Chapter 128 The First Tax Invoice of the Ming Dynasty
Hai Rui agrees when you say that the little emperor is young, but if you say that the little emperor is stupid, Hai Rui disagrees ten thousand times.
Hai Rui's greatest pleasure after returning to the court was to watch Nan Ya's return of farmland. It was carried out in an orderly manner. Twenty thousand hectares had been initially implemented, and there were still 50,000 hectares left. The total number of land returned to the emperor in the world exceeded 800,000. Soon, in addition to this fun, his fun also included Zhang Juzheng being speechless when the little emperor asked him.
Hai Rui presided over Qingtian in Nanya, and finally made it possible for him to serve as an official and return home. Zhang Juzheng sent Song Yiwang, Wang Daokun and others to do it in an impressive, orderly and step-by-step manner, accelerating the development of Nanya little by little. The matter of returning the fields.
When it comes to returning the land, Hai Rui knows that he is not as good as Zhang Juzheng. Everyone will compare him. He failed to do it, but Zhang Juzheng did it. In terms of ability, Zhang Juzheng is stronger and Zhang Juzheng is omnipotent. The feeling of powerlessness he often displayed when facing the little emperor's questions was Hai Rui's second greatest source of happiness.
The little emperor issued a tax stamp like this and said he had no backup plan. Who was he trying to fool? !
"Hai Zongxian means that there will be a follow-up to this matter?" Ge Shouli said with a relaxed expression: "That is also a headache for Yuan Fu. Your Majesty, Yuan Fujiao, when the time comes, the courtiers will not If you dare to speak out about your father's faults, you can only scold the treacherous ministers and teach the emperor to become like this."
Hai Rui thought about it, it was true, they were not the ones who were scolded anyway, they were just watching the fun.
Both the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Hanlin Academy are extremely aristocratic departments. The two words "qinggui" represent that the yamen of these two government departments have no control over what their officials will do. say what.
"Why are you, the chief minister of the Jin Party, so uninterested? Why are you sailing against the wind? Impeach Zhang Xueyan. He has won a big victory now. How to impeach him?" Hai Rui talked about the meeting of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. In this case, Zhang Xueyan, the governor of Liaodong, was impeached. The reason for impeachment was that Zhang Xueyan's son had taken a concubine some time ago. This concubine came from the Sunshine Department of Yeya River in Jilin, Liaodong. This tribe has another name: Yehenarashi.
This does not prove Zhang Xueyan's crime of secretly marrying people. This concubine was returned to the people in the south, and Zhang Xueyan's son was in the capital, not in Liaodong. It is somewhat far-fetched. As long as Zhang Xueyan's son handed over this concubine to Beizhen Fu Si, how could Zhang Xueyan fail?
Besides, impeachment is impeachment. Whether an investigation can be formed depends on the decision-making of the court. Zhang Xueyan is the governor of Liaodong and a third-rank minister of the Ministry of War. Even if he is guilty, his rank will still depend on his rank.
"How do I know what they are thinking? How can his son's concubine be impeached? What if Zhang Xueyan married it himself? It's really weird." Ge Shouli finished reading the book in his hand According to the procedures of the Ming Dynasty, Ge Shouli could not stop the memorial. If someone's memorial was stopped and it was not submitted to the emperor, it would lead to death, and a lot of people would die.
Why did Ming Taizu abolish Zhongshu Province during the Hongwu period? It's not that Hu Weiyong thought that he was the prime minister and intercepted some memorials that were not beneficial to him. This kind of thing would be exposed after a while.
Ge Shouli could not stop the memorial, he could only watch these people being stupid.
"Why do these people always go to Xiasan Road? Are they dirty?" Hai Rui threw another memorial aside. They were all sent to Wenyuan Pavilion. He didn't know Yuan Fu. How does it feel to read these memorials with the emperor all day long?
Ge Shouli thought for a while and said quite accurately: "If you can't find any other way, just go to the lower third road. It's like Da Sima, a literary scholar who goes to the battlefield and personally leads the dead. Fighting with Japanese pirates caused me to suffer injuries all over my body. When I arrived in the capital, I was promoted to Grand Sima, but Fang Fengshi used false information to falsely shoot me. In the end, the root of my illness was revealed. His Majesty even refused to let Grand Sima go to the governor's military affairs. "
“But these officials always say that Da Sima took the medicine of tiger and wolf, raised three hundred prostitutes, and Qi Jiguang captured the Persian twin beauties and gave them to Zhang Yuanfu. Tsk tsk, they have noses and eyes. Isn’t it possible to witness it with your own eyes while working as a servant in the private residence of Da Sima and Yuan Fu?”
“The more details there are, the less credible it is. Spreading rumors and causing trouble is the most abominable thing.”
Ji Yu sinks the boat. , the group lightly breaks the axes, the people speak for gold, the accumulation destroys the bones.
The words spoken in unison by everyone were enough to melt metal. It is a metaphor that the power of public opinion is powerful, and public opinions can confuse right and wrong and truth.
For example, the case of Fang Xiaoru’s execution of ten tribes, which has never been recorded in the history of the country, has become a prominent scholar, as if Emperor Cheng Zuwen was an out-and-out murderous devil. However, after searching the history of the country, it turns out that Where is the case of the Ten Clans? Chengzu had just entered Nanjing at that time, and he entered the capital in the name of Qingjun. It was inevitable to kill people. However, the claims of the ten tribes are the same as those of Grand Sima Tan Lun's Tiger Wolf Medicine and Zhang Juzheng's Persian concubine. The more details there are, the less trustworthy they are.
Hai Rui picked up another memorial, opened it, read it a few times, and said with a smile: "We should throw them and their books into the cesspool. There is a memorial to impeach Liang Menglong and Zhao Mengyou. ”
The public opinion in the court is mainly focused on the matter of seizing love. This thing is a bit strange. The little emperor who usually talks at length suddenly stopped summoning these officials. This is very strange. The signal was like a tiger suddenly taking a nap, so the courtiers only came to give advice, instead of going to Tianque and kowtow in front of Huangji Gate.
Yes, Zhu Yijun has sharpened the butcher's knife. He wants to make the love fight between Liang Menglong and Zhao Mengyou thorough and to the extreme. If the official of the Ministry of Science and Technology touches his nose and face, Zhu Yijun will take out the imperial staff. Come with a big killing weapon and kill more than a dozen officials. In the future, no one will force you to win love.
Ge Shouli was also happy and said with a smile: "After all, I am afraid. It was Zhao Mengyou who was impeached. Now Zhao Mengyou is Tishuai. They should not seize love when they impeach Tishuai. They should go back to their hometown to observe filial piety. Tishuai has a royal staff. When the time comes, you can really beat them to death. Tiqi's stick can be used to hit a person well, and it takes two or three days to cultivate it, which means that if you hit it unluckily, you can kill someone with just one stick."
< br>The little emperor and Luo Sigong were fighting. It was a wooden sword that could kill people. It was only a five-foot wooden sword. The killing clubs of the Tiqi were no joke. They could be retracted and released freely. If you didn’t want to kill someone, how could you kill them? That is to say, just the sound of movement will not kill anyone, but if you want to kill someone, a stick will kill you.
This matter is troublesome for Ke Dao Yan Guan. If it was just Liang Menglong, it would be fine. The impeachment would be impeachment. Now that Zhao Mengyou is added, this Chaotianque does not mean that he has thrown himself into a trap. ?
Kedao officials are bad, not stupid.
“Bullying the weak and fearing the strong.” Hai Rui sneered and continued to deal with the matters of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Hai Rui and Ge Shouli get along quite well, because Hai Rui is not greedy for power, does not engage in cliques, and has the power to oversee the affairs of the Yuan Dynasty. He only recognizes right and wrong. Right is right and wrong is wrong. As the leader of the Jin Party, Ge Shouli There must be some authoritative matters, and Hai Rui occasionally knows how to work around them. Faces are given to each other, so Hai Rui will check whether the popular science and education officials have the integrity and uprightness to be trusted ministers.
Ge Shouli is also very supportive of Hai Rui's appraisal work. These academicians are used to talking nonsense and will cause trouble and get struck by lightning if they are not properly appraised. , Ge Shouli will also be affected.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Shangyuan Festival. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the Aoshan fireworks begin. The Aoshan fireworks are a giant lantern fireworks landscape set up by the Ming Dynasty royal family in the palace every year during the Shangyuan Festival. Because of their shape It looks like Aoshan, so it is named Aoshan Fireworks, or Aoshan Lantern Festival.
During the Chenghua period, Emperor Xianzong decreed that his subjects go to the Meridian Gate to view Aoshan Mountain for three days, and moved Aoshan Mountain from the palace to the Meridian Gate. The emperor and his subjects enjoyed it together, and the development took longer and longer, and Aoshan Mountain also It gets taller every year, and all kinds of uniquely designed fireworks are piled up layer by layer on Aoshan Mountain, usually thirteen layers high and several feet high!
There are also more and more projects. From the beginning, it was to watch Aoshan Mountain, and later it gradually became the stage of Taichang Temple and Bell and Drum Division. Various folk arts were also performed on the stage.
This is also the source of rewards. The emperor gives rewards as soon as he opens his mouth. Every year, hundreds of thousands of rewards are given. The palace cannot support it, and neither can the court.
During the Jiajing period, there was a clear distinction between public and private affairs, so Jiajing did not like to organize the Aoshan fireworks. However, during the Longqing period, all the rewards came from state funds, and the Ministry of Revenue was not willing to do it. The little emperor said no, The Ministry of Husbandry was the first to agree. The Ministry of Rites said no reward was needed, but the Ministry of Husbandry agreed again.
On the day of the Yuan Shangyuan Festival, colorful lanterns of various shapes flashed on the huge Aoshan Mountain, gorgeous fireworks continued to set off, and the maids danced gracefully to the beautiful music of the Bell and Drum Division. It is an audio-visual feast, and can be called the Ming Dynasty version of the Spring Festival Gala.
When Tang Bohu came to Beijing, he saw this holy scene and wrote: The deep rock of the Immortal Palace is named Taixia, and the precious lanterns are decorated high and low. The agarwood tree is connected with three pearls, and the branches are decorated with colorful knots and four branches are illuminated by flowers. The water stirs up the Gebei dragon and turns it into a staff, and the moon shines brightly and the phoenix follows the chariot.
The Spring Festival Gala has been suspended for two years. Can the Ministry of Rites not be anxious?
The New Year in the capital is very lively. Amidst the sound of firecrackers, every household has Spring Festival couplets and lanterns hung up. Some people even have flags made of colored paper hanging in their homes, and small flags made of colored paper strung together with threads. Children play together, wear new clothes and light fireworks and firecrackers everywhere on the street, especially throwing firecrackers into the cesspit, which always attracts scolding from their mother.
During the Chinese New Year, children like to steal food very much, because during the Chinese New Year, the most delicious things are cooked. If the child is caught by his father, he will teach the child to eat with a straight face and good manners. Being diligent and thrifty, who knows that every grain of food on the plate is hard work.
Linzhong Wufu is prosperous. There are two cities during the Ming Dynasty. The first city starts on the first day of the Lunar New Year and ends with the City God Temple Fair on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. The City God of the capital almost destroyed Yongle in Jinan Prefecture. The emperor was smashed to death by a thousand-pound gate, and the Chenghuang Temple Fair was unprecedented in scale. From the morning when the market opened, all kinds of goods stalls were lined up, and the entire street of the Punishment Department Yamen was occupied every year.
The second largest market is the Lantern Festival Lantern Market. During the three days of the Lantern Festival, the curfew will be lifted. The Lantern Festival Lantern Market is a gathering of rare goods from all over the country every year. There are also Western items imported from Europe and the West. For example, during these three days, the capital will sell pastries from Shou'anfang in Hangzhou Prefecture.
There are noisy firecrackers, and there is an endless stream of people paying New Year greetings. When acquaintances meet, they say hello and bow to each other, and there are many of them. A bowl of Shangyuan soup for guests is a blend of sincerity and warmth.
As the emperor, Zhu Yijun also appeared in the Wufeng Tower above the Huangji Gate, and Aoshan Mountain was at his feet. When the moon rose, the Aoshan Fireworks Festival officially began, and Feng Baobao stayed by the emperor's side. , but stared at the Aoshan lampstand next to the Aoshan lampstand. If something went wrong, Feng Bao wouldn't be able to save ten thousand heads.
The fireworks on Aoshan Mountain were built by the imperial court this year. Ten thousand taels of silver were spent on the fireworks on Aoshan Mountain.
After watching the Aoshan fireworks, Zhu Yijun got up and left directly. He had no political purpose, just two words: save money.
As an emperor, he doesn’t need rewards if he doesn’t look at them, which is very logical.
This is not a solution thought up by the Ministry of Rites, it is Zhu Yijun’s own decision, and as Zhu Yijun is present as the emperor, in fact, the ministers can’t let it go. It’s like going out for team building, and it is always inexplicably awkward for some leaders to be present. Zhu Yijun was embarrassed to see this strange political gift, and the performer was also embarrassed.
When Zhu Yijun returned to Qianqing Palace, even Empress Dowager Chen who was in Qianqing Palace was extremely surprised.
"Emperor, you weren't watching the fun in front, why did you come back?" Empress Dowager Chen frowned and said: "Or did these ministers make some trouble again? Did they make the emperor angry? "
Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Dowager Li both changed their expressions. Someone was bullying the emperor.
In the second year of Longqing, the late emperor started the Aoshan fireworks on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, and burned the table when he returned to the palace. This was because a Kedao official contradicted Emperor Longqing, saying that Emperor Longqing was too extravagant and should not Such a waste of national savings.
This Yan Guan was not punished, because what Yan Guan said was very reasonable. At that time, the national money was empty, and the internal money was tight and he went to the outer court to beg for food.
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "That's not true. It's good if the child doesn't let them suffer. How can they dare to let the child suffer? When Zhao Tishuai stole his love, they didn't dare to kowtow in front of the Huangji Gate. , for fear of being beaten to death.”
“I just don’t want to see it.”
The Queen Mother Li saw that the little emperor was in a low mood. He seemed indifferent to such a lively matter. He asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
Zhu Yijun hesitated for a moment before he said: "During the Chinese New Year this year, my husband said that he wanted to see foreign officials, the county magistrate, and senior citizens. "I want to see the people."
"I met Feng Mingong, a right-wing politician in Henan. Feng Mingong was a member of the Jin Party and his teacher was Yang Bo. I asked him if there were any injustices or disasters. Feng Mingong answered that only man-made disasters and the anger of God and people's resentment are different. Generations are angry.”
"I ask again: What an injustice."
"The Prime Minister of Shaanzhou County, Henan Prefecture in western Henan reported that there was a farmer named Wang Xingsan in Jiao Village, Lingbao Town, known as Wang Laosan. Wang Laosan had a daughter. She is just such a daughter, and she is usually very doted on. "
"The Wang family has twenty-four acres of land. Originally, the family could live well, but there was a locust plague the year before last, and the court exempted her from the local tax. The demand was too heavy, so I had to sell the acres. In the disaster year, the acres could not be sold at a high price, so I borrowed the green rice money. The green rice money was very profitable, but Wang Laosan could not pay back the money."
"Last year during the New Year, Wang Laosan went out to hide from debts and did not return until the Chinese New Year. As a result, he was blocked at home by debt collectors. "
" Mr. Lu, a wealthy family in Shaanzhou, saw Shui Ling raised by Wang Laosan's daughter and forced her to pay off the debt. , Wang Laosan refused and beat to death a member of the Lu family, who was called a family member but was actually a slave, in order to avoid the Ming Dynasty's prohibition against keeping slaves. "
"Wang Laosan killed someone. The court naturally wants to pursue the case, and Wang Laosan has nowhere to go, so he has to surrender, hoping that the court can give his girl a way to live. "
"The debt will not be paid off after death, and the county magistrate will do everything possible, but the Lu family only wants people. No money is needed. This year Zuo Shenzheng went to Beijing to report on his duties, and the county magistrate also came with him."
"I asked: Where is this daughter?"
"The county magistrate brought this daughter to the capital. I came here hoping to find someone to adopt her, but I couldn’t find her after several searches. I left the daughter in the palace, and Feng Bao sent her to the inner study to study.”
The Tragedy of Wang Laosan. , is the epitome of the bankrupt people in the Central Plains. People like Ming Dynasty have been increasing year by year. An undercurrent hidden under the water is surging, brewing like the eyes of the Mo Dao Stone Man. One day, this current will The accumulated anger will burn the entire world.
The inner study room that the Wang family girl went to was a study room under the jurisdiction of the Director of Rites of the Ming Dynasty. The palace maids and Xiao Huangmen were studying there. Feng Bao was so good at studying, and he was able to study in the inner study little by little based on his strength. The palace maids and Xiaohuangmen who can choose to study inside are also involved and have a very high status. Whenever the palace maids and Xiaohuangmen who study in the inner study pass by, the eunuchs in the palace will stop and bow their hands in greeting, because they point out. I'm not sure who among them will become an ancestor in the future.
The Wang family girl is not lucky, she is indeed smart and can do anything.
Zhang Hong suffered from this disadvantage. He didn't study in the study, so he kept making up for it.
"How does the emperor plan to deal with this case?" Empress Dowager Li came from a humble background and couldn't bear to hear the suffering of the people. No wonder the little emperor had been depressed these past few days during the New Year. It turned out that she was pretending to be something and asked the emperor how to deal with it.
Zhu Yijun's face was extremely calm, but his tone was a little cold as he said: "Henan Right Political Consultant Feng Minggong reported that this Lu family in Shaanzhou took advantage of the locust plague, but it caused a lot of harm to many people. Wang Laosan is just a family, and the Wang family The tragedy of the daughter is not just a family. They took advantage of these dignified daughters and sold them to Nanya to be made into thin horses.” The top prostitute, Qian Qianyi, who was famous for his itchy scalp and cold water, had a concubine who was a talented singer.
Zhu Yijun then said: "I asked Mr., is this the Henan Zuo Shenzheng and the county magistrate specially arranged by Mr.? The gentleman said: He only found out after the Zuo Shenzheng and the county magistrate returned to Beijing to report on their duties. A righteous person cannot be a good person. Government, please ask the emperor to punish Tianen and correct the atmosphere. If the atmosphere is clear and the sea is clear, the bad behavior will not be hidden."
"I asked Ti to punish two people from a thousand households and lead Ti. Qi Fifty, specializes in handling this case."
"Mr. Yuan Fu asked your Majesty to reward you?" After hearing the handling, Queen Mother Li looked much more relaxed. She said with a smile: "Recently. The courtiers always reported that Yuan Fu was isolating himself from the outside world, but my mother never noticed that Yuan Fu had plans to isolate himself from the outside world. "
"Qian'an Bo and Ning Yuan Bo won the battle, and the emperor wanted to award military honors, and Yuan Fu asked the emperor to celebrate the rewards; these courtiers said something wrong, and the emperor wanted to admonish them. Something happened in the west of Henan and Henan, and Yuan Fu also asked the emperor to Intimidation, these officials are so sharp-tongued when they talk about good people as bad people, so why don’t they go to Yibei and kill me?”
"It's hard work, Your Majesty. It's so hard at such an age."
"Feng Dajue, go and call that girl Wang. I want to see for myself."
Soon this will happen. Wang Yatou was called over. Queen Mother Li and Queen Mother Chen both looked at each other. They were indeed beautiful women. Their facial features alone were not outstanding, but when put together they were surprisingly coordinated and consistent.
Empress Dowager Li asked: "What is your name? How old are you? Have you read a book? Are there any relatives at home? The court will deal with it. Since the court knows about your family's grievances, it cannot let this happen. "The injustice will not be redressed."
Wang Yatou knelt on the ground and listened carefully to the answer, "My daughter's name is Wang Yaozhuo. She is twelve years old. She has read the Three-Character Classic, Hundred Family Surnames, Thousand-Character Essay, and Idiom Examination. I learned a lot about it. My mother died in childbirth while giving birth to a little girl. My father never remarried and he had no family. The common people thanked the emperor for his kindness, and they will wear a ring of grass to repay him in this life."
Wang Yaozhuo kowtowed heavily. There was a cry in his voice.
Empress Dowager Li noticed something and asked again: "Don't you have an uncle?"
Although Wang Yaozhuo had shed tears, he still thought clearly and spoke fluently. Said: "After my father died, the family was devastated. Zhao Xian Cheng knew that his father was wronged, but the national law was ruthless, so he took good care of his daughter. If you ask relatives, Zhao Xian Cheng is probably the only foster father."
< br>When people are extremely excited, they are prone to becoming speechless. Some people's thinking becomes more agile and their sentences become more fluent.
Wang Yaozhuo's life had been stable for eleven years, when her father's mountain-like backbone suddenly collapsed, and disasters followed one after another. Her father killed someone to protect her, and then went to jail. The evidence was solid and there was no room for sophistry. After the verdict, Zhaoxian Cheng had been going around for a long time, and this time it happened that Zuo Shenzhen came to Beijing to resign, so he took the girl to Beijing with the idea of trying.
"It is extremely hateful to live in poverty." After hearing this, Empress Dowager Li sighed heavily and said, "Study well in the study room and come to Qianqing Palace every five days so that I can teach you that you are like this." How did you read the book?"
"Yes." Wang Yaozhuo actually didn't quite understand what Empress Dowager Li said about being in the palace. This was soaring into the sky.
Seeing that Empress Dowager Li had finished her question, Zhu Yijun immediately said: "Mother, how can the righteousness of the bones be dissipated? Why is the world so turbid?"
"Zhao County Cheng is protecting the Wang family's daughter, so he The Lu family made things difficult for her in every possible way, refusing to tolerate or condone, using threats, inducements, and coercion. They tried every possible means to make the Wang daughter and people like Zhao Xian Cheng bow their heads. The only way was to beat the backbone of Zhao Xian Cheng. After that, they can levy excessively and do whatever they want."
"As everyone knows, they have broken the backbone of these people who are taking advantage of the country, and they are hollowing out the pillars of the country bit by bit, drying them up, and supporting them. If you can’t hold on any longer, the day will come when the sky and the earth will fall apart, the time will be lost, and you will all perish!”
“Mr. has always said: power and new policies must come from the top down, but also from the bottom up, then Top-down means starting from Mr. Xu Jie's teacher to stop the disadvantages of appeasement, while bottom-up means starting from the grievances in various places, redressing grievances, using cases to implement policies, and correcting the wrongdoers. This is bottom-up. ."
"The test method is broken..."
"Okay!" Queen Mother Li immediately stretched out her hand to signal the frustrated emperor to stop talking. Queen Mother Li looked a little helpless. Said: "Emperor, Your Majesty! Stop it, there are Yuan Fu in the country, and there are also emperors who are wise and enlightened. It's not that my mother doesn't listen to these principles. If you tell my mother this, my mother will not understand. How about the emperor go to the front? Look at the fireworks and the various arts? What are you doing to embarrass your mother? Go and embarrass the courtiers!” And many ideas are based on opposites but unity. Yang is Yin and Yin is Yang, which is too difficult to understand.
Zhu Yijun realized something was wrong! Queen Mother Li has fallen into a cycle of poor students. If she doesn't understand something, she doesn't want to listen. The less she wants to listen, the more Queen Mother Li doesn't like listening. In this cycle, she can't keep up with the progress of the course.
Zhu Yijun came back to study the agricultural books written by Xu Zhenming and the arithmetic learned by the emperor's uncle Zhu Zaiyu. The arithmetic of the emperor's uncle is the same as the heavenly book. Mainly some places that need to be simplified are all in Chinese characters, and they are orthographic. It's too troublesome to do. Arithmetic is already difficult, but doing it like this makes it even harder.
For the emperor's arithmetic, Zhu Yijun planned to simplify it. The simpler something, the easier it is to promote.
"Feng Daban, let me tell you, sir, he knows that this tax bureau is guilty of serious crimes and will definitely be notorious, so why are you willing to agree? I will tell you the reasons in detail." Zhu Yijun returned to the dormitory. , I want to break this apart.
"Your Majesty, there is a stall in Huangzhuang in the lantern market. If I don't go and keep an eye on it, I'm afraid they will be lazy again, so I'll leave." Feng Baoyong ran away after something happened.
Zhang Hong said without changing his expression: "Your Majesty, I am stupid and have little education."
Sincerity is indeed the greatest nirvana. Zhang Hong directly admitted his stupidity to prevent The emperor chanted sutras to him.
"Hey." Zhu Yijun picked up arithmetic and began to study it seriously.
At this time, the lantern market was indeed very lively, and Feng Bao did not deceive the emperor. He really came to stare at Huangzhuang’s stall in the lantern market. This was also the first time that Huangzhuang had set up in the lantern market. Stall, in front of the stall, there is an endless stream of people coming and going.
The best-selling items are books. Three hundred copies of each of the Four Books Annotated by Yuan Fu himself were prepared, but not a single one was left. They were all sold out. Although the Taishi Chair in the Tai Hospital has a weird shape, As long as the goods are available, they will be sold out. If Yuanfu and Sima of the Ming Dynasty personally bring the goods, they will naturally rush to buy them.
The third best-selling item is colored glaze. The plasticity of colored glaze can be used to shape it into various shapes, each with its own theme.
For example, a tiger lying on a stone, ready to hunt at any time, the theme is the hidden tiger hidden in the stone; for example, the most popular elephant, lion, tiger, leopard and wolf fighting beast chess and card, made of glass, crystal clear ;For example, the Nanshan Everlasting Pine, which means longevity, etc.;
These are indeed works of art, but they are all blown out of molds. The bellows blow hot air to fill the glass, and then heat it twice and refine it again. There are no technical difficulties. This is all about grinding lenses for His Majesty, and the remaining scraps are recycled and reused.
Fo Langji’s special envoy Li Yashi saw these crystal clear glass products. He couldn’t walk at all. He almost took out all the glass products in Huangzhuang. This thing is really too well made. Too exquisite.
“How much is this?” Legas asked, pointing to a strange shape he had never seen before.
The eunuch of the Imperial Palace looked at the object pointed by Li Yashi and said with a smile: "One touch of Pixiu will bring good fortune, another touch of Pixiu will bring good fortune, and three touches of Pixiu will bring fortune. It is most appropriate for a businessman to bring in treasure. This is five taels of silver, and the tax is three cents."
Legasi asked in surprise: "Is there still a tax?"
"Yes. ." The eunuch also shook his head when he heard this. This is His Majesty's will, and the imperial village must also pay taxes!
Moreover, Huangzhuang has to write the tax invoice himself and send it to the Yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs to file the tax temporarily. The commercial tax will be drawn at 6%, and he will fill in the amount he sells.
This Huangzhuang has been around since the Yongle period, and became very popular during the Chenghua period. The Huangzhuang has been here for so many years. Which yamen without foresight would dare to come to the Huangzhuang to collect taxes? Are you tired of living?
However, His Majesty has made it clear that he will file his own taxes. If the foreign court detects any leakage, he will keep it himself.
"Oh." Ligas took out five taels of silver, and then took out five taels of broken silver, and asked the eunuch to cut off three taels of silver, which was regarded as payment of tax.
After the Lantern Festival, Huangzhuang in the capital sorted out the tax receipts for these days and sent them to the Hubu Yamen. The two sums of money were put into the account separately. With sharp claws and fangs, Feng Bao, the eunuch in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, is the ancestor of the palace and is not a big shot to be trifled with. The eunuchs have come to pay taxes for the first time. If the Ministry of Revenue does not open their eyes to cause trouble, Gao Luo will give it to the Yamen of the Ministry of Revenue to start again. After decorating it again, the door panels of the household department were dismantled and carried into the palace.
It was Feng Bao’s confidant Xu Jue who went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to pay taxes.
"What kind of wind brought Xu Dajue here?" When Wang Guoguang heard that Xu Jue had come to pay taxes, he was confused. What kind of tax did he have to pay? He had never heard of eunuchs paying taxes. statement!
When Xu Jue said this, he became very angry. He slapped the table and said, "I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup your ministers from the outer court have poured into His Majesty! After persuading Your Majesty, let the Emperor Well, in the 209th year of the Ming Dynasty, it was the first time I heard that the palace paid taxes to the outer court. It was an eye-opener for our family. Our Wanli Dynasty was so bold that we even dared to collect taxes from the palace! "
"This is the tax stamp from the imperial palace of the capital in the first month of the third year of Wanli. Take it, Da Situ. If you use the national funds to beg for food from the internal funds in the future, we will not entertain you!"
"Invoice our family!"
Wang Guoguang, who had always felt something was wrong, finally figured out that a storm was about to come. The little emperor's issuance of tax invoices was not a child's play. It’s not a joke, even Huangzhuang is included in the scope of unified taxation. What signal is this? What kind of resolute determination does this represent?
The little emperor is definitely holding something back!
Wang Guoguang, a worried and maverick man, made a rare visit to the Quanchu Guild Hall and handed a greeting card at the side door, asking to see Zhang Juzheng.
Led by the pioneer Ge Shouli, the Quanchu Guild Hall also began to open in all directions. The hall was indeed repaired and divided into two. The Wenchang Pavilion and the rest were divided into private residences. They are all public areas. Zhang Juzheng also built a family school and banned Zhang Dang from kneeling.
"Yuanfu, this is a tax stamp from Huangzhuang. I paid a total of six hundred taels." Wang Guangguang looked at the tax stamp, swallowed his throat and said in horror: "If Yuanfu doesn't make it clear, , this tax stamp is a reminder, what on earth is your Majesty going to do?”
“I have to tell you clearly! Otherwise, I will feel so upset that I won’t even be able to sleep. How can the imperial court ask the emperor in the five thousand years of the Central Plains? Tax? If Yuan Fu doesn't like me, I can become an official. How can I, Wang Guang, afford Yuan Fu to deal with this? The first tax stamp of the Ming Dynasty was also lost and he said: "At first, Your Majesty had his own opinion on whether to use a bull's knife to kill a chicken, and I didn't care; later, His Majesty asked Yang Dazai whether he was a gentleman or a villain. I thought Your Majesty was wise and wise. "Later, your Majesty asked what is public and what is private, but I didn't care."
"What is your Majesty going to do? Your Majesty wants to revive the Ming Dynasty and build its glory amidst all the difficulties."
"What is your Majesty going to do? Your Majesty must unswervingly implement the New Deal, no matter what the cost."
"What is your Majesty going to do? Your Majesty is going to put an end to the drawbacks of appeasement in the world, starting with Your Majesty himself. "
"Da Situ, my methods are ruthless, but since I came to the country, have I ever wronged anyone? You have to worry about your nine tribes, and I also have to worry about my nine tribes."
< br>The little emperor really gave Zhang Juzheng a big job!
When writing this, I suddenly thought of Tan Sitong's words: Reforms in various countries are all caused by bloodshed. Today, China has not heard of anyone bleeding because of reforms. This is why this country is not prosperous; if there is, please start from the same heir. Thank you to "Little Flying Carpet" for the 10,000 point reward, thank you to "Yi Shi Gong" for the 1,500 point reward, thank you for your support, thank you for your recognition, spread the flowers, please vote for me, oooh! ! ! ! ! ! !
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