At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang called Zhu Jun over, "Tell us, are you really thinking about abolishing the agricultural tax in the world?"
"That's right!" Zhu Jun nodded, "But not now. The cancellation of agricultural taxes is a good thing for the people, but the court cannot afford it.
Now, 90% of the taxes on our great cause are mainly grain taxes, and most of the salaries paid to officials are grain.
Abolition of agricultural taxes is equivalent to one-size-fits-all, which will cause trouble. "
"You also know?" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted: "Tell us what you are thinking. Do you know how much trouble this matter will cause if it is spread by someone with intentions?"
"I know!" Zhu Jun nodded, "But, everything has two sides. Dad, the people of the world have been suffering from farming taxes for a long time.
If you want to prevent land annexation and prevent the great cause from going down the road of national subjugation in the future, you must find another way! "
"In your eyes, the great cause must perish?" Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. Even if Guo Zuo Wannian was fake, no one would listen to such nonsense.
"Do I need to say that?" Zhu Jun asked back: "Actually, after I came to Fengyang, I have been thinking about how to get Daye out of trouble. I just followed the example of the previous dynasty, or those previous dynasties to solve the problem. , is still not enough.
Every dynasty has its own difficulties.
More than a thousand years ago, the world was not unified, and all the countries were side by side, and wars broke out.
So the First Emperor came into being, destroying all the countries and unifying the Central Plains.
Later, the aristocratic family became so powerful that the imperial examination came into being, and the family finally came to an end.
Later, when the family clan was gone, an emperor shouted out that he would rule the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats.
The country was governed by literati and the military equipment was lax, which completely wiped out the integrity of the people of the Central Plains.
This was the Mongol-Yuan invasion.
Later, the Red Scarf Army came and expelled the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms stood in harmony. Although the Mongolian Yuan people were not completely eliminated, they were unlikely to become a serious problem.
Destroying Chen Han, Zhang Zhou, and expelling Meng Yuan are the long-term goals of my great cause.
But this is external.
Internal problems are huge, just like the empty seal case. At first glance, it seems that the officials are trying to be lazy, but in fact, it is a problem of the court.
This is a problem of transportation, freight, and information lag.
In the case of Guo Heng, the imperial court was dedicated to providing relief, but it ended up feeding these rats.
If you think about it carefully, isn't this a problem of the system? "
"What exactly do you want to say?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
"Dad, what I want to say is that the problems Daye faces now are actually no different from those hundreds of years ago. Some problems have been solved by others, but some problems have always been there.
The first thing to bear the brunt is the agricultural tax. As I have said long ago, Daye’s tax is extremely low and has been ranked high in all dynasties.
However, the preferential treatment given to literati is too great. Land annexation will come back sooner or later. The common people depend on the weather for their livelihood, and their ability to withstand risks is too low.
In times of disaster, children and daughters are sold, just to survive.
In order to avoid taxes, they will hang the land on those who are responsible for it, so in the end the land will become less and less, and the taxes that can be collected will also be less and less.
In the future, Daye’s population will increase.
The empty treasury is actually, to some extent, a problem of the imperial system.
If we want to get rid of this, make the great industry prosperous, sustainably collect taxes, and become rich and powerful, we must make farmers and ordinary people have the ability to withstand risks.
A merchant with a fortune of ten thousand taels is worth hundreds of households of farmers. How many merchants are there in the world?
Thirty thousand or fifty thousand?
How many households does Daye have?
Have you ever thought about it?
Instead of exploiting the peasants, why didn’t the imperial court change its target?
Fengyang's future will be dominated by commercial taxes, and all villages in Fengyang implement the contract system, with centralized planting and harvesting, with the government supporting the bottom line.
If the family's food is removed and the rest is sold to the court, I believe the people can live a better life.
And the court didn't have to worry about running out of food. "
Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless for a long time, "So, you are actually building roads to reduce losses?"
"That's one of the reasons." Zhu Jun said: "Abolition of agricultural taxes is the ultimate goal. Once achieved, dad, do you know what that means?
It means that you will be the first emperor to accomplish such a grand event in thousands of years.
At the same time, once this news is released, what will the people in Chen Han and Zhang Zhou think? "
"They will go crazy!" Zhu Yuanzhang was breathing heavily.
"Yes, they will go crazy!"
"What the court wants is money and food. As long as a virtuous cycle can be formed, what if the agricultural tax is abolished?
So, I thought about it and it was imperative.
It’s just that you can’t do it in one cluster, you have to take your time! " Zhu Jun said.
"Did you think of these alone?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked directly at him.
"Some of them are my own thoughts, and some of them were mentioned by my elder brother when he was teaching me. I just like to think about it when I have nothing to do.
In addition, Prince Wu's Mansion also does business, and I found that the business people are too rich.
Compared with farmers who dig food in the fields, they make much more, but they only need to bear a small amount of tax to become extremely rich. "
"So, the Yingtian Chamber of Commerce has put a lot of restrictions on merchants. That's why you want those merchants to recruit people aggressively and give those workers a job to support their families."
Zhu Yuanzhang felt as if he had met Zhu Jun for the first time. Now he looked back and thought about Zhu Jun's various actions. At first, he thought they were nonsense, but now he saw that they were clearly planned.
"I didn't think much about it at first. I just wanted to do something for the people. This is not the time to come to Fengyang. During the disaster relief, those people were suffering too much.
If I hadn't arrived by chance, not only more than 3,000 people would have died, but probably more than half of them would have died.
I feel ashamed.
Among the dead, there were old people, young people, pregnant women with big bellies, and even...babies who were not full-term.
My heart aches! "
Zhu Jun looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with red eyes, "Farmers are so miserable. They have always been the most miserable. Dad, didn't you start the uprising just to live a good life?
So what is the difference between what we are doing now and what we did in the past?
Therefore, we must liberate tens of millions of poor people.
Just like you before! "
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent. He was really taught a lesson by Zhu Jun today.
This brat like him has really grown up.
The most important thing is that he has a kind heart, a brave heart that makes decisions for the people, and dares to be the first in the world.
Yun Wen and Yun Wu are smart, capable, and have a heart of thunder. They are protective and friendly towards their loved ones. It is really... amazing!
Just like his big brother!
But his eldest brother is more calm, while he is a little more out-of-the-box and less calm. Otherwise, he wouldn't kick Xian Yang.
"We understand. We will look at the results of Fengyang and Hu Guoyong. If appropriate, those directly under the Central Government will be given priority as pilot projects."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "After you go to Ningbo Mansion, we will give you a right and allow you to open the sea there!"
