Chapter 889 Where the benefit lies, why don’t you be tempted?

The huge place suddenly became quiet, and even people's breathing seemed to be clearly audible.

Even though there are very few civil servants who admire Legalism nowadays, there are not many people who have not read the famous "Han Feizi". Therefore, after a sentence of Confucianism and literature and chaos of law caused a period of silence, no one jumped up.

Come out to refute. Although many of today's nobles are of the second generation, after all, there are Zhang Fu of the first generation and Zhu Yong, who is deeply favored. No one dares to say anything about martial arts in front of these superior officials.

It's not as good as writing. After a long silence, someone finally coughed lightly.

"Xu Shidu said something wrong. In fact, he didn't mean it. It's just that this martial arts exercise shouldn't take so much trouble!" The speaker was Luo Rujing, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. After he saluted upward, he looked around

Tuantuan bowed his head and said sternly, "Emperor Taizu established a yellow household registration register and divided the people of the world into military households, civilian households, craftsmen households, kitchen households, etc., in order to allow the people to concentrate on their goals without distractions. Now the military household system is in place.

The military election is also held every year, so why is it necessary to set up a separate military examination? Also, how many people who entered the military through the military examination are willing to be registered as military households? This is one of them."

Luo Rujing, who had presided over the Yingtianfu Provincial Examination together with Li Qi, was a few years older. He stood up calmly and continued: "Secondly, I also know that in the past, the British army conquered Annan.

, there were many meritorious servicemen among them, but they were all rewarded with salary rather than official posts. But even so, the military posts of the imperial court were still getting larger and larger every year, and a lot of expenses were incurred. However, hereditary military households can ensure a stable supply of troops, while hereditary officers

The best way to reward merit is easy to change, prone to instability, and it may not be known whether it will become elbow or armpit. Thirdly, if the military examination is like the imperial examination, where does the expense come from? Every spring Wei examination, the Gongyuan uses charcoal as high as 100,000 yuan.

Tens of thousands of kilograms, and this does not include the expenditures of the provinces in autumn. If the same is true for martial arts, it will undoubtedly be a huge burden for the provinces."

Compared with those whose words were fierce but empty, Luo Rujing's words naturally made many big bosses nod, including Zhang Yue. However, this was a place to speak to the low-level officials below, and he did not refute it.

Or maybe it was an explanation. He just watched Luo Rujing retreat, but the next moment, the name announced by Wang Jin who was drawing lots made him cheer up.

"Gu Bin, a student at the Hanlin Academy."

Compared with the officials who were in their early thirties at least, Gu Bin, who was dressed in a blue official robe, looked a little thinner, and his unusually young face made many people who were not familiar with him take a second look.

However, these concerns turned into panic when he opened his mouth to speak the first sentence, because what he was talking about was the determination of land in the world that almost no one had dared to mention before.

"The fish scale books in various provincial capitals today were all created during the Hongwu period. Although they were repaired several times after that, they were all minor repairs and no real efforts were made to re-investigate. When the country was founded, the world was full of wasteland. Compared with that time,

There are much more mature fields now than before, but how much real taxes does the Ministry of Household Affairs collect every year? Although I don’t think that those who collect more taxes every year are good officials, but the money and food from the national treasury are used to build roads and bridges, and to spend military expenditures.

We cannot allow the national treasury to be empty while enriching those who evade official taxes! I can tell you the truth here. I passed the imperial examination and someone donated 300 acres of fertile land to my family. I passed the imperial examination and voted for the imperial examination.

The amount of fertile land offered was no less than a thousand acres. When I stayed in the palace as a commoner, and then moved to serve as a minister, a large number of people came to offer their gifts. I turned them away one by one, but for such a big benefit, how could I ask?

How many people can really not take a look at it?"

Zhang Yue used to only think that Gu Bin was lonely, but now after hearing his extremely sharp words and seeing many of the officials present unconsciously avoiding his gaze, he couldn't help but admire him. Sure enough, after Gu Bin finished speaking, he paused.

After a while, it seemed as if he didn't see the complicated eyes looking at him, and his face remained extremely serious.

"Everyone has just talked about a lot of ancestral systems. Yes, there was a system in the Hongwu Dynasty that exempted officials from grain and labor, but there was a limit. Not all land under the officials and gentry was exempted from labor and grain! Hongwu 20

Six years ago, the number of acres in the world was determined to be 8,577,623 hectares. But how many are there now? As far as I know, it is decreasing instead of increasing. But no matter where you go in the world, the wasteland of the past has become

We have got fertile farmland! The land tax of our dynasty is rare in all dynasties. One acre of land is three liters, three liters and five scoops. Thirty acres of land is only one stone, and thirty hectares of land is only three hundred stones. The people are afraid of corvee labor, so they give away their fields.

For officials and gentry, the grain they pay is at least three to five times the tax!"

At the end of the day, he just dropped a powerful sentence: "The land system has been corrupted. If it is not rectified, the land system in the world will be even worse! Whether it is the way of Confucius and Mencius or the ancestral system of our dynasty, they all say that corvee is light and tax is low.

It’s not that tax evasion is not investigated. Therefore, what Yu Shiyu said before about the corruption of Jiangnan’s land system is an opportunity for a thorough investigation.”

Zhang Yue has been looking at the faces of the big guys. Except for Yang Shiqi and Du Zhen, who can never be seen from their faces, the expressions of the rest of them have some subtle changes - Guo Jing is looking at the people curiously, and it seems that

He was going to record it on his staff list; Hu Xi frowned slightly. The Minister of Rites, who was acting as the Ministry of Revenue, seemed to be dissatisfied with Gu Bin's sharp words; although Wu Zhong's face was calm, but looking at the standing appearance,

He must be a little nervous, and I think so. Among the big bosses in the ministry, this one is famous for his love of money. As for Jin Youzi and Yang Pu, they all have thoughtful expressions.

Zhu Zhanji was naturally full of concern and attentiveness. He even called Wang Jin over and asked a few questions in a low voice before finally nodding. Seeing the emperor in such a state, many of the ministers below had worried expressions on their faces.

The embarrassment is even greater - even though the emperor had just issued an edict asking the officials to self-examine their property, there were many people who were lucky. No one expected that this kind of incident should be a big deal but not a raindrop.

Things will actually turn into actual combat with real swords and guns.

Is it really necessary to investigate in such a big way? If this is really the case, then wouldn't their family's property have to be separated again with great effort, or other methods should be thought of?

The nobles also each have their own land. Although their exemption from taxes and service is much higher than that of civil servants, when compared with the real income, it is naturally very different. But now, because most of them accounted for the first batch of maritime merchants to go to sea

The light, so he could still afford the small land tax, but he was relieved to see the miserable expressions of the civil servants. The British Duke Zhang Fu, who was ordered to know the banquet, watched those people speak one by one from beginning to end, with a look on his face.

His expression remained motionless until the copper bell that signaled the end rang.

This was the first meeting of the Hongwen Pavilion. Some people were happy, some were disappointed, some were nervous, and some were lamenting... It turned out that all living beings are different. But the big boss of the ministry went with the emperor.

They went to the Wenhua Hall, because the impassioned speeches they just made were recorded by someone special. Although their memory was not so bad that they had to read it again, they at least had to stay for the emperor's consultation.

The discussion at Wenhua Hall did not reveal any results regarding today's discussion, but it made this matter a system, twice a month, and each time the candidates were reported three days before - either recommended by the ministry or recommended by the cabinet.

The selection of the Supervisor of Ceremonies was either done by the Hanlin Academy or selected by the emperor himself. Although it cannot be said to be completely fair, it at least opened up an opportunity. Therefore, after the officials withdrew from the Wenhua Palace, Hu Hui, the Minister of Rites, called

After staying in Zhangyue, the two of them started traveling together.

Speaking of Hu Hu, the Minister of Rites, he is really a legendary figure. After the Jingnan incident, although it was said that Emperor Jianwen burned himself to death, Zhu Di still did not dare to believe it, so he sent many people to investigate all over the world, and Hu Hu was one of them

After fourteen years of investigation, there were even rumors that this person had even been overseas. When he came back, Hu Hui was almost

His official career was prosperous, but he encountered some difficulties in the Hongxi year. He wasted a year or two in Nanjing, and then he was transferred back to the capital. After Lu Zhen's death, he was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and now he is also in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. However, this is a wonderful life.

A staunch Nanjing faction, he always believed that moving the capital to Beijing was too expensive, and he had to pay every penny for the input of taxes and official salaries.

Therefore, Hu Xi was not enthusiastic about Du Zhen's proposal to increase officials' salaries before, but he gradually became more and more interested in determining the land area in the world from his initial doubts. He walked and talked with Zhang Yue all the way, and in the end he agreed.

Nodding: "This matter can

Okay, since Yu Qian has already made a name for himself, let’s pick someone with strong strengths to do it. For example, today’s Gu Huanzhang is a suitable candidate. He is a disciple of Yang Mianren, has real talent and learning, and can speak out about his strengths. He can cure those

Powerful!"

Zhang Yue thought about Gu Bin's eloquent talk today and compared it with his usual sarcastic remarks. He couldn't help but sighed secretly, but still said: "I know that person Huan Zhang. He is upright and dares to speak out."

It's good, but it's a bit aloof, and I've never dealt with civil affairs before, so suddenly I'm doing something big like this.

It may not be appropriate. By the way, Hu Shangshu is now in charge of the Ministry of Rites. I have something to mention. Nowadays, each province does not have a special inspector.

It is inefficient to send examiners, but it has always been like this, and it is not conducive to the official education and private education in various provinces."

Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Industry are complex and have always been the last two. The Ministry of Personnel, Household Affairs and Military Affairs each have great power and have always been the most popular. The Ministry of Rites is known as the noble, but the real power lies in

There are imperial examinations held every three years, but these are often appointed by a cabinet minister.

In charge of the examination, the Ministry of Rites only co-organizes the examination, so Hu Hui, the Minister of Rites, is extremely concerned about the Ministry of Accounts. He had heard about Zhang Yue's suggestion before, but after all, his friendship with Zhang Yue was extremely ordinary. At this time, Zhang Yue

Naturally, he was eager to open his mouth, so he asked carefully.

If the power of the imperial examination can really be taken back from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Hanlin Academy, it will be of great benefit to the Ministry of Rites!

For a moment, Hu Hui, who was greatly moved, looked at Zhang Yue and suddenly said with a smile: "Shilang Zhang cares about the world, but this matter is of profound relevance. If you bring it up rashly again..."

"I just mentioned it briefly to the emperor, but if it is really appropriate, it is naturally Hu Shangshu. After all, this is a matter of the Ministry of Rites." At this point, Zhang Yue paused naturally, and when he saw Hu Hui smiling slightly, he knew that this person

He really wanted to take this matter into his own hands, so he continued, "There are just some things. I have to ask Hu Shangshu to understand each other's difficulties."

There are some things, but there is no need to mention them specifically. Hu Hu had previously taken charge of the household department when Xia Yuanji was ill. At that time, he drastically cut expenditures and even focused on the salary reduction of officials, so he met with that meeting

There was a conflict between Du Zhen, who hoped to set a higher ratio of rice and banknotes. But now if the land in the world is re-determined, the household income will be greatly increased. In addition, the money and materials sent to the capital by the three major shipping companies will be greatly increased.

As the situation increased, his insistence on this aspect became a little looser. So, he nodded reservedly, which was regarded as an exchange.

However, when the two of them walked all the way to the left gate of Chang'an and watched Hu Hui leave, Zhang Yue smiled slightly, thinking that he had a suggestion that he had not yet said, otherwise Hu Hui would not be able to maintain his calm expression.

This is a staunch Jiangnan faction. They always believe that Nanjing should be the capital, and maintaining a large number of garrisons and population in the barren north is a waste of national strength. I heard that in recent years, Hu Hui has advocated for relocation of the capital more than once. And he has long ago

Another inscription is ready, which is to establish a shipping department in Tianjin!

After the Ming Dynasty moved the capital, not only did it not change the situation of poverty in the north and wealth in the south, but the North became more and more dependent on rice from the South, which led to the abnormal prosperity of Caohe's economy. Therefore, the proposal of sea transportation was repeatedly raised and blocked. The root cause is,

It’s just that the chain of interests is already too huge. A few years have passed since the capital was moved in the 18th year of Yongle, and it is also the most likely era of change. If it weren’t for the sluggishness of the so-called peaceful and prosperous age, even in the face of what later generations call the small Ming Dynasty,

During the ice age, people would not be able to take advantage of it.

Returning to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, Zhang Yue discovered that the previous turmoil in the Hongwen Pavilion debate seemed to have continued here. The ministers everywhere were talking about it, and some even got carried away and their voices were very loud. Three sentences could not be separated from this time.

Those three important issues. After entering the third door and arriving at the door of the room where he worked, he even heard the familiar voice of Chen Yong inside.

"It's really strange to say that King Wei is young and it is natural for him to stay in the capital. But why did the King of Yue stay and not become a vassal? Even if the Queen Mother wants to keep her own children to serve her, it should be King Xiang..."

Zhang Yue had the same doubts before, but Hu Qi's clues were limited. In addition, it was the Lantern Festival holiday recently and preparations for Hongwen Pavilion were coming. He actually didn't ask any more questions. Now he heard Chen

Yong also said this, and the strangeness in his heart deepened. At this moment, he heard Shi An inside sigh.

"Speaking of this, I have heard rumors, isn't it said that the Queen Mother is ill? It is said that the doctor who was summoned to the palace was recommended by Duke Cheng Guo. The reason why Duke Cheng Guo recommended it seems that it was the King of Yue who recommended it to Cheng Guo.
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