The ministers cursed and cursed in their hearts, and in carriages and palanquins, they rushed to the palace.

Entering the palace, there were already ministers who had come early, and they were already standing above the court.

Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair, half-squinting his eyes, feeling the discussion of the ministers.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have arrived!" , Wang Chengen reminded carefully.

Chongzhen slowly opened his eyes and looked at the incoming minister.

"To reiterate, who is against the abolition of the three pay?"

The ministers were surprised, didn't the results of the discussion come out in the morning?

Your Majesty, what kind of madness is this?

"Your Majesty, the minister has always supported His Majesty, what His Majesty says, the minister firmly supports!" , the first auxiliary warm body benevolent character positive cavity round, full of confidence.

Wen Tiren looked at the ministers around him, especially the ministers of the Donglin Party, and now he couldn't wait to immediately abolish the Shoufu in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the three salaries cannot be wasted! After the three salaries were wasted, how could the soldiers afford it? "

"The commercial tax is too low now, then add the commercial tax!"

Chongzhen's words completely made the court fryer.

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, completely dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty, who gave you this bad idea? These three salaries are distributed to the vast number of peasants, some of our Daming Empire are peasants, even if there are complaints, they will not last long! "

"It's businessmen, their family has a big business, once it makes trouble, it will be a big trouble!"

Chongzhen had a black line on his face, I believe in your evil.

I have never seen anyone who was a businessman who has been successful in rebellion.

On the contrary, the peasants rebelled successfully.

"Fart! Li Zicheng Zhang Xianzhong, they led the peasants to make trouble, how many years? Repressed? "

"Look at all these years, don't think that you don't know how much benefit the merchants and those landlords have given you!"

Chongzhen opened the skylight and said bright words, which made the ministers shudder.

In the past, the Chongzhen Emperor was very foolish, but what happened to the emperor today?

Yang Sichang stood up and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, when you increase the commercial tax, you are competing with the people, and the world's soldiers will point at your nose and scold!" "

Yang Sichang knew that every time the ministers came up with the rhetoric of competing with the people, Chongzhen himself would surrender and admit defeat like a soldier who had lost a battle.

When Chongzhen heard Yang Sichang's words, he instantly stood up as if his brain was bloodshot.

"Again, who is against the abolition of the three pay?"

"Wang Chengen, transfer the Praetorian Guard!"

Wang Chengen was taken aback by the furious Chongzhen.

An imperial doctor, that is, a special counselor, stood up.

"Your Majesty, if you come nonsense, your minister will crash into this hall, and you are destined to be left behind for ten thousand years!"

Nima!

Are these officials and his mother so strong?

Chongzhen's heart was full of anger.

The ministers in front of us, especially the officials and civil servants, colluded with each other.

When the advice fails, these officials threaten death.

Once these officials were given death by Chongzhen, these officials gained fame.

It's disgusting, it's disgusting.

Chongzhen kept muttering in his heart, and looked at the ministers.

The ministers are still talking, although they do not have the momentum just now, but it is clear that they are firmly opposed to the abolition of the three pay.

The chief assistant headed by Wen Tiren even became the target of beatings by ministers who opposed the abolition of the three pay.

Chongzhen also did not expect that a court meeting would actually stage an all-martial action.

"Enough, you guys beat each other above the court, what do you think of Xuan?"

After a while, Wang Chengen came to the palace with the Janissaries.

The ministers' eyes froze instantly, staring at the Janissaries as if they saw death.

"Isn't it? Are the old man's eyes spent? Huang Daozhou kept blinking, looking at the Janissaries who had appeared in the court, with a hellish expression.

Yang Sichang was also stunned.

"What's the situation? When did this armor, this weapon, become so good? "

Shoufu Wen Tiren was also a little confused.

Aren't the Janissaries almost unable to pay money?

This armor? This weapon?

"Plate armor made of stainless steel?" , Wang Jiayan approached to look at the armor of the Praetorian Guard.

"Wasn't this firearm researched by Bi Maokang, the right attendant of Nanjing's Hube? I heard that such a musket needs fifteen taels of silver to craft! Meng Zhaoxiang sighed on the side.

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, all forget why they quarreled.

All were attracted by the weapons and armor of the Janissaries.

"Your Majesty, this armor and weapons cost a lot!"

Chongzhen frowned slightly and calculated.

In this era, like plate armor made of stainless steel, at least fifty taels of silver, plus chain mail, and weapons, etc., the equipment of a Janissary requires almost one hundred taels of silver.

"Not much, not much, the equipment of a Janissary is almost a hundred taels of silver!"

"My goodness! Isn't it that two thousand Janissaries cost almost 200,000 taels of silver? Shoufu Wen Tiren sighed.

The ministers around are also messy, isn't there no money in the internal pockets?

The state treasury just replenished 12 million taels of silver, ready to pay the arrears of wages and silver, did not expect that there was still so much money in the internal funds?

While the ministers were in shock, Chongzhen continued to pat the handle of the dragon chair.

"Ask again, who is against the abolition of the three pay?"

The ministers who opposed the loudest just now all lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

Behind each minister, stood two Janissaries.

Yan Guan, who just said that he was going to crash into the court, instantly dropped a lot at this moment.

Seeing that the other ministers did not speak, Yan Guan cautiously looked at Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, if the three salaries are abolished, then the deficit of the treasury will only become more serious, and Daming will only die faster!"

"Throw it out~"

Chongzhen waved his hand, and the two Janissaries set up Yan Guan and threw them directly out of the court.

"Guys, this time it is thrown out, and if anyone opposes it next time, let the Janissaries go and raid the house!"

"Let's see, you loyal ministers, your family is rich or not!"

"His Majesty's abolition of the three salaries is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and the ministers support, support!" Yang Sichang instantly changed the direction of the wind and stood on Wen Tiren's side without shame.

Other ministers also saw the wind and expressed their approval.

Guozhang Zhou Kui also wants to insist, after all, he has various relationships with many large merchants in Jingshi, and now that he increases commercial taxes, I am afraid that his income will be halved.

"Governor, what are you?"

State Chang Zhou Kui looked at Chongzhen, who had a livid face, and quickly said: "Your Majesty, the old minister also supports you!" "

Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, if it weren't for the sake of the national abbot, he would have to raid his home.

After all, this abbot was attacked in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, and he was actually tortured by Li Zicheng for 20 million taels of silver.

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