Every Red Mansion dungeon must play the ending of Long Aotian

Miaoyu originally thought that these were the only problems she had to face, but within a few days, she realized that she was too naive.

The ministers from Jiangnan took the lead to impeach her.

In a few days, the impeachment papers filled the imperial study, and the emperor had to clear out a room in the Qinzheng Palace to store these papers. The Supreme Emperor was furious and asked the emperor to confine Miaoyu.

The emperor was not stupid after all, he ordered to hold a court meeting in the Jinluan Hall, let Miaoyu go to the hall to defend himself, and let the prince listen to the government.Upon receiving the news, the Supreme Emperor said that he would also attend this court meeting.

On the day of the Great Court Meeting, the Supreme Emperor sat alone on the dragon chair, and another one was set up under the east end of the dragon chair, and the emperor sat on it.There is another one on the steps below the dragon chair in the east, which is the position of the prince.Opposite the prince, there is also a vermilion armchair on the west first step, which is the seat of Miaoyu.

On the day of the court meeting, Miaoyu and the prince's officials first followed the emperor to pay homage to the Supreme Emperor, then to the emperor, then to the prince, and then to accept the worship of all officials.

After that, it's impeachment time.

This said, when the sea ban was lifted, the people stopped farming.

That said, the common people are chasing profit, and the court has insufficient food reserves... and so on and so on.

In short, kneeling on the hall one by one.Soon, people kneeled all over the Golden Luan Hall.

He heard the prince looking at Miaoyu frequently, but Miaoyu was still sitting upright like a mountain.

Finally, the Supreme Emperor said coldly to the emperor: "Emperor, what else do you have to say?"

The emperor apologized and said with a smile: "Father, didn't you agree to let Duanhui go to the hall to defend herself? Duanhui hasn't spoken yet."

The Supreme Emperor snorted coldly, and the emperor said to Miaoyu, "Duanhui, tell me."

Miaoyu said: "Report to my father, Huang Yushi said that after the sea ban was lifted, the people in the south of the Yangtze River would stop farming. This matter is pure nonsense."

The Supreme Emperor was furious: "Bastard!"

Miaoyu said: "Grandfather, my granddaughter's remarks are not without purpose. My granddaughter has heard a lot about the fact that the cheapness of the valley hurts the farmers when she was in the south of the Yangtze River. The emperor's grandfather has ruled the world for many years, so he must be more aware than his granddaughter."

"Humph!"

"The land in the south of the Yangtze River is fertile, the climate is pleasant, and the products are abundant. One mu of land can harvest more than [-] catties of millet. In some places, as long as you take good care of it, the yield can even reach [-] catties. In addition, the south of the Yangtze River is humid and rainy, and millet is easy to germinate. , making storage and transportation extremely inconvenient. Therefore, since ancient times, Jiangnan has had two fears about grains, one is that the price of the grain will hurt the farmers, and the other is that the fire will consume it. Huang Yushi, is this palace right?"

What's wrong?

Anyone who has been an official knows this.Although the original purpose of collecting fire consumption was for William to make up for the loss of official silver melting and casting, but now, even the shortage of food in the treasury is due to this.At the beginning, Huoxue only charged [-]%, but now, Jiangnan and other places have received [-]%, and some places even [-]%!

This is also a semi-open secret in the officialdom, as long as one checks the account books of the accounting department, it will be clear.

"Because the low price of grain hurts farmers, and in order to avoid excessive fire consumption, most people in the south of the Yangtze River are willing to plant mulberry and raise silkworms in exchange for money. The abundance of rain in the south of the Yangtze River ensures the quality of raw silk, and the existence of the Weaving Mansion in the south of the Yangtze River ensures the quality of raw silk. The quality of silk. Not to mention tea, porcelain, etc., which look normal in China, but can be sent overseas, with six times the profit. The imperial court banned the sea, and these things were immediately rare and expensive overseas, and the profits doubled Of course, it is hard for the common people to prosper. The real commoners can’t earn much money from this, and at best they can make ends meet. Not owing the imperial court’s population tax is great prosperity. The real moneymakers are the merchant giants, as well as the local officials. gentry."

The prince was dumbfounded: "Local officials?"

"Yes, Your Royal Highness." Miaoyu explained in a good-tempered manner, "The common people need clothes and food, but what the officials and gentry need is money for entertainment. The needs of the two are completely different. Moreover, the officials and gentry do not pay for food. , That is to say, they are exempted from land tax to per capita tax. This is why many common people bring their wealth and invest in high-ranking and wealthy families.”

"That is to say, Jiangnan can't collect taxes in the first place?"

"Compared with the cultivated land and population in the south of the Yangtze River, yes. A large amount of land in the south of the Yangtze River is concentrated in the hands of the powerful officials and gentry, and the imperial court can't collect taxes. As for why the taxes are so low, it's just that some people played a little trick and put some of them The money is just hidden."

Miaoyu took out a chapter from her sleeve, looked at it, and said: "This is a copy from Min Langzhong of the Ministry of Accounting. Min Langzhong has worked in the Jiangnan Department of the Ministry of Accounting for 16 years. This is the fish scale book of the Ministry of Accounting. The catalog of land changes in the south of the Yangtze River. Please look at it with your grandfather and father."

Immediately, a eunuch presented this excerpt to the Supreme Emperor.

"In addition, this is the statistics of changes in market prices of raw silk and other commodities in the past few years since the opening of the sea. In addition, last year, the number of Jiangnan cloth smuggled overseas was 252, which was twice the amount turned over to the national treasury; 1784 catties of tea were turned over to the national treasury. three times."

"I'm talking nonsense!"

The ministers below all jumped up.

Even the young prince could see it, and they panicked.

Miaoyu smiled lightly, took out something and held it in her hand, and said, "Do you know what this is?"

Everyone saw that it was a square seal, only the size of a palm, but no one thought that it was Miaoyu's private seal.

"This is the Jinghai King Seal, commonly known as the King Hui Seal, which stretches across the world. At the same time, I also have all the accounts of the Central Plains and overseas trade in the past 19 years." People. The imperial court bans the sea, and there are always people who use their power to smuggle. They don’t have to pay taxes, and finally get ten times the profit. The imperial court opens the sea. Although the treasury is abundant, the profit has dropped to six times. Because the palace allows some People have paid the taxes that should be paid in a disguised form, so you can't tolerate me, just like this King Jinghai. Right? Do you really think that people don't know that you set a trap behind your back to kill him? ?”

If it wasn't for knowing that if things went on like this, the imperial court would eventually be dragged down by the bad tax system, and this King Jinghai would not choose to accept the recruitment.

However, with no choice, the other party had no choice but to accept the blackmail of Jiangnan officials and gentry. Now that they had Miaoyu's olive branch, not to mention the king's seal, they even sent it over without hesitation.

King Jinghai was able to proclaim himself King Hui of the Great Song Dynasty not because of this king seal, but because of himself.

Then Miaoyu knelt down to the Supreme Emperor and the emperor and said: "Report to the emperor's grandfather, and to report to the father, this is Duanhui's ocean strategy, using the abundant gold and silver mines in the East to supplement the lack of fire consumption, and using the abundant gold and silver mines in Lu Song The malachite is used to cast copper coins to stabilize domestic prices. Please look at the emperor's grandfather and father."

The Supreme Emperor angrily said: "These bastards!"

At this moment, what is he still unclear about?These ministers played him again.

Miaoyu said: "Grandfather, it's not that these ministers are not loyal enough, nor are they incompetent, they are just too successful. Guochao tried every means to restrict the imperial power, but they used money to form an alliance of interests. There is a reality of power, even more than that."

That's why they can't tolerate her.Because she is strengthening the imperial power.