The next day, Wuying Hall.
Yu Xin, Zhang Yan, Xie Jin, Huang Zicheng, Xia Yuanji, and Yao Guangxiao were sitting on the left and right respectively. After Zhu Yunwen entered the Wuying Hall, everyone saluted.
Zhu Yunwen waved his sleeves, sat down, and went straight to the point, saying, "No need to give in. The Beiping government proposed to sell off farmland to alleviate the difficulties of the new army. What do you think?"
Seeing that no one spoke, Yu Xin stood up and said: "Your Majesty, once the farmland is sold, the guard system will also collapse. Once this happens, there will be 329 internal and external guards in the Ming Dynasty, and 60 guard posts for thousands of households." Five, will also disappear. If the sergeants no longer have land, it will be difficult for them to be self-sufficient. It will be difficult to support so many sergeants by relying solely on the income from the court's taxes. I believe that the farming land must not be sold!"
After Yu Xin sat down, Zhang Ming also expressed his views. Like Yu Xin, he expressed his clear-cut opposition, and the reason was nothing more than the financial pressure caused by the disappearance of the Wei system.
Zhu Yunwen did not express his position, but looked at Xie Jin.
Jie Jin stood up, gave a salute, and then lowered his hands and said: "Your Majesty, everyone, the Wei system was worthy of recognition at the beginning of the founding of the country, but now there are big problems with the Wei system. If we don't take the initiative to abolish it at this time, it will not be solved in the future. It will inevitably be abolished. Rather than leaving this matter to future generations, it is better for our generation to solve it!"
"It is said that merchants selling farmland will cause soldiers to have no food to use. Xie does not agree. In previous years, sergeants' farmland was basically taxed at five to one, which was about 20 million dan. If it is adjusted to twenty to one and sold at a low tax, There are still five million stones available, and there is a shortfall of fifteen million stones."
"Because most of the farmland is barren, the sales of silver cannot be compared with the land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It often costs five taels, ten taels, and twenty taels per mu. In terms of two taels of silver per acre, fifty acres is equivalent to a hundred taels. , put seventy taels into the national treasury for the purpose of buying and selling grain, can’t it still support a sergeant for three to five years?”
Yu Xin stood up and said sadly and angrily: "Just asking for three to five years is short-sighted! Your Majesty, the Wei system is designed for thousands of generations. If you only try to achieve success in a few years and destroy the foundation of a hundred generations, there will be a big disaster!" "
Jie Jin looked at Yu Xin, sighed, and said: "Mr. Yu Ge, looking around at the current Ming Dynasty, there is no strong enemy in three to five years. As long as the Ming Dynasty is stable for a few years, the imperial court's commercial tax and agricultural tax income will be able to support the guards." soldiers!"
Zhang Yan stood up and objected: "Even if there are no strong enemies, how can there be no natural disasters? How can you guarantee that everything will be safe and peaceful next year? What will happen if there is a large-scale failure of harvest? Who will support so many sergeants?" Since there are no strong enemies, it is better to plow and train than to
Is it safe? "
Zhu Yunwen looked at the three cabinet members arguing endlessly and felt the divisions in the cabinet.
Yu Xin and Zhang Yan have high qualifications and experience, but in the end they lack some vision and courage. They are both too traditional and hope to live in their comfort zone without making any changes.
Once there are too many changes, they will feel uneasy, and then they will seize on the shortcomings and continuously amplify them as a weapon of opposition.
They are like this whether it is the reform of the Imperial College or the reform of the guard system.
"Okay, sit down."
Zhu Yunwen knocked on the table, frowned and shouted.
The three cabinet ministers sat back.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Huang Zicheng and Xia Yuanji and asked, "What do the Hubu think?"
Huang Zicheng stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Minister Xia knows this best, so let him speak."
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly, motioned Huang Zicheng to sit down, and then looked at Xia Yuanji.
Xia Yuanji stood up, took out a booklet from his sleeve, and said, "As Xie Gechen said, the silver earned from selling land can support the new army's strategy for three to five years. Even if the gentry buys the land, their land The grain produced also needs to be sold. As long as the farmland is not abandoned in large quantities, the grain output of the original farmland will not drop significantly. If you use the money to purchase the grain, there will not be a large grain shortage."
"Three to five years later, the new army will be formed, enough to protect the country, keep the Tatars and Oaras out of the country, and there will be no worries about farm production. As for the follow-up military food preparations, I believe that as long as there is a whip method and a national policy If it is thoroughly implemented, our government's treasury will be full and we can support our soldiers without any problem."
"If you think that I am lying, this book records the current internal treasury and estimates the income from commercial and agricultural taxes in the first year. Putting aside various expenditures and reserves, at least 10 million dan can still be spared to support the sergeants. . If production is stable for three years, the imperial court can allocate at least 15 million shi, and the gap is not big."
Zhu Yunwen nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Yu Xin and Zhang Yan, and said: "The guard system is not conducive to a strong army, and the same is true for the military status system. We cannot allow weak people to continue to stay in the guard as sergeants. Since This is the strategy of the New Army, so we might as well be bolder, use Peking as a pilot, sell farmland, and at the same time abolish all the guard posts under the jurisdiction of Beiping Prefecture, including some of the guard posts in the Beizhili region!"
"If a sergeant in the guard station wants to continue to join the army, let him join the army. If he does not want to join the army, he will be allowed to join the army.
military, change their military status, pay them military pay, and let them return to their places. If any officers object, Ping'an can use a large army to bring peace! For farm sales, a three-year low tax discount will be given, and all transactions will be recorded and taxed at the commercial tax rate. Appoint personnel to closely supervise the source of farm property being bought and sold. If military camp fields encroach on farmland, they will be severely punished! "
"Try it out in various places in Peiping, identify problems, and accumulate experience. If it works, it will be generalized. If it doesn't work, the imperial court will support the soldiers of the Peking Guard! Let the cabinet draw up an order."
Seeing that the matter had been finalized, Yu Xin and others could not say anything more, so they had to bow and leave.
Zhu Yunwen left Yao Guangxiao alone, took out a piece of information from the Security Bureau, handed it over, and said: "There is a man named Jin Zhong in Beiping Mansion, does Master know about it?"
After Yao Guangxiao heard this, he was shocked. He took the information and looked at it carefully. He was even more horrified and said to Zhu Yunwen uneasily: "Your Majesty, this Jin Zhong is not a simple person. He not only knows the methods of Qimen, but is also good at the art of war. Speaking of which, Ashamed, it was me who recommended Jin Zhong to enter Prince Yan's Mansion."
"Haha, I know. The Beiping'an Bureau found that Jin Zhong has had a lot of contact with the gentry recently, and he seems to have some agenda. What do you think he is planning?"
Zhu Yunwen looked at Yao Guangxiao sharply.
Yao Guangxiao lowered his head, pinched the beads, and said with a gloomy face: "Jin Zhong is just a charlatan, it is absolutely impossible for him to be connected with the gentry. If the security bureau's detection is true, it can only mean that there are people behind Jin Zhong who are manipulating .”
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly and said with a smile: "It seems that you and I want to go together. In that case, let's see who has such courage. Haha, you are not allowed to tip off King Yan!"
Yao Guangxiao walked out of Wuying Hall, looked at the sun in the sky, with worry in his eyes, and said to himself: "King Yan, it's not that I won't help you, but the emperor won't let me say it..."
Not being allowed to say it shows that the emperor is aware of it.
Yao Guangxiao could tell who was causing trouble by moving his toes. Zhu Gaochi was an honest and honest fat man, but Zhu Gaoxu was an ambitious martial arts expert. Zhu Gaosui was also Zhu Gaoxu's follower...
Who else could it be?
The emperor was happily preparing to catch the turtle in the urn, but Zhu Gaoxu was still making trouble in Peiping.
Hey, hasn't Zhu Gaoxu ever thought that his father Zhu Di is still in the capital? If he made some noise in Peiping, would Zhu Di still be alive?
