Lao Zhu frowned and asked, "What is ladder taxation?" What is the spread into acres? ”

"Tiered taxation means that the more land a landlord has, the greater the proportion of taxes collected. If there is only one land of less than 50 acres, according to the 30 taxes and 1 and 15 taxes set by the imperial court,

If there are 500 acres, those below 50 acres are still subject to normal taxation, and between 50 acres and 500 acres can be charged 10 taxes, and so on, if there are more than 1,000 acres, they can be ruthlessly charged 5 taxes and 1. Weichen is just an example, and how to delineate this proportion still needs to be considered. ”

Lao Zhu pinched his beard and said with a smile: "Xuanzhong's strategy is really ruthless, I'm afraid that the landlords all over the world will hate you to death." ”

"Soon after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the land merger was not serious, and there were not many big landlords who really had more than 1,000 acres of fertile land, and it was not too difficult to implement. Weichen is just a suggestion, and it is His Majesty who really does it, and I am afraid that there are more people who hate His Majesty! ”

"Haha...... There are many people who hate me, and what can they do to me? By the way, what is that stall into the acre? ”

"As the name suggests, it is to abolish the Dingkou tax implemented by the previous dynasties for more than 1,000 years, and clear the country's acres of land and evenly distribute the Dingkou tax to the country's acres."

It was of great significance, liberating peasants, especially those who had lost their land, increasing the flow of population and providing the basis for the prosperity of industry and commerce.

Because the land became unprofitable, those rich families would also put more property into industry and commerce, and the imperial court would get more taxes, but if the emperor in power was a little more self-motivated, the Ming Dynasty would not decline.

Lao Zhu stared at Ma Du with wide eyes, as if he had flowers on his face, Ma Du was looked at strangely by him, and reached out to touch his face, "Is there anything on Wei Chen's face?" ”

"No, I want to say that King Xu's mausoleum only has more than 1,000 guards, should I send some more?"

"Uh...... Is Your Majesty saying that someone will dig up the ancestral grave of Weichen? ”

"Haha...... Quite possibly! If you only implement one of them, you will be scolded a few words at most, but if you implement both at the same time, even if those landlords and old fortunes don't dig your ancestral grave, they will stab villains behind your back and curse you. ”

Ma Du arched his hand and said: "There are only three of us here, I believe that Your Majesty and the Yuansheng Guild will keep it a secret for Weichen, right?" ”

"Haha, I won't, and I have to make it clear in the court that you are the one who dedicated the national policy."

"The slave's mouth will not be broken!" Yuan Sheng covered his mouth with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "The slave and maid are also from a peasant family and know the hardship of having no land, if this national policy can really be implemented, I am afraid that those rich families and old wealth will no longer focus on the one-third of an acre of land in the hands of the little people, as long as there is land and food, who will rebel, and the Ming Dynasty will be more stable." ”

"Haha...... I think so, I plan to find a state capital to do a pilot, if I can, I will implement it step by step. ”

Looking at Lao Zhu's smug face, Ma Du felt uncomfortable in his heart and felt the need to add some blockage to him, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the 10,000-year inheritance of the Ming Dynasty has taken another step." However, there is still a big stumbling block that His Majesty needs to solve. ”

"Just say it, I'm not afraid that you won't give me advice!"

"Wechen has counted a lot of data, because the project is huge, and only one data comes out."

Lao Zhu asked, "What data do you say?" ”

"This data is passed down in the current situation, how many descendants Your Majesty will have in a thousand years."

Lao Zhu slapped the table and said angrily: "My country will be inherited for 10,000 years, how can you only do it out of ten?" ”

"The data of this thousand years alone has already frightened Weichen!" Ma Du walked up to the dragon case and took a pen and paper and wrote the number, "A thousand years from now, Your Majesty's descendants will be this number!" ”

Lao Zhu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the number, because he didn't recognize this number, "How many zeros are there?" ”

Although most of the emperors in power of the Ming Dynasty had thin heirs, those princes who were pigs had inherited Lao Zhu's strong reproductive ability.

In the fifth year of Hongzhi, the governor of Shanxi reported that Zhu Zhongyi, the king of Qingcheng, gave birth to forty-four sons and daughters, and the number of daughters exceeded 100, setting a new record for the royal family.

This king of Qingcheng was not only able to give birth to himself, but his son was even better than the blue, giving birth to seventy sons, so that he could not afford to support him and had to ask the court for help.

Both father and son are outstanding representatives of the Ming royal family in terms of fertility, and other royal families are not far behind, and everyone works together to double the number of Zhu descendants every thirty years.

When the Ming Dynasty died, the descendants of the Zhu family had multiplied more than one million people, less than three hundred years, if they were allowed to inherit it like this for a thousand years, it would be a disaster for the earth and the doom of mankind.

"Your Majesty doesn't have to know what that number is, and you don't have that concept when you say it. In other words, Weichen will expand the current population of the Ming Dynasty by ten times, dozens of times, and it is not as many as your descendants. ”

"Shhh Lao Zhu gasped for air, then shook his head and said, "There are so many, I don't believe it!" ”

"If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can find someone to recalculate!" Ma Du said again: "This is not the most terrible, the terrible thing is that according to the Zongren Mansion system, these princes and grandsons will be named princes, county kings, Zhenguo generals, auxiliary generals and other titles after they become adults, and the imperial court will naturally give them a salary, do you think the imperial court can afford it?" ”

"...... this?" Lao Zhu's face changed, and at this moment, Ma Du even saw a look in the eyes of this powerful and fearless emperor that he had never seen before-panic!

He found out how hard he worked, the dream of ten thousand years of the country could never be realized, and it may be that he tried to protect and protect future generations to destroy all this, and this blow is not acceptable to everyone.

Silence, after a long silence, Lao Zhu finally spoke, "Xuanzhong, you have the most ideas, is there no way?" ”

Madu replied firmly: "No! Unless......" Ma Du subconsciously looked at the crotch of Yuansheng next to him......

If you wake up the dreams of others, you will inevitably be complained, and the consequences of waking up the emperor's dreams will be even more serious.

"Get out!"

In Lao Zhu's roar, Ma Dufei also seemed to have to escape from the Jinshen Palace, touched his fluttering heart, and then let out a long breath, and said in his heart: "Lao Zhu, you lost this round!" ”

He laughed twice, then found a random eunuch and asked him to take him to the harem.

In the main hall of the Middle Palace, Ma Dajia is rarely dressed in formal clothes, and Shezi is sitting upright on the side, and the two of them are talking with a smile, and it has nothing to do with the government and politics.

Hearing that the eunuch asked Ma Du to see him, Ma Dajia immediately announced him, and then said to Shezi with a smile: "This brother in this palace has always been lazy and slack, and now he is over thirty years old, he is finally more reliable, and saving his wife yesterday can be regarded as doing a good thing that is beneficial to the court." ”

"Uncle Guo is open-minded and resourceful is the pillar of the country, fortunately Uncle Guo helped yesterday, otherwise the concubine would not be able to see His Majesty and Niangniang today."

While the two were talking, Ma Du had already walked quickly to the palace, and saluted according to the courtier's etiquette, Ma Dajia pretended to be displeased and said: "If you hadn't escorted Mrs. Shunde into the palace today, I'm afraid you wouldn't have thought of coming to see me." ”

"Don't blame Niangniang, Weichen remember to come to say hello on the fifteenth day of the first month of every month."

"You are still serious when you complain in this palace, sit down, stay and dine with Mrs. Shunde at noon!"

Ma Du arched his hand and said: "I haven't tasted Niangniang's craftsmanship for a long time, and Weichen can't ask for it." ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to let your wish come to naught, I don't cook in this palace today, hehe......"

"Huh...... Seeing the deep love between the mother and the uncle of the country, the concubine is really envious. The concubine has no sisters, and when she was young, she was often envious when she saw sisters from other families joining hands. Later, I married a young sister-in-law in Guizhou's mother-in-law's family for a year, and I was like a daughter like a sister. ”

Ma Dajia patted her hand, "People often say that my sister-in-law is an enemy, and it is your blessing to have such a sister-in-law!" ”

"Yes, that child is spoiled by me, and he is still very naughty when he is about to get married......"

"Wait......" Ma Du interrupted suddenly, "Madame is not mistaken, your sister-in-law doesn't look big, how can you say that she is almost of marriage age?" ”

Shezi covered her mouth and smiled, "The concubine got married at the age of fourteen!" My sister-in-law will be twelve in a few months, isn't she almost at the age of marriage? The concubine plans to live in Beijing for a while, hoping to send Doni to her mother to learn some rules, and she will be a good family in the future. ”

Ma Dajia was silent when he heard this, and he muttered for a while before saying, "There is a prince in the palace who is of the right age. ”

Shezi hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Thank you for your love, the concubine does not have the heart to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, and Doni is used to it, for fear of hurting the dignity of the royal family." Yesterday, I saw that the son of the uncle's mansion was knowledgeable, handsome and beautiful, smart and upright, and the young and old man was a good match, and the concubine dared to ask the mother to be the master! ”

Belch...... Ma Du was surprised, not because someone wanted to call his ten-year-old son a daughter-in-law, after all, Guo Da had been thinking about his son for a long time, but he was surprised when his son became so good.