The next morning.
Ning Yan left Yangxin Palace Hall under the lead of the eunuch.
Chen Hong is the manager of the Jingshi House.
After Ning Yan entered the palace, she had interacted with him a few times.
Although Chen Hong was respectful to these beautiful women, Ning Yan could see that they were perfunctory in their bones.
After that night, all the eunuchs treated her differently.
When Chen Hong walked, his body bent slightly.
For the first time, Ning Yan deeply felt the survival rules of the harem.
However, after being pampered by the Emperor for a night, everyone who saw her began to look down on her.
This was the invisible pressure that Zhu Youtang brought to the harem. This was the authority of the Son of Heaven!
Last night, the rain was sparse and the wind was strong. The plum blossoms fell on the bed.
However, Ning Yan knew that there were many beautiful women in the harem. It was just her luck that she was favored today.
Whether or not she would be able to leave any place in the Emperor's heart was still unknown.
Therefore, Ning Yan didn't dare to be careless and was still cautious.
Even though all the palace maids, female officials, and eunuchs were extremely respectful to her, she still did not dare to look down on them.
……
Renshou Palace.
"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the Emperor doted on Miss Ning last night.”
Empress Dowager Zhou heard Chen Hong's words and said in a bad mood,"What Lady Ning? Who is Lady Ning?"
"Decree that Ning Yan be Concubine Ning and that the palace be changed to the Furong Palace. Allocate thirty-two eunuchs and palace maids, and let the Sixth Bureau distribute clothes, charcoal, and sandalwood to the Furong Palace.”
Before Wanli, the imperial harem of the Ming court only had the level of imperial concubines.
Concubines are divided into noble and humble, Yin, Shu, Zhuang, Jing, Hui, Shun, Kang, Ning according to this order.
Ning Yan was the lowest ranked concubine, so she was given the title of Concubine Ning.
It was not because her surname was Ning.
At this time, the imperial concubine had not come out yet. After the Wanli period, the imperial concubine would be the only one in the Ming Dynasty's harem other than the empress.
……
The other twenty-two beautiful women who entered the palace together watched as Ning Yan was respectfully escorted away by the eunuchs and palace maids.
He then looked at the female officials who had taught him etiquette and the Gong Zheng who was in charge of the punishment. His attitude towards Ning Yan had changed.
This change made all the young and ignorant women realize the rules of survival in the harem for the first time.
While their eyes were filled with envy, they secretly swore in their hearts that they would one day be favored by the emperor like Concubine Ning.
This was a rare opportunity, and they had to make all the necessary preparations to serve the Emperor.
Before the Ming Empress was decided, everyone had a chance.
……
Zhu Youtang enjoyed a rare night.
She woke up a little late today.
"Your Majesty."
Zhang Min, the chief of ceremonies, whispered outside the door.
"Speak."
"Replying to the Emperor, the Third Pavilion Elder of the Cabinet requests an audience.”
Yesterday, Zhu Youtang returned the question book that the Third Pavilion Elder had handed over.
They did not say what went wrong with their land tax reform. It seemed that the cabinet was here to ask for advice.
"Let's go to the West Garden Warm Pavilion."
"Yes."
After Zhang Min left.
A palace maid came to help Zhu Youtang bathe and change his clothes. After everything was done, he changed into his usual clothes and walked towards the West Garden.
West Park.
At least before the Jiajing period, this could only be considered the emperor's villa.
Zhu Youtang rarely came here before. Recently, the weather was hot, and Xiyuan was a good place to enjoy the cool and escape the heat, so he came over.
"Greetings, Emperor. Long live the Emperor…"
Zhu Youtang waved his hand." Don't be polite. Let's talk business."”
He walked to the couch and sat down, then said to Zhang Min,""Go to the ice cellar and get some ice cubes for the three Pavilion Elders to relieve the heat.”
Liu Jian and the other two were overwhelmed by the unexpected favor.
Liu Jian then solemnly said to Zhu Youtang,"Your Majesty, forgive me for my stupidity, but is there still a need to revise this land tax?"”
Before Zhu Youtang went to bed last night, he had already reviewed the draft title sent by the cabinet.
"There is no problem with the general direction of the three beloved ministers.”
Zhu Youtang first gave the three of them affirmation and praise for their work in the past half a month.
"Grand Secretary Liu, Great Ming's taxes and corvee are separated. In the land tax, the people from all over the country have to hand over the rice to the government.”
The so-called drenching the tip and kicking the Hu was a type of fire consumption.
When the commoners handed in grain, the government would use Hu to pack it. The commoners would put the grain into the Hu and then weigh it to calculate their own share of grain. If the grain pile was piled up according to the shape of a sharp pile, a part of it would exceed the wall of the Hu.
And this kind of excessive Lu Mi, when the officials collected, they would often aim at the Hu Meng kick.
At this time, the part of the grain that exceeded the wall would fall to the ground, and this part of the rice was called fire consumption, which belonged to the public.
The meaning of Zhu Youtang's words is not here.
Liu Jian and the other two were smart and understood what Zhu Youtang meant.
When the government collected taxes, there were often too many possibilities. They could still think of ways to openly fill their own pockets.
How could the local tax departments be able to outplay the local government?
This way, the actual tax collected by Great Ming would be far lower than expected.
In this world, there were too many people who wanted to play with the Ming court.
No official was absolutely clean.
Zhu Youtang could not keep an eye on the local officials all the time.
Therefore, he had to think of a way to reform once and for all.
In addition to reducing the fire consumption, when the tax-paying gentry and large families shared the corvee, they often shared it with the fields, increasing the tax burden of the common people and reducing the actual amount of taxes paid by the gentry.
Zhu Youtang had to correct this group of bugs that ate Ming Dynasty.
As soon as Zhu Youtang finished speaking, the three cabinet elders suddenly held their breaths and thought carefully.
Soon, the three of them frowned.
"The corvee is converted into silver, and the land tax is converted into silver from rice.”
Zhu Youtang said casually.
He finished speaking.
Silence!
The three of them gasped and looked up at Zhu Youtang in shock.
Great!
That was the only thought in the Third Pavilion Elder's mind.
When all the rice taxes and corvee were converted into silver, there would be no more loopholes to exploit in the Great Ming's increase in agricultural taxes!
Of course, the prerequisite for this was that Zhu Youtang had absolute prestige and could suppress all opponents.
And now, Zhu Youtang had done it!
In the entire Ming Dynasty, who dared to oppose Zhu Youtang?
Zhu Youtang did not know if he could reach the realm of immortality mentioned by the system.
But as long as he was in office long enough, this agricultural tax reform would continue.
What was the reason for Zhang Juzheng's failure?
It wasn't that a whip wasn't awesome, but that Zhang Juzheng died too early.
Zhu Youtang waved his hand." It's done. The three beloved ministers still have many things to do. I won't keep you. After clearing the land under heaven, issue a new law for the officials to learn."”
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