Xiong Rulin, whose courtesy name is Yuyin, was from Yuyao, Zhejiang.

He was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen and served as the magistrate of Tong'an. He was a member of the household rank and was a member of the Fujian Censorate.

During the Hongguang period, he was summoned and was renamed as a member of the household department and was renamed as a member of the Ministry of Personnel.

In history, the Hongguang Dynasty was destroyed, and Xiong Rulin insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty, but he worshipped King Zhu Yihai, who became the cabinet minister in the court of King Lu's regent.

Judging from later information, Xiong Rulin had nothing to praise in other aspects except for insisting on resisting the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, when Xiong Rulin raised the issue of permanent tenancy system, Zhu Mai felt quite surprised.

There is indeed a problem with the permanent tenant system, but there are too many tenants in the Ming Dynasty, so the permanent tenant system will definitely not be completely changed.

Therefore, after listening to Xiong Rulin's words, Zhu Mai said in a little thought: "What do you think the 'tenants can rent again' in the permanent tenancy system?"

When Zhu Mai and Hao Guangming studied the permanent tenancy system, they felt that some of the troubles it brought were mostly caused by the "re-tenant rent".

If the tenant can no longer rent out the land, the sovereignty of the land can be made clear.

Many ministers also understood this principle. However, the land tenancy rights involved the interests of a large number of people. Although the tenants were the main ones, there were also many gentry and landlords.

In addition, the problems brought by the permanent tenancy system are far less than those of other problems in the Ming Dynasty, so no one cares about them.

But now Zhu Ma is going to carry out land tax reform and the conditions are extremely mature, so removing a major drawback in the perpetual tenancy system has become a convenient task.

Therefore, the ministers thought for a while and expressed their agreement.

Zhu Mai paid attention to Xiong Rulin, thinking that if Xiong Rulin can make another contribution in the field tax reform, she can be promoted to a Ministry of Revenue and even a doctor.

Although Xiong Rulin is less than forty years old and is relatively young, there are many ministers who are younger than him in the Zhaowu Dynasty.

Therefore, as long as you have the ability, youth will never become an obstacle to promotion.

Afterwards, Zhu Mai and his ministers discussed other issues in the land in Qingzhang.

Shen Shaofang, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said: "Your Majesty, the tax exemption amount of gentry in various places is different now, which is not conducive to clearing the land acres. I would like to take advantage of the land tax reform to unify the tax exemption amount of our Ming gentry.

This move not only reduces the difficulty of clearing the land, but also prevents the gentry from abuse of tax exemption rights in the future."

After saying that, Shen Shaofang looked at Zhu Mai carefully, wanting to see Zhu Mai's happy expression.

This suggestion was actually a temporary idea of ​​Xiong Rulin's proposal of the disadvantages of the permanent tenancy system, in order to show Zhu Mo's attitude and personal knowledge to support the new policy.

He knew that Zhu Mai was always not very satisfied with Zhang Youyu, the Minister of Revenue, and just used it.

Therefore, as long as he can get the trust of Zhu Ma, he will likely replace Zhang Youyu as the new Minister of Revenue and enter the cabinet.

Although the power of the cabinet ministers has been greatly reduced now and is far less than the glory of the past, they are also cabinet ministers after all.

Shin Shaofang thought that his proposal would definitely impress Zhu Mai, but Zhu Mai said lightly: "No need."

No need?

Shen Shaofang couldn't react for a moment.

Many other ministers also showed incomprehension.

Shen Shaofang thought that Zhu Mai was unwilling to offend the gentry group, so he advised again: "Your Majesty is now very good at martial arts, and everyone in the world dares to follow. If you don't take this opportunity of land tax reform to eliminate the disadvantages of the gentry's tax exemption, it may be difficult to deal with in the future.

This is the matter!”

Shen Shaofang said this sincerely, and those who don’t know thought he was not a gentry.

Didn’t Zhu Mai know the disadvantages of the different tax exemption rights of gentry?

But what she had to do was to directly cancel the gentry's tax exemption rights, and it was a slash, but it was not like Shen Shaofang's painless change.

Among the four major moves of the land tax reform, the gentry's integrated food collection is the most unacceptable thing for the gentry class. If it is not done well, it is very likely to inspire the fierce resistance of many gentry.

Therefore, Zhu Ma is not going to take it out before finishing the first two steps.

It is not convenient to say at this time.

She thought for a while and said, "This land tax reform is also a pilot project. In the early stage, it only involved Yingtian Prefecture, Nanzhili and Jiangbei Province. The tax exemption amount of gentry in the entire Nanzhili is similar, so it is meaningless to change it at this time.

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After hearing this, Shen Shaofang thought that Zhu Mai accepted his proposal, but she felt that it was not suitable to take action at this time.

So he bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Some people in the palace who disliked the flattery of the ministers, such as Huang Daozhou, not only frowned at Shen Shaofang after hearing this, but also thought to himself: I didn't expect that Shen Shixing's grandson was actually a flatterer, which was a shame for his grandfather.

Shen Shaofang's grandfather Shen Shixing was the top scholar during the Jiajing period and the cabinet minister recommended by Zhang Juzheng during the Wanli period. He was appointed as the chief minister of the cabinet and the Grand Secretary of the Zhongji Palace.

Shen Shaofang's father, Shen Yongmao, was a Jinshi in the Wanli period and also became the Minister of War in the early years of Chongzhen.

Therefore, Shen Shaofang was a real official for three generations and had an extraordinary background.

It is precisely because of this that he flattered the emperor and the emperor for promotion that Huang Daozhou felt disgusted.

Zhu Mai didn't care.

As an emperor, there are too many people who want to please and flatter her. Although she has only been with the emperor for half a year, she has long been immune to it.

At the same time, as long as the ministers don’t flatter them so that they can make her disgusted, she will not take it to heart.

As for the same sentence, as long as you have the ability, she is willing to use it whether it is a loyal minister or someone who likes flattery.

This meeting on the first step in the reform of land tax, "clearing the land and acres", lasted for three days and finalized many relevant specific matters.

For example, a new unit of measurement is completely used in Qingzhangtianmu.

Although these unit standards were from abroad in later generations, there was no international universal measurement unit in this time and space. Now that Zhu Ni takes it out, it is naturally considered from the Ming Dynasty in this time and space.

What's more, the most convenient way to borrow many scientific and technological materials and technologies from later generations and replace them with international common measurement units in later generations. If you have to use some units in today's Ming Dynasty, it will be ten times more difficult to improve the technological level of Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.

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In fact, among the many military factories handled by the Ming Dynasty, the units of measurement have long been fully adopted in later generations.

In addition, although the weights and measures name has not changed every time the Shenzhou dynasty changes, the actual standards have been changed repeatedly.

Therefore, now that Zhu Ma's name and actual standards have been changed together, it is not unacceptable to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, using new measurement units, new algorithms and even Arabic numerals can effectively avoid the old set of land data from the local area to fool the court, making the clearing of the land acres more thoroughly.

Of course, this will also increase the workload of officials who have implemented the reform of the land tax in the court to dramatically increase - but Zhu Ma asked the Ministry of Revenue to recruit thousands of officials and train them for nearly half a year. Isn’t it just to make efforts in this matter?

Zhu Meiyu did not require confidentiality to keep the imperial meeting of the "land tax reform" because after the meeting, that is, December 1, the land will be cleared in Yingtian Prefecture.

Therefore, during the meeting of Zhu Mei, some relevant information was spread out continuously, causing undercurrents in Yingtian Prefecture and the entire Nanzhili and Jiangbei Province...

Duke of Wei, Zhanyuan.

The butler Xu Changfu hurriedly walked into Xu Wenjue's daily leisure and entertainment place.

That’s right, Xu Wenjue’s daily trip is at his own home, not outside. Because the Duke of Wei’s Mansion is too big, it’s almost the same as outside at home.

Zhanyuan, a famous scenic spot in Nanjing in later generations, is now only part of the mansion of Duke of Wei. Bailuzhou Park, later generations, was called Dongyuan in the Ming Dynasty, and is also just a separate garden in Duke of Wei.
Chapter completed!