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Many officials breathed a sigh of relief, but there were also officials who said to Wang Jia and the others: "Mr. Wang Ge, even though I said that, the method of distributing the land into the mu is after all harmful to the hearts of the scholars. You can’t sit idly by.”

As he said that, a stern look flashed in the official's eyes and he said: "Besides, if Li Huan is honestly a favorite of the emperor, even if he is in charge of Jinyiwei, that's all. We have tolerated him being in charge of Jinyiwei and even the power of the Beijing camp, but He actually wants to stretch his hand into the court, and even more so to carry out the change, if I retreat this time, then I am afraid that there will be no place for me to stand on the court in the future."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of many officials present immediately changed.

Some officials are aware of this, but most officials are not aware of this.Now being called by this official in front of everyone, it immediately aroused strong reactions from all the officials present.

"What a Li Huan, what a wolf's ambition, he actually wants to control the court?"

"Do you really think I'm easy to bully? With the power of soldiers and horses in hand, if he is allowed to control the court again, what does he want to do? Could it be that he wants to rebel?"

All the hats were directly put on Li Huan's head, but as long as you are not stupid, you know that the reason why these officials reacted so violently and even filled with righteous indignation at the moment was because Li Huan touched their bottom line.

In the minds of these civil officials, Li Huan was just from a military family, and they didn't take it seriously at all on weekdays, that is, once he was favored by the emperor, Li Huan became what he is today.

Although Li Huan is now a champion, he is the emperor's most important favorite, but in the eyes of the court officials, Li Huan is an unlearned and incompetent person, and he can't get on the stage at all.

Such a lucky minister who came from a humble background and did not enter the officialdom by taking the imperial examinations actually wanted to meddle in state affairs, and even wanted to embezzle the power in their hands, which is intolerable.

Wang Jia, who was stroking his beard, also frowned, and looked at Yang Tinghe and Liu Yu. The different colors can more or less guess what the two of them are thinking.

Looking at the rest of the left and right censors and Liubu halls, Wang Jia took a deep breath and said slowly: "Don't worry, everyone, with me waiting, I will definitely not sit back and watch Li Huan make troubles in the court."

Qianqing Palace

The emperor drove back to the Qianqing Palace first, changed into a costume, and appeared in the imperial study in ordinary clothes.At this time, Li Huan, Zhang Lun, and Zhu Fu had already arrived at the imperial study room first. When they saw the emperor appearing, they hurriedly greeted the emperor.

Zhu Houzhao motioned for several people to stand up and take their seats without courtesy, and glanced at him. At this time, Wang Jia, Yang Tinghe and other important officials had not yet arrived. Zhu Houzhao then looked at Li Huan, and said with a dignified expression: "Li Qing, Didn’t you say before that reforming the tax system must find an opportunity and must not be acted rashly, why did you suddenly mention this matter in the court today!”

The two monarchs and ministers did not discuss the matter of tax reform once or twice. Both monarchs and ministers knew that this matter was related to the foundation of the country. If they were not fully prepared, they would definitely not be easily implemented, because if they were not careful, it would be impossible to implement it easily. will cause unrest in the country.

There are no outsiders here except for a few nobles like Zhang Lun and Zhu Fu, and the nobles can be said to be naturally on the side of the royal family, so Zhu Houzhao did not shy away from Zhang Lun and Zhu Fu at the moment.

Hearing this, Li Huan didn't know Zhu Houzhao's worry, and smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured, since I dare to mention this matter at this time, then I have some confidence."

Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up.

His biggest worry was that Li Huan was not sure. Now that Li Huan said he was sure, he immediately felt a little relieved.

After all, based on how well he knew Li Huan, Li Huan was definitely not a person who uttered wild words. Since Li Huan dared to say that and did it, then he must be as he said, and he was somewhat sure.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's curious look, Li Huan coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty also knows that reform is never an easy thing to implement, especially when it involves taxation, which is related to people's livelihood.
If there is no sufficient money and food to support this major event, any setbacks may cause the reform to fail. "

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said, "What the Qing family said is true, and that's what I'm worried about."

Zhu Fu on the side stroked his beard, and suddenly laughed and said, "The old minister understands why the champion Hou chose this time to carry out tax reform!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help looking at Zhu Fu, and Zhu Fu smiled and said, "Did your Majesty forget that the confiscated wealth is not enough? With that wealth as support, even if it is collected within a year or two If there is not a trace of taxes, it will not cause the national treasury to be empty.”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up. He was a fan of the authorities. Hearing what Zhu Fu said now, he immediately understood that the precondition of sufficient money and food was met.

And Zhang Lun also said with a smile at the moment: "Besides this, there is another reason, and I think it is also one of the reasons why the champion candidates want to carry out tax reform at this time."

Li Huan looked at Zhang Lun with a smile, as if to see if Zhang Lun could really guess the reason.

Zhang Lun noticed Li Huan's gaze, and he was quite confident in his heart. He took a deep breath and said, "One of the very important reasons is that the champion marquis threatened the remaining prestige of the previous victory to frighten the world. There is an elite army sitting in the capital. Coupled with the fact that there is no shortage of money and food, if the tax reform cannot be carried out, then I really cannot think of any conditions under which the tax reform can be carried out.”

With a slap, the Son of Heaven who was sitting behind the imperial table suddenly slapped the table, stood up all of a sudden, and said with a bit of excitement on his face: "Okay, okay, I Why didn’t you think of this? As the British Duke said, with the victorious and returning Beijing army in command, coupled with sufficient money and food, even if some people want to stir up some troubles, they can still be suppressed.”

If Zhu Houzhao was somewhat worried that Li Huan would be reckless when he suddenly mentioned the tax reform, but now that Zhu Fu and Zhang Lun have said this, Zhu Houzhao can be said to be completely relieved.

There are tens of millions of taels of wealth in the internal treasury, coupled with the big victory not long ago, not only revived the prestige of the Ming military, but also sharpened a great deal after a big battle. An elite army of 10,000+ came out.

With money, food, soldiers and horses in hand, plus righteousness and fame, just imagine, there are things in the world that their monarchs and ministers dare not do, and cannot do.

Looking at Li Huan with a calm face, Zhu Houzhao laughed and said: "Li Qing can let it go. Whether you and my monarchs and ministers will be famous in history or notorious in the future, I will hand it over to Aiqing."

Li Huan took a deep breath, bowed to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will do my best to reform the tax system, rebuild the foundation of our Ming Dynasty, and make the Ming Dynasty permanent."

At this time, the voice of Gao Feng, who was guarding outside the imperial study, suddenly came: "Mr. Yang Ge, Mr. Wang Ge, and the governors of the six ministries and the governors of the five armies are begging to see Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao sat down slowly, and said in a deep voice, "Broadcast."

Soon, more than a dozen figures slowly walked into the imperial study room. Although the imperial study room is very spacious, with the dozen or so people who walked in, there are more than twenty people in total at this moment. The room seemed a little crowded.

Yang Tinghe, Wang Jia and others saluted the emperor together.

In this imperial study room, although there are only about [-] people, these people almost occupy most of the core figures of Ming Dynasty. It can be said that the decisions made by these people can almost affect the fate of the huge empire of Ming Dynasty.

After motioning everyone to take their seats, Zhu Houzhao glanced over the crowd and said slowly, "I'm staying with you, just to discuss with you whether Li Qing's plan to spread the income into the mu is feasible. How to do it."

Zhu Houzhao's voice fell, and many people's complexions changed slightly.

The meaning of the emperor's words couldn't be clearer, and he clearly told them that he, the emperor, wanted to support Li Huanxing's tax reform.

Immediately, Wang Jia stepped forward and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, you must not do it. For thousands of years, all dynasties and dynasties have been taxed in parallel, and my emperor Taizu is even more so."

Although the law of establishing the ancestors and the law of distributing the household to the mother sounds good, no one dares to speak lightly of the pros and cons of it. If the reform is beneficial to our Ming Dynasty, that’s all. If this shakes the foundation of our Ming Dynasty, we will all He is Daming's sinner. "

At the same time, the Ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment also took a step forward, expressing their opposition clearly: "What Wang Ge said is true, the law should not be changed lightly, otherwise the country will be in turmoil and people's grievances will boil. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

It is expected that some people would stand up to object. If there is no objection, Zhu Houzhao will doubt what these civil servants are going to do, so Zhu Houzhao is not surprised at all.

He glanced at Yang Tinghe, Liu Yu and Wang Yangming indifferently and said, "What do you think of the three elders?" Liu Yu hesitated for a while and said, "As a minister, you should share your worries for the king, and all ministers should listen to your Majesty. "

He glanced at Liu Yu in surprise, Zhu Houzhao did not expect that Liu Yu would choose to stand by him, but thinking that Liu Yu is a representative of the eunuch party, even if the eunuch party is not as powerful as before because of Liu Jin, but It is also a big force above the court.

Now that Liu Yu did not object, and even chose to stand by him, the emperor, Zhu Houzhao was naturally very happy, and nodded to Liu Yu with great satisfaction, saying: "I know the heart of loving you."

When his eyes fell on Wang Yangming, Wang Yangming bowed to the emperor, then looked at Li Huan and said, "Can the champion have a feasible method to promote the distribution of households into the mu?"

Li Huan said with a light smile, "Since Li dared to mention it, he naturally has a detailed set of reform methods."

There was a flash of light in his eyes, Wang Yangming stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "This kind of thing that benefits the country and the people, Wang will definitely support it."

Among the elders, Zhu Houzhao trusted Wang Yangming the most. Now Wang Yangming did not disappoint him. With Liu Yu's support, it can be said that half of the cabinet's four cabinet ministers expressed their support, which greatly increased Zhu Houzhao's confidence.

Although it is said that the officials headed by Wang Yangming and Liu Yu only account for a small number of officials in the court, but this at least represents the support of some officials for him, the emperor, and Li Huan.

Liu Yu and Wang Yangming expressed their opinions one after another, and the target of everyone naturally fell on Yang Tinghe.

Don't look at Yang Tinghe's low-key behavior in his daily life, but no one dared to underestimate him. You must know that Yang Tinghe's extensive connections in the imperial court are probably unmatched by the four members of the cabinet.

Most of the officials in the court are headed by Yang Tinghe, that is to say, Yang Tinghe usually does not show his mountains and dews, and is not as ostentatious as Wang Jia.

Yang Tinghe, the emperor of the three dynasties, was one of the important ministers selected by the former emperor. After Xie Qian and Liu Jian were dismissed successively, it can be said that Yang Tinghe has become the invisible representative of the civil official group.

With Yang Tinghe's talent, he is naturally aware of the situation that the Ming Dynasty is facing today. Yang Tinghe's eyes lit up when he heard Li Huan's method of dividing the family into the mu. If this method can really be implemented, nothing else, it is definitely not a problem to continue the national fortune for the Ming Dynasty for another 200 years.

If one puts aside one's own identity and standpoint, Yang Tinghe absolutely agrees with and even strongly supports Li Huan's implementation of the reform of distributing households to households.

But there is a saying that people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes. Yang Tinghe and Wang Jia represent a large number of officials above the court, or represent the interests of gentry, officials, and powerful people in the world.

The law of distributing the land into the mu directly hits these gentry, powerful, and officials who are entrenched in the local area, and seriously damages the interests of these people.

With this premise, no matter how much Yang Tinghe appreciates Li Huan, and how well he understands the benefits to the country, when he is really asked to make a choice, Yang Tinghe actually has no choice at all.

With a deep sigh in his heart, Yang Tinghe stepped forward, bowed to the emperor, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I don't think it is possible. If the law of dividing the family into the mu is implemented, I am afraid that it will cause chaos in the world and the people will suffer. I implore Your Majesty to think twice.”

As Yang Tinghe opened his mouth, he saw the Liububutang, the left and right censors and other officials who were present all stood up and almost stood up.
Eighty to ninety percent, he said to the Son of Heaven with righteous words: "I implore your majesty to put the country and the country as the most important thing, your majesty think twice!"

The governors of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion couldn't help looking at each other at this scene, not knowing what to do.

However, they have already been reduced to decorations, and the real power in their hands has long been taken away by the civil official group. It doesn't matter what opinions they express at this moment, but as members of honor, they still can't help but look at the British public and Cheng. How many people are there.