"You won."

In the small study of the East Palace, Zhu Gaochi, the prince of King Yan, looked at the chess game in front of him with an ugly expression, and was quite frustrated and reluctantly admitted his failure.

Because the weather has been getting hotter recently, the river ice dug up from the ice cellar last winter was placed in the corner of the wall more than half a month earlier than in previous years.

It's just that even so, it is difficult to suppress the heat in Zhu Gaochi's heart.

And Zhu Yunxi, who sat opposite him and played chess with him, was always smiling.

"It's that you don't have any room to fight back."

Zhu Gaochi angrily knocked the last white piece in his hand on the chessboard, and looked sideways at Xie Jin and Xia Yuanji on the side.

Finally, he looked at the chess game in front of him with indignation.

The copper wall that he worked hard to manage was smashed by the violent white dragon.

There is no discipline at all.

But in the end, the tyrannosaurus was formed.

"You're not a chess player."

Zhu Yunxi smiled and looked at the indignant chubby in front of him, and chuckled: "Regardless of the white cat and black cat, if you can catch a mouse, you are a good cat."

Zhu Gaochi's shoulders collapsed, and he sighed lightly: "So, this time the rumor, you also won."

As soon as this statement came out.

Xie Jin and Xia Yuanji, who were sitting on the sidelines watching the chess, straightened their necks in unison and looked at each other.

Zhu Yunxi shook his head: "Although there has been an inference a long time ago, we still have to wait for Sun Cheng and Tian Mai to make their final determination today."

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Then he targeted the people who had a conflict with the government last year and the government's implementation of the apportionment into the mu, and used this as a clue to touch them one by one, and finally confirmed them several times, and then found out these people."

Xie Jin couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's really just these people who did it."

Zhu Gaochi looked worried, looking worried, he looked at Zhu Yunxi, and said in a low voice: "This matter still has to be handled well, otherwise I am afraid that the place will be difficult to settle, and such things will still appear again in the future."

"Coerced the people to speculate on the court and the government, causing the people to be separated from the court......

Zhu Yunxi said in a deep voice, his eyes gradually became gloomy, and then under the gaze of everyone, his hand slapped heavily on the table, causing the full plate of black and white chess pieces to jump and fall to the ground.

In the study, only the sound of chess pieces rolling on the ground remained.

Zhu Gaochi and the others also knew the true purpose of this matter.

Zhu Yunxi whispered with murderous eyes: "Do they want to control the countryside forever?"

In the study, several people were silent.

This matter has involved a common problem of all dynasties throughout the ages.

Imperial power does not go to the countryside.

Take today's Daming as an example.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court has been setting up the attribution of power in the court, the division of local administration and the extension of power.

At the beginning of the imperial court, the Zhongshu Province was the head, and the Yamen led by the ministries and departments, and was always in charge of the authority of the world's society.

Locally, it is an extension of the will to power of the court at the three levels of the provincial government.

The power of the government eventually stayed at the county orders and county officials in the local counties.

These two official positions are still appointed by the Ministry of Imperial Officials.

Under this, the county bookkeepers, county lieutenants, and the officials of the six rooms of the county government are almost all filled by the local gentry, or the local senior officials, who are succeeded by their fathers and sons, and by their brothers and brothers.

Further down, although the imperial court also has management positions such as lizheng, village zheng, and grain chief, they are basically elected by the local government themselves.

As a result, in a village and a town, it will only be the local gentry and merchant families who hold the power and the right to speak.

They were responsible for explaining every policy of the imperial court to the people of the countryside, and were responsible for the payment of taxes for each year in each rural land.

The apportionment of the land into the mu fundamentally deprived the local gentry and merchants of the right to exploit the local people.

Originally, at the beginning, when the imperial court implemented the apportionment into the mu, it did not take into account the huge number of small gentry and merchants in the local area.

Now, they are starting to launch their first counteroffensive against the deprivation of their rights.

There was a silence in the small study.

After all, no one has been able to do it for thousands of years when the imperial power goes to the countryside. ….

After observing for a long time, Xia Yuanji finally whispered: "Your Highness, if the imperial court is too strong at this time, I am afraid that there will be changes in the summer and autumn taxes this year."

He looked at it from the standpoint and perspective of the Tobe.

After all, the imperial court has not yet been able to collect power from the local government, and many local affairs, especially the grain chief system that is responsible for collecting taxes from the people and handing them over to the government, between the local government and the people, are still held by the local gentry and merchants.

Xie Jin also said: "If the system of grain chiefs cannot be changed at this moment, and the local government is forcibly held accountable for the things investigated today, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the local government to pay taxes this year."

"Ignore it, or take it lightly?"

Zhu Yunxi said vigorously, his eyes were looking at Xie Jin and Xia Yuanji.

The two of them are not wrong in what they say, and it is impossible for the government to seek stability in everything, and it is impossible to interfere in the matter of taxation without preparation.

Xie Jin and Xia Yuanji were speechless when asked.

Because this is not Taisun's usual style of acting in the past.

Zhu Yunxi looked at Xiao Pang on the opposite side of the chessboard at this time.

Zhu Gaochi, who was being targeted, was stunned, and couldn't help coughing lightly, with a touch of redness on his cheeks, before he said slowly, "Actually...... This thing......

If it can be properly arranged and gradually, it is not impossible to do it, and it can also have a deterrent effect on the ground."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Gaochi glanced at Zhu Yunxi silently.

Zhu Yunxi immediately smiled slightly.

Chubby guessed his own thoughts.

Zhu Yunxi snorted twice: "That's all for today."

Xie Jin and Xia Yuanji glanced at each other, both of them had their eyes flashing, and they got up silently.

"The ministers are retired."

Zhu Yunxi turned his head to look at the chess game that had been completely messed up, and did not say a word.

Sun Cheng and Tian Mai, who were standing in front, looked at the imperial grandson who seemed to be in meditation, and also bowed down and clasped their hands together: "The ministers will also retire first."

"You two stay for a moment."

Zhu Yunxi's voice suddenly came out at this time.

Sun Cheng and Tian Mai stopped silently with puzzled faces.

Zhu Yunxi said softly: "I sent someone to continue to investigate secretly, the entire Yingtianfu, the entire Zhili, I want to see how many people there are, and I am still thinking about treating the people of the countryside and the countryside as a private property."

"The Minister's Command."

Sun Cheng and Tian Mai were refreshed and angry, and their faces were murderous.

After the two left, Zhu Yunxi quieted down and looked at the little fat sitting in front of him.

Zhu Gaochi smiled helplessly: "So, you want to take Ying Tianfu and Zhili first."

Zhu Yunxi snorted, "What do you think I will do?"

"Go to Yingtian first, and then go to Zhili, just like the matter of Zhejiang Road stalling into the mu." Zhu Gaochi muttered angrily.

Then, look away.

Zhu Gaochi stared at Zhu Yunxi and asked, "There is also the method of post station reform, you will also use it this time."

"Well, that's exactly what I do."

Hearing the clear answer, Zhu Gaochi nodded, with a sudden expression of realization on his face.

After two smacks, Zhu Gaochi continued: "No wonder you said that this time when you returned to Beijing, you did not ask for credit for the wounded of the Southern Expedition who came back with us." ….

"Yes, the merits of the meritorious soldiers have not been fulfilled." Zhu Yunxi smiled: "They are meritorious people who followed us to fight on the battlefield."

Zhu Gaochi said softly, "So, you can rest assured that you can put them in the local area and replace the local grain chief, Li Zheng, and Village Zheng. Because they don't know how to be together, they are not locals, but as long as there are several people together, they can form a deterrent to a village and a place, because they have been on the battlefield and killed people."

"Use the wounded into the place and take over the local power. I can't think of a second way other than that." Zhu Yunxi's face tensed slightly: "It's just that, now you can rest assured, but if they take root in the place, get married, have children, and reproduce offspring, will they repeat the mistakes of the past?"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yunxi raised his head and looked at Zhu Gaochi deeply.

Zhu Gao sighed faintly: "There has never been an old way to restrain power. The core of power is constant concentration."

After finishing speaking, the young Yan Shizi's face was dark.

Zhu Yunxi was also a little sluggish, but he quickly cheered up again.

Oh, yes.

There is no absolute system in this world that can guarantee the stability and goodwill of power.

The only thing that can be done now is to do our best to build the initial system well. Moreover, it is possible to give this system the courage to change in the future.

"What if the wounded of the army serve as the local food chief for a long time?" Zhu Yunxi said softly, and then quickly shook his head: "This law is not appropriate, and it is impossible for the imperial court to continue to solicit foreign affairs."

What can future generations learn from?

Zhu Yunxi's thoughts gradually faded away.

Zhu Gaochi, who was sitting opposite, did not need to know the answer urgently, but took advantage of this time to take back the scattered chess pieces, put the chessboard aside, and then began to make tea.

After a pot of water made a rumbling sound, Zhu Gaochi began to brew tea leaves.

Dark green tea

The leaves are soaked in hot water, constantly swirling, and the water slowly becomes green.

"Hot tea, just made."

Zhu Gaochi pushed a cup of tea soup to Zhu Yunxi's hand and whispered.

Zhu Yunxi's eyes moved slightly, and then he slowly looked at Xiao Pang: "With the commanders of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Household Department, and the Military Department in charge, the soldiers who are difficult to recruit are selected as tax collectors, and they are stationed in the provincial government and county to supervise the locality. Every year, the three departments of the imperial court send tax collectors to various places to supervise the collection of taxes, and the matter must be left in the locality, and the tax collectors will be released to Yingtian before the tax is paid. What is this method?"

Tax Justice!

In later generations, it was said to be the executive department of the world's leading assembly force.

You can evade the accountability of the local government, but you will never be able to escape the round-up of the tax department.

Advanced technology.

Now, Zhu Yunxi feels that this is probably the best means and way.

It is independent of the power of the local government of the Ming Dynasty, but it is jointly managed by the three departments of the imperial court.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate can provide supervision, the household department liquidates and pays taxes, and the military department coordinates with tax collectors.

Zhu Gaochi's face was full of surprise at this moment, and he didn't expect that the solution given by Zhu Yunxi was to start from scratch and replace the local grain chief system with a new tax officer system, and maintain the integrity and continuity of the new system. ….

This is to re-establish a yamen in the imperial court!

Zhu Gaochi knew that once this matter was really promoted, it would be another yamen with authority.

It may not be enough to be tied with the six, but it is enough to surpass the Dali Temple and other yamen.

couldn't help but look at Zhu Yunxi who had already started drinking tea in front of him.

What kind of wisdom and courage did it take for him to think of such a way and make such a decision?

"I thought I might be able to give it a try." Zhu Gaochi tried to keep himself calm, and continued to whisper: "First try this method with Tianfu, and if it is effective, it can be immediately implemented to the entire Zhili."

That's a steady statement.

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "The world pays taxes, and half of Tai is taken from Zhili, and Zhili takes Yingtian as the first good place. Starting from the beginning of the day, from top to bottom, layer by layer, once the matter is successful, it can deter the enemy."

The people of later generations can no longer say that the Ming Dynasty cannot collect taxes!

And as long as the Ming Dynasty is stable enough internally and there is no financial chaos, even if natural disasters continue, it will probably be able to resist the covetousness of foreign enemies.

Most......

Zhu Yunxi's eyelids sank, and his eyes hidden in the shadows were gloomy.

At most, it is just a change of Han family surname to be the master of the house.

Zhu Gaochi snorted: "Since the new policy is going to be implemented, the more than 100 families who spread rumors before should be severely punished."

"Let's deal with it when the court meets."

Zhu Yunxi said surgingly.

Zhu Gaochi moved slightly.

In the early dynasties, this incident was mentioned to inform the world and deter the largest group of small gentry and merchants in the world who held local power.

Probably, it was time for this tax collector system to be discussed in front of hundreds of officials.

After all, the emergence of a new yamen has always been accompanied by a new struggle for power and checks and balances in the court.

There is also the cultivation of sweet potatoes and the question of competing interests that arise from the expansion of the planting range after the yield per mu may be determined.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochi's eyes sank, and he looked at Zhu Yunxi opposite with hesitation.

"Sweet potatoes will ripen in a few months, and once the yield per mu you mentioned is confirmed, there will inevitably be a storm in the DPRK and China."

Zhu Gaochi pondered: "It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to plant all the land with sweet potatoes, which is inconsistent with the way of heaven and earth, and it will also harm the earth's strength. Where, how much, and where to plant in the first place, that will be another question."

Zhu Yunxi nodded silently.

When he planted sweet potato vines in Shanglin Yuan, he knew that it was impossible to hide the matter.

It's not a side thing, it's going to be red

Potato planting in the ground.

The old man will know, and the officials will know too.

So, everybody came at that time.

Later, when everyone heard the figure of twenty stone per mu from their mouths, they were excited, and even made actions that did not match the status of the official of the court.

All this is because they want to behave more in front of the old man and themselves in advance.

At present, there are only three or four points of sweet potatoes planted in Shanglin Yuanjian, and according to Yuan Sutai's plan, the most important thing is to plant that sweet potato field this year.

But how many sweet potato seeds can there be in that land compared to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Where the sweet potatoes were planted in previous years has become a point of conflict.

And......

Zhu Yunxi said in a low voice: "The yield per mu of sweet potatoes is different from rice, wheat, millet, etc., the yield per mu of land is dozens of stones, does the imperial court still have to levy summer and autumn taxes according to the current tax amount per mu? The impact is far more far-reaching than the previous one, and there are more benefits involved."

When Zhu Gaochi heard this, he couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Nowadays, the yield per mu of Daming is basically between three or five stones, and the tax amount set by apportionment into mu is based on the number of mu.

If in the future, the tax on sweet potatoes will also be levied according to the current tax amount apportioned into the mu, there will be a huge difference in the middle.

"Therefore, the tax collector system must be promoted at the same time!"

Zhu Gaochi's originally worried eyes gradually became firm, and he spoke in a deep voice.

Zhu Yunxi nodded with a smile.

The establishment of the tax judicial system is to collect taxes more accurately, and at the same time, there will be no exploitation of the people.

It's just, after looking at Chubby twice.

The smile on Zhu Yunxi's face gradually became ambiguous.

His eyes stared directly at Xiao Chubby, which made Zhu Gaochi's back tingle.

Zhu Gaochi swallowed his saliva and asked in a low voice, "What...... How? What else?".

Shredded pork and rice noodles