Chapter 1988: The Emperor in Uniform

"Go to the Ministry of Households to pay taxes, as much as other people pay, our family will pay as much!"

There was a burden at Juan's feet, and the housekeeper said reluctantly: "My lord, our family has been exempted from taxes by His Majesty's grace. This... Your Majesty is only proud when she is in the palace. Our family can't be ashamed!"

Juan pointed to the burden, and said: "The empress sent someone to pass on a message, saying that the more we wait, the more honest our family should be."

He said with a sad face: "My uncle is incompetent, I can't help the empress and corn, so I can only be honest, at least I don't want to add trouble to the palace."

The housekeeper smiled wryly and went to the household department with the burden. After explaining the situation clearly, the person receiving the household department said with admiration: "This is the royal relative! Good!"

The butler was puzzled, and after he came out, he found a place to drink to relieve boredom.

There were many people in the tavern, and the smell of bad wine mixed with the smell of sweat was really unpleasant.

The butler ordered a plate of peanuts and a jug of wine, and he drank it slowly and melancholy.

The queen gave birth to a prince, and there was a vision. If there is no accident, it must be His Royal Highness the future prince.

Then Juan is the uncle of the country!

But this country uncle is less courageous than a mouse, so he has to think about whether this matter will have any bad influence on the empress and His Highness in the palace.

Why!

After drinking half a jug of wine, the butler was slightly tipsy, listening to those big men bragging.

"... Those scholars panicked, and those tenants panicked too. I heard that these people cursed Xing Hebo behind their backs, saying that he gave birth to a son who didn't fart Yan, and that he must be the one who ransacked his family and exterminated his family..."

"That's right, thinking about the original good life being ruined by him, hehe! But what does that matter to us?"

"That's right, those scholars' mouths are too big, and if they lift their mouths up and down like this, those fields are considered to be their own. How can there be such a beautiful thing."

"Those scholars are not reconciled! I heard that Xing Hebo killed many people in Jinan, so they calmed down these people."

"I think it's a good thing, why don't they pay taxes?"

"That's the Wenqu star in the sky, and Wenqu star also pays taxes?"

"What Wenqu stars? How many Jinshi did the Ming Dynasty raise? Are they all Wenqu stars? I feel dizzy seeing that the sky is full of Wenqu stars."

"That is, both Xing and Bo's families have paid taxes. According to me, everyone in this world should pay taxes, and then everyone lives by their ability. Whoever is good and who is bad is all about ability, which is life."

"..."

The butler shook his head and suddenly understood what Juan was thinking.

The empress is walking on thin ice in the palace, and there is a Sun family who is watching. If the queen is not careful, she will be caught...

Taxes can be paid, this butler really can't understand.

It's enough to be aggrieved if you can't play prestige, and you still pay taxes. What kind of uncle is this.

"Calculate."

He handed over the money for the drink, staggered up and went out.

"...Listen to me!"

After a while of silence, the butler stood at the door, feeling that his home was not as majestic as the idle man in this tavern, and suddenly felt uninterested.

"I have a younger brother who studied science. Do you know science? He is a student of His Majesty."

Fool!

The butler felt that the big man was a fool.

Although Zhu Zhanji has the title of a scientific pioneer, it is just a title, and those who take it seriously are fools.

He shook his head and walked out the door.

"Science says, either treat everyone preferentially, or don't treat everyone preferentially, or sooner or later it will be Martian..."

The butler faltered and was about to turn around when the big man continued proudly: "What are you talking about...Human nature is greedy, and those scholars are proud enough to be officials. Once they are given preferential treatment, sooner or later they will be greedy... It's like fire, it's going to burn Daming!"

"I've heard that saying before. Greed is like fire, and if you don't stop it, it will start a prairie fire!"

A scholar and the housekeeper passed by, he entered the tavern, and said solemnly: "You are so rebellious, if these words spread, you should be stabbed in West Market."

There was a moment of silence inside, and then some idlers yelled: "This is a matter between His Majesty and the court, and everyone says you are greedy.

Can't we? "

The scholar said coldly: "A fool only knows how to bark, he deserves to be a fool for the rest of his life!"

These words compared the people in the tavern to dogs, and the crowd immediately became passionate.

"Fart! I think you are stupid!"

A big man gave his companion a wink, then got up and said with a sneer: "Your good days are gone, you know? You still want to take over the lawsuit and collect contributions! Now His Majesty and the court want to punish you moths, you How dare you bark like a dog, hit!"

After a while of commotion, the scholar came out with a bruised nose and swollen face from the beating, turned around and pointed inside and said, "Wait, wait!"

The housekeeper stared blankly at this man, and even saw clearly the few hairs protruding from his nostrils.

It is said that this is the fortune teller!

The yelling of losing people but not losing is the most boring, and the scholar was scared away by a wine glass thrown out of the tavern.

The butler was thinking deeply.

Back home, he went to find Juan.

"My lord, the days of scholars outside are not easy."

Juan nodded, and said: "Your Majesty can stand up now, she knows as much as us in the palace, but... this matter remains to be seen, let's just be honest."

The housekeeper understood, and said: "Then our family pays taxes, that's what it means, let everyone see that your mother's family is following His Majesty..."

Juan said blankly: "I don't know, it is certain to follow His Majesty closely. Everyone is waiting for His Majesty and the court to make a decision. Once the decision is made to exempt the gentry from preferential treatment, then...the wind will be like a storm!"

...

The monarch and his ministers have discussed this matter several times, and officials from all over the country have piled up memorials, all of which are statements about this matter.

"Slowly..."

Zhu Zhanji appeared in the Qianqing Palace in military uniform today, and all the officials felt the killing intent.

"Don't hesitate about major events, otherwise it will only make people speculate."

Yang Rong's eyes flickered, and he stepped out of the shift and said, "Your Majesty, can you halve it?"

He is also involuntary, under the pressure of all parties, as the chief assistant, he is under great pressure.

Even his relatives wrote to him, saying that he only knew to be the emperor, and he was almost the same as a courtier.

Halving is a suggestion that can buffer conflicts, and the ministers immediately agreed with it.

After listening to their suggestions, Zhu Zhanji said coldly between his brows: "You are all important ministers who assist me, and I have something to say to you today..."

The officials stood up straight, feeling bad in their hearts.

Zhu Zhanji got up, held the handle of the knife in his left hand, looked up at the roof and said: "Xiao Gui Cao Sui, that is the king of success; content with the status quo, that is the dying country; innovation, how to innovate?"

The officials bowed, knowing that the delay of the past few days had finally brought about the emperor's anger and a showdown.

"Fearing hands and feet, like a woman, that is not innovation. In the former Song Dynasty, that was not called innovation. A group of people dragging one person, how to innovate?"

These words were a bit harsh, and compared the officials to women, who were dedicated to doing things that dragged their feet.

Zhu Zhanji was at the top, with his legs slightly apart, and said firmly: "It is not easy for Da Ming to think forever, and he needs to reflect from time to time, and he should act immediately when he finds problems. What I want is to be a minister of the country wholeheartedly, not to hesitate at both ends. What do I want you to wait for?"

"Spirit! I can't see the spirit in you!"

"Move! Let those people see that the will of the court is firm, otherwise I will go out of the palace in person to show the emperor's determination to all officials!"

"The minister waits for ten thousand deaths..."

The emperor was high above, overlooking the courtiers as if he was in the clouds, he drew out his long knife, and the courtiers trembled.

"Governing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats is not the Ming Dynasty, but the former Song Dynasty!"

Zhu Zhanji said angrily: "Da Ming's eternal prosperity depends not only on those people, but on the common people! The common people are the foundation of Ming Dynasty!"

The officials stood with their hands tied, Zhu Zhanji waved his hands, turned to look at the throne, and murmured: "How many lessons can't be seen clearly, what will be achieved by those people in the end? The country is ruined and the family is destroyed..."

He closed his eyes, and heard the footsteps of the officials walking out of the hall.

He seemed to see flames rising in the imperial city, amidst the rampant laughter, countless knives and guns shone brightly under the setting sun of the empire.

He seemed to see a hole in the side wall, and countless cavalrymen of different races roared and rushed into the Central Plains in ecstasy.

He seems to have seen the killings, the villages were burned, and countless corpses fell where they had lived for generations.

He opened his eyes, nodded and said: "In order not to have these, I will try, even if I lose myself!"