Cold eyes wandered around the seats. The man in yellow dragon robe sitting above him seemed to be suppressing his inner anger. There were several memorials and inscriptions scattered under the desk. The attendants on the side were all looking at him intently, with expressionless faces, as if they were not interested.
I turned a blind eye to all this.
"Lu Song, tell me, why did this matter cause such a chaos?" After a while, he seemed to slowly suppress his anger. He turned his body slightly to one side, pressed one arm on the pillow next to him, and his voice also slowed down.
Quite a few.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Jin and others have reported this matter." Yi Yi bowed slightly and said, "I thought that the three feet of ice did not last in a day. The Linqing civil revolution was called the establishment of a tax supervisor, which caused dissatisfaction among the business people and led to the civil revolution.
Then he was coerced and exploited by the White Lotus Sect bandits, which eventually led to catastrophe. However, Zhang Jin and others found out through the secret investigation that there were endless remnants of the White Lotus who were preaching under various names such as the Wenxiang Sect, the Eastern Mahayana Sect, the Wuwei Sect, and the Luo Jiao in various places in Shandong.
, both Shandong and Shandong have the tendency to spread..."
Sitting above him is naturally Zhang Shen, the emperor of the day.
The slightly raised cheekbones made his cheeks look a bit slender. The slightly fair face and slightly sunken eye sockets made the entire face look a bit gloomy and deep under the flickering flames in the Yangxin Hall.
"The canal waterway is currently an important channel connecting Shandong from the north to the south. In addition to water transportation, it daily communicates with Zhili and Shandong from the north to the south. All kinds of people's livelihood in the south of the Yangtze River pass through this waterway from south to north. Linqing is a must-pass,..."
There was not much emotion in Lu Song's words. Although he also knew that His Majesty arranged for Chang Hong to go to Linqing to set up a tax supervisor to collect taxes, the tax money actually recovered by His Majesty was compared with what Chang Hong himself and other members of his party received.
It seems a bit insignificant.
All the criticism among the people was attributed to Chang Hong, but the accusations in Shilin and even in the court were directed at His Majesty. This is probably what makes His Majesty the most angry.
But the problem is that if we don’t use these channels to collect some money, will we all rely on donations to fill the growing hole?
I'm afraid those scientific and technical officials will be even more critical.
The demand for wages in Jiubian is becoming more and more urgent. The post of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue has not been taken over yet, but no one can solve the current problem.
His face was expressionless, but Yonglong Emperor Zhang Shen's eyes were a little erratic.
There is a shortage of money, there is a shortage of money everywhere, but there is a need for money both inside and outside, especially the military pay from Jiubian, which is like a noose, suffocating him.
In the past six months, tax supervisors from various places have successively brought back seven to eight hundred thousand taels of silver for him, but this amount has always been compared with the military pay needs of Jiubian.
However, the fiscal arrears from the provinces under the Ministry of Revenue and the loans from the royal family have been delayed. He naturally understands the reason. The problem is that he, as the emperor, is powerless.
And even if it can be recovered, facing the ever-increasing demand for military pay from the nine sides, as well as the increasing famine caused by floods, droughts, and locust plagues everywhere, it will lead to catastrophe if you are not careful, and things like Shandong
In Zhang Shen's opinion, this kind of civil uprising and rebellion should be the last place where it should happen, but it happened exactly.
Because of this, he felt powerless.
In the morning, we had a discussion with several cabinet ministers about the Linqing Civil War and rebellion, but failed to get the approval of the cabinet ministers.
The abolition of the tax supervisor is the unanimous opinion of these civil servants. Various impeachment memorials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate have been handed over like rain. They kept asking Chang Hong for questioning, but he insisted that he personally arranged the trip to Shandong, but
The group of people still refused to give up. This feeling made Zhang Shen feel very tired, but there was nothing he could do.
Abolition of the tax supervisor is easy to say, it is a matter of one's own words, but where does the required military salary come from? Without the income of the tax supervisor, how to make up for it?
Although it is a drop in the bucket, it can still respond to emergencies. Otherwise, the Tatar cavalry might have invaded last winter.
But if the tax inspectors are not removed and something like this happens again in Shandong, I'm afraid we won't have such good luck.
Thinking of this, Zhang Shen couldn't help but be afraid of the future. If the Cao army had not attacked decisively and defeated the rebel army of religious bandits that had not yet been fully integrated, if there was a slight delay, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Both sides of the canal are the best and most fertile places in the North. Once destroyed, it will not be able to recover in a year or two. Moreover, if the victims caused by this kind of war flee and disrupt the surrounding areas, they may be invaded by those who taught them.
The bandits took the opportunity to cause chaos, and the consequences were unimaginable.
"Lu Song, is this Shandong Civil Service so unbearable?" Zhang Shen's eyes became softer and softer, but there was a certain tendency in his tone.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, the situation in Shandong can be regarded as good in the northern region. I am afraid that the situation in Northern Zhili and Shaanxi has been even worse in the past two years."
As a fellow commander of Long Jinwei, Lu Song knew his position very well. He was an old friend of Qiandi and a personal minister of His Majesty, so naturally he would not speak in as many convoluted ways as ordinary civil servants and generals. Even if it was a bit unpleasant, he would not be taboo about it.
Because he knew that what His Majesty wanted to hear was the real side behind these clouds and fog.
After your Majesty became emperor, he made few changes to the ministers in the court. However, some of the ministers who were already very old proposed to serve. This should have been a matter of course, but in order to show your favor and show your favor to the old ministers of the Supreme Emperor,
When they met, they all issued orders to retain them, but he was specially promoted to the position of commanding officer of Longjing Lieutenant, which is enough to say a lot.
The current Commander Long Jinwei has been bedridden at home for half a year due to illness. He is actually in charge of the daily affairs of Long Jinwei. If he is still covering up the information His Majesty wants to know, I am afraid that there will really be no one.
I can relieve His Majesty's worries.
"Oh?" Although he sounded upset and unhappy, Zhang Shen knew that this was something he had to face.
If you can't get the real situation from Lu Song, then you will lose control of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.
In addition to forming cliques and fighting for power and profit, the civil servants in Dazhou would only constantly raise troubles and problems, but they could not come up with solutions to the problems. Even if they came up with solutions, there would always be people who would question and criticize them from other aspects, and finally they would
Falling into endless quarrels.
Zhang Shen really misses the imperial staff system of the previous Ming Dynasty. Although the Great Zhou Dynasty did not abolish the imperial staff system, his father never used the imperial staff in the forty-two years of his reign. If he had to activate the imperial staff as soon as he ascended the throne, I'm afraid
The criticism against him from the scholar-officials will become even more fierce, which he cannot accept and dare not bear.
"Shaanxi has been intertwined with floods and droughts in the past two years, especially the constant drought of locusts. The people are suffering a lot and there are many refugees..." Seeing that the emperor did not want to hear any more, Lu Song sighed secretly in his heart.
I am afraid that the emperor has known this for a long time, but the most urgent thing before us is not Shaanxi, but the impact of the civil unrest in Shandong. Even the core hinterland of the North has become like this. How can we not make people shudder?
"The situation in Shandong is quite good. Merchants are prosperous along the canal, and the income from the Ministry of Household Affairs is stable..." Lu Song could only pick up some topics that could make the emperor feel better. "In this campaign against the rebellion, Governor Li of Water Transport and the Inspector
According to the full cooperation between Mr. Qiao, the imperial censor, and the general officer of water transport, there was no shirking in the past. They went to Linqing in one day, and the bandits were defeated in one blow. It can be said that the emperor is blessed..."
"Lu Song, why are Li Sancai and Qiao Yingjia so compatible this time?" Zhang Shen asked slowly, rubbing his temples.
The restrictive laws are the regulations since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty. The civil and military ministers are controlled by each other. The six ministries of the cabinet are controlled by the governor, the governor, the provincial governor, and the censor. These are all regulations and rules. They are to prevent
One family was the dominant one, and even the disputes between different families among civil servants in the DPRK were actually a form of conflicting opinions.
It's just that there are gains and losses. Before sitting in this position, Zhang Shen still felt that the situation between the DPRK and China, which restricted and criticized each other, was very good. His father could control the situation with ease, but when he sat in this position, he
Understand that control is not that simple, and there is a price to pay for conflicting opinions.
This chapter has been completed!