Zhu Biao hurriedly stepped forward and steadied the ecstatic Zhu Yuanzhang, afraid that his old father would hurt himself.
"Imperial Father, be careful."
Zhu Biao suppressed the impulse in his heart and said with a trembling voice,
"The 'On the Fate of the Nation' contains unfathomable plans and contains the will of heaven and earth!”
"Mr. Su is a god!"
Zhu Yuanzhang slowly sat back down with Zhu Biao's help.
It took him a long time to calm down.
Taking a deep breath, Zhu Yuanzhang composed himself and asked meaningfully,"
"Boss, let me ask you, are you confident that you can control Mr. Smith?”
"Father, your son doesn't know."
Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment, but eventually shook his head.
If it was before this, he would have answered Zhu Yuanzhang's question without hesitation. He was confident!
But now, he had no confidence in this matter.
Seeing Zhu Biao's despondent expression, Zhu Yuanzhang placed his large hand on his forearm and smiled.
"It's fine. Take it slow."
"We won't die for a while!”
Hearing this.
Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with gratitude in his eyes and nodded solemnly.
"Your son is confident!"
"I definitely won't disappoint father!"
"Ambition!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were filled with gratification as he said happily,"
"This is the son of our Zhu family!"
"Look at your fourth brother. He's only been learning from Mr. Smith for more than a month, but he's grown from an ignorant little bastard to someone who can complete his research projects independently.”
"Your improvement is incredible!"
Zhu Yuanzhang teased with interest,
"You should have some sense of crisis. You can't be left behind by Fourth Brother. You're not only the big brother of the little brats, but also the crown prince of our Ming Dynasty and the future ruler of a country!”
Hearing this, Zhu Biao felt the burden on his shoulders become heavier. He said firmly,"
"Your son understands. Please rest assured, Imperial Father!”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded his head in relief and thought,"
Before the Crown Prince ascends to the throne, let me teach this god who is not afraid of death a lesson…
At the same time.
On the other side of the wall.
Zhu Di finally calmed down from his initial ecstasy.
He was sweating all over from jumping up and down, and white smoke was still rising from his head.
Su Bai didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
For some reason, he felt like he was the king of the world when the teacher asked him questions in class in his previous life, and the poor students wrote their answers under countless stunned gazes, enjoying the applause of the whole class.
"That's enough. Don't be smug.”
Su Bai's mouth was dry from talking. He picked up a jar of wine, broke the clay seal on it and moistened his throat:
"You're only 80% right. You still haven't figured out the remaining 20% of the details.”
"Ah?"
The smile on Zhu Di's face froze. He took Su Bai's wine jar.
"Why is it only 80%?"
"I can already consider everything that I can think of."
"What other details are there?"
Seeing his disappointed expression, Su Bai couldn't help but shake his head and laugh:
"The exemption of agricultural taxes is not only to relieve the pressure on the peasants and to prevent them from being oppressed by the big landowners. There is a deeper reason.”
Zhu Di's brows furrowed, and he immediately felt troubled.
A deeper reason?
Who knows!
Just thinking about what he had just said made his already poor brainpower even worse.
If he continued to think about it, he would definitely burn it dry!
"Yeah," she said.
After pretending to think for a while, Zhu Di shook his head and said,"
"I really can't think of anything. Please enlighten me, Mr. Su!”
Su Bai had expected this. He sat down beside Zhu Di and said unhurriedly:
" If we solve the problem according to your way of thinking, exemption from agricultural taxes will become unnecessary, because reducing agricultural taxes can also satisfy the two requirements you mentioned.”
When Zhu Di heard this, he seemed to have woken up from a dream.
That was really the case!
A tax reduction would make the people happy. A tax exemption would only make them happier. There was no need to exempt them directly.
Pausing, Su Bai continued:
"Therefore, the core of the exemption of agricultural taxes is not the purpose, but the cause!”
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was eavesdropping next door, frowned slightly. He suddenly had a bad feeling, but he could not describe it.
"Cause?" Zhu Di was confused.
"Yes, it's the cause!"
Su Bai thought for a moment and said in a more understandable way:
"In other words, the direction is reversed.”
"What is the reason for the tax exemption? He didn't do this to please the farmers.”
As soon as he finished speaking.
Zhu Di scratched his head and was already starting to get confused. He said in distress,
"Mr. Smith, please tell me why. I don't understand the principle either. You're playing the lute to a cow!”
As soon as he said that.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was next door, was speechless. He really wanted to rush over and kick him.
"Fourth Bro! Are you stupid?"
"Mr. Smith is patiently teaching people how to fish, and you're still in a hurry!”
" How can the answer be more valuable than the theory??"
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang cursing at the wall, Zhu Biao opened his mouth to say something, but he stopped himself and let out a long sigh.
His father could not be blamed for his disappointment. His fourth brother had such talent. One second he was praised, the next second he was whipped. It had never changed since he was young.
He should have gotten used to it long ago!
......
On the other side.
Su Bai was happy and relaxed. He started to solve the problem:
"Now imagine a scene. A hundred years later, the land and population of the Great Ming will be saturated.”
"In order to squeeze out more benefits, the squires are busy annexing land, the petty officials are busy bullying the good people, and the officials are busy protecting themselves.”
"They are colluding with each other!"
Su Bai raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhu Di who was dumbfounded. He continued:
"No matter how wise the move is, if they continue to carry it out, they will still go astray!”
"The land that can be used to pay taxes is less than half of what it was a hundred years ago! As for the remaining taxes, they would naturally be added to the small farmers who had not been annexed!”
Zhu Di's blood pressure shot up, and his sandbag-sized fists were clenched until they made cracking sounds.
"If the small farmers can't afford it, they can only continue to sell the land. After the squires buy it, they will continue to release it to collect rent, and then the country will continue to increase taxes on the remaining small farmers.”
" Again and again, an endless cycle!"
Su Bai picked up the wine jar with one hand, raised his head and drank a mouthful:
"Until one day, all the farmers in the world were crushed by the increasing taxes, and the squires completed the annexation of land.”
"At this time, a beggar monk appeared. He was a stone man with one eye and incited a rebellion in the Yellow River!”
"The monk dragged his saber to the throne, and the dog emperor's blood splashed in the Royal Court!”
"Another new cycle!"
The moment he finished speaking, there was complete silence.
A deathly silence!
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