Beijing City, Ming Dynasty Palace.

A cabinet meeting is being held and is coming to an end.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Just do it this way. The amount of taxes and silver paid by Jiangnan this year is still very good, and it will continue to be maintained next year. The Ming Dynasty is now in a mess and needs resources from Jiangnan very much."

Fan Jingwen pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that there are actually some complaints in Jiangnan now."

Chongzhen frowned: "What kind of complaint?"

Fan Jingwen said: "The people over there mainly think that their taxes are too heavy."

Chongzhen snorted, his temper obviously got up, and he said coldly: "What a bullshit tax, I just want to save money again, right? Last year, when Fenger found so much land investment in Jiangnan, do you really think I am a fool?"

A considerable part of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty came from land. However, the Ming Dynasty had another very nonsense policy, that is, land investment.

Simply put, when the people devote their land to the landlords with officials, there is no need to pay taxes to the country.

Someone is going to ask, who is so stupid and can still give up the land?

This is because the only livelihood of the people in the Ming Dynasty was land planting, so their risk resistance was very low.

Once someone has a serious illness at home, he needs money to treat the disease, or if there is a sudden flood and drought that leads to a bad harvest, or if the family's labor force has some accidents when serving as a coolie in the country, this is hard to foresee.

At this time, the landlords will send someone to the door and smile and say, "Do you want money? I can lend it to you."

This borrowing is a debt that you can't afford to exchange for your whole life.

What should I do if I can’t afford it? I can only use the land to pay off my debts.

Is the land used to repay debts or not? Then I will give the official free farming and working for free for the rest of my life.

I can’t pay it back in my life? I can continue to pay it back to my son, grandson, great-grandson, etc.

Ultimate is just an ordinary way for official landlords to engage in land annexation. In fact, there are many simpler and more crude ways to break through the lower limits of human nature.

At the beginning, the Ming Dynasty officials in Jiangnan could still take a little attention and delay this speed.

In the past two hundred years, the vested interests in the Jiangnan region have become a solid piece of the matter, and no official can come and it will be easy for him.

This is why Chongzhen was angry. We must know that the tax on the land was the money of the Ming Dynasty treasury. If the land was taken away by these vested interests, the Ming Dynasty treasury would not be able to collect taxes.

In other words, these guys are snatching money from the Ming Dynasty treasury!

Chongzhen pinched his chin and said coldly: "It seems that I have to find an official who can kill people like Wanger, and go to Jiangnan again."

Although Chongzhen was indecisive, he was not a fool.

Last year, Zhu Cixuan killed a large number of people in Jiangnan and obtained a large amount of money. In an instant, a large amount of land was liberated to the farmers of the Ming Dynasty. This is why the tax revenue in Jiangnan surged this year.

So if the market conditions this year are really bad, it seems that it is not unacceptable to kill again.

Chongzhen's words immediately shocked the cabinet ministers present and hurriedly dissuaded.

"Your Majesty, you must not."

"Your Majesty, Jiangnan officials have been killed by His Royal Highness a large number of them, so I dare not kill them again."

"Your Majesty, the old minister feels that there is still room for communication in this matter. I will talk to the people below."

What a joke? Last year, Zhu Cixuan's killing wave had already shocked the entire Ming Dynasty official class, but the officials were really helpless in the emergency at that time.

If we do it again this year, let alone other things, at least the cabinet masters of these cabinets will definitely become public enemies of the Ming Dynasty officialdom in the future.

Originally, everyone wanted to gain some benefits for the official class, but if they were to make trouble, they would kill people again... it would be unnecessary.

After some hard persuasion, Chongzhen changed his mind and said coldly: "Anyway, I understand my meaning very clearly. As long as there are enough taxes in Jiangnan, I can not pursue some small matters. But if the money is not enough, I will naturally have my means!"

After experiencing the siege of Beijing City and almost destroyed the country, coupled with what happened in the past two years, Chongzhen was also not the Chongzhen two years ago.

He had already realized very deeply how important it is to have money!

Not to mention anything else, just talk about the tens of millions that Zhu Cilang got in Jiangnan last year.

After having this money, Chongzhen not only instantly stabilized the situation north of the Yellow River, but also quickly strengthened the combat effectiveness of the army.

Now Jiannu has been fighting in Shanhaiguan for several months, so he can't even move?

If Jiannu wanted to go to Gubeikou to attack, wasn’t he directly blocked by the Ming army?

This was something I didn't dare to think about when I had no money to pay military salaries before.

It’s great to have money!

Thinking of this, Chongzhen suddenly missed Zhu Cilang again.

Not to mention anything else, this son can really make money.

Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yan'er, it's time to end the war in Tibet, right?"

Before Fan Jingwen could answer, an eunuch hurriedly walked in.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince ordered people to send the 800 miles of quick news."

Chongzhen was overjoyed: "Let me tell me!"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince said that he had destroyed the Heshuot Khanate Kingdom, killed the thief chief Gushi Khan, and completely controlled the entire Tibet."

"In addition, Your Highness also said that many monks in Tibet felt the cruelty of the Mongols, so he specially asked His Majesty to send troops to guard Tibet, set up the Three Divisions in Tibet, and send officials from the central government to maintain local order."

The first sentence is fine, after all, the recent series of battle reports show that Zhu Cixuan has great hope of victory.

When it came to the second sentence, everyone present was shocked.

Chongzhen widened his eyes: "State establishment of three departments in Tibet? Can you do this?"

The three departments are the Chief Command Department, which is the Chief Commissioner Department, and the Criminal Censorate Department, which are in charge of military, government affairs and criminal affairs respectively.

Where the three departments can be established, they are all the provinces of the Ming Dynasty!

When Emperor Chongzhen spoke, his voice trembled a little: "Can Tibet... be classified as a survivor?"

Like the one who was established by the Ming Dynasty before, the Uszang Xuanwei Envoy was just a chieftain, and had nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty's central court, but it was just a nominal relationship between the monarch and the ministers.

The cabinet officials and several eunuchs present also looked at each other.

But soon, smiles appeared on their faces.

"Very good!"

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty!"

As an official, who would think there are too many jurisdictions?

The emergence of more provinces represents more opportunities to become officials!

The ministers bowed and celebrated Chongzhen.

Chongzhen also had a spring breeze on his face and laughed loudly.
Chapter completed!