Prince of Chaos

Chapter 608 Daming's Tax
late July.

Beidaihe flags are flying, and dragon flags are fluttering.

The royal family of the emperor and the crown prince is finally returning to Luan.

All the officials and common people in Shanhaiguan kneeled on both sides of the road to respectfully send the emperor and the crown prince back to Beijing.

Brother Dong stood on the attic in the distance, watching the royal guard of honor receding away. At this moment, she felt that her heart had been emptied.

She also understood that the crown prince did not take her back to Beijing because he gave her the last love, but seeing the man who had been with her for more than two months leave like this, she still couldn't bear the sadness.

At this time, Brother Dong wished so much that he was also a well-educated Han woman, so that she could drive back to the palace with her.

Zhu Changluo sat in the dragon's seat and accompanied Emperor Wanli, and looked out of the window from time to time, although he couldn't see anything.

However, Zhu Changluo knew that there was another woman looking at him like this while walking in Beidaihe.

Emperor Wanli was lying on the soft bed in the dragon's nest, and he was still reminiscing about yesterday's barbecue, especially the raw oysters that Zhu Changluo said later, that is, oysters.

The taste is so good that it makes people linger and forget to return, and can't help but want to eat it again.

Emperor Wanli took a sip of the sparkling water and said, "The oysters taste really good. I'm going to order Beidaihe to send me a car at six hundred miles away."

After Emperor Wanli talked for a while, he found that Zhu Changluo did not agree with him, so he turned and glanced at Zhu Changluo, "What's the matter Chang Luo?"

Zhu Changluo came back to his senses fiercely, and then said: "My minister is thinking about the affairs of the officials."

When Emperor Wanli heard that Zhu Changluo was considering state affairs, he asked, "What happened to the officials?"

Zhu Changluo said: "The Ministry of Officials has sent a group of newly elected officials to my minister, and my minister is considering the situation of these people."

When Emperor Wanli heard this, he said, "You can figure it out."

Zhu Changluo smiled, "Father, you can't ignore your son."

Emperor Wanli said: "You are the supervisor of the country, and I am now raising dragon bodies. Of course, these things are up to you. In the past two years, your ability to supervise the country is obvious to all. Many things are as good as I am. So , you do things, I don't worry!"

Zhu Changluo sighed and said, "Father really loves my son and minister."

Emperor Wanli smiled and said, "What's the matter? Is there any difficulty?"

Zhu Changluo said: "My minister is thinking of a new candidate for the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but after much deliberation, there is no one who is suitable. Therefore, my minister is worried."

Emperor Wanli asked curiously, "Didn't Sun Piyang do a good job?"

Zhu Changluo said: "Sun Shangshu fell ill last month, and he handed in his resignation letter to my son."

Emperor Wanli thought about Sun Piyang's age, "It is true that he is not young."

Then Emperor Wanli asked: "What kind of official secretary do you want to find?"

Zhu Changluo said: "I want to find a Minister of the Ministry of Officials who is familiar with the situation and abilities of all officials."

Emperor Wanli pondered for a while, and then said: "Your request is really high. I can't think of such a person coming for a while."

Zhu Changluo said: "I didn't even think about it. The current servant of the official department is not good enough, and his qualifications are not enough, so it is difficult to entrust him with important tasks."

Emperor Wanli said: "If you can't think of it, don't think about it. If you really can't find a suitable person, then find someone who is obedient."

Emperor Wanli's words really awakened the dreamer!

Since there is no suitable person, finding an obedient person is undoubtedly the best choice.

Immediately, Zhu Changluo felt that he had a direction.

Zhu Changluo said to Emperor Wanli: "Father, the cabinet has drawn up seven candidates for my ministers. Which one do you think is obedient?"

After all, Zhu Changluo told Emperor Wanli the names of these seven people.

After Emperor Wanli heard the names of these seven people, he thought for a while and said, "Dai Li is not bad."

Zhu Changluo also focused on Dai Li's name.

Li Dai was born in Jiajing Jiajing 16 years ago, and is now in his 60s.

However, compared to Sun Piyang and several other ministers, except for Dong Qichang and Liu Pinru, they are considered young.

However, this person has a problem, that is, he values ​​reputation. For the sake of the so-called official reputation, this product is not taxed locally. Shandong has gained wave after wave of good reputation.

However, this kind of generosity to the court is not the practice of Li Dai alone, but the traditional practice of the majority of local officials.

They often go to the imperial court for various reasons, requesting the imperial court to exempt the ground tax.

At the beginning, Zhu Changluo didn't know the truth, so it's okay to see that the reason is similar.

Later, when Zhu Changluo discovered that almost all officials across the country followed this routine, Zhu Changluo woke up.

It turns out that this is so traditional!

Moreover, these local officials have all taken advantage of this traditional benefit, but the imperial court can't even see a shadow of it.

It is no wonder that the financial situation in the late Ming Dynasty was so bad. It turned out that the imperial court had such a large group of benevolent people who liked to be generous with the imperial court.

If this continues like this, not to mention the collapse of Ming Dynasty, even the prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties will have to overturn when they encounter this group of benevolent people who "caring for the common people"!
What is the foundation of world stability?
Isn't it taxation?

As long as the imperial court has sufficient taxes, the imperial court will have the money to be able to govern the world.

Otherwise, even if Zhu Changluo shouted hoarse in the Ciqing Palace, it would be impossible to wake up a person to help the dying Daming.

Thinking of this, Zhu Changluo thought of another historical celebrity—Jin Shengtan!

Jin Shengtan can also be regarded as a well-known cultural person in ancient and modern times. His greatest literary achievement is to criticize many well-known historical masterpieces.

Among them, the well-known ones are "Jin Ping Mei", "Water Margin", "Romance of the West Chamber" and so on.

Of course, this person is also a well-known anti-tax expert.

Before the end of the Ming Dynasty, because of the prevailing social atmosphere of not paying taxes at that time, Jin Shengtan often liked to be a representative of "public opinion" and talk about tax exemptions with court officials.

Because, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was popular for officials not to collect taxes to gain fame, so this is almost responsive to every request!
As a result, after the Manchu Qing ruled the world, Ren Weichu, the new magistrate of Wu County at that time, urged the collection of taxes, but the people in the south of the Yangtze River still refused to pay!This angered Ren Weichu, and Ren Weichu beat the common people who refused to pay their taxes.

This can be regarded as stabbing a hornet's nest!
The people in the south of the Yangtze River and the scholar-bureaucrats couldn't stand it anymore!

In the Ming Dynasty, we were all good citizens who did not pay taxes. Why should you pay taxes in the Qing Dynasty?
As a result, Jin Shengtan, a representative of public opinion, began to chatter again, united a large number of people to resist the tax, and gathered in the Confucius Temple with more than 100 scholars. Zhu Guozhi, governor of Jiangsu, filed a petition against Ren Weichu.

However, the emerging Manchu Qing Dynasty was not as easy to talk to as Daming.

Ever since, Zhu Guozhi arrested eleven leaders including Jin Shengtan.

Now it's Jin Shengtan's turn to get caught up, this is different from Daming's script!

Shouldn't it be us who made a fuss, are you tax-free?
At that time, the emerging Manchu Qing Dynasty also intended to frighten the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, and they were worried that they could not find a reason. At this time, Jin Shengtan and the others desperately handed over a pillow.

Now, the violent Manchu Qing directly taught these Jiangnan people who resisted and refused to pay taxes all the year round a vivid lesson.

Jin Shengtan and other tax-resistant warriors were executed.

Since then, the scholars and common people in Jiangnan began to cry for the former dynasty, miss the goodness of the former dynasty, and pay taxes to the Qing Dynasty peacefully.

What an irony!

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