Some people might say that the world belonged to the emperor, so why did he have to use the internal treasury?
That was not right. The emperor wanted to build a palace. Why don't you let him use the money in the national treasury?
If those ministers didn't come and quarrel with each other, they wouldn't be called civil officials!
Great Ming's civil officials had always been so arrogant!
It was only after Wei Zhongxian killed more than a hundred officials that they restrained themselves.
Being killed by Wei Zhongxian was different from being killed by the emperor.
To be killed by the Emperor, they felt that it was an honor. It was because they dared to challenge the Emperor and would be respected by the people of the world!
However, if he was killed by a eunuch, not only would it be a massacre, but his family would also be destroyed. It would be miserable…
It wasn't worth it. The civil officials felt that it wasn't worth it.
Therefore, they dared to challenge the Emperor, but they did not dare to challenge Eunuch Wei. This made Wu Yunqing feel very hurt!
Wu Yunqing glared at the other party. He had no choice. He was the emperor, so he had to put the overall situation first.
"You…Alright, alright, I will agree to your request this time.
The soldiers of the Nine Borders have been in arrears for several months. I'm afraid that this New Year will not be good. They are guarding the border for our Ming Dynasty. How can they be treated so badly?
He would allocate five million taels of silver from the palace treasury to pay the army and make up for the arrears. Only then would the soldiers serve the country wholeheartedly.
Cao Wenzhao still had to give food to him, and even Yang He had to give food to fight the drought and provide disaster relief.”
"Thank you, Your Majesty. The soldiers will definitely repay Your Majesty's kindness with their lives.”
"You guys, you have to think about how to increase income and reduce expenditure. Don't keep staring at my internal treasury.
The Ministry of Personnel should properly evaluate the officials and get rid of the fatuous ones.
Don't use any tricks to stall me.”
The Minister of Personnel, Fang Zhuang Li, quickly agreed.
"Do you have the imperial clan token?" Wu Qingyun asked the officials below,
An old official in his sixties stood out. This was Zhu Mingshan, the current Imperial Clan Court Commander.
This guy was the Marquis of Huaishan, of course, it was just a title.
"Marquis Huai Shan, go back and draft a document to reform the royal family.
From today onwards, the hereditary titles of the members of the royal family would be reduced by one rank every generation.
Now, those who were not conferred titles would no longer be conferred titles and would not receive any salary.”
"Your Majesty, you must not do this.
If the imperial clan did not have a salary, would they have to do chores? Where would the imperial court's face be?”The Duke of Huai Shan immediately objected.
"Marquis Huai Shan, you should know that the imperial clan has 600,000 members.
Even if the imperial court did not wage war, it would not be able to support so many members of the royal family in a few decades, let alone the current internal and external troubles.
Now, the salary of the royal family members was only up to the title of general. They could not care about anything else.
Besides, how was it shameful to work?
Relying on heaven, earth, and father is not a good man!
If he was a good man, he had to rely on himself.
I don't believe that as long as you work hard, you can starve to death.
They were originally members of the royal family. Could it be that they could not serve the imperial court?
At this time of internal and external troubles, I have to share the burden for the monarch. How can I just wait for death?
People without a salary could make a living on their own. This was better than staying in one place, right?
This matter will be handled as such. You don't have to say anything more. In a few days, submit the draft.”
" Yes, Your Majesty." The Marquis of Huaishan also knew that the imperial clan had reached a point where they had to be dealt with.
Now that the Emperor had finally begun to go to court and had great courage, he could not stop the Emperor's interest.
What this Marquis of Huai Shan didn't know was that Wu Qingyun was only at the beginning.
"Minister of Revenue?" Wu Qingyun thought of the main topic and did not catch up.
"Your subject is here."
Guo Yunhou had just received Wansui's money and was worried that the Emperor would be angry. He left the office in fear and trepidation.
"Zhen heard that as long as Huguang is well-versed, the world is full. Is this true?”
"Long live, half of our Great Ming's taxes come from the Jiangnan area.
Therefore, Huguang is familiar with the world, and the world is indeed like this.”
"Then do you know how much farmland there is in the Jiangnan area? How many people were there in Jiangnan?
How many people did not have land? How many did not have to pay taxes?”
Hearing this, Guo Yunhou began to sweat.
"Long live, Jiangnan has 300 acres of cultivated land and more than four million households…
As for the rest, I deserve to die. I don't remember. I'll investigate later.”Guo Yunhou's voice was obviously weak.
"There's no need. I'll tell you. Seventy-eight out of ten Jiangnan people don't have land.
Those lands all went to the rich families, to those families with achievements.
The court had always been short of pay and had only increased taxes. In the end, it was only the commoners who suffered and had no money to pay. They could only sell their land to people with achievements.
Originally, tax exemption was an honor given by the imperial court to officials, but it had changed and become a magic weapon for tax evasion.
The lack of pay in the national treasury is because there is such a big loophole in the tax system. Do you have any good suggestions?”
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