Chapter 252 Who are the reformists in the Wanshou Palace?
Huizhou Prefecture must absolutely not implement the land survey.

Once Huizhou Prefecture began to survey the land, even if Yan Shaoting publicly stated today that he was a member of the imperial party, he would not participate in the reform.

But what about Zhang Juzheng, who clearly petitioned the emperor to issue an edict to approve the reform?

When he returns to Beijing, he will certainly use this as an excuse to once again call for reform.

Therefore, we must cut off all opportunities and excuses that Zhang Juzheng might seize from the source.

In order to stop Huizhou Prefecture from surveying the land, it was necessary to first confirm that the silk tax of 6,146,000 people, which had been levied in She County of Huizhou Prefecture for nearly two hundred years, should be borne by the people of She County.

As for the people of She County who have been made victims of fraud for 200 years, will they continue to be made victims of fraud?

unimportant!
Can the interests of the people in a mere county be compared with those of the billions of common people in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the entire Ming Dynasty?

No!

Yan Ne, an old eunuch who had served in the court for many years, had a sharp gleam in his eyes.

All signs of reform and innovation must be nipped in the bud.

At the very least, Zhang Juzheng's so-called survey of the entire country's land and the implementation of taxation in the form of silver must be directly eliminated.

innovation?

This is a revolution against them!

After Yan Ne shouted in the hall, he immediately clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I beg Your Majesty to understand. Although what Doctor Yan said just now, tracing back to the silk tax of She County, Huizhou Prefecture, is the amount of the summer wheat deficit set by the Yisi reform during the reign of Emperor Taizu Hongwu.

But now the silk tax levied by She County is 6,146 taels of tax silver per year. However, the tax owed by the six counties of Huizhou Prefecture for the so-called Yisi tax reform calculated by Yan Langzhong is 6,144 taels of tax silver, a difference of 2 taels.

Since the numbers don't even match, how can we calculate it? If so, wouldn't it be fooling the tax collectors, fooling the court, fooling the people, and fooling Your Majesty?"

After Yan Shaoting shouted that he was a member of the royal party.

It is no longer possible to attack him based on his personal character.

but.

Even if it's about reason and facts.

The people of Huizhou Prefecture, Ding Sijuan and Xiamai, owed two taxes, but there was still a difference of two taels of silver.

Don't underestimate it, it's just a difference of two taels.

But that's the difference.

Upon hearing this, Pan En raised his eyebrows and immediately bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, every word that Minister Yan said is polite and proper. We are officials in the court, eating salaries from the court and supported by the people. How can we act so arbitrarily? We know that the difference between the two taxes is only two taels of tax silver, so how can we equate them? I think that the current silk tax of 6,146 taels of tax silver in Huizhou Prefecture should be shared equally by the six counties of Huizhou Prefecture. This is really nonsense!"

Things have once again gone round and round and are back to square one.

That is, what exactly is the silk tax borne by She County, Huizhou Prefecture?

Is there any connection between the tax on silk and the summer wheat arrears when Emperor Taizu Hongwu implemented the Yisi tax reform?

In between.

Once again, the matter was questioned because of the difference of two taels of silver raised by Yan Ne.

But this matter.

Is it really related to the difference of two taels of silver?
Do not!
From the moment this matter was brought up today, it has nothing to do with the two taels of silver, and even less to do with Huizhou Prefecture.

Everything is related to whether the Ming Dynasty should reform.

Yan Shaoting lowered his head with a flickering gaze. With just one thought, he figured out the relationship.

But how to refute it?

How can I continue to refute it by using the difference of two taels of silver?
Yan Shaoting fell into deep thought.

After all, as for the affairs of Huizhou Prefecture, he was thousands of miles away in the capital, and he only knew the general situation but not all the details.

How could I calculate the passage of two hundred years by myself?
What's more, according to the rules set by Emperor Taizu Hongwu when he established the Ming Dynasty, most, or all, of the documents south of the Yangtze River were archived in the Huangce Library on the island in the middle of Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing.

In Beijing, it takes a long time to verify the original archives.

What's more, if the silk tax levied by Huizhou Prefecture is not decided now, how should it be dealt with?

With Lao Zhang's return, the court would inevitably fall into a long debate over the silk tax levied on the population of Huizhou Prefecture.

The debate was about the silk tax levied on the population of Huizhou Prefecture.

But in the final analysis, it is still reform and innovation.

There is no way to solve it now.

But we can't keep delaying it.

This was the first time Yan Shaoting stood in the Wanshou Palace and he was in a dilemma.

His thoughts were racing.

I wonder when Shuai Jiamo will be sent to the capital by the Jinyiwei.

No one knows how Zhang will continue to promote reform after returning to Beijing.

Logically speaking, since Lao Zhang dared to submit a petition for reform, he should have made sufficient preparations.

A single move affects the whole body.

Just as Yan Shaoting was thinking hard.

The Minister of Revenue Gao Yao coughed lightly and stood up.

Under the puzzled gazes of Yan Ne, Paine and others.

Gao Yao glanced at Yan Shaoting who was looking over at him.

He clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the silk tax in She County, Huizhou Prefecture, has been in effect for nearly two hundred years. Are the prices of goods in effect when the Hongwu Emperor, the first emperor of the country, changed the tax in the year of Yisi consistent with the prices today? I think there is still some need to consider this.

"So I think that the difference of two taels of silver is also within the acceptable range. If the two tax silvers mentioned by Doctor Yan and Minister Yan are very different, then they are definitely unrelated.

However, as to what the connection is between these two taxes, I think we should check and compare the county annals and white books of the six counties of Huizhou, the annals and white books of Huizhou Prefecture, the yellow books archived in the Xuanwu Lake Yellow Book Library in Nanjing, and the documents of the Ming Dynasty and other places to prove their connection. "

Check the accounts.

Missing all the recorded past archives and the most original yellow book archives in the Nanjing Xuanwu Lake Yellow Book Library.

This is the solution given by Gao Yao.

Yan Shaoting looked at the Shangshu Gao with some doubt.

What exactly is the position of this Lao Gao?
Yan Ne and Paine were also thinking about it.

But just from Gao Yao's response, it is impossible to tell whether the other party is on the side of reform or on the side of adhering to the present.

Gao Yao, however, wanted to give both gangs a good scolding.

Each of you is clamoring for reform or not.

I really don’t know how difficult it is to manage money at home.

He had no control over whether the law would be changed or not, but he had to manage the purse of the Ming Dynasty.

If you make trouble, the court will be out of money, and the blame will be put on me, the Minister of Revenue.

Gao Gong immediately spoke up: "I second the motion. The Ministry of Revenue's report is reasonable. Since the issue of the population and silk in Huizhou Prefecture is now in doubt, we must investigate and verify it, and give justice to the people of the six counties of Huizhou Prefecture."

Then his eyes swept towards Yan Shaoting and Yan Ne.

Is reform important?

The most important thing is to put the administration of officials in order and stabilize the court's finances and taxation.

Let's make noise! ​​Let's make noise!
When the Ming Dynasty's treasury is filled with dead rats, the worst that can happen is that all of us men, young and old, sit on the city wall and wait for the wind to blow!
As for the other cabinet minister Yuan Wei who was hiding behind Gao Gong? From the beginning, he had shrunk his head and pretended to be a transparent person.

As a result, the Minister of Personnel Guo Pu did not say a word throughout the entire process.

It seemed like this matter was really going to turn into a long, drawn-out debate.

Yan Shaoting's heartstrings were tense. After a while of thinking, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, I want to impeach the cabinet minister Zhang Juzheng!"

Ok?
moment.

The Wanshou Palace Hall, which had been noisy, became quiet.

Everyone looked at Yan Shaoting with strange eyes, as he suddenly wanted to impeach Zhang Juzheng.

What kind of trouble is this?
Jiajing, who was about to speak and agree to Gao Yao's request to check the archives in various places, couldn't help but shrink his eyes.

After hesitating for a while.

Jiajing just opened his mouth and asked, "What do you want to impeach Zhang Juzheng for?"

Yan Shaoting clasped his hands and said solemnly: "I want to impeach Zhang Juzheng for being arrogant and domineering, ignoring the government and the people's livelihood! What Zhang Juzheng reported today is extremely arrogant. He used his own opinion to criticize the country and the country of our ancestors. He has no etiquette at all!"

Quiet.

There was deathly silence in the Wanshou Palace.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

There was clearly a proposal for reform, at least there was Yan Shaoting who proposed it in the Lianghuai salt administration.

At this moment, Zhang Juzheng, who had proposed to approve the reform today, was refuted in this way.

Just when everyone was confused as to why Yan Shaoting made such remarks.

Outside the Wanshou Palace.

A hard-top indigo-colored sedan chair, carried by four bearers, slowly landed in front of the gate of Wanshou Palace.

Guo Yuchuang, the lieutenant general of the Beijing camp who was guarding in front of the palace gate, immediately narrowed his eyes and looked over.

This is the Xu Mansion, or rather, the sedan chair of Lord Xu.

In the imperial court, the sedan chairs of high-ranking officials are things that officials need to remember.

There is no room for error.

Guo Yuchuang narrowed his eyes and took two steps forward.

There was a hint of doubt in his eyes. Logically speaking, Xu Jie had been trying to maintain his dignity by claiming illness and recuperating at home since years ago because of the tragedy caused by his son Xu Fan, the prefect of Shuntian.

According to the rules.

If there was no emperor's order to recall him, Xu Jie would have to stay at home and could not participate in state affairs.

This is an unspoken rule.

It was a disguised punishment for Xu Jie, who was a poor parent.

But today.

Unexpectedly, Xu Jie appeared in front of the Wanshou Palace in Xiyuan.

What is he going to do?
Just when Guo Yuchuang was confused.

Xu Jie, the deputy prime minister of the Ming cabinet, the leader of the Qingliu, and the spokesperson for the southeastern gentry and merchant interest groups, stepped out of the sedan chair with an easy-going manner yet dignified and steady, lightly shaking his official robe.

"Mr. Xu Ge."

Guo Yuchuang immediately stepped forward and bowed.

"Ah."

Xu Jie just nodded, but looked up and stared at the Wanshou Palace Hall behind the palace gate in front of him.

It seemed that he remembered that he still had to explain his purpose.

As Xu Jie started walking towards the Wanshou Palace, he said, "I came to the palace today to ask the cabinet minister Zhang Juzheng to make a request for reforms in the country. I want to see the emperor and make his suggestions."

Finished speaking.

Xu Jie had also walked into the Wanshou Palace.

He lifted his official robe with both hands and walked up the steps in front of the Wanshou Palace, which he had not been away from for many days, step by step, steadily.

At last.

Xu Jie bowed, clasped his hands together, and stood in front of the palace gate.

"Your Highness, I am the Grand Secretary of the Wuying Palace, the Minister of the Cabinet, and the Deputy Minister of the Ming Cabinet. I am Xu Jie, and I invite you to see me, Your Majesty!"

Inside the palace.

When everyone was still puzzled by Yan Shaoting's sudden impeachment of Zhang Juzheng, Xu Jie's voice came from outside the hall.

Everyone was startled and turned back to look at the palace door, where a figure blocked the sunlight outside.

Behind the beaded curtain.

Jiajing's gaze also became long and gloomy.

After a long time.

A voice was just heard from behind the bead curtain.

"Xuan."

Outside the palace gate, Xu Jie shook his official robe, stepped into the hall, and stood in front of the pearl curtain, side by side with Yan Song, who had been given a seat.

"Your servant Xu Jie, today I heard that the cabinet has received the petition submitted by assistant minister Zhang Juzheng, which calls for reforms in the country. Although I am ill and have requested to stay at home for a few days to recuperate, I am still worried about the country and its people. In order to prevent any harm to the country and its people, I have come to the palace to see Your Majesty."

Xu Jie spoke every word with reason.

Although everyone knew why he had been away from the court for some time, his response was impeccable.

Xu Jie continued to speak in front of the public, "I think that although there are many mistakes and omissions in Zhang Juzheng's proposals for reforms, his original intention must be to worry about the country and the people, and to consider the fate of the Ming Dynasty.

"I think, for example, as Zhang Juzheng reported, the taxes in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are numerous and complex, and the people are constantly being asked to pay. The people are suffering, and the government officials are also difficult to maintain.

By converting it into silver and collecting taxes from all over the country, it is convenient for the court and the government, and also makes it easier for the people to figure out how much they should pay for the country's finances and taxes, and it stops the people from reporting to the government out of ignorance. "

Senseless!

Inside the Wanshou Palace Hall, everyone was completely stunned.

Everyone.

Even the young eunuch guarding outside the palace gate quietly peeked in surprise and looked at Lord Xu inside the palace.

Everyone was stunned.

Everyone's eyes began to quickly scan Yan Shaoting and Xu Jie.

Who are the reformists in the Wanshou Palace?

Even Yan Shaoting opened his mouth slightly, and when he opened his mouth, he actually showed a hint of support for Xu Jie, who was invited by Zhang Juzheng to carry out reforms.

Who are the reformists?

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