Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 174
The power of the new tax made Zhu Yuanzhang very happy.

Having money makes it easier to do things. This is true for individuals and families, and it is also true for a country.

It is said that money can support a man's backbone, and money can also support the prosperity of a country.

The next day, Zhu Biao took the first rail train to Yangzhou in the morning with Zhu Yuanzhang's edict of commendation according to the original plan.

Because of his achievements in tax reform, Yang Xian was directly named Taifu and received the title of First Grade.

Although Tai Tu has no specific jurisdiction, it is only used to indicate the merits and noble status of the person receiving the official position.

But being ranked as the Third Duke is almost the highest honor a minister can receive, second only to the Grand Master.

Generally speaking, civil servants will not be awarded this position during their lifetime, but will only be given it by the emperor after their death.

Throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, there were only ten people who could be named Grand Masters during their lifetime.

During the Hongwu period, there was only one, and that was Li Shanchang, the left prime minister of Zhongshu Province.You must know that Zhu Yuanzhang's military commander who made the greatest contribution to the world was Xu Da, and the civil servant who made the greatest contribution was Li Shanchang.

Therefore, it can be said that Yang Xian is already an extremely honored person to hold the title of Taifu.

When the news spreads, it will definitely cause a lot of discussion among the government and the public.

You must know that it has only been a few years since Yang Xian officially entered the public eye. Before Zhu Yuanzhang visited Yangzhou in the north, he was just an unknown Hanlin official. If Liu Bowen hadn't supported him and specially brought him with him to participate in the northern tour. .

There are so many things to come next.

Yang Xian originally had a marquis, and he also had the title of Marquis of the Ming Dynasty.

Plus the title of Taifu of Zhengyipin.

In the eyes of outsiders, whether it is a title or an official position, Yang Xian, a student, has now greatly surpassed his teacher Liu Bowen.

Although he was still an official in the local Yangzhou, his reputation was already as high as that of Li Shanchang, who was sitting in Zhongshu Province.

After reading out the imperial edict of the award, Zhu Biao did not forget the biggest purpose of his trip to Yangzhou. He first told Yang Xian about the tax situation in Jiangnan. After Yang Xian digested the news, he continued: "Yang Qing, I wonder if there is anything else the court should pay attention to regarding the new tax system."

With such a good situation now, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao naturally wanted to maintain it.

They don't want this year's tax bill to be just a blip.

After Yang Xian heard about the taxes paid by various provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, which was pretty much what he expected.

And he believes that this is just the beginning. In the future, Ming's annual tax revenue will definitely increase year by year. Because of his presence, Ming is destined to enter the fast lane of rapid development in the next few years.

As for the precautions mentioned by Zhu Biao.

Yang Xian pondered for a while, and finally thought of something, and said: "The new tax system does have some loopholes. Fortunately, it was implemented suddenly, and it caught the gentry and wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River off guard, giving them no time to react. Therefore, this This problem was not exposed during the summer tax work of Jiangnan Province. But as time goes by, they will definitely discover this loophole."

"Is there really a loophole?" Zhu Biao asked in surprise.

In his opinion, the new tax system proposed by Yang Xian was already perfect. His visit to Yangzhou this time was just a routine matter to ensure that the eventuality would not happen. He never thought that there were loopholes.

"Yang Qing, tell me quickly." Zhu Biao was really curious about what flaws there were in such a perfect tax system.

Neither he nor Zhu Yuanzhang noticed it.

"Food prices." Yang Xian said two words.

"Food price?" Zhu Biao repeated subconsciously. He didn't react at first, but he soon thought of something and his face began to look ugly. "Yang Qing, is that what you said?"

As expected of Zhu Biao, it's easy to understand.

Yang Xian looked at Zhu Biao, nodded, and said, "It's just what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought. Since the new taxes are now collected in silver, the people need to sell excess grain first for money. But at this time, if any businessmen wantonly Lowering the price of grain purchases is tantamount to exploitation in disguise."

In this way, for the people, it is better to collect grain directly through taxation.

"Since Yang Qing can see the problem, is there any way to deal with it?" Zhu Biao asked.

Yang Xian nodded and replied: "Of course there is. First of all, the government must set a minimum price for purchasing grain to restrain those profiteers. Those who dare to go beyond the limit will make them pay a painful price."

"In addition, the imperial court can set up a department in various places to not only purchase grain, but also to purchase agricultural, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline and fishery products."

Zhu Biao said: "This is a good idea. In this way, the necks of those unscrupulous merchants can be blocked. The imperial court originally wanted to collect grain."

"Thank you for coming here in person, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous." Zhu Biaohou said fearfully.

Yang Xian said: "Actually, Your Highness doesn't need to worry too much. Even if this happens, the court will have the ability to correct it immediately. In reform and development, don't be afraid of taking detours. It is impossible to be completely correct. Don't say As big as a country, even as small as an individual, have you ever seen a perfect person, Your Highness?"

“All things in this world are meant to advance amidst twists and turns and seek development amidst twists and turns.”

Although Yang Xian said this, to Zhu Biao, the person standing in front of him was a perfect person.

And it was precisely because of Yang Xian's existence that he always had the feeling that everything in the court could be done without error.

"By the way, over there in the grassland, will there be a war this year?" Yang Xian suddenly asked after talking about taxes.

"I'm not sure either." Zhu Biao shook his head and said. "It all depends on one person, Wang Baobao."

Zhu Biao then analyzed the current situation in the grassland with Yang Xian. These are the secrets of the imperial court. It can be seen that Zhu Biao has absolute trust in Yang Xian, and he truly knows everything and talks about everything.

He had to deal with government affairs every day, otherwise Zhu Biao might have stayed in Yangzhou for a long time, eating and living with Yang Xian.

When the time comes, Lu, who has already complained about Yang Xian, may be ready to strangle Yang Xian to death.

"If Wang Baobao can do this, I will admire him. He is worthy of being as famous as Uncle Xu." Zhu Biao said.

Zhu Biao's words were full of doubts, but in Yang Xian's view, this war was probably inevitable.

There is no basis for it, just his own intuition.

There have been new developments in the military factory these days. Perhaps by then, Wang Baobao can be given a little shock from modern rifles.

(End of this chapter)