The 1422nd Collusion between Officials and Businessmen
Xu Linzong's injuries were extremely serious, and when he said two words, he was involved in the abdominal cavity, and another burst of black blood oozed out, and he closed his eyes in pain, unable to make a sound again.
Yun Yazi turned to Mu Lanxiang with a smile and said: "Now you Miss Mu know, you Wudang, Shaolin, Emei, and Huashan, the four decent factions, are just because the imperial court needs you to stabilize the rivers and lakes and not rebel, so you will lure them with profits, give money and land and give benefits, so that you can not only be a martial arts sect, but also run an industry." In this way, you can live a beautiful and nourishing life. β
"If it is like Li Cangxing's naΓ―ve and ridiculous idea, if you want to let the people of the world have their land, both rich and poor, and equal to the noble and low, then the first thing is to ask you Wudang to give up all the benefits in your hands and share them with the people of the world. May I ask Miss Mu, at that time, what will you Wudang rely on to support these thousands of disciples? β
Mu Lanxiang gritted his teeth: "We, we naturally have other ways to survive, those industries, we, we can buy them and do them ourselves, senior brother, senior brother, he has a huge amount of silver taels in overseas trade, and it will not be a problem to buy these industries!" We don't have to rely on charity. β
Yun Yazi sneered: "Ah, yes, this immortal almost forgot this layer, Li Cangxing's Black Dragon Society also controls overseas trade, and there are tens of millions of taels of silver a year, very good, very powerful, it seems that it can indeed feed you Wudang, and it can also feed the other three factions, and it is not a problem." β
A hint of pride flashed in Mu Lanxiang's eyes: "What's the matter, demon thief, there's nothing to say!" Hmph, my senior brother has this ability, and he opened up the situation early, without being controlled by the court and the emperor. β
A smile flashed on Yun Yazi's face. said coldly: "But doesn't Li Cangxing want to help the world?" If he raises an army, war will be raging all over the world. Millions of people have been displaced and died in the fighting. Can he be so cold-blooded and ruthless that he doesn't care about it? Only give you a few martial arts sects to share the money? β
A trace of panic flashed in Mu Lanxiang's eyes, she shook her head and said: "No, it won't be like this, senior brother, as long as he wins the battle and defeats the state capital, he will, he will open a warehouse and release grain." will take out the treasury silver and distribute it to the people, well, yes, it will definitely be like this, the heroes and heroes of the past, aren't they all like this to kill corrupt officials and share floating wealth?! β
Yun Yazi laughed: "Innocent and lovely Mu Nuxia, do you really think that Daming's mansion is in the treasury." How much silver is left for you to give to the people? β
Mu Lanxiang's eyes widened: "Why can't you divide it?" Usually the government has not been looting and oppressing the people, how can they have no money in the treasury? β
Yun Yazi sneered: "Miss Mu really doesn't know the truth about Da Ming." According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, the princes of the clan and the working scholars and doctors were exempt from taxation on their fields. No tax is charged. It has been more than 100 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and there are rich and powerful officials, family members, and princes of the clan. More than half of the world's fields have already been occupied. And the people, who make up the vast majority of the world's population, are displaced. They had to live by renting the fields of these landlords. Coupled with the collusion of officials and businessmen, the Ming Dynasty's taxes could only be obtained from less than half of the fields. But to feed the entire corrupt officialdom, do you think, how much more tax money can there be in the world? β
Mu Lanxiang gritted his teeth: "Even an overseas trade of senior brother can have more than 10 million taels of silver a year, and such a big Ming Dynasty, no matter how you say it, you have to have two or three hundred million taels of silver a year." β
Yun Yazi smiled so much that he almost couldn't stand anymore: "Two or three hundred million? Mu Nuxia, you are so naΓ―ve, let me tell you, last year, the income of the Ming Dynasty's treasury, two capitals and thirteen provinces, added up to less than 30 million taels, and after the distribution of officials' salaries, the rest is only more than 10 million taels! Otherwise, why do you think the emperor is so anxious to kill Yan Shifan? It is to regain the southeast overseas trade rights that have been lost for many years from the hands of the Yan Party! But this money finally came to Li Cangxing's hands, Mu Lanxiang, do you think the emperor will be able to swallow this breath? β
Mu Lanxiang said in a deep voice: "It's different now, the adults of the Qing school control the government, they are not strict parties, they will not be so corrupt and greedy, absorb the people's fat and people's ointment, and the sky of the Ming Dynasty will slowly become refreshing!" β
Yun Yazi sneered: "Do you think these Qing factions are better than the Yan Party?" It's just a good thing all the way! If others don't say it, just say that Xu Jie himself, his Xu family is not thousands of hectares of fertile land in Songjiang Mansion, dominating the countryside? It's Yan Song, and he didn't occupy so much land in his hometown. β
Mu Lanxiang said sharply: "Nonsense, nonsense!" You, you fart! Xu Ge is always a good person and a clean official, how could he, how could he be as greedy as Yan Song's father and son! β
Yun Yazi smiled "hehe", turned his head to look at Xu Linzong, and said, "Master Xu, am I farting, talking nonsense?" It seems that your solid family background, your lovely little sister doesn't know either. β
Xu Linzong sighed and closed his eyes, from this action, Mu Lanxiang finally understood that Yun Yazi was not lying this time.
Mu Lanxiang gritted his teeth and said: "No, the Xu family occupies some land at most, but it will not be like Yan Song's father and son who frame Zhongliang, corrupt the government, and embezzle public funds." The imperial court, the imperial court can't collect the money, because there are these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, there are these traitors, Xu Gelao, Lord Zhang, and Lord Gao, they are good people and clean officials, and they will definitely purge these courts! β
Yun Yazi sneered: "Ben Xian just said that the scholars and the clan do not need to pay taxes, it is the ancestral system left by Emperor Taizu, and no one can violate it." How did you come to be the Xu family's Tian? β
"Before he Xu Jie, he only had about 100 acres of land at home, and since he became an official for 30 years, it has skyrocketed hundreds of times, reaching thousands of hectares of fertile land.
He didn't have to pay taxes on the fields, and he subleased them to landless peasants, so that the money he left behind could be used to buy more land. Miss Mu, do you know where the term land annexation comes from? It is an official like Xu Jie, who has relied on his power from generation to generation, desperately trying to get more and more land from the hands of those people and small farmers with these legal and illegal means, while the people's land is getting less and less! β
Mu Lanxiang was like being struck by lightning, her lips trembled slightly, but she couldn't refute it.
Yun Yazi said coldly: "Any dynasty, more than 100 years after the founding of the country, there will be this situation, officials and landlords collude to carry out land annexation, and the lonely people, when they encounter a famine year or a disaster, can not pay taxes, can only sell their fields and houses, and become homeless." (To be continued.) )