After Zhai Luan's greetings, Zhu Houwei said directly: "Zhai Aiqing has taken over as the chief minister for several months, and the current government is stable, and I am very relieved."

Zhai Luan faintly had an ominous premonition, but he couldn't say what it was, he had participated in politics for more than ten years, and his governance of government affairs had always been stable, with no special achievements or mistakes, but recently there was always a sense of impending a storm, and after seeing Yan Tianyuan before, this premonition became a little stronger.

He felt that this time the emperor summoned him, and it was estimated that there was probably nothing good......

"As the head minister of the Ming Dynasty, the minister should do his best, serve the Ming Dynasty and serve the king, and then die!"

"The weight of the country, the more important it is, for many years, I have worked diligently and repeatedly reformed, in order to be today!"

Zhai Luan's ominous premonition became stronger and stronger!

"Okay, I summoned Zhai Aiqing today to ask Zhai Aiqing a question that I had asked Yang Yiqing, but although Yang Yiqing's answer made me not too satisfied, I finally accepted it, and now I want to listen to Zhai Aiqing's thoughts."

Zhai Luan's body immediately sat up a little straighter and said: "The minister's ability is not as good as Yang Shouchen's, but in his position, he should be in charge of his own affairs, and the minister dares to ask His Majesty what is the question?"

"Da Ming...... What is the biggest ill of all dynasties? What was the root cause of the downfall of dynasties? ”

Zhai Luan's face suddenly turned pale.

"Why didn't Zhai Aiqing say anything?"

Zhai Luan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said astringently: "Eunuchs, relatives, clans, nobles, civil officials and civil officials, military generals who bring disaster to the country, officials who govern corruption, officials and gentry collusion, etc., are all big drawbacks of the dynasty!"

"What Zhai Aiqing said is planning to avoid the important and light?"

Zhai Luan's heart said: "If you want to say the biggest drawback, the history books are endless, and it is a land annexation!"

Zhu Houwei smiled and said: "Okay, without land, the people can't live, and if they can't survive, they can only kill officials and rebel, in the final analysis, the people's rebellion is forced by the imperial court by those interests who annexed the land, if they are not forced to a dead end, who will raise their heads and risk being exterminated by the nine clans to create opposition, right?"

"Your Majesty is talking about ......" Zhai Luan already knew where the source of his unknown premonition was, and he also knew what the emperor was going to do when he summoned him today.

"At the beginning of the founding of the country, because of the war, the population withered, a large amount of land could be reclaimed, and Haoqiang could obtain a large amount of fertile land without annexation, so at the beginning of the birth of the dynasty, it was most easy to give birth to a prosperous era, but after a hundred years, two hundred years, or even three hundred years, the land annexation became more and more serious, and the dynasty inevitably declined, so the rebellions and uprisings emerged one after another, until the old dynasty was overthrown, and the world was reshuffled, so a new cycle opened, right?"

"Your Majesty is talking about ......"

"So in Zhai Aiqing's opinion, how many years can I hold on to this Ming Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty has worked hard, the Ming Dynasty has been prosperous in the world, and the inheritance should be worry-free for thousands of years."

"So, after a thousand years, the Ming Dynasty will still be unable to escape the fate of extinction?"

Zhai Luan wants to take off his hat and resign......

"The minister has no such intention."

Zhu Houwei said with a smile: "Xia Shang Zhou is not counted, since Qin Shi Huang created the imperial system, the longest-lived dynasty is the Han, the Han has enjoyed the country for four hundred and five years, but it is really not at all, because there is a new dynasty of Wang Mang in the middle of Han Zuo, the two Han Dynasty intersect, the world is chaotic, the population has decreased significantly, in fact, it is also a change of dynasty, so it can't be counted at all."

Zhai Aiqing said that the Ming Dynasty can still last for a thousand years, and it has already gone far into the past dynasties, which is blameless, but I am not satisfied......

The purpose of the business and construction was to free a large number of people from the land, but in the eyes of the ministers, these measures were putting the cart before the horse......

I have read the books of sages all my life, but I don't even understand the basic principles of the simplest country based on agriculture, auxiliary business to prosperity, and industry to strengthen the country, how sad!

Of course, these are the symptoms but not the root cause after all, I want to cure the root cause now, not the root cause, I am afraid that the millennium that Zhai Aiqing said will be difficult to achieve, but if this root is cured, what is the difficulty of the Ming Dynasty for thousands of generations! ”

"How does Your Majesty plan to cure the root cause?"

Zhu Houwei said: "A few policies to cure the root cause, Aiqing can convene a parliament to discuss, the first I have cleared the land in the world, and in the future, the Ming Dynasty will not collect taxes according to capitation, but apportionment into the mu!"

Zhai Luan trembled!

"The poll tax caused the Ming household registration disorder, the people of the hidden household are one or two times less than the registered people, and the country has suffered huge losses in vain, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are not aware of this, but no one has ever said that no one asks, why?

Because the officials themselves are the beneficiaries! Therefore, knowing that there are all kinds of drawbacks in collecting poll tax, no one dares to say it, because if it is said, it will not only damage their own interests, but also stand on the opposite side of the beneficiary class in the world!

No one wants to be this villain, let alone a public enemy, so even if he is full of benevolence and morality, he will never leave the self-cultivation and Qi family to rule the country and level the world, but in the end? Hehe......

Since the minister is unwilling to share his worries about me, does not want to face up to the rise and fall of the dynasty, and is not willing to be this wicked person, then I have come to do a good job......

Spread the land into the mu, completely abolish the poll tax, and collect as much land as there is in the world! ”

Zhai Luan was terrified, in fact, the emperor would do something to the land sooner or later, which had been discussed a long time ago, when the cabinet existed, but there was no burning eyebrows, and no one wanted to delve into it, because everyone knew that this was a hornet's nest, and once it was stabbed, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Now Emperor Jiajing has stabbed it, and it is so intense!

"Your Majesty, the Emperor Ming ancestral system, preferential treatment of scholars, there are many scholars and officials and even squires in this world who enjoy the right to tax exemption, although there is a big difference between the actual tax-free land of this part of the people and the land tax-free land that should be enjoyed, but the minister thinks that he only needs to thoroughly investigate the ......"

"It's not that much trouble!" Zhu Houwei snorted coldly: "After a thorough investigation today, there will naturally be other countermeasures tomorrow, and I have already seen through the face of the tax-free class!" Therefore, the Ming Dynasty will completely abolish the tax-free system, and from now on, the official gentry will pay the grain in one! ”

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that this move will cause the people's resentment to boil!"

"Grievances boiling?" Zhu Houwei looked at Zhai Luan coldly, this guy is unlucky, but it is not for nothing that he has not been able to ascend to the position of first assistant for so many years, in the final analysis, he still lacks courage......

Daming needs a brave and enterprising minister, so as to follow in the footsteps of the emperor and create a real prosperous Daming!

It is a pity that today's imperial court, after all, still has to talk about seniority, which is the same as the inheritance system of the elders, which can eliminate the potential hidden dangers of social instability to the greatest extent.

But at this moment, Zhu Houwei really moved the idea of substitution......

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