"Your Majesty!"
At this moment, an Embroidered Uniform Guard walked in with a panicked expression."The Crown Prince of Han, he…he, he, he…"
"What's wrong?" Zhu Di stood up in shock and immediately became nervous.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard quickly said,"The Crown Prince of the Han King has already collected five to six hundred thousand taels of silver!"”
"He's already piled all the way to the Han King's residence. It's so densely packed that it's piled up into a mountain!”
"And if this continues, the heir of the Han King will probably receive millions of taels of silver!”
Boom!
Zhu Di's heart exploded with thunder for a long time!
It was a million taels of silver!
Good kid!
It was actually so powerful!
Zhu Di was overjoyed. It seemed that this method could really earn money!
The so-called filial piety money was just another name for tax money. It was only used to enrich the national treasury!
As long as this method was legalized, and then executed using the same method, there would be an endless stream of wealth pouring into the Ming Dynasty's national treasury!
And even if there were merchants who objected, they would directly use heavy punishment like Zhu Zhanhe!
Let's see who dares to not pay taxes properly!
They were just merchants. How could they compare to farmers?
Even if they were to be severely punished, they would not resist!
Zhu Di was extremely excited when he thought of this!
Just the Imperial City alone could collect over a million taels of silver!
If this method was spread to the entire country, wouldn't the tax from the national treasury increase several times? The tax would be more than ten million taels of silver a year!
These merchants are really f * cking rich. This grandson of mine has pointed out a bright path for me!
When Zhu Di thought of this, the excitement in his heart surged up for a long time!
He couldn't help but be happy!
With money, he could continue to build the Yongle Grand Ceremony, dredge the Grand Canal, build the new Imperial Palace in Beiping, govern Jiaozhi, and attack Mobei!
When Zhu Di thought of the steady flow of gold and silver into the national treasury, his heart instantly became filled with pride!
With this money!
I can defeat all my enemies!
Zhu Di wished he could double the taxes on those profiteers in the proposal!
At this moment, the noise outside the royal study could no longer be suppressed!
"Your Majesty! I beg Your Majesty to uphold justice for the people!"
"The Crown Prince of Han bullies the people and amasses wealth privately. His methods are bloody, and the people of the capital are in danger!”
"Your Majesty! Please punish the heir of the King of Han! This child had no regard for the people. He plundered the people's property and killed them on the streets. He was truly crazy!”
"I beg Your Majesty to seek justice for the people! I beg Your Majesty to punish the heir of the King of Han!"
"Your Majesty…"
The voices outside the hall grew louder and louder, but Zhu Di's face gradually darkened.
How could he not know that these people were secretly causing trouble below?
However, he also turned a blind eye to this kind of method of private wealth collection by noble officials.
If you're not deaf or blind, you're not worthy of being in charge.
If this country wanted to operate normally, it would be normal to have something shameful in private.
But…
You guys are doing so well for money. It's not too much for me to take some filial piety money from you, right?
Yes!
Not too much!
A cold smile appeared on Zhu Di's face. Now that he heard those people outside the hall 'pleading for the people's lives, he felt that these people were here to rob him of his money.
At this moment, outside the royal study.
Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, Grand Sun Zhu Zhanji, the cabinet ministers, and the nine ministers of the six ministries had all gathered.
"Sensational! It's simply sensational!"
"Throughout history, I have never heard of such a terrifying thing. He actually robbed and killed people on the street!”
"This child deserves to be killed! This child deserves to be killed!"
All of a sudden, the officials immediately surrounded Zhu Gaochi, hoping that this kind-hearted Crown Prince would help their Abbot seek justice.
Although he said that he was pleading for the people.
However, how could ordinary people have the money to open a shop?
Wasn't it because they had secretly sent people here to collect money?
"The Crown Prince is kind. Please think about the people of the Imperial City. They didn't have much money to begin with, but they were robbed.”
"That's right, Crown Prince! This kid is so arrogant. He simply doesn't put the Emperor and His Highness in his eyes. He must be severely punished!”
"And money! He had to make him return the money to the people!”
The ministers instantly panicked.
They were self-proclaimed money-making experts, but now they were being bullied by a young boy!
It was simply unforgivable!
Zhu Gaochi quickly comforted the ministers,"Hey, hey, hey!" Everyone, be quiet, be quiet, and listen to me!”
The moment the Crown Prince spoke, the ministers instantly calmed down.
"Don't worry, everyone! I will report this to the Emperor and give everyone…an explanation!”
While Zhu Gaochi coaxed the officials, he muttered in his heart.
This kid's guts were really too fat.
Although Zhu Zhanhe did not collect a lot of tribute fees from each shop, it was different when it came to everything. Now, it was already five to six hundred thousand taels of silver.
If he wasn't surnamed Zhu, he might have died hundreds of times!
However, this was also a good opportunity for Zhu Gaochi. He could use this opportunity to pull Zhu Zhanhe down!
At this moment.
The door of the royal study opened!
Zhu Di slowly walked out!
Swoosh!
The entire place was instantly silent. Everyone immediately knelt down to welcome Zhu Di without hesitation.
Although they were shouting happily, when they really saw Zhu Di, this ruthless person, everyone froze and did not dare to speak.
The ministers gave Zhu Gaochi a look again.
Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji blinked twice and immediately went forward.
"Father!"
"Imperial Grandfather!"
Zhu Gaochi's old face stiffened, and he said directly,""Father! Your son wants to impeach the heir of the King of Han for being lawless in the Imperial City, privately accumulating wealth, and even killing people on the streets!”
"I want to impeach him as well!" Zhu Zhanji replied.”
Seeing that the Crown Prince had stood up for them, the officials hurriedly said,""We agree!"
Hualala!
A group of people knelt down in front of the hall!
"Your Majesty, please understand! Punish those who accumulate wealth privately!"
But at this moment.
Zhu Di's expression turned cold." What? You want to impeach me?" he asked.”
What?
Zhu Gaochi: "???"
Zhu Zhanji: "???"
The ministers: "???"
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