Congzhe was indeed not a threat.
And he used Fang Congzhe as his first assistant smoothly, but he didn't want to change him easily. After all, he had to admit that Fang Congzhe was indeed good at understanding the holy will and executing policies.
However, from the perspective of Yuan Keli and others, if Fang Congzhe is not overthrown, then they will be like Han Xu, who will never be able to move further up the power pyramid, nor will they have a greater say in reform matters. Naturally, Nor can we protect our own interests, nor can we be fully capable of depriving others of their interests.
Fang Congzhe will indeed be hated by others if he stays in this position of chief assistant for a long time.
This is where the emperor and ministers had different ideas.
The emperor did not want to change his chief minister.
But ministers always want to change the chief minister and then divide the cake again.
However, as Han Xu said, the world is always changing.
The longer Fang Congzhe serves as the chief and assistant officer, the more his party members will become, and the quality will be uneven. The sober officials are fine, but the less sober officials only think that Fang Congzhe will not fall, and they can completely rely on the power of the Fang Party to be lawless. .
Yi Tingjian, the prefect of Taiwan, changed Zhu Youxiao's plan to immigrate and develop Taiwan because he was a member of the Fang Party.
Although the Han people assigned to Taiwan were all criminals or refugees, Zhu Youxiao mainly took this opportunity to let them multiply in Taiwan, assimilate the local indigenous people, and make Taiwan more inland.
But Yi Tingjian did not have this understanding, and he did not regard these Han people as the national consciousness of his compatriots. Instead, he regarded these Han people as property that he could dispose of at will and enrich his own pockets.
Yi Tingjian sold these Han people directly to the Folangji people or the reactionary gentry in exile overseas at a certain price.
The Francois enslaved these Han people in their colonial areas and forced them to work for them.
"Hurry! Get on the boat!"
At Jilong Port, the relocated Han people were being herded onto Fo Langji's ship in batches. If they were a little slow, they would be beaten up.
However, although this group of Han people boarded Fo Langji's ship, it was not the people of Fo Langji who came to buy them, but the Fo Langji ship hired by the reactionary gentry to buy these Han people.
After all, the reactionary gentry need enough people overseas to strengthen their power.
As a result, Yi Tingjian made a lot of money from the reactionary gentry.
"Yifutai, this is the buyer's gold bar. Please call it."
Ye Chuchun is now responsible for contacting Yi Tingjian on behalf of the reactionary gentry forces.
However, Yi Tingjian did not know that Ye Chuchun was from Dongchang and the reactionary gentry. He only thought that Ye Chuchun was an ordinary businessman, so he took the gold bar with a smile and asked: "Mr. Ye, I wonder if you want the land? "
"land?"
Ye Chuchun asked in surprise.
"That's right! Except for the land occupied by Fo Langji and the land inhabited by indigenous people, all the land in Taiwan can be sold now!"
Yi Tingjian said.
He had no choice now. All the Han people who had moved here were sold into slavery by various forces, and the imperial court required him to report the results of the reclamation and the tax situation after the reclamation on time. In order to explain to the imperial court and pass the exam, he had to pass Earn some money from selling the land, and then hand over the money in the name of newly levied taxes to prove that he has indeed done a good job in reclaiming wasteland in Taiwan.
Ye Chuchun agreed and actually bought many fields from Yi Tingjian.
However, what Yi Tingjian didn't know was that his actions had begun to be transmitted to Beijing by Dongchang through various means, and then reached Zhu Youxiao's ears.
Zhu Youxiao was naturally very angry when he found out about this.
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