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Capital.

Huangji Palace.

Compared to the shaking and shaking of Haizhou, there is a silence here and everyone is waiting.

"My Taizu Gao was born in a turbulent family and knew the sufferings of the people. Since he followed the will of heaven, led the rebel army to expel the Mongol Yuan and established the Ming Dynasty, what he cared about the most was the livelihood of the lower-class people. Because he was worried that the government would take more, he decided to make a financial and tax strategy of thirty to get one, and did not require too much taxes for the governments in various places, but only required enough. Therefore, not to mention the Han, Tang and Song dynasties, compared with the Mongol Yuan, our dynasty had very few annual incomes."

Emperor Longwu's clear voice rang in the hall.

"Emperor Gao gave scholars preferential treatment and gave scholars a lot of exemptions. Later, Emperor Chengzu increased the bidding, and the court's various preferential treatment was more and more profound. At first, it was not customized, and it was just as he wanted. It was not until Emperor Shizong (Jiajing) that the court formulated a specific charter. This was the practice of ten acres of scholars, and those who were born in juren could reach up to five hundred, Hanlin priests, and up to two thousand acres."

"With such a small number of people entering the year, they have to raise soldiers, conquer, provide disaster relief, and appease the people. It is really difficult to get some natural and man-made disasters. The court will not be able to pay for money."

"Therefore, the dynasty's owed wages and wages has been happening almost every year since its founding."

"When Emperor Shizong (Jiajing), the Ming Dynasty's finances were actually out of control. Fortunately, Xu Jie and Gao Gong were the two chief ministers, and Emperor Muzong's efforts to govern, open border trade, open sea bans, and increase the court's income. My Ming Dynasty recovered. Later, when Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Jiangling were the chief minister, on the basis of Xu Jie Gao Gong, they made drastic moves to reform the tax system and implement the "one-whip method", and our Ming Dynasty's finances and taxation were boosted."

"By the fifteenth year of Wanli, the annual income of our dynasty doubled, and the treasury was rarely filled. However, with the death of Zhang Jiangling, the people were killed and the political situation was slackened, and the annual income began to decrease. After three major strifes, it consumed countless money and grain. The money and grain that Zhang Jiangling had accumulated for the Ming Dynasty also turned into flowing water."

"The situation gradually got worse and the court's income was getting smaller and smaller. It was not that a whip was no longer effective, but because of current affairs."

"The biggest point is that land annexation is becoming more and more serious, and more and more people do not pay taxes. Various tax avoidance methods are blatantly implemented in various places, but the court and government have turned a blind eye to it and even taken it for granted."

"The rich and famous gentry relied on the preferential treatment of the court to them, relied on not paying grain or corvee, and desperately hoarded land. In order to complete the annual quota, the government could only pay more to ordinary small households. The small household could not afford it, so in the end they simply sold the land at a low price and became a tenant of the gentry's large households. The people called it "dedication."

"After the offer, the small households no longer have to pay a small amount of rent to the court, but only need to pay a small amount of rent to the gentry. Because the land is in the name of the tax-free gentry big households, the gentry does not need to pay a penny to the court, and when the court loses taxes, the gentry big households have suffocated their pockets!"

Hearing this, there was a little turmoil in the hall. Although it was expected, His Majesty's blunt statement still surprised many people--because His Majesty was not cursing the "few" of bad gentry, but rather a very common practice of gentry officials. It is called "Shengxian" by the people. About half of the ministers in the hall have land to be donated at home, but the number is different.

When the emperor scolded them in person, they naturally felt numb from their scalp.

Zhu Cixuan continued: "Since the rise of the Liaodong war, it has consumed a lot, and the court's finances are even more difficult. Not only can the military pay and rations, but the salaries of officials are also unable to be obtained. The national treasury is as empty as water washing. In addition, natural disasters and man-made disasters are raging, the court cannot provide food for relief, so the disaster of the thieves in Shaanxi is out of control, and half of our Ming Dynasty has been poked everywhere."

"The country is almost in danger!"

"In recent years, I have been out of Beijing several times and found that there are many large landlords in all places, and correspondingly, there are more and more poor people without land."

"In the 16th year of the First Emperor, I led my troops south to pacify the thieves. When I passed by Huguang, I found that even a fish and rice town like Huguang was devastated and hungry. The people were pale and thin and could not eat. At that time, I couldn't help but wonder, what was going on? Where did my Ming Dynasty go? The court had no food, and the people had no food?"

"If even Huguang cannot survive, will there be another place in the world? If the people cannot survive, can our Ming Dynasty still be there? Even if Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are wiped out, what's the point? Because there will definitely be a second and third Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong emerge!"

Emperor Longwu's voice echoed in the hall.

All the ministers were all disgusted.

"My Ming Dynasty is rich in all over the world and has many people. How could the national treasury be so empty that it could not even afford the military pay of several million taels a year? Is the tax low? But the Liao and bandits' money did not enrich the treasury, but instead caused more disasters. Is there too many wars? But no matter how many wars the Ming Dynasty had, can it be more than the Song Dynasty?"

“What is the reason?”

Zhu Cilang asked and answered himself, saying word by word: "In fact, there was a problem with the fiscal and taxation system of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Jiangling sewed and repaired it that day, but the fundamental problem was not solved. To this day, if the system was not changed, even if Zhang Jiangling was resurrected, it would be useless."

"So, what is the fundamental problem with the financial and taxation system of the Ming Dynasty?"

"In a simple sentence, in the Ming Dynasty's financial and taxation system, some people pay food, while others enjoy the cold!"

As soon as this statement came out, many people in the palace became more and more disgusted. Although they had already understood the attitude and ideas of the emperor through the Sanwen Daily, this sentence was even more the original words of the Sanwen Daily, but the emperor said it in person still shocked them.

"The poor people have no food and clothing, and even forced them to eat, and they have to pay food. On the Qinhuai River, those gentry who spend a lot of money every night and spend a lot of money rarely pay food!"

"The more you have money, the less you need to pay food. Instead, there are more and more taxes and corvee labor on poor people without land."

"In this way, how can the world not be in chaos?"

"This is a shame for the Ming Dynasty and a serious illness for the Ming Dynasty. If you do not change and let it continue, the poor will become poorer and the rich will become richer. When encountering natural disasters and man-made disasters, a lot of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will emerge again!"

"At that time, will I have good luck this time in the Ming Dynasty? Can I have another one, Fujun Jingzhang, and quell the rebellion?"

"I'm afraid I can't do it anymore."

"Therefore, the financial and taxation strategies of the Ming Dynasty have been changed."

"Ge Lao Jiang advised me that the Ming Dynasty's finances and taxation are the source of its own, and reforms should not be too rush, but I must not be rushed!"

"For the sake of the war in Liaodong, I not only issued national debts, borrowed silver from merchants, the people, and the Western barbarians. If I cannot repay it, what is the face of the court? Isn't the great Ming Dynasty ridiculed by the Western barbarians? What's more serious is that if there is no food and salary, what should I use to pacify Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty? Is the front-line soldiers going to drink the northwest wind, right?"

"Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's finances and taxation are imminent, and it has to be changed. Otherwise, even if Liaodong is recovered, it will inevitably be lost for the sake of coming."

"Add to the next step, if the finance and taxation are not changed, my Ming Dynasty will not perish in my hands, but also in the hands of my son and grandson!"

Hearing this, all the ministers changed their colors.

It’s not that now, even in the history books, no emperor has been shouting deafeningly, shortly after he ascended the throne, that the country will perish.

If the country is about to perish, wouldn’t they become the biggest sinners?

Although Your Majesty has not said it clearly, all the ministers understand that His Majesty’s so-called financial and tax reform is actually

Gentlemen work together and pay food together!

It was like a sharp sword that penetrated into each of them, and it was like a rumbling cannon, which made everyone fly in flesh and blood.

Everyone in the palace was all scholars. When they retired and returned home, they would become gentry, preferential treatment for scholars and tax exemption from gentry was the tradition and ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty. Before that, they all took it for granted, but since the Sanwen Daily published an editorial publicly, severely criticized and cited various evidences, many of them were no longer so firm, but a little weak. Today, he heard Emperor Longwu's roar from the blue with a bolt from the blue, and his heart was even more cold.

Your Majesty is determined and seems to have to change it.

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Haizhou.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang~~"

With the roar of six red cannons, various large and small cannons in the Ming army began to fire and roared at Niuzhuang Post.

With continuous artillery bombardment and the sound of the earth shaking bombardment, the entire Niuzhuang Post seemed to have disappeared, with only a stream of smoke and dust filling, wrapping up all the land.

"Let it go, let it go!"

But Li Shun was still not satisfied and still ordered to continue firing fire.

From the 46th year of Wanli to the present, the Ming Dynasty's accumulation in Liaodong was too much. With today's artillery battle, we must vent it in full, so that Jianlu, who was hiding behind the city wall, understood that the Ming Dynasty was irresistible. Any idea of ​​resisting was delusional. If you don't surrender, you just waited to turn into powder and be buried with bricks, stones, and earth.

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

After two consecutive rounds of artillery bombardment, the piers built by Jianlu around Niuzhuang Post had all turned into powder, and the soldiers disappeared. Even the city walls of Niuzhuang Post were thundered...

In another loud bang, the white flag inlaid symbolizing Duoduo was shattered and fell with the dust.

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Capital.

Huangji Palace.

“So, how serious is the investment problem?”

Emperor Longwu's clear voice echoed in the hall, and then suddenly said, "Wu Weiye!"

"I'm here."

Wu Weiye, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, hurriedly stood up - when he was the late emperor, Wu Weiye was dismissed. When it comes to this, Wu Weiye was not liked by Emperor Longwu. It was just that Wu Weiye was hardworking and hardworking. In addition to poetry, he was also a good player in financial management. Therefore, after he succeeded to the throne, Emperor Longwu re-activated Wu Weiye. Until now, Wu Weiye has become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

"You can just give a brief explanation from the Ministry of Revenue." Emperor Longwu said.

"yes."

Wu Weiye was prepared for a long time, stood in the hall, took out the army from his sleeve, and reported loudly to Emperor Longwu.

"According to the inherent information of the Ministry of Revenue and the latest verification from last year to this year, the number of land dedicated to Baoding and Henan is amazing... Zhang Xun, a juren, has 500 mu of land under his name, of which 400 mu are from others. Pei Yan, the former Minister of Rites, has 1,600 mu of land, and from 1,000 mu of land is dedicated to the land. In the entire Baoding area, there are a total of 247,623 hectares and 68 mu of land, of which 57,600 hectares and 664 mu of land are dedicated to the land exempted from taxes..."

Wu Weiye's voice echoed in the hall.

The faces of the ministers in the palace were all ugly.

There are only so many Baoding areas, not to mention the whole country.

The Ministry of Revenue's investigation was so detailed that it seemed that it had been conducted secretly. Not only the Ministry of Revenue, but the Jinyiwei was afraid that the Jinyiwei would also participate.

Finally, Wu Weiye finished his study and then retreated.

Facing the facts presented by the Ministry of Revenue, all the ministers were silent.

Zhu Cilang looked at his ministers: "There are 240,000 hectares of registered fields in Baoding, of which 50,000 hectares of land are 50,000 hectares, which is one fifth! In this regard, the two capitals and 13 provinces of the Ming Dynasty have a total of 4.22 million hectares of registered fields. In terms of one fifth, it is 800,000 hectares. In other words, the Ming Dynasty will lose taxes on 800,000 hectares of land every year!"

"Eighty hundred thousand hectares, how much land tax has the imperial court lost? How many soldiers can it raise? If I don't say it, you will calculate it."

"The reduction of gentry was originally the preferential treatment of scholars by Emperor Taizu Chengzu, for the decentness of scholars, not for the purpose of scholars to make money."

"Five years ago, the imperial court implemented the tax on acres of tax on acres, and exempted the tax on acres of population and allocated the original tax on acres. Although it reduced the burden on the poor people, the problem of investment was still not solved. The poor are getting poorer and the rich are getting richer, and the large-scale loss of national fiscal and taxation is still spreading."

"So, how can we change this stubborn disease?"

Emperor Longwu's clear and firm voice echoed in the Wenhua Hall: "In a word, gentry is the job, paying food together, and everyone treats everyone equally, plugging the preferential treatment of gentry, rampant offerings, the national treasury becomes increasingly empty, officials have no salary, soldiers have no salary, treasury, and people have no mercy!"

In the end, Emperor Longwu's voice was determined and he could not retreat at all.

The hall was slightly turbulent.

Although he had expected it, His Majesty's determination still shocked them. Sure enough, His Majesty would not do it. If he wanted to do it, he would definitely implement the major policy of paying food and serving as one person, and offending all scholars in the world without hesitation and moving forward without hesitation.

Before this, during the implementation of "spending acres of people" by the ministers, the ministers had clearly understood His Majesty Longwu's resoluteness and unrestrainedness. The officials who opposed him at the time, no matter what position or how high the reputation, were all removed from their posts and the court would never hire him. It seems that His Majesty still had to execute the same way as last time.

However, although the benefits of stakes to the gentry are harmful to the interests of the gentry, within the affordable scope, Your Majesty now wants to implement an integrated job and pay food. There is no difference between officials and gentry and the people, and the harm to the gentry and scholars is really too great.

If everyone is treated the same, then why are you studying?

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