Mingshi

Chapter 1150 Warm water boiled frog

Luo Xin nodded and said: "If someone pushes it secretly, maybe there will be bandits again."

"What's going on with Xu Jie now?"

"Mediocre!"

"What a regular one! No one can find fault at all. Where's Mr. Gao?"

"Master Gao..." Xu Shixing smiled wryly and said, "What else can I do? First get a few people to rebuild Yuxi Palace."

Luo Xin shook his head and said, "He thought His Majesty couldn't see it?"

"There is no way around this. Everyone is waiting for you, the God of Wealth, to come back and settle the Southeast matter."

Luo Xin shook his head, narrowed his eyes slightly, and sat there thinking.

In the teahouse, there was another voice of discussion.

"I heard that Master Luo is back?"

"Did you know? The army is camping outside the city."

"So, North Korea has been pacified?"

"Naturally, Mr. Luo went out to fight Goryeo. Isn't it a piece of cake? I heard that none of the [-] Goryeo soldiers escaped. They died or were arrested."

"Lord Luo is mighty."

"It would be great if Daming had fewer Xu Jie and Gao Gong, and more Lord Luo."

"You can't say that. Mr. Gao still rectifies the administration of officials and punishes many corrupt officials."

"Have you killed? Master Luo has killed corrupt officials and corrupt officials."

"That's right, Gao Gong is just trying to gain fame. Isn't it flattering His Majesty, disregarding the life and death of the people, and rebuilding Yuxi Palace for His Majesty?"

Luo Xin raised his eyes and said: "Yuxi Palace cannot be rebuilt for the time being, there will be problems."

Xu Shixing sighed and said, "Lord Gao has also tried hard, but His Majesty has made up his mind."

"I'll try it."

"This... Your Majesty, he..."

"When we are officials, we always have something to say, and we don't do something."

that night.

In Luo Xin's study room, the lights were on until midnight, and Luo Xin left the study room with a tired face.

Day two.

Luo Xin came to the palace early in the morning to meet Emperor Jiajing.Seeing Luo Xin's eyes, Emperor Jiajing asked everyone to leave the side hall, and asked people to hold hands outside the side hall, then whispered to Luo:

"Go ahead."

"Your Majesty!" Luo Xin said softly, "Your Majesty must know the current situation of Daming."

A trace of irritability appeared in Emperor Jiajing's eyes, he nodded and said, "That's why I asked you to solve the problem of Shibosi as soon as possible."

"That's not the fundamental problem."

"What is the fundamental problem?"

"Your Majesty, the common people know that eggs cannot be put in one basket. If Daming relies on one city ship department for its finances, once the city ship department has problems, Daming will have problems. Therefore, the court should focus on solving Daming from the whole country. When it comes to government affairs, one cannot just focus on a city ship department."

"Oh?" Emperor Jiajing said with interest in his eyes, "Do you have a plan?"

"I have some ideas, and I still need His Majesty to make up my mind."

"Speak quickly."

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is composed of four classes. City, Agriculture, Industry and Commerce.

Scholars are here to help His Majesty manage Daming, and they do not generate tax revenue.And... still devouring Ming's taxes. "

Emperor Jiajing's face became ugly, how could he not know about this problem?Once a scholar is educated in high school, he can be exempted from taxes, and a large number of farmers will contribute their land, so they don't have to pay taxes.This is why in the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, [-]% of the land tax was paid, but now only [-]% is left.

but……

The interest class of scholars is too huge, even Emperor Jiajing dare not touch it easily.He knew very well that once he touched it, Daming's country would become unstable.

"Similarly, workers do not generate taxes. Only farmers and merchants generate taxes. However, how much land is still paying taxes in the agricultural sector?"

Emperor Jiajing was originally a person who was afraid of trouble, so he said uncertainly in his tone:

"You mean land reform?"

It is no wonder that Emperor Jiajing thought so. The replacement of all dynasties was due to land annexation, and the reforms of all dynasties were inseparable from land.However, land reform was rarely successful, and when it succeeded it was temporary, and the reformers did not end well.

Luo Xin immediately shook his head and said: "No! Your Majesty, even you, it is impossible to touch this interest class. The result is too dangerous."

"Yes!"

Emperor Jiajing sighed, with relief and disappointment in his heart.

The easy thing is that Luo Xin didn't want to go to land reform, so there was no trouble.To my disappointment, even Luo Xin didn't have that courage.

"Is this world still my world?"

Luo Xin was silent.After a while, Emperor Jiajing also calmed down from his anger, and said with a feeling in his heart:

"You want to change the business tax?"

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded.

Emperor Jiajing shook his head and said, "Where is it so easy? It's not that the court has never thought about raising the commercial tax, but it has never succeeded. As long as the commercial tax is raised, those ministers and officials will say that they will compete with the people for profit. Hehe..."

Speaking of this, Emperor Jiajing said angrily: "They think I don't know? Who is behind those businessmen? It's just ministers and officials like them. Competing for profits with the people? It's better to say that they are ministers and officials, aristocratic families and wealthy families. Luo Xin, how much are you going to improve?"

"Nowadays, the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty is [-] in [-], and I plan to get [-] in [-]."

"Hehe..." Emperor Jiajing sneered again and said, "At the beginning, I didn't even think about getting one out of twenty, but you want to get one out of fifteen? If you really bring it up, I'm afraid even I won't be able to bear the pressure , Just leave your official. You have killed many corrupt officials and extorted money from wealthy families, and they all hate you to the bone. If you raise business taxes again, are you really not afraid of death?"

Luo Xin said silently for a moment: "Your Majesty, I said something very disrespectful. If the aristocratic families are allowed to annex the land and let them monopolize the business, Daming will not be far from collapse."

An irritable look appeared on Emperor Jiajing's face, and he said, "I know, but what do you want me to do? Could it be that you are like you, killing all the scholars in the world?"

"That's not so."

Emperor Jiajing was stunned for a moment, then he looked at Luo Dao steadfastly: "Do you have a solution?"

Luo Xin nodded and said, "Boil the frog in warm water!"

"Boil the frog in warm water?" Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Xin puzzled.

Luo Xin laughed and said, "Your Majesty, heat a pot of water and throw a live frog into it. What will happen to the frog?"

"Of course it jumped out of the pot."

"That's right!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "However, if you put the frog into a pot of cold water, and then turn on the fire to boil the water, the water in the pot will gradually increase, and the frog will not feel it, knowing that it is boiled to death."

Emperor Jiajing thought for a moment and said, "I understand, but what should I do?"

"Let's start by increasing the salaries of all officials in Ming Dynasty."

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