After Hu Changan entered the door and stood still, people were introduced by the little eunuchs one after another.

Finally, after everyone arrived, Zhu Yuanzhang finally raised his head from the recital.

Without too much nonsense, Zhu Yuanzhang coughed lightly and directly started today's deliberations: "Now the household post system of the Ming Dynasty has almost been established. Now, I want to find out more about how much land there is in the local area, so that we can better collect taxes in the future, I wonder what you think? ”

Now that the Ming Dynasty has just been established, the household registration system has not yet been perfected.

For the time being, it's a thing called a to-post.

The sticker clearly records important information such as the number of people in each household, the type of work they are engaged in, and their address.

At the same time, in order to prevent official fraud, the signatures of all the officials who handled it were also recorded in detail on the household stickers.

From the head of the household to the local handling personnel, there are many of them.

If you want to arrest someone, it's really a catch.

In this regard, Zhu Yuanzhang is also quite satisfied.

However, it is not enough to find out how many people are in each household.

The hukou system is not only for counting the population, but also for collecting taxes.

Nowadays, part of the tax of the Ming Dynasty is levied on a per capita basis, and the other part is levied on a land basis.

In the current household post, it is simply recorded that each household has several acres of land, but the specific shape and quality of the fields are not described too much.

You must know that even if the land by the river and the saline-alkali land on the hillside are the same, the fertility of the land is definitely different, and the output is naturally very different.

Even if the area of wheat field and mulberry field is the same, the type of tax collected should be different.

If there is no distinction, and the tax is simply and crudely levied according to the area, then the people will definitely have opinions.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has just been established, it is barely possible to make do with simple methods of collecting taxes, but in the long run, it is definitely not a way.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang's voice fell, Xu Duo, the head of the household department, took the lead in standing up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, why don't you follow the methods of the Song Dynasty?" ”

"Order a special person to measure the land among the people, take a thousand steps from east to west, north and south as a square field, the four corners of the square field, and the soil peak, and then divide it into five standards according to the soil color, thickness and fertility of the square field, and collect taxes on this basis."

As soon as Xu Duo, the secretary of the household department, finished speaking, Wu Lin, the secretary of the ministry, expressed a different opinion: "Your Majesty, although this method is good, there are not enough people to implement it!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was also silent.

In today's Ming officialdom, there is indeed an extreme lack of officials.

In order to escape the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, a large number of intellectuals chose to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests to avoid chaos.

At present, there is an extreme shortage of manpower in the central and local governments, and it is already reluctant to maintain the normal operation of the dynasty.

When everyone listened, there was silence.

This is a good thing to measure the land, but it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and this has no money and no one, but how can it be done?

Xu Duo, the head of the household department, thought about it again, and said with difficulty: "Why don't you let the local officials report it directly?" ”

"No way!" This time, it was Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in the leading position, who raised objections.

Even Lan Haitang and Hu Changan know the truth that imperial power does not go to the countryside, as the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, how can Zhu Yuanzhang not know it?

"If you ask local officials to report it directly, then they can't report it as they want?"

"When the time comes, it's not easy to conceal some land or something?"

"At that time, I have false data, how can I collect taxes?"

Under the questioning of Zhu Yuanzhang's soul, the ministers fell silent again.

Indeed, this is also a stupid trick.

Just when everyone was thinking and meditating, Hu Changan, who was standing at the bottom, was overjoyed.

Good fellow, isn't this a point for him?

Others don't know, but Hu Changan knows the standard answer.

The lieutenant chief system, which will be implemented next year, is the perfect answer to this question.

It not only avoids high management costs, but also improves the ability to control the grassroots.

Without further ado, Hu Changan hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has an idea, called the Li Chang system, I don't know if you can describe it in detail?" ”

As soon as Hu Changan's words fell, an old man with towering cheekbones and a tall figure hurriedly stepped out of the ranks, interrupting Hu Changan's speech: "Your Majesty, how can you allow Huangkou Xiaoer to talk nonsense above the court?" Who brought this unofficial and unemployed man to the agenda? What is this system? ”

The person who came out of the list was none other than the Korean Gong Lee Sun-chang.

This Li Shanchang is a heavyweight who has followed Zhu Yuanzhang all the way through ups and downs, and at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Li Shanchang was at the top of the list.

At the same time, Li Shanchang is also the actual controller behind the Huaixi Group.

Hu Weiyong, who was not demoted, said that he was the prime minister above 10,000 people under one person, but in the final analysis, he was just a pawn who was on the throne of Li Shanchang.

It can be said that most of Hu Weiyong's actions were secretly instructed by Li Shanchang.

This time Hu Weiyong's downfall, although Li Shanchang picked out his innocence, he also lost an important chess piece.

For this reason, Li Shanchang had to return to the court head-on, took over the position of Tujie Yushi Zhongcheng, and re-became the manipulator of the Huaixi Group.

Without Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang's risk is undoubtedly much greater.

For this reason, Li Shanchang naturally looked at Hu Changan, who caused all this, left and right.

Seeing Hu Changan in the meeting this time, Li Shanchang was surprised, but also had a new consideration.

This young man's strange tricks are frequent, and it is a good thing to hurt him, so he must take advantage of the fact that the young man's wings are not yet full, and he must take the first step to suppress the young man.

As soon as Li Shanchang's words came out, he was immediately praised by many followers.

Today's Huaixi faction still has considerable power in the court.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened, but he was staring at him and retorted: "Why, I called him here." If I want to do something, do I still have to report to you, Li Shanchang? ”

"Hu Changan is the life-saving benefactor who saved my eldest grandson, so why not let him enter the palace to discuss matters?"

As an old fox among the old foxes, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally cleared the small abacus of Li Shanchang.

The Huaixi faction wantonly formed a party in the DPRK and China for personal gain, and bent the law for bribes, if it is said that there is no instruction from Li Shanchang behind his back, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally does not believe it.

However, Li Shanchang is the founder of the country after all, unlike Hu Weiyong, who was promoted later, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help him for a while, so he had to knock on the side, hoping that Li Shanchang could stop and be obedient.

When Li Shanchang heard this, he was also shocked in his heart.

It seems that His Majesty is also a little dissatisfied with him.

However, Li Shanchang did not stop repenting, but lowered his head and said yes, but he was a little unimpressed in his heart.

Next time, just do it a little more hidden.