The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 416 The Land Issue Is a Persistent Disease

Yang Tinghe naturally understood this too.

He is now on the verge of riding a tiger.If Xie Shen is sternly rejected at this time, then the father's outline will be gone, and the son will be very disappointed in him.

After thinking about it again and again, Yang Tinghe gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao Ge wrote a poem before, and there are two lines in which Yang agrees very much."

After a short pause, he continued: "********,********."

Xie Shen was overjoyed when he heard the words, he knew that Yang Tinghe agreed.

"As a minister, Yang should share the worries of the emperor. I also ask the old man to bring a message to the elders, so that they can rest assured."

Speaking of this, Xie Shen didn't want to say too much, so he left after only a few words of exhortation.

Before leaving, Yang Shen looked at Xie Shen obsessively, making him very embarrassed.

Mr. Yang doesn't think he is an idol, does he?
The 20-year-old Ge Lao sounds like something to boast about.

Not to mention gossip, but said that Xie Shen's trip to the Yang Mansion was a great success, and he returned to the cabinet full of ambition. .

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian were a little surprised to see him turn back and forth.

"Siming, why are you back?"

Xie Qian stepped forward and asked.

"Xie Ge, a certain person went to the Yang Mansion to persuade Yang Shilang to accept the post of governor."

"Oh? Did he agree?"

Xie Qian asked curiously.

Xie Shen smiled and said, "It's not Yang Shilang who agreed, but Mr. Yang who agreed."

"Young Master Yang? But his eldest son, Yang Shen?"

For this junior, Xie Qianqian had heard a little bit about him. He heard that he was outstanding in learning and would take part in the Shuntianfu Township Examination next year, and he was a big favorite to win the championship.

But what does this have to do with Yang Shilang agreeing to serve as the governor of the three towns?

Li Dongyang was also confused, and said with a wry smile: "Siming, don't be fooled, tell me how you made Yang Shilang change his mind."

The corner of Xie Shen's mouth raised slightly and he said: "It's actually very simple, it's just a matter of seeking help."

He also described how to use Yang Shen to attack Yang Tinghe vividly, and Li Dongyang and Xie Qian clapped their hands and laughed.

"Siming really has you. Unexpectedly, Yang Shilang was so smart that he was tricked by you."

Xie Qian nodded frequently.

Li Dongyang smiled while stroking his beard: "Now Jie Fu has nothing to say."

"Finally, there is a matter on my mind, and the old man can also explain it to His Majesty."

Xie Shen shook his head and said, "This can only be regarded as the completion of the first step. The governor has policies and guidelines that must be implemented."

Whether it is Yang Tinghe or Yang Yiqing, they are only the implementers of the imperial court's policies.It remains to be seen how effective the establishment of a governor will be.

Of course, both of them have no problem in terms of ability. The only thing Xie Shen is worried about now is that there will be resistance to the implementation of the policy in the local area.

After all, the governor-general system may be unacceptable in border towns, and deception may still happen.

"What Siming said is right. I will leave the affairs of the border town to Ying Ning and Jiefu, and leave the matter of sheltering them from the wind and rain to the old man."

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang still has the bearing he should have.Now that Liu Jin has been demoted and Qian Ning has lost power, this is a good sign for He Qing Haiyan.As long as the Tatar border troubles are resolved, Ming Dynasty will usher in prosperity and peace.

Li Dongyang's dream is to serve Jun Yao and Shun, and then make the people happy.Now this dream is getting closer and closer to being realized, which makes him very happy.

Recalling the turmoil of the former emperor's death and the new emperor's accession to the throne, Li Dongyang couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Jian became an official, Ma Wensheng became an official, Liu Daxia became an official, and Han Wen tragically died in prison.
If it wasn't for Xie Shen's efforts to turn the tide, I really don't know what will happen to the current government and the public.

Thinking of the Eight Tigers gaining power and Qian Ning domineering, Li Dongyang's heart palpitated, and he couldn't help being grateful to Xie Shen.

Xie Shen was naturally in a good mood.Although history has not been completely rewritten, he has more or less played the role of a traverser.

Seven of the eight tigers are still there, but the leading elder brother Liu Jin has gone to Nanjing to guard the mausoleum.Jiang Bin is still there, but Qian Ning has been demoted to Nanchang.

The overall situation is still good, and we can't expect it to be done overnight if we take it slowly.

"Master Gao Yi, Xie admires him."

Xie Shen boasted sincerely.He still admires Li Dongyang very much.

In the original history, both Liu Jian and Xie Qian became official in the first year of Zhengde, and only Li Dongyang stayed behind to support him.

Sometimes a tinkerer is more admirable, because he has the courage to do what he knows he can't do.

"When the dust settles on this matter, I'm going to write a letter to His Majesty to re-measure the land across the country."

Xie Shen's words surprised Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, and Li Shoufu asked in confusion: "Okay, why do we need to re-measure the land?"

Xie Shen explained: "At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the land was measured and averaged across the country, and the "Fish Scale Atlas" was left. Now more than a hundred years have passed, and land mergers have been serious. Many farmers have lost their land long ago and have to give The landlord is a tenant farmer, living a life of barely enough to eat. The rapid annexation of the land is by no means solely based on buying and selling, but is caused by the villagers donating land to Juren and Jinshi in order to be exempted from taxes."

After a pause, Xie Shen continued: "If this matter is ignored, the conflicts will accumulate and become more and more serious, and finally reach the point where it cannot be dealt with. What Xie meant was to re-measure the land across the country first, and order the landlords to embezzle the land. The donated land will be returned. Then the reform of the land tax will be promoted, and the tax in kind will be changed to a unified collection of silver taels, so it is conservatively estimated that my Ming’s tax revenue will be doubled!"

Li Dongyang was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Siming, you are right. This situation has always existed. But have you ever thought about why land annexation has become more and more serious in the past hundred years?"

Xie Shen said indifferently: "People's hearts dictate."

"Yes, it's just what people think."

Li Dongyang smiled wryly and said: "Not to mention others, it is the old man, Yu Qiao and you Siming. If you return to your hometown after serving as an official, aren't you also a landlord? The people of the tribe come to contribute land, can we not accept it?"

Herein lies the problem.

The tax exemption for scholar-bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty is definitely a persistent disease.

Taxes are fine, but corvée is even more annoying.

So much so that in the late Ming Dynasty, professional people who replaced corvee appeared.As long as they are given a sum of money, they can participate in heavy corvee labor instead of their employers.

Xie Shen wants to carry out tax and corvée reforms, replacing in-kind tax collection and corvee with silver tax collection, in order to improve efficiency.

But the biggest resistance comes from within the scholar-bureaucrats.

These literati and bureaucrats pass on the etiquette to their families through poems and books, but they are the biggest landlords who are full of Confucianism and Mencius morality.It is not easy to tell them to spit out the fat that has been swallowed in their mouths.

Although Xie Shen is a cabinet scholar, but relying on his strength alone cannot do it.Therefore, Xie Shen decided to support a group of people to help them, and this group is merchants.

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