Chapter 216: Liu Jin's New Policy
In April of the second year of Zhengde, the imperial court issued a decree, which was by no means a good thing to make people happy, on the basis of the original field service, an additional nine hundreds, and at the same time reduced the miscellaneous office and nine hundred. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
This decree will be tried for three months in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang and other places, and then the effect will be promoted. But Chen Yu knew that it was just a pretext for the imperial court to collect money, and within three months, it would definitely be promoted throughout the country with great results.
It seems that there is no change in the addition and subtraction, but the field endowment is a real delivery of grain, which is real money, as long as the people who pay the agricultural mulberry know what it means to increase by nine percent. Although the miscellaneous taxes are a little less, this is not the point, after all, the annual office and miscellaneous affairs are not the main part of the service.
What kind of calculation is this, even if there is no internal factory to provide information, Chen Yu also knows that the imperial court has no money!
It's just that if the amount of tax collection is increased, you will definitely be able to get money? It just increases the number of displaced people fleeing even more!
I'm afraid that only Liu Jin can think of this kind of stupid trick, a normal ruler can't do such a thing!
I knew from the inner factory that the Ministry of Industry was overstretched and asked the Ministry of Household for money, but the Ministry of Household couldn't come up with the money, but the project of the leopard house could not be stopped, so Liu Jin accepted his brother-in-law's suggestion to increase income by means of seemingly zero income increase.
It's just that this looks ridiculous, and I don't know if I think the people of the world are fools, or I think I am fools.
For thousands of years, no one dared to increase it at will, which was closely related to the livelihood of the people and was a major matter of the country, but Lord Liu not only did it, but he was so casual!
These enslavements are nothing to those big gentry, anyway, they can evade the enslavement by means of flying and scheming, and these taxes will eventually be passed on to the small people of Dousheng, so it is the common people who really suffer!
In the final analysis, it is just a sentence, the court is short of money! But this approach doesn't help at all.
Chen Yu passed on all his analysis to Liu Jin, hoping that Liu Jin would definitely cancel this policy, otherwise there would be a big chaos in the Ming Dynasty soon.
Liu Jin didn't believe it, and he categorically wouldn't cancel his policy to slap himself in the face, thinking that he was increasing the income of the imperial court.
All the original ambitions, with the breeding of power and greed, have long been extinguished in the heart.
Even in the current situation, the people have already complained, after all, these taxes are heavy enough, plus the squires exploit in various ways, and the real transfer to their heads is more, the common people are already overstretched, and now with such a sum, some people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang and other places have begun to make trouble.
The Jiangsu and Zhejiang soldiers let them go to fight the Japanese Kou, but they were the best at dealing with these flat-headed people, and after cutting down a few knives and killing a few dishonest people, they temporarily suppressed the form.
Chen Yu took the information given by the inner factory, and frowned, "This dead eunuch, in the rich places of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the people have begun to show signs of being ready to move, if it is pushed to the whole country, what will it look like?" ”
Shen Fei nodded approvingly, "The eunuchs are chaotic in the country!" Neichang said that Liu Jin will take measures such as increasing the number of places in the imperial examination to extend this policy to Guanzhong. ”
"This ****! Thought that if a few places were given for scientific examinations, the people would agree? You know, who can read books is not a big family? Guanzhong is already low in production, if this policy is really extended to Guanzhong, I guarantee it with a head, and Guanzhong will definitely be in chaos immediately! Chen Yuqi's lips trembled unconsciously.
Now Liu Jin is in power, known as the emperor, and basically no one dares to disobey the decree he issued, and the only one who dares to argue with Liu Jin is only Chen Yu, although I don't know why Liu Jin is afraid of Chen Yu, but this is already a fact recognized by some people.
So not many days after the decree was issued, Li Dongyang said that he was sick at home and did not go to court for a long time, and at the same time came to Zhejiang secretly.
Chen Yu was studying the method of flooding the retaining soil in the house, and heard someone knocking on the door, Chen Yu didn't pay much attention to it at the beginning, thinking that it was a family member, so he opened the door, but this time, his jaw almost didn't fall, and he hurriedly welcomed Li Dongyang to the house.
"Teacher, why did you come to Zhejiang in person? What's the matter that makes people just scream, you ...... It's a pain in the students! ”
Li Dongyang didn't greet Chen Yu either, and went straight to the point: "The old man said that he was sick and ran out secretly, to make a long story short, after saying that, the old man will meet the Beijing teacher." ”
Chen Yu nodded, "Teacher, did you say that something big happened in the imperial court?" ”
"You know that, too." Li Dongyang said hurriedly, "Lord Liu, you must also know about this decree, although the people of Huguang and Zhejiang have not made any major movements for the time being, it will not take long." ”
"But the reason why the old man came to Hangzhou today is because Lord Liu is going to promote this policy to Guanzhong, I have told Lord Liu many times about the drawbacks, but Lord Liu can't listen to it, and now only Er Tingyu's words are useful, so I ...... for the teacher."
He was about to kneel down as he spoke, where was Chen Yu willing to follow, damn, do these people have a problem with their brains? Do you think that if you don't kneel, you can't reflect your sincerity, and you can't reflect the momentum that you can go to the soup for the people of Limin!
Chen Yu hugged Li Dongyang and hurriedly said, "Teacher, you are really a student's birthday."
Li Dongyang nodded, and got up, grandma's, shameless goods, do you really have the ability to kneel down for Lao Tzu? Airs!
"For the sake of Li Min's life, I must ask Lord Liu to cancel this policy!" Li Dongyang said very sincerely.
This old fox never regarded Chen Yu as a confidant, let alone a confidant, not even his own person, it can be seen from what he said, a mouthful of Lord Liu Lord Liu, but in private he was very happy with the eunuch party.
Chen Yu nodded, even if Li Dongyang didn't come, he would think about it, he said: "Teacher, don't worry, the students will not disappoint the teacher and the people!" It's just that...... The strength of the students is also weak, and the strength of one person is not enough. ”
For Li Dongyang, the old fox, Chen Yu also had to use some tricks, Li Dongyang immediately knew Chen Yu's intentions, he glanced at Chen Yu, and then said: "Where you need an old man, just open your mouth!" ”
Stinky boy, you're really not a good bird, even your teacher is calculating, are you still a human? Shameless!
Chen Yu seemed to have been thinking about it for a long time, although Li Dongyang was in a hurry to return to Beijing, but he was also waiting for Chen Yu quite quietly, after half a salary, Chen Yu finally spoke, he said: "Actually, the students really have a way to suspend this decree!" ”
Li Dongyang's eyes suddenly lit up, "Really, how?" ”
"Restore the previous functions of the Municipal Lifting Division, and open the sea ban!" Chen Yu said.
"No way!" Li Dongyang said suddenly, "The sea ban can't be opened, this is the ancestral system, even if there is no ancestral system, it can't, some time ago, the Japanese were making waves in the southeast, if the sea ban is opened at this time, the disaster is the entire southeast!" The officials will not agree to it! ”
"Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if the sea ban is opened, what does this have to do with the suspension of the decree? It doesn't matter at all! ”
I'm afraid that if you don't take 10,000 steps back, as long as you have 10,000 steps, you will know where your bottom line is.
"Teacher, calm down and listen to the students." Chen Yu said, "If the Ming wants to go out of the world, it is indispensable to open up overseas, and the Three Treasures Eunuch went to the West is an excellent example, and the benefits that foreign trade can bring to the Ming Dynasty are absolutely considerable, otherwise Japan, Annam, Francois and other Banggi will not try their best to trade with the Ming Dynasty." At the same time, the profits earned by the Ming Dynasty are absolutely huge, just say that the Fujian merchants who have been active in the southeast in the near future, in just a few years, the power of its development is beyond imagination, faintly surpassing the Jin, Hui and other merchants, relying on what, I think the teacher knows more than me! ”
"Even so? If the sea ban is really opened. There will be a large number of Japanese prisoners entering the southeast to cause trouble, and who will bear the responsibility at that time?! ”
"The harm of the Japanese is the people of the country!" Chen Yu said, "Presumably the teacher has also heard the remarks of the military department, what he said is not bad at all, the people of the sea have no livelihood, no land, what can they do?" Smuggle! Smuggle with the Wokos! Otherwise, how could they come and go freely in the complex terrain of the southeast with the help of the Japanese alone? If there is no Ming people to lead the way, can the Japanese still burn and loot like this? ”
"The coastal defense in the southeast, the students have been strengthened, the last time Zhejiang won the victory, the teacher must have also seen the strength of my Ming army, in the end, the weakness of the army, just the weakness of the economy!"
"Is the military weak the economic weak?" Li Dongyang tasted it for a while, and said with a smile, "This insight is novel and tight." ”
Chen Yu saw that Li Dongyang's appetite had been aroused, and said in one go: "If the coastal defense is strong enough, then after the order in the southeast is established, it will not hurt if the sea ban is opened, and there will be no chaos!" ”
"In addition, we don't need to open all the Haikou, we can now try it out in Ningbo, and those who go to sea to trade will be approved by the Haiphong Tongzhi to receive a "citation ticket" to trade in the designated place, and return at the specified time, once the order is established, the people from the sea and the Ming Dynasty will taste the sweetness, so who will take the initiative to attack and rob? ”
"Small robberies can't become disasters, these things, not happened in the jurisdiction of Daming, and it is impossible to want the coast to be completely free of war, but students believe that the benefits are definitely greater than the expenditures, how to calculate it is cost-effective, isn't it?!" Chen Yu poured Li Dongyang a cup of tea, and he also took a sip of tea himself, silent.
"What you said still has nothing to do with Lord Liu's policies?" Li Dongyang didn't show his attitude, and suddenly came out with his beard brushed.
Still want to test me? Shameless!
"What is the purpose of this decree, the teacher must also know, it is nothing more than money!" Chen Yu said, "But by doing this, obviously the imperial court will not increase much income, I believe the teacher also knows, even so, then wouldn't it be the best of both worlds for students?" ”
Li Dongyang looked at Chen Yu, smiled, didn't say agree, didn't say disagree, patted his ass and left...... (To be continued.) )