"Master, master, the palace posted a notice...... "The little guy stumbled in, shouting very excitedly.

"Pay attention to your words and deeds, what is the system of shouting and shouting? What's the matter? Look at you, the palace has issued silver? Li Timing said solemnly.

The little guy didn't care, and said excitedly: "Master, look, it's really made money." ”

"Oh?" Li Timing was a little surprised. Iron Rooster plucked? He took the complaint and studied it carefully.

“…… Since Taizu drove out the Mengyuan Tartars and established the unification of the Han family, I, Zhu Ming, have been with the people for more than 200 years. Today's disasters and man-made disasters, the government is difficult, and our royal descendants should set an example. ”

"For the sake of raising salaries for the country, part of the shops in Wugang Prefecture are now for sale."

"In order to open up a wide range of tax sources, all trade routes in the state are free to enter."

"To set an example for the world, all the land in the palace must pay the same taxes. It is hoped that all officials and families will do their best for the country and pay taxes according to the actual acres of land. ”

"Now there is chaos today, the state troops are transferred out, and the guards are empty. The king specially dispatched soldiers and horses from the Chengbu Inspection Division to settle in and take on the duties of guarding and collecting taxes. ”

"The world is changing, the poor are thinking about change, the palace will introduce new regulations in the near future, I hope that the people of this state will inform each other, do not slack off."

“………………”

Li Timing felt incredible, the Min Wangfu was really plucked? Selling shops, opening up trade routes, and paying taxes per acre, each of them is a way for the Minwang Mansion to make money, and it is really beneficial to the people? Really raise money for the country?

Chengbu Inspection Division? Li Timing has heard of it. Not long ago, there was a violent collision with the boat gang of the palace, and I heard from the yacha that the boat gang suffered a lot of losses.

The car and boat shop should be killed if he is not guilty. This boat gang is not a big evil, but it has done a lot of things to bully the market and destroy corpses. Relying on the backer of the palace, Yuan Youzhi didn't even pay attention to Li Timing at the bow of the ship.

However, the palace dared to mobilize the troops of the Inspection Division, which was inconsistent with the policy of the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty.

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The Chengbu Inspection Division was stationed in Wugang, immediately guarded the city gate, occupied the city wall, and occupied the military camp of the Wugang Thousand Households; Enter the palace and keep the palace guards in custody; All county offices are under the control of the Inspection Division.

Li Timing was shocked and angry, does King Min really want to rebel?

"In Xia Zhu Shunming, I have heard the name of Li Zhizhou for a long time, and I only came to visit today, and I ask for forgiveness." Zhu Shunming bowed his hand and said.

To enter Wugang, Zhu Shunming has investigated key figures large and small in Wugang Prefecture.

Li Timing is upright and does not worry about the country and the people, and is the kind of scholar who has ideals and ambitions but is not rigid. It is not so much that he is loyal to Daming, but that he is loyal to the people and his ideals.

Everyone has pursuits. Sometimes pursuit is weakness. Wealth, sex, fame, health...... In life, there is always something that you can't let go.

Li Timing believes in the study of the heart, "for heaven and earth, for the people, for the sake of the saints, for the eternal peace." ”

Li Timing didn't coerce and induce him to give in. Therefore, Zhu Shunming planned to go straight to him and directly promote the practical doctrine in his heart. In case of...... There is not one Zhizhou in the Ming Dynasty who died in office.

"Zhu Demon King?" Li Timing said angrily: "Ru Yijie cloth, when you see the imperial court officials, you don't kneel? Aren't you afraid that this official will punish you for the crime of disrespect? ”

Zhu Shunming said with a smile: "I respect you for being a good official who is sensible, why bother to act up?" Now that Wugang Prefecture is all my people, why should Li Zhizhou pretend to be confused? ”

"You want to rebel?" Li Timing said angrily: "This official is full of poetry and books, and the emperor will never be in the same stream as you." ”

"I don't rebel," Zhu Shunming said: "The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light." Now that the people of Daming are not living, and the smoke is everywhere, have you ever thought about why this is so? ”

"You said that you read poetry and books and advocate the study of the mind, have you ever achieved the unity of knowledge and action? Da Ming is terminally ill, have you ever thought about giving him a pair of medicines? Are you watching the Ming Dynasty weaken and be taken over by the barbaric Jiannu? ”

"It's nonsense, even if the Ming Dynasty is weak, how can the weak Jiannu be enslaved?" Li Timing said with righteousness: "Even if this official helps the people in the world, he will not be in the same stream as the troubled people." ”

"Seeing is believing, you should go to Chengbu County to have a look, and then draw conclusions, can my practical learning be promoted in Wugang Prefecture."

"This official wants to see, in a year, can you govern Chengbu County into Jiangnan?" Li Timing is also very curious about where Zhu Shunming's self-confidence comes from, and whether Chengbu County has really changed a lot.

Besides, the situation is stronger than people, the entire Wugang Prefecture has fallen into the hands of the Zhu Demon King, and he has no soldiers and no generals, how can he resist? It's better to see if you can really find a new way to save the Ming Dynasty.

Watching the army of the Zhu Demon King enter the city, Qiu did not commit any crimes, and was more than 100 times stronger than the guards of the guards; Look at his words, he is full of confidence, and he should have some capital.

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Zhu Shunming took over the administrative and military finances of Wugang Prefecture in an all-round way, in the name of Minwangfu and Li Zhizhou, and set off a vigorous reform.

The most important reform is the tax reform.

Daming's statutory tax is actually not heavy.

The agricultural tax does not exceed 10%, and the commercial tax is 3 to 5 points. Originally, there was a relatively high price tax on tea and minerals, but with the collapse of the eunuch party, it was abolished as a "bad tax".

Why does the low tax force the broad masses of people to rise up unsustainably?

Because this tax rate is all "average". As soon as anything is averaged, it loses its meaning.

There are ten women in the rich second generation, and you don't have one, on average, you have five women?

Ma Shou is rich in hundreds of billions, you don't have a dime, on average, you have 50 billion?

The same is true of Da Ming.

The royal family and the scholars share the world. In the words of Taizu, the scholar class (bureaucrats and people) are exempt from taxes.

The Han Chinese are the most cunning. Loopholes in the imperial court's policies were discovered, and a large amount of land was donated to the scholars. The donors made small profits, fattened the scholars, and damaged the interests of the court.

It's just that the yeoman farmers are suffering, and heavy taxes are pressed on them.

Field endowment, conscription, liao salary, expropriation, fire consumption, low selling and high buying (Zhang Juzheng had a whip method, which converted taxes and forced labor into silver taels, which was convenient for the imperial court to collect taxes, but it was a heavy burden on self-cultivated farmers. During the tax season, the peasants had to sell their grain at a low price in exchange for silver to pay taxes, and when it came to the period of green and yellow, they had to buy life-saving grain from the grain merchants at a high price. One in and one out, a lot of exploitation. ), which overwhelmed the homesteaders.

After a year of hard work, the peasants did not pay enough taxes, and many peasants gave up their land and property, preferring to go into exile and beg. When a strong man waives his arms, the natural servants gather.

In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the annual fiscal revenue exceeded 40 million taels (equivalent to silver. At that time, it was handed over in kind, and the salaries of officials were also in kind); By the time of Chongzhen, the annual income had dropped sharply to four million taels.

As the population increases and the income decreases, there must be something wrong with the tax system.

The imperial court had no money, the armament was lax for a while, the construction of slaves outside the customs rose, the Liao salary was increased, the northern rebellion increased the salary, the rebel people were more, the training salary was increased, and the Ming Dynasty was completely pushed to death. Da Ming was forced to death by money in this way.

Zhu Shunming saw the drawbacks and harms of the Ming tax system, and the first thing to reform was the tax system.

The key to tax reform is that everyone pays taxes. The Ming court had no money, but there was no poor person in the scholar class.

As long as you pass the exam, a large number of people will immediately come to donate land, family (yes, family. Devote yourself to lifting people and worship people as godfathers, you can be exempted from conscription), not to mention taking the entrance examination to become a sergeant.

Taking money out of other people's pockets is naturally not an easy task. Fortunately, Zhu Shunming found King Min to be the scarecrow.

The Minwang Mansion posted the "Regulations on the Reform of the Field Tax System", and the entire Wugang Prefecture suddenly boiled. The ordinary people naturally applauded, and the scholars and doctors whose interests had been damaged were filled with righteous indignation.

There is no such thing as a bloodless reform. Whoever sheds blood and who dies depends on whose hand the stick is held.

Immediately afterwards, the Zhizhou Yamen posted the "Notice of Measurement of Fields and Mu", all fields in Wugang Prefecture and Chengbu County need to be re-measured, and all the ownerless land without land deeds will be returned to the imperial court. This regulation has made it impossible to hide a large number of hidden properties.

The "Notice" is open on the Internet, allowing the actual owner of the land to come to the Yamen to apply for the title deed before the first month, and the consequences of overdue are at their own risk.

King Min set an example by putting a large number of hidden fields on weekdays on the land deed, announcing the number of fields, and promising to pay taxes according to the regulations.

Zhu Shunming sent soldiers to participate in the measurement of the fields, recompiled the yellow book, and unceremoniously returned the fields that refused to be deed to the imperial court, and there were dozens of bloody conflicts.

By the end of February, Zhu Shunming had gone through all the fields in Wugang Prefecture and Chengbu County, and the cultivable area of the two places had reached 300,000 mu, with an annual output of more than 1.2 million stone of rice. According to ten taxes and one, the tax on bare land can collect more than 200,000 taels.

It's not that Daming has no family background, but that the financial system is too poor.

This is still a remote mountainous area, and if you change to a large grain-producing area like the Dongting Lake Plain and the Jianghan Plain, wouldn't the annual income be even more amazing?

It's only February, agricultural production hasn't started yet, the agricultural tax is just expected, and there is still a need for inputs in agriculture, not looting. Seeds, farm tools, water conservancy ...... It's all upfront investment.

Businesses and industries that are able to receive cash money.

The Minwang Mansion then posted the "Commercial Tax Reform Regulations". The "Charter" has greatly increased the rate of commercial taxes and fees, starting from 35 points to 10 points, raising the special consumption tax such as the entertainment industry to 50 percent, the tea tax rate to 30 percent, and the luxury goods (jewelry, high-end porcelain, Hunan embroidery, exquisite carriages, etc.) are as high as 80 percent.

This is like stabbing a hornet's nest, and the businessmen have objected, boycotting the market, filing complaints, dredging, and evacuating...... The means vary.

After all, there is a grace period for the payment of land tax. It is only February, and there is still more than half a year left before the land tax is paid, and the landlords' revolt is not particularly strong.

Commercial tax is different. As soon as the charter is made, the real money will be taken out immediately. It is difficult to give up the money, and the businessman is used to living a comfortable life, so he is naturally not happy to ask him to pay taxes and take money out of his pocket.

Zhu Shunming had a heavy army in his hand and was not in a hurry. As long as he does not use force and does not harm the interests of others, Zhu Shunming does not care about the actions of the businessmen. Whether you strike or evacuate, it's okay if you don't break the law.

The Minwang Mansion occupies fifty percent of the shops in Wugang Prefecture. These shops are operating as usual, and they take the initiative to apply for business licenses and pay taxes.

The rest of the merchants went on strike and withdrew, which not only did not cause chaos in the market, but made Minwang's shop business better. Excluding taxes, these stores make more money.

There are businessmen who do not apply for business licenses and pay taxes in accordance with the law, but continue to operate with the door, so Zhu Shunming is not polite.

The soldiers of the inspection department came to the door, arrested, sealed the shop, fined them, and those who resisted were sentenced to prison. After a few tosses, the merchants suddenly became honest.

If you want to do business in Wugang Prefecture, you must honestly follow Zhu Shunming's law, and your arms can't twist your thighs.