Why do people try their best to evade taxes?

Maybe Emperor Hongzhi couldn't say why before, but after hearing so much, how could he not say it?

But when the words came to his mouth, he was blocked, and his face became even more gloomy, and after a long time, he asked, "So Juzheng wants to change the law?" ”

"Yes."

Xia Yuan thought of when he had just crossed over, and at that time he was full of thought that this was a peaceful and prosperous era, and it was the Taiping era that was recorded in the history books as Hongzhi Zhongxing.

But what he saw and heard gave him a slap in the face, where is this prosperous world? If this is a prosperous time, then what about a troubled time.

After a while, Xia Yuan said again: "The minister wants to change the law, and it has something to do with the fact that His Majesty gave the minister the word Juzheng." ”

Pushed back seventy or eighty years, the Taiyue Xianggong named Zhang Juzheng was once Xuanhe, committed to reforming the maladministration of the Ming Dynasty, and became the most famous Zaifu of the Ming Dynasty.

When the word Juzheng fell on him, he inexplicably had a sense of mission.

But Emperor Hongzhi looked at him deeply, and to him, these words seemed to have another meaning.

At the beginning, I helped him to form a letter, which meant to accept and recognize this son-in-law, and to treat him as a relative and nephew.

And vice versa.

Xia Yuan was a little tired, glanced at the soft collapse under the seat of Emperor Hongzhi, and then looked at the prince who was in front of him, but still gave up that little idea, and sighed and said:

"Some officials actually want to be clean officials, to be honest and honest officials.

What's more, there are many officials from poor backgrounds in the country, and they have seen how the government exploits the people, and they must have hated these corrupt officials at that time, thinking: One day, if I am an official, I will be a parent who is the master of the people.

But after they became officials, they also became corrupt officials and corrupt officials, they may be officials in other places, and they are not exploiting the people in their hometowns, and they have no sense of guilt in their hearts, and they may have lost to reality.

The price given by the dynasty is too low, it is really not enough, and it has not risen, what it was at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, what it is now, but the price has been rising.

Not to mention that many times this money is not evenly distributed. Then we can only make up for the deficiency by losing more than we have, and exploit the people under our rule. So the minister meant that he had to give the officials a plus. ”

Listening to him quietly, Emperor Hongzhi felt a burst of disappointment in his heart, thinking that what was this change, that's it?

Give the officials a boost.

Can this also be considered a change?

Take 10,000 steps back, even if this is a change, but this is clearly a mansion in the air, and now the money given is so low, the court can't afford it, and it is often in arrears, and it is also increased?

He hid the disappointment well, and sighed: "I don't know what Ju Zheng said, if there is enough money, how can those people with a conscience be corrupt. But the treasury is empty, how can the matter of the increase be done, or."

"That's why we have to fill up the treasury first."

was interrupted, Zhu Youzhu was not angry, but asked thoughtfully: "Let the imperial court do business?" ”

He knows that this kid has a hand in business, but what kind of business can he do by enriching the treasury by doing business? What's more, the matter of the treasury, it always feels paradoxical to enrich it with business.

"Don't do business, so the symptoms are not cured."

Xia Yuan shook his head, and continued: "The change that the minister said is to reduce the use of the vassal king's clan; Cut the preferential treatment of all the official gentry in the Ming Dynasty, such as apportioning the land into the mu, and the official gentry paying grain in one piece. ”

The tone was not high, even very light, but it fell on the ears of Emperor Hongzhi like a thunderbolt, which broke the earth and made his brain buzz.

When he heard the sentence of reducing the use of the vassal king's clan, Zhu Youzhang's heart was obviously slowed down by two beats, and when all the words came out, his heart almost stopped suddenly.

At this time, he was no longer disappointed in his heart, but shocked, and at the same time extremely happy.

Fortunately, it is proposed now, if I die in the future and the prince succeeds to the throne, this kid pleads the prince to carry out this kind of change, but I am afraid that the country will die in the hands of these two people.

Emperor Hongzhi is a person who is very good at hiding his true emotions, but now his eyes are full of indescribable horror.

Xiao Jing, who had been standing silently at the door, took out two walnuts from his arms, kneaded them in his hands, and felt the uneven edges and corners in his palms, only then did he feel that it was real now, not a dream.

In the afternoon, he also complained a lot about this Xia Xima, thinking that this person was not authentic, and used his own head as collateral.

But now there are no complaints, what to do with a madman?

Listen to what this is all about, reduce the use of the vassal royal family, and also reduce the preferential treatment of those official gentry and landlords

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Houzhao saw that his father was silent for a long time, and opened his mouth to say: "Father"

"Shut your mouth!"

Emperor Hongzhi yelled at him, and immediately looked at Xiao Jing who was guarding the door of the warm pavilion with an awl-like gaze, "Xiao companion, tell me, what did you hear just now?" ”

Xiao Jing hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied loudly: "The slave didn't hear anything!" ”

"It's a blessing to you not to hear it."

After saying this, Zhu Youzhu moved his gaze back and looked at Xia Yuan, his eyebrows were already twisted into Sichuan characters, and after a little silence, "Why do you have such an unbelievable idea?" ”

After a few mutters, he didn't say the frustration after all.

"The vassal royal clan does not pay taxes, nor do the gentry pay taxes, and the taxes of the imperial court are all on the common people. Corrupt officials and corrupt officials were rampant, and the people were overwhelmed by the harsh taxes of various names, so they could only sell their fields to the vassal kings or gentry, and the taxes that the court could collect became less and less, and the people would live more and more miserable. ”

Xia Yuan didn't know what to think, and his eyes gradually became a little empty.

"The rich have no land, and the poor have no place to stand. If this momentum continues, the treasury will one day be impoverished. And the people who have nothing and can't survive will rise up, and if they don't reform the system and don't change the law, they can only change."

Speaking of this, he was startled again, and immediately stopped, almost losing his head.

"A change of dynasty?" Zhu Houzhao thought about it and asked.

“.”

Xia Yuan turned his head and glared at him with his eyes, if you step on a horse and want me to die, just say it, you don't have to be like this.

Being stared at by this, Zhu Houzhao simply closed his mouth and said nothing, and made up his mind that he would not say anything later.

was yelled at first and then stared at, this palace doesn't want to lose face?

"The Ming Dynasty is like the sky, and the country is thousands of years old."

Xia Yuan shouted a slogan, Emperor Hongzhi didn't believe it, and forced a few smiles from the corners of his mouth, "How can there be thousands of years of rivers and mountains in this world, and how can there be thousands of generations of national ancestors." ”

Xia Yuan continued: "That's why we have to change the law, and the change of the law is to realize the country for thousands of years." The so-called those who are not enough to seek eternity are not enough to seek a moment, those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a corner, and seeking this time is to seek eternity. ”

Emperor Hongzhi was impressed by these words, this is the person who really serves the country, the world, and the society, just

His face was cloudy, and after a long time, he leaned on the cushion behind him a little weakly, and a leisurely voice came out of his mouth, "I can understand Juzheng's heart to seek the country, how easy it is to change the law, not to mention that it involves the law of the ancestors." ”

Xia Yuan naturally knew the difficulties of changing the law, but instead of being discouraged, he said: "Your Majesty, take your time step by step, let's realize these things first, and then carry out the rest of the changes." ”

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(End of chapter)