Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 457
Regardless of the fact that Jin Yiwei seems to have kept a low profile over the years, and their authority has also decreased a lot, but in fact Jin Yiwei has left a great psychological shadow on the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty.Even the wealthy gentry would tremble when they heard Jin Yiwei.

The Emperor Yingshi now deliberately mentions such emperors as Jinyiwei and Dongchang, which is obviously a knock on the mountain.

In fact, everyone knows that things like paying taxes generally do not require the guards to be dispatched.If the guards were really dispatched, there would have been civil uprisings if nothing unexpected happened.In other words, these guards are prepared for those aristocratic families.

It is Zhu Yunying's plan to use tax collection to severely suppress corruption.For corrupt officials, the limit that normal people can tolerate is very low.

Don't say that a capable minister of a corrupt official is better than an incompetent and honest official, that is only a very small number of things.The most important thing is that corrupt officials are in office, and most of them are connected with interests, which will have an extremely bad impact on the entire officialdom or the governance of people's livelihood.

Looking at the civil and military officials with different expressions below, Zhu Yunying did not continue to say anything, as long as everyone understands some things.

Zhu Yunying has not forgotten the business, rectifying the administration of officials and eradicating corruption, this is a matter of beating rabbits, this is not the fundamental reason for summoning important ministers this time, Zhu Yunying has not forgotten that he is still thinking about reforming the tax system, and it is impossible to be interrupted Fool it.

Sighing, Zhu Yunying said worriedly, "The two tax laws have been passed down for hundreds of years, and there have been many improvements in the past dynasties. But now it seems that the deficiencies of the two tax laws are quite clear to all of you."

In fact, many people are very aware of the shortcomings of the two tax laws.Although the intentions of these two tax laws were good when they were introduced, there are indeed many positive aspects.

However, in the two tax laws, there are also many currency calculations that are converted into real objects.Or as time goes by, the insatiable feudal officials set up names to extort money beyond the two tax quotas.Moreover, in order to get promoted, many officials levied excessive taxes in addition to regular taxes.Heavy and exorbitant taxes have plunged the working people into a miserable situation where life would be worse than death.

The most important thing is that after the two tax laws, the problem of land annexation will become more severe. The rich will force the poor to sell their land without paying taxes. There are more tenants and farmers.

Or it is the phenomenon that money is more important than goods, and farmers have to sell silk, grain or other products cheaply to pay taxes, which increases the burden.

Among them, there are also problems such as not adjusting the household registration level for a long time, which will cause the principle that the burden of the rich and the poor cannot be implemented.

After all, under the current level of productivity, it would be extremely troublesome to conduct household registration surveys and so on from time to time.

Yu Xin stood up and said hastily, "Your Majesty, although the law of the two taxes is insufficient, the government is clear, the court is fair, and the treasury can be taxed as much as possible."

"That's the reason." Zhu Yunying nodded, but still emphasized, "Aiqing is steady, I know it. But Aiqing should not ignore the long-term plan. The country has a lot of people and people have land. However, the country has been established for more than [-] years, and many wealthy households have more and more land, and some farmers have become tenants, and Ai Qing must not forget."

This is also what Zhu Yunying is worried about now, worrying about the Ming Dynasty's prosperity and decline.

The current Ming Dynasty is politically stable in the country, and it has always been regarded as a continuous recuperation.All of this has greatly improved people's livelihood, and the living environment of many people has also begun to improve.

At such a time, phenomena such as land mergers also began to emerge.Even if it doesn't look particularly serious, or the land annexation doesn't become a hidden danger to the Ming Dynasty, it can't be regarded as nothing happened.

Zhu Yunying has such worries, because he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and what he thinks about in the long run is the inheritance of the country.

But now some civil and military officials in the Hall of Martial Arts, what they call stability, just don't want to see changes in the imperial court's structure.

For these people, they just hope to see enough stability and wealth in the few years or decades they have been in office.As for the issue of the inheritance of the Ming Dynasty, they may not be particularly concerned about it, nor can they think of such a long time ago.

Yu Xin dared not speak, because he naturally knew what Zhu Yunying said, who made him the Minister of the Household Department!

Seeing that these civil and military officials did not speak anymore, Zhu Yunying continued, "Looking at the ancient and modern times, land annexation is always difficult to solve. I also know that Confucianism has a lot of expectations, and I think the system of well fields is perfect. Just think about it, dear friends. , if Jing Tian is so perfect, why didn't the past dynasties implement it?"

The well field system is indeed a prosperous scene that many scholars look forward to.As for the land equalization system, it was a system from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, and it was also a system of distributing land according to population, but it was soon replaced by the two-tax law.

In the final analysis, it is land annexation, which has also become the reason for the intensification of class conflicts in many dynasties, especially in the middle and late dynasties.

At this time, Zhu Yunying also continued, "Many policies are mostly distributed according to the head. In my opinion, the poll tax is ultimately an annexation of land, which cannot be avoided. My new policy is that the country does not collect taxes according to the poll tax. "

Seeing the incomprehension of some of the ministers, Zhu Yunying said with a solemn expression, "The Supreme Emperor's grace is to make the breeding people never add gifts!"

For a moment, many people felt that they had heard it wrong, that Emperor Hongwu and Emperor Yingshi were collectively confused, and then they came up with such unreliable things. Let the Ming Dynasty, which has just become strong, go to decline!
Seeing the panicked appearance of the officials, Zhu Yunying couldn't help laughing.His move seems to have shaken the foundation of the dynasty, but it is also an 'empty talk' with enough room for manipulation, and of course it is not necessarily just empty talk.

In the final analysis, this is prepared for the appropriation of the land into the mu. The so-called "never add taxes" and the like, if it is based on the percentage of the land, there is no conflict at all.

What's more, even if it is decided to fix the small silver tax and no longer increase the tax, if some circumstances really arise, it is still possible to 'make a name'.

The fact that the breeding population will never be taxed is actually laying the foundation for the implementation of sharing the land, which is also an important symbol of the transformation from corvee to taxation in feudal society.

In fact, this is also to basically fix the total amount of silver in the country, and prevent it from increasing at will from the central government to the local government, so that the burden on the majority of farmers will be relatively stable, and the number of fugitives will also be reduced, which is conducive to the development of agricultural production.

"I intend to share the land into the mu." Zhu Yunying said with a very serious expression, "I read the history books, the small people in the fields are all farming with the wealthy people. In a good year, the wealthy people get more, and the poor people get divided. There are very few; in a bad year, they have no land or property, the strong will be displaced, and the old and weak will die in the ravine."

Seeing that the picture is poor, Zhu Yunying is no longer surrounded by clouds and mountains, and said directly, "I have decided to put Dingyin into the land tax collection, relax the control of the household registration yellow book, and farmers or craftsmen can also migrate. Find out how much land is in each place. , Taxes are shared equally on an acre basis. Those who have a large number of assignees must have a lot of land, and those who have a small number of assignees must also have land!"

It can be said that for a moment, all civil and military officials felt unparalleled shock after looking at each other.

In fact, it doesn't mean that no one has thought about distributing the land to the mu, but in the eyes of many people, such a system will not become the mainstream, and the imperial court may not necessarily implement it.

Even when it was the two tax laws, the implementation of the Tang Dynasty encountered great resistance, because the interests of those rich and powerful families were affected.And now that Zhu Yunying is living in the mu, it's directly hurting those rich and powerful families.

If you want to annex land again, you have to pay more taxes.It will also become impossible to pass on taxes to landless civilians.

In this way, the interests of many people have indeed been shaken. Basically, the interests of some people with a lot of land have been greatly affected. The foundation of these people's survival and wealth has been greatly shaken!
If the emperor does not have enough courage and prestige, he will definitely encounter great resistance if he wants to spread his fortune.Many people will be aware of the 'disadvantages' brought about by distributing the land into the mu. Although it will not take away all their wealth, it can indeed limit their wealth growth and reduce their chances of exploiting and oppressing civilians.

At this time, the important ministers couldn't accept it. Some people thought that such a policy would be better for the Ming Dynasty's finances and people's livelihood.And some people feel that after such a toss, some policies set by the Ming Dynasty need to be changed.

Of course, some people feel that in this way, whether it is their own family or their relatives and friends, in short, their interests will suffer a lot.This also makes their expressions not very good-looking, the emperor is trying to 'grab money'!

Zhu Yunying didn't care about the thoughts and ideas of these civil and military officials, he had enough confidence.

"I'll tell you about this matter first." Zhu Yunying said with a smile, but her tone was unquestionable, "When I go back, I will draw up a statement and hand it over to me in five days. The advantages and disadvantages of dividing the family into the mu can be discussed. "

After saying this, Zhu Yunying naturally let these important ministers leave, and asked them to go back and think carefully.

Wang Chengen showed a flattering smile and said, "My lord, the Supreme Emperor never said that he would never add a gift."

Zhu Yunying laughed and scolded, "We thought your ears were just for decoration, but you also remember things."

Wang Chengen just kept laughing, of course he knew his duty, and most of the time he just pretended to be deaf and dumb and so on.But if you really want to say that you don't remember anything, it's impossible.Otherwise, he would not have secured his position as the eunuch in charge of the chief of ceremonies.

Zhu Yunying thought for a while and said, "If Shuangquan comes, remember to tell us. I guess, Grandpa Huang will come to call us soon."

(End of this chapter)