Liu Maodao: "Marquis Zhongyi, there must be a standard for this!"
Huang Xiao nodded and said, "You can live a good life without being greedy. This is the standard."
Liu Mao retreated.
Huang Xiaodao: "This matter must be settled today, because tomorrow's Daming Daily will publish it! In addition, tomorrow's Daming Daily will also announce to the world that the Ming Dynasty will completely abolish all exorbitant taxes and abolish labor, and the Ming Dynasty will only collect two kinds of taxes." Taxes, field taxes! Business taxes! And they will all be charged at 10%!"
"This is absolutely impossible!" Yang Lian shouted loudly.
"Hou Zhongyi, this matter is inappropriate. If labor is exempted, water conservancy, roads, and city defenses in various places will not be able to be carried out. More importantly, after the land tax is announced, the world will be in chaos, and the national treasury will have no money, salary and Soldiers’ pay! By then, the people will be in dire straits and war will be everywhere!”
"What Yang Yushi said is absolutely true!"
Shao Fuzhong said: "Business is declining now. If we collect another 10% of the commercial tax, it will increase the burden on the people! Our government is mainly based on agriculture, so we can increase the agricultural tax appropriately. If the officials do not compete with the people for profits, it is not appropriate to act rashly on commercial taxes!"
Liu Maodao: "For the sake of our livelihood, Lord Marquis wants to increase our salary, which is very good! But if this causes turmoil, we are still willing to be poor, as long as our salary does not change! As before, the rest of the land tax There’s no need to touch the business tax!”
Li Chunye said: "Exactly! What Mr. Liu said is reasonable. It doesn't matter that we officials are suffering, we can't suffer the people!"
The ministers said something to each other, and there was a lot of discussion in the court.
Huang Xiao laughed and said: "Haha, I am really impressed by the loyalty and patriotism of all of you! However, I have something unclear! Why do you make the people suffer by charging 10% of the land tax? Can anyone explain this to me? ?”
The ministers were silent.
Huang Xiao added: "As for the salary, it still needs to be changed. Don't be afraid that the court has no money. You can get 20 million taels in these two days. Just speak up. Corrupt officials in the world are the source of your salary!
do not be afraid! Open your mouth wider! "
Zhang Yan couldn't help laughing and rolled her eyes at Huang Xiao.
The ministers were really dumbfounded!
this……
Huang Xiaodao: "As for the chaos in the world, you don't have to worry. I think the people are reasonable and obedient! They won't mess around!"
"Empress! Empress!" Yang Lian knelt down anxiously.
"My Majesty, if you act like this, the world will be in chaos. Sir, please think twice before acting. Please postpone the Marquis's suggestion and wait for me to come up with a proper strategy before making a decision!" Zhao Nanxing said.
"I second the proposal!"
"Please think again!"
With a crash, people knelt on the ground again in the hall.
Zhang Yan said coldly: "I will suspend your wait for one day. If there is no plan tomorrow morning, the Daming Daily will be published as scheduled the day after tomorrow!"
"Empress Shengming!"
The ministers stood up.
Zhang Yan announced the personnel and institutional arrangements for Jinyiwei and Dongchang before issuing an order to disperse the dynasty.
Returning to the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Yan took off her court clothes and waved away the palace maid.
"Empress, you are sitting on the dragon chair today, don't look so imposing. How do you feel?" Huang Xiao walked in and asked with a smile.
Zhang Yanyan smiled and said: "It's just one word, tired. You have to have a straight face when speaking, and you have to be imposing and dignified. It's better to speak like this and feel comfortable."
She said and looked at Huang Xiao, "The ministers were shocked by what you said today! What do you think?"
Huang Xiao chuckled.
"This is just a test. My idea is to raise integrity with high wages, cancel the land tax exemptions for scholars and nobles, and make officials and gentry pay the same tax. However, it seems that the resistance is still quite big. We have too few of ourselves. I will not do anything in the next few days. Think about it, win over and promote a group of people, and also transfer a group of people to the capital, and then slowly make plans."
Zhang Yan nodded and said, "Don't be too hasty. There is no urgency."
Huang Xiao smiled: "I know the priorities. As long as the strong army is in our hands, they will not be able to make waves. I am throwing these out to divert their attention to prevent them from coming over."
Zhang Yan asked: "But if you do this, will they agree?"
Huang Xiaodao: "There are always people with integrity. This is my strategy to divide and win over! Those who want to live a decent life with a generous salary, don't want to be corrupt, and are willing to do things, then keep them, and treat the rest as Just keep the pigs, and when you run out of money, just take a few out and kill them!"
Zhang Yan's smile made her flowers tremble, which was very eye-catching.
Zhang Yan said: "How can you say that? It's better to kill them all. Yes, kill them to celebrate the New Year!"
Huang Xiao laughed loudly, gave a thumbs up, and praised: "What you said makes sense!"
Zhang Yan said: "I know how to flatter you and have a smooth tongue!"
After she finished speaking, her face turned red.
Huang Xiaodao: "I want to do this too, but we still don't have enough soldiers and horses at the moment. Even if we take it all at once, we won't be able to bear it. We might as well take it slow. Anyway, they can't escape from the palm of our hands!"
Huang Xiao sighed and said: "I just want to press forward step by step, let them jump out on their own, and deal with them one by one. Sister-in-law, it's not that I'm cruel. If the big brother thing hadn't happened, maybe I would have boiled the frog in warm water." , do it slowly, that may be more peaceful, but, now, I don’t want to wait any longer!”
Zhang Yan said: "Well, you are right, don't think too much about it. I know that His Majesty's incident has hit you hard, so don't blame yourself."
Huang Xiao laughed to himself: "Okay, let's not talk about work after get off work. Now we have money in hand and someone is doing the work, so we have to relax."
Zhang Yan smiled: "If you become an emperor, you must be a lazy emperor!"
Huang Xiao smiled and said: "Then I have to find a queen like my sister-in-law who can go to court and enter the kitchen!"
Zhang Yan spat and said, "You're talking nonsense. You can talk gossip in front of your sister-in-law without fear of being laughed at."
Huang Xiao smiled sheepishly. The joke was really too much. Fortunately, Zhang Yan was not angry.
Zhang Yan felt sad and sighed.
Huang Xiao asked: "What's wrong?"
Zhang Yan said: "Didn't you ask Yueniang to build the runway? Let's go see the plane and see His Majesty by the way."
"Okay! Let's go then!"
The two passed through.
Huang Xiao still turned on his phone, and Xu Na still sent a video.
The two looked at it.
Zhang Yan was in a daze, her smile was no longer as charming as before, and her face was full of sorrow.
Huang Xiao asked: "Sister-in-law, you came here to tell me something. Do you have something on your mind? There is no one else here, just tell me."
Zhang Yan lowered her head and whispered with a sad expression: "Today in the court, King Xin and the ministers clearly want to talk about you and me. This matter... How should I face your Majesty in the future?"
At this point, she couldn't help but shed tears.
Huang Xiao was also a little depressed.
He picked up his spirits and said: "Sister-in-law, don't think nonsense. There is a saying that there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. This is not what we want to do. It's all fate. Besides, my eldest brother also has something to do with it. He won’t have any responsibility.”
When he said this, he snorted coldly and said: "The so-called public opinion makes gold, and the saturated publicity of the Tomorrow Daily is just a piece of black charcoal, and I can wash it white! Besides, I entered the Kunning Palace Dongyue died without any evidence, and those imperial guards who made trouble were also killed. You and I insist on it, but who has the evidence?"
"If someone is blind and talks nonsense, then don't blame me for being rude! He can scold me, but he must not slander my sister-in-law's reputation!"
This routine is very common in modern society, just to clean up the floor!
Zhang Yan smiled bitterly and shook her head, saying: "You can move out of the palace tomorrow, and don't stay in the palace again from now on!"
