Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 244 Surging Public Opinion

Whether governing a country or managing an organization, the ultimate form is the collision of people and things. Within the prescribed framework, follow the tacit rules and do things that are beneficial to you.

This will inevitably involve interests, ideas, emotions and so on.

This emphasizes the necessity of no rules and no rules.

If in any case, it is in a turbulent situation, then no one will think about doing things, but thinking about how to avoid risks and jump out of this circle full of threats.

As the emperor of Ming Dynasty, the supreme being, Emperor Chongzhen did have many privileges, but this did not mean that he could do whatever he wanted.

Checking and balancing the court, killing people, suppressing conservative forces, etc., all of these must pay attention to methods and methods.

"Your Majesty... the Shuntian government office, is it too radical?" Bi Ziyan, who was under tremendous pressure, finally came to Emperor Chongzhen to express his thoughts.

"Nowadays, many ministers are dissatisfied with what Sun Fuyin has done. Although the matter of the Chongwenmen tax customs is related to the country's tax revenue, but..."

"Bi Qing, are you retreating?"

Emperor Chongzhen lifted up the sleeves of his robe, looked at Bi Ziyan who came uninvited, and said with a smile: "Is there some people who have found Bi Qing?"

No matter what position a person is in and how much power he has, he does not live in a vacuum after all. In this complicated human world, he is bound to be affected by various factors.

As a member of the Donglin Party, Bi Ziyan is now reused by Emperor Chongzhen to take charge of household affairs, but sometimes he can't ignore it.

"Your Majesty, I have never backed down."

Bi Ziyan frowned slightly, and explained: "It's just that some of the things Sun Fuyin is doing are indeed not conducive to the stability of the capital.

Now there are a lot of merchants arrested in the prison of Shuntian Prefecture. Although there is a convenience store that does not focus on profit, the price of food and salt in the capital area is in an unstable trend. .

if……"

Emperor Chongzhen was aware of what Bi Ziyan said. As the white gloves of the powerful and officials, those merchants who were arrested did not only set foot in the market in the capital.

In this world of cannibalism, who can be regarded as a white glove, and who is a good stubble?
The interests derived from all walks of life under the Ming Dynasty have long been controlled by various power groups and have become their vested interests.

Who would have expected that in the area of ​​tea tax, some places where the tea industry was prosperous and developed in Ming Dynasty, the tea tax that could be collected was only ridiculously less than a hundred taels! ?

The collapse of Daming's fiscal revenue was not without reason.

"Bi Qing, you should read this memorial first."

Emperor Chongzhen was not angry, he took out a document from Jinyiwei, handed it to Bi Ziyan, and said: "I believe in Bi Qing, and I trust him.

So I don't want what Bi Qing saw to be spread outside the court, so that the court's tax reform, including many things, can't be done. "

As the Minister of Finance of the Ming Dynasty appointed by Emperor Chongzhen, even though Bi Ziyan was from the Donglin Party, Emperor Chongzhen would still reuse such pragmatic and capable officials.

Whether it is the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party, officials who can help share their worries are good officials. Otherwise, they will be resolutely suppressed and killed.

"This……"

After reading the content of the memorial in his hand, Bi Ziyan showed shock and looked at Emperor Chongzhen in disbelief. He did not expect that so many things were involved behind a tax resistance action.

"Can't believe it, can you?"

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, walked towards Bi Ziyan, and said with a slight smile, "To be honest, I didn't believe it until I ordered Jin Yiwei to investigate these things carefully.

But, these are real facts, and even many of the merchants who were arrested were glamorous on the surface, but they did a lot of illegal things behind their backs.

Trading power for money, using power for personal gain, trampling on the law...

I can't think of any other words to describe some moths of the dynasty, and it even involves a lot of affairs of the previous dynasty. Bi Qing, tell me, are the things Sun Chuanting did radical? "

Bi Ziyan's hands trembled slightly, and he was terrified in his heart. He didn't know what to say at this time, or he never thought that things would be so complicated.

This also made him involuntarily think of the Yuan case that was supervised by Jin Yiwei.

Under the turmoil that the current state is in, from the very beginning, it was the emperor's intention to do it, and the purpose was to draw out layers that had not been noticed before.

"Bi Qing, what is the situation in the court, I hope you don't get involved too much." Emperor Chongzhen took the memorial in Bi Ziyan's hand, stared at Bi Ziyan with sharp eyes and said: "The things hidden here Too many, Bi Qing only needs to take care of the household affairs.

I am the emperor of Daming. Looking at the whole world, no one hopes that Daming will be better than me, so Bi Qing must stick to her heart.

Do a good job in rectifying and reforming taxes, so that the tax revenue of our country can be improved, and the root cause of the imbalance of treasury revenue and expenditure can be solved. Can Bi Qing do this? "

Daming's taxation system is very complicated. It is useless to make adjustments in any sense without the corresponding professional personnel to manage various aspects of taxation, in-kind collection, and corvee.

At least Emperor Chongzhen felt in his heart that he was not as good as Bi Ziyan in being responsible for the taxation of the Ming Dynasty, and practice was the only criterion for testing the truth.

In the environment of the financial collapse of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the various achievements made by Bi Ziyan were very remarkable, and he worked hard to maintain the financial affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, I take back what I said earlier."

Bi Ziyan looked serious, bowed his hands and said: "On the matter of the Chongwenmen tax customs, I am not as thoughtful as His Majesty, let alone as much as Mr. Sun Fuyin.

about……"

"Bi Qing, if this is the case, don't say it in front of me in the future."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled, stretched out his hands to support Bi Ziyan's arms, and said: "You and Sun Qing have different divisions of labor, so the faces you see are different.

Regarding the matter of the Chongwenmen tax customs, whether you can get off to a good start is also related to what your household department will do in the future.

So what I mean is that Bi Qing is in charge and Sun Qing is in charge. If you encounter any problems during the period, you should communicate more and discuss more.

If the matter of the Chongwenmen tax customs can be settled as soon as possible, I hope that all the tax customs under the Ming Dynasty will strictly follow the established experience. "

Emperor Chongzhen never thought of finishing the financial problems of Ming Dynasty in one step. His only request was that in the next five years, the country’s revenue and expenditure could basically achieve a balance, and it would not be a waste of time. The matter of the wall is not a matter of apportioning additional taxes. As for where he wants to spend money, it is entirely up to the state-owned economy he created to implement corresponding countermeasures.

(End of this chapter)