Now it seems to be true, so it seems that the silver ticket of 5,000 taels that I saw with Fourteen in Zhou's house last time is really not worth mentioning, but what Fourteen transferred may only be a part? Thinking of this, I can't help but be a little worried, this time the incident is also in Jiangnan, will it have anything to do with them? Yinzhen continued: "These corrupt officials and corrupt officials must be exploiting the people layer by layer and filling their own pockets, no wonder the people are famine, the treasury is empty, and the money has been taken away by these people!"

I frowned and said: "If this corrupt official is not punished, the people will definitely complain, and if they are poor, they will change, and if they are well fed and clothed, who is willing to rebel with their heads? Since the corrupt officials have money, then you should raid the house several more times, and use the money to relieve the victims, if it is cold today, winter clothes are the most important, otherwise I don't know how many people will freeze to death this year!"

Yin Zhen nodded and said: "The money confiscated this time, I asked people to directly purchase materials to help the local victims, and when I killed this corrupt official, the local people rejoiced and praised the wisdom of the court, which made me feel a little comforted." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" After speaking, his face softened slightly.

I sighed: "In fact, the common people are the most content, the most industrious, and the most obedient people, as long as you let them have no worries about food and clothing, and then serve them justice, they will definitely work hard, abide by the law and respect the rules." It's hateful that those who have a little power in their hands and are insatiable are not only moths of the court, but also hidden dangers of the court!"

Yin Zhen said with a calm face: "When the emperor was here, he always couldn't punish these corrupt officials ruthlessly, so he made the treasury empty to this point, I want to rectify the river transportation, but the court can't come up with a penny! If this continues, even the use of the palace will be a problem, if the emperor is like this, then what does it mean?" Now that I am in this position, I will never be lenient with these people, and if I catch one, I will deal with one strictly, and I will not care who is behind these people or how much power there is, and all those who are implicated will be severely punished!"

I was shocked, I have read historical commentaries, saying that Yongzheng is harsh, in his thirteen years of rule, clarifying the rule of officials, cutting off friends, punishing corruption, so that the Kangxi Dynasty in the late period of the government was once lax, so as to establish a unique reform characteristics, vigorous and resolute imperial government, but also because of Yongzheng's hard work, China under the leadership of him and Qianlong, there has been a prosperous scene that lasted until the 18th century, so he is indeed a good emperor, but also a cold-blooded emperor who does not show favoritism and shows no mercy. When he mentions the forces behind it now, whether he refers to them or not, I'm not sure, but if it refers to them, then the ending of Yinxi may be more miserable than recorded in the history books.

Yin Zhen then sighed and said: "Punishing those corrupt officials is not the fundamental solution after all, the key problem is how the tax can be returned to the treasury." ”

I thought about it, now the main pillar industry of the imperial court is agriculture, therefore, the bulk of the tax is the land tax, and most of the officials make money from this aspect, otherwise why do the people still not have enough food and clothing for a year?

So I asked, "How is the land use tax levied?"

Yin Zhen said: "Now it is collected according to the head." ”

I then said: "How unfair it is, in the same way, the more people will collect more, and the less people will collect less, although there are more people and more labor, but more people still eat more, and the old and weak women and children in the family are also a lot of laborers." Besides, it is not easy for the imperial court to control the annual increase and decrease of the population, and the reports from various places may not be real numbers, and the imperial court cannot verify them one by one, which is a big loophole!"

Yin Zhen nodded and said, "That makes sense! ”

I replied, "The number of people is alive and changing, but the quantity of land is dead and unchanging." The amount of land will be recorded by the imperial court, and officials in various places only need to collect taxes according to the area of land used by the people, so that those with a large population can keep more food, and also avoid officials from profiting from it. ”

He nodded in agreement, and I continued: "But don't manage this money to death, manage it too much, those people should give birth to other ways." These taxes were handed over to the local government for management, and a small part of the tax was handed over to the imperial court, most of which was used as the daily expenses of the government, which not only saved the imperial court a sum of office expenses for various places, but also had some living money in the hands of the officials, which could be turned. Moreover, since the money had to be paid for by the government, these officials did not dare to take it to their homes.

After hearing my words, Yinjin's eyes lit up, and then he said: "Pay attention! I am worried about the large amount of money spent by the local government every year! This method is really killing two birds with one stone, which not only relieves the burden of the people, but also saves me a lot of money. Besides, if I want to choose a name for this method, it's called 'Spreading Ding into the Ground', how about it?"

I sweat one, it turns out that a big deal in the Yongzheng reform in history was put into the ground, and it was me, a little woman, who said it casually!

I replied again and again: "Call it whatever you want!"

Yin Zhen suddenly laughed: "Wild girl on weekdays, I didn't expect to be a little talented, I can come up with such a good way to benefit the country and the people, it is much better than my ministers who can only do it, it seems that I have really got a treasure!"

I'm a little embarrassed, I have these thoughts, which are inseparable from what I have seen and heard in modern times, and this is not my own wisdom.

When he saw me like this, he smiled and said, "You have solved a big problem for me, you say, what reward do you want?"

I groaned slightly: "I want to go and sacrifice Concubine Liang, she is my relative after all, and now her death day is approaching, I want to go and see her!"

Yin Zhen was stunned for a moment, and his face turned cold.

When I saw him like this, I said angrily: "If you are not happy, I will not go, don't show me face, I can't see this." ”

After listening to my words, his face softened again, and after thinking for a while, he said happily: "Okay, I'm ready, but you have to go back quickly, let the thirteenth brother accompany you tomorrow, he will be responsible for your safety, I can rest assured." ”

I said in my heart: It should be him watching me, you can rest assured.

I nodded, sort of a compromise.

When he saw that I answered, his mood improved: "Why don't we go out for a walk?"

I said angrily: "You don't look at it, what kind of day is this, and you go out for a walk, I want to go to you by yourself, I'm afraid of the cold." (To be continued.) )