The changes in the Ming Dynasty are becoming more and more obvious, and even the people at the bottom have felt the changes, the changes from the surroundings.

Newspapers, Banks, Postal Services, Libraries, Young English Hospitals, Elder Church...... Currency circulation, road transport, culture and education...... New terms and new things always involve the lives of ordinary people themselves.

The Lu'an traitors were destroyed, and it is said that several Tumu united to surrender anyway, and led the Ming army to attack the fortress and pull out the city, and capture and kill the leaders such as Anwei.

Liaodong has been peaceful for more than half a year, and I heard that several Mongolian tribes have naturalized the Ming Dynasty, and overseas Mekong Province is still recruiting immigrants, a good place for three crops a year......

These are all big events, and the impact on the people is only to be able to enjoy peace of mind. And there are many related to oneself or one's own family.

There is a school in the village, which is still free of charge. Anyone who has a child who can pass the primary school leaving examination will be exempted from the D tax.

The so-called Ding tax, also known as the poll tax, is the most important tax in the feudal dynasties in addition to the field tax.

During the Han Dynasty, there was a perfect system of taxation, which began to pay taxes at the age of seven, and at the age of fifteen, he paid as many taxes as adults, and could not be exempted until the age of fifty-six.

Considering the level of health care in ancient times, as well as the average life expectancy, this tax was paid almost until death.

By the time of the Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the Ding tax system was loosened. But in fact, Zhang Juzheng's whip law tied the poll tax and the field tax together, converted them into silver taels, and included them in the field tax and collected them together, which was not really abolished.

For the emperor, he had been holding back his strength to implement "spreading the land into the mu". However, after repeated reflection and research, it was discovered that the so-called "never endowment" of the Qing Dynasty was just a disguise.

However, the "expropriation and expropriation" at the end of the Ming Dynasty in history had its actual difficulties and helplessness, but it can be traced back to the root cause, but it was the problem of "harsh peasants and lenient merchants" and the rule of officials.

Historically, Ming Dynasty officials took pride in resisting and relied on tax resistance to win the hearts of the people and cultivate prestige, especially in the Jiangnan region, where no matter how heavy the tax faction was, it was discounted.

For Ming Dynasty officials, the risk of tax resistance was too low, and it was a big deal to dismiss the official and go home, but he became famous and popular overnight, which was even better than the hype effect of later generations.

Officials colluded with the gentry and wealthy tycoons, and resisted taxes and arrears became habitual means, and they became good officials who disobeyed the people and disobeyed the people.

Since the third year of the Apocalypse, these shortcomings that began in the Xuande period have been gradually swept away by the emperor's thunderous methods.

If you are a person with a heart, you can calculate, in the past few years, how many officials and gentry have been severely punished and exiled?

From the first and second products in the court, to the landlords and gentry in the countryside, it is not an exaggeration to say that they will kill people in the first year or two.

Taxes were collected in full, encroachment on hidden land was cleared out, the malpractice of "harsh agriculture and lenient business" was gradually reversed, and the state finances were relaxed.

The more this is the case, the emperor is not in a hurry to implement the "apportionment into the mu". In his mind, the astonishing move to abolish the poll tax began to be contemplated.

However, before the abolition, the exemption of the Ding tax as a means to encourage the people to receive education still has great value.

Liao salary is no longer levied, and there is no need for training and expropriation.

The most important thing is that under the harsh law, the rule of officials is also much clearer, the burden of the common people is not heavy, and the emperor also thinks that he should not put the grace in place all at once, and always leave some space.

Of course, the reconstruction of Liaodong, the expansion of the navy, etc., still made the finances of the imperial court not so loose, and collecting more money would not force the people to rebel.