Above. Li Xiao is trying to encourage the bandits to respect themselves!" Wang Chengen said this and looked at Zhu Youjian carefully.

"Well! Listen, you old guy, keep talking." Zhu Youjian nodded, listening to Wang Chengen's words very seriously.

"The old slave feels that keeping Li Xiao is not necessarily a bad thing now. Qian Qianyi is colluding with cronies in the court, which seems to be signs of Donglin's recovery. These people used to take advantage of favors to control the government, so the late emperor brought up Wei Zhongxian to fight with them

Fight in the ring.

Last time, Dong Lin and the Jiangnan plutocrats behind them suffered the loss of not having military power. This time, they have planned and trained troops in Jiangnan. The Jiangnan Forbidden Army under Shi Kefa is the new army they have organized and trained.

Shi Kefa was able to fight against the Tatars for more than seven days in Liguan Town, Liaodong. This shows that their combat power cannot be underestimated. If those plutocrats in the south of the Yangtze River had soldiers, they would probably be more harmful to the court than Li Xiao. And Li Xiao

No matter what Xiao Xiao said, he helped Banzai block the Tatars.

However, the plutocrats in Jiangnan prevented Banzai from doing that big thing.

The original rule set by Grandfather Taizu was that the gentry should not pay taxes if they did not pay. These plutocrats in Jiangnan took advantage of this rule to gobble up land in Jiangnan. The land was annexed every year, but the taxes of the Ming Dynasty were getting smaller and smaller.

Donglin controls the government, and behind them are the plutocrats in Jiangnan. People like Qian Qianyi are simply big landlords themselves. No matter how difficult it is for the court, they will not reach out to collect taxes from the plutocrats in Jiangnan. Instead, they will collect taxes from them.

All the wealth has gone to poor places like the northwest.

Long live you also know that the northwest has always been poor, and you can squeeze out a few taels of oil from the stones. Nowadays, Shaanxi and Gansu have been plagued by bandits and robbers. It is not because of excessive taxes and excessive oppression of the people. Nowadays, the government's finances are getting tighter every day.

, the only way is to implement the system of paying food and serving as errands for both officials and gentry." At this point, Wang Chengen paused and stopped talking. Because he found that Zhu Youjian was already looking at him with bright eyes.

"You are such an old guy, you actually know so much about the important affairs of the court." Zhu Youjian looked at the old eunuch who had been serving him since he was a child.

"Long live this old slave, how can I know this? This is all what I heard!"

"Oh! Did you hear that?"

"When Hong Chengchou came to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit, the old slave participated in a banquet between him and Yang Sichang. During the banquet, the two of them talked about the current situation, and that's why they made these remarks. The old slave was just parroting what he said!"

"They are talking about these things in public?" Zhu Youjian was a little surprised.

"Besides the old slave and my brother, the only people participating in the banquet are Master Hong and Master Yang."
Chapter completed!