Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1421 It's time to stand in line

"Your Majesty, they are talking nonsense, they are talking nonsense~"

"The ministers are loyal to His Majesty. They are born as members of Daming and die as ghosts of Daming. How dare they not be loyal to His Majesty and Daming!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the loyalty of the ministers can be seen in the sky!"

After being labeled as big, Gao Yuanlong, Qian Qi and the others immediately fell to their knees and kept professing their loyalty to Emperor Hongzhi.

They dare not accept this hat no matter what. Once they accept this hat, it will really be over.

"Loyalty is harsh to the ear. Since ancient times, sages and sages have ruled the world with loyalty and filial piety. Most of the kings who subjugate the country are violent, extravagant and aggressive.

"My country of Ming Dynasty is already huge enough. There is no need to support millions of troops. There are barbarians in all directions. It is far less prosperous than my Ming Dynasty. My Ming Dynasty can't be aggressive."

"Since ancient times, great construction projects have labored the people and cost money. Now our Ming Dynasty is building roads and railways on a large scale. It costs hundreds of millions of taels of silver at every turn. These are the blood and sweat of the people. If things go on like this, the people of our Ming Dynasty will be in dire straits. According to the time There must be flames everywhere."

"The imperial court's tax should be sufficient. There is no need to impose such a tyrannical taxation, set up a tax office, and raise tax collectors to forcefully collect taxes."

"Your Majesty, please abolish the tax office, implement the policy of light corvee and light tax, so that the people can rest!"

While professing loyalty to Emperor Hongzhi, they kept criticizing the super-tax policy, and even the expansion of the Ming Dynasty's territory was called militarism, and the infrastructure construction was called a large-scale construction project.

The core still revolves around taxation. Emperor Hongzhi is required to abolish the tax office and the current tax system.

"Your Majesty, they are simply talking nonsense~"

"My Ming Dynasty now builds roads and railways, all of which are built through employment. Whether it is roads or railways, the workers involved in the construction can get at least five taels of silver a month. Five taels of silver is enough to easily feed a family of eight."

"Therefore, there are now millions of workers in our Ming Dynasty who rely exclusively on building roads, railways, ports, dams, bridges, etc., and earn a lot of money."

"It's not the case that in ancient times people were recruited directly in the form of corvée for civil engineering. Since the thirteenth year of Hongzhi in my Ming Dynasty, people have basically stopped using corvée throughout the country. Instead, they have used the method of employment to build infrastructure. .”

"Secondly, our Ming Dynasty built large-scale infrastructure. This is a policy that benefits the country and the people. The roads are built and the traffic is convenient. The construction of embankments and the dredging of rivers improve the ability to resist floods and facilitate water travel."

"The construction of the port facilitates overseas exchanges and trade. Nanyang rice and white noodles from Liaodong are transported to the capital, and the price is still very cheap."

"In the land of Beijing and Tianjin, there are many factories, workshops, and commercial firms. Millions of migrant workers come to work through the roads extending in all directions, and the transportation of goods is convenient."

"The railway travels thousands of miles a day, and the carrying capacity is huge. It only takes two days to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the Beijing and Tianjin areas."

"The imperial court rectified military affairs, strengthened the country and strengthened the people, and expanded the territory. The fertile and vast lands such as Nanyang, Liaodong, grasslands, Western Regions, Hezhong, Nanyun, Australia, and Huangjinzhou have all become the cradle of China, but in their eyes It’s militarism, and even want to disband the army, isn’t it self-abolishment of martial arts, and when the time comes, people will kill me with swords, and my vast territory of Ming Dynasty will be cheap again?”

"Your Majesty, these people are truly determined to destroy my Ming Dynasty. They are enemies and traitors of my Ming Dynasty. They are trying to destroy the foundation of my Ming Dynasty and destroy my Ming Dynasty."

Hearing the words of Gao Yuanlong, Qian Qi and others, the officials on Liu Jin's side immediately became angry, and pointed to their noses again, looking extremely angry.

These people simply want to punish Daming to death.

Daming can have the huge country it is now, relying on a powerful army of millions of elites, without this army of millions, how could it be possible for Daming to sweep all directions?

Can you beat the Tatars in the north with your mouth, or can you wipe out the Japanese pirates on the southeast coast, or can you sweep the Western Regions and Hezhong, and capture Nayun Province from the Ottoman Empire?

These are all based on having a strong army, so that they can seize Nanyang and coerce the barbarians everywhere.

But when it came to their mouths, they felt that the land of Ming Dynasty was already large enough, so there was no need to raise so many troops, some troops should be abolished, and expenditures should be reduced, so that so many taxes would not be levied.

Then he described the large-scale infrastructure construction as a large-scale construction project.

This large-scale construction project used the form of corvee to mobilize people's power, so since ancient times, the common people have been very afraid of corvee, because not only do they have no money, but they also have to bring their own food, tools and so on.

But the current infrastructure in Ming Dynasty is completely different. The imperial court is responsible for paying or raising funds, and hires specialized construction firms to do these things. The recruited workers not only have to pay wages, but also manage food. It's all physical work, and the salary of this young man is much higher than that in the factory.

These people confuse right and wrong with infrastructure construction and large-scale construction projects. At the same time, they completely fail to see the role of infrastructure construction.

We must know that even though Emperor Sui Yang built the Grand Canal, although it was laborious and costly, the Grand Canal is still benefiting the north and the south, benefiting the people along the coast, and is still an important water transport route.

After the death of the Sui Dynasty, this river has been Lai Tongbo for thousands of miles.If there is no dragon boat event in the water palace, there will not be much meritorious deeds of Gong Yu.

It is the Grand Canal, and I have seen the positive role played by the Grand Canal.

The large infrastructure construction carried out by the Ming Dynasty now has a much more role than the Grand Canal. The key is to spend real money to build it.

They confuse right and wrong, criticize indiscriminately, how can it not make people angry!
Even some ministers who were originally neutral in the DPRK felt that these people were talking nonsense and couldn't help shaking their heads.

Emperor Hongzhi kept his face expressionless, watching the debate in the Golden Luan Hall below with cold eyes, and at the same time looked at the senior ministers of the three cabinets, six ministers, ministers and other important ministers standing in the front.

Liu Jian was frowning at this time, Li Dongyang was silent, Xie Qian was expressionless, and Hubu Shangshu Zhong Zhong showed anger.

"Liu Jian, what do you think about this~"

After waiting for everyone to stop, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian and asked.

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's question, Liu Jian stood up slowly and said: "Your Majesty, this matter was caused by the attack on the Nanzhili Taxation Office. I think that the imperial court thoroughly investigated this matter, so I really want to understand. Conclusive."

Liu Jian is actually making peace with each other. He has already felt the power of fire and water above the court, so the better way now is to transfer the conflict between the two parties, minimize the big issue, and try not to cause a big shock in the court and the public.

"What do you think about the tax and the tax office?"

Emperor Hongzhi would obviously not be satisfied with his answer. What about extortionate extortion and large-scale construction, I, Emperor Hongzhi, have always been conscientious, diligent and thrifty, but in their mouths, I look like a king of subjugation.

In fact, Emperor Hongzhi was already furious in his heart, but as an emperor, his emotions and anger had long been invisible.

"Your Majesty, the current taxation of the Ming Dynasty is collected from the people and used for the people. It is a policy that benefits the country and the people. The property of the entire Ming Dynasty, up to His Majesty, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince all pay taxes in accordance with the law and regulations. This ordinary gentry, People, merchants, etc. should be like this.”

"Because the taxes collected by the imperial court were eventually returned to the people of Ming Dynasty, and roads, railways, dams, reservoirs, bridges, etc. were built for the people."

"Although the current tax bureaus often use force to collect taxes when collecting taxes, this is purely helpless. For example, there are many merchants, wealthy households, and gentry in Nanzhili. They don't know the purpose of tax collection by the court. There are many tax evaders and tax evaders, and it will be difficult to collect tax money without taking some necessary measures.”

Hearing the culture of Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian groaned slightly in his heart, forcing himself to stand in line.

There is no way, Liu Jian still has to choose wisely to stand on the side of Emperor Hongzhi and support the existing tax system and policies.

Although he is also a traditional civil servant, what he has learned since he was a child is also Confucianism.

But after these years of great changes, he also deeply felt that the original set of things may not be suitable for the current Da Ming. If Da Ming wants to be strong, he must make changes, and today's Da Ming is changing even more. Prosperity and prosperity.

If the previous systems are implemented again, I am afraid that the world will really be disrupted.

"Hmm~"

"Li Dongyang, what do you think?"

After listening, Emperor Hongzhi nodded in satisfaction and looked at Li Dongyang.

"Your Majesty, I think what Liu Gong said is true~"

"My current taxes in the Ming Dynasty are collected from the people and used for the people. However, there are a large number of ignorant and ignorant people who don't know the difficulties of your majesty and the court. They don't want to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. have no choice."

"I think that in addition to continuing to adhere to the existing policies, we should also increase the promotion of the role of taxation, so that the subjects of the world know the importance of paying taxes according to law, and know the nature of taxation. In fact, it is to serve the people of the world. .”

Li Dongyang thought for a while and replied.

"Well, well said~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded in satisfaction.

Li Dongyang is still very smart, the key is that he is a truly talented minister, and he knows what is useful and beneficial to Daming, and what is not.

"Xie Qian, what do you think?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xie Qian again and asked.

"Your Majesty, what Liu Gong and Li Gong said is true. Taxation is the foundation of the imperial court. It is the foundation that supports the operation of the imperial court and implements many national policies. I believe that we should continue to persist."

Xie Qian sighed helplessly in his heart. He is from Jiangnan, and he has always been firmly opposed to the introduction of commercial tax, but he is still very clear about the situation in front of him and knows which side he should stand on.

　What do you think?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)