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It is true that Yue Yang and Hai Lanzhu are a loving couple, and the relationship between the two is naturally self-evident, but when it comes to the relationship between the two forces, it would be too childish to use feelings to talk about things.

The strongest bond between the forces and the forces is interests, only strong interests can firmly link the two forces together, and the relationship between the two sides can only be temporary and short-lived.

In Yue Yang's view, the best way to divide and disintegrate the relationship between the Horqin tribe and the Jurchens was to corrode them with food and sufficient living materials. He wanted to let the people of the Horqin tribe understand that as long as they honestly raise horses and graze every year, and use some cattle and sheep to exchange food with the Han people at the end of each year, the whole tribe will be able to live a worry-free life.

And getting rid of the Horqin tribe is the first step of Yueyang's plan, as long as the Horqin tribe and the Mongolian tribes can be dealt with, it will be equivalent to cutting off one of the Jurchens' hands, and it will be much easier to deal with the Jurchens in the future.

Looking at the joyful Hai Lanzhu, Yue Yang couldn't help but feel a trace of guilt in his heart, after all, even his daughter-in-law had to calculate what was too much, but he thought about it again, he didn't do anything wrong, and besides, it was also for their good. Soon, this trace of guilt was thrown away by Yue Yang.

The news of the bumper harvest in Wulizhai spread quickly, and those farmers who did not believe in Yueyang before and did not use the grade hybrid rice provided by Yueyang are now sad, looking at the grain piled up as high as a hill in people's fields, and then looking at their own fields, many people regret that they want to hit the wall with their heads.

Soon, the farmers recommended several elderly people to find Yue Yang, who was patrolling the fields, and asked Yue Yang to sell them the rice seeds as well. But to their surprise, this time Yue Yang refused their request.

"Lord Yue. You can't ignore us, although we are not your tenants, but how to say that we are also people from Wuli Village, the little ones were blind last time, and they didn't listen to you, now you will give the little ones another chance to sell some seeds to the little ones. The villain kowtowed to you! ”

"Eh...... Get up! Yue Yang hurriedly helped up several old farmers for Wei, and he said with some embarrassment: "A few old people, it's not that the official doesn't sell rice seeds to you, but these rice seeds can only be planted for one season, and if they are planted again, the yield will be greatly reduced, not to mention the yield per mu." It is estimated that it is difficult to produce 200 catties per mu, and these rice seeds were bought by the official from the Yiren, and now there are no more. ”

"That's it......" Yue Yang pondered for a long time, and then said to these old men: "This official still has some seeds from the hands of the Yi people, these things have a high yield and are very drought and cold-tolerant, if you can trust this official, this official can be planted and seen this year, what do you think?" ”

"This ......," the old men looked at each other before asking, "My lord." What kind of seeds are these? ”

Yue Yang said with a smile: "There are wheat, corn, sweet potatoes and potato seeds, especially this thing called potatoes, its yield is the highest, and it can even yield two thousand catties per mu?" ”

"Two thousand pounds!" There was an exclamation of surprise all around, and everyone couldn't believe their ears.

"Your Excellency...... You...... You're right, the yield per acre...... The production capacity per mu is up to 2,000 catties? The old men were all frightened, as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

"Of course, will this official still lie to you?" Yue Yang touched his nose. There was also a feeling of helplessness in his heart, after all, the source of post-grade hybrid rice seeds was also cut off after the problem with Yu Pei. With this in mind, the last time Yue Yang came over, he brought a large number of seeds of high-quality potatoes, wheat, corn and sweet potatoes that had been cultivated in later generations, and prepared to plant them in large quantities on his own territory.

"This ......" Several old men looked at each other a few times, and they all didn't believe Yueyang's words, the yield of 1,000 catties per mu had already shocked them, and now Yueyang actually threw out another 2,000 catties of output. This is no longer a shock, but a rhythm that scares people silly!

Seeing the expressions of these people, Yue Yang felt helpless in his heart, it seems that these things are still too far ahead. He waved his hand impatiently. "Okay, don't be in a hurry to make a decision, after you go back, you can think about it, the official still has something to do, so I won't accompany you."

After speaking, Yue Yang got up and walked towards the horse on the side, turned over and got on the horse and left. In Yue Yang's opinion, he is already interesting enough, the last time he asked them to plant grade hybrid rice with him, these people excused themselves one by one, and now they saw that the hybrid rice had a high yield, so they came running upside down, when they said that they had no rice seeds, and planned to introduce another plant to plant for them, these people began to doubt again, for this kind of person Yue Yang really didn't want to deal with. Why, Lao Tzu doesn't owe you, since you don't believe in my brother's words, my brother cares about your life and death.

Yue Yang, who had just returned to Yingzhou with a few wives, had not had time to return home, and was stopped by Lu Bantou sent by Zheng Kui.

"Lord Yue, Xiao has finally found you, Lord Zheng, please come to the house urgently!"

Looking at Lu Bantou, who was sweating profusely, Yue Yang couldn't help but ask curiously, "Lu Bantou, what's wrong?" Could it be that there are rogues again? ”

"No, the little ones don't know, you'll know when you go!" Lu Bantou looked at the casual clothes, and the official boots on his feet were still with Huang Mu's Yue Yang bowing down with a smile and answering.

"Well, then, I'll go with you." Yue Yang asked Hai Lanzhu and Linglong to go home first, and he rushed towards the prefect's yamen with a few guards.

When Yue Yang entered the inner hall of the prefect's yamen, Zheng Kui personally greeted him.

"Lord Yue, you're finally here, you've been looking for this mansion for a long time!"

Looking at Zheng Kui, who had a faint anxious look on his face, Yue Yang asked curiously. "Lord Zheng, what's wrong? Just now, I saw Lu Bantou anxiously looking for the lower official, and the lower official thought that the rogue had invaded my border again. ”

"This ...... It's not a rogue, it's something else! Let's sit down and talk," Zheng Kui's face suddenly turned red, and he pointed to the chair next to him and motioned for Yue Yang to sit down.

After the two of them sat down in a row, a maid stepped forward to serve tea, Yue Yang did not drink tea, but said directly: "My lord, if you have anything, you can say it, Xia Guan is not used to playing dumb riddles with people!" ”

"Okay, then the official said it!" Zheng Kui also knew that Yue Yang was such a straightforward character, and he didn't mind his tone, and after coughing lightly, he said: "That's the case, the first official wants to congratulate Wulizhai on a bumper harvest and a full warehouse of grain." And then there's ...... Even Lord Yue, shouldn't you also ...... It's time to pay some taxes......"

"What...... Ratepaying? Yue Yang was stunned for a moment, and it took a long time to remember, it seemed that he really hadn't taught grain tax yet.

Seeing Yue Yang's stunned appearance, Zheng Kui said with some embarrassment: "This...... The official also knows that it is a little difficult to speak, but the imperial grain tax has existed through the ages, if you don't want to pay it, you can pay some symbolically! ”

"No, no...... You stop......" Yue Yang hurriedly stopped and said to Zheng Kui: "Lord Zheng, you misunderstood, the lower official didn't say that he didn't pay taxes, you can rest assured, how much you should pay, the lower official will definitely pay how much, this is the same as the lower official." It's just that the lower officials don't understand how much tax should be paid? ”

"Well, that's the case, the tax you pay is ......%¥##a%¥" As soon as he heard that Yue Yang was willing to pay taxes, Zheng Kui, who was overjoyed in his heart, said the tax he should pay.

After a while, Yue Yang quickly figured out that the tax he had to pay was really not much, and it could even be described as unbelievably low, the farmland tax was originally three to four buckets per mu in the early years of Hongwu, and later the tax on private land was reduced to one bucket of rice per mu, about 18.9 catties, is this tax high? In Yue Yang's opinion, this is simply ridiculously low.

Half an hour later, under Zheng Kui's tireless explanation, Yue Yang finally figured out three things.

And these three facts are:

1. The tax in the Ming Dynasty was too low, the agricultural tax was low, and the commercial tax was even lower!

2. The tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty has not increased in almost 25o years! In fact, it is decreasing, agricultural taxes are decreasing, commercial taxes are decreasing even more.

3. In the late Ming Dynasty, people complained bitterly about any tax increase, so that when the Ming Dynasty government tried to increase taxes, there was a lot of resistance.

These things also subverted Yue Yang's consistent impression of the Ming Dynasty.

Since the Qing Dynasty, the concept and education that the Chinese have always been instilled in is: how the rulers of the Ming Dynasty were brutal and debaucherous, how they were tyrannical, how they were tyrannical, how they sucked the marrow, and how the broad masses of the people lived in misery under heavy exploitation. The demise of the Ming Dynasty was the result of the excessive taxes levied by the rulers, which were difficult for the people to afford and rose up to resist.

This was propagated by the Manchu rulers, in modern textbooks, and even in the articles and monographs of some so-called historians. But is that really the case?

Yue Yang was surprised just now, when Zheng Kui talked to him about the issue of tax collection, he actually talked to himself with a shy and even embarrassed attitude, as if he was talking about a very embarrassing thing, which also made Yue Yang, who had always been accustomed to paying taxes, feel very puzzled. It's just a tax, are you so embarrassed to be like cheating?

Looking at Zheng Kui, Yue Yang cautiously asked, "My lord, I don't know how much the grain tax and commercial tax collected by the Ying Prefecture Government this year are?" ”

As Yue Yang asked, Zheng Kui gave Yue Yang an answer that almost made people vomit blood!