Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 234 The Riddler Really Damn It
"What about the money bag? Why is it in his hand?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.

"Because every year, the taxes in various places are also discussed with the Korean government first, and then sent to the court." Hu Weiyong replied.

"Okay, very good, very good..." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed back angrily, "Hu Weiyong, look at our big housekeeper, isn't he doing well?"

"..." Hu Weiyong lowered his head and dared not answer.

"What about you, are you willing to keep it as a display?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Weiyong provocatively.

"Not reconciled!" Hu Weiyong said decisively: "I don't know that I can be prime minister for a few more years, I only know that if I continue to do nothing like this, I will regret it for the rest of my life!"

"Then you have something to do!" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his voice: "We are your backing, do you dare to fight with them?"

"Dare! Of course you dare!" Hu Weiyong nodded heavily. "As long as you have the support of the superior, the minister is not afraid of anything!"

"Okay, well said. With our support, you really have nothing to be afraid of!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded approvingly and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Take control of Zhongshu Sheng first!" Hu Weiyong said in a deep voice.

"Not only do we have to fight, but we also have to do business. Do you have the confidence to transport all the military supplies needed for the Northern Expedition to Peiping before the end of February next year?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked loudly.

"Confidence!" Hu Weiyong replied loudly.

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After Hu Weiyong stepped down, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the prince, "How is it? Do you think what Hu Weiyong said is true?"

"There shouldn't be any fakes, but it's incredible." Zhu Biao frowned and said, "Especially in the section on numbers. The imperial court wants an extra showdown, so it's understandable to talk to the local government. Is it possible to bargain for how much tax is charged?"

"It's really unbelievable, but the more bizarre it is, the more likely it is true." Zhu Yuanzhang picked up 'filial piety', and said slowly while moving up and down his back:

"Let's think of something. When I was in Fengyang this year, Han Yike also said something similar."

Then the emperor recalled: "He said that he had been in Linhuai County for a year and found that there were three accounts in the place. One was used to pay the court; one was used to collect taxes from the common people; It was reconciled at the peak."

"Because there were too many things at the time, we didn't pay much attention to what he said." Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that there was a big problem here."

"En." The prince nodded, and he also felt it.

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At present, the basis for the imperial court to collect taxes is still the account post compiled in the third year of Hongwu.

But the household post is the product of the population census, mainly the registered population of each household.Although it also recorded the number of acres of each household, it was self-declared and filled in...

It is conceivable that there must be "hidden land" behaviors in every household... This point has been clearly investigated by the princes when they practiced in their hometown.

User posts are used as the basis for the court to collect taxes, so it is certainly impossible to collect enough taxes.

Therefore, each county has a private account, which is the number of acres of each household's field counted by the county itself, which can be used as the basis for real tax collection.

The gap between the number of acres on the private account and the account post is the space for the local government to use power for personal gain.

After blending, the record of the actual tax payment of the people is the public account.

Of course, it is impossible to show private accounts to the court.

Even private accounts in many places are not shown to magistrates, but are firmly in the hands of subordinate officials.

At most, the county magistrate knew about the existence of private accounts, but it was almost impossible for the subordinate officials to hand them over.

Naturally, a small subordinate cannot challenge the magistrate.But once local forces such as subordinate officials, squires, and ruffian litigators form a group, it is not something the county magistrate can compete with.

Just like the dilemma Zhu Yuanzhang is facing now.

So some people say that the county magistrate is the emperor of the earth.Because being an emperor and being a magistrate are actually very similar.

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"At that time, we thought that the three accounts that Han Yike was talking about were account posts, private accounts and public accounts. But now that I think about it, the account that is due to the court is not account posts." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice:
"Because the number of acres on the household post is fixed, and the imperial court has a bottom line, how can we deal with it?"

"Yes, the public account that registers the actual tax amount should be the one handed over to the imperial court." The prince was also keenly aware of the problem.

"How can we deal with the imperial court's book?"

"That's right. Han Yike meant that these two books should be one, but now there are two. That is to say, there is a discrepancy between the actual tax amount and the amount sent to the court! That's why two books are needed Account book records." Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he scolded his mother and said:

"Han Yike, the riddler, really deserves to die!"

"Father, please be considerate of Han Yike. He has already broken the sky in Zhongdu, how dare he offend all the magistrates in the world again?" Zhu Biao said something fair for Xiao Han.

"It's already remarkable that he can hint to this level."

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement. Of course he knew Han Yike's honesty and loyalty, so he continued:
"If what Han Yike said is true, then it is easy to understand that the local government should first talk about numbers and then solve luck."

"Yes, because the amount collected should be greater than the amount of the Liberation Movement." The prince nodded and said: "Then how to distribute it is indeed worth discussing."

"That's the money and food collected from our people under our banner!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily, "Do they dare to divide it?"

"Father, this is just a guess based on what you said." The prince said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Why are you so angry?"

"Because eighty-nine are close to ten." Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

"Evidence is still needed to prove it." The prince said calmly: "But sending imperial envoys to each province to collect evidence separately, and mobilizing a large number of people, I'm afraid they won't find anything. And they may even startle the snake and let the people below destroy the evidence."

"That's right, so we have to do the opposite." Zhu Yuanzhang obviously already has a charter: "We want them to come to Nanjing to give lectures, so we can learn from them at a close distance, maybe we can catch them Woolen cloth."

"Yes, it's convenient to monitor in the capital." The crown prince nodded and said, "But didn't Hu Weiyong say that all provinces will send people to Fengyang to talk?"

"What's so difficult about it? Let's just let Han Gong come to Beijing." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

"What's the reason?"

Boss Zhu smiled slyly and said, "King Yan and Xu Da's eldest daughter are married, so it's reasonable for us to let him be the officiant?"

"It's very reasonable." The prince thought to himself, the fourth son's wedding was really a burden, he couldn't help laughing and said: "No wonder the father wanted the fourth son to get married in the first month, it turned out that the drunkard didn't care about drinking."

There is a folk saying that "no marriage in the first month, no engagement in the twelfth lunar month", which means that you don't marry a wife in the first month and you don't get engaged in the twelfth lunar month.

Because it is said that if you get married in the first month, the Tai Sui weighs your head, which is not good for your children and grandchildren...

Although as long as Boss Zhu thinks about it, there will be Qin Tianjian to choose auspicious days and auspicious times to wash away unfavorable factors.

But wouldn't it be nice for the fourth child to postpone the big wedding until February?Why bother to be suspicious in the first month?
Now he knows why.Because the summer tax in this dynasty does not exceed August, and the autumn grain does not exceed February next year!

That is to say, in February at the latest, all the autumn grain has to be sent to Taicang.

As for the number, it must be completed before it is put into storage, and it must be completed in the first month at the latest.

The father asked the fourth son to get married in the first month, and the officiant, Princess Han, had to go to Beijing in the first month.Officials from all over the country can only go to Beijing in the first month to find Korean public opinion, so as not to delay the arrival of autumn grain in Taicang in February...

So many local officials came to Beijing to speak at the same time, and it was in a hurry, so it was really easy to catch the loopholes.

Ps. In history, Zhu Di was married on the first lunar month... It can be seen that Lao Zhu belongs to the superstition of pragmatism.

(End of this chapter)