In other words, the burden of being tenants before the reform was lighter than when they were farming? If so, if there is a natural disaster, the people will definitely be more willing to hand over the land to the gentry and ask for a way to live? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said thoughtfully.

He Qiu nodded, things are as simple as that.

"The people have the motive to reduce their own burden, and the gentry have the will to annex, after all, since ancient times, the importance of the land has been engraved in the bones, and when the two are combined, it is really dry firewood meets fire, unstoppable!"

He Qiu's witty words failed to make Zhu Yuanzhang laugh, how could he laugh, such a cruel fact was in front of him, so that Zhu Yuanzhang saw the crisis of the empire under his rule for the first time.

Fortunately, there is a follow-up, and the picture after the reform is much better.

He Qiu explained.

"Since the reform of His Majesty, the land in these four prefectures has been re-inventoried, and part of the land has been returned to the people, and then the Ding tax will be spread into the field tax, and the land area will be collected instead of the population."

"In other words, after the reform, those with more land paid more taxes, and those with less land paid less taxes, so that the taxes on the gentry were higher than those on the common people."

Such a result is of course very much in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's aesthetics, he has been poor since he was a child, and he is extremely disdainful of these big households.

It's great to be able to give people a breather.

Moreover, there is also a commercial tax, and the four governments pay an average of 50,000 taels of commercial tax, which means that the four governments have a commercial tax of 200,000 yuan this year.

If this is implemented in the world, it will not only be such a small amount of money, not to mention the previously envisaged that the customs will collect taxes, and the commercial tax will be the big one.

Zhu Yuanzhang exhaled and said happily.

"In this way, my country can be considered stable."

How could it not? It has always been the people who rebelled, who had ever heard of a gentry who took the lead in rebellion?

Now Zhu Yuanzhang's reform will naturally damage the interests of the gentry and may be attacked by these people, but he doesn't care at all, he cares more about the fact that the Ming Dynasty can be passed on steadily.

Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't expect the Ming Dynasty to last forever, there are so many dynasties from ancient times to the present, which one can really last for thousands of generations?

But if it can be longer than the Han Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang will be able to smile at Jiuquan.

He Qiu began to draw cakes for Zhu Yuanzhang again and said.

"Your Majesty, now that these four prefectures have sufficient taxes, the minister suggests that water conservancy should be built in the local area, roads should be repaired, and more projects that will benefit the people's livelihood should be done, so that it is better than putting money in the treasury and rotting.

The minister has a word, I hope Your Majesty can listen to it, only what is used is money, and what is not used is not counted as money. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with some curiosity.

"What do you mean by that?"

He Qiu thought about it for a moment and made an analogy.

"Nowadays, many businessmen make a lot of money in business, dig pits and bury them in the ground, and save them up, which is neither used for consumption nor investment. So does all this money put in the ground still make sense to him? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang touched his beard, thoughtfully, as if he understood.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about the future that He Qiu described to him, after the reform of all parts of the country, all water conservancy and roads were built, which was beneficial to agriculture and commerce and trade, not to mention that after the roads were built, all the places were connected together, and they were not afraid of rebellion.

If Wang Shi can go to all parts of the Ming Dynasty within three days, who would dare to rebel?

Speaking of road construction, the new cement recipe in Beiping seems to have been made by this kid.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought so in his heart.

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"What do you think of the grandson's inquiry about cutting the feudal clan that day?"

He Qiu chuckled in his heart, unable to understand why Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked this.

I could only consider the words in my heart and said cautiously.

"This ...... In the minister's view, cutting the feudal domain is naturally inevitable, but it is more necessary to pay attention to means and establish good rules. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang could naturally hear what He Qiu meant, but he just felt that Taisun was too eager, so he waved his hand and asked He Qiu to retreat.

yes, how can you not feel anxious?

How long has he been the grandson, and he said in front of the emperor that he would cut the domain, and there was no charter for him, is this the attitude to do things?

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little upset when he thought of this, but the situation where Zhu Yunwen was crying in front of him resurfaced, this time, forget it.

What's more, it's really time to cut the domain, King Jin...... I'm afraid the death of the crown prince really has nothing to do with him.

Zhu Yuanzhang got rid of the previous sad state of mind, and decided to do a good job of reform first, although Zhu Biao died, he was really sad, but the inheritance of the Ming Dynasty is more important!

At present, He Qiu made Zhu Yuanzhang realize that if this reform can be implemented well, it will be the unswerving foundation of the Zhu family!

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally began to pay attention, and as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang cheered up like this, the atmosphere in the court immediately changed.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little depressed after the death of the prince before, and the government and government were a little stagnant, after all, Lao Zhu personally handled government affairs, big and small, and there was no prime minister, and there was no cabinet later.

Once Zhu Yuanzhang himself slackened, the operation of the imperial court was somewhat out of order.

As for now, Zhu Yuanzhang seems to be holding a whip and rushing forward with a hundred officials, which really makes hundreds of officials breathe a sigh of relief, this time it is a normal Zhu Yuanzhang.

They were all whipped away by Zhu Yuanzhang, and they were used to being whipped, Zhu Yuanzhang was decadent some time ago, and they were still a little uncomfortable.

Next, Zhu Yuanzhang said that he would vigorously promote reform measures and distribute some of He Qiu's analysis to various officials, so that anyone with vision could see what such a situation meant.

If the reform can really be completed in various places, the increased tax revenue of the imperial court can be invested in the people's livelihood according to what Zhu Yuanzhang said, and those of them who are officials will be more active.

Who is an official who doesn't want to contribute to their hometown? Before, there was no chance, but now once the reform of the imperial court is completed, there is so much silver, and it will be used to support the construction of my hometown first, there is nothing wrong with it, right?

However, there are still some regrets that Zhu Yuanzhang no longer mentions the matter of moving the capital, as if he intends to take root in Yingtianfu.

Originally, they still thought that after moving the capital, maybe the imperial court would fall in their hometown, so they were a little disappointed.

What disappointed them even more was the re-establishment of the prince.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't discuss this matter with them at all, and suddenly decided that Zhu Yunwen would be the emperor's grandson, which was obviously not very polite.

But as soon as the Chrysostom of the Son of Heaven opened, those of them who were courtiers could only pinch their noses and admit it.

He Qiu pulled Lan Yu and quietly observed the affairs of the government for several days, and found that Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be mainly focusing on reform, and He Qiu was relieved.

This time's plan is barely completed, at least Zhu Yuanzhang should not wantonly purge the noble courtiers again, and it is estimated that Zhu Di will not be implicated in anything.