Chapter 161: Ancestral System

Rao is Sun Shao has already had a certain amount of psychological preparation, but he is still so frightened that he can't speak. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Liu couldn't read it, she didn't know who Concubine Lu was, and she didn't know who Prince Yiwen was, but when she heard the words 'palace' and 'Your Majesty', she was so frightened that she knelt directly on the ground.

After half a ring, Sun Shao came back to his senses, pointed at Tan Wei'er and said, "I thought about your identity, but I thought you were the daughter of a high-ranking official in Beijing, but then the family escaped after committing an accident." But why didn't I think you came out of the palace. ”

"You said: 'Concubine Lu Niangniang has committed an accident'. The people in this palace have committed something, although I don't know what it is, but it must not be small. At this time, he said to Liu: "You go out!" ”

Although Liu was puzzled, he still went out.

Then Sun Shao whispered: "If such a thing is discovered by you, my Sun family will not be able to live." ”

Tan Wei'er said: "What my father-in-law said is good. ”

Sun Shao said: "In this case, the safest way for us is to confess you, otherwise if you are discovered, we will die without a place to bury." ”

Tan Wei'er said: "What my father-in-law said is good. ”

Sun Shao asked strangely, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

Tan Weier said: "First, I was originally a damned person, if I died now and lived for more than two more years, and gave birth to a child, it would not be in vain to come to the world; Second, since my father-in-law called my mother-in-law out, he didn't confess to me. ”

Sun Shao said: "You are really smart and calm, if only Rui'er was like you." Yes, I didn't give you what you thought. ”

"First, I can't let the little grandson I just have no mother, and if I have a stepmother, I will have a stepfather; Second, if you hate us,......" If Tan Wei'er sincerely wants to deal with the Sun family, just say a few more words to make the Sun family finished.

"You will be like this in the past two years, anyway, this is Beiping, not the capital, and you are only in the workshop on weekdays, and you are more and more like us when you talk or something, even if there are people who have seen you in the past, most of them will not recognize you. You came out of the palace, it's okay on this, but it's even harder to hide if it's in the general's house. ”

"Anyway, everything is the same as before, don't tell Rui'er about this, I went out and told Liu not to talk nonsense, do you remember?" Tan Wei'er nodded.

Sun Shao calmly instructed a few more words, and then walked out of the house. But when he got out of the house, he tripped and fell to the ground as if he didn't know there was a threshold.

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On the sixteenth day of the first month, after discussing with Yunxi, Lao Zhu Yu went to the gate of heaven and said to the civil and military officials: "It has been more than 40 years since I started the army. The heirs shall stop promulgating the "Law" and the "Great Edict", and shall not use the punishment of slashing, slashing, slashing, and castration. Those who dare to ask for it, put it on the list. ”。

He also said: "I dismissed the prime minister, set up a government, a ministry, and a metropolitan procuratorate to manage the affairs of the government, and the power of affairs was vested in the imperial court." The heir is not allowed to reinstate the prime minister. His Majesty dared to put the petitioner seriously. The royal family is only rebellious. For the remaining crimes, the clan council will take the ruling. The Dharma Division is only allowed to play, and is not allowed to be arrested. Abide by all the rules and regulations forever. ”

On the twenty-sixth day of the first month, after discussing with Yunxi, Lao Zhu promulgated the "Emperor Ming Ancestral Discipline Chapter", announcing: "In later generations, those who say that they change their ancestral system will be regarded as traitorous ministers."

Historically, Lao Zhu successively established these two systems in the 28 years of Hongwu. This plane may have been postponed until now because of Yun Hee's patrol.

Lao Zhu said to Yunxi before promulgation: "The Great Decree and the Great Ming Law will be the basis of the Ming Dynasty from now on, you are no better than your grandfather, and you must follow the "Great Message" and "The Great Ming Law" in order to ensure that the Ming Law is clear and the country is eternal." ”

When Lao Zhu said this, Yun Xi was looking through "Da Huan" and "Da Ming Law". I have to say that Lao Zhu is still very modern-minded, using case law, and tirelessly listing large and small representative cases, if it can be strictly enforced, it is impossible to do even if he wants to do tricks, and there is no such thing as a jury at this time.

But Yoon-hee still found the loophole. He said to Lao Zhu, "Grandpa, here, there are no too detailed provisions and cases for businessmen's illegal matters?" ”

Lao Zhu said: "Merchants are the moths of the country, can they still protect them from the exploitation of officials like scholars, peasants and workers?" The prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty have a matter of repairing bridges and roads and relieving the people on weekdays, and it is not enough to rely on the allocation of money from the capital, and it is not enough to rely on these businessmen. ”

Lao Zhu's idea was to treat the merchant as a fat pig, and slaughter a few when the court needed it. But Lao Zhu's idea is too taken for granted, not to mention the generation, even the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which exploited the merchants the most, only slaughtered those "fat pigs" who had no relatives as officials in the court, and there was nothing to do about those who were officials in the court, so they could only collect some business taxes, which was not much; Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, which could not even collect the serious commercial tax of thirty taxes and one in the later period.

The final result was that these 'donations' went to the small and medium-sized landlords, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the small and medium-sized landlords in the north went bankrupt, and even many of the peasant rebels were still landlords a few years ago.

But Yoon-hee can't say that. Yun Xi said: "Grandpa, although the businessmen are profit-seeking, they are also my Ming people, and the country can't put them in another book." And if it weren't for these profit-seekers, how could the food at the border of the Ming Dynasty be so sufficient? If all of them are shipped by the government, I am afraid that there will be a lot of losses. ”

Then Yun Xi knew that it was not enough to ask questions just as a subordinate, and he had to solve the problem. So he continued: "But these businessmen also need to be restricted. It is better to raise the commercial tax on them. In the city, a fixed tax is levied on tenants, large and small, only according to the type of goods sold. ”

"For the itinerant vendors, let them all gather in the market, and if anyone dares to buy outside the market, they will be severely fined, and then each household will be charged a fixed tax."

"For merchants who bring goods into the city, unless they are transporting grain, vegetables, cloth, etc., they will receive more money from the city. However, for convenience, taxes are levied according to the weight or size of the vehicle. ”

Yun Xi's above words mean that don't think about how much tax you have, it's not reliable at all, and it's difficult to determine the income of businessmen, even if there will always be tax evasion in future generations? In the seventeenth century, in order to collect a little commercial tax from merchants, the tax department and merchants repeatedly fought against each other. In France, taxes were based on the number of windows, and as a result, most houses had no windows. Therefore, it is simply changed to a fixed tax, and the country's tax revenue is still a little more stable.

Lao Zhu doesn't care much about this kind of thing. After thinking about it, he felt that Yun Xi's idea was acceptable, and said, "But, then add this." ”

Yun Xi actually wants to introduce stamp duty, and now these transactions between merchants are handed over to the tooth bank to be responsible, and the annual regular amount of money is paid, which is very inefficient. But this will inevitably increase the personnel of the government, and Lao Zhu is very opposed to expanding the personnel of the government, so he can only wait until Lao Zhu is a hundred years later.

Then Lao Zhu showed Yunxi the "Emperor Ming Ancestral Discipline" again, and said: "Grandpa knows that you will divide the kings in the future, and the current royal officials cannot be the official position of a vassal state, so I won't say anything about the immutability of the official position." However, the post of prime minister must not be restored, and those who dare to write to restore the post of prime minister will be beheaded. Grandpa will also be talking to the officials. ”

Yun Xi nodded in agreement, but was secretly happy in his heart. Yun Xi is actually very worried that Lao Zhu announced that 'the official system is not easy for eternity', so he will be very troubled. Don't be afraid now.

These two things are the most important things in the first month, and the hundred officials, clans, and feudal states are extremely concerned. Generally speaking, because the Chinese have been pursuing a system that is not easy for a lifetime, although officials are dissatisfied with Lao Zhu's punishment of corruption, this point cannot be said, so there is no opposition.

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On the seventeenth day of the first month, Yun Xi came to Changfu again, which can be regarded as a visit to his old age. This time, as before, Chang Sheng and Chang Sen came to receive Yunxi, and then went to the backyard to meet Chang's mother.

Chang's mother has been in very poor health since last year, and it began to get worse and worse on the seventh day of the first lunar month. If Yun Xi was only the grandson at this time, the things that happened more than two years ago would not be tossed at all, and they might not have the current effect.

Chang's mother saw Yunxi coming, and struggled to stay on the pillow. Yun Xi saw that Chang's mother was so old, and his heart was not good, and he still had feelings with Chang Mu for more than two years. So Yun Xi said: "Why does the old lady have to get up, just lie down, I am not an outsider who can't be beaten by eight poles to come to visit." ”

Chang's mother coughed twice, and then smiled: "If the outsiders who can't hit me can't see me, they can only see me at the funeral in a few days." ”

Yun Xi said: "Why do the old lady say this, the old lady must live a long life." ”

Chang Mu said: "These are all said to outsiders, I am your elder, you don't have to say such things, my own body knows it." ”

Yun Xi saw Chang Mu talking like this, and he had nothing to say.

But Chang Mu continued: "This is probably the last time you will see me, and you may not have time to come to Changfu to see me when I am about to die, so I have a few words to tell you." ”

When Chang Sheng heard his mother speak like this, tears flowed down his eyes and said, "Mother! "It's the same with Chang Sen. Yun Xi didn't know what to say, after all, all the words of persuasion had been said.

However, Chang's mother didn't wait for Yun Xi to speak, and went on to say: "I don't understand national affairs, so I won't talk nonsense." I'll just talk about things related to my Chang family. ”

"Chang Sheng's duty, but unfortunately he can't fight, you must use him in the future for anything to make him the commander, and it's even better not to let him lead an army alone, no matter how many people; Chang Sen can only fight cocks and walk dogs, let him be a rich idler at home in the future, don't use him. Chang Sen didn't seem convinced, but he didn't speak.

"Jizong is stronger than his father, but he can go to the battlefield to experience and experience, but this ability to fight cannot be learned, and he can only rely on training on the battlefield. If you want to use Jizong in the future, don't be afraid that he will die, let him go to the battlefield, start tempering from a hundred households, a thousand households or something, and have a son if he rises normally, and he will not point to him to the end, but if he can come out, then the Chang family can always add another generation of wealth, otherwise it will not work after all. ”

"The next thing I'm going to tell you is about the Lan family. Although the Lan family is my maiden family, he is different from the Chang family. It's not that I said, you can use the Chang family with confidence, but the Lan family may not be able to do this, or treat it the same as other military families, don't rely too much. ”

"You will do a good job of taking Lan Lian's daughter into the palace, and you will have to use and guard against the Lan family and his military generals."

"The last thing is," she said, pointing to a maid beside her, "this maid is called Baoqin, and this name has been long since then, and it was still when the crown princess did not enter the palace." It's not for her to get up, it's for her mother. His mother was the maid of the crown princess back then, and the princess promised someone before entering the palace. ”

Later, this little girl chose to be my maid, and because she played the piano well, I asked her to call her Huqin. His mother dressed your mother back then, and then let her go to the palace to serve you. If you like it, take it as a concubine; If you don't like it, become a palace maid and come out in a few years. ”

Yun Xi looked at the maid standing next to her, she really looked good, and her figure was also very good. Yun Xi didn't understand why Chang's mother had to send a little maid to the palace? A maid can't maintain the friendship between the two families, and she may not always be loyal to the Chang family.

But although Yun Xi pondered and didn't understand, it was not easy to refuse, did Chang's mother say that she would be a concubine or something, so she could only accept it.

Then Yun Xi said a few more words to Chang Sheng, and then went to the front hall to chat with Chang Sheng for a while, and then left, he had other arrangements.

When Yunxi left, Chang Sheng asked, "Mother, why did you give Yunxi the hugqin?" Is this any good for the Chang family? Chang Sen was also puzzled.

Chang Mu sighed and said, "That's because it's because there's any benefit to Yunxi!" It's because of our own business! ”

"Jizong took a fancy to Baoqin and begged me to give it to him. If only that were the case, but Sen'er's eldest son Jiyao also fell in love with Baoqin. It's not good for me to give this to anyone, and it's even worse to give it to my subordinates, so I just sent it to the palace, and their brothers in the province ruined their brotherhood. ”

Chang Sheng and Chang Sen thought of this reason, and they were stunned for a while. But immediately Chang Sen said: "How old is Jiyao's rabbit cub, and he wants to accept a small one before the main room, watch me go back and clean him up!" ”