Although Yunzhi came from the Jiuchen family, the education he received when he was young was Han culture. Therefore, he was very dissatisfied with the history of his ancestors who conquered the world and robbed families and homes everywhere.
He is clearly the owner of this land, but he still seems to be snatching away from it like he was in the past on the grassland. He does not look like the master of the world at all.
Now that we have taken over the Central Plains, we cannot treat ourselves as outsiders in everything.
Naturally, we must take the common people as our own responsibility and keep the livelihood of all people in the world at heart.
Yesterday's debate was his last attempt to establish his mind for the world and his destiny for the people.
The late emperor suddenly passed away, and those conservative forces who had been preparing to move for so long finally seized the opportunity and showed their minions.
A few days ago, the court had a huge quarrel over the issue of whether to impose taxes.
As they kept arguing, the voices of the people behind him gradually became lower, while the voices on the other side became louder and louder.
It’s not that he didn’t know what kind of huge force he was facing. It’s understandable that those behind him chose to remain silent in order to protect themselves.
But he could only make a desperate move. He was in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and he could not let the people of the world down.
That group of people thought it was just a trivial matter of collecting a few cents of copper per acre of land, but once it was implemented and the layers of exploitation continued, tens of thousands of yoke would be imposed on the people.
Fortunately, yesterday when Wei Zhen and others were talking in a heated manner, they were interrupted by the Queen Mother, who stopped them from issuing an order immediately.
Fortunately, the late emperor left behind an edict when he left, and when issuing an edict, it must be affixed with the Queen Mother's gold seal.
No matter how courageous these people are, they would not dare to violate the late emperor's order now.
However, regarding Feng Qing's questioning yesterday, he just thought it was the Queen Mother's whim and mentioned it casually.
Out of duty and as a last ditch effort, he drafted the memorial. However, the Queen Mother was able to quickly discover the problems in these three places from the memorial, which was beyond his expectation.
Yun Zhi was so excited that he quickly sorted out his thoughts.
"The Queen Mother has a keen eye. Although these three areas are vast, they are not suitable for farming. They always transfer grain from other counties. After the tax was stopped, the local financial reserves were insufficient, so..."
Yun Zhi's eyes swept over Wei Zhen's face coolly. He remembered that the governors of these three counties all had an inseparable relationship with the Wei family.
Whenever these people come to Beijing to report on their work, they complain endlessly and cry about poverty. However, only they know the exact cost of food adjustment.
According to the information he gathered, although they did not dare to openly collect taxes in the county, there were other ways to collect money.
If people want to survive, they need to eat. If the ground cannot grow food, they have to buy it.
But these grain merchants are all descendants of a branch of the Wei family.
The imperial court officials cried out for money and asked for money from the treasury. The relatives of the officials were engaged in business and made money. They were really intertwined and trapped the people.
It was difficult to express these words clearly, and Yunzhi could only glance at the Queen Mother without hesitating to speak.
Sheng Shaoqing understood what he meant almost immediately.
This look is inexplicably familiar.
Isn't this the look in her eyes when she's worried about someone next to her when she's gossiping with her best friend.
"Ahem, that's it."
"Master Yun's words are reasonable. Then shouldn't we start taxing immediately to replenish the finance and national treasury?" Wei Zhen took the opportunity to say, this Yun Zhi is really interesting. On the one hand, he opposed taxation, but on the other hand, he said that because of the tax suspension, the finances are tight. This is not
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Sheng Shaoqing was also confused. Since the suspension of military campaigns caused problems, shouldn't it be the same as what Wei Zhen said?
