A crisis of confidence? Everyone present couldn't help but be stunned, is the credibility of the imperial court more important than the military? When the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, who in the world believed in the Qing court? The reason why the Qing Dynasty can have today is completely dependent on the invincible Eight Banners Cavalry, and the prestige of the Qing Dynasty is completely established by relying on bloody and cruel suppression.

Although everyone was very dissatisfied with Zhenwu's words, they refused to refute it out loud, but they just silently agreed, Shang Ying's migration to the wood, winning the trust of the people, and promoting the change of the law is obvious, even if this matter is debated, it will not be able to distinguish the superior for a while, arguing with Zhenwu, they are at a disadvantage first, and besides, it is pointless to argue about this matter.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhenwu knew that they didn't think so, and after a little pondering, he faintly guessed everyone's thoughts, and after a moment of silence, he continued: "Fighting the world and ruling the world are not the same, when the Yuan Dynasty was unparalleled, why is there no century-old national fortune?" How can we blindly rely on force to govern the world?

Why do I emphasize the credibility of the imperial court? Take disaster relief as an example, the Qing Dynasty has natural disasters of different sizes every year, the people trust the imperial court, and the victims will wait for relief and resettlement with peace of mind.

The victims will panic, and if they don't have the help of the imperial court, they will take risks in order to survive, and they will attack the local government and the rich gentry, open warehouses and release grain, and then there will be large-scale riots, erosion of the place, Fujian disaster victims riot, I led the troops to pacify, although the victims of the riot were successfully appeased, but the local gentry and rich households have been ten rooms and nine empty, and the local county government has also been destroyed, not only the local vitality is greatly damaged, the court is also a laborer's salary, if it is like this every year, everywhere, even if the Qing Dynasty is at its peak, can it support for a few years?

I am an example. It's just disaster relief. In fact, the credibility of the imperial court is lacking, and the harm is far more than this, at least the government decree is not compatible, the law is unfair, the people's resentment is boiling, the social order is chaotic, and the etiquette is broken. The people's hearts are lost, the place is eroded, and the country's foundation is shaken. ”

Hearing these words, everyone was moved, and Zhang Pengxi took the lead in bowing down and said: "The emperor's holy thoughts are far-reaching and penetrating. Candles shine thousands of miles, which is really a blessing of the Qing Dynasty. ”

Seeing this situation, Zhenwu knew that everyone must be praising according to the pattern of the music, and he was tired of hearing these eulogies, so he immediately reached out and pressed it twice, stopping everyone's praise, and then said: "I have recently checked the changes of the past dynasties, and I have found it. Changing the law through the ages. Its essence is to fool the people, the weak people, and harm the people to enrich the country. ”

When they heard this, the people couldn't help but look at each other. Big surprise, what does Zhenwu mean by this? The purpose of changing the law is to enrich the country, which is naturally to exploit the people to enrich the country, otherwise who has nothing to do to drum up the law, and the ministers who have always advocated the change of the law can have a good end? Who is not a notorious monarch who advocates law change? Besides, isn't it a matter of exploiting the people to ensure the stability of the imperial court's income?

Zhenwu glanced at everyone, and then said eloquently: "Shang Ying's reform is a weak and foolish people, and he clearly proposed, 'The people are weak and the country is strong, and the country is strong and the people are weak, so the country with the Tao is in the weak people.'" The Shang Dynasty not only intensified the exploitation of the people, but also strengthened the control over the people, and firmly bound the people to the land.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reform is a blatant plundering of the people, perhaps it is more appropriate to call it robbery, selling official beards, reckoning and suing, salt and iron official camps, control of currency and other measures, can be said to be rich or poor, regardless of agriculture and commerce, an all-round plunder, the madness of the means for the crown of the past dynasties, can be called the precedent of the first generation.

Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty's reform of the 'Juntian system' was a set of reform plans designed by the imperial court to rob the people and seize taxes from the hands of the powerful landlords, which was a very moderate reform, benefiting the country and the people, benefiting the powerful landlords, and the imperial court was able to successfully share the people's land rent peacefully with the powerful landlords.

Yang Yan, the prime minister of Tang Dezong, made a change in the 'two taxation laws' in order to increase the income of the imperial court, which not only incorporated all the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes into the two taxation laws and turned them into regular tax items, but also abolished the payment in kind and pioneered the system of paying taxes with money, which led to the cheapness of money and goods, and the collapse of prices, but the imperial court was full of money and grain.

Wang Anshi's reform of the law was only openly under the guise of Fangtian's equal taxation and secretly collecting wealth for the country, and the Fangtian Uniform Tax Law was not only dragged on and on, intermittently, but also ended without a problem, but the Qingmiao Law, the Exemption Law, and the Shiyi Law, which could collect wealth for the national treasury, were implemented extremely resolutely and thoroughly.

Zhang Juzheng's whip law was also used to collect wealth for the country under the guise of fair taxation, and the merger of taxation and service combined all the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which did not reduce the tax burden of the people in the slightest. ”

Speaking of this, Zhenwu stopped, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, everyone present was confused, what does this master mean? Listening to his tone, is he going to implement the reform of benefiting the people and strengthening the people? Among these four new policies, only the abolition of envy is beneficial to the people, is it possible that there are other new policies?

Just when everyone was puzzled, Zhenwu put down the teacup and then said: "The purpose of the new policy implemented by the Qing Dynasty is different from that of the previous dynasties, it is not for the purpose of increasing the income of the imperial court, nor is it a means to enrich the country by fooling the people, weakening the people, and harming the people. This is the essential difference between the implementation of the new policy in the Qing Dynasty and the reform of the law in previous dynasties.

In this regard, it must be clearly distinguished: the Qing Dynasty did not implement a new policy because of financial difficulties, but to suppress land annexation, to ease the contradictions between the common people and the gentry, and to reduce the burden of the common people.

Second, after the new policy, in order to completely put an end to the emergence of new harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the imperial court must summarize the names of the various taxes levied in the Beijing newspaper, list them one by one, and simplify the notes, so that not only the gentry can understand, but also let the people clearly understand, so as to prevent local officials from increasing the apportionment of various miscellaneous expenses.

In addition, the household compilation and examination system was abolished, the names of official households, eunuch households, Confucian households, etc., and the untouchable status was abolished.

In short, the people must benefit from the New Deal! The above points have been widely discussed in the study, the cabinet, and the six ministries and nine secretaries, and the four articles of the new policy should also be widely debated in the Beijing newspaper and Ningbo Bao, and there is no need to hide them, sooner or later they will be made public. ”

Listening to Zhenwu's words, everyone present couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, Zhenwu just added a proposal to abolish the cheap status and allow the people to move freely, this matter is insignificant, the impact is not great, and Zhenwu also has room for maneuver, and they discussed, although everyone knew that it was just going through the motions, but they were also secretly happy, Zhenwu finally left them a little affection this time, and a group of people hurriedly bowed down and said: "Ministers." ”

Zhenwu nodded slightly, and then instructed: "The study will discuss with the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites how to protect and improve the welfare of officials during the resignation period and after the official service, which is not only related to the implementation of the new policy, but also related to the rectification of the rule of officials, we must effectively ensure that officials have no worries, in order to talk about the elimination of official bribery, I hope that all officials are honest and honest, strict self-discipline, not only to maintain honesty and integrity, promote and praise clean officials, but also to ensure the dignity of clean officials, no worries, so as to cultivate more clean officials, Reverse the trend of corruption and bribery in officialdom. ”

"The ministers obey." Zhang Pengxi, Xiao Yongzao, Song Zhu and others hurriedly bowed down. Zhao Shenqiao, who is known for his honesty, is quite unimpressed with this, and he can't be willing to be poor, so can he be called a clean official? Of course, he didn't dare to say this, as soon as he said this, he would inevitably offend all the officials in the world, although he was not afraid, he also had to consider his son Zhao Fengzhao, who was being censored.

Zhang Pengxi noticed that although Zhenwu pointed out the importance of this matter, he did not mean to urge, nor did he limit the time, and immediately understood that Zhenwu's meaning was just to release the wind first to build momentum, and this matter was afraid that it would be delayed until the next year, and it would be possible to implement it after he had enough money, so he made up his mind immediately, Zhenwu did not take the initiative to ask, and resolutely did not mention this matter.

Zhenwu does repay the idea of blowing the wind and building momentum, now everywhere to silver, are more important than this matter, there is no possibility of implementing this matter in the short term, after speaking, he put this matter in the back of his mind, glanced at Yinxi, and said: "The industrial and commercial miscellaneous tax innovation has been tried in Beijing and Jiangning for several years, Yinxi and Ortai will summarize the situation of the trial in the past few years as soon as possible, the specific tax rate, income comparison, the reaction of various industries after the trial, the impact of prices on the business of various industries and the pros and cons of industrial and commercial miscellaneous tax innovation are listed in detail. ”

Yinxi and Ortai hurriedly bowed down and said, "The ministers obey the order." Yinxi didn't care, but Ortai was very happy in his heart, Zhenwu was finally going to start vigorously promoting the innovation of industrial and commercial miscellaneous taxes, and this was his chance to emerge.

After arranging them one by one, Zhen Wucai looked at Yinyu and said: "The Qing Dynasty does not scold people because of their words, and the Beijing Daily, as the mouthpiece of the imperial court, must be cautious and cautious in reviewing at all levels, and cannot be negligent in the slightest." Ning Bao is an opponent that I deliberately erected for the Beijing Daily, the one-man show is naturally not as attractive as the opponent play, the debate of the Beijing News Ning Bao has now attracted the attention of the whole world, the debate on the reasons for the death of the Ming Dynasty is just the beginning, and the next debate on the new deal is the main topic, I hope that the Beijing News can live up to my expectations and shine! (To be continued.) )