At present, the problem that the income of workers and peasants in Daming society is lower than the average development level is an inevitable challenge faced by a society in a period of rapid development and progress.

This is because capital is growing, and the growth of capital is bound to exploit the interests of the workers and squeeze out the social dividends enjoyed by the peasants.

If the capitalists are expected to think about the workers and peasants, it is undoubtedly a fantasy, and only the imperial court can consider it.

In fact, at present, some officials in Daming even feel that there is no need to consider this issue.

Although the incomes of workers and peasants are lower than the average level of development of the whole country, this is only a comparison of growth rates, and has nothing to do with the actual quality of life.

In the 42 years of the Emperor and Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the remote areas, we do not mention, the lives of the people in the three major areas of the Gyeonggi Belt, the Jiangnan Belt, and the Central Plains Belt are more comfortable.

Eating a meaty meal for three days is not a life pressure, a family of four is full of food, and changing four or five new clothes a year is not a life pressure.

Life has come to this, what is there not to be satisfied with?

If you throw this kind of quality of life twenty years ago, ask the people of the world, and he would never dare to dream of such outrageousness.

The imperial court has done enough for the people, what else is there to worry about about this matter, there is no need at all.

No man is content.

There are not many officials who think this way, but they still account for some of them, and the reason why they think this way is actually normal, because as the quality of life of the people increases, their demands for other aspects also increase.

When they were all hungry, they felt that if the country could feed them, the Holy Monarch was alive, and it was enough for the common people to shout long live and kowtow and burn incense.

And when they are full, the common people will want to eat it when they see that rich businessmen and official families have eaten meat.

Their aspirations for their lives are constantly rising, and they are not satisfied with the status quo.

It is required that the government become more and more honest, and that the public service team become more and more poor, at least to live the same life as them, and if they live more comfortably, people's hearts will not be balanced.

This is how the active appeal of society appeared, and it has become an urgent problem to be solved in front of the case of Zhu Yunwen and the cabinet.

Of course, the older people will not be so insatiable because they have survived hard times, but what about the next generation?

Populations are multiplying, and newborns are constantly emerging.

These children have not survived from the Hongwu Dynasty, let alone seen the flames of war in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court really has no reason to ask this generation of young people to understand what it means to endure hardships and suffer sins.

If the demands of these young people cannot be resolved, then social contradictions will inevitably arise and affect the prestige of the court and the state in the hearts of the people.

Therefore, it is often generation after generation of young people who scold the court, and they always feel that this country is not good or bad, and there are few mature middle-aged and elderly people who also keep abusing and slandering.

Xu Buji is now throwing this question at the conference, precisely in the context of this era, because the newborn born after Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, after more than 20 years of growth, is now a new force in the country, and has begun to enter all fields of society, or become a public servant, or become a farmer, a worker, a soldier, and a runner in the service industry.

The new generation has the thoughts and demands of the new generation, and how to solve and satisfy it is not only the thousands of officials attending the meeting who are thinking, but Zhu Yunwen is also thinking.

"The Ministry of Commerce is in charge of the economy, and now that this problem has been raised, can't so many officials who study and engage in economics come up with a solution?"

Seeing the cold scene of the conference, Xu Buji snorted with some dissatisfaction: "A few days ago, on the opening day of the Third Five-Year Summary Conference, the officials of the household department had already raised this question, and it has been a few days, and they can't even come up with a preliminary idea?" ”

From the Ministry of Commerce to Shangshu and Shilang, dozens of people are all in a cold sweat.

At this time, Yan Zhen opened his mouth directly.

This has been active in the Ming political arena for more than 20 years, and the cabinet minister during the previous Yang Shiqi cabinet, the former grain minister of Zhejiang, and now the minister of the Federation of Industry and Commerce.

"Endowment."

A sentence of endowment caused an uproar.

There was a whisper in the venue, and Zhu Yunwen frowned instantly.

The incomes of workers and peasants are already lower than the average level of social development.

However, out of trust or respect for Yan Zhenzhi, Zhu Yunwen still gave Yan Zhenzhi a chance to explain.

"Now my Ming agricultural tax is thirty taxes and one, I personally recommend that ten taxes be levied, and workers do not have to pay taxes, and now a part of them is also levied, and the proportion is the same as ten taxes and one tax."

In this matter, Yan Zhenzhi didn't dare to sell Guanzi, and behind the lectern of the stage, he threw out all his thoughts.

"The increase in the agricultural sector is to prompt the central grain depot to raise the guide price of grain."

"Is that different?"

The voice of doubt soon sounded: "The people pay more grain than before, even if the price of grain rises, the money in hand is still that, rather than abolishing this ring strength, it is better to simply cancel the agricultural tax." ”

"How can it be the same."

Yan Zhen gave an example: "Let's assume that a farmer has 10 acres of land, two crops a year, an output of 6,000 catties, and needs to pay 200 catties of grain, then the grain in the central grain depot is 200 catties, and the peasants have 5,800 catties in their hands."

According to the guide price of grain, the total value of grain in the hands of the peasants is 11,600 wen, so the market needs to digest the 6,000 catties of grain, and needs to pay 12,000 wen.

Now that the 30 tax has been changed to 10 tax 1, the total amount of grain remains unchanged at 6,000 catties, but only 5,400 catties remain in the hands of the peasants, and 600 catties have entered the central grain depot.

If we raise the price of grain from two cents to ten cents and four catties, that is, two and a half cents and one catty, then the value of the 5,400 catties in the hands of the peasants will rise to 13,500 wen. The market needs to digest the 6,000 catties, so it needs to pay 15,000 wen, and the difference between inside and outside is 3,000 wen.

So who will pay for the 3,000 Wen trip, and naturally the buyers in the market will pay for it.

The peasants earned an extra 1,900 wen, and the imperial court earned an extra 1,100 wen, but the imperial court is to serve the people, and we can give up this extra part, and the way to give it up is that I personally suggest that we do not use direct money subsidies, but stay as a special fund.

The purpose of this special fund is to do insurance.

The main risks faced by a peasant are nothing more than two points, one is the famine caused by natural disasters, and the other is the land famine caused by man-made disasters.

Famine is the extinction of production caused by natural disasters, resulting in farmers not harvesting for a year, and land famine is such as the death, disability, old age and illness of peasants who cannot continue farming, and the land is deserted, and this kind of land, the common people often choose to sell, and the people who buy the land will take the opportunity to lower the price, harming the interests of the original farmers.

When this happens, then the use of this special fund can be played.

If it is caused by a natural disaster, then the imperial court will come forward and pay the full amount according to the total grain output of the people affected by the disaster in the previous year, using half of the grain and half of the cash.

If it is caused by a man-made disaster, such as death, disability, old age and inability to continue cultivating the land, and the heirs are unwilling to continue to be farmers, then the imperial court will come forward to collect the land at market price, and at the same time pay the farmer a one-time compensation for the next ten years, and the total amount of compensation is the total output of the number of acres of the field in the previous year. The ratio is 30 percent grain plus 70 percent cash.

If the farmer is deceased, the money is given to the widow or heir, and if there is no widow or heir, the money is donated to the local school in the name of the farmer.

This is the reason why I myself intend to carry out agricultural endowments, and I submit my humble opinion to His Majesty and the General Assembly for consideration. ”

Raise taxes and establish a social security system.

I have to say that at this moment, Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up.

Yan Zhenzhi's suggestion is feasible.