Chapter 122 Fang Congzhe debates with Donglin Party
No one has come forward to support him yet, but some people are sighing in their hearts: The Donglin Party is really tough.
Before there were Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou, and now there is Chen Yuting, a veteran. Even though he might fall into a trap and be punished, the courage of this offender is really amazing.
Zhu Youxiao was also secretly amazed.
As expected of a veteran of the Donglin Party, I don’t know how much better than Qian Qianyi, who only knows how to abolish Liu Mao and whose bones are as soft as mud.
But it’s okay, what’s waiting in front of the Donglin Party this time is not to be stunned, but to have to pay taxes.
He nodded to Chen Yuting, and then said to the civil and military officials: "Mr. Chen just mentioned the ancestral system. Last time he said that if the ancestral system was mentioned, rebellion and other matters should also be handled according to the ancestral system, right? Wen Tiren
?"
Wen Tiren, who was in charge of recording the files, immediately replied: "Exactly."
He quickly found a picture from the last recorded file and recited the original words from that time.
All civil and military officials also remembered this incident. Many people secretly cursed Chen Yuting: "It's just that your Donglin Party doesn't want to live. What do you mean by bringing us with you?"
Chen Yuting and Yang Lian frowned slightly, Wen Tiren and the Archives Department are so annoying. Are you serious about not mentioning the ancestral system? If you really don't mention it, who will be loyal to the Ming Dynasty?
Zhu Youxiao continued: "But Mr. Chen is the minister of Taichang Temple. Taichang Temple is in charge of worshiping the ancestral temple and etiquette. He is one of the officials who has the most say in etiquette besides the great uncle.
The ancestral system was mentioned this time, presumably not to really ask the court to strictly abide by the ancestral system, but to use the previous vassal king's example of the vassal area to show that it was inappropriate to enclose Jiangnan, right?"
Chen Yuting was about to deny it out loud, but then he suddenly had a clever idea in his mind.
There is a pit!
If you deny it and say that you want to take advantage of the ancestral system, a lot of officials will hate themselves to death.
If you accept it and agree that this is just an example, then the persuasiveness will drop from legal theory to example, which is too different.
Chen Yuting was a little hesitant. He wanted to fight hard, but he was more experienced and didn't want to follow Zuo Guangdou's footsteps.
"This is roughly what I mean."
"Okay!" Zhu Youxiao knew that the old faction of the Donglin Party was relatively stable, and if it was stable, there would be stable ways to deal with it.
"This is Mr. Chen's idea, and everyone else can just say it if they have anything to say."
Huh?
The prince's supervisor didn't punish him?
The ministers quickly had two thoughts in mind.
One is that the prince supervises the country very well. He is not impatient or impetuous at all. He is not as frivolous, ruthless and impulsive as the rumors say. It seems that the rumors cannot be believed at all.
Another idea is that Chen Yuting directly opposes without being punished. Can he also learn to oppose in the future? Can he become famous in this way?
But they never imagined that Zhu Youxiao wanted to use Zhu You to seize the title of king, and Chen Yuting jumped out to get Jiangnan's tax revenue.
"Ahem."
Fang Congzhe, the chief minister of the cabinet, coughed twice. This relatively soft chief minister could be the chief minister for six years in the late Wanli Dynasty when party strife became increasingly fierce. How soft could he actually be? Could he be an incompetent person? p>
Fang Congzhe knew that the Prince Supervisor needed these veterans to stand up, so he stepped out first and said: "Chen Yuting, you lied to the students about some things and no one can care about you, but you have to think carefully about deceiving His Highness the Supervisor here." "The first assistant says what he has to say, so what kind of threat is that?" Chen Yuting is the backbone of Donglin. He has long wanted to get rid of Fang Congzhe, but he does not dare to go head-to-head with the prince to supervise the country. Are he still afraid of you, a weakling Fang Congzhe?
"Okay." Fang Congzhe was not angry, but said calmly:
"The vassal king directly occupied a small number of fiefdoms, and most of them were land subject to tax collection. The land in Jiangnan is taxed like the land in the Central Plains, but rice and wheat are harvested twice a year, and the rice yield is higher. Many farmers' land has been harvested for a long time.
In the homes of rich landlords, farmers go to the cities to work and make money. Let me ask you, when I mentioned fighting for land with the people just now, I’m afraid it’s not the farmers but the rich households, right?”
"Rich households are also citizens, so don't accepting rich households compete with the people for profit?" Chen Yuting did not expect that Fang Congzhe would actually attack landlords and wealthy households. This is a naked betrayal.
Fang Congzhe didn't care. Although he was originally from Jiangnan, he was from the Jinyiwei family, so there was no betrayal towards the scribes and landlords.
He continued: "The wealthy landowners in the south of the Yangtze River are indeed much richer than the farmers in the Central Plains. I did not say that the prince did not compete with the people for profit, but I just wanted to make it clear that the burden on the farmers in the south of the Yangtze River was much smaller than in the Central Plains." This is the truth.
It’s just that many officials are unwilling to admit it because of their background and interests.
Now that Fang Congzhe is talking about it, no one can deny this.
"As for the position of clans across the country and the role of education, I think although Jiangnan is prosperous in culture and education, don't you think it is very strange that there is not a clan there? There are many officials from Jiangnan involved in the rebellion this time, shouldn't they be educated?"<
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"This...clan goes to Jiangnan, how can we talk about enlightenment? I'm afraid it will intensify rebellion..." Chen Yuting was excited for a moment and told the truth, but he immediately realized that this was politically incorrect.
Fang Congzhe smiled: "If you said it intensifies the rebellion, I guess you are wrong. I certainly won't use the clan to go to Jiangnan, which will intensify the rebellion and threaten His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
But you, Chen Yuting, are from Yixing, where you come from a wealthy family, not far from Wuxi. Regardless of whether the emperor's fifth son is in Zhenjiang, Suzhou or Wuxi, Yixing is likely to be taxed. You must be unwilling to do so, so you said the wrong thing in excitement.
Right?"
"You are a mouthful!" Chen Yuting is a Confucian scholar and has always quoted scriptures. This time when Fang Congzhe said that his background and position were not at all based on the usual Confucian debate method, he was so angry that he almost jumped up.
"There is no need to continue arguing about this matter."
Yang Lian suddenly spoke up.
He felt threatened. If he continued to dig deeper, he could be punished by the Donglin Party for those who were disloyal to the royal family and involved in rebellion.
Zhu Youxiao also said: "I know that droughts and floods alternate in the Central Plains. In addition to land tax and poll tax, the people are already working hard. Jiangnan land is also taxed, but the rice yield is higher, and you can work in the city to make money. So
The choice of Jiangnan for the title of king will have less impact on people's lives than in other areas. This move is in line with the father's high regard for benevolence."
Li Ruhua, the Minister of Household Affairs, nodded silently. He knew very well that the national finances and the burden on the people in the south of the Yangtze River were far less than those in the Central Plains and the northwest.
"I agree, it is true that the burden in Jiangnan is less than that of the Central Plains or the frontier." Fang Congzhe said of course.
Li Ruhua, Huang Jiashan, and Huang Kezuansan also cited data and phenomena, saying that farmers in Shaanxi, Fujian and other places are far less wealthy than those in Jiangnan. It is true that the rich in Jiangnan live the best life in the world.
The three of them are from Henan, Shandong and Fujian respectively, and have worked in Shaanxi and other places for many years, so of course they can speak vividly.
Zhu Youxiao finally said: "Well, it will be five years before brother Youjian becomes a feudal lord. I haven't said how much land will be transferred to the feudal lord to collect taxes. At this time, the Ministry of Household Affairs can take the lead, and the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Works will all
The Procuratorate and the Six Ministries of Nanjing participated in the investigation of local land acres and taxes. Everything is based on the actual situation of the land, which is much fairer."
"Obey!"
This time Jiangnan cleared the land again, this is the real purpose.