There were not many people in the Department of Education to begin with, and these commoners were all furious.
Not long after, more than 30 commoners broke through the blockade at the door and a large group of people swarmed into the Department of Education.
For a moment, the Department of Education was in a mess!
The dull sounds of bodies being smashed, berating, cursing, and wailing rose and fell!
Many commoners heard the commotion and avoided this place.
When the people from the government office and the royal guards rushed over.
Many tax collectors were injured, not to mention the guards and minor officials. Everyone was injured.
The most serious thing was that a few wealthy businessmen were killed!
The matter of the Department of Education was so big that it immediately spread to the Imperial Palace.
Zhu Di, who had just returned from the Monk Record Temple, was already in a bad mood.
When he returned to the palace and heard about the matter of the Department of Education, he was instantly furious.
The people serving Zhu Di were silent.
"Immediately gather all the officials!"
After saying this in a voice full of anger, Zhu Di walked towards the hall of the court meeting.
Suddenly, Zhu Di stopped in his tracks and added," Get Zhan Ji and Zhan Xi to come over as well!”
"Yes, sir!"
Zhu Di summoned them urgently. In addition, many people in the imperial court had received the news that something had happened to the Department of Education, so all the officials came very quickly.
Zhu Di leaned against the back of the dragon throne, his gaze sweeping across the officials. When it landed on Zhu Zhanyi, it paused for a moment.
"You should have heard about the matter of the Department of Education. Is there anything you want to say?”
Zhu Di's voice was icy cold, and the courtiers looked at each other.
Zhu Zhanxin had just received the news from the Department of Discipline and was summoned into the palace.
At this moment, he could not help but frown and think to himself,
What a coincidence!
The first to speak were the officials of the Han King's faction.
"Your Majesty! We have to stop increasing the business tax as soon as possible. The matter with the Department of Discipline Inspection has already sounded the alarm for us!”
After someone became the first person, the Han King's faction all submitted a memorial.
"The capital is like this now. If this continues, I'm afraid there will really be riots everywhere!”
"This business tax is really not desirable. Your Majesty, please reconsider!”
"Raising the business tax has already aroused the anger of the people. These people even dared to injure officials in the Department of Discipline and even kill people.”
Instantly, the court was filled with voices of opposition.
Zhu Di's expression was complicated. He looked at Zhu Gaosui and asked,""Third Brother, have you investigated the identity of the troublemaker?”
Zhu Gaosui stood up and said in a deep voice," Father, we've investigated thoroughly. Zhang Tieniu, Li Xiang, Li Quan, Chen Sanmu, and more than 30 others are all clean farmers. There's no problem."”
Hearing this.
Zhu Di's expression was even more complicated, and his eyes were slightly focused.
Increasing the business tax would indeed solve the problem of the national treasury, but if…
After hearing Zhu Gaosui's investigation results, the Han King's faction became even more confident.
"Your Majesty, the sooner this matter stops, the better. Otherwise, I'm afraid the commoners will still cause trouble.”
"Those troublemakers must also be properly settled to avoid causing public anger.”
Many of the courtiers had heard about the unusual movements of the commoners yesterday and were somewhat hesitant.
This time, the Department of Education had caused such a huge commotion. Moreover, the Jinyiwei had found out that these were all commoners.
Everyone knew of the prestige of the Brocade Guard.
The result of their investigation was basically no problem.
This time, some of the wavering ministers also objected.
"That's right, Your Majesty. Yesterday, the commoners only had some strange movements. In less than a day, they have already dared to cause trouble in the Department of Discipline. If this continues, the consequences will be unimaginable!”
"If this causes riots among the people everywhere and the foundation of my Great Ming is shaken, the gains do not make up for the losses!”
"The Great Ancestor has already set the tax and it is not suitable to change it!”
"Agriculture is the foundation of the country. Although increasing the merchant tax will fill the national treasury, raising the status of merchants will cause endless trouble.”
"These wealthy merchants are already arrogant. Now that their status has been raised, I'm afraid they will be even more unscrupulous.”
"If we let these people who are greedy for benefits control the money, Ming will be in danger!”
There were even people who directly implicated Zhu Zhan Xin.
"May I ask Your Majesty, was this measure proposed by the Fifth Imperial Sun?”
When this question came out, the officials all had different expressions.
A portion of the people received the news that it was Zhu Zhanyu who suggested it to Zhu Di.
However, they did not know how much of this was Zhu Di's doing.
No matter what, in the eyes of the courtiers, Zhu Zhan Xin was in charge of the business tax. If anything happened, he would be the first to bear the brunt!
The Han King's party was even more determined to pull Zhu Zhan down.
Zhu Zhan was punished, and Zhu Gaochi's prestige was bound to be damaged.
"The person who proposed this measure was too thoughtless. He should be punished for causing such a huge disturbance!”
"I agree. I think that we should punish them severely as a warning!”
"As the person in charge of the business tax, the Fifth Imperial Sun has caused such a huge mess. He must be severely punished. Otherwise, how can he establish the prestige of my Great Ming!”
"I believe that we have to give the people an explanation and severely punish the person in charge of the business tax and the person who proposed it, as well as the officials who participated in it. Only then can we calm the anger of the people.”
Zhu Zhan Xin stood below, feeling extremely puzzled.
This was too deliberate.
Even though Da Ming was very poor now, suddenly raising the business tax would cause some objections.
However, one had to know that Zhu Di was a figure known as Emperor Yongle, and his methods were tough.
Moreover, this was in the capital.
There were soldiers, imperial guards, and even the notorious Jinyiwei.
How crazy were these people to dare to cause trouble?
He knew that he might even lose his life!
Moreover, under Zhu Di's rule, there had always been peace and nothing happened. He was also loved by the people.
Therefore, unless they were forced to a dead end, ordinary people would never risk their lives to cause trouble.
To the commoners, the most important thing was to eat.
Although it had been a year of disaster recently, the taxes and corvee of the Ming Dynasty were low. Moreover, the imperial court had always provided disaster relief in a timely manner, so there were very few cases of hunger.
Moreover, this was the capital, so there would not be a situation of not having food to eat.
Those 30 over commoners were all men in their prime. It was impossible for them to not have enough to eat.
They had enough to eat, so they wouldn't risk their lives to cause trouble!
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhan Xin increasingly felt that there was a problem.
Zhu Gaoxu had been standing quietly at the side, a glint flashing in his eyes.
He stood up and bowed." Imperial Father, your son thinks that we should stop the matter of increasing the business tax. Otherwise, I'm afraid that there will be chaos in all parts of the Ming Dynasty!"”
Zhu Zhanxin's gaze moved.
Zhu Gaoxu!
Seeing Zhu Gaoxu walk out, the officials who had proposed to stop increasing the business tax and even punish him the most were led by Zhu Gaoxu.
Zhu Zhan Xin immediately had a guess in his heart.
This matter was too strange. Zhu Zhan Xin did not believe that there was no one secretly pushing it.
If there was anyone in the court who had a problem with him, or rather, with the Crown Prince's family, it was undoubtedly the Han King, Zhu Gaoxu.
Then, he looked at the actions of the more vehement officials in the court.
It was clear who was behind this.
In an instant, Zhu Zhan Xin's eyes also immediately turned cold.
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