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Chapter 334 Taxation (seeking subscription and monthly ticket)
"I see you, Your Highness!"

"You don't have to be polite, please sit down."

In the household department lobby, Zhu Yunxi held a household department meeting.

Yu Xin, Fu Youwen, servants of the household department, Qi Tai, a doctor, Tie Xuan from the Department of Commerce and trade, and the heads of various ministries attended later.

After everyone was seated in order, Zhu Yunxi said: "I called you here today to discuss the land and population of the Ming Dynasty. Yu Xin, you will preside over this meeting."

"Yes, I obey!"

In front of everyone, Yu Xin stood up and said, "My colleagues, when the country was first established, there were remnants of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty in the north, and the southwest was also unstable. The court was fighting. Due to the long-term war, all industries withered and the land was barren. The population has also declined dramatically."

"Your Majesty vigorously promotes rest and recuperation. Over the years, both the population and the cultivated acres have increased substantially.

As of this year, the Ming Dynasty had a total population of 54 and 70, an increase of nearly [-] compared to the highest number recorded in the Yuan Dynasty, which was more than [-] million in the eighth year of the Yuan Dynasty! "

"The cultivated land in the world has reached more than 850 million hectares, which is the highest number of cultivated land in the Northern Song Dynasty. This is 520 million hectares in the fifth year of Kaixi, a full increase of more than 320 million hectares!"

Yu Xin sighed and said: "Your Majesty is really a wise monarch! God bless Daming! The people are blessed!"

Everyone also echoed. Once such figures are put out, who can say that Zhu Yuanzhang did not do a good job?
Qi Tai said emotionally: "Yangzhou, the most prosperous city in the Yuan Dynasty, only had [-] families left.

How to feed the people has become the top priority of the imperial court... It is really rare to be able to reproduce the grand occasion of the Northern Song Dynasty in just over twenty years, Your Majesty is so wise! "

Volume [-] of "Records of Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty" records: "The military revolution continued for years, the roads were blocked, and the human habitation was cut off."

The tragic situation of the people of Ming Dynasty back then cannot be expressed in words!

Zhu Yunxi said: "Fu Shilang, Your Majesty is having a hard time starting a business. Tell everyone how it is possible to achieve today's grand occasion."

"Yes, Wei Chen obeys."

Fu Youwen got up and said: "For the sake of Daming and the people, the first proof measure His Majesty took was to persuade the people to cultivate mulberry and cultivate wasteland.

The first measure Zhu Yuanzhang took back then was to persuade farmers to teach farming and mulberry and encourage the reclamation of wasteland.

In the third year of Hongwu, the state stipulated that all barren land, no matter how much it is, will be exempted from tax for three years if it is reclaimed and planted.

For the land left over after the war, "Others reclaim the mature land, and accept it as their own property." This denies the land ownership before reclamation.

In the 28th year of Hongwu, in order to protect the interests of pioneers, Zhu Yuanzhang also stipulated that if local officials levy taxes arbitrarily and harm the interests of farmers, they should be severely punished.

Thus effectively cracking down on those who have pink eye disease and jealousy, and protecting the rights and interests of the people.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang was scolded as brutal in history, it did not affect his historical achievements in the slightest.

"The second is to immigrate and plant. In the three years of Hongwu, more than 4000 households immigrated to Haozhou from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces alone. In the second year, more than 5000 households from the mountains in Beiping were relocated to various prefectures and guards, and they also entered the desert. More than 3 households of survivors went to Daxing, Beiping, and farmed in Liangxiang."

"In order to encourage immigrants, the soldiers were discharged from the army to give food and clothing, and the common people gave them fields. Afterwards, there were many large-scale relocations. The imperial court gave the immigrants free cattle and seeds."

"Through these decrees implemented by His Majesty, the people are very grateful, and they have cultivated the fields, which has caused a sudden increase in the population and arable land."

"There is land to the tiller, and good governance in the world is nothing more than this!"

The so-called emigration is to move the population from a place with a lot of people and a little land to a place with a lot of people and a lot of land.

After a pause, Fu Youwen said again: "And your majesty also implements military and commercial settlements. The border guards will defend the city with three points and the farms with seven points. Self-sufficiency is hard to come by!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "If you send soldiers to sit and eat in agriculture, the agriculture will suffer, and it is not a technique for long-term stability." Volume [-] of "Allusion Jiwen".

The so-called military settlements are self-sufficient production by the army, so as to reduce the burden on the court and the people.

The military settlements in the Ming Dynasty were very large, supporting a large number of soldiers and people.

Before everyone was happy, Zhu Yunxi continued: "Everyone, this is the glory that His Majesty has achieved. In addition to congratulating Your Majesty, we should also think about how to restrain land annexation, so that the people will always have money to farm!"

"Otherwise, in the long run, after the common people's land has been annexed by rich households and wealthy merchants, there will still be no place for the poor to stand. Everyone, please speak freely."

Tie Xuan assisted and said, "Preparing for danger in times of peace is the good governance of the Ming emperor. What your highness said is that the land issue is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
I really want to think about how to protect the land of the people. "

Everyone was also lost in thought. After all, the issue of land is a difficult problem in the past dynasties, and it involves so much that it cannot be easily decided.

After thinking for a while, Bao Zhao said: "Your Highness, the population decline in Shandong, Henan, and Lianghuai areas was very serious before. In order to balance the population of the world,
The underground adopts an immigration policy, and the migration is carried out according to the ratio of one for a family of four, two for a family of six, and three for a family of eight. "

What Baozhao was talking about was the famous big immigrant in the early Ming Dynasty in history, also called the big pagoda tree immigration, or the big pagoda tree immigration in Hongdong.

It refers to from the third year of Hongwu to the 15th year of Yongle, the Ming Dynasty successively moved from Pingyang, Luzhou, Zezhou, Fenzhou and other places in Shanxi,
On the way, I passed by Dahuaishu in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, where I went through the formalities and received the "Certificate of Sichuan" before immigrating to the vast areas of the country.

The immigrant name of the big locust tree also comes from this.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there were as many as one million immigrants who moved to all parts of the country via Dahuaishu in Hongdong County.

Its long time, large scale and profound influence are rare in the world.

"Your Highness, despite many immigrations, the land in these areas has not been fully cultivated, and there are still many abandoned lands."

"My minister feels that the imperial court should issue a decree to take all these lands back to the imperial court. Even if they re-immigrate to cultivate in the future, the ownership is still in the imperial court's hands.
The people can only farm and pay taxes to the court, but they have no right to buy and sell. I wonder what your Highness thinks? "

After hearing this, Zhu Yunxi replied with satisfaction, "Okay, this is good governance!"

Tie Xuan also nodded and said: "The land is in the hands of the court, and the land tax is paid in good years. If there is a famine, the court can also reduce some taxes. In any case, the people will not be displaced and become slaves."

Fu Youwen also said: "The more official fields the imperial court controls, the more stable the people will be. I agree with this policy."

Every court has its own official land, which is in the hands of the court, and everyone is no stranger to this.

Yu Xin looked at the crowd, and said tentatively: "Now there are more fields, most of them are rich and powerful, most of them have fame and fame, and there are some scholars. For these people..."

Yu Xin didn't say any more, because the kind of person's face was full of worry...

Bao Zhao didn't have any taboos, and took it over and said: "These people don't have to pay land taxes. If things go on like this, it will lead to wealth accumulation, and then they will embezzle land, which is not conducive to the stability of Ming Dynasty."

"Taking scholars as an example, the imperial court will exempt them from paying taxes on a certain amount of land, but the common people will often put the land under their names, so that the land tax received by the imperial court will decrease.

They live extravagantly and enjoy themselves on the land they donated. As long as natural disasters and man-made disasters happen, those lands invested in their names will be swallowed up..."

Everyone understands what Bao Zhao said, and this is nothing more than a normal thing for Ming Jian.

In order to pay less food to the government, the common people entrust their land to the rich and powerful, and it is better to meet those with a conscience, so it is considered as an increase in income.

But if you have a bad heart, your family will be ruined!

After all, natural disasters and man-made disasters can sometimes be controlled!

It is not easy and convenient to want some people to go bankrupt!

There are so many ways!
Scholars in the Ming Dynasty had the benefits of tax exemption, and scholars could be exempted from taxes of [-] mu.

But ordinary farmers do not have this benefit, and often encounter natural disasters or wars, and when taxes are heavy, many farmers put their fields under the name of scholars.

In this way, there is no need to pay taxes, but to give some benefits to scholars, many people choose to live in sojourn instead of paying taxes.

Juren in the Ming Dynasty generally enjoyed the benefits of [-] mu of tax-free tax, so this was the target of farmers who came to defect to them, vying to give them land.

Scholars can be exempted from taxation of [-] mu, and they can also be officials.

Therefore, although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't give them much salary, but whoever became an official, this kind of invisible income was quite a lot!
Just like some units in later generations, the salary on the surface is not high, but it can't stand up to other people's welfare!
Salary is one card, and you need several cards for various benefits!
Rich families don’t need to sell fertile land, there are thousands of grains in the book;
There is no need to erect high beams to install a house, and there is a golden house in the book;
Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when you marry a wife, there is Yan Ruyu in the book;
Don't hate to be alone when you go out, there are many horses and chariots in the book;
The man wanted to read his life histories, and read the Six Classics to the window diligently.

This is not just talking...

Qi Tai said: "There are also temples and Taoist temples, which are also objects for people to donate their land."

Everyone looked at Qi Tai and said nothing.

They all understand that Qi Tai's topic is missing one kind of person, that is the clan of Ming Dynasty, the feudal lords from all over the world!
They are also tax-exempt!
And not only is it exempt from tax, but you can also obtain land tax from the fief!
And most of the places where they live are rich!

"Boom boom boom!"

Zhu Yunxi knocked on the table, pulled everyone's thoughts back, and said: "Since the imperial court has exempted these people from land taxes, let's follow this example."

As soon as the conversation changed, he said in a dignified manner: "Order all the scholars in Ming Dynasty, as well as officials, monks, and Taoists, to dismantle the land that the common people have entrusted to them immediately and dismantle them!
"Da Ming treats them with great kindness, and they can't dig into Da Ming's foundation!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly looked at each other in blank dismay!

Yu Xin said worriedly: "Your Highness, I am afraid that many officials and scholars will object to this..."

Everyone also turned their eyes to Zhu Yunxi, with questioning expressions on their faces...

No one in the world can escape the word profit, and no one is willing to cede their own interests!
This decree will cut the flesh of many people!
Zhu Yunxi stared at the crowd and asked with sharp eyes: "Everyone, they are officials appointed by the imperial court, and they are promoted to Jinshi. They can enjoy a certain amount of land and acres without tax, but that is also a number! Cut the meat..."

"Humph!"

He said coldly: "Gu cut off his head first!"

(End of this chapter)