Chapter 616 Finance (2)

"Your Majesty is focusing on occupying the official field."

Wen Tiren looked solemnly and looked at Min Hongxue and said, "Wait, in a few years, there will inevitably be a storm in the provinces in the south of the Ming Dynasty."

"Master Wen Ge, are you too worried?"

Min Hongxue frowned and leaned forward, "Even if Sun Chuanting exposed the matter in Henan, his Majesty would have to investigate the land occupied by the vassals, it would not involve the official land.

What's more, Your Majesty's attitude is limited to the Ming Dynasty's vassal groups. How could it involve the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River in this way?"

"You think things too simple."

Wen Tiren said in a deep voice: "After the investigation of the matter in Henan, will the court investigate other places? If the vassals under Henan rule occupied a lot of land, what would your Majesty react?

Do you know how many official land I have under the jurisdiction of the provinces in Jiangnan?

Tens of millions of acres!

The land taxes set by these official fields are far lower than those of ordinary land, and the land taxes and population taxes collected every year need to be escorted to Beijing.

However, over the years, the imperial court has never collected enough taxes on this area, and has been obstructed by various statutes in various provinces in Jiangnan for various reasons and various methods."

Min Hongxue was silent.

Although Min Hongxue did not associate some aspects of what Wen Tiren said, he still knew the taxes involved in the official land in various provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

It was from the late Wanli Dynasty that the imperial court had been calculating taxes on the provinces in Jiangnan for no reason that it was not a fool for a year.

The only thing that changed was that from the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the eunuch party led by Wei Zhongxian gradually changed after the dynasty began to rise strongly.

From the fourth year of the Age of Revelation to the seventh year of the Age of Revelation, the taxes imposed by the State dynasty increased a lot every year, but it was also from that time that Emperor Tianqi was carrying a lot of infamousness. As for the eunuch party led by Wei Zhongxian, there is no need to mention it.

"In this case, the position of chief minister of the cabinet will be firmly seated by Han Du." Wen Tiren sighed lightly, leaning on the official hat chair with a complicated expression.

"Ge, what do you mean?"

Min Hongxue's face changed slightly, and he stood up and said to Wen Tiren, "Why can't the lower official understand? Since Your Majesty has focused on the official fields, there will be trouble in the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. Isn't Han's career like this..."

"Don't you figure it out yet?"

Wen Tiren frowned slightly, faced Min Hongxue's gaze and spoke: "How complicated are the situation in the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River? Did you know when the eunuch party was in power?

The powerful eunuchs like Wei Zhongxian have the support of Emperor Xizong behind them. How much infamous did the things they did have attracted? Everyone was even more beating.

Do you think there is no connection behind this?

Besides, when Emperor Shenzong ascended the throne, he collected mining taxes through eunuchs sent by the inner court and outside the country, which directly led to the trend of tax resistance, and the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River performed the most fiercely.

Do you think these are easy things to make the benefits in your hands and want some groups to give up again? Do you think these are easy first and then difficult?”

Min Hongxue narrowed his eyes and said, "What the Ge Lao means is that even if Your Majesty wants to investigate the official fields and then return all the occupied official fields to the court, will he work closely with the northern provinces?"

"This is inevitable!"

Wen Tiren frowned and said, "Your Majesty is wise and powerful. Now, I realized that the governors and governors set up by the northern provinces have made the Northern Zhili, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places firmly control the imperial court. No, to be precise, it is firmly grasped by Your Majesty.

The disaster relief administration agencies that were established successively extend the existence of imperial power. Even if they do not pass through local government offices, His Majesty can still learn about the actual situation of the local government through these administrations.

As long as Henan investigates the land occupation and does it properly, Shandong, Northern Zhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places will inevitably implement it clearly in batches.

When doing these things, should the court stabilize the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River?

Who do you think can keep it stable?

Isn’t that the Donglin Party?

Although Your Majesty suppresses the Donglin Party now, he has never expelled it from the court. That is to worry about the situation of the Tianqi Dynasty, which will happen again in the Chongzhen Dynasty.”

Min Hongxue: “…”

What Wen Tiren said shocked Min Hongxue. If he really did this, the court would not have blown the wind to the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River for at least a few years.

After all, the situation in the Ming Dynasty at this stage has finally stabilized. For Emperor Chongzhen, before the thieves and the dangers of Jianlu were completely suppressed, any more important provinces in Jiangnan would never allow any chaos.

At least large-scale chaos must not occur.

"Then can we involve the matter of Guantian to the Donglin Party?" Min Hongxue pondered for a moment, looked at Wen Tiren and said, "If this matter can be done well, the position of the assistant must be..."

"Then you are looking for death."

Wen Tiren frowned and said, "Do you think our power can be stronger than the eunuch party of the Tianqi Dynasty? Do you have strong life to be stronger than the eunuch who is supported by the emperor?

Even if the Donglin Party is expelled from the court and all Han and others are brought down through this matter, then this power will not fall into our hands.

Without the Donglin Party, there will be the Xilin Party.

The key to the problem now is that the imperial court's control over the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River is no longer as strong as it was in the early Ming Dynasty, so some compromises must be made."

In fact, the dispute between the north and the south of the Ming Dynasty has been endless since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Like Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di, who moved the capital of the Ming Dynasty from Nanjing to the capital, although there was some consideration to ensure the stability of the northern border, another aspect was to get rid of the dilemma of the court being constrained by the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.

Not all the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty can kill civil officials like Emperor Taizu Gao. Even if they kill many people, they will not cause shock to the state.

Emperor Taizu Gao, Zhu Yuanzhang, there is only one!

If the Ming Dynasty really fell into chaos, for Emperor Taizu Gao, it would be nothing more than a battle of the world again.

"Let's wait and see. After the problems in the northern provinces are solved one by one by His Majesty, the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River will usher in a major change." Wen Tiren sighed with emotion.

"When that time, the taxes levy by the state will increase a lot. Even if there are any changes in the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, the court will not be too passive.

In the future, we should not be too narrowly calculating the calculations against South Korea. We should tell those around us that there should be no involvement in the relationship with the Donglin Party. However, we should do more about opening a sea and commerce. Taking advantage of the current situation, we can make more money and get more money. Otherwise, it will not be necessary to narrow the policy of the country in the future."
Chapter completed!