"The prime minister is a scholar of heaven and earth, and his subordinates admire him."
A smile appeared on the corner of Tu Jie's lips, and then he looked at Xiao Han and slightly cupped his hands and said: "The quintessence of the country is the essence of the country, and the high righteousness of the prime minister."
Tu Jie looked at Xiao Han and complimented him again, with a smile on his face, but the sinister nature of his heart was obvious to all passersby.
Even Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly.
Spreading people into their own land is a naked conspiracy, and Tu Jie's appearance is also a naked conspiracy.
Because Tu Jie didn't believe that Zhu Biao could come up with this nearly perfect conspiracy, so since it wasn't Zhu Biao, it could only be Xiao Han.
That's why Tu Jie asked Zhu Biao in order to plot against Xiao Han and make the noble gentry hate Xiao Han, thus secretly stumbling upon Xiao Han.
"Tu Jie."
Zhu Biao took a deep look at Tu Jie, and his fists under his sleeves were slightly clenched.
The struggle between rights is so simple and simple. It seems to be complimenting Xiao Han, but in fact it hides evil intentions.
But in fact, Zhu Biao wanted to take over the stall and let the gentry and gentry in the world know that this was the conspiracy of the Ming Prince Zhu Biao, not to let Xiao Han take over everything.
But Xiao Han still stood up without hesitation and once again blocked the storm for Zhu Biao. How could Zhu Biao not be moved by this?
So, this Tu Festival is over!
Zhu Biao looked at Tu Jie's eyes, and there were wisps of cold light flashing in his eyes, as if he was looking at a dead person!
"Then I would like to thank Yushi Zhongcheng for the compliment."
"The Prime Minister is very useful."
Xiao Han raised his eyes and smiled, but the person he was looking at was not Tu Jie, but Hu Weiyong behind Li Shanchang.
Hu Weiyong still wanted to hide Xiao Han's little moves from him?
With all their little thoughts, they still want to fight with Xiao Fengxue?
Don't even think about it, this is the Fengtian Palace, where the Council of Officials is located.
With Xiao Han's cautious character, he must look around and control the situation. Therefore, Xiao Han could see the expressions in the eyes of the officials in Fengtian Palace.
As for why?
Only by playing with people's hearts can one control the situation. This is what the ancestors taught Xiao Han.
So, could Hu Weiyong's look at Tu Jie be hidden from Xiao Han?
However, there is a saying. If the smart people of the Ming Dynasty had focused on the people, the Ming Dynasty would not have been unable to restore its national strength in three years.
After all, Tu Jianeng could see the problem at a glance and pointed it at Xiao Han. He was not stupid, and was even very smart.
However, Tu Jie devoted all his thoughts to the court and politics instead of the people. Therefore, this was the fundamental reason why life became increasingly difficult.
How could Xiao Han tolerate this unhealthy trend? If he couldn't change it, he would kill him as a warning to others, so that the court would be clear and the world would be bright.
But this look from Xiao Han frightened Hu Weiyong, and he had no idea at all. Could it be that Xiao Han found out that it was him?
It shouldn't be, that glance was so obscure, even Lao Zhu didn't move, why did Xiao Han find out?
Immediately, Hu Weiyong, who had forcibly stabilized his mind, looked at Xiao Han, slightly cupped his hands and said, "The prime minister of the country is of high righteousness."
"The Prime Minister of the country is righteous."
The ministers said again.
Okay.
Li Shanchang looked at the pride on Hu Weiyong's face, closed his eyes, and then slowly shook his head.
This is purely seeking death!
During today's debate in the court, Hu Weiyong was supported several times by the ministers. The outcome will be clear when you think about it.
"Start your Majesty."
The corner of Xiao Han's mouth evoked another touch of sarcasm, and then he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was sitting on the dragon chair, bowed slightly and said, "I have my own notes."
"Play."
Zhu Yuanzhang, with gloomy eyes, waved his hands slightly.
Of course, these gloomy eyes were not directed at Xiao Han, but at Hu Weiyong below.
Now Lao Zhu is really unhappy. He is really afraid that he will not be able to bear it any second and let the guards hack Hu Weiyong to death on the Fengtian Palace.
A mere Prime Minister of the Left had just become Prime Minister of the Right, and the forces in the DPRK and the Central Government were tilted to one side. This was definitely planned for a long time.
"Dividing a small family into an acre is beneficial to the country and the people, but it also has disadvantages."
"That was in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China. His Majesty rewarded nobles with many fertile lands, including ministers, ministers in the court, and even officials. They were basically exempt from taxes."
"Therefore, I sincerely request your Majesty to decree that from now on everyone in the world will be treated equally. Regardless of whether they are relatives of the emperor or noble ministers, they must pay taxes in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court."
Xiao Han thought for a moment, then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and bowed again.
Xiao Han's sonorous and powerful voice sounded. Except for those who knew about it, all the remaining ministers looked at each other, dumbfounded.
In fact, some officials' complexions instantly turned as pale as paper, their lips trembled slightly, and a chill rose up behind them, straight into their hearts.
This is not treating everyone equally!
This is simply a waste of their efforts!
Han Chuang has been studying hard for more than ten years. What is the purpose of it? Isn't it just to get ahead and become an official?
Among them, exemption from taxes is naturally a benefit for officials. Now that you have revoked it, how are we different from the common people?
What is the purpose of reading books for so many years?
In an instant, feelings of grievance and unwillingness broke out!
"Your Majesty, no!"
"This plan will never work!"
"Your Majesty, this is wiping out the merits of years of hard study by me!"
Almost all the courtiers looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and bowed.
Xiao Han looked at the chaos in the court, his eyes even colder.
This was the officialdom of the ancient feudal dynasties. Once its own interests were touched, it became desperate and cried out, regardless of whether it benefited the world or not.
However, if you think about it, you are right. This is the good thing that the Big Counsel Dynasty can do.
After all, officials in ancient times did not have to pay taxes. It became more and more crooked starting from the Song Dynasty.
Why?
This is because before the Song Dynasty, only officials did not pay taxes, but the Song Dynasty stipulated that the immediate family members of officials could also be exempted from taxes.
This has led to many officials, in order to exempt relatives from taxes, to describe a large number of people who are beyond their reach as direct relatives, so as to register them and exempt them from taxes.
And after the Ming Dynasty, even those who passed the imperial examination and became a scholar were exempted from taxes, which is equivalent to being exempted from taxes even if you are not an official.
Therefore, this was the ancient feudal dynasty. Now that Xiao Han thought about it, he felt that it was not worth it for the people. After all, whether you were an official or passed the exam, you could have many privileges, and among them, the most important privilege was It's tax exemption.
Then Xiao Han figured it out. The so-called taxation was a name set up for those mud-legged people who faced the loess and turned their backs to the sky. Therefore, this unhealthy trend must be corrected. Otherwise, even if the Ming Dynasty completes all reforms, it will still be This group of officials cannibalized everything, and Xiao Han's life's efforts were really wasted.
"You study hard just to be an official?"
"You study hard just to be exempted from taxes?"
Xiao Han looked at one of the officials and asked softly.
Xiao Han's voice sounded, and the Fengtian Palace suddenly fell silent, and the official's body trembled violently, his eyes flashed with panic, and then he was at a loss, and his tone was intermittent.
Even the minds of many courtiers were blank, as if struck by lightning, they lost the ability to think and just stood there blankly.
The mixed sounds in the court hall finally disappeared without a trace, and Xiao Han suddenly felt peaceful and comfortable.
"When an official does not make decisions for the people, he just wants to be exempted from taxes. Then what is the use of such officials in the court?"
Xiao Han moved slowly, and the pressure that permeated the whole body oppressed the official's nerves. Suddenly, the official collapsed to the ground, his eyes dull.
"You spend years of hard work just to get ahead, to be an official, to be exempted from taxes, and to have all these privileges."
But Xiao Han still didn't want to let this official go. Then he stood in front of the official, raised his head, and said condescendingly: "Then how can you compare with those hard-working people? How can you be worthy of the billions of people in the world?" Thousands of people, common people.”
"Why can you enjoy superiority if you study and enjoy privileges if you are an official?"
"Why are the people who pay taxes in Ming Dynasty so unsightly in your eyes?"
"Why can you enjoy the privileges and at the same time shamelessly brag about your years of study and the pains of studying?"
"And where do you think your privilege comes from?"
"That is the ladder to heaven built for you by hundreds of millions of people with their own hands!"
Xiao Han's body trembled slightly, his hands clenched into fists, and his nails dug deeply into his palms.
This voice was as shocking as thunder, and many courtiers fell silent, unable to refute it at all.
"Pull him out and kill him."
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's cold voice sounded: "Those who accuse injustice will be killed!"
"My Ming Dynasty does not need such ministers."
Zhu Biao also followed closely.
Immediately, two lines of guards walked into Fengtian Hall, intending to capture and behead all the courtiers who had complained.
On the road to reform, bloodshed will never end, but as long as the results are correct, there will be no turning back.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
"Wei Chen knows his mistake, Wei Chen knows his mistake!"
Suddenly, the voices of the ministers begging for mercy were heard in the Fengtian Palace again, making those ministers who stood still secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and even said that it was lucky that they could keep their composure, otherwise, they would have died.
"Your Majesty, wait!"
Xiao Han took another step forward, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, bowed slightly and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty is in the middle of employing people, and we have to reclaim wasteland in the coming year. Why don't we imprison them all, and let them reclaim wasteland in the coming year?" Make the best of it.”
After Xiao Han's words fell, the hopes rising in the hearts of the accusing ministers were extinguished in an instant, and then a chill arose. It would be better to kill them.
Work?
Doesn't this mean letting them die slowly?
"allow."
A smile appeared on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, and then he nodded.
Xiao Han's idea is good.
The Ming Dynasty is indeed short of people now, so killing them is not as good as making the best use of them. This is even more murderous.
Xiao Han also smiled and nodded. After all, the population of the Ming Dynasty was already scarce. He was always killing and killing, so he might as well go to work, which was even more torturous for these normally pampered ministers.
It can also deter those with ulterior motives!
"Then do you have any other opinions?"
Immediately, after dealing with these ministers, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the ministers below again and asked softly.
"Start your Majesty."
"Officials pay taxes, and the old ministers have no objection. But after paying the taxes, the officials in my court will have only thin porridge to survive."
Li Shanchang took a step forward, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and cupped his hands.
As an insider, Li Shanchang must push forward the situation and complete the thorough reform of dividing the family into an equal share. Otherwise, arresting so many ministers will be of no avail.
Now there is only one question left, that is, whether the official's salary is enough to pay taxes. After all, the salary of the Ming Dynasty has always been low.
In order to prevent this from happening, the salary of the imperial court must be increased.
"Um."
"Prince, what do you think of this matter?"
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment, then looked at Zhu Biao and said softly.
To say that Lao Zhu still loves his son, otherwise, would this great grace fall on Zhu Biao's head?
After all, Lao Zhu was by no means a fool. How could he not understand Li Shanchang's profound meaning? This was completely telling Zhu Yuanzhang that the salary of the courtiers should be increased, otherwise it would cause turmoil.
Although Lao Zhu felt a little distressed, Lao Zhu also felt like a mirror in his mind about the extremely high income from sharing his land. Therefore, Lao Zhu had already agreed to the salary increase in disguise.
But regarding the salary increase, Lao Zhu decided to leave it to Zhu Biao. As for how much the salary increase would be, that was Zhu Biao's business. Lao Zhu didn't care. As long as the national treasury was not taxed, he could do whatever Zhu Biao wanted.
Anyway, Lao Zhu felt distressed when officials did not pay taxes, but it had been like this in all dynasties, and Lao Zhu had nothing to do about it. But it was different now. The court could collect taxes from officials. Although the policy of apportioning one person to one mu was not a good thing for the family. If you own the land, you don't have to pay taxes, but the court can also use this to take back the land. In short, you can make money without losing money.
As for the royal relatives?
hehe.
How many royal relatives are there in Lao Zhu’s family?
Even if taxes are exempted, how much tax can be exempted?
Furthermore, if the royal family grows in the future, of course they must contribute to the royal family, but if they don't even pay taxes, what else can they do?
And the last thing left is the founding honorary group. It doesn’t need to be mentioned at all. Even if Xiao Han does not have the status of a royal relative, he is still a proper founding hero. Therefore, starting with Xiao Han, if the honorable nobles dare to disagree, then That's serious courting death.
"Your Majesty."
"My son feels that the current salary of officials is indeed a bit low."
"Therefore, the system of rationing every living person into an acre must be implemented, and the salary of officials must also be increased."
"After all, if you contribute to the court and do things for the people, even if you don't have any merit, you still have hard work. Naturally, the court cannot treat its ministers badly."
Zhu Biao glanced at Xiao Han, but there was no expression on Xiao Han's face. He understood what Xiao Han meant. Then he raised his hand, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and bowed: "So, please make an order to reset the order." The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, the protection for the soldiers must also be improved, otherwise, if we go through life and death for the Ming Dynasty, but there is no guarantee at all, it will be a chill for all the soldiers."
"Um?"
"Children can be taught!"
Xiao Han turned his head and glanced at Zhu Biao, a flash of admiration flashed in his eyes, and at the same time, he nodded affirmatively in his heart.
It seems that Xiao Han's conjecture is not wrong at all. When the thinking of the ancients is not limited by the world, immeasurable energy will burst out.
For example, the current Zhu Biao, after a period of teaching by Xiao Han, has broken through half of the limitations of his thinking.
Just like the current and future Ming soldiers seeking protection, Zhu Biao's thinking is no longer on the same line as the ancients.
To put it simply, in the past, Zhu Biao served the country and the people and wanted the people of the world to be better. This is certainly true, but he could not escape the constraints of etiquette. He always felt that he could solve the problem with gentleness, so he was blocked at all levels and could not do anything. inch forward.
But things are different now. When Zhu Biao looks at the general trend of governing the country, he would rather leave me alone than shed blood. As long as the final result is what Zhu Biao pursues, it will be worth it.
"Accurate."
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the dragon chair above, nodded slightly, and Zhu Biao smiled and said, "Then I'll leave this matter to the prince. Come up with an idea as soon as possible."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Before Zhu Biao could speak, many ministers standing in the hall had already knelt down and kowtowed.
Immediately, they all turned around again, looked at Prince Zhu Biao, and kowtowed again.
Some ministers even shed tears, but they were tears of joy.
After all, the salary provided by the court is indeed too low. It is like an official with a lower official position who does not even dare to get sick without food and clothing at home. Why?
There is no money to treat the disease!
But things are different now. The court will discuss and the court will increase their salaries, which will definitely not be a symbolic increase. The lives of officials in the court can also be improved.
Now it seems that there is nothing wrong with the land tax. As long as the salary goes up, whoever can't afford the land tax will be regarded as contributing to the country.
Another point is that the ministers who have the ambition to serve the country will not suffer any more pain in their hearts. After all, the life they pursue is not a life of luxury and respect at all.
As long as they have a bowl of simple meals and the mother at home is seriously ill and can take medicine to treat her illness, then they are loyal ministers to the country and the people, instead of violating morals and laws and engaging in dirty acts of corruption and bribery.
Xiao Han saw this scene in his eyes and couldn't help but nodded. The eyes of many courtiers in front of him became much clearer.
How could Xiao Han not know that the Hongwu Dynasty was harsh on officials? Therefore, some officials had to be greedy rather than wanting to be greedy.
Once the decree to increase salaries is issued to the major state capitals, there should be many more honest officials in the court, and the number of corrupt officials in the Hongwu Dynasty will be reduced as much as possible.
Of course, the most difficult thing to understand in the world is the human heart. Therefore, corruption will still exist, and the court's anti-corruption campaign will still have to continue. But compared to the past, the people's lives will be better.
"Um."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction, and at the same time, another thought arose in his heart.
"Are we really too harsh on such an official?"
This thought flashed through Zhu Yuanzhang's mind, and Zhu Yuanzhang was startled, and then he shook his head.
"Start your Majesty."
"I still have the original memorial."
The old man's voice sounded, and all the officials turned their heads, but the voice was still Li Shanchang.
"Play!"
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