I want to be a grandson

The reason for crying is that the officials did not implement the national policy well and educate the people, which led to the invasion of land and property.
The common people are because they did not form a good association and help each other, and watched others suffer indifferently...

Inspired by the emperor, panic, shame, and wailing filled with various emotions...

Looking at the turbulent water of the Qinhuai River, Zhu Yunxi sat on a rock by the bank, frowning.

As the emperor, he didn't need to speak harsh words in front of the people, and he didn't need to deal with the village chiefs and village elders who harmed the people on the spot. Someone would deal with them later.

You don't need to do it yourself, as long as you maintain the majesty of the throne.

So after leaving some money for the Liu family and encouraging the people to gather together, he left.

However, his mood didn't improve. Instead, he became more and more heavy. He opened the memorial in his hand and fell into deep thought again...

"Prince Wang, Your Majesty has been sitting for a while, go and have a look..."

Qi Tai Tiexuan and others watched the emperor sitting there silently without saying a word, and their hearts were in a state of confusion, so Qi Tai opened his mouth and asked Wang Zhong to inform him.

Wang Zhong looked embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "My lord Qi, how dare I go over and interrupt His Majesty's thoughts at this moment, even if I borrow my courage..."

As he spoke, Zhang Fu turned to the side and said, "Why don't you go, you have no eyesight, no heart and no lungs, I think His Majesty will not blame you."

Zhang Fu was so angry that he gave him a hard look, cursed the dead eunuch secretly, and said: "I am only responsible for guarding and guarding to protect His Majesty's safety. It is not my duty to serve!"

Wang Zhong chuckled, and didn't take it seriously, turned his face to the side to avoid Qi Tai's gaze.

"Master Tie, you can go, if you stay away from Brother Hui for a while, it will be night." Qi Tai had no choice but to say to Tie Xuan.

"This one……"

Tie Xuan opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.

At this moment, Zhu Yunxi's voice was suddenly heard: "What are you talking about behind my back, come and say something!"

"His Majesty……"

Several people walked a few steps, bowed and saluted,
"Sit down and talk..."

"Yes, sir, thank you Your Majesty."

Immediately, a big Han general brought a mazar and put it on the ground, and several people surrounded Zhu Yunxi and sat in front of him.

Zhu Yunxi handed the memorial to Qi Tai and said, "This is the memorial that Yao Shan, the prefect of Suzhou, handed over to me. You all have a look."

Qi Tai unfolded the memorial and began to watch it, Tie Xuan also leaned over, Zhang Fu stretched his neck and looked around helplessly.

Yao Shan, the prefect of Suzhou, made a statement on the tax issues in Suzhou in the memorial, asking the court to take appropriate measures to reduce the burden on ordinary people.

Tie Xuan said: "Your Majesty, Yao Shan, the prefect of Suzhou, wants to reduce the amount of land tax paid by ordinary people. For many years, Suzhou's land tax has been collected according to this figure..."

"Do you think there is no problem with the taxation in the Suzhou area?" Zhu Yunxi asked.

"Uh, this..." Tie Xuan was at a loss for words.

It would be a lie to say there is no problem!

Because during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the taxation of the Suzhou government...the entire Zhejiang Province was more than that of the chief ministers, and the taxation of Su Song was the most important in the whole country.

At the beginning of the country, the total tax and food in the world was ??[-]??[-]??, Zhejiang?????[-]??[-]??, and Suzhou alone was ??[-]???? More than ninety thousand??!Ranked No. [-] in the entire Ming Dynasty!

Some people say that the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang charged Suzhou heavy taxes was because Suzhou was Zhang Shicheng's lair. When he attacked Zhang Shicheng, Zhu Yuanzhang had a particularly difficult fight and suffered heavy losses.
Therefore, in order to retaliate against Suzhou and the local people's support for Zhang Shicheng, heavy taxes were imposed.

It is even recorded in "Ming History Shihuo Zhi II": "At the beginning, the Taizu set the tax for the world's officials and people's land. , There is no official field, one bucket and two liters.

However, Su, Song, Jia, and Hu were angered by Zhang Shicheng, who were from the wealthy families and rich people as official land, and the tax amount was based on private rent books. "

Such a story is also recorded in Lu Rong's "Shu Garden Miscellaneous Notes".

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang made a private visit to an old woman's house to ask for water. The old woman was from Suzhou. When talking about Zhang Shicheng, she praised him very much in her words. Suffering from the sword and soldiers, he opened Suzhou and surrendered, and called Zhang Shicheng "King Zhang".

Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry after hearing this, so he "punished" the people in Suzhou and Songjiang with heavy taxes.

However, this kind of statement is definitely not true. It is obviously a smear statement that portrays Zhu Yuanzhang as a small-bellied person.

In terms of the difficulties caused to Zhu Yuanzhang when he was fighting for the world, can Zhang Shicheng still be greater than Chen Youliang?You must know that Chen Youliang is Zhu Yuanzhang's number one mortal enemy!

During the decisive battle at Poyang Lake, Chen Youliang was very powerful at that time, and he was above Zhu Yuanzhang in terms of strength.

Although the final big winner was Zhu Yuanzhang, but given the dangerous situation at that time and the repetition of victory and defeat, Zhu Yuanzhang was really lucky to win.Even Zhu Yuanzhang himself did not deny this.

But even so, Zhu Yuanzhang did not see heavy taxes on Anhui, Jiangxi, Huguang and Zhejiang.

Qi Tai said: "Your Majesty, since the Song Dynasty, Suzhou's economy has been second to none. Now it has become the center of handicraft workshops. Almost all the weaving and dyeing in the world is in Suzhou. The silk and cloth produced every year are sold all over the world. The amount is amazing. ,
The entire Suzhou can occupy almost [-]% of the size of the Ming Dynasty, and its wealth can be imagined. "

"My Ming Dynasty didn't have a heavy business tax. These workshops and people who made a living from textiles earned a lot of money. Although the imperial court collected more taxes from Suzhou, these heavy taxes were mainly from the land tax.

There are too many female workers in Suzhou working in weaving and dyeing factories. They pay summer taxes and autumn grains. They can sell grains to grain merchants and pay silver directly. It is very convenient and naturally they pay more taxes.This is one. "

After a pause, Qi Tai went on to say: "Secondly, the number of rich families and rich people who belong to the imperial court are more official land, so the taxation is naturally more, so from the point of view of my humble minister, although the taxation of the people in Suzhou is high , but it is not unbearable.”

Some of the official land in the Suzhou area was the land of rich and powerful households confiscated by Zhang Shicheng, including the land of those wealthy households. After Zhu Yuanzhang occupied these areas, the land was distributed to the common people, and the rest became official land.

Part of it is the official property confiscated by Zhu Yuanzhang in previous major cases.

Therefore, there are historical reasons for the high taxes in Suzhou, and it is not like the smearing words.

Zhu Yunxi said: "Yao Shan said in the memorial that those who grow mulberry and weave cloth have no problem with the imperial court's taxes, but ordinary people's families, who make a living by farming, are in trouble..."

Because the taxes paid are high, the average value shared by everyone is naturally high. Those rich textile households can afford it, but what about the common people who are reliable farmers?

If some people try to shift the source of taxation and put these burdens on ordinary people, the burden will be even heavier!

After all, no matter how developed a region is, there are ordinary people and poor people!
"Tell me, how to solve such problems?" Zhu Yunxi asked.

Qi Tai and Tie Xuan glanced at each other, Tie Xuan said: "Your Majesty, I think it's time to increase the business tax!"

"Oh, tell me what you think!"

Tie Xuan took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, I used to collect "official money" from businessmen in the Ming Dynasty. The tax rate was [-] cents. Later, it was relaxed to [-] cents, and soon it was relaxed to [-] cents.

The sale of folk production tools, means of subsistence, cultural articles, and items for weddings and funerals shall be exempted from tax. "

"Although there are also tariffs, that is, the tariffs when the goods pass through the Guanjin Ferry. Generally, the goods are collected in proportion, and the tax rate is also very low. The capital and other big cities have government-run warehouses, called "collapsed houses". Merchants store goods in collapsed houses. Tax locally.

But generally speaking, the commercial tax of Ming Dynasty is very low. The total commercial tax including salt tax, tea tax, city ship tax, passing tax and business tax is only 240 million taels. "

"Your Majesty, you must know that the commercial tax revenue of the Song Dynasty was as high as 970 million yuan! Compared with it, my Ming Dynasty's commercial tax revenue is really pitifully small!"

Tie Xuan gritted his teeth, summoned up his courage and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that increasing the commercial tax is imperative! Only by increasing the commercial tax can the burden of ordinary people in Suzhou be relieved. Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yunxi nodded, without saying anything, but looked at the turbulent Qinhuai River again.

After a while, he said: "It is certain to increase the business tax, but not now..."

Turning around again, he said: "You guys have all seen what happened today. A little village head, a little old man from the village, joined hands to try to embezzle the people's property.

What happened today, I saw it, but I didn't see it, how much more? "

"Jiang Yu has told me that when the head of the village organized the people to pay for food, there were many people who took more than they wanted from them, and put them all in their own pockets!

You tell me, how can we prevent the people from suffering from this exploitation? "

When Jiang Yu, who was guarding the side, heard His Majesty mention his name, he couldn't help but stand up straight, with a proud face on his face.

Zhang Fu, who was standing by the side, was also very angry today, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, from Mojiang's point of view, Jin Yiwei and county officials can investigate these harmful moths and report them to the higher authorities.

If there is one, kill one, if there are two, kill a pair!Don't be afraid that these villains won't be able to kill them cleanly! "

Zhu Yunxie glared at him angrily: "Look at the village chiefs and old people, so many, can you kill them! Besides them, there is also Jiashou, how can you kill them all?
Besides, killing once or twice is fine, but you can't keep killing, can you still have a peaceful day? "

Seeing this, Zhang Fu became angry immediately, blinked his eyes and didn't know what was wrong with what he said.

Li Changxiang elders are responsible for communicating with the government and issuing government orders, which is indispensable, otherwise the imperial power will not go to the countryside!

"Ugh……"

Ersan sighed and said: "You said, Grandpa Huang took care of these old people in the village in every possible way. Although they have some responsibilities, they are just ordinary people. Even so,
Grandpa Huang still confers on the "old people" with outstanding ability and character, so as to change their identities and make them honor their ancestors. "

"In the 15th year of Hongwu, the "old man" Chen Yuanjiu was appointed as the magistrate of Songjiang. In the 24th year of Hongwu, the "old man" Hu Boshun in Shexian County, Huizhou was appointed as the supervisory censor. There are many such things...

Becoming a fourth-rank official of the imperial court and becoming the censor of the Inspectorate, this is an official position that many scholars may not be able to achieve after studying hard all their lives, but they only need to follow the government's decree and take good care of the people in the village. It's..."

"Tell me, why aren't they satisfied?"

I have to say that Zhu Yuanzhang really has nothing to say about the promotion and appointment of village elders. Just imagine, an ordinary citizen, at most a small village head, suddenly becomes an official civil servant.
Moreover, he is the mayor of a prefecture-level city, and he can also work in the Central Procuratorate. Could this be a general attraction!

It's no wonder that Zhu Yunxi sighed like this, if it was him, he would definitely work hard!Get up early and work late!
Even a little promotion is worth it!For example, community books...Zhu Yunxi can guarantee that she will not be hypocritical, and that she will not cry for missing her child's coming-of-age ceremony!
"Your Majesty, if it is possible to let the common people organize themselves to go to the government to pay the land tax without going through their hands?" Tie Xuan asked tentatively.

Zhu Yunxi didn't answer, Qi Tai frowned and said, "It's feasible, it's feasible, but it's a bit one-sided..."

"The yellow book and the fish scale book held by the government are all reported by them after statistics. There are too many things that can be manipulated here..."

"Taking today's incident as an example, the head of the village could have listed the Liu family as a zero household, and he could have exempted them from hard labor, but he didn't do that. Instead, he deliberately squeezed...

Similarly, when declaring the land and population, they can also hide the land and population, thereby avoiding the imperial court's taxes..."

Tie Xuan shook his head and sighed: "At this moment, it seems that we can only think of a way to bypass them in all the government's affairs with the people, and let them only be responsible for education and not intervene in matters related to interests...

After all, money touches people's hearts, let them guard their money but not be greedy, I am afraid that not many people can do it..."

Zhu Yunxi said: "Acres of land, taxes, labor, these must be returned to the government, the more people intervene in the middle, the more exploitation and harm the people will suffer!

Moreover, some places will collect exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes that the imperial court did not collect, and various items emerge in endlessly, and the common people cannot distinguish them at all, so this also gives corrupt officials opportunities..."

Tie Xuan Qitai nodded repeatedly after hearing this. Although the crops in the common people's fields are cheap, they can even be described as cheap, and they only need to pay a very small amount of money when collecting them.
But after layers of intermediaries have passed through layers of profit, when it is actually sold to consumers, it is already unbearable!
In addition, some local officials and even some subordinate officials cleverly set up names to collect money, and the common people had no choice but to obey and pay. How could they know whether it was a "regular tax" from the government or not?