Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 678 Imperial Meeting (2)

Bi Ziyan was very excited.

If it is possible to carry out one-by-one implementation of the government’s rectification and the rectification of the salt administration, it will be of great benefit to the financial system that is heavily tilted by the Ming Dynasty.

The imperial court can collect the exact amount of the tax on the farmland and the reorganized salt tax into the national treasury. It is not clear without specific accounts, but at least 500 million taels more can be collected every year. Silver, this amount is still available, and this is still the lowest bottom line, and even this tax amount may be several million taels more.

It will be of great benefit to the imperial court that the Ming treasury can have such an extra sum of money every year, as long as the imperial court will not scrutinize and govern the country anymore.

"Mr. Bi Ge, the good and the bad of every household is not just spoken."

Wen Tiren frowned slightly, looked at the agitated Bi Ziyan, and said, "Sun Chuanting violated the court's laws and regulations, violated the Ming Dynasty's ancestral system, and without the court's knowledge, he blatantly implemented the so-called "Tan Ding" in Henan. mu, causing great public resentment.

If the imperial court has such an attitude towards this matter, once the public grievances cannot be resolved, and even some civil disturbances arise, it is anyone's guess whether the bandit rebellion that occurred in Shanxi and other places will be repeated under the rule of Henan. Things that are not allowed.

There is nothing wrong with cracking down on land annexation, but has Mr. Bi Ge thought about the fact that Sun Chuanting's promotion of dividing the land into acres is equivalent to abolishing the per capita tax and increasing the proportion of the land tax? . "

None of the officials in the court is a fool. Everyone knows what Sun Chuanting is doing in Henan. If there is no secret instruction from the emperor, Sun Chuanting would not have the courage to do such things in Henan. The interests involved involved too many groups, including almost every group that survived in Ming Dynasty.

All the groups who went to Beijing to file imperial petitions will be escorted back to their original places by me.

"Let's talk, let's quarrel, why are everyone shut up?"

However, if there is controversy, public opinion, and influence on this matter, correspondingly speaking, the opening of the sea in Tianjin, the preparation of state-owned factories by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the development of industries in the field will attract less attention. It is inevitable to fall when walking on legs, but walking forward with two legs alternately, after all, it is more stable to walk.

However, although Emperor Chongzhen pretended to be confused, the attitude he expressed was actually very clear. What Sun Chuanting did, I, the Son of Heaven, supported.

Like a mine tax reset.

Emperor Chongzhen leaned on the dragon chair, watching the tense atmosphere again, his eyes narrowed slightly, since he secretly instructed Sun Chuanting to try out the tent into the mu in Henan, Emperor Chongzhen had already expected this scene to happen.

This is the key to the continuous promotion of reforms. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to make effective use of these. When some new policies aroused controversy, he began to strengthen the implementation of other new policies. When other new policies attracted attention, he quietly strengthened the previously controversial new policies. Implementation efforts.

Like business tax reset.

It is often a trial policy. After achieving certain results, sum up certain experience and lessons, and then expand a scope to continue the trial until the policy is extended to the entire Ming Dynasty. Adjust and optimize.

"Benfu disagrees with Wen Ge's words."

According to what Benfu knew, those who left Henan and came to the capital to sue the imperial court were all gentry, students, merchants, etc. from all over the country, but they were ordinary people at the bottom, but Benfu didn't see any of them.

Make trouble.

If all these sharp knives directed at vested interest groups were initiated by Emperor Chongzhen, it would cause dissatisfaction among many groups and directly set off a wave of rebellion against the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Guangqi stepped forward and said in a loud voice: "Is the public grievance mentioned by Mr. Wen Ge limited to a small group of people? Or is it the people under the entire Henan administration?

Reformation requires a time period. This is a long and arduous process of struggle. The redistribution of interests and the breakdown and reorganization of resources will take time to adjust. This is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

As long as it is not abolished for a day, it will be very controversial and even arouse strong public opinion. After all, it involves the core interests of groups who own a large number of land.

"As Elder Wen Ge said, the imperial court wants to crack down on land annexation. After all, if this matter is not curbed, it will have a great impact on the stability of the region. However, land obtained through legitimate means is not subject to the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty. Protected?"

The reason why Emperor Chongzhen did such seemingly "deceitful" things is actually closely related to the subsequent reforms.

Let's make a noise.

The reason why Sun Chuanting tried to force them to come to the capital to sue the imperial court was that they have a lot of land under their name, but the person tax they should collect is very little? "

Like tea tax resetting.

Poor information.

Bi Ziyan frowned, and said in a loud voice, "The court doesn't know much about the current situation in Henan.

Like officials and gentry, one pays food and one does errands.

Time difference.

The Emperor Chongzhen, who was thinking about it, saw that the hall was quiet, Xu Guangqi and other ministers all looked at him, narrowed their eyes slightly and said: "I want to see what kind of quarrel you can make, right? ?Okay, then simply continue reading.

Like tariff reset.

It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen didn't mention this matter, and it's hard for everyone to talk about other things. If the emperor wants to pretend to be confused, then everyone will pretend to be confused.

"You're clearly making generalizations."

"Xu Yuanfu, according to your opinion, is it a crime to have more than one mu of land under your name?" The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment stepped forward at this time, looked at Xu Guangqi and said.

Is it possible that just relying on some people who sued the imperial court to blindly accuse what Sun Chuanting did as an evil policy that harmed the Ming Dynasty? "

The Cabinet, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and Dali Temple dispatched personnel to form a joint inspection team for me to go to Henan to hear the case of impeachment. At the same time, I secretly investigated what Sun Chuanting did. More, or less public grievances.

I don't believe that there is no disaster in Henan, and there is no excessive taxation. How did this civil unrest form? The capital camp guarding the capital is also not a display!
Xu Qing, I will leave this matter to you. If anyone dares to do anything to bully the superiors and subordinates during this period, then the Great Ming Law and Discipline is also not a show! "

"The minister obeys the order."

Xu Guangqi bowed immediately.

When dealing with highly controversial matters, Emperor Chongzhen's attitude was to procrastinate and deal with them coldly. He wanted to use his own methods and means to support the pillars of the Ming Dynasty who were dedicated to serving the public. If you are here, you can't persecute these pillars!
(End of this chapter)