The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Huagai Hall,

The fragrance is flowing everywhere. This is the spice that Xiao Jing got from his internal funds. The smell is refreshing and refreshing.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyes.

Mou Bin strode in boasting, "The new emperor has just issued an imperial edict to rectify the land of Shanxi merchants and draw up a new tax item."

Xiao Jing hurriedly came down to greet him and presented him with a memorial.

"Where to go?"

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi read every word in the memorial, which was Zhu Houzhao's decree to the world.

For every additional 500 acres, the tax will be increased by 10%, excluding those rented to tenants.

Most of the gentry's fields exceeded 500 acres.

This forced the gentry to rent their fields to tenants.

Moreover, only a new title was added to the Yingzong Dynasty's laws and regulations.

When Mu Bin saw that the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi had finished reading it, he hurriedly said: "Post it on the palace wall. The states and counties in Northern Zhili and Shanxi also went to the imperial edict specially."

As the leader of the Jin Yiwei, Mou Bin knows more than ordinary officials.

Northern Zhili, Shaanxi and Baoding Prefecture were all the territories of Shanxi merchants.

Shanxi merchants mainly focused on enclosing land.

This edict was aimed at Shanxi merchants. Mou Bin couldn't help but add: "Yan Chengjin seems to have sent someone to Shanxi to find out who wants to sell their land."

"..." The Supreme Emperor.

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, this guy sent people to buy the fields.

If he said it didn't matter, he wouldn't believe it.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi looked back and forth three times, his eyes lost in thought. In recent years, good merchants have been more beneficial to the court than Shanxi merchants.

Anyway, it is not in the hands of the court.

Choosing one of the two, he chose the good businessman.

"Tell Yan Chengjin that he issued this decree without informing me, and I will punish him severely."

"The Great Emperor, this?"

"However, since he is also thinking about the imperial court, let him offset his fault and write off all the money he owes to the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce."

"..." Mou Bin.

I thought that the Supreme Emperor wanted to blame Yan Chengjin, but I didn't expect that he wanted to have sex for nothing.

Yes, the imperial court still owes the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce more than one million taels of silver.

"Jin Yiwei will send someone to Shanxi to have a look."

At this time, Li Dongyang and others walked in quite solemnly, "The Supreme Emperor, the new Emperor..."

"No need to say more, I know it, let's wait and see the consequences."

Li Dongyang and others were stunned for a moment, then swallowed back what they wanted to say.

After walking out of Fengtian Hall, Mou Bin was thinking about how to tell Yan Chengjin that the Supreme Emperor had embezzled one million taels of silver from him.

But considering Yan Chengjin's shrewd temperament, any concealment would be disrespectful of his intelligence.

"My dear nephew, the Emperor said that the money from the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce has been settled."

"Well, that's natural."

Yan Chengjin was in a good mood. How could the Emperor not see that he wanted to undermine Shanxi merchants?

Shanxi merchants harvested the people's money through high land rent and usury.

The issuance of this imperial edict will cause Shanxi merchants to lose a stable income. Without money, Shanxi merchants who need to do business remotely must carefully consider it.

As for the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce, it started from Liangxiang, and the area of ​​Liangxiang that is as big as a palm has long since run out of land.

It’s time to buy land.

…

Shanxi,

When the Shanxi merchants saw the decree, they secretly cursed Zhu Houzhao as a coward, but they did not dare to go to the capital to complain.

Wechat merchants were all governed submissively by the imperial court, not to mention that they were right next to the imperial city.

Being accused of treason is no joke, and Zhu Houzhao is not a reasonable person.

"Go, quickly find the tenant."

If the gentry who own thousands of hectares of fertile land pay taxes according to the new law, they will lose money from farming!

Just paying taxes can kill people.

They will never sell land.

Therefore, some Shanxi merchants have been looking for tenants to rent their fields. As long as the tenants are willing to rent their fields, they do not have to pay excess taxes, and the fields can be saved.

For a time, the tenants were regarded as treasures, and the gentry lowered the rent one after another, fearing that the tenants would not rent.

Some people who are in urgent need of money for business do not think it is more cost-effective to sell land, so they simply sell the bad land.

…

Forbidden City,

Although there are balconies and pavilions in the palace, Emperor Hongzhi likes to stand on the steps of Fengtian Palace with his hands behind his back.

Zhu Houzhao's imperial edict was approved, but he still felt a little uneasy in his heart.

If there is no good businessman to replace him, he would not dare to do this.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have received notices from Shanxi. The gentry are looking for tenants to rent, and they have lowered the amount of silver per acre. Some of them have been reduced to eight cents per acre."

Mou Bin spoke slowly and clearly saw the Emperor's body tremble.

All the food grown on an acre of land is sold for probably one tael of silver.

It only charges eight points of grain silver, which is very low.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi was overjoyed, but his voice was very calm and low, "Go, call all the ministers."

Emperor Yingzong wanted to suppress land rent, but failed to achieve it.

And he did it!

In the future, when I go to the underworld and see Emperor Gao, I dare to pat my chest and say that he has done his duty well.

After a while, the princes came to Fengtian Hall.

In the briefing of Shanxi Chief Envoy, I got the news that Shanxi merchants had reduced their rent, and guessed that Emperor Hongzhi called them here out of showoff.

Before the Supreme Emperor Hongzhi could speak.

"The Supreme Emperor Shengming!"

"The Supreme Emperor Shengming!"

Yan Chengjin turned his face slightly and saw Zhu Houzhao's face was like a frosted eggplant, with an expression like his dead father.

He also shouted: "The Supreme Emperor Shengming!"

Zhu Houzhao's face turned red and he stared at Yan Chengjin.

The Supreme Emperor Hongzhi looked happy. The emperor always likes to hear the praises of his ministers.

And since the matter was done, it was not flattery.

"The decree was written by my son, and it was sent to Shanxi by my son, but why do you masters praise my father?" Zhu Houzhao blinked and asked seriously.

The atmosphere in the hall was a little awkward.

The gentlemen did not want to praise Zhu Houzhao, because if they did, they would be so proud that they would cause trouble.

But this was indeed not the credit of the emperor...

"I gave birth to you and gave you the country. Isn't the credit enough?"

Before Zhu Houzhao could say anything, the eunuch came in and reported: "The emperor, the minister of the Honglu Temple has arrived in the capital."

The joy on the faces of the emperor and the gentlemen gradually faded, and in the blink of an eye, it became solemn.

At the beginning, Hong Yuan was sent to Tang and Song to discuss the ironware trade for spices.

I don't know if the tribute of spices can be negotiated.

Half an hour later, all the officials lined up in the court.

Hong Yuan, the minister of the Honglu Temple, led a group of more than ten officials and stood in the center of the hall. The eyes of the gentlemen all fell on him.

"I, Hong Yuan, have fulfilled my mission. Tang and Song are willing to trade iron tools with our dynasty."

Instantly, the retired emperor Hongzhi looked very happy.

The gentlemen also laughed with joy.

But soon, they could not laugh anymore.

"It's just that when I went to Tang and Song this time, I found out that there is a spy hiding in the court."

The atmosphere seemed to freeze, and the laughter in the hall stopped abruptly.

The retired emperor Hongzhi's smile gradually shrank, and his face turned serious.

The gentlemen's hearts skipped a beat, and they were also caught off guard.

Yan Chengjin frowned slightly.

He did not write a letter to Tang and Song, and Concubine Liu Shu did not know that Tang and Song were established by him. There was only one possibility!

Thinking of this, he could not help but cast his eyes on Zhu Houzhao.

Where to send the secret letter, who to send it to, and what the contact code was, this guy didn't know anything.

He actually dared to secretly write a letter to Wang Shouren.

He is really a suicidal emperor...

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