Chen Kan made the final decision, and Zhu Zhanji couldn't say anything more.

Yun Cheng stepped forward with a smile and began to talk about the price with Na Mu Ne.

There are about 20 cents on the square here, a chariot goes up the mountain for 20 yuan, and the people who carry the chariot are 10 wen per person, the chariot is not counted as money, and the 20 chariot is 400 yuan.

If you still need to carry it down the mountain, you need to add 10 yuan for each foot chariot, and add 20 yuan for lost work, which is the price of being able to run twice a day.

In total, it is a total of money.

When the amount of the price negotiated between Yun Cheng and the Na Mu Ne man reached the ears of the Zhu family brothers, both Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhan Yan fell silent.

Before that, it was hard for them to imagine that they could hire forty adults to follow them all day.

After all, they are the real masters who spend a lot of money, even if they go to Jude Building to book a table of banquets, at least ten treasures are the foundation.

Zhu Zhanji bowed to Zhang Yuanchu a little sullenly and said, "I misunderstood you, I'm sorry." ”

Zhang Yuanchu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "Your ...... Where is the noble man saying, being convenient with others is convenient with himself, and it is a trivial matter, which is not enough to worry about. ”

Yun Cheng and the man calculated the money, then took out the copper coin and prepared to give the money first.

Consistent money, and these people still have to take it, naturally it is more convenient to use copper coins, the amount of treasure money is too large, and they are not easy to divide.

Fifty cents was in hand, and every ordinary person had a heartfelt smile on their faces.

Fifty dollars doesn't sound like much, but today's trip is equivalent to their previous income for three or five days.

After all, not everyone who comes to Longhu Mountain will rent their chariots.

In fact, the nobles who can come to Longhu Mountain will come with their own chariots, and they don't look down on the simple wooden shelves of the people.

There are only a few small officials who are not rich in money and can't afford to buy a business, but they believe in Taoism and must go up the mountain to worship the patriarch of the Sanqing Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanji sat on a chariot with an unhappy face, and saw that the smile on the face of the man who was carrying the chariot lingered.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes and asked: "Like you, who live on your feet every day, you can have surplus family assets in a year, and where does the food for the eclipse come from, why don't you want to farm well?" ”

"The nobleman laughed, the villain and others live by their feet, although it is hard, but at least they can barely fill their stomachs, if they go back to farming, I am afraid that they will not only be unable to make ends meet all year round, but also have to owe the government taxes and grain, as for the daily eclipse, the wives and children at home and the old mothers will save a little bit, and pick a little wild vegetables in the mountains, and they can also fool their stomachs."

The man has seen a lot of nobles, and he didn't take a nap at all when he answered these questions, and even showed a simple smile on his face as he spoke.

Zhu Zhanji nodded, he couldn't see any expression on his face, but asked thoughtfully: "I remember that the agricultural tax rate in my dynasty does not seem to be high, how can I still owe grain tax after planting land for a year, but the government is harsh and levies harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes?" ”

The man was originally working hard to climb the steps, but after hearing Zhu Zhanji's question, he suddenly smiled and said, "Isn't Gongzi a noble person from Jingshi?" ”

Zhu Zhanji was surprised: "Why did the strong man ask this? ”

The man shook his head and smiled: "A noble person like Gongzi, the villain can meet so many times a year, and every time he comes to ask the villain and others whether the local government collects harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the villain is used to it." ”

"Uh~"

Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he understood what the man meant.

I think what the man is talking about should be the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate.

The court monitors the local government, which is divided into the open and the secret, and the secret is naturally a few spy agencies, as for the bright side, it is the secret visit of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the household department and the official department.

Although Longhu Mountain does not belong to the rule of Ying Tianfu, it is not far from Jingshi, so it is not unusual for a man to have this kind of knowledge.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was silent, the man no longer continued to sell Guanzi, and said bluntly: "The prince thinks badly, since the emperor has become the son of heaven today, where does the government dare to collect any harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the villain said that the tax arrears are not harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, but taxes collected by the imperial court." ”

Zhu Zhanji frowned, is the tax of the imperial court so high, why doesn't he know?

The man glanced back at Zhu Zhanji, and seeing that his expression was not very good-looking, he couldn't help but lower his voice and said, "Childe shouldn't know how many people we have in Jiangnan, right?" ”

"The tax set by the imperial court is actually not high, the blame is that we are in Jiangnan, it is a good place, there are too many people, and there are more and more people now."

The man's words were full of embarrassment, but Zhu Zhanji's face was even more puzzled.

He asked, "There are so many people, why can't they pay their taxes?" ”

The man smiled bitterly: "If there are more people, there will be less land, our Ming Dynasty is paying taxes according to the capitation, there are more and more people, the land is just like that, and the land allocated to each person is not enough, where is there still excess grain to pay taxes." ”

Listening to the bitterness in the man's words, Zhu Zhanji's brain suddenly seemed to be hit by something, and his face instantly showed a look of enlightenment.

He understood.

So that's it!

He couldn't help but subconsciously set his eyes on Chen Kan on another chariot.

So, is this the second purpose of the teacher to come to Longhu Mountain?

The teacher wanted to use this matter to tell him that there was something wrong with Daming's tax law?

The more Zhu Zhanji thought about it, the more he felt that there was such a possibility.

What the Ming Dynasty is now implementing is the Dingkou tax, which is the capitation tax in the mouth of the Hanzi, and to put it bluntly, it is the traditional way of collecting taxes by rent.

The amount of food that each adult needs to pay each year and how many days of labor he or she serves are all standards.

Such a tax method, placed in the early days of the dynasty, had a very strong impetus for the development of the dynasty.

At the beginning of the dynasty, there was a lot of waste to be rebuilt, and there were few people in the land, so there was no problem in collecting taxes according to Dingkou.

However, as the development of the dynasty enters a certain stage, the population will definitely usher in explosive growth, especially in a good place like Jiangnan, where the climate is warm and humid and the land is fertile, the population growth rate will only get faster and faster.

When the population increases, the per capita cultivated land area decreases, and the landlords forcibly annex the land, resulting in less and less land in the hands of the people.

If the people could not pay their taxes, there were only two ways to go, either to leave their homes and become homeless people to beg for food elsewhere, or to sell themselves into slavery and become tenants of the landlords.

And the landlords of the Ming Dynasty did not pay taxes.

In the end, the government could not collect enough taxes, so it could only attack the already poor people and collect all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes under the name of cunning.

But there were fewer and fewer people, more and more vagrants and slaves, and the more the dynasty levied taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the less money it had.

Once such a vicious circle is formed, the only result is to change the dynasty and redistribute the benefits!

Zhu Zhanji is smart enough, so he can quickly think through these things.

As for why I didn't think of it before, I can only say that there are some things that someone must click on, click on it, and the whole person will be transparent, if no one clicks, then it is impossible to figure it out for a lifetime.

Just like a diligent emperor in later generations, if someone can point to him, maybe the things he does can still have a little effect.

This man and Zhu Zhanji have no conflict of interest, so Zhu Zhanji doesn't have to worry about any traps when he says it.

It's just that the trap is gone, and in its place is a big pit.

Zhu Zhanji retracted his gaze, and his heart was extremely bitter.

No wonder, no wonder the teacher's behavior has been so strange along the way, not only for him to experience any human suffering, but also for him to go deep into the place to see, to think, to empathize.

It turned out that a big pit was dug here and waiting for him.

Taxes, since ancient times, taxes have been the biggest cake and the fattest piece of fat in a dynasty from top to bottom.

Whether it is the central government, the local government, or even the clan, the entire Ming Dynasty relies on the tax system to operate.

Don't look at it now, it seems that Da Ming is constantly bringing back endless wealth from overseas.

But those wealth, fat will always be only the pockets of a few people, and it has little to do with ordinary people.

The real head of the Ming Dynasty still relies on the Dingkou tax.

And for a long time in the future, the status of the Ding Kou tax will not be replaced by commerce.

It's such a piece of fat, but it's made from the bone oil of ordinary people.

Not to mention that he is only an imperial grandson now, even if he has now ascended the throne for the ninth fiveth, if he dares to say that no one else is allowed to eat this piece of fat again, he is afraid that he will be torn to pieces.

His heart was filled with bitterness, and Zhu Zhanji was suddenly a little dazed.

It's too difficult, and he doesn't seem to be very good at it.

Turning his head again to look at Chen Kan, who was lying on the chariot with his eyes closed, Zhu Zhanji suddenly felt that it seemed good to let the second uncle inherit this throne.

The man stopped talking, and Zhu Zhanji stopped asking questions.

Two Taoist priests led the way in front, and more than 20 people led by Chen Kan swayed and climbed the mountain.

The mountain of Longhu Mountain is not high, but it is extremely steep, and Chen Kan and others also plan to go to the Great Shangqing Palace to incense, and they need to climb several mountains.

So, the pace of progress is slow.

At noon, I began to climb the mountain, and it took two full hours to come to the gate of the Great Shangqing Palace.

On the main peak of Longhu Mountain, the palace view is hidden in the forest, the smoke lingers, and there is a faint chanting sound of some great charm in the main hall of the Qing Palace, with the melodious bell, so that the whole team that is slightly restless is unconsciously calmed down.

When he arrived at the place, Chen Kan ended his eyes and closed his eyes, and took the lead in getting up from his steps.

Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhan Yan are going to give birth to Chang Ning and Yun Niang.

Chen Kan looked at the majestic palace in front of him with his hands behind his back, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The crane and the ape are thorough, and the dragon and tiger are on the screen." Real people smile plum blossom hair, thirty-six days of spring are different. ”

The Song Dynasty poet Pan Lang's poem "Traveling to Longhu Mountain to Gift Heavenly Master" can be said to be the majestic of Longhu Mountain as a Taoist ancestral court.

Although Chen Kan only read the second half, it still attracted everyone's frequent bows.

The two Taoist priests were even more honored, as if Chen Kan was praising them.

After Chen Kan finished sighing, Zhang Yuanchu stepped forward and saluted and asked: "Nobleman, the Jade Emperor Pavilion has vegetarian hospitality, it is better to go to worship the Five Organs Temple first, and then come to offer incense to the Great Heavenly Venerable." ”

The Great Tianzun mentioned by Zhang Yuanchu does not refer to the Jade Emperor of later generations, but refers to one of the three Qings of the Daomen, the Shangqing Gaosheng Taishang Yuchen Yuanhuang Daojun,

Although the Great Shangqing Palace is dedicated to the Sanqing, the main sacrifice is the Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun.

As for the Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Venerable, it is the chief priest of the Jade Emperor Pavilion.

At the same time, the Jade Emperor Pavilion is also the canteen of the Taoist priests of Longhu Mountain.

Hearing this, Chen Kan nodded and replied, "The tired Taoist leader leads the way." ”

Zhang Yuanchu nodded, and a group of people walked towards the Jade Emperor Pavilion.

Vegetarian food, as the name suggests, is a fasting meal on the mountain dedicated to entertaining pilgrims and believers.

Although the Daomen are not taboo with meat, they will not talk about killing at any time, and most of the time, the Daoists like to be kind to others.

Coming to the Jade Emperor Pavilion, the little Taoist priest Zhang Benchu led the subordinates of the Hou Mansion and the people who carried the chariots to the side hall for dinner.

Zhang Yuanchu led Chen Kan and Zhu as well as Chang Ning and Yun Niang into the main hall.

In the main hall, many Taoist priests were lining up with wooden plates, and they were very quiet, barely making a sound.

When he saw Zhang Yuanchu, he only bowed slightly.

As for Chen Kan and the others, they were ignored by them gorgeously, or not ignored, but Chen Kan and the others could no longer affect their minds.

Following Zhang Yuanchu around the main hall, a group of people went around to a wide room.

In the room, a kind old man was already waiting.

After seeing Chen Kan, the old Taoist priest stood up and saluted a few people and said, "A few believers, the old Taoist is polite." ”

Looking at the clothes on Lao Dao's body, Chen Kan already had insight into the identity of this person.

Immediately returned the salute: "The kid has seen Wuwei expound the ancestor Guangfan Dazhen. ”

The old way is the forty-third generation of the great heavenly master Zhang Yuchu, and "Wuwei expounds the ancestor Guangfan Dazhenren" is the title given to Zhang Yuchu by the imperial court in the eleventh year of Hongwu.

During the Jianwen period, Zhang Yuchu's position as Heavenly Master was taken away and he was exiled.

After Zhu Di ascended to the throne, under the banner of restoring the ancestral system, the policies of the Jianwen Dynasty were abolished, and Zhang Yuchu was also reinstated.

After the two saluted each other, Zhang Yuanchu stepped aside.

Zhang Yuchu beckoned Chen Kan and the others to sit down, and his eyes stayed on Zhu Zhanji for a long time.

Zhu Zhanji and Zhang Yuchu looked at each other for a moment, and couldn't help but subconsciously lower their heads.

Now he has too many thoughts in his heart, and he even suspects that this is a bureau that the teacher and Longhushan have done for him.

But what the purpose was, he couldn't think of for the time being.

Feeling that Zhu Zhanji's mood was wrong, Zhu Zhanji subconsciously approached him a little.

Looking at Zhu Zhanji's movements, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, and then sat down on Chen Kan's side.

Daomen Suzhai, naturally there is no wine and meat, and this time Chen Kan did not come to Longhu Mountain to eat meat and drink wine, so a group of people just buried their heads in cooking.

After eating his stomach, Chen Kan hiccuped, and then arched his hand to Zhang Yuchu and said: "Today, there is a real person from Laoda, and I would like to thank Daochang Zhang for leading the way for us." ”

Zhang Yu shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, Poor Dao is curious, Chen Shanxin doesn't go to Yunnan, what do you do in Poor Dao, Longhu Mountain?" ”