First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 269

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Zhu Yuanzhang woke up very early, and his food was very simple, a bowl not much smaller than a basin, full of soup noodles, a plate of garlic cloves, and a plate of pickles.

When Lao Zhu was eating, it was called a wind and clouds, swallowed thousands of miles, and swept the eight wastes... After a while, there was nothing left, but a fine layer of sweat was soaked on his forehead, and he wiped it and walked outside.

Zhang Ximeng was waiting outside, still a little sleepy, sighing with sleepy eyes. He and Zhu Yuanzhang have very different work and rest habits. Lao Zhu is a typical early to bed and early to get up. Even if he doesn't go to bed early, he must get up early, face the rising sun, and work as soon as possible. The sooner the better, for fear of delaying for a while.

Zhang Ximeng, on the other hand, became more and more accustomed to doing things in the afternoon, and then until midnight, he was reluctant to waste a little time by lighting the lamp to cultivate immortals.

Two habits, it is difficult to say which is better, but since Zhu Yuanzhang came over, Zhang Ximeng had to change it.

"Sir, have you had breakfast?"

Zhang Ximeng hurriedly took out an oiled paper bag from his sleeve and said with a smile: "I ate two buns, there are two more here. If it takes a long time, I will stealthily eat it while the lord is talking."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing, he dared to steal food while he was talking, and dared to speak out openly, Zhang Ximeng, you are very brave!

"Sir is well-prepared. We are going to finish talking about the treat, but it is estimated that it will be in the afternoon. It's right to prepare... By the way, do you remember the last meeting of this kind, sir?"

Zhang Ximeng put the steamed buns back into his sleeves and said casually, "Why don't you remember! It should have been in Lvpai Village, before entering Dingyuan City and disposing of the Mu family... That time eradicating tyrants and allocating land, it was completely opened up. The situation has not only stabilized the military spirit of the old people in Haozhou, but also took the opportunity to expand their troops and have tens of thousands of elite soldiers."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Yeah, it was also from that time that we had confidence and thought about what we could do in this troubled time. Later we won Chuzhou. At that time, the master said that the prosperity of industry and commerce in Chuzhou cannot be destroyed, and so do we. The division of land was implemented, and some tyrants were disposed of. But it was not so neat after all... After crossing the river, even many old people of the Yuan court who had no serious mistakes were retained. Mr. Li said that 30% would be retained, But as far as we know, more than half of them are old people. This is the case with officials, the wealthy households are like this, and the gentry is naturally like this."

Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "Mr. Zhang, you debated with Liu Bowen, and advocated re-setting the outline and re-creating the universe. Recently, I have written so many articles, which can be described as good words and brilliant writing. But we still have to say that things on paper are still necessary after all. If it is put into practice, wouldn't it be the same as the way of Confucius and Mencius?”

Zhang Ximeng hurriedly said: "What the lord taught me is that this period of time is indeed a lot of things. It is important to change the customs and habits, but there are many places where there are still filth and filth, and there is no complete change. After all, it will not work."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile: "We are not blaming Mr. You do know how horrified Mr. Fenglin was when he saw Mr.'s article! People like him are full of admiration and admiration. We are even more so, how lucky Zhu Yuanzhang was to get Mr. Assistant! The reason of Mr.'s article is to make the knife in our hands sharper and more indomitable... To kill the person who should be killed, how can we hesitate?"

Lao Zhu strutted with his head held high, his momentum was like a rainbow. Walking directly into the school grounds, Zhang Ximeng pondered for a while, and immediately followed, but his heart was turned upside down, and the storm was right in front of him.

At this moment, the school field was already crowded with people from various villages, and everyone was looking forward to it. When Old Zhulong walked to the middle of the high platform, everyone's eyes fell on him.

Surprisingly, the people just watched, neither cheering nor kowtowing in trembling, the big guy seemed to be examining a stranger, no one said anything, just stared straight at it.

There were more than a thousand people on the field, and all eyes fell on him. Zhu Yuanzhang was not panicked. On the contrary, he was very excited, and he felt a rush of blood.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he used to be one of this group of people. Facing the powerful master, they had already knelt down and kowtowed, trembling with fear.

Facing themselves, they didn't kneel, that is, they still had expectations.

In this case, how can we let so many people down!

"Our name is Zhu Yuanzhang, and many of you must have heard of it. We are the Duke of Wu of Jinling. If you want to say what this Duke of Wu does... It's about this world, we are the ones who call the shots and have the final say. Then we have to do it. What kind of master? To put it simply, two words: Juntian!"

Old Zhu's voice was like a bell, and it was spread so far that everyone could hear it clearly.

"Under our command, there is a genius in the world, a trusted arm... He told us that life is between heaven and earth, and there should be a piece of land that belongs to you, where you can live in peace, support your family, live and multiply, and inherit the incense for your children and grandchildren. It's called destiny!"

"Whoever dares to disobey the mandate of heaven will be overthrown by the common people. This is the reason why countless people revolted and overthrew the Yuan court. Whoever follows the people's heart and distributes the land and land to the people fairly and reasonably will win the hearts and minds of the people and rule the world. , holding the destiny in hand."

"We believe in this principle. Since crossing the river, we have punished many corrupt officials, reduced extortionate and miscellaneous taxes, and evenly divided land and acres in Yingtianfu, Taipingfu and other places. In Huizhou, Quzhou, Xinzhou and other places, we have formulated regulations The highest land rent. Recently, a decree was announced in Jinling to admit women..."

"Having said that, we intend to move forward step by step to achieve the goal of cultivators having their own fields, so that everyone can have enough food and clothing, and live a good life of stability and prosperity."

"Someone told us in the past that Changxing is too close to Zhang Shicheng's territory, so it is not advisable to make a big move to avoid disaster. We believed it at the time, but recently we have thought of another layer. It is precisely because it is close to Zhang Shicheng that we have to be even more aggressive. To get rid of the bad governance, we must let the big guys live a good life, only then can someone support us and prove that we and Zhang Shicheng are not the same thing."

"So, we have decided that from now on, within a month, we will completely complete the matter of clearing the land and mu, and then distribute the land and mu to each and every family. Let's tell everyone here that this time the land is divided, there are only two words: fair!"

[To tell the truth, recently I have been using Mimi to read and read books to keep up with updates, switch sources, and read aloud tones, which can be used by Android and Apple. 】

"Regardless of men and women, all adults over the age of 16 will be equally divided according to each village, and half of the land will be given to those under the age of 16. The land will be distributed equally, the taxes should be equally, and the collection will be based on 10 out of 10... "

Zhu Yuanzhang talked eloquently, and the people just listened to what he said before, until he mentioned the division of fields, the big guy's ears perked up, his eyes widened, and he focused, for fear of missing a word.

Along with Zhu Yuanzhang's words, the big guy's breathing gradually became rapid, and his eyes glowed with anticipation... In fact, as a bystander, you will find that the Juntian Order announced by Lao Zhu at this time is not only different from the original, but also harmonious. The initial version after crossing the river was different.

It's not that Lao Zhu wants to overthrow Zhang Ximeng's Juntian outline... On the contrary, this is the inevitable trend of Juntian's development.

When in Huaixi, there were ration fields, mulberry fields, and transfer fields. The ration fields did not pay for the land, and the wealthy households were restricted. The maximum land holdings could reach 300 mu, depending on the local conditions, there will be differences.

After crossing the river, Zhang Ximeng naturally cancelled the ration field, and there was no tax-free entry. For mulberry fields, taxes were increased.

When Zhu Yuanzhang came here, even these things were canceled, and it was simply average! As for the wealthy, Lao Zhu is not giving preferential treatment either, and he does not give him any opportunities.

The reason is very simple. There are more and more sites, and the situation is more and more complicated. Faced with this situation, if you continue to use the complex land division plan, there will inevitably be a lot of loopholes in the end, and the initial goodwill will definitely become rich. Hu Haoqiang takes advantage of the advantages, and the rules for transferring the burden are guaranteed.

That being the case, then simply cut it out cleanly.

There will certainly be mistakes in doing so, but only the lesser of two evils.

This set of ways of doing things is exactly what Lao Zhu learned from Zhang Ximeng. Complex problems must be simplified, because only simple and rude can get immediate results.

Those who have a little common sense about the Ming Dynasty's finance and taxation will find that with the issuance of this order, the most criticized financial and taxation problems in the Ming Dynasty have fundamentally changed.

For example, in history, Zhu Yuanzhang set the government and the people's land in the world, and the official land tax was five liters, three in five spoons~www.mtlnovel.com~ Mintian reduced by two liters, and re-rented eight liters and five in five spoons. Rise.

However, Su, Song, Jia, and Hu were angry that they were guarded by Zhang Shicheng, who registered the wealthy families and wealthy people as official land, and used the private rent book as the tax amount. And Si Nongqing Yang Xian also used the land in western Zhejiang to increase its wealth, and the mu doubled. Therefore, officials and civilian fields in western Zhejiang regard others as twice as much, and the tax per mu has two or three stones.

In fact, from this brief introduction, we know that in the original Ming Dynasty, the fields were divided into officials, the people, the official fields were heavy, and the people's fields were light. In addition, there were many types of heavily leased and confiscated official fields.

The most unfortunate places were Suzhou, Songjiang and other places, which were retaliated by taxation.

The tax system is so complicated, obviously there is a problem with the Wenchen Group. Whether it is Li Shanchang or Yang Xian, they cannot be considered wholeheartedly for the country.

Their selfish thoughts are too heavy, and they have created a lot of loopholes and drawbacks. Giving Su Song a heavy tax is tantamount to forcing the two places to resist taxation. Zhu Yuanzhang naturally had no problems in Japan, and Zhu Di could still maintain it, but later, Jiangnan's tax arrears became the norm. And once Jiangnan defaults, other places will follow suit. Even if it is just a light tax, they are unwilling to pay it.

Under the leadership of Zhang Ximeng, Zhu Yuanzhang's views on taxation have made great progress.

The first one is that there is no distinction between official land and private land... Or to put it simply, all land is official land, and the names of the landlords are all surnamed Zhu.

It is the responsibility of the emperor to divide the land equally by Lao Zhu. This is what Zhang Ximeng said.

Theory and practice, at this moment, are perfectly combined.

Listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, some people finally cried and worshipped the ground, "Master Qingtian! What a master Qingtian!"

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