Although Li Fu was retained by Ning Yu, the predicament he is facing now has not changed, but at this time, Li Fu also knew Ning Yu's persistence, so he no longer talked about abolishing the imperial examination, and just hoped that Ning Yu could open up to Shilin and not be too ruthless.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if you don't care about the thoughts of the scholar at all...... I am afraid that it will also make some people take risks, and it will be unfavorable to the great cause of unification in the imperial court after all. It's better to make a sound, next year's additional examination will be based on the content of the eight shares, as for the new imperial examination, it will be carried out as a matter of course, but part of the admission quota will be released to the old department, in order to appease the hearts of the scholars, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

Shang Shu Ning Zhongquan of the Ministry of Education gave a suggestion, which seemed to be okay on the surface, and many ministers also nodded in agreement, if they could take a step back, it should be acceptable.

Ning Yu frowned slightly, and said softly: "If you want to give the scholars a way out, it is not difficult, but you can't use your brains in the imperial examination, otherwise all the current efforts will be in vain." ”

Seeing that Ning Yu once again rejected the minister's suggestion, Shoufu Ning Zhongjing felt that he had to speak, and he persuaded tactfully: "Your Majesty, although there are many disadvantages of the Eight Shares of Scholars, after all, they are only awarded to Xiucai, and they can be assigned to Yunnan and other places to carry out the way of Confucius and Mencius, which may also play a role." ”

Hearing Ning Zhongjing say this, Ning Yu's eyes lit up, this idea seems to be not bad, although the eight articles are useless, but it is a great weapon to educate the border areas, if the future to send Confucian scholars to Yunnan, Tibet, Xinjiang and even the future of Burma, Annam and other places, it is a clever move.

As for the question of whether the scholars are willing to go, it is up to them, as far as the public is concerned, the court naturally takes scholars to educate the people, so it is impossible to go if you don't want to, unless you give up the exam and are not an official at all; Privately, going to the border areas to spread Confucianism and Taoism is comparable to the merit of a saint's mission, are you embarrassed not to go?

"Hahaha, if there is a treasure in the country, Shoufu's words are wonderful, the imperial imperial examination law should not be changed, but it is not easy to read in Confucianism, if you can find a way out through this law, it is also because of my extrajudicial grace with the imperial court."

Ning Yu had a little evil smile on his face, this pit was so dug that people had to be convinced, and they couldn't jump in it if they didn't want to!

The most important thing is that if there are really such Confucian scholars who are not afraid of hardships and dangers to go to the border areas, after passing the test of the complex environment of the border areas, their fundamental ideas can also be changed, so that they will not blindly go ignorant, if those Confucian students who dare not go to the border areas, either completely bid farewell to officialdom, or re-study new studies, it can be called a clever plan to kill several birds with one stone.

After all, in this era, there are very few literate people, if you blindly suppress Confucianism, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Ning Yu to choose suitable officials, so if you can use it, it seems to be good.

"Li Qing, what do you think of this strategy?"

Li Fu lowered his head and thought about it, but said helplessly: "That's okay, as long as you can leave another way for the scholars, I think they won't make such a fuss anymore...... It's just that the minister still thinks that His Majesty must not underestimate Confucianism and Taoism, and that it can be used by kings of all dynasties, which has its own reason. ”

Ning Yu was silent, of course he knew the key role played by Confucianism, it can be said that China can always maintain the tradition of great unification, Confucianism is indispensable, if it is other doctrines, I am afraid it is difficult to have such a centripetal force, and this centripetal force is still indispensable in this era.

"I naturally understand what Li Qing means, but now is a world of great contention, and I can only make some trade-offs in some things." Ning Yu shook his head slightly, and continued: "This matter will be handled in advance, and the Ministry of Education can announce this plan, pass it on to the provincial examination institutes, and publish it in newspapers and periodicals. ”

If they don't agree to this plan, then they don't care about their opinions, how can they only care about the truth of a small number of people in national affairs? The provincial examination institutes will continue as usual, and the selection and appointment of officials shall not be delayed. ”

Ning Yu was actually not worried about Shilin's reaction from beginning to end, after all, in the later generations, the Qing Dynasty completely abolished the imperial examination system with a direct order, and he didn't see what the scholars could do.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The ministers gave up, but these words still made everyone sigh with emotion, because this is already a certainty, the old imperial examination era is completely gone, and the new imperial examination in the future may not be as famous as in the past.

After all, no matter how good you are in the exam, you have to start from the grassroots level, if you don't have the ability to do things and only take the exam, then you will be a talent in this life, because there is no corresponding political performance, you don't even have the qualifications to participate in the exam, let alone go to a higher position.

Ning Yu thought about it in his heart, decided that he couldn't be so cheap, and continued: "From now on, anyone who evades taxes and evades taxes will not be allowed to participate in the scientific examination. ”

Everyone was a little dumbfounded when they heard this, almost all of them remembered the worthless Tanhualang in the early Qing Dynasty, and their faces were a little different, but it was not particularly strange, after all, the gentry integrated grain system has been implemented for a long time, and this policy is just to emphasize it again.

Seeing the reaction of the ministers, Ning Yu couldn't help but snort coldly, among the current new policies implemented by Ning Chu, the most disliked by the officials is the system of the gentry paying grain and paying errands, which is almost half of their additional income, so many people have complained in the newspaper, thinking that this system and officials are too harsh and not considerate enough.

"The imperial court has its own laws of the imperial court, and now that my Dachu has implemented the system of integrated payment of grain by the gentry, then it needs to be regarded as a good law to be implemented throughout in order to enrich the treasury, not to mention that as far as you are concerned, I Dachu's leniency and benevolence are vivid, why should I be greedy for this little profit?"

The ministers are silent, they may already be important ministers of the imperial court, and they can't look down on those small profits, but it doesn't mean that the cronies around them can't look down on them either, and these people can only play a role in not dragging their feet to a certain extent.

Ning Yu sneered, since he had made concessions in the imperial examination system, he naturally had to make up for it on the gentry.

Only by dividing the close ties between the gentry and the gentry can the power of the gentry in the court be curbed, so this time the gentry group's attack on the new policy has become the best reason for Ningyu.

Ning Zhongjing was keenly aware of the change in Ning Yu's tone, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, he was afraid that this time, those landlords and squires below would be completely suppressed.

"I think that today's troubles lie in the wind of land annexation, if the landlords and gentry, and even the future merchants are allowed to buy land, I am afraid that the people will no longer have a place to stand, so I think it is necessary to curb the annexation and stabilize the livelihood of the people."

Ning Yu's words are no longer normal, and it can be said that it is also a point that the kings of all dynasties have emphasized, but it sounds strange to the ministers, this is the first time that the emperor has said that he wants to suppress the annexation.

In fact, in Ning Yu's mind, the original idea really did not think about inhibiting mergers, because it is very simple, the relationship between land and population in traditional society has a large marginal effect, that is to say, in China's current land, although the output per unit area is high, but the manpower consumed is also high, so that the efficiency is low, while Western agriculture occupies only a small amount of manpower when the output per unit area is slightly lower, so it is more efficient.

Therefore, in Ning Chu's original idea, there was a thought of allowing mergers to improve the efficiency of the unit, and forcing the population to enter the industrial and commercial industry, and even carrying out population diversion to guide them to survive overseas, so as to alleviate the pressure of the local population and dismantle this population bomb.

But all this is too taken for granted, because after all, the development of industrial and commercial industries is still too slow and slow, and the industrial population that can accommodate is still too small and too small, as for immigration overseas itself is a long-term solution, it is impossible to transfer so many people out at once, and this choice is actually not feasible here.

In the face of the fact that the current population of more than 100 million may reach 300 to 400 million in the next 30 years, Ningyu must stabilize the agricultural economy, and must also let so many people maintain a stable state through agriculture, otherwise once it breaks out, it will be a Taiping rebellion.

Since this big bomb is a time bomb, Ningyu still has enough time to adjust, and the solution is to continue to promote the industrial revolution at the same time, maintain and stabilize the basic plate of agriculture, squeeze out those excess capital from agriculture, avoid large-scale mergers, and guide these funds to the development of industry and commerce, which is the real long-term way.

"I believe that if we want to curb the trend of mergers, we need to implement a land policy registration system, and from now on, all affiliation and posting behaviors need to be severely cracked down, not only to impose corresponding fines, but also to the relevant land is actually held by the nominal party, and the government will no longer accept similar mailing lawsuits."

A sneer appeared on Ning Yu's face, this was just the first appetizer for the gentry.

But when the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but change their faces, and legally denied the posting and affiliation relationship, which is nothing, after all, generally through the posting of the affiliation will not cause a lawsuit, but the subsequent land is actually held by the nominal party, on the surface it seems that this is for the gentry's consideration, but once there is this law, how can anyone post?

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the wind of land posting was very strong, the reason is very simple, in order to avoid the country's taxes, everyone handed over their land to those wealthy clans, because the other party did not need to pay taxes, so that they only needed to pay rent to these wealthy clans, and their own harvests were more.

When this style of posting developed to the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were eight or ninety percent of the fields in the world, all of which were attached to the name of the clan, so that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the land financial system was completely bankrupt, and the imperial court could not collect money at all, so it could only double the land tax on those landlords who did not post, resulting in these people going bankrupt and becoming homeless.

Of course, the current Ningchu has implemented the system of apportioning the land to the mu and the gentry to pay the grain and the errand system, which has reduced a large part of the land posters from the root, and the current policy is another warning against the prohibition of posting.

Ning Yu naturally didn't have to be that simple, he quickly threw his second bomb, "All land sales need to be carried out under the supervision of the government, and in addition to the collection of land transfer deed tax, additional stamp duty is also required to ensure the legality of land sales." ”

"Stamp duty?"

Everyone was a little confused by this term, what kind of tax is this? What does printing mean?

Looking at the many courtiers who were confused, a smug smile flashed on Ning Yu's face, stamp duty is not famous in this era, but it is famous in later generations, known as "plucking the most goose feathers, listening to the least goose call", this meaning is very simple, that is, stamp duty is the tax that will not cause the people to be disgusted.

In order to make life easier, many people will find ways to pay less or even no taxes, and kings have also thought of various ways to collect more taxes. The battle of wits and courage between the two sides can be called a great masterpiece of tens of millions of words.

Therefore, the tax collection itself has become a very intellectual game, the purpose of which is to "pluck the most goose feathers and listen to the few", and stamp duty is a great masterpiece that stands out from these intellectual games.

In fact, in the process of chatting with Ernst, Ning Yu learned that stamp duty has actually appeared for a hundred years, and yes, it was invented by the Netherlands, a country that is extremely good at financial management.

According to Ernst, a hundred years ago, the Dutch government was in financial difficulties, and the then ruler Morris wanted to add a new tax in order to solve the financial problem, but he was worried about the opposition of the people (as mentioned above, the Netherlands was a republic at this time, so the rulers needed the support of the voters), so they openly solicited proposals for the design of the new tax.

Stamp duty is a 'masterpiece' that stands out from the scheme designed by tens of millions of applicants, and it is the product of the contract system itself, that is, in normal economic life, people will produce a large number of contracts and bills, and the existence of these contracts and bills is extremely wide, so by stamping the official seal of the government on these contracts and bills, the performance of the contract can be better guaranteed.

The process of stamping the official seal, you can collect a certain amount of tax according to the value of the contract itself, because people need the credibility of the government to ensure the realization of the contract, so this behavior is very welcome and recognized, and is willing to pay a certain amount of tax for it, so the implementation of stamp duty has become a big thing.

It was precisely because of Ernst's introduction that Ning Yu remembered that there was such a big killer as stamp duty, and he was no longer polite at the moment, and directly popularized the principle of stamp duty with everyone in the court.

"Now see what reason you have to object!"

Ning Yu thought viciously in his heart, if you eat me, you will vomit it out for me!