"Your Majesty, I am the Ming Dynasty for tax reduction, which is mainly divided into two classes."

"First, the public land given to the princes and nobles is recorded in the golden book, and it is not reported to the official for naturalization, and they enjoy the privilege of being exempt from taxes, grain, and servitude."

"Second, the court officials are exempted from the quota of products. Taking the "Preferential Exemption Rules" in the 38th year of Wanli as an example, the current Jingguan Jiake is exempt from 10,000 mu of first-grade farmland, and the following is decreasing to 2,700 mu of eight-grade exempt land; Foreign officials are halved, and six tenths of this product are exempted from the township officials, and the maximum amount of land exempted by the squires is 3,350 acres, and the number of students and supervisors is 80 acres. ”

Wen Tiren played this, his face became extremely serious, and his voice was slightly excited: "Your Majesty, this kind of land system, Taizu period has been decided, said that the princes and ministers give the public grange to rely on the law to risk the law, in the tyrannical township, all the heroes do not prohibit it, so in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, 'give the prince Suilu, and return the land to the official'." However, after only more than 100 years, the system of giving land was restored, and more and more fields were given. But if that's all there is to it, it's ......"

When he said this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen's face, and saw that he was listening carefully, without a trace of dissatisfaction, so he continued: "However, the fields of the emperor's relatives and nobles, in addition to the fields, also have private fields, and there are many private fields, and there are countless private fields. Among them, there are their own acquisitions, and there are also clever grabbings and so on. Because of its great power, its private land also enjoys the right to grant land, and there is no tax service. As a result, many Diao people sacrificed their land to the emperor's grandson in order to avoid tax service. Such a vicious thing is also getting worse. ”

Such a private land refused to be an errand with the people, and it also appeared at the beginning of this dynasty. Therefore, Taizu strictly forbade the covenant in the "Great Message". It's just that now, the ban is like waste paper. Many imperial princes, Sun Guiguang, collected the people's land for their own private business, and Yin used power to control it, so that there were no subordinates to make up and levy taxes. ”

If you hadn't seen Wen Tiren's recital, Emperor Chongzhen really didn't understand that there were so many things in this Tianfu. At this time, although he watched it once and listened to it again, he still felt very surprised.

Hearing this, seeing Wen Tiren looking at him as if he was waiting for an opinion, he nodded and motioned for Wen Tiren to continue.

"And the gentry have a quota for preferential and free grain and preferential land. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the land of the gentry and the remaining land in addition to the preferential and exempt fields should also be on an errand with the people. However, the gentry were also like the royal princes, ignoring the laws of the imperial court, and all fields enjoyed preferential treatment and exemption from fields. As a result, it attracted people to donate one after another. ”

Speaking of this, Wen Tiren bowed deeply and said again: "Your Majesty, if such things are not stopped, the taxes collected by the imperial court will definitely be less. And ordinary grain and tax households also feel unfair and enter the list of Diao people, which is a vicious cycle, which is actually a major drawback of this dynasty! ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, but he said a little seriously: "Wen Qing, I know what Qing means." Do you know that if the ancestral law is really implemented, the interests of the royal family and nobles and officials at all levels will be damaged, will they be willing? ”

This is a straight statement! Wen Tiren nodded in his heart, he straightened up again, raised his head to look at Emperor Chongzhen, and said with an unusually serious attitude: "The ministers have received the grace of His Majesty's knowledge, and they have nothing to repay, and they are willing to give up this body and fight with them!" ”

For Wen Tiren, he didn't know how strong his opponent would be! However, he believes that after more than 200 years of accumulation, this malpractice has reached the most dangerous time, and if it is not dealt with, the emperor's wish to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty will not be realized at all.

If the emperor is willing to give his full support, he is willing to be the first bird, if he succeeds, the Ming Dynasty will be prosperous, and he will become a generation of Ming Xiang beyond Zhang Juzheng.

Emperor Chongzhen listened to his words, and felt a little emotion in his heart, it would be good if all the officials of the Ming Dynasty were people like Wen Tiren. However, he is not the real Chongzhen Emperor, and he has no experience to evaluate effectively.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, he said to Wen Tiren: "Does Wen Qing have specific implementation steps?" ”

When Wen Tiren heard this, the emperor should be seriously considering. He was overjoyed in his heart, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the minister has already done verification, and now the most serious, that is, the one with the most fields, is the Ming clan such as the vassal kings of various places. If His Majesty can regulate it from the Ming clan, then the minister thinks that the rebound of other nobles and officials should be much smaller. ”

After finishing speaking, he saw Emperor Chongzhen's brows furrowed, and he seemed to be dissatisfied, so he hurriedly added: "Your Majesty, the problem of the clan is also a big factor in the Ming Dynasty's financial suspension. The minister thought that the problem of the clan should also be solved, and by the way, the matter of the field would be solved! ”

"Oh, tell me about it!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately asked. It wasn't written in the recital, and he was interested in hearing it.

Wen Tiren saw that there seemed to be a play, so he hurriedly played again: "My Ming Dynasty's clan is the prince Wanshi, the county king is 2,000 stones, the Zhenguo general is 1,000 stones, the auxiliary general, the Fengguo general, and the Zhenguo lieutenant are decreasing by 200 stones, the auxiliary country lieutenant and the Fengguo lieutenant are decreasing by 100 stones, the princess and the concubine are 2,000 stones, the county lord and the guest of honor are 800 stones, the county lord, the county monarch and the guest of honor are decreasing by 200 stones, and the county monarch, the township monarch and the guest of honor are decreasing by 100 stones. ”

"These things were nothing at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. But now more than two hundred and fifty years have passed, and the number of people in the Ming Sect alone has reached 100,000. This kind of payment, even if all the taxes paid by the imperial court are used for this, it is not enough! The court has been in arrears for a long time, or refuses to register on the plate, but in this way, it will also lose the prestige of the court and show the emperor's ...... The widow is also gracious! ”

If it was the original Emperor Chongzhen, maybe he would be furious. You are a gentle and benevolent person, and then pointed the finger at my uncles and brothers and other relatives, and said that I am widowed, what are your intentions, and is the surname Zhu or Wen in this world?

However, Emperor Chongzhen at this time came from later generations, and those Ming clans at this time were no different from ordinary people to him.

This matter of the Ming clan is indeed a problem. But if there is no proper solution, I am afraid it will not be easy to move. He frowned and thought about it, then asked, "How do you do that?" ”

When Wen Tiren heard this, the emperor was not even angry about this, and had patience to discuss, he was immediately surprised, and hurriedly bowed down and played: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can test the water from the Tang King, and if it is feasible, he will promote and solve it." ”

Speaking of this, he took out a piece of music and presented it with both hands: "Your Majesty, this is the matter of the Tang King played by the governor of Nanyang, Henan, saying that he did not have a holy order, commanded the soldiers and horses, and intended to be the king of Qin, which violated the ancestral system!" ”

If you want to say something ugly, it means that the Tang King has the ambition to rebel. For Emperor Chongzhen, this is a matter of considerable concern.