The land of the dynasty was privately redistributed, annexed, and hidden.

As the emperor, Zhu Youzhang naturally knew about these things.

But what he didn't expect was that it would be so serious.

Since he ascended the throne, although he has consumed a lot of the family fortunes left by his father because of some small hobbies.

But it also emptied out the annual tax revenue and its own treasury, and did a lot of things for the people everywhere.

But despite this, peasant uprisings often occur.

Apart from the uprising of the Guangxi Provincial Administrative Office last year, it is not caused by land annexation.

Most of the other peasant uprisings were probably caused by the reasons mentioned by Zhao Ce.

As for the hidden land, the grain tax will naturally not be collected.

But despite this, Emperor Hongzhi still collected more taxes every year than when Emperor Taizu was.

What does this mean?

This shows that when the country has developed here, productivity has improved significantly!

Therefore, this is the only half of the land in the early days of the founding of the State Dynasty, and more taxes were recovered than before.

However, this also illustrates a problem.

The Ming Dynasty now accounts for the most important proportion, except for the largest income in the salt tax.

Following closely behind is the agricultural tax.

In addition to land output, agricultural tax also has the major tax of tax, which is the cap tax.

If the land disappears, the food taxes decrease, and the court's taxes will increase.

In addition to the increase in salt tax, has the poll tax also increased?

As Zhao Ce said, the Ming Dynasty has developed peacefully for so many years, and the population is also growing.

However, the data he has received has always been the same as the population of the Ming Dynasty in the early days of its establishment.

Emperor Hongzhi pondered: "What you mentioned is the redistribution of land, which leads to avoiding taxes."

"It also includes Ding Fu, whose population is hidden and evades at the same time."

You can't eat enough to farm and pay taxes.

He will voluntarily sell the land and become a tenant farmer.

After becoming a tenant farmer, even if he can barely survive, he will never be able to pay the Ding Fu again.

In this way, the population in the family will begin to be hidden.

If a person gets the sweetness, everyone will do this.

Although there were peasant uprisings everywhere, it was not a big deal compared to the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Most areas of the Ming Dynasty were very peaceful.

The people usually stay at home and do not have any entertainment activities at night.

How could the number of people growing in the empire so hard every night to contribute to the empire's population cause?

The number of people hidden is probably comparable to the disappearing fields.

By doing this, how much less tax the imperial court collects every year?

Thinking of these numbers, Emperor Hongzhi felt a numbness in his scalp.

It turned out that when he was worried about money every year, the empire was already rotten to its core...

Zhao Ce said: "Old Zhu, Your Majesty is right."

"I also have a serious problem. I wonder if you have thought of it when your Majesty?"

"There is another question?" Zhu Houzhao, who was obsessed with the audition, quickly asked: "What else is another question?"

"That's the problem that many good women are sold privately and abandoned when they are born."

Zhao Ce explained: "The State has been cracking down on private human trafficking, why is it still unblocked?"

"In order to curb the occurrence of drowning baby girls, we also use propaganda methods such as writing articles and drawing pictures to advise the people not to drown baby girls."

"At the same time, we have established laws to severely punish this matter."

"But despite this, it still cannot prevent such incidents."

"Why is this?"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly.

How could he not have imagined it?

When marrying a daughter, you must prepare the corresponding dowry.

If parents love their daughter and want their daughter to live a decent life in their husband's house, they must prepare more dowry than betrothal gifts.

But selling your daughter not only requires you to prepare a dowry, but you can even get a sum of money.

If you can't eat enough, you can't pay taxes, and even people would rather become black households.

I gave birth to a daughter and had a mouth full of food.

He even added a person who had to pay taxes.

How many families would be willing to raise a daughter like this and then empty their family background and send her to get married?

When you are born and drowned, you will be completely destroyed.

Sell ​​it when you grow up, which can also add income to your family.

When Zhao Ce thought of this, he thought of Su Caier in the past.

If Su Caier was a man, she and her mother would not have had such an encounter.

Even if her mother died of illness in the end, no one would point at the broom star or something.

Zhao Ce had no intention of judging the common behavior of these people, after all, everyone was poor.

But whenever I think of this, I feel that the cruelty of this era is actually far beyond my imagination.

Emperor Hongzhi was already feeling bitter when he thought of this.

Zhu Houzhao also frowned.

I originally thought that I could learn a lot of interesting knowledge today.

Unexpectedly, today's group will know so many heavy facts.

Zhu Houzhao said "Oh".

"It turns out that the people are living in such a difficult life..."

In the main hall, the atmosphere was very solemn.

Three people, each of them fell into thinking.

Su Caier was just preparing the snacks and brought them over, and she felt the heavy atmosphere.

She asked someone to quietly put down the newly prepared tea and food, glanced at her husband, and then quietly retreated.

Seeing that the father and son were in deep thought, Zhao Ce sat down and took a sip of tea.

Zhu Houzhao also sucked a full mouthful of milk tea, chewed the base and swallowed it.

The sweets finally made him feel a little bit higher.

He cheered up and asked, "Since you have seen so many problems, do you have a solution?"

Emperor Hongzhi also looked at Zhao Ce.

Zhao Ce laughed.

"There is a solution."

"But I'm afraid that Your Majesty...will not agree to this method easily."

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes flashed.

When he saw Zhao Ce's example yesterday, he thought of the most practical method.

That is - clearing the land again.

But clearing the land is no trivial.

This is a major event that concerns the entire Ming Dynasty, from officials and gentry to ordinary people.

What's more, those who annexed the land are nothing more than the families of officials and gentry.

Once you have to clear the land, you will be subject to a lot of resistance.

Moreover, his treasury has begun to increase revenue now, and many problems have begun to be solved slowly.

To be honest, Emperor Hongzhi did not want to mobilize others like this in a short period of time.
To be continued...