Zhu Guanwen promoted the reform of the Beijing camp, and at the same time, even the idea of economic reform was arranged.

However, there is a huge gap between reality and ideals.

He thought that he could take a shortcut through the mining economy, but he ignored the tuntian system established by Zhu Yuanzhang.

So when the news of disarmament came out from Geng Bingwen's side, the household officials were like sharks smelling blood, and they frantically began to play and protest.

The main reason for this is the tax problem of Juntuntian.

According to Lao Zhu's policy, some of the guards were responsible for garrisoning, and some were engaged in reclamation.

Under normal circumstances, the ratio of defending the city to the tun species in the military tun area is that the border land is divided into three points to defend the city and seven points to be tun.

The interior is divided into two to defend the city, and eight is divided into tun.

Although measures were adapted to local conditions, according to the regulations, each army received 50 mu of land as one point, and the state allocated cattle and farm tools to reclaim the fields.

The soldiers of Tuntian were required to pay taxes and grains to the state, which were called "Tuntian grains".

The proportion of tax grain is one bucket per mu.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the total number of tuntian fields in the various health centers reached nearly 900,000 hectares, and the grains of the tuntian fields accounted for half of the total tax grain.

It can be seen from this that the military tun in the early Ming Dynasty had great results.

Most of the old and weak soldiers that Zhu Guanwen thought were actually in Tuntian, and some of the people reported by Xu Huizu were actually empty and hung up on the military.

Although this part of the people could not affect the combat effectiveness of the Beijing Division, they gave Zhu Guanwen an erroneous judgment.

Looking at the four cabinet ministers who came together, Zhu Guanwen sighed secretly, and said in his heart that it was really difficult to move an inch without experience in governing the country.

"Your Majesty, disarmament is absolutely unacceptable!" Yu Xin stepped forward to dissuade Zhu Guanwen in a heartbroken manner.

Zhu Guanwen glanced at him, and always felt that this was a little familiar.

However, before he could speak, Zhang Zhen stood up again and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, this matter is hugely implicated, and I hope Your Majesty will be cautious!" ”

Well, I think I've heard this somewhere.

Zhu Guanwen shook his head with a wry smile, raised his hand to stop Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng, who still wanted to stand up, and said in a deep voice: "I understand what you said, but I will never compromise on the reform of the Beijing camp!" ”

"Your Majesty!"

When Yu Xin heard Zhu Guanwen's words, he immediately knelt down.

The other three ministers glanced at each other, knelt down one after another, and shouted, "Your Majesty must not violate the ancestral system!" ”

“......”

Zhu Guanwen was speechless.

He hated this kind of situation of talking about the ancestral system the most.

But in the face of this situation, he can't just go his own way.

As a result, he had no choice but to turn his attention back to the issue of land taxation.

The source of tax revenue in the Ming Dynasty was mainly agricultural tax, which was divided into field tax and service.

The field tax adopts a two-tax system, that is, the summer tax is levied in the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year, and the autumn tax is levied in the second month after the autumn harvest.

The tax rate is about 5 percent and 10 percent of the total harvest.

The summer tax and the autumn tax are both delivered in grain.

When collecting taxes, everyone carried grain to pay taxes, and the government received the grain and escorted it to Nanjing.

The imperial court then took the grain collected to pay the emperor's relatives and relatives, as well as the salaries and military salaries of civil and military officials.

This is not the reason why the court is poor, mainly in the early Ming Dynasty, grain is hard currency, you take grain to buy vegetables and fruits, others will sell you.

It was only in the middle and late Ming Dynasty that silver gradually replaced grain and became a hard currency.

And the service is divided into errand service and enlistment.

To put it bluntly, it's a poll tax.

If Zhu Guanwen wants to change the agricultural tax, he must first solve the problem from the source of the tax.

In the early Ming Dynasty, aside from the part of the tax revenue of the military tuntian, the tax revenue of the people's tuntian also accounted for the majority of the central finance.

As for business taxes, it's minimal.

Before the abolition of agricultural taxes in later generations, they also paid public grain for decades, not to mention the early Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago.

So, how can the problem of agricultural taxes be solved?

Zhu Guanwen thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of Zhang Juzheng's 'one whip method' and Yongzheng's 'spreading into acres'.

The so-called whip law is to combine the land endowments, forced labor, and other miscellaneous levies of various states and counties into one article, and collect silver taels together, and pay them according to the conversion per mu.

This greatly simplifies the tax system and facilitates the collection of taxes.

At the same time, it makes it difficult for local officials to cheat, which in turn increases fiscal revenue.

As for apportionment to the mu, it is similar to a whip law, mainly because the poll tax is abolished, and the harsh tax and the poll tax are combined into the mu tax.

But now it is the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and a whip method and paving into the mu are not suitable for the Ming Dynasty, so they can only take their essence and use them in the Beijing Division.

For example, let those veterans who joined the Mining Bureau because of disarmament replace the taxes and grains that were originally required to be paid in Tuntian with silver taels, and convert them into mu, which can solve the part of the tax lost by the imperial court.

As for the veterans' silver taels, they are tax-deducted from their wages.

When Zhu Guanwen informed the four ministers of a whipping method, they were stunned and did not come back to their senses for a long time.

After a while, Hubu Shangshu Yu Xincai took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty's policy is quite mysterious, if it is implemented in the whole country, the minister feels that it needs to be considered, but in the Jingshi camp, the minister thinks it is acceptable!" ”

"Oh?" Zhu Guanwen's eyes lit up, and he immediately helped Yu Xin up, and said, "Why can't it be implemented throughout the country?" ”

Yu Xin said: "If it is implemented in the whole country, there will definitely be a north-south bias, the south is fertile, rich in products, in this conversion, the people are naturally relaxed, but the land in the north is barren, the property is scarce, in this conversion, the people will not be able to make ends meet." ”

"Reasonable, go on."

"Also, the use of a whip method, the court is trouble-free, but the people do not have silver taels, can only exchange silver taels through grain, and then pay taxes, once someone deliberately raises the price of silver, the people's grain will suddenly depreciate, thereby increasing the burden!"

Zhu Guanwen looked at Yu Xin deeply, and said in his heart that this guy is worthy of being the head of the household, and he still has knowledge of economics.

However, as soon as Yu Xin's words were finished, Huang Zicheng arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also agrees with what Yu Shangshu said, but this law may not be impossible to implement throughout the country. ”

"Mr. Huang, please speak!"

Zhu Guanwen raised his hand to signal Huang Zicheng.

Huang Zicheng said: "A whip law can not only reduce the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but also avoid the loss of grain tax escorts, if the whole country adopts this law, it can also avoid repeated collection by officials, many times of exploitation, for the people, is also beneficial!" ”

"Well, what Mr. Huang said is also good."

Zhu Guanwen nodded approvingly, and then looked at Fang Xiaoru and Zhang Zhen: "If the two adults have any ideas, they can speak freely." ”

Zhang Zhen smiled slightly and said: "The minister thinks that what Yu Shangshu said is reasonable, and what Master Huang said can also be done, it is ashamed to say that the minister is good at the administration of officials in the Ministry of Officials, and he does not know much about civil affairs." ”

“......”

Zhu Guanwen rolled his eyes in his heart, and secretly said that this guy is cunning.

Suddenly, Fang Xiaoru stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not!" ”

"If Mr. Fang has any opinion, you might as well speak up." Zhu Guanwen said with a warm smile.

"Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for their courage, you have only been on the throne for less than half a month, if this law is implemented throughout the country, I am afraid that the emperor's throne will be unstable!"

"Bold Fang Xiaoru!"

As soon as Fang Xiaoru's words fell, Yu Xin's three people changed color in unison, and Huang Zicheng shouted angrily.

The smile on Zhu Guanwen's face instantly froze, and his whole body was like petrification.

Nima!?