To put it bluntly, it means that taxes in local provinces will no longer be collected across the board.
If water transportation is convenient and there is a lot of food, grain will be collected; if land transportation is difficult, more money will be collected.
Just like in the north, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places can collect money and keep the food locally, and the court will use military expenditures to spend money to buy food, thus forming a cycle.
"If someone like Jiangnan, who has a lot of money, wants to collect money?"
The emperor was interested and the proposal was creative.
The first whipping method was to levy money, and later it became a levy of grain. It was a mess for decades. Not only the common people did not understand, but even many gentry were ignorant.
"That's the truth!" Zhao Shu also nodded hurriedly and smiled: "As the saying goes, if Huguang is ripe, the world has enough. The food in Huguang, Sichuan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang is enough to feed half the world. The water conservancy is convenient and can be conquered. grain."
"The merchants in Jiangnan, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi are prosperous, so they must be willing to collect money."
"Grain area and money area?"
The emperor muttered, and then said: "In this case, the grain chief system should also be abolished."
"In the grain collection area, with the county as the center and the post station as the node, additional grain transport envoys can be added, which can be the sixth rank and assistant second officer."
"The government is the grain transportation ambassador, and the province is the grain transportation ambassador. They are adjusted according to grade."
Speaking of this, the emperor became more energetic.
Zhao Shu, Zhang Shenyan, and Yan Chongxin frowned.
After the county magistrate took charge of justice, His Majesty planned to set up official positions. One government or one province would only have dozens or hundreds of people at most, but all over the country, there would be thousands of official positions.
For the imperial court, the annual salary expenditure increased by tens of thousands of taels.
"Your Majesty, the matter of money, food and taxes is originally the responsibility of the local chief official. Now that it is raised separately, I am afraid that the rights and responsibilities are not clear!"
"After all, the chief officer has more power, and it is easier to do these things."
Zhang Shenyan suggested cautiously.
“It’s easier to make money!”
The emperor looked puzzled and said: "The chief officer's responsibility is to make overall plans and supervise and verify. How can he do everything personally?"
"However, what you said does make some sense!"
Several people were trembling with fear and waiting to be scolded. Unexpectedly, the emperor made a big turn.
Only then did Zhu Yixi realize that it was difficult for a mere grain transport envoy to shoulder such an important task.
Therefore, matters such as criminal names, money and grain transfer, and collection can be completely left to the Tongxuan.
This was also the responsibility of the general judge in the Song Dynasty. Restoring tradition was not considered unconventional.
After some explanations, several people in the cabinet breathed a sigh of relief.
Yan Chong said with trepidation, "Your Majesty, the imperial court has a lot of salary now. If one more official is added, the expenditure on food and salary will be unsustainable."
"Okay!" Zhu Yixi said impatiently after a while:
"With these two problems solved, the tax dilemma can be relieved a lot."
At this point, the emperor coughed and said seriously: "Now that the imperial court is in trouble and the country is in trouble, I think the local vassal kings will have no objections."
As soon as these words came out, several people's eyes lit up.
As the saying goes, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure will definitely not work, so we can only increase revenue and focus on the feudal king.
"Since the beginning of the Hongwu period, vassal kings have been required to pay taxes. The laws of the Ming Dynasty have never said this, and the ancestral system has never said that vassal kings are tax-free."
Zhao Shuyi said righteously, and his words were resounding.
Let me emphasize again, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty did not have the right to tax exemption.
The income of the vassal king was divided into royal salary and private property, and was divided into official land and civilian land.
Official land is the food and salary given by the emperor. For example, King Fu Zhu Changxun was given 20,000 hectares of land, which actually allowed him to enjoy the income of 20,000 hectares of land.
Huguang and Shandong allocate 60,000 taels of silver from their finances, which can be roughly equivalent to food.
Private property, on the other hand, is civilian land. Whether it is land annexation or robbery, it is subject to tax. glutinous rice
It's just that the local government is taboo about the identity of the vassal king, just like they are taboo about the exemption rights of the gentry, and they never dare to delve into it, so they can only oppress the common people with more taxes.
"I think that the Ming Dynasty is in danger, and all the clans and tribes must strive to be the first and never miss out."
Yan Chongxin began to tout the model.
Zhao Shu then began to murmur, if the civilian fields of the feudal lords were included, how much more grain could the court receive.
The more he thought about it, the happier he felt.
The emperor showed a smile: "With the vassal king first, can the gentry be far behind?"
A meeting can be considered fruitful and rewarding.
The road to taxation has to be done slowly.
…
Zheng Sen came to Nanjing again and immediately noticed the changes.
Nanjing is cleaner and more orderly, and the market is becoming more prosperous. It is well deserved to be the largest city in the south.
As soon as he entered the city, he couldn't wait to go to Qianzhai and presented him with thousands of taels of silver in one go, which shocked Liu Rushi.
"Teacher's wife, this is the student's suggestion. I hope you can accept it."
Zheng Sen raised his head, showing a hint of regret: "If I had come a few days earlier, the teacher would have already left."
"Soon."
Looking at the money, Liu Rushi was exhausted physically and mentally.
If it had been a few days earlier, why would there be any need to sell off the property? Unfortunately, money alone cannot buy land.
"You, the Zheng family, acted decisively this time."
After all, Liu Rushi was nurtured. She said crisply: "Although supporting the King of Tang is considered a good move, the truth is still lagging behind. It's not too late to repent now."
"I just don't know what the court means..." Zheng Sen was somewhat impressed by Liu Rushi and couldn't help but say more.
"The imperial court?" Liu Rushi chuckled: "Now we are busy recruiting troops and collecting money and food. As long as you, the Zheng family, surrender and offer money and food, everything will be fine."
Zheng Sen nodded in agreement, but shook his head in his heart.
It is indeed a woman.
The ships on the Yangtze River are not only the Yangtze River Navy, but also a threat to the Zheng family.
If you can deal with the Manchus, you can naturally deal with pirates.
The Zheng family, a group of islands, could not defeat the officers and soldiers on land, and now they were overtaken on the ship. The blow was indescribable.
It may even threaten the foundation of the Zheng family.
When he returned to Zheng's house, he saw that it was empty. Zheng Sen was startled: "Where did Prince Tang go?"
"Reporting to the young master, the King of Tang was picked up by a group of eunuchs."
"Really?" Zheng Sen calmed down and muttered: "It seems that the emperor is still nervous."
Thinking of this, he felt lingering fear.
In this way, after a while, the Yangtze River Navy is completed, and then it will be really dangerous.
However, unlike what Zheng Sen thought, King Tang did not go to the palace, nor did the emperor summon him, but went to the princes' residences.
Here, there is not only the old King of Chu, but also King Rui, a close relative, and King Yi, who also supervises the country.
The king of Tang Dynasty was shocked. He paid homage and saluted one by one, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s still the old process, with King Chu sitting at the top and King Rui speaking:
"Tang Fan is here, I will reiterate once again that your majesty is magnanimous and the previous sins will be wiped away and no longer care."
"However, for the next few days, you have to live in peace and don't worry about that little bit of power."
King Tang was shocked and hurriedly responded.
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