I'm really not the carpenter emperor

This is still the important place in Gyeonggi known as the foot of the Son of Heaven, so one can imagine how other places are.

Chapter 25 Wang Zaijin Enters the Cabinet

at dusk.

The eunuch who came to deliver the tea was stopped by hundreds of Jinyiwei households, and soon, two bowls of brewed Hangzhou Longjing were brought to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao took a sip of the tea and said, "Give Wang Aiqing a bowl too, it should be the same as mine."

Wang Zaijin hurriedly stood up, took the tea from Jin Yiwei, took a sip, put it back on the table, and said: "If the emperor wants to achieve results from the policy of exempting the tax, he must set up a supervisory organization, otherwise, in the current situation, the tax exemption will be exempted for three years. , it’s just empty talk.”

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Isn't the factory guard enough?"

Wang Zaijin shook his head: "Returning to the emperor, in addition to the factory guards, there is still a need to set up a supervisory bureau, select trustworthy people, and put it on the bright side."

Zhu Youxiao nodded. Indeed, at this time, the policies promulgated by the top are basically no longer effective. There are policies on the top and countermeasures on the bottom.

Although the land of Huaibei has been exempted from taxation for three years, the local government still confiscated it. Zhu Youxiao really has no way of knowing, and the only channel is the factory guard.

Zhu Youxiao knew that Wang Zaijin was also from Donglin, but he had his own way of doing things, and all the views he put forward were against the Donglin party members, so he could be used as the top.

Lifting up Wang Zaijin, who was born in Donglin, and suppressing the Donglin party members, this drama, if people think about it, it should be very interesting.

Although the current situation is not very good, there is a solution, which is to spread the land into the mu.

Then again, just a few months after taking the throne, even an ordinary Huaibei land exempted from taxation for three years can't be effective. What's the point of such a large-scale reform as dividing the land into the mu.

There needs to be a premise for spreading a small family into the mu, at least one's intention to go down can be seen immediately and achieve results, otherwise it is equivalent to exposing one's hole cards in advance.

This needs to be done step by step. It is impossible to eat a fat man directly.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao drank the Longjing tea in front of him in one gulp, with a smile on his face, it seemed that he needed to compete with the world's largest profit-making group in Huaibei.

This three-year tax exemption must be truly exempted by the people, otherwise, what the emperor said will not work, so who is he slapping?

In the middle of the night, Zhu Youxiao sent Wang Zaijin back to Qianqing Palace.

The next day, the chief inspector of ceremonies, Bingbi Wang Tiqian, announced that the long-awaited Tianqi Dynasty would be held again, but it was not the early dynasty, but the late dynasty.

At this moment, all the civil servants who heard the news exploded.

I thought that Emperor Tianqi would learn from his grandfather Emperor Shenzong and not go to court for another 30 years, but he didn't expect that he would compromise and go to court so soon.

This is a good signal for civil servants, and Zhu Youxiao knows it.

Does Zhu Youxiao want to go to court?

It's not interesting to watch these people play house, but if you don't explain a lot of things clearly to the court, that's not okay.

Chaohui, occasionally still have to go there once in a while.

Before Zhu Youxiao arrived at the Huangji Hall, he heard "buzzing" discussions in the hall, but just like a later primary school teacher walking into a noisy classroom, once he walked in, he immediately became silent.

Most of them are just the mountain shout of "Long live the emperor" from civil and military officials.

"Your Majesty, I have my duty!" Zhu Youxiao had just sat down, before his ass was fully touched, Yang Lian took a step forward during the military affairs, and said with his head held high: "I want to impeach the Supervisor of Ceremonies—"

"Shut up!" Before he finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao interrupted: "I also have something to say to the ministers, is it your words that are important, or my imperial decree?"

Hearing this, Yang Lian opened his mouth, but did not say anything after all.

Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly and said, "Wang Tiqian, let's declare the decree!"

The person who stood up to proclaim the edict this time surprised all the officials. Wang An, the former supervisor of ceremonies, disappeared, and it was not Wei Zhongxian, who had caused a lot of trouble recently, but Wang Tiqian, who had just returned from Liaodong.

Wang An has been feeling unwell recently and is recuperating at home.

Wang Tiqian took out the imperial decree, took two steps forward and spread it in his hands, and said loudly: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said:

I heard that after the exemption of the Fu, the old Fu of Huaibei will be accepted, and I hate it deeply.From now on, all over the country, people will be born, and they will never be rewarded!

In addition, collusion between government and businessmen, wantonly raising prices, stealing and exempting customs duties, etc. are strictly prohibited, and the local branch offices of Dongchang will strictly investigate. Once discovered, the house will be ransacked and destroyed!

Set up a propaganda supervision department in Jiangnan and other places to investigate collusion between officials and businessmen, and tax evasion by the children of wealthy and powerful families. Xu Xianchun, the governor of Jinyiwei, served as the supervisory ambassador.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Customs Supervision Department was set up, with Tian Ergeng, the governor of Jinyiwei, as the supervisory ambassador.

Restore the method of examination and start the Beijing inspection!

Promoted to Wang Zaijin as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and concurrently led the right minister of the Ministry of Households, a bachelor of Jindong Pavilion, joined the cabinet to assist the government, participated in confidential affairs, and presided over the Beijing inspection.This! "

After the series of decrees were finished, the hall became silent.

But before they could react and protest, Zhu Youxiao glanced at the hall coldly, got up and left directly.

This set of smooth operations made all the officials below dumbfounded.

If they could choose again, they would no longer want Zhu Youxiao, a kid who had just become emperor, to hold a court meeting, and let him go to Nanhaizi and Jingjun to play in the mud.

What kind of thing is this!

Last court, after announcing the decree, they patted their butts and left. The big guys discussed this matter for a long time, and before Wei Zhongxian could operate it, the court meeting was over.

This is nothing, the content of the imperial decree made them unbelievable.

Everyone knows about the collusion between the government and businessmen in private, but now it is directly brought out and written in the imperial decree, and some kind of supervisory department is required to go to Huaibei to investigate. What's more, Jinyiwei actually has to investigate!

Can that find out good results?Even if you didn't do anything, you can still do a lot for Cha Cheng!

More importantly, why did the cabinet pass the previous decree of exemption from taxation, because the channels for people to make money underneath have not been affected.

According to the meaning of this decree, the boundaries of the 13 provinces of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty will never be taxed. This is nothing, lest it still be your royal money.

But what is the supervisory department at the back? Jiangnan and Jinghang have set up it to investigate collusion between officials and businessmen, and Jinyiwei is in charge!

Doesn't this cut off the money for all of us?

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Do not check, I don’t know, I’m scared.

Wang Zaijin went to various places in Gyeonggi to check the government's inventory and granaries, and found that there was almost no grain left in the hands of the people in Gyeonggi at this stage.

The situation in various places should not be much better. If the harvest of the field suddenly drops sharply for a year at this time, it may directly lead to a major famine!

According to the financial revenue and expenditure results for the whole year presented by the Ministry of Household Affairs, Daming's annual income is also negative now. Not only did he not make any money, but he owed a huge amount of foreign debt!

Where is the money owed?

The big head is the military salary and grain salary of the towns on the nine borders. The Liao salary added nine per cent of land tax, but the money was not received. Instead, it gave the gentry, merchants and officials everywhere a chance to earn money, making the people even more miserable.

Zhu Youxiao, who returned to Xinuange, sighed. The imperial court had no money or food, and although he still had some internal money, it was not how to spend it.

At present, the Ming Dynasty urgently needs to increase income and reduce expenditure and distribute income to the mu. As long as these two things are done, the Ming Dynasty will be saved.

You really need to check, if you don't check, you don't know what's going on right now.

The common people have run out of surplus food. In addition to exempting taxes, the existing heavy taxes will also be cancelled, such as the [-]% increase in Liao's salary that is not used for eggs.

Can't get the money, keep it for the New Year?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao said to Wang Tiqian who was standing by: "The imperial edict exempts the national nine-percentage tax that has been levied since the 46th year of Wanli, and on the original basis, the tax will be reduced by three percent per mu of land."

"When the Beijing-Hangzhou Customs Supervision Department is completed, according to the size of the goods and ships, [-]% of the tariff will be levied on each ship, and it will go directly to the internal funds without going through the account treasury."

Chapter 26 Tweets

Seeing Wang Tiqian go to the Supervisor of Rites to draw up an order, Zhu Youxiao sneered.

He could even imagine that after today, the Donglin Party members in the Manchu Dynasty, and even the scholars all over the world, would be so outraged.

The power of public opinion has always been in the hands of literati.

The current state of affairs in the court cannot be changed without asking for a change. If even the emperor is afraid, no one will dare to take this step.

With Wei Zhongxian interfering in the front, Zhu Youxiao's efforts to increase income and reduce expenditure are also quietly proceeding.

The first step is to ask Wang Zaijin to check the capital, because he wants to know the basic situation of grain storage and government inventory in all parts of the world.

Although it is not very detailed, at least it will not fall into the situation of blind eyes.

The second step is the imperial decree and imperial edict issued by Zhu Youxiao in the court hall and back to the warm court today. His position is clear to crack down on collusion between officials and businessmen and tax evasion.

Of course, the civil servants in the court will definitely have to continue to oppose it, and raising the Beijing-Hangzhou tariff will also make businessmen riot, so it is necessary to bring out a capable and loyal official.

This official must be capable, and he must disregard his reputation in order to do practical things. Wei Zhongxian and Liu Qiao are hawks who handle black affairs, and they cannot be put on the bright side.

At this time, Wang Zaijin appeared.

Before Wang Zaijin was summoned to the capital, he supervised the transportation of the Beijing-Hangzhou River in the south of the Yangtze River. Because of strict control, his reputation among scholars was not very good.

However, according to the memorabilia of Zhao Bingzhong, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Daming's fiscal revenue and expenditure for the whole year, just after he supervised the transportation of the Beijing-Hangzhou River, the overall deficit situation has slightly improved.

In the 47 year of Wanli, there were only about 11 Beijing-Hangzhou Canal tariffs throughout the year, and this year's book revenue increased to 6000 taels.

This change is very small, even the amount of imports and exports of most wealthy merchants is not worth it, and it is not worth mentioning the customs revenue of the later Manchu Qing Dynasty, which was often 2000 million.

But from the emperor's point of view, Wang's unilateral income from customs duties has almost tripled in less than a year in the Jindu Canal!

If it is said that Wang had a great influence on the current Jiangnan chaebol after Jin supervised the transportation of tariffs, then he should have resigned a long time ago, and he would never be able to summon him after he ascended the throne.

Wang Zaijin almost tripled the Beijing-Hangzhou tariff revenue. Scholars complained about him, but the chaebols did not make much movement.

Bringing the king into the cabinet in Jin Dynasty can basically change the current situation where Donglin dominates the cabinet.

But this is not enough!

At present, the main role of Wang Zaijin is to join the cabinet as an "eunuch" and do things that make civil servants uncomfortable.

As for making the chaebol feel uncomfortable, Wang Zaijin can hardly do it by himself. This has to be done by Wei Zhongxian, the admiral of the East Factory, and Liu Qiaolai, the commander of Jinyiwei.

The reason why these two were brought up was not only to allow them to check and balance each other, but also to support Zhu Youxiao for things that could not be done in the name of the emperor.

You bear the blame, the emperor of the ages, I will be the one!

Although he ran to Nanhaizi every three days, thanks to the factory guard, Zhu Youxiao still knew the situation in the court very well.

Wei Zhongxian's big case this time caused a lot of noise, and Zhu Youxiao was looking forward to what would happen to Yang Lian, who was often the first to jump out to make him feel uncomfortable, in his hands.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao picked up the Three Kingdoms and really took a look.

He still couldn't understand why this book was regarded as a magic weapon for victory by those Jianlu and couldn't put it down?

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In the last half of the 48th year of Wanli, Zhu Youxiao didn't make any big noises. Apart from looking at the title books and chapters in Xinuange every day, he went to Nanhaizi to ride a horse.

Although it is to hide from the quiet, but can not be idle.

Zhu Youxiao asked Liu Qiao to choose a few Jinyiwei Qianhu with better equestrian skills to accompany him, practiced equestrian skills seriously, and made rapid progress.

In terms of government affairs, Wei Zhongxian is also arresting more and more people.

Although the place of Donglin Academy has not been closed yet, the fans will visit the door almost every day, and then grab the loudest ones and come back.

After Wang Zaijin was promoted to the cabinet, the latter lived up to expectations, and soon put forward the first suggestion in the memorial——changes to the privilege policy for Juren, Xiucai, and Gongsheng scholars.

Since the early Ming Dynasty, after a scholar gained fame, it was equivalent to an upgrade in class, becoming a "superior person" completely different from ordinary people.

Their privileges are reflected in many aspects, but the most important thing is the exemption from corvee and taxation, these two points are too fatal.

Wang Zaijin suggested that in terms of corvee service, scholars of Juren, Xiucai, and Gongsheng students could still be exempted from forced labor and miscellaneous labor, but they would no longer be exempted from military service.

That is to say, there is a possibility that scholars will be recruited as soldiers by the guards.

In terms of taxation, all the tax privileges of tribute students in the two capitals of the country are abolished. The tax-free land for scholars born as scholars is limited to five acres, and the tax-free land for scholars born as Juren is changed to [-] acres.

Scholars who own excess land are required to pay taxes normally, and supervisory departments in each province must be established one after another, not only to monitor the collusion between local officials and businessmen, but also to supervise this matter.

Due to the particularity of this matter, Wang Zaijin suggested that it is best for the supervisory department to be in charge of Jin Yiwei, which belongs to the Zhenfu Department.

For these bold proposals, Zhu Youxiao has all followed suit.

In Liaodong, Xiong Tingbi held great power, and after completely eradicating the Mongolian refugees and Jianzhou surrenders in the Liaoshen area, he ordered that no surrenders be accepted.

At the end of December, Xiong Tingbi's memorial arrived at the capital, the content was that Nurhachi was about to move, and the Houjin troops were gathering, expressing that he would live and die with Liaoyang City.

Zhang Weixian also said that over a month has passed since Zhang Weixian rectified the Beijing camp, and he also said that the plan has been sorted out, and the Yongwei camp will be built in a short time.

After the brave guard battalion is established, there is a need for someone to lead the troops.

Zhang Weixian can't do it. Judging from the attitude he showed when he went to the Beijing camp last time, although he holds the real power in the Beijing camp, he doesn't seem to be very interested in training and fighting.

What's more, this guy is now in his dozens of years old, let him go into battle, I don't know if he can stand the toss.