Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 616 Finance (2)

"Your Majesty is paying attention to occupying the official land."

Wen Tiren looked at Min Hongxue with a solemn expression, and said, "Just wait, in a few years, there will definitely be disturbances in the southern provinces of Ming Dynasty."

"Old Wen Ge, are you overly worried?"

Min Hongxue frowned and leaned forward, "Even if what Sun Chuanting revealed in Henan requires His Majesty to investigate the feudal vassal's occupation of land, it will not involve the official land.

What's more, His Majesty's attitude is limited to the vassal group of the Ming Dynasty. How can the investigation of things in Henan involve the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River like this. "

"It's because you think things are too simple."

Wen Tiren said in a deep voice: "After the imperial court investigates the affairs in Henan, will it investigate other places? If the vassals under the rule of Henan invade and occupy a lot of land, how do you think your majesty will react?
Do you know how many official lands my Daming owns under the rule of the Jiangnan provinces?
Tens of millions of acres!
The land tax set by these official lands is far lower than that of ordinary land, and the land tax and population tax collected every year must be escorted to Beijing.

However, in these years, the imperial court has never collected a full amount of taxes on this area, and it has been prevaricated and obstructed in various ways by the provincial government offices in the south of the Yangtze River. "

Min Hongxue was silent.

Although Min Hongxue didn't think of some aspects of what Wen Tiren said, he was still clear about the government fields in the south of the Yangtze River and the taxes involved.

That is, from the late Wanli Dynasty, there was not a year when the imperial court was not confused about taxation matters in the southern provinces.

Only the situation has reversed, that is, since the fourth year of Tianqi, the eunuch party headed by Wei Zhongxian gradually changed after the strong rise of the dynasty.

From the fourth year of Tianqi to the seventh year of Tianqi, the taxes and taxes collected by the state increased a lot every year, but it was also from that time that Emperor Tianqi was burdened with a lot of infamy, not to mention the eunuch party headed by Wei Zhongxian.

"In this way, the position of chief assistant in the cabinet can be regarded as secured by Han Yu." Wen Tiren sighed softly, leaning on the official hat chair with a complicated expression.

"Ge Lao, what do you mean by this?"

Min Hongxue's complexion changed slightly, and he got up and said to Wen Tiren, "Why don't you understand me, my majesty? Since your Majesty is focusing on the official field, there will be disturbances in the southern provinces. With Han Yu's official career, wouldn't it be..."

"Haven't you figured it out yet?"

Wen Tiren frowned slightly, met Min Hongxue's gaze, and said, "How complicated the situation in the Jiangnan provinces is, you knew it when the Eunuch Party was in power, right?

A power eunuch like Wei Zhongxian, who has the support of Emperor Xizong behind his back, has caused much infamy in the world for the things he has done?The eunuchs are even shouted and beaten by everyone.

Do you feel there is no connection behind this?
Besides, when Emperor Shenzong Yuji came to the throne, the eunuchs sent from the inner court to collect mining taxes directly led to the trend of tax resistance, especially in the Jiangnan provinces.

Do you think it is easy to let certain groups give up the interests you have in your hands?Does this need to be easy before difficult? "

Min Hongxue narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "What does Elder Ge mean to say, even if His Majesty wants to investigate the official land, and then return all the occupied official land to the imperial court, will he follow the northern provinces?"

"It's inevitable!"

Wen Tiren frowned and said: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful. Now that I think about it, I belatedly discovered that the governors and governors set up in the northern provinces have made Beizhili, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, etc. The land is firmly in the hands of the court, no, to be precise, it is firmly in the hands of His Majesty.

The disaster relief offices established successively are the extension of the imperial power. Even if there are no local government offices, His Majesty can know the real situation of the localities through these administrative offices.

As long as the matter of land occupation in Henan is thoroughly investigated and properly done, Shandong, Beizhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places will definitely be clearly implemented in batches.

In doing these things, does the imperial court want to stabilize the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River?
Who do you think can hold on?
Isn't that the Donglin Party! ?
Don't look at the fact that His Majesty is suppressing the Donglin Party, but has not expelled it from the court. That is to worry about the situation in the Tianqi Dynasty, and it will happen again in the Chongzhen Dynasty. "

Min Hongxue: "..."

What Wen Tiren said shocked Min Hongxue's heart. If he really did this, then the imperial court would not blow the wind to the Jiangnan provinces for at least a few years.

After all, the situation in Ming Dynasty at this stage finally stabilized. For Emperor Chongzhen, before the troubles of exiles and captives were completely suppressed, he would never allow any chaos in the more important provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

At least large-scale chaos must not occur.

"Then can we implicate the Guantian matter to the Donglin Party?" Min Hongxue pondered for a moment, then looked at Wen Tiren and said, "If this matter can be done well, the position of chief assistant must be..."

"Then you are courting death."

Wen Tiren frowned and said: "Do you think our power can be stronger than the eunuchs of Tianqi Dynasty? Can we be stronger than Wei Eunuch supported by the emperor?

Even if this matter is passed, the Donglin Party is expelled from the court, and Han Yu and the others are all overthrown, then this power will not fall into our hands.

Without the Donglin Party, there will still be the Xilin Party.

The crux of the problem now is that the imperial court's control over the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River is no longer as strong as it was in the early Ming Dynasty, so some compromises must be made. "

The north-south dispute in Ming Dynasty has been going on and on since the beginning of Ming Dynasty. For example, Zhu Di, the emperor of Chengzu, moved the capital of Ming Dynasty from Nanjing to Beijing. Although it is said that there is a consideration to ensure the stability of northern Xinjiang, another aspect is to want to Get rid of the dilemma that the imperial court is constrained by the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

Not all emperors of the Ming Dynasty could kill civil officials of the Ming Dynasty like chickens like Taizu Gao. No matter how many they killed, it would not cause the dynasty to shake.

Taizu Gao Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, there is only one!
If Daming really fell into chaos, for Emperor Taizu Gao, it would be nothing more than fighting the world all over again.

"Just wait and see. After the problems of the northern provinces are resolved one by one by His Majesty, the southern provinces will usher in great changes." Wen Tiren said emotionally.

"At that time, the taxes collected by the imperial court will increase a lot, and even if there are any changes in the southern provinces, the imperial court will not be too passive.

In the future, the calculations against Han Yu should not be too narrowly defined. Tell those around you not to have anything to do with the Donglin Party. If you get more money, you will get more money, otherwise, it will not be certain when the government narrows down the policy in the future. "

(End of this chapter)