Hongwu 23rd year, end of April.
Ming Dynasty, Yingtian Prefecture.
Countless palace maids and eunuchs were scattered around the towering walls of the palace, chattering about something.
Taihe Gate.
It had been a long time since Zhu Yuanzhang had gone to court.
Today was a joyous day. At least in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, today should be a joyous day.
"Your Majesty, from the 22nd year of Hongwu to the 23rd year of Hongwu, all the fields in the world were transferred to Huangzhuang, Yingtian, Chang 'an, Luoyang, Jiangsu, and Fujian.”
"They have lost more than four million mu of fertile land and are extremely wealthy!”
"Most of them moved to Yungui, Liaodong, the northwest, and the Central Capital.”
"The Imperial Manor has 680 million mu of land. Among them, 300 million and 50 million mu are located in the Jiangnan and Jiangxi regions, and 100 million and 30 million mu are located in the Huabei Plains.”
"100 million and 30 million mu, located in the northwest plains. The remaining 70 million mu are scattered in Liaodong, grassland and other places.”
"There are already 4.3 million households in the world. They have received a total of 100 million and 30 million mu of land, and the remaining land of the imperial manor is 50 million and 50 million mu.”
"Of which, 200 million and 40 million mu belong to the army, and there are still 300 million and 10 million mu that are being distributed!”
"According to the new policies, there are a total of 61.7 million people registered. The local governments are still replenishing the registration. Each household can only receive a maximum of 30 mu of land.”
"Strictly follow the standard of paying 15% tax for the items produced by the Imperial Manor and hand them over to the Imperial Manor as land rent.”
"Ninety percent of the total land rent will be paid to the national treasury!”
"Hongwu 22nd year, the entire year's rent and grain of 73,680,000 stones have been handed over to the national treasury, 67,000,000 stones have been deposited into the treasury!”
"Land rent, silver, 4,360,000 taels. 3,900,000 taels have been handed over to the national treasury!”
"The land rent and tea, 1.23 million catties. 1.1 million catties have been handed over to the national treasury!”
"Land rent, silk, 3,960,000 bolts. 3,500,000 bolts have been handed over to the national treasury!”
"The land rent, rope, hemp, fodder, and other miscellaneous items totaled 7.6 million. 6.8 million has been handed over to the national treasury!”
"In the twenty-second year of Hongwu, since the imperial court issued a new policy to increase the business tax, the annual business tax collected is 5.7 million taels of silver!”
"Tea, 1.5 million catties."
"Silk, 2.3 million bolts."
"Rope, hemp, fodder, and other miscellaneous items, a total of thirteen million taels of silver!”
"These are all the profits in the 22nd year of Hongwu! Please have a look, Your Majesty!" The Minister of Revenue, Yang Jing, read a long list of data to Old Zhu.
Sitting on the dragon throne, Old Zhu was happy to hear that the imperial court had collected so much tax and that the imperial court was rich.
Looking at Yang Jing, Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice,""Does the imperial court have any objections to increasing the merchant tax?”
Although these words were said for Yang Jing to hear, the one who really answered Old Zhu was the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, merchants everywhere are complaining. Many officials of the imperial court, mansions, and houses have their doorsteps almost shattered, but the commoners everywhere!”
"Those who have received the land, those who are currently receiving the land, those who are reporting their household registration and preparing to receive the land, are extremely supportive of the new policies of the Imperial Court!”
"Shanxi, Yangzhou, Shandong, Hebei, Hangzhou, and many other places have been allocated land to the people. Many families have offered the memorial tablet of longevity to His Majesty!”
"Burn incense and pray every day, wishing Your Majesty a long life!”
Jiang Meng was very excited. He wasn't trying to flatter Old Zhu, the truth was that the situation was so extreme.
With an imperial edict from Old Zhu, his subordinates had killed many disobedient wealthy merchants. He had taken all the fields in the world into the hands of the Imperial Manor.
200 million mu of it was used for the army to cultivate and pay rent to the imperial manor to be self-sufficient.
Those commoners who had obtained the land were immediately rich. They had more than 20 mu of land, and each household was distributed according to the number of people. The maximum was 30 mu, and the minimum was 4 mu.
This family only had one person, so he could get four acres of land. This family had seven people, so their family could get 30 acres of land.
It didn't matter how old you were.
According to the new farmland policy, the imperial manor would collect all the farmland in the world and provide it for the people to cultivate. The final ownership of the farmland would belong to the imperial manor, which meant that it would belong to the emperor.
The six departments of the imperial court had no right to interfere, nor did they have the authority to restrict the sale of land among the people.
To put it simply, all the commoners in the world were the emperor's tenants. The emperor would take one out of fifteen according to the harvest, kicking out all the landlords in the middle.
Without the middleman to make a profit, the emperor directly collected taxes from the land and paid 90% of the income to the national treasury, saving 10% of the internal treasury.
Although it was a lot, Old Zhu had kicked out the local landlords, which directly created a power vacuum. Old Zhu had indeed received stronger support and love from the people.
However, he still faced a new challenge!
"Some high-ranking officials have their doors broken?”Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes and said calmly. This time, in order to kick out the world's landowners, he had killed all the wealthy merchants from all over the world.
According to incomplete statistics, there were hundreds of thousands of members of wealthy families who died in the 22nd year of Hongwu, and hundreds of thousands were exiled.
It could be seen how determined Old Zhu was.
He had to take the risk of causing chaos in the world to do these things.
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