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Chapter 73 Expedited

Quanzhou Fucheng.

There were long lines of traders and footmen coming and going, waiting to enter the city from various city gates.

In front of Renfeng Gate, two soldiers were carefully checking the road guide documents of passing vendors.

During the Qing Dynasty, when people from various places moved around or entered the city, they had to have roads to guide them. Without roads, they would not be able to enter the city.

Although it is now the Ming Dynasty, the reform strategy has not yet been finalized, so everything remains as usual.

at this time.

"Drive! Drive!"

Suddenly a cavalry came from the east. The cavalry was wearing a crimson military uniform and had a small flag on its back.

"Urgent military information! Give in!"

"Urgent military information! Give in!"

……

The cavalry shouted several times in succession, and the gatekeepers in front of Renfeng Gate were finally alerted, and immediately began to drive away the vendors and footmen who were queuing up in front of the city gate.

Although they didn't recognize the cavalry in front of them, their superiors had already told them about it when they were gloriously dressed in this uniform.

From now on, all cavalrymen wearing red clothes with flags on their backs will be allowed to go, no matter what they are doing.

Otherwise, if you are trampled to death by the opponent's horse, or hacked to death with a knife, don't blame them for not collecting the body.

Hearing this threatening statement, these gatekeepers who were forced to change jobs would not dare to disobey.

When the cavalryman who was galloping saw that a road had been cleared in front of the city gate, he immediately lowered his hand that was about to draw his sword again.

Without even stopping, he rode his horse past the frightened people and traders on both sides of the road. He didn't even pay attention to the two officers who nodded and bowed, and then rushed into the city.

Then there was another shout of "Military information is urgent! Idle people give way!".

There was a flurry of chatter, and when the sound gradually faded away, the two guards breathed a sigh of relief, and then started doing what they had to do.

On the contrary, the merchants and common people who were originally queuing up all started gossiping about what the Ming cavalry had to report and why he was so anxious.

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This side of Quanzhou Palace.

Although Zhu Yijiong, the superintendent of the country, fought against all opinions and finalized the reform of the tax law, the regulations still need to be discussed and agreed upon by the ministers below.

It was discussed that in order to implement the principle of apportioning a ding into an acre, the original dingyin system must be abolished, and various taxes should also be unified and merged as in the one-whip law.

In this way, we can prevent local officials from becoming corrupt and using additional resources for various reasons to undermine the new tax system.

After the unification of tax types, the abolition of dingyin, and the apportionment of dingyin into acres, the land-based taxation will also need to be re-planned.

After all, acres of land are also divided into inferior land and good land, and the tax amount must not be the same for all.

At present, it is tentatively determined that poor land such as sandy-alkali mountainous land will be taxed at [-]% to [-]% per mu, ordinary farmland will be taxed at [-]% to [-]% per mu, and good paddy fields will be taxed at [-]% per mu.

This may sound high, but compared to today's Qing Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was exempted from other harsh administration and miscellaneous taxes. The burden on small and medium-sized landowners and lower class people was actually smaller than before.

As for the distinction between good and bad acres, it still depends on the inventory of hidden fields and the measurement of the land.

In addition to this, there are also Huohuo returning to the public, abolition of humble status, and officials and gentry receiving food together.It is simple to abolish the low status and pay grain to the officials and gentry. To put it bluntly, after Wang Li and others completely surrendered, in order to support the growth of the Ming Dynasty, they had been sending money and grain to the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that in the past, they were all actively donating, but now they just changed their names.

Only Huo Huo's return to the public was more troublesome. Historically, Yongzheng first returned him to the public, and after unified standardization, he used the money returned to the public to provide officials with integrity, hoping to control the problem of official corruption.

But what will happen next...just look at He Shen.

There is actually no solution to this problem at all, because whether it is corrupt or not depends entirely on the officials' self-awareness.

Let's do this for now, let's take a look, and let Wu Wai's Jin Yiwei keep an eye on it.

After agreeing on several general directions, Zhu Yijiong then added some details. For example, while abolishing humble status, road guidance can also be appropriately cancelled.

Of course, it is not completely abolished, but it is no longer as strictly restricted as before. Urban people can only live in cities, and rural people can only live in rural areas.

It is necessary to allow people with little land, no land, and leisure time to work in cities and towns. This will not only increase people's income, but also further strengthen urban population mobility and promote the development of private handicrafts and commerce.

In short, the main focus is to spread the land, supplemented by the following, and add some details. A complete set of punches is enough for Zhu Yijiong to win over the hearts of the small and medium-sized landowners and the common people at the bottom.

After all, most of the people in this world are small and medium-sized landowners and ordinary people, and even if the real big landowners and gentry are willing to side with him, there will be a huge disaster that will be harmful to the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Oh, by the way, the planning and construction of Xiamen Port must also be put on the agenda. Since the Qing Dynasty has implemented a maritime ban in recent years, at least Fujian maritime merchants have been tortured.

As long as he not only relaxes the maritime ban but also vigorously supports maritime trade, will he still worry about not getting the support of Fujian maritime merchants?
At this time, outside the palace.

The Ming army cavalry who was galloping in the city before came to the gate, dismounted and was about to rush in.

A Ming soldier who was guarding the door was about to stop him, but was directly restrained by a colleague with quick eyes and quick hands.

After the cavalryman left, he cursed: "You're dying. It's a [-]-mile rush. If you dare to stop me, no one will care if I chop you."

Two Hundred Miles Expedited is a type of cavalry currently used exclusively by the Ming Dynasty to convey military information. One flag represents two hundred miles, and each flag is added in sequence.However, the current territory of the Ming Dynasty can only be used for four hundred miles at most.

The guard soldier was yelled at and he quickly shrank his neck, feeling frightened.

Let's talk about the [-]-mile urgent cavalry, with an urgent flag behind them, traveling unimpeded all the way to the Yamen Palace.

After a while, Zhang Ashan, the commander of the imperial camp, led him down to the court meeting hall.

Report!Urgent military information! "

The cavalryman knelt down on one knee, took out a lacquered letter from his arms and presented it to him.

Zhu Yijiong stepped forward in person, tore off the paint and took a look. The expression on his face changed from seriousness to excitement: "Fuzhou... no, it's the Fuzhou Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty that has finally been taken!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Li, who was in the hall, raised his hands and said, "I would like to congratulate the country. Now that Fuzhou has fallen, the restoration of the whole province of Fujian is just around the corner!"

After Wang Li finished speaking, others also reacted.

The crowd shouted: "Congratulations to the prison country!"

Including Jia Wenzhao, no one was smiling.After all, this is about Fuzhou, and the whole province of Fujian is about the same if we don’t talk about propaganda.

As long as Fujian is restored, the pirate ship of Ming Dynasty will become more and more stable.Even those of them who were forced to board a pirate ship to be demoted in order to save their lives had a slight possibility of following the dragon.

Thinking of this, most of the previous depression caused by Zhu Jianguo's plan to work as a tenant in the house seemed to have disappeared.

(End of this chapter)