As soon as Liu Jin finished speaking, the British Duke Zhang Mao stood up.
"Hmm~"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly.
"Your Majesty, I am in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and I am in charge of the military households in the world for Your Majesty. Jiangnan has always been an important place in our Ming Dynasty, so there are also garrison troops."
"As for the so-called public dissatisfaction in Southern Zhili that led to the attack on the tax yamen, I also know something about it from the troops stationed in various places."
"These so-called public grievances are actually the result of violent resistance to taxation by businessmen and gentry from various parts of Southern Zhili, gathering local clan forces and local gangsters to attack tax offices, beating court officials, tax agents, and servants. They have no regard for royal laws and blatantly ignore court laws. Law, attack the imperial yamen."
"However, the local government in South Zhili is colluding with these lawless people. Not only does it not punish them, it even secretly supports them. The tax yamen arrests people, but they use various reasons to release them."
"It's not the so-called public grievances at all! It's the local wealthy households, businessmen, and gentry in Nanzhili who used force to resist the imperial taxation, flouted the imperial decrees, and wantonly attacked the imperial offices. They had no king's laws and were daring. There was no king above and no one below. Regardless of the life and death of the people in Southern Zhili."
Zhang Mao is a lot older, but his voice is very loud and clear, reaching every corner of the Jinluan Palace.
His words suddenly changed the faces of Gao Yuanlong, Qian Qi and others.
Zhang Mao directly slapped a big label on the wealthy households, businessmen, and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River who were resisting taxes. They despised the court laws, attacked the court offices, and had no royal laws. Any one of these would be enough. Everyone should be executed.
The key is that what Zhang Mao said is true.
They know very well that the so-called things that arouse public resentment and even attack the tax yamen are all done by the family behind them in Nanzhili, with the purpose of not paying taxes.
¡°If this matter gets so bad that Emperor Hongzhi sends people to investigate thoroughly, not to mention that they will die without a burial place, even the families behind them will be implicated, and the cheapest option is to be exiled to Winter City or Golden Continent.
"Your Majesty, this is nonsense, this is nonsense~"
Gao Yuanlong immediately stood up, pointed at Zhang Mao, and said angrily: "The tax yamen imposed excessive taxes, forcibly levied taxes, broke into people's homes, and forcibly deducted people's property. As a result, in the south of the Yangtze River, public resentment spread, causing the people to attack the tax yamen."
"It's not what he said at all. The gentry organized the local gangsters to attack the tax office. The gentry has the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. They are all people who cultivate and study and inherit the family. How could they do such a thing."
"Yes, Your Majesty, this is slander~"
Qian Qi also quickly stood up and said: "In the past, Jiangnan was the most prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty. There was never any complaint from the people, and there was no talk of people attacking the Yamen."
"The reason why these things are happening now is entirely because the tax yamen imposes excessive taxes and forcibly collects taxes, which arouses public resentment. The root of everything lies in the tax yamen and the new tax system."
"I believe that the tax bureau should be abolished, the current tax system should be abolished, and the policy of light corvee and low tax should be implemented. In this way, all people in the world will benefit, and public resentment will be eliminated."
General Qian Qi¡¯s words below are clear-cut and serious.
He did not notice at all that Emperor Hongzhi, who was sitting on the dragon throne, had murderous intent flashing in his eyes when he heard him saying that he wanted to abolish the current tax system.
Emperor Hongzhi was a man who had come through hard times. He had tightened his belt and managed to save millions of taels of money, but he was closely watched by the ministers in the court.
I want to do something, but I get rejected when I say I have no money, or else I just stare at my own money and let myself withdraw money from the money.
??Abolish the tax system and go back to the past?
牺如 suyingwang.net 牺如。 I can¡¯t even bear to go back to that palace Repair, go back to the era when everyone who wanted to do something every day was told that they had no money, but the gentry and wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River were so rich that they could spend a lot of money on the banks of the Qinhuai River?
Emperor Hongzhi would never allow him to return to the old days. Is that the life of an emperor?
"Your Majesty, the existing tax system should be abolished, the tax bureaus should be abolished, and the policy of light corvee and low tax should be implemented. This is a policy implemented by sages and sages throughout the ages."
After Qian Qi¡¯s words fell, officials who supported Gao Yuanlong and Qian Qi soon came forward one after another, requesting Emperor Hongzhi to cancel the current tax policy and return to the past.
&nHe is an enemy of Ming Dynasty, a person who hates the good of Ming Dynasty, and a traitor who is not loyal to your majesty and Ming Dynasty.
These hats are heavier than hats that are buttoned down in the front.
Zhang Mao just said that they ignored the imperial decree and attacked the government offices that symbolized the imperial court. But now they are labeled as disloyal to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor. They want to destroy the foundation of the strong Ming Dynasty. They are powerful enemies and traitors of the Ming Dynasty.
This is simply more terrifying than taking their lives.
Once this hat is confirmed, they and the family behind them will die without a burial place. Mi He Mi
¡°Beautiful~¡±
Liu Jin listened carefully and couldn't help but cheer loudly in his heart.
Binding taxation with loyalty to the Emperor and the Ming Dynasty, and linking taxation with the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. If you don't pay taxes, you are disloyal to the Emperor and the Ming Dynasty. You just can't see the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. You are a traitor and a traitor. enemy.
Naturally, there is no need to say anything more about traitors and enemies. What¡¯s more, they are traitors and enemies of Ming Dynasty, so they should be dealt with with the most severe means