Baidu otaku as Chongzhen

Chapter 28

"Yue Fei, courtesy name Pengju. A native of Tangyin, Xiangzhou... In the first year of Jingkang, Xiangzhou voted for Liu Haojun,... Shaoxing was killed on December 11, [-],...the fifth year of Chunxi, posthumous Wumu..." The lecturer put Yue Fei made a brief introduction to his life.

"Well, why did you die?"

"Report to Your Majesty, it was caused by the traitor Qin Hui." The lecturer said.

"Damn by a traitor? What do you love ministers think?"

One of the ministers came out and said: "Your Majesty, it was indeed the murder of the treacherous minister Qin Hui. The murder of Yue Wumu Yu Fengboting on trumped-up charges was the greatest loss of the Southern Song Dynasty. .”

"Damned by Qin Hui? The failure of the Northern Expedition? I heard that he was recalled by the twelve gold medals! How come Qin Hui also has a gold medal, so can he recall Yue Fei?" Regarding the matters between Yue Fei and Qin Hui, Yang Reform didn't know how to read other people's discussions on the Internet. How many times, the conclusion is that the emperor wants to kill Yue Fei, Qin Hui came out to operate and act as a substitute for the dead ghost, of course, Qin Hui is still a traitor.The charges of treacherous ministers cannot be washed away.

"His Majesty, gold medals can only be issued by the emperor, Qin Hui cannot issue gold medals...but traitors can trick the emperor into awarding gold medals." The minister thought for a while and replied like this.

"Hehe, bewitched by a traitor? Does an emperor have no brains? Let a courtier bewitch him to recall the Northern Expedition army with twelve gold medals?"

"This..." The minister was dumbfounded, not knowing how to proceed.

"I'm afraid this matter has something to do with Yue Fei himself. It was a good thing for Yue Fei to go to the Northern Expedition, but it's a pity that he has to welcome back the second emperor. How can this make Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou feel bad? When the second emperor returns, what will his emperor do?" Either he was poisoned to death or put under house arrest. There must be no good fruit to eat, so Song Gaozong used twelve gold medals to stop the Northern Expedition, and then killed Yue Fei, right?"

Yang Reform's words and theories all came from forums of later generations in the 21st century, and they were heard by the elites of the Ming Dynasty like thunder.These words are heart-breaking words. All the ministers were panicked when they heard it, and their foreheads were sweating. They thought that the emperor can really think, can really toss, and began to regret that they should not force the emperor to have a sutra feast. Listening to the emperor talking about such things here, I'm afraid I don't know how he died in the future.As a minister, the most taboo thing is that these people participate in these battles for the throne.

"I'm terrified, I'm damned..." The lecturer was at a loss, and was frightened to death by Yang Reform's shocking remarks. He knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up, just blindly claiming to be guilty.All the ministers were stunned and extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing the embarrassment of the ministers, Yang Reform felt a little happy.He also said: "Taking history as a mirror, the same thing happened in our dynasty. The Tumu Fortress change, and later Yingzong was welcomed back, and the result was the "Seize the Gate Change". Hehe, isn't it?..."

Yang Reform's words are as cold as absolute zero.All the ministers were "frozen".Is this also discussed here?Taboo!These words are definitely a taboo of the emperor's family, and now they are revealed by Yang Reform, and they are compared with Jingkang's difficulties mercilessly.

All the ministers just wanted to plug their ears with something, and regretted holding the sutra feast for the emperor. If the words of today were spread, the emperor would think about them and be bewitched by others in the future.

Yang Reform, an otaku in the 21st century, has no taboos at all. He never thought that talking about the "family affairs" of the emperor's family in this way would make these ministers panic.There, a person spit out his "experience" endlessly.

Quiet!

Yang Reform feels something is wrong!Hey, it turns out that the people kneeling on the ground were just awesome just now, and all the ministers who didn't want to force Yang Reform into the "right way" were all lying on the ground.

Yang Reform smiled proudly: Hehe!fight with me!Let you know the fighting power of my otaku.I am a 21st-century otaku who says "Baidu is in my hand, I have the world", you bunch of rotten scholars are fighting against me, it's not a block away!
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"Get up, let's continue." Yang Reform shouted proudly.Yang Reform began to like this sutra feast.

The minister on the ground thanked him and got up again.Trembling, still listening to this sutra feast?I'm afraid my old life is gone.

An old minister came forward and said: "Old minister, please change your Majesty. It is really not for my ministers to talk about this matter like this."

The old minister's face was great, and Yang Reform obeyed.

"Then let's change the subject. Don't talk about the 'Civil Fortress Change'. Now that our Ming Dynasty's finances are tight, let's talk about the finances. It's a business, and we can learn some lessons from history." Yang Reform was very confident, and on top of this sutra feast, he began to talk with eloquence, as if he was fighting with his officials.Reliance is the "discussion" I saw on the forum before.

"Your Majesty is holy." The minister on the ground knelt down again, and finally no longer had to listen to the damn royal taboo.

"Well, since we are talking about the Southern Song Dynasty today, let's talk about it based on the finances of the Southern Song Dynasty. Find some lessons from the history of the Southern Song Dynasty. What do you think?" Yang Reform "deliberately" chose a person like the Southern Song Dynasty. dynasty.

In the midst of the "good" of all the ministers, the sutra feast began again.

This time it was a different lecturer, and after waiting for a long time, the sutra feast started again.It is estimated that it is based on the materials of the Southern Song Dynasty.

"At the beginning of crossing the river, the annual income in the southeast was less than 200 million, and the offering was 500 million. This is the official endowment... In the last years of Shaoxing, the money for tea, salt and wine was more than [-] million. …In the last years of Gaozong’s reign in the Southern Song Dynasty, the annual income reached [-] million guan, and even though the finances of Emperor Xiaozong began to turn from prosperity to decline, their annual income still reached [-] million guan…” The lecturer was more reading materials than “educating” the emperor , It is estimated that he was also frightened by the emperor's remarks just now.Talk about taboos at every turn.Who dares to talk to you, the emperor!
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"How can there be so much money? More than 6000 million? [-] million? What is the annual revenue of our Ming Dynasty?" Yang Reform asked.

A person standing on duty among the ministers came out and played: "Your Majesty, I earn nearly 300 million taels of silver every year." It is estimated that it is from the Ministry of Households, and it is relatively clear about money.

"Why only 300 million taels? Such a small amount?" Yang Reform had no concept of his income from the Ming Dynasty, only that the money was not enough.Unexpectedly, the annual income of the whole country is only 300 million taels.This is a bit out of shape.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is only the silver tax revenue, and there are other items equivalent to 400 million taels." The minister played again.

"It's only 400 million taels?" Yang Reform asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, there are 300 million taels of silver, and about 400 million taels of land tax, etc., and together they are only more than 2000 million taels." A total of more than [-] million taels has been added to the salary of Shangliao. 】

"Less than 3000 million taels? How do you separate the silver from other things? It seems that my Ming Dynasty only collects a few million taels of silver every year." Yang Reform was puzzled, unable to understand the financial status of the Ming Dynasty. what happened.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I pay the land tax according to the actual income. I pay what I plant, and I can use it as a discount. In addition, tea, salt, wine, calculation, mining, negotiating goods, and buying, etc. are generally used. In silver."

"What do you pay for?... "Pfft..." Yang Reformed took a sip of tea and sprayed it far away, almost laughing, what do you pay for?Then if I plant a few radish fields, can I hand in a few radishes?The tax collector came, how many radishes did he take?It seems funny.

"Your Majesty, please..." The lecturer was more responsible and was about to remind Yang Reform to pay attention to his image.Yang Reform has returned to normal.

"Well, let's continue?" Yang Reform felt that the Ming Dynasty's finances were far more complicated than he had imagined.

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"I pay the salt tax..."

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"Tea tax..."

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"Taxation by the City Ship Division..."

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The lecturer said a lot. Yang Reform only had one feeling. The taxation of the Ming Dynasty was very confusing, and his own mind seemed to be even more confused.

"Why is there such a big gap between our dynasty and the Song dynasty? Can any of you dear friends explain this to me?" Yang Reform had a headache.

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There was silence, not a single minister uttered a word.

"Who is bigger, our Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty?"

"Return to Your Majesty, my dynasty is far ahead of the Southern Song Dynasty."

"How is the population of my dynasty compared to that of the Southern Song Dynasty?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have spent more than two hundred years recuperating in the dynasty, which is far more than that of the Southern Song Dynasty."

"Since our dynasty has a larger area and a larger population than the Southern Song Dynasty, why is the tax revenue less than [-]% of that of the Southern Song Dynasty?"

"This..." The lecturer no longer knew how to answer the emperor's words.Thinking about it, he said again: "Your Majesty, the taxes in my dynasty are extremely low, and Emperor Taizu made a policy of hiding wealth for the people, so the tax revenue is not as good as that of the Southern Song Dynasty."

Low taxes in the Ming Dynasty?Yang Reform was puzzled. Didn't the history class say that the Ming Dynasty was very dark?Did the excessive expropriation make the peasants revolt?How did it come to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty said that its taxes were very low?
"Since our court's tax is so low, and now the court is in urgent need of money, can we increase the tax?"

"No, Your Majesty." The lecturer quickly denied it.

"Why not? Our dynasty has extremely low taxes and keeps wealth from the people. With the accumulation of more than 200 years, now that the court is spending money, can't it be used for emergencies?"

"Your Majesty, this..." The lecturer was speechless!Can this be explained?As I said clearly, these ministers turned around and took the knife on themselves.

"Which Aiqing is willing to explain my doubts?" Yang Reform turned his attention to the ministers again.

This matter is actually very simple. The tax increase will definitely not be added to the elites of the Ming Dynasty. It has nothing to do with the elites, and it will be added to the common people.Your emperor said that one point will be added, but when it comes to farmers, it will be five points. Why?Float or not!All the land in the world is in the hands of the elites, and the ministers still know about it, and they also know where the taxes are finally added. If the emperor is urged to increase taxes now, or if there is an "uprising" one day, these ministers will not be able to afford it. Let's go, why bother to stir up this muddy water?Drinking doves to quench thirst is the best example of tax hikes. Ministers all understand this, but can they say it?cannot.I had no choice but to remain silent.

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The minister was still silent. There is no way to say this matter. It should be explained that the tax of the court is indeed not heavy, but it is not heavy if it is not returned. More people think that it is best not to pay.A typical example is that the people are rich and the country is poor, and it is more vivid that the two ends are thin and the middle is fat.The fat part in the middle never expected that once the Ming Dynasty collapsed, what awaited them would be butcher knives made of wild boar skin.They are the pigs and sheep who are sharpening their knives and rushing to the pigs and sheep.

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In the silence, this sutra feast broke up unhappily.The ministers did not give Yang Reform a "political lesson".Yang Reform did not "anti-brainwash" the ministers.Yang Reform saw some problems from this lecture.

I don't have the time and energy to wrestle with these elites of the Ming Dynasty.Collecting taxes from them is worse than killing them.The wild boar skin is about to enter customs, and he has to figure out a way by himself.Silver, money and food, the army, these three things are the rope hanging around his neck!Every day is tightening.

silver!silver! !Where is the silver?Yang Reform wants to shout loudly!

【饭, yan; (sustained tone)】

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