As a rule, the Japanese never raided the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty in winter.

They all took small boats, and their shipbuilding skills were not as superb as those of the Ming Dynasty, and the sea was so bitterly cold in winter.

The Japanese came to rob the goods, not to freeze into dogs at sea.

The thieves on the southeast coast, on the other hand, had no such concerns, and as long as they quietly and hid their tracks, they boarded ships from the land, went around into the sea, and returned to the place where they were to plunder, and then they could obtain a great deal of wealth.

The riches would be brought back by them from the sea, as if they had laundered them in the sea.

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely angry at the moment.

He was not angry that God would rain such a heavy snow on Jiangnan, causing a snow disaster in Zhejiang Province, and the people fell into the disaster.

He was angry at the inaction of the local government in Zhejiang Province, and Qiao, who was angry at the thieves in Zhejiang who had lost his conscience, disguised himself as a widow and took advantage of the fire to rob.

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Kill!" They should all be killed! ”

Zhu Yunxi looked at Jiang Zheng, who had come to report the snow disaster in Zhejiang Province, and said in a deep voice, "Grandpa, what are the details of Zhejiang Road now, the imperial court still needs to know clearly." At this time, the ice and snow are in the snow, the people are ruining their homes and caves, and the imperial court must also urge Zhejiang Province to provide disaster relief, rescue the people, and stabilize the place. ”

It stands to reason that there is no such thing as a snow disaster in Zhejiang Province.

In the land south of the Yangtze River, even if it is colder, its geographical location will not have snow disasters.

But Zhu Yunxi knows very well that all this is just because Daming is very unlucky to be in a stage of great changes in the world's climate.

In the future, any kind of disaster will occur one after another.

In the end, step by step, the courage on the shoulders of this empire was increased, and it was crushed step by step.

At this time, Jiang Zhen reported in a low voice: "The Zhejiang Metropolitan Command Department has dispatched officers and soldiers from the Hangzhou Prefecture Guard Office to Ningbo Mansion to clean up the Japanese troubles, and sent a letter to all localities to strictly prevent the aggravation of the civil uprising, and urged the local government to suppress the civil rebellion as soon as possible. ”

"Incompetence! Disaster relief is incompetent, and now they are going to kill our people! Zhu Yuanzhang scolded unceremoniously, and then waved his hand, "Call people, call the people of the court to enter the palace." ”

Jiang Xuan's expression was gloomy, and he led the order out of the hall.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry, and his chest rose and fell violently.

The prince Zhu Biao on the side turned his wheelchair and came here, wanting to pour a cup of tea for the old man.

Zhu Yunxi came back to his senses, hurriedly took over his father's actions, and brought a cup of tea for the old man.

"Grandpa, take a sip of tea slowly."

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, picked up the tea and drank it all.

Zhu Biao sat on the side with his hands together, "The local government has never experienced the snow disaster in Zhejiang, who would have thought that there was no disaster in Zhili, but Zhejiang suffered a snow disaster." I didn't notice it for a while, but now we still have to clean up the fake widows and help the people first. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was very solemn, and his eyebrows were full of words, "If we don't know the reason, whether it is disaster relief or the elimination of fake widows, we need the people of Zhejiang Dao to do things, and we will let Jiang Zhen detain them back to Beijing now." ”

At this time, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted to kill people very much, but in the face of the disaster and civil upheaval, he was helpless.

It's easy to kill people, but people still need to do local things.

If all the officials of Zhejiang Province are taken over at this time, and the officials of the DPRK and China who are not familiar with them are dispatched, it will only aggravate the local situation and develop in a worse direction.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the old man and his father with worried expressions.

He thought for a while and said in a low voice, "Grandpa, father, Zhejiang Road has always been seven points of mountains and three parts of land, and the people have taken up a lot of mulberry and silkworm breeding. The people around the city government are still wealthy at home, and it is precisely because of the greed of some people who are not subordinate to thieves that they have intensified. ”

Those businessmen and gentry are just white-eyed wolves who can't be fed.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows, "What do you kid want to say?" ”

Zhu Yunxi looked up at the old man, "Grandson wants to say that the imperial court should pay more attention to some local businessmen and gentry."

Probably because of Zhu Yuanzhang's background, since the early years of Hongwu, most of the energy of the imperial court has been involved in the Northern Expedition and the cultivation of farmers.

Zhu Yuanzhang has always paid little attention to the affairs of businessmen. In order to promote local stability and development, the tax on merchants was also set at a very low level, and in the case of unfavorable supervision, the merchants and gentry had many means to avoid the collection of taxes by the imperial court.

Compared with the former Song Dynasty, which only occupied half of the country, the Ming Dynasty, which ruled the entire Central Plains, was less than one-twelfth of the former Song Dynasty in terms of commercial taxes.

You must know that the commercial tax of the former Song Dynasty basically accounted for more than half of the annual revenue of the dynasty.

"Merchant gentry, merchant gentry," Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, whispered, and his tone gradually became gloomy, "They don't know it, they are businessmen outside, and they are gentry when they return to their hometowns." All the cheap benefits of the place are taken away by them! ”

Zhu Yunxi said in a timely manner, "So my grandson thinks that this time the snow disaster in Zhejiang Province has changed, and the fake widows are in chaos. Perhaps it is a rare opportunity for the imperial court. ”

Zhu Biao coughed lightly, "If you have something to say, hide it and sell it." ”

Zhu Yunxi immediately said, "Spread the land into the mu, the officials and gentry will pay the grain in one piece, and strictly investigate the commercial taxes!" My grandson has been thinking about it a lot lately, and he has some immature thoughts, but it is the most appropriate to look at the situation in Zhejiang Dao at the moment."

He said it in one word, although they were all nouns that had never existed, but just by virtue of the literal meaning, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao also understood the meaning.

Zhu Yuanzhang's brows stretched and furrowed several times, and then he said slowly, "You can talk about it in detail, don't be in a hurry, talk to grandpa well, how do you plan to handle these things." ”

Zhu Yunxi nodded, licked his lips, poured himself a cup of tea to moisten his throat, and then continued, "Zhejiang Dao has many mountains and few lands, and most of the people are doing their jobs to survive. The tax on the people of the imperial court is a bit out of place.

The imperial court might as well try it out in Zhejiang Province, and the imperial court would check the acres of land, set a routine according to the number of acres, and collect taxes. It can also be divided into levels according to the number of acres of land, and those who pay less and those who pay more can pay more.

And now Zhejiang Province disaster relief is unfavorable, the imperial court can use this to punish the local government of Zhejiang Province, regardless of the people and gentry, as one body does not distinguish each other, and pay the silver tax, this is to apportionment into the mu, the official gentry one grain. ”

After observing the reactions of the old man and his father, Zhu Yunxi continued, "Moreover, my grandson watched Zhejiang Dao, workshops were everywhere, and most of the people were attached to the city and worked for the local gentry and merchants.

Although the imperial court has commercial taxes in recent years, it is unfavorable to levy them, and after that, Zhejiang Province should also strictly investigate the taxes of merchants, strictly guard them, and increase the financial resources of the imperial court.

It is not that these merchants are clothed and fed, but the people of our court have no clothes and no food. ”

Zhu Yunxi's voice had fallen, but the side hall was silent.

Zhu Yuanzhang's frowning brows never let go, and from time to time he looked at the obedient grandson who was looking forward to it.

In the end, he looked at the prince beside him, "Prince, what Yun Xi said, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Biao was still thinking about the reform that his son said about the integration of the officials and gentry.

At this time, the old man asked, and Zhu Biao hesitated and whispered, "Does my father want to reduce the preferential treatment of officials and gentry?" ”

There was a Ming Dynasty, although it was not as good as the former Song Dynasty and the scholars shared the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang also hates those corrupt officials the most, but I have to say that he also respects those who read the most.

For those who study hard in the cold window and are famous in the imperial examination, the imperial court will give these people all kinds of preferential treatment and privileges in accordance with the rules set in the early years of Hongwu.

Since the beginning of Xiucai, these families will be gradually given tax relief. There are also invisible privileges such as not worshipping officials, so that these people are invisibly above the people.

This promoted the imperial court to have a steady stream of talents for selection, but it also increased the burden on the imperial court.

Zhu Yunxi saw that the old man was still hesitating, and immediately spoke again, "Grandpa, local officials and gentry, whenever they have a famous official position, there are always hundreds of people who throw themselves into the land to avoid paying taxes.

And these gentry have a lot of money and food at home, and they will buy a lot of land and property every disaster year.

Where can the imperial court still have enough tax revenue in the future? In the end, the people will only get poorer and poorer, and only the gentry will be fat. ”