Emperor Hongzhi sat up straight from the soft collapse, almost flashing to his waist, and now he was completely shocked.

What does it mean to implement these points first, and then make the rest of the changes?

"Smack."

It was the sound of walnuts falling on the carpet.

Xiao Jing was busy kneeling to pick up the walnuts, but he simply didn't stand up, just knelt like this, and finally lay down again.

Try to be a transparent person.

He regretted it now, he had known that he had gone out with those palace people in the palace, even if he stood outside and drank the northwest wind in the wind and snow, it was better than listening to these terrible words here.

Emperor Hongzhi now wants to live for another 500 years, his body has been poor all these years, I don't know how much life is left, and the world must be handed over to the prince in the future.

And the relationship between these two people is so good, one is crazy, the other is stunned, together God knows how much chaos it can make.

He's got to live, he's got to watch these two guys.

Xia Yuan could sense that the emperor's eyes were wrong, but his expression was even more solemn,

"Your Majesty, it is quite difficult for the officials and gentry to pay grain in one piece, or even can't do it, so the minister just put it forward first, and what is to be implemented now is to spread the land into the mu."

"Abolish the Dingkou tax, only collect the land tax, and to implement it specifically, we must first send people to measure all the land in the world, and then no longer collect the poll tax, only collect taxes based on the number of acres of land, and then implement it layer by layer."

Although Xia Yuan said that he wanted to do a big job, it would be difficult to change the entire vassal system of the Ming Dynasty if he reduced the use of the vassal clan; The officials and gentry will inevitably provoke a revolt from all over the world.

Therefore, it is his real intention at present, and this can still be implemented.

In particular, it is only the cake of the landlords of the world that is apportioned into the mu, and it has little to do with the interests of those bureaucrats, and people do not have to pay taxes, so it doesn't matter how you collect them.

The reason why he said that he was amortizing the land into the mu together with the other two reforms was to play psychological warfare.

For Emperor Hongzhi, Xia Yuan thinks everything is good, but he is too cautious.

And after hearing these words, Zhu Youjiao's gaze really eased, people are like this, I heard so many earth-shattering words just now, and now I hear this kind of remarks.

suddenly felt that this kid was actually quite normal, and it turned out that this kid still knew that this official gentleman couldn't do it in one piece.

As for this paving into acres.

Seriously, when he heard these four words, Zhu Youzhu didn't take much to heart, let alone think about what these four words represented, and his mind was all on the rest of the words.

Now I turned my head and found that although it was difficult to implement this paving into the mu, as long as I thought about those two, I instantly felt that this change was not too easy.

And he can see the benefits of this spreading.

This will certainly increase the tax revenue of the national treasury.

In the 130 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how much land the landlords and gentry in the world have annexed, and I don't know how many hidden fields.

If we can re-measure the acres of land in the world, and then collect taxes only by the amount of land production, that is to say, the more those landlords annex, the more taxes they pay, and they can also reduce the burden of the people, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

And the land is different from people, the land is there, as long as it is measured clearly, there will be no less. Unless there is a lifter, a jinshi, and another large wave of fields are thrown to the past.

Therefore, it is still necessary to engage in this official gentry to pay for food in one piece.

Putting the two together is a big killer.

But Xia Yuan knew that it was not so easy for this official and gentry to pay for food in one piece, and the braided dynasty behind him was only promoted on a small scale, and it was abolished before it lasted for a few years.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes flickered, weighing in his heart how sure he was that this matter would be done, and how much opposition it would incur.

After a long time, he asked, "Who should do this business?" Those hundreds of convicts? ”

Xia Yuan snorted and said, "They are the most suitable candidates." ”

Those hundreds of convicts are now at a dead end, standing in opposition to countless bureaucrats.

If you still want to stay in officialdom, if you still want to have a life, then go to be a sword in your hand.

Let them promote this stall into the mu is sharpening the sword, just hope that one day, this sword can be sharpened and sharpened, and a sword swing out, not only the frost and cold of the fourteen states, but the frost of the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

Turn the whole world upside down.

"Then we'll wait for a few years to hold a court meeting, now." Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhu paused slightly, and his voice was a little melancholy,

"I have to wait for a while, I have to wait for this matter to pass, and I don't know how many more recitals will be delivered in a few days."

"So what the minister means is to use other things to divert the attention of the world first."

"What's the matter?"

"Reform Station."

"Reform Station?"

"Ang, use the post station to enrich the treasury and earn money."

Hearing that he could make money and enrich the treasury, Emperor Hongzhi was not as happy as he imagined, but his heart tightened.

The post station is the foundation of the dynasty, and Taizu personally issued the ancestral decree for this matter, what kind of moth does this kid want to toss?

"There are so many people in the post station, so many horses, and they are idle on weekdays, so it is better to let them help the people deliver letters. Nor did they have to deliver it to the people, but they went from one station to another, and then the people went up to the station to get it, and through this and so on they made money. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, set the ancestral law: non-militaristic matters are not allowed to use posts, and violators will be severely punished.

According to Xia Yuan, this is simply a disease, you must know that the post station of the Ming Dynasty is not a few broken houses, after all, the imperial court usually sends officials to inspect the place, and they all live in the post stations along the way.

So the scale is not small.

The general post station covers a large area, with hundreds of houses, dozens of horses and dozens of people.

Like those important regional post stations, it is even more outrageous, and it is directly a small city.

In later generations, there was a rooster station, which is still preserved today, and that is a city.

And the remote post station can't be said, for example, Wang Yangming treated the Longchang Station, that place is very desolate, it is said that only an old man is guarding there, not to mention the horse, even the mule can't find one.

But how many post stations like Longchang were there in the Ming Dynasty?

Even if there are hundreds, it is harmless, because the post stations of the Ming Dynasty are too many horses, nearly 2,000 post stations.

There are so many post stations just for the state to use, and they must also be military affairs, which is purely faulty.

How nice it is that you converted into a post office.

When Emperor Hongzhi heard that he was asking the post station to help the people deliver letters and earn money, he immediately frowned and said, "How can the post station be used privately?" This is the order of the ancestors, if there is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, or an emergency military situation, there is a shortage of manpower, what should we do? Isn't it a national event that is delayed? Don't mention this matter again. ”

Xia Yuan wanted to roll his eyes when he heard these words, "Your Majesty, how much can a letter weigh?" Even if it is a few hundred letters, a horse can be easily carried. And the horses raised in the post station are more than hundreds, and less than dozens, so what can be delayed if one horse is occupied by one person? ”

Emperor Hongzhi still shook his head when he heard this, and his attitude was even more resolute, "This matter is categorically impossible, the post station is a public instrument of the country, if it is used for private use, or used for profit, it will inevitably attract criticism from the world, don't mention it again." ”

Seeing this, Xia Yuan had no choice but to say: "Then what if this profit is millions of taels of silver every year?" ”

“.”

Hearing this number, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but be short-sighted, and was silent for a while: "You let me think about it." ”

(End of chapter)