Chapter 293 Let me think about it

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 293 Let me think about it

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly stood upright from his seat, almost falling to his waist. Now he was completely shocked.

What does it mean to implement these items first and then carry out other reforms?

"Crack."

That was the sound of walnuts falling on the carpet.

Xiao Jing hurriedly knelt down to pick up the walnuts. He didn't even stand up, he just knelt down and finally lay down again.

Try to be as transparent as possible.

He regretted it now. If he had known earlier, he would have gone out with the palace people in the palace. Even if he stood outside in the wind and snow and drank from the northwest wind, it would be better than listening to these fatal words here.

Emperor Hongzhi now wants to live another five hundred years. His health has been poor these years, and he doesn't know how much life he has left. In the future, the world must be handed over to the prince.

And the relationship between these two people is so good. One is a lunatic and the other is a fool. God knows how much trouble they can cause together.

He had to live, he had to keep an eye on these two people.

Xia Yuan could sense that something was wrong with the way the emperor looked at him, but his expression was more solemn.

"Your Majesty, it is very difficult, or even impossible, for the officials and the gentry to pay the grain together, so I just proposed it first. What we want to implement now is to spread the grain between the grains and the acres."

"Abolish the head tax and collect only the field tax. To implement it specifically, we must first send out people to measure all the land in the world. Then we will no longer collect the head tax. We will only collect the tax based on the number of acres of land, and then implement it step by step."

Although Xia Yuan wanted to be a powerful person, reducing the expenses of the vassal clan would require changing the entire vassal system of the Ming Dynasty, which was difficult to achieve; the officials and gentry would all pay for it, which would surely arouse resistance from all over the world.

Therefore, sharing the land between a small family and a small family is his true intention at the moment, and this can still be implemented.

In particular, what is being spread is only the cake of the landlords in the world, and it has little to do with the interests of those bureaucrats. They don't have to pay taxes, no matter how you collect them.

The reason why he mentioned the diversion of children into acres together with the other two reforms was because he was playing psychological warfare.

As for Emperor Hongzhi, Xia Yuan thought he was a good person, but he was too cautious.

After hearing these words, Zhu Youtang's eyes really softened. That's how people are. He had just heard so many earth-shattering words, and now he heard such remarks.

Suddenly I felt that this boy was actually quite normal. It turned out that this boy knew that the officials and the gentry could not get enough food from one person.

As for this stall, it is worth one acre.

To be honest, when Zhu Youtang heard these four words just now, he didn't think much about it, let alone what these four words meant. He was entirely focused on the other words.

Looking back now, I realize that although it is very difficult to implement this reform, as long as you think about those two items, you will instantly feel that this reform is not too easy.

And he can see the benefits of sharing the same land.

This will definitely increase the tax revenue of the state treasury.

In the 130 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I don’t know how much land the landowners and gentry in the world have annexed, and how much hidden farmland there is.

If we could re-measure the land acres in the world and collect taxes based only on the amount of land produced, that would mean that the more landowners annexed, the more taxes they would pay, and it would also reduce the burden on the people. It could be said to kill two birds with one stone.

And the land is different from people. The land is just there. As long as it is measured clearly, there will be no less. Unless there are people who are promoted to Jinshi, and a large number of fields are dedicated to it.

Therefore, it is still necessary to have the government and the gentry pay their taxes together.

Putting the two together is a killer.

But Xia Yuan knew that it was not so easy to get the government and gentry to pay for themselves together. The braided dynasty behind them only promoted this scheme on a small scale, and it was abolished after only a few years.

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

After a long while, he asked: "Who are you going to let do this? Those hundreds of prisoners?"

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

Those hundreds of prisoners have now reached a dead end and are standing on the opposite side of countless bureaucrats.

If you still want to stay in the officialdom, if you still want to have a life, then make a pair of shurikens.

Letting them promote this stall is like sharpening a sword. I only hope that one day, this sword can be sharpened and sharpened. With one swing of the sword, it will not only freeze the fourteen states, but also frost the two capitals and thirteen cities.

Province.

Turn the whole world upside down.

"Then we will wait until the next year for the court meeting. Now." Having said this, Zhu Youtang paused and leaned slightly, with a little melancholy in his voice.

"We have to wait for a while, until the storm of this matter has passed. I don't know how many memorials will be submitted in the next few days."

"So what I mean is to divert the world's attention with other things first."

"For what purpose?"

"Reform Station."

"Reform Station?"

"Ang, use the inn to enrich the treasury and make money."

When he heard that he could make money and replenish the treasury, Emperor Hongzhi was not as happy as he imagined, but felt nervous.

The inn is the foundation of the country. Taizu himself issued ancestral laws on this matter. What else is this kid trying to do?

"There are so many people and horses in the post station, and they are idle on weekdays. Why not let them help the people deliver messages. There is no need to deliver them to the people. They can just send them from one post station to another, and then the people come up

Just go and pick it up at the inn, you can make money by doing things like this."

Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, made a ancestral law: Posts are not allowed to be used except for military and state affairs, and those who violate them will be severely punished.

From Xia Yuan's point of view, this was simply a disease. You must know that the Ming Dynasty's inns were not just a few shabby houses. After all, the officials sent by the court to inspect local areas usually lived in inns along the way.

So the scale is not small.

Generally, the inn is a large yard with hundreds of houses, dozens of horses and dozens of people.

Stations like those in important areas are even more outrageous. They are directly like a small city.

In later generations, there was a Jiming Station, which is still preserved today. It was a city.

As for the remote inns, it is hard to say. For example, the Longchang Post where Wang Yangming stayed was very desolate. It is said that there was only an old wilted man guarding the place, and not even a mule could be found, not to mention horses.

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

Even if there were hundreds of them, it would not be a big deal, because there were so many inns in the Ming Dynasty, there were nearly two thousand inns.

There is something wrong with so many inns being used by the country only for military and state affairs.

It would be great if you transformed it into a post office.

When Emperor Hongzhi heard that he asked the post station to help the people deliver letters and earn money, he immediately frowned and said: "How can the post station be used for private use? This is custom-made by our ancestors. What if there is a natural disaster or a military emergency and there is insufficient manpower? What should I do?

Is it a national matter that should not be delayed? Let this matter go and don't mention it again."

Xia Yuan wanted to roll his eyes when he heard these words, "Your Majesty, how heavy can a letter be? Even if it is hundreds of letters, a horse can easily carry it. And there are hundreds of horses raised in the inn.

It can be as small as dozens, and it only takes up one horse and one person, so what can be done to delay it?"

Emperor Hongzhi still shook his head after hearing this, and his attitude became even more resolute, "This matter is absolutely unacceptable. The post station is a public property of the state. If it is used for private use or for profit, it will inevitably attract criticism from the people of the world. Don't mention it again."

Seeing this, Xia Yuan could only say: "What if this profit is worth millions of taels of silver every year?"

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Hearing this number, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but feel that he was poor and had short ambitions. He was silent for a while and said: "You allow me to think about it."
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