The Accounting Department of the Ming Royal Family was the most inconspicuous step in Zhu Yunxi's New Deal reforms.
It is also the most unnecessary step at present, but in the long run, its impact will definitely be no less than other policies in the New Deal.
This is equivalent to completely separating the royal family's property from the country's household treasury. You are you and I am me.
The emperor's private treasury is used as an investment, rather than simply keeping private money in the chest. When the emperor has no money, he can use his assets for mortgage loans, instead of constantly attacking the treasury without a bottom line.
Moreover, if the royal family's assets are invested in wars for external expansion and profit, it will inevitably attract wealthy families to follow suit, and it will soon trigger a wave of great voyages.
Didn’t the so-called navigators in the West in history all conduct long voyages with the support of the royal family?
Furthermore, before the newly established Royal Accounting Department of the Ming Dynasty, there was the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty, in which the royal family was the largest shareholder. These two departments will be absolute giants in the internal and external economy of the Ming Dynasty in the future.
But the top priority now is the reform of land and population, the strengthening of taxation, and the removal of grassroots power.
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"emperor!"
It was getting late, and half of the setting sun was hanging down, reflecting the horizon red.
The bastard quietly walked into the second-floor attic of Lezhizhai. He faced Zhu Yunxi, who had his back to the stairs and the setting sun, admiring the evening view, and said, "Zhejiang Chief Secretary Tie Xuan, Inspector Han Kezhong..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Yunxi immediately turned around and said with a bit of smile and impatiently, "Tie Xuan is back? Pass, hurry up!" He said, "Prepare some refreshments, call Hong Xi,
The great gentry, Zhang Yan, Hou Yong, Xin Yande and others are all here!"
Immediately, he turned to look out the window at the setting sun and said, "Call Deng Ping over!"
When Deng Ping came over, even if there were important military and national affairs. And they were confidential military and national affairs. Wang Bashi, the general manager of the Qianqing Palace, had to stay at least ten steps away from the emperor and ministers.
Not long after, there were bursts of footsteps on the stairs, with Tie Xuan leading the way and Han Kezhong lagging slightly behind.
"Your Majesty, wait..."
"All the big rules are waived!" Zhu Yunxi looked up with a smile and looked at his two favorite generals, "I was still thinking just now that you have to arrive tomorrow morning. I didn't expect you to be faster than I thought!"
"After receiving the emperor's order, I came here non-stop day and night!" Tie Xuan was as calm as ever.
Having said this, he gave Han Kezhong a look next to him.
The latter stepped forward and put the thick account books and other items in his hands on the table.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and asked, "What is this?"
"I thought that when the emperor summoned me, he must have something important to ask. So all the land, tax and tax records of Zhejiang are here!" Tie Xuan said with a smile.
Zhu Yunxi casually opened a book, which was full of dense small words, and asked with a smile, "Are you sure?"
"I guarantee it with my head, and it will be done!" Han Kezhong said loudly, "In the past few years, Tie Buzheng and his ministers may not have done well in other things, but the province under their rule has as much land and population as there is no population.
How much land is in his name, including the conversion of land, and how much grain and tax he has paid, it is clear and precise here!"
"Okay!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "What a good one, I guarantee it with my head!" As he said that, he crossed his legs and sat down on the chair, and said with an easy-going smile, "This is a resounding statement. Such a guilty person can never say it.
You have to be so confident!"
As he said that, Zhu Yunxi waved his hands again and said, "Hey, you guys sit down and feel free to do so! Today is not a court meeting, but well... what our monarchs and ministers want to say is exactly what we will mention at the court meeting in the future! I guess you also have something in your mind.
Pu'er, if it wasn't really important, I wouldn't let you come back, and I would come back secretly, haha!"
Tie Xuan and Han Kezhong sat on the round stools, both smiling silently.
"The promotion of farming in Zhejiang is very good!" Zhu Yunxi continued to look at the account books they brought, "Last year I heard that some squires made trouble and surrounded the county government. Why are they so honest this year?
Obediently release all the people, and take the initiative to report the number of fields?"
"With Mr. Han here, it's not difficult for the gentry to think clearly!" Tie Xuan smiled, "Your Majesty, you still don't know that Inspector Han and Inspector Jing have a nickname among the gentry in Zhejiang!"
"Oh? Tell me!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"Black and white are impermanent!"
"Ha!" Zhu Yunxi held his forehead and laughed, overjoyed.
In fact, how could he not know these things? What Jin Yiwei is watching everywhere is who opposes the diversion of land into acres. Zhejiang, Zhongdu Fengyang, and the Central Plains Province were the first places to try out this new policy. Now after the Huaibei flood, the entire
Huaibei Zhili and even the entire Ming Dynasty must implement this new policy.
Later generations thought that maybe "dividing a small family into a small family" was just four words. In fact, only when you sit up do you know how difficult it is.
"Squires from Zhejiang Province, I really want you two to deal with your black and white impermanence!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "Otherwise, it would be really difficult to control!"
It is difficult to manage them. The most difficult thing is that most of these squire families have scholars in their families. Moreover, they are scholars who serve as officials in various yamen, even in the court, and in various state capitals.
These squires were not only the pillars that maintained the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but also the Ming Dynasty... to be precise, they were the stubborn disease of the feudal dynasty. And from another perspective, these people were an important part of the Ming Dynasty.
Parts, blood and flesh.
"It's not how I punish them!" Han Kezhong's face was like that of an old farmer, and he spoke with a hint of his hometown dialect. "As long as they break the law, I will be cruel to them. If they obey the imperial court, I will not only not punish them, but also commend them."
them!"
Zhu Yunxi casually took a walnut from the fruit plate next to him, pinched it open and said with a smile, "Well, give me a sweet date with a slap!"
"It's not sweet dates!" Han Kezhong scratched his head and said something unkind.
Tie Xuan glanced at him and then at Zhu Yunxi, "Your Majesty, the most fundamental reason why the rural landownership is so well implemented in Zhejiang is that it only harms the interests of some landowners!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi squeezed the walnuts with force with his hands.
"The poll tax has become a land tax, and each family is taxed according to the number of acres of land it has. The poor people are the most supportive of this new policy, because the previous poll tax was unfair to them. The rich can give birth to children at will.
They can afford it. But if they have fewer children, there is no strong labor force in the family. If they have more children, they have to pay, and the family's livelihood is cut off!"
Zhu Yunxi took small bites of walnuts and nodded silently.
"Poor people support it, and so do small and medium-sized landowners. By paying taxes on land, they don't have to go to great lengths to hide people. It seems like they suffered a little loss when they reported the land, but in the long run, they don't have to worry about it.
, can’t keep their ill-gotten gains!”
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi laughed.
Small and medium-sized landowners have tried their best to annex land, and of course they have to hide it.
Now it seems that I paid money, but it has become legal, so there is no need to worry about it in the future.
"As for the aristocratic families, there are also official families!" Tie Xuan continued, "The interests are slightly damaged, but..."
"But I can still bear it!" Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth and said decisive words.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Tie Xuan smiled, "Hiding people and land is a habit developed in the years of war. Now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, they can naturally take care of it and don't dare to go against the imperial court!"
"So, even if it's a small share of the land..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Yunxi spoke, "Even if it hurts the gentry in the world, it only hurts the skin of the gentry in the world. It's harmless. And he is not a fool. He can see that this new policy of sharing the land between people and the family has alleviated not only the
It’s the pressure from the imperial court and the conflicts between them and the poor people!”
"They can carry it clearly and know which end is lighter and which is heavier! And..." As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi nodded at the account books on the table, "You dare to say that your field records in Zhejiang are clear with your head, I believe
.But let me ask you, is this a register of civilian fields, or does the official’s field also count?”