Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

Zhu Cihong looked at the three of them calmly, he knew what the other party was thinking, for more than two hundred years, the salt had indeed been rectified many times, and it was indeed in vain every time, but these words had not been said to the first emperor, but today he said it to himself, the prince.

"If you can tell the truth to this palace, you are the greatest loyalty. "

It's better than the yang and the yin.

He looked at the three of them and asked, "Shake the country's foundation, do you think those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the gentry and the strong are the country's capital of my Ming Dynasty?"

"Your Highness, this is ......

". The three of them knelt on the ground, spitting and spitting, they didn't know how to answer, but this is not only a matter of salt, but also a problem of an interest group, there are too many privileged people, scholars, literati, if you really want to check the salt tax, then none of these people are innocent, then then the court will rely on who will govern in the future.

"Know what you're trying to say.

Zhu Cihong looked like he saw through the other party, and said with a smile: "What is nothing more than that, salt will involve a large number of officials and gentry, if you really want to do this, it will inevitably kill many people, it will chill the hearts of scholars all over the world, and it will be bad for the imperial court, isn't it?"

The three of them did not reply, but the expression on their faces showed a look of agreement, they definitely did not go against the will of His Royal Highness the Prince, but these things are necessary to say.

"It is not these corrupt officials and gentry who shake the foundation of the country, but those anti-thieves in the northwest, and who were those anti-thieves before?"

Zhu Cihong was not angry, but said patiently, they have their considerations and worries, this is nothing, in the final analysis, opinions are opinions, as long as they don't make small moves, it is the best, and ideas can slowly change them.

"Listen.

Zhu Cihong suddenly sat upright, and said: "The last will, summon the two Huai to transfer salt envoys to the capital." (From the third product.)

After the transfer envoy entered Beijing, he was immediately locked and taken out of prison by the Criminal Department, and the three legal divisions will be tried. "

Your Highness.

Fan Jingwen's face changed, and he was shocked: "I'm afraid this won't help, even if you are tried by the three law divisions, it is estimated that you will not be able to try anything, and it will make Jiangnan turbulent!" "

You can try how you want, you don't have to worry about Jiangnan chaos, you don't have to worry about it, the will will be followed, and what happens after that, the palace has the final say."

The smile on Zhu Cihong's face disappeared, and after speaking, he didn't care about the reaction of Fan Jingwen and the others, and then shouted outside: "Go to the Imperial Horse Prison to send an order to Liu Renliang, and let him take people to assemble outside the East Palace."

"Command!"

shouted from outside.

Zhu Cihong closed his eyes and let the boss of Jiangnan Salt Administration return to Beijing first, so that the salt officials over there had no backbone, so that they could collapse from the inside.

Fan Jingwen, Ni Yuanlu, and Sun Chengzong saw His Royal Highness the Prince's appearance, and they all sighed in their hearts, His Royal Highness was afraid that he was determined to move the salt tax, and with His Royal Highness's means, a group of people who did not die would not give up, so that although a large amount of stolen money could be seized immediately, but the symptoms would not be cured, and the salt would be a fog in the future, and the reputation of the imperial court would be greatly damaged.

Fan Jingwen had worry on his face, he knew that the emperor couldn't move the salt, but His Royal Highness said that he wanted to move, but he didn't know the bottom in his heart, who is His Highness, they have been doing things together for so long, and they all understand it a little, His Royal Highness wants to move, it is definitely really going to move, but it is not like the previous emperors, just to make money, just to make money.

His Royal Highness is definitely not as simple as making a sum of money, but as the first assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the ministry, he is worried that the court will lose credibility.

It is said that it is a tyrannical

court, plundering the people, plundering the merchants, and even plundering the officials! What prestige will such a court have in the future, and who will dare to enter the court as an official in the future?

"Minister Liu Renliang see the Prince's Palace!" Suddenly

, a calm voice came from outside.

"Come in.

Zhu Cihong opened his eyes, looked at Fan Jingwen, and said: "Seal Liu Renliang as the commander of the water division, and add the rank of squire of the military department." "

The Lord's Decree.

Fan Jingwen glanced at Liu Renliang who walked in, and didn't say much, His Royal Highness wants to arrange the people around him, what can he say, however, His Royal Highness originally wanted to develop the water division, no wonder there are so many policies that are beneficial to the treasury, and there is also a salt tax, and the water division does cost money.

"Subordinates receive the order, thank you!" Liu

Renliang immediately knelt down to accept the order.

"You immediately take the 1,000 sailors to Shandong to pass the decree to Yang Wenyue, the governor of Denglai, and ask him to hand over the Daming Sailors to you to take over, and he will assist in the management, of course, the current Daming Sailors are an empty shelf, after you get to the place, build warships, and recruit sailors are all arranged by you, how much money is needed, you calculate and report it."

"Also, when you leave, go to the Beijing camp, bring fifty Hongyi cannons, one thousand flintlock guns, two thousand tiger squat cannons, and fifty gods and soldiers to teach. "

This Liu Renliang's thousand-sailor firearms still needs to be taught, Zhu Cihong believes that soon they will be proficient, and firearms can be taught, but the elite quality of this thousand-sailor division is the most valuable, it really depends on the local sailors, and if you want to rebuild the Daming sailors, I don't know what year and month it will be.

Zhu Cihong wrote an oracle as he spoke, and after writing it, he stamped it with a gold seal and handed it to Liu Renliang.

"Subordinate order!" Liu

Renliang took the booklet and withdrew.

"Ahem.

After Ni Yuanlu saw people walking out of the hall, he coughed twice and said directly: "Your Highness, the treasury is now empty.

After saying this, he looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the meaning was obvious, now the household department has no budget for the rebuilding of the water division.

"Put it down, this money is out of the inner treasury of the palace, and it will be allocated to the household department to reopen

the post station, is one and a half million enough?" Zhu Cihong thought that the place before the post station was still there, but it was useless, and now that it is used again, most of the money spent is labor money and renovation money, as well as the money for the establishment of express yamen in the city, if it is slowly covered, this money should be enough.

Post station, express delivery wants to cover the state capital and county of the whole country, at least more than a year to go, so now the first stop is the capital, and then slowly spread out, try the effect first.

With His Royal Highness's words, then Weichen is much more relieved.

Ni Yuanlu finally showed a smile, His Royal Highness is still good, at least the money is very generous, he said: "One and a half million is enough, if the post station, the express delivery department is good, then the cost of building the express delivery department will also be settled, and there is no need to use the money from the treasury."

"Now, let's talk about the matter of the tax department, this new yamen is still under the control of the household department, and it is also the top priority to drain the tax collection power of the local government.

Zhu Cihong said that the last policy of the cabinet this time is the exclusive collection of taxes, and from then on, the local government's money, grain, and tax collection powers will no longer exist.

"I don't have an opinion.

Ni Yuanlu was the first to stand up and speak, of course he had no opinion, in this way, if nothing else, at least it could increase the silver revenue of the national treasury, not the income of taxes, but the silver intercepted from the local government.

"The minister has no opinion.

Fan Jingwen also said, now he can have any opinions, he can't find something to put forward opinions, and it doesn't work, His Highness said, the will will be followed, what happens after that, His Highness has the final say.

Sun Chengzong seemed very stunned at this time, he is now in charge of the Ministry of War, and he can give opinions on matters that have nothing to do with the Ministry of War, but there is no need.

"The tax department is very important, so the palace plans to set up a special army, which is headed by the tax department, to collect taxes and suppress those who resist taxes, evade taxes, and evade taxes.

"In this way, it is much simpler, if you can't collect taxes, or if you have less taxes, you can just take the tax department to open the knife, and there is not so much trouble as the local government."

Zhu Cihong said and said: "The tax envoy of the tax department will transfer people from the criminal department, and the people in the criminal department are ruthless, you will go down later, and discuss with Feng Ying to plan a person to come up, and then the tax army will command the envoy, and 10,000 people will be transferred from the Beijing camp, and the palace will arrange it, and it will be the matter of the tax department to collect taxes in the future."

"All the will will will be implemented from the capital and Jiangnan, just like that, you go down,"

didn't wait for the three of them to speak, and after speaking, they directly issued an expulsion order, the will is only under control, it doesn't matter whether the local government obeys it or not, and when he kills a group of the craziest people in Jiangnan, he will obediently obey it!"