Emperor Chongzhen looked at these ministers, his face was expressionless, and he didn't expect them to put forward any substantive suggestions in his heart, after all, these people really didn't have many real talents, especially a few cabinet ministers, who had always been Wei Zhongxian's echo worm. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Things were a little sudden, and they didn't react for a while, and they didn't organize how to tell Emperor Chongzhen about it.

The position of opposition or approval has not yet been decided, because the involvement is too great, but they know in their hearts that they are afraid that they will oppose this matter, but how to oppose it, and they have no idea for a while, after all, it seems that it is not a simple question to persuade Emperor Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, what is the new tax system? Is it a whip of Zhang Wenzhenggong? Seeing that no one spoke, Guo Yunhou asked again, this matter must be asked clearly, anyway, he also felt that he couldn't be an official for long, and it didn't seem to be a big deal to leave now.

Smiling slightly, Emperor Chongzhen shook his head and said: "There are many omissions in a whip method, not only do I understand this, but I believe you Aiqing also understands it very well. ”

Everyone looked at each other again, but it wasn't a whip? So what is the emperor going to do? couldn't help but look at Emperor Chongzhen.

"I intend to impose only one agricultural tax on the people, and abolish all other taxes and servitude." Emperor Chongzhen squinted his eyes and said directly: "The current tax is too chaotic, and it is very troublesome to collect, I am ready to tax the land in a fixed amount." ”

"The imperial court does not collect poll tax, and does not collect other taxes, only the land and silver." Emperor Chongzhen's gaze swept over the people, and he said in a serious voice: "Out of the land and silver, it is not allowed to collect other taxes, otherwise it will all be regarded as a clever name and a tyrannical expropriation." ”

Taxes according to land? The people present suddenly gasped, this is really too big.

"I call this policy a paving of the acres!" Emperor Chongzhen ignored their exchanges, and continued: "From my imperial village to the common people, no matter who they are, as long as they own land, they will all pay taxes according to the land, without exception. ”

"The officials and gentry pay for the grain in one body, including me, without exception!"

Emperor Chongzhen said all his ideas and policies, and then waited for the opinions of these ministers.

For Emperor Chongzhen, this policy must be carried out, no matter what. Even if the world is full of smoke, even if there are continuous uprisings in various places, this policy cannot be broken, otherwise there will be no hope for the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the stakes are very high at this time, should we think about it in the long run!" Lai Zongdao swallowed his saliva and said with a pale face.

The officials and gentry pay the grain in one piece, and the emperor is going to be the enemy of the world! Wulu is a big landlord, or a gentry, or a noble scholar, all of them are offended to the end. Even ordinary people are mistaken because the taxes will eventually be passed on to them.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!" Guo Yunhou took a step forward and walked out directly, he really had ideas, which was different from Lai Zongdao and the others.

"Speak!" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Guo Yunhou, nodded and said: "If you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it, although I am not a holy king, I still have the capacity to accommodate people, and I can still listen to the truth, say it!" ”

Guo Yunhou gritted his teeth and said directly: "Your Majesty, once the apportionment into the mu is implemented, it will definitely cause a large increase in land rent, and the landlord will definitely increase the land rent in order to pay taxes." Baixin, who rents land and grows, must be under great pressure, and life will be even more difficult! ”

"The people need to pay both taxes and rent, and it must be miserable!"

As soon as everyone heard this, their faces immediately showed joy, and their eyes were different when they looked at Guo Yunhou. This usually inconspicuous Tobe Shangshu really has two brushes. Now it makes no sense to mention that the law of the ancestors should not be lightly abolished.

Guo Yunhou's words obviously found a very good reason for them, and they couldn't be better.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Guo Yunhou, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, his own Hubu Shangshu is really a talent!

In such a short period of time, the others have not yet reacted, and he has already seen the disadvantages of spreading the land into the acre, which is really remarkable. Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew about this drawback, and after thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen smiled, looked at Guo Yunhou and said, "How about the Juntian Order and the Field Restriction Order?" Re-divide all the land and then ban private sales? ”

"So that the cultivators have their land, and they don't have to pay tenant rent, but only the silver of the land, is it the best of both worlds? Don't you often say that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, so now I will take back all my land, and then distribute it to the people from the beginning, Aiqing thinks it is so good? ”

Guo Yunhou's jaw almost didn't fall, his eyes widened, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Take back all the land in the world? And then from a new assignment? Everyone present swallowed a mouthful of spit, so wouldn't all the land have to be handed over?

Needless to say, these ministers present basically have thousands of hectares of fertile land in their homes, or even more, and they can reach thousands of hectares of fertile land. Take it back? Wouldn't that empty out all your own family funds if you redistribute them? How can that be?

Emperor Chongzhen's gaze swept over the faces of the ministers, and he sneered in his heart, making it clear that he was scaring you, see what you say?

"Your Majesty, you must not!" Huang Liji immediately jumped out and said: "The people's hard work to cultivate their fields is the income of the people's hard work, and the emperor will take back the people's fields with a word, and the people will be resentful all their lives, I am afraid that there will be a disaster in the country!" ”

"Please think twice!" The ministers hurriedly saluted, for fear that Emperor Chongzhen would do this.

Sun Chengzong raised his head and glanced at Emperor Chongzhen, and sighed in his heart, the emperor is scaring people! Although I know that the emperor may do this very little, but no one dares to take this risk!

Emperor Chongzhen touched his chin and pondered for a long time: "What Aiqing said makes sense, it's abrupt, but the matter of spreading the land into the acres still has to be done." Now that the treasury is empty, taxation is already imperative and must be done. ”

As for what Guo Yunhou said, Emperor Chongzhen naturally has his own considerations, how to change the economic model with the small peasant economy as the main body?

Of course, they were left without land to plant, and history has shown that the rise of capitalism was the disintegration of the small peasant economy. Once the taxes and tenants were too heavy and the people could not afford to cultivate the land, they would not cultivate the land, and in this case, they would be liberated from heaven and earth.

Under such circumstances, handicrafts and commerce will be greatly developed, and only by encouraging industry and commerce and setting up industries in the name of the state can we make the country rich and the people strong.

For example, a steel mill, which is now building a steel mill by itself, cannot find the manpower it needs. It's not enough for all the craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty to be transferred, people are needed for mining, people are needed for steelmaking, they all go to farm, where can they find people?

In this era when there was no large-scale mechanization, it took a lot of labor to do everything, and Emperor Chongzhen and other people were transformed into workers!

It's just that for this reason, Emperor Chongzhen can't tell them, and he won't understand it, so he can only adopt a high-pressure posture and let them have to do things.

This is a process that must be experienced, and the problem of the Ming Dynasty is not the problem of land annexation, but the fact that the big landlords do not pay taxes, and the ordinary peasants lose their land and have no new way to live. If you can find a new way to live, you don't necessarily have to farm, Emperor Chongzhen is very clear about this.

As long as the Diding silver is collected, the imperial court has money, and it will be difficult for him to build a few large factories?

Arsenals, shipyards, and even the construction of water conservancy, road construction, etc., all require a lot of manpower, and later generations have a wealth of experience in dealing with such things.

What's more, large-scale land use is more conducive to agricultural layout, the introduction of new crops, and the increase of yields. Even the promotion of new agricultural tools will benefit from this centralized use of land, and Emperor Chongzhen is very confident in this.

Guo Yunhou opened his mouth a few times, but he still couldn't say it, because Emperor Chongzhen was glaring at him.

Although he argued with reason in his heart, Guo Yunhou didn't know what Emperor Chongzhen meant, and he just said it very clearly, once the burden of the people increases, he will definitely become a homeless! At that time, it was bad, why did the emperor turn a blind eye?

Turning his eyes to Sun Chengzong, Guo Yunhou hoped that the old minister would come out and say something, but he was disappointed, Sun Chengzong looked like an old god was there, and he didn't say a word there, as if he didn't realize the seriousness of this matter.

Emperor Chongzhen was relieved to see that Guo Yunhou didn't stand up, and it seemed that he still had to talk to him privately!

Historically, Emperor Yongzheng implemented the apportionment into the mu, which directly brought a prosperous era to Qianlong, so that when Qianlong succeeded to the throne, the national treasury of silver reached more than 50 million taels, and when Yongzheng succeeded to the throne? It's only seven million taels.

If it weren't for Yongzheng's implementation of paving into acres, the Qing Dynasty would face the same problems as the Ming Dynasty.

The Jurchen aristocracy stook land and did not pay taxes, and by the end of the Kangxi Dynasty, the contradictions of the entire tax system were highlighted. There was a big flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and the imperial court actually had no money for disaster relief, how similar is it to the last years of the Ming Dynasty?

The Qing Dynasty implemented more than 200 years of apportionment into acres, and the handicraft industry and industry did not develop, nor did we see the people become displaced people on a large scale. Unless natural disasters are still frequent, but in this case, if the land is not spread into the mu, the natural disasters will still be peaceful, and the people will not be able to survive, and they will become displaced people.

"Since there's nothing everyone wants to say, so be it!" Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, and said directly: "This matter is temporarily handed over to the household department to lead, and I will let Shuntianfu clear the land as soon as possible, and before spring ploughing, it must be completed." ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't give them a chance to speak, and waved his hand directly: "Guo Aiqing stays, and the others go down!" ”