Click!

The door to the imperial study room was pushed open with great force.

The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes trembled.

Ma Xiuying has already broken in.

Seeing Ma Xiuying glance around and her eyes falling on Mao Xiang who was kneeling on the ground, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up with a smile and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Show the Queen her seat."

Ma Xiuying came and sat down next to Zhu Yuanzhang.

From the corner of his eyes, he glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was obviously guilty, and asked: "What military and national affairs are you talking about, and you can't even listen to me?"

"I also contributed to the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Could I still harm the Ming Dynasty?"

Mao Xiang lowered his head even lower.

He couldn't answer this kind of question.

Whoever caused the trouble should clean it up.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Who says you can't listen anymore? It's because those people outside don't know how to do things. Let's have those eunuchs and maids taken down and beaten with a cane!"

Ma Xiuying glared, but Zhu Chongba just took it, she was kind-hearted.

So leave everything to the palace maids and eunuchs!

In the current Ming Dynasty, the things Zhu Chongba didn't want her to hear were definitely not military affairs.

It must be news about the fourth child!

"There is no need to vent your anger on others. They also follow orders. Without orders, they dare not stop me."

A nail that was neither soft nor hard was pushed back. Zhu Yuanzhang laughed a few times and quickly changed the subject.

They have been married for half their lives.

The way to get along with each other has been developed long ago.

"Mao Xiang, continue to talk about what that bastard Zhu Silang did during this time."

Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, only the empress can deal with the emperor.

Mao Xiang couldn't help laughing and cursed, and hurriedly opened the booklet, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Zhu Silang has been busy with all the farm work recently."

…

Hearing Zhu Di's granules returned to the warehouse, Ma Xiuying raised her lips slightly and glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang from the corner of her eye, "If it were you farming the land, would you be able to live like the fourth child?"

People say that I am not as good as my son!

Can this be tolerated?

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said angrily: "If the Yuan Dynasty had the stable environment we have now in the Ming Dynasty, we would definitely be better off than him!"

laugh!

Ma Xiuying sneered lightly, not bothering to respond, and urged: "Mao Xiang, continue."

Only then did Mao Xiang dare to continue the introduction: "A few days ago, the Jiangning County Magistrate took people from the county government to personally go to Tuqiao Village to collect land taxes..."

"etc!"

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately shouted to stop and frowned: "The county magistrate went to Tuqiao Village to collect the land tax in person? Has the county magistrate discovered Zhu Silang's identity?"

"Your Majesty, no." Mao Xiang explained: "You should have an impression of this county magistrate. You commented on him back then."

Zhu Yuanzhang remembered it and laughed and scolded: "It's the county magistrate who is doing formality and pulling weeds in the servants' shack. He seems to be called... called..."

"Jiang Jinzhong!"

Mao Xiang replied: "Yes, the Jiangning County Magistrate is called Jiang Jinzhong."

"During the corvee period, the county magistrate Jiang personally went to the river embankment to meet Zhu Silang."

"I asked Zhu Silang how to be an official."

"What did that bastard say about the way to be an official?" Zhu Yuanzhang became interested and hurriedly asked.

"When talking about these words, only Zhu Silang and Jiang Jinzhong were alone, and the content collected by Jinyiwei was limited." Mao Xiang was confused: "The fragmentary content shows that Zhu Silang said to Jiang Jinzhong: Being an official is very simple, and what you do well must be done by others.

yeah."

"Your Majesty likes hard-working and honest officials. When you serve as an official for His Majesty, you must be hard-working and honest."

…

"Jiang Jinzhong became acquainted with Zhu Silang because of this meeting."

"Because of the division of labor and cooperation, Jiangning County corvee work was completed well and quickly, and the court gave it an excellent rating. Therefore, Jiang Jinzhong valued Zhu Silang even more, and even wanted to ask Zhu Silang to be his personal staff master!"

"Perhaps he has listened to Zhu Silang's words. This time, Jiang Jinzhong directly collects land taxes. He just wants to work hard and bring some benefits to the people!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

No need for Mao Xiang to elaborate.

He is also aware of the tax-sharing system of local governments.

This has been done throughout the ages.

It is true that the government has too few manpower, and the land tax payment period is limited. It is too busy to rely solely on the government.

As for allocating additional personnel to local government?

That's impossible!

In order to collect taxes and allocate more personnel, the court cannot afford it!

During the Tang Dynasty, more than 2,000 people fed one person who ate the imperial grain.

It has developed to a point where hundreds of people now support one person.

It is already a huge burden for the people.

For some trivial matters, the court could only rely on the power of the country gentry.

Of course, relying on the power of the squire will invisibly give the squire temporary power, which will cause the squire to use its power to squeeze the people.

Everything has pros and cons.

As an emperor, he can only make a choice by weighing the pros and cons.

"With the staffing allocation of Jiangning County Government, can the direct revenue be kept busy?" Ma Xiuying asked curiously.

Mao Xiang shook his head hurriedly, "According to Jin Yiwei's understanding, the Jiangning County Magistrate's direct attack was mainly to achieve two purposes."

"First, they want to find out how much firepower is consumed in collecting land taxes. They plan to determine the maximum collection amount for the tax-paying gentry this year."

"Condensing the interests of the tax-collecting gentry so that the common people can benefit more."

Ma Xiuying and Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and praised: "No matter what Jiang Jinzhong's starting point is when he does these things, this official is willing to use his brain!"

Mao Xiang cleverly concealed it, and Jiang Jinzhong did so because he got Zhu Di's advice.

He had already guessed that Zhu Di helped Jiang Jinzhong to find a leaf for shade for the children in Tuqiao Village.

Therefore, Zhu Di does not need these credits and hopes that these credits will fall on Jiang Jinzhong.

He just helped along the way.

"Jiang Jinzhong's second purpose is to prepare for the adoption of two land tax payment methods, the tax package system and the direct collection system."

"We will go to Tuqiao Village this year and other villages next year. Through direct collection, we will benefit the people of Jiangning as much as possible and save some financial resources to withstand droughts and floods."

"Not bad! Not bad!" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he was obviously more satisfied with Jiang Jinzhong and urged: "Tell me about the direct harvest in Tuqiao Village!"

Because there were Jinyi Guardsmen in Tuqiao Village, Mao Xiang spoke in great detail this time.

…

"etc!"

At a certain moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly called out, "This method of bidding and tax-packaging, dividing large areas into villages, introducing small landowners, conducting bidding, and further benefiting the people, was it Jiang Jinzhong's idea?"

"No." Mao Xiang immediately denied it. "According to Jiang Jinzhong, on his way to other villages to collect taxes, he told people around him that this idea came from Zhu Silang."

It is enough that all the credit for the direct collection should be given to Jiang Jinzhong.

The credit for this auction is huge.

He was worried that Jiang Jinzhong's ability would not be able to catch him!

Mao Xiang secretly spied on Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, and sure enough, it was as he judged when he took out this note.

The emperor's eyebrows showed a little pride and at the same time, his expression was very solemn.

Zhu Silang is capable, and as a father, the emperor has no reason to be unhappy.

But the emperor is also a king.

"Keep an eye on the bidding in Jiangning County and the entire process of collecting taxes from small landowners after they successfully bid. We want to know detailed first-hand information!" After Zhu Yuanzhang came to his senses, he immediately made arrangements.

"yes!"

'If Jiang Jinzhong can seize this opportunity and successfully handle the bidding and tax-paying business, and do it beautifully, he will be in the heart of the emperor!'

Mao Xiang was secretly happy for Zhu Di.

He knew the emperor very well, and the emperor asked him to pay careful attention to the progress of the matter. He was clearly interested in the bidding and tax-paying model, which was very likely to benefit the people.

Jiang Jinzhong serves as the first executor and participant of the tax package in the auction.

To accomplish this must be a great achievement!

If the court wanted to promote it, Jiang Jinzhong might even be called to the court.

As a seventh-grade county magistrate, I will explain my experience to the ministers of the DPRK!

This is a great honor and a huge achievement capital!

Then Mao Xiang continued to report some things about Jiang Jinzhong in Tuqiao Village. After the report was over, he respectfully put the note on the imperial case and left in a sensible manner.

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the book, opened it, looked at it, and snorted: "We suspect that the direct collection has something to do with that bastard Lao Si!"

"It's just that Mao Xiang is incompetent and the information he collected is incomplete and cannot be verified!"

"Don't think we can't see that he took Jiang Jinzhong to the school for the purpose of asking him to speak to the children and arranging for the children to send garlands!"

"He is giving these children a green leaf to shade their careers in advance!"

"It seems that he really wants to send these children into the officialdom of Ming Dynasty!"

…

Snapped!

Ma Xiuying, who was sitting next to her, became darker and darker as she listened. At a certain moment, she suddenly slapped the table.

After a moment, he stood up, turned around, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and said angrily: "Silang is the children's teacher, and they have such a good relationship among the students."

"As the children's life mentor and leader, of course he has to prepare in advance and make plans for some children who are determined to develop their career and fulfill their life ambitions."

"What's wrong with this!"

"He could have done this himself, but he didn't. He regarded Jiang Jinzhong as this shade tree. Why!"

"I'm not afraid of you overthinking it!"

"Looking at your reaction, it proves even more that he needs to do this!"

Looking at his angry wife, Zhu Yuanzhang was very helpless. He stretched out his hand to pull Ma Xiuying to sit down and comforted him: "Sit, sit, sit, let's just talk about it, and we didn't say it would make things difficult for him!"

'That's right, those kids are too good!'

Zhu Yuanzhang made a slander.

These children have good character and serious attitude. They are most commendable. Under the guidance of the fourth child and his wife, they have mastered a set of methods of observing people and things at a young age.

Just like that Yang Dongxu!

As long as these children can persist in this way, there will definitely be several outstanding talents in the future.

He was a little suspicious.

But it’s more of jealousy!

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he began to raise scholars.

Secretly observe and select some young scholars and officials, reserve them, and prepare to focus on training them.

But there are only a few that really catch the eye.

On the contrary, the fourth couple did this better than him.

That Yang Dongxu, he really wanted to pick peaches and grab them!

But he was worried, snatched it away, and trained it. Yang Dongxu was most grateful to the fourth child! Not Biao'er!

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's expression change, Ma Xiuying said angrily: "Would you like to go to Tuqiao Village to pay a private visit incognito?"

"Listening to Mao Xiang's report, it would be more intuitive and clear to see it in person." Ma Xiuying remained calm and continued to seduce...

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