Who in the world wants to suffer this loss?

Lu Tiaoyang's rhetorical question made Shi Yiwen's whole person fall into silence, and at this time, he suddenly thought of a familiar words in another time and space.

Not a single snowflake is innocent under an avalanche.

Later generations said that the gentry were in arrears of land endowments, but they never mentioned that ordinary people were also in arrears, but the problem of arrears was more than less, just like the tax evasion in later generations, large enterprises were evading taxes, and family workshops were also evading taxes.

"In fact, since the beginning of the orthodox years, the arrears of this field have been the norm, of course, to say that those are far away, but from the Jingtai years, the new emperor ascended to the pole of everything, that is, to amnesty the world, that is, to exempt at least five years ago arrears, five years of arrears are also levied according to seven or eight folds, so that the officials are naturally called benevolent and righteous, the subjects of the world are not all Guangmu Huang's grace, the emperor's grace is vast. Just like when Emperor Longqing first ascended the throne, he granted amnesty to the world, exempting the arrears of land in the whole country 43 years before Jiajing, and reducing half of the land in the world in the following year. Can these initiatives not win the hearts of the people? But what is the generation that wins the hearts of the people? It's that the court has no silver! Even when he succeeded to the throne today, the empty warehouse in the household department was so empty that he could run mice, and even the hundred officials' salaries could not be sent, but what about the subjects of the world? ”

Looking at Shi Yiwen, Lu Tiaoyang sneered.

"The subjects of the world are deeply benefited, how much land arrears were owed in the country forty-three years ago in Jiajing? Even if it is only 30% in arrears, if it is converted into silver, it will be tens of millions of taels! After all, who hasn't owed a few taels of silver in arrears for more than ten years? But even so, now on the pole, still have to give amnesty to the world, will be rented since Longqing changed to the Yuan Dynasty, all kicked out, Longqing four years ago exempted from three levies and seven, hum This has long been a tradition of the Ming Dynasty, who in the world does not know, who does not know? So much so that some ignorant people even pray for the death of the emperor, so as not to be in arrears, and the emperor's kindness and benevolence are only exchanged for this! ”

In addition to the ridicule, Lu Tiaoyang's expression changed slightly, and he said.

However, since Zhang Jiangling became the first assistant, in order to increase the income from the field and alleviate the financial crisis, he had to order the clearing of the accumulated rents one after another. The so-called "examination law" is actually to order the local officials of the world to strictly collect land taxes and clean up the arrears, but even so, even Jiangling often says that "those who can levy ninety percent are good officials", after all, although this debt is said to be a major event of the imperial court, but the ancestral system must be sympathetic to the suffering of the people, in case someone instigates the people and sets off a popular uprising, at that time, even if the leader is held responsible, but the local officials will also be disposed of, at least they will be dismissed and exiled, and at worst they will lose their heads. ”

Lu Tiaoyang's words made Shi Yiwen's eyes widen in surprise and he wondered.

"What's the truth about this? Will officials be held accountable for paying off their debts? ”

"Clearing the debt is to pay off, but to clear out the people's uprising, that is, the officials are incompetent, so now the local officials and the gentry are often levied, often the gentry collect seventy percent, or even fifty percent, and then let them persuade the people to pay ninety, so that it can be counted as almost eighty percent, so that it is considered to have an explanation to the court, but in the end all the complaints fell on Jiangling, after all, in the past, the gentry only received two or three percent, and the people also received six or seven percent, and now the gentry are equal to paying double, And the people also paid two or three percent more, so naturally it is full of complaints, and there is the inventory of the land, the inventory of the land is even more offensive, after all, the hiding of the land is a well-known thing, not to mention the home of the gentry, that is, the ordinary people's homes also have a few or more acres of no grain white land, this clearance of land, how much land will be cleared? It is not yet known, but it is certain that whether it is the debt or the amount of clearance, the most serious loss is Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Jiangnan, so all along, the most opposed to Jiangling is Jiangnan ......"

After listing the biggest obstacle to Zhang Juzheng's reform and the reasons for it, Lu Tiaoyang looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"Now you know why you came to Jiangnan, Jiangnan's reaction will be so big!"

"Looks like someone thinks I'm from Gangneung?"

Shaking his head, Lu Tiaoyang said.

"Isn't it important for you to set up a banknote customs in Jiangnan, the most serious loss is the gentry in Nanzhili, Zhejiang and other places, the relationship between them and officialdom is intertwined, so naturally you will not sit idly by and watch you set up a banknote customs here, Zhiyuan, you said that you want to set up these banknotes in Jiangnan, how many tariffs can be collected in a year?"

After asking, Lu Tiaoyang's eyes stared at Shi Yiwen.

"Well, according to preliminary calculations, half of the world's commercial goods come from Jiangnan, and if it is calculated according to the value of three per hundred, it should be no less than six million taels!"

His eyes widened suddenly, and he was surprised for a while before Lu Tiaoyang said.

"No wonder, no wonder they want to kill! Zhiyuan, this way of robbing people and wealth is like killing parents, if you take away so much money from others, can people not have murderous intentions? ”

"This ......"

His eyes drooped slightly, and Shi Yiwen sneered.

"Do you just let them do their best and not pay a penny?"

After a rhetorical question, Shi Yiwen said again.

"To tax to suppress business, to compassionate farmers, this is the foundation of the country, now the country's finances are tight, if there is any change in the future, I am afraid that we can only increase taxes from the field, harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes as fierce as a tiger, the last turmoil in the past dynasties is nothing more than the harsh taxes caused by the people's uprising, do I have to repeat the mistakes of the past? Therefore, I think that the tax is levied on the business, and the only way to solve the problem is to compassionate the peasants, the first assistant painstakingly open source, which lasted several years to implement the reform, and the income from the banknote customs this year will surely exceed the field endowment, in the Ming Dynasty, the establishment of the banknote customs tax is beneficial and harmless. ”

Of course, it is not without harm, the biggest harm is probably the export trade, the tax on the customs has increased the price of goods, which is naturally not conducive to exports, but the current export trade is only a few million taels every year, far from being compared with the late Qing Dynasty, of course, many export outputs now, itself is a seller's market, and the appropriate price increase has no impact, and according to Shi Yiwen's plan, the future will definitely have to establish an export tax rebate mechanism.

"But what about those people?"

Staring at Shi Yiwen, Lu Tiaoyang asked rhetorically.

"For them, I'm afraid it's like killing their parents, in this way, you Shi Zhiyuan will be the target of everyone, a thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh, you have to be eliminated!"

"yes......"

Looking at Lu Tiaoyang with a smile, Shi Yiwen asked rhetorically.

"I just don't know, this time the elder of the cabinet is coming, how is he going to give justice to his subordinates, and to what extent will this justice be presided?"