The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at Zhang Jingyi and said nothing.

I heard Zhang Jingyi continue: "To put it bluntly, when Emperor Taizu Gao, it was the best choice at that time to let the gentry rule the world on his behalf!" After all, the establishment of a new dynasty requires the stability of people's hearts. But now, these people have more and more land, and their interests are becoming more and more important. If you continue to indulge in this way, how much will Your Majesty need to pay to buy their loyalty?

Zhang Jingyi's question actually goes straight to the essence of the problem.

If you want people to work for you, you have to give benefits.

But these benefits, the fathers and ancestors of the Emperor of the Apocalypse should have given them.

From the imperial examination, from preferential treatment to scholars, from exempting scholars from taxes, and then step by step to formulate national policies that are beneficial to these people.

"If there is ten percent of the benefits of the world, the court has already given them eighty percent of the benefits. Now that the country is in difficulty, His Majesty just asked them to cede Yicheng's interests, but for them, it is like cutting meat, and they are in pain. People's greed is endless, they have 10,000 acres of land, they will want 20,000 acres, there is only so much land in the world, can Your Majesty still cut meat and feed tigers? ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said coldly: "Then how can this problem be solved?" ”

"Hit them with taxes and revoke their privileges." Zhang Jing was categorical.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse frowned: "Taxes? ”

Zhang Jing said: "In the past, the taxes of the Ming Dynasty were all Ding taxes, so they were all calculated according to the number of people, this gentry family, there may only be ten people in the family, but they have 100,000 acres of land, so the taxes they collect are also levied according to ten people, as for their slaves and maids, most of them are hidden households, and the court does not know that there are these people, how to collect taxes?" And those ordinary small people, the family is also a family of ten, but in fact, they have no tiles on the top, no cones on the bottom, and they can't even support themselves, but the court still has to collect taxes from them with a tax of ten ding! Dare to ask Your Majesty, is this reasonable? ”

"Therefore, if you want to fight them, the best way is to collect their taxes according to the amount of land in the world, and those who have 100,000 acres of land will collect 100,000 acres of land, and those who have no land will not collect any taxes, which is the most reasonable."

After hearing this, the Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded again and again: "What you said is not wrong, if it is really like this, then there is hope for the Ming Dynasty." ”

Is Daming's wealth still less? After 250 years of peaceful development, although there are often some disasters, the two capitals and thirteen provinces have actually ...... The wealth amassed is staggering.

But now the embarrassing situation is that in such a rich empire, the finances of the imperial court are getting worse and worse year by year, worse than when it suffered a war more than two hundred years ago and was in ruins!

And ordinary people, they are afraid that their lives are even harder than those people two hundred and fifty years ago, so that the officials force the people to rebel, the rogue is everywhere, and the world is rotten.

So where does all this wealth go?

There is no reason for such a country not to perish.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse immediately said, "In this way, I only need to follow Zhang Juzheng and reform the tax system, and then I can solve these problems?" ”

Zhang Jingyi immediately shook his head and said, "How can it be so easy." Your Majesty, not to mention the people of this world, who doesn't know where the root of the problem is, but why, everyone is pretending to be deaf and dumb? In fact...... Except for some ministers, who have a stake in the matter, reforming the tax system is tantamount to halving their family assets. But I'm a Ming, and there is no shortage of people of insight, why don't they keep quiet? In the final analysis, because everyone understands that as soon as such a will is issued, I am afraid that these two capitals and thirteen provinces will be in flames! Aren't the gentry who have mastered a large population, have countless slaves and maids, and have intricate local relationships through their in-laws, aren't they terrible? Don't say that it can't be kept outside the capital, that is, the civil and military officials in the capital, I'm afraid that they will have to rebel, and then there will be only brave and loyal people like ministers around Your Majesty. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse pulled down his face, in fact, he also understood, this thing ...... It can't be changed.

If you change it, you die.

But having said so much, the results of the analysis are still like this, doesn't it mean that you didn't say anything?

So the Emperor of the Apocalypse sighed and said, "You have said so much, and you can't change it, isn't it in vain?" ”

"Not necessarily." Zhang Jing said: "The world can't be changed, but we are in some places, can't we change?" Now that His Majesty has made the mound a fief, the minister thinks, it is better for the minister to be this bad guy, this restructuring, why not start with the mound feud? We can come step by step, take one step at a time, and of course it will be good, but it will not be ...... It's a big deal to find someone to carry the black pot and pull it out to calm the people's anger. ”

"Pull you?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse was thoughtful, and he looked unbearable.

Zhang Jing: "This ......"

He didn't say that he was the one who carried the black cauldron, well!

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said: "Okay, you can go and give it a try, I know what you mean, all in all, no matter what your Zhang family does in Fengqiu, the imperial court will not interfere." If you have any difficulties, I will help you, just let it go. ”

"That minister really did it." Zhang Jing smiled, and he waited for this sentence.

So he said, "Your Majesty will not regret it in the future. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded very happily: "Of course." ”

Zhang Jing thought for a while and said, "Do you want to make a note...... Haha, the minister is joking, Your Majesty follows the law, who dares not believe it? ”

Zhang Jingyi's words made the Emperor of the Apocalypse suddenly have a ...... A sense of foreboding.

However, I have been in a hurry before, and I have happened so many things when I return to Beijing, and I am really tired today, Zhang Jing saw that it was not early, so she naturally said goodbye and went back to rest.

The next day, after a night's rest, Zhang Jingyi, who was full of energy, inspected Xinxian County, where the work was mostly done step by step, and there was nothing wrong.

Seeing that this side was stable, Zhang Jing made up his mind.

Since Fengqiu is only a county, and full power has been granted, Zhang Jing may as well be more radical as soon as he intends to, he constantly began to write letters to Guan Shaoning, expressing his opinion, and granting him that Fengqiu might as well take a bigger step.

The frequent communication process also roughly let Zhang Jingyi understand the situation of Fengqiu.

Fengqiu has three surnames, and it is the largest gentry family in the county, with one jinshi and twelve lifters, and there are countless Xiucai.

The number of households is not large, with a population of 23,000 households and more than 9,700 people.

But...... There are a lot of hidden households, and according to Shao Ning's rough estimate, this hidden household should be more than double the number of registered households.

That is, there are close to 100,000 people, which do not exist in the books, but ...... Obviously, these people are jumping around in Fengqiu.

Zhang Jingyi picked up the pen, he thought about it for a long time, and finally wrote a letter with thousands of words, which was sent to Fengqiu.

The world has been out of balance for too long, and it's time to give everyone a little excitement.

In fact, when the letter was sent, Zhang Jingyi regretted it a little, thinking that it was too radical.

But soon, the idea was dispelled.

Standing on the shoulders of giants, the only thing Zhang Jingyi understood was that the Ming Dynasty was going to be in chaos in the world and killing each other, and then tens of millions of people were killed, and then the new dynasty was established, and the process of waiting to be raised began.

Or he Zhang Jing came to kill, and after the blood flowed like a river, he took on a new look.

Zhang Jingyi is destined to choose only the latter.

Three or two days later, Zhang Jingyi was summoned to the palace by Zhang Shun.

Zhang Shun saw Zhang Jingyi, smiled, and threw it directly, it was two ingots of gold, obviously, he, the admiral, has a lot of oil and water.

Zhang Jing weighed the gold and couldn't help but say, "Son, how much money have you embezzled?" ”

Zhang Shun's face flushed: "Godfather...... I...... I saved it myself. ”

Zhang Jingyi glanced at Zhang Shun meaningfully: "Really?" ”

When I entered the palace and arrived at the Warm Pavilion, I saw that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was furious, and the cabinet ministers who were summoned also looked very embarrassed one by one, bowing their heads one by one, and being scolded so much that they couldn't raise their heads.

"After walking so much, what are you eating, isn't my joke enough?"

As soon as Zhang Jing came in, the Emperor of the Apocalypse said angrily: "Zhang Qing, have you heard about the matter?" ”

"The minister has been cultivating himself at home for the past few days...... I don't know what His Majesty said? Zhang Jing was also shocked when he saw the Emperor of the Apocalypse jumping like thunder.

Emperor Apocalypse said: "Hanlin Academy, more than 20 bachelors, revisions, editors, and scholars. Seventeen of the imperial history were gone, and there were ...... Forty or fifty people also left the Sixth Division...... People's hearts are floating...... The ministers in the capital, there are as many as 100 people who defect to the Guide Mansion! In addition, there are quite a few readers...... Well, now I'm watching my jokes all day long. ”

Zhang Jingyi looked shocked and couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, why are they running?" ”

"Didn't you say that you want King Xin to go to Virtue and build a domain? He also said that the minister of the DPRK and the Central Committee can go if he wants to go, and now it's okay, he really ran away. ”

As soon as Zhang Jing saw the angry and corrupt appearance of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, she immediately understood that everyone was standing in line with their feet, and they were deeply dissatisfied with the court, and they would rather go to King Xin than be an official in the court.

Groove ...... Why does he Zhang Jingyi want to laugh in his heart?

Of course, the atmosphere in the warm pavilion was very solemn at this time.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse felt that this was an unprecedented thing, and he didn't do it at all, and ran to Guide Mansion, preferring to serve his brother, didn't he make it clear that King Thaksin was what everyone expected?

Several cabinet ministers are also heartbroken, looking miserable, there is no way...... They didn't expect it either...... It's so serious.

After the news came out, Zhu Youzhen immediately set off for the domain. So, the snowflakes of resignation were handed over, and they all had to serve the wise King of Faith.

As for this court...... Now everyone says that the DPRK and China are in charge of the jackals and the rotten wood are the officials, of course, they can't be in the company of these jackals and the rotten wood.

Well, these people...... I really ran away.