Another Donglin Party leader was driven away. In total, four Donglin leaders have been killed, that is, four of the Six Gentlemen of Donglin.

Of course, Mao Wenlong thought that this was not enough. In order to prevent the future Ming Dynasty from being driven into the abyss by Dong Lin's so-called purity, Mao Wenlong decided to continue to work hard and complete his victory in one battle. Therefore, with the residual power of victory and the attitude of chasing down a drowned dog, he

Walked out quickly.

Just when the Eunuch Party and the Guchen Party were preparing to pursue the poor bandits and overthrow the Donglin Party in one battle, Ye Xianggao saw that something was wrong. A tax issue forced four Donglin backbones to retreat. In this way

I don’t know how much it will go on. If this happens, the imperial court will be empty. By then, the situation of the three parties will be completely broken, and the good situation that I and the emperor have worked so hard to create will be completely destroyed.

Break, this won't work, you need to step forward.

So Ye Xianggao coughed, first stopped Mao Wenlong, who continued to pursue and fight, and walked out: "Long live, it is hard to say whether it is feasible for the country to impose additional commercial taxes. The late emperor's mining tax has made people angry and ruined countless families.

Tragedy must not happen, Your Majesty, please think twice."

Hearing this, Ye Xianggao was opposed to taxation. So Gu Bingqian stepped forward to speak. Gu Bingqian was serving the country by promoting commercial taxation. He stepped forward to argue with Ye Xianggao to prepare for impeachment. This was selfish. Gu Bingqian was personally involved.

As a member of the cabinet, he had long been eyeing the position of chief minister of the cabinet. However, the emperor relied on Ye Xianggao, and Ye Xianggao also had high prestige. It was really difficult to shake him. Just when the emperor was determined to impose taxes, Ye Xianggao opposed it.

For this reason, he forced him to retreat. Anyway, in this short period of time, he forced back four Donglins. It can be said that it is smooth sailing. It is possible to force Ye Xianggao back again. When the time comes, Ye Xianggao retreats,

Although he may not necessarily be the first assistant, if Huang Xu takes over, it is still possible for him to set up a secondary shop.

Mao Wenlong could never see the chief minister of the cabinet who worked hard to calm down the party disputes being attacked, so he stood up to Ye Xianggao first.

When Gu Bingqian saw Mao Wenlong come forward, he could only stop and join forces with the Guchen Party. This was the foundation of Wei Zhongxian. Therefore, the Eunuch Party and the Guchen Party could not conflict, at least not now.

Mao Wenlong faced Ye Xianggao and said: "What Prime Minister Ye said about mining taxation can indeed be used for reference, but I cannot stop eating because of choking. For the long-term interests of the country, industrial and commercial taxation is necessary, but it is not feasible if the eunuch mine supervisor cannot do it. Therefore,

This industrial and commercial tax collection cannot go into domestic funds but can only go into the national treasury.”

It turns out that the mine supervisors harmed the people, and all the proceeds from the mine supervisors went into the emperor's small treasury, which did not help the country and the Ministry of Household Affairs. For this reason, the ministers tried hard to remove them. But now Mao Wenlong directly said that this future payment

Industrial and commercial taxes were handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs, so Ye Xianggao nodded in acquiescence to such an arrangement.

Then he looked at Tianqi. Tianqi immediately said: "Ye Aiqing, this industrial and commercial tax is no longer paid to internal funds, but to the national treasury. I agree with this."

Huang Xu stood up and asked: "What about the salt tax that has just been implemented?"

Tianqi paused for a moment. In order to increase the tax revenue from internal funds and to support the Ministry of Household Affairs, in the second year of Tianqi, Tianqi levied a salt tax on all salt merchants except Shaanxi. The annual income of 7.8 million yuan went into internal funds and became internal funds.

Part of the income from the money, Huang Xu said, was to take out the salt tax and return it to the national treasury. This somewhat made Tianqi feel sad.

However, now that the two chief and assistant ministers are asking, it is no longer a question of whether to levy industrial and commercial taxes, but how to collect them and who should receive the collected income.

So when Tianqi saw the nervous Wei Zhongxian, in order to implement the overall plan of industrial and commercial taxation, Tianqi made up his mind and replied: "Since salt merchants are also among the merchants, and they are all taxed, then I will return the salt tax to the Ministry of Household Affairs."

After receiving such an answer, Huang Xu stopped talking and returned to the court.

Seeing the emperor's concession, Ye Xianggao also knew that the emperor's will to collect commercial taxes had been firm, and now that Tianqi had changed his past style of not caring about anything, he became more resolute and resolute. If he objected again, he would probably be unable to do so, so he would just

Can find ways to reduce the harm.

But how should these things be implemented? Ye Xianggao, who has not collected business taxes for hundreds of years, has no experience at all, so he still said cautiously: "It has been hundreds of years since we taxed merchants all over the world. We do

Due to the lack of experience, there will inevitably be various disadvantages in its implementation. Your Majesty, please think twice."

Ye Xianggao's statement basically represents the approval of the cabinet, but it is nothing more than concerns about harming the people.

Seeing that the cabinet had compromised, Emperor Tianqi finally breathed a sigh of relief. The remaining things were easy to handle, but what should be done? He still had to ask for the opinions of the ministers.

"My dear friends, Mr. Ye is sincere in his pursuit of the country, and what he said is absolutely true. The harm caused by the mining tax is a lesson learned from the past. We must come up with a strategy on how we can increase the revenue of the national treasury without harming the people.

"

Dong Lin was originally opposed to the issue of taxation, but after several senior officials were killed one after another, they finally saw that at this time, whoever came out would die, and everyone became a coward. If they wanted to

It is simply impossible to ask them to come up with a plan.

The other civil servants and generals did not understand this new thing at all. The reason why they supported it was because the party leaders wanted to do it. It was because they all wanted to see Dong Lin's jokes, so they waved and shouted. But what exactly?

It was indeed not what they were good at. As a result, the whole scene became silent, and no one stood up to offer opinions.

There is no other way, Mao Wenlong must stand up.

"Your Majesty, although I was born as a military general, I lived in the south of the Yangtze River and saw the prosperity of the business in the south of the Yangtze River. I have some ideas in my mind."

Of course Tianqi knew that Mao Wenlong was the one who initiated the industrial and commercial tax, so he should have a way, so he asked with ardent hope, "Is there any way that Mao can carry out the industrial and commercial tax without hurting the people?"

harming the people.”

Mao Wenlong talked eloquently: "In the original mining tax, it was because the eunuchs implemented it and the income went to the internal funds. Therefore, those eunuchs were focused on their own affairs and for the sake of performance, they used various means to harm the people, and what they received was also

It is criticized by everyone in the world because it has not been used by the country. So now that the crux has been found, we should try to avoid it. Therefore, I suggest that since the new tax is for the country to enter the treasury, then the entire tax should be managed by civil servants.

, and should not be a eunuch, long live you, can you do this?"

Tianqi has long had the idea of ​​​​governing this country, and he also knows deeply that what his grandfather did originally is indeed suspected of making money for the royal family. The eunuchs have a perverted mentality, and they are inevitably eager for quick success and quick gain in doing things, and want to show it to their employers.
Chapter completed!