Zhu Zhanji, who had been busy all morning, was indeed thirsty and hungry, took the enema and ate a few bites, picked up the teacup and drank it in one go, only to feel that his hunger and thirst had been reduced a lot, and he couldn't help but glance at Wang Zhen with appreciation, and said in his heart: "This Mr. Wang is much more careful than Haitao's slave?" ”

Taking advantage of the effort of drinking tea, Zhu Zhanji intermittently said the twist and turn in front of him, Wang Zhen bowed and listened carefully, but did not answer immediately.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Zhu Zhanji frowned slightly and said, "Why didn't Mr. Wang speak?" ”

Wang Zhen said: ""The slave doesn't dare? ”

Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Mr. Wang doesn't have to worry, although I can't interfere in politics with my ancestors, but that is the rule set by Hong Wuye in view of the excessive power of the eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty and the control of the government. ”

After so many years in this palace, Wang Zhenzi knew that the rule set by Hong Wuye "eunuchs should not interfere in politics" had already existed in name only in the Yongle Dynasty. Eunuchs began to obtain the power of envoys, special expeditions, sub-towns, etc., frequently went to the West, envoys to vassal countries, and eunuchs can be seen everywhere, when the Yongle Emperor was there, because of his power, the ministers of civil and military affairs did not dare to say it, when Hong Xi succeeded to the throne, those imperial histories, the Imperial Procuratorate began to raise their heads, and dared to interfere with the emperor's private life, although they were beaten by the emperor, but after all, it was the beginning, and now the new emperor's means do not know how, in case it is a master who can't suppress those Metropolitan Inspectorate, the imperial history, today is a lot of words, and the coming day is a disaster, has been serving in front of the Son of Heaven in the palace for so many years, but it is not in vain, be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.

Zhu Zhanji has a very good impression of Wang Zhen, if it weren't for Chen Wu following him since he was a child and using it habitually, he might not have let Wang Zhen serve by his side, seeing his worried face, he smiled and said: "Tai Zu once said: "This Cao is one or two out of a thousand, and the evil is often a thousand." Use it for the ears and eyes, that is, the ears and eyes to cover it, and use it for the henchmen, that is, the heart disease. The way to stay is to make them fear the law, not to make meritorious. Fear of the law and restraint, meritorious but arrogant, since you have not speculated on the holy will and abused your power, how can you interfere in politics"

It's rare to have such a good opportunity, Wang Zhen has long wanted to express his words, just now, but he doesn't want to be caught by those foreign ministers in the future, at this time, listening to the emperor say this, the last concern has already been clean, and he kowtowed: "With the words of Your Majesty, the slave is scolded to death by those officials, and he does not hesitate!" ”

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said, "Don't slander the official, what are they doing scolding you?" Although he said that he had eyes on his lips, his expression did not mean half of the blame.

Wang Zhen stole a glance and immediately put down his heart.

Zhu Zhanji was about to listen to someone talk at this time, so he thought slowly, and when he saw that he was relieved, he said, "Let's talk about it?" ”

Although Wang Zhen's heart was happy, but there was no expression on his face, such an opportunity was missed once less, and he didn't know if he could meet it next time, he couldn't be sloppy, the emperor's affairs were not big, these days he came and went to the cabinet, but also listened to a few ministers when he didn't pay attention to the situation in Suzhou, the reason for this situation, in the final analysis, is that Hong Wuye used the code too violently, in his 31 years in power, about 150,000 corrupt officials fell to the ground, Few officials from the prefecture to the county level in the country's thirteen provinces were able to complete their terms, and most of them were killed. The "heavy rule of officials" was effective in the short term, but with the passage of time, the deterrent effect gradually weakened, and the number of vested interests continued to increase, and finally it was not resolved. As Zhu Yuanzhang lamented: I want to get rid of corrupt officials, but I have no choice but to kill and commit crimes! There are nine counties that are difficult to govern, and these nine prefectures are Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Ji'an, Kaifeng, Wenzhou, and Qiongzhou. Among these states, Suzhou is even more so, with heavy taxes, redundant and corrupt officials, and unbearable burdens for the common people. Suzhou is located in a key area, and there are many garrisons around it, and the garrison is also very strict about disturbing the people, and even openly robbed merchant ships in the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake, killing people and stealing goods. In addition, the folk customs are extravagant, hedonistic, ingenious, brothels and casinos are all over the big cities and towns, the local ruffians and gangs are rampant, and the social atmosphere and public security situation are very bad. The small people were forced to drag on the situation for many years, and it was not difficult to reverse this situation, and it was not easy to say that it was easy to say, and it was not easy to say that it was not easy to speak.

Zhu Zhanji is not in a hurry, as the emperor's vision is not ordinary, he has already seen this problem, the reason why he wants Wang Zhen to talk about his views is just that the idea in his heart is still uncertain, and he wants to have one more person to talk about, maybe he can have some good ideas.

After about two cups of tea, Wang Zhencai took a breath, saluted Zhu Zhanji, and said loudly: "Hong Wuchu, Tai ancestor determines the world's officials, and the people are endowed with ,...... However, Su, Song, Jia, and Hu were angry that they were Zhang Shicheng's guards, and they were from the wealthy families and rich people's fields as official fields, and the tax amount was calculated according to the private rent book. And Si Nongqing Yang Xian anointed the western part of Zhejiang to increase its endowment, and there were two or three stones per mu tax. It is the heaviest in Suzhou, followed by Song, Jia and Hu, and followed by Chang and Hangzhou. The tax seems to be heavier, but that is Hong Wuye in view of the fact that my Ming society is not stable, all kinds of waste to be lifted, the north is suffering from war and famine, and the national finance is in urgent need of the support of the region, he can only take measures to support production, such as immigration, water conservancy, and the development of handicrafts, and through guò temporary exemption, reduce the official field rules, fold the color and other means to carry out social relief and supplement Tho Speaking of which, these orders are greatly beneficial to the Susong area, Hongwu four years, the imperial court has issued an edict "free of Jiangxi field rent", and its edict said: I am a farmer, well aware of the people's suffering. He personally led the six divisions to the south and the north,...... All of them are China's elite, guarding the border, and I can't bear to speak. However, if you want to calm down Li Shu, you must have the power to defend the border, and it will be transferred in the branch, and the matter has been done. Thinking of the people of Jiangxi, the local tyrants are divided, the wolves are encroached, and the assets are empty. After the annexation, the supply was heavy, and it has been nine years. Since the annexation of the two Zhejiangs, corrupt officials have corrupted officials and harmed the people and enriched themselves. Though it has been swept away, it has not yet awakened. It is exempt from this year's autumn grain. …… There is a priority, so there is a priority. Weier people, I am the most conscious! "Although the taxes in Suzhou and other places are high, the high ones are the ordinary people who stay behind, in order to pay the heavy taxes, the farmers and silkworms, the cold and the weaving, the ploughing, the tax is insufficient, the children and daughters are sold, and the insufficiency, and then they have to flee ——?." Speaking of this, Wang Zhen glanced up at Zhu Zhanji, and saw that he nodded his head with a thoughtful expression. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he had listened to these words in the cabinet a lot these days, and at this time, he polished and understood them by himself, and he got to the crux of the matter as soon as he said them.

Zhu Zhanji said: "What Mr. Wang said is very true, the people of Suzhou and Song counties are not given food and clothing, they are all trapped by heavy rent, and the people are trapped in rent and the officials do not know how to sympathize, which is really unfair to the people of Suzhou, but those big households are only afraid of it? “

Wang Zhen was a clever master, and when he heard the emperor's words, he didn't know what to say, so he hurriedly said: "What Your Majesty said is that since the beginning of the Hongwu Dynasty, through the migration of rich people, the confiscation of wealthy clans and rich people's fields, etc., a large number of private fields in the Jiangnan area have been transformed into official fields, and the surplus products are directly levied from the land with private leases, which have both the nature of land rent and taxation, so the tax amount of official land is higher than that of civil land in terms of quantity, and the confiscation of official land is higher than that of ancient official fields. In the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, not only the number of official fields increased substantially, but also the amount of official fields was higher, at the beginning of Hongwu, the official fields were ordered to start with five liters of three in five spoons per mu, three liters of three in five spoons per mu of private fields, and eight liters of five spoons per mu of heavily leased fields,...... Confiscated official land, one bucket and two liters per mu. "All the official land was leased to the peasants for cultivation, and the taxes had to be borne by the people, so the tax burden was extremely heavy. After Hongwu, the number of official fields greatly exceeded the number of private fields, and the grain produced by the private fields accounted for only 1/15, and the official fields were 14 times that of the people's fields, and the annual income from the fields of our dynasty at that time was about 30 million stones, of which Zhejiang Province alone collected about 2.75 million stones, accounting for about 1/10 of the whole country; while the seven counties of Suzhou were as high as 2.81 million stones, which exceeded the total tax amount of the 66 counties in Zhejiang. Suzhou has a total of 56 hectares of land reclamation, accounting for 1 of the total number of cultivated fields in the country. 1%, while paying 9% of the country's taxes. 5%, it can be seen that the burden of the people of Suzhou is heavy, if you do not flee, you will be trapped to death, and then in my Hongwu Dynasty, Suzhou is extremely taxed, and can still pay taxes on time, to Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne has issued an edict: the country has a righteous battle, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are unique, and Su Song Guantian is allowed to private taxes, with punishment for a while, how can it be regular? Today, with the reduction, there is no need to step on the acre. However, his enjoyment of the country was short, and the reform measures were abolished after the ancestor practiced the throne. I Yongle Emperor north expedition to Mongolia, south of Annan, sent Zheng He to envoy extraterritorial, dredging canals, construction of Beijing, the increase in the country's military and political consumption, so that Jiangnan taxes are huge, the arrears are not big, and now it is only after the Hongxi Dynasty, the tax accumulation is so large, which inherent in the people fled, but in the eyes of the minions, most of them are the powerful and cunning officials who dance and write to seek profit, which caused such a situation ......? “

Wang Zhen saw that Zhu Zhanji did not object, and remembered that he heard Xia Yuanji say some time ago that Suzhou is in arrears every year, in addition to the people fleeing, the heroic and cunning officials dancing and writing to seek profit, the second reason is that the management of Cao Yun is chaotic, and the grain chief "fights in and out of small buckets"; There is no fixed place to store grain; Drawbacks such as the lack of collection and transportation records have fuelled corruption. It is precisely because of the lack of clarity in management that the officials have the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, twist the law for personal gain, become corrupt, and extort money, which increases the suffering of the people, and many of the people are hungry to farm, cold and weaving, and work hard for a year, and in the end the income is not enough to pay taxes——, and he elaborates again.

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