Thirty tax per one, is it very high?
The commercial taxes in the Ming Dynasty were not set too high, but too low!
And too low commercial taxes are not conducive to the development of Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a man of light corvee and low endowment, but he never read "Das Kapital" or engaged in market economy. Instead, he relied on his own toughness to create a relatively solid Ming Dynasty.
The framework was set up, the rules were set, and future generations must follow them, and then they went to reunite with Queen Ma.
But what he doesn't know is that society is developing and dynamic, not solid. Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand the principle that running water does not rot and door hinges do not get beetrooted. What he thought was a ten-year-old method was just a joke in the face of the laws of history.
Zhu Yunwen did not continue to discuss the business tax issue with Ma Enhui. Although she was an almost perfect wife, she lacked business vision after all. If the discussion continued, she could only talk to herself.
However, I will definitely convince her. Otherwise, how can we convince those brainless civil servants?
New Year's Eve, Kunning Palace.
Ma Enhui helped Zhu Yunwen tidy up his clothes with her own hands. If she were here, she would never do these things by the hands of a palace maid.
Looking at the heroic yet elegant Zhu Yunwen, Ma Enhui smiled and said: "After today, tomorrow will be the New Year. By then, the whole country will have changed its Yuan, and even the people will enshrine you on the longevity tablet."
Zhu Yunwen pulled Ma Enhui to sit down and said: "From tomorrow on, everyone needs to call you queen. Although the harem is small, it is not easy to manage. Don't be too tired when you are in charge of the harem. Leave some things to me. It’s up to people to do it.”
"I know, I just have something I want to discuss with the emperor."
Ma Enhui looked at Zhu Yunwen and said with bright eyes.
"What's the matter?"
Zhu Yunwen picked up the tea bowl.
Ma Enhui looked at Zhu Yunwen and said seriously: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of the new year, everything is renewed. I am preparing to select a group of beautiful girls to enrich the harem."
"puff!"
Zhu Yunwen looked at Ma Enhui, put the spilled tea bowl aside, and said, "Why are you mentioning this again?"
Ma Enhui said with some resentment: "Now the emperor only has one son, Wen Kui, with a weak bloodline. How can we do this? Moreover, the emperor is too doting on his concubines. He cannot always stay in Kunning Palace when he goes to bed in the future. Otherwise, there will be rumors in the harem. Gossip.”
"Well?"
Zhu Yunwen was depressed. Was it wrong to be with his wife?
Then I thought about it, and it seemed that I didn't just have one wife. Ma Enhui was my first wife, and the other concubines filling the harem were also my wives in name.
Is it appropriate for the evil feudal society and the evil royal family to have so many wives?
Zhu Yunwen still couldn't get out of the "monogamy", so he said: "Let's just skip the selection of show girls. If we don't pick girls for three years, let's talk about it after three years."
"emperor!"
Ma Enhui was a little anxious.
The royal family is the most important bloodline inheritance. Common people have three or four boys in their families. Zhu Yunwen only has one child, which is really weak.
"I'm still young, and so are you. The years will last forever, so let's leave it like this."
Zhu Yunwen made up his mind.
Ma Enhui sighed and then said: "Then it is not an exaggeration to choose some concubines to serve the emperor in the inner palace, right? At present, except for Concubine Ning and Concubine Xian, there is nothing else in the harem, and they are always vacant. That’s not the answer either.”
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and said impatiently: "You can make arrangements."
Ma Enhui smiled and agreed.
Shuangxi led the chamberlains to salute Zhu Yunwen and Ma Enhui. Everyone shouted in unison: "I wish the emperor and queen long life of good fortune and good health. Long live the emperor and a thousand live the queen."
Zhu Yunwen looked at the people who were kneeling and bowed, and said with a wave of his sleeves: "Everyone, get up. It will be harder for you to run errands around me. Double Happiness, let the inner treasury give everyone some lucky money."
"Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace."
Everyone shouted.
After everyone dispersed, Shuangxi entered the palace and reported: "Your Majesty, the Cabinet and the Ministry of Rites sent someone to reply. The New Year's edict, the canonization edict, the gold book, and the gold treasures are all ready. Now they have arrived at Fengtian Hall. Early tomorrow morning, the envoys Fang Xiaoru and Jie will be appointed. Jin will then take out the edict, gold book, and gold treasure and present them to the queen."
"That's all for the hard work, the two envoys." Zhu Yunwen nodded with satisfaction, looked at Ma Enhui, and said, "Let's go, let's go to greet the Queen Mother. After that, you still need to go home. Having said that, I may not have seen the emperor for a long time. ”
Ma Enhui is the daughter of Guanglu Shaoqing Ma Quan.
Although Ma Quan was a fourth-rank official, he rarely went to court. The main reason is that Ma Enhui is worried that her father will be too ostentatious and only cause trouble. She never allows people in the family to send shortcuts to the inner palace, and rejects all requests and requests from relatives of the Ma family.
Ma Enhui will become the queen of the Ming Empire tomorrow, but the Ma family is still as low-key as if it doesn't exist.
"If the emperor wants to see them, I can arrange for them to enter the palace someday."
Ma Enhui replied longingly.
After greeting the Queen Mother, Zhu Yunwen and Ma Enhui had a meal at the Queen Mother's place. It was not until dusk that Zhu Yunwen sent Ma Enhui to Luan Yi. Looking at Ma Enhui who was about to leave the palace, he said reluctantly: "On New Year's Eve, people's homes are especially beautiful. I want to be reunited and watch the New Year, but I have no one to accompany me."
According to the court etiquette, before canonizing the queen, the queen needs to return home first and wait for the envoy to come.
Ma Enhui looked at Zhu Yunwen who was a little disappointed, smiled lightly, and said: "Your Majesty, this is just this time, I will always stay with you from now on, and I will never leave you again."
Zhu Yunwen patted Luan Yi and watched the carriage slowly go away.
"Your Majesty, where are we going?"
Shuangxi asked when he saw Zhu Yunwen turned around.
Zhu Yunwen blinked, and his sad mood slowly receded. He took a deep breath and said, "Go back to Wuying Hall and tell Supervisor Shang that I want to eat dumplings."
The first day of the first lunar month, New Year's Day.
On this day, the history of Ming Dynasty officially entered the first year of Jianwen!
Just after the Yin hour, Zhu Yunwen was awakened by a double happiness, and then it was time to change the crown clothes. Zhu Yunwen, who was confused, was torn awake by a complicated and heavy set of crown clothes.
"Can the canonization envoy leave the palace?"
Zhu Yunwen asked.
Shuangxi hurriedly replied: "I have taken out the canonization edict, the gold book, and the gold treasure. I have left the palace. I estimate that I should have arrived at the Ma Mansion."
Zhu Yunwen smiled and said, "It's a new beginning, so this empire should have a new atmosphere."
Ma Mansion.
Ma Quan, together with all his family members and servants, knelt down and saluted.
Fang Xiaoru read out the canonization edict with great enthusiasm:
"The emperor was entrusted with the destiny of heaven, and the edict said: I have heard the position of the universe, and the love has the power to carry it. The sun and the moon are in the sky, and they are the symbol of eternity. However, internal governance is the foundation of human relations, and Huiyin is the foundation of the king's transformation."
"Zi'er Ma, the daughter of Guanglu Shaoqing Ma Quan, is gentle and courteous in the rules of history, respectful and obedient to Xie Henghuang. As my royal concubine, I rule the world, and I have no worries internally, all thanks to her merits. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, We should inherit the destiny, rely on the help of IKEA, and be honored as emperor."
"By the empress dowager's loving orders, I send an envoy to consecrate you with a gold book and a gold treasure, and consecrate you as the queen. You only inherit Yi's instructions and show the correct etiquette. In the light of spring in Changle, in the clear and warm season of summer in Xuxia, and the elegance of Bukunning, I praise you. I am diligent in dressing up at night and eating hard, and I lead the six palaces with respect and frugality. Now I am in the middle palace and share the inheritance of the ancestral temple. Proclamation to the four seas, forever Sui Tianlu. I admire this!"
Fang Xiaoru is worthy of being a great Confucian, with both ups and downs and rich voice and emotion.
Ma Enhui received the edict and received the gold book and gold treasure.
Fang Xiaoru and Xie Jin led the canonization mission, knelt down and saluted Ma Enhui, and shouted: "A Thousand Years Old Queen!"
After the salute, Ma Enhui was welcomed to the emperor's palace. Under the guard of the imperial minister, chamberlain, and Li Guan, he entered the Fengtian Hall and walked in style. Zhu Yunwen was fascinated by the majesty of the phoenix crown.
After Ma Enhui saluted Zhu Yunwen, the two joined hands to reach the summit.
Zhu Yunwen settled on the throne, Ma Enhui sat on the phoenix chair, and all the civil and military officials knelt to congratulate him.
After that, Zhu Yunwen and Ma Enhui still had to go to the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors. From then on, Ma Enhui really moved from Chang'an Palace to Kunning Palace.
More than two hours have passed since a complicated set of etiquette was completed.
Fengtian Temple.
Zhu Yunwen was hungry and listened to the edict reading the new year's edict aloud.
The content of the edict is nothing more than that the new emperor has ascended the throne, worked hard and made great contributions to the Ming Empire.
Of course, these contributions are not all attributed to the emperor alone. The cabinet deserves credit, the six ministries are worthy of praise, and the contributions of hundreds of officials cannot be ignored.
All in all, hello to you, hello to me, and hello to everyone.
The Year of Jianwen has begun, everyone roll up your sleeves and work hard.
It stands to reason that such a major event as the new emperor's change of Yuan Dynasty would require an amnesty for the whole world, but Zhu Yunwen disagreed with this and informed the cabinet in advance.
Amnesty for the world?
Who the hell came up with this? I don’t want to think about how much effort and time the people at the bottom spent in order to catch those evildoers, and how much time it took to imprison these people. The transformation has not been completed yet. Just because of the change of yuan, Let go?
There is a certain level of absurdity.
Although Xie Jin has repeatedly explained that the people released are not treacherous people, but some thieves and abductors. If they are released, they can show the emperor's kindness and the so-called kindness to the world.
Zhu Yunwen refused to understand Jin's proposal and let those guys continue to enjoy the self-guided tour service in prison. Free food and accommodation are not available everywhere.
After the imperial edict to change the Yuan Dynasty was read out, Zhu Yunwen stood up and said: "All officials in the capital, regardless of rank, will receive an additional three months' salary. Except for those who are necessary to stay behind, they will rest for ten days. On the eleventh day of the first month, the morning court will resume. Dear Sirs , step back."
All the officials smiled happily and thanked Shanhu.
After Zhu Yunwen left Fengtian Hall, cabinet ministers Yu Xin, Zhang Zhen, and Xie Jin discussed together to decide who would stay in the cabinet for these ten days.
Yu Xin wanted to spend more time with his wife and children, but if he didn't stay with them anymore, it would be a small matter if his children didn't recognize him, but it would be a big deal if his wife didn't recognize him.
Zhang Ming patted his leg and said that Lao Han had a leg attack and he had to stay at home to recuperate no matter what.
Xie Jin spread his hands and said that his old mother was not in good health and he needed to take her to a doctor to check her pulse and get some prescriptions. He would accompany her throughout the whole process without taking off her clothes.
Three pavilion elders, you glare at me, I glare at you, no one is willing to stay on duty.
Jie Jin gritted his teeth and hid his fists in his sleeves.
When Yu Xin and Zhang Yan saw this, their expressions became serious and they hid their hands in their sleeves.
The atmosphere solidified.
Upon seeing this, officials from the six departments, including Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng, and Qi Tai, gathered around to watch the excitement.
Xie Jin sneered and said, "If that's the case, don't blame Jie for being rude. If you lose, don't regret it."
"Come here!" Yu Xin shouted.
Zhang Yan nodded slightly and said solemnly: "Then let's start! Make the gestures, rock, scissors, paper!"
The six officials who were watching fainted...
PS:
In ancient times, New Year's Day was the first day of the first lunar month. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, New Year's Day was designated as January 1 of the AD calendar. The game of "rock, scissors, paper" can be traced back to the hand gesture orders of the Han Dynasty, according to the "Wuzazu" written by Xie Zhaozhe in the Ming Dynasty.
