"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this time it is not appropriate to exempt the heavy taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, and should exempt the horse price silver and forage silver in Shandong, Jingshi, and Fengyang, abolish the Shandong squad army system, and further relieve the difficulties of the people in these northern places first."

"First, the north is not as rich as the south, so the actual burden is heavier, especially the Shandong military households who need to pay the price of horses and forage silver, as well as the Shandong military households who are drawn to transport grain for the squad army!"

"It is precisely because the burden of the northerners is actually heavier that a large number of northerners move south, rather than southerners moving north, which also causes serious abandonment in the north, so it should further benefit the people of the north."

"The second is that the Jiangnan tax resistance was serious before, and the Nanzhi area first had the rebellion of resisting the silk tax reform, and then resisted the rebellion of the officials and gentry to pay grain as an errand, and even bombarded the Qincha, and established their own official offices, which shows that the Jiangnan scholars are more anti-bone and less loyal, so they did not seriously guide the people, so that the people's customs are not simple, and the grace of this tax reduction and exemption should not first benefit Jiangnan, so that it will be ashamed, but can revive the atmosphere."

"The third is the turmoil of the price of silver dollars worth grain, according to the minister's investigation, taking advantage of the turmoil of the country's silver dollar and turmoil, they also wantonly sell their property and secretly hoard silver dollars, with Jiangnan Haoyou as the most, and it can also be seen that Jiangnan Haoyou has no idea of the country, and most of the understanding and propaganda of the new rite are insufficient, so they should not benefit them first, so that they can know the lesson."

After all, if we want to further activate the commodity economy of the Ming Dynasty, the most fundamental way is to reduce or reduce taxes, after all, as long as the top collects a little less profit, the bottom will indeed have a little more profit, the people's consumption capacity will naturally increase, and the economy will naturally be more prosperous.

However, when the court was discussing which tax burden should be reduced or reduced, Wang Xuan, the secretary of the household department, directly rejected the proposal of the cabinet minister Wang Xijue to exempt the heavy taxes in Jiangnan first, and put forward his own reasons.

Wang Xijue couldn't answer for a while, so he had to retreat to the court with a shameful face.

Shen Shixing and Xu Guo also looked at each other and sighed.

There is no way, because Wang Xuan is indeed telling the truth, not to mention anything else, just a famous minister like Hai Rui who went to Nanzhi to collect taxes in the past can be shelled, which no one can deny, so Rao is the minister of Nanzhi is not good to fight again.

Zhu Yijun also bowed his head at this time: "What Qing said is, then first exempt the horse price silver and forage silver of Jingshi, Shandong, and Fengyang, and abolish the Shandong squad army system!" ”

"As for the people of Jiangnan, I am also a child, but the country has not yet reached the time of extreme wealth, and the United States has not been completely king, so I will wait first, if I change my heart and face from now on, love the country and be loyal to the king, and make the world see it, or I don't have to wait too long."

Zhu Yijun said this, university scholars Liu Yingjie, Zhang Xueyan, household secretary Wang Xun, Ministry of Rites Shangshu Yu Shenxing and other northern ministers all bowed to the ground, full of tears: "My emperor is as benevolent as the sky!" The ministers thanked the emperor on behalf of the villagers! ”

The university scholars Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Xu Guo, and Yin Zhengmao, the secretary of the military department, bowed their hands at this time: "The ministers should remember the holy teachings. ”

"The servant has long persuaded many villagers to be more considerate of the court, don't make trouble and oppose the court at every turn, they don't believe it, but now it's good, two great good governance, the result has not benefited Jiangnan, and the servant has no face because of this, and he can't argue if he wants to."

Because of this, Shen Shixing complained to Wang Xijue, Xu Guo and other officials who were directly from the south after the dispersal of the dynasty.

Wang Xijue sighed: "This is also no way, who doesn't know the world's mansions, but the Jiangnan mansions are the most scattered, Suzhou is not subject to Yingtian, Songjiang is not subject to Suzhou, and Changzhou, Huizhou, and Yangzhou scholars are also pretentious." ”

Shen Shixing said: "If you can persuade the township party next, you must take this as a warning, don't have the grace of the emperor next time, and it will not be the turn of the hometown." ”

Xu Guo nodded: "This is natural, I will write a letter to my fellow villagers after I go back." ”

Wang Xijue also said: "Taicang Zhuwang clan, I also wrote to talk about this matter, at least now that the price of silver has plummeted, you can't be unwilling because you sold a lot of fields and shops at a low price before, and you don't care about the rules and regulations of the imperial court, and do things like clever and robbing." ”

"yes!"

Shen Shixing nodded.

……

"What did you say?"

"The heavy taxes in Jiangnan have not been reduced, and the reduction and exemption is the horse price silver and forage silver in Shandong, Jingshi, and Fengyang, Jiangbei, and the abolition of the Shandong squad system?"

Gu Xiancheng looked at Wang Zhixiang, the imperial historian who came to visit him, and asked in amazement because Wang Zhixiang said about the tax reduction and exemption of this court discussion.

Wang Zhixiang bowed: "For this reason, Wang Ge Lao also called me to give some advice, saying that I should go to the Nanzhi Hall to convey the message, so that everyone should stop going against the imperial court, otherwise good governance will never be the turn of our several prefectures in Jiangsu!" ”

Gu Xiancheng helplessly collected his forehead and asked, "They don't know how to fight in Shenwu County?" ”

"What are you fighting for, they are just afraid of it, after all, we don't treat him as a fellow countryman."

Gu Yuncheng said with a smile at this time.

Gu Xiancheng couldn't help but sigh for a while: "It's really a loss!" ”

Wang Zhixiang said: "No, we have to take the initiative to restrain the villagers, otherwise maybe next time there is really grace, it will not be our turn again." ”

"So, the public also believes that the divine will is the will of heaven?"

Gu Xiancheng asked.

Wang Zhixiang smiled helplessly: "I don't believe it, I just didn't believe it this time, and as a result, I lost more than half of my family business, and now I don't dare to go back to my hometown to meet my clansmen." ”

Gu Xiancheng was even more disappointed after hearing this, so he didn't say anything more.

In other words, first, because the New Party is now keeping a close eye on corruption and perverting the law, Zhu Yijun also deals with such perpetrators strictly; the second is two consecutive great good governance; Most of the officials in the world have to be restrained a lot, so many powerful bureaucrats have not dared to take back their high-quality assets after selling them cheaply.

Many ordinary people really relied on this turmoil over the silver dollar to obtain many high-quality assets.

In February of the sixteenth year of Wanli, the weather became warmer.

"Husband!"

On this day, Ruiya came to Ren Yonggang, who was plowing in the field, with food, and called him, and then wiped Ren Yonggang's sweat with a handkerchief.

Now there is no official mansion to forcibly seize the land he bought in the hands of Lu Yinchang, so that he has now become a small landlord, and as soon as he finishes his work on the construction site, he will come back to plough, and hope to have a bumper harvest this autumn.

And his wife Ruiya is also pregnant, which gives him the motivation to work hard, he is already thinking of relying on the silver dollars accumulated on the construction site to buy a few brick houses this year, like the brick house where Wang Chenglin's son-in-law Ye Agui, whom he met in Pulaxian in Qingjiang in the past, lived, preferably by the canal, so that he can also do some business, and from now on he can support a family without working and just guarding the store.

"It's really a good time, it didn't cost much money to get you, and I got so much good land, I couldn't think of it before, my father and my grandfather have worked hard all their lives, and they don't have their own fields, only my father has his own thatched house."

Ren Yong smiled at Ruiya as soon as he finished wiping his sweat from Ruiya.

Rui Ya also smiled: "I read the newspaper and said that it is the emperor today!" However, my husband is now working on the river construction site, not to mention that he still has to plant so many fields, and I can't help you, so it's really hard. ”

"It's okay to work hard, I couldn't work so hard before!"

"Since you know how to read, if you have a child in the future, whether it is a boy or a girl, you will teach him to read, and the man will let him also study and become an official, and repay the good emperor; Women know some etiquette and can marry a good family. ”

As soon as Ren Yong said this, he took the rice and chopsticks handed by Rui Ya again, and then squatted under the elm money tree by the ridge and ate it.

Ruiya let out an "um" and touched her stomach.

Ren Yonggang asked again at this time: "Do you regret following me?" ”

"No regrets!"

"If you don't follow your husband, although you don't have to worry about food and clothing in the Lu Mansion, you have to look at the master's face, and maybe you will be called to accompany the guests, and then you will be matched with a small servant, and the child you give birth to is still a slave."

Ruiya replied with a smile.

……

"My Ruiya!"

"My fertile land."

Lu Yinchang, who was wearing shackles and was about to be escorted to the edge of the penal colony, happened to pass by here at this time, and when he saw this scene again, he burst into tears again for a while, and said with a pout.

There are still many powerful bureaucrats like Lu Yinchang who are heartbroken.

Gu Xiancheng's other younger brother Gu Xuancheng, who was at home, looked at the farmers planting rice on his family's 800 acres of watered fields by Taihu Lake with a calm face, and couldn't help but grit his teeth for a while: "Hateful! ”

Wu Daliang, a farmer who was planting rice on the original Gujia field, was indeed very happy at this time, and even hummed happily, and after humming for a while, he said to his father Wu Da, who was planting rice in front of him:

"Dad, what do you say the Gu family thinks, the rent was so high before, we didn't want to plant it, but now it's sold to us cheaply, and after selling it to us, it wants to buy it back, how can there be such a good thing!"

"Plant your seedlings, what are you talking about!"

"As long as the government does not face them for a day, as long as this field is ours for a day, we will plant it well! Then the harvest will be sent to Xiaoliang to study, as long as he takes the test for fame in the future, he will be able to keep these good fields, and our Wu family will be able to become rich. ”

Wu Da said at this time.

"What Dad said is, but I knew earlier, the price of this field will still rise because of the increase in silver dollars, and I should have bought him a few more acres in the first place."

Wu Daliang said at this time.

Wu Da glanced at Gu Xuancheng, who came over on the shore with a sliding rod: "Don't be greedy, be content, otherwise you will be like them, but you will lose more." ”

Gu Xuancheng noticed Wu Da's expression, he always felt that these farmers were mocking him, and shouted: "Hurry up and get out of here, these people don't want to sell their fields and don't buy them, anyway, if the ancestors want to blame the third brother!" ”

Gu Xuancheng's third brother is Gu Xiancheng, and the fourth brother is Gu Yuncheng.

Gu Yuncheng was asking Gu Xiancheng on this day: "Brother, the fifth brother wrote that the landlords of our watered fields in Taihu Lake do not sell, even if we only buy the bones, the fields are still theirs, and now it seems that it is difficult for us to redeem our ancestral property!" ”

"Then we can only wait for the disaster year to come."

"As long as the disaster year comes, with the relationship between the officials of Wuxi County and our Gu family, it is not a problem to recover the ancestral property in the name of disaster relief, bear with it first, don't let the old five go to take advantage of it, we are the Shi clan and not the local tyrants."

Gu Xiancheng said.

Gu Yuncheng nodded: "What the eldest brother said is true." ”

……

"Your Majesty, the ministers and the officials of the Ministry of Officials have discussed it together, and think that the official system should be changed now, so please abolish the existing system of officials, so as to curb the disadvantages of the hereditary system of officials and the disadvantages of the right minions of pride!"

After Hai Rui discussed the reform of the official system with Wang Yongji and others, he played to Zhu Yijun in the Imperial Division on this day that the official department wanted to change the official system.

After Zhu Yijun heard this, he took Hai Rui's question book and read it, and after reading it, he asked Hai Rui: "Do you know how many scholars you will offend by doing this, and Qing doesn't want to have a good reputation in Shilin?" ”

(End of chapter)