Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 439
In this matter, there is no need for Zhu Houzhao to play around with them. If he wants to deal with it, he can deal with it directly. It is past the time for him to go around.

In the army, they are no longer the absolutes who control the army, but have become a minority.

As for doing business, Zhu Houzhao has his own things and doesn't need to rely on them. On the contrary, they need to rely on themselves and ask for themselves, so things will be much easier.

Besides, I don't have the energy to entangle with them, so I have to do more.

After Liu Jin released the news, it naturally caused a lot of rumors, but most of them decisively chose to surrender.

This is another chance His Royal Highness will give you. If you don't follow up at this time, then you won't have such a chance next time.

For the nobles and relatives of the Ming Dynasty, admitting love is a common thing, let alone confessing love to His Royal Highness, they have no psychological pressure at all.

Among these things, it was the six gates that people paid more attention to. This yamen surprised many people, and at the same time, it also put a lot of pressure on many people, such as the officials of Shuntian Mansion or Daxing County.

Because the Six Doors are too powerful, if you are not careful, people from the Six Doors will take part in it, or even be investigated by them. These people will not care whether you are their superior or not.

If people from the Six Doors find out about your corruption and acceptance of bribes, they will definitely impeach you immediately, and you will no longer be an official.

The people from the Six Gates can be said to be pervasive. You must know that they directly contact the common people in the middle and lower levels of the yamen, and they know many things very clearly.

As long as the people of the six doors put their minds to understand, they will definitely get a lot of things. The most important thing is that these people are very difficult to bribe.

Everyone used to know Jinyiwei, but now the six doors are like a Jinyiwei in the officialdom.

His Royal Highness directly used this method to reach into the yamen, which made people uncomfortable.

But everyone had no choice but to resist.But some people are still ready to think of some dirty tricks, after all, their buttocks are not clean.

Zhu Houzhao will not pay attention to this kind of thing, he has already done what he should do, and the rest is up to Six Doors.

This is not a yamen that can go far with their own support. They need to learn to walk by themselves.

Forbidden City, Xianyang Palace.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the two people in front of him in a daze, and he had to sigh how time passed so quickly, and the memory was a little fuzzy in a flash.

These two people are Qi You, Minister of the Household Department, and Liu Qi, Minister of Taxation.These two people can be said to be the first to take refuge in him, Liu Qi may not be, but Qi You is indeed like this.

It's just that Zhu Hou looked at Liu Qi with this feeling. When he went to Jiangnan, he was still very immature. At that time, Liu Qi showed one of his styles, that is, he basically had no bottom line, and I didn't expect him to do it. This position today.

The two of them didn't know what was the reason for His Royal Highness to call him here, but they knew that there must be something big.

Given the status of the two of them today, the reason why they haven't started to quarrel is because His Royal Highness doesn't want them to make trouble, so they both maintain restraint and have a cooperative relationship with each other.

If the two of them fight among themselves, they will probably be dealt with by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

This time being called by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I am afraid that something serious happened, and the two of them also realized this, because His Highness the Crown Prince had never done this before.

Glancing at the two people, Zhu Houzhao said: "There is one thing that needs to be done by you. The tax of the imperial court has been greatly reduced in the past two years. Although there are noble farmland and vassal king's farmland, the court is still unable to make ends meet. The two of you Individuals in the household department should know."

The two of them naturally knew this, but this situation was not only because the court received less money, but also because it spent more money.

If the expenses were the same as before, the imperial court would still have a lot of surplus every year, but if the expenses were the same as they are now, some of them would not be enough.

Now it seems that His Highness the Crown Prince wants to do something about it. Both of them reacted relatively quickly, and immediately thought of what His Highness the Crown Prince was going to do.

Especially Liu Qi, got a little excited.

It's finally time for me to flex my muscles. In the past few years, I have devoted myself to the tax department. Isn't this the day I've been waiting for?
"Local officials collect taxes, protect each other, and collude with local gentry, so I want to transfer the power of taxation to the Tax Department." Zhu Hou took care of Liu Qi, and then asked expressionlessly: "Is there any problem with the Tax Department?" ?”

In recent years, the tax department has developed rapidly and is basically a relatively independent institution.

They have nothing to do with local officials, and they are not under the leadership of local officials. Their promotions are all determined by the tax department itself. At the same time, because they have the power to mobilize the Jinyiwei, their power in the local area has expanded rapidly.

With the establishment of the six gates, Jinyiwei's local status will gradually decline.

However, Zhu Houzhao did not intend to give up Jinyiwei, but transferred them to the tax department, which meant that the US tax department would be independently armed in later generations.

Jin Yiwei and the others don't accept anyone's dispatch, and they don't care about other things, they are only responsible for collecting taxes.No matter who they are, as long as they dare to evade taxes, they are all within the attack range of Jin Yiwei.

Zhu Houzhao's ultimate goal is to build a very powerful tax team.

How strong is it?
Even if you rebel, you have to pay taxes on your material transactions. This is Zhu Houzhao's goal.

This time it's time to use them.

Liu Qi said hastily: "Going back to His Royal Highness, I have been preparing all these years. It will be the autumn harvest soon, and the next one will be the slack season. This is the right time, and the Taxation Department will definitely handle the matter well."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, then turned to Qi You, waiting for his answer.

"Your Highness, I understand. I will write the title book when I get back." Qi You said from the side.

Zhu Houzhao nodded.

There is no need to use a title book for the memorial, which means that Qi You didn't want to hide it from anyone, but just wanted to do it with great fanfare.This made Zhu Houzhao most satisfied.

Naturally, this matter should be proposed by Qi You, because he is the Minister of the Household Department, which happens to be within his scope of authority, and no one can say anything.

But in this case, no one would choose to do so.Because this is offending people, and it is not the few who offend, but the majority.

You must know that once the tax department starts to collect taxes, checking the acres of land is the first thing to do.There are a lot of hidden lands in this world, and most of them are donated.The donated land involves officials and local gentry, which is very difficult.

This is also the reason why Zhu Houzhao used Jinyiwei, because without strong promotion, it cannot be promoted.

For ordinary people, don't think this is a good thing.Ordinary people will get more benefits by investing their land, because the land donated does not need to pay taxes, and the landlords do not, and only collect a small part of the rent.

Compared with the self-cultivating farmers who pay taxes to the country, the common people who donate their land get cheaper.

Because the country has more taxes, but the rent paid to the landlords is less, so it is said that this is drinking the blood of the country from top to bottom.

If you want to implement it now, ordinary people will not appreciate you, but will hate you instead, and troubles will arise if you are not careful.

The same is true for gentry and officials, this is their property, who is willing to hand over their own money?
Therefore, it is necessary to ensure strong implementation, so those who propose this matter and do this matter will inevitably slander the world.

In the past, they were their own people, and no one wanted to offend them, but this time is absolutely different.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Qi You, and nodded in satisfaction.

This is the person I need, who doesn't back down at the critical moment, doesn't fear in the face of danger, just rushes forward and does it. Such a person must be protected.

Therefore, today Qi You agreed, and Zhu Houzhao was very happy.

Seeing Qi You express his opinion, Liu Qi was naturally not to be outdone, and said directly: "I will also write a test book when I go back."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, then waved his hands and said, "Then go back and do it."

After the two left, Zhu Hou took care of Chen Hong who was beside him, and then said, "Let Zhang He from Black Dragon Guard come over."

Chen Hong hurriedly replied on the side: "Your maidservant will go now."

This time the matter is too big, Zhu Houzhao must be fully prepared and be ready to dispatch troops anytime and anywhere.If someone really stands up to rebel, he can suppress the rebellion at any time, and he even plans to go to Nanjing to sit in charge.

I have always been in the north before, and my understanding of the south is not very deep.

I went to Yangzhou and only investigated the case of smuggling salt.But I haven't investigated it in depth yet, and it turned out that such a case resulted in a group of rebels under the banner of the White Lotus Sect.

This time is different, this time he wants to do it thoroughly, if these people want to rebel, then they will all be cleaned up.

Zhang Yun came quickly, and Zhu Houzhao explained the matter to him.

For these things, Zhang He has no pressure at all, that's what he does. If someone rebels, it might be a good thing for him.

After everything was arranged, Zhu Houzhao waited quietly, waiting for things to be turned upside down.

Things quickly became agitated, because the two men were on the test book the next day.

It is estimated that after I went back yesterday, I finished writing the question book overnight, and handed it in the next day. The action was very fast.

After the two copies of the question book were handed in, there was an uproar in an instant.

The ruling and opposition parties all paid attention, because this matter was so big that some of them didn't know what to do.

You must know that the imperial court has been stable for so many years, so it is very difficult to deal with such a thing.

Cabinet duty room.

Qi You and Liu Qi's notebooks were placed on the table, surrounded by several cabinet scholars, each with serious expressions on their faces.

This time things have also had a great impact on them, because the outside world is watching their attitudes.

In fact, outsiders have not always had a good opinion of the original three cabinet scholars, thinking that they flattered His Majesty too much.

If they still support what happened this time, then the outside reviews will take a turn for the worse.

So they need to have a good discussion, but they all know that this is a good thing, none of them is easy to get along with, and none of them is short-sighted.

"Tell me, what do you think?" Liu Jian said.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, he needs to fully listen to the opinions of several other people, and it is better not to express his own opinions.

So Liu Jian asked, but did not express his attitude.

"Then let me talk first!" Wang Hua who was sitting on the side spoke first.

He is a newcomer to the cabinet, has the oldest seniority, and ranks last, so he should be the first to say it.

So several people looked at him, waiting for Wang Hua to speak.

After pondering for a moment, Wang Hua said: "I think this is a good thing. Everyone has seen the changes in the court in the past few years. The military reform has almost been carried out in the north. The court needs to spend a lot of money every year. But the effect can be seen.”

"Whether it is Liaodong or Northwest, the output in the past two years has been very good. The money spent in the early stage can be returned in about ten or eight years, and the rest is the income of the court. So it proves that it is That's right, the rest is the South."

"But now the imperial court's taxation can't support the military reform in the south. We all know the following things. Officials shirk each other and collude with local officials, so the taxation has not been raised these years. Hiding land has always been a big problem. , if the revenue is handed over to the Inland Revenue Department, then the benefits are obvious, so I think it's good to do that."

The other three remained calm. Wang Hua supported this policy, and they understood it very well.Unlike the three of them, Wang Hua doesn't need a good reputation, even a bad reputation is beneficial.

Wang Hua didn't worry about what happened after his death. After he went down, he still had his son.It is precisely because of this relationship that if their family's reputation is too good, that is a big deal.

Therefore, it is very normal for Wang Hua to support this policy, whether for public or private purposes.

After Wang Hua finished speaking, Liu Jian just nodded, then turned to look at Xie Qian, waiting for him to speak.

Wang Hua expressed his opinion, but it still depends on the three of himself. This time the discussion is nothing more than trying to reach a consensus within the cabinet.

If a consensus can be reached, it will be easy to handle. If a consensus cannot be reached, then we can only do our own things.

Xie Qian said with a blank face: "I agree with this, but what I want to say is another thing. We all know that His Royal Highness is promoting what the court has done in the past few years. What I want to say is, It's innovative."

There is no difference between several people. Although this matter has not been clarified, it is a fact that everyone tacitly accepts.

Looking at Xie Qian's appearance and listening to what he said, several people were thoughtful and probably understood what he was going to say, so no one wiped their mouths and waited for him to finish talking.

"I mean, since it's already like this, why don't you spread the banner of innovation?" Xie Qian said excitedly, his tone full of longing

(End of this chapter)