Chapter 1229

Text Chapter 1229: Being beaten behind

In the early morning of the next day, all the ministers who went to the early court stood in silence at the gate of the palace, obviously thinking of the changes in the palace a few days ago, and they all had some psychological shadows.

Following the sound of the palace door being pushed open, everyone thought that even though the palace had been cleaned up, it still gave people the illusion that there was blood everywhere.

Zhou Shuren has entered the palace many times, and this feeling still hasn't eased. Looking at the long palace alley, Zhou Shuren felt chills in his heart. This is the palace, a place that represents power, and a place where dead people pile up.

In the main hall, the emperor and the prince arrived first, and the prince stood under the dragon chair.

Zhou Shuren took a look and then withdrew his gaze. After the ministers entered the hall, they got up after kneeling.

The emperor did not intend to speak, and his sitting posture was not as straight as before, but rather casual, with his arms leaning crookedly on the armrest of the dragon chair.

The crown prince took a step forward, "Yesterday General Hou came back from suppressing the remnants of evil, and brought back the ointment of the victim. The amount was so large that I was shocked to hear that it was as much as two thousand catties. The imperial court prohibited this ointment from entering the territory, but still I am very angry that some people take risks and smuggle into the country for profit."

The prince paused, "I don't know if two thousand catties is a year's worth or how long. I only know how many families two thousand catties can harm, and these things were found on the hidden island of the Zhang family. Not only that, but also The foreigners who made it were discovered."

After the prince's words fell, the ministers below began to discuss whether Yu Nian cooperated with the foreigners, did the Zhang family promise benefits to the foreigners, and whether the foreigners and the Zhang family were purely interested, or did they participate?

The meaning is different.

Zhou Shuren knows the history by heart. He knows all the history of humiliation. The history of the last dynasty turned well. population.

Now he has slowly laid some foundations, he does not allow it to be destroyed, he does not want to let these foreigners go, people who are not of our race must have different minds, he is more willing to think about conspiracy theories.

Zhou Shuren stepped forward, "I have something to say."

The prince's eyes were surprised, and the emperor's expression was much more serious. In the past, Zhou Shuren would never speak out unless necessary, let alone be the first to speak. Today, it was the first time that he spoke out first.

Zhou Shuren felt that everyone was watching him, but he straightened his back and looked directly at the prince.

The prince glanced at his father, the emperor nodded, and the prince said: "Master Zhou, please tell me."

Zhou Shuren organized his words in his mind, "Before I talk about foreigners and evil people, I want to talk about the taxation of the Ministry of Households."

After a pause, he continued: "When our country did not have maritime trade, merchants were not very prosperous. Although we focused on agriculture, we could continue to enjoy tax exemptions. The national tax was not high, and the most important salt tax was serious tax evasion at that time."

After saying this, the faces of the veterans in the court were silent. Indeed, at the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, the court was very difficult, especially the treasury.

Zhou Shuren continued: "After the opening of the sea trade, the state's policy on merchants has been relaxed, and the business has prospered. With the continuous development of the sea trade, the tax of the sea trade has become one of the important taxes in our country. Last year's tax was a part of the previous year's tax. times, this year has not yet entered autumn, and the calculated money has almost caught up with the annual tax revenue of the sea trade last year."

The ministers in the court gasped, this growth was too fast.

Zhou Shuren didn't say the specific amount. Some ministers would estimate that these controlled merchants would pay more tax each year than Zhou Shuren.

Zhou Shuren's expression was serious, "Taxation represents interests. With the improvement of our country's technology such as glass and the reduction of the advantage of foreigners in goods, our country is a gold mine in the eyes of many Western countries. Everyone wants to take a bite."

I want to talk about cakes, but unfortunately this metaphor was not intuitive in ancient times.

The prince already understood what Zhou Shuren wanted to say after laying out so much. It should be said that Rong Chuan was worthy of being taught by Mr. Zhou. His vision is big.

Zhou Shuren and others digested it and said: "I want to say now that I think it is not an accident that foreigners appeared on the island of the Zhang family.

I heard that there are cannons on the island, and with the gunpowder used in this palace change, I am convinced that it is the support and cooperation of the foreigners for the Zhang family. The foreigners support the Zhang family because the emperor and the prince blocked their way. Disturbing and meddling in our country's internal affairs is despicable, and I ask the emperor and the prince to learn from it. "

As soon as Zhou Shuren finished speaking, there were more discussions in twos and threes.

Some pedantic ministers said, "I feel that Master Zhou's words are too radical. The Ministry of Rites is preparing to welcome the missions from afar. I feel that there may be a misunderstanding."

Zhou Shuren's face is sombre, your sister's misunderstanding, he really hates talking to some pedantic ministers, why didn't he want to speak up before, sometimes he can really get angry with himself, his teammates are too pigs, he doesn't want to continue talking when he is so angry .

Seeing that Zhou Shuren was angry, the emperor was happy, and thought again, Zhou Shuren and Rong Chuan basically had the same idea, and the emperor also felt that the youngest son thought far-reachingly, so it can be seen that they all learned from Zhou Shuren, and the youngest son also thought that foreigners were wolfish ambitions.

The prince looked at a few pedantic old ministers who talked a lot. If he hadn't been afraid of chilling the hearts of the old ministers, he had really endured enough. He secretly thought that when he succeeded to the throne, he would definitely select someone with a flexible mind.

The prince expressed his calmness, "The evidence of the victimization by foreigners on the island is convincing. As for other charges, I will send someone to investigate."

And some ministers who have accepted the benefits of foreigners have shut up at this time, and sometimes they can intercede, the prince has said so, obviously they cannot intercede.

Zhou Shuren knew in his heart that the prince and the emperor wanted to convict the foreigners, but they involved several countries. Even if they believed that the foreigners were harboring evil intentions, they would not come to a conclusion in a court meeting.

Zhou Shuren didn't continue to say anything, what he should express has already been expressed, brainwashing is not enough once, Zhou Shuren counts the people he knows around him, he doesn't believe it, more brainwashing, sooner or later there will be more teammates.

Zhou Shuren twitched the corners of his mouth. Sometimes, he really hates arrogant ministers. I don’t know where their self-confidence comes from. Only being strong is the real state. reason.

Then there was the propaganda about the evil ointment, and the laws that had been drawn up long ago, and the political affairs were quickly dealt with later.

After the morning court was over, Zhou Shuren was too lazy to listen to some people's high-spirited talks. He suddenly felt that the emperor was sometimes very hard, and he obviously didn't like it.

Mr. Wang came over, "Today, I let the old man see the sharp Mr. Zhou."

He always thought that Zhou Shuren was tactful, and he was too tactful, but today he changed a lot of impressions.

Zhou Shuren, "I'm just worried. You always know that my second boy likes the knowledge of foreigners, and my wife also reads it. Although I don't have time to read these, but people in my family understand and listen to them. The development of foreigners is too fast. Hurry up. It scares me. After hundreds of years, if our descendants do not make progress, what will happen in the future? The old man will be beaten if he lags behind."

Mr. Wang was stunned, and he muttered, "Will you be beaten if you fall behind?"

Zhou Shuren nodded, "Well, that's it. In the future, we will not only fight for population, but also for technology and firepower."

Only by maintaining the advantage can the status remain unchanged.

Mr. Wang stared at Zhou Shuren. At this moment, the image of Zhou Shuren in his eyes had changed from a skinny fox to a looker worried about the future. Zhou Shuren was looking at the future, but he was still limited to the family inheritance.

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