Domineering Daming

Although the salt tax has been losing money, it still accounts for half of Ming's taxes every year, and it is an iron tax. As long as the court is short of money, the salt tax is always the first to increase.If the salt tax cannot provide the imperial court money, then the land tax is even more impossible. This is really endangering the foundation of the country!

At this time, King Xin's face changed, and he frowned.Even Gu Bingqian, who only thinks about power, stared at him, not to mention people like Sun Chengzong and Yang Lian.

However, this was the first time that the salt tax was sluggish, and they had no choice but to pay it by force, so there were endless discussions, but no one suggested any solution to Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu also didn't expect that this group of grown-ups would include this. He looked at the inspector Yan Yushi expressionlessly, and then glanced at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Om Weng's court quickly quieted down, everyone lowered their heads, and no one dared to look at Zhu Xu.

Suddenly, a censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate stood up and said in a deep voice to Zhu Xu: "The Emperor Qizuo, the minister has impeached the Ministry of Household Affairs, colluded with the top and bottom, embezzled the salt tax, misappropriated the salt farm for personal gain, all the salt farms, the promotion department, The transshipment department colluded with salt merchants to buy and sell salt, driving up the price of salt, the illegal things are not enumerated, please investigate strictly!"

As soon as these words came out, the court hall became even quieter.

Fu Changzong is currently in charge of the household department. On the surface, no name is mentioned, but in fact, it is targeting Fu Changzong.The hidden deep meaning is to give the emperor his power, and snatch the right to speak in the court—the right to decide state affairs!

After a little silence, someone stood up from the matter and said loudly: "The minister seconded the proposal!"

The censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the envoy of the general government, the governor of the governor, and the governor who came to Beijing, seven or eight people in a row stood up, all with the simple three words "subject to the proposal".

Everyone else didn't speak, even Gu Bingqian who was the most observant, Sun Chengzong who was loyal to the country, and Yang Lian, the emperor's teacher.

The scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty all had ambitions, and wanted to empty the emperor and let them manage the housekeeper, so that the emperor could do nothing.

Fu Changzong stood there, hesitating whether to stand up and take part of the responsibility to rescue Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, "This group of people really don't give up, it seems that they have to punch hard."

"Luo Yangxing!"

Zhu Xu suddenly shouted.

The courtiers were startled and looked up at Zhu Xu.

Luo Yangxing strode in from the door, knelt on one knee in front of the hall and said, "The minister is here!"

Zhu Xu looked cold and serious, with a fierce murderous look, and shouted: "Decree, immediately, all Yantian, six transshipment departments and all promotion departments will be seized, and a thousand people will be imprisoned in the yamen immediately! You will enter the household department in person and give it to me. Check it out! No grain of salt is allowed to leave the saltworks until you check it out!"

Luo Yangxing bowed and said in a deep voice, "I obey the order!"

After speaking, he turned and left quickly.

When everyone came back to their senses, Luo Yangxing had already walked out of the hall.

"Your Majesty, absolutely not!" Li Ke stood up and said anxiously to Zhu Xu: "The salt tax is of great importance. If there is a mistake, it will affect the foundation of the country. Please take it back!"

"Please the emperor take back his life!"

"Please the emperor take back his life!"

"Please the emperor take back his life!"

In the main hall, dozens of people stood out within a few breaths.

They couldn't help but worry about it. Salt tax accounted for half of Ming's tax revenue. If there was a slight difference, it would not be able to collect it. Not to mention the salaries of courtiers, it was more related to counter-insurgency in various places, especially in Liaodong, where the borders of the nine borders were stable!

There is no room for carelessness!

Even Zhu Youjian, Yang Lian, and Sun Chengzong also stood up. Although they didn't want Zhu Xu to take back his words, they also wanted Zhu Xu to be cautious inside and out.

Zhu Xu's eyes were stern, and he said decisively: "It is because the salt tax is of great importance, I will never allow anyone to reach out! I will order Luo Yangxing to find out as soon as possible, and it will not affect Xia Yan's appearance. In addition, I will send 300 million taels of money to you. The national treasury is used for the suppression and suppression of bandits. What objections do you have?"

What Zhu Xu said was well-founded, and there were 300 million taels of internal money issued, a big stick and a carrot, which made the courtiers who were used to Zhu Youxiao's handling of government affairs very uncomfortable, and they were stunned, not knowing what to do. Look right.

Gu Bingqian was also quite surprised, but he reacted quickly, stood up and bowed and shouted: "Your Majesty is wise, long live my emperor!"

Gu Bingqian reacted quickly, and Yang Lian was not slow either. He also stood up and said loudly, "Your Majesty is wise, long live my emperor!"

As soon as these two people stood up, the party members who came to understand stood up one after another and shouted: "The emperor is holy, long live my emperor!"

"The emperor is holy, long live my emperor!"

The sound shook the sky, like thunder, no less than when Zhu Xu came in.

Zhu Xu sat there, heaving a sigh of relief.Finally, these adults were brought down.

He was not the only one who breathed a sigh of relief, Cao Huachun beside him, Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu, Sun Chengzong and others in the hall were all.

Cao Huachun glanced at Zhu Xu, took a step forward, and said loudly: "Everything will be played, and nothing will leave the court!"

The courtiers woke up from the unaccustomed shock, Yang Lian murmured, and said, "Your Majesty, the cabinet, the addition of the six ministers, dare I ask how to deal with it?"

Sun Chengzong listened to the unconscious honorifics in Yang Lian's voice, and looked up at Zhu Xu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, with joy and anticipation in his brows.

Zhu Xu remained motionless, looked at Zhu Youjian below, and said, "King Xin, who do you choose?"

Everyone frowned when the emperor asked King Xin for the second time.

Zhu Youjian didn't feel anything wrong, so he stood up and said: "Cabinet ministers dare not speak too much. I recommend Ni Wenhuan, the censor of Qiandu, as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Wang Shaohui, the censor of Nanjing, as Minister of Dali Temple."

"Prelude!"

Before the ministers could speak, Zhu Xu stood up and said loudly.At the same time, he secretly laughed in his heart, this Brother Wuhuang is actually smart, and he didn't mention the Minister of the Household Department at all.

Zhu Xu was very satisfied with the increasingly heavy shield, and continued to increase the weight: "In the future, before the court meeting, the king of Xin and the first assistant will call all the courtiers to sort out the matters to be discussed, and present each item, one by one. One piece of advice, don't be like today, noisy like a vegetable market, without the demeanor of a court official! Retire from the court!"

Chapter 195 The Emperor's Smugness

Zhu Xu left, leaving behind a group of ministers who were extremely uncomfortable.

They are used to Zhu Youxiao's way of going to court. As long as they gather together, they will always have a way to force Zhu Youxiao to make concessions and act according to their wishes.Moreover, Zhu Youxiao had always been indecisive and lacking in assertiveness. They had a lot of room to maneuver, which was completely different from the crisp and quick manner of the new emperor Zhu Xu.

Although the adults still couldn't make the turn, they had retreated after all, so they could only get together in twos and threes and slowly squeeze out of the hall.

The adults in the palace are very uncomfortable, and the outside of the palace is not peaceful.

The high-spirited Lord Wang Jinyun of the Shandong Transshipment Department is hiding in the inn at the moment and dare not go out for a step.

"My lord, my lord..."

Outside the door, Li Changyong, the lifting officer in Haibei, knocked anxiously in a low voice.

Wang Jinyun hastily opened it, and before he could open his mouth, Li Changyong rushed in, quickly closed the door, and said with a look of horror, "Master Wang, what news do you have? Now there are Jinyi guards everywhere outside, arresting people from our salt class everywhere."

Wang Jinyun's complexion changed, his eyes became more frightened, and he said anxiously with a frightened look: "Where can the news come out now, Mr. Li, tell me, what should we do, the court is serious this time, and they want to punish us Let's do it!"

The incident happened too suddenly, nearly all Jin Yiwei were dispatched, and no one could resist with the imperial decree. Li Changyong frowned, his face changed for a while, and he gritted his teeth and said in a hateful voice: "Wait a minute, we haven't come down yet. Inquire about it first, then operate it, and go out of the city first before making a fuss."

Wang Jinyun was overjoyed when he heard the words, and quickly said: "Okay, that's it, that's it, let's go out of the city first."