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Chapter 1050 New Deal worries

"Look at the newspaper, today's special issue, read it!"

Near Sanli River, a young man was running and shouting wildly, looking surprised.

"Mongols surrendered!"

"It's the pseudo-ethnic, they surrendered!"

"My Ming Dynasty has added another territory, and my emperor is mighty!"

"My emperor is mighty, the Ming Dynasty is mighty!"

The Royal Court of Justice in the south of the city was in full swing, and countless people were shouting wildly. Even the doctoral professors couldn't help it. Some people ran to raise the national flag and sang loudly under the national flag.

The Mongol Yuan has always been a thorn in the Ming Dynasty. This thorn has never been removed during the Tumu Fort Incident, and it has become deeper and deeper. Now it has been completely removed!

Even ordinary people know that the battle of defense during the Yingzong period is a battle that completely defeats the glory of the Ming Dynasty in the past!

"Long live my emperor!"

The southeast, west, northwest and north, boiling like a tsunami, roaring across the sky and earth, whistling like a hurricane, sweeping across the entire capital.

In the Ministry of Rites, a group of doctors, Yuanwailang and Shilang walked into Shangshu Chen Xun's class room, each of whom was excited and unable to suppress himself.

"Sir, I'm thinking of submitting a memorial to the emperor... I'm going to Taishan Fengshan this year. I wonder what I want to do?" Right Minister Yao Qizhi stepped forward and said with eager eyes.

Fengshan in Mount Tai is not a small matter. Emperors of all dynasties went to Fengshan, and there were only two things: one was to ‘apologize’ and the other was to ‘take credit’.

His Majesty the Emperor's martial arts are far superior to those of Taizu and Taizong, so he naturally will not be "appointing guilt". At this time, he naturally makes a wish to heaven and seeks credit from heaven and earth!

Chen Xun was reviewing the 'Jingzheng Ceremony', looked up at a group of people rushing in, looked around, and said calmly: "You all think this?"

The left assistant minister He Zhizhou raised his hand and said, "Sir, my natural disasters have lasted for more than ten years, and the morale of the people is sluggish. You can use this opportunity to inspire people and boost morale. It is a killing of multiple goals in one fell swoop..."

"Yes, since the emperor ascended the throne, he has not officially sacrificed the world. There are shortcomings in etiquette and law, and it is now just enough to make up for it."

"Sir, the emperor thinks it's very good. The emperor does not like fame and fortune, but he has to do some things. This matter needs to be done with the emperor's will..."

"Master Sun Ge is about to return to Beijing soon. Why don't we take the opportunity to report a joint report and ask the emperor to go to Mount Tai for the Fengshan, and pray to the heavenly curtains, and the people of the Ming Dynasty, and be kind to the rain and dew..."

Chen Xun looked unmoved and complained in his heart. Where did you see that His Majesty the current emperor is not good at fame and fortune? Do you really not hear the rumors outside? Why are you reluctant to do so?

Although he was whispering in his heart, Chen Xun did not speak because he knew very well that His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Palace stood taller than them and had better methods. He would not be as impatient as these people expected to go to Mount Tai to Fengshan.

Too revealing traces, too restrictive to form!

When the excitement of the group of people calmed down, Chen Xun said, "Well, you can join forces. This matter cannot be a matter of my Ministry of Rites. I will have to go to the Ministry of Works later."

Everyone was stunned and then woke up. Chen Xun was the Secretary of State, so he naturally wanted to jointly sign with the Secretary of State of State.

"Yes, we understand." Yao Qizhi and others raised their hands, all with tacit smiles.

Chen Xun watched the group of people leave, shook his head, and was speechless.

As the "New Deal" is recognized, the situation between the government and the people has changed silently but it is also very fast. I don't know how many people are rushing to slap the court and flatter the emperor.

Chen Xun already had a bunch of memorials at hand, all of which were written by the great masters in the wild, famous scholars and some officials from the past, all of which were to praise the emperor for his virtues, praise the emperor's wisdom and superb martial arts... These praises made him feel a little embarrassed.

Chen Xun put these memorials aside. He believed that not only him, but also the six ministers, cabinets, etc., probably received more, and then the most statutes.

The cabinet is indeed as Chen Xun expected. King Jing took more than a dozen memorials and left the class room. He walked to Sun Chuanting's class room and smiled bitterly: "Baigu, guess whose memorials I received?"

Sun Chuanting put down his pen, picked up a pile of them on the table, and said, "Let's compare the three cabinet masters in the Wanli period and the four ministers in the Tianqi period?"

King Jing laughed and said, "My is not bad either. The joint memorial of the 16 princes of the royal family, the joint memorial of the thirteen dukes and marquises, and the queen's uncle and the clan uncle of the queen..."

Sun Chuanting's brows jumped, this was really better than him.

Wang Qiaonian appeared behind King Jing and said, "Baigu, Prince, except for me, all officials above the Dali Temple have jointly submitted a letter to request the emperor to strictly implement the 'new policy' and promote the reform and improvement of Dali Temple..."

Sun Chuanting was slightly stunned and nodded, "It's still your Dali Temple's great master."

Wang Qiaonian smiled bitterly and shook his head. Now all departments of the court are overwhelmed by these similar memorials, making him unaware of what to do.

King Jing smiled and said, "I don't care. The emperor must have known it a long time ago. We will choose a few better ones later and send them to the Silijian. Eunuch Liu and Eunuch Cao will naturally know what to do."

Sun Chuanting agreed and said, "Put these things to leave first, and the emperor probably won't go to Mount Tai for the Fengshan. Now it's still the summer grain business this year."

Speaking of this, King Jing and Wang Qiaonian both looked slightly dark. This year is the first year of the implementation of the "New Policy". "Officials and gentry paid food together". This incident has caused chaos in the local area. As the summer harvest approaches, it will become increasingly serious.

Wang Qiaonian said: "I have received hundreds of letters, all of whom are the heads of Dali Temples in various places. They said that some landlords have skillfully used means to start evading taxes. Some tenants sued the landlords for owing food, some prefectures used the excuse of owing food for years, and some even set fire to farmland... This is still a prosperous place in Jiangnan. In prefectures such as Shaanxi and Sichuan, local governments either request reductions on the grounds that they are not enough to be young and strong, while others collude with bandits and loot all of them, so as to ask the court for disaster relief... They really have a variety of tricks and do everything they can..."

These were all sued to Dali Temple for various reasons, and were suing the lawsuit, delaying and blocking, so they were collected and reported collectively.

King Jing looked solemn and said, "There are also those in the Governor's Court. I have received countless memorials and letters from all over the country, saying that this year's natural disasters are serious and grain production is severe. I hope the court will not impose taxes for the time being. I sent some officials to check and report them. They are all dried up thousands of miles away, and there are even no seedlings in a hundred miles. There are even those who are willing to harvest in advance and deceive the supervision..."

These Sun Chuanting naturally received the report, with a calm expression and said: "Since the emperor ascended the throne, there have been hundreds of prefectures and counties that have reduced and exempted grain taxes. The treasury of the court has long been bottoming out. These people are not considerate at all and ignore the interests of the country for small profits. If the court is really unable to make arrangements!"

At this time, Bi Ziyan Congjing Prince and Wang Qiaonian walked out and said, "What do you say about the memorials of governors from all over the country?"

When Sun Chuanting and others saw that Bi Ziyan had come, they all turned to him. Sun Chuanting said: "The memorials from Jiang, Su, Zhejiang, Huguang and other places have long been uploaded. They are still a little powerless and have little control over prefectures. Several senators have also submitted memorials, hoping that the court will delay for two or three years, and wait for the "new policy" to be implemented below, and control over local areas will increase greatly, and then improve taxes will surely come naturally and easily..."

This reason seems to be very correct, but it is not another kind of delay. There will inevitably be new excuses in a few years!

Bi Ziyan's face was indifferent and said, "The Emperor had told me before that he was planning to form a law enforcement team under the Governor's Council to deal with taxes. Let's take a look first, and if necessary, form it!"

In recent years, the Ming Dynasty had a continuous disaster, and nothing could grow on the ground. There were quite a few people resisting taxes. It can be said that most civil unrest came from this. But the law enforcement team they are talking about now is not, it is targeting the "gentry" class.

It can be foreseen that before and after the formation of this organization, it will cause storms.

Sun Chuanting naturally realized the danger, thought for a while, and said, "Then let's take a look first. Master Sun has led his troops into the pass, and the 'military reform' will inevitably advance quickly. If someone makes a big noise, he can use this to shock him!"

Bi Ziyan nodded and then said, "You stare at the State Administration of Taxation. They gave me a list. It is said that I can earn 50,000 silver this year, and there will be more in the next few years. How much do you think is true or false?"

Sun Chuanting knew that Bi Ziyan did not like businessmen. In addition to his disgust of merchants' "buy low and sell high, and get it for nothing", he also believed that the Donglin Party had a close relationship with these businessmen, and the corruption came from this, and it was deeply aversion to it.

Sun Chuanting pondered for a moment and said, "This is outside the Guomao Temple. Judging from the taxes and silver paid by Guomao Temple over the years, it is mostly true."

Guomao Temple, Huitong Trading Company, is now severely suppressed, has been "administrative", and its profitability has been greatly reduced.

Bi Ziyan nodded calmly and said, "The treasury is decreasing day by day. If there is a supplement, it is a good thing to regulate merchants. But you still have to watch it and don't let them be too indulge them."

Sun Chuanting understood and said, "It's a lot of controversy outside now. Is the cabinet going to express my merits to the emperor?"
Chapter completed!
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