"Your Majesty, it's true."
"I personally visited the Imperial Mansion."
"The people in Huangzhuang do live better than people in other places."
Tie Hyun stood up and answered.
Zhu Di pressed his hand and motioned for Tie Xuan to continue sitting down.
The affairs of Huangzhuang are managed by a special person, and he rarely interferes.
Now it seems that it is still necessary to understand it carefully.
"Have someone bring all the population, money, food and other accounts of Huangzhuang for more than ten years." Zhu Di ordered Wang Zhong.
"According to the order!"
Then, Zhu Di continued to read Tie Xuan's album.
I don't know how long it took, but Zhu Di finally finished reading. He closed the folding book, rubbed his brows, and digested the contents of the folding book.
In Zhu Di's opinion, some of the suggestions on the tax system in the book are indeed good and can reduce the burden on the people.
The people were overburdened, and Prince Zhu Gaochi mentioned this to him more than once.
But what he wanted to do required a lot of money and food, and he had to suffer from the people.
This also caused people to rebel in some places.
Zhu Di was very distressed about this, but he had no solution.
Of course, if he stops doing things that waste money and people, and reduces taxes, the burden on the people will be reduced, and there will naturally be fewer rebellions.
But, this is impossible.
Now Tie Xuan's story gave him a new idea, shifting the burden from the common people to the landlords.
Taxation is based on land. The more land there is, the more taxes will be levied.
He looked at Wang Zhong who had returned and asked, "Isn't Yang Xuan back yet?"
"Your Majesty, not yet!"
Wang Zhong replied.
Damn it, this guy is not reliable at all... Zhu Di cursed in his heart.
It is already September, and Yang Xuan left the capital in late May. It has been almost four months.
I don't know what I was doing.
"If you come back, report it as soon as possible."
"yes."
"The crown prince, the crown prince's young master, Xia Yuanji enters the palace."
Zhu Di said again.
Tie Xuan's suggestion moved him, but he also knew that changing the tax system was very difficult, especially targeting landlords.
Otherwise, there will be turmoil.
While waiting, Zhu Di and Tie Xuan looked at Huangzhuang's account.
It was found that the population of Huangzhuang and the money and food collected were increasing every year.
Except for the impact during the crisis, the rest of the time was great.
"I (son) see your majesty (father)!"
Zhu Gaochi and others came.
"No gift!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
At this time, Tie Xuan also stood up and saluted Prince Zhu Gaochi.
"Tie Xuan made some suggestions to me, which I think are good, and I came to you to discuss them."
"Boss, take a look."
Zhu Di raised his hand and handed Tie Xuan's fold to Zhu Gaochi.
The latter took it respectfully, read it as quickly as possible, and then passed it to the Prince's Young Master Yao Guangxiao.
Xia Yuanji watched eagerly from the side, but could only wait.
Zhu Di was not in a hurry and continued to look at Huangzhuang's accounts.
After Yao Guangxiao read the folder, he handed it to Xia Yuanji.
However, his eyes stayed on Tie Xuan for a while longer.
After a long time, the fold was returned to Zhu Di's hands.
Prince Zhu Gaochi was the first to speak: "Father, are you planning to change the tax system?"
"That's right, haven't you always told me that the burden on the people is too heavy, so let them rest."
"This time Tie Xuan came up with a good idea. What do you think?"
"I also think it's very good, but the tax system is of great importance and needs to be considered in the long term."
Zhu Gaochi said, obviously he also saw the hidden danger behind this.
"Xia Yuanji, the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the world's taxes. Please tell me carefully about the agricultural tax situation in recent years."
Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Gaochi dissatisfied, and then turned his eyes to Xia Yuanji.
"yes."
Xia Yuanji saluted respectfully.
Then we talked about agricultural taxes.
It has to be said that Xia Yuanji has a very strong working ability and all these data are stored in his mind.
"Your Majesty, generally speaking, the agricultural tax increases every year, but compared to the Hongwu Dynasty, the increase in agricultural taxes is very low."
"During the Hongwu Dynasty, because of the cultivation of fine grain varieties, grain production increased a lot, so agricultural taxes also increased rapidly."
"However, in the past ten years of the Yongle Dynasty, no major breakthroughs have been made in grain types, and grain output is no different from that in the late Hongwu Dynasty."
"The increase in agricultural taxes is also due to the reclamation of a lot of wasteland."
"There are also some taxes added."
When he said this last sentence, Xia Yuanji specially glanced at Zhu Di.
Obviously, the tax increase was approved by Zhu Di.
There is no way, Zhu Di is too good at spending money.
Zhu Di also knew that Xia Yuanji was talking about him secretly, but he was so thick-skinned that he pretended not to see or hear.
He looked at Yao Guangxiao: "Why didn't Young Master say a word?"
"Your Majesty, I feel that what Tie Yushi said will do more good than harm to the Ming Dynasty."
Yao Guangxiao said.
"Elaborate." Zhu Di gestured.
"I once discussed with Marquis Changping the reasons for the demise of the dynasty."
“The root of it lies in the land.”
Hearing this, Zhu Di leaned forward slightly.
Zhu Gaochi and Xia Yuanji also pricked up their ears.
"In the early years of the dynasty, the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful, and everything is prosperous, showing the scene of a prosperous age."
"But in the last years of the dynasty, the world was in chaos. People were hungry and eating each other."
"Rebellions happen one after another."
"But what does this have to do with the land?" Zhu Di couldn't help but ask. He vaguely felt that there was a huge secret hidden in it, but no one told him systematically.
"In the early years of the dynasty, due to great chaos in the world, the population dropped sharply. Therefore, at the beginning of the dynasty, there were many people but few people."
"Everyone can survive."
"But as time goes by, the landowners are powerful and the nobles continue to annex land. The land in the hands of the people is getting less and less, but the population is increasing over time."
“There’s only so much land that can be farmed on this land.”
"When there is less land and more people, many people will go hungry or even starve to death."
"And after the land in the hands of the people decreases, the government's fiscal revenue will decrease."
"To make up for the shortfall, the court had to increase taxes."
"Such a vicious cycle will only lead to one result: people rebel."
"In order to quell the chaos, the imperial court had to increase taxes."
"Then, rebellions continued and the world was in chaos."
"Until a new dynasty is established."
"To put it simply, in the early days of the dynasty, resources were abundant. The emperor, officials, landlords, gentry, and the common people could all receive enough resources."
"At the end of the dynasty, most of the resources were in the hands of the landlords, gentry and officials, while the court and the people only had a small amount of resources."
“And the most typical example of this so-called resource is land.”
"The strategy proposed by Tie Yushi can effectively control the situation of land annexation."
"That's why I said that for Ming Dynasty, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages."
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