Zhu Jianshen, who returned to Qianqing Palace, sat blankly on the Dragon Tower.
He was both happy and disappointed that the draft was postponed. For the sake of his own health and to live for a few more years, he could only aggrieve his little brother in a short period of time.
Human beings are all creatures worried about gains and losses. Even if they become emperor, they will not change much.
Moreover, Zhu Jianshen was very suspicious. In the original history, he only lived to his early forties. He must have done something shameful with Wan Zhen'er when he was very young. He had ejaculated Long Yang early and knew about it early. A lot of happiness...
After a while, Zhang Bao came from outside the palace, holding a memorial in his hand.
"Your Majesty, this is a secret memorial from Marquis Wuyang of Liaodong." He said and placed it on Zhu Jianshen's dragon case.
Zhu Jianshen picked up the memorial and suddenly thought of something.
"Summon Zhu Ji."
"Yes, Your Majesty." With that said, Zhang Bao went down to make arrangements.
And Zhu Jianshen also opened Shi Heng's memorial.
The memorial stated that the last band of rebels in Liaoping Prefecture had been wiped out. All the 150,000 Jurchens in Liaoping Prefecture had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and there would be no more wars in Pyongyang and Seoul in the near future. He thought about demobilizing some troops and horses back to Guangning City. The words on the letter kept revealing his deep longing for Zhu Jianshen, and wanted Zhu Jianshen to approve his return to the capital to see the emperor.
After reading the memorial, Zhu Jianshen remembered the message secretly conveyed by Jin Yiwei.
In fact, Zhu Jianshen was very clear about what Shi Heng was doing in Liaodong.
But after thinking for a long time, he couldn't come up with a more effective method than Shi Heng's method.
If you want to completely implement the transformation from earth to flow, blood and fire in the early stage are necessary.
This is why Yu Qian didn't bring Shi Heng's matter to the forefront because he couldn't think of any good way.
As for Shi Heng's desire to come back for a visit, Zhu Jianshen had no intention of approving it, because he still had to rely on Lao Shi to control the situation. His transfer could only be considered after two or three years when the new land was completely peaceful.
After a while, Zhang Bao took Zhu Ji to the Palace of Qianqing.
After the ceremony, Zhu Jianshen asked straight to the point: "Have you prepared the things I asked you to prepare?"
"Your Majesty, it's ready." Zhu Ji said and took out a thick notebook from his arms and handed it to Zhang Bao.
After Zhang Bao took it, he hurriedly took a few steps and delivered it to Zhu Jianshen's hands.
Zhu Jianshen opened the first page with a solemn expression.
Yu Qian, none.
Li Xian, one hundred and twenty acres of farmland in Shunyi County.
Xu Youzhen has 100 acres of land in Shunyi County, 80 acres of land in Tongzhou, and 2300 acres of land in Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture.
Wang Wen, Shulu, Shuntian Prefecture, has 462 acres, and Tongzhou has 60 acres.
The business is worth sixty acres, and the wife's family has acres of land.
After reading the first page, Zhu Jianshen said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Xu Youzhen is still a big landowner. No wonder he is so weird today. It turns out that I want to cut off some of his flesh."
"Your Majesty, these fields of Xudu Yushi are legal and compliant. Most of them were purchased with gold and silver donated by my wife's family." Zhu Ji said quickly.
Zhu Jianshen chuckled and said, "I know, aren't all the illegal ones here?"
As he said this, General Zhu Jianshen discovered Wu Xun's list on the fourth page.
Zhu Shou, Duke of Chengguo, was among them.
Compared with Cheng Guogong, Xu Youzhen is dwarfed. Cheng Guogong's Yingtian Mansion has more than 1,000 acres of land, and Shuntian Mansion also has more than 600 acres, and part of it was purchased illegally.
Compared with the previous central civil servants, the generals seemed to have dirty butts.
The biggest reason is that their ancestors were rich in the past, and many of them are problems left over from history.
Zhu Jianshen co-wrote the book and then placed it on the dragon table.
It took Jin Yiwei more than half a year to investigate. Almost all the unknown officials, vassal kings and private properties that Zhu Jianshen knew were in this book. Although I dare not say that they are all correct, they are almost the same.
"Zhang Daban, do you pay taxes on the land in your home?" Zhu Jianshen said and looked at Zhang Bao beside him.
After Zhang Bao came to power, the number of fields in his family also increased sharply, and no one dared to expropriate the acres of land from the eunuch's home when the ceremonial supervisor of the court was in charge. Some of these lands were given as gifts, and some were purchased. It can be said that one person castrated the chickens and dogs and ascended to heaven. The small households that existed more than forty years ago have become prominent local families.
After Zhang Bao heard this, he was shocked and said quickly: "Your Majesty, I will hand it over, I will definitely hand it over. After the New Deal began, I will write a letter to my family to ask him to be honest and cooperate with the government."
When Zhu Ji was sorting it out, he had an affair with Zhang Bao, and Zhang Bao also asked him to write down the truth. From this point of view, it can be seen that Zhang Bao is not selfish.
Zhu Jianshen nodded with satisfaction and then looked at Zhu Ji: "In order to achieve the great plan, I am determined to break the cauldron. I am willing to give up some of my fame or not. If you are a stubborn person, kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Commander Zhu, does he have the same determination as me? .”
"I am willing to follow your majesty and complete the New Deal." Zhu Ji was the first person to know that Zhu Jianshen was going to implement the New Deal. In the past six months, Jin Yiwei had been running around the country to investigate the family backgrounds of officials in the court and the private property of the vassal king.
Zhu Jianshen smiled as he watched Zhu Ji express his attitude again. Then the smile disappeared and his expression became more determined.
What we are doing now is to abolish the head tax (Ding tax) that has been in place for more than 2,000 years and merge it into the land tax. The officials and gentry will be responsible for paying taxes, completely relaxing the restrictions on ordinary people's lives, doing good to the people, and doing good to the vested interests. But the author was not good, so the backlash he received was a bit big.
It is difficult to do, but it is a major event that can affect the fate of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years.
Moreover, if this matter is carried out at the beginning of the Chenghua year, it will be completely stabilized around the fifteenth year of Chenghua.
Replacing the capitation tax with a land tax can also stimulate people's desire to have children to a certain extent.
This was a great thing for the Ming Dynasty and the Han ethnic group.
With a large enough population, we can ignite the flames belonging to the Chinese people everywhere in this vast world.
Therefore, Zhu Jianshen did not want to hide his secrets this time, nor did he care about his reputation.
He wanted to go out personally and help Taibao and others.
No one can stop it.
The former little emperor gradually grew up...
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The night falls and the evening breeze blows.
The bright moon hangs in the sky and there are stars.
In the backyard of Li Xian's mansion.
Xu Youzhen, Li Xian and Yu Qian sat together.
The three ministers of the court were sitting in the open air, with some homely dishes on the table and a pot of turbid wine to relieve their worries.
At the beginning, the three of them just ate and drank, and no one was the first to speak out about the New Deal.
Now in the civil service system of the Ming Dynasty, the three of them are the most popular.
Yu Qian is the emperor's master, and he has the merit of protecting the country from the dragon, ranking first.
Li Xian selected the auxiliary ministers for the Empress Dowager, who was on the left side of Yu Qian.
Xu Youzhen is now the emperor's spokesperson, sitting on Yu Qian's right.
"The sage once said: Only unlimited wine can lead to chaos. Now that I have drunk for three rounds, it's time to talk about the tax system." Li Xian broke the calm and said.
Yu Qian glanced at Li Xian. Today in the cabinet duty room, Li Xian told Qian that he wanted Xu Youzhen to take the lead. Yu Qian also knew that Li Xian had won it in front of the emperor for his own affairs, so he did not refuse at the moment. .
He glanced at Xu Youzhen and said, "Censor of Xudu, what do you think of this new policy?"
"It's really a big change."
"After the capitation tax is abolished, you no longer have to pay taxes based on the number of people, but on the number of acres of land you own. This is indeed a great thing for the people, as it allows people with little or no land to If you live a better life, you can have more children."
"But it's a bit difficult for the officials and the gentry to work together as errands to pay the rations."
"At the beginning of the New Deal, when the land was measured, the squires from large households would reject it. The local government was inextricably linked with these large households. If we want to achieve success, we must first start with the administration of officials. The country is so big that it cannot be comprehensive. To go out, we can only target one place and do a trial first.”
Since she had to do it, Xu Youzhen had really thought about it.
"Then the Xudu Censor thinks, where can we do a pilot project?" Yu Qian said slowly.
"I haven't thought about it carefully yet. Yu Taibao, this tax system was set by you. Have you already had an idea?"
Yu Qian said: "Yingtian Mansion, Shuntian Mansion, Qinyang Mansion, Fengyang Mansion, Luoyang Mansion, and Xi'an Mansion can be used as pilot projects."
"Yingtian Mansion and Shuntian Mansion are the two capitals. They have the most officials and the most gentry, and they are also the most difficult. Let them become pilots to show the determination of the court. I will personally supervise Shuntian Mansion, and Yingtian Mansion. I hope that the censor of Xudu can Take a trip."
"Fengyang Mansion is the land of dragon prosperity. We must set an example to the world. Your Majesty has issued an order to the governor of Fengyang Mansion to strictly order the restructuring."
"Luoyang, Xi'an, Qinyang and other places are because the governors of the two provinces know that they have had correspondence with them before, and he will promote this matter."
The governor of Henan and Shaanxi provinces, Li Bing, whom Xu Youzhen met in Qinyang Prefecture, was also the one who kicked him. Moreover, Yu Qian and Li Bing's resumes were almost the same. Before Yu Qian entered Beijing as the minister of the Ministry of War, He once served as governor of Henan and Shaanxi provinces.
The reason why Li Bing was able to serve as governor of these two provinces was because of Yu Qian's recommendation.
Xu Youzhen glanced at Yu Qian calmly.
Li Bing and Wang Wen were Yu Qian's staunch supporters after his death. Wang Wen himself was a big landowner. It was hard to say whether he would rebel when he promoted the New Deal, but Li Bing came from a poor family. He measured land and fought against big families. That was Without any scruples.
Although Yu Qian said that he had a clear conscience, Xu Youzhen felt very uncomfortable when he heard it.
Yu Qian, who was in charge of the government, and Li Bing, the local official who was in charge of the two provinces, exchanged too many private letters, which was also a taboo.
Li Xian glanced at Xu Youzhen and said slowly: "The censor of Xudu is willing to go to Yingtian Mansion."
"If Your Majesty allows me to go, I will go."
"Yingtian Mansion is also difficult. There are many officials and military honors there, and His Majesty is not there. Isn't the Censor of Xudu afraid?"
Afraid or not? Definitely.
But Xu Youzhen was afraid in her heart, but she didn't say anything: "What does Li Fuchen mean? When working for His Majesty, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire ahead, Xu Youzhen will not frown."
"Look at the stars in the sky, they all indicate that the New Deal will be a great success. The three of us will definitely benefit all people and leave a lasting name in history. Your Majesty will definitely become one of the best saints in the Ming Dynasty."
Biquge
