Soon, it was time for morning court.
The officials thought that after Zhu Yuanzhang left Jinling,
The emperor's grandson oversaw the state,
To be able to attend court less frequently,
Who knew that this imperial grandson was like Zhu Yuanzhang?
He was also a workaholic.
The officials also had to wake up early to attend court!
After receiving the worship of the officials,
Zhu Yunye looked at the officials and said,
"I want to reform Great Ming's agricultural tax!”
The officials who were still sleepy heard Zhu Yunye's words.
He instantly became clear-headed!
The last time the merchant tax was set,
Establishing the Revenue Council and the Overwatch Council.
Zhu Yunye killed many people in Jinling City and Jiangnan.
Then, he smoothly pushed the tax bureau and the Overwatch Council.
But how long had it been?
Was he going to make a move on the agricultural tax?
One had to know that agricultural taxes were not like commercial taxes.
If things went wrong, it would shake the country!
Just as the civil and military officials were deep in thought,
Zhu Yunye said,
"I announce that Great Ming's agricultural tax will now be changed to a whip law!”
The so-called one whip technique here,
It was the tax law formulated by Zhang Juzheng in later generations.
Including the later Qing Dynasty Yongzheng period of the stall Ding into the mu,
What he learned was Zhang Juzheng's whip technique.
One whip law inherited the two-tax law of the Tang Dynasty.
In the Qing Dynasty, the men who set up stalls entered the fields,
It could be said to have a far-reaching impact!
The so-called one whip technique…
It was to combine all the corvee, taxes, and miscellaneous taxes into one.
Pay taxes according to mu,
Instead of paying taxes by the head,
The officials heard Zhu Yunye's explanation.
He was very shocked.
Those big landowners and tyrants,
Everyone had a lot of land in their hands.
But since taxes are paid per head,
So they only had to pay a small amount of taxes,
It was enough!
Now, Zhu Yunye announced that he would no longer pay taxes according to the number of people.
Instead, they paid taxes according to the land.
In this way,
These tyrants and landowners,
He had to pay a lot more taxes!
However, before they could recover from their shock,
Zhu Yunye dropped a bigger bomb!
"I want to clear up the fields of the world."
"To measure the land of the entire country!"
When the officials heard this,
It was even more explosive!
If the whip technique was just a small knife that was used to make a small wound on the bodies of those despots and landlords to let them bleed,
Then, clearing up the land was like cutting the arteries of these big tycoons and big landowners.
It could directly take their lives!
Da Ming had only been established for a few decades.
Because of years of war,
It turned a lot of land into wasteland.
After the Ming Dynasty was established,
Every year, new wasteland was reclaimed.
And these things were hidden by the group of tyrants and landowners.
In this way, he would not have to pay miscellaneous taxes to the imperial court.
The interests of the country would also suffer as a result.
However, it had fattened the pockets of these people!
And measuring the land was used to coordinate with the whip technique.
All the land occupied by the despotic landlords, gentry, and noble families were registered.
Then pay taxes,
In this way,
No matter how much land you have,
The overall financial resources of the country would not decrease just because you owned a large amount of land.
Those commoners who did not have land would not pay more taxes because of the number of heads.
This way, it could greatly delay the annexation of land by these gentry and despotic forces.
At the same time, it could also greatly reduce the pressure on the people.
After all, taxes were only paid if there was land.
No land, no taxes!
Unlike before,
The land was annexed by the despots,
The common people have no land and have to pay taxes.
He would not be able to survive in the later stages!
What if they couldn't survive? They could only rebel!
Once this policy was announced,
The officials were in an uproar.
They were all very clear.
This policy is a good one.
But at the same time, he was also very clear.
This reform,
It affected the fundamental interests of many people!
I'm afraid it won't be so easy to implement.
"Your Highness, this whip technique is a good method."
"However, I'm afraid it will be quite difficult to implement it!”
An official stood up and said to Zhu Yunye,
"Oh? Then tell me, what's the difficulty?”
Zhu Yunye looked at the official with interest.
Looking at Zhu Yunye's eyes, he said,
Thinking of what Zhu Yunye had done recently,
The official began to regret standing up.
But now that things had come to this,
There was no way out.
Moreover, he did not stand up for his own benefit.
It was for Da Ming!
Thinking of this, the official gritted his teeth.
Then, he said,
"Grand Sun's decree is a good decree, but there's a link in the middle that's difficult to control!”
"What segment is it?"
Zhu Yunwen asked,
"Human heart!"
This official had already thrown caution to the wind!
Anyway, he had already said it.
There was probably no way out now.
When the other officials heard this official's words, they said,
They also looked at him in surprise!
"Human heart?"
A playful smile appeared on Zhu Yunye's lips.
"It's the human heart!"
"Since ancient times, it has been a decree that has been beneficial to the imperial court and the people."
"It will inevitably hurt the interests of those landowners and despots."
"They'll do anything to stop us,"
"Since the Qin and Han Dynasties,"
"It's not that there are no good decrees,"
"But in the end, nothing happened."
"The Imperial Court is still unable to collect taxes."
"The people are still poor and destitute,"
"Those landowners and tyrants still occupy a large amount of land and money."
"Yet, it's lying on the entire empire and sucking blood."
"In the end, it caused the dynasty to collapse!”
"The fundamental reason is that the human heart is unpredictable."
"Instead, it's in some small places. Because there are few people,"
"These decrees can be implemented smoothly."
"For example, Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period."
"Over there, all the government orders are smoothly executed from top to bottom."
"It's because there are fewer people and it's easier to manage!”
"But Great Ming is vast, more than ten thousand li!”
"Even if it's Tai Sun's thunderous methods..."
"How many places can it control?"
"Forgive me for being blunt,"
Speaking of this, the official paused for a second,
It was as if he had made up his mind.
"His Highness Taisun determines the world's business tax."
"The tax council and the Overwatch Council."
"Very good, though,"
"But it might not be effective on agricultural taxes!”
As soon as he finished speaking,
A minister stood out.
He would berate him loudly!
"How dare you! What kind of ability does His Highness Taisun have?"
"Establishing the Revenue Council and the Overwatch Council."
"All the merchants in the world are firmly in my hands."
"Raise taxes for my Great Ming,"
"It can be said that he has made great contributions."
"You're actually shamelessly boasting that it might not be effective!”
After saying that, the official who stood up and berated him,
He turned to Zhu Yunye.
He said righteously.
"Your Highness, please punish this person for disrespecting the ruler!”
The official who was interrupted said,
She gritted her teeth.
He waited for Zhu Yunye to speak.
However, Zhu Yunye did not care.
He waved his hand and said,
"The Imperial Court has chosen you."
"It's to give advice to the Imperial Court."
"All of you are standing there like blocks of wood."
"Why is the Imperial Court supporting you?"
"It's better to move a few clay statues here!”
Hearing Zhu Yunye's reprimand,
Everyone's hearts trembled.
They all kept quiet.
Zhu Yunye said to the official who made the suggestion,
"Continue!"
Seeing that Zhu Yunye did not blame her, she said,
The official became bolder.
Hence, he continued,
"The reason why Your Highness's Revenue Council and Overwatch Council can be effective..."
"It's because His Highness has the lifeline of this group of people in his hands."
"So that they have no choice but to listen to His Highness's orders."
"Merchants communicate with the north and south,"
"We need to buy and sell,"
"His Highness deprived them of the right to buy and sell,"
"They immediately became rootless duckweed,"
"It's difficult to hold on for long!"
"But these despots and landlords are different,"
"As long as they have land,"
"And hide these lands,"
"They'll have a steady stream of wealth,"
"And the officials sent by the imperial court to investigate the fields,"
"They have their ways to deal with it,"
"On the surface, we'll obey the Imperial Court."
"Secretly bribing these officials who are investigating the fields with a large amount of money,"
"This will fundamentally destroy the new decree of the Imperial Court."
"As time passed, the Imperial Court still couldn't collect taxes."
"We can only turn our attention to the ordinary people again."
"When the time comes, in order to maintain the country's finances,"
"We can only oppress the people even more."
"This is the path to disaster!"
"That's why I said,"
"Government decrees are not difficult, but the hearts of the people are!”
After Zhu Yunye heard this, he said,
He nodded in satisfaction.
"Are you done?"
The official wiped the sweat on his forehead due to nervousness,
He nodded at Zhu Yunye.
"Replying to Your Highness, I have finished!”
Zhu Yunye asked again,
"What's your name? What's your current position?”
Hearing Zhu Yunye's question,
A trace of confusion flashed across the official's face.
Why did His Highness ask for my name?
The others cast envious looks at him.
This person immediately caught Tai Sun's eye.
In the future, his meteoric rise was just around the corner!
Although he did not know why His Highness asked him,
However, the official still answered honestly,
"Replying to Your Highness, this subject is called Xu Dong, and currently holds the position of Minister of the Chamberlain of Dependencies!”
Zhu Yunye nodded again.
"You're right. I'm very satisfied."
"But what I want to tell you is,"
"I have a way to deal with all these things you've mentioned!”
There were ways to deal with it?
Many questions surfaced in the hearts of the officials.
One had to know that the human heart was the most unpredictable.
Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have set up so many tortures.
A mere ten taels of silver was enough to skin him alive.
Even so, there were still countless corrupt officials.
It could be seen how unpredictable the human heart was.
But now, Huang Taisun actually said that he had a way.
For a moment, everyone became curious.
They wanted to know what countermeasures Huang Taisun had in mind!
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