Because normal tax revenue cannot be collected, they have no choice but to resort to extreme measures and support a corrupt official, allowing him to be corrupt and collect money.
Even if the emperor could only get a part of it, it didn’t matter, because when the emperor continued to use the money, he would kill the corrupt official with a single blow, and all his property would belong to the emperor.
But Chongzhen didn't have such a person. No one helped him to make money, and if the tax revenue could not be collected, he could only wait for death.
Everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty's fragile finances stemmed from land annexation, tributes, and the collapse of the peasant economy. Didn't the Ming Dynasty officials know this?
No one is unaware of this; everyone knows it. What is the ultimate reason?
Isn’t it just that scholars who hold official positions don’t pay taxes?
All problems would be solved if we just let them pay taxes. But has anyone ever proposed this?
No one, everyone pretends not to see and imposes heavy taxes on self-employed farmers.
Once the three sounds come out, the harm is boundless.
Officials in the court and scholars took the opportunity to frantically buy up the land of ordinary people who could not pay taxes, leaving them homeless.
Coupled with natural disasters, it collapsed in an instant.
And the current Zhu Youxiao will naturally not repeat such mistakes.
Wang Zai Jin did a very good job in Liaodong. After Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he sent him and Xiong Tingbi to Liaodong. It can be said that this solved a big problem for him.
Over the past few years, Wang Zaijing has made great contributions, so Zhu Youxiao plans to take him away this time.
The court is in need of talents! Such talents cannot be left here.
If he and Xiong Tingbi had not maintained this in Liaodong, Zhu Youxiao would not have had the energy to govern the court, let alone train the current army; when he was frantically making money at home, the court would not have been so stable.
Therefore, the main thing is to recognize their merits. Although Wang did not fight a single battle in Jin this time, a good warrior does not necessarily have to have outstanding achievements.
Zhu Youxiao was preparing to summon Wang Zaijin, but Wu Keshan had already leaked the news.
The Ming Dynasty also acted very quickly. Sun Chengzong quickly passed the news to the representatives of various Mongolian tribes through official actions, telling them, "Call your leaders. The Ming Dynasty will hold an alliance here."
After this news spread, what Wu Keshan said to Zhu Youxiao also spread.
For a moment, the Mongolians were outraged, some were cursing, and some even wanted to kill Wu Keshan; but more people fell silent, and for a moment they didn't know what to do.
The angriest person was of course Hasar from Ordos. He didn't expect this.
He really didn't expect Wu Keshan to surrender so quickly, and in this way. He felt like he had been stabbed in the back.
I thought you guys would have some backbone, you're a big tribe! But this is too shameless!
If I had known you were like this, I would have done it a long time ago. What kind of thing is this?
What made him even angrier was that the last time Khasar went to see Sun Chengzong, Sun Chengzong didn't see him. In the past few days, he went to see him like crazy, but Sun Chengzong acted as if he didn't exist.
It was only the servants who came out and told Hasar directly: "Our lords don't have time. We are too busy now. We will let you know when we are free to see you."
This is the same as saying nothing, and I'm too lazy to even find an excuse.
Sun Chengzong can drag it out, but Khasar can't! If he drags it out any longer, his side will be finished.
However, Halsa also knew that a small tribe like Ordos could not do much.
So he began to connect frantically, trying to find small tribes that shared the same ideals as him.
Of course, on the surface they say they share the same ideals, but in reality they are just connecting the frightened small tribes in order to achieve the effect of banding together for warmth.
In fact, these small tribes also acted very quickly. After the news came out, it was not just Ordos that panicked.
The small tribes were already panicking, knowing they couldn't continue to grow and that war might be coming soon. If they didn't stick together before the war, it would be too late once it started.
On the one hand, they were in contact with each other, and on the other hand, they were frantically trying to figure out Inner Khalkha's thoughts.
Inner Khalkha’s ideas determine whether the eastern grassland will become a battlefield.
If the five Inner Khalkha tribes surrendered, then peace might be possible.
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