eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 148 Special Rectification
The people in this house should know about the burden that the way of herding caused to the common people.

But the importance of war horses, no one dares to change too much, the people are not suffering, the country has no horses, the country has no horses, who dares to bear this crime?

So in the end, it is to suffer more and more for the people.

"In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, also intended to improve the horse administration. He ordered that from now on, the leaders of the officers and soldiers under their command should ride horses, set up a seal, and check the files three times a month. Those who are fat and fat will be listed as the first class; Those who are fat and thin will be classified as the second class. If they lose weight after three times of staring and their horses die later, they will be ordered to buy supplements to avoid the disadvantages of the sergeant’s unwillingness to feed them attentively. Those who are fat and strong after three times of breathing and die due to sudden illness will be exempted. Compensation."

This method is to mark the military horse, and then go to see if it is fat or not after a while.

If you have been obese and died suddenly, you will be exempted from compensation.

In fact, it is to refine the situation of horse compensation and make it more humane.

It belongs to the kind that is useful, but only a little.Because it is recorded whether it is fat or not, it is easy to breed corruption, and those who give money are naturally fat.

Zhu Houzhao heard such a long speech from Liu Jian, which confirmed two thoughts in his mind,
First, after someone took the horse back, they were unlucky and raised the horse to death, and not one or two.

Second, it shows that Ma Zheng's harm is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Otherwise, Ma Wensheng would not have to make this improvement.

"You are all ministers of the imperial court. According to what you said, if the way of people and animal husbandry continues as it is now, will the imperial court still receive enough horses?"

Wang Yue heard a bad sign, isn't His Highness going to reduce the number of horses?
What would the Ministry of War do without Marco?

"Your Highness... the country's affairs are difficult. Although the imperial court intends to alleviate the difficulties of the people, the horse administration is also an ancestral system. It may not be a good thing to change it easily."

"Is it the ancestral system?" Zhu Houzhao murmured, "I remember Emperor Taizu Gao once said that the country is based on the people. If the people are exhausted by horses, it is not good governance."

These are Zhu Yuanzhang's original words, and several great scholars present should remember them.

Zhu Houzhao also has Liu Liu and Liu Qi's great uprising in his memory.

And not so long ago.

Once the peasants revolted, they would not be able to survive.Otherwise, the common people in China would not easily rebel if they had one meal a day, let alone three meals a day.

Rebellion, this is by no means a romantic word.

This is to punish the Nine Clans.

Zhu Yuanzhang even became a monk back then, and never thought of rebelling.

"...I don't quite understand one thing," Zhu Houzhao intends to ask. "In the 11th year of Hongzhi in Datong, there was a case of businessmen and Tatars trading contraband. One of the reasons was that Datong lacked horses. , so they have to buy horses from the Tatars. So, since you can buy horses from the Tatars, why can’t you buy horses from the people of the Ming Dynasty in the court pass? Is it because the pass is not suitable for raising horses, and the Tatars’ horses are better? Or is it because Even buying all the horses in the country is still not enough?"

"Your Highness," Han Wen said, "this question can be answered by your Highness. It is true that the horses on the grassland are tall and the horses in the south are short. But think about it, Your Highness. The difference, will the Tartars sell us the best horses?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded. Among these ministers, Korean is quite capable.

Wang Yue basically didn't have a good life for a long time, so he was used as the face of the Minister of the Ministry of War.

"It makes sense, go ahead."

"I heard that there is such a joke on the grassland. It is said that the Tatars leave the pony at the bottom of the mountain after it is born, and tie the mare to the top of the mountain. If the foal can jump up from the bottom of the mountain By the side of the mare, this is a good horse, keep it for yourself,"

"If a horse jumps to the middle of the mountain and then strolls up to find a mare, it is classified as a meat horse, which means to kill and eat meat."

"Those who are too weak to jump up will be sold to Daming."

This was the first time Zhu Houzhao had heard of such a thing.

So I let out a very unhappy 'hum'.

But in fact, it is reasonable to think about it. Horses are an important strategic material. Want to buy good ones with money? In the 21st century, human beings are not civilized to that level.

"As for whether the collection of war horses across the country is enough, it depends on the development of the war. If hundreds of thousands of troops go out, millions of horses are needed from war horses to transportation. My Ming Dynasty will not have more than 50 horses in the country now. , of course it’s not enough.”

Zhu Houzhao roughly understood, "then the horses used in daily life should not need such a large number, can they be purchased from the common people?"''

Han Wen replied: "In the sixth year of Hongzhi, Ma Wensheng, who was then Minister of the Ministry of War, went to the imperial court and decided to turn the task of raising horses into taxes and hand them over to the imperial court. The border towns mainly purchased horses by themselves. Six years after Hongzhi, many people in the south The provinces have similar requests, hoping to change the breeding of horses to levy silver."

In fact, Mahu paid a sum of money to settle the matter.

This is a bottom-up policy change, which shows that the people at this time are extremely disgusted with raising horses, and would rather pay money than raise horses.

"If Your Highness wants to expand the scale of purchases, I think it is feasible. But in the end, horse households are still required to pay taxes, so I can't guarantee that it will really relieve the hardship of the people."

"What if the horse households are not required to pay the 'tax for redemption of horses'?"

"If you don't pay taxes, there will be no source of money for the imperial court to buy horses."

Zhu Houzhao said: "No, because the poor people raise horses, they can no longer take care of farming. If the imperial court does not allow them to raise horses and instead farm, then the court's taxes will increase. I can ask my father According to the purpose, the increased taxes in Hebei can be used as the cost of buying horses.”

"This……"

No one spoke.The principle is this principle.

But... from Hongwu to Hongzhi, more and more land has been reclaimed across the country, and the population is increasing. How can the annual income decrease?

Therefore, the prince’s method is effective, and it will indeed increase taxes, maybe even a lot, because the people in Hebei have suffered greatly from the people and herdsmen, and it really makes them go back to farming, and the production is motivated.

Therefore, tax increases can be achieved for three, five, ten, or even longer, 20 years.

But what about 30 or 50 years from now?
Everything is back to square one.

Fifty years later, when people look back at your reform, it was nothing at all. There were still a few horses, but now there are no horses and no taxes.

"what happened?"

Everyone does not speak.

The Korean language has said this truth.He has to clarify the future problems with the prince.

"...Maybe by then, the imperial court will have neither taxes nor good horses."

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself that it will be decades later, and in a few decades, the country may change for me, maybe the great voyages will come.

And in a few decades, he will take back all the seized horse ranches. When the number of official herds increases, the situation will be different.

"Have Shangshu ever thought about it, if such a bad government persists, the poor people, the poor people, and the poor people, maybe my Zhu family will not have a future king!"

All the ministers knelt down, "The ministers and others are ineffective in assisting the government, please punish your Highness."

Looks like they're okay with that too.

But such an important matter cannot be carried out hastily.

"It is a firm fact that horse administration is not good, but the imperial court needs horses, and this Palace also knows that if it is easily cancelled, the impact may be unknown, and if all the horses entrusted to the people by the imperial court are withdrawn suddenly, where will so many horses be placed? To raise it? Or to kill it on the spot? These all need to be considered. Therefore, it is better to act with both hands.”

Zhu Houzhao's thinking was not very clear at first, and he gradually found a feasible method during discussions with his courtiers, "One or two is to select one or two counties in Beizhili as a pilot project, and cancel the use of horse households to raise horses." According to the people's herding policy, the imperial court took back the horses that were handed over to the people, and then handed them over to Liang Chu, asking him to send them to Yang Yiqing. He, the minister of the imperial court, cannot stay in the capital every day."

"Mr. Liu Ge, you have to choose someone who can be the magistrate of these two counties."

"Yes."

"Your Highness." Xie Qian asked a question at this time, "If this example is opened, when it comes time to use troops, what if the imperial court can't buy horses even if they have money?"

Zhu Houzhao replied: "Abolishing the raising of horses by horse households does not mean that there is no need to raise horses at all. If the imperial court uses money to buy horses from the people, then the people will benefit, and some people will naturally be willing to raise horses. The key is whether the money is enough or not." .”

"Han Shangshu, the Ministry of Household Affairs should focus on the tax increase data of the pilot counties. After a year, I will see this detailed data. If the increased tax can cover the silver taels for horse purchases, or if the shortage is not much, If the court can afford it, then it can consider expanding the pilot project. If it is found that the tax has not increased much, or it is too far away from the silver required to buy horses, then the palace and gentlemen will find another way out. In general , focus on stability, and make progress while maintaining stability.”

Mr. Xie Ge found this statement interesting, "His Highness's summary is very concise."

"If you cancel the pilot county, you can't go back. Mr. Xie Ge, this is not a fun thing."

Xie Qian: "..."

"Yes."

If you cancel it, you won't be able to go back.

Because the common people hated him so much, they were finally relieved, and you let him go back?Don't you know that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality?

"Secondly, in the counties that haven't been tested, the Palace decided to instruct the cabinet, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of War, the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, six ministries and commissions... oh, no, it is the six of you to jointly carry out a special rectification campaign. "

The ministers did not quite understand this point.

Liu Jian cupped his hands, "Your Highness, please show me."

"Everyone, have you ever thought that none of the imperial court's system is designed to force the people to a dead end, but why is Mahu's life so difficult, and they have to sell their sons and daughters during the country's peace? How many officials are corrupt? Officials, big and small, use their hands to oppress the people!"

"I don't know how effective the pilot policy is. The imperial court will still be inseparable from the people and herdsmen within three to five years. But we can't just watch the people being bullied. Therefore, the special rectification mentioned by the palace is specifically aimed at the low-level officials. Illegal behaviors in the process of raising horses, spotting (counting horses and recording the condition of horses, which is easy to breed rent-seeking rights) and rotation breeding (several households take turns to raise them, and large households will bully the people) etc. "

When Liu Jian heard this, it was terrible. If it was really like this, there would probably not be many people who were wronged by killing from top to bottom.

"Your Highness, if this happens, the killing potential will be too great!"

Zhu Houzhao was unwilling to make any concessions. First, he knew that the entire system of Ma Zheng was a group of officials who were not valued, and they were just a bunch of Bi Ma Wen.

He has been the crown prince until now, so he can't move this, and he can't move that, even these officials who raise horses can't move now?
Taipusi, from a third-rank institution, kills the biggest official, that is, a third-rank institution.It's not Journey to the West, but can Bi Mawen become the Monkey King?

Even if there is something, the Beijing camp has just been rectified, and Beizhili is not far away, so it would be good to pull it out for inspection.

But considering the manpower problem, he didn't have so many people to carry out such an operation in Beizhili at once.

"Don't need to say too much, Mr. Liu Ge. If the officials who harm the people kill one more, our people's hearts will be stabilized. But you don't have to count them all. It's the same as the pilot program to cancel the horses raising horses. Let's pick two situations first." The worst-affected counties will carry out special rectification first.”

Zhu Houzhao said loudly: "Arrest first, then convict! If you don't kill a group of such unscrupulous officials, the people will not live in peace! This matter, I will ask my father to ask Jin Yiwei to assist. Finally, Mr. Xie Ge .”

"The minister is here."

"You are a cabinet minister, and you are also the minister of the Ministry of punishment. This matter will be troublesome. In addition, I will give you another eight words."

"Please speak, Your Highness."

"There is evil to eliminate evil, and there is evil to sweep evil!"

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