Tonight is a full moon night, and the whole capital seems to be daylight. A few wild cats roamed the rooftops and the streets, the figure stretched out, looking for mice hiding in the corners.

It was only in some official residences that as the policy of curing tax arrears came out from the officials of the household department, those officials who saw the contents lost their minds for a long time.

"Wen Kui's name is indeed true!"

"Not to mention Wen Kui, he deserves to be the talent of Yiwu!"

"In the past, some people said that Lin Ruoyu was too young to be the secretary of the household department, I am afraid that no one will dare to speak after today!"

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In the mansion of Lei Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Lei Li was inviting several friends from Jiangxi to get together, and some officials brought the latest movements of the Ministry of Households, and as a result, the hearts of everyone present were also severely impacted.

But back in the front hall of the Yang Mansion, the candle flame here was still burning, and the atmosphere seemed unusually quiet.

Yes?

When Fan Qianshan heard Yang Bo describe Lin Haoran as "the first person to govern the country", his mouth couldn't help but open, and his eyes revealed a kind of doubt and surprise.

If it is only admired by Yang Junmin, it can only be said that Yang Junmin, a younger generation, has shallow knowledge and can't distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of this strategy. But Yang Bo lifted it so high, it was impossible for him to be untargeted.

When Yang Junmin heard his father describe Lin Haoran as "the first person to govern the country", his eyes narrowed in shock at first, but he immediately nodded with a sigh.

Fan Qianshan couldn't hold back his strong curiosity anymore, and made a request to Yang Bo: "Brother Weiyue, can you let the younger brother take a look?" ”

Yang Bo nodded lightly, but he didn't treat the paper casually, but solemnly folded it, and then handed over this shocking statecraft.

Tonight was a restless night, and a gray house cat appeared on the wall with a small mouse in its mouth, looking curiously towards the front hall.

"The inability of the poor and lowly to shoulder the grain tax is not tolerated by the law, but it is understandable. However, the local gentry sit on thousands of acres of fertile land, and their wives are in groups, with fine clothes and food, and their warehouses are full of grain, but they still refuse to pay grain to the imperial court, which is a disloyal people. ”

After Fan Qianshan read this beginning, he found that the content was mediocre, and it was already a rhetoric based on facts, pointing the finger at a gentleman like them who refused to take the initiative to pay for food.

But what can it be?

For thousands of years, they already had a way to deal with the imperial court's grain requisition. Their Shanxi gang has already been huddled together, and there are many relationships between the DPRK and China, so they don't need to take the small magistrate in their eyes at all, and there are thousands of ways to avoid taxes.

Taking 10,000 steps back, even if one of them was caught by Lin Haoran, it was just to make up for a little food arrears, but it would not hurt their muscles and bones.

Thinking like this, he continued to read disdainfully, but the whole person was like a lightning strike, and the entire front hall suddenly lost its voice.

The full moon is like a wheel, hanging in the air, and the bright moonlight is also sprinkled in the courtyard in front of the Wuyi Hall in the West Garden, illuminating the courtyard scenery here very clearly.

After Li Chunfang finished dressing up, she went straight to Yan Ne's room by the white moonlight, and wanted to follow Yan Ne to Yinghong Lei Tan to participate in the Jiaozhai activity.

When he walked into the room, he saw Yan Ne sitting at the table alone in a daze, and couldn't help but ask with concern: "Brother Minqing, I don't know what happened?" ”

Yan Ne heard the movement, and then took his eyes off the paper, but asked Li Chunfang thoughtlessly: "Zishi, you have worked with Lin Ruoyu for more than a year, do you think this person has ...... A talent for governing the world? ”

Li Chunfang heard that Yan Ne actually took the initiative to talk about Lin Haoran, first sat down at the table, picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, and then replied seriously: "When I first saw Lin Haoran, I only felt that Lin Haoran was a junior who knew how to advance and retreat, and he was completely unsharp and arrogant in dealing with people, so I once forgot that he had made proud achievements in governing the locality, opening the sea in Guangdong, and rectifying the salt administration. After taking a sip of tea, he continued: "It's just that I've been working with him for a long time, but I feel more and more that Lin Haoran is indeed different." You have also been in charge of the Ministry of Rites, which does not have many important affairs, but there are many trivial matters. Even when Chen Cheng was in the post of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, every time I returned to the Ministry of Rites, I still had to spend a lot of effort to deal with many trivial matters. Lin Haoran has been in office for less than half a month, and after sorting out the personnel of the Ministry of Rites, he has handled the affairs in an orderly manner, and there is almost no need for me to devote much energy to the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. This alone can prove that Lin Ruoyu's achievements in governing Leizhou, Guangzhou and Shuntian are not false! ”

Yan Ne listened very carefully and nodded lightly.

Li Chunfang put down the teacup and continued without stopping: "As I have been in contact with him a lot, I know that he is a person who dares to think and do, and unlike Gao Suqing, who likes to talk loudly, he is even more low-key and pragmatic. For example, in the reform of the selection of the chief examiner of the township examination and the abolition of the 'dish scroll' of the Guozi prisoner, he seized the opportunity and achieved it overnight, and even many people passed the cabinet without reacting. As for promoting the signing of the purchase and sale contract between the Suzhou and Hangzhou Weaving Bureau and the Franc Machine Messenger, many people still don't know about this matter, but he has done it quietly. I don't know what Lin Ruoyu's ability is now, but what he has done in the position of the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites is already much better than the previous left waiter of the Ministry of Rites. If it weren't for Lord Yuanfu's preference for Yin Tai, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, I thought Lin Haoran would be the best candidate for the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. ”

In the end, he sighed secretly in his heart. If Lin Haoran stayed in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites now, they would not have to worry about the affairs of the Ministry of Rites at all, and Lin Haoran would definitely be able to take care of the Ministry of Rites properly.

The candle flame was reflected on the cheeks of the two, and Yan Ne listened and pondered quietly, as if he was reacquainting himself with Lin Haoran.

"Brother Minqing, why did you suddenly talk about Lin Ruoyu tonight?" Li Chunfang looked up at Yan Ne's complicated expression, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Yan Ne sighed heavily, and then sent the paper placed in front of the table and said: "This is the policy for curing food arrears released by the household department today, after you read it, you may think that he is also ...... The best candidate for Tobe Shangshu. ”

Li Chunfang's face had a trace of doubt, so he took it over and read it, and his face slowly became solemn.

In the front hall of the Yang Mansion, after a short period of distraction, Fan Qianshan also continued to read.

"Therefore, the household department proposed to make a register of the people, and all the houses that owed ten stones of grain tax should be checked by the local government and compiled into the household department. …… He does not need to serve a sentence and be punished, but from himself, three generations of his children and grandchildren are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, and they cannot be Ming officials! ”

The full moon hangs high in the sky, like a round of jade plates, and the heavens and the earth seem extremely quiet. The three people in the front hall fell silent again, and the housekeepers outside still didn't dare to come in.

Diao Min's book? Not allowed to participate in the imperial examination?

The biggest problem in the Ming Dynasty's pursuit of tax arrears is that the poor and the gentry are always entangled, and if the court uses too much force, it is easy to hurt the civilians and even inspire a popular uprising.

If there was a way to separate them, then the problem would be much easier, and this book of people has already achieved this miraculous effect. Those who can accumulate ten stone grain taxes can never be poor people, and the spearhead has been clearly pointed at the local gentry.

The simple distinction is obviously not enough, and the next step is naturally to crack down on the gentry.

For the poor people, what they want is to live, and the pursuit of fame has long been daunting. However, those heroes must know the benefits of fame, and even they themselves do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy a meritorious name for donation, how can they not know the truth that "everything is inferior, only reading is high".

If because of not paying the grain tax that should be paid, his children and grandchildren will no longer be able to gain fame in the future, or even be inferior, Guo Zhong and Guo Qing will be clear at a glance.

The most important thing is that once they are really on the Diao Min, then their reputation will be greatly affected, but it will directly affect all aspects of life.

"Brother Fan, what do you think of this strategy?" Yang Bo drank the cold tea, but he still couldn't calm the shock in his heart, but asked Fan Qianshan.

Fan Qianshan solemnly handed the paper back to Yang Bo, and responded with complicated eyes: "As soon as this strategy comes out, Lin Wenmei is afraid that he will be crowned by the world as a virtuous minister who governs the world, and his ability to govern the country and the country is afraid that he is not much more reckless than Guan Yiwu!" ”

Although he was very disgusted with Lin Haoran, looking at this incredible strategy, he had to admit that Lin Haoran had the talent to govern the country and the country, and he knew that this Diao people had been greatly impacted.

"The old man knew before that Lin Ruoyu was able to come to this point, and he was no longer a simple character. It's just that looking at this policy today, I know that Lin Wenkui is not a fluke, I'm afraid it is...... Daming appeared in his hands! Yang Bo put down the teacup and nodded bitterly.

In officialdom, the most terrible thing is never the defeat of the political struggle, but the infamy that must be incurred even if the victory is achieved. What Lin Haoran showed had already made him see the hope of the Ming Dynasty and the figure of a "virtuous appearance".

Of course, this is just an emotion. The things that should be fought for are not allowed an inch of land, and his military department will definitely not be accused by Lin Haoran, and he should be the first person in the Ming Dynasty in terms of military affairs.

The candle flame in the cabinet was burning, illuminating the cramped room, with the occasional slight crackling sound.

Li Chunfang read the content on the paper, and was also in a trance, and said leisurely after a long time: "I'm still ...... Little peep Lin Ruo is stupid! In the past, when he was in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, he was afraid that he would also restrain his edge and choose to sting, which really made me ...... to him I'm impressed again! ”

After more than a year of getting along, he thought that he knew Lin Haoran as a person, and he also affirmed Lin Haoran's ability. It's just that looking back now, people actually still adhere to the set of "using it to do it, and giving it up to hide it", and they have always been in Taoguang.

"There's such an amazing solution! Even if it can't completely cure its drawbacks, it will certainly be able to greatly alleviate the phenomenon of tax evasion, and the tax of the Ming Dynasty will also benefit a lot! Yan Ne's gaze lowered to the paper, and he commented earnestly.

Li Chunfang has always taken the line of a minister, and when he heard Yan Ne's comment, he asked seriously: "Brother Minqing, can you really increase the source of the Ming Dynasty's finances?" ”

This may seem like a simple strategy, but it hits the nail on the head! The rich and poor were divided with ten stone of tax grain, and the prestige of the gentry was ruined by the Diao people, and their families were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination. If it weren't for the people who had no country and no king, I am afraid that they would have paid it honestly! The most wonderful one, so if the gentry who hides the good land is not a person who has one hand to the sky, I am afraid that he will not dare to hide it anymore! Yan Ne once served as the head of the household department, and he knew the wisdom of this strategy.

"If you really let so many people dare not hide the fields anymore, the Ming Dynasty will have a source of finance!" Li Chunfang's eyes lit up slightly, and she looked surprised and happy.

There are two ways of tax evasion in the Ming Dynasty: open evasion and covert evasion, and the most serious problem is tax evasion in hidden fields. Because Taizu said on a whim in the past, "the newly cultivated field will never be able to be cultivated", so many people who hide the land are justified.

It's just that this "Diao Min" was released, if the magistrate was an upright official like Hai Rui, then they would not dare to risk entering the Diao Min, but obediently pay the grain tax.

If the news that the new head of the household department, Lin Haoran, wants to recover the grain arrears, makes those gentry restless, then after this Diao Minshu is thrown out, they will inevitably have trouble sleeping.

In the living room of the Yang Mansion, the solemn atmosphere slowly recovered, and the housekeeper also carried out the news of the visitation of the distinguished guests.

Yang Bo was about to leave and return to the study, but before leaving, he still said to Fan Qianshan sincerely: "Brother Fan, if Diao Minshu is seriously implemented, you let them all pay taxes and grain honestly, and save ...... Bring disaster to yourself and your descendants! ”

Before this, Fan Qianshan had always thought that this time was a trivial matter, and this trip was just a routine trip.

It's just that when he learned of Lin Haoran's shocking move, he also nodded gloomily, and sighed helplessly: "Lin Wenkui is a blessing to the people, but it is a disaster to us!" ”

On this night, with the release of the "Diao Min Book", a ripple was rolled up in the peaceful night of Beijing.

Everyone was shocked by this shocking strategy, many people couldn't sleep because of it, and some people began to re-examine this Lin Wenkui.

The so-called Diao Minshu is actually a system of borrowing credit from later generations.

In the future world, once those old cheaters are on the credit blacklist, then many things are not so convenient to do, which brings great social costs to defaulters.

Although in the eyes of the future world, this Diao Minshu is nothing more than a simple credit blacklist, and there is nothing new at all. It's just that in this era, it can be said to be a "world-shattering strategy".

For example, the earth is round, and later generations have taken this recognition for granted, but this conclusion actually took thousands of years to confirm.

Like the credit system established by the Ming Dynasty, Diao Minshu has become a nuclear weapon to combat tax evasion and hidden gentry, and can solve the financial problems that plagued successive dynasties.

In Lin Haoran's view, the so-called prosperity always needs to be built on a healthy financial system. If the gentry and wealthy families paid their taxes and grains honestly, and the imperial court's finances could reach a revenue exceeding expenditure, then the Ming Dynasty would definitely become richer and stronger.

It was when he ascended to the throne of Tobe Shangshu that he had already decided to throw out this "nuclear weapon" and use his limited power to change this decaying dynasty.