Toyama Yu's face was pale, but the hundred households looked indifferent.

"What Japanese pirates, that's the fishing boat!"

"Yes...yes...Japanese pirates..."

When sailing on the sea, you don’t just walk as you want. You have to follow the waterway. Therefore, the distance between the two ships is very close.

Just as the two ships were crossing, someone shouted on the mast of the three-headed monster dragon.

Toyama's legs were so scared that his legs were weak. He was finished and he was going to die here today.

In this way... it can be considered as sacrificing one's life for the country...

However, beside him, the hundred-husband raised his hand and waved at the ship opposite him.

Immediately afterwards, the two ships intersected, one in front and one behind, gradually moving away.

Toyama Yu looked at all this with confusion, as if two acquaintances were walking on the road, greeted each other when they met, and then left each other.

And you said you don't know each other?

It's simply...

Toyama Yuuo was already exhausted. He really couldn't imagine how could anyone in this world be so shameless?

With the sails of three-headed monster dragons hanging on, pretending to be Japanese pirates, they ran to our country to burn, kill, loot. Now when they meet, they don’t even hide it?

I'm not blind!

Looking at Toyama Yu's stunned look, the Baihu said impatiently: "It's just an ordinary fishing boat, what's the point of making a fuss?"

"But, the three-headed monster dragon on the sail..."

"Oh, you said that!"

The hundred-hunter said without changing his face: "People who go out to sea are superstitious. Legend has it that there is a Dragon Prince in the sea. They painted dragons on the sails, which means to bless them to go out to sea with peace."

Toyama Yu was completely speechless. Is this really the meaning?

But, even if you know the truth, what can you do?

Mingren... It's abominable!

…………

Zhu Qizhen did not take the matter about Japan to heart.

To be honest, he didn't care about the life and death of the Japanese. These Dongyang Lius have been coveting the Ming Dynasty and should have taught them some lessons long ago.

Now that I am beaten and crying, I think it's all over if I lose money and cede land?

Innocent!

Losing money to cede land is just the beginning, and the real method is still early!

However, he really couldn't care about the East Sixth Army now because there were too many things to do, changing the land, changing the imperial examination, changing the household registration, opening a sea to the West... In short, everything needs to be changed!

If I wanted to move the ancestral system in the past, it would be a huge challenge. Even if I was the emperor, as long as I said I wanted to reform, a large number of civil officials would jump out and cry and shout, saying that the ancestral system should not be violated.

Now, taking advantage of a rebellion in Nanjing, the smuggling groups on the southeast coast were uprooted. Now the civil officials are all silent, fearing that they will be implicated if they say a word. It is the time to implement the new policy by drastic moves.

After receiving the imperial edict, Shang Lu immediately rushed from Wei County to Nanjing without stopping.

At the beginning, he was almost about to step into the cabinet and was intercepted by the emperor.

It was also from then on that time that he suddenly realized that he really was not good at his level.

Every day, Confucius and Mencius are benevolent and righteous, and they are full of great principles. However, when they really go to a place and become parents in a county, they are blinded and don’t know what to do.

During this year in Wei County, he was like a different person, and calmed down to learn the new policy.

As the county magistrate, he hardly stayed in the county government office. He took his subordinate officials to measure the land every day and learned about the situation from house to house.

Zhu Qizhen’s new policy to Shanglu is just four words to put it bluntly, and it is worth a sum of money.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Ding Silver system was implemented, also known as the capitol tax.

This taxation method is based on population as the standard and has existed for more than two thousand years.

In layman's terms, no matter the wealth, no matter the status of the people, taxes will be imposed on the head.

For example, if a person collects money for a lifetime, no matter whether you are rich or poor, you will pay money for money.

Moreover, if you have good fortune, these taxes can be exempted.

This tax method has great disadvantages, because taxes are paid according to the population. If poor families have a few more children, the burden will be greatly increased.

For wealthy families, the little bit of tax is a drop in the bucket for them.

This led to a very extreme phenomenon. The rich have many fields and fields, but there are few people, and the poor have no standing cone, so there are more corvee labor.

What's more, rich people can also use various relationships and don't even want to pay this tax. The poor have no better way except to bite the bullet and pay taxes.

Because Ding Yin was requisitioned by local officials and was not handed over to the court, the operational space was greater, and eventually, a lot of this money was put into the private pockets of the officials.

In this way, what if the country is fighting a war or carrying out other large-scale projects and has no money?

It's very simple, add taxes to silver!

This part of the additional taxation is of course on the common people. Those rich families, especially those with fame, are tax-free.

No matter how difficult the country is, how much tax it is, it has nothing to do with them.

Shang Lu was born in the Three Yuan Dynasty and his intelligence was not inferior to anyone. He carefully studied the new policy given by the emperor and quickly understood the profound meaning of it.

If this situation continues to develop, the people will suffer in great pain, and sooner or later, the Ming Dynasty will collapse.

When he understood this, he did not hesitate.

If the Ming Dynasty wanted to develop, the Dingyin system must be abolished.

Even though he was a gentry class, he spared no effort to implement the new policy in Wei County.

During this year, Shang Lu encountered many obstacles and was even jointly filed by the gentry of Wei County. Fortunately, he had the emperor as his backer, and in the end, Wei County finally achieved the stake in the acres.

Although it is just a county, it is unprecedented in the Ming Dynasty and has important guiding significance for promoting the whole country.

Some time ago, when the smuggling case was thoroughly investigated, many officials in Nanzhili were implicated, including the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture.

The first thing Zhu Qizhen thought of about the new candidate was Shang Lu.

"I am Shang Lu, ask the saints for peace!"

Zhu Qizhen looked at it carefully and found that after just a year, the white scholar who was originally tender and tender in the skin turned out to be black.

He was moved very much, raised his hand and said, "Your family invites you, come and see the seat!"

Shang Lu thanked him and sat down carefully.

"Your family will tell you about the situation in Wei County!"

Shang Lu nodded slightly and said, "The matter in the county is nothing more than scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and there are additional punishments, taxes, roads, and learning. No farming is unstable, no work is strong, no business is rich, no punishment is uneasy, no punishment is uneasy, no If the tax is not enough, the treasury cannot make up for its shortcomings, and the government cannot do anything. Without a way, it will be out of reach. Without learning, the people will not be able to gain wisdom. Moreover, these are interconnected and inseparable. If the criminal law is not strict enough, it cannot intimidate the villain. Where can merchants dare to come? Only with merchants can there be taxes. Only with taxes can the government build roads. Once roads are built, it requires labor and countless manpower. With these countless manpower, it is necessary for farmers. There was a huge demand. When I arrived in Wei County, I first changed the tax system, then built roads, and encouraged the opening of workshops. At first, it was difficult to do so. After all, the government's finances and taxation were insufficient, so I also needed to be cautious at the beginning of the reform. Otherwise, if the cost was huge, the county The medium-term deficit is also quite large. If there is no control, it may lead to a major disaster at that time."

After saying this, Zhu Qizhen was stunned.

He turned to look at Yu Qian, and frowned, as if it was difficult to understand in a short period of time.

Zhu Qizhen understood it, but he didn't expect that Shang Lu had such a deep understanding.

It seems that those who have work experience are different.

Since this is the case, the position of Yingtian Prefecture's prefect is even more important than Shang Lu.

"Well, it's very good!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "I summoned your family to come today for Yingtian Mansion..."

"emperor!"

At this time, Yu Qian suddenly stood up and interrupted.

Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to ask: "What's your problem?"

Yu Qian replied frankly: "What Magistrate Shang said just now... I didn't understand!"

Zhu Qizhen was speechless, you didn’t understand... Do you still understand?

Yu Qian turned to Shanglu and asked: "Shang Magistrate strongly advocates industry, commerce, farming and punishment, and even the roads are said. Although these are certainly needed in the county, I think that since I want to govern one side, isn't this education the most important.

What is the matter? Why does the magistrate of Shang say that the magistrate of Shang doesn’t mention this at all?”

As a scholar, Yu Qian naturally believes that education is a major event.

Among the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Personnel was the first, followed by the Ministry of Rites. Sometimes, the Ministry of Rites had a status of not being inferior to the Ministry of Personnel. The reason was that this reading was an important matter.

Shang Lu smiled calmly and said, "The official mentioned now that without learning, the people cannot be enlightened."

"But you didn't say, how should you learn? Especially under the new policy, no farming is unstable, no work is strong, no business is rich, no punishment is uneasy, no taxes are not enough, the treasury cannot make up for its shortcomings, so many measures are

I said that I didn't mention the matter of education. If I lose my education, I will lose my fundamentals. I don't oppose the new policy, but I just keep thinking about the new policy, but I'm afraid I still have shortcomings. Therefore, I'm pursuing business.

The magistrate was very confused about how to cook the meal. Not to mention anything else, has Wei County opened a county school?"

Shang Lu replied: "The officials thought that education was not a matter of one day or one night, nor was it a county school, so that the people would educate the people. If they wanted to be enlightened, they must vigorously popularize their studies and open a college school so that all children of the right age would go.
To be continued...