If the anthropomorphism of the Chinese dynasties is compared to a beautiful girl, then the Ming Dynasty must be the most eye-catching.

She carries a myriad of accessories, rings and clanging. And the most impressive accessory is called Jinyiwei, who rides out in all directions, and spies are all over the place.

From the moment Jinyiwei was born, it was already marked with a symbol, and it was the art of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

More than 3,000 people were dispatched from the 48 Jinyi Guards in Beijing, led by Mu Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, to rush to the noon gate and put all these hundreds of prisoners into the dark prison prison.

In the Qianqing Palace, the doors of the palace were closed everywhere, shielding the wind and snow outside, and in the warm pavilion, Emperor Hongzhi seemed to have lost his spirit, sitting on the soft couch tiredly, looking at the two people in front of him, and then his eyes fell on Xia Yuan, "Say it." ”

Xia Yuan organized the language, and after a while before he spoke; "Your Majesty, the minister has a question, why did my Ming Dynasty make the people poor?"

Hearing this question, Zhu Youzhu was silent for a while, and for a long time, he spit out four words from his mouth, "The year is chaotic." ”

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Hearing this, Xia Yuan was speechless, he looked at the heavy snow outside the window through the glass window, "What Your Majesty said is that it is indeed a year of chaos, but this is only one of them, and the second and third, and even the fifth and sixth." ”

"Let's talk about the second first: I heard that during the 23 years of the first emperor's Chenghua, the first emperor reduced taxes for the people of the world by more than 18 million stones. Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has reduced taxes for the people of the world for more than 100 million stones. ”

"Under the trade-off, the annual revenue of the national treasury has plummeted"

Speaking of this, Xia Yuan paused, because this statement was not accurate, he had seen a set of data in his previous life, although the treasury income of the Hongzhi Dynasty was not high, but it was much higher than the average of the entire Ming Dynasty.

There are even times when it surpasses the Chenghua Dynasty, and the Chenghua Dynasty is in the records of the Ming Dynasty: since Chenghua, it is called peaceful, and the prosperity is arrogant and extravagant, which is extremely prosperous.

Meaning, the level of the economy has peaked.

This is really not a boast of the Ming people, because Taicang in the Chenghua Dynasty has more than 20 million stone of grain for several consecutive years, which is the most in the six hundred years of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

"The minister has a question, in the years that Your Majesty has been on the throne, how does the annual harvest of the treasury compare with that of the Chenghua Dynasty?"

"Sometimes it's a little lower, sometimes it's a little higher."

After that, Emperor Hongzhi lowered his eyelids and whispered: "But this is not a merit, but a pass." ”

"What Your Majesty means by this, the minister doesn't understand it very well."

"To have such a harvest, Gainme has ruined the law of Kaizhong."

Zhu Youjiao's voice was very low, and his military equipment was lax, which had nothing to do with this matter.

What is the opening of the Chinese law, to put it bluntly, is Tuntian, but the merchant's Tuntian, these fields are tun in Liaodong, Datong, Xuanfu, Gansu and other nine-sided places, which can not only support the border army, but also reclaim the famine.

The destruction of Kaizhongfa did increase the annual revenue of the national treasury, but it destroyed the Shangtun in the border areas.

Emperor Hongzhi was not unaware of the consequences of this, but it was purely a helpless move, his dynasty was full of natural and man-made disasters, and he had to exempt the people from taxes and implement disaster relief.

There is no money and food available in the treasury, and if it does not destroy the opening of China and France, the treasury will be empty of millions every year.

Xia Yuan still didn't understand much, his impression of the Kaizhong Law was only that Yang Yiqing seemed to want to restore this law, but he didn't succeed.

didn't think about it anymore, he directly began to say the third point, "Third: it is the corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the national dynasty, my Ming Dynasty is poor in the country, and the poor are the people, not the merchants and gentry in the world, and the tens of thousands of officials. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi's eyes suddenly raised, like an awl, and immediately looked at Xiao Jing and said: "Xiao Companion, let everyone in this Qianqing Palace go out, and retreat to the imperial steps, no one is allowed to take a step closer without my permission." ”

Xiao Jing bowed and sang, turned around and walked towards the outside of the warm pavilion, and waited for a while, and then Emperor Hongzhi looked at him deeply.

That means it for a long time, and you can go on.

Xia Yuan didn't rush to speak, but thought to himself, when did the Ming Dynasty have the most corrupt officials who exploited the people, and the Hongzhi Dynasty should be one.

Because Emperor Hongzhi was exempt from taxes all day long, those magistrates did not have the opportunity to kick and increase the fire consumption. can only win over the gentry and set up a name, and can only covet the grain and grass for disaster relief and the silver taels for disaster relief.

However, Emperor Hongzhi also greatly reduced the rotation of officials, which can be seen from the grand occasion of the old man in this full dynasty, and the leopard in the tube.

Local officials rarely move around.

Needless to say, this will lead to the consequences.

If an official has been operating in the local area for too long, his power must be deep-rooted, and he is intertwined with the local gentry, whether it is a senior official or a lower official, they are all acquaintances. A network of relationships is formed, and the network of relationships is connected, encompassing the whole world.

This situation was caused by Emperor Hongji himself, why did he do this?

Perhaps there are too many natural and man-made disasters, and once there are landslides, floods, and droughts, what can be better handled than the magistrates who have been operating here for several years, and they are more experienced.

If you change it all day, I don't know what to do.

It is probably the reason why there are too many natural and man-made disasters in this way, for example, according to historical records, it was more than 50 million in the early years of Hongzhi, and 60 million in the last years of Hongzhi.

It is absolutely a miracle that the Hongzhi Dynasty, which has experienced large-scale natural disasters every year, has been able to steadily increase its population without causing a sharp decline in the population, and perhaps one of the credits is the way in which officials are not rotated much.

With thoughts wandering in his head, Xia Yuan simply didn't bother to think about it, took a deep breath, and said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, in fact, what the minister wants to say is to change the law." ”

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Emperor Hongzhi didn't seem to be surprised, and after a while, he asked, "So this is the reason why you saved those hundreds of prisoners?" ”

"Sure?"

Since Zhu Houzhao came in, he has been silently speechless with his head down, and only then did he suddenly raise his head, and then he began to doubt his hearing again, and he was all imprisoned, but he was saved in his father's mouth.

"Yes." Xia Yuan responded, and did not deny that he really wanted to keep these people, because he saw an opportunity.

Zhu Youzhu asked with a smile: "Isn't it different to be locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department?" ”

"The edict is His Majesty's edict."

"Well said!"

Emperor Hongzhi's voice suddenly raised, his eyes showed a cheerful color, he pointed at Xia Yuan with his finger, but his eyes looked at Zhu Houzhao blankly, "Prince, have you seen it!" This is called a smart man, not as stupid as you, and I can rest assured that he will assist you in the future. ”

Zhu Houzhao: "."

Is Hongu stupid? No, Hongu thinks he's still smart.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't pay attention to him anymore, but looked at Xia Yuan deeply and said: "Juzheng wants to change the law, so he wants to protect these people, can you tell me why is this?" ”

"If you want to change the law, the first thing is to employ people. These people have already led themselves to a dead end, and only they can move forward. ”

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Hearing these words, Emperor Hongzhi was silent for a long time, and the eyes that looked at Xia Yuan were like those parents who looked at other people's children in later generations, envious, jealous and hateful.

The things of this world are afraid of comparison.

Seeing other people's children so awake, but my own family is such a thing.

Anyone has to break down for a while.

There was silence for a long time, but in the end, all emotions turned into relief and relief.

It's a son-in-law, and it's also a child.

(End of chapter)