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Chapter 65 Liu Mao
In the square in front of Fengtianmen, apart from the rustling of flags in the cold wind, only Hu Guang's voice echoed: "Soldiers are not paid, cannot support their families when entering, cannot support their families when retreating, have no clothes to cover their bodies, suffer from hunger and cold... "

Speaking of this, a sneer appeared on Hu Guang's face and he said: "Look at you, how much better you are dressed than the frontier soldiers, and you have only stood for a while, and I have seen some people can't stand!"

When he said this, thousands of officials immediately stood up straight without daring to make any small moves.

"Using oneself to judge others, why do you ask my soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to fight the enemy bravely and keep the enemy out?" Hu Guang was so excited that he stopped sitting, stood up and pointed to the distance, "Do you see now, the enemy has already attacked?" In the land of Gyeonggi, we have hit the capital! Have you seen the danger of the imperial court being unable to pay the military salary?"

The civil and military officials below were a little surprised when they heard this, and they all looked up at the emperor.The only difference is that the military generals on the right were a little excited amidst the surprise, while the civil servants on the left were more surprised than surprised.

Hu Guang paused, glanced at all the officials below and below, and then said in a calm tone: "The imperial court has no money, how can the thousands of refugees in the capital help the disaster? If someone is still unclear, go out and have a look after the imperial meeting. Not only They, now that the Ming Dynasty is suffering from drought and floods, and the basic water conservancy has not been repaired for many years, such a piece needs money, understand, the court needs money!"

He almost yelled out the last sentence, and then regained control of his emotions and said: "If you feel that this is not your business, or that it has nothing to do with yourself, then I will ask you, do you think your salary is enough? The salaries of civil servants come from the Ministry of Households, and the royal relatives of nobles come from the empresses. But neither the Ministry of Accounts nor the empresses have any money, so it’s not that they don’t want to give you enough salaries, understand?”

When he said this, all civil and military officials couldn't bear it anymore, and knelt down one after another.

"Also, because the imperial court has no money..."

After talking for a long time, Hu Guang didn't want to say any more, let them be flat, and then issued an order: "How to increase the revenue of the national treasury, if you have ideas, please do it!"

After speaking, he sat back.

However, the square was quiet and there was no movement, as if there were only a thousand clay bodhisattvas standing in the square.

When Hu Guang saw it, his heart was a little cold.I have said so much, and I explained the purpose of today's court meeting in advance yesterday, but there is no one to offer advice and suggestions?
This emperor is really not easy to be!Hu Guang thought about it, so he had no choice but to say again: "Bi Qing, you are the Minister of the Household Department of the Ming Dynasty, do you have any ideas?"

Bi Ziyan came out and had no choice but to play: "Your Majesty, I think it's nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. Today, I think about the method of opening the festival. It's hard to say. The proponents may want to open mines, but the loss is not worth the gain, and they still cause chaos; Increase the tax, but the tariff has been increased, which will only hinder business travel. As for the door-to-door stalls, it is a strict and meticulous policy. We weigh the son and the mother, and there are few people who are honest. For today's plan, we hope that the accumulation of less will make more and more people. It's easy to do, and there is no more than one more strategy."

The implication of his words is that after all, there is still only one way to add Pai, and the others are not good.Hu Guang frowned upon hearing this, but did not speak.

"That's why I thought that for today's convenience, we should add Liao's salary, which can be shared in the field tax, customs duties, salt tax and miscellaneous items. The field tax has been increased from 660% to 520% and 740%, and more than 290 yuan has been distributed. Two, in addition to exempting from wars and deserts, more than [-] million taels of silver can be levied, plus customs duties, salt taxes and miscellaneous items, it is estimated that [-] taels of silver can be levied."

When he said this, he obviously thought about it beforehand, and that's why he came to such a conclusion.

But before Hu Guang could express his opinion, only one person coughed and came out to play: "Your Majesty, I have no objection to this, but if this additional faction is counted in terms of acres of fields, the people may not be able to survive!"

Hu Guang looked at it, but it was Liu Mao who was given by the military department.Seeing this, he suddenly remembered, wasn't he responsible for the abolition of the station!

Some people in later generations, even the famous Liang Qichao, have such a view, explaining that the reason why the dynasty perished was because the abolition of post stations forced Li Zicheng to rebel.Hu Guang could only laugh at this, he was really naive!

But at this time, since he remembered the matter of abolishing the post station, he asked: "Liu Qing, the matter of your abolishing the post station is also a throttling, how is it now?"

Hearing this, Liu Mao's face was a little ugly, and he hesitated to speak.But thinking of the emperor's words just now, he resolutely played: "It is very difficult to abolish it! If you can't take care of Lijia, you will complain; if you can't ask for a long case, you will complain; the yamen can't bear to occupy it. Horses, they complain; state and county officials are not allowed to break their husbands and horses privately, they complain; Taoist government offices are not allowed to misuse, they complain; Those who complain are alone in the ears of farmers!".

He used the word "complaint" six times in a row to say that it was not easy, and Hu Guang couldn't help but be moved when he heard it.After he frowned, he immediately ordered: "For the abolition of the post station, Liu Qing will write a specific memorial and come up. If there is any difficulty, I will solve it for you!"

The plan to abolish the post station was too straightforward, so Hu Guang decided to discuss it further to see how to reduce the resistance to reform, and even turn waste into treasure, and build the post station into an institution similar to the postal service of later generations.

As soon as Liu Mao heard this, two lines of old tears immediately flowed down, he knelt down on the ground, choked up and replied: "I obey!"

Since the inn was abolished, as he said, it has almost made him a loner like an emperor. Because of the relationship between interests, everyone stayed away from him, making him very helpless and depressed.It also made him always worried that someone would slander and make the emperor change his mind, then he would really be a human being inside and out.

I didn't expect the emperor to express his position in Jinkou at the Dachao meeting. It can be seen that the emperor's determination has not changed, and he still values ​​him very much. This kindness of knowledge and encounter moved him to tears immediately.

If it was in the original history, it would have been as he had feared, and he would have ended up with two bad people, and finally resigned from office in depression for three years in Chongzhen, and died of illness before arriving in his hometown in Shaanxi.His family couldn't hire a single person to carry the chariot, so he kept it in the hotel and couldn't be buried in the village for many years.

"Ding, achievement value +3, from Liu Mao in the military department!"

Hu Guang no longer has the motivation to look at the achievement value in the chat group, it is really that the achievement value is not enough to fill his teeth.However, he was satisfied with Liu Mao's admiration for him. Thinking of what he said just now, he asked, "What do you mean when you say that you will send more people based on the number of acres of land?"

"Your Majesty, the people in the north are vast and sparsely populated. Although the number of acres per household is large, the yield per mu is very small. If the distribution is increased according to the number of acres, the burden of each household will be several times that of the south. Now that there is a lot of drought in the north, increase the distribution Under the circumstances, the number of civil upheavals will increase dramatically!" Liu Mao said loudly.

When Hu Guang heard it, what he said made sense, and when he was about to say something, he heard several coughing sounds suddenly, and several people came out in unison.

(End of this chapter)