Zhu Hou glanced at Qi You, nodded slowly and said, "You are the head of the household, it is most appropriate for you to do this matter." Any questions? ”

Qi You hurriedly shook his head, and then said, "His Royal Highness the Prince, don't worry, the minister will prepare when he goes back." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "Then you can go back and prepare, participate in the performance early tomorrow morning, and then see the situation." ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince." Qi You agreed, "If there is nothing else, then the minister will retire." ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded.

Qi You turned around and walked outside.

Stretched his waist lightly and stood up, Zhu Houzhao thought about it, it seems that he hasn't been to the morning court for a long time, and it seems that he will go there once tomorrow morning.

Zhu Houzhao instructed Liu Jin beside him, "Prepare well and go to the morning court tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince." Liu Jin hurriedly agreed.

Early the next morning, Zhu Houzhao got up early in the morning, and then went to the morning court.

This daily insistence on going to the morning court is really a test of people's perseverance, and Zhu Houzhao can't help but admire his father a little.

There are many emperors of the Ming Dynasty who do not go to the early dynasty, and there are even more who hide, and the reasons are also strange, and there are not many who can stick to the early dynasty.

In addition to the previous Taizu and Chengzu, it is estimated that Dad is the most diligent, and no one can compare with him at this point.

While yawning and walking forward, Zhu Houzhao shook his head with a wry smile.

This person is really easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. I also went to the morning court before, but now I haven't been on it for a while, and I haven't gotten up so early for a while, and now I suddenly come to such a time, and I'm really not used to it.

When Zhu Houzhao arrived here, the ministers had already come, so he walked quickly to his position and waited for his father's arrival with the ministers.

Soon, Yang Peng, the old eunuch, walked in first, and then he opened his mouth and shouted, "Your Majesty has arrived." ”

The ministers paid homage, and Zhu Youzhu sat up.

After Zhu Youzhu sat down, Yang Peng on the side said, "If you have something to do, play early, and if you have nothing to do, you will retreat." ”

Although the early dynasty was a very important court meeting, it was actually a relatively large formal significance, especially after the promotion of the folding system, the courtiers presented everything to the emperor through the folding system.

Even if it's a small thing, if you don't need to play it, you usually go to the question book and won't get it to the morning court to participate.

Usually, this kind of thing is usually something that has been discussed in private, and it is brought here to discuss, or if someone wants to hit someone by surprise, it will be directly brought up here.

So generally there is not much to do in the early dynasty, basically just to arrange today's tasks and listen to the summary report.

Originally, everyone thought that this was still an ordinary day, but they didn't expect Qi You, the head of the household, to stand up.

Some of the old courtiers showed a helpless look on their faces, and when they saw His Royal Highness the Prince, they actually had a bad premonition in their hearts.

After so many years, everyone knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has something to do in the early dynasty, and it is usually not a very good thing.

Especially this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came back from Jiangnan, and he seemed very low-key, and he didn't participate much in the affairs of the court, and he didn't express too many opinions, and he usually hid in the Xianyang Palace to accompany the princess, and it was said that he was giving birth to a son.

But the prince suddenly came running over this morning. The old courtier felt that there was something unusual here, and felt that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to do something again.

After all, this kind of thing doesn't happen once or twice, and everyone is very experienced, so they are all scared.

After seeing Qi You, the head of the household, stand up, everyone understood more in their hearts that there was a big thing.

You must know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a lot of people in the court, and there are even more people who can use it. What can make Qi You, who has become the head of the household department, stand up?

Since it was Qi You who stood up, it must be a big deal. So many people's hearts were raised.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a good song." Qi You said respectfully.

There was no expression on his face, no one could tell the joy or sorrow, and no one could guess what he was going to say.

Except for one person, this person is Zhu Youjiao. After he saw Qi You stand up, he already knew what his son was going to do. So he glanced at Zhu Houzhao vaguely and said, "Then let's say it." ”

Qi You took a step forward, and then said, "Your Majesty, the minister checked the account of the household department the day before yesterday and found one thing, that is, the tax exemption fields for scholars in the court are really a little too cumbersome. ”

"Every year, there are more and more scholars in the imperial court, and there are more and more people who have meritorious fame; Every year when someone dies and a new one comes out, the tax-exempt fields have to be re-approved, so a lot of manpower and material resources are taken, and the local officials are also very troubled. ”

"Some of them donated their land, and some of them hid their land, which was too much trouble. So the minister wondered if he could change it. ”

After hearing Qi You's words, everyone's faces changed. No one expected that Qi You was talking about this matter, and then looking at Zhu Houzhao's gaze would be different.

is worthy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and it is a big thing to do it.

Everybody knows what it means.

Although this is the ancestral system set by Emperor Taizu, but today, Emperor Taizu's ancestral system has long been unrecognizable, and everyone does their own things.

Everyone knows where its flaws lie in this tax-free system. If you give it to the wind, there will be more land hidden.

The taxes of the imperial court are getting smaller and smaller every year, until now they are unable to make ends meet, has no one really thought about the reason?

No, someone thought about it.

There are so many capable people in the Ming Dynasty, and the courtiers of the court must be far-sighted. They were well aware of the problem, but no one dared to raise it.

Because by doing so, we are working against all the scholars in the world.

Only Zhang Juzheng dared to do this, but he was nothing more than to check the land and find out those hidden lands, and he didn't dare to do anything else.

And now that Zhang Juzheng has not appeared, no one dares to do such a thing.

Now Qi You actually wants to change this, this is simply a bold act.

Thinking that behind Qi You was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, everyone had some chills in their hearts.

They all know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always vowed not to give up until the goal is achieved, in addition to the more ruthless means, they rely more on domineering to push.

This time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince quelled the rebellion in Jiangnan, not to mention the calculations, everyone realized a very critical matter, that is, His Royal Highness the Prince's confidence is the Black Dragon Army.

With this invincible army, there is nothing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not dare to do.

"This is Emperor Taizu's ancestral system, do you want to change it too?" Zhu Youzhu looked at Qi You and asked expressionlessly.

This sentence is very heavy, and the courtiers' hearts are moved.

Could it be that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did not discuss with His Majesty?

Could it be that Your Majesty is against this?

The hearts of the courtiers were suddenly mixed.

Glad that His Majesty is actually against it, then the possibility of this matter passing is very small.

What worries him is that His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have a conflict. The relationship between His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been very good over the years, but if it is because of this incident, the court will be unstable in an instant.

This is not what they want to see, because once there is a commotion, they are the ones who are widely implicated, and no one thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will have anything to do.

The reason is also very simple, His Majesty only has such a son as the crown prince today, even if their father and son make a fuss, in the end, His Majesty can only pass the throne to the crown prince, so it is no good for anyone to get involved in these things.

If there is a commotion now, how can the courtiers stand in line?

You can only stand on His Majesty's side.

In the future, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne, this matter will be pushed back up, and the means will be more intense, and all these people who oppose it now will be retaliated against.

However, if you stand on the side of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you will not only be an enemy of Your Majesty, but also an enemy of those who oppose these things.

"Back to Your Majesty, when Taizu set the ancestral system, the Ming Dynasty had just unified the world, and there was no way to do many things, expedient. To this day, it is a bit out of place. Qi You said expressionlessly.

Everyone looked at Qi You in disbelief.

How dare you say that the system set by Taizu is out of date? Isn't that too daring?

Everyone turned their heads to look at Zhu Youzhang. Because as we all know, this can be big or small.

If His Majesty is really angry and angry, then with only this one sentence, Qi You is finished. Not only will his position be denied, but he may even be punished.

But if His Majesty approves of it, then there is nothing in this sentence. Some people even heard a bad premonition from this, that is, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to innovate.

In fact, what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has done over the years has been innovative. Many places have been changed beyond recognition, but there are no slogans. Is it time to shout slogans this time?

"Oh, out of place." Zhu Youzhu said expressionlessly: "Then tell me what's out of place." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the ministers felt that His Majesty was really angry, and the eyes that looked at Qi You were full of sympathy and ridicule, but more of a gloating.

Over the years, Qi You's status has been constantly improving, and he has always held the position of the head of the household. What is the current location of the Tobe Shangshu?

Since the salt government reform. The head of the household department is in power, and now there is a tax department, the status of the household department is constantly improving, and there are signs of becoming the first major department of the six departments.

For Qi You to sit in such a position, naturally many people are unwilling. It's just that he is a person of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and no one dares to attack him and make trouble.

But this time it was his own death, and it was also the fault of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Wait until Qi You goes down. Here's your chance. At times like these, they are more happy and gloating.

Qi You's face didn't change, he had always been very clear in his heart that whatever His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked him to do, there was nothing His Majesty didn't agree with. The father and son have a tacit understanding.

Although many people think that His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may turn their faces, Qi You doesn't think so.

So Qi You opened his mouth and said, "When Taizu set this system, the Ming Dynasty was in ruins. There was no money or food in the court, so in order to show the importance that the court attached to scholars, such a policy was formulated. ”

"But now in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, there are more and more land, and more and more people enjoy this system, which has caused a very heavy pressure, and the tax collection is also very complicated, and the annual statistics in various places are also very chaotic, and most of the manpower is also needed."

"So if you expand the staff, it will create redundant officials. So the minister thought about whether he could make some changes to this matter without changing Emperor Taizu's original intention. ”

Zhu Youzhu looked at Qi You, the expression on his face seemed to soften a little, and asked, "How to make a change?" ”

"Your Majesty, is it possible to tax all the fields? In this way, there is no need to pay off, and there is no need to worry about contributions, and the accounts of taxes and collection of the imperial court will be very clear. At the same time, it is not necessary to invest too much manpower and material resources to collect all the taxes. ”

"This is also a lesson from the past, after the nobles and relatives applied for taxes, the accounts of the household department are much clearer, and there is no need to look at how much land is in someone's farm, and how much tax is needed on how much land there is, all of which are clear at a glance."

I heard Qi You mention this matter. Xungui and Xunqi were silent, but the hearts of the civil officials were stunned.

This is to bring in the nobles and relatives.

You must know that those people on their side are all people from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and they may not really support it fully, but now it is different.

In recent years, the civil officials have not counted them less, and proposed to tax their farmland, not once or twice.

It is clear to everyone that it was not passed before because His Majesty did not agree, and this time His Majesty will agree.

The taxes from their income have done a lot for Daming over the years.

Although the imperial court gave them preferential treatment, there was still a pimple in their hearts, and now that it was the turn of the imperial court to collect the taxes of civil officials, how could they not stand up and step on it?

Even if it's not good for me, I'll be happy if I make you unhappy.

"As for the policy of preferential treatment for scholars formulated by Emperor Taizu, it is natural to continue." Qi You continued to speak, "It's just that now that the imperial court has money and grain, and also has silver money, you can convert the exempted field tax into money, grain and silver money, and issue it to meritorious scholars every year. ”

"It's easy and convenient. As long as you are a scholar with a meritorious reputation, you can receive this money and food every year. In this way, the public and private are clearly distinguished, and the accounts are clear. ”

Everyone's hearts are moving. This is really fatal. I don't know if it's Qi You who came up with it. It's still a solution that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came up with.

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