Toyama Yu's face turned pale, but the hundred households looked indifferent.

"What a wolf, that's a fishing boat!"

"Yes...... Be...... O Wako......"

Sailing on the sea is not just a matter of following the course, so the distance between the two ships is very close.

Just as the two ships staggered by, a man shouted on the mast of the three-headed monster dragon.

Yu Toyama was so frightened that his legs were weak, and his heart was finished, and he was going to die here today.

So...... It can be regarded as sacrificing one's life for the country......

However, beside him, the hundred households raised their hands and waved at the ship opposite.

Immediately afterwards, the two ships staggered, one in front of the other, and gradually moved away.

Yu Toyama looked at all this with a puzzled stomach, it seemed that two acquaintances were walking on the road, and when they looked at each other, they said hello, and then left separately.

And say you don't know?

It's ...... It's ......

Tomiyama is already out of words, he really can't imagine how anyone in this world can be so shameless.

Hanging the sails of a three-headed monster dragon, pretending to be a wolf, he ran to our country to burn and loot, and now that he has met, he doesn't even hide it?

I'm not blind!

Looking at Toyama Yu's stunned appearance, the hundred households said impatiently: "It's just an ordinary fishing boat, what's the fuss?" ”

"But, the three-headed monster dragon on the sail ......"

"Oh, that's what you say!"

The hundred households said without changing their faces: "The people who go to sea are more superstitious, and the legend says that there is a dragon king in the sea, and they draw a dragon on the sail of the ship, which means to bless them with the safety of going to sea." ”

Yu Toyama was completely speechless, did he really mean that?

But even if the truth is known, what can it be?

Ming...... Damn!

…………

Regarding the matter of the Wa Kingdom, Zhu Qizhen did not take it to heart.

To be honest, he doesn't care about the life or death of the Japanese people, these Oriental old six have been coveting the Ming Dynasty, and it is long overdue to teach them some lessons.

Now that I'm hurting, I know I'm crying, and I think it's over if I lose money and cut the land?

Naive!

Losing money and cutting land is just the beginning, and the real means are still early!

It's just that he really can't take care of the Oriental sixth man now, because there are too many things to do in front of him, change the land, change the imperial examination, change the household registration, and open the sea to the West...... In short, everything has to be changed!

If in the past, if you wanted to move the ancestral system, it would be extremely difficult, even if you were the emperor, as long as you said that I wanted to reform, there would be a large number of Wenchen Qingliu jumping out, crying and shouting that the ancestral system could not be violated.

Now, taking advantage of a rebellion in Nanjing, and uprooting the smuggling syndicates on the southeast coast, those civil servants are now silent one by one, for fear that if they say a word more, they will be implicated, and it is time to drastically implement the new policy.

Shang Chen received the holy decree and immediately rushed from Wei County to Nanjing.

At the beginning, he was almost about to step into the cabinet and was cut off by the emperor.

It was also from that time that he suddenly realized that it seemed that he was indeed not at a good level.

Every day, Confucius and Mencius are benevolent and righteous, and their mouths are full of great truths, but when they really go to the place and become a county parent, they are black-eyed, and they don't know what to do.

In the past year in Wei County, he has been like a different person, and he has settled down to learn the new policy.

As the county magistrate, he hardly stayed in the county office, and took his subordinate officials to measure the acres of land every day, and went door to door to understand the situation.

Zhu Qizhen's new deal for business, to put it bluntly, is four words, and it is spread into acres.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Ding silver system was implemented, also known as the poll tax.

This method of taxation, based on population, has existed for more than 2,000 years.

In layman's terms, it means that regardless of whether you are rich or poor, you will be taxed uniformly according to capitation.

For example, if a person collects consistent money, whether you have a lot of money or are poor, you will pay consistent money.

And, if you're famous, you'll be exempt from these taxes.

There are great drawbacks to this tax method, because the tax is paid according to the population, and if those poor families have more children, the burden on them will be greater.

And for the wealthy, in fact, that little tax is a drop in the bucket for them.

In this way, a very extreme phenomenon has been created, the rich have even fewer fields, and the poor have no cones, but they are forced to do more.

What's more, the rich can also use various connections to not even want to pay this tax, while the poor have no better way than to pay the tax head-on.

Because Ding Yin was requisitioned by local officials and not handed over to the imperial court, there was more room for maneuver, and eventually a lot of this money went into the private pockets of officials.

So, what if the country goes to war, or has to carry out other large-scale projects, and runs out of money?

It's simple, tax silver!

This part of the levy, of course, falls on the common people, and those who are rich, especially those with meritorious fame, are exempt from taxes.

No matter how difficult the country is, how much tax is raised, it doesn't matter to them.

Shang Zhen is a big three-yuan background, and his intelligence is not inferior to anyone, he carefully studied the new policy given by the emperor, and soon understood the deep meaning.

If this situation continues, the people will be miserable, and sooner or later, the Ming Dynasty will collapse.

When he understood this, he didn't hesitate.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to develop, the Ding silver system must be abolished.

Even though he himself was a member of the gentry class, he spared no effort to implement the new policy in Wei County.

In this year, Shang Shi encountered a lot of resistance, and was even jointly sued by the gentry of Wei County, but fortunately he had the emperor as a backer, and in the end, Wei County finally realized the apportionment of the acre.

Although it is only a county, it is unprecedented in Daming, and it has important guiding significance for the promotion of the whole country.

Some time ago, when the smuggling was thoroughly investigated, many officials of Nanzhili were implicated, including the governor of Ying Tianfu.

For the new candidate, Zhu Qizhen's first thought was business.

"Ministers, ask the Holy Bow!"

Zhu Qizhen took a closer look, and only a year later, the white scholar who was originally thin and tender in skin and flesh turned out to be dark and swarthy.

He couldn't help but be greatly moved, raised his hand, and said, "The Qing family, please get up, come here, take a seat!" ”

Shang thanked him and sat down cautiously.

"Let's talk about the situation in Wei County!"

Shang Zhen bowed slightly, and said: "The affairs in the county are nothing more than the agriculture and industry and commerce, plus punishment, taxes, roads, and education, no agriculture, no stability, no work, no strength, no business, no wealth, no punishment, no taxes, the treasury cannot make up for its shortcomings, and the government cannot do anything." If there is no road, there is no way. Without learning, the people cannot be enlightened. And all these are interrelated and inseparable. If the criminal law is not strict enough to deter Xiaoxiao, where will any businessman dare to come? With merchants, there are taxes, and with taxes, the government can build roads, and when roads are built, workers are needed, and countless manpower is needed, and with these countless manpower, there is a great demand for agriculture. After all, the government's finance and taxation are insufficient, and at the beginning of the reform, it is also necessary to be cautious, otherwise if the cost is huge, the deficit in the county is not small, if there is no moderation, it may cause a big disaster. ”

After saying this, Zhu Qizhen was stunned for a moment.

He turned his head to look at Yu Qian, his brows furrowed, as if it was difficult to understand for a short time.

Zhu Qizhen understood, but he didn't expect that Shang Zhen knew so deeply.

It seems that those who have worked experience are different.

In this case, the position of the governor of Ying Tianfu is even more businessmen.

"Well, that's a good point!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "I summoned the Qing family to come today to respond to the ...... of Tianfu."

"Your Majesty!"

At this time, Yu Qian suddenly stood up and interrupted.

Zhu Qizhen had to ask, "What's your problem?" ”

Yu Qian replied very frankly: "What Shang Zhixian said...... I didn't understand! ”

Zhu Qizhen was speechless, you didn't understand...... Are you still reasonable?

Yu Qian turned to Shang Qian and asked: "Shangzhi County vigorously advocates industry and commerce, agriculture and punishment, and even said that the roads are certainly needed in the county, but the minister thinks that since one side is to be governed, isn't this education the most important thing?" The principle of institutionalization, effectiveness of education, and weathering of the people, why does Shangzhi County not mention anything about this? ”

As a scholar, Yu Qian naturally believes that education is a major matter.

Among the six departments of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites is the head, followed by the Ministry of Rites, and even sometimes, the status of the Ministry of Rites is not false to the Ministry of Officials, the reason is precisely because of this reading, which is an important matter.

Shang Tan smiled and said: "The official just mentioned that without learning, the people cannot be enlightened. ”

"But you didn't say, how to learn? Especially under the new policy, there is no stability in agriculture, no work is not strong, no business is not rich, no punishment is restless, and no tax is the treasury can not make up for its shortcomings. I don't oppose the New Deal, but blindly the New Deal, but all I think about is industry and commerce, but I'm afraid that there is still a deficiency, therefore, I am very puzzled by the practice of Shangzhi County, and not to mention anything else, has Wei County opened a county school? ”

Shang replied: "Xia Guan thinks that education is not an overnight thing, nor is it a county school, it is to educate one side, if you want the people to open their minds, we must vigorously popularize reading, open Mongolian schools, and let all school-age children go to study, so that we can enlighten the people's wisdom and truly play the role of education." ”

Yu Qian shook his head and said: "What you said is not right, everyone goes to study, who will farm?" Who will do the work? If there is no one to farm, no one to work, no one to do business, and no one to do business, will all the new policies become empty talk? ”

Shang Shi said: "Although Wei County did not pay special attention to education, and the county school was not rebuilt, it was ......."

Hearing this, Yu Qian became displeased, if you don't do a good job, you don't do a good job, just admit it, I don't blame you, but I still want to shirk it, this is your fault.

“…… However, this year, there are more than 3,600 children enrolled in the county middle school, and 952 have signed up for the county examination......"

"Wait a minute, what did you say?"

Yu Qian was a little unsettled, and his eyes were full of astonishment.

There are more than 3,600 children studying alone......

The population of Wei County is as many as 30,000 households, and the number of people is about 10 to 150,000.

If you think about it, the number of children will be about 10,000, and at most it will not exceed 15,000.

But even so, what is the concept of more than 3,600 people?

In the past, even in the entire Datong Mansion, all the scholars added up could not be worth half of this number.

Therefore, Yu Qian's first reaction was that he had heard it wrong.

Even if it is relatively wealthy, in Nanzhili, Jiangxi, Zhejiang and other places that attach the most importance to education, one out of twenty people is already very remarkable.

But in just one county, there are only four or five people studying in the school?

How is this proportional possible?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say: "If that's the case, then isn't everyone in this Wei County like Yao Shun?" There are so many children in school, this is unprecedented, Shangzhi County, these words of yours...... Is that an exaggeration? ”

"If Lord Yu doesn't believe it, you can go to Wei County and see for yourself, is it like what the next official said?"

Shang Chen's face was slightly gloomy, in his opinion, you said that I could, but it would not work to make irresponsible remarks about Wei County under my rule.

Yu Qian was stunned for a moment and said, "I just feel that things are a little incredible, and I don't mean to target you." ”

Shang Chen's expression was blank, and he said: "Xiaguan has no other meaning, it's just that seeing is believing, otherwise what Xiaguan says, Lord Yu won't believe it." ”

Yu Qian was a little helpless, looked at Zhu Qizhen, and cast a look for help.

Seeing this, Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "What Shang Chen said is right, then go and take a look!" ”

Yu Qian was puzzled and asked, "What does the emperor mean is to let the ministers go to Wei County?" ”

"It's not you!"

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "I will go with you to see if Wei County is as Shang said, how about it?" ”

"This ......"

Yu Qian hesitated and said, "Let's go up on behalf of the emperor!" ”

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's about to be the New Year, and I can't stay in Nanjing forever, on the way back, I can pass by Wei County and take a look." ”

Yu Qian nodded, Wei County is very close to Beijing, since the emperor is going to return to Beijing, then go to Wei County.

However, the new deal in Nanjing has just begun, and if he and the emperor are gone, I am afraid that many things will be abandoned halfway.

"Your Majesty, Nanjing's New Deal ......"

"Isn't there a business here, let him be appointed as the Yin of Yingtianfu Prefecture, and be fully responsible for the new policies of Nanjing and the six provinces in the south of the Yangtze River."

Yu Qian secretly said in his heart, didn't he go to Wei County to inspect first?

Dare us to go to Wei County, not to verify whether what Shang said is true, but to really just go and see?

Well, you are the emperor, you can do whatever you say......

"The minister will notify the ministry and issue a formal appointment document."

"If you go to Beijing and come back, it will be a month later......"

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said: "Directly use the name of the Nanjing Ministry to write the document, and I will add a seal, and it will be done!" ”

"Your Majesty, the Nanjing Officials...... Didn't you withdraw it? ”

"Wouldn't it be better for you to advance the date of the paperwork by half a month?"

"This ...... Obey the order! ”