Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 920, the real benefits

This eunuch was conferred a knighthood, there have been in history, but it was the first of its kind in the Ming Dynasty.

But this doesn't really surprise everyone, after all, it's just a knighthood, even if it's a eunuch, it's a bit special, but it's acceptable.

Xiao Jing is actually a very good person. He is a rare eunuch with a good reputation in the history of the Ming Dynasty. He is loyal to Emperor Hongzhi, and he is in charge of the factory guards. Speaking of him, like Emperor Hongzhi, he is also a good person, and everyone likes him more.

This time, Emperor Hongzhi's illness was indeed diagnosed at the affiliated medical institution of Daming Medical College at his suggestion, which can be regarded as a great contribution.

Emperor Hongzhi expressed his gratitude and rewarded him with a title. This is nothing, and everyone can accept it. He didn't increase Xiao Jing's power or anything like that, it was just an extra Marquis.

What surprised everyone was the reward given to Liu Jin by Emperor Hongzhi.

Liu Jin himself is already a duke, so there must be no way to talk about being a king, so he can only be promoted and rewarded.

Let Liu Jin be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, everyone has already prepared in their hearts. After the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Jia, was dismissed by Emperor Hongzhi, the cabinet has recommended several rounds of candidates many times, but they were all rejected by Emperor Hongzhi. to dismiss.

Everyone has already guessed that this position is reserved for Liu Jin. He has made great contributions to the Western Regions and Central Asia, and he should be rewarded. Now that he has cured Emperor Hongzhi, it is normal for him to be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Officials. something happened.

To everyone's surprise, Liu Jin was also given the crown prince Shaobao, which is unusual.

You must know that generally adding the crown prince Shaobao, the prince Shaofu, and the prince Taifu means joining the cabinet. Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, is the young Fu and the prince Taifu. And Xie Qian is Prince Shaobao, a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Now Liu Jin is also added a Prince Shaobao, which obviously means that Liu Jin will enter the cabinet in the future, and he is short of giving Liu Jin the title of Wenyuange University Bachelor.

Liu Jin is only in his twenties now, and he has become the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he has also been named the Prince Shaobao. It has only been a few years, and this speed of promotion is simply terrible. Throughout the dynasties, there are very, very few.

It can be seen that Liu Jin really has a deep heart for the emperor, and Emperor Hongzhi likes it very much. Of course, Liu Jin's contribution is also enough to bear it, but he is still too young.

But what really surprised everyone was that Emperor Hongzhi ordered to permanently exempt the population tax and corvee, and at the same time announced that he would never increase the tax.

Population tax and corvee have existed almost since ancient times, and have existed in all dynasties.

Personnel tax is often regarded as an important source of court revenue. As for corvee service, it is often used by the court when it handles some major events.

Like the previous construction of the Great Wall, the construction of city walls, river lifts, canals, etc., the common people were conscripted in the form of corvee to build these things for the court free of charge.

Sometimes the emperor wanted to build palaces, pavilions, etc., and he also used corvée to complete them. Tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people were often recruited to do these projects.

In addition, the construction of the emperor's mausoleum is also completed in the form of corvee, which can be regarded as a project stipulated in the past dynasties. Every emperor has to build his own mausoleum since he ascended the throne.Sometimes the emperor felt that he was dying, and he would recruit tens of thousands of laborers to build the mausoleum.

Now Emperor Hongzhi exempted the per capita tax and corvee at once, and it was permanently exempted. At the same time, he also announced that he would never increase the tax, which surprised the officials.

Obviously, this is not simply to celebrate the recovery of Emperor Hongzhi. If it is to celebrate, it is still possible to exempt for one or two years, and it is impossible to say that it is permanently exempted.

Behind this, it is obvious that Emperor Hongzhi is planning for the next administration.

Officials who understood how to think began to think hard one by one. Why did Emperor Hongzhi exempt the population tax and corvee, and never increase the tax? This will never increase the tax, which refers to talent. As for the commercial tax, it is still formulated according to Liu Jin That set will be implemented.

"Although the imperial court has passed tax reforms in the past two years, the national treasury has been full, and the personal tax and corvee are already dispensable for the imperial court, but there must be some deep meaning behind the exemption of the personal tax and corvee."

"Is it for human affairs?"

Some ministers quickly guessed.

"It seems that His Majesty will definitely come to count the population of Ming Dynasty next."

Liu Jin also pondered carefully, and soon guessed Emperor Hongzhi's plan.

If you want to count the population of Ming Dynasty, you must exempt the population tax and corvee, because as long as there is a population tax and corvee, there will be people who will hide the population, which will lead to inaccurate population statistics.

With the development of the Ming Dynasty into the colonial era and the capitalist era, the imperial court also needs to accurately grasp the data related to the population, distribution, male-to-female ratio, etc. of the Ming Dynasty, so as to be able to manage and emigrate better.

"It's different when you have money. You can do things more generously."

Liu Jin smiled and sighed in his heart.

If Emperor Hongzhi was exempted from the per capita tax and corvee, it would definitely be impossible. Without the Ming court before the tax reform, the poor clang, and the treasury could starve to death rats. The per capita tax and corvee are extremely important, no may be exempt.

But it’s different now. In the [-]th year of Hongzhi, the tax revenue of the Ming court exceeded [-] million taels of silver alone, plus the grain, cloth, tea, sugar, silk, and silk. Waiting for the real thing, after this conversion, the Ming court's treasury revenue last year was very considerable.

Not only did the officials and bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty increase their salaries unprecedentedly, but also in terms of building the country, it was more generous. There are more than a dozen concrete roads that have been built this year alone, running through the north and south, east and west, and initially forming a road. As for the network, as for reservoirs, dams, bridges, river lifts, etc., construction started all at once.

Now Emperor Hongzhi exempts the population tax and corvee, and will never increase the tax. This is also emboldened. If he has no money, he may not be able to be so generous.

Emperor Hongzhi's decree was soon sent to all over the Ming Dynasty.

"Sell newspaper~sell newspaper~"

"The emperor has fully recovered, amnesty the world, permanently exempts the population tax and corvee, and will never increase the tax. The whole world celebrates!"

Accompanied by the cries of newsboys, the newspapers were snapped up quickly, and soon, in the streets and alleys of the capital, the sound of firecrackers began to be heard endlessly, and fireworks continued to rise into the sky and bloom, celebrating the recovery of Da Mingzi.

Of course, the emperor's physical recovery and the stability of the Ming Dynasty are naturally something to be happy about.

But what really makes the common people happy is the permanent exemption of population tax and corvee, and never increasing taxes. This is the real benefit.

In the past, everyone would more or less hide some population.

There are seven or eight children in this family. At best, they will report two or three children. It is impossible to report all the children, because the more people report, the more the child tax needs to be paid, and the burden that needs to be borne There are more corvees.

Now the population tax and corvee are exempted, which is very good for the common people.

The children in the family don't have to hide anymore, they can all report it, and they can go for a medical examination when they are recruited. This is a good job to be a soldier now.

When I was a soldier, I had a good income. Secondly, I could enjoy free taxes and corvee at home. More importantly, I could learn knowledge and be able to read and write in the army.

After serving in the army for several years, after retiring from the imperial court, there are still arrangements. Some return to their hometowns to become policemen and servants, and they can be regarded as prestigious people in their hometowns. Quartet, if you make meritorious service in battle, it will be even more extraordinary.

After meritorious service, not only the parents and officials in the hometown will send plaques to the home, not to mention Guangzong Yaozu, the money, land, cattle, sheep, horses, and slaves rewarded by the court are also real benefits.

There are quite a few soldiers joining the army here in the capital. They were just ordinary children before, but now all of them are extraordinary, and the family also enjoys the glory.

Well now, the population tax and corvee are exempted, and everyone can make babies desperately, report to the court when they are born, register and register, and when they grow up, they can join the army when they grow up.

In the Beijing-Tianjin area, firecrackers were fired, celebrating.

At the same time, as the news spread in and out of Daming, the common people from all over the Ming Dynasty also celebrated one after another, beating gongs and drums, and it was very lively.

Even the vassal state of Ming Dynasty also celebrated together.

The king of North Korea, Yan Shanjun, even sent a huge team of missions to the capital to congratulate, carrying gifts such as beauties, jewelry, ginseng and so on.

Not to be outdone by others, the same is true for the Wa Kingdom, who directly packed a large boat with congratulatory gifts and came to Daming to congratulate the son of the Ming Dynasty on the health of the dragon.

As for the Khan Mulundekhan of the Kazakh Khanate who surrendered to Ming Dynasty recently, after learning the news, he also sent people to the capital of Ming Dynasty to congratulate him with BMWs and beauties.

In addition, Siam, Burma, Chenla, Sulu, etc. in Nanyang are naturally like this. Pidian, Pidian came to Daming with gifts to express their congratulations. Well, they also came to repair relations with Daming. Last year, Daming was in Nanyang. The thunderous action caused the Nanyang countries to have their noses bruised and their faces swollen.

In addition, inside the Ming Dynasty, the grassland people in the north presented an eagle to Emperor Hongzhi, wishing that Emperor Hongzhi could soar in the blue sky forever like an eagle.

In the U-Tsang area, which was conquered by the Ming Dynasty only this year, the monks of U-Tsang held a grand Dharma meeting. Countless monks gathered together to pray for the Son of Heaven...
(End of this chapter)