Chapter 514

Why did the imperial court think that the Liu family must be a disaster? This is because although the Liu family did not openly confront the imperial court, the secret strife never stopped. After Liu Yuanqiao married Miss Kong, the whole Shilin people thought that the Liu family would ease the relationship with the imperial court, but it was only the Liu family that eased the relationship with Shilin, It did not ease the relationship with the court.

Now they control such a large place. They also open a talent hall to recruit talents from all over the world. They give high officials and high salaries to the heroes from all sides who are attracted by their fame, or all kinds of courtesies, money, beauty, beautiful clothes and wine, so that heroes and celebrities from all sides come to invest one after another. This makes the Liu family have the name of contemporary Meng taste. In addition, they vigorously publicize in their publicity, which makes their reputation, Every day is better and better.

But the court's kindness to them is very unacceptable and unbearable. This is because which court can accept its officials and buy the hearts of the people?

If you are in peace and prosperity, when the imperial court is strong, you can be destroyed just by virtue of a crime of buying the hearts of the people.

The cabinet also thought about the price of destroying the Liu family. They found that the price was too heavy for them to accept, so they gave up the matter. If it could be easily done, they would send troops to destroy the Liu family without hesitation.

Because now the Liu family is becoming more and more excessive, their attitude towards the imperial court has been very obvious.

Liu Yuanqiao has the final say that the barony has been run by the three Eastern governments, but the name of the court is still the royal court. But all the appointments and removal of officials are made by Liu Yuanqiao, and he has the final say in the amount of money he has to pay.

If the same position is appointed by the imperial court and Liu Yuanqiao is appointed, the one appointed by the imperial court must be expelled.

Liu Yuanqiao is entrenched in the third east mansion. He is a local snake and occupies a favorable position. How can the imperial court compete with him in this regard? There is another one, that is, although the imperial court promised to exempt the money and food of the three East houses for three years, this was agreed by the imperial court.

However, it is very difficult for the current imperial court to make ends meet, so it will apportion to various places. Officials everywhere are willing to accept this apportionment, and they also collect the apportioned silver and give it to the imperial court according to the order of the imperial court. They will also share some benefits.

Only Liu Yuanqiao was forced to carry it, saying that it was a mess of life and refused to implement it. He didn't pay any tax except the business tax stipulated by the imperial court. Now the imperial court knows that the Liu family is vigorously developing business in the East Third government, but they are doing business well. Moreover, they are also engaged in overseas trade, making a lot of money, I don't know how much money I earned.

The money paid by the Liu family for disaster relief last year has basically been earned back. The imperial court also knows that now the Liu family has money. Jinshan Yinshan and the third east mansion have also recovered before the Wuqiao mutiny.

It can be said that there is a blacklist in the imperial court. Liu Yuanqiao and his family must be on the blacklist.

The Court saw that the Liu family had finally been weakened, but JianNu came again. How to prepare for this difficult autumn was what they had to consider.

At this time, Zhang Fengyi made a suggestion, that is, with the strength of his Liu family army, Liu Yuanqiao could say no to the imperial court. The imperial court refused all kinds of apportionment to him. Now his Liu family army has been fatally hit, and the casualties are very heavy. He has no confidence. Besides, can the imperial court put forward some requirements to him, If he doesn't agree, he will be removed from office on the spot. He doesn't believe the people of the third east mansion and is willing to rebel with his Liu family?

As soon as Zhang Fengyi put forward such a proposal, he immediately obtained Wen Tiren's consent, which was just right for his appetite. He wanted to find a rich man to operate and get a sum of money to subsidize the expenditure of the imperial court, as if the Liu family was the best choice.

In the past, the Liu family army was very powerful. They had an army in hand. Even Hong Chengchou, who was holding more than 100000 troops, did not pay attention to it and dared to do it. But now, unlike in the past, their Liu family army no longer exists. Why are they so powerful?

Therefore, Wen Tiren immediately convened several members of the cabinet to discuss how to deal with this matter.

Now all the senior officials of the imperial court are worried about money. It seems that after entering the Chongzhen Dynasty, the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty has always been short of money and has never been rich. As long as they collect a little money, they will be asked by warlords and local forces to allocate funds for disaster relief. These silver often does not go into Taicang and is directly pulled out to the local place, so that the Taicang of the imperial court, Can starve rats.

In Taicang of the imperial court, there was an army specially responsible for defense. After all, this is the national treasury. It is one of the most important places in the world. There are countless gold and silver treasures in it. You must send a large army to guard here. Only with strict security can you control those who want to make his ideas. Now this army has been transferred to guard the city gate, because there is nothing valuable in it, There is no need to send heavy troops to defend.

The imperial court is so poor, but the Liu family is so rich, which makes them very jealous and jealous. Why are you so poor as an emperor? You are so rich as a minister. Even the emperor Chongzhen is very angry.

He Chongzhen emperor is the son of heaven and rich all over the world, but he wears pudding clothes, while Liu Yuanqiao is extravagant. It is said that he must eat 36 dishes for a meal, and a large band is playing Shao music to eat. Nearly 50 people have married a miss of the Kong family. It is said that the bride price alone is as much as one million dollars, This made the emperor angry.

Why did she Liu Yuanqiao enjoy so much, so rich, and where did his silver come from? Isn't it to collect the fat and cream of the people? Since the cabinet had made such a proposal, Emperor Chongzhen did not have the idea of rejecting it. He immediately issued his intention and asked the three Eastern governments to apportion 1 million liang of silver to the state treasury.

Since the imperial court has promised to exempt the tax of the three Eastern governments for three years, the imperial court has its own authority, and what they say must count. But this time they made it clear that this is not a tax, but a tax apportionment. It is a temporary task assigned to them, and they still have to carry out it.

As the saying goes, is it the king's land, the land's shore, or the king's minister? Liu Yuanqiao is also an official of the Ming Dynasty. The Minister of the Ming Dynasty is in trouble. Naturally, he should give generously and take out his own money to help the court tide over the difficulties. This is both a responsibility and an obligation. You have to do it, and you have to do it if you don't.

The imperial court and the cabinet reached a consensus and immediately drew up a decree, which was transmitted to Dengzhou and asked Liu Yuanqiao to implement it.

If he doesn't execute, he will be dismissed on the ground that he disobeys the imperial edict. For such a good reason, even if Lord Yan intercedes for him, the court can flatly refuse. After all, the reason is so good and the excuse is so good. Why should we give him face?

If Liu Yuanqiao agrees, the imperial court can get 1 million liang of silver, which can temporarily solve their difficulties. They all know that the current Liu family implements the policy of buying people's hearts in the east third house. The so-called buying people's hearts is actually not collecting taxes. He promised the people not to collect taxes, so he won the people's hearts. Now the imperial court ordered him to collect more taxes from the people in great righteousness, If he doesn't accept it, he will disobey the order and can't escape the sanction of the imperial court. If he does, his hard won popular support and morale will dissipate quickly.

The officials of the imperial court thought of such a good idea, and they were happy for it one after another. They should take the opportunity to clean up the Liu family when the Liu family army had an accident. If they don't take his life while he is ill, they will be the object of headache for the imperial court when he slows down and becomes strong again.

Even the cabinet issued an order to let Zhang Fengyi draw up a battle plan. That is, once Liu Yuanqiao refused to execute this order, the imperial court sent a large army to directly enter the Dongsan mansion, take down this place and uproot the Liu family's power. Since he was unwilling to take the initiative to pay money, the imperial army went out to collect his money.

For this order of the cabinet, Zhang Fengyi repeatedly said that he was wise. Without hesitation, he immediately arranged to implement it. He even privately ordered Liu Zeqing in Jinan to prepare the army. When the imperial court gave an order, he immediately drove his army into the three East houses and captured Liu Jiajun at one fell swoop.

Liu Zeqing, the former Shandong General soldier, and Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of the Ministry of war, were wrong with each other. They couldn't pee in a pot. They even broke down each other and fought each other. As a general soldier, why should Liu Zeqing fight with Zhang Fengyi? After all, Zhang Fengyi is the Minister of the Ministry of war. He is in charge of the troops and horses in the world. If he wants to clean up a general soldier, he will be an accurate one.

But Liu Zeqing was so treacherous that he didn't know he was a man of one word when he dropped his shoulder pole. He actually took refuge in the Donglin Party and regarded himself as a scholar. There was nothing wrong with Liu Zeqing. He took refuge in the Donglin Party and became a member of the Donglin Party. As a result, the whole Donglin Party waved flags and shouted for him and provided him with all kinds of protection. Even Zhang Fengyi was very difficult to deal with him, Every time Zhang Fengyi tried to clean up Liu Zeqing, he was stopped by the censor and his words, which made him very embarrassed.

In the past, they did it against each other, because the Liu family and Zhang Fengyi formed an alliance. Since the Liu family fell out with Zhang Fengyi, the relationship between Liu Zeqing and Zhang Fengyi has greatly eased. After Liu Zeqing took the initiative to send 10000 liang of silver as a compensation gift, even if the contradiction between the two sides did not exist, they also colluded with each other and quickly reached an anti Liu alliance specifically for the Liu family.

Liu Zeqing had always wanted to deal with the Liu family. However, he was not strong enough. The other party was supported by the Minister of war. This relationship was iron and had been through heaven. But now the Liu family's army is said to have been hit hard, so the imperial court did not support them and wanted to deal with them. Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of war, also wanted to deal with them, This made Liu Ze put his heart back in his stomach.

He has always been a man with his tail between his legs, but since he heard that the main force of the Liu family had an accident in southern Liaoning, he began to be arrogant again. He publicly ordered the troops to prepare. As soon as the imperial court ordered, he immediately entered the East Third House and made a fortune.