Songjiang Prefecture.

The five prefectures in Jiangnan, Suzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Hangzhou and Songjiang are geographically connected, making them the richest and most prosperous place in the Jiangnan region, among which Songjiang Prefecture is the best place.

Songjiang is a well-known rice-producing area in the world. It also plants a variety of economic crops such as cotton, mulberry and hemp. It can be said that it is the five flowers in the grain, cotton, cloth, salt and fishery industries.

Since the Five Barbarians invaded China, Jiangnan, represented by Songjiang Prefecture, has been an inexhaustible money tree for dynasties in history.

"Prince, the tax paid by a single government in Suzhou is equivalent to the entire Huguang Province, which is twice that of Fujian Province."

"Although the taxes of Songjiang Prefecture are only half of Suzhou Prefecture, it has only two counties under its jurisdiction, and Suzhou Prefecture has eight counties. According to the average taxes of each county, Songjiang Prefecture is almost Suzhou Prefecture's.

One to twice.”

"Xiaguan once calculated that the average tax on grain per mu of Songjiang Prefecture is more than 20 liters, which is ten times the national average, and twenty-three times the average of each prefecture in Northern Zhili!"

Zhou Chen held the report in his hand and began a speech endlessly.

The head of the Ye family was beheaded, and Zhou Chen personally killed Ye Xiuwen. Since then, he has been revenged and his previous vitality has been restored.

However, no one knows whether he will think of the warm Jiangnan woman who is almost together when it is late at night.

"In other words, the most serious situation is not Suzhou Prefecture, nor Changzhou Prefecture, but Songjiang Prefecture, right?"

Zhu Gaoxu touched his chin and replied.

"That's true, not just taxes, but also the people of Jiangnan have to bear a lot of corvee!"

"In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao built palaces in Jinling, Fengyang, and today's emperors used a large number of craftsmen from various industries in Jiangnan, and the construction period was often as long as more than ten years."

"And, as His Majesty intends to move the capital to Peiping in recent years, he has begun to transport food, grass and supplies to Xindu, and the losses caused by transportation losses will also be added to the people of Jiangnan."

"A variety of so-called "added consumption" followed by the so-called "added consumption". Songjiang canal grains of 232,950 stones per year, and the additional consumption of 153,747 stones, totaling 38

Six thousand six hundred and ninety-seven stones, which means that the food and grass are consumed up to two-thirds of the taxable food!"

"And what is most shocking is that this data is just the official 'added consumption'. Everyone knows that the gentry and powerful people in Jiangnan deliberately arrears tax grains. In order to complete the rated tax collection, the government can only forcibly levy the poor people."

"In this process, the heavy taxes that ordinary people need to pay are as high as four times the rated tax amount. The burden is really shocking!"

Zhou Chen sighed. In the past two years, he traveled around the five prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. What he saw and heard was really desperate.

The people are unable to eat enough, but they still work hard in the fields all day long.

The gentry and powerful people sing and eat, singing and dancing to the point of peace, but they are still not satisfied with this, and are still trying to merge the fields and exploit and squeeze the farmer and farmers!

The local governments do nothing, either collude with the gentry and the powerful, or hang up and ignore the lives of the people!

In such a huge Jiangnan, it is a well-known fertile land, but the people live in a worse life than beggars and refugees!

Such a Ming Dynasty is worthy of being called a prosperous era?

Zhu Gaoxu frowned when he heard this.

After all, this is the evil committed by his Zhu family!

If the court has some achievements, and if these emperors and princes learn from Comrade Zhu Chongba, the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty will never be so difficult!

Gentleman!

A powerful man!

Once, Comrade Chongba was slaughtered by pigs and dogs!

How long has it been since they started to jump?

Zhu Gaoxu sneered a few times, scaring Zhou Chen and Kuang Zhong so much that they didn't dare to show off.

"How have you studied the one-whip method? Can it be implemented?"

It’s not that Zhu Gaoxu is worried about it, but that tax reform is too deeply involved. Once any accident occurs, the Ming Dynasty may collapse.

In fact, there are more advanced stalls for acres, but they are not necessarily suitable for the Ming Dynasty today.

Even the Prime Minister Zhang Juzheng, after making full preparations, he dared to implement this "one-whip method" under tremendous pressure!

Hearing this, Zhou Chen immediately felt energetic.

"Don't worry, Prince, this method is completely feasible and can be regarded as the best solution to the problem of tax inequality!"

"At present, we can fully implement it in Suzhou Prefecture, and then Songjiang Prefecture and Huzhou Prefecture have been promoted to the entire Nanzhili, where the taxes and labors are heavy, and finally to the whole world!"

"But before this, the prince needs to take action and wash the entire Jiangnan with blood!"

Bloody sweeps Jiangnan!

This sentence actually came from Zhou Chen’s mouth!

After experiencing the incident of Yunniang, Zhou Chen now hates all the gentry and powerful people to the core, and wishes to kill them all!

When Zhu Gaoxu saw Zhou Chen's appearance, he felt relieved.

A man will never grow up without going through hardships.

Especially as the designer and executor of the Ming Dynasty's financial and tax reform, Zhou Chen still had the indecisive and gentle appearance that he used to be, he would never be able to become a great man in his life!

"rest assured!"

"Since I have come to Jiangnan, I will naturally have to deal with the problem!"

"Leave the new law to you, and leave the murder to me!"

"Zhou Chenkuanzhong, Suzhou Prefecture will be handed over to you next. I have received the news that the Ministry of Personnel has sent alternate officials on the way."

"As for those officials and clerks, I will kill them before leaving. Please see if you take care of the rest, and the four masters will be exiled to Lingbei!"

After a pause, Zhu Gaoxu raised his mouth again.

"You can apply the one-whip method to recruit more new students. They are particularly good at counting and advanced in their thinking, and can be regarded as good talents in implementing the new method."

"I have greeted Wang Jing, Minister of Rites and Minister of Academic Affairs, Xie Gongbao, Minister of Academic Affairs. They will cooperate with them with all their strength!"

Hearing this, Zhou Chen and Kuang Zhong were overjoyed. They were worried that no one would be able to implement the new law, but they did not expect that the Han Prince had prepared everything long ago!

New learning plus new methods, once successfully completed, these two will replace the old ones, and the Ming Dynasty will usher in a brand new court!

After Zhu Gaoxu finished everything, he stood up and walked out.

"Nie Xing, I will pass on my order!"

"The guards of Jiaxing, Huzhou, Hangzhou and Songjiang will immediately block the county towns of the four prefectures and prefectures, and no one will enter or exit!"

As soon as these words were said, Nie Xing took a deep breath.

My own prince, I want to have a big time playing!

I am afraid that the movements in Suzhou Prefecture will not be hidden for long. Those gentry and powerful people will either prepare in advance or wander around to find connections!

If your own prince does this, these gentry and powerful men have no other way except to wait for death!

The question is, will those guard commanders obey the orders of the Han king?

Without the imperial order, it was like a rebellion that it was a private mobilization of the army and surrounded the county towns!

"Prince, I'm afraid of those guard commanders..."

"Tell them, either take my king's order from Zhu Gaoxu, or wait for me to be liquidated!"

Zhu Gaoxu turned over and his horse, and his body was full of murderous intent.

Since the old man Zhu Di said he would support him before he came, what else was he afraid of?
Chapter completed!