People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Zhang Yi naturally wouldn't underestimate Liu Bowen, who was said to be wise and almost demonic in later generations.

Associating with him, Zhang Yi said he probably understood the character of Lord Liu.

Liu Bowen said that he admitted his mistake, which meant that he really thought about what he said seriously, but he just didn't know how much this person could listen to?
In fact, it doesn't matter whether it is Xu Cunren or Liu Bowen.

They were able to stand here and be scolded by me because I, a time traveler, saw things from a more detached perspective.

In a patriarchal society, everyone is affected by everything around them from birth, and the so-called Three Views are also firmly nailed in place.

Zhu Yuanzhang warned against the scholar-bureaucrat group, but he himself was a supporter of Confucianism, even more than many officials.

It is also natural for Liu Bowen to be bound by the patriarchal society.

"Master Liu, you are too polite..."

No matter what he thinks in his heart, on the surface, Zhang Yi has a stinky face like a stick, pretending to be mysterious.

"The old man only looks at right and wrong, you are right, I will naturally beg you!"

Liu Bowen sat down again, but said:
"Loyalty and filial piety are difficult to balance, the problem you mentioned is actually not unknown to me, but for a hundred years, the people in eastern Zhejiang have come here like this!

I really never thought about it, is it reasonable to change the dynasty now? "

Zhang Yi smiled secretly, this old boy still put gold on his face.

What is loyalty and filial piety?You old boy is a local squire, right?
Whether it is Liu Ji, Li Shanchang, or Zhang Yi and his son.

In the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, they were regarded as local tyrants...

Although Liu Bowen does not do business and does not have much wealth, the foundation of his establishment is the local gentry group.

No one would slash at him, except Lao Zhang who was fooled by Zhang Yi.

Liu Ji pushed his dereliction of duty above the word "filial piety", which can be regarded as a classic Confucian scholar's operation.

But Zhang Yi didn't bother to argue with him on this issue. Everyone had different positions. Even if he accepted his reasoning today, he would still fight another day.

"The birth of Jinyiwei is the result of His Majesty's disappointment with Yushitai.

Yushitai was supposed to be the eyes and ears of the emperor, but you didn't play more role in the pirate case.

Yang Xian is messing around in the local area, but he has to have a wealthy Jiangnan businessman make a big fuss to let him know.

This means that there is a problem with the king's control over the country. Do you think it's strange that the emperor didn't overreact?
This is the beginning of the dynasty. You have been able to deceive the superior and the inferior. After those generations, what kind of chaos will the world be like? "

Liu Ji and Xu Cunren blushed when they heard the words.

"Actually, it's not just the Ming Dynasty. The grassroots of all dynasties have deceived the court, and officials have deceived the emperor. That is a routine operation.

It is not unique to Daming.

If there is any difference between Daming and other dynasties, it is that Daming had a founding emperor who did not believe in evil.

Throughout the ages, except for Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, most of the emperors were born in powerful families, even if their families were in decline...

They are familiar with the rules of the game between the king and the clan, between the king and the scholar-official class!
Through the balance of the emperor technique, let yourself not be ostracized by the courtiers!
But other emperors can also accept it, the balance between bureaucrats!
But the one in the palace is different, he climbed up step by step from the bottom.

Xiaodao believes that if you say that the emperor loves the people like a son, you will scoff at him.

But our Majesty is more sympathetic to the suffering of the people.

He restricted the people, and in some respects the regulations on the people may be more stringent, but in other places, he really wanted the local people to compete with the landlords for profit.

So the emperor got along with officials, naturally different from others.

It's not surprising that Master Liu feels uncomfortable. "

Zhang Yi smiled and said:

"Don't talk about Master Liu, Xiaodao is thinking about one thing, and that is Li Shanchang, Master Li...

Would he not know that Yang Xian was messing around?

But he didn't say a word in the pirate case, what did he want to do?
It is hoped that Yang Xian can take advantage of the pirate case to severely suppress your political opponent and weaken the strength of your Eastern Zhejiang faction.

When the pirate case comes to an end, he will come forward and report on Yang Xian, just to be an oriole?

From the perspective of political struggle, Mr. Li's idea is actually not wrong!

But no matter Mr. Li or you, Mr. Liu, they are doing this on the basis of losing the interests of the family and the country!
In His Majesty's eyes, he is a person who can't tolerate sand, so since you can't do it, he will start a new one.

The birth of Jin Yiwei is nothing more than the fact that he is extremely disappointed in you!
Anyway, now that this monster has been released, everyone doesn't want to suffer from it, but has to suffer...

After all, this is you, and you are to blame! "

Liu Bowen took another look at Zhang Yi, Li Shanchang's little thoughtfulness, even though the child was not in court, he could see it.

Zhang Yi's sarcastic words made Liu Bowen feel relaxed.

In fact, it is not wrong to say that you are to blame.

"Then what do you think, how should the old man deal with himself in the future?"

"It's time to eat and drink, anyway, the authority of Yushitai will be weakened, that's already a certainty.

But Mr. Liu doesn't have to worry about Jin Yiwei getting out of control, at least in the hands of our Majesty, Jin Yiwei won't get out of control.

Your Majesty's worries about the officials also apply to Jin Yiwei, if one day Jin Yiwei tends to get out of control, His Majesty will also take action to abolish this institution..."

"Ok!"

Liu Ji nodded.

The sudden establishment of Jin Yiwei really made him mess up.

From the beginning of the pirate case, Liu Bowen's basic base has been weakened, and his wings have been gradually pulled out from the ground to the center.

He is a proud person, and he also wants to make his own achievements.

But being bullied by Yang Xian, she was very unconvinced.

It was not easy for Yang Xian to fall, he thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, the appearance of Jin Yiwei meant that he did not benefit from the pirate case, and was stripped of a large part of his authority by the emperor.

We are all mortals, and whoever encounters such a sudden blow will be in chaos.

But when he came back to his senses, after knowing the root of the problem, he also understood what he was going to do.

He understands his position in the court, that is justice...

If this foundation is lost, it will be a matter of time before the emperor distrusts him. After understanding the cause, the next step is to slowly regain the emperor's trust.

Jin Yiwei, just treat them as another Yang Xian.

Seeing Liu Bowen gradually regaining his fighting spirit, Zhang Yi also nodded secretly.

The fighting power of these famous founding ministers is far from comparable to that of civil servants 15 years after Hongwu.

In the original historical trajectory, Lao Liu had never encountered such a big killer as Jin Yiwei, but he adapted quickly.

Capable of bending and stretching, this is the Liu Bowen that Zhang Yi knew.

Speaking of Jinyiwei, Zhang Yi couldn't help but think of Hu Weiyong...

If this institution exists, will Hu Weiyong still go to the step of rebellion, or, because of the early appearance of Jin Yiwei, will the prime minister system continue due to the change of the butterfly effect?
The changes in history are becoming more and more intense.

This means that in the future, when you pretend to be a magic stick to predict the future, you should be careful.

Zhang Yi cherishes the godly persona that he managed to set up with great difficulty now.

This is the capital for him to contact Zhu Biao or Zhu Di in the future to fool them.

"Then tell me, where are the people in eastern Zhejiang and the coastal areas going?"

Seeing that the two chatted a lot, Xu Cunren was afraid that Liu Ji would be embarrassed, so he took the initiative to change the topic for him.

"That depends on which angle you look at it from..."

Zhang Yi smiled mysteriously:

"If you look at it from the gentry's point of view, it would be a catastrophe. Our majesty will inevitably be yin and yang by scholars in the next hundred years...

But from the point of view of the entire coastal area, this pirate case is a chance for the common people to breathe!

Especially in the resource-poor places in eastern Zhejiang, because they have not been liquidated too much, the rich households in the localities have a large amount of land, and the conflicts with the civilians at the bottom are sharp.

If it weren't for the way out for sea trade, it would be strange if there was no civil uprising in this place.

But now that the emperor has purged the rich households in the area and released the land, this conflict will be much less.

In addition, the emperor immigrated a lot of people. From a local point of view, the coast has enjoyed decades of peace.

Of course, it's not all good news...

The closure of Taicang Shipping Department means that His Majesty is likely to gradually control maritime trade. Since the tax revenue from maritime trade cannot be collected, this business is useless to the imperial court!

Coupled with the need of the imperial court to recuperate and recuperate, the people going to sea must be the direction that the imperial court will focus on.

In the coastal area, although everyone does business at sea, after the emperor banned the sea, the impact must be different. Suzhou, Songjiang and other places are lands of fish and rice, and they can live well without maritime trade.

But Zhejiang is not necessarily..."

Liu Bowen and Xu Cunren's complexion changed drastically.

The impact of the sea ban on the people of Zhejiang may be second only to that of Fujian.

In such a place with many mountains and few fields, although overall, the grain production is high due to the climate, but the potential is insufficient.

Once the annexation of the land becomes serious, it will be difficult for the common people to support themselves from the land. What else can they do besides doing business?
Liu Boen's face turned blue and red. If the emperor really banned maritime trade, it would definitely be a disaster.

But as Zhang Yi said, this disaster was also caused by the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.

If the country is obviously rich, but it evades taxes, and let the pirates eat back the court itself, then it deserves to be beaten.

"Those gentry deserved to die, they just suffered for the common people!

Wealthy households do not do maritime trade, but they can still do business!
But the employment of the common people is indeed a problem. "

Liu Bowen stood up and suddenly bowed down to Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi was taken aback, what happened to this old guy?
"Please also show the people of Zhejiang a clear way!"

Lao Liu's attitude suddenly became humble, and Zhang Yi was still a little uncomfortable.

"The sea ban is the general trend, it is impossible to change it!
Zhejiang's geographical conditions make it difficult to rely on farming alone.

If you want to find a way out, it is nothing more than above industry and commerce.”

Industrial and commercial...

Liu Ji was thoughtful, many people in Zhejiang are doing business, and this is largely due to the fact that there are so many people and so little land in this place that they are forced to do nothing.

However, the emperor emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, and doing business would still be suppressed after all.

Zhejiang used to rely on the sea, and could grab a lot of benefits from the sea, but if it really walks in the country,

Not necessarily a big deal.

"Of course, the premise is that Mr. Liu can help His Majesty solve the tax problem. If the tax cannot be paid, how can we collect tax reasonably...

Let His Majesty believe that industry and commerce can provide a stable source of taxation without delaying production..."

tax……

The question still comes back to taxes.

"Speaking of the last time the monks and Taoists paid taxes..."

Zhang Yi took the initiative to bring up the topic that scholars are unwilling to bring up.

"Actually, from the emperor's promotion of monks and Taoists to pay taxes, to the rejection of the case of Zhongshu Province's tax exemption for scholars, Master Liu should understand that His Majesty attaches great importance to taxation!

Taxation is the foundation of the imperial court, and His Majesty will not allow anyone to have privileges in this regard, even his own sons!
In fact, if you think about it carefully, the piracy case happened, His Majesty allowed Yang Xian to wash Jiangnan with blood, and the root cause lies in taxation!

If the merchants along the coast are willing to pay the taxes they should have paid for their income, His Majesty may not necessarily approve of maritime trade.

However, human nature is cheap, and the imperial court cannot supervise maritime trade, and they will not take the initiative to pay taxes.

Since the imperial court could not supervise and receive this part of the tax, and the pirates and Japanese pirates also affected local production, why did the imperial court provide them with asylum?

Now that His Majesty has smashed everyone's eating bowls, there are probably many voices of resentment against His Majesty among the people, but in my opinion, they deserve it.

Failure to collect taxes is a sign of subjugation.

Daming is thriving now, so it will not allow this kind of thing to spread.

So Mr. Liu wants to find a way out for the people in eastern Zhejiang and even Jiangnan.

It is necessary to solve the problem of not being able to collect taxes for His Majesty...

Especially the industrial and commercial tax, how to collect it, or how to collect it to satisfy His Majesty, this is up to Mr. Liu to talk to His Majesty himself! "

When Liu Bowen heard the words, he felt as if he had been struck by thunder.

Taxes, why didn't he think of it?

He fell into deep thought, and Zhang Yi didn't bother him.

Regarding how to formulate reasonable tax laws, he believes that Liu Bowen knows better than himself.

The law of the Ming Dynasty and the formulation of the tax law of the Ming Dynasty actually have the shadow of Liu Bowen.

This old gentleman is an unborn genius and does not need Zhang Yidun's teaching.

The so-called taxation issue can actually be divided into two major issues.

One is how to formulate reasonable taxes.

The other is how to raise taxes?
Zhu Yuanzhang formulated the Lijia system, to a large extent, to solve the second problem, how the court bypassed the local government and successfully collected taxes, while avoiding excessive local exploitation.

Agricultural taxation is one thing, and industrial and commercial taxation is more complicated than industrial taxation.

In Zhang Yi's mind, following the one-size-fits-all tax law of Daming Thirty Taxes, it would definitely not work.

However, complicated tax laws, administrative and enforcement costs are also problematic.

Leave these specific policies to Liu Bowen.

"What advice do you have?"

When Liu Bowen heard this, he probably also understood that Zhang Yi probably had his own views on the taxation issue.

"Your Majesty needs a title! No one in the world should pay taxes, including clansmen, dukes, and officials!

With this status, the imperial court can take the initiative to exempt whom and how much from taxes, that is the regulation of His Majesty and the laws of the country...

In fact, His Majesty revealed this meaning long ago, and the adults in the court did not think about this issue carefully because of their resistance!

However, this matter has not been settled, and someone needs to be a villain to help the emperor settle this title!

Master Liu, are you willing to be a villain for the people of eastern Zhejiang and present a certificate of honor to the emperor? "

Zhang Yi circled around, and the little chicken's feet were exposed. (end of this chapter)