At this moment.
Paradise Space.
" This…" Zhu Xiongying was dumbfounded." This old man is too ruthless!"”
Even he did not expect it.
He had only made a suggestion in his dream, which could be considered as a flash of inspiration for the old man.
However, he did not expect it.
In the blink of an eye.
That was what the old master did.
How could this be simple? Changing the tax grain into tax silver.
It was clearly a power struggle!
Everyone knew.
In ancient times, local officials had great power.
The word "parents" determined everything.
If…
The officials and gentry were one, and they were enough to control the place. They could even ignore the officials sent by the imperial court.
But…
What the old master was doing now.
It was to weaken their power.
He had easily taken over the greatest power in their hands to collect the "tax grain".
If it was just this move.
Zhu Xiongying still couldn't help but sigh.
What surprised him the most was…
It was the old master's next move.
"The government sets the grain price!"
"This move is too awesome!"
If we want to maintain the tax and silver constant.
However, as the officials said, the commoners did not have any money left. It was undoubtedly difficult for them to pay.
However, there was no such problem when grain was converted to silver.
Instead, he could use this method to completely bind the price of food.
If…
If other places suffered disasters, then the grain merchants would deliberately hoard goods and forcefully raise the price of grain, embezzling the wealth of the people.
It was not a problem of disrupting the market.
Instead, he had to worry about whether the imperial court's saber was fast or not!
Moreover…
Changing the tax grain to tax silver, all the numbers were considerable. If he wanted to extend his hand, he would have to bribe the officials of the Grain Collection Division and the Inspection Division!
They even had to be wary of the imperial court's thorough investigation!
What if he was exposed?
Then the gains would not make up for the losses!
"As expected of the old master!"
Zhu Xiong Ying praised, but then he thought of another problem.
"Speaking of which, after dealing with this matter, the old man should come to Mount Zhong, right?”
Zhu Xiongying wanted to see what the " activity trajectory " the system mentioned was.
Empress Ma.
Words were not needed to explain the importance of the old man.
Other than that.
He also wanted to make preparations for his future appearance.
……
In the court.
Silence!
Everyone looked at the old man solemnly.
Some of the officials were trembling.
He could no longer maintain his inner peace.
What the old man said just now.
To them, it was like a bolt from the blue.
It is believed that the tax on grain has been changed to tax on silver.
Who knew that he would pull the rug out from under them and directly make a big move!
"Emperor!"
"This matter still needs to be considered. It is too urgent to carry it out.”
"Are you afraid that it will make the people below uneasy?"
Until now.
Some officials were prepared to persuade him.
The old man's eyes widened.
He slammed his palm heavily on the table.
A loud bang was heard.
"We do have to slow down!"
Without waiting for the officials to speak, the old man said directly,"Zhan Hui, Yang Xian, listen up!"
The two of them quickly walked out. "Your subject is here!"
"Your Ministry of Personnel Affairs, immediately assign officials to the Grain Collection Division and distribute them to the various places. The county level must establish a Grain Collection Division, and the appointment of officials will be handled by the central government!”
" You can't appoint local officials. You can use them separately. Those from Shanzhou can go to Jiangnan, and those from Jiangnan can go to Ningxia…"
"With such a division, I want to see the results within a month!”
The old man was swift and decisive.
His speed was so fast that the eyelids of the people in the imperial court twitched.
"And your Ministry of Revenue, gather the tax and grain accounting personnel and send them to the Grain Collection Division to list the backbone members!”
"From now on, the Grain Collection Division will be jointly managed by the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Department of Supervision!”
Below.
The ministers felt their bodies turn cold.
Old Master's move.
He was too ruthless!
This was clearly a direct distribution of the power of the local officials to the other two of the six departments.
Power was reversed.
Let a portion of people benefit! He could no longer put forward any obstacles or even help to push them forward.
As for the other group of people, they were the local officials and the officials of the imperial court.
They wanted to object again.
He had to see if the officials who had benefited from it were willing!
As expected.
Zhan Hui and Yang Xian looked at each other.
They were all overjoyed.
Behind the two of them, many officials were already overjoyed.
They all bowed in response!
"Within a month, we will complete it wholeheartedly. Please rest assured, Your Majesty.”
……
The old man nodded and looked at the other person.
"Assistant Minister Lin of the Ministry of Works, what else do you have to say?”
Lin Zhiheng's face was deathly pale at this moment. How could he dare to say anything?
He only felt that the Emperor's move was superb. If he raised an objection, it would not be the Emperor getting angry.
Even many of his colleagues would see him as a rotten stone.
"This subject is ashamed!"
"It's right that you're ashamed! You're from the Ministry of Works, so why should you care about finance?”
The old man waved his hand unhappily and forgave them.
The hearts of the officials trembled.
They all thought that this court session should end quickly so that they could go back and discuss it properly.
However…
It was not over yet!
"Actually, there are three things I want to say about finance today!”
"This is only the first move!”
As the old man spoke, he completely ignored the frightened gazes of the officials.
"Let's talk about the second axe!"
"Next, let's talk quickly.”
"Regarding this head-based tax, I think it's particularly inappropriate!”
"All these years…"
"We have seen with our own eyes what the gentry and despotic clans in various places have done in the past few years.”
"Just say that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, those dog officials took the land of the commoners for themselves!”
"Even if it's our own parents, there's no place to bury them after they pass away.”
"It was still thanks to the two brothers, Xu Da and Tang He, who dragged our parents around and looked for a place until they met a kind person. Only then did they bury our parents in peace.”
When the old man said these words.
Her eyes were a little red.
However, everyone knew that at this moment, the old man was probably thinking about something else.
As expected!
The old man's voice suddenly became angry.
He kept calling him a dog official!
"That's why we have to kill every single one of those gentry, tycoons, and evil officials!”
"If two dog officials appear, we will kill them.”
"A hundred, a thousand, ten thousand…we have to continue killing!”
"Until this Big Ming…"
"The heavens are clear and the earth is bright!"
The old man waved his hand.
It was as if it wanted to sweep away the endless fog that enveloped Da Ming!
"Dear ministers, do you think…we did the right thing?”
At this moment.
Zhu Biao actually wanted to remind his father that his words were too harsh.
However, on second thought, now was not the time to interrupt his father and embarrass him.
At this moment.
It was time for Father to strike while the iron was hot!
If it was before he was seriously ill, he might have long been unable to hold it in.
But now, he understood his father's good intentions.
He no longer stopped her.
It was also because of this.
He automatically ignored many officials who looked at him with pleading eyes.
"If you don't say anything, we'll take it that you've tacitly agreed.”
The old man stood up again.
This time.
He didn't reveal any teasing or smiling expression.
He was not calm either.
Instead, he said seriously!
"In order to prevent the reappearance of those dog officials in the past!”
"Let's decide now…"
"From now on…change the head tax to land tax.”
"Collect silver per mu!"
"This way, even if the commoners have many families, they won't have to worry about paying more money and food!”
"But according to the actual situation!"
"On the other hand, those gentry and despotic clans."
"All of you are so fat…"
"Spit out as much as you eat."
The old man walked out of the throne.
He came to the top of the steps.
He looked down.
The majesty that belonged to the Great Ming Emperor completely enveloped the entire hall.
In the next moment.
Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze slowly swept across the expressions of every official.
His voice wasn't loud.
However, it was imposing!
"Let me see!"
"Now…who dares to object?”
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