Their relatives, their families, were also landlords locally.

Although the crowd felt the slightest bit wrong, they did not dare to stand up against it. First, the division of land in the southwest is carried out in the southwest, and it has nothing to do with them. Second, bandits are rampant in the southwest, and the local landlords have the responsibility to force the people to rebel, and there seems to be nothing wrong with Zhu Yuanzhang ordering them to be defeated.

The knife did not reach the officials, and they did not feel the pain.

At the same time, the crowd is still lucky, as long as they don't cause trouble in the future to the township, the emperor shouldn't target them, right? None of the emperors of any dynasty has ever issued a policy specifically aimed at landlords.

Therefore, they felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's defeat of the landlords in the southwest might just be a coincidence.

"Your Majesty." Liu Bowen said again, "In addition, the minister also learned. Mu Ying also implemented another measure, that is, to abolish the poll tax and collect taxes according to the amount of land. ”

"Yes, this is also what we taught Mu Ying, it's called paving into the mu, is there anything wrong?" Zhu Yuanzhang said it was an understatement, "After the people get the land, they should be taxed according to the amount of land." If they were given land for no taxation, where would the silver come from in the treasury? ”

"It's just a small initiative, you don't have to make a fuss."

The tax system has been changed, and the minister is not to make a fuss? The ministers were dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty, the key is that you have abolished the per capita tax and replaced it with a land tax." Liu Bowen said, "You are changing the tax system!" The human tax has been in place for thousands of years, and it has changed so easily......"

"We are also doing this to encourage the people to have children, in order to increase the population of the southwest, it's not a big deal. It's all a small thing, and it has nothing to do with all of you. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't plan to accept their recruitment, "The southwest region is already poor and the population is still small, let's change the tax system a little and try it." If this tax system doesn't work, it will be abolished in the future. ”

The ministers were speechless for a while when they heard this, and Zhu Yuanzhang downplayed what he said, as if he didn't take it seriously at all.

"But the emperor, you also let Mu Ying implement the ...... of paying food as a gentry as an errand and as a whole," Liu Bowen said again.

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't sit still anymore. Emperor Zhu fought the local tyrants in the southwest to divide the land, and abolished the poll tax to collect the land tax......

It's like a new deal!

No, it's not like, it's just a New Deal.

And it's an extremely complete New Deal.

It was only at this point that the crowd finally understood.

In the past, when the imperial court wanted to implement a new policy, the ministers collectively discussed it for months, or even years, before they dared to finalize the plan. Then pick a place to try to do it and see the results.

And now Zhu Yuanzhang has implemented such a big set of new policies without their knowledge, and he has concealed the ministers to death.

"Your Majesty, you are implementing a new policy!" Song Lian said.

"Your Majesty, the implementation of a new policy by the imperial court requires the consultation of the ministers...... The ministers discussed collectively and looked through the history books and ancient examples, and felt that nothing was wrong before it could be officially implemented. And now, Your Majesty doesn't even consult with us......" Li Shanchang said.

"What kind of New Deal is this? It's just that in view of the special situation in the southwest region, we have used a few small measures. Zhu Yuanzhang said.

A few small steps? The ministers were dumbfounded, if the poll tax was abolished and the land tax was levied, and the gentry were all small measures, then what was a big move?

Changing the taxation system, the gentry are one and pay the grain as one, no matter which one, it will cause a great reaction, okay?

"I would like to inform Your Majesty that the previous tax system cannot be easily changed. Once it changes, it is unpredictable. The tax system is a national policy, and a slight change will have a great impact on the world. Lu Chang stood out of the train and said, "If Your Majesty really wants to change, it needs to be discussed collectively by the ministers......

As the head of the household, he has the most say in the tax system.

"Shut up!" Before Lu Chang's words were finished, he was interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang's thunderous voice. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "These two measures of ours are just aimed at the poor southwest, so can you use such a fuss?" Lu Chang, remember, you still owe us 100 million taels of silver. If it weren't for us selling words to enrich the treasury, you wouldn't have been able to come up with the money for Shandong's disaster relief and water conservancy construction. ”

"You're not qualified to oppose us."

When Lu Chang heard this, he retreated speechlessly.

"Your Majesty, are you saying that these two measures will only be implemented in the southwest region?" Hu Weiyong stood up and asked.

"Not bad." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The southwest region is poor, and there is not much tax revenue in the first place. If these two measures have no effect, the imperial court will not lose much or even nothing. ”

"Anyway, these initiatives won't be carried out elsewhere, what are you afraid of?"

Won't it be done elsewhere?

When the ministers heard this, they finally put their minds at ease.

There is no longer any objection. It's just in the southwest, what's the matter with them?

The emperor wanted to try the new deal, so let him try, anyway, the new deal might not be successful. When the time comes, you can't blame everyone. It is not interesting to stand up and oppose it now, but it is better to sit back and watch its success or failure.

"Initiatives specifically for the southwest, you don't have to listen to the wind or rain, scatter the dynasty!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and left the court.

He is too lazy to discuss with his ministers whether the new policy is feasible now, and it is already being implemented anyway.

Wait for the southwest to become the richest place in the entire Ming Dynasty, and then announce the promotion of the whole country. When the time comes, they will stand up against it, and naturally there will be officials in the southwest who have been promoted to fight against them.

At that time, the southwest region became a national model, with a population several times that of other places, and several times the taxes paid by other places, so they stood up against it, and the advantage was mine.

This is called stabilizing them first, just like Mr. Qin said, play simple copies first, and don't provoke difficult ones first.

When the ministers saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was gone, they went down to the court one after another.

……

"The emperor's two new policies are likely to be implemented not only in the three southwestern provinces." Liu Bowen's Mansion, Lu Chang, Gao Qi, Song Lian, and other literati gathered together to discuss Zhu Yuanzhang's major moves, among which Gao Qi said, "The implementation of the new policy cannot be just in a certain place, or a certain region, I boldly predict that the emperor will definitely promote it to the whole country in the future." ”

This group of people represents the civilian-official group, the Zhedong Party.

"It can only be said that there is a possibility." Liu Bowen said, "The emperor has already said it clearly, it will only be implemented in the southwest, why should you make a bold prediction?" Can you predict that the New Deal will be hugely effective? ”

"In any case, these two measures are really too earth-shattering, and it doesn't look like His Majesty came up with them himself." Lu Chang said.

"Isn't that obvious?" Song Lian said, "It must be the proposal given to him by the person in Lujia Village." ”

"That man is indeed a great talent, and he can actually propose these two bold new deals."

"And the emperor still listened to him, and directly implemented it in the three southwestern provinces." The crowd was a little jealous, and Zhu Yuanzhang could be said to be obedient to that person. New policies that can influence the whole country are implemented directly, without consulting with the ministers.