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Chapter 555 The Great Ming Change
The changes in Daming became more and more obvious, and even the common people at the bottom felt the changes, the changes coming from around them.

Newspapers, banks, postal services, libraries, Shaoying Hospital, old halls... currency circulation, road transportation, culture and education... new terms and things always involve the lives of ordinary people.

The rebels in She'an were wiped out. It is said that several Tumu united and surrendered anyway, and led the Ming army to attack the village and pull out the city, and captured and killed Anwei and other leaders.

Liaodong has been in peace for more than half a year. I heard that several Mongolian tribes have naturalized in Ming Dynasty. Overseas Mekong Province is still recruiting immigrants. It is a good place to grow three people a year...

These are all major events, and the impact on the common people is only the peace of mind of being able to enjoy peace.And there are many related to oneself or one's own family.

There is a school in the village, which is still free.Whoever has a child who can pass the primary school graduation examination will be exempted from the small tax.

The so-called Ding tax, also known as head tax, was the most important tax in the feudal dynasties in the past dynasties except land tax.

In the Han Dynasty, there was a perfect Ding tax system. The tax was paid from the age of seven, and the tax was the same as that of an adult at the age of 15. It was not exempted until the age of 56.

Considering the level of sanitation and medical treatment in ancient times, as well as the average life expectancy, this small tax is almost paid until death.

During the Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the Ding tax system was loosened.But in fact, Zhang Juzheng's whip method bundled the head tax and the land tax together, converted them into taels of silver, and collected them together with the land tax. It was not really abolished.

As far as the emperor was concerned, he had been holding back his energy to implement "split Ding into Mu".But after repeated thinking and research, it was discovered that the so-called "never adding gifts" in the Qing Dynasty was just a cover.

In history, the "excessive taxation and violent collection" at the end of the Ming Dynasty had its actual difficulties and helplessness, but the root cause was the problem of "strict agriculture and lenient business" and official governance.

In history, officials of the Ming Dynasty took pride in boycotting, and relied on tax resistance to win the hearts of the people and cultivate their reputation. Especially in the Jiangnan area, no matter how heavy the taxation was, they were all discounted.

For officials of the Ming Dynasty, the risk of tax resistance was too low, and they would be dismissed from office and go home, but they became famous and popular overnight, which was even better than the hype effect of later generations.

Officials colluded with the country gentry and rich people, and they fought together. Resisting taxes and defaulting on arrears became the usual means.

But starting from the third year of Tianqi, these long-standing abuses that started in the Xuande period were gradually swept away by the emperor's thunderous means.

If you are interested, you can calculate how many officials and gentry have been severely punished for ransacking their homes and exiled in the past few years?
As big as the first and second grades in the court, as small as the landlords and gentry in the countryside, it is not an exaggeration to say that they can kill people in the first one or two years.

Taxes can be collected in full, the occupied and hidden lands have been cleaned up, the bad government of "harsh farmers and lenient businessmen" has been gradually reversed, and the state's finances have been loosened.

The more this is the case, the emperor is not in a hurry to implement "spreading into the mu".In his mind, the astonishing act of abolishing the poll tax began to be conceived.

However, before the abolition, exempting the small tax as a means of encouraging the people to receive education still has great value.

Liao pay is no longer levied, and there is no need to reappear for training and suppression.

The most important thing is that under the harsh punishment law, the administration of officials has become much clearer, and the burden on the common people is not heavy.

Of course, the reconstruction of Liaodong, the expansion of the navy, etc. still made the court's finances not so loose, and collecting more money would not force the people to rebel.

(End of this chapter)