"Your Majesty, during the Xingrui period, when the household statistics were in Ding, the old minister was serving in the household department. That wasn't always the case. The number of people is counted by the county yamen, and then reported to the state government, which then verifies and reports to the household department. The efficiency of the yamen in different prefectures and counties is different, and some places have suffered disasters again, and there is not enough manpower, so it is even slower. Therefore, it takes about three years to count the number of people in some places, and the statistics are three years ago, and when I go down to investigate in front of the emperor, it may have been four years apart, so it is inevitable that there will be a difference. Chen Yuansi did not ask Lin Yuxiu, but directly explained to Ye Tianhuai.

Ye Qianhuai nodded and said, "What Elder Chen Ge said is indeed the truth. This is also written in the Codex of Emperor Xingrui, who concludes that a survey of the population is time-consuming and laborious, and ineffective. However, the situation that Lin Yuxiu said does exist, and it is not an isolated case. ”

"Lin Sheng, since you have raised such a question, do you have a way to deal with it?" Ye Qianhuai asked.

"Ding Yin and Tian Fu have a long history, and they are the cornerstone of the national treasury, even if the system is reformed, it is not appropriate to make drastic changes. In the humble opinion of the students, the proportion of Ding Yin in the tax can be gradually reduced, and at the same time, the land tax can be increased, and finally a tax system with the land deed as the main measurement basis can be formed. Lin Yuxiu replied.

Chen Yuansi turned to Lin Yuxiu and said: "The national policy of merging Ding Yin into Tianfu was implemented for a while during the Xingrui period, but due to the increase of Tianfu, a wave of returning farmland was triggered at that time, which led to the famine of Xingrui for 18 years, and the treasury was in a hurry for a while. ”

Lin Yuxiu said: "Students think that the failure of the reform during the Xingrui period is due to many reasons, not because of the policy. The root cause of the failure to implement the national policy of abolishing Ding Yin is that there is a serious asymmetry in the relationship between the central government and the state government. In addition to the vassal territories, seventy percent of the taxes collected by the state capitals each year must be submitted to the Beijing Division, and only 30 percent can be kept for the state capital's own use. However, the state government has a lot to do, and in addition to the expenditure on opening mountains and building roads, and the military defense of Tuntian, which is directly borne by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War, other science, education, culture, and public health matters must be borne by the state government itself. ”

"Most of the official government models and revenue systems of our dynasty were inherited from the Rui Dynasty. However, there is an essential difference between the My Dynasty and the Rui Dynasty, that is, the land area. The Rui Dynasty had only five states, and the area was only one-third of the size of the Great View. Rui Chao can adopt this model because there are few people and a small area, so this top-down management cost is small, and the state government bears fewer things. However, this system is not applicable to our dynasty, because the big picture is too big. The land and population to be managed by the state government far exceeded that of the Rui Dynasty, and the number of medical centers and schools to be opened and the number of government personnel were several times that of the previous dynasty. ”

"There is less money and more things, but the things explained above cannot be done, and the state government has to think of open sources from other places." Lin Yuxiu smiled a little helplessly and said, "Is there any open source in the state capital?" Only start from the common people. As a result, there are various methods of looting people's wealth in various places. colluding with the rich gentry, cleverly setting up names, emerge in endlessly. Regarding the new policy implemented by the imperial court, what they see in their eyes is not the good intentions of the imperial court to reform and seek innovation, but a gimmick and reason used to loot the people's wealth. How can such a state capital make the New Deal go smoothly? ”

Lin Yuxiu's words made everyone present fall silent.

Chen Yuansi's eyes, which were always half-open and half-closed, gradually opened, and he stared at Lin Yuxiu tightly, as if he was looking at a dangerous opponent.

Lin Yuxiu didn't look at him, he looked directly at Ye Qianhuai and continued: "Therefore, if you want the policies of the imperial court to be effectively implemented, the first thing is to essentially change the relationship between the imperial court and the state government, from overall trusteeship to custody by supervisors. The proportion of taxes paid by the state government was lowered, and the government was returned to the local government, and the state imperial history station was established in each state to supervise and impeach state officials. The Prefecture Imperial Historical Observatory is not controlled by the state government and is directly under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Historical Observatory of the Imperial Empire, which is no longer appointed by the Cabinet but is directly responsible for His Majesty. ”

As soon as he said this, not only did several cabinet scholars gasp, but even Ye Qianhuai was shocked.

Although Lin Yuxiu has not yet entered the court as an official, what he said is that the court has accumulated shortcomings and whipped in. And his political views are to completely subvert the existing pattern of the court. If it is really as he said, I am afraid that the officialdom of the entire Dajing will be earthquaked.

"In ancient times, the construction of affairs and the declaration of government, there is no one who is in trouble, but the law must be done and the word must be believed. If the construction is not successful, the government will be sluggish, the officials will not be examined, and the officials will be lazy. If the policy is to be implemented properly, the incumbent officials should be subject to a limit on the examination, and the cabinet, the Imperial Historical Observatory and the six ministries should jointly supervise the success of the matter, so as to ensure that the person is responsible. In this way, we can ensure that the imperial court's declaration of government can be consistent from top to bottom. ”

After speaking, Lin Yuxiu gave a standard push salute to Ye Tianhuai.

His argument is over.

Several cabinet scholars exchanged grim glances.

Ye Qianhuai also frowned subconsciously.

Lin Yuxiu's family background is innocent, knowledgeable, ambitious, and upright, when Ye Qianhuai is employing people, she originally intended to promote him to be entrusted with important responsibilities in this spring, but he answered so in the palace test, but it made Ye Qianhuai somewhat difficult.

It's not that he answered badly. On the contrary, Lin Yuxiu's strategy cites scriptures and classics, and is divided into three points, which is different from those articles with flashy rhetoric that are superficial, but can be implemented or even directly implemented, which makes Ye Qianhuai deeply inspired and benefited a lot.

However, he put forward such a shocking and sharp political theory at the palace examination, which was equivalent to putting the problem into the hands of Ye Qianhuai.

If Ye Tianhuai reuses him, it is equivalent to announcing that the government and the opposition recognize his political theory and want to promote it. Acting in such a high-profile manner, I am afraid that before Lin Yuxiu puts on his official uniform, there will be all kinds of impeachment and opposition to him.

But if you don't reuse him, if you want to implement these policies in the future, I'm afraid that there will be no one to use, and it will be even more difficult.

The answer sheet that Lin Yuxiu handed in in the palace examination can be said to have forced Ye Tianhuai to make a decision in advance.

"Lin Sheng, there is something I don't understand." Chen Yuansi asked slowly.

"Ge Lao, excuse me." Lin Yuxiu's posture is very humble.

"I see that your resume says that you are a child, and no one in your family is an official in the court, but you have a good understanding of the affairs of the court, and you even know a lot about the central secrets of how the court and the state government divide taxes. Old man wonders, where did you know this? ”

Ye poured a pang in his heart.

(End of chapter)