Tax collection is a big problem. Whoever dares to use taxes to attack will be even more uncomfortable. ◎Literature Museum r />

In fact, many officials in the Ming Dynasty attacked taxes, but they all performed levies, that is, they adopted various methods to increase taxes, such as the loss of gold, flowers and silver, such as various miscellaneous taxes when collecting grain, etc.

However, large-scale tax cuts are unheard of. If you reduce so much at once, what can you use to fill this vacancy?

Of course, the new governor's approach is to use mulberry tax to offset grain tax. This method seems appropriate, but when you think about it carefully, it makes people feel a little ridiculous.

First of all, what the court wants is grain, and although it will also make money and silver, the food in Zhejiang is the focus of the court. The court also relies on the food in Zhejiang to provide disaster relief, or to go to Liaodong and Xuanfu to raise soldiers. Even if you take out the money If you don’t have enough food, how can you do it?

This is only one of the key issues. The second point is that people who grow grain are often small households. You reduce their taxes. Although these families are grateful to you, after all, ordinary farmers who only have three or five acres of land. The grain grown every year is only so large, and it is said that it is 10 to 2. In fact, the actual grain tax paid is much higher than this. In some places, it is even 10 to 5. Many people have a few acres of thin fields, but they seem to be Life can continue, but most people eat fine grains for half a year and eat coarse grains for the next half a year. In the last few months, they have to add some wild vegetables to barely fill their stomachs. If there is a large-scale tax cut, then these people will fill them up. The stomach is no longer a problem.

The biggest problem is the mulberry tax. Nowadays, the mulberry planting is the big households in Zhejiang. Which of these families is not a thousand hectares of fertile land? Some people in the court, and some are very prestigious gentry who are already in Zhejiang. They have a lot of land and they also grow mulberry fields. Many. The governor actually increased the mulberry tax several times. If any big household pays the tax, it will probably be hundreds or thousands of taels of gold and silver. If you plant more, it will probably be thousands. It’s not impossible for both. Will these people agree?

Many policies of the government usually try to tilt these gentry as much as possible. In order to appease them, the governor not only does not appease these people, but instead attacks these people first.

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Zhao Ming, the governor, had a good impression of Xu Qian. On the one hand, he was a disciple of Wang Xue. On the other hand, Xu Qian led his troops south to save everyone from the fire and fire, so he couldn't help but persuade: "Sir, if this is the case." , I'm afraid the big players are dissatisfied, if they want to make a fuss, this is not fun, then..."

Xu Qian smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, tell them. Tomorrow night, please come to the governor's office. Anyone who has any dissatisfaction can come to me to tell me. I will naturally explain it clearly to them. Lord Zhao .The new policy should be implemented as much as possible, and the following must be made immediately, so that all prefectures and counties can follow this article, post a notice immediately, and announce the world."

Zhao Ming sighed in his heart, and couldn't help thinking that this new governor was born in Qingliu after all, and everything was taken for granted. The strategy is a good strategy and does have the heart to love the people. If this method can be really promoted, Zhejiang Province, I'm afraid that no hunger will be killed, and uncontrolled mulberry seeds will be relieved. However... this is just a wish after all, and no matter how beautiful the wish comes to reality, it is nonsense.

However, Zhao Ming was not worried. Xu Qian's so-called decree was probably just a hot idea. When he encountered resistance, he would naturally change his course. Now it would be better to follow him first and abolish it after encountering difficulties.

That's it.

A meeting ended soon, and the governor and the governor naturally issued a notice to all prefectures and counties in Zhejiang. After this decree, many people nodded secretly. Zhejiang's taxes were already heavy, and now the governor reduced taxes, which can be said to be a disaster.

It’s so bad, but this sincere love for the people is vividly revealed on paper.

When the news reached the countryside, it was even more enthusiastic. The villagers have always believed that Xu Qian was Wenquxing and now he has to cut taxes as soon as he took office. This is extraordinary. In all dynasties, I have only heard that there are more and more taxes.

There are so many levies, and I have never heard of tax cuts.

In addition, Ming Pao published an article in a timely manner, publishing Xu Qian's tax system's intention and many of the tax system's rules one by one. Whoever does not have to pay grain tax, what kind of people pay grain tax that costs 30 yuan, and how about mulberry tax?

If any officials are levying taxes, where should they sue? Local magistrates and magistrates will punish them if they refuse to follow the rules. There are many different types of official newspapers, and the students are even encouraged to supervise them.

, It is said that it is family affairs, national affairs, and the world affairs, and scholars need to care about everything. Wang Xue emphasizes the unity of knowledge and action, and he should report everything he sees and hears.

In other words, Ming Pao is here and calls on the provincial students to supervise the tax collection of government officials. If any officials are illegal, they can report to the Governor's Office or Ming Pao. At that time, the Governor's Office will handle the matter according to the rules and will also deal with the student.

For example, in school, students, students, students who have increased their students, and vacancies for the provincial examination, they will no longer only examine their studies, but also conduct their conduct. It is also necessary to inspect their conduct. The illegality of officials is also within the scope of moral examination. In short, if it is reported,

The report will be true afterwards, and there will be some tilt in terms of entering school.

For students, they are already noble and proud. Now that the governor's yamen delegates power, they let them investigate illegal things. The students naturally welcome them. When they meet officials in the future, they will be more straightforward. Not only that, there are some sense of justice, but they have the benefits.

The students and scholars from the village took Ming Pao and had already started to make up their minds.

However, the inspector Zhou Chang also got the Ming Pao, and after reading it, he was also flirting with surprise. He had a premonition that Xu Qian was trying to death. At first, he thought it was just a fake shot and shouting slogans. This was in the officialdom.

It is not uncommon, but whether to implement the specific implementation is another matter. Who knows that this Futai Master was shocked by eating lard and actually acted seriously. Even Ming Pao was clamoring for him. In this way, those

Will the big mulberry farmers give up? These people are all local emperors, and their interests are damaged, which means they are charged with additional taxes to make up for the shortcomings of ordinary small households. Zhou Chang decided to wait a little longer and wait for those

When the big people start to make trouble, they will do some work in it. At that time, let’s see how the governor came to Taiwan.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chang was in a good mood and couldn't help but hum a small song, which was very happy.

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The Liu family in Zhejiang is the most noble, and has the most land. The Liu family's status in Zhejiang is much stronger than the previous merchants. However, the merchants later engaged in smuggling, so there was not much land.

The Liu family is different. Almost half of the land in Qingtian County is owned by the Liu family.

The ancestor of the Liu family was the famous Liu Bowen, who was appointed as Chengyi Bo. Liu Bowen's eldest son Liu Yi inherited Chengyi Bo and was appointed as Guanglu Dafu, who was the first rank of official position. Although he had no real power, he was really prominent, but his father was

When someone was killed, Liu Xiao was not interested in the government affairs, so he simply retired and returned to his hometown in the name of keeping his own tomb and lived in his hometown.

Since then, the Liu family has a ancestral teaching, and their descendants are not allowed to be officials. Therefore, everyone lives in the name of Zhenyi Bo, living in the village for several generations, and the last little influence of the Liu family in the capital has disappeared, but they

Zhejiang is a famous family among the famous families.

The descendants of the Liu family were passed down to modern times, and Liu Yu was the third sincere man. Liu Yu was over fifty years old. The court invited him to Beijing as an official many times, but he refused to accept it. He only studied at home, and with Zhengde

In the 18th year, the court ordered Liu Ji (Bo Wen) to be the Grand Tutor, and the posthumous title was Wencheng. After the imperial edict, the corpses of the ancestors must be buried. After all, the status of the corpses must be relocated to the mausoleum with higher standards.

In this name, Liu Yu still lived at his home in Qingtian County.

The Liu family has thousands of hectares of land. Because a few years ago, a large number of merchants bought silk, and many families changed grain to mulberry trees. Seeing this, the Liu family also changed most of the land to mulberry fields according to this trend.

At this time, the problem arises, and the new governor actually wants to increase taxes. It would be fine if he only added a little or two points, but now it is obviously not as simple as a little or two points, but a few times the growth. The Liu family has a lot of land. If it is based on

The current tax rate is probably more than 1,000 loads of raw silk every year. According to the current market price, the silver pattern is at least tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands of silver tattoos are simply robbery. In the Ming Dynasty, have you ever heard of paying so much raw silk and paying so much silver tattoos?

Originally, Liu Yu had a good impression of Xu Qian. After all, this guy stabilized Zhejiang, and the Yu Liu family was also kind to him, but who knew that as soon as this guy came on stage, the first board hit the Liu family.

Liu Yu was very angry. In his study, he called the big households in Qingtian County. These big households naturally encouraged the Liu family to stand up first. Then everyone would have a fight together. Maybe instruct people to resist taxes or

Just mobilize someone to impeach this guy. In short, 100% of the taxes are absolutely unbearable for them. Planting mulberry trees requires cost. A large number of people need to collect cocoons, and irrigate and remove insects. This is how it is calculated.

Perhaps the income from large tracts of land is not as high as the tax collected by the government. If the government collects 1,000 dan of silk, the remaining net profit may be only seven or eight hundred dan.

In the words of later generations, this is simply an organized and purposeful act of robbery. Is this a signifiable?

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