Daming: Let you do your best to manage, do you go to health?
Chapter 81 Then I'm Going?
Chapter 81 Then I'm Going?
"Enough!"
"It's amazing!"
Don't need to think about it, it's absolutely impossible for the dull and upright Xia Yuanji to come up with such a wicked idea.
And the old man, as the emperor, is still fasting in the imperial temple, so he probably wouldn't use such a nasty method.
The only possibility is his father.
Don't look at my father who is usually honest and honest, cute and submissive, with an aggrieved and resentful face all day long.
But Zhu Zhanji understood that these were all pretended.
In addition to what happened this morning, this matter is definitely inseparable from my cheap dad.
The purpose is to force Zhu Zhanji to take into account the overall situation and compromise.
Really unscrupulous
When Zhu Zhanji looked at all this with an ugly face, his second uncle Zhu Gaoxu also heard the general idea from the crying of these people.
"Boy, are you trying to kill that Xia Yuanji?"
Zhu Zhanji's eyes twitched: "I'll kill him? He's a household secretary, so it's my turn to kill him? It's fine if I don't get killed one by one by them."
"Then...?" Zhu Gaoxu asked suspiciously, pointing to the scene outside the mansion.
Zhu Zhanji said with a sullen face: "They are forcing my nephew."
For a moment, after hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, although Zhu Gaoxu still didn't understand what was going on, he gradually came to his senses, shook his head involuntarily, and said: "Let's just say that you people who study have a lot of eyes, come on, Figure out how to end it yourself."
"However, boy, if you give the second uncle 50,000 taels, the second uncle will also help you settle it, how about it?"
Thinking of the 50,000 taels cheated by Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but wanted to get back.
After all, he doesn't have that ability to deal with the old man, but Zhu Gaoxu is very good at dealing with these people.
Looking at the second uncle's appearance of taking advantage of the fire, how could Zhu Zhanji let him get what he wanted, besides, the money was taken away by that kid Zhu Zhanyong, where would he go to get 50,000 taels.
So I didn't talk to my second uncle at all.
Seeing that Zhu Zhanji ignored him, Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly lowered the price again: "50,000, how about it, you helped the second uncle get 30,000 taels once, and the second uncle also helped you once, [-] taels is not too much, right?"
Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji still ignored him.
Not only that, but also walked towards the outside of the mansion.
"Twenty thousand! Twenty thousand head office will do!"
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As Zhu Zhanji came out, the people outside the mansion were crying more and more lively.
Around the entire King's Mansion of Han, many people gradually gathered to watch the excitement.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Zhanji sullenly shouted to Xia Yuanji who was kneeling among the crowd: "Xia Yuanji."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Xia Yuanji hurriedly got up and walked over.
At the same time, the other six ministers and cabinet scholars also stepped forward to salute one by one.
However, Zhu Zhanji didn't pay attention to these people's greetings at all, but said to Xia Yuanji in a calm voice: "Tell everyone in your house to withdraw."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Xia Yuanji naturally refused: "Your Highness, the emperor has ordered important ministers to perfect the method of distributing the goods to the mu, but the ministers are ignorant, and the only way to do it is to find the person who offered the advice. If you can’t do it after two days, the emperor will take a heavy responsibility, I ask your highness to show mercy.”
After finishing speaking, he bowed and saluted Zhu Zhanji.
However, Zhu Zhanji did not respond to his words at all, but repeated again: "I said, remove the person."
Zhu Zhanji's voice was not loud, but extremely calm, but there was an undeniable momentum in those words.
Let the whole scene be quiet.
Everyone was obviously taken aback when they heard Zhu Zhanji's words, but the upright Xia Yuanji didn't want to compromise after he recovered his senses.
Just when he was about to say something, Yang Shiqi, who was standing aside and secretly observing Zhu Zhanji's expression, suddenly grabbed his arm, and then matched Zhu Zhanji's words just now, and said, "Lord Xia, since His Highness ordered you Withdrew, why don’t you understand, tell someone to withdraw quickly.”
The people present were all senior officials of the imperial court. Although they often met with Zhu Zhanji, they didn't know much about each other.
Especially those six books, even when Zhu Zhanji supervised the country before, there was not much connection, and most of them were reported in excerpts.
However, Yang Shiqi, as a bachelor in the cabinet, was later promoted by Zhu Zhanji to be the chief assistant of the cabinet. He knew Zhu Zhanji the most among all the people.
Don't look at that His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson, likes to laugh and laugh on weekdays, and he is not very old, but Yang Shiqi's memory of the method he used to deal with Xie Jin in the Shang's study room was particularly deep in his memory.
Especially when the face of His Highness the eldest grandson in front of him became serious.
In order to prevent Xia Yuanji from repeating Xie Jin's mistakes and being thrown home to sober up, Yang Shiqi could only stop Xia Yuanji in a hurry.
Although Xia Yuanji was still a little reconciled and didn't understand why Yang Shiqi was like this, but seeing that Yang Shiqi had already said that, he had no choice but to obediently bow to Zhu Zhanji again, saying: "My minister takes orders."
After finishing speaking, he turned around full of doubts and walked towards his family.
When he came back again, Zhu Zhanji said, "Did the prince ask you to come?"
Listening to Zhu Zhanji's question, everyone didn't hide it.
Seeing that his guess was right, Zhu Zhanji's face became more and more gloomy.
It's him
Really learned the insidiousness of the old man, and sold it now.
Not only that, but he did it harder than the old man.
Directly ask the family members of these ministers to persecute themselves.
How can a group of women cry and cry?
Is it really true that people bring knives to drive them away, or carry these old women in their seventies and eighties into the imperial prison?
Zhu Zhanji sighed helplessly, and said, "Okay, let's all go back, tell the prince, I will go back in a while."
Seeing Zhu Zhanji say such words, everyone was relieved.
After bowing to Zhu Zhanji, he returned to the palace.
This farce finally stopped.
When Zhu Zhanji felt helpless looking at the backs of these people, Zhu Di was laughing happily in the imperial palace and temple.
"Hahahahaha!"
"Boss, this idiot finally got the hang of it, and brought all the female family members of Xia Yuanji's family over there, hahahaha, he really has him!"
After laughing, Zhu Di turned his head again and asked the eunuch in front of him, "What about that kid Zhu Zhanji? What did he say?"
Seeing that Zhu Di was happy, the eunuch replied with a smile, "The servant looked at His Highness Changsun's face a little unattractively, and when he came out, he could see what was going on at a glance. He didn't say anything, so he asked Mr. Xia to generalize him." It was withdrawn. Originally, Master Xia was unwilling, but fortunately, Master Yang Shiqi stopped him."
Listening to the eunuch's words, the scene at that time roughly appeared in Zhu Di's mind.
He also nodded secretly to Zhu Zhanji's response, looking very satisfied.
But he still asked: "What about after that?"
The old eunuch said: "Later, His Highness Changsun still agreed to Master Xia and the others, saying that he would go back later."
Hearing that Zhu Zhanji finally compromised, Zhu Di finally showed a complacent look on his face.
He muttered to himself: "Stinky boy, you are still a generation behind when you compete with grandpa!"
Imperial Palace, Shang Study Room.
After leaving Hanwang Mansion, Zhu Zhanji came here slowly with a calm old face.
Walking into the door of the Shang Study Room, Zhu Zhanji immediately saw the ministers waiting in the palace.
At the same time, everyone also discovered Zhu Zhanji's arrival.
However, unlike the joy of the ministers around him, his father Zhu Gaochi felt a little embarrassed when he felt Zhu Zhanji's resentful eyes.
After all, this method is indeed a bit disgusting.
We are all a family, and normally we shouldn't do this.
Especially since he is still the prince, this approach is a bit condescending, and it doesn't match his gentle and refined temperament in the past.
Facing Zhu Zhanji's resentful eyes, although Zhu Gaochi was a little embarrassed, but he was a father after all, so he stepped forward, pretending to be confused, and said with a smile: "Stinky boy, why are you here?"
Hearing his father's shameless words, Zhu Zhanji smiled.
"Then I'll go?"
As soon as Zhu Zhanji said this, his father Zhu Gaochi's face suddenly turned red.
It's not because of shyness, it's because of rush
Seeing his father like this, Zhu Zhanji shook his head helplessly, and no longer entangled in this matter.Anyway, this is my own father.Besides, the matter has come to this point, and he has come here, so don't be angry with him.
Thinking of this, he spread his hands and said, "I'm all here, if you have any questions, just ask."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhu Gaochi didn't care about anything else, and asked directly: "Who wrote the policy of getting the people into the mu?"
Zhu Zhanji said, "Me."
Zhu Gaochi frowned: "Boy, this matter is of great importance, I'm not joking, you hurry up and reveal the identity of this person, we have to call him to discuss countermeasures together."
Zhu Zhanji sighed again and repeated: "I wrote it."
Seeing that Zhu Zhanji still said the same thing, Zhu Gaochi said helplessly: "Now is not the time to joke. If you don't think about this strategy well, your grandpa might chop off Xia Shangshu's head. You don't do it for anything else, just for Mrs. Xia's family." Young and old have to tell the truth."
Not only Zhu Gaochi, but also other ministers beside him were anxious.
Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji was really speechless.
No one believes the truth anymore?
Zhu Zhanji cupped his hands and turned around one by one to everyone present, and said: "Everyone, I wrote the strategy of spreading the land into the mother, and there is no one else. I think it was written by someone else, but I can't find it." Come here. If you really don't believe me, then let me go and don't bother me, I thank you all."
Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was about to run again, Zhu Gaochi hurriedly stopped him, looked at Zhu Zhanji suspiciously, and said, "You really wrote it?"
Zhu Zhanji said: "Believe it or not."
After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, the ministers on the side wanted to say something, but Zhu Gaochi suddenly stopped their voices and continued: "Okay, since you said you wrote it, then I will ask you, this is a piece of land that is worth a lot of money. Are there any omissions or negligence in Ce Ke?"
When Zhu Zhanji heard his father's question, he didn't rush to answer. Instead, he sat down on a chair beside him, pointed at Xia Yuanji and said, "Go, get a paper and a pen."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, they can naturally understand taking paper and pen.
But Xia Yuanji who was pointed at by Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment.
As the Minister of the Household Department, he has not encountered such a situation for many years.
Even if the emperor wanted to say something, most of them were written by the eunuch who was serving him, let alone ordered him so arrogantly.
But after thinking about it, he finally replied helplessly, "Oh."
Then he turned to get a pen and paper.
Seeing that Xia Yuanji, who had always put on airs among the crowd, was being instigated by the eldest grandson, the ministers who were familiar with Xia Yuanji all suppressed their laughter.
They all understood that this was because His Highness the eldest grandson blocked the door before leaving.
After Xia Yuanji prepared the pen and paper, Zhu Zhanji said slowly: "If you talk about the disadvantages, there are still many disadvantages and omissions in this village."
As soon as Zhu Zhanji opened his mouth, everyone around him gradually restrained their original jokes and listened seriously.
Although they didn't think that Zhu Zhanji could really say anything substantive, this did not prevent their curiosity from reaching its peak at this time.
"The biggest omission in this is the tax exemption policy for the gentry group."
"Simply put, the policy of distributing the land to the mu is to transfer the taxation pressure of those landless and land-less people to those who actually own the land. However, according to the current national policy of our dynasty, the actual land owners account for the largest The gentry, clansmen, and nobles who share their shares all own tax-free rewards of land."
"If this tax-free reward is not cancelled, then the pressure after canceling the small tax will only be transferred to a small number of people who are rich through actual labor and have no right to tax exemption. Doing so is tantamount to robbers, and they will spend decades Hard work goes to waste in a blink of an eye.”
"The only way to solve it is to cancel the tax exemption policy granted by the imperial court."
"Well, I call it, officials and gentry pay food together."
Zhu Zhanji, who knows that this matter cannot be avoided by himself, is much more relaxed when explaining this matter than when he explained it to the old man.
Zhu Gaochi, who originally didn't think Zhu Zhanji could come up with any substantive problems and solutions, looked at his son with admiration.
Although the direct abolition of the tax exemption system does not seem to be an excellent strategy in essence, at least Zhu Zhanji mentioned this issue, which also shows that he has grasped the key to this strategy of spreading the income of every individual, and this method is indeed true. It can actually solve a major drawback of the policy of dividing the population into the mu.
After hearing Zhu Zhanji say this, many ministers on the side also had their eyes flickering.
"You keep talking."
After all, his father Zhu Gaochi was the prince who had supervised the country for decades, and when it comes to serious business, he still has a lot of energy-raising skills.
Zhu Zhanji did not immediately respond or comment on the matter that Zhu Zhanji mentioned that the officials and gentry pay the food together. Instead, he urged him to continue.
"As I said just now, the policy of distributing the land to the mu is fundamentally to transfer the taxation pressure of those landless and land-less people to those who actually own the land, so that the poor people have more living space and improve their living conditions. condition."
"The essence of sharing food into the mu and government and gentry is to improve the consequences of landless and landless people who cannot survive due to land mergers, and to effectively curb the prevalence of land mergers and let the land remain in the hands of the poor. .”
"But think about it, if the poor people can't survive, apart from the land annexation in the tax system, is there no other malpractice?"
"One of the first points is the fire consumption in the taxation process!"
"According to the past situation, when local officials collect money taxes, they will collect more money on the grounds of depletion. But are the taxes they increase really just waste of money? I can't see it."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Zhanji turned his head to look at Xia Yuanji, who was writing vigorously, and asked, "Xia Shangshu, you should know this best, let's talk about it."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's question, Xia Yuanji, who stopped writing slowly, thought for a while, and then replied: "As His Highness Changsun said, some local officials often appear in addition to the normal fire consumption when collecting taxes. The situation of seeking personal gain in the name of fire consumption. After all."
Having said this, Xia Yuanji suddenly stopped.
When everyone was puzzled, Zhu Zhanji could see it clearly, and said directly: "It's okay to be straightforward."
After getting Zhu Zhanji's promise, Xia Yuanji continued to speak: "After all, our dynasty implements the system of low salaries. Compared with previous dynasties, the salaries of officials can't be said to be the lowest, but they are definitely not high. According to the current prices, officials in many places only Relying on the salary can't meet the normal expenses at all."
"Take a normal seventh-rank official county magistrate as an example. The monthly salary is 7.5 shi of grain, or 45 taels of silver. It seems that it is not a problem to meet the expenses. But this is a Beijing official, and the salary of a local official will be halved. .In addition, due to the amount of food production in different parts of the country, the price of food is not the same. In some places, the salary is only enough for expenses, but in some places it is not enough at all."
Listening to Xia Yuanji's words, although all the people present were officials from the court, they sometimes really didn't notice these little things.
However, Xia Yuanji's words were still too conservative for Zhu Zhanji.
After all, Xia Yuanji is an official in the court, and he doesn't mention whether he knows some things, even if he knows some things, he still can't say so nakedly.
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji didn't delay any longer, and directly followed Xia Yuanji's words: "If only this is the case, there is no problem with eating and drinking. This is not an excuse for those officials to seek personal gain."
"but."
"You are all ministers in the court, and most of them have many rewards from the emperor, land income, and a salary that is twice as high as that of a local official, so many things may not be clear. Still take the example of the local Qipin county magistrate."
"Except for the fact that the salary of local officials is half less than that of Beijing officials, what other expenses does a county magistrate have besides daily expenses?"
"The first thing that bears the brunt of this is the cost of recruiting masters. Normally, a county magistrate will have two masters, Qianliang master and Xingming master. These two masters are not part of the imperial court. Their monthly salary is provided by their chief officer, the county master. Burden. Originally, the salaries issued by the imperial court were only for officials’ expenses, but now there are two more people.”
"And the salary borne by the magistrate of the county must meet the daily expenses of the two people's family, otherwise, how can they recruit people?"
"Not only that, since the emperor's grandfather came to the throne, many places where soldiers were used have led to the lack of government affairs. In order to make up for this part of the money, the court made a fuss about officials' salaries and implemented a discount system. The officials' salaries were divided into 'true colors' Compared with 'zhe color', the original color part is okay, some of them are distributed with Lumi, and some are distributed with folded silver and folded silk, which are still more valuable in the market, and they are also used on weekdays."
"However, in the color folding part, the Ming Dynasty banknotes issued by Taizu were issued, and sometimes spices were used instead."
When he said this, Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Gaochi and Xia Yuanji who were beside him.
Because such a thing is definitely from the hands of the two of them.
After all, the old man, the general who conquered the North, has no money, so who can he ask for it?
It must be these two.
And it's impossible for the two of them to turn out money for nothing, they can only make up for the shortfall here and there.
really.
When they heard Zhu Zhanji talk about this matter, a little embarrassment appeared on the faces of the two of them.
I have to say that this method is indeed a bit deceptive.
After the Ming Dynasty Banknotes were issued during the Hongwu period, its value can be said to have risen and all boats have fallen, and the rate of depreciation in purchasing power has been beyond imagination.
One day is not as good as one day, although it has not yet reached the point of waste paper, but it is not much worse.
As for the spices, they are even more deceitful. Who would use this stuff?
I can't use it up by myself.
In the folk in the agricultural era, they can't even eat it, and they still have spices.
Who buys it?
If you can't sell it, you have to throw it away.
It means that this part of the salary is gone for nothing.
Such a thing came from the hands of two people, how could they not know.
Faced with Zhu Zhanji's staring eyes, his father Zhu Gaochi was also a little embarrassed. He couldn't bear it anymore, so he stuck his neck and said, "Stinky boy, look at what we are doing, and continue talking about you."
Compared to Xia Yuanji and Zhu Gaochi's embarrassment, the other ministers on the side were very surprised.
Judging from the performance of these two people, it is obvious that what His Highness the eldest grandson said is true, that is to say, His Highness the eldest grandson has seen all these details that even the ministers of the court did not notice. And also keenly aware of the crisis.
This is completely different from His Royal Highness Changsun's usual performance.
For a while, they were more curious about the eldest grandson in front of them than the matter of consummating the distribution of people into the mu.
Moreover, judging from what His Royal Highness Changsun said, he has an extremely deep understanding of the policy of distributing a man's money to his mother. If he said that this book was not written by him, no one would dare to believe it.
After all, the ministers of the DPRK and China could not come up with any perfect solution together.
But if this strategy of spreading money into the mu is really written by His Highness the eldest grandson, then all of them have to look at this His Highness the eldest grandson again.
Just when everyone had different thoughts, Zhu Zhanji didn't refute anything after hearing what his father said, but continued to look at the two directly and said: "Besides, the ratio of the folding part is still increasing year by year. Increase"
"Cough, cough, cough..." As soon as Zhu Zhanji said this, his father Zhu Gaochi couldn't catch his breath and coughed.
Especially when Zhu Gaochi felt Zhu Zhanji's contemptuous eyes, he felt extremely embarrassed.
It's like a child telling a lie, or getting caught doing something wrong.
The key is that the person who caught him was his son.
That look seemed to say, "That's it?"
"Just teaching my son how to deal with politics all day long???"
Xia Yuanji at the side also stood there with an embarrassed expression on his face, saying no, saying no, no moving, no moving.
Until Zhu Zhanji said: "Hurry up and write."
That Xia Yuanji seemed to have received an amnesty, and he didn't say how uncomfortable it was to be instigated by the young eldest grandson, so he turned around and began to record again.
But Zhu Gaochi's face was dull, and he could only say stubbornly: "Can you blame us for this matter, the old man wants to fight, and the court has no money to fight, so we can only find a way."
Zhu Zhanji is naturally clear about what his father said.
After all, the imperial court only has so much money every year, and if it is not enough, it is not enough. It can only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall.
So he didn't really feel that they did something wrong in his heart.
Is it urgent to follow the right?
It can't be that people are on the battlefield, and the food and grass are cut off directly behind.
"Father, what are you in a hurry for? My son didn't blame you." Zhu Zhanji said deliberately.
Hearing this, father Zhu Gaochi's face turned red again.
Made it look like he was guilty.
Although he is indeed guilty.
Being run over for a while, he had nothing to say, so his father Zhu Gaochi could only pretend to be annoyed and said, "Stop talking nonsense, let's continue talking quickly, don't just talk about problems, talk about what to do."
Zhu Zhanji looked at his father's appearance, chuckled and curled his lips, and continued: "To put it bluntly, the salaries given by the court are not enough for the daily expenses of officials, so many officials raise taxes privately not just for personal gain , and sometimes helpless.”
"The reason why many people can't live is partly because of the private collection of taxes in various places, which makes the people unbearable. In addition, some officials see the money, disregard the lives of the people, and apportion it arbitrarily, so that their pockets are bulging. This is a typical case. Public power is being used privately and abused."
"Then how do we prevent this from happening?"
"Tighten up public power! Strictly prohibit local governments from raising taxes privately, cancel the power of local governments to increase taxes, and firmly control the power of tax increases in the court!"
Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhu Gaochi's original embarrassment gradually recovered.
Following Zhu Zhanji's thoughts, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help frowning.
Not only him, but also the other officials on the side.
Because they all realize that one of the problems cannot be solved.
"His Royal Highness, if you follow the method you mentioned, it is naturally feasible, and there will be no cases where the governments of various places raise taxes privately. However, the fire consumption does exist. If the government does not raise taxes privately, then how can these taxes reach the court? Isn't it going to be greatly discounted? Wouldn't the court's finances also be reduced for nothing?"
Xia Yuanji, who is the Minister of the Household Department, was the first to stand up and ask, although he was taking notes, but it was an important matter related to his Household Department.
Originally, the imperial court's taxes were not enough, and if such a reduction was made, the local governments would have a reason.
And the imperial court, their household department, wouldn't they be taken advantage of?
The question Xia Yuanji raised was exactly what everyone present was worried about.
Facing their confusion, Zhu Zhanji immediately said: "What Mr. Xia said will naturally happen, so the innovative method I propose is to return the fire to the public!"
"Return the fire consumption to the public?"
Just when everyone was wondering, Zhu Zhanji continued to explain: "The normal amount of fire consumption will be added to the tax according to the actual situation of each place, that is, the amount of tax will be increased."
Listening to Zhu Zhanji's approach, everyone also calculated in their hearts.
In this way, isn't it just an increase in taxes for the people?
But if you think about it carefully, this is not the case, because in the past, the people actually paid so much taxes.
If reformed according to this method, for the common people, the amount of taxation will not increase.On the contrary, it avoids the private increase of taxes by the local governments, the random distribution of taxes, and the situation that the local governments are full of private pockets.
Because the imperial court did not give them the power to increase taxes.
At least not legally.
If you increase your income, you are breaking the law.
You don't have to worry about fire consumption either.
The annual tax received by the imperial court has not been reduced because of this.
The eyes of everyone who understood the account were all gleams.
Especially that Xia Yuanji, when he heard that he could increase the income of the imperial court, he said a little excitedly: "Good way!"
But Zhu Zhanji didn't accept this at all, and said directly: "Hurry up and write."
Xia Yuanji's face turned awkward, and he turned around again and buried his head in recording, muttering in his heart: He really holds his mother's grudges.
Zhu Gaochi, who was thinking carefully at the side, didn't notice this at all. Instead, after careful thinking, he asked: "Since you said just now that the salaries of officials are very low, not enough for living expenses. Now you have used up this fire Take away the items, and remove the power of tax exemption for officials and gentry, isn’t this forcing them to embezzle and oppress the people?”
Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "So there is a third way, raise Lianyin!"
"To put it bluntly, it is to subsidize the salaries of officials. The amount is several times the normal salary, and the daily expenses of officials are guaranteed with high salaries. In addition, officials at all levels are prohibited from recruiting talents privately to prevent the overflow of public power. All courts, All the personnel belonging to the government are enthroned and registered, and they are included in the imperial court establishment, and the imperial court distributes their salaries as a whole."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's relaxed words, Xia Yuanji became anxious again: "Your Highness, if this method is really followed, wouldn't the court's finances be increased several times?"
Zhu Zhanji's eyes twitched, he looked at Xia Yuanji and said, "Lord Xia, part of the surplus after the fire consumption was returned to the public was originally tacitly ignorant by officials from all over the country, plus the actual tax increase of the imperial court. , isn’t it enough to pay these officials a salary? Or is it still said that Mr. Xia’s household department can only go in and out, and he would rather watch the officials of the world be forced to commit corruption?”
Zhu Zhanji was really convinced by Xia Yuanji, and when he increased his household income, he shouted 'good way' with a happy face.
When it comes to using money, he is the first to stand up and oppose it.
No wonder the old man was able to use him as the household secretary for decades, he was really stingy.
After hearing what Zhu Zhanji said, Xia Yuanji was also a little embarrassed, and then he smiled and kept silent.
"What are you laughing at, write!"
Xia Yuanji's face darkened, and he turned to continue recording.
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's urging Xia Yuanji again, everyone beside him suppressed their laughter.
However, after laughing, they carefully recalled the methods that His Highness the eldest grandson said today, and everyone suddenly realized that these methods sounded like they were just improving and reforming some bad policies alone.
But putting them together, it turns out that this is not a single method at all, but a complete set of combined punches.
Spread the land into acres, restrain the current situation of land mergers and improve the living environment of the people.
Officials and gentry pay grain as a whole, which is a continuation of the policy of dividing the land into the mu, which solves the disadvantages and increases the fiscal revenue of the court.
Returning the fire consumption to the public is still a continuation of the distribution of the people into the mu, but it is more of a measure against corruption in the administration of officials.
Raising honesty and silver can make up for the disadvantages that officials' salaries are too low to meet their living needs, make it reasonable for the fire consumption to be returned to the public, and also make up for the loss of some officials and gentry paying for food together.
These few policies are equivalent to a comprehensive reform of the court's taxation system.
It is a comprehensive upgrade of the entire court tax system!
This time, not only the ministers, but also Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji's father, looked at his son in a little surprise.
From what he said before, everyone could clearly hear that there were many details about the household department, even the household department Shangshu Xia Yuanji was not so clear.
For example, the rigidities of a county magistrate, as well as the details of the distribution of imperial salaries.
He really didn't understand, when did this kid who was usually like a lazy bastard learn about this.
Moreover, he was able to propose so many effective policies, obviously not only because of his understanding of taxation.
It is such an innovative method that can only be written comprehensively because of a very good understanding of the various laws and regulations of the imperial court.
Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochi became very interested in Zhu Zhanji just like the ministers on the side.
But think about it, others may not know, but he sees it with his own eyes every day, this kid's laziness,,, is he just pretending?
What a joke!
For a moment Zhu Gaochi put this idea behind him.
When everyone was thinking about the problem with different thoughts, Zhu Zhanji on the side spread his hands and said, "I have finished what I have to say. Are you all okay?"
"It's okay, I'll go"
Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi raised his head immediately, but saw that kid Zhu Zhanji had retreated to the door.
Immediately shouted anxiously: "Stinky boy, you are in prison now. Now that you have a solution, don't you bring it together and compile it into a book?"
But Zhu Zhanji immediately replied: "This is what the old man asked Dad to do, so you can think about it slowly."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and left the Shang study room.
Not long after Zhu Zhanji in Dangshang's study finished talking about his methods, the old man Zhu Di, who was also in the Imperial Temple in the imperial palace, had already received a message from the Dongchang spy.
Looking at the above innovative methods, it seems that each of them has precisely cut the pain points of the strategy of saving money.
And from the perspective of his many years of administration, these methods are all effective.
However, after the shock that Zhu Zhanji told him face-to-face before, the old man Zhu Di was not too surprised that Zhu Zhanji could come up with these methods.
Compared with this, the old man Zhu Di was more surprised by Zhu Zhanji's talent in handling politics.
"This kid is really born to be an emperor."
"I haven't done government affairs for a day, but I can see the disadvantages of the current tax system from these trivial matters. This talent."
Speaking of this, the old man Zhu Di also had to sigh.
As far as talent is concerned, Zhu Di is also ashamed of himself.
"After this kid ascends the throne, old man, I can go down to meet my ancestors with peace of mind."
Having said that, Zhu Di's eyes flashed with determination.
Maybe he was not so clear about the choice of the successor in the past, but now, seeing Zhu Zhanji's extraordinary talent in handling politics, Zhu Di has seen any other choices in his eyes.
However, before that, he still has a lot of things to do.
Whether it is in the court or in the army, many things do not give you this power, you can get it. There are many steps that need to be completed in order to completely transfer the power little by little.
Because power is not a real thing, if it is given to you, you can master it.
Power is illusory.
And to control these powers, you need to control people.
Even if Zhu Zhanji is made a general now, all of this is a castle in the air before he has mastered the generals under him.
This is also the case in the court.
And when all this is done, he, Zhu Di, can also feel at ease.
Jinyiwei, Fusi Yamen, Beizhen.
Zhu Zhanji came here immediately after leaving the palace minister's study.
What he did was precisely his plan to escape.
After this day's tossing, Zhu Zhanji understood that as long as he stayed in the capital, he would never have a day of rest.
This time in the 'fight' with the old man, he was completely at a disadvantage.
The hole cards in my hand are useless after I say them now.
After three days, when the old man comes out of the Taimiao, [-]% will call him to the Qianqing Palace and hand him over to the Chief Executive in person.
Even if there is no such thing as personally taught, there may be other messy things to explain in the future.
Therefore, only by leaving here can all problems be solved.
Inside the Yamen.
Not long after Zhu Zhanji came here, Qi Cheng, the commander of the Beizhen Fusi in the Jinyiwei, Wei Hongye, the commander of the Nanzhen Fusi, and even the commander of the Jinyiwei, Ji Gang.
Also arrived here in the fastest time.
Since Zhu Zhanji slapped him cryptically last time, Ji Gang finally came to his senses.
Seeing Zhu Zhanji again this time, the pretentious thoughts of the past are gone.
He took the initiative and said to Zhu Zhanji: "Your Highness, the matter you explained has now progressed."
Before Zhu Zhanji asked, Na Ji Gang called Qi Cheng and Wei Hongye in advance to prepare the scriptures.
Just waiting for Zhu Zhanji's arrival.
Hearing Ji Gang's words, Zhu Zhanji didn't give him any attitude, took the paperwork and checked it carefully.
However, when Zhu Zhanji roughly flipped through it from beginning to end, he still frowned and threw the folder on the table.
"The highest rank five official?"
"Are you going to fool me with these things?"
This time, after having the premise of the previous contact, Zhu Zhanji did not try again.
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, the three present were shocked.
Because at this moment they suddenly realized one thing.
The purpose of His Highness the eldest grandson this time does not seem to be simple.
A fifth-rank official is already considered a high rank for the imperial court.
All the great scholars in the cabinet are only five ranks before they hold other positions.
Including the Cheng Cheng of Dali Temple, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, the Zhizhou, the judge of the capital, and the appeasement envoy are only five ranks, and they can't even reach the fifth rank.
And up.
Who is Sipin?
Those are all officials who are qualified to enter the court.
It is the real power giants like Jingfu Cheng, Honglu Temple Minister, Zhifu, Wei Commander Qianshi, and Xuanwei Tongzhi.
Originally, they always thought that Zhu Zhanji was just one of the three new officials who wanted to do something in Jinyiwei to show the emperor.
Now they suddenly realize that they seem to have underestimated His Highness the eldest grandson, his appetite is more than that
For the cases executed in Jinyiwei, generally as long as they reach the fourth rank, or from the fourth rank, each case is considered an important case.
And Zhu Zhanji wanted the cases of these people.
For a moment, the three of them were thinking in different ways.
However, after all, Ji Gang had been beaten once before, and this time when he faced Zhu Zhanji, he was much smarter.
As soon as Zhu Zhanji made the request, Ji Gang replied on the spot: "It's my subordinate's dereliction of duty, but don't worry, Your Highness, as long as your Highness wants, Jin Yiwei will go all out."
Seeing Ji Gang's change from normal, Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Time is running out, how long do I have to wait this time?"
Ji Gang didn't dare to be fooled, and immediately said: "Within a day!"
But after he finished speaking, he still hesitated and asked: "However. Your Highness, you also know that these cases are extraordinary if presented. Does Your Highness set a standard for your subordinates, what level is it?"
Generally, when dealing with this kind of matter, those subordinates would guess what the standards for the superiors to investigate and deal with were.
In the past, Ji Gang did a good job at this point.
Although Jin Yiwei investigated and dealt with more and more cases, most of them were kept within a certain limit.
It will not cause chaos in the court because of their existence.
However, when facing Zhu Zhanji, his boss, Ji Gang really couldn't understand.
The new official takes office, but the fifth-rank official is not eye-catching
In desperation, he could only ask so blatantly.
Of course, Ji Gang didn't just want to know this question, Qi Cheng and Wei Hongye also stood there helplessly waiting for Zhu Zhanji's answer.
After hearing Ji Gang's inquiry, Zhu Zhanji hesitated for less than a second, and then said firmly: "There is no cap!"
(End of this chapter)
"Enough!"
"It's amazing!"
Don't need to think about it, it's absolutely impossible for the dull and upright Xia Yuanji to come up with such a wicked idea.
And the old man, as the emperor, is still fasting in the imperial temple, so he probably wouldn't use such a nasty method.
The only possibility is his father.
Don't look at my father who is usually honest and honest, cute and submissive, with an aggrieved and resentful face all day long.
But Zhu Zhanji understood that these were all pretended.
In addition to what happened this morning, this matter is definitely inseparable from my cheap dad.
The purpose is to force Zhu Zhanji to take into account the overall situation and compromise.
Really unscrupulous
When Zhu Zhanji looked at all this with an ugly face, his second uncle Zhu Gaoxu also heard the general idea from the crying of these people.
"Boy, are you trying to kill that Xia Yuanji?"
Zhu Zhanji's eyes twitched: "I'll kill him? He's a household secretary, so it's my turn to kill him? It's fine if I don't get killed one by one by them."
"Then...?" Zhu Gaoxu asked suspiciously, pointing to the scene outside the mansion.
Zhu Zhanji said with a sullen face: "They are forcing my nephew."
For a moment, after hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, although Zhu Gaoxu still didn't understand what was going on, he gradually came to his senses, shook his head involuntarily, and said: "Let's just say that you people who study have a lot of eyes, come on, Figure out how to end it yourself."
"However, boy, if you give the second uncle 50,000 taels, the second uncle will also help you settle it, how about it?"
Thinking of the 50,000 taels cheated by Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but wanted to get back.
After all, he doesn't have that ability to deal with the old man, but Zhu Gaoxu is very good at dealing with these people.
Looking at the second uncle's appearance of taking advantage of the fire, how could Zhu Zhanji let him get what he wanted, besides, the money was taken away by that kid Zhu Zhanyong, where would he go to get 50,000 taels.
So I didn't talk to my second uncle at all.
Seeing that Zhu Zhanji ignored him, Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly lowered the price again: "50,000, how about it, you helped the second uncle get 30,000 taels once, and the second uncle also helped you once, [-] taels is not too much, right?"
Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji still ignored him.
Not only that, but also walked towards the outside of the mansion.
"Twenty thousand! Twenty thousand head office will do!"
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As Zhu Zhanji came out, the people outside the mansion were crying more and more lively.
Around the entire King's Mansion of Han, many people gradually gathered to watch the excitement.
Seeing this scene, Zhu Zhanji sullenly shouted to Xia Yuanji who was kneeling among the crowd: "Xia Yuanji."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Xia Yuanji hurriedly got up and walked over.
At the same time, the other six ministers and cabinet scholars also stepped forward to salute one by one.
However, Zhu Zhanji didn't pay attention to these people's greetings at all, but said to Xia Yuanji in a calm voice: "Tell everyone in your house to withdraw."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Xia Yuanji naturally refused: "Your Highness, the emperor has ordered important ministers to perfect the method of distributing the goods to the mu, but the ministers are ignorant, and the only way to do it is to find the person who offered the advice. If you can’t do it after two days, the emperor will take a heavy responsibility, I ask your highness to show mercy.”
After finishing speaking, he bowed and saluted Zhu Zhanji.
However, Zhu Zhanji did not respond to his words at all, but repeated again: "I said, remove the person."
Zhu Zhanji's voice was not loud, but extremely calm, but there was an undeniable momentum in those words.
Let the whole scene be quiet.
Everyone was obviously taken aback when they heard Zhu Zhanji's words, but the upright Xia Yuanji didn't want to compromise after he recovered his senses.
Just when he was about to say something, Yang Shiqi, who was standing aside and secretly observing Zhu Zhanji's expression, suddenly grabbed his arm, and then matched Zhu Zhanji's words just now, and said, "Lord Xia, since His Highness ordered you Withdrew, why don’t you understand, tell someone to withdraw quickly.”
The people present were all senior officials of the imperial court. Although they often met with Zhu Zhanji, they didn't know much about each other.
Especially those six books, even when Zhu Zhanji supervised the country before, there was not much connection, and most of them were reported in excerpts.
However, Yang Shiqi, as a bachelor in the cabinet, was later promoted by Zhu Zhanji to be the chief assistant of the cabinet. He knew Zhu Zhanji the most among all the people.
Don't look at that His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson, likes to laugh and laugh on weekdays, and he is not very old, but Yang Shiqi's memory of the method he used to deal with Xie Jin in the Shang's study room was particularly deep in his memory.
Especially when the face of His Highness the eldest grandson in front of him became serious.
In order to prevent Xia Yuanji from repeating Xie Jin's mistakes and being thrown home to sober up, Yang Shiqi could only stop Xia Yuanji in a hurry.
Although Xia Yuanji was still a little reconciled and didn't understand why Yang Shiqi was like this, but seeing that Yang Shiqi had already said that, he had no choice but to obediently bow to Zhu Zhanji again, saying: "My minister takes orders."
After finishing speaking, he turned around full of doubts and walked towards his family.
When he came back again, Zhu Zhanji said, "Did the prince ask you to come?"
Listening to Zhu Zhanji's question, everyone didn't hide it.
Seeing that his guess was right, Zhu Zhanji's face became more and more gloomy.
It's him
Really learned the insidiousness of the old man, and sold it now.
Not only that, but he did it harder than the old man.
Directly ask the family members of these ministers to persecute themselves.
How can a group of women cry and cry?
Is it really true that people bring knives to drive them away, or carry these old women in their seventies and eighties into the imperial prison?
Zhu Zhanji sighed helplessly, and said, "Okay, let's all go back, tell the prince, I will go back in a while."
Seeing Zhu Zhanji say such words, everyone was relieved.
After bowing to Zhu Zhanji, he returned to the palace.
This farce finally stopped.
When Zhu Zhanji felt helpless looking at the backs of these people, Zhu Di was laughing happily in the imperial palace and temple.
"Hahahahaha!"
"Boss, this idiot finally got the hang of it, and brought all the female family members of Xia Yuanji's family over there, hahahaha, he really has him!"
After laughing, Zhu Di turned his head again and asked the eunuch in front of him, "What about that kid Zhu Zhanji? What did he say?"
Seeing that Zhu Di was happy, the eunuch replied with a smile, "The servant looked at His Highness Changsun's face a little unattractively, and when he came out, he could see what was going on at a glance. He didn't say anything, so he asked Mr. Xia to generalize him." It was withdrawn. Originally, Master Xia was unwilling, but fortunately, Master Yang Shiqi stopped him."
Listening to the eunuch's words, the scene at that time roughly appeared in Zhu Di's mind.
He also nodded secretly to Zhu Zhanji's response, looking very satisfied.
But he still asked: "What about after that?"
The old eunuch said: "Later, His Highness Changsun still agreed to Master Xia and the others, saying that he would go back later."
Hearing that Zhu Zhanji finally compromised, Zhu Di finally showed a complacent look on his face.
He muttered to himself: "Stinky boy, you are still a generation behind when you compete with grandpa!"
Imperial Palace, Shang Study Room.
After leaving Hanwang Mansion, Zhu Zhanji came here slowly with a calm old face.
Walking into the door of the Shang Study Room, Zhu Zhanji immediately saw the ministers waiting in the palace.
At the same time, everyone also discovered Zhu Zhanji's arrival.
However, unlike the joy of the ministers around him, his father Zhu Gaochi felt a little embarrassed when he felt Zhu Zhanji's resentful eyes.
After all, this method is indeed a bit disgusting.
We are all a family, and normally we shouldn't do this.
Especially since he is still the prince, this approach is a bit condescending, and it doesn't match his gentle and refined temperament in the past.
Facing Zhu Zhanji's resentful eyes, although Zhu Gaochi was a little embarrassed, but he was a father after all, so he stepped forward, pretending to be confused, and said with a smile: "Stinky boy, why are you here?"
Hearing his father's shameless words, Zhu Zhanji smiled.
"Then I'll go?"
As soon as Zhu Zhanji said this, his father Zhu Gaochi's face suddenly turned red.
It's not because of shyness, it's because of rush
Seeing his father like this, Zhu Zhanji shook his head helplessly, and no longer entangled in this matter.Anyway, this is my own father.Besides, the matter has come to this point, and he has come here, so don't be angry with him.
Thinking of this, he spread his hands and said, "I'm all here, if you have any questions, just ask."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhu Gaochi didn't care about anything else, and asked directly: "Who wrote the policy of getting the people into the mu?"
Zhu Zhanji said, "Me."
Zhu Gaochi frowned: "Boy, this matter is of great importance, I'm not joking, you hurry up and reveal the identity of this person, we have to call him to discuss countermeasures together."
Zhu Zhanji sighed again and repeated: "I wrote it."
Seeing that Zhu Zhanji still said the same thing, Zhu Gaochi said helplessly: "Now is not the time to joke. If you don't think about this strategy well, your grandpa might chop off Xia Shangshu's head. You don't do it for anything else, just for Mrs. Xia's family." Young and old have to tell the truth."
Not only Zhu Gaochi, but also other ministers beside him were anxious.
Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji was really speechless.
No one believes the truth anymore?
Zhu Zhanji cupped his hands and turned around one by one to everyone present, and said: "Everyone, I wrote the strategy of spreading the land into the mother, and there is no one else. I think it was written by someone else, but I can't find it." Come here. If you really don't believe me, then let me go and don't bother me, I thank you all."
Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was about to run again, Zhu Gaochi hurriedly stopped him, looked at Zhu Zhanji suspiciously, and said, "You really wrote it?"
Zhu Zhanji said: "Believe it or not."
After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, the ministers on the side wanted to say something, but Zhu Gaochi suddenly stopped their voices and continued: "Okay, since you said you wrote it, then I will ask you, this is a piece of land that is worth a lot of money. Are there any omissions or negligence in Ce Ke?"
When Zhu Zhanji heard his father's question, he didn't rush to answer. Instead, he sat down on a chair beside him, pointed at Xia Yuanji and said, "Go, get a paper and a pen."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, they can naturally understand taking paper and pen.
But Xia Yuanji who was pointed at by Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment.
As the Minister of the Household Department, he has not encountered such a situation for many years.
Even if the emperor wanted to say something, most of them were written by the eunuch who was serving him, let alone ordered him so arrogantly.
But after thinking about it, he finally replied helplessly, "Oh."
Then he turned to get a pen and paper.
Seeing that Xia Yuanji, who had always put on airs among the crowd, was being instigated by the eldest grandson, the ministers who were familiar with Xia Yuanji all suppressed their laughter.
They all understood that this was because His Highness the eldest grandson blocked the door before leaving.
After Xia Yuanji prepared the pen and paper, Zhu Zhanji said slowly: "If you talk about the disadvantages, there are still many disadvantages and omissions in this village."
As soon as Zhu Zhanji opened his mouth, everyone around him gradually restrained their original jokes and listened seriously.
Although they didn't think that Zhu Zhanji could really say anything substantive, this did not prevent their curiosity from reaching its peak at this time.
"The biggest omission in this is the tax exemption policy for the gentry group."
"Simply put, the policy of distributing the land to the mu is to transfer the taxation pressure of those landless and land-less people to those who actually own the land. However, according to the current national policy of our dynasty, the actual land owners account for the largest The gentry, clansmen, and nobles who share their shares all own tax-free rewards of land."
"If this tax-free reward is not cancelled, then the pressure after canceling the small tax will only be transferred to a small number of people who are rich through actual labor and have no right to tax exemption. Doing so is tantamount to robbers, and they will spend decades Hard work goes to waste in a blink of an eye.”
"The only way to solve it is to cancel the tax exemption policy granted by the imperial court."
"Well, I call it, officials and gentry pay food together."
Zhu Zhanji, who knows that this matter cannot be avoided by himself, is much more relaxed when explaining this matter than when he explained it to the old man.
Zhu Gaochi, who originally didn't think Zhu Zhanji could come up with any substantive problems and solutions, looked at his son with admiration.
Although the direct abolition of the tax exemption system does not seem to be an excellent strategy in essence, at least Zhu Zhanji mentioned this issue, which also shows that he has grasped the key to this strategy of spreading the income of every individual, and this method is indeed true. It can actually solve a major drawback of the policy of dividing the population into the mu.
After hearing Zhu Zhanji say this, many ministers on the side also had their eyes flickering.
"You keep talking."
After all, his father Zhu Gaochi was the prince who had supervised the country for decades, and when it comes to serious business, he still has a lot of energy-raising skills.
Zhu Zhanji did not immediately respond or comment on the matter that Zhu Zhanji mentioned that the officials and gentry pay the food together. Instead, he urged him to continue.
"As I said just now, the policy of distributing the land to the mu is fundamentally to transfer the taxation pressure of those landless and land-less people to those who actually own the land, so that the poor people have more living space and improve their living conditions. condition."
"The essence of sharing food into the mu and government and gentry is to improve the consequences of landless and landless people who cannot survive due to land mergers, and to effectively curb the prevalence of land mergers and let the land remain in the hands of the poor. .”
"But think about it, if the poor people can't survive, apart from the land annexation in the tax system, is there no other malpractice?"
"One of the first points is the fire consumption in the taxation process!"
"According to the past situation, when local officials collect money taxes, they will collect more money on the grounds of depletion. But are the taxes they increase really just waste of money? I can't see it."
After finishing speaking, Zhu Zhanji turned his head to look at Xia Yuanji, who was writing vigorously, and asked, "Xia Shangshu, you should know this best, let's talk about it."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's question, Xia Yuanji, who stopped writing slowly, thought for a while, and then replied: "As His Highness Changsun said, some local officials often appear in addition to the normal fire consumption when collecting taxes. The situation of seeking personal gain in the name of fire consumption. After all."
Having said this, Xia Yuanji suddenly stopped.
When everyone was puzzled, Zhu Zhanji could see it clearly, and said directly: "It's okay to be straightforward."
After getting Zhu Zhanji's promise, Xia Yuanji continued to speak: "After all, our dynasty implements the system of low salaries. Compared with previous dynasties, the salaries of officials can't be said to be the lowest, but they are definitely not high. According to the current prices, officials in many places only Relying on the salary can't meet the normal expenses at all."
"Take a normal seventh-rank official county magistrate as an example. The monthly salary is 7.5 shi of grain, or 45 taels of silver. It seems that it is not a problem to meet the expenses. But this is a Beijing official, and the salary of a local official will be halved. .In addition, due to the amount of food production in different parts of the country, the price of food is not the same. In some places, the salary is only enough for expenses, but in some places it is not enough at all."
Listening to Xia Yuanji's words, although all the people present were officials from the court, they sometimes really didn't notice these little things.
However, Xia Yuanji's words were still too conservative for Zhu Zhanji.
After all, Xia Yuanji is an official in the court, and he doesn't mention whether he knows some things, even if he knows some things, he still can't say so nakedly.
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji didn't delay any longer, and directly followed Xia Yuanji's words: "If only this is the case, there is no problem with eating and drinking. This is not an excuse for those officials to seek personal gain."
"but."
"You are all ministers in the court, and most of them have many rewards from the emperor, land income, and a salary that is twice as high as that of a local official, so many things may not be clear. Still take the example of the local Qipin county magistrate."
"Except for the fact that the salary of local officials is half less than that of Beijing officials, what other expenses does a county magistrate have besides daily expenses?"
"The first thing that bears the brunt of this is the cost of recruiting masters. Normally, a county magistrate will have two masters, Qianliang master and Xingming master. These two masters are not part of the imperial court. Their monthly salary is provided by their chief officer, the county master. Burden. Originally, the salaries issued by the imperial court were only for officials’ expenses, but now there are two more people.”
"And the salary borne by the magistrate of the county must meet the daily expenses of the two people's family, otherwise, how can they recruit people?"
"Not only that, since the emperor's grandfather came to the throne, many places where soldiers were used have led to the lack of government affairs. In order to make up for this part of the money, the court made a fuss about officials' salaries and implemented a discount system. The officials' salaries were divided into 'true colors' Compared with 'zhe color', the original color part is okay, some of them are distributed with Lumi, and some are distributed with folded silver and folded silk, which are still more valuable in the market, and they are also used on weekdays."
"However, in the color folding part, the Ming Dynasty banknotes issued by Taizu were issued, and sometimes spices were used instead."
When he said this, Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Gaochi and Xia Yuanji who were beside him.
Because such a thing is definitely from the hands of the two of them.
After all, the old man, the general who conquered the North, has no money, so who can he ask for it?
It must be these two.
And it's impossible for the two of them to turn out money for nothing, they can only make up for the shortfall here and there.
really.
When they heard Zhu Zhanji talk about this matter, a little embarrassment appeared on the faces of the two of them.
I have to say that this method is indeed a bit deceptive.
After the Ming Dynasty Banknotes were issued during the Hongwu period, its value can be said to have risen and all boats have fallen, and the rate of depreciation in purchasing power has been beyond imagination.
One day is not as good as one day, although it has not yet reached the point of waste paper, but it is not much worse.
As for the spices, they are even more deceitful. Who would use this stuff?
I can't use it up by myself.
In the folk in the agricultural era, they can't even eat it, and they still have spices.
Who buys it?
If you can't sell it, you have to throw it away.
It means that this part of the salary is gone for nothing.
Such a thing came from the hands of two people, how could they not know.
Faced with Zhu Zhanji's staring eyes, his father Zhu Gaochi was also a little embarrassed. He couldn't bear it anymore, so he stuck his neck and said, "Stinky boy, look at what we are doing, and continue talking about you."
Compared to Xia Yuanji and Zhu Gaochi's embarrassment, the other ministers on the side were very surprised.
Judging from the performance of these two people, it is obvious that what His Highness the eldest grandson said is true, that is to say, His Highness the eldest grandson has seen all these details that even the ministers of the court did not notice. And also keenly aware of the crisis.
This is completely different from His Royal Highness Changsun's usual performance.
For a while, they were more curious about the eldest grandson in front of them than the matter of consummating the distribution of people into the mu.
Moreover, judging from what His Royal Highness Changsun said, he has an extremely deep understanding of the policy of distributing a man's money to his mother. If he said that this book was not written by him, no one would dare to believe it.
After all, the ministers of the DPRK and China could not come up with any perfect solution together.
But if this strategy of spreading money into the mu is really written by His Highness the eldest grandson, then all of them have to look at this His Highness the eldest grandson again.
Just when everyone had different thoughts, Zhu Zhanji didn't refute anything after hearing what his father said, but continued to look at the two directly and said: "Besides, the ratio of the folding part is still increasing year by year. Increase"
"Cough, cough, cough..." As soon as Zhu Zhanji said this, his father Zhu Gaochi couldn't catch his breath and coughed.
Especially when Zhu Gaochi felt Zhu Zhanji's contemptuous eyes, he felt extremely embarrassed.
It's like a child telling a lie, or getting caught doing something wrong.
The key is that the person who caught him was his son.
That look seemed to say, "That's it?"
"Just teaching my son how to deal with politics all day long???"
Xia Yuanji at the side also stood there with an embarrassed expression on his face, saying no, saying no, no moving, no moving.
Until Zhu Zhanji said: "Hurry up and write."
That Xia Yuanji seemed to have received an amnesty, and he didn't say how uncomfortable it was to be instigated by the young eldest grandson, so he turned around and began to record again.
But Zhu Gaochi's face was dull, and he could only say stubbornly: "Can you blame us for this matter, the old man wants to fight, and the court has no money to fight, so we can only find a way."
Zhu Zhanji is naturally clear about what his father said.
After all, the imperial court only has so much money every year, and if it is not enough, it is not enough. It can only tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall.
So he didn't really feel that they did something wrong in his heart.
Is it urgent to follow the right?
It can't be that people are on the battlefield, and the food and grass are cut off directly behind.
"Father, what are you in a hurry for? My son didn't blame you." Zhu Zhanji said deliberately.
Hearing this, father Zhu Gaochi's face turned red again.
Made it look like he was guilty.
Although he is indeed guilty.
Being run over for a while, he had nothing to say, so his father Zhu Gaochi could only pretend to be annoyed and said, "Stop talking nonsense, let's continue talking quickly, don't just talk about problems, talk about what to do."
Zhu Zhanji looked at his father's appearance, chuckled and curled his lips, and continued: "To put it bluntly, the salaries given by the court are not enough for the daily expenses of officials, so many officials raise taxes privately not just for personal gain , and sometimes helpless.”
"The reason why many people can't live is partly because of the private collection of taxes in various places, which makes the people unbearable. In addition, some officials see the money, disregard the lives of the people, and apportion it arbitrarily, so that their pockets are bulging. This is a typical case. Public power is being used privately and abused."
"Then how do we prevent this from happening?"
"Tighten up public power! Strictly prohibit local governments from raising taxes privately, cancel the power of local governments to increase taxes, and firmly control the power of tax increases in the court!"
Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhu Gaochi's original embarrassment gradually recovered.
Following Zhu Zhanji's thoughts, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help frowning.
Not only him, but also the other officials on the side.
Because they all realize that one of the problems cannot be solved.
"His Royal Highness, if you follow the method you mentioned, it is naturally feasible, and there will be no cases where the governments of various places raise taxes privately. However, the fire consumption does exist. If the government does not raise taxes privately, then how can these taxes reach the court? Isn't it going to be greatly discounted? Wouldn't the court's finances also be reduced for nothing?"
Xia Yuanji, who is the Minister of the Household Department, was the first to stand up and ask, although he was taking notes, but it was an important matter related to his Household Department.
Originally, the imperial court's taxes were not enough, and if such a reduction was made, the local governments would have a reason.
And the imperial court, their household department, wouldn't they be taken advantage of?
The question Xia Yuanji raised was exactly what everyone present was worried about.
Facing their confusion, Zhu Zhanji immediately said: "What Mr. Xia said will naturally happen, so the innovative method I propose is to return the fire to the public!"
"Return the fire consumption to the public?"
Just when everyone was wondering, Zhu Zhanji continued to explain: "The normal amount of fire consumption will be added to the tax according to the actual situation of each place, that is, the amount of tax will be increased."
Listening to Zhu Zhanji's approach, everyone also calculated in their hearts.
In this way, isn't it just an increase in taxes for the people?
But if you think about it carefully, this is not the case, because in the past, the people actually paid so much taxes.
If reformed according to this method, for the common people, the amount of taxation will not increase.On the contrary, it avoids the private increase of taxes by the local governments, the random distribution of taxes, and the situation that the local governments are full of private pockets.
Because the imperial court did not give them the power to increase taxes.
At least not legally.
If you increase your income, you are breaking the law.
You don't have to worry about fire consumption either.
The annual tax received by the imperial court has not been reduced because of this.
The eyes of everyone who understood the account were all gleams.
Especially that Xia Yuanji, when he heard that he could increase the income of the imperial court, he said a little excitedly: "Good way!"
But Zhu Zhanji didn't accept this at all, and said directly: "Hurry up and write."
Xia Yuanji's face turned awkward, and he turned around again and buried his head in recording, muttering in his heart: He really holds his mother's grudges.
Zhu Gaochi, who was thinking carefully at the side, didn't notice this at all. Instead, after careful thinking, he asked: "Since you said just now that the salaries of officials are very low, not enough for living expenses. Now you have used up this fire Take away the items, and remove the power of tax exemption for officials and gentry, isn’t this forcing them to embezzle and oppress the people?”
Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "So there is a third way, raise Lianyin!"
"To put it bluntly, it is to subsidize the salaries of officials. The amount is several times the normal salary, and the daily expenses of officials are guaranteed with high salaries. In addition, officials at all levels are prohibited from recruiting talents privately to prevent the overflow of public power. All courts, All the personnel belonging to the government are enthroned and registered, and they are included in the imperial court establishment, and the imperial court distributes their salaries as a whole."
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's relaxed words, Xia Yuanji became anxious again: "Your Highness, if this method is really followed, wouldn't the court's finances be increased several times?"
Zhu Zhanji's eyes twitched, he looked at Xia Yuanji and said, "Lord Xia, part of the surplus after the fire consumption was returned to the public was originally tacitly ignorant by officials from all over the country, plus the actual tax increase of the imperial court. , isn’t it enough to pay these officials a salary? Or is it still said that Mr. Xia’s household department can only go in and out, and he would rather watch the officials of the world be forced to commit corruption?”
Zhu Zhanji was really convinced by Xia Yuanji, and when he increased his household income, he shouted 'good way' with a happy face.
When it comes to using money, he is the first to stand up and oppose it.
No wonder the old man was able to use him as the household secretary for decades, he was really stingy.
After hearing what Zhu Zhanji said, Xia Yuanji was also a little embarrassed, and then he smiled and kept silent.
"What are you laughing at, write!"
Xia Yuanji's face darkened, and he turned to continue recording.
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's urging Xia Yuanji again, everyone beside him suppressed their laughter.
However, after laughing, they carefully recalled the methods that His Highness the eldest grandson said today, and everyone suddenly realized that these methods sounded like they were just improving and reforming some bad policies alone.
But putting them together, it turns out that this is not a single method at all, but a complete set of combined punches.
Spread the land into acres, restrain the current situation of land mergers and improve the living environment of the people.
Officials and gentry pay grain as a whole, which is a continuation of the policy of dividing the land into the mu, which solves the disadvantages and increases the fiscal revenue of the court.
Returning the fire consumption to the public is still a continuation of the distribution of the people into the mu, but it is more of a measure against corruption in the administration of officials.
Raising honesty and silver can make up for the disadvantages that officials' salaries are too low to meet their living needs, make it reasonable for the fire consumption to be returned to the public, and also make up for the loss of some officials and gentry paying for food together.
These few policies are equivalent to a comprehensive reform of the court's taxation system.
It is a comprehensive upgrade of the entire court tax system!
This time, not only the ministers, but also Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Zhanji's father, looked at his son in a little surprise.
From what he said before, everyone could clearly hear that there were many details about the household department, even the household department Shangshu Xia Yuanji was not so clear.
For example, the rigidities of a county magistrate, as well as the details of the distribution of imperial salaries.
He really didn't understand, when did this kid who was usually like a lazy bastard learn about this.
Moreover, he was able to propose so many effective policies, obviously not only because of his understanding of taxation.
It is such an innovative method that can only be written comprehensively because of a very good understanding of the various laws and regulations of the imperial court.
Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochi became very interested in Zhu Zhanji just like the ministers on the side.
But think about it, others may not know, but he sees it with his own eyes every day, this kid's laziness,,, is he just pretending?
What a joke!
For a moment Zhu Gaochi put this idea behind him.
When everyone was thinking about the problem with different thoughts, Zhu Zhanji on the side spread his hands and said, "I have finished what I have to say. Are you all okay?"
"It's okay, I'll go"
Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi raised his head immediately, but saw that kid Zhu Zhanji had retreated to the door.
Immediately shouted anxiously: "Stinky boy, you are in prison now. Now that you have a solution, don't you bring it together and compile it into a book?"
But Zhu Zhanji immediately replied: "This is what the old man asked Dad to do, so you can think about it slowly."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and left the Shang study room.
Not long after Zhu Zhanji in Dangshang's study finished talking about his methods, the old man Zhu Di, who was also in the Imperial Temple in the imperial palace, had already received a message from the Dongchang spy.
Looking at the above innovative methods, it seems that each of them has precisely cut the pain points of the strategy of saving money.
And from the perspective of his many years of administration, these methods are all effective.
However, after the shock that Zhu Zhanji told him face-to-face before, the old man Zhu Di was not too surprised that Zhu Zhanji could come up with these methods.
Compared with this, the old man Zhu Di was more surprised by Zhu Zhanji's talent in handling politics.
"This kid is really born to be an emperor."
"I haven't done government affairs for a day, but I can see the disadvantages of the current tax system from these trivial matters. This talent."
Speaking of this, the old man Zhu Di also had to sigh.
As far as talent is concerned, Zhu Di is also ashamed of himself.
"After this kid ascends the throne, old man, I can go down to meet my ancestors with peace of mind."
Having said that, Zhu Di's eyes flashed with determination.
Maybe he was not so clear about the choice of the successor in the past, but now, seeing Zhu Zhanji's extraordinary talent in handling politics, Zhu Di has seen any other choices in his eyes.
However, before that, he still has a lot of things to do.
Whether it is in the court or in the army, many things do not give you this power, you can get it. There are many steps that need to be completed in order to completely transfer the power little by little.
Because power is not a real thing, if it is given to you, you can master it.
Power is illusory.
And to control these powers, you need to control people.
Even if Zhu Zhanji is made a general now, all of this is a castle in the air before he has mastered the generals under him.
This is also the case in the court.
And when all this is done, he, Zhu Di, can also feel at ease.
Jinyiwei, Fusi Yamen, Beizhen.
Zhu Zhanji came here immediately after leaving the palace minister's study.
What he did was precisely his plan to escape.
After this day's tossing, Zhu Zhanji understood that as long as he stayed in the capital, he would never have a day of rest.
This time in the 'fight' with the old man, he was completely at a disadvantage.
The hole cards in my hand are useless after I say them now.
After three days, when the old man comes out of the Taimiao, [-]% will call him to the Qianqing Palace and hand him over to the Chief Executive in person.
Even if there is no such thing as personally taught, there may be other messy things to explain in the future.
Therefore, only by leaving here can all problems be solved.
Inside the Yamen.
Not long after Zhu Zhanji came here, Qi Cheng, the commander of the Beizhen Fusi in the Jinyiwei, Wei Hongye, the commander of the Nanzhen Fusi, and even the commander of the Jinyiwei, Ji Gang.
Also arrived here in the fastest time.
Since Zhu Zhanji slapped him cryptically last time, Ji Gang finally came to his senses.
Seeing Zhu Zhanji again this time, the pretentious thoughts of the past are gone.
He took the initiative and said to Zhu Zhanji: "Your Highness, the matter you explained has now progressed."
Before Zhu Zhanji asked, Na Ji Gang called Qi Cheng and Wei Hongye in advance to prepare the scriptures.
Just waiting for Zhu Zhanji's arrival.
Hearing Ji Gang's words, Zhu Zhanji didn't give him any attitude, took the paperwork and checked it carefully.
However, when Zhu Zhanji roughly flipped through it from beginning to end, he still frowned and threw the folder on the table.
"The highest rank five official?"
"Are you going to fool me with these things?"
This time, after having the premise of the previous contact, Zhu Zhanji did not try again.
Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, the three present were shocked.
Because at this moment they suddenly realized one thing.
The purpose of His Highness the eldest grandson this time does not seem to be simple.
A fifth-rank official is already considered a high rank for the imperial court.
All the great scholars in the cabinet are only five ranks before they hold other positions.
Including the Cheng Cheng of Dali Temple, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, the Zhizhou, the judge of the capital, and the appeasement envoy are only five ranks, and they can't even reach the fifth rank.
And up.
Who is Sipin?
Those are all officials who are qualified to enter the court.
It is the real power giants like Jingfu Cheng, Honglu Temple Minister, Zhifu, Wei Commander Qianshi, and Xuanwei Tongzhi.
Originally, they always thought that Zhu Zhanji was just one of the three new officials who wanted to do something in Jinyiwei to show the emperor.
Now they suddenly realize that they seem to have underestimated His Highness the eldest grandson, his appetite is more than that
For the cases executed in Jinyiwei, generally as long as they reach the fourth rank, or from the fourth rank, each case is considered an important case.
And Zhu Zhanji wanted the cases of these people.
For a moment, the three of them were thinking in different ways.
However, after all, Ji Gang had been beaten once before, and this time when he faced Zhu Zhanji, he was much smarter.
As soon as Zhu Zhanji made the request, Ji Gang replied on the spot: "It's my subordinate's dereliction of duty, but don't worry, Your Highness, as long as your Highness wants, Jin Yiwei will go all out."
Seeing Ji Gang's change from normal, Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Time is running out, how long do I have to wait this time?"
Ji Gang didn't dare to be fooled, and immediately said: "Within a day!"
But after he finished speaking, he still hesitated and asked: "However. Your Highness, you also know that these cases are extraordinary if presented. Does Your Highness set a standard for your subordinates, what level is it?"
Generally, when dealing with this kind of matter, those subordinates would guess what the standards for the superiors to investigate and deal with were.
In the past, Ji Gang did a good job at this point.
Although Jin Yiwei investigated and dealt with more and more cases, most of them were kept within a certain limit.
It will not cause chaos in the court because of their existence.
However, when facing Zhu Zhanji, his boss, Ji Gang really couldn't understand.
The new official takes office, but the fifth-rank official is not eye-catching
In desperation, he could only ask so blatantly.
Of course, Ji Gang didn't just want to know this question, Qi Cheng and Wei Hongye also stood there helplessly waiting for Zhu Zhanji's answer.
After hearing Ji Gang's inquiry, Zhu Zhanji hesitated for less than a second, and then said firmly: "There is no cap!"
(End of this chapter)
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