Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 171

In the previous life, Zhu Qiyu had never used the method of discounting salary with pepper and sumu because his position was not stable at that time and he needed to win over the hearts of his ministers.

But this life is different, he resisted the enemy outside the Zijing Pass, and those who fought fled in a hurry, although this achievement cannot be said to be his own.

But in the end, Yiying's border defense plan was planned and implemented under his promotion.

Regarding this point, the courtiers, at least in the hearts of officials above the third rank, are well aware of it.

In this battle, Zhu Qiyu fully demonstrated the image of a monarch who can listen to advice, be good at making decisions, and can make correct decisions at critical moments.

This is very different from the situation in the previous life where everyone relied heavily on Qian to plan and make decisions.

Specifically, it is in the hearts of the courtiers and even the people of the world.

It was really him, the Son of Heaven, who led the entire Ming Dynasty out of the crisis.

In other words, the direction of the entire war was completed under his command, not like in the previous life, where he was just a role of ruling and giving full support to the ministers below.

As for Yu Qian, since there was no so-called defense of the capital, he who was in charge of the defense of the capital naturally did not have the power to save the sky like in his previous life.

Today, Yu Qian's main credit is that he participated in the planning and formulation of the border defense plan, and the second is to ensure the stable supply of the border army.

However, for the former, many ministers participated in the imperial court, and Zhu Qiyu himself made the final decision.

As for the latter, it is his duty as Minister of the Ministry of War.

From this point of view, Yu Qian certainly contributed to this battle.

But in detail, the credit is not even comparable to the decisive Wang Wenhe who supervised the battle on the front line and directly commanded Ren Li, the commander-in-chief who repelled the Yexian army.

Today's him is no longer a paper order from his previous life, Yu Shaobao who dares not to obey for thousands of miles.

It's just an ordinary six books.

This battle only allowed him and Shen Yi, the two newly promoted ministers, to truly prove to the courtiers that they have the strength to be ranked among the seven ministers, and that they can truly gain a firm foothold in the court.

History, at this moment, has quietly changed.

Since the situation is quite different from the previous life, it doesn't hurt to use the method of paying off salary with pepper and sumac.

Zhu Qiyu has a book in his heart.

Although it was only civil and military officials in Beijing who received their salaries, this group of people included the entire group of senior honor and relatives.

Among the current salary expenditure of the imperial court, although there are many local officials at all levels and civil servants in Beijing, there are not many high-level ones, and they can only account for about one-third of the salary expenditure.

Of the remaining two-thirds, half is the salaries of relatives at all levels, and half is the salaries of the clan kings.

Now the Ming Dynasty has not been passed down for long enough, and the number of clan kings is not large, but its impact on finances has gradually emerged.

After this year is over, the issue of the clan should be put on the agenda, but right now we have to wait a little longer...

In the main hall, Zhu Qiyu knew that the question he asked was not easy to answer, so he didn't urge Shen Yi, instead, his thoughts drifted away.

The two monarchs and ministers just sat in the hall, each frowning in thought.

It was only after half a stick of incense that Shen Yi hesitated to speak.

"Your Majesty, I have calculated that if the method of reducing salaries with pepper and sumac is implemented, the court can save nearly a million taels within half a year. When the autumn grain collection comes up next year, the court can relieve its urgent need and stop using it."

Well, that means there is no other way.

Zhu Qiyu sighed and said.

"Since this is the case, the Ministry of Household Affairs will draft a memorial and discuss it with the court!"

It is customary to quarrel with such major matters involving the officials.

Of course, the ending must be Tobe wins.

Because no matter how noisy you are, the Ministry of Households is just two words. If you have no money, you can be invincible.

Zhu Qiyu has been able to foresee what will happen in the early court after the Ministry of Households proposes this method...

Household Department: "The national treasury is out of money, so the salary for the past six months will be paid with pepper sumac."

No. [-] censor: "The Ministry of Households controls the taxation of the whole country, and it has been reduced to the point of deducting the salaries of courtiers. You are negligent of your duty."

Household Department: "You do what you want, anyway, there is no money."

No. [-] censor: "If you have no money, the household department can allocate it reasonably and save money. Why do you have to use pepper and sumac to pay the salary?"

Hubu: "You're right. Isn't this blended? Pepper sumac is very good, and it can save millions of taels."

No. [-] censor: "Ministers have studied hard for ten years and lived on that meager salary. How can you have the heart to withhold salary and let these low-level officials live?"

Household Department: "Besides, pepper sumac is very expensive and can be sold for a lot of money. Besides, it will only last half a year. Everyone will support it."

Censor No. [-]: "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooows

Hubu: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo L L L

Anyway, whether you are threatening, persuading, acting miserable, or acting cute (strike out), I will stick to the word, no money, let you talk to the world, there is nothing you can do.

Although Shen Yi is a newly promoted Shangshu, his excellent cooperation with the Ministry of War during this battle has gradually established his prestige in the court.

So in this matter, there will be a lot of quarrels, but as long as the emperor has no objections, then the result is doomed.

That being the case, Zhu Qiyu didn't bother about it anymore, so he simply didn't make things difficult for old man Shen.

People are cheating even their own people, so it can be seen that there is really no other way.

Shen Yi saluted as if he had been pardoned, and then withdrew.

Looking at his leaving figure, Zhu Qiyu sighed inwardly.

There's nothing the old man can do, he just refuses to say anything.

There are many ways for the imperial court to reduce expenditure, even if he has figured out his own mind and knows that military expenditure is not easy to reduce.

But there is always room for a move elsewhere.

In the short term, the imperial clan accounted for a considerable part of the expenditure, and a considerable part of the annual tax collected by the national treasury should be attributed to the internal transport warehouse for the use of the court.

But these two places are too sensitive, and if one is not handled properly, it will easily cause an uproar.

So Shen Yi would rather touch the eyebrows of the courtiers and propose the method of discounting the salary with pepper and sumac, rather than getting involved in these things.

As for the long-term, stopping troops and stopping wars, lightening corvees and paying less taxes, and resting with the people are all old tunes. Although they are old, they are useful.

The productive capacity of the common people is very strong.

As long as the imperial court does not randomly send more corvees, enlist civilian husbands, local officials manage well, restrain local tyrants, do not wantonly oppress the people, and let them have a stable environment to farm the land, then the people will naturally have more children and diversify the land.

With a larger population, the imperial court can collect more Dingkou tax, and the people can farm the land with peace of mind, so the annual land tax can be paid in full.

In this way, in five years, the lost vitality of the imperial court can be recovered, and in ten years, a prosperous age can reappear.

You know, in the previous life, the few years when Zhu Qiyu was in power, there were hardly any smooth years.

Floods, locust plagues, snowstorms, and droughts followed one after another.

Almost every year, he would waive taxes in several places, but even so, during those seven or eight years, the vitality of the imperial court was restored by seven or eight.

Even after the restoration of Nangong, Zhu Qizhen struggled for another seven or eight years, but there was no major war after all, and the entire financial situation of the imperial court was gradually improving.

After more than ten years like this, when his nephew came to power, he would have the confidence to shout the slogan "Li Ting Sweeping Acupuncture".

But it's easier said than done.

The eight words, light corvee and thin Fu, rest with the people, sound simple and simple.

However, it involves various issues such as official administration, land, taxation, corvee, etc., and it is very difficult to balance it.

What's more, this is a long-term matter, and it is difficult to play a helpful role in the current situation where the imperial court is in urgent need of silver.

So if you want to enrich the national treasury, I'm afraid you have to start from other aspects...

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