The rise of the poor

Chapter 713 The villain Xu Jie
This is a game of political wisdom.

Yan Song was the chief assistant in his sixties, and it has been more than ten years now. Although he is old, he is getting hotter with age.Since beating Xu Jie, in the past six months, Xu Jie has become more and more obedient, especially since entering the cabinet, Xu Jie has never argued with him, and everything is based on his own words, which makes the cabinet his own. Jie was rude to test, but Xu Jie was not angry, and also married his niece from his clan to Donglou as a concubine, which made Yan Song more and more relieved, and all the beatings and movements aimed at Xu Jie stopped. .

But even so, Yan Song was still a little wary of Xu Jie in his heart.

the reason is simple.

Xia Yan is Xu Jie's teacher, the two are both teachers and friends, and they have a close relationship, and Xia Yan even recommended Xu Jie.

And Xia Yan was killed by himself and Lu Bing in a joint fight.

Therefore, following the opportunity of the Jiajing Emperor's meeting, Yan Song tested Xu Jie again to see Xu Jie's reaction.

Xu Jie was as obedient as ever, and his answer was in line with him, which made Yan Song very satisfied, and he let down his guard against Xu Jie again.

What Xu Jie said made sense. The national treasury was empty. No one had more say than the Ministry of Households as to why the treasury was empty.

Including on the dragon chair, Emperor Jiajing, who closed his eyes to meditate, also opened his eyes, and his eyes fell on Sun Yingkui.

Faced with Xu Jie's question, Sun Yingkui, who was in the center of his line of sight, was not surprised at all. He calmly and calmly took a step forward to Emperor Jiajing on the dragon chair and the three elders in the hall, and then he took it out of his sleeve and listed The good Taicang income and expenditure items are described with reason and evidence: "Report to the Holy Majesty, and all the ministers, since I entered the capital, the total annual income of Taicang is more than five million taels after tax, tax and surplus salt. In addition to silver, there are more than 280 million taels of miscellaneous taxes levied in other places, of which more than 2405 million taels of silver are collected in Taicang this year. In terms of expenditure, in addition to the annual [-] million taels of the Plurilaterals, there is an increase of more than [-] million taels. The economy needs to use more than [-] million taels. Because the border situation is particularly bad, and the expenses of the various borders need to increase to more than [-] million taels, the Taicang is empty, which is the truth."

After Sun Yingkui finished speaking, there was a burst of discussion in the hall. Obviously, the real situation in Taicang was worse than everyone expected.

"It costs so much"

"The balance of payments deficit is so big."

"Taicang's income this year is only more than two million taels, so it's not enough to make ends meet."

Zhu Pingan knew about Daming's tax situation in modern times, but he was even more shocked when he heard more accurate information from Sun Yingkui.

Of course, what Sun Yingkui was talking about was the Taicang Bank, which was used to store silver, and there was another granary for the expropriated grain.

Emperor Jiajing on the dragon chair couldn't help frowning after hearing Sun Yingkui's report. The cost of Taicang was so huge, which made the already suspicious Emperor Jiajing even more suspicious. He suspected that there was an infringement and counterfeiting. He didn't speak, and he, who is good at maneuvering, just narrowed his eyes slightly and scanned the crowd.

"Taicang is my money bag in Ming Dynasty, and the household department is the steward of the money bag. Now that the money bag is deflated, does Sun Shangshu have a good plan?" Yan Song glanced at Sun Yingkui after sweeping his eyes, and asked slowly.

"The lower officials suggest additional tax collection. Judging from the taxation situation in various places in the past, the northern provinces, Guangxi, and Guizhou are fine. The land in these places does not produce much food, and other places can increase the tax collection according to the rich and poor of the land, especially in the Jiangnan area. As the proverb goes, "Taihu is cooked, the world is full." These major grain-producing areas can be apportioned more. According to the preliminary estimate of the officials, this way, the extra silver can be more than 150 million taels every year." Sun Yingkui clasped his hands and replied.

Tax increase?

Zhu Ping'an frowned when he heard the words, and the influence on Sun Yingkui suddenly became bad.

Jiangnan is being ravaged by Japanese pirates, you need to pay more taxes!
Originally, there were many Ming people among the Japanese pirates. If we raise taxes on Jiangnan, wouldn’t it force some peasants who can’t survive to take risks and join the ranks of Japanese pirates!

Isn't this the government forcing the people to rebel?

Don't you think the Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River are not chaotic enough? If you raise taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, don't you add fuel to the Japanese love in the south of the Yangtze River?

Penny wise and pound-foolish!

This is Zhu Pingan's view on Sun Yingkui's suggestion. It seems that everyone's eyes are sharp. Although Sun Yingkui's talent has not diminished in the past, the original high morals and integrity have long since disappeared.

"Sun Shangshu's words, I'm sorry that the officials don't agree." At this time, a censor stood up and said impassionedly.

Seeing the shortcomings of Sun Yingkui's suggestion and daring to stand up, Zhu Pingan gave him a thumbs up in his heart.

However, in the next second, Zhu Ping'an became confused, and the corners of his mouth trembled a little.

"As the saying goes, don't worry about scarcity but inequality. The northern provinces, Guangxi, and Guizhou don't levy more taxes, but the south of the Yangtze River distributes taxes as much as Taihu Lake. How fair is this? The world will not criticize our actions. In this way, If it’s not shared equally, all the prefectures in the world will be equally taxed.” The censor who stood up continued.

"Hehe, if I remember correctly, Guo Yushi's family is from Taihu Lake in Wudi, Jiangnan. Guo Yushi said I was unfair. I think Guo Yushi's statement of equal sharing is false, and the tax reduction for his hometown is true. "

Sun Yingkui smiled slightly, defending himself while mocking Guo Yushi.

"You, bloody mouth." Guo Yushi blushed.

Then the officials who had good relations with both parties also stood up and spoke for them. For a while, everyone at the court meeting held their own opinions and started arguing.

Hey.
After listening to the meeting, Zhu Pingan was speechless about the imperial court's teasing. The officials teased the more modern Internet celebrities and then lost their minds and became distracted.

Zhu Ping'an was a non-staff observer of Ting Yi, and his position was very far away. If he was distracted, if he didn't pay special attention, he wouldn't be able to find it at all.

About 2 minutes later, Zhu Ping's distracted eyes fell on a pillar of the main hall not far away, and found a line of inscriptions on it. It has been a long time, and if you don't look carefully, you still can't find it.

Zhu Pingan's eyes were much better than ordinary people's. He squinted his eyes slightly, and then he saw clearly the inscription on the pillar: "Xu Jie, villain, never use it."

Zhu Ping'an suddenly became energetic.

The font of this line is very similar to the font on the note that Emperor Jiajing passed to him at the beginning, a little bit green, but basically the same. Obviously, the engraving on this pillar is the handwriting of Emperor Jiajing when he was young.

The fonts are connected and fluctuate violently.

From the font, it seems that you can see the scene when Emperor Jiajing was furious and writing these eight characters.

(End of this chapter)