Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 175 The Struggle of Honorable Men
Beijing.

Prime Minister.

The nobles of Huaixi gathered here to find their big brother.

In the past few days, they had obviously heard the report cards of new taxes in Su, Song, Jia, Hu and other Jiangnan provinces, and they were a little panicked.

Originally, I had some illusions, thinking that if the pilot reform of new taxes in Jiangnan Province was not ideal, the new taxes might not be implemented so quickly.

But now this report card directly shattered their illusions.

Looking at the current situation, Zhu Yuanzhang can't wait for the tax to be implemented this autumn, so he will directly promote the new tax nationwide.

This is related to their vital interests, not only themselves, but also a large group of intertwined clan forces in their hometown.

Prime Minister's Mansion Hall.

The seats were full of Huaixi nobles, and those who were qualified to sit were those with titles.

"Li Xiang, you are the big brother of our Huaixi people. Can you tell us what we should do in this situation?"

The impatient Anji Hou Lu Zhongheng said: "That boy Yang Xian really didn't leave any way for us to survive. We didn't even settle the accounts with him for the snowflake salt incident before, and now he has come up with this tax reform. I said at that time, Let me pick up the knife and go directly to Yangzhou to kill this sinister bastard. The salt in my house is already wet now!"

"Zhongheng, don't be impulsive. Yang Xian is now blessed with great grace. He has just been awarded the title of Grand Tutor and is ranked among the Three Lords, second only to Prime Minister Li. Don't look at what happened to Lan Yu. Last time, Yangzhou Snowflake Salt It's not like you don't know what will happen to him when he jumps around. The prince immediately scolded him and scolded him, and then he shut himself up and thought about it for a month. With this new policy, his relatives in Dingyuan's hometown were even worse. When his kick hit the iron plate, he was beaten. My brother's family was completely destroyed, and he didn't care about Lan Yu's face at all."

When Yingchuan Marquis Fu Youde said this, he suddenly stopped, then looked at Li Shanchang who was sitting in the main seat, and said: "Li Xiang, I remember your hometown is also in Dingyuan, right?"

After hearing what Fu Youde said, Li Shanchang looked a little ugly.

There is obviously something in Fu Youde's words.

Does this mean that something happened to Lan Yu’s family, but his Li family was safe?
This is a bit embarrassing.

Looking at the gazes cast in the hall, Li Shanchang's face was as dark as water, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone, it is a national policy to clear the land. Regardless of whether a new tax system is implemented or not, when a country is newly established, it is necessary to register the land and register the population. It is something that must be done. The emperor had already mentioned this to me as early as last year."

Moreover, most of this work was promoted by the Zhongshu Province where Li Shanchang worked.

In Li Shanchang's view, this is a general trend, and anyone who wants to stop it is just trying to block it.

It wouldn't matter if it was just to stop Qing Zhang's land, but Lan Yu's relatives were all as confused as Lan Yu, and they dared to beat the court officials.

At this joint, do this kind of thing.

Isn't it equivalent to actively sticking out one's neck to be chopped off?

Didn't he remind the Huaixi nobles present in advance? !
Now you are blaming me for not accompanying you to death? !
"In this matter, I have warned you in advance to restrain the clan members. But did you listen to me? Don't you know that His Majesty has been waiting for an opportunity to use the knife?"

"Who can blame someone like Lan Yu who has fallen to this point?" "On the issue of clearing my father-in-law's land, that's why I didn't take any action. Am I, Li Shanchang, afraid that he, Yang Xian, will be the next generation? I respect him. Your Majesty is our Ming Dynasty."

"And when you fight against Qingzhang Tianmu, you are going against His Majesty, the court, and the entire Ming Dynasty. If you insist on seeking death, don't get involved with me."

"You know what happened in Dingyuan County before. You think that in His Majesty's eyes it was just the behavior of the Lan family. Wrong, big mistake. He will regard it as the behavior of all our Huaixi officials!"

"Do you know what the outside world is saying about us now? They say that we are the lawless nobles of Huaixi!"

Li Shanchang's eyes swept over the faces of these Huaixi nobles one by one. Some of them lowered their heads and did not dare to look at him. You must know that the people here are all brothers who followed Emperor Hongwu to conquer the world.

Although they knew they were in the wrong, Li Shanchang was a scholar, and his aura after his words shocked all the Huaixi nobles on the spot.

This is enough to explain why the big brother of the Huaixi Party is him.

For a moment, the entire hall was silent.

There are only a handful of people in the world who can suppress this group of arrogant warriors to this extent, and they can only be counted with one palm at most.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you have spoken harshly." Pingliang Hou Feiju stood up and played haha ​​to ease the atmosphere on the court. "I believe that what the Marquis of Yingchuan said just now did not mean to blame the Prime Minister. It is just that once the new tax system is implemented, all of us will suffer huge losses. You must know that under the new tax system, officials and gentry must pay taxes together! As for the Regarding the matter of clearing our land, it was indeed our negligence and we did not have time to explain it to the people in our hometown. The reason why Lan Yu did not come today is because she felt that she was sorry to the Prime Minister and had no face to see you."

The others also stood up and apologized.

Li Shanchang saw that the other party took the initiative to pass the steps, so he followed the trend and went down.

These Huaixi nobles are all his help in the court. Prime Minister Zuo of Zhongshu Province is not a castle in the air.

The more difficult the situation, the more difficult it is to tighten the rope.

"As I said before, I respect His Majesty, but I am not afraid of Yang Xian. Whether the new tax system is suitable for immediate promotion across the country is still debatable." Li Shanchang said.

"Master Xiangguo, if it were before, there might still be this possibility." Hu Weiyong, who was standing aside, said with a troubled expression after listening to Li Shanchang's words. "But now that we have received the new tax report card from Jiangnan Dao, it is probably impossible for His Majesty to change his mind."

"Not necessarily." Li Shanchang raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a smile. "In my opinion, the new tax system has a fatal flaw. Yang Xian is still too young."

"You will know when the autumn tax comes. Under the new tax system in the south of the Yangtze River, the people do not have to pay grain. You ask the people below to go to these places to collect all the surplus grain."

"And if you don't want His Majesty to rush into implementing the New Deal, what you must do is to convince His Majesty that the old tax system is good. This summer tax, the report cards handed over by other regions must not be too ugly."

Originally, Li Shanchang, who was sitting firmly in the position of Zhongshu Province, would never directly participate in this kind of struggle. It can be seen that Zhu Yuanzhang's sealing of Yang Xian this time made him feel a sense of crisis.

Today Li Shanchang even places Yang Xian in a higher position than Liu Bowen in his heart.

(End of this chapter)