Soon, Bi Ziyan was promoted to the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the manager of the Daming Grain Industry Bureau.

The so-called Ministry of Revenue has the right to set up a left assistant minister in the Ministry of Revenue. The meaning of the Ministry of Revenue has the right to add a left assistant minister.

This is a relatively common phenomenon in the Ming Dynasty.

For example, many governors governed local military affairs as the Minister of War.

Bi Ziyan therefore came to the Ministry of Revenue to participate in the Ministry’s discussion.

Fang Congzhe also came to the Ministry of Revenue.

Although his official position is the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhu Youxiao has now added him the errand to supervise the Ministry of Revenue to facilitate his administration of internal affairs reform.

After all, the Ming Dynasty could not directly establish a prime minister to carry out decisions for the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao could only let Fang Congzhe have the reality of being a prime minister even though he did not have the name of a prime minister.

Letting it supervise the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue can give Fang Congzhe greater execution power in the internal affairs reform of the Ming Dynasty.

The cabinet also manages the affairs of the six ministries, and there are precedents in history.

If Gao Gong had supervised the Ministry of Personnel.

But Zhu Youxiao did not allow Fang Congzhe to be in charge of the Ministry of Personnel.

In terms of personnel affairs, Zhu Youxiao still wants to hold it in his own hands, and Fang Congzhe can at most recommend officials as the Minister of Responsible.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao did not allow Fang Congzhe to also manage the Ministry of War.

Because he could not allow Fang Congzhe to be involved in financial power while also being involved in military affairs.

But even so, Fang Congzhe is now the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, who is only inferior to Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong.

So, after Bi Ziyan entered the Ministry of Revenue, he had to greet Fang Congzhe first: "I've met Yuan Fu!"

Then, Bi Ziyan greeted Wang Yingjiao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Governor of the West Factory who was actually in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue.

"You must have known the imperial edict from the Ministry of Revenue. Now the Ministry of Revenue discusses this matter. If you don't understand, ask Bibutang directly who proposed this proposal, and then calculate how much money can be used to give the Grain Industry Bureau, and strengthen the construction of projects that benefit the country and the people."

After celebrating each other, Fang Congzhe spoke first.

At this time, Zheng Sanjun, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, started talking first.

Because everyone is a civil servant, and Fang Congzhe also allowed important officials of various ministries to speak freely during the previous court and ministries' discussions, and basically did not report to the emperor, saying that anyone was dissatisfied with the new policy.

Therefore, when there were only a few important ministers participating in the court or ministry, they were still very brave to speak, and Zheng Sanjun naturally dared to express his inner thoughts at this time.

"Now, Tianjin, Tongzhou, and the capital city have a total of more than 30 million stones of grain, but they can only be used for large-scale construction. I really don't understand why the court is so strict about urging the tuitions of the scholars and people in Nanzhili to pay so much food!"

Therefore, Zheng Sanjun said in a stronger tone: "For this reason, many people below say that doing so is equivalent to levying heavy taxes!"

"This not only caused the people of Nanzhili to be resentful, but now they can only waste this grain on large-scale construction projects. They also have to think of ways to build additional projects, otherwise they will only rot!"

Zheng Sanjun continued to speak.

Then, Zheng Sanjun expressed his opinion and said: "So, I think that instead of using this excess grain for large-scale construction, it is better to avoid half of the money and grain in the world next year, so as to show the emperor's kindness, and use the excessive grain this year as the military grain and the capital next year! The Ministry of Revenue should use this discussion to refute the order issued by the cabinet."

"Directly exempting money and grain from the world may not benefit the people. Duke Zheng has also been a county magistrate. He should know the harm of clerks and bad gentry. If the court directly lights the taxes and taxes, it will not benefit most of the people, but will only benefit the powerful large households. If the court imposes additional taxes, it will often concentrate the burden of additional taxes on ordinary people, so that the large households can be exempted. Therefore, because the national treasury is overflowing, it will directly exempt half of the world's money and grain from the world next year, which will not benefit all people."

Wang Yingjiao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, replied at this time.

Although he and Zheng Sanjun were both civil servants, Zheng Sanjun was from a bureaucratic family. Before he passed the exam, his father and ancestors were common people's landlords, that is, self-cultivated farmers with some land. Therefore, he cared about the interests of the common people.

Zheng Sanjun refuted this: "Now the court has implemented the examination and strict administration of officials. In addition, in addition to the inspectors and the inspectors of the two capitals, the Dongchang Anti-Corruption Department has been added. It can be said that the administration of officials inside and outside the court has been very good. Why is Wang still worried about the bad things of the clerks? The collusion between officials and gentry? Do local clerks and town officials really regard the iron laws of the court as nothing?"

After asking, Zheng Sanjun's mouth slightly raised.

"What is Mr. Zheng saying? The government is now very good at the court's administration, but the harm of the clerks and bad gentry cannot be eliminated because of this. In Wang's humble opinion, benefiting the people is not as simple as light taxes and levies. It needs to be considered thoroughly. Moreover, the regular tax of our Ming Dynasty is not high, and only the local tax is high. Therefore, the court's central government exempts half of the regular tax, which only has a favorable effect on large households with more land and more food, but it is meaningless to common people with less regular taxes!"

Wang Yingjiao said excitedly.

"Aren't I my Daming people the more land? If you really have half of the money and food, whether it is poor or rich, as long as you are land-based people, you can get 50% of the taxes and have no bias. Instead, you don't use the taxes urged from these land-based people to feed more land-free refugees. Most of these people are lazy, do not farm hard, or even do not abide by the laws of the king. What is the benefit of supporting them for the court? More and more troublesome people will only rely on the court for their meals, and it is easier to cause trouble at that time. It is better to do this now. In addition to some who can be used as boatmen on both sides of the canal to transport grain or serve other laborers without starving to death, the weak and sick people are directly starved to death, so that the refugees in the capital will always maintain the same number!"

Zheng Sanjun asked and continued to speak.

Wang Yingjiao immediately stood up and stared at Zheng Sanjun with fierce eyes.

Fang Congzhe pulled him: "Everyone is a colleague, and this is just a ministry discussion. Mr. Wang, why bother so angry?"

Wang Yingjiao had no choice but to sit down.

Zheng Sanjun also raised his lips slightly and bowed to Wang Yingjiao: "Occurs."

At this time, Fang Congzhe asked Bi Ziyan who had been silent: "Bibutang, you proposed the construction project using the treasury surplus. Let me tell you what Zheng Gong is talking about?"

"When he was the right governor of Shaanxi, he liquidated the land in Shaanxi once. The vassals and gentry accounted for 90% of the land in Shaanxi. This time, the situation of the land in Qingzhang in Nanzhili has been published by Huangming Pao. I have also calculated that although there are no vassals in Nanzhili, the nobles and gentry in Nanjing also accounted for more than 90% of the land;

It can be seen that if the true one is exempted from half of the taxes and food in the world as Zheng Gong said, it will only benefit the gentry, not the common people!

However, the court has given priority exemptions to the gentry, and this time the tax was urged to pay more than 30 million stones of grain at once, not because the people have accumulated serious tax owes, but because the gentry has accumulated serious tax owes;

Because the lower officials also calculated the taxes urged for payment in Nanzhili in the Huangming Pao and Dibao. Among the taxes urged for payment of more than 30 million, gentry accounted for 80% and 20% were also owed by large families related to gentry, and they were either for their in-laws or for their family members;

From this we can see that the court's urge to pay the accumulated debts over the years has nothing to do with the people!

I really don’t know why Mr. Zheng thought that the court was expending heavy taxes, and how could the public resentment be boiling?

In fact, during the process of clearing the fields of Zhangzhou acres in Nanzhili, many common people were found to bear heavy taxes due to collusion between clerks and local gentry. Therefore, His Majesty ordered the Xichang to urge the tax to repay the taxes and also let the Xichang withdraw the taxes to it. This undoubtedly reduced the burden on the people. Therefore, what Mr. Zheng said was that there was a bias and could not be used as a basis."

Bi Ziyan answered and handed the booklet he brought to Fang Congzhe: "This is the result of the calculation by the Xiaguan, and Yuanfu and the Dukes will know at a glance."

Fang Congzhe was surprised: "Mr. Bi is really interested. It is not easy to calculate the situation of the entire Nanzhili field!"

"Yes! I am ashamed that the Ministry of Revenue has not done this."

Wang Yingjiao also said with a smile.
Chapter completed!