Xu Jie is not a timid person. He even dares to fight against Yan Song, a corrupt official who is in full swing. How could he be timid and afraid of things? He just has a calm personality.

His personality is quite calm. In history, Longqing Chao was the chief minister of the cabinet and Zhang Juzheng was the second assistant of the cabinet. Zhang Juzheng must have asked him about the implementation of the new policy. After all, Zhang Juzheng could not have a sudden whip. Longqing Chao implemented the one-whip method as soon as he passed.

Zhang Juzheng had definitely had the idea of ​​implementing the one-whip method, but in the Longqing Dynasty and when Xu Jie was the chief minister of the cabinet, the one-whip method was not implemented.

This proves that Xu Jie definitely does not agree with the implementation of the one-whip method.

So, why doesn't he agree?

Xu Jie was now robbed by Zhang Bangqi, and it was impossible to hide. He could only bow helplessly and said, "Your Majesty, I think that although this whip method is good, it is a bit out of place. Now the strict party has just been resolved. The northwest and southeast are just at a time when everything is in trouble. There are many things we need to do. The court is working together to work together for the country and the people. The whip method proposed by Lord Zhang will definitely be opposed by many people. If there are many opposing people, Lord Zhang will definitely fight back. In this way, we will return to the old path of internal friction. When will the Ming Dynasty revive?"

This is indeed a problem. Xu Jie is tactfully reminding Yongqing not to return to the old path of the Jiajing Dynasty.

You know, the Ming Dynasty did not accomplish anything for so many years. Most of the time, the court officials were busy with internal struggles.

When Yongqing heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

This courtiers are really terrifying!

Although he is not old, he has a deep understanding of the internal strife in the Ming Dynasty, because since he can remember, the internal strife in the Ming Dynasty has never stopped.

Sometimes Yan Song and his party fought with Yangming, sometimes Qiu Luan and Zeng Xiandu, sometimes Yan Song and Xia Yan, sometimes Yang Cong and Yan Song fought, etc. The Ming Dynasty was always struggling in the whirlpool of internal struggle, until the death of the late emperor and Yang Cong fought Yan Song, and all this ended.

Many times, people still remember what they encountered when they were young, especially bad things. Many people will have psychological shadows because of some bad things they encountered when they were young, and thus they are very repulsive and even afraid of similar things.

Yongqing's psychology was now shadowed. He hated the internal struggle of court officials. If court officials continued to fight like the Jiajing Dynasty, he would not know how to face it and how to solve it.

Xu Jie's words were like a direct contact with the shadow of his psychology. He couldn't help but hesitate whether to implement this whip method?

Perhaps, this is the fundamental reason why the Longqing Dynasty did not implement the One-whip method in history, because Emperor Longqing, who is now the Yongqing Emperor, had a shadow of his psychology, and he was afraid of internal struggles among court officials.

If the emperor disagrees, the implementation of the whip method will be ruined.

Seeing this, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but say anxiously: "Mr. Xu, those who oppose the One Whip Law must be corrupt and perverted the law. Why do we care about those people? At worst, we can kill the chicken to warn the monkey. Whoever dares to jump out and oppose, we will deal with anyone. Don't deal with too many people, and they will be afraid. As long as they are afraid, no one will dare to object?"

You young man, who said that those who oppose the One-whip law are corrupt and perverted the law? People have selfish intentions. Everyone was living a good life, who would be willing to pay more land taxes, who would be willing to take out money to work? The expenses of the aristocratic families are also very high. If you do this, many aristocratic families cannot maintain it. It would be strange if others don’t object to you.

Of course, he would not say these words in front of Yongqing. He just looked at Zhang Juzheng and Yang Cong again, and his eyes seemed to say, "Sir Yang, is this how you teach students? This kid doesn't know the worldly style at all, how can he stay in the officialdom?"

Seeing this, Yang Cong smiled and said, "What Lord Xu said is indeed reasonable. If you implement the One Whip Law, there will definitely be people who will oppose it, and there will be no fewer people who will oppose it. However, we all know in our hearts that those who oppose it must be for the sake of selfishness rather than for the sake of public. I think we cannot indulge this. If everyone takes it for granted by public welfare, then our Ming Dynasty will be in danger. How can the court maintain it if this continues? You must know that there are so many fertile land in the world, and if we do not stop the act of harming public welfare and selfishness, more and more people will follow it. In this way, will the court become poorer and poorer?"

This seems to make sense. Now everyone knows that land tax can be exempted through various methods, and even farming work can be used to use the power in hand to make the people do it without spending a penny!

People are trying to imitate such good things, but the more people follow, the more taxes the court will lose. In this way, the court will become poorer and poorer!

This has been proved through history. Since the 11th year of Wanli, after the new policy implemented by Zhang Juzheng was abolished, the Ming Dynasty was indeed getting poorer and poorer. By the Tianqi Dynasty and Chongzhen Dynasty, the court could not even pay the food and salary of the border troops. It can be said that in history, the reason why the Ming Dynasty perished was that the court had no money was a big factor.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong said seriously: "To put it bluntly, if the court is poor to a certain extent, it will also destroy the country! Think about it, if the court cannot even pay the food and salary of the border troops, will the border troops rebel? If the local area encounters a large-scale drought or flood, and the court has no money to provide disaster relief, will the people rebel? This is not an exaggeration. If we indulge the officials of the court and those so-called families of officials to harm the public and private, one day, the court will be so poor that they cannot even pay the food and salary of the border troops. What should we do then?"

This problem is indeed quite serious. Xu Jie was stunned when he heard this. He was not the kind of person who "will care about the flood after I die." He also had ideals and ambitions, and he also wanted the Ming Dynasty to prosper.

When Yongqing heard this, his eyes were so scared that his eyes were almost bulging out.

Destroy the country!

Which emperor wants to?

He asked quickly, "Mr., what should we do?"

Yang Cong said firmly: "Taiyue's implementation of the One Whip Law is a good opportunity, a good opportunity to eliminate bad habits, remeasure the land, and let those landlords, gentry and family members of the officials spit out all the taxes that embezzled the imperial court. There will indeed be many people who oppose this, but they can only object and not rebel. As long as we focus on punishing a few real corrupt and perverted people, this unhealthy trend will be suppressed. At that time, the tax revenue of the imperial court will increase and increase, and the Ming Dynasty will become stronger and stronger. If we endure the pain for a while and avoid the worries of a hundred days, why don't we do it?"

As soon as he said this, Yongqing couldn't help but slamming the high and exclaimed: "Yes, that's it!"

Xu Jie didn't say anything anymore. He just didn't want to cause internal fighting in the court. If he didn't fight this time, there would be a disaster for the country to be destroyed. It's another matter. He can still distinguish between internal fighting and national collapse.

Zhang Bangqi and Mao Bowen were even more unspeakable. They were neutral, so of course they would listen to whoever made sense.
Chapter completed!