Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 259 The Prince's Big Plan
Through his father's character and way of dealing with people, Zhu Houzhao came to a conclusion, that is, the emperor of Ming Dynasty was really taught to be stupid. He grew up in the deep palace and never went out in his life. His, which also made him really feel that what those civil servants said was right.On the other hand, Emperor Jiajing is a negative example. He is a vassal king, and he has seen too many shameless and inferior civil servants.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing didn't believe anyone. These civil servants were not good people, so he used power to control them.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, his handling method is only superficially fair and reasonable, but when it really comes down, will those civil servants let go of such an opportunity?Taking advantage of the opportunity of compensation must be squeezed to the end. On the one hand, they can make a little money for themselves. On the other hand, they also want fame. To defeat Xungui and make compensation to the common people is the decision. What a good way to gain reputation!

Under such circumstances, they will definitely do their best, that is, they will definitely make the three companies contribute as much as possible, but Zhu Houzhao doesn't care about it.

The more money these three families put out, the worse the end will be, and the better the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, that's why Zhu Houzhao dedicated such a strategy.

Now that the decision was made, the news spread quickly. For a while, the civil servants were rejoicing, and the nobles were mourning and concubine. Zhu Houzhao told him to pay attention to this matter, and then Zhu Houzhao didn't plan to take care of it. It's just a small matter of killing chickens and monkeys, and it's not worth Zhu Houzhao's more energy and time.

After the news spread, Zhu Houzhao directly ordered someone to find Zhang Heling. Looking at Zhang Heling, Zhu Houzhao found that Zhang Heling's expression was much better than last time.Seeing Zhang Heling's expression, Zhu Houzhao knew that things were going well.He waved his hand to signal Zhang Heling to be free: "You are welcome as a family, uncle sit down!"

After Zhang Heling sat down, he said, "Your Highness, things are going very well. These days, most of the dignitaries have agreed to Zhuangtian's tax payment."

Zhu Houzhao had already guessed this. Of course, guessing alone is not enough. Zhu Houzhao has also received a lot of news from the outside world, and the situation is indeed as Zhang Heling said.At this time, Zhu Houzhao felt that it was almost done, nodded and said: "In this case, let's start tomorrow morning! Uncle, you are the first to advocate."

"Yes, Your Highness!" Zhang Heling respectfully agreed, without the slightest hesitation. Things have come to this point, and there is no point in procrastinating.

Early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao packed up and prepared to go to court. Today is a big event, and Zhu Houzhao naturally wants to participate.I met my father on the road, and Zhu Houzhao was stared at by my father, Zhu Houzhao was helpless immediately, what's the matter?Why did you just stare at yourself? You didn't do anything bad, did you?

After Zhu Youtang glared at his son, he said, "Are you sure? Can you talk about it now? What exactly do you want to do?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then said with a smile: "I said it before, but I just started to do it now. What I want to do is to share the food with the officials and gentry."

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Zhu Youtang was taken aback. His son had indeed said it before, but Zhu Youtang didn't expect his son to attack Zhuangtian.Daming is very big, and although there are a lot of honorable estates, everyone knows that they don't occupy too much, because most of them are in the hands of the gentry.

Hiding land and not paying taxes, the gentry did the most of this. There are many problems in it, such as the investment that the court has always wanted to solve, that is the derivative problem.

Although it is a derivative problem, there are too many tricks in it. The local civil officials collect taxes, but basically the scholars' taxes are not collected. Everyone has a tacit understanding and turns a blind eye.Because every official has a vested interest, all will subconsciously safeguard this interest, thus forming a huge interest class, and it is not easy to deal with this matter.

"I'm afraid there will be trouble!" Zhu Youtang looked at his son and shook his head with a serious face: "No, there is too much noise."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and didn't think what the old man said was right, so he said directly: "Yes! There is too much movement, it is indeed not the time."

He glanced at his son in surprise, and then Zhu Youtang was relieved. This time, he watched his son complete the matter step by step. Under such circumstances, Zhu Youtang naturally wanted to know what his son would do next. .In fact, Zhu Youtang allowed his son to do these things, in fact, to a large extent, because his son has been really successful.

"What do you want to do?" Zhu Youtang looked at his son and asked.

"This time the honorable farmland pays taxes, so should our royal family also set an example? The palace's Huangzhuang also pays taxes!" Zhu Houzhao did not answer the father's question, but raised a new question, Huangzhuang, This is a very deformed product. To put it bluntly, it is the royal property just like the honorable Zhuangtian.

The income from the farm is used to support the emperor's family, which is equivalent to the emperor's Lutian. Under such circumstances, naturally there is no need to pay taxes.

Now that the estates of nobles and relatives are taxed, the emperor’s estates must also be taxed. Otherwise, what do you make the people below think?
Zhu Youtang nodded: "This is natural."

"Since the royal estates have to pay taxes, what about the vassals in various places? Do they also have to pay taxes?" Seeing his father nodding, Zhu Houzhao took advantage of the opportunity to point the finger at the vassals in various places.

The princes have a lot of land, and they don't pay taxes. How can this work?The emperor paid taxes, and the princes also had to pay taxes.

"With the land tax of vassal kings and nobles, the court's taxes will definitely increase a lot, and my ministers will be able to carry out military reforms again. This time, my ministers are going to reform Liaodong." Zhu Houzhao did not hide his thoughts, and directly pointed the finger at Pointing to Liaodong.In Zhu Houzhao's view, the Nine Sides of Daming is actually similar to that of later generations.

This time, a new military region will be established in Liaodong to set a model for future military reforms, and at the same time, the military household system in Liaodong will be changed to a recruiting system.

Most importantly, Zhu Houzhao wants to develop animal husbandry and textile industries in Liaodong. As for textiles, they can be shipped back to Daming for sale, or they can be exported directly to North Korea. He will definitely be able to develop Liaodong into a large commercial center within this year. At that time, Liaodong will naturally prosper, and there will be people to reclaim the fertile soil of the Northeast Plain.

As for being unable to cultivate due to the cold weather, it doesn’t matter, you can use rye, right?That thing is cold-resistant, although it is not very delicious.

(End of this chapter)