On fiscal issues, the Cabinet has held five meetings in a row, more than all other items combined. What is the purpose of the reform and reform of the Pen, Fun and Pavilion www.biquge.info four words: rich country and strong army! To put it more simply, it's one word: money!

No one can play without money, send troops to deal with me, Tang Yi is relying on war bonds and loans, I have been in the prison for many years, bullying the people of the Ming Dynasty, from the emperor to the officials, they are all resentful, and they don't want to take revenge all the time.

In addition, the Hetao is related to the great cause of woolen spinning, and only with the full support of the Jin merchants, the right time and place, can they get more than 10 million taels of silver, and the people and horses of each department are also powerful enough, and they can quickly solve the battle, and they also won a vast area, not only to fill the shortfall, but also to make a lot of money, and have the basis for further reforming the military system.

This kind of success is difficult to replicate, and if we want to solve the fundamental problem, we must start with taxes.

In the past, in order to narrow the scope of reform, Zhang Juzheng advocated that the spearhead should be aimed at the relatively easy field endowment, so he introduced the measure of clearing the acres of land.

Tang Yi and his think tank have put forward the opposite opinion after research, and it is true that reform should focus on reality, but it is also necessary to have a long-term vision in order to convince others.

Take Qingzhang Tianmu as an example, the gentry are staring at the nobles of the clan, they don't pay for food, how can the gentry be willing to cut meat.

A policy cannot only be implemented by force, but must also be able to convince the people and penetrate into the hearts of the people.

Since Tang Yi and Zhang Juzheng had a drink, the relationship between the two has warmed up a lot. As two equally proud men, if you want to rely on a drink, you can make friends with each other, become good friends, and forget all the grievances you once had, that's!

However, both of them know very well that Chen Sesame Rotten Grain is not the most important thing at the moment, and they need to work closely together to carry out the fiscal reform.

After continuous discussions, Tang Yi and Zhang Juzheng jointly threw out a roadmap for fiscal reform, the core spirit of which is the "take from the people and use it for the people" mentioned by Tang Yi.

The imperial court levied taxes to support officials, maintain military strength, build cities, roads, and river workers, provide relief to the victims, and help the orphaned and elderly......

Every common people, regardless of the peasants and businessmen, have enjoyed the blessings and rain of the imperial court, and everyone cannot live alone without the imperial court, so paying taxes is everyone's responsibility......

Don't underestimate this paragraph, it is tantamount to completely denying the privilege of the gentry to be exempt from food and taxes, in order not to irritate the entire gentry group too much, Tang Yi made a further explanation, this is only a long-term goal.

At present, there are three main tasks: the first is to clear the acres of land and find out the hidden land; the second is to rectify the city's shipping division, coordinate the north and south checkpoints, and prevent the loss of tariffs; and the third is to carry out the commercial tax pilot project in Tianjin.

The simultaneous movement of agriculture, commerce, and tariffs is undoubtedly an oath that everyone is in the process of reform, and that no one wants to run, at least on the surface, is fair.

In recent years, Tang studies have become popular, and a large number of enlightened gentry who believe in Xinxue, as well as industrial and commercial groups, have different views on taxation than before.

Especially those engaged in industry and commerce, they need the imperial court to provide perfect protection, find raw materials, expand the market, and when they encounter disputes, someone must come forward to administer justice.

The needs of all aspects, and with the current establishment of the yamen, it cannot meet their needs at all. In short, it is necessary to expand the number of local officials, to raise more officials, to have money, and the wool comes from the sheep, and it is necessary to pay commercial taxes...... Under the continuous propaganda of the newspapers, many gentry have accepted it, but the problem is that the court officials are corrupt, and the money handed over has finally fallen into the hands of corrupt officials, which has no benefit to them at all.

Tang Yi proposed a pilot project in Tianjin, which just gave people who were waiting and watching an opportunity to see if the imperial court could raise taxes and use them well.

"The servant said a long time ago that Shoufu only asks about specific matters, doesn't this make me beat my mouth and break the rules!" Tang Yi said embarrassedly.

At the cabinet meeting, Tang Yi kept complaining.

Gao Gong said with a calm face: "Yuanfu, don't you always say that knowledge and action are one?" Tang Xue was established by you, collecting commercial taxes and rectifying customs, you are the most familiar with it, who else can do it except you? ”

Zhang Juzheng also said: "Brother Zhongxuan is reasonable, the three reforms, the lower officials are responsible for clearing the acres of land and rectifying the fields, and the remaining two must be carried by Yuan Fu on one shoulder. ”

Every word you say, every word I say, all push Tang Yi.

"Well, it looks like I can't run." Tang Yi glanced at Zhang Siwei in the last seat, and said with a smile: "Ziwei, let's do it, you and Zhang Shouzhi, the head of the household department, go to Tianjin to investigate, last year, Tianjin was a pilot project for reforming taxes, and see what the results are. In the future, the three of us will be responsible for all commercial tax duties. ”

Zhang Siwei was born in a wealthy businessman's family, for business operations, it was a door, Zhang Shouzhi also worked in the city, and the two of them assisted Tang Yi, which was very suitable.

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The banner of financial reform was finally pushed away, and Tang Yi adhered to his consistent style, unhurried, and gentle. As for Zhang Juzheng, he seems to be much more resolute.

He took the results of Qingzhang Tianmu as the key content of this year's evaluation of local officials, and appointed Hai Rui, who had been idle for more than a year, to serve as the governor of Yingtian, in charge of the affairs of Qingzhang Tianmu in Nanzhili.

Hai Jui's appointment finally came down, and the hopes of those who still had illusions were dashed at once.

On the second day after the decree was reached, more than 30 officials wrote to resign, and without waiting for approval, they hung up the seals one after another. Not only that, but the big clans in the southeast have become more and more unruly over the years, and the merchants are covered in silk and satin, and the houses they build are also beyond the specifications, not only using nanmu pillars, but also painting the doors bright red.

Hearing Hai Jui's arrival, he looked for someone overnight, and the door was almost dark, and the originally huge portal was replaced with a small one, and for a while, the painter's salary increased fivefold, and no one could be found.

Even the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, which has always been rampant, has been reined in, and the eunuchs no longer sit in eight-carried sedan chairs or luxurious four-wheeled carriages, and even their entourage has been reduced several times.

Some people are puzzled, and they say that no matter how powerful Hai Rui is, he is just a courtier, can he manage the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau? Isn't it a big fuss?

The Zhu Jue of the Weaving Bureau cried, and other ministers didn't dare to provoke the emperor, but the sea barbarians were different, he even scolded the first emperor, and he still cared about them? I'd rather offend Lord Yama than offend the sea barbarian, if he catches the handle, he doesn't know how to die!

Looking at the timid virtues of the eunuchs, people feel very relieved, it turns out that you are just bullying the soft and afraid of the hard!

The southeast was made to jump, as if facing a great enemy.

In fact, they don't have to be like this, after more than a year, the situation of the Hai family is very different.

At the beginning, Hai Rui had to pretend to divorce his wife in order to seek justice for his wife and mother, but later Tang Yi invited his aunt Zhu to help solve it, and the Hai family finally reconciled as before.

After some hardships, Hai Rui finally opened his mind, and he smiled at his daughter-in-law, plus his son was saved, and the Hai family had two daughters and a man, and both children and daughters, which made an old Hai lady very happy.

After removing the heavy government affairs, Hai Rui also has a trace of returning to the basics, paying more and more attention to his family, and no longer being so unkind.

This time, seeing that there was a big mess in the southeast, Hai Rui touched his nose and said in his heart, am I so terrible?

He didn't even do it directly, but drove lightly and rushed to Xu's house in Huating first.

After the family's communication, Hai Rui respectfully came to the living room and met Xu Jie.

People say that power is the best decoration for men, this is not true at all, when Xu Jie was the first assistant, most of his hair was black, his face was shiny, his eyes were bright, and he was full of majesty.

This has not been in the field for more than a year, he is full of gray hair, even a front tooth has been lost, and when he walks, he has to be supported, and he is generally the same as ordinary rich people.

Seeing Hai Rui coming, Xu Jie's face was full of smiles, "How can the old man be able to come, the old parents of the labor are really guilty!" ”

Under the low eaves, Xu Jie's head was also lowered.

Hai Rui was respectful, and after giving the salute, he said with admiration: "The elder has been an official for decades, and the peach and plum are all over the world. Bravely fight against the traitorous party and rectify the dynasty. Boldly delegate power and retire successfully. Although the ancient sages are not as good as the elders. In his later life, he was reckless and impeached the first emperor, thanks to the protection of the elders, he was able to survive, and the grace of the elders, Hai Ruiming felt from the bottom of his heart. ”

The sea barbarian can actually say New Year's greetings, although it is a little blunt, Xu Jie is still relieved, it seems that the old man still has some prestige!

"Lord Hai is polite, you must have something to do when you came here, right?"

"Ge Lao Mingjian." Hai Rui hugged his fists and said: "Now that the imperial court has rectified the finances and taxes, the Tang Pavilion has taken the lead in setting an example, and Suzhou has begun to investigate, the Tang family and the Wang family have already retired a lot of land, and now they have to thoroughly investigate and clean up. The elder of the pavilion bears the hope of the world, and is admired by all the people, and the officials are courageous, asking the elder to return the acres of land and relieve the miserable people. ”

In a word, come out of Nada!

Xu Jie's brows furrowed and he didn't speak.

But his son Xu Fan jumped out, "Hai Rui, you just said that you have received my father's favor, why did you force our family to give up acres of land in a blink of an eye, how can it be unreasonable?" Don't you know, back then, that beast from Wu Shilai had forced our family to retreat hundreds of thousands of acres, and now the Xu family has no extra land of one acre, what do you want us to retreat? ”

Xu Jie's eyes narrowed, and he didn't say much, obviously acquiescing.

Xu Fan became even more energetic, "Hai Rui, whose order did you take, we all know that some people take the opportunity to take revenge, and some people deceive teachers and destroy ancestors." My father has given up his position, they still don't give up, Li Ge Lao was also driven away, and now he has to kill them all, so vicious, the world has its own public opinion, and will definitely not allow such villains to act recklessly! ”

Hai Rui raised his eyebrows, he was like a mirror in his heart, what is this called? The barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, Xu Jie retreated, but he became a weakling, and it was easier to attract the sympathy of the world.

But just with this, let the sea barbarians let go, it's too underestimated!

Hai Rui got up and clenched his fists, "Elder Ge, since this is the case, Hai has only official business, farewell!" (To be continued.) )