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674 [East Returning Chronicle](2/2)

Dare to jump out and cause trouble?

They did not dare to cause trouble, but Wang Yuan took the initiative to stir up trouble and sent censors out to thoroughly investigate the corruption situation in Kaizhong.

The northern vassal kings once again had part of their property confiscated by Wang Yuan. Five of the guarding eunuchs were imprisoned at once, and eight wealthy merchants were fined with silver to compensate for their crimes (bribery). The northern hereditary military commanders suffered the worst. They had been raped several times before, and this time they were punished again.

Strictly investigate their corruption and abuse of grain and grass.

Military attachés who had embezzled more than a thousand taels were all dismissed from their posts and sent into exile. They took their families and their families to Tianzhu and gave them to Wang Fang to increase the number of Han people in Gujrat.

The Kaizhong system established by Zhu Yuanzhang existed in name only during the Hongzhi period. The country could not collect salt taxes, border towns could not get food and grass, and all the benefits were taken away by the powerful, military attachés and merchants.

Now, Wang Yuan finally cut the knot quickly and completely abolished the Kaizhong system. The annual salt tax revenue can be increased by at least tens of millions of taels!

In addition, the newly reinstated Chief Secretary of Cochin, under the banner of whipping the law, is actually engaging in the practice of allocating landowners to landowners. This year, the landlords rebelled, and Lin Fu and Shen Xiyi led troops to quell the rebellion. It took half a year to roughly get it done, but

There are also some armed landlords hiding in the mountains and forests.

Land taxes, tariffs, salt taxes, commercial taxes, mining taxes...the total of these taxes may reach 30 million taels this year, and the two salt policy reforms can contribute more than 10 million taels of annual income.

With an annual income of 30 million taels of silver, not including overseas colonial income, Zhu Zaiyi became emperor while lying on the silver mountain.

Of course, Wang Yuan's reform of the salt policy this time greatly offended all parties. Although no one dared to resist, the more it happened, the more terrifying it became. How many people were waiting for a counterattack, and how many people cursed Wang Yuan for his sudden death in his prime.

Nanjing's "Shilin Xunbao" published a large number of articles on "benevolent governance" during this period, saying that wise ministers should not compete with the people for profit, but should do something to hide wealth from the people.

Anyway, he was sour, making insinuations and slandering Wang Yuan, but he hesitated and didn't dare to say it clearly.
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