Ru Yu said: "How can I be optimistic. Although His Majesty re-established four auxiliary officers after his accession to the throne, and two of them were civil and military, it can be seen that His Majesty wanted to maintain www.biquge.info a balance between civil and military, but His Majesty himself may not have felt that the military department was still in the hands of civilian officials, and the supply of grain and grass in the guard, the inheritance of military generals, and the reward of merit all had to go through the formalities of the military department. ”

Of course, this could also be a stopgap measure. The basis for my similar judgment is that His Majesty has been aggressive against civil officials since his accession to the throne, but he has not made any changes to the official system with regard to military generals, and there is not even the slightest sign of it. ”

"Your Majesty has always done things today by planning and then acting. Long before the death of Emperor Taizu, His Majesty sent people to spread the monks from all over the country to Beijing; Long before the death of Emperor Taizu, His Majesty discussed with others about the division of the seal; Long before the death of Emperor Taizu, His Majesty had already revealed that he would rebuild the "Yuan History" and compile books; Long before the death of Emperor Taizu, His Majesty was already handling the government according to the strategy of the four auxiliary officials. ”

"And now Your Majesty has not made the slightest change in the army, so it can be seen that there will be no action in the near future."

As soon as Ru Yu said this, everyone felt that it was very reasonable. Li Qing, who has not spoken, said: "I am not above the court, so I may see things more clearly than you." ”

"Although Your Majesty still maintains Emperor Taizu's policy of balancing civil and military affairs, now is not the time to open the country, as long as there is no major war in the world, after these founding nobles have passed away, Wen will inevitably be pressed on top of Wu!"

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Of course, Yunxi didn't know that someone was tirelessly analyzing his thoughts. Of course, even if it knew about it and heard their analysis, it would only laugh. How could a person at this time completely guess his thoughts?

In the next few days, Yun Xi still went to court first in the morning. Because at the beginning of July, there must have been a policy of 'imitating Zhou Fengguo', so everyone's attention has changed to this matter today, although the general things have been decided yesterday, but there are still people who are entangled in some details or etiquette.

So no one is staring at Yun Xi and Shang Bing's relationship with religion. Yun Xi is reminded of the control of public opinion in later generations: what if you want people to forget something quickly? It's about creating another big thing to draw people's attention to. Changing the subject is the only way to manipulate public opinion.

Yun Xi was also relieved when he replied to the excerpts, and finally he didn't have to read a lot of excerpts, so he didn't send them, which not only wasted time but also caused dissatisfaction among the literati.

Yun Xi ordered the relevant departments to start preparing for the actual sealing, and Shang Bing and others soaked in the 'relevant departments' all day long to study the specific implementation details.

But before the heat of the matter of paying attention to the closure of the country has passed, many people began to fish in troubled waters.

On the fourth day of the seventh month, among the piles of excerpts about the closure of the country, Yun Xi found such an excerpt.

The author of the excerpt is called Liu Chuan, and the official position is Yushi. He wrote on the excerpt: '......, the wealth of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is unique, and Su and Songzhun have started to rent privately, resulting in the exhaustion of people's livelihood,......, which is unprecedented in the world, please ask Your Majesty to reduce or exempt it, and the taxes on official land and private land should be similar to those of other lands. ’

Yun Xi knew that sooner or later someone would propose to reduce the taxes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, because the taxes here have always been the highest in the country.

The tax of the Ming Dynasty is very low, in the northern region and some southern regions, the tax per mu of official land is 5 liters of 3 in 5 spoons, and the tax per mu of private land is 3 liters of 3 in 5 spoons; In most areas of the south, the tax per mu of official land is 1 bucket and 2 liters, and the tax per mu of private land is 8 liters and 5 in 5 spoons.

The fields of Su, Song, Hu, Chang and Hangzhou are the highest, the official field is about 1 stone, and the Mintian is 3 buckets and 5 rises to 6 buckets.

Zhu Yuanzhang's Tian Fu was obviously carefully scrutinized. According to the grain yield per mu and the number of crops per year, the tax per mu of official land in most areas is about 30 tax 1, and the tax rate of private land is less than 30 tax 1.

The tax rate of the five prefectures of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is about 10 to 15 percent, and the tax rate of the private land is only 1 to 30 taxes of 15 to 30 taxes.

Yun Xi smiled at Zhuo Jing and said, "Zhuo Qing, come and take a look at this excerpt." ”

Zhuo Jing stood up and took the fold and looked. Yun Xi waited for Zhuo Jing to finish reading, and said: "I don't know where this Liu Chuan is from, but he can't escape from the five prefectures of Su, Song, Hu, Chang, and Hangzhou. He thinks I'm a person who doesn't eat grains. ”

"The tax bills of the five provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are indeed high, but why don't they mention the grain yield per mu of the five provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang! The five prefectures of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have two crops a year, and the grain per mu is far more than in other places. Taxes are levied elsewhere, hehe. ”

"Even with this kind of tax, the people have far more grain left per acre than in the north. If the people of Jiangsu and Zhejiang were not able to make a living, wouldn't the people in the north have starved to death long ago? ”

"When the first emperor moved the people of the five provinces of Jiang and Zhejiang to Fengyang, Beijing and other places, the people of the five provinces of Jiang and Zhejiang occupied the land occupied by each household, which was not much less than that of other places, and the taxes were low, which was a clear deception!"

As early as Yun Xi began to speak, the other four people also pricked up their ears to listen when they heard Yun Xi's words. Halfway through it, they knew what was going on, and they knew that the official's idea was impossible.

But after listening to Yun Xi's last sentence, they were immediately shocked. Because Yun Xi rarely speaks, they think that Yun Xi wants to punish this person who is guilty of bullying the king, which is a capital crime.

So Chen Xingshan immediately said: "Your Majesty, although this person's folds are not in line with the truth, and he is also a little selfish, is it too much to punish the crime of bullying the king?" ”

Storm Zhao also said: "Your Majesty, although this person's words are untrue, but a little punishment is good, how can he be punished for the crime of bullying the king." ”

Yun Xi was just a momentary gaffe, but looking at the two ministers' rebuttals, he felt uncomfortable: Neither of you is from the five prefectures of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and you are officials I personally promoted, why do you still speak for this person like this? It's not a civilian-official protection!

So Yun Xi decided to deal with it more severely. He said: "Since this person is so worried about state affairs, and the younger brother of the king of Qin is in urgent need of officials, then demote him to Shazhouwei experience; It just so happens that he is the seventh grade, and his experience is from the seventh grade, and he has only been degraded by one level. ”

Yun Xi punished him so heavily, and the reason was that he was the imperial history. Although Yun Xi said a wide range of elegant words, he did not have a good impression of the imperial history. The official position of the imperial history was originally established to set up a separate body to supervise officials, but in every dynasty, even when the politics was still relatively clear, it would become a tool for political struggles between officials, and even party struggles, and basically could not play the role of supervising officials.

Yun Xi felt that Jinyiwei was much easier to use than Yushi, as long as he didn't give Jinyiwei the power to try cases and arrest people, he was still qualified as a supervisory body.

The officials present immediately felt that the punishment was too heavy, but when Tyrant Zhao wanted to dissuade him again, Zhuo Jing immediately grabbed him. Zhuo Jing and Chen Xingshan have been following Yun Xi for a long time, and they know that since Yun Xi has made up his mind, he will not be dissuaded, so in order to prevent Tyranny and Yun Xi from getting into trouble, they hurriedly stopped it.