Wang Sanshan did not give in at all. He looked at Wei Guangwei and said: "The implementation of the new business tax is something that has been decreed by the Holy One. The Holy One's intention must be clearer to the elders than to the lower officials. At present, His Royal Highness the King of Jin and a group of powerful people If Nushan kills my official who collects business taxes, it is already a rebellion. I kill him to uphold the laws of the country! Now that the elder is here, he should also angrily reprimand the King of Jin for such rebellious behavior!"
"You are talking nonsense! I have never killed officials without permission. I only came to persuade you, Wang Sanshan and others, when I saw you, Wang Sanshan, and others killing innocent people indiscriminately and acting lawlessly on the street. The merchants and common people on the street outside Chongwenmen can bear witness to this. !”
As Jin Wang Zhu Cungui spoke, he turned around and asked the merchants behind him loudly: "People! Tell the elder, is what I said is true? Are these business tax collectors killing innocent people and bullying the weak?!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
All the merchants behind him agreed.
Therefore, Zhu Cungui asked Wang Sanshan: "Wang Dutang, you, a high-ranking official who holds the post of governor of Xichang as the right capital censor, must not be deaf. Have you heard clearly what the people in the street are saying? Don't you scholar-bureaucrats pay attention to loyalty to the emperor?" Love the people, even put the people first, the country second, or even more than the king. Why are you pretending not to hear the voices of these people now?"
"They are not citizens, they are all rebels you inspired!"
Wang Sanshan said: "I don't bother to talk to you. I only know that if you are allowed to do this, commercial taxation will not be implemented! The imperial decree will be in vain!"
With that said, Wang Sanshan shouted to He Shixian: "Leave no one alive! Kill all these traitors! Including His Highness Prince Jin!"
"Wait!"
Wei Guangwei shouted again, and then yelled at Wang Sanshan: "Wang Dutang, as a servant, even if they are rebelling, you have to go to the palace to report to the Holy One, and then speak with the decree. How can you kill them directly?" That’s right! Aren’t you afraid of being accused of killing the prince of the sect and massacring the people?! Do you think this is leading troops to fight, and you only care about whether your fists are strong or not, regardless of the world’s opinions? You are not reforming, you are causing chaos in the world! "
Wang Sanshan looked at Wei Guangwei: "Xichang has the right to kill those who fight against taxes first and then report them. The imperial power has granted them!"
"What about beheading first and reporting later? Aren't you, Wangdutang, afraid that people in the world will publicize your exorbitant expropriation and disregard of human life, so that your reputation will be ruined and you will be infamy for thousands of years, and even your Wang family will not be able to hold its head up? Don't forget, these merchant families also have you. For scholars like me, their pens are more powerful than your swords! You, Wang Sanshan, can rely on your imperial power to kill decisively, but your Wang family cannot hold its head high in the family because of you, do you know?"
Wei Guangwei reminded in a low voice.
Wang Sanshan clenched his fists and said helplessly: "Mr. Kege, you should remember that His Majesty promised that if the new commercial tax collected exceeds half of the agricultural tax, the corvee will be permanently exempted! It can be seen that once the new commercial tax is successfully collected, Great benefit to farmers all over the world! If Wang can’t make things happen, wouldn’t he be worthy of his life ambition and worthy of farmers all over the world?!”
"Then you can't offend the merchants all over the world!"
Wei Guangwei reminded again.
After hearing this, Wang Sanshan began to think deeply, thinking that it was not appropriate for him to be the first to take the lead, so he had to turn his horse's head and shouted loudly: "Get out! Report the matter first and ask the Holy Spirit to make a decision!"
Wei Guangwei also left in a sedan chair.
Jin Wang Zhu Cungui smiled proudly, then turned around and shouted to a group of merchants: "Let's all disperse!"
These merchants bowed their hands to King Jin in admiration and said goodbye.
But after all the merchants and others retreated, Zhu Cungui still put away his smile.
This time he was so opposed to the official who collected the commercial tax. In fact, he was not very confident in his heart. He was not sure what the emperor's attitude was and whether he, the prince who caused trouble and was an elder of the clan, would be dealt with harshly.
When Zhu Cungui thought that all his property in the fiefdom had been taken back by the emperor, and now if more commercial taxes were taken away by the emperor in business, he felt that he would not be reconciled if he did not resist like this.
You must know that the property of the Jin Dynasty in Jin is no less than those of the great Shanxi merchants back then.
What's more, due to the severe cold climate in the north, the agricultural output is insufficient. These princes have long been engaged in business, otherwise they would not easily have their fiefdoms redeemed by the court. But now, once the court succeeds in collecting new business taxes, they will have to Turning over a large amount of business profits every year is indeed unacceptable to Zhu Cungui.
Zhu Cungui sometimes thinks that he, Zhu Youxiao, can take away my money just as he wants, and why! Just because he is the emperor? Then what’s the point of supporting the emperor!
"They actually sealed off my Pinxiang Tower and killed more than a dozen of my servants! This court is really bullying people! Isn't it enough to ask us to pay full grain taxes and receive grain like the common people?! I'm going to do it! We need to charge more money for a business, damn, how long are they going to plunder us!"
Cheng'an Bo Guo Yongzuo had already heard the news and rushed to Chongwenmen. As soon as he saw the seal at the door of his Pinxiang Tower, seeing that there was no one around, he gritted his teeth and vented loudly.
Zhu Cungui happened to come over at this time: "Who knows when? Just now they came to my king's gambling house to collect taxes, and because they were beaten by a group of righteous people, they slaughtered dozens of righteous people and even killed me. This king is a traitor. Fortunately, Mr. Wei Ge arrived in time and persuaded them to go back! But they will definitely not give up. No one with property in Chongwenmen will escape. Killing a servant is considered a minor offense. Come down, I'm afraid our lives will be in danger. As it is now, we might as well go to Damingyuan together to ask for an audience with His Majesty, and let Your Majesty know how their West Factory massacres innocent people, plunders, and levies unreasonably in the name of collecting new commercial taxes!"
"His Royal Highness King Jin!"
Guo Yongzuo bowed his hand to Zhu Cungui, thinking that he was not from Dongchang. He had lost his composure just now and didn't pay attention to Dongchang's eyes and ears. He would not do this next time, and then he replied: "But will this anger people?" Your Majesty, God’s power is unpredictable after all!”
"From what I see, the power of God is not difficult to predict!"
At this time, Zhang Xuan changed into official uniform and came over. Originally, he was going to argue with the civil servants here who were responsible for collecting commercial taxes, but unexpectedly, he met the clan Jin Wang and Xungui Cheng Anbo who were talking about something here, so he came over. Said something.
Jin Wang Zhu Cungui and Guo Yongzuo both saw this and asked, "May I ask who you are?"
"Zhang Xuan, a bachelor at the Imperial Academy."
Zhang Xuan replied.
Jin Wang Zhu Cungui and Guo Yongzuo therefore surrendered.
Zhu Cungui asked in a low voice this time: "Did you just say that the power of God is not unpredictable?"
"That's right! This new commercial tax reform will take away the benefits of the merchants of the world, and those who are the merchants of the world must be the gentry of the world's merchants, as well as the powerful nobles. Previously, His Majesty relied on these people to change the gentry with many fields. Regarding the grain tax policy, your Majesty now wants to rely on the civilian gentry to exploit the business interests of the merchant gentry and the powerful nobles in the world. But now, business profits have far exceeded agricultural profits. I believe your Majesty also knows that the reform of commercial taxes is comparable to the reform of the tax rate. Agricultural taxes are ten times more difficult! The powerful families in the world are not passive enough to impose additional grain taxes. In order to avoid irritating the court, most of them can accept it. However, this increase in commercial taxes requires fundamental changes. Therefore, Your Majesty is not very unsure, but wants Yuan Keli, an official who is willing to offend powerful people in the world for personal achievements, to give it a try. Otherwise, His Highness the King of Jin will organize slave merchants in advance to ambush the Xichang and other officials who collect taxes. Dongchang has known about this for a long time!"
Zhang Xuan said.
Zhu Cungui blushed and argued: "Nonsense! I have never organized it before. Everything was done spontaneously by merchants and immigrants!"
Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "Your Highness, why do you need to lie? Do you think you can hide it from Dongchang? This is the capital! Now that Your Highness can do this successfully, it only shows that Your Majesty did not let the people from Dongchang take action, but wanted Yuan Keli and his gang to go If we can succeed in causing this trouble, it will be good. If we can't, it will naturally be the fault of people like Yuan Keli! Right now, as long as we act tough enough to prevent Yuan Keli and others from succeeding, His Majesty will give up the collection of new business taxes and will not He will be furious because of this, and will not protect Yuan Keli for the sake of protecting Fang Congzhe as before. After all, His Majesty already has a lot of internal funds, and there is no need to fight to the death with the people of the world anymore!"
"It makes sense! Then let's go to Damingyuan together, ask to see His Majesty, and report Yuan Keli to him! I will mobilize a few more clan members."
Zhu Cungui said.
"Then I will mobilize a few noble people. Their property is no less than mine! I don't believe it. They are so willing to pay so much more business taxes to the court every year!"
Guo Yongzuo said.
Zhang Xuan also wanted to give the people of Xichang some eye drops because of the humiliation caused by the military attaché of Xichang in the morning, so he also said: "I will also mobilize several colleagues to go with you." !”
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