Nurhachi took the first step in his rise. This should be regarded as a major event worthy of attention in the original history of Gao Jingshi's previous life. When Gao Jingshi just traveled through time, if he faced such a situation, he would probably also
Quite nervous.
However, the current Gao Pragmatic is not nervous, and is even basically too lazy to deal with it.
More than ten years have passed since time travel, and Gao's pragmatic mentality has changed a lot. Certain things that he thought were very important in the past no longer seem so serious now.
After all, whether it is severe or not depends on comparing it with one's own strength.
When he first traveled through time, he insisted in his heart that as long as the Ming Dynasty took care of its internal problems, it would not have to be afraid of the Jurchens, but after all, various movies, TV shows, and even some people in the past life were afraid of Nurhachi.
During that period, the Jurchens' combat effectiveness was so great that they seemed to be "invincible if there were not even ten thousand Jurchens". Therefore, in my pragmatic mind at the time, I was still a little afraid of Nurhaci.
However, with an in-depth understanding of this era, coupled with the gradual strengthening of his own strength, especially the smooth progress of the reform of the Ming Dynasty, the sense of oppression brought by the name "Nurhachi" to Gao Pragmatic slowly began to fade, and even
Basically disappeared.
He no longer thinks that Nurhachi still has the same opportunity in history to develop to the point where he can threaten the Ming Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, if Toyotomi Hideyoshi hadn't caused trouble, how would Nurhaci have any chance?
But Gao Wuji is not too panicked about Toyotomi Hideyoshi's problem now - Monkey is very powerful in Japan. Historically, he was even able to maintain a Japanese invasion force that far exceeded the Ming army's aid force to fight across the sea in Korea.
He also defeated North Korea easily and fought with the Ming army for several years.
However, that Ming army did not have his high pragmatic time travel BUFF bonus, and behind it was the Ming Dynasty who also did not have a high pragmatic bonus.
As for the Ming Dynasty, it was very difficult to maintain an army of 70,000 in North Korea - this can be seen from Li Rusong's choice to take the initiative to strategically retreat when he had the upper hand - Li Rusong is not an easy person to deal with, if it weren't for logistics,
If there is a serious problem with the guarantee, given his character, he will definitely choose to attack directly.
This shows how bad the financial system of the Ming Dynasty was in the original history, and how poor its war mobilization and support capabilities were.
But today’s Ming Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty that was strong from outside but worked hard from within. Today’s Ming Dynasty’s annual fiscal revenue has reached twice that in the original history. Although expenses have increased and tax exemptions have increased, this is not necessarily the case.
bad thing.
After all, although expenses have increased, a lot of them are spent on military construction and support, including ordnance replacement, military salary increases, border wall construction and other aspects;
In terms of tax exemption, in fact, after Gao Gong presided over Longqing's opening of the sea, due to the substantial increase in port tax revenue, Zhu Yijun reduced some agricultural taxes in poverty-stricken and disaster-stricken areas in recent years, and these agricultural tax exemptions, in turn, also
Reducing popular dissatisfaction was beneficial to the stability of the domestic political situation in the Ming Dynasty.
To use the vocabulary of later generations, this tax reduction is equivalent to being used to "maintain stability."
Under this situation, as long as you keep an eye on Nurhachi in the next few years and prevent him from finding opportunities to fight this or that, you basically don't have to worry too much. If the Japanese Rebellion in Imjin is still inevitable, that's okay.
, Gao Pragmatism has even more vicious ideas.
As for whether these ideas can be implemented smoothly, Gao Pragmatic doesn't think it's a big problem, because according to Zhu Yijun's plan, if nothing happens, he will definitely be the governor of Liaodong in the next few years, and there will be plenty of opportunities to deal with Nurhaci's problem.
Preparatory work for the Imjin Japanese War can also be prepared in advance.
Not long after Gao pragmatically shifted the focus of his work back to the construction of Liaonan, new news suddenly came from Beijing - a series of personnel changes:
When Wang Guoguang became an official in his old age, Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of Hubu, was appointed as the Yushi of Zuodu, Wei Xuezeng, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was appointed as the Shangshu of the Ministry of Hubu, and then Liang Menglong, the governor of Jiliao, was transferred back to Beijing because of his meritorious service in the Liaonan War, and was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Since Liang Meng and Longliang had merit in establishing the army, Zhou Yong and Zhou Fu also had merit in raising the army, so Zhou Yong took advantage of the situation and was promoted to governor of Ji Liao.
These are all changes that occur one at a time, which is not uncommon. The ministers who have been transferred are all sufficient according to their seniority.
However, the next appointment was more shocking: he was promoted to the inspector of Shandong, and he was responsible for rectifying the military affairs of Jin, Fuhai, Gai and other departments, preparing troops and farming, etc. He was also the Minister of Yuanmasi in Liaodong.
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Governor of Liaodong?
Highly pragmatic?
Wait a minute! He has only been in charge of Jin Fuhai for a few months, and now he is directly promoted to governor? No need to participate in politics? He also skipped the chief envoy and other things?
Not to mention that everyone in the officialdom of Liaodong was stunned for a moment. Even Gao Pragmatic himself was shocked: Didn't we agree to take it slow? I haven't made any achievements in Liaonan yet, so why did I get promoted directly to the governor?
How did this imperial edict persuade the cabinet to attach its signature and pass the six subjects to approve it?
What happened in Jingli?
Two hours later, the messenger sent by Zhang Siwei arrived late due to an accident on the road and rushed to the Bingxian Yamen in Gaizhou, letting Gao Pangshi know the inside story.
To put it simply, this matter is that the Practical School and the Heart School had another round of fighting in the cabinet, and finally reached some "consensus", including:
Pan Sheng, a bachelor, resigned from his part-time job as the Minister of Rites to concentrate on cabinet affairs; Xu Xuemo from the Xin School became the Minister of Rites; Zhao Jin from the Xin School became the Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.
The promotions of Xu Xuemo and Zhao Jin were used in exchange for previous transfers and promotions from the Practical School.
In addition, there are also the transfer and promotion of some lower-level officials from the two factions, as well as the career advancement of some older officials.
Zhang Siwei's letter was a bit long. Gao Pingshi compared it carefully for a long time. He realized that the Jiashi School seemed to be at a disadvantage, and he couldn't help but frown a little.
No, the debate within the cabinet should not be about the pragmatic school being at a disadvantage. Is there anything else going on here?
But he thought about it over and over, but he really couldn't figure it out. Judging from the current situation, except for the fact that Pan Sheng and Pan Ge gave up his concurrent post as Minister of Rites, which was the only loss for the neutral faction, the rest were both practical and spiritual schools.
However, this year’s two consecutive big wins were achieved by oneself. The real school should have the upper hand clearly, so why should it suffer a loss instead?
Could it be that it was simply because his promotion was a bit excessive, which caused a strong backlash from the Xin School, and then the uncle made concessions in order to ensure the stability of the cabinet?
But this doesn't make sense. Before he came to Liaodong, Gao Pragmatic had already served as a daily official. In the Hanlin Academy, Zhan Shifu's ranking was fairly high. Apart from his age, his official qualifications were actually not that high.
It's not bad, and with the bonus of six top prizes, it stands to reason that even if you stay in Beijing and work for a few more years, it wouldn't be unusual to be transferred to a certain ministry.
And now he, the Minister of Yuanmasi in Liaodong, has already reached the third rank, and is high enough to be transferred to the governor. How come the real school side has made concessions?
For people like Gao Pragmatic who like to calculate everything clearly and clearly, once they encounter such a problem that they cannot understand, it is easy for them to get knotted in their minds and not even eat well.
It wasn't until the next day that another piece of news came from the newspaper, which finally solved his confusion.
Wei Xuezeng, the newly-appointed Minister of Household Affairs, requested that a commercial tax increase be trialled in southern Zhili, which was divided into two categories: store business tax and business transit tax, with fifteen sub-categories.
Although after Gao Pragmatic read the details, he found that the tax rate was actually quite low, probably lower than the ratio he suggested to Gao Gong more than ten years ago - for example, store business tax, which is divided into luxury goods, ordinary department stores, etc. according to different categories.
There are three major categories of people's livelihood security, which are taxed according to "500% tax", "300% tax", and "100%10% tax". This is obviously a very low tax rate.
When it comes to business, the tax rates are roughly the same.
Theoretically speaking, this tax rate is too low in modern society, and it is not high in different "historical dynasties". Especially compared with the commercial tax of the Song Dynasty, this tax rate is not much different from not charging it at all.
But this is the Ming Dynasty after all, and it was the Ming Dynasty that almost did not collect commercial taxes before Gao Gong's reform. This move seems to be of great significance and has an even greater impact.
The invisible "financial groups" behind many civil servants in the Ming Dynasty actually started to pay taxes!
Because the cabinet approved it!
In order to resist the political advantage and public opinion trend brought to the Practical School by Gao Pragmatic after several great victories, and to ensure that their side could still compete with the Practical School in the court, the officials of the Xin School finally gave in a small step this time.
It is allowed to start trial collection of commercial tax in Nanzhili!
After more than ten years of reform, after three chief assistants of the Practical School, the reform has finally been pushed into the "deep water zone"!
Although the commercial tax collected is small, the specific amount of money is not important. What is important is whether it is levied and whether it can be levied.
Don't look at the big guys of the Heart School who stand up and talk about the nature of the heart, but talking about the nature of the heart requires the material conditions. If you are as poor as Hai Rui, you still have time to give lectures and travel with people to understand life? There is a sea of people.
When Rui has free time, he grows vegetables at home!
Therefore, almost all the bigwigs of the Heart School in the South have a large or small accumulation of wealth behind them. Even some bigwigs who were originally from humble backgrounds did not have enough accumulation, and there are financial backers behind them.
Now they have to collect taxes, which is equivalent to cutting off their flesh. Is the significance comparable to opening up the sea?
When the sea was opened, it only affected some big families who were law-abiding on the surface, but actually went out to sea for smuggling secretly. By analogy, it was equivalent to an "individual strike", but now this business tax collection is a comprehensive strike!
Gao Wuzhen could now understand why the Practical School was so proud this year that it actually made concessions to the Xin School in the court - you are going to cut off someone else's flesh, why don't you give someone a sweet date first?
The fault is not that Gao Pragmatism made great achievements in settling the South and pacifying the North twice, but now he has suppressed Li Chengliang, a new ally of the Xin School in the Battle of Southern Liaoning, giving the Practical School an overall advantage over the court. When will the Southern Zhili Shang be conquered?
It’s hard to talk about taxes even if they are put on the agenda!
Presumably, the lives of Mr. Shen Ge, Mr. Yu Ge and others are not easy at this moment, right? You can imagine how much internal pressure they are facing.
However, Gao Pragmatic just needs to be clear about this matter and doesn't plan to interfere for the time being. After all, this is the credit of his uncle Zhang Siwei. It can even be said that it is Zhang Siwei's first real big deal in governing the country after he became the first assistant.
Let my uncle take full credit for this achievement.
As for his pragmatic nature, since the decree to serve as governor of Liaodong has been issued, he naturally has to do what he should do...such as refusing to accept the offer.
Well, although this seems very hypocritical, it still needs to be done.
Gao Jingshi immediately wrote a memorial and sent it to the capital, and he still wrote it in the name of Yuan Masi Qing of Liaodong. As for the content, it was nothing more than modest remarks about his lack of talent and lack of knowledge, and his lack of moral integrity. It was mainly to express that he did not love power.
The meaning of generation.
This is also an old tactic often used by officials who think their tenure may be controversial.
Not long after this memorial was sent up, the imperial court's reply came, divided into two parts, one part was the imperial edict, and the other part was the official text of the cabinet.
The part of the edict is relatively simple. It starts from more than ten years ago and recounts Gao Pragmatic’s achievements in the past ten years, all the way to the just past Battle of Liaonan. Then the emperor expressed in a very affirmative tone, "Please
"If you don't agree," and demanded high pragmatism, "You should be more diligent, loyal and diligent, and take up your post immediately. Don't let me down."
By the way, he also "given forty taels of eight treasures of silver, twenty taels of silver leaves, and two imperial tribute inkstones. There will be differences in vegetables when the Changchun Palace comes out."
Other rewards were paid off, but this "seasonal vegetables from Changchun Palace" made Gao Pragmatic very stunned.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It is common for the emperor to reward cabinet ministers, ministers and officials with seasonal vegetables. Gao pragmatically often received rewards when he was in Beijing, but those were only rewards for those in Beijing.
Officials, and most of these vegetables were purchased from outside. The emperor just gave them to express his concern, nothing unusual.
But why are there seasonal vegetables in Changchun Palace now? This is one of the Sixth Palace in the West. I remember that it was still empty when I left the capital. What is the situation now? Who went there to grow vegetables? Besides, seasonal vegetables are sent from the capital at this time.
Liaodong...can I still eat it?
Gao Pragmatic really didn't understand this operation, but thinking about it, it shouldn't be a big problem. Maybe Zhu Yijun made a mistake when he was giving the instructions to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies didn't dare to change the sacred intention, so he did it like this
Just make the mistake.
He put this matter aside and began to think about when he would take office... This matter was done in a bit of a hurry. Gao Pragmatic himself did not expect that he would take up his new position as governor so soon and needed to organize his thoughts.
However, he was not in a hurry to take office. Someone was in a hurry to take office and passed by him.
Just when Gao Pangshi was temporarily in the government, thinking hard about his administrative measures after taking office, a servant came to report that Zhou Zhijun had returned to Miyun to take up his new post, passed by Gaizhou, and came to pay a special visit.
Gao Pingshi was moved in his heart and ordered: "Where is Zhijun now?"
"About ten miles northeast of the city."
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Open the east gate, set up the guard of honor, and I will be here immediately when I take a bath and change clothes."
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