Chapter 18 The Emperor Deals Cards

Listening to Wang Jiayin's words, Hu Kuan was shocked, a touch of surprise flashed on his face, and he stared at Wang Jiayin for a long time, only to see Wang Jiayin looking drunk, as if he didn't realize what he said at all? Did he say it unintentionally? Or has this been planned for a long time?

Hu Kuan touched his chin and wanted to test Wang Jiayin, but saw Wang Jiayin fall directly on the table. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Frowning and looking at Wang Jiayin, who had drunk too much, Hu Kuan stretched out his hand to help Wang Jiayin up, he didn't know where Wang Jiayin lived, so he had to help Wang Jiayin back to Meifu.

Wang Jiayin has no place to live at this time, and made a ticket yesterday, it is too dangerous to live in an inn. Once the government goes to the inn to check, Wang Jiayin is afraid that it will be difficult to escape the search of the government. But the Mei Mansion is different, the Mei Mansion is a mansion, and it is impossible for people to go in and search it.

After settling Wang Jiayin in a guest room, Hu Kuan returned to the house by himself.

Sitting in front of the table, Hu Kuan pondered Wang Jiayin's words repeatedly, and soon he was sure that Wang Jiayin was definitely not so simple as coming to see him.

Although he has a good relationship with Wang Jiayin, but it has not yet reached the point where he came to see him, after thinking about it, Hu Kuan knew that Wang Jiayin would definitely do a vote, and the target was the Meifu that he was loyal to now.

Thinking of this, Hu Kuan touched his chin, do you want to follow Wang Jiayin to do this vote?

Thinking of the little money he earned every month, and seeing Wang Jiayin's generosity, Hu Kuan was suddenly moved.

A fierce light flashed in his eyes, Hu Kuan decided to do this vote, Meifu had no place for himself, and he could go somewhere else. Anyway, the world is so chaotic, it's still quite easy to survive, why live so hard with money.

Cuixiang Lou's little mercy has been fanciful for a long time, and when she has money, she must redeem that little goblin and make her a concubine.

"I'm in my thirties, and I don't have a wife yet!" The more Hu Kuan thought about it, the more excited he became, and he couldn't wait to talk to Hu Kuan now, but he also knew that now was not the right time.

After tossing and turning on the bed for a long time, Hu Kuan fell asleep in a daze.

In Wang Jiayin's room, Wang Jiayin slowly sat up from the bed, and her heart was relieved, knowing that she had taken care of Hu Kuan, and this matter was inseparable. After pondering for a moment, Wang Jiayin was ready to have a showdown with Hu Kuan tomorrow.

Clenching his fists tightly, Wang Jiayin was full of confidence, and success or failure was in one fell swoop.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the minister Qian Zai had a poem: the four drums are beating and dressing, and it is too late to strike the fifth watch. When will you be happy in the countryside, and sleep until the food in the world is cooked. The next day, Qian Zai went to court, and Zhu Yuanzhang said as soon as he saw him, "I wrote a good poem yesterday, but I don't dislike it, how about changing it to a worried word?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen beat Hache, shed tears, and wore a dragon robe under the service of Wang Chengen.

The drums outside were already pounding, urging the hundred officials to go to the morning court.

In addition to the dormitory, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the huge morning star and took a deep breath, the cold air made Emperor Chongzhen suddenly feel a lot more energetic. I muttered in my heart, do I want to change my schedule? It's winter, it's too early to go to court so early, right?

The work and rest time of later generations are divided into seasons, and now the east has not yet been white, and he is about to start working this day.

Wang Chengen carried a lantern to lead the way, and Emperor Chongzhen threw out these messy thoughts and followed forward.

Coming to the main hall, in the midst of the three shouts of the ministers, Emperor Chongzhen slowly sat on the dragon chair, his eyes swept over the faces of the ministers, and found that they were sleepy-eyed one by one, and some people beat Hache, obviously they didn't wake up!

Looking at the ministers below, Emperor Chongzhen said slowly: "Ladies and gentlemen, what is the matter?" ”

The early dynasty was basically a place for discussions, and since he became Emperor Chongzhen, he knew that the TV series in later generations were all lies. Few ministers brought the matter to the early court to take it over, and then the ministers expressed their opinions, and the emperor made a decision directly.

It is the normal procedure for the ministers to pass their submissions to the General Administration, then to the Cabinet to draw up their opinions, and finally to the Celebrant and Supervisor for approval.

There are some things that are quite divisive, or the emperor feels that it is necessary for the ministers to discuss it, so he will take it to the court for discussion, of course, it is usually a big matter. Even if they participate in the impeachment of other officials, most of them are in the form of rules.

Only when the emperor feels the need to talk about it, the minister will play it in the early court, and then it will be discussed by everyone.

Today, Emperor Chongzhen did not arrange a discussion at all, so no one was ready to play Chen, and Emperor Chongzhen's words fell, and no one stood up to speak.

"This piece of Chen is from Liu Hanru in the affairs of the Ministry of Officials, it is about the collection of bean tax in the capital, let's discuss it!" Saying that, Emperor Chongzhen handed the note to Wang Chengen, and said in a deep voice: "Read it!" Let the lovers listen to it! ”

Wang Chengen took Tiao Chen over and read it out loud.

Emperor Chongzhen observed the reactions of the ministers below, and seeing that they didn't seem to be interested, a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, Wait for a moment when you are excited.

Although there are rumors about the policy of apportioning the land into the mu, after all, the emperor did not say it, and the cabinet did not say anything about it, and the ministers were not easy to play. Although everyone is sure that this matter is not far from ten, and they are all looking for their own positions, they can only watch before the news becomes a policy.

Wang Chengen quickly finished reading, and Emperor Chongzhen took the fold back, and said with a smile: "Do you have any opinions?" ”

The ministers didn't figure it out, what's wrong with the emperor? This kind of thing also needs to be brought to the court to discuss? Although this is not a trivial matter, it involves the army to buy bean material, but the disadvantages are so obvious, and it has little to do with the court, just approve the red directly!

There are smart ministers who have sensed that something is wrong, and hurriedly mentally mentally themselves, so that their brains are running quickly, waiting for Emperor Chongzhen's next words.

"Although this is a matter of beans, it is not a matter of beans!" Emperor Chongzhen put the fold on the table and said: "This shows the problem of our tax system, there are too many taxes, too complicated, not to mention the common people, I can't figure it out!" ”

"Such a tax system provides convenient conditions for corrupt officials to run rampant, they set up clever names, extort tyranny, the court is miserable, and the people are miserable."

At this moment, the stupid minister also heard that the emperor was going to make a big move!

"I have thought about it for a long time, and after discussing it with the cabinet and the six books, I am ready to implement a new tax system, that is, to apportionment into the mu!" Emperor Chongzhen's gaze swept over the faces of the ministers: "In the future, the people only need to pay the land and silver, and they don't need to pay other taxes and servitude, and this problem can be solved." ”

"The imperial court will set up official warehouses in various places, and when it is time to receive grain, the imperial court will come forward to purchase grain to achieve the purpose of stabilizing grain prices. Avoid illegal profiteers from raising grain prices and hoarding, no matter what the people plant, they can exchange silver in the official warehouse! ”

This is an idea of Emperor Chongzhen, only by turning the output of the people into silver, can the food of goods be promoted, and the biggest output of the people, that is, grain.

One of the drawbacks of the whip law was exploited by profiteers, and that was to lower the price of food.

Because the imperial court did not collect grain, but only silver, it led to every tax season, grain merchants would raise prices, make grain cheap, and then hoard, so that the people planted the fields for a year, but there was no good harvest, which was unacceptable.

This problem must be solved by the state to ensure the stability of grain prices, and the guarantee of grain prices in later generations is the most typical example.

As for where the grain goes, there will be nowhere for the imperial court to put it? Emperor Chongzhen was ready to cancel the tuntian of the official army and change all of them to eat silver grain. In this day and age, there is not enough food to eat. Even if it is really enough to eat, Emperor Chongzhen has a way.

Whether it is winemaking or farming, in short, there must be a place for food to digest.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen's words fell, the faces of many ministers below were not good-looking, this is a smashing job!

The big grain merchants are basically the big landlords, but what about the biggest landlords? Basically all gentry. Scholars are in the front, whether it is in the officialdom or those who have meritorious reputations, they are all in this ranks.

Some of the people in the court are big landlords at home, and even big grain merchants, and they can feel their distress.

Once this policy is implemented, the loss of my family will be great, so I think about how to oppose it.

"As for apportioning the land into the mu, it is actually the land that is cleared, and all the forced labor and taxes are converted into silver and collected." Emperor Chongzhen didn't care about the faces of the ministers, and said directly: "Presumably everyone is no stranger to it, and the same is true of the original whip method!" ”

The ministers didn't speak, but were waiting for Emperor Chongzhen to make the last big move, and the policy they heard was not so simple.

If that's the case, they'll recognize it, even if their income will be reduced.

But what they heard was not, but there was another very unacceptable one, that is, the gentry paid taxes as one! Once this article is introduced, their interests will definitely suffer a great loss, and if the tenant rent increases, it must also be able to rise.

In many places, the gentry were the patriarchs of the family, and because of the privilege of tax exemption, the rest of the family cast the land into his hands. Paying a little tenant rent every year, and then renting his land, is actually a means for everyone to avoid taxes.

But once they don't have the privilege of tax exemption, will they cash the land to themselves? Maybe I'll want my land back.

Turn? The land is in its own name? But those are all clan relatives, even if they are officials, they can't afford to offend! Maybe they will be expelled from the family tree and will not be allowed to enter the ancestral grave after death, so what will it be?

If you return the land, what do you have? The belongings have shrunk by more than half! (To be continued.) )