Having said that, how could the ministers agree? Under each of their names, who doesn't have tens of thousands of acres or even hundreds of thousands of acres of land attached to them?

These lands, where there are relatives and friends, clansmen, and disciples, are not recorded. If all of them are cleared according to Wang Yangming's intentions, won't all of them be nationalized these days?

It's literally cutting meat from them!

Usually, it is these officials who cut the flesh of the country and suck the blood of the people, but now it is their turn to cut the flesh, how can they agree?

"Your Majesty, you must not!" Someone said with a worried face, "The value of snatching people's land is a trivial matter, I am afraid that it will cause turmoil and hurt the country!" "It means that you have robbed the land of the common people, can the common people not fight with you?

It's a pity that these tax evaders are not ordinary people.

Where did ordinary people get hundreds or thousands of acres of land attached to other people's names?

The vast majority of these affiliations, the families of those who read books, are businessmen. In the Ming Dynasty, merchants could not participate in the imperial examination, but the commercial tax was very small, so the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were so rich that they were rich and rich, and there were countless heavens and earths.

What's more, land is given to officials in the name of affiliation, bribery is committed, and officials and businessmen collude.

Ye Jun watched this group of guys perform coldly.

Wang Yangming sneered: "My lords, the seizure of tax evasion and tax evasion is to increase tax revenue for the country and increase the country's land, which is a good thing, how can it hurt the country's capital?" Could it be that you are also hiding the fields, for fear of being found out?! ”

"Nonsense!"

"Bloody mouth!"

"We are innocent and loyal, and we will not allow you to be falsely accused. Wang Yangming, I want to refer to you! ”

The ministers were furious and scolded one after another.

Wang Yangming sneered: "Since you don't hide the fields, it just so happens that since the investigation of the official, there are only twenty acres of land in the official's house, please send someone to check it." Ladies and gentlemen, please report the number of acres in your home! ”

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was dumbfounded!

Are you kidding? Report the number of acres of land, how to report this? They have tens of thousands of acres of land, hundreds of thousands of acres, or even millions of acres in their names, but do they dare to report truthfully? Where did they come from so much land?

Lunatic!

The ministers scolded Wang Yangming in their hearts.

But at this time, there is no other way but to bite the bullet.

The emperor is waiting for it!

Chen Rusong, a scholar of the Cabinet University, saw sweat on his forehead, hesitated, and said: "The minister's sleeves are breezy, and there are only 100 acres of fertile land at home, please ask the emperor to take a clear look, don't listen to the villain's slander!" ”

One hundred acres! The ministers were stunned, they didn't expect this old guy to be so ruthless.

Ye Jun nodded casually, and said with a smile: "Of course I believe Chen Aiqing's words, you taught me to read back then, but you said that scholars don't love money." Rest assured, I will not allow anyone to tarnish your reputation! Chen Aiqing only has 100 acres of fertile land, this is how honest he is, he is really an example for the people of the world, and he should be vigorously publicized, so that everyone in the world knows that Chen Aiqing is as good as his name and honest as a pine. ”

Chen Rusong breathed a sigh of relief, but the emperor's next sentence almost made him sit on the ground.

I only heard Ye Jun say with a smile: "Yangming, have you heard, Chen Aiqing's family only has a hundred acres of land." As for the rest, most of them were framed by someone, in order to give Lord Chen a clean slate, I order you to strictly investigate and punish those nameless fields and confiscate all of them. We must not let these things ruin Lord Chen's reputation. ”

This is to copy all Chen Rusong's family property!

Chen Ru breathed a sigh of relief and almost fainted. Although it is said that he left a hundred acres of land, this is no different from raiding his family! It can really be said that it has been hard work for decades, and there are only 100 acres of land left!

Ye Jun waved his hand, and let Chen Rusong, who was paralyzed on the ground, drag out, and then looked at the others with a smile, and said, "I don't know how much fertile land you have in your home?" ”

The ministers seemed to see a tiger, and a robber held a knife on its neck, and asked with a smile how much money his family had, whether he wanted money or death?

The ministers hesitated, unable to speak. Say less of their heartache, say more, you have more property than a dignified scholar? Is it greedy?

Ye Jun didn't bother to talk to this group of people, waved his hand, and said, "Wang Yangming, this matter will be handed over to you to be fully responsible, and you will check the number of acres in the world." All those who evade taxes should be made up, and those who have no name should be confiscated. Remember, explain to the people that we are not trying to steal their land. The confiscated land was given to the tenants of the common people in the name of the state, and the tax was one-tenth of it! ”

Nowadays, the vast majority of the rents of the tenants in the world are 30%, and even 40% and 50%, and the emperor divides the confiscated land to the common people to plant, and pays one-tenth of the rent, which is almost equivalent to giving them the land. As for why they didn't give it directly to the people, they were also worried that these people would sell their fields. After all, the common people originally owned land, but they were slowly seized by the squire, and all of them were sold, and in the end they could only become tenants of the squire. Now, the land belongs to the state, and the common people farm for the country, and the squires don't dare to take it by skill!

After all, Wang Yangming is a young man, full of enthusiasm, although he knows that the matter of clearing the acres of land is the most offensive, but he still accepts it without hesitation.

If it weren't for the emperor to speak, he would still be in the ravines and ravines of Guizhou, the emperor asked him to return to the court and gave him such an important task, how could he not work hard.

If you treat me as a countryman, I will repay you as a countryman.

After the field tax is processed, the next step is the commercial tax.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born in a peasant family and did not understand business, so he set the commercial tax very low, of course, there is another reason for this, because the Yuan Dynasty had too much damage to commerce, and in order to promote commercial development, Zhu Yuanzhang also deliberately exempted a lot of commercial taxes.

However, gradually, in the future, the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty was almost non-existent. This led to the fact that the merchants were rich and the court was poor and white.

Commercial taxation is a top priority in all eras.

When Ye Jun proposed to recollect the commercial tax, no one in the court objected.

It is not the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not the time for the Donglin Party to occupy the imperial court.

Most of the officials in the court today are northerners, and the places where commerce flourishes are in the south. The collection of business taxes does not have much of a contradiction of interests for these officials.

Besides, they are now suffering losses, and they are naturally happy to see others suffer.

Next, Ye Jun announced one thing, which is also the most important thing today:

"Open the sea!"

When the ministers heard this, their faces changed wildly!