First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 316

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was as sinking as water and cold as iron.

He could clearly feel that he was furious.

Lao Zhu seemed to have turned into a beast that chose people and devoured him, exuding a shuddering aura from the inside out.

This is no exaggeration.

His two prime ministers were almost held hostage, and under his nose, a daring and arrogant royal family appeared... This is not a problem.

Lin Zi is big enough to have all kinds of birds. No **** ruthless person can startle Lao Zhu. Who makes us the hardest one!

What he couldn't stand was that a mere businessman could easily see the loopholes in the fiscal and taxation system under his control. Facing this level of output, Lao Zhu couldn't stand it.

"You must negotiate a result now, and we must know the solution immediately!"

Facing the officials headed by the two prime ministers, Lao Zhu shouted angrily, this time even Zhang Ximeng was not qualified to be spared. Not to mention Li Shanchang, he only felt that 80% of his anger was directed at him.

Whether it is life or death, it depends on the next discussion, whether it can satisfy Zhu Yuanzhang... "Everyone, there are many departments of finance and taxation, there are households, military departments, and military camps. The prefectures also keep money and grains for their own use. There are so many different things, Zhongshu Province can't take over the financial power, and each yamen does its own thing. If it goes on like this, there will be many drawbacks, chaos, and even affect the overall situation…”

Li Shanchang thought about it when he said this, but found that there were already so many problems. It seemed that he, the Zuo Xiangguo, did not have any suggestions to improve the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages. It seems that it was not unreasonable for Zhu Yuanzhang to anger him.

So how should this taxation be reformed?

Everyone pondered for a long time, and no one was willing to express their position easily, for fear of saying a word wrong and causing trouble.

Li Shanchang looked around, and finally set his eyes on Ruan Hongdao. He couldn't do anything, who made him the Minister of the Household!

"Ruan Shangshu, what do you think we should do?"

Ruan Hongdao's old face flushed, he was silent for a long time, then he gritted his teeth, "Li Xiang, this matter is obvious, it's just hard to say!"

Li Shanchang taught a lesson with a sullen face: "The superiors are here, and the big guys are there. Since you know the root of the disease, you should know everything and say everything. I don't understand, what do you mean by hesitating?"

Ruan Hongdao sighed heavily again, sighed, and said proudly: "Li Xiang, then I will dare to say that there are too few people in the Ministry of Household, so we need to add more talents!"

After saying those words, Ruan Hongdao seemed to have opened a chatterbox.

"What does the Ministry of Household govern? As the name suggests, the household registration in each region is under our control. How many households are under our control, how many people are there, how many households are under our control, how many people are there, how many people are there, how many people are there? When it will be shipped, where it will be shipped, and how it will be received, it is all in the hands of the Ministry of Households. From this, warehouses in various places, Changping warehouses, military supply warehouses, and some grain storage in military camps... are also in the hands of the Ministry of Households."

"Look, big guy, which yamen is busier than the Ministry of Household? The yellow book of the population, the fish scale book of the distribution of fields, the list of grain chiefs in various places, the storage situation. There are also treasure banknotes, tax cards, markets, iron yards, Salt tea, copper and iron... This is only in normal times. If it encounters the use of troops, the Ministry of Household has to requisition the people's husbands to supply military supplies. There are various kinds of things. The burden of thousands of pounds is placed on the Ministry of Household. "

"Let's see how many people there are in the Ministry of Households? It's nothing more than one minister, two servants, and the officials who work below them add up to dozens of people. Who is not busy, and if you are not polite, everyone will laugh at themselves. Since I became an official, I have no time to have children, if you don't believe me, you can ask, is there any household official who has given birth to children in the past few years?”

Speaking of this, Ruan Hongdao felt aggrieved, "To unify the financial power and avoid multiple political affairs, I strongly agree and should do the same... But I have a saying that if you want the Ministry of Household to do things well, you must We need to increase the number of people. Or... or simply, follow the example of the late Tang Dynasty, order a minister to take over the financial power, and then we can succeed. Otherwise, if there are not enough people, everything will be empty talk!"

Ruan Hongdao had just finished speaking, but the big guy was still thinking about it, thinking that he was right. But Yang Xian from the Ministry of War had already stepped forward, "Ruan Shangshu, what you said makes sense, I just have a little doubt. The Ministry of Household Affairs is complicated and needs to increase the number of personnel, and even arrange three envoys to take charge of the financial power. What do you mean... What about the Ministry of War? We have fewer things to do? Selection of generals, performance evaluation, ordnance production, rewards for soldiers, compensation for wounded soldiers, which one can be sloppy? According to you, should we also set up privy envoys? In charge of military power?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Xi immediately said: "No, we have abandoned the corrupt government of Zhao and Song Dynasties and reopened the dynasty. How can we get the three envoys and the privy envoys back, I am against it!"

Ruan Hongdao was in a hurry, "When did I say that I would restore the three envoys? I mean that there are not enough people in the Ministry of Household now!"

Yang Yuangao said quietly: "Since the household is not enough, let the big guys share it. You Ruan Shangshu are also happy to relax."

"You! What do you mean? It's Li Xiang's intention to take over the financial power! Is it wrong for me to advocate an increase in manpower?"

Yang Xian still sneered: "It's okay to increase the number of people, but not just for the Ministry of Households! Also, many of the things that Ruan Shangshu said just now are not the responsibility of your Ministry of Households, such as the fish scale book and the yellow book, the local yamen. It's a lot of burden, you just take it up and hide it, how many people can you use?”

"Nonsense! It is the most important thing to compile households Qimin and divide the land and acres equally. I have to personally inquire about the atlas of each county and verify it carefully. How can I allow you to talk nonsense?"

These people came and went, and they quarreled.

Like Song Lian and others, they were all dumbfounded, as if they were stupid.

Isn't it unified financial rights?

Why are there so many arguments?

Each of them has a bit of truth in what they say, but when they are all put together, it becomes a mess of porridge. Who should I listen to?

The big guys don't agree either.

Li Shanchang's old face was getting darker and darker. He didn't dare to look back at Zhu Yuanzhang now, because he knew that Lao Zhu was on the verge of eruption.

These bastards, can't you have some brains?

Since when did you only care about competing for personal gain?

No matter how nice Ruan Hongdao said it, in the final analysis, isn't it still necessary to expand power? Even compared to the three envoys, to put it bluntly, it is to compete with himself in court.

The rest of the people did not want to see the expansion of the household, so they all pulled back.

It was about a basket of crabs. One wanted to escape, but was caught by other crabs, one after another, and no one wanted to run away.

This is officialdom, and there is a natural tendency to be stable. It is almost impossible to break the game simply by brute force.

Li Shanchang's head is so big, he is afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang will explode in the next second, and then he will pay for these bastards!

At this critical juncture, Zhang Ximeng suddenly laughed. This time, it was almost like a spring breeze and a rain, and it suddenly hit Li Shanchang's heart.

"Zhang Xiang, if you have any ideas, tell me quickly! Everyone listens!"

The others also stopped and looked at Zhang Ximeng.

"Let me say that the unification of financial power is to prevent the government from going out of multiple branches, to improve efficiency and reduce disadvantages... As a result, no measures have been taken, and they are clamoring to increase manpower and expand power, so that they can really unify financial power and clarify taxes. Fu? I don't think so!"

After these few words came out, Ruan Hongdao's momentum went down for most of the time, and he was even a little nervous.

This little trick of his was just broken, Zhang Ximeng is really merciless!

Zhang Ximeng paused for a while, and then said: "Let's talk about the grain chief first... I thought it could be discussed in the future, but it cannot be abolished until the world is ruled. The grain chief comes from the people and is elected by the people. They are not only responsible for the transportation of grain. The important task is also the channel to improve people's feelings. We strive to equalize the land, and one of the advantages is that it can mobilize the people, reduce the difficulty of governance, and save expenses... To put it bluntly, it is to let the people take the initiative to pay and pay taxes, and we don't need to arrange that. Many people go to the countryside to collect collections. Give up the grain chief and increase the number of officials. How much? Three times five times? Or ten times and eight times?"

Zhang Ximeng once again aimed at Ruan Hongdao and completely lost the temper of the Minister of the Ministry of Housing.

"The grain chief system can't be moved, and the delivery of tax and grain to various places will inevitably lead to multiple orders, local interception, and even corruption and corruption of the law... I mean, is it possible to set up a special yamen to be responsible for auditing and counting all tax grains. We can't do the total revenue and expenditure of the Ministry of Household temporarily, but we must have an accurate grasp of the overall situation of farmland. Now it is also convenient for the lord and the Ministry of Zhongshu to make a decision!"

When this idea came out, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up first.

In fact, he advocated the unification of financial power. He also saw that merchants and officials colluded, and they could easily embezzle money and bend the law. The ordinary people below, as well as the grain chiefs of various places, seemed too powerless.

If there is a yamen that can supervise all the taxes and grains, regardless of the household or the locality, there is an accurate situation, which can give you peace of mind for a while, that's great.

After all, as Ruan Hongdao complained, the Ministry of Household really couldn't handle the responsibility of unifying taxation.

This requires a thorough reform~www.mtlnovel.com~ The entire official system has been adjusted.

But right now, the fire is not yet ready. To put it bluntly, good steel is used on the blade, and the surplus money should be raised first.

In the final analysis, Mr. Zhang still understands our thoughts, and everyone else is causing trouble...

"Mr. Li, what do you mean by Mr. Zhang?"

Li Shanchang hurriedly said: "What Zhang Xiang said is very true, and this minister thinks it is very appropriate." Now Li Shanchang has no desire to refute Zhang Ximeng, no matter what outrageous suggestions he puts forward, Li Shanchang can only agree with both hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally felt a little relieved, "Since that's the case, the two of you should discuss what the new yamen is called, what is the main responsibility, who will be responsible, and hand it over to us in three days... Also, don't stay with the Wang family. , these worms will live for one more day, and more officials will be bought by them! When dealing with tumors, we must be decisive and clear!"

Li Shanchang was frightened, and quickly bowed deeply. In his voice, there was a slight trembling, "My minister...I understand!"

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