The eunuchs in charge of the twenty-four prisons were very resistant to paying taxes, but the emperor personally ordered that they must be obeyed.
Wang Guoguang was extremely horrified by this incident. In the feudal era, this was so explosive that he didn't know how to describe it.
Wang Guoguang said with melancholy: "The main tasks of employing people and managing finances are also the first tasks of the royal government."
In Wang Guoguang's view, it is absolutely impossible for the country not to manage finances. Without the method of managing finances, it is impossible to do anything you want to do. However, the current public opinion in Ming Dynasty absolutely cannot mention the matter of financial management, because this It involves the methods of the former kings.
This is what the rotten Confucians who worship the ancients like to say, the basic political correctness of the third generation of law.
The Analects of Confucius says that a gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness, and a villain is a metaphor for profit. The Analects often compares the gentleman and the villain to each other, and the gentleman only talks about righteousness, while the villain talks about profit;
In Mencius, it is said that benevolence and righteousness are enough, why bother talking about benefit? It is enough to just be benevolent and righteous, and there is no need to talk about benefit;
This proposal goes like this: Suppress the end of benefit and open up benevolence and righteousness, do not show benefit, benevolence and righteousness are the big end, and benefit is the end, you should suppress the end and open up the big end;
Zengzi also said: If you want to grow a country and take care of money, you will be a small person. He is a good person, and the villain is responsible for the country. Disasters come, and although there are good people, they are nothing like it. This means that the country does not regard profit as profit, but righteousness as profit.
Wang Guoguang believes that employing people and managing finances is the most important thing and the most important thing in national government affairs.
The new coup law advocated by Zhang Juzheng now has the platform of enriching the country and strengthening the army. Both of these violate the basic political principles of Confucianism and run counter to the utopia created by Confucianism.
If a country is rich, it will be profitable, and if it has a strong army, it will be conquered. This has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness.
The ideal country created by Confucianism is "the great road, the world is the common people", that is: everyone is virtuous, everyone respects the elderly, everyone loves the young, there is unevenness everywhere, and no one is hungry and warm.
The basic way to realize this utopia is to be benevolent and righteous, so as to win the hearts of the world and make everyone love others.
For example, Mencius mentioned: If you respect the virtuous and enable the capable, and have heroes in power, then all the people in the world will be happy and willing to serve in their dynasty. If the market is simple but not levied, and the law is not simple, then all the merchants in the world will be happy and willing to hide in the market.
Respect the wise and appoint those who are capable. If there are people with outstanding talents and virtues in the government, then the world will be full of virtuous people and the government will not be lucky enough to be in the position. All the scholars in the world will be happy and willing to serve as officials in the government;
As for the market, tax laws are established but not levied, or even no tax laws are established at all, so that merchants all over the world do not suffer from tax collection. They are all happy and willing to bring things to the market for trade.
Giving benevolence and righteousness to win the hearts of the world is an idea that pervades Confucian classics and is the main clue that runs through the development of Confucianism for more than two thousand years.
For example, Wan Shangshu kept talking about the people of Rouyuan in the Nine Classics in the world.
The Confucian attitude is: shut down, ridicule but not conquer.
That is to say, this pass is a place with intensive travel. If you are afraid of spies and fraud, you should naturally cross-examine it. This is called ridicule. If it is established to extract goods and collect taxes, it will lose the interest of distant people.
It must be the law of Guanshi, but if you ridicule those who have different opinions and obey them, and do not tax them, then everyone in the world will be happy with my Rouyuan government.
Therefore, the Yuegang switch is a subtle reform.
In theory, Confucian etiquette makes perfect sense, but in practice, it is always a mess. Therefore, in system design, it is absolutely necessary to implement it in practice.
There are people constantly challenging this restriction of etiquette, but they always end in failure time and time again. How many people have survived the reform since ancient times?
The Ming Dynasty experienced frequent wars in the middle and late Jiajing period, and turmoil spread across most of the Ming Dynasty. A large number of people with lofty ideals were selected to serve in the court, but to the world, they were still a handful and a minority.
Wang Guoguang said slightly frustrated: "It's difficult."
"So what if it's difficult?" Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Faced with all kinds of difficulties, a kind of pessimism naturally arises. Isn't this what Da Situ said? Why should Da Situ be disappointed?"
"I am not disappointed or pessimistic at all now. Your Majesty, wisdom is gradually opening up, and the Ming Dynasty is prospering."
"Look, Your Majesty takes the lead in paying taxes. Under the collective rule of the Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty, as the emperor, pays taxes for the common good and the great benefit of the world. Isn't this a great benevolence?"
Zhang Juzheng sorted out the little emperor's plan for Wang Guoguang from beginning to end, from the tax office to the tax bureau, from Tiqi's separate tax collection, to the multi-party checks and balances of tax collectors, Tiqi inspections, and eunuch supervision. Starting from tax stamps, to the establishment of a complete basic tax system.
Your Majesty is bonded and treats the powerful as enemies. This is the emperor's benevolence and righteousness.
"Yuan Fu taught your majesty this principle, are you not afraid of the world's mouth?" Wang Guoguang was extremely shocked when he heard this set of boxing combinations, and looked at Zhang Juzheng blankly. What principles did Zhang Juzheng teach the little emperor every day?
Zhang Juzheng's expression was hard to describe. He shook his head and said, "I actually want to say that it wasn't me who taught him, but it seems that he was taught by me."
"Let's see. If it is necessary, this Confucian scholar may as well not do it." Zhang Juzheng thought for a long time and said something treasonous and unethical.
From the perspective of the country's system, the emperor is the greatest, and from the perspective of etiquette, Confucian etiquette is the greatest.
Zhang Juzheng's words were a betrayal of the Confucian sages.
"Yuan Fu is a warrior." Wang Guoguang said no more after all. He is just a worker. This kind of national direction should be discussed by His Majesty the Emperor and Yuan Fu!
In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Yijun appeared in the Wenhua Hall as usual, almost no different from before.
"Without any courtesy, I have brought several items from Nanya today for you all to see." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Feng Banban, let me show you the auspiciousness sent by Nanya. "
Xiangrui came to Nanya. It was a toy specially made by Wang Daokun and others for the little emperor. It was extremely well-made and almost used all the craftsmanship of the shipyard. Several models were made in equal proportions. They were all made of teak, brushed with tung oil for anti-corrosion, and hung hard. The sails are beautifully made and lifelike, and there are various little people sitting, standing or pulling the sails.
The craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty craftsmen cannot be said to be superb, it can only be said to be ingenious.
Seeing these figures, Zhu Yijun could only say that "The Story of the Nuclear Boat" was honest and honest. The Story of the Nuclear Boat was a boat carved out of walnuts, while the toy built by Nanya Chen Gong for the emperor was assembled.
In order to please the emperor, this was a kind of bribery. Only by making the emperor happy could the emperor continue to support the Ming Dynasty's maritime development and shipbuilding.
This was a helpless move by Songjiang Shipyard. After building a three-masted ship, how to let the emperor see their achievements became a problem. Models, or figures, became a compromise.
"Plywood ship and plywood giant ship." Feng Bao placed three sailboats among the many models on the long table of the court.
Feng Bao pointed to the boat and said: "Taixi calls it the Caravel sailboat, which means oak. It means a boat made of oak, which means it is extremely strong, but the boat made of teak is even better. It is nine feet long and two feet wide. Six feet long, with a length-to-width ratio of 3.5 to 1, and four hundred materials. Compared with the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, the Western ships are more slender. Most of the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty are wider, difficult to navigate and turn around, and cannot withstand strong winds."
The Ming Dynasty was wide, while the Thai and Western ships were slender. This was caused by the use environment, not technical reasons. In the design of ocean-going ships, the Ming Dynasty also had narrow ships, such as Fengzhou.
Feng Bao continued: "On this basis, Ming Dynasty designed a watertight cabin. The structure of the watertight cabin is like this. It is divided into upper and lower layers and a total of more than 70 cabins. Once there is water seepage, the watertight holes will be closed automatically to ensure that the ship does not It will sink due to water seepage.”
"The capsized ships in the West had soft sails, while the sails of our Ming Dynasty ships were hard sails. We used each other's strong points to make up for the weak and discarded the good. When Songjiang Shipyard was planning, they retained the stern jib to assist the rudder in turning, and used the other two The mast was changed to a stiff sail.”
"Songjiang Maritime Academy and the shipyard reported that soft sails have their own benefits, but hard sails have their own benefits. They are designing a sailboat that has both soft and hard sails, and cuts the soft sail into sections of horizontal sails."
A square sail is a method of transforming a soft sail into a pseudo-hard sail. In short, it is to cut the soft sail into individual sails, which has the same purpose as the hard sail.
A hard sail can sail against the wind, but a soft sail cannot.
In the fifth year of Longqing's reign, a missionary named Chad Gelderford wrote in his notes: The sailboats he sailed on always liked to berth in the harbor at night, and when there was no wind or headwind, they had to berth in the harbor. Anchored on the sea, it rises and falls with the waves. It generally does not use oars, so it cannot sail against the wind.
While hard sails can be used in eight directions of wind, improved sails can reduce the number of rowing crews and greatly increase the load capacity. This is a necessary improvement.
But hard sails are not suitable for ocean sailing. How to solve the dilemma? That is to cut the big soft sail into small soft sails.
Wang Guoguang shook his head and said, "Four hundred materials is too little. Isn't there a bigger ship?"
Material refers to how much wood is needed to build a ship. One piece of wood is about three hundred kilograms, which is roughly equal to the weight of two Qi Jiguang and three and a half little emperors.
For example, in the fourth year of Xuande's reign, it was stipulated that from Nanjing to Tongzhou, each ship had 100 pieces of material and 100 guan of banknotes, which was later reduced to 60 guan. It was called the material tax or Liangtou tax. After the banknote method failed, the banknote customs law was abolished during the Hongzhi period. From then on, merchants in the Ming Dynasty no longer had taxes, but only merchants collected taxes.
This was also the first time that Francisco made a condition, saying that the reason for the tonnage tax was the Liangtou tax of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Yuegang Bank used a draw method. All goods arriving at the port were worth 6 out of 100, which could be exchanged for silver.
During the Longqing period, the unit of material gradually evolved into the buoyancy carrying capacity of ship wood in the water, which was used to calculate the size of the ship. The first plywood ship displayed by Feng Bao included the hull, machinery, full personnel, and supplies. The full tonnage of , fresh water, and cargo is 234 tons.
For Taixi, this kind of ship is big enough, but for Ming Dynasty, this kind of ship is too small.
The largest treasure ship built during the Yongle period was five thousand materials, and the main ships were about one thousand materials.
Four hundred materials is just a small boat. For the Ming Dynasty, especially the imperial court, four hundred materials was too small. In the 40th year of Jiajing, the sealing boat to Ryukyu built under the supervision of Guo Rulin had about two thousand materials. For the imperial court, The ship that shows the power of God, a small boat with 400 materials, is a bit unsightly.
Feng Bao nodded and said, "Yes, a five-masted plywood ship."
He pulled open the second piece of red silk. This ship was an improved version of a plywood ship and continued to introduce: "This is a ship under planning. Wang Daokun doesn't know whether this kind of ship can work. He has five ships in total. The mast, the length is twenty feet, the width is four feet, the length-to-width ratio is 5 to 1, the height of the three main masts is three feet and two feet, each hanging six sails, the tail is a triangle sail, and the bow spline is Three gaffed sails, a total of 21 sails.”
"A large ship of about a thousand materials."
"If you can get into the water and there is a trade wind, you can travel 600 miles a day. It only takes five days from Guangzhou to Luzon and Manila, and it only takes half a month from Luzon to Tianjin."
The five-masted plywood ship in the design further expands the length-to-width ratio, adds masts, and improves the sails, further increasing the speed and load, and also meets the court's need for a larger ship to promote the country's prestige. .
Build a generation, design a generation, this is the generation in design.
Zhu Yijun looked at the various data of Fengzhou in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing. Fengzhou was the ship used by the imperial court to confer the Ryukyu King, which was very different from the ship Feng Bao mentioned.
The Fengzhou of the Ming Dynasty was fifteen feet long, two feet nine feet seven inches wide, one foot four feet deep, with five masts and four hard sails. The length-to-width ratio was 5.77 and a thousand materials (567 tons). In other words, Songjiang Prefecture planned to build The ship was bigger and faster than the imperial court's Fengzhou, and it also had gun emplacements.
This is a warship used to promote national prestige.
Wan Shihe, Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, looked at the five-masted plywood ship in front of him and said solemnly: "Isn't this just a sealing boat? If it is used for warships or merchant ships, isn't it a bit arrogant?"
"It is indeed an act of transgression. That's why Guo Rulin of Songjiang Shipyard submitted a petition asking for orders to build this thing." Feng Bao also confirmed Wan Shihe's idea. The five-masted plywood ship is a large ship made of thousands of materials based on the Fengzhou ship.
Zhang Juzheng also said with some helplessness: "There is a conflict between the physical practice and the metaphysical etiquette."
Zhu Yijun looked at the five-masted plywood ship, looked at Zhang Juzheng and said: "Guo Rulin spent one year in the 40th year of Jiajing to supervise the construction of the Fengzhou, and went to Ryukyu as an envoy to seal the Ryukyu King. No wonder when he built the Maritime Hall, Mr. Guo Rulin said that he would visit all the people. Xian, it really makes sense.”
Just like the finance and taxation of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was so poor and the rich and powerful were so rich that they were extremely wealthy. There were also talented people and strangers in shipbuilding among the people in the Ming Dynasty. When the imperial court issued an edict, it was really possible to find all kinds of talents from the people.
This is the Ming Dynasty, a man with unlimited potential, but trapped in the quagmire of etiquette and law, unable to extricate himself.
When Wan Shihe saw that this thing looked so similar to Feng Zhou, he immediately raised questions about etiquette. This was his job.
"Then build a larger sealing ship. In this way, won't there be no worries about overstepping?" Zhu Yijun proposed his own solution. A five-masted plywood ship is suspected of overstepping. Then build a larger sealing ship. If the boat is placed there, wouldn't it be solved?
"Ah this..." Wan Shihe was stunned. He always felt that something was strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange. What the emperor said was very reasonable.
Transgression is something that cannot be crossed, so by raising this threshold, the emperor's majesty will not be offended, and the urgent need to practice can be satisfied.
Zhang Juzheng saw that Wan Shihe was stunned by the little emperor's words, and asked with a smile: "That's what we should do?"
"Then let's do it this way." Wan Shihe thought over and over again and looked at Ge Shouli and Hai Rui. Seeing that both of them had no objections to this alternative method, they nodded in agreement.
Aoshan Fireworks Aoshan is getting taller year by year, so Emperor Wanli’s boat should also be bigger than before.
"This third piece is an imitation warship." Feng Bao did not introduce this kind of warship too much. In the eyes of the shipwrights at Songjiang Shipyard, this kind of warship with rafts and oars was specially designed for War construction has its shortcomings and advantages, and it is still being improved.
Zhang Ju wrote the floating ticket signature and handed Wang Daokun's auspicious memorial to Zhang Hong.
After the court meeting was over, Wang Guogang took out a tax stamp, put it on the table and said, "The first tax stamp of our Ming Dynasty was paid by your Majesty. The total amount in the first month is six hundred." Two, already counted and sent to Taicang."
After Wang Guoguang took out the tax stamp, the courtiers all gasped!
At this time, I still didn't realize that the little emperor was not joking, but was preparing a big meal, so there was no need to sit in the Wenhua Palace.
There was one person who didn't realize it, and that was Wan Shihe. Wan Shihe kept looking at the tax stamp blankly, pointing at the tax stamp, looking at Zhang Juzheng, then at Feng Bao, and then at The little emperor, who looked as normal as ever in the stands, finally confirmed that the emperor paid taxes!
Wan Shihe was still thinking about who was usurping the imperial power and who was trampling on the imperial authority.
Zhang Juzheng said: "Your Majesty has ordered Wenyuan Pavilion to set up a tax office in Fusi, Beizhen, to specialize in tax collection. It is appropriate for each province and highway to send and punish thousands of households. The second thing discussed by the court today is this Tax House."
"This tax inspection room is authorized by the imperial power. If the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot inspect the taxes, Tiqi will come to inspect them."
Wang Zhigao, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, immediately said: "Isn't that a confusion of punishment names? Each government has its official, each county has its magistrate, and each province has its official department. Isn't this a repetition?"
The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty can be divided into Beijing officials and foreign officials. These are considered to be blocks, one for the imperial court and one for the local government.
There are still regulations in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. The Six Ministries and the Metropolitan Procuratorate all have top-down regulations in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. For example, the Ministry of Punishment has the Hubu Yamen in the capital, and the Henan Qing Li Division in Henan Province. There are push officials in the prefecture's yamen, and push officials in the county who are in charge of punishment.
Only by understanding the basic political ecology of strips and blocks can we further understand the complexity of the contradiction between the central and local governments. It is also a complex contradiction in which there is me among you and you among me.
Zhang Juzheng immediately said: "Neither the Ministry of Husbandry nor the Ministry of Punishment has the power to investigate and audit finance and taxation. Therefore, Tiqi's tax audit office does not conflict with the functions of the Ministry of Punishment. It is in charge of thousands of tax households and is only responsible for auditing taxes."
"It's just about collecting taxes and not caring about anything else."
"In this case, I have no doubts." After hearing this, the Minister of Punishment nodded and said.
Zhang Juzheng looked at Wan Shihe and asked, "Where is the Ministry of Rites? What do you think of this matter?"
"Is this Yuan Fu's idea or His Majesty's?" Wan Shihe asked, still looking at the tax stamp blankly.
Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath and said, "My suggestion."
After repeated weighing, Yuan Fu decided to bear this infamy with the emperor. The young emperor's shoulders were too immature. As a minister entrusted by the late emperor and the emperor's advisor, Zhang Juzheng had the right and obligation to hold up a sky for His Majesty the Emperor. Just like the sky he held up for Qi Jiguang in the southeast, protecting the emperor from wind and rain.
Let the storm come more violently.
"Fu Yingzhen is right! Zhang Juzheng, you have done all the bad things!" Wan Shihe said angrily: "The treacherous minister is so ambitious! You deceived the emperor, the emperor was weak, the authority shocked the emperor, and misfortune was everywhere! Why is it that death is not long before death and humiliation follow!"
"If you have the ability, go up! Sit down and watch the world tear you apart!"
Wan Shihe was really angry. Zhang Juzheng had the heart to ask the little emperor to pay taxes and mobilize Tiqi to collect taxes. In the future, Zhang Juzheng was afraid that he would mobilize Tiqi to initiate a palace coup and get on that platform and sit on that throne himself!
Zhu Yijun held his forehead while the officials frowned.
It can only be said that Wan Shihe deserves to be ranked last.
Ge Shouli exhaled and said: "Wan Shangshu, this is the Wenhua Hall, where the solemn and solemn artifacts are. Since the court is sitting in the Wenhua Hall, please call Yuan Fu. You are shouting like this and calling him by his name. It’s not very polite, it’s insulting to politeness.”
These words were all Zhang Juzheng's words to teach Ge Shouli. Now Ge Shouli used these words to hit Wan Shihe on the forehead, calling him by his first name, which was very impolite. Fortunately, Wan Shihe was still the Minister of Rites.
Wan Shihe frowned. Ge Shouli had been talking about the power of the Lord all day long, but it seemed that it was just talk. For such a big matter, Ge Shouli actually stood on Zhang Juzheng's side.
"Changing dynasties, how can it be such a simple thing? Yuan Fu is just the chief minister." Ge Shouli looked at Wan Shihe's surprised and puzzled eyes, but he still said something fair for Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng, a civil servant leader, wanted to overthrow the Ming Dynasty. How could he have such ability? The destiny is very mysterious, but it is not mysterious at all. If the world is not in chaos, how can the destiny be changed at a glance?
Zhang Juzheng really wants to usurp the throne. He wants to enrich the country and strengthen the military. He must carry on the past and open up the future. The many chief ministers and assistants of Ming Dynasty are not human beings. If Zhang Juzheng does nothing, Ming Dynasty will be able to destroy itself. Only then can Zhang Juzheng take advantage of it. opportunity.
The world is in order. The more Zhang Juzheng consolidates the country and the country, the harder it will be for him to usurp the throne.
When Zhu Yijun heard someone scolding the imperial master, he immediately said: "Wan Shihe! I ask you to read more books on weekdays, but you just don't listen! Listen to what you say, I am sitting here properly. After the court meeting, Isn't there one major thing that can only be carried out if I don't give it a go? Which of your eyes can see that the master is shaking the master with his authority? "
"This matter of paying taxes in the Imperial Manor is itself implemented by my decree and the inner court! Don't talk nonsense!"
"I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is a larger collective. The world belongs to the people of the world. I and the inner court are the groups included in the Ming Dynasty and the world. Gong is a relative concept and a larger collective. It’s the public, if you walk on the great road, the world is public, do you understand?”
"You don't understand even if I tell you. You don't understand the system of the country and the definition of public. You don't have to say it. It's not that you don't understand nonsense."
Wan Shihe was confused. He was protecting the interests of your little emperor. Isn't it inappropriate for your little emperor to give you a lecture?
After being scolded a few times, he gradually understood the situation. This tax house was simply the little emperor's idea! Zhang Juzheng stood up to protect the little emperor from the wind and rain!
"I... I am stupid, please forgive me Mr. Yuan Fu." Wan Shihe was sweating on his forehead. How did he know that the emperor and Yuan Fu were playing at such a high level?
Instead, Zhang Juzheng smiled and said: "No problem, horse power can be seen from a distance, and people's hearts can be seen over time. Whether it is transgression or not, Wan Shangshu saw it with his own eyes in the court."
Wan Shihe is stupid, he can't even see the situation clearly.
But other ministers and ministers all know that the emperor's tax payment and the establishment of the tax audit office are just the beginning.
What does the little emperor want to do?
Under the Confucian etiquette system, the supreme emperor pays taxes. If anyone in the world doesn't pay taxes, doesn't that mean that his status is higher than that of the emperor? !
The world belongs to your Lao Zhu family, and the national money also belongs to your Lao Zhu family. In the end, didn’t it end up in your Lao Zhu family’s pockets? Why is your emperor's tax payment not just a pretense?
However, in practice, the Ming Dynasty's national money and internal money have long been cut off, and they are in a state of conflict and balance, begging each other for food. Take Huangzhuang's tax payment of 600 silver in the first month as an example. The 600 silver here must be divided into 180 Two yuan is used as internal money, and the remaining 70% is reserved for national use.
When the emperor pays taxes, it is definitely not an unnecessary step when he takes off his pants and farts. It is the emperor's personal practice of formulating a terrible rule.
"Does Shangshu Wan still have any objections to the tax house matter?" Zhang Juzheng asked Wan Shihe his opinion on the matter.
Wan Shihe was also concerned about Zhang Juzheng's transgression. Since there was no transgression, Wan Shihe thought about it and said, "A gentleman is ashamed of talking about profit, but the country's wealth has suffered a huge loss. I have to say it, so let's do it."
The Ministry of Punishment has doubts about the conflict of authority, the Ministry of Rites has doubts about overstepping its authority, and the Ministry of Husbandry has no doubts, because this is a national tax rather than a private treasury where all funds go into it, so the Ministry of Husbandry naturally has no doubts.
"Your Majesty is amazing." Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang glanced at each other and nodded repeatedly. They realized that the little emperor was really modeled after Zhang Juzheng when he was doing things!
Zhang Juzheng asked Xu Jie to return the fields, which also put Xu Jie in a position where he had to return the fields.
The same is true for the tax laws enacted by His Majesty now. You have to pay first, putting all those who do not pay taxes into a situation of rebellion.
At the end of the Sixth Department of the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Heng also hoped that the little emperor could build more shipyards and weaving factories, so that the Ministry of Industry would have greater power.
As for the official Zhang Han, he would only say: Yuan Fu dealt with it well!
Zhang Juzheng then continued: "In order to clean up the encroachment, Nanya took the first step, so the tax collection office took the first step in the 14th Mansion of Nanya. His Majesty has ordered Nanya to punish thousands of households and Luo Bingliang took full account of the matter. Yu Shuai Nanbing was by his side. Just do it and discuss it."
"If you gentlemen do not object, then this will be done."
Zhang Juzheng wrote the floating invoice and presented it to the emperor. Zhu Yijun sealed it, and the tax collection office was officially established.
"The case of the Lu family in Shaanzhou, Henan Prefecture." Zhang Juzheng began to discuss the serious case of the Lu family taking advantage of the famine to engage in human trafficking.
After going to court, Wan Shihe found Zhang Siwei who was proofreading the Yongle ceremony at Zhan Shi's house, and explained everything about the court, especially the tax stamps.
"Wait a minute, Mr. Wang!" Zhang Siwei suddenly jumped up and hurriedly walked towards the door.
Wan Shihe asked in confusion: "Where is Mr. Zhang going?"
"Go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to get the tax stamp!" Zhang Siwei shouted loudly and hurried away. He walked very quickly and hurriedly. With the great victory in Liaodong, Zhang Siwei did not dare to let Wang Chonggu do any tricks to capture the border police in the northwest. .
The imperial village had already paid taxes, and Zhang Siwei was afraid that he would be late, so Tiqi kicked down his door, asked him for taxes, and punished him for treason. The nine clans followed him to death.
I went out to do errands today, so I was a little late. Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! ! ! !
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