Chapter 53 I can't imagine it, but I can't think about it

Author: The south side is not bright, the north side is bright

Chapter 53 I can't imagine it, but I can't think about it

Corrupt officials are just trivial matters.

Su Jing's words made Zhu Biao confused.

This is not taxes, nor is it corrupt officials. What else can it be?

Xu Miaoyun, who was standing beside him, began to think as she listened to the conversation between them, but she didn't understand the joints.

"Please teach me, Master Su."

Zhu Biao asked Su Jing.

Su Jing said lightly: "When today, Zi stipulates the taxes and labor service for officials and gentry, do you know Niu Yi?"

Zhu Biao nodded and said directly: "The emperor issued an edict to the family of food and wealth, which is equal to the common people's noble and humble people. Those who follow the matters of the common people are responsible for the matter.

If a wise man and a gentleman value his body and remand his family, then a gentleman and a savage man will have no distinction, and it is not the way to persuade the scholars to treat the virtuous.

Since now, if you meet with officials in the family of hundreds of officials, those who have land and land will be exempted from rent and taxes, they will be exempted from labor service."

This is an edict issued by Zhu Biao's father Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Biao's son naturally remembers it very clearly.

"very good."

Su Jing nodded, looked at Xu Miaoyun on the side and said, "Yu Yun, right? Do you know what this means?"

Xu Miaoyun looked at Zhu Biao and saw Zhu Biao nodding to her. Xu Miaoyun then said, "I know, this is about people who earn salaries, and the people who are equal to the noble and humble, and those who serve to serve and serve are the affairs of the people.

If a wise man and gentleman value himself, but he also let his family go, then there is no difference between a gentleman and a wild man, and it is not a way to persuade others to wait for a wise man.

From then on, all officials who have land now are exempted from corvee labor except for paying rent and taxes."

Although he is the daughter of the military general Xu Da, Xu Miaoyun reads no less than others.

"Not bad, not bad, very clearly explained."

Su Jing nodded and became more and more sure that Xu Miaoyun's identity was extraordinary.

In ancient times, it was rare for women to read, even fewer of them like Xu Miaoyun.

"Niu Yi, don't you understand?"

Su Jing looked at Zhu Biaodao again.

Zhu Biao was stunned and didn't understand what was going on. He wondered: "Isn't this a good policy established by the emperor to encourage talents to improve the status of scholars, encourage the people to study, and allow officials to do things better."

Su Jing shook his head, but did not blame Zhu Biao.

After all, when Zhu Yuanzhang established this policy, he thought so and did not carefully consider the consequences.

"Niu Yi, have you ever thought about a problem? What would you do if you were a farmer and you saw that the official's fields did not require taxes?"

Su Jing looked at Zhu Biao and asked, "Same thing, you are an official, your land does not need to be paid taxes, but farmers' land needs to be paid taxes. What do you think?"

"Of course, each performs its own duties, farmers plant their own land, and officials also rent laborers to plant their own land."

Zhu Biao replied very naturally.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang taught him this way, everyone in the Ming Dynasty should perform their own duties.

But it shouldn't mean that you will do it.

Su Jing continued: "What if it happens in the disaster year? What would you do if the food production in the fields is not enough to pay taxes, and you are a farmer?"

"I"

Zhu Biao was about to answer that the court would provide disaster relief, but he realized that Su Jing was asking him to start from the perspective of a peasant, so he choked.

"Farmers will sell their land to officials, and then the official land does not need to be paid taxes, so farmers only need to pay a small amount of rent."

Xu Miaoyun's voice sounded, and she was also thinking.

But immediately she realized something and added: "No, it's not the turn of the disaster year, even in normal years, farmers can devote their land to officials and gentry, and then negotiate a rent that is lower than taxes."

"In this way, the land belongs to officials and gentry, and there is no need to pay taxes. The rent given to officials and gentry by farmers is less than before, and for them, they have made a profit!"

"Mr. Su, what I said is right!"

Xu Miaoyun said excitedly to Su Jing, like a student who needs to be praised urgently.

Su Jing immediately satisfied her and praised: "What he said is very right!"

Zhu Biao was stunned.

Because of Xu Miaoyun's words, he finally understood what Su Jing meant.

Compared with this, the affairs of corrupt officials are indeed just a trivial matter.

The next generation of emperors and the next generation of emperors will only become more and more officials, and there will be various hereditary titles and land rewarded to the princes.

These are all tax-free labor and labor-free.

And, this is an inevitable thing.

As today is decided, everything is in trouble, and the Ming Dynasty needs rest and rest, so the food tax is naturally low.

But then, food tax will inevitably increase slowly.

And there will be fewer and fewer people paying taxes.

In this process, land annexation that Su Jing once mentioned is naturally indispensable.

The wealth of the Ming Dynasty continued to accumulate to the landlord classes, while the peasants became increasingly poor.

When livelihoods cannot be maintained, there is only one way to rebel.

The Ming Dynasty seemed to be on the road to destruction again.

horrible!

It's simply terrible!

There was another crack in Zhu Biao's confidence that he had finally established.

"Niu Yi, it seems that you already understand, so I don't need to say anything more."

Su Jing waved his hoe again and began to dig sweet potatoes.

Xu Miaoyun also came back to her senses from the excitement just now. Although she had not listened to Su Jing's previous courses, she also knew that it would be bad if a country could not collect taxes.

However, the tax exemption policy for officials and gentry was formulated today, and the starting point must be good.

But Mr. Su discovered the problem in a few words and pointed it straight to the core.

No wonder it is said that the prince’s new teacher, Mr. Su, is very awesome!

"Sir Su, is this matter unsolvable?"

Zhu Biao was silent for a moment, but finally asked Su Jing.

Su Jing didn't even stop the hoe and said directly: "What's wrong with this? The officials and gentry will pay the food together."

"Of course, you can handle those vested interests in advance. They are not poor people and have nowhere to appeal if they are exploited."

Zhu Biao was stunned. This was something he had never expected.

No, I didn’t expect it, I just didn’t want to think about it, I didn’t dare to think about it.

Officials and gentry pay food?

This is not only against the intention of his father Zhu Yuanzhang, but also infringes on the interests of the entire gentry class. It can be said that it is almost everyone in the Ming Dynasty.

They are all vested interests and they have the ability to speak.

Even if you use your toes, you will know how fierce opposition you will encounter once someone proposes to pay food for officials and gentry.

But what if you don't do it?

The land that did not pay grain in the Ming Dynasty would only increase, and in the end, the entire tax could only increase to ordinary people.

Zhu Biao now no longer had the strong confidence he had before.

Facing the entire gentry class, even if he is the crown prince, it is difficult to shake.

"Don't think about it, this is impossible."

Su Jing said to Zhu Biao who was stunned: "It is true that you should dig sweet potatoes quickly. These things are not something you should worry about."

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!