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The next day was not supposed to be the day of the court, but a memo by Chen Zanhua from the Criminal Department caused a heated debate in the cabinet, and he had to immediately enter the Palace of Raising Hearts. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info★,.. After Zhu Youzhen saw this recital, he immediately convened a court meeting to discuss this recital.

After the ministers who arrived in a hurry learned the content of the recital, they were not shocked and discussed a lot. The reason is also very simple: the weight of this memorabilia is too heavy, the scope is too wide, and there are too many interests involved!

Chen Zanhua said two things in the recital. The first thing: the emperor in the early stage has issued an order to thoroughly investigate the issue of the donation of the imperial village, according to the preliminary investigation results, the hundreds of imperial villages in the eight prefectures of the north Zhili, almost every place has the phenomenon of tax evasion by donation, and the land donated far exceeds the real farmland.

Chen Zanhua did not mean to talk about the imperial village, but pointed out sharply that the feudal fields of the feudal kings and the official gentry who were exempted from paying grain also had tax evasion, and it was serious. Because the number of Huangzhuang is limited after all, and it is concentrated in the province of Beizhili; The fields of feudal fields and official fields were all over the country, and the number of donated fields had not been counted before, but it must have been very impressive. Chen Zanhua's proposal was to immediately take stock of the donated land nationwide and impose heavy fines on those who evaded taxes by using the donations, so as to increase tax revenues.

The second thing is to point out that the tax burden is uneven in different places, and even the strange phenomenon that the richer the land, the lower the tax rate. The imperial court was required to re-examine and determine the tax and grain quotas in various localities, and strictly enforce them, strictly prohibit arrears, and recover the tax arrears of previous years.

Wen Tiren is really good at figuring out the holy will, and Zhu Youzhen is now anxious about the financial struggling. Originally, he implemented all kinds of politics, and the stalls were spread very large, and the money was like flowing water; Although Zhu Youzhen implemented the policy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness, which minimized the casualties of the people, the property losses in various places were thus staggering. To help the refugees and carry out reconstruction in these places, it will cost at least tens of millions of taels of silver.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and this year is another harsh winter, and next year's grain output in various places will inevitably be greatly reduced. In the case of an ironclad decrease in tax revenue, it is also necessary to pay the interest on the deposits of Daming Bank on time. Therefore, although there are still more than 20 million taels of silver, Zhu Youzhen is also a little bottomless.

He knew that in history, the Ming Dynasty was bankrupt because of the finances, and Li Zicheng immediately came to the city, but he couldn't even get out the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver needed to mobilize the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which eventually led to the destruction of the country. Therefore, although he returned to the palace, last night he was warm with several concubines, but locked himself in the heart cultivation hall, so sad that he almost didn't sleep all night.

The two suggestions put forward by Chen Zanhua can obviously greatly increase tax revenue, and Zhu Youzhen certainly attaches great importance to them. He first asked Chen Zanhua to read the recital again in public, and then asked: "Whether Chen Zanhua's performance is true, whether his proposal can be implemented, Zhongqing will play!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the cabinet minister Liu Hongxun immediately went out and played: "Your Majesty, Chen Zanhua's performance must not be!" If it is really investigated and recovered according to what he said, the society will be in danger! ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen said quietly, "I would like to hear the details." ”

Liu Hongxun has a stubborn personality and is the vanguard of the Donglin Party. Some time ago, when Wei Zhongxian was in power, some officials did not actually do evil in order to protect themselves and wrong. But Liu Hongxun thinks that these people are all eunuchs, one on the left and one on the right, at least dozens of people have participated. Only half of them are real eunuchs, and the rest are suspected of taking the opportunity to attack political opponents. Zhu Youzhen was also very vigilant against this behavior of the Donglin Party, and only after the evidence was conclusive could he confirm the guilt, which made Liu Hongxun very dissatisfied, and he often sang against Zhu Youzhen after that.

At this time, he didn't care at all about the obvious ridicule in Zhu Youzhen's tone, and said eloquently: "Emperor Taizu divided the vassal kings to consolidate the country and secure the country, this is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty." If the vassal king is stable, the society is as stable as Mount Tai. The same is true of the gentry, the county depends on the officials, the township depends on the gentry, and the gentry have to worry about food and clothing, so that they can do things for the court wholeheartedly, and the government decrees can be blocked. If the sheji is a big tree, the vassal king is like the root of a tree, and if the foundation is shaken, the tree will wither; The gentry are just like the branches, and the branches are cut off to be full of flowers and fruits.

"As for the issue of land donation, it is not caused overnight, and there may be drawbacks in it, which can only be rectified slowly. If according to what Chen Zanhua said, it is a knife that cuts through the mess, which will inevitably hurt the root. For the sake of small profits, the feudal towns are restless, the officials and gentry are uneasy, and the ministers think that it is not enough to steal.

As for the uneven taxation, Chen Zanhua only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other. Taking Beizhili as an example, the tax rate is more than 49 million mu, the grain quota is 600,000 stone, and the average tax rate is only 80 tax 1. However, Beizhili had to bear all kinds of conscription in Beijing, and if the field endowment was set too high, the people's power would be overwhelmed. Moreover, this tax has been levied in various places for many years, and it is still stable. If the drama changes, not only may it not be collected, but it may also provoke a popular uprising. ”

Liu Hongxun triumphantly finished this tirade, and the ministers echoed it one after another. Chen Zanhua's prestige as an official position is far inferior to Liu Hongxun's, and secondly, his essay was simply instructed by Wen Tiren, how could he have such a high vision, and he was scolded by Liu Hongxun for a while.

It seems that Chen Zanhua's memora is in vain, but Zhu Youzhen is not in a hurry and waits to see what happens. He knew that Chen Zanhua must have the guidance of a master, otherwise the cabinet would not have folded the performance into the hall of cultivation because of the controversy.

Sure enough, one of them suddenly protested and shouted: "Liu Ge is fallacious! ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at it, it turned out to be the cabinet minister Zhou Yanru, and he knew that there was a good show to watch.

Zhou Yanru is the youngest among the cabinet ministers, only in his thirties this year, and he has only learned people, and during the imperial examination, he was even the middle school and the champion, and his literary name was all over the world, and he was also arrogant, and he took becoming the first assistant of the cabinet as the biggest goal in his heart. The Donglin Party members have a lot of intentions to woo him, but Zhou Yanru knows that he is still young, if he defects to the Donglin Party, there are a large number of old Donglin Party members such as Li Biao and Qian Longxi on it, and even people like Qian Qianyi may make a comeback in front of him. Therefore, although he maintained a good relationship with the Donglin Party, he was about to leave and had his own unique views on the government.

This point was taken advantage of by Wen Tiren, who was incompatible with the Donglin Party. After the two entered the cabinet one after another, they sang and made peace with each other, and they attracted a group of officials who tended to be inflammatory, forming the "Zhou Party" and the "Wen Party", but the scale and influence were on a par with the Donglin Party Law. The Zhou and Wen parties often join forces and are also a force to be reckoned with in the cabinet. Of course, this is also Zhu Youzhen's intention, otherwise the Donglin Party would have been dominant.

At this time, Zhou Yanru unceremoniously asked: "Since Liu Ge uses trees as a metaphor for the society, the students also have a question: The vassal king is the root of the tree, and the official gentry is the branch, so are ordinary farmers the leaves?" ”

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