"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
The next morning, all the ministers were delighted to find that the Crown Prince did not come, and instead, the First Emperor Ying Zheng came!
In an instant, everyone bowed and greeted as if they had seen their loved ones.
In fact, some of the ministers even started to wipe their tears.
In the morning court two days ago, they were trembling with fear and did not even dare to breathe loudly.
They were afraid that if they were named, their entire family would be executed!
Now, Ying Ziye, the living King of Hell, was finally gone.
The First Emperor, Ying Zheng, had finally come to court!
In the future, when they went to the morning court, they would no longer have to worry!
"Everyone, please rise!"
Ying Zheng sat on the dragon throne and ordered with a beaming face.
The current him was as if he had just met with a joyous occasion, and his spirits were glowing!
Yesterday, the problem of the treasury being empty, which had troubled the court for a long time, was finally solved.
Therefore, with a lot less to worry about, everything was pleasing to the eye!
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The civil and military officials stood up and took their seats on both sides.
"How is the progress of the tax collection and land distribution?”
Ying Zheng swept a glance at the ministers and asked in a clear voice.
This was what the Crown Prince was most concerned about, and also what he looked forward to the most.
Because as long as they had money, Epang Palace could continue to be built.
In the past, because he lacked money and manpower, he cultivated intermittently.
So many years had passed, but it still hadn't been repaired!
"Your Majesty, we have already sent out official documents to the various prefectures and counties. We are progressing in an orderly manner!”
"But…"
The first to step forward was the Imperial Censor Feng Quji. He, Left Prime Minister Li Si, and Right Prime Minister Wang Wan were the three dukes!
He first reported the progress of the tax collection and land distribution, then hesitated as if he had something to hide.
"If you have anything to say, feel free to report!"
Ying Zheng frowned slightly and urged impatiently.
"This old minister obeys the decree!"
"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about what to do in the future if the houses of the aristocrats are all raided?”
"The Crown Prince has abolished the oral and miscellaneous taxes. Furthermore, farmers under a hundred mu do not need to pay any taxes!”
"If this goes on, the Imperial Court will one day run out of money!”
"It won't be long before the property seized from the nobles will be exhausted!”
"This subject has calculated that if the money in the treasury is transferred, there will probably not be a single cent left!”
"The construction of the Great Wall, the supply and salary of the army, the construction of Epang Palace, as well as the grain supplies of the Hundred Yue all require a large amount of money and grain!”
"Just the Great Wall and Epang Palace are two bottomless pits!”
"Not only that, there used to be miscellaneous taxes that could be used for the expenses of the local government. Now that the miscellaneous taxes have been abolished by the Crown Prince, the expenses of the local government have to be allocated by the Imperial Court.”
"Just this alone isn't enough for the two thousand taels of gold in the treasury!”
"Even if we raid the homes of all of Great Qin's nobles, the taxes we get will only last us for three to four months!”
"In a few months, there will be no taxes to collect, and there will be no nobles to donate money and grain. The Imperial Court will probably find it difficult to continue!”
Feng Quji took advantage of Ying Ziye's absence to explain the consequences of canceling the tax.
"Yes, I am!"
"Xianyang has nearly half of the aristocrats in the world, but the amount of money they get from looting their houses is only around twenty million taels.”
"Even if we raid the homes of other aristocrats, we can at most collect more than 30 million taels of tax!”
"This money might seem like a lot, but to Great Qin, it's like a drop in the ocean.”
"The miscellaneous taxes are specially set up for the local government. They are collected by the local government and used for local expenses.”
"Now that the miscellaneous taxes have been abolished, the money spent by the local government will have to be allocated from the imperial court's treasury!”
"And this 30 million taels of tax is just enough to be allocated to the local government!”
"If one does not think far ahead, there will be immediate worries!"
"For the long term, Your Majesty has to make plans in advance!”
Right Prime Minister Wang Wan also stood out to agree.
They seemed to be giving Ying Zheng a warning, but in fact, they were targeting Ying Ziye!
As long as they could prove that the Crown Prince was wrong to abolish taxes and impose heavy taxes on the rich.
He would be able to pull Ying Ziye down!
Yesterday, in order to protect their family, they and Li Si had killed almost all the nobles in Xianyang City.
Now, not only were the three of them cursed by the Confucians, they were also called butchers!
Especially the aristocrats, they hated them to the bone.
Therefore, they really didn't want to do this kind of dirty work that offended people.
However, if they didn't do it, they would offend the Crown Prince. In two months, their entire family might lose their lives.
If she wanted to escape from the Crown Prince's demonic claws and not live in his shadow, she had to pull him down from the Crown Prince's position!
"The lack of money and food is actually a small matter. If the world is in chaos and the foundation of the country is shaken, it will be a big matter!”
"I'm afraid that the news of the extermination of all the noble families in Xianyang yesterday has already spread.”
"This subject is worried that the nobles and nobles of Great Qin will feel threatened and even raise an army to rebel in order to protect themselves!”
"At that time, I'm afraid the world will be in chaos!”
As soon as Wang Wan finished speaking, Chunyu Yue immediately stood up and explained the consequences of brutally collecting taxes.
Actually, as a great Confucian, he was the one who resisted tax reform the most.
Especially when he massacred the nobles in Xianyang City yesterday, he was even more heartbroken.
It had to be known that most of these aristocrats were disciples of their scholarly faction!
Jixia Academy originally had hundreds of disciples. With this massacre, the number of disciples in the academy had decreased by more than half.
Yesterday, the scholarly faction had written hundreds of letters and ordered their disciples to send them to the various prefectures and counties overnight, spreading the news of the massacre of the noble gentry in Xianyang City.
There was no other way. It was better to save some as much as possible.
If all the aristocrats in the world were killed, then there would be very few scholarly disciples left!
"Now that there are internal and external problems, Your Majesty has to prepare a countermeasure in advance!”
"I heard that the Xiongnu and Donghu are eyeing our Great Qin like tigers eyeing their prey. If we force the aristocrats to rebel, our Great Qin will be in danger!”
"The war in the Yue Kingdom has been thwarted many times. If the Central Plains is in trouble again, I'm afraid that Great Qin will have no soldiers to send to suppress it!”
……
With Feng Quji, Wang Wan, and Chunyu Yue taking the lead, all the officials stepped forward, all of them 'worried' about the current situation.
It was just that, on the surface, they were worried about the country and the king, but in reality, they were targeting Ying Ziye!
Ying Zheng, who was originally in a good mood, had an ugly look on his face when he heard what they said.
When the Crown Prince presided over the court meeting, the world was peaceful!
When he presided over the court meeting, Great Qin was about to fall!
They were both presiding over the morning court, but why was the difference so great?
Was it really as the Crown Prince said, that he was too merciful?
Must they start a massacre for these officials to speak like humans?
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