Chapter Seventy-Eight: Spread the Ground into the Acres
After listening to Emperor Chongzhen's words, Wen Zhenmeng finally discovered the difference, that is, the faint monarch is to loot the world for his own fun, while what Emperor Chongzhen wants is to take it from the people for the people, if it can really be taken from the people for the people, it is a very good thing for the world and the people. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"The Emperor Shengming!" At this time, Wen Zhenmeng complimented: "The emperor has the world in his heart, and the minister spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!" ”
Emperor Chongzhen ignored Wen Zhenmeng's praise, but continued: "Zhang Juzheng's new policy is very effective, although many places are not satisfactory, but there are also many benefits, I am ready to launch a new policy on this basis to solve the problem of taxation." ”
"I don't know if the emperor has any ideas?" Wen Zhenmeng nodded, there was no resistance in his heart, and he naturally accepted it a little.
"To sum it up, there are only 14 words: apportionment into the mu, fire consumption to the public, and the integration of government and business to pay taxes."
Spread the land into the mu, the fire consumption is returned to the public, and the government and business pay taxes together, Wen Zhenmeng was shocked in his heart, according to the implementation of this policy, the finances of the imperial court will definitely be very good, but Wen Zhenmeng is still suspicious, will this not make the place too difficult?
"Abolish all excesses and miscellaneous taxes, only levy talent and commercial taxes, and the imperial court does not levy forced labor, and all forced labor is paid and hired by the government. The people also know that in addition to the land tax, all other taxes collected by the government are against the Ming tax law! ”
"By the way, I will stipulate a new law on the collection of taxes, and temporarily name it the "Daming Tax Law".
Wen Zhenmeng pondered Emperor Chongzhen's words, but there are many benefits to doing so, which is conducive to the collection of taxes, and after a moment of silence, Wen Zhenmeng opened his mouth again and said, "What about that place?" The money and food are all credited, what should the place do? ”
"After the new tax is collected every year, the local government can keep enough for its own use, and then hand it over to the imperial court. At the beginning of each year, the local government needs to pay a budget to the imperial court, that is, the local expenses within a year, and the imperial court will allocate it after approval. Emperor Chongzhen explained: "At the end of the year, the imperial court will also calculate the expenses, and this part will also be included in the official performance. ”
"We will re-implement the examination law, and the responsibilities of the Metropolitan Investigation Court will also be redivided, and they will be used as the supervisory body of officials to expand the scale. At the same time, it will also rectify the Jinyi guards in various places, so that they will also become a member of the supervision of officials. In this way, the harmony between public and private will have a good effect, and it will also be able to clarify the rule of officials to a certain extent. ”
Wen Zhenmeng nodded, it sounded that Emperor Chongzhen had prepared very comprehensively, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this young son of heaven in front of him, I'm afraid that he has been thinking about this matter for a long time, right?
"After all, the new policy is a new policy, and there must be a lot of inappropriateness, so I am ready to implement it in Shuncheonfu, so that it can be revised at any time." Emperor Chongzhen saw that Wen Zhenmeng didn't say anything, so he continued: "So I am going to make you the prefect of Shuntian Mansion to carry out this matter for me. ”
"The emperor can rest assured, the ministers will be the emperor's liver and brain!" Wen Zhenmeng hurriedly said.
Looking at Wen Zhenmeng, Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice: "Aiqing may have doubts about this new policy, it doesn't matter, let's see after we implement it, if it is really not feasible, I will not be stubborn." It is only implemented in Shuntianfu, even if there is a slight difference, it will not affect the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. ”
"The Emperor Shengming!" Except for these four words, Wen Zhenmeng didn't know what to say.
Emperor Chongzhen nodded again, patted Wen Zhenmeng's shoulder and said, "I will soon make you the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, and after taking office, you will have a good understanding of the personnel relationship and prepare to implement the new policy." The current cabinet is not good, and I will resolve the disputes in the court as soon as possible. ”
Emperor Chongzhen didn't look down on any of the people in the Wei family's cabinet, and now what he had to solve was the problem of the ministers, and then clean the Beijing camp to prepare for the formation and training of the new army. At the same time, tax reform should also be accelerated in order to solve the problem of money.
"Go back and prepare well, the holy decree will be issued in a few days!" Emperor Chongzhen told Wen Zhen Mengdao: "Today's matter is very important, and it must be kept secret!" ”
"The minister understands!" Wen Zhenmeng agreed with a serious expression, and then bowed down to bid farewell to Emperor Chongzhen: "Retire!" ”
Seeing Wen Zhenmeng leave, Emperor Chongzhen took a sigh of relief and moved his muscles and bones, he was really a little tired. In the past few days, Emperor Chongzhen is going to make a few more trips to modern times, get more information in this area, and then get a reform manual out.
From the tax system to the official system, an all-round reform outline was made, and at the same time, Emperor Chongzhen was also preparing to get out of the military machine.
Once the reform is rolled out, there will be too many cabinet matters, and it will be very troublesome to add military matters. What's more, there are too many benefits of the separation of military and government, and Emperor Chongzhen doesn't want those who are fighting for the military to make a fuss.
The affairs of the military should be simple and efficient, and in the event of administrative delays, the consequences are simply unimaginable, and the consequences will also be devastating.
"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner!" Cao Huachun came to Emperor Chongzhen's side and bowed and saluted.
Looking at the sky, Emperor Chongzhen touched his stomach, he was really a little hungry, no one said that he didn't think it yet, but now Cao Huachun reminded him, it was really obvious. Emperor Chongzhen, who was in a good mood, said with a smile: "I went to Chengqian Palace, I haven't seen Concubine Tian for a few days." ”
Although the palace is known as three thousand beauties, there are really not many concubines of Emperor Chongzhen, except for Queen Zhou, Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan are concubines when they are King Xin. After entering the palace, Emperor Chongzhen was so busy every day that he was dizzy, and he was dealing with the Hakka family and Wei Zhongxian all day long, and he didn't have this mind.
Up to now, Emperor Chongzhen's women are no more than five, which is definitely very rare. There are already ministers who talk about this, Queen Zhou is jealous and so on, and even said that this is not conducive to the inheritance of the Ming Dynasty and so on.
For this point, Emperor Chongzhen is actually not in the mood, at this time, what to choose a concubine, unless Emperor Chongzhen's head is in water.
The affairs of Liaodong have not yet been settled, and uprisings in various places are about to come, so it is better to hurry up and do things, and the conditions will be good in the future, and it is not too late to think about these things.
Emperor Chongzhen thought that the peasant uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty had not yet arrived, but in fact, there were already people in SX who were preparing to rebel, and this person was naturally Wang Er. After killing the land security and robbing the grain, Wang Er took people to hide in the mountains.
It's just that when the food is always eaten, Wang Er has to think of a new way, not to mention that after his reputation spreads, there are basically people who come to defect every day. In just a few days, this team has gathered thousands of people, and there are six or seven hundred strong men who can fight.
Sitting in the newly built conference hall, Wang Er scratched his head with sorrow, everyone was going to have nothing to eat.