stjorthotic Chapter 684: Ru Taisu: The Ministry Of Household Affairs Has No Money, I Will Remonstrate With Death
Chapter 684: Ru Taisu: The Ministry Of Household Affairs Has No Money, I Will Remonstrate With Death
Xu Ben, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, looked at Prince Zhu Biao seriously and said:
“Your Highness, it’s not who raised the issue of abolishing the current corvee system!!!”
"To..."
Then, before Xu Ben finished speaking, Prince Zhu Biao nodded, as if suddenly enlightened, and spoke first:
"Oh, what Xu Qing wants to say is that the common people have nothing to eat without farming, and the issues that may arouse public dissatisfaction and civil unrest?!!"
"My father and I have also considered this. The work-for-service system was introduced to solve these problems!!!"
"We just hire people to build roads during the slack season."
"This will not delay the people's food planting, and ensure that the people can cultivate and have food."
"At the same time, it also allows people to work nearby and add extra income to themselves and their families."
"In addition, the final choice of whether to accept employment from the imperial court is left to the people themselves to decide."
"People who are willing to accept employment from the imperial court will build roads."
"And for the common people who are unwilling to accept employment from the imperial court, the imperial court will not force them to do so.
"It is up to the people to choose whether to go or not."
"In this way, it shouldn't arouse public dissatisfaction among the people, or even lead to a people's uprising, right?!!"
Hearing what Prince Zhu Biao said, Xu Ben felt like his head was going to explode.
Are we now talking about whether the people are complaining or not, whether the people are civilized or not?!!
Now we are talking about the problem that Ming Dynasty could not abolish the corvee system!!!
Looking at Prince Zhu Biao who was deliberately pretending to be confused, Xu Ben sighed helplessly and said:
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows that what I want to talk about now is not about civil unrest or public grievances, but the issue that the corvee system cannot be abolished, let alone the implementation of the work-for-service system!!!" 987 looked a little tempted to speak again. The prince Zhu Biao who spoke, Xu Ben also learned to answer this time, and said again:
"Your Highness, please listen to me for a moment. I know that Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and all other Highnesses care about the people and want to further reduce the burden on the people.
Make people’s lives healthier and more prosperous!!!”
"Wei Chen also supports the ideas of His Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and other Highnesses. Wei Chen also hopes to reduce the burden of corvee on the people and make the people's lives more healthy and prosperous."
"However, it is really impossible to abolish the corvee system now, let alone implement a system of replacing labor with work!!!"
“Now all the construction projects of the imperial court, including the construction of civil engineering in various cities, the construction of various water conservancy facilities, the construction of roads, etc., are all completed by recruiting people for free labor.
"Once the corvee system is abolished and the work-for-service system is implemented, all these construction projects will now be suspended, and then they will wait for the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate funds and hire people before they can be promoted again."
"Although Wei Chen doesn't know the specific fiscal budget revenue of the imperial court last year, as well as the remaining fiscal budget revenue."
"However, Wei Chen can barely make some general inferences from the [Da Ming World Sand Table] under his feet."
"With today's Ming Dynasty's fiscal budget revenue, it is completely unable to afford the huge amount of money and food expenses required to employ people after abolishing the corvee system and implementing the work-for-service system."
"In other words, today's Ming Dynasty has not implemented the basic conditions for abolishing the corvee system and replacing it with work."
"To do this forcefully will only (bhcc) bring the Ming Dynasty's finances into a state of collapse, and even plunge the entire Ming Dynasty into chaos!!!"
At the end of the speech, Chuben kept winking at Ru Taisu, the Minister of Household Affairs next to him.
After all, the corvee system was abolished and the system of labor instead of labor was implemented. However, when it came to the financial expenditure of the Ming Dynasty, Ru Taisu, the Minister of Household Affairs, should have been the first to jump out.
As a result, Ru Taisu didn't know whether it was because he was old or because he was too shocked by Prince Zhu Biao's proposal to "abolish the corvee system and implement a work-for-service system."
Anyway, he didn't come back to his senses for quite a while, he just stood there stunned.
Therefore, he, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, could only be the first to jump out and admonish Prince Zhu Biao at the same time.
The other side also kept winking at Ru Taisu, asking Ru Taisu to take advantage of his words to quickly come up with a solution.
Ru Taisu on the other side had actually come to his senses when Xu Ben, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, opened his mouth.
But it was useless to come back to the senses. We still had to find a solution to dispel the proposal of Prince Zhu Biao to "abolish the corvee system and implement a system of replacing labor with work."
And when Xu Ben, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, opened his mouth to remonstrate, he did think of a solution.
Thinking of this, Ru Taisu held the jade tablet in both hands, raised his head and looked at Prince Zhu Biao solemnly and said:
"Your Highness, Baibu really has no money!!!"
"With the current fiscal budget revenue of the imperial court, it really cannot support the money and food expenses required to hire people all over the world!!!"
"If His Highness the Crown Prince really wants to abolish the corvee system and implement the work-for-service system, then the old minister will have no choice but to crash to death in Fengtian Palace to remonstrate with His Highness the Crown Prince!!!"
After saying this, Ru Taisu's eyes wandered around the Fengtian Hall, as if he was looking for a suitable pillar to bump into.
He is not joking, he is really prepared to kill himself on the Fengtian Palace if Prince Zhu Biao wants to forcibly abolish the corvee system and implement a work-for-service system.
-Dead advice!!!
After all, Xu Ben, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, has already made it very clear about the truth just now, and there is no need for him to say more about the grand truth.
As the saying goes, warriors die in battle, and writers die in admonishment.
Faced with this policy that could shake the Ming Dynasty and cause chaos in the world, if Prince Zhu Biao continues to insist on his own way, then this is the time for him to give his final advice as the Minister of Household Affairs!!!
On the left and right sides of Ru Taisu were Song Lian, the Minister of Rites, Wang Huidi, the Minister of Punishment... Zhan Wei, the censor of Zuodu of the Inspectorate, Li Shilu, the minister of Dali Temple, and other six ministers and nine ministers, all looked at him in shock.
They never expected that Ru Taisu, the Minister of Household Affairs, would even say such words as a death remonstrance!
You must know that words like death remonstrance cannot be said easily.
Don't even say it's easy, but you can't say it out unless it's absolutely necessary.
Because, first of all, words like death remonstrance, even if the original intention is to admonish the emperor or the prince, will inevitably have the meaning of coercion and coercion in the eyes of the emperor and the prince.
Even if the ministers who dare to coerce and coerce the emperor and prince have good intentions, they will inevitably be disliked by the emperor and prince in the end.
Just like now, after Ru Taisu said that he would crash his head into the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned gloomy as he sat on the throne.
Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes either suppressed the smiles on their faces, or had cold eyes, or frowned slightly...
Secondly, as the saying goes, there is no turning back when a bow is fired. Words like death remonstrance were spoken in the Fengtian Palace in front of a crowd of civil and military officials, as well as the emperor, princes, and princes.
If Prince Zhu Biao still insists on abolishing the corvee system and implementing a work-for-service system, then Ru Taisu will really die on his own in the Fengtian Palace.
Otherwise, it would be the crime of deceiving the emperor. Ru Taisu would also be killed for this crime, and his own reputation would be directly destroyed, making him ashamed of the world's scholars.
Moreover, nowadays the imperial court is indeed unable to abolish the corvee system and implement a work-for-service system!!!
Thinking of this, Song Lian, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Hui, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment... Zhan Wei, the censor of Zuodu of the Inspectorate, Li Shilu, the minister of Dali Temple, and other six ministers also took a step forward.
He bowed and said:
"Your Highness, please think twice!!!"
"Your Highness, please think twice!!!"
On the side, Duke Xu Da of Wei, Duke Li Wenzhong of Cao, Duke Feng Sheng of Song, Duke Tang He of Xin and other generals and noble marquises also looked at this scene with frowns on their faces. They also did not expect that things would turn out like this.
Just when the court was silent, another clear voice suddenly came from outside the Fengtian Palace:
"How about I pay for the food and expenses for hiring people from all over the world to do corvee work?!"
Immediately, all the civil and military officials present turned their heads to look at the source of the sound.
Yan Changqing walked slowly in from outside the Fengtian Hall, wearing a golden brocade suit woven with gold thread by the palace dressmaker and a half-face mask made of pure gold in the shape of a gold ingot.
Then he passed the civil and military ministers present, walked to the royal steps of the Dan Palace, and gave a slight salute to Zhu Yuanzhang, Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes:
"Fan Bai, I have met Your Majesty and all your Highnesses!!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting high on the throne, glanced at Yan Changqing dissatisfiedly. He was a little annoyed that he came so late, but he still nodded and said:
"No gift, just now you said that you will pay for the expenses of hiring people from all over the world to do corvee work. What do you mean by this?!"
Yan Changqing smiled slightly and said:
"I now have more than 185.86 million kilograms of fine sea salt and more than 128.64 million kilograms of salted fish meat, which I am willing to hand over to the imperial court for free!!!"
"And the sea salt production base and salted fish meat production base located in Haizhou City can produce at least 185.86 million kilograms of fine sea salt and more than 128.64 million kilograms of fine sea salt every year. Kilograms of salted fish meat!!!”
"The sea salt production base and the salted fish meat production base will also be handed over to the court for free!!!"
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