ZTE? With Zhu Zaijing's appearance, can he achieve ZTE?
Zhu Yuanzhang reacted quickly: "So, there should be many capable people among his cabinet ministers. Are they the ones you mentioned just now, such as Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng?"
"That's right, Zhu Zaijing was able to ignore the government affairs for many years and make the country develop smoothly. The role of these ministers in the cabinet is very important. Although Zhu Zaijing was too lazy to manage the government affairs because of his indulgence, I think that with his level, If everything had to be handled personally, it would be better to leave it to the cabinet. Some people in later generations called Zhu Zaijing the founder of the Ming Dynasty and the ZTE."
"In the early years of Jiajing, some places had already carried out land clearing and trial implementation of the whip method. During the Longqing period, more obvious results were achieved on this basis. Su, Song, Chang and Zhen were the most severely uneven areas. In the second year of Longqing, Liu Guangji, the governor of Jiangxi, implemented a whip method. In the second year, Hai Rui, the governor of Yingtian, paid an equal amount of silver, regardless of the difference in silver power, and levied the whip law The silver tael is waiting for the officials to be divided, which makes the one-whip method already implemented by Su, Hangzhou and others more perfect."
Hearing Hai Rui's name again, Zhu Yuanzhang's impression of Hai Rui became better and better. This upright and honest official was still so capable. If Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't abdicated now, he might really want to Go and abduct Hai Rui to go to Hongwu.
"In addition to places like Su and Hangzhou, there are many benefits to trial implementation in other places. One whip method can eliminate the complex and simplify it, so that various corvee and local tribute services under many names can be merged, the forced labor service can be abolished, and silver can be levied uniformly. The government uniformly hired people to serve, and all the labor money was apportioned among the acres. The tax items and collection procedures were simplified, and there was a trend of apportioning the land into acres and monetizing the service, which reflected the requirements of economic development at that time. "
Although everyone will not copy some good policies of other dynasties, they can also learn from them.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhao Changge: "The effect of this whipping method seems to be good. I have briefly mentioned this to Biao'er before. The issue of taxation in various dynasties has always been a big problem. How to solve this problem is the question of every dynasty." What we need to face is, I just heard you mention sharing the land, what is this, it sounds like a good thing."
This is a good question. The implementation of the policy of apportioning one child to one mu has promoted population growth and laid the foundation for China to become a country with a large population.
Since Zhu Yuanzhang asked the question, Zhao Changge immediately explained it to him.
"Speaking of which, this is also called Tanding entering the land. It was a policy implemented during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty."
As soon as Zhao Changge spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang and other Ming emperors began to frown.
"Okay, stop talking. I don't want to hear it anymore. It turns out that this is the policy implemented by Jiannu and others, so I have no interest in it at all." Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Zhao Changge's words very stubbornly and disdainfully.
Zhao Changge could understand why Zhu Yuanzhang was like this. After all, he knew that the Qing Dynasty finally took over the Ming Dynasty. This made Zhu Yuanzhang not have a good impression of the Qing Dynasty. Coupled with the things the Qing Dynasty did, it was really difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to like them. , if Zhu Yuanzhang is asked to learn the policies of the Qing Dynasty, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, this is admitting his own inferiority, and admitting that the policies of the Ming Dynasty are not as good as those of the Qing Dynasty. How can Zhu Yuanzhang accept this?
"Lao Zhu, I suggest you listen to it. Even if you don't like the Qing Dynasty, good policies can benefit countless people in the Ming Dynasty. It is not shameful to learn from the strengths of others and face up to your own shortcomings. On the contrary, I I think this kind of continuous progress is the most amazing thing.”
Zhu Yuanzhang let out a long sigh: "What you say always makes sense. Okay, okay, then let's listen carefully and see what good policies this slave can come up with."
"The implementation of the policy of dividing one person into one mu has reduced the economic burden of landless and landless farmers and promoted population growth. Workers have greater personal freedom, which is conducive to the development of the entire social economy. The simplification of tax rules It reduces the possibility of arbitrary tax increases by the government.”
"The so-called sharing of people into acres is a further reform and development of the policy of "never increasing taxes after breeding" by another emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi. It is an important reform of the taxation system in the late feudal society of China. This marks the implementation of more than 2,000 people in China. The abolition of the poll tax."
"To put it simply, to divide a small amount into an acre is to divide a small amount of silver into a land tax. The implementation of this policy directly led to the explosive growth of China's population. In just a few decades, the population soared to 400 million, which directly accounted for the world's population at that time. Forty percent of China has become a truly populous country."
"Wait a minute, how many people did you just say? Four hundred million!" Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di couldn't help being shocked. In ancient times, population was a very important resource. All dynasties would try their best to encourage births. You must know that after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, A census was conducted and the population of Ming Dynasty at that time was approximately 50 to 60 million.
But now I heard that the population of the Qing Dynasty was actually 400 million. Such a huge gap shocked Zhu Yuanzhang.
At certain times, population is also a reflection of whether a country is strong or not. Of course, this does not mean that a country with a large population is necessarily the most powerful, but population must be the foundation of a country's strength.
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang did not intend to imitate the Qing Dynasty's method of sharing every acre, but knowing that the implementation of this policy would lead to a population explosion, Zhu Yuanzhang began to struggle. Is the Ming Dynasty now short of people?
Missing, very lacking!
In particular, all aspects of the Ming Dynasty are developing rapidly, and the labor force is in short supply. Moreover, because a lot of high-yielding rice and sweet potatoes have been planted, the Ming Dynasty is not afraid of insufficient food due to too many people, so naturally the number of people is increasing at this time. The more the merrier.
Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang cautiously, and then called softly: "Dad..."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Don't worry, we are not stubborn to this extent. I will tell Biao'er this method, and combined with the actual situation of Hongwu, it will be implemented. We hate the Qing Dynasty, but it is good for the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty." We will not turn a blind eye to the people’s policies because of this.”
Zhu Di gave Zhu Yuanzhang a thumbs up.
Zhao Changge did not continue talking at this time, because he could see that the emperors present were having a heated discussion, so he also took advantage of this moment to drink water and moisten his throat.
After everyone had finished discussing, Zhao Changge also heard that basically every time and space decided to learn from this method of sharing small households into acres. After all, the benefits of the population explosion are visible to the naked eye, especially as all time and space are developing rapidly. At that time, the demographic dividend was quite enviable, and no one would be stupid enough to go against the real benefits.
