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The emperor's face was still full of anger, "How dare you say such a thing?"

As soon as the words were finished, a minister of the Donglin Party stood up, "Your Majesty, this son has disregarded the laws and regulations and refused to pay taxes. He must be dragged to the front of the hall and beaten with random sticks as a punishment."

Another person stood up, "Your Majesty, the Wu Palace must have earned a lot of money from the people, and the taxes are not paid. What is the purpose of this?"

"The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and the servants are so rampant, this King Wu must be a traitor." A person in the crowd muttered softly.

For a while, almost all the ministers became angry and looked at Qian Dayong and Qiao Jiwei coldly.

A powerful official from the Donglin Party stepped forward, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I beg you to kill this son, and then cut off the title of King Wu."

The emperor was also quite upset, "Okay, come..."

"Wait!" Qian Dayong stood up at this moment, "Can the emperor allow the minister to argue with you?"

Several ministers from the Donglin party laughed. At this time, they should protect themselves, how could they go into the water by themselves.Since this silly prince is like this, it's a big deal and saves effort.

"Okay." Emperor Tianqi agreed.

Qiao Jiwei raised his head again, "Your Majesty, I am not the first to say those words in court."

As soon as this remark came out, the court was in an uproar.Everyone's eyes widened, not knowing why Qiao Jiwei said such things.

The emperor was quite confused, "Then who else said that?"

One of Wei Zhongxian's subordinates stood up, "Your Majesty, Lord Zuo, Lord Hui once said this."

"Nonsense!" Hearing this, the Donglin Party members panicked, "How did the two adults ever say such a thing?"

Qiao Jiwei smiled a little coldly, "If you say you haven't said this, you can find out after checking."

Wei Zhongxian sent someone to check the record book, and finally missed the remarks of these people.

The eunuchs showed the books to all the officials in turn, and the officials from all over the country read it, and their anger towards Qiao Jiwei was transferred to the Donglin party members.Originally, the Donglin Party members were fighting against dissidents, and officials from all over the country had long disliked them. This time, they just found an outlet to vent their anger.

An official from Sichuan and Shu came forward and said: "Your Majesty, Donglin people have always disregarded the righteousness of the family and the country. Please, Your Majesty must suppress this evil trend."

"Nonsense..." An official from Donglin hurriedly stood up to defend himself. For a while, the Donglin Party kept stepping forward to defend themselves, and poked Qiao Jiwei secretly from time to time.For a while, the spearhead of public opinion was pointed at him again.

At this critical moment, Qiao Jiwei suddenly made a concession, "Your Majesty, if the grassroots pay their taxes, can they be spared the death penalty?"

Emperor Tianqi nodded, "Of course, how much money do you have to pay?"

Before Qiao Jiwei could answer, a member of the Donglin Party gave him a number, "1 taels of silver."

As soon as this remark came out, those Donglin party members smiled at each other, thinking that they had finally pushed Qiao Jiwei into the pit.And the officials from other places looked at Qiao Jiwei with pity. The Donglin Party's hearts are too dark. All the Wu Palace is doing are small businesses. How can they make so much money.

Qiao Jiwei said without fear, "Okay."

Later, he ordered the servants of Wu Wangfu to get the 1 taels of silver together.It was the jewels sent by Wei Zhongxian that were carried up to the hall.

Qiao Jiwei stood in the hall with dignity, "Your Majesty, since I have paid the tax, others should also pay the tax. I sent people to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to investigate the matter, and brought a few people here."

As soon as the words fell, Huang Yuntian pressed several people to the hall.The faces of several people in the Donglin Party suddenly turned pale.

The few people brought up were gentry from the south of the Yangtze River. Most of these people were inextricably linked with the ruling Donglin party members and controlled the business in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and they were not taxed.

Qiao Jiwei personally introduced, "Your Majesty, these people have not paid a single tax to the imperial court a few years ago. And almost all the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River did not pay or paid less tax." Afterwards, he glanced at several Donglin ministers, "My lords If you are from Jiangnan, there must be something strange."

At this point, the emperor asked those ministers.

At this time, the Donglin people began to talk about the big truth again, talking in a twisted manner, just not paying taxes.

Seeing that the Donglin party members were about to go around again, Qiao Jiwei suddenly said: "Your Majesty, these ministers are in Sangzi, and I heard that they suppressed officials from Ludi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and other places. , but not to occupy a high position.”

A new Jinshi from Donglin jumped out, "What does this have to do with paying taxes, Your Majesty, I beg you to expel this person from the palace."

But more officials jumped out, and they blamed the Donglin Party members for suppressing officials from other provinces for too long, so they all jumped out at this time.At this time, no matter how well the Donglin Party members can speak, it will not help.

The emperor was furious, "Come here, drag a few gentry down and behead them. Zuo Guang, who supported these people, fought against Hui Yingyang, and demoted him to be the governor. People in the south of the Yangtze River should all pay their taxes."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the Donglin Party was speechless. Only then did they realize that it was Wei Zhongxian and Qiao Jiwei who had set up a trap, and they were just waiting for them to sneak in.Qiao Jiwei was originally a lowly person, so why did he have such energy that he could turn the court upside down and dominate the ups and downs.

Qiao Jiwei went on to make up the knife, "Your Majesty, the taxes they owe have been decades at least?"

The emperor said: "In this case, let's make up the tax for the past ten years."

Ten years of tax is not a small sum.

A member of the Donglin Party still wanted to escape, "Your Majesty?"

"I have made up my mind. There is no need to discuss it again."

Afterwards, the emperor did not take advantage of the situation to suppress the Donglin Party, and what he did was nothing more than collecting money from them.But after this incident, the Donglin Party members hated Qiao Jiwei to the core.

Let Jiangsu and Zhejiang pay taxes, and the imperial treasury will naturally be enriched.The rich are in the country, and those inferior people have no conditions to rebel.This can be said to eliminate a major hidden danger.

Afterwards, the whole court returned to calm again.

On this day, Qian Dayong quietly walked to Qiao Jiwei's house and held Qiao Jiwei in his arms, "Ji Wei, I want to..."

Qiao Jiwei let go of Qian Dayong's hand, "But it's daytime."

"I also want it during the day." Qian Dayong was about to throw Qiao Jiwei on the bed to plot against him,

At this moment, an eunuch came to the door, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty invites you and Young Master Qiao to the Imperial Garden to have a talk."

Upon hearing this message, Qian Dayong stopped his movements.

Qiao Jiwei and Qian Dayong were led by the eunuchs to walk in the inner courtyard of the palace, surrounded by lush vegetation and exotic flowers and plants.

The eunuch who was walking in front turned his head and smiled, "The Emperor's Wine is standing on the pavilion over there, it's almost here."

Suddenly there was a scream in front: "The emperor has fallen into the water!"