Qianqing Palace, the study of Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi, the three cabinet elders, the British public Zhang Mao, the household secretary Tong Zhong, the military department secretary Liu Daxia and other six ministries and nine secretaries each held a copy of the tax reform plan formulated by Liu Jin in their hands, and they all looked at it very carefully.

Some people are expressionless, some people have deep frowns, and some people have a slight smile on their faces.

"The plan is very good, very detailed, and very feasible."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction after reading it.

Liu Jin is very efficient in doing things, and he can always satisfy himself, has great talent, and has a sense of responsibility, and has a belief in truly seeking well-being for the common people in the world.

This is the reason why Emperor Hongzhi likes Liu Jin.

Although Liu Jin did not open his mouth and close his mouth for the country, for the society, and for the people, everything Liu Jin did was sincerely for the benefit of the people, for the country, for the nation, and for the Ming Dynasty.

On the other hand, the other ministers, although they all opened their mouths and closed their mouths, what was lightly taxed, what was competing with the people for profit, and what was for the sake of the country and the society.

But they are often vegetarians, do not want to forge ahead, and are immersed in the fantasy of Confucian governance and cannot extricate themselves, unable to hold plans and practical actions.

Among them, such as Zhou Jing and Tong Zhong are the most typical representatives.

If you want to say that they don't have the ability, then it is also a person who has the ability to climb to the position of the head of the household, how can it be without some ability.

If you want to say that they have the ability, they are the head of the household, when they are in charge of the treasury, the treasury is empty and can starve the rats to death, and the court can't do anything if it wants to.

staring at his own money every day, he wanted to scavenge every penny of his own money, but when he asked them to collect taxes, he said one by one that he was competing with the people for profit, and even felt very ashamed.

People?

What is Min?

Liu Jin said well, the gentry are the people, the merchants are also the people, and the peasants are even more people, in the eyes of these civil officials, only the gentry and merchants are the people, and they must not be taxed, otherwise these 'people' will not have a good life.

For civil officials like Zhou Jing and Tong Zhong, they wish that the treasury would be empty, so that the court has no money, the emperor has no money, and naturally there is no way to toss anything, and it is much easier for them to be officials.

As for what is said about the rampant Japanese invaders, foreign invasions, disasters and famines, etc., these must be the emperor did not do a good job, and even the emperor's virtue was damaged, so the heavens will come down to these disasters, the purpose is to remind the emperor to cherish the people, to be diligent and thrifty, to be light and thin, to be close to the virtuous ministers and villains, and so on.

With the comparison, the more Emperor Hongzhi felt that many ministers had no role in the country at all, except for being rice worms.

Of course, Emperor Hongzhi did not realize that this was actually the inevitability of Confucian education.

Confucianism has developed to the present, and it has been completely solidified, and the imprisonment of ideas and the resistance to new things are doomed, and it is moving towards decay and decay.

Officials who come out of such a system may be well-versed in the past and the present, may be able to speak loudly, and can also write beautifully, but they can only be within the framework that their predecessors have defined, and there is no way to break through and achieve new development.

Ideological imprisonment is the most terrible, and only ideological breakthroughs can create new brilliance.

"Liu Jin, there is no problem with setting up the city division, it's just that this Hyogo no Tsu and Crescent City and the like, is it appropriate for us to tax in these places?"

After reading it, Li Dongyang thought about it and asked: "These places have not been our Ming Dynasty since ancient times, and this Ryukyu is better to say, this Hyogo no Tsu is only leased by us from the Wa Kingdom, as for this Crescent City, it was originally Manila in Luzon." ”

"Of course it's appropriate, these places were not our Ming before, but they will all be our Ming in the future, since they are our Ming land, then naturally we need to pay taxes to our Daming."

"It's not just Hyogo and Crescent City, wherever our Ming expands in the future, the land and people will have to pay taxes to our Ming."

"Li Gong, the times are constantly changing, the world outside the Ming Dynasty is very big, there are too many, too many borderless lands, this is a good era for my Ming people to forge ahead."

"Wherever my Ming people go, it should be the land of my Ming Dynasty!"

"Anyone who is willing to be loyal to my Ming Dynasty, loyal to my Ming Dynasty, and learn from my Chinese style is my Ming people, and they all need to pay taxes to my Ming Dynasty."

Liu Jin nodded very solemnly.

This is very crucial, if overseas places do not pay taxes, how can the imperial court have the incentive to continue to expand.

What's more, only by receiving more taxes can the Ming raise a stronger army and build more warships and ships to grab more land.

"Well said~"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard Liu Jin's domineering words, he immediately applauded happily.

That's right, that's how it should be.

Although the Ming Dynasty is big, the world is bigger, and the world outside the Ming Dynasty is very vast, with endless fertile land, and countless gold and silver.

The people of the Ming Dynasty should continue to expand outward and continue to seize more and broader land, instead of being confined to this one-third of an acre of land. 67

Everyone else also nodded one after another, after several years of publicity, everyone also has a deeper understanding of the world outside the Ming Dynasty, and they also know the richness and vastness of overseas.

There are many people who have invested in the Golden Continent, Nanyang, and Ryukyu, and these bigwigs present have more or less invested in some trading houses and fleets, and there are also plantations that have established their own trading houses in the Nanyangs.

Now Liu Jin has clearly put forward a concept.

That is, although these places did not belong to the Ming Dynasty before, they will be the Ming Dynasty in the future, because there are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the people here are loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.

This means that there will be no difference between these places and the two capitals and thirteen provinces in the traditional sense of the Ming Dynasty in the future, and it also means that if something happens here in the future, the Ming Dynasty must send troops to maintain it.

This is tantamount to safeguarding everyone's interests.

In the final analysis, it is a matter of interests.

Because the bigwigs have invested in the plantations in the Ryukyus and the South Seas, and they have also invested in the fleet to hunt for treasures in the Golden Continent, it is natural that a wonderful change has occurred.

If it had been before, there would have been a lot of corrupt and sour officials who would have jumped out and shouted what benevolence, righteousness, morality, and the great power should serve people with virtue.

Not now, because from the three elders of the cabinet, down to these large and small officials above the court, and even the officials below who do things.

Everyone has more or less invested in the trading house, invested in the fleet, and smashed their own real money into it, so they can't smash their own silver.

"Liu Jin is right~"

"Your Majesty, my lords, and the ministers think that the court should issue a law to regulate all this."

"Wherever my people go to the Ming Dynasty, it is the land of my Ming Dynasty~"

"Anyone who is loyal to my Ming Dynasty, loyal to the Son of Tomorrow, and willing to learn my Chinese style, he is the people of my Ming Dynasty."

Zhang Mao thought about it and stood up and suggested.

The Ming Dynasty is now expanding rapidly, to the north of the grassland, the grassland towns are constantly being built to the north and west, and it is said that the farthest is about to be repaired to the Beihai where Su Wu herded sheep.

To the south, on the Nanyang side, with the crescent city as the center, on the island of Luzon, large and small plantations are blooming everywhere, and at the same time, the Taiping Marquis Du Mingen has established many strongholds all the way to the west.

Some of these strongholds are leased, and some are simply given to Daming by the kings of these places, there is no way, Daming has a high prestige in this place.

To the east, the Wa Kingdom occupied Yinshan County, leased Hyogo Notsu, and at the same time established a stronghold in Yukei, and there were 100,000 people on the Golden Continent side, and at that time, many strongholds could be established along the west coast of the Golden Continent.

As Liu Jin said, this is an era of rapid expansion, and the territory of the Ming Dynasty is constantly expanding.

However, the Ming Dynasty is still far from keeping up with the management of these overseas places.

Ryukyu Castle is still managed by Ryukyu Castle, and there is no government or government office, and the same is true of the Crescent Moon Castle in Nanyang, where the strongholds of these places are still operated by the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company.

That is, there are officials sent from the Wa Kingdom, Yinshan County and Hyogo Notsu, and there are no mansions set up by the Ming government in Yuxi and Jinzhou to the north.

It's okay in a short period of time, but there will be problems after a long time, and the Ming court is like an old man who moves slowly, a little unable to keep up with this era of rapid change and expansion.

"Your Majesty, the minister agrees with what Gong Zhang said~"

"We should enact legislation as soon as possible, and at the same time set up provinces in overseas lands, appoint officials, and establish government offices, and officially declare that these places are the land of my great Ming, and the people of these places are the people of my great ming."

Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, also stood up and made a statement.

"The minister seconded the proposal~"

Xie Qian, Li Dongyang, Tong Zhong, Liu Daxia and others also nodded one after another.

Some things are like this, first of all, we must be justified, first incorporate this place into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and make it the same as the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, set up provinces, set up government offices, appoint officials, and also send garrisons.

In this way, I can let everyone know that these places are my Ming territory, and the people here are my Ming people.

If there is any conflict or something in the future, the Ming side can justifiably send troops to protect their land and people.

Does it matter whether other countries and people admit to recognizing it?

What does it matter?

Anyway, that's how I do things, if you don't accept it, you can try my Ming's strong ship and cannon.

“… Sure enough, it is the ass that decides the head, what was done right in the past, and in the future, it is not only to bring the generals and nobles to get rich, but also to bring these civil officials, gentry, and big families to get rich. ”

Liu Jindu was slightly dumbfounded, he was originally discussing taxation, but this time he was on it, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.