Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

Chapter 518: The old prime minister is trying to penetrate the enemy (Please subscribe!!)
"As for Han Guogong's claim that I wanted to use this incident to win over people's hearts and seize power, it is simply nonsense and conspiracy talk, and even more of a frame-up!"

"This world belongs to your Majesty, and the people of the Ming Dynasty are your Majesty's subjects. I am only doing things under your Majesty's guidance. How can I win over people's hearts and seize power?"

"According to Han Guogong's logic, any official who seeks benefits for the people and does good things is trying to win over the people and seize power?"

"I remember that when Duke Hanguo was the Prime Minister, he did a lot of good things for the people. Duke Hanguo, are you also..."

Ouyang Lun did not finish his words, but this had already quieted down the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The ministers opened their eyes wide in disbelief. They obviously did not expect Ouyang Lun to say such words.

The first sentence, that the king should share the world with the people, directly made their moral faith collapse. The second sentence was also used to win over the people's hearts and seize power!
Ouyang Lun blocked him from all directions.

I really can’t explain it!
After listening to Ouyang Lun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang's pupils contracted, as if he had suddenly been enlightened. At this moment, he finally understood the significance of Ouyang Lun's tax exemption and tax refund.

We share the world with the people. In the past, when life was hard, the people would pay taxes even if they had to tighten their belts. It was because of the people's contributions that the Ming Dynasty was able to develop step by step. Now that life is better, isn't it only natural to exempt the people who are living a hard life from taxes?

And this is better than giving money directly! Because if you give money directly, it is very likely that officials will embezzle it, but tax exemption will not!

Zhu Yuanzhang was heavily influenced by the idea of ​​a family empire. If he treated the people as his family members, brothers and sisters, then the 60% of the people who were exempted from taxes this time were the poorer brothers. It was completely reasonable to ask them to pay less or nothing!
As for Ouyang Lun taking the opportunity to win people's hearts?

This is completely alarmist. Although the people will indeed be grateful for everything Ouyang Lun has done after the tax reform is really implemented, they also know in their hearts that this matter must have been approved by the court and Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.

Who wouldn't shout out "His Majesty the Emperor is wise and wise!"?

If I don't even have this kind of broad mind, then all these years as emperor have been in vain?

"it is good!"

"well said!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang figured it out, he started clapping.

As long as the people support the Ming Dynasty, no matter how these scholars and officials cause trouble, they won't be able to cause any waves!
As long as the people stand on his side, Zhu Yuanzhang can severely control these ministers and literati!

If we put ourselves in the perspective of ordinary people, the Ming Dynasty not only did not increase taxes, but exempted and refunded taxes. This is simply the most wise dynasty in history. Who should we support if not the Ming Dynasty? If anyone dares to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that the people of the Ming Dynasty will be the first to disagree!

If the Yuan Dynasty had not imposed heavy taxes on the people, at most there would have been internal strife among the upper echelons of the court, and the people would have lived their own lives and would not have rebelled at all. Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely have been a skilled farmer!
All the fears and concerns that Li Shanchang had left in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart disappeared at this moment.

See this situation.

Li Shanchang was panicked. He knew that if he didn't speak up, Zhu Yuanzhang would completely stand on Ouyang Lun's side, and he would face failure again today!

"Your Majesty, Ouyang Lun is just trying to deceive people with his sweet words!"

"Your Majesty, please do not be fooled!"

Li Shanchang spoke loudly, his eyes flashing with brilliance, his mind working at high speed, thinking about how to defeat Ouyang Lun with words.

Just as Li Shanchang was thinking about what to say next, one of the officials behind him, a member of the Huaixi Party, could not help but stand up and said, "Your Majesty, in addition to tax exemptions and tax refunds for ordinary people, Ouyang Lun is more importantly going to increase taxes on officials, nobles, and the rich. This is undoubtedly to extort money from us to subsidize ordinary people!"

"We have contributed so much to the Ming Dynasty and are more important. Are we not as good as ordinary people? Especially those useless pariahs?!"

"In addition, I also heard that Ouyang Lun intends to cut the year-end bonuses of officials who are not members of the Prince Consort Party. This is simply an act of excluding dissidents!"

hiss--

As soon as the Huaixi Party official finished speaking, many people gasped.

Even Li Shanchang's face turned ugly. He turned his head and glared at the Huaixi Party official, cursing in his heart - "Reckless!"

"You are saying this to His Majesty. Do you think His Majesty is not angry enough?"

really.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened after hearing this, and he roared, "Asshole!"

slam-la-

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth angrily, the Huaixi Party official knelt down immediately, and then the officials around him also knelt down, fearing that they would be implicated.

"Your Majesty, I spoke nonsense."

After the Huaixi Party official realized what was happening, his face turned pale with fright.

"Nonsense? Humph! I think this is what you really think in your heart!"

"You keep saying that you are doing this for the sake of Ming, but in reality? It's all for your own benefit!"

"How can I trust you like this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt a violent ache in his chest. He was not pretending to be angry, but was really angry. Even though he knew that many officials had their own little schemes, he never expected that these people did not care about the Ming Dynasty or its people at all!
"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Li Shanchang quickly spoke up, "He was just too anxious and said some nonsense!"

After saying that, Li Shanchang immediately turned to the kneeling and trembling Huaixi Party official and said loudly: "Your Majesty is the Holy King of the world, the Son of Heaven. How can you question him here? Get out of here!"

With Li Shanchang's order, the Huaixi Party official also knew what to do.

bang bang-

The Huaixi Party official kowtowed three times and shouted, "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong!"

Then he crawled out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

With the departure of the Huaixi Party official, the atmosphere at the scene eased a little.

"Li Shanchang, I am so disappointed with the subordinates you trained!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, please calm down! We are human beings after all, and we have some selfish desires. We cannot be as detached from the world as Prince Consort Ouyang Lun!"

Li Shanchang explained and mocked at the same time.

"Li Shanchang, what is your current attitude towards tax reform?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked directly.

Swish--

For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on Li Shanchang, especially the officials behind him. Their eyes were full of expectation, hoping that Li Shanchang would once again speak eloquently and righteously against Ouyang Lun's tax reform and defeat Ouyang Lun completely! !

"Of course I agree!" Yeah! ? ? !

When Li Shanchang said this, everyone present, including Zhu Yuanzhang and Ouyang Lun, was stunned!

What the hell?

Did we hear it wrongly?

It seems like what Mr. Han just said is that he agrees?

No, shouldn't he refuse decisively?

At this moment, the group of officials behind Li Shanchang were dumbfounded. If this had not happened in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, they would have definitely surrounded Li Shanchang and asked him questions.

Li Shanchang was naturally aware of the effect his words would have, and he could also feel countless strange eyes behind him.

But. This is the most correct choice!

You still don't quite understand our Emperor!
Even though Zhu Yuanzhang was asking for his opinion just now, do you think he was really asking for his opinion? That was clearly our last chance!

If they continue to insist, not only will they not be able to defeat Ouyang Lun, but on the contrary, all of them will be put on the blacklist of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. They may not be in trouble now, but they will be cleared out one by one later.

Li Shanchang had just sensed the murderous intent emanating from Zhu Yuanzhang!
Li Shanchang was naturally not afraid of a fight to the death with Ouyang Lun, but if he fought to the death with Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, he would be following the same path as Hu Weiyong.

How many people died in the Hu Weiyong case! It also severely damaged the Huaixi Party. If it happens again, the Huaixi Party will probably be uprooted.

"Li Shanchang, do you really agree?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked slowly.

"Your Majesty, Prince Consort Ouyang's brilliant narration just now has enlightened me. I was too narrow-minded before. Prince Consort Ouyang's vision is beyond my reach. We should take Prince Consort Ouyang as an example!"

After Li Shanchang finished speaking, he turned around and bowed to Ouyang Lun, saying, "Please forgive me, Prince Consort Ouyang. I was rude to you before!"

Depend on!
I'm afraid this old man Li Shanchang is the reincarnation of a thousand-year-old turtle. He really has taken the ability to bend and stretch to the extreme. I thought you were going to fight to the death today!

The result was a big one!
Faced with Li Shanchang's extreme change of expression, Ouyang Lun was quite depressed, but at the same time his eyes were opened. He, Ouyang Lun, also considered himself to be quite thick-skinned, but compared with Li Shanchang, he was still not as good as him!
"kindness."

"It's good that the Korean public understands."

Ouyang Lun was too lazy to waste any more words. As long as Li Shanchang did not stop the tax reform, he did not want to focus his energy on Li Shanchang. In fact, if Li Shanchang was really brought down, it might not be a good thing for Ouyang Lun.

After all, once Li Shanchang fell, Zhu Yuanzhang would not watch Ouyang Lun and the Prince Consort's party dominate the court for the sake of the balance of the court. Instead, he would support new forces and suppress the Prince Consort's party. Of course, Ouyang Lun did not want to participate too much in court affairs, as that would be even more tiring.

Therefore, the dying Huaixi Party led by Li Shanchang also accorded with Ouyang Lun's interests.

"Haha, now that everyone understands, they no longer oppose tax reform!"

"Ouyang Lun."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile.

"Your Majesty." Ouyang Lun responded.

"You will be officially in charge of the tax reform, and the Crown Prince will be in charge of supervision. In addition," Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Shanchang, "Duke Hanguo is now the Minister of Revenue, so you must also participate and take due responsibility!"

"Okay, I'm a little tired, you all should leave!"

After saying that, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, signaling everyone to leave.

"Yes!"

Everyone in the hall saluted Zhu Yuanzhang and then slowly retreated.

When Li Shanchang and his officials came, they were full of vigor and vitality, but when they left, they were like eggplants hit by frost - dejected and dejected.

Ouyang Lun remained indifferent throughout the whole process, which made Li Shanchang and others feel inexplicably frustrated.

Lost!

I failed again and again!

Li Shanchang looked at Ouyang Lun's departing back, and the whole person seemed to become decayed, as if he would be buried in the next second.

Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others hurried forward to support Li Shanchang.

"Ah - from now on, the positions of attack and defense have been reversed. We have to be careful!" Feng Sheng couldn't help but sigh.

"Old Prime Minister, why did you suddenly change your mind just now? We are not the kind of people who fear death. The worst that can happen is for His Majesty to chop us all off. That would be more satisfying! Now seeing Ouyang Lun's appearance, I..." Lan Yu's expression was also extremely ugly and aggrieved.

"Do you think I don't want to fight Ouyang Lun? It's not that I don't want to fight! It's that I don't have the chance at all!" Li Shanchang shook his head, "Based on the situation just now, if we fight Ouyang Lun to the end, we have no chance of winning. Fighting hard is meaningless!"

"At least now, apart from losing the initiative, we have not suffered any additional losses. You should be content!"

After hearing what Li Shanchang said, Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and others could only nod slowly. They had just stood in the hall and could naturally sense the danger at that time.

"Old Prime Minister, His Majesty asks you to personally participate in the tax reform, will you go?" Feng Sheng thought of something and asked hurriedly.

"Why are you going? Ouyang Lun is doing something and he wants us to help him? It's good enough if we don't destroy his place." Lan Yu yelled.

"Go, of course you have to go. If you don't go, wouldn't it be disobeying the order?!" Li Shanchang said firmly.

"Old Prime Minister, you are not going to surrender to Ouyang Lun, are you? Then our Huaixi Party will never be able to turn things around!" Lan Yu asked hurriedly.

"Of course I, Li Shanchang, will not surrender, and Ouyang Lun is not strong enough for me to surrender!" Li Shanchang said in a deep voice: "The reason why I want to go is, on the one hand, this is the will of His Majesty, I have to obey, and secondly, Crown Prince Zhu Biao has been learning from Ouyang Lun and has made rapid progress in the past two years. I also want to observe Ouyang Lun up close to see what tricks he has!"

Feng Sheng suddenly realized: "Old Prime Minister, you are trying to take this opportunity to infiltrate the enemy!"

"That's right. Only by knowing both ourselves and the enemy can we win every battle. In these failures, we were observing and monitoring the enemy from a distance, but did not approach the enemy, so we were unable to discover the enemy's fatal weaknesses! This led to failure again and again!" Li Shanchang gave his analysis.

"We did arrange for secret agents to infiltrate Ouyang Lun, but these spies were either eliminated or recruited. It is too difficult to infiltrate Ouyang Lun!" Lan Yu said helplessly.

"It is precisely because of this that I decided to take action myself. I am unwilling to disobey the order, and the same goes for Ouyang Lun. This time, I must find Ouyang Lun's greatest weakness and then deal a fatal blow!" Li Shanchang said confidently.

"Old Prime Minister, I have a concern, but I don't know whether I should tell you!" Feng Sheng frowned.

"What's the problem? Just tell me! I'm listening!" Ouyang Lun asked.

“I’m worried that after you’ve been with Ouyang Lun for so long, you might be influenced by him and…” Feng Sheng didn’t finish his words, but his meaning was clear.

(End of this chapter)