Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 206 Chongwenmen Customs

"Your Majesty, on the Liaodong side at present, the self-invading Jianlu was severely injured and repulsed by our powerful Ming army, and there has been no more harassment in the Liaoqian area.

Since Governor Sun left the town of Liaodong, in accordance with the previous instructions of the Military Aircraft Department and based on several important towns in the former Liao Dynasty, he organized manpower to dig tunnels, and arranged a large number of traps, traps, etc..."

"Your Majesty, according to the edict to suppress the chaos and save the country, the reinforcements from various places rescued by King Qin have all retreated, and the rewards are all money and food. Wait for the West Factory to deal with it urgently."

"Your Majesty, at the Shanhaiguan Pass, Commander-in-Chief Man Gui, according to the instructions of the Military Aircraft Department, started to investigate the troops he belongs to, and surveyed a stone pass, a road pass and other key passes..."

"His Majesty……"

In the office of the Military Aircraft Department, Wang Qia, Li Banghua, Zhou Yanru, Xu Guangqi, Wen Tiren, etc. participated in the military aircraft meeting specially called by Emperor Chongzhen, and reported the corresponding errands they were in charge of to Emperor Chongzhen in detail.

Thanks to the establishment of the Military Aircraft Department, the battle situation in Liaoqian, Shanshan and other places can be directly reported to the Ministry of War anytime and anywhere, and transferred to the Military Aircraft Department, so that Emperor Chongzhen can control the situation.

If there is no military aircraft department, it is simply unrealistic to be able to understand all kinds of situations at such a fast speed.

"Wang Zaijin and the others, when will they arrive in the capital?"

After understanding the important affairs of the corresponding military aircraft, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Qia and the others and asked: "The current military aircraft department is so busy, and it is also a matter of Liaodong and Shanshan. It is impossible to rely on a few Qings."

"Report to Your Majesty."

Zhou Yanru, the Minister of Military Aircraft, who was on duty today, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "In five days at most, the king will be able to reach the capital with a few people in Jin."

"Well, I see."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded in response, then picked up the teacup, took a sip, pondered for a moment and said: "Recently, the situation in the court is not peaceful, and I know that some of you have difficulties.

But the Yuan case is not within the authority of the Military Aircraft Department, so it is enough to be a good job in the Military Aircraft Department, and don't get involved in other things.

What crimes Yuan Chonghuan has committed and what he has done, I know better than you, that's all, let's go down. "

"Sir, please retire!"

Compared with the affairs of the cabinet and the six ministries, Emperor Chongzhen can still fully control the newly established military aircraft department, and several ministers who have been promoted all bear corresponding responsibilities. If you dare to slack off, you will inevitably will be punished accordingly.

Power and responsibility are equal, don't think about only enjoying the benefits of power, but don't want to bear the corresponding responsibilities, there is no such good thing in the world.

Emperor Chongzhen was using his own method to reverse the previous bad atmosphere. Most of the civil servants in Ming Dynasty only wanted to enjoy power, but did not want to take any responsibility.

Even if there is any problem in Daming, even if the country is destroyed, it has nothing to do with them, the big deal is to kowtow and change masters.

"Your Majesty, Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Household Department, is seeking an audience with Sun Chuanting, Yin of Shuntian Mansion."

Han Zanzhou walked in respectfully, bowed his hands to Emperor Chongzhen, and said, "The two of you want to report some matters to His Majesty about the Chongwenmen tax customs."

Sun Chuanting's action was fast enough, it took me a while to deliver the note before I found Bi Ziyan.

Emperor Chongzhen restrained his mind and said, "Xuan!"

Chongwenmen Tax Customs is the general resident of capital taxation. It is located in Chongwenmen. It is the closest to the Tonghui River Wharf where Dongbianmen, which is directly transported from Tongzhou to the capital, is located. The humble and the fat.

"Meet Your Majesty!"

Bi Ziyan and Sun Chuanting walked into the official room and bowed to each other.

"Why are the two Qing families here?" Emperor Chongzhen pretended to be puzzled, looked at Bi Ziyan and Sun Chuanting and said, "But what's the matter?"

Bi Ziyan and Sun Chuanting looked at each other, and after some eye contact, Bi Ziyan stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I'm waiting for you to come here for the taxation of Chongwenmen.

Sun Fuyin approached his ministers earlier and said that although the Chongwenmen Tax Customs collected all kinds of taxes, it was the top of all tax customs under our Ming Dynasty, but there were various chaos inside.

This is the memorial that Sun Fuyin and his ministers want to present, and please read it by Your Majesty. "

Sun Chuanting, I really read you right, you are a master who is willing to do practical things.

It took only a short time to hand over the note, and then he took practical actions, and used the results of the investigation to persuade Bi Ziyan. It seemed that it was imperative to rectify the Chongwenmen tax customs.

"Bring it up."

While feeling emotional, Emperor Chongzhen said something, and Han Zanzhou, who was waiting by the side, hurriedly passed the memorial to his emperor respectfully.

The tax collected by the Chongwenmen tax customs has not exceeded the [-] mark every year. The Emperor Chongzhen found it incredible that the political, economic, military, and cultural centers of the Ming Dynasty, with a population of one million people in the capital, collected such a small tax , No matter how you think about it, you don’t think it’s right.

You don’t even need to conduct a special investigation to think through the underlying logic, and you will know that the chief and deputy supervisors of the Chongwenmen Tax Customs, as well as the officials under their jurisdiction, must have privately transferred interests with the dignitaries and gentry in the capital, holding the power of the imperial court. money, to fill his own pockets.

The collapse of Daming's fiscal revenue was caused by the mutual protection of officials and the collusion between officials and gentry.

If there is no such fundamental reason, according to the vast territory of Ming Dynasty, even if there are frequent disasters, there should not be an imbalance of income and expenditure.

Under the watchful eyes of Sun Chuanting and Bi Ziyan, Emperor Chongzhen pretended to look through the pages, and he had already thought of rectification measures for the Chongwenmen tax issue.

However, Emperor Chongzhen did not intend to handle this specific matter by himself, but handed it over to him strictly and managed it, and Sun Chuanting was in charge, firing the first shot to rectify Daming's taxation.

The taxation of other places in Ming Dynasty is far away from the sky and the emperor is far away. Emperor Chongzhen didn't want to rush to intervene. He just asked Bi Ziyan to advance step by step, but he will intervene in the capital, including the future of Beizhili. Yes, since it is your own basic disk, you have to take good care of it.

"You two gentlemen, I have read the memorial you submitted." Emperor Chongzhen put down the memorial, and said while thinking: "I never thought that there would be so many tax bureaus at the foot of the emperor in a small Chongwenmen tax office." question.

Previously, I thought in my heart that the Chongwenmen Tax Customs, as the head of the tax customs under my Ming Dynasty, collected the most taxes, and there would be no problems, but after careful investigation, it was not the case.

What do the two Qing family think about this? "

If you want to ask Bi Ziyan and the others to follow your own rectification measures and strictly follow them, then you need to be dialectical and ask them to compare the advantages and disadvantages.

If the tax collected by the Chongwenmen tax customs can break through from less than 10 taels to 100 million taels, it will undoubtedly be very thirst-quenching for the country's finances.

(End of this chapter)