At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 201
Toyama Xiong's face was pale, but the Baihu looked indifferent.

"What pirates, that's a fishing boat!"

"Yes... yes... Japanese pirates..."

When sailing on the sea, you don’t have to go wherever you want, you have to follow the channel. Therefore, the distance between the two ships is very close.

Just as the two ships passed by, someone on the mast of the three-headed dragon shouted.

Toyama Xiong was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he said that he was going to die here today.

So... it can be considered as a sacrifice for the country...

However, beside him, the Baihu raised his hand and waved at the opposite boat.

Immediately afterwards, the two ships staggered away, one in front and one behind, gradually drifting away.

Toyama Yuki looked at all this suspiciously. It seemed that two acquaintances were walking on the road. When they met each other, they said hello and then left.

And say you don't know each other?
just... just...

Xiong Toyama was at the end of his words, he couldn't imagine how there could be someone so shameless in this world.

Hanging the sail of a three-headed monster dragon, pretending to be Japanese pirates, ran to our country to burn, kill and loot, and now we meet, don't you even hide it?
I am not blind!

Seeing Toyama's stunned expression, Baihu said impatiently, "It's just an ordinary fishing boat, what's all the fuss about?"

"But, the three-headed monster dragon on the sail..."

"Oh, you said that!"

The hundred households said without changing their expressions: "People who go to sea are superstitious. It is said that there is a dragon king in the sea. They draw a dragon on the sail, which means to bless them to go to sea safely."

Yuu Toyama was completely speechless, did that really mean it?

But, even if you know the truth, so what?
Mingren... Damn it!

…………

Zhu Qizhen didn't pay much attention to the matter of Wa Kingdom.

To be honest, he didn't care about the life and death of the Japanese. These oriental lads have been coveting Daming, and it's time to teach them a lesson.

Now that I was beaten and hurt, I knew I was crying, thinking that losing money and cutting the land would be the end of the matter?

Innocent!

Losing money to cede land is just the beginning, the real means are still early!
It's just that he really can't take care of the old sixth in the East now, because there are too many things to do in front of him, such as changing the land, changing the imperial examination, changing the household registration, opening the sea to the West... In short, everything must be changed!
In the past, if you wanted to change the ancestral system, it would be extremely difficult. Even if you were the emperor, as long as you said that you wanted to reform, a large number of civil servants would immediately jump out, crying and saying that the ancestral system could not be violated.

Well now, taking advantage of the rebellion in Nanjing, the smuggling groups along the southeast coast were uprooted, and now all the civil servants are silent like cicadas, for fear that they will be implicated if they say a word, it is time to implement the New Deal.

After receiving the imperial edict, Shang Lu immediately rushed from Yu County to Nanjing without stopping.

At the beginning, he was almost about to step into the cabinet and was cut off by the emperor.

It was also at that time that he suddenly realized that it seemed that he was really not good enough.

In daily life, Confucius and Mencius are full of benevolence and righteousness, but when they really go to the place and become parents of a county, their eyes are dimmed and they don't know what to do.

In the past year in Yu County, he was like a different person, and he settled down to study the New Deal.

As the magistrate of the county, he seldom stays in the county government office. He takes his subordinate officials to measure the acres of fields every day, and goes door-to-door to understand the situation.

Zhu Qizhen's new policy for Shang Ren, to put it bluntly, is just four words, and the spread is divided into acres.

In the Ming Dynasty, the small silver system was implemented, also known as head tax.

This taxation method is based on the population and has existed for more than 2000 years.

In layman's terms, regardless of rich or poor, high or low, the tax is uniformly levied on the basis of the head.

For example, if a person collects a consistent amount of money, no matter whether your family is rich or poor, you will still pay the same amount of money.

Moreover, if you have fame and fame, these taxes can be exempted.

There are great drawbacks in this taxation method, because the tax is paid according to the population. If those poor families have a few more children, the burden on them will be heavy.

As for wealthy families, that small tax is actually a drop in the bucket for them.

In this way, a very extreme phenomenon has been created. The rich have many fields, but there are few workers, and the poor have no land, so they have more corvees.

What's more, the rich can still use various relationships, and they don't even want to pay this tax, while the poor have no better way than to bite the bullet and pay taxes.

Because Dingyin was requisitioned by local officials and was not handed over to the imperial court, there was a lot of room for maneuvering, and in the end, a lot of the money went into the private pockets of officials.

In this way, if the country goes to war, or has to carry out other large-scale projects, what should we do if we run out of money?
It's simple, tax silver!

This part of the levy, of course, falls on the common people again, and those wealthy households, especially those with fame, are exempt from tax.

No matter how difficult the country is, how much tax is levied, it has nothing to do with them.

Shang Ren was born in the Sanyuan, and his ingenuity is as good as anyone. He carefully studied the new policy given by the emperor, and soon understood the deep meaning of it.

If this situation continues, the people will suffer unspeakably, and sooner or later, Ming Dynasty will collapse.

When he understood this, he didn't hesitate any more.

If Ming Dynasty wants to develop, the Dingyin system must be abolished.

Even though he himself is a gentry class, he spared no effort to carry out the New Deal in Yu County.

During this year, Shang Ren encountered a lot of resistance, and was even sued jointly by the gentry of Yu County. Fortunately, he had the emperor as his backer, and in the end, Yu County finally realized that all the people in Yu County could benefit from the land.

Although it is only a county, it is unprecedented in Daming, and it has important guiding significance for promoting the whole country.

Some time ago, when the smuggling case was thoroughly investigated, many officials in Nanzhili were implicated, including the prefect of Ying Tianfu.

Regarding the new candidate, the first thing Zhu Qizhen thought of was Shang Ren.

"Minister and businessman, salute the saint!"

Zhu Qizhen took a closer look, and after only one year, the fair-skinned and tender-skinned scholar turned dark.

He couldn't help being greatly moved, raised his hand, and said: "The Qing family invites you, come and sit down!"

Shang Ren thanked him and sat down cautiously.

"The Qing family, please tell us about the situation in Yu County!"

Shang Ren nodded slightly, and said: "The affairs in the county are nothing more than scholars, farmers, and businessmen, plus punishment, taxes, roads, and education. No agriculture is unstable, no work is not strong, no business is not rich, no punishment is restless, no Taxation means that the national treasury cannot make up for its deficiency, and the government cannot do anything. If there is no way, there will be no way. Without learning, the people will not be able to enlighten their wisdom. Moreover, all these are interrelated and inseparable. If the criminal law is not strict enough to deter Xiaoxiao, Where can merchants dare to come? With merchants, there will be taxes, and with taxes, the government can build roads, and roads will require labor and countless manpower. With this countless manpower, it will be beneficial to farmers. There is a great demand. When I came to Yu County, I first changed the tax system, then built roads, and encouraged the establishment of workshops. At first, it was difficult. After all, the government’s taxation was insufficient. At the beginning of the restructuring, we also needed to be cautious, otherwise if the cost was huge, the county The medium-term deficit is not small, if not restrained, it may lead to serious trouble at that time."

After saying these words, Zhu Qizhen was taken aback for a while.

He turned his head to look at Yu Qian, and also frowned, as if it was difficult to understand in a short time.

Zhu Qizhen understood, but he didn't expect that Shang Ren understood it so deeply.

It seems that those who have work experience are different.

Since this is the case, the post of governor of Yingtian Mansion must belong to Shang Ren.

"Well, well said!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded in satisfaction, and said: "I called Qing's family here today to meet Tianfu..."

"emperor!"

At this time, Yu Qian suddenly stood up and interrupted.

Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to ask, "What's your question?"

But Yu Qian replied very frankly: "What Shang Zhixian said just now... I didn't understand!"

Zhu Qizhen was very speechless, you didn't understand... Are you still reasonable?

Yu Qian turned to Shang Ren and asked: "Shangzhi County vigorously advocates industrial and commercial punishment, agricultural punishment, and even roads. These are of course what the county needs, but I think that since one side is to be governed, isn't education the most important thing?" Why is it that Shangzhi County doesn’t say a word about the principle that government should be organized, education should be effective, and people should be civilized?”

As a scholar, Yu Qian took it for granted that education is a major event.

Among the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Officials is the first, followed by the Ministry of Rites. Sometimes, the Ministry of Rites' status is not inferior to that of the Ministry of Officials. The reason for this is that reading is an important matter.

Shang Ren smiled lightly and said, "It's just mentioned in the lower officials that without learning, the common people can't develop their wisdom."

"However, you didn't say, how should we learn? Especially under the New Deal, no agriculture is unstable, no labor is not strong, no business is not rich, no punishment is not peaceful, no tax, the treasury cannot make up for it. Having said that, the only thing I didn’t mention is enlightenment. If you lose enlightenment, you’ll lose your roots. I’m not opposed to the New Deal, but when I blindly focus on the New Deal, all I think about is business and industry. I am very puzzled by the county magistrate's approach, let alone other things, has there been a county school in Yu County?"

Shang Ren replied: "The lower officials think that enlightenment is not a one-time thing, nor is it a county school, just educate one side. If you want the people to be enlightened, you must vigorously popularize reading, open elementary schools, and let all school-age children go to school. Only by reading books can we enlighten the wisdom of the people and truly play a role in enlightenment.”

Yu Qian shook his head and said: "What you said is not right. They all go to study. Who will farm? Who will do the work? I said just now that no agriculture is unstable, no work is not strong, and no business is not rich. If no one farms, no one works , no one is doing business, so all the New Deals are empty talk?"

Shang Ren said: "Although Yu County didn't pay special attention to enlightenment, and the county school didn't rebuild, but..."

Hearing this, Yu Qian became displeased. If you didn't do a good job, you didn't do a good job. Just admit it. I didn't blame you, but I still wanted to shirk it. It's your fault.

"... But this year, there are more than 950 children enrolled in the county middle school, and [-] people who signed up for the county examination..."

"Wait a minute, what did you say?"

Yu Qian was a little restless, his eyes were full of astonishment.

There are more than [-] children studying alone...

The population of Yu County is as many as 15 households, and the number of people is about [-] to [-].

Thinking about it, the population of children will be around [-], at most it will not exceed [-].

But even so, what is the concept of more than [-] people?
In the past, even if it was the entire Datong Mansion, the sum of all the scholars would not be worth half of this number.

Therefore, Yu Qian's first reaction was that he heard it wrong.

Even in relatively affluent places such as Nanzhili, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang, where education is the most important, if one out of twenty people studies, it is already very remarkable.

But in a mere county, there is one out of four or five people studying in the school alone?
How is this ratio possible?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but said: "If that's the case, isn't everyone in Yu County like Yao and Shun? There are so many children in school, which is unprecedented. Shangzhi County, your words... are you sure? Is it a bit exaggerated?"

"If Master Yu doesn't believe it, you can go to Yu County and see for yourself. Is it as the official said?"

A slightly sullen look appeared on Shang Ren's face. From his point of view, you can say that I'm fine, but it's not okay to make irresponsible remarks about Yu County under my rule.

Yu Qian was taken aback, and said, "I just feel that things are a little unbelievable, and I didn't mean anything against you."

Shang Ren looked indifferent, and said: "I don't have any other intentions. It's just that seeing is believing. Otherwise, I won't believe what I say."

Yu Qian was a little helpless, looked at Zhu Qizhen, and cast a look for help.

Seeing this, Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Shang Ren is right, let's go and have a look!"

Yu Qian was puzzled, and asked: "The emperor means, let me go to Yu County?"

"It's not you!"

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said, "I will go with you to see if Yu County is as Shang Ren said, how about it?"

"This……"

Yu Qian hesitated and said, "Let's go up on behalf of the emperor!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hands and said, "It's okay, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I can't stay in Nanjing forever. On the way back, I can pass by Yu County and have a look."

Yu Qian nodded, Yu County is very close to the capital, since the emperor is going back to Beijing, he should go to Yu County.

However, the New Deal in Nanjing has just started. If I and the emperor leave, I am afraid that many things will be abandoned halfway.

"Your Majesty, the New Deal in Nanjing..."

"Isn't there Shang Ren here? Let him be the Governor of Yingtian Mansion and be fully responsible for the new policies of Nanjing and the six southern provinces."

Yu Qian thought to himself, didn't he go to Yu County to investigate first?

Dare we go to Yu County, not to verify whether what Shang Ren said is true, but just to have a look?
Well, you are the emperor, you can do whatever you say...

"The minister will notify the Ministry of Officials and issue a formal letter of appointment."

"If you go to the capital quickly and come back, it will be a month later..."

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, and said: "Just use the name of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials to write the document, and I will add a seal, and it will be done!"

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing...isn't it withdrawn?"

"Wouldn't it be better if you advance the date of the document by half a month?"

"This... the minister obeys the order!"

(End of this chapter)