Since the crown prince Zhu Biao ascended the throne, Li Shanchang has been in a state of idleness.

He is also rare to be idle, he can accompany the Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang around the house, and he can also write a book, he has to relax for a few days, and today he has the grace of the Emperor Tai and comes to the North Sea to fish.

The two of them held a rod separately, and the attendants around them left far away.

Zhu Yuanzhang's hair was white, but his spirit was even more obvious, his eyes were bright, and he said: "Good man, after Liaodong and Monan were recovered, my Daming trade route opened two thousand miles to the north." ”

Li Shanchang was holding a green bamboo fishing rod in his hand, and when he heard the words, he seemed to be too old, and he slowly reacted, and turned his head in astonishment and said: "Eh, yes, yes, from now on, the north and south of the desert, my Ming tea cakes, rhubarb, and iron pots are all unimpeded, and the southern Fujian and Jiangxi tea mountains will be prosperous." ”

"Not enough!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head.

He is in good spirits, and it is strange to say that after delegating power, he attaches more importance to the power of the Son of Heaven, and many national policies of the Ming Dynasty are actually implemented by him through Zhu Biao's will.

Of course, these policies are based on the policy outline written by Zhu Xiongying.

"Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, where tea trees can be planted, let the military guards try to plant, and most of the old farmers from Jiangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang will be taught."

"Hunan and Hubei, Wulingman, Miaoman do not obey discipline, use tea to promote business, protect agriculture, and stabilize the economy."

"Good Elder Father, in another three years, I will be able to cancel the poll tax......"

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have inadvertently revealed a major news to Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang's body trembled.

This is indeed very big news.

The poll tax is like a tax that firmly binds the people of the Ming Dynasty, and this tax has a huge room for operation, how to collect it, how much to collect, all in the hands of the tax collectors.

Daming used five years to protect the people's livelihood, and now the second five-year plan to engage in the economy, now only two years, the economy has made great progress, the country's gold and silver reserves, as well as the issuance of national bonds have risen steadily.

Nowadays, the annual poll tax of the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to money and grain, and there are about 12 million stones that can reach the treasury of the imperial court, which is converted into Ming silver dollars, about 12 million silver coins and 6 million taels of silver a year.

Say too much, say less, and say no less.

It is necessary to remove fire consumption, greed for ink, and all kinds of false reports, and it is estimated that only half of them have actually been obtained from the national treasury.

Moreover, this poll tax has greatly affected the people of the Ming Dynasty to make the people into the first class, and also affected the students to make Huang Ce and measure the fields.

Three years, less than three years, Daming can implement tax reform.

The poll tax was abolished and a whipping law was introduced.

In fact, a whip law, Wang Anshi also had a similar policy when he changed the law.

In the time and space when Zhu Xiongying came, Yongzheng used a whip method of Zhang Juzheng, and at the same time added the most important one, the gentry received food in one.

Nowadays, the students and squires of the Ming Dynasty are preferential and tax-free.

Not only is it tax-free, but the state will also give out some food.

This gives them a loophole to exploit.

Many gentry, absorbing a large number of bankrupt yeoman farmers, tenants, and long-term workers, became his clansmen's family, so they did not have to pay taxes, especially the poll tax, and gradually, there were more and more hidden households, and the population became smaller and smaller.

The consequence of this is that the poll tax received by the state in the later period is almost blank, equal to none.

Especially now, the nobles who have become huge, as well as the wealthy businessmen and civil officials in the south.

They have huge strength, and in some places they are so powerful that tax collectors dare not come to their homes to collect taxes.

Therefore, sooner or later, the poll tax will have to be changed.

Seeing his reaction, Zhu Yuanzhang shook the fishing rod in his hand, and said with a smile: "We can still see with our own eyes the day when the people of my Ming Dynasty live and work in peace and contentment." ”

Li Shanchang hesitated a little and smiled reluctantly.

Changing the tax system is cutting the flesh of the gentry and the big and powerful landlords with a knife.

Especially the nobles and civil officials.

The upper position is going to attack Xungui......

Li Shanchang is extremely politically sensitive, he has been a partner with Zhu Yuanzhang for many years, and he can judge his next policy move from some of Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

However, their own family ......

Even if he is as resourceful as he is, he is very worried.

His younger brother Li Cunyi is the shield of the Li family, and if he wants to kill, he should only be able to kill Li Cunyi.

However, the problem lies in this degree, once the butcher's knife is fired at Xungui, it will inevitably be fueled and become a catastrophe like Hu Weiyong.

I just don't know who to take first this time.

After Zhu Yuanzhang laughed for a while, he suddenly sighed and said, "Good elder, Xu Da is afraid that he will not be able to do it." ”

"Xiongying asked us to follow him all the way to inspect the north, we are worried that as soon as we leave, Tiande will close his eyes and will not be able to see the last of his brother."

"So, we have something for you."

After Zhu Yuanzhang stepped down during this time, the fierce murderous majesty on his body was much less, and he looked like an old man who led the family, but the more this was the case, the more frightened Li Shanchang became, because Zhu Yuanzhang really turned the majesty of the Son of Heaven into ordinary at this time, and it had reached the point where he was not angry and self-authoritative, and he hid a knife in his mouth, although there was no murderous aura in his words, he was better than 100,000 male soldiers.

Li Shanchang hurriedly said, "You say, superior." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the waves of the North Sea in the distance, and said with emotion: "Xiongying this time, he is a herd on behalf of the sky, and he has to go a long way, we have to go against Xu Da, and we also have to meet with the envoys of Emperor Tianyuan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and supervise the treasury of the Ming Royal Bank here. ”

"Xiongying grew up with you, and you often say that he is steady."

"It's up to you to take us away, accompany Xiongying to inspect the nine sides, Shanxi to see the King of Jin, Shaanxi to see the King of Qin, and then go to Yunnan to see Muying, go to Changsha to see King Tan, and take a look at King Xiang by the way, and beat my sons who are not successful along the way, so that they can be loyal and filial to the vassal!"

"Yes!"

Li Shanchang replied briefly.

He knew that he couldn't refuse it.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted again: "There is another thing, there is news from Biao'er, there are too many bad debts and dead debts in the Ming Royal Bank, and some people use private banks to use yin and yang accounts, false loans, hollowing out the money of the Daming Royal Bank, and even colluding inside and outside to make counterfeit money, such people, really damn it!" ”

His eyes flickered, and he said coldly: "I have ordered the local vassal kings, prime ministers, and local Daming Royal Bank to check and audit the accounts, and send students from other places to form an audit team to specifically review the accounts of the bank in the past five years." ”

"You and Xiongying go to the place to inspect, go to a place, and check a place for me, first, to check whether the vassal king is attentive to the audit, and second, to check whether there are local tyrants colluding to embezzle the national body, if you should be killed, kill me fiercely!"

"Mao Xiang did a good job in Chang'an, we have transferred him back, dedicated to you, there are 3,000 elites, 1,000 people are elite pistol teams equipped with Hongwu short guns, and 1,000 people are cavalry, 1,000 people are shield soldiers, equipped with Hongwu three-style rifles, these 3,000 people can reach 10,000 troops, I will deploy them to you, you accompany Xiongying all the way, and you can reorganize the place."

Li Shanchang frowned bitterly, put down the fishing rod, and arched his hand: "Obey." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pulled the fishing rod, and a fish took the bait, and he laughed and said: "I don't need you to go out, let's not worry, these local treacherous and evil people have to be suppressed only when you go out." ”

Li Shanchang grinned, but secretly complained in his heart, I only hope that after stepping on the horse and walking to the Ming Dynasty this time, the nobles and the squires and landlords will not dig up the ancestral grave of my Li family after my Li Shanchang dies......