Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment when he heard this "allusion". However, after he understood it, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. He laughed until tears flowed out.
"You little monkey!"
" You have no respect for the imperial court, yet you dare to frame the Imperial Censor. To think you could think of that, hahaha…"
After laughing, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression suddenly became serious, and there was even a hint of resentment.
"Are you complaining about our Great Ming Emperor because of the salted vegetable tax?”
Qin Mu shook his head and even felt a little disdainful.
"I'm not that shallow!"
"I think it's a good thing that the emperor can collect a tax on salted vegetables from me.”
Zhu Yuanzhang's curiosity was piqued once again.
"How is this a good thing?"
"It's a businessman's nature to pursue profit. Don't you want to earn more?”
This time, Qin Mu nodded his head, confirming Zhu Yuanzhang's words.
"Of course!"
"I also hope to earn more money!"
"It is precisely because I want to earn more money that I think it is a good thing to collect taxes.”
"Because once the emperor collects my tax, it proves that I'm selling salted vegetables legally!”
"Since it's a legal business, I don't have to be sneaky anymore. I can open a shop on the street openly.”
"In this way, although I seem to have paid a little tax, my business can actually grow bigger, and of course, I can earn more.”
"Uhh…"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he suddenly regretted taxing salted vegetables.
If he didn't levy taxes, he could take advantage of this kid at any time!
Now, on the surface, it looked like he had taken advantage of her, but in fact, he had only earned a fraction of it!
Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang's focus was not on the salted vegetables.
Moreover, the money was not earned by the profiteers, but by his eldest grandson.
This money was his own, so what was there to be conflicted about?
What he was most concerned about was the issue of military households.
He had thought of many ways to improve it last night, but no matter how he changed it, it would affect the whole system. It would involve many laws of the court and many changes in national policies.
This kind of project was not something he could complete alone.
Moreover, at his age, he indeed did not have the experience to change it.
Thus, even though he was still angry, for the sake of the stability of Great Ming Imperial Court, he still lowered himself to look for Qin Mu to ask for advice on the issue of military households.
"Eldest Sun, give me a definite answer. Do you have a strategy for our Ming Dynasty army in mind?”
"Tsk!"
"Of course!"
"You're not the emperor of our Ming Dynasty, so it's useless even if I tell you!”
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up as he said anxiously.
"Who said it was useless!"
"Although I'm not the emperor, I can see the emperor often!”
"Tell me, we can find an opportunity to tell the emperor and make him change.”
Qin Mu looked at Zhu Yuanzhang doubtfully. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that this fellow was bragging.
However, he did not like to expose others.
After all, who didn't care about their reputation? Who didn't brag a little?
"Alright then!"
"Then let me tell you."
"Actually, reforming the military household is very simple. The most important point is to raise the status of the military household and provide more room for promotion.”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression became conflicted.
"Eldest Sun!"
"Does our Great Ming not value military families?”
"If one person becomes a soldier, the entire family can be exempted from taxes of 300 mu, and they can also be exempted from the chores of the government!”
"Just this alone can save dozens of taels of silver a year!”
This was also what Zhu Yuanzhang was most conflicted about. He believed that he was good enough to the military households and had guaranteed the interests of the military households for generations.
Even if a military family did not have a son, they could adopt one from the clan to inherit their military status.
Therefore, he struggled for the entire night and could not think of any other benefits he could give to the military family.
Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's doubt, Qin Mu asked back.
"Old Yellow!"
"Let me say something disrespectful to you. If you were the emperor, you would hope that the common people would join the army enthusiastically and be happy when they heard of the war.”
"Or do you want the people to use all kinds of methods to escape military service and become deserters when they hear that there's a war?”
Zhu Yuanzhang said matter-of-factly.
"Of course it's the first one!"
"Didn't Big Ming do the same?”
"300 mu of land is tax-free and free of corvee. Isn't that enough?”
Qin Mu shook his head.
"Not enough!"
"Far from enough!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately annoyed.
"What else do you want us to do? Don't tell me we'll give them 3,000 mu of tax exemption?”
Qin Mu burst out laughing when he heard that.
"Old Master Huang, you really got into character quickly. I was just making an analogy. You really think of yourself as the emperor, hahaha!”
Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled awkwardly and patted Qin Mu lightly.
"Little brat!"
"Don't make fun of Grandpa. If you have any good ideas, hurry up and say them.”
"Sigh!"
Qin Mu sighed.
"Grandpa Huang, can't you think of something else? Why do you have to focus on the land?”
"For example, honor, reputation, status, power, and so on.”
"Moreover, the tax exemption of 300 mu that you keep saying can't be implemented at all.”
"Let me ask you something. There are so many military families in the world. How many of them can afford 300 mu of land?”
"Using the area around Nanjing as an example, one mu of land costs at least twelve to eighteen silver taels.”
"Three hundred mu of land is three to five thousand taels of silver.”
" Even if I'm quite rich, I don't dare to buy farmland that can grow food. I only dare to buy mountains and riverbanks that no one wants..."
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