"In terms of the appointment of local officials, in principle, the policy of local officials in places below the prefecture is implemented. The appointment of officials above the prefecture and prefecture is not restricted by their place of origin. Moreover, the number and treatment of officials in various places must be linked to the amount of tax revenue. Places with high tax revenue can Arrange more officials, and the officials' remuneration will be high. Those with low taxes will have fewer official positions. The amount of taxes must be linked to the officials' own interests and the interests of the local gentry. If the scholar-bureaucrats in a certain place do not want to be officials and want to let outsiders rule, Then you can collude to resist the taxes and not pay them!"
Emperor Zhu's words fell.
The officials present opened their mouths.
this.
This is too insidious!
Where did the emperor come up with this idea?
Why did scholar-bureaucrats study?
To be an official!
Now, the qualifications of a local scholar-official to be an official are actually tied to the local tax situation.
Failure to meet the target.
We also need to let outsiders serve as officials, while locals have no official positions!
And it doesn’t mean that outsiders don’t have to pay taxes when they come to rule.
When the time comes, taxes will have to be paid, but officials will not have to work yet. Moreover, when foreigners become officials, they will definitely come to make money. When the time comes, foreigners will be more ruthless in making money, and they will have no scruples.
At this time, Peng Jun, the Minister of Education, raised a question: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, won't court officials be controlled by people from wealthy areas in the future?"
yes.
If they are all from the south, they will all be officials from Jiangnan and Guangdong.
Sooner or later the world will become disloyal.
Emperor Zhu smiled slightly.
Naturally, he had thought about this problem and patched it.
"The tax assessment is not based on the amount, but on whether it can fulfill the targets set by the court. For example, if Guangdong pays a tax of 10 million, it is unqualified! But if Henan has a tax of 5 million, it is extremely outstanding! The evaluation standard is to The evaluation is based on the wealth of the place. As long as it can meet the indicators, it is excellent!"
Emperor Zhu said.
"In addition, each province has reserved a basic quota of seats in the parliament. Therefore, I am not one-size-fits-all. If this condition cannot be fulfilled honestly, then I'm sorry! If you dare to instigate tax resistance! Then you have to see if they are hard-headed. Bullets are still tough!”
Emperor Zhu said this with murderous intent.
The officials below were afraid to speak.
Emperor Zhu, the founding emperor of the People's Republic of China, rarely shouted to fight or kill, but the people below were not stubborn enough to test whether Emperor Zhu's bullets were accurate enough.
Peng Jun took a deep breath: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid they dare to pass on the taxes to the tenant farmers. The tenant farmers are already suffering a lot. If they pay more rent, they may not be able to survive. Your Majesty, please think twice!"
"Can't survive? How could they not survive! I have the Northeast, Nanyang, and North America in the future! There are plenty of places for them to survive!! With so many ways out, you have to stay in the countryside as a tenant farmer. Can you blame me? And They are renting other people's land. What can I do if they want to raise the rent? It's a fair trade. If you think the rent is too high, you can leave! You can go to Nanyang and Guandong! If you don't want to go to Nanyang and Guandong, you can even go to Guangdong to work. Can you all survive? There are so many ways out here. If you don't go by yourself, no wonder the court. If you dare to cause chaos, my army is not the tofu green soldiers of the Qing Dynasty! Just a few rebels will be suppressed with a backhand. !”
Emperor Zhu was certainly not afraid of the tenant farmers making trouble.
In fact, historically, as long as the officers and soldiers had enough food and pay, they would not be afraid of any rebellion.
Now Emperor Zhu's money does not depend on land taxes, and his soldiers are the elites of hundreds of battles.
If the tenant farmers cause trouble, they will not cause any big trouble.
Several ministers present were shocked when they heard this.
What kind of emperor is this?
This emperor actually doesn't care at all whether the tenant farmers can survive.
He also said that there is a way out
Well, that's what I said.
But I, the Emperor, should at least say something soft.
You should understand the truth that water can carry and capsize a boat, right?
However, Emperor Zhu was determined.
If the tenant farmers feel that leasing the land for farming is not cost-effective, they can leave the land and break away from the land.
Emperor Zhu has plenty of ways out for them.
If you don’t want to leave your hometown, you don’t want to be exploited by the wealthy landlords in the countryside.
Where can there be such a good thing in this world?
"What on earth is this emperor trying to do? I don't understand. I don't understand."
Tai'an, Shandong.
Liu Yong, a Han minister of the former Qing Dynasty, now lives here in seclusion.
Opposite him, Ji Xiaolan, who was smoking a pipe, frowned and looked puzzled.
"Yeah, it's really confusing. What do you think Emperor Zhu is going to do? Rectify the administration of officials? He didn't catch a few corrupt officials and kill them with one knife. The average tax burden reduces the burden on the people, and he doesn't seem to do much about it. Keep things in mind, what kind of tax-sharing system is this? Don’t you clearly encourage the officials below to collect more taxes? In the end, most of the burden falls on the heads of the common people! "
Ji Xiaolan knocked on his pipe, raised his head and looked at Liu Yong and said, "Brother, what do you think Emperor Zhu is thinking about?"
"How could I know this? This is a hero who made a name for himself in the peaceful and prosperous times. His thoughts are really elusive."
"Collecting taxes from scholar-bureaucrats has been difficult to do since ancient times. If Emperor Zhu does this, it is not impossible for the people below to fool him." Ji Xiaolan shook his head and said.
"Just fool around. It's so easy to get in this world. If you don't go through a little twists and turns, I'm afraid you won't be able to sit still." Liu Yong held the white piece and landed on the chessboard.
"Will the world be in chaos?" Ji Yun lowered his voice.
"There can be no chaos. This Emperor Zhu knows very well what he wants to arrest when he becomes the emperor. He has military power in his hands. The wealth of the Ming Dynasty is probably the richest in history. How dare he be afraid of some common people making trouble? Moreover, Emperor Zhu There are Nanyang and Northeast China. These are two pressure relief valves that can send people to these two places. If there are fewer people in the Central Plains and Han Dynasty, life will naturally not be difficult." Liu Yong said.
Ji Xiaolan couldn't help but nodded after hearing this.
"Yes, as long as there is a way out, who would be willing to go all out to rebel? I heard that Emperor Zhu wants to open up North America. This is really true. He is opening up territories thousands of miles away. I think this North America will be conquered by the Ming Dynasty. If the imperial court is taken down, it will not be able to be defended in the future.”
"Keep? I don't think Emperor Zhu intends to keep it at all."
"how do I say this?"
"Emperor Zhu has already made rituals, will enfeoffment be far behind?"
"Are you saying that Emperor Zhu doesn't want to be Qin Shihuang, he wants to be Emperor Zhou?"
"The Emperor Zhou of the whole world" Liu Yong said.
Ji Xiaolan was silent for a moment and said, "Can it be done?"
"It's difficult for the whole world, but for half of the world, he can do it now." Liu Yong said with his fingers: "Japan, the entire Eastern world respects Emperor Zhu, and those countries that have signed the vassal treaty can be compared with before." Paying tribute to the Qing Dynasty is different. They are all vassal states of the Ming Dynasty and have the obligation to send troops to fight. '
(End of chapter)
