There should be no one in this house who is unaware of the burden on the people of the pastoral ways.

But the importance of war horses, no one dares to change too much, the people are not bitter, the country has no horses, the country has no horses, who dares to bear this crime?

So in the end, it is to suffer the people again.

"In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the military department, also intended to improve Ma Zheng. In the future, he ordered his officers and soldiers to lead horses and horses, set up sealed letters, and inspect the documents three times a month. those who are fat and fat, are classified as first-class; Those who are thin are classified as second-class. If the three times are thin, and the horses fall to the dead in the future, the soldiers will be ordered to buy and compensate for the disadvantages of refusing to feed them attentively. Those who have died three times when they have a sudden illness will be exempted from compensation."

This practice is to mark the military horse, and then after a while to see if it is fat or not.

If you have been fat and die suddenly, then you will not be able to recover compensation.

In fact, it is to refine the situation of horse compensation, and it is also more humane.

It's a little useful, but it's only a little bit of the kind. Because it is recorded whether it is fat or not, it is easy to breed corruption, and the money is naturally fat.

Zhu Houzhao listened to Liu Jian talk about such a long paragraph, which confirmed the two thoughts in his heart,

First, it is true that after someone took the horse back, he was unlucky enough to raise the horse to death, and it was not one or two.

Second, it shows that the harm of Ma Zheng is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Otherwise, Ma Wensheng would not have had to make this improvement.

"You are all ministers of the imperial court, according to what you said, if the way of the people continues in this way, will the court still receive enough horses?"

Wang Yue heard the bad signs, didn't His Highness want to reduce the number of horses, right?

What if this army doesn't have a Marco.

"Your Highness...... The state affairs are difficult, although the imperial court wants to relieve the difficulties of the people, but Ma Zheng is also an ancestral system, and it is not a good thing to change it easily."

"Ancestry?" Zhu Houzhao murmured: "I remember that Emperor Taizu Gao once said that the country is people-oriented, and if the people are tired because of horses, it is not good governance."

This is Zhu Yuanzhang's original words, and there are several scholars present, who should remember it.

Zhu Houzhao also has the great uprising of Liu Liu and Liu Qi in his memory.

And it's not that long after now.

Once the peasants revolted, they would not be able to survive. Otherwise, as far as the Chinese people are concerned, not to mention three meals a day, even one meal a day will not easily rebel.

Rebellion, this is by no means a romantic word.

This is to punish the nine clans.

Zhu Yuanzhang even became a monk back then, and he never thought of rebelling.

「…… There is something I don't understand very well," Zhu Houzhao planned to inquire clearly, "In the eleventh year of Hongzhi in Datong, there was a case of merchants and Tatars trading contraband, and one of the reasons for intercession was that Datong lacked horses, so he wanted to buy horses from the Tatars. Therefore, if you can buy horses from the Tatars, why can't you buy horses from the Ming people in the imperial court? Is it because the Kannai is not suitable for raising horses, and the Tatar horses are better? Or is it because even if we buy horses from all over the country, we still don't have enough?"

"Your Highness," Han Wen said, "This question can be answered by Your Highness. It is not wrong that the horses on the steppe are tall and the horses in the south are short. But think about it, Your Highness, even the Northern Horse has a difference between a superior horse and an inferior horse, and will the Tatars sell us the best horses?" ….

Zhu Houzhao nodded, among these books, Han Wen is still relatively capable.

Wang Yue basically didn't have a long time to live, and he was used as the façade of the military department.

"Makes sense, keep talking."

"I've heard of such a joke on the grasslands. That is, the Tatars left the pony at the bottom of the mountain after it was born, tying the mare to the top of the mountain. If the foal can leap up from the bottom of the hill to the mare, it's a good horse to keep for yourself."

"If a horse jumps halfway up the mountain and goes up to find a mare, it is classified as a meat horse, which means to kill and eat meat."

"And those who are too cowardly to jump up will be sold to Da Ming."

This is the first time Zhu Houzhao has heard of this kind of thing.

So I'm very upset'

Hmph, snorted.

But in fact, it is reasonable to think about it, horses are an important strategic material, and you want to buy good ones with money? In the 21st century, mankind has not been civilized to that extent.

"As for whether the war horses of the whole country are enough, it depends on the development of the war, if hundreds of thousands of troops go out to fight, from the war horses to the transportation of horses, it often takes millions of horses, and I will not have more than 500,000 horses in the country now, which is naturally not enough."

Zhu Houzhao roughly understood, "Then the horses used in ordinary times should not need such a large number, can this be purchased from the people?" ‘

Han replied: "In the sixth year of Hongzhi, Ma Wensheng, who was then the secretary of the military department, had already gone to the imperial court and decided to turn the task of raising horses into a tax and hand it over to the imperial court, mainly buying horses from the border towns. Six years after Hongzhi, many southern provinces have made similar requests, hoping to change the breeding of horses to collect silver."

In fact, it was Ma Hu who paid a sum of money.

This is a bottom-up policy change, which shows that the people at this time have become extremely disgusted with raising horses, and would rather pay money than raise horses.

"If Your Highness wants to expand the scale of the purchase, I think it is feasible. But in the final analysis, it is still necessary for the horse households to pay taxes, so the ministers dare not guarantee that they can really relieve the people's hardship."

"What if you don't want the horse to pay this 'horse ransom tax?'

"If you don't pay taxes, there is no source of money for the imperial court to buy horses."

Zhu Houzhao said: "No, the poor people can no longer take care of farming because of raising horses. If the imperial court does not let them raise horses and instead farms the land, then the imperial court's taxes will increase. The palace can ask the emperor for a decree, and the increased taxes in the land of Hebei can be used as the cost of buying horses."

"This ......"

None of them spoke. This is the reason.

But right...... From Hongwu to Hongzhi, more and more land has been reclaimed across the country, and there are more and more people, so how can the annual income still decrease?

Therefore, the prince's method is effective, and it will indeed increase taxes, and maybe it can increase a lot, because the people of Hebei suffer greatly from the people and herdsmen, and they really let them go back to farming, and the production is motivated.

So you can increase taxes by three, five, 10, or even longer, 20 years.

But what about thirty or fifty years from now?

It's back to square one.

Fifty years later, when people look back at your reform, it is completely empty, and they could have made a few horses, but now the horses are gone, and the taxes are gone.

"What's wrong?"

People don't speak.

Hangul said this. He had to explain the future problem to the prince. ….

「…… Perhaps by then, the court will have neither a tax nor a good horse."

Zhu Houzhao thought to himself that it would be decades later, and in a few decades, the country might not know what would become of me, maybe the great voyage would come.

And in a few decades, he will take back all the horse ranches that have been seized, and when the number of official herds increases, the situation will be different.

"Han Shangshu has thought about it, if such a bad government is insisted on not being changed, the poor people, the poor people, the poor people, and the poor people, maybe my Zhu family will not have the king of the future!"

All the ministers knelt down, "The ministers and other ministers are not effective, please punish Your Highness."

It looks like they don't have much of an opinion either.

But such a major matter cannot be carried out hastily.

"It is a sure fact that horse politics is not good governance, but the imperial court needs horses, and the palace also knows that if it is easily canceled, the impact may be unknown, and if the horses entrusted by the imperial court to the people are suddenly withdrawn, where will so many horses be raised? Or kill on the spot? This needs to be considered. So let's do it with both hands."

Zhu Houzhao's original thinking was not very clear, and he gradually found a feasible way in the discussion with his courtiers, "First, it is to select one or two counties in Beizhili for pilots, cancel the policy of raising horses by horse households, and those horses that were handed over to the people were taken back by the imperial court, and then handed them over to Prince Liang and asked him to send them to Yang Yiqing. He, the imperial servant, can't stay in the capital every day."

"Elder Liu Ge, you have to choose a competent person to serve as the magistrate of these two counties."

"Yes."

"Your Highness." Xie Qian raised a question at this time, "If this example is opened, what if the imperial court can't buy horses even if it has money?"

Zhu Houzhao replied: "Abolishing horse ownership is not a complete ban on horse breeding, if the imperial court uses silver to buy horses from the people, so that the people will be profitable, and naturally there will be people willing to raise horses." The key to this is whether there is enough money."

"Han Shangshu, the household department should focus on the tax growth data of the pilot county, and the palace will see this detailed data in a year, if the increased tax can cover the silver taels for the purchase of horses, or even if there is a shortage but the shortage is not much, and the imperial court can afford it, then you can consider expanding the pilot at that time. If it is found that the tax has not increased much, or that it is too far from the silver taels needed to buy horses, then Hongu and the gentlemen will have to find another way. Generally speaking, we should focus on stability and make progress in stability."

Elder Xie Ge found this statement interesting, "Your Highness's summary is very concise."

"The pilot counties can't go back if they are canceled. Elder Xie Ge, this is not a fun thing."

Xie Qian: "......"

"Yes."

If you cancel it, you can't go back.

Because the people were already extremely disgusted, and finally they were freed, and you let him go back? Don't you know that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift?

"Second, in the counties that have not been piloted, the palace has decided to instruct the cabinet, the official department, the criminal department, the military department, the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and six ministries and commissions...... Oh, no, it's just the six of you who jointly carry out a special rectification activity."

Ministers don't quite understand this.

Liu Jian arched his hand, "Please show it to Your Highness." ….

"Have you ever thought about it, none of the imperial court systems are to force the people to a dead end, but why is the life of Ma Hu so difficult, and they have to sell their sons and daughters in the era of peace in the country? Among them, how many officials are corrupt? Officials big and small are up and down to oppress the people!"

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