The process of the meeting...
Zhu Jianshen showed Yu Qian's kindness, Xu Youzhen proposed a new tax system, Shang Ren was dismissed from office, Wang Wen represented a group of conservative officials to challenge the government and made things difficult, which led to a scuffle at Fengtian Palace, and then a series of events such as Wang Wen's accountability, His Majesty's anger, and Yu Qian's plea.
The mood of the officials in the court was sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes fearful, sometimes excited...
They haven't reacted yet...
Just because it all happened so fast, like a tornado...
For many years, the Ming Dynasty's court gatherings have never been as lively as they are today.
Next, Yu Qian continued to explain the new policy, and Wang Wen, who was asking about the policy, did not dare to speak anymore.
People, even if they are stubborn and not afraid of death, if their energy and energy are taken away, they will spontaneously become decadent and tactful. What's more, Zhu Jianshen's reprimand to Wang Wen just now was not entirely a lie.
For his own selfish desires that cannot be put on the stage, Zhu Jianshen was not wrong about this, and Wang Wen also knew it in his heart.
My heart has been shaken, so how can I stand on the commanding heights of safeguarding the legal system and criticize Yu Qian and others' tax system that "disrupts the law and the country"...
In fact, this is a game. It cannot be said that Zhu Jianshen, Yu Qian and others have won, but they won first.
Gaining the upper hand at the highest center of power.
Zhu Jianshen originally wanted to control Cheng Guogong Zhu Shou, and then asked Taining Hou to take the lead in supporting and take down the Wuxun Group. However, Zhu Shou was clever and directly passed the blame. After Chen Ying took the lead, he also hurriedly agreed, prompting the entire Xungui Group. The group swarmed closer.
In fact, for civil servants, the Wuxun Group's reading of some military strategies is like reading the words of sages. Whether they support it or not is not important, but for Zhu Jianshen, it is very important. .
There are more than 200,000 troops in the Beijing camp, but the New Deal is behind the scenes...
What Yu Qian was talking about was the specific details of how officials and gentry work as servants and receive food from one body.
The policy of officials and gentry working together and paying grain as one was supposed to set off a powder keg, but there was no spark of fire because the powder keg had already exploded in advance...
One minister was dismissed from office, and another almost lost his head...
The emperor trusted Yu Qian, Li Xian, and Xu Youzhen too much, and they also had little influence in the court.
I can't scold, I can't beat, I can't fight, I can't do it, I can only endure it.
Even if some officials still have anger in their hearts, they don't dare to burst out, otherwise they may be caught and beaten up by Xu Youzhen and Zhan Yang, two aggressive people.
Since you can't resist at the court meeting, you can only listen and study hard. Anyway, it's not something that can be done in a year or two.
The officials and gentry work together as errands and receive food as one, and what they need is the money of all officials and gentry.
The so-called "errand" means that you have to bear corvee labor, and you have to pay grain taxes on the land.
But you don’t want a fat middle-aged man with fame and wealth to carry bricks on the city wall or dig mud in the river. You can use money to replace your own errands, or you can pay for it yourself and hire someone else to do it. In their place, of course, the amount of money is very small, just to allow them to fulfill their tax obligations.
The big one comes at the end, saying that those squire officials who do not have to pay taxes must be treated the same as ordinary people and must pay food taxes based on the land.
In addition, in order to suppress land annexation, some changes were made to the expropriation standards, and many legal protections were added...
Ming Dynasty’s taxes have always been very low.
Ordinary people take one out of thirty, which remains unchanged.
After you have more than one hundred acres of land, whether you are a squire or not, it becomes three out of thirty.
After a thousand acres of land, take fifty from thirty.
When it comes to two thousand acres, take ten out of thirty.
When the area exceeds 10,000 acres, there will be no tax collection.
Why.
Because the Ming Dynasty did not have the habit of collecting taxes from people who lost their heads...
This was to prevent land annexation. There was a distinction between servant farmers and the people of the Ming Dynasty.
If the New Deal is rolled out, they, the servant farmers, will have no land, no need to pay taxes, and no need to think of ways to hide the population. It will be legalized directly.
I don’t have land, so I definitely won’t pay taxes. When the time comes, I’ll sell my own land and make some money, and then I’ll farm land for the gentry and make another profit.
If it is not done well, it will even stimulate the process of land annexation. Although, under the influence of this tax system, after the land annexation, the court will still collect taxes and money, or even more, but if ordinary people are reduced to nothing, It is definitely not a good thing for the supreme ruler.
The key is that the people have something to rely on.
Therefore, in the process of the government and the gentry receiving food and serving as errands, a direct upper limit was set on the issue of land annexation. No matter what grade of official you were behind, it was impossible to own tens of thousands of acres of fertile land.
Of course, Zhu Jianshen and Yu Qian also knew that this problem that has troubled all dynasties must not be solved in such a simple way, and can only be continuously improved in the future...
And the thunderous methods Yu Qian mentioned began to surface.
Those who prevent land surveying should first go to the county government office to drink tea. If they can't reach an agreement after drinking tea, they will be sent to jail directly. If they are still unconvinced in prison, what should they do? They will give them a cool bone scraper and a painless skull segmentation operation. After the completion, they are guaranteed to No more worries.
What to do if you collude with the local government, collude, and hide the land? As long as you are found out and someone reports it, the officials will directly strip you of your title and behead your head in public. Those who deliberately hide the fornication will be fined ten taels of silver...
When an official is caught, he will be beheaded and interrogated. When a briber is caught, he will only be fined ten taels of silver. Is it fair? Isn't it fair? Is it easy? It's easy.
This method was Zhu Jianshen's idea for Yu Qian, because there must be many people tampering with it, so create a gap for them.
Let them face different punishments from the beginning.
Although these squires are confident, the officials who preside over them have to risk their lives. That is to say, these different levels of punishment will make them have an unequal relationship when they first cooperate.
Sowing discord is a conspiracy.
After hearing what Yu Qian said, the officials all shook their heads secretly.
Yu Taibao, who has always been upright, also started to play tricks...
As for goods transported by water, an additional tax has also been imposed. Silver tax is paid based on 30% of the value of the goods transported. Previously, it was 1% of 30%, and sometimes it was not collected.
This is mainly aimed at the businessman group, and it is also set up by big businessmen.
As for the people who set up stalls and sell in the city, this originally existing tax was canceled by Yu Qian.
Traffickers and pawns, cart drivers and oarsmen, have always been like this throughout the ages. They are already poor and have no way of living in the world. They can only be kind and not demanding...
Zhu Jianshen was also very satisfied after seeing Yu Qian cancel the tax for people to carry burdens into the city.
Keeping the focus on the poor people will make it impossible for Ming Dynasty to achieve financial freedom, and it will also increase the burden on the people, putting the cart before the horse and taking big action if necessary.
In the early Ming Dynasty, in order to stabilize the country, they focused on agriculture and suppressed business. As a result, business was much worse than that in the Song Dynasty. People with a good reputation, even those who had read a little, and had some money and land at home would not take this path. .
After the Zhengtong Year, private industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty began to develop rapidly...
And with the large number of nobles and nobles, officials also realized the huge profits. They could earn a sum of money by transporting food from here to there, and they could not resist the temptation.
They also joined the industries they once despised and became officials and merchants, because they enjoyed the privilege of tax exemption. They were found in teahouses, salt shops, pawn shops, and even brothels.
They make a lot of money, but the lives of ordinary people are getting worse day by day, and the tax revenue of Ming Dynasty is getting worse every day...
Of course, Yu Qian also saw the great benefits, so he proposed to Zhu Jianshen that when changing the tax system, the commercial tax should also be improved.
It starts with the big water transport merchants, then transfers to the pass, and finally to the city, there are officials to collect taxes.
The original city tax and shop tax were also increased from 1/30 to 2/30.
This seems to be a matter of competing with business interests, but it is not as simple as it seems.
Imposing huge silver taxes on merchants seems to reduce the profit points of merchants. However, in the long-term development, in order to account for the huge amount of silver from commercial taxes, the court will open other new policies to support these merchants, and their status will also change. It will gradually improve, and the business environment will also be better. Large tax payers can even become guests of officials and receive support from the local government...
Then there was the sea tax, the sea tax, and a series of tax systems came out from Yu Qian's mouth.
The sea tax revenue was huge, from 2/30 in the mainland to 5/30.
Because it is a huge profit, the court also wants to take a big share.
Of course, when Yu Qian proposed sea tax at this time, everyone was still confused. Come to think of it, Yu Taibao thought too much. The sea is sealed. Except for official ships, no one can go to sea to do business with arrogance.
But smart people find it not simple.
Wang Wen opened his mouth, but still didn't say anything...
Xu Youzhen and Li Xian also looked at each other. When the three of them were talking, they did not mention the maritime affairs.
These people all noticed the new signal, but Zhu Jianshen looked indifferent. He must have known what Yu Qian said.
The salt tax remains unchanged.
The salt tax in the Ming Dynasty was also very low and very stable. From Zhu Yuanzhang's rebellion by smashing bowls to Zhu You's search for rope in Meishan. The salt tax has always been maintained at 1.25 to 1.3 million taels. There has never been an increase in the salt tax. The price of salt is also relatively cheap, with a tax rate of 1.7 taels per pound.
Regarding the tax system of the New Deal, Yu Qian talked for half an hour, while the officials were too shy and listened honestly for half an hour.
Wait until Yu Qian has finished speaking.
Zhu Jianshen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, already had a smile on his face. He looked at Wang Wen and said, "Wang Shangshu, do you have anything else to add?"
Wang Wen raised his head and glanced at Zhu Jianshen, then lowered his head and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have no other objections. Your Majesty, rest assured that I will do my best to help the Taibao."
Zhu Jianshen nodded, his eyes flashed from Xu Youzhen, Li Xian, Zhu Shou, Chen Ying and others one by one, and then returned to Yu Qian.
"Yu Taibao, how to implement this tax system."
"It will be implemented on a pilot basis first, starting from Shuntian Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture, Fengyang Prefecture, Luoyang Prefecture, Xi'an Prefecture, Qinyang Prefecture and other places. I will supervise Shuntian Prefecture. The censor of Xudu is willing to volunteer to go to Yingtian Prefecture. Fengyang Prefecture will be controlled by His Majesty decreed that they should be implemented on a trial basis, and Xi'an, Luoyang, and Qinyang were implemented by His Majesty's decree, giving Governor Li Bing the privilege to implement them..." Yu Qian said loudly.
Governing a big country is like cooking a small one, and it needs to be done slowly. Zhu Jianshen is also very clear about this.
At that moment, Zhu Jianshen stood up from the dragon chair and looked at the officials.
"I'm sure. My dear friends, who agrees and who opposes..."
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