Royal study room.
After listening to Yao Guangxiao's words, everyone present fell into deep thought.
It turns out that this is the reason why dynasties rise and fall?
If there is an imbalance between people and resources, other methods will be used to re-balance it.
"It seems that the strategy proposed by Tie Xuan must be implemented." Zhu Di spoke.
Since land annexation is an important reason for the collapse of the country, it is imperative to restrict landowners from annexing land.
"After listening to what the young master said, what do you think? Let's talk about it!"
"Boss, you come first." Zhu Di looked around at everyone and finally named Zhu Gaochi.
"Back to my father, since land annexation is closely related to the fate of the Ming Dynasty, we cannot attach too much importance to it." Zhu Gaochi first expressed his affirmation.
Then he added: "However, there must be many difficulties in taxing landowners."
"We need to be prepared in advance for any eventuality."
"With the current tax system, they all evade taxes."
"If the tax system is changed, you can imagine what they might do."
Zhu Gaochi briefly talked about the difficulties involved.
Everyone present was smart, so they naturally understood what Zhu Gaochi was referring to.
"Hmph, if they dare to rebel, I will definitely let them know how sharp my knife is." Zhu Di snorted coldly.
Then, everyone discussed the policy content in detail.
The first thing that can be determined is the abolition of Ding tax.
From now on, only land tax will be levied.
The fields in Ming Dynasty were divided into grades according to their advantages and disadvantages.
The taxes on good and fertile land will naturally be more, and vice versa.
Many landowners took advantage of this loophole and colluded with officials to convert their good farmland into inferior land.
But he changed the inferior fields in the hands of the people into good fields.
The burden was passed on to the people.
Examples like this abound.
This issue will be put aside for the time being and will be discussed later (we are waiting for suggestions from all the handsome readers in the comment section).
There is also the corvee. After everyone discussed it, they felt that it could not be abolished and could only reduce the recruitment of corvee as much as possible.
And during the period of corvee service, he took care of food for the people.
This is the best improvement method that can be made based on the current actual situation of Ming Dynasty.
After all, if corvee service is abolished, no matter what projects the court does in the future, the human cost will be huge.
Moreover, Zhu Di always wanted to do big things. In that case, the court would go bankrupt in a few years.
Therefore, we can only improve the treatment of the people who serve as corvees.
That's almost all I've said.
But Tie Hyun raised a new question.
That's the problem of attrition.
When low-level officials collect taxes, they will also let the people bear the losses.
How much this loss will be is up to them.
This was the first time Zhu Di and his son had heard of this method of exploiting people to make money.
So after listening to Tie Xuan's introduction, Zhu Di also laughed angrily.
"It seems that Taizu still didn't kill them back then!"
Everyone present also felt Zhu Di's murderous intention.
The annual tax and grain tax is about 35 million dan. Even if the loss is only one-tenth, it will be about 3.5 million dan.
In today's Ming Dynasty, after the increase in grain production, the price of grain has dropped a lot compared to the early Hongwu period.
Moreover, there are Southeast Asian countries that donate at least millions of dan of grain every year.
Therefore, one tael of silver can now buy two stones of rice.
However, if overseas gold and silver did not flow into the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver could buy more food.
The Ming Dynasty has been conducting trade with overseas countries for several years. The gold and silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty are worth at least tens of millions of taels (silver).
Silver prices inevitably fluctuate.
Correspondingly, the depreciation rate of treasure banknotes has slowed down, stabilized, and even shown an upward trend.
The depreciation of treasure banknotes is inevitable, and the number issued each year is greater than the number recycled.
This is still a planned release. Otherwise, according to Zhu Di's lavish spending temperament, the release would have been released long ago.
Then again, since the empty seal case, the imperial court collected summer grain and autumn grain, and gradually replaced the real objects with treasure notes and silver.
So where does this loss come from?
Are there that many?
Or is it that someone is deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth?
Zhu Di believed that Tie Xuan did not lie to him. After all, he arranged Jin Yiwei beside him.
By the way, Jin Yiwei.
Why didn't Jin Yiwei report this situation to him?
Zhu Di's eyes narrowed slightly.
He suddenly realized that there seemed to be something wrong with Jin Yiwei.
But he didn't show it, but kept it in his heart.
When Zhu Gaochi and others saw the change in Zhu Di's expression, they also lowered their heads and did not dare to look again.
Obviously, the emperor was angry.
Someone is going to be in trouble.
Zhu Gaochi didn't open his mouth to intercede or anything, he could handle the big matters clearly.
Xia Yuanji, on the other hand, did not enter the national treasury because of these losses, but went into the pockets of corrupt officials.
Xia Yuanji remembered the imperial court's annual fiscal revenue very clearly.
So when Tie Xuan said it, Xia Yuanji just did a simple calculation and roughly knew how much money the treasury had lost.
"Xia Yuanji, you can calculate clearly for me how much tax money is collected every year and how much is lost in recasting."
"When the time comes, it will be included in the field tax."
Zhu Di ordered.
"I obey the decree!" Xia Yuanji said.
The tax money collected from the people is basically broken silver, which needs to be melted and recast.
There is naturally a loss in this.
This loss inevitably falls on the people.
After all, whether it is collecting physical goods or collecting money, the losses will eventually fall on the people. This is an agreed upon thing.
In the past, there was no exact standard for this loss, so each place levied this part differently.
It gives a lot of people a loophole to take advantage of.
Now that Zhu Di is doing this, he will undoubtedly cut off the wealth of many people.
But Xia Yuanji didn't think it was anything.
After this part of the money is calculated, it will be equivalent to an extra income for the national treasury.
"The collection of field taxes must also be calculated clearly. The total of all (Ding taxes, losses, etc.) cannot exceed 40% of the yield per mu."
"There is no need to rush these matters. Let's discuss it first. When Yang Xuan comes back, we will listen to his thoughts."
"He always has a lot of ideas."
"Also, keep your mouth shut about what you're talking about today."
Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi, Xia Yuanji and Tie Xuan and said.
As for Yao Guangxiao, he naturally doesn't talk much.
"My son (son) obeys the order!"
Everyone responded.
This matter has a huge impact. We have just started planning now and cannot spread it out yet.
Otherwise, it will be troublesome.
"Well, let's stop here for today and continue tomorrow."
"Xia Yuanji, you should also settle what you have to settle as soon as possible."
Zhu Di finally said.
"I obey the decree!"
After sending the others away, Zhu Di stayed with Zhu Gaochi, had a meal together, and discussed state affairs with Zhu Gaochi.
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