Huang Shi thought for a long time before he said cautiously. Zhu Yunwen didn't expect these people to accept it immediately, so she asked,"Tell me your opinion."
Huang Shi said bluntly,"Firstly, using a whip method may not be applicable to the entire country. Jiangnan fertile land, rich products, if this conversion, naturally easy. However, in the north of the Yangtze River, there are many barren lands with little production. Isn't it biased to calculate according to this? Second, once the implementation of a whip law can not supply finance, and increase corvee taxes, is it harmful to the people?”
"Thirdly, converting grain into silver will save a lot of trouble. However, farmers do not have silver and can only exchange it with merchants before paying taxes. Once the price of silver is deliberately raised, how can the people live in peace when silver is expensive and grain is cheap?”
Zhu Yunwen looked at Huang Shi and didn't realize that this guy had some knowledge about the economy.
Xie Jin shook his head and stood up.""Your Majesty, what Minister Huang said just now is reasonable. However, in my opinion, a whip law has more advantages than disadvantages and should be implemented.”
Zhu Yunwen looked at Xie Jin and nodded,"Tell me."
Xie Jin said bluntly," A whip law that combines land taxes, corvee, and miscellaneous taxes into one can avoid repeated collection by the lower level officials. It is beneficial to reduce the burden on the people. In our Ming Dynasty, the labor silver was mainly compiled by Li Jia. The problem of the burden of the people between Li and Bi was very prominent. By adopting this method, it could alleviate this problem. It was beneficial to the farmland industry. This was one of the reasons.”
"Second, using silver coins to replace physical objects can reduce the annual loss of money and grain sent to the capital. If the imperial court needed food, it only needed to pay the people and the local government could transport it, so there was no need to waste time on farmers.”
"Thirdly, the implementation of the whip law can reduce tax expenditure. The government will take out a list of taxes and corvee, and each household will complete the list. First, there is no need for the village chief to intervene, second, there is no fraud by the grain chief, and third, there is no loss of public grain. Therefore, I believe that this method can be adopted.”
Zhu Yunwen looked at Xie Jin with appreciation, then looked at the cabinet minister Yu Xin and asked,"Pavilion Elder Yu is the old Minister of Revenue.”
Yu Dunben smiled indifferently. He was very appreciative of the new Emperor's humble attitude and said,""I agree with Minister Xie. This method is indeed feasible. I'm ashamed to say that we are mediocre and have never thought of such a wonderful method. Thinking about it carefully, Minister Huang's words were also to the point. There were indeed some problems that needed to be resolved.”
"From what I can see, although this method is new, it seems heavy and practical. If the upper and lower levels are of one mind, it will definitely be implemented. I'm just worried that if this method is extended to the prefectures and counties, the lower-level officials will have less opportunities to take advantage of it. I'm afraid that they will maliciously resist and use the name of Your Majesty to implement this law indiscriminately, disturbing the people and harming them.”
Zhu Yunwen's pupils contracted slightly. Yu Dun was indeed experienced. He knew the function of the whip technique and its shortcomings. What was more clear was that whether this method could be implemented was not the key to the central, but whether the local cooperation was good or not.
If the local government and the despotic and evil gentry took the lead to oppose it, no matter how good the system was, it would not be of any help if it could not be implemented to the end. It would even harm the people!
Zhu Yunwen nodded solemnly and got up."Everyone, you only see the present, but you don't see the future. Every day, every year, the princes, ministers, landowners, and wealthy merchants were constantly annexing land. They even wanted to become tenant farmers without freedom.”"Hehe, the funny thing is that the tenant farmers can only end up poor and destitute after putting in so much effort. The grain that they received eventually fell into the hands of the princes, ministers, landowners, and wealthy merchants. Some people did not pay taxes, while others avoided paying taxes. At that time, most of the land would be in the hands of those people. How much tax would the country have left?”
"In the north, the forces of Northern Mongolia are still there. They will definitely invade our borders again and again. Pirates and pirates will also appear along the coast. Officials need salaries, and the army needs money and food. With a small amount of finance to offset the huge expenditure, how can we maintain the Ming Dynasty?”
"No! Therefore, not only do we have to reform the agricultural tax system, but we also have to reform the land system and the commercial system! I'm telling you, if you want a strong and prosperous Ming Dynasty, you need the courage to create a prosperous era! He dared to walk a path that no one had ever walked before!”
Yu Dunben, Xie Jin, Huang Shi…Looking at the ambitious Zhu Yunwen, their hearts also lit up with fire.
From Zhu Yunwen's words, it could be seen that in his eyes, it was not just the problem of the agricultural tax system, but the problem of the entire empire! His gaze was not only looking at the present, but also at the future!
It should be the honor of a subject to serve such an emperor!
"I'll give you a month to come up with a feasible plan. Find out the problem and how to solve it. If the cabinet and the Ministry of Revenue are still insufficient to solve the problem, they can work together and transfer some students from the Imperial College to participate.”
Zhu Yunwen ordered.
Although Zhu Yunwen was determined to reform, he was not in a hurry to take the first step.
The problem that restrained Zhu Yunwen was still the problem of the vassal king. To be specific, it was the King of Yan, Zhu Di!
Zhu Yunwen knew very well that Zhu Di had been in charge of Peiping for many years. His people were stable and his prestige in the army could not be underestimated. Therefore, the new army's strategy was an unstoppable sword that stabbed into Beiping Prefecture.
Didn't you, Zhu Di, win the morale of the army?
Then let's see if you have the morale of the army or I do.
Peiping, the military field.
Flags flapped and horns blared.
The fifty thousand elite soldiers stood in formation, and their mighty wind swept across the world. The murderous aura shook the hearts of the people.
A group of generals stood at the front of the team, looking at Ping An and Sheng Yong on the high platform with burning eyes.
Pingan strode forward with his head held high and shouted in a deep and loud voice,""In the past two days, people have been asking me what the new army strategy is. Let me tell you, the new army strategy is a national policy that His Majesty has worked hard to empathize with the soldiers! It's because His Majesty is thrifty and subsidizes us, the big-headed soldiers!”
"How about a new army strategy? Heh heh, this is the treatment of the capital camp, a treatment that will make the four hundred thousand soldiers of the capital camp cry! When he heard that there were a few good-for-nothings, he was so happy that he fainted! If they were my soldiers, I would definitely beat them out of here.”
"But, brothers, when I, Ping An, learned about the contents of the new army strategy, I also wanted to faint. Such good treatment! I'm willing to go all out and kill the Tartar Wala, even if I have to die outside!”
"But this is the policy of the Beijing camp. We don't have it! I, Ping 'an, am a boorish man with a bad temper. Why am I treated worse than the young soldiers of the capital when I am a soldier and raised by my parents?!”
"This isn't fair! Brothers, do you think it's fair that the capital camp eats meat every day, we chew soil every day, the capital camp has special training every day, we run every day, and we have family leave every month? If we don't go home for a few years, when the parents of the soldiers in the capital camp fall ill, we can enjoy His Majesty's royal money to treat them, but if our parents fall ill, we can only wait for death. Tell me, is it fair?"
"It's not fair!"
More than 50,000 people shouted with their necks straightened!
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