Chapter 251 I am a royalist

Let’s not talk about whether Yan Shaoting secretly encouraged Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui to propose reforms.

Yan Shaoting's behavior at this moment was exactly the same as his father's a few days ago.

Jiajing was really a little angry.

Do you think that my Wanshou Palace, a mysterious place for meditation, has become the vegetable market in the city?

Is there any more royal method!
However, for Yan Shaoting.

At this moment, he seemed to be the most wronged person in the Ming Dynasty.

It's even more unfair than the people in She County who have been bearing the silk and satin of the people of one prefecture and six counties in Huizhou for nearly two hundred years!

Yan Shaoting's face was filled with sorrow and he turned around to glance at everyone present.

in fact.

It's not so much that he looked at everyone.

He just exposed his face full of injustice to everyone.

Subsequently.

Yan Shaoting then spoke: "Our dynasty has been in existence for two hundred years, and Your Majesty is unparalleled in wisdom and wisdom. Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, you have implemented wise and benevolent policies, following the example of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, Laozi and Zhuangzi.

"Since I entered the court, I have regarded Your Majesty as my father and king. I am loyal to Your Majesty and want to repay Your Majesty for your great grace and favor. I don't know why Your Majesty would compare me with Zhang Gelao and Hai Yushi?

"I still remember that not long ago, I told Your Majesty that I would only be Your Majesty's party member, I would only be Your Majesty's disciple, and everything I did as an official in the court was also the matter of Your Majesty's holy will.

minister……"

Go here.

Yan Shaoting was already choking up, and his voice suddenly stopped.

Jiajing was suddenly confused by Yan Shaoting's behavior.

He lowered his head and looked at Yan Shaoting who was kneeling in front of him with dark eyes.

And when Yan Shaoting raised his head.

His eyes were already red.

"His Majesty!"

Yan Shaoting shouted loudly.

Then he lowered his head and blinked desperately.

On how to become an actor.

He never blinks, and anyone would be jealous.

After lowering your head.

Yan Shaoting continued, "Today, the Imperial Censor Hai petitioned to rectify the administration of Huizhou Prefecture and punish all the officials in Huizhou Prefecture and six counties. At the same time, Zhang Ge Lao experienced many things in the southeast and traveled to Lianghuai to return to Beijing. Perhaps he felt the hardship of the people and wrote a petition to ask Your Majesty to approve the reform.

"I want to know, Your Majesty, whether you feel that it was because of my private dealings with Lord Zhang and Censor Hai that they made such bold remarks today?
"Your Majesty, do you think that I want to overthrow the country and ruin the ancestral kingdom of our dynasty?

Your Majesty, please release me! Otherwise, I can only die to atone for my crime and clear my name!"

It is absolutely impossible not to make this matter clear.

The first person to carry out reforms in the Ming Dynasty?
Although this title is great, it is not something I can bear.

The flower buds of the Ming Dynasty are not worthy of such a grand name.

Jiajing sniffed.

Why does Yan Shaoting give me such a strange sense of familiarity at this moment?
This kind of music is right, and it looks like this.

Why do they look so much like the upright people in the imperial court in the past?

Even if it is something that may bring bad luck, one still wants to maintain a good reputation.

Yan Ne, Paine and others were also stunned.

This Yan Shaoting has no moral principles!

Why did you use their tricks for no reason?
As for Gao Gong, Yuan Wei and others, they smiled knowingly.

These people are short-sighted after all.

Can this young man be judged by common sense?
He is not a man who plays by the rules.

On the contrary, Hu Zongxian, who was participating in the Ming Dynasty's highest power meeting for the first time as the Minister of Six Ministries, looked solemn and somewhat uneasy.

And he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Is this what the court has been doing in the past?

at this time.

Yan Shaoting held his breath quietly.

This time, I have helped the old Taoist priest.

Now it all depends on how the old Taoist priest treats himself.

Behind the pearl curtain, Jiajing looked coldly at Yan Shaoting who was kneeling in front of him.

After a while.

The emperor just said: "I never said that!"

After saying this, Jiajing's eyes flickered a few times.

Yan Shaoting raised his head, his face relaxed, and he was obviously relieved in the sight of the old Taoist priest.

"I thank Your Majesty for releasing me!"

"Your Majesty's words show that Your Majesty does not think that I have any private dealings with Zhang Gelao and Hai Yushi, and I did not encourage them to petition for reform."

Jiajing's face was tense.

Even though I had thought so in my heart before, I couldn't say it out loud.

Today, Zhang Juzheng requested reforms, which shocked and surprised him greatly. His original intention was to suppress this momentum.

If Yan Shaoting was really involved, he would be labeled a reformist.

So……

Jiajing's eyes swept over Yan Song who had been sitting on the stool.

If this is the case, then the Yan family and the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty also stood on the side of reform.

This is not what I want to see.

After pondering for a long time.

Jiajing spoke again: "As you wish, I do not have such an idea."

He finally relented.

Yan Shaoting immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise, I beg your Majesty to understand that what I am proposing today is not in response to the request of Zhang Gelao and Hai Yushi, but is what your Majesty is thinking about and worrying about!
I do not seek wealth and honor, nor do I seek fame and fortune. If I had enough wealth to rival a country, I would be willing to give it all away to benefit the people of the world and repay your majesty for your kindness! "

This statement almost explicitly mentioned the matter of the several million taels of silver that Yan Shaoting sent into the palace last year.

Jiajing also felt something in his mind.

Everyone present had tense expressions. No one could find fault with Yan Shaoting's words.

This guy really spent all his family wealth just to serve the emperor.

Seeing that the time had come, Yan Shaoting spoke again.

"What I am requesting today is all for the benefit of the hundreds of thousands of people in Huizhou Prefecture and six counties. I am your Majesty's party member, and I regard your Majesty as my father and ruler, and the hundreds of thousands of people in Huizhou Prefecture also regard your Majesty as their father and ruler.

I am your Majesty's subject, and the people of Huizhou are your Majesty's subjects. I and the people of Huizhou are both your Majesty's subjects, and your Majesty is the father and ruler of me and the people of Huizhou."

Yan Shaoting never tires of instilling this truth in people.

He continued with great emotion: "I have received Your Majesty's grace, promoted to the court, and appointed to various positions. I have no worries about food and clothing. I only need to think about how to repay Your Majesty's grace. However, the people of Huizhou Prefecture still have no food to eat and no clothes to cover their bodies.

"As a fellow subject of your majesty, I cannot bear to see the people of Huizhou live like this, and I cannot bear to see your majesty be attacked and insulted for this.

"Minister Yan and Minister Pan said that I was greedy for fame, wealth and power, and that I was trying to win people's hearts and gain a reputation for being upright. I absolutely dare not admit it!
"If you say that I am greedy for fame and gain, then I am actually greedy for Your Majesty's wisdom and longevity.

“If you say that I am obsessed with wealth and power, then I am actually thinking about the abundance of the court’s finances and taxes.

If you say that I am trying to buy people's hearts in order to gain a good reputation, then I am actually defending your majesty's reputation as a wise and benevolent ruler, in order to protect the hearts of the people, and to ensure that your majesty's name as a holy ruler will live forever in the hearts of the people of the world!"

After saying that.

Although Yan Shaoting was still kneeling on the ground, he held his head high and chest puffed out.

Before everyone could react.

He said in a deep voice: "If you say that I am a reformist, I will never admit it. If I have any faction, it is only the royalist faction!"

"Wherever your majesty's holy will goes, that's where I will step."

"Your Majesty is in charge of the world, and this is the way for me as a minister."

"As a minister, I only know how to repay my emperor's kindness!"

"I am... and can only be your Majesty's subject!"

"Your Majesty's Royalists!"

shameless!
This guy is so shameless!
When the three words "royalists" shouted by Yan Shaoting in the Wanshou Palace echoed between the beams and pillars and could not be calmed for a long time.

People like Yan Ne and Pan En felt disgusted and looked at Yan Shaoting's back with contempt in their eyes.

Even Gao Gong, Yuan Wei, and even Yan Song, could not bear to look at Yan Shaoting.

Although they all knew that Yan Shaoting's move was a means to clear himself of being a reformist.

But how can I say such straightforward words?
Even if that's what you mean, you have to put it another way.

On the contrary, a smile gradually appeared on Jiajing's face.

As Yan Ne and Paine said before, there are many people in the court who are greedy for fame, wealth and power and want to buy people's hearts.

But before today, there had never been anyone like Yan Shaoting who could say in front of everyone that he was a staunch royalist.

Even Yan Song and his son Yan Shifan in previous years had never made such public remarks.

"Loyalists?"

Jiajing murmured softly and couldn't help but chuckle twice.

Then Jiajing leaned forward and glared at Yan Shaoting: "You are not very old, but your face is as thick as that city wall!"

Yan Shaoting's expression remained unchanged: "This is what I really think!"

"Okay, okay..."

Jiajing waved his hand casually and said, "Stand up. I don't know where you learned this, but you kneel down at every turn. There is no such rule in the Ming Dynasty."

Until then.

Yan Shaoting slowly stood up.

Then he bowed and nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the reason for the 6,146 taels of silver in tax on silk and satin for the population of She County, Huizhou Prefecture has been found out.

"In any case, to show your Majesty's fairness and benevolence, you should follow the tax reform of Emperor Taizu in Yisi, when She County paid 2,910 taels of silk tax each year, and the other five counties should bear the remaining 3,234 taels of tax.

How the five counties should share the tax of more than 3,234 taels is the most appropriate way to apportion the tax of 3,234 taels among the five counties, in accordance with the cause of the reform of the tax system in the first year of the reign of Emperor Taizu Hongwu. This will also best demonstrate your majesty's benevolence, justice and love for the people."

After saying this, Yan Shaoting looked up at the old Taoist priest.

This time.

The old Taoist priest no longer showed any displeasure.

This is the difference between explaining and not explaining.

At first, the old Taoist priest only thought that he was cooperating with Zhang Juzheng and Hai Rui and wanted to use Huizhou Prefecture as a breakthrough point for reform.

And now, it is only because of the emperor's so-called reputation for wisdom.

Jiajing looked up at Gao Gong, and then at the Minister of Revenue Gao Yao.

"Tobe."

Gao Yao bowed and walked out.

"The minister is here."

Jiajing asked, "The tax on silk and silk for Huizhou has always been demanded by the Ministry of Revenue. What does the Ministry of Revenue mean now?"

In fact, at this moment, Jiajing had already agreed to divide the 6,146 taels of silk tax from Huizhou Prefecture into two parts, to be shared by She County and the five counties.

But if he had to survey the land in Huizhou Prefecture, he was unwilling to do so.

It’s just a matter of a few thousand taels of silver.

Huizhou Prefecture is not like Suzhou and Songjiang Prefectures. After surveying the land, it can increase fiscal and tax revenue by tens of millions.

Gao Yao turned his eyes, bowed and nodded, saying, "I think that now that the matter is clear, and Doctor Yan has explained the whole story of the tax on silk and silk from Huizhou Prefecture, then it will be up to your Majesty to decide. I and the Ministry of Revenue believe that no matter what the decision is, this tax is ultimately taken from the people and used for the people."

After saying this, Gao Yao retreated back to the train and lowered his head silently.

This is a non-stick pan too!

Yan Shaoting glanced at the Minister of Revenue Gao Yao and secretly complained in his heart.

Jiajing snorted, glanced at Gao Yao, and then moved towards Yan Shaoting.

Just when he was about to speak.

The Minister of Justice Yan Ne, however, bowed and clasped his hands, then stood up.

"His Majesty."

"Although Doctor Yan has just explained the whole story of the Dingsijuan incident in Huizhou Prefecture."

"But I still have a question now."

"I hope Doctor Yan can release this old minister!"

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(Jiajing·Huizhou Prefecture Records·Book Image)
　Yi Si tax reform: According to the "Huizhou Prefecture Records·Food and Goods Records", in the first year of Wu (1364), Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang revised the old tax system of Huizhou Prefecture and levied the "summer tax on raw silk" at the expense of wheat in six counties. In the second year, Yi Si, the Xingzhongshu Province checked the taxes of Huizhou Prefecture and found that there were problems with the increase and decrease of the land tax in the first year of Wu. The officials of the prefecture and county were detained to the province to redefine the amount of land tax in Huizhou Prefecture. The annual history is called "Yi Si tax reform". Among them, She County owed more than 9000 shi of summer wheat.

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