Bright Moon and Breeze (16) (First release at https://www.clewxc.com)
Bright Moon and Breeze(16)
It’s time to hold the lanterns, and it’s time to close the palace doors. The palace keys are also being issued one after another, and we can’t run around anymore. The autumn wind blows, causing the lanterns to sway, and the window panels of the main hall have to be covered early. Those coming from outside.
The wind was whistling, and from time to time I could hear the sound of banging and hollering. I wonder what else the wind was blowing.
Lin Yutong asked Fourth Master to go to bed first, and she had to check it carefully: "Everyone should be more alert to prevent a fire at night."
This damn weather can really kill people.
Standing in the yard, you can hear the laughter in the yard next door. Lin Yutong asked Cui Yingyue, "What's happening in Changsun Yard?"
"I'm singing an opera." Cui Yingyue whispered, "I don't know where Wei Zhongxian found a eunuch. He is very good-looking. His surname is Gao, and he is known as Miss Gao! He has a pretty face and a charming appearance. He also has a good voice, which is quite commendable.
The eldest grandson likes it. No one else dares to sing at this time except Miss Gao." Lin Yutong could stuff duck eggs in his mouth, "Miss Gao is a eunuch?"
yes!
Recently, she could always hear some murmurs. She thought it was Zhu Youxiao who had fallen in love with one of the beautiful girls living in the palace. She also thought that Zhu Youxiao's queen's surname was Zhang, why did this suddenly appear?
Miss Gao, she didn’t understand her feelings clearly.
She frowned, "This 'Miss Gao' is very good-looking?"
Cui Yingyue blushed, "Princess, although I am not married, the father-in-law and palace maidens in this palace also regard themselves as husband and wife. I think I know something about these men and women. You are right, that's what it means.
The eldest grandson and Miss Gao go in and out together, sleep on the same couch and eat at the same table..." As he said, his voice lowered, "Don't go around asking about this matter, the emperor was like this when he was young... The prince was surrounded by people in his early years.
There are two of them, they just don’t show much of their presence now..."
Lin Yutong: "………………"
I checked in the yard, and when I came back I felt like I was sleepwalking.
The fourth master was not asleep yet. When he saw her like that, he knew that she was stimulated by something again. "Go to sleep! It's getting late."
Tongtong was whispering to Fourth Master in bed, "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty... is so manly!"
That's right! Don't you know? It's not just the royal family. You'll know if you go outside and take a look. This kind of thing is a refined thing among dignitaries and very popular among literati. It's so strange! Look, you've never seen the world.
And the way. Sleep! Sleep!
The fourth master was so tired that he fell asleep in the blink of an eye. But Lin Yutong couldn't sleep. She smelled the smell of decay in this palace. Really, she felt very uncomfortable living here!
When she got up in the morning, she asked her fourth master: "When will we move?"
What is there to move here? We are so poor. The Fourth Master is going to Hongde Hall. When he left, he agreed, "I will definitely get the palace. The key is that the palace is so big. How can you fill it up?"
Tong Tongzhen went to calculate it. According to the specifications, the perimeter of the palace was three miles, three hundred and nine steps and five minutes. After calculation, the area of about 500 acres would be considered a qualified palace of the Ming Dynasty.
Oh my God! Prince Yong's Mansion only covers an area of 40 acres. How many Prince Yong's Mansions are equivalent to 500 acres?
Even if the palace in the capital is not as big as the palace in the fiefdom, it is estimated to be larger than Prince Yong's palace.
That's right! Can such a big palace be filled with just the three or two rooms in this small courtyard?
There is a poor man everywhere! Self-reliance and hard work, how can we not lose this glorious tradition!
Wherever the fourth master goes now, coming and going, he talks about money.
No, it was already late when we arrived at the Hongde Palace. I originally wanted to avoid the waiting courtiers and talk about something privately. But as it turned out, my dear, all the waiting ministers were waiting in the corridor.
The disaster relief work this time was generally pretty good. Regardless of what they thought in their hearts, these ministers were quite polite for a while. After getting up to greet them, they waited here. This lasted for half an hour, and then they announced their plans and called everyone.
Go in.
The fourth master was not in a hurry to speak. He sat in his seat, listened to what was happening in court, and observed these adults.
Fang Congzhe was talking about money, "Liaodong has been urging for money, and the money has been escorted one after another, but the Ministry of War keeps urging, and Yang Hao has not seen any troops! In the past half month, three orders have been issued, but so far none of them have been used.
No reply."
The Fourth Master frowned, what are you talking about! The reason why the Central Government urged them to send troops was because they were afraid of stationing troops in Liaodong and spending money every day. They just wanted to win this battle quickly and everyone would be safe.
As long as there is no war over there and Fushun cannot be taken back, they will have to keep raising money. They consider the difficulty of raising money, but the use of troops is not the same thing. The right time, place and people are favorable, and timing is extremely important. Where
Why is it possible to urge border troops to use troops because they are afraid of not being able to pay their wages? I issued three orders to urge them in half a month, but I have seen a ghost! The general is outside, the military orders are ignored, and he is commanding the war from so far away, he is looking for death!
Although Yang Hao is not a very good person and his ability to lead troops is limited, if you look at the behavior of the central men, it seems that his defeat is not his fault alone.
While the fourth master was thinking about what he was thinking, Fang Congzhe said again: "If it continues like this, money will still be a problem. We need to think of a long-term solution."
Emperor Wanli sat at the top and asked, "What solution have you discussed?"
Fang Congzhe hurriedly said: "During the Jiajing period, there was a method of sending money to foreign countries. At that time, we sent money to other places in southern Zhili, Zhejiang, and southern Fujian. We added names according to where the money was needed. At that time, the pirates were wiped out.
, the huge amount of military pay required was sent by extra money. Therefore, the ministers discussed whether they could pay more money! Since it was the battle to pacify Liaodong, it might as well be called Liao pay. If an extra nine cents of silver per mu was allocated
If we calculate it, the imperial court can increase taxes by about 5.2 million taels a year."
Liao's salary needs more than three million a year. Once this is added, the money will come out.
The fourth master didn’t know whether to cry or laugh! If his surname was Aixinjueluo, he would really laugh! It felt like this guy had forced his way into the world. But if his surname was Zhu, he would have almost given up resisting and just washed up.
Just clean your neck and wait to be beheaded after the country is overthrown.
Even if you know about such a thing from reading history books, the impact is still quite big when you actually encounter it! How could you come up with such a bad idea?
When encountering natural disasters, the first thing the royal family does is to provide disaster relief and exempt them from taxes.
He got up early and came here to ask for orders from the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi. Taxes should be exempted! If you can't survive, how can you pay taxes?
As a result, before he even opened his mouth, the Chief Assistant actually said: Increase the salary!
He also said in particular that this is Liao's salary. His tax of 5.2 million taels is calculated based on the cultivated land in the country!
One acre of land is calculated according to nine centimeters, and if converted into rice, it is about three kilograms of rice. One acre of medium-sized land can be harvested about two hundred kilograms of rice. Those who have land can only pay it back, but most of them are tenants, and this salary landlord does not
Maybe you have to pay for it yourself, but you have to pay for it from the tenants. Landowners who rent 50% of the land rented by tenants are considered conscientious landlords. In other words, half of it must be taken and given to the landlord first. The rest is the taxable part!
When it comes to paying taxes, the imperial court has already levied very heavy taxes. There is a tax on planting land and a tax on planting seeds. If you carry your rice on your back and exchange it for grains, and take the goods on the road, you will also have to pay taxes. This again treats 30% as a tax.
The taxes are paid to the court. The rest will definitely not be able to support the family, and as a result, you will have to pay another layer of taxes.
The fourth master learned about it and found out that there was a master, a scholar, with a family of five and twenty acres of land, but his stomach was still half full and he would not die of hunger.
If the ordinary people receive an extra three kilograms of rice from one acre of land, then they will receive an extra sixty kilograms of rice from the twenty acres of land. If the sixty kilograms of rice are replaced with miscellaneous grains, they can have two to three hundred kilograms! A small family,
If you have an extra two to three hundred kilograms of grain, you can get some wild vegetables and the like to fiddle with your stomach. When a natural disaster occurs and the harvest fails, you can temporarily survive starvation. But if you do this, the people will have no room to move.
Does this need to be said? Everyone can settle this account.
Fourth Master also knows that most of his objections will have no effect! But it has to be said, "The people are overwhelmed, and the consequences are more dangerous than foreign invasion. Mr. Fangge can go out of the city and see how many people are rushing to the capital."
What are you doing in the capital? Looking for something to eat, and don’t want to starve to death. People’s livelihood is so difficult, but Mr. Fang Ge still thinks it’s appropriate to increase the salary?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the ministers sitting there were all talking about facts and truth, and they came to the fourth master. The fourth master didn't listen to them. Anyway, their reasons were very sufficient.
The courtiers rushed forward without anyone saying a word. The fourth master felt that the mute medicine Tongtong made was really good, and he wished he could stuff a pack into each of them to stop these people's mouths.
He was desperate and didn't want to continue playing with these idiots. He shut up and said, "Let's go our own way. You continue to run towards death. I have to find a way to survive."
Therefore, the Fourth Master, who was attacked by a group of people, calmly had his face sprayed with saliva until Emperor Wanli sent him away.
As soon as the people left, Fourth Master wiped his face. Emperor Wanli laughed loudly, "Do you know how powerful these people are? Do you know how powerful these people are?"
The Fourth Master sneered, "You're still too kind! As an emperor, only the one who knows how to kill is the emperor."
This is true - it's true! A good emperor who kills is still a good emperor, but I am already a bad emperor with a bad reputation, so I can't kill people anymore! If I kill really hard, the world will be in chaos!
Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli laughed again, and then started coughing. Then he waved to Fourth Master to come over, "...it's not a little embarrassing."
"It's done." Fourth Master said.
Well! As long as the matter is done, don't worry about how it is done. "Your method of disaster relief is quite the essence of the method of putting out fires. You dare to accept anything, but you just put it out quickly. That's the reason."
The Fourth Master smiled and said, "But this method cannot be used again. You will eventually have to think of other methods."
Emperor Wanli nodded to the Fourth Master, "You are too young! You are too young... Why did you come here today? Tell me!"
"The first is to make a business trip! The second is to ask for favors, but it seems that there is no need for it now. The third is to want to go to the palace." The fourth master looked at Wanli and whispered: "This time in Shanshan, I met with the vassal vassal.
Wang Zhifu, I feel really itchy in my heart."
Emperor Wanli laughed again, "My soldiers and horses are strong!"
The fourth master also laughed, "No matter how strong the troops and horses are, we are still afraid of starving the people!" Emperor Wanli was stunned for a moment, then he hit the boy with a smile and almost walked away. He pointed at the fourth master and said without stopping: "...Bad bad
Bad! You are still bad!"
Born to be a bad seed!
I'm afraid this kid didn't even think about what to do before he came, but when those ministers just scolded him, he was speechless, but in his heart, bad ideas suddenly popped up...
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