Liu Jin is nursing the baby at home.

Well, in fact, the milk babies are secondary, after all, how cold the weather is, and the wife and children are hot on the kang.

On this snowy day, staying at home is naturally doing something you like to do.

This was suddenly announced into the palace by Emperor Hongzhi, and it is conceivable that Liu Jin's mood at this moment is extremely unhappy.

In ancient times, there was really no one~~~ right, the emperor dared to do whatever he wanted, this courtier, tired and tired.

Now that the official has been promoted to the third grade, and he has been named the Marquis of Liaodong, every day the early dynasty has made Liu Jin regret his death, and now it is still not Zhaojin Palace, this day, in short, is not a life of people.

"In the future, we must fool Zhu Houzhao to change the dynasty system, who can stand it when he gets up at three or four o'clock in the morning every day."

"It has to be changed to eight or nine o'clock in the morning."

"There is also an early dynasty every day, there is no, a lot of trivial things, how many people's time is delayed, and in the future, the early dynasty should be changed to a few times a month, specifically to discuss important matters."

While rushing to the palace, Liu Jin's mind was thinking about changing the system of the early dynasty.

In the hands of Emperor Hongzhi, there must be no play, don't even think about giving the literary network

Emperor Hongzhi was a workaholic, he went to the morning court every day, and after the morning court, he had to have a small meeting with important ministers, and sometimes he had to hold an evening court in the afternoon.

It's just not human.

The ministers are actually complaining, but there is no way, in the face of such a diligent emperor, they can only put on some high hats of diligence and love for the people to Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi is a typical one, who has no means or talent to govern the country, and can only rely on constant meetings and meetings to listen to how the following ministers do things, showing that he is very diligent and attaches great importance to it.

How many really powerful emperors in history will be so tired every day?

Wise emperors know how to grasp the important things to do, and learn to delegate power to other irrelevant things, so that they will not be tired, and they can really govern the country well.

Emperors who have to grasp everything are often tired and half-dead.

Daming is too big, even if it is the Haiqing River Banquet and Guotai Min'an, it still has countless things to deal with every day, and a person's energy is limited after all.

Well, Liu Jin has decided, he will definitely fool Zhu Houzhao in the future, he will definitely be an emperor who understands the combination of work and rest.

When I came to the Qianqing Palace of Emperor Hongzhi, I immediately felt extremely comfortable.

"Your Majesty~"

Coming to Emperor Hongzhi's study, Liu Jin looked at the faces of Emperor Hongzhi and the bigwigs, the two sides seemed to be arguing just now, and Liu Jin kept guessing in his heart, what was going on.

"Excuse me~ Sit down."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly and asked people to bring a stool.

"Liu Jin, do you think that the taxation of the imperial court will definitely make the people miserable?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin and asked.

As soon as he talked about the transfer of Liu Jin to the household department, Emperor Hongzhi and several ministers argued and argued, and they debated whether to levy commercial taxes.

Emperor Hongzhi naturally wanted to levy commercial taxes, the imperial court had no money, nothing could be done, how could it be done without taxes, and he couldn't use his own internal funds to subsidize the treasury in the future.

As for Xie Qian, Liu Jian, and Li Dongyang, they were more opposed to levying commercial taxes, believing that the country's administration should be based on lightly leviing taxes and persuading farmers to pay mulberry.

No matter what kind of tax it is, it will eventually fall on the heads of the people, causing the people to have a hard time, breeding all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and finally shaking the society of the country.

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, Liu Jin was slightly stunned, and then felt that his head was a little big.

This kind of thing involving commercial taxes is simply life-threatening.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty are already cattle.

When he had just crossed over, these merchants of the Ming Dynasty dared to calculate the emperor, so they sent the military power in their hands to rebel.

In the past two years, Emperor Hongzhi has continuously suppressed Jiangnan Shilin and ruthlessly knocked out their strength, otherwise, who would dare to provoke these businessmen of the Ming Dynasty.

From the princes and nobles of the imperial court to the local officials, there are their people everywhere, and they can drown you with saliva.

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, the others also looked at Liu Jin, wanting to see Liu Jin's opinion.

"Your Majesty, if you want to figure out this issue, you must first figure out, what is the people?"

"Secondly, what kind of tax is to be levied on this levy?"

Liu Jin looked at Emperor Hongzhi and quickly thought in his mind.

Emperor Hongzhi called himself over, and asked about this matter again, that Ken is not untargeted, there must be something to do by himself.

There is no doubt that he wants to be on the side of Emperor Hongzhi, and Emperor Hongzhi means to collect taxes, so he must support taxation.

"Oh~ Then what do you say is the people?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately smiled and said.

"Your Majesty, Princess~"

"The peasants are the people, the merchants are also the people, and the gentry are also the people, but in the traditional sense, the people are the people at the bottom."

"The common people at the lowest level often have very little land, and most of them don't even have land, but they not only have to bear the taxes and forced labor of the imperial court, but also have to bear the exploitation of the landlords and gentry."

"If we tax them, they're going to be miserable."

"In all dynasties, whenever there was a change of dynasty, the land was often concentrated in the hands of a few landlords and gentry, but the landless peasants bore most of the taxes."

"At this time, taxing these peasants will inevitably force these peasants, who are already struggling to survive, into rebellion."

"This is where the so-called people's livelihood comes from."

Liu Jin thought for a moment and slowly spoke.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, everyone also nodded slightly.

In the past, civil officials opposed taxation, and basically took this matter as an example, and Emperor Hongzhi also knew the difficulties of the people at the bottom below, so every time he discussed the collection of commercial taxes, he would be persuaded by this in the end.

He was afraid that this tax would eventually be transferred to the heads of the people, which would make the lives of the people of Daming even more difficult.

"It seems that Liu Jin is also against taxation~"

"Also, he has so many properties under his command, if he wants to take the tax seriously, how much silver will he have to pay."

Xie Qian immediately laughed, Liu Jin opposed the taxation and said it.

It doesn't matter where he goes, he was worried that Liu Jin would start to collect taxes after he went to the household department, which made him very worried, but now that he looks at it, it is completely redundant, Liu Jin has too many properties.

"However, if the imperial court wants to operate and the country develops, it will definitely not work without silver."

"Only when the imperial court has money and food in its hands can it maintain the stability and development of the entire country, have the strength to develop a strong army to defend the country, and also have the strength to provide relief to the victims."

"The tax is taken from the people and used by the people, and in the end, it is also for the people of the entire Ming Dynasty."

Then Liu Jin's words changed sharply, and he also talked about the importance of taxation.

"Well said~"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately said happily.

That's what he meant, the court can't do anything without money, of course it's not okay.

He Hongzhi Emperor levied taxes for the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court, not for his own enjoyment of Emperor Hongzhi.

"In addition, taxes are also to promote social balance~"

"The peasants at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty have no land but have to bear a lot of taxes and are exploited."

"And the landlords, the gentry, and the merchants, who have a great deal of wealth and world, often do not need to pay taxes, and have nothing to do in a short time."

"But over time, the whole country will lack balance, and the final result will be that once there are natural and man-made disasters, there will be flames everywhere."

"In the end, it is not only the people at the bottom who will be harmed, but once the flames break out, the landlords, merchants, and gentry will also be implicated."

"So through taxation, we can levy more taxes on the rich and those who have land, and less taxes on those who do not have land and the poor, so as to achieve a balance between the state and society."

Liu Jin continued, talking about balance, which is actually fair in later generations, but in this era, there is naturally no fairness at all, and it is more appropriate to say that balance.

"Ridiculous~"

"All dynasties and dynasties have given preferential treatment to scholars and doctors, and the gentry are exempt from taxes, which is the tradition of all dynasties."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Xie Qian immediately stood up and objected and said, feeling that Liu Jin is going to attack the gentry, who doesn't have tens of thousands of acres of land?

Lifting people can be tax-exempt, and if they pass the exam, they don't know how much land they have surrendered, not to mention that they have been salvaged by the court, and it is normal for them to have thousands of family wealth and thousands of acres of fertile land.

"Hmm~"

The others also nodded one after another, how could this tax be received on their heads.

The court's Yulu is low to death, counting on Yulu to starve to death, if there is no land in the family to support, everyone's life will not be able to go on.

"The gentry are exempt from taxation, so the merchants and landlords can always be taxed."

When Liu Jin heard this, he smiled and said.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, everyone suddenly had nothing to say, the imperial court gave preferential treatment to scholars, and this businessman and landlord were not counted.

"Promote balance~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, the word balance was used well.

Those who have land and money do not pay taxes, and those who have no land and no money pay more taxes, which is obviously unreasonable, and there will definitely be problems in the long run.

"It's a good thing to say, it's good to promote social balance~"

Emperor Hongji praised with a smile on his face.

When the emperor is often playing a balance game, only when the power is balanced, when the emperor can sit firmly, Liu Jin's words won the heart of Emperor Hongzhi.

"Taxation also has a very important role, that is, it can promote the development of all walks of life and regulate the development of national industries and economies."

Liu Jin smiled and continued to talk about another role of taxation.