West Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.
After Zhang Juzheng arrived, the clouds and rain stopped outside, and the world felt like it had been washed.
When Zhu Yijun saw Zhang Juzheng coming, he saw that he looked lonely, so he said, "Sir, I have only been recovering at home for a few days. When I saw him now, he looked much haggard."
With that said, Zhu Yijun told Zhang Hong: "Tell the imperial eunuch to give Mr. the ginseng that Li Chengliang sent a few days ago to help him recuperate."
Zhang Hong raised his hand and said yes.
Zhang Juzheng also stood up and wanted to kowtow to express his thanks.
Zhu Yijun said "no courtesy", and then said: "I already know about Jiangling, and I have ordered the Jinyi Guards to investigate closely. Sir, you can rest assured that I will do justice to you."
Zhang Juzheng's eyes turned red, and then he handed over his hands and thanked him.
Then, Zhu Yijun said again: "I have read Sir's chapter memorial and approved it."
"Just because people live in shantytowns, they may not be willing to be registered by the government. After all, you need to pay taxes and dingyin to register a household."
"It is better to issue an edict stipulating that after the shantytown residents are registered as households, they can be exempted from corvee service for three years and various miscellaneous taxes for two years. After they have a little more money, they can pay taxes to the court. In this way, they will be willing to After all, the only benefits of household registration are that if you can start a business, your property and life will be protected, the court can also build water conservancy projects for them and provide relief to those who cannot rely on themselves."
"Your Majesty is wise, this is benevolent government."
Zhang Juzheng stood up and replied.
"The summer tax is about to be collected, and starting this year, the tax collection will be different from previous years. The officials and gentry will be required to pay the taxes together and serve as errands. I am afraid that the local officials will be cunning and do not want to offend the officials and gentry for this. I am also afraid that even if the local officials are willing to offend, they will not have enough manpower. "
"Therefore, I believe that the imperial court should directly dispatch a team of soldiers and a group of bureaucrats specifically responsible for supervising tax collection, and the local officials should be subject to their supervision and cooperation."
"This can also be regarded as conducive to the unification of finance and taxation. Taxes will be collected and distributed uniformly by the newly established government agencies. This will also prevent local bureaucrats from being dismissed from their posts due to ineffective taxation and investigation, which will also affect other common government in the entire place."
Zhu Yijun did not mention the criticism of Zhang Juzheng, as if it had not happened, but only talked about political affairs.
Because Zhu Yijun knew that there was no point in talking, Zhang Juzheng had his choice.
"What your Majesty is saying is that if you want the officials and gentry to collect food as a whole and implement it as soon as possible, dedicate people to collect it, and use weapons to deter them, the effect will indeed be better. If there are changes due to this, they can be suppressed in time."
Zhang Juzheng also followed up and said: "It's just soldiers and horses. I think they can only be drawn from the pro-military guards. After all, the pro-military guards are the emperor's personal guards. Naturally, they should pay attention to some dignity and not bully the people as soon as they arrive." ;"
"Moreover, the disciplinary requirements of pro-military guards are also stricter;"
"What's more, most of them are the old troops of the former Marquis Qi. They can do nothing wrong in Qiu, but other soldiers and horses may be self-defeating once they get there."
Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "The first batch of soldiers and horses responsible for taxation were drawn from the pro-military guards to form a national taxation department, each chief minister set up subdivisions, and each prefecture and county set up bureaus and sub-bureaus. The soldiers and horses drawn from the pro-military guards were organized into departments and sub-divisions, and served as officials in bureaus and sub-bureaus."
"It just so happens that it has been half a year since the pro-military guards started training in August last year. Now, they have been transferred to the border towns in batches for two months of actual combat training. It is more than enough to deal with the local civil unrest due to the New Deal. .”
Then, Zhu Yijun added: "It's just that taxation is not just a deterrent by force. What's more important is how to tax successfully in a better way while deterring by force. This is not to conquer a place, but to urge the gentry and people of this dynasty. To complete the tax payment, naturally it does not mean to eliminate the gentry and common people who do not pay taxes, but to give them different intensity of measures according to their different degrees of reaction!"
"This requires officials who have experience in playing games with the gentry and the common people to control and command these troops, so that the gentry and the common people with different statuses and different consciousness can complete the tax payment."
Zhu Yijun said: "In my opinion, Hai Rui will be given the title of Deputy Privy Envoy, Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Censor of the Right Capital. The Governor will recommend the National Taxation Department, and he will be directly responsible for recommending and appointing national taxation-related divisions, bureaus, and sub-bureaus." officials, and are responsible for collecting taxes and requesting tax exemptions and refunds for some disaster victims and poor people.”
"This person not only dares to speak out, but also dares to ask for orders for the people, and even denounces the emperor's faults for the people, so I am relieved to let this person take charge of taxes."
"It just so happens that Ding You has finished, and he is asked to go directly to Nanjing and wait for the troops from the National Taxation Department to arrive, and then he will officially start to take charge of various tax collection matters in the Ming Dynasty. I allow him to act expeditiously. Small matters can be arbitrary, and big matters can be expedited six hundred miles away. Secret music.”
Zhu Yijun then said a few more words and asked Zhang Juzheng: "What do you think, sir?"
Giving Hai Rui the title of Deputy Privy Envoy is equivalent to giving Hai Rui the power to mobilize troops to deal with military coups when the opportunity arises. And giving Hai Rui the title of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is equivalent to giving Hai Rui the power to intervene in the Ministry of Revenue's arrangements for all kinds of collected money and food. , and bringing the censor of the right capital naturally gave Hai Rui the power to impeach local officials who were disobedient.
Zhu Yijun had naturally planned this arrangement a long time ago.
"Your Majesty is wise, Duke Hai is honest and loves the people, but he is not afraid of powerful people, but makes powerful people fear him like a tiger. He is the sharp sword of our Ming Dynasty!"
"If Hai Gong is in charge of national taxes, the country will be able to increase taxes without burdening the people. The new policy of officials and gentry paying taxes and serving as errands will not be just superficial."
Zhang Juzheng hurriedly agreed.
"Then this is the decree!"
Zhu Yijun ordered.
Zhang Juzheng raised his hand and said yes.
"In addition, in order to prevent the military responsible for tax collection from being bribed by right-wing officials, a special allowance system is set up for those responsible for tax collection;"
"Every year, officers and soldiers of the pro-military department who are assigned to the National Taxation Department and are responsible for tax collection are given special allowances. The allowance is specifically set as a silver reward. The Ministry of Household Affairs first determines it based on the expected increase in taxes after the implementation of the unified payment of grain and errands by officials and gentry. According to the corresponding proportion , set a level that just makes it difficult for taxing officers and soldiers to be bribed."
"I believe that the officials and gentry will not spend too much money to buy them. After all, instead of spending too much money to buy all the officers and soldiers who collect taxes, I'm afraid it is better to pay the grain and work as a errand."
Zhu Yijun continued.
Zhang Juzheng still praised the decree and said flatteringly: "Your Majesty's consideration is very comprehensive. In this case, I am afraid that all the soldiers and guards want to go south to collect taxes for the emperor. If only some officers and generals are allowed to do this, other officers and generals may be dissatisfied. How about His Majesty issuing a decree that changes every year and sends people from the pro-army in turn to collect taxes?"
"Sir, what you are saying is that not only the other officers and soldiers of the Military Division will be jealous, but also the border towns and local officers and soldiers."
"In this way, starting from next year, each capital will select the military ministers with the most strict military discipline and the best records every year to serve in the Beijing camp, and conduct a large-scale military training competition. Then, the best performers will be selected to serve as pro-military guards and be responsible for collecting taxes. After the tax collection is over, these military ministers can stay in office or be promoted to local posts."
Zhu Yijun said.
Because they only selected military ministers instead of mobilizing a large number of soldiers and horses, it disturbed the local people and increased the consumption of money and food, causing internal and external chaos. In addition, the emperor's six guards were reorganized before, and the emperor's own military guards were trained. This was originally for the convenience of the official and gentry today. The government was responsible for paying grains, so Zhang Juzheng had no objections and nodded his head.
"The combat effectiveness of the pro-military guards must be maintained for a long time. The Imperial Guard must issue an order to the Privy Council and regularly request orders to mobilize the pro-military guards to fight in turns."
Zhu Yijun gave another instruction.
Zhang Juzheng still said he obeyed the decree.
As a result, it was decided to mobilize troops to participate in tax collection.
Zhu Yijun thought that although Hai Rui would not show any kindness to the officials and gentry, in order to further increase Hai Rui's enthusiasm for collecting taxes, he ordered Zhang Juzheng:
"Mr. I remember asking the Imperial Guard to write in the order to restore Governor Hai Rui's National Tax Department that he, Hai Rui's new policy of asking officials and gentry to pay grain and serve as errands would be implemented successfully. The imperial court would pay out a certain proportion of the amount of national funds added to the court. The national funds are used to exempt the poor from the corvee! His hometown Qiongzhou seems to have a lot of poor people. It must be that Hai Rui is very willing to do his best for the sake of his hometown and the poor people all over the world to promote the integration of officials and gentry into paying grain and serving as errands."
"I obey the decree!"
Zhang Juzheng glanced at Zhu Yijun, but in the end he said nothing more and continued to say that he obeyed the order.
Then, Zhu Yijun added: "I don't know if Hai Ruidingyou has an adopted heir in his name after returning to his hometown."
