"Dear ladies in the court, do you still have this memorial?" Emperor Yanping made such a bright move, and the originally lively atmosphere in the court suddenly fell silent.
Probably because they had already learned about the stubborn temper of the king sitting on the throne, no matter how their thoughts were racing, the ministers did not immediately object.
Of course, it may also be because this matter has only affected Yan Guan and Luo Chen himself, who have heard about the incident, so most of the courtiers, who have never been good at making losses, have remained silent.
Seeing Emperor Yanping take the initiative to skip the previous topic, the wise minister stepped forward and talked about other topics, but this topic was not very good either.
"The ministers have this memorial." Han Kezheng, the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who was previously appointed by Emperor Yanping to patrol the sixteen southern states, held the wat in his hands with a serious look and bowed his head as he came out.
When Emperor Yanping saw him, he adjusted his sitting posture slightly and nodded happily: "Han Qing, please speak."
"I have been favored by the emperor and served as the governor of the southern part of the country. Now I have returned to the court to report all the findings of the investigation and inspection to the Holy One. However, there is an important matter that should be mentioned again in court and I hope that the Holy One will make a decision."
Han Kezheng cupped his hands and continued loudly: "There are sixteen states in the south, five of which are close to the sea, including Wuzhou, Hanzhou, Kuozhou, Hezhou, and Luzhou. They all belong to Ninh Binh Prefecture. They pay sea rent of 29,000 yuan to the court every year. More than a thousand taels... This tax was originally supposed to be paid by the five states, but due to historical reasons, it was borne by Wuzhou alone. Although this is a small matter in one place, such small things can be found everywhere in Dachu, so the court should pay it Take it seriously, handle it properly, and do it quickly."
As soon as he finished speaking, the ministers around him couldn't help but whispered to each other and started discussing in low voices.
As he said before, due to various historical reasons, there are not many places where one place alone bears the responsibility of several places for a certain taxation purpose.
Let’s take Wuzhou as an example. After the founding of the former Yan Dynasty, several emperors of the Yan Dynasty successively built waterways and docks on the sea near Ninh Binh Province. The sea rent to be paid during this period was also shared by the five states of Ninh Binh Province.
However, during the reign of Emperor Xuanping of the Chen Dynasty, he made Wuzhou a fiefdom and gave it to Prince An, the youngest son of Concubine Ning.
This decree seemed to be no problem at first, but the problem was that from Yan to Chen, the distribution of fiefdoms was against the rules of the two dynasties. Emperor Chen Xuanping's move broke the imperial order jointly maintained by the emperors of Yan and Chen.
Therefore, in order to resist the opposition of his ministers, Emperor Chen Xuanping took the initiative to add:
For one thing, King An was granted a title, but he did not become a vassal. He only controlled the finance of Wuzhou, and Ning'an Prefecture and the other four states were not under the jurisdiction of King An;
Second, Wuzhou not only had to pay taxes to the court as usual, but also shouldered the sea rent that the five states jointly had to pay.
Not to mention, as soon as Emperor Chen Xuanping's supplementary explanation came out, a lot of opposition was immediately reduced.
In addition, he was still fighting with the previous court over the matter of changing the prince. Therefore, in order to appease the emperor, the ministers at the time pinched their noses and chose to acquiesce.
Of course, the result of allowing the court ministers to reluctantly accept the fiefdom was that Wuzhou's sole responsibility for sea rent was confirmed.
And this hit lasts for four hundred years.
Now, the Chu Dynasty has brought peace to the world. Although the Chen Dynasty has long become a cloud of history, but based on the principle that habits become natural, even if Wuzhou is no longer someone's fiefdom, the responsibility of sea rent alone is still tightly tied to Wuzhou. I can't take it off my head no matter what.
As early as the time of Emperor Chengyuan, people from Wuzhou jointly filed a petition with the general affairs envoy. However, Chengyuan was engaged in foreign wars from beginning to end, either to appease and intimidate the neighboring vassals, or to annex Qi Qi and deal with Ajong, so for For the imperial court at that time, the most important thing was to collect tax revenue into the national treasury, and other matters could be postponed.
In the reign of Emperor Jinghe, because the important issue at that time was women's admission to education, all attention was focused on it, so no one really made a fuss about Wuzhou's taxation in the court.
Until now, at this time, Han Kezheng, he brought it up. (End of chapter)
