Wanli 1592

Chapter 997
In the palace, Xiao Ruxun quickly got the confession, which was filled with the list of what he wanted.

After reading, Xiao Ruxun shook his head.

"This confession is not enough. Now there is only one handprint. One handprint is not enough. A few more handprints are needed to make this list more lethal. This time, I have to do things. Absolutely, do it cleanly, the kind that doesn’t leave a single one behind, understand?”

Zhou Yao took back the confession and nodded.

"My subordinates will make Zhu Yinghuai admit this as soon as possible."

"Ah."

Only then did Xiao Ruxun nod: "Tell me what you need, and I will provide it all to you. Don't worry about it, keep it. You are mine, and I will keep you rich and honored for the rest of your life. This sentence, the whole I'm the only one in the world who can tell."

Zhou Yao immediately knelt down.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En!"

Xiao Ruxun stood up and helped Zhou Yao up himself.

"If you do a lot of these things, you will inevitably feel a little nervous in your heart. If you have nothing to do, read more books, go out to visit mountains and rivers, and relieve the boredom in your heart. You can't always be bored underground. You can do dark things, but People who can't see the light can't do it, that's why I gave you the status of doctor of the Ministry of punishment."

Zhou Yao expressed his understanding.

Then quickly go back and continue to do what you should do.

Xiao Ruxun walked out of the Qianqing Palace, strolled at the gate of the palace, and watched the sun shine on the front of the hall, and her determination became more determined.

At the same time, Ye Xianggao, who was quickly promoted to Minister of the Household Department after Zhao Shiqing's death, was having further discussions with the elders of the cabinet on the issue of Ma Zheng.

While investigating Zhao Shiqing's case, the emperor made people panic, and at the same time demanded that the operation of the government should not be stagnant. No matter who was taken away, someone should be replaced immediately. show mercy.

Against this background, the imperial court still kept running at a high speed. No one knew who would be taken away next, but no one dared to slack off.

So Ye Xianggao immediately took over from Zhao Shiqing and began to deal with Ma Zheng's affairs.

In the past two months, Zhao Shiqing had racked his brains to arrange and improve the horse administration. On the premise of absorbing the experience of the previous generation, he also made some improvements. What Ye Xianggao saw when he took over was already a draft.

"Then, it should be undisputed that those who are willing to raise horses for the imperial court can be exempted from slave labor. What do you think, you two elders?"

Ye Xianggao looked at Wang Xijue, then at Li Tingji.

The two nodded together.

"This item is an important payment, and His Majesty personally mentioned it. It has been practiced in the previous court, and the effect is very good. Therefore, there is no problem with this item."

Wang Xijue had no objection.

"Although the old man has no opinion, can you stipulate the specific amount, for example, a horse can be exempted from the service of a strong man, and if the family has surplus, they can raise a few more horses. In this way, if the strong man is more If there are many families, some more people can be exempted from slave labor."

Li Tingji wanted to make some improvements.

Ye Xianggao thought for a while and said: "In this case, the court needs to prove the property. The cost of raising horses is very high, and not all families can afford it. If they really have the money to afford it, of course it doesn't matter." .

However, if horses are forcibly raised in order to escape the servitude, not only will the horses be harmed, but also the people will be harmed. Horses that are not fat enough cannot go to the battlefield. Only those who meet the conditions can become horse households. "

Wang Xijue agreed.

"Ye Butang is right. Only households with enough money to raise good horses can adopt war horses to become horse households. Generally, families can't afford it, so don't forcibly apportion it. Pay attention to this matter, and send orders to the local governments. Let the local officials keep an eye on it, and don't make big troubles for the sake of political achievements and exemption from slavery."

Wang Xijue looked a little cautious.

Presumably, as the head of the group of ministers, or the head of the former court, Wang Xijue's situation is as embarrassing as anyone else's, especially at this time, when the emperor was furious and wanted to thoroughly investigate Zhao Shiqing's case, if Wang Xijue did anything Not good, that is just pulling one hair and moving the whole body.

Wang Xijue was cautious when he quit.

The same is true for Li Tingji, who once showed his sharpness, is now a perfect obedient minister. He never raises any objections, and earnestly implements the emperor's orders. He does what the emperor says.

Of course Ye Xianggao was the same, they didn't seem to mention the fact that the emperor was carrying out a big purge at all, as if it had nothing to do with them at all.

"Then the next step is the amount of tax reduction and exemption. It takes a lot of money to raise horses. If you don't have a certain amount of property, you can't raise horses. And horse farmers should also stipulate the amount of tax exemption according to their own income. You can't do everything one size fits all. , These are His Majesty’s original words.”

Ye Xianggao repeated Xiao Ruxun's words.

"In this case, according to His Majesty's request, should there also be regulations on the level of a horse breeder?"

Li Tingji looked at Wang Xijue.

Wang Xijue expressed his affirmation.

"This is natural. Since it is His Majesty's request, of course we must do it, and it is right in itself. As politicians, we cannot do everything in one size fits all. The more detailed the regulations are, the less likely the people below will do things. Don't say it, Your Majesty is holy!"

Wang Xijue sighed, as if he met Qiangu Mingjun.

In the next moment, a cabinet official hurried into the cabinet duty room, saw Wang Xijue, Li Tingji and Ye Xianggao, and hurriedly said: "The first assistant, the second assistant, and Ye Butang, the news came from outside just now. It is said that Zhenyuan Marquis Gu Dali seems to have recruited a large number of people, saying that they are the accomplices of Cheng Guogong Zhu Yinghuai, and they are plotting evil."

The entire cabinet room fell silent.

Ye Xianggao didn't move, even his expression didn't change, only his pupils shrank, and then returned to their original state.

Wang Xijue and Li Tingji were stunned for a while, and then they all smiled.

"These rebels, it's a good day, but if you have to do something rebellious, the new dynasty will stabilize the world and the people can live and work in peace and contentment. How good is this? They are afraid that the world will not be chaotic. If this kind of rebellion is not eliminated, the world There will never be peace!"

Wang Xijue immediately expressed his absolute support for Xiao Ruxun: "Your Majesty is wise, and will definitely investigate this matter to the bottom and catch all the traitors. I just need to do my own thing well, and don't worry about anything else."

Li Tingji also said afterwards: "We all listen to Shoufu. There is nothing wrong with what Shoufu said. We do what we should do, and we don't need to pay attention to anything else."

The two cabinet elders said so, and the cabinet clerks had no choice but to start working again, but they also looked anxious, and their steps became a lot more hurried.

"Where were we talking?"

Wang Xijue looked at Ye Xianggao.

Ye Xianggao also looked at Wang Xijue.

lean less.

"As for how to classify the horse households according to the amount of property, set the amount of tax exemption respectively, try not to give the people below the opportunity to tamper with their wishes, and enrich the war horses of Daqin for future use in the Northern Expedition."

Ye Xianggao brought the topic back to its original position.

The three continued to discuss.

No matter how strong the storm outside is.

(End of this chapter)