I am the king of the dead

Chapter 666

Li Xian wanted to explain the old account at the beginning. After all, it has been so long, and it is unexpected that His Majesty still remembers it.

Li Xian originally planned to die, but he even reported that the state government scolded the emperor, no matter how he looked at it, he would not survive, and he even arranged for Yuniang's mother and child.

His Majesty had forgiven him at the beginning, and he was quite sure of his ability.

Zhu Qiyu didn't give him a chance to explain, but talked about Nanya affairs.

When he was in Jinan Mansion, Zhu Qiyu did not talk to the beautiful woman by Daming Lake, but communicated with Pei Lun for a long time.

Pei Lun has been in the local area for many years, with ups and downs, and knows very well the difficulties of being an official in the local area.

"There is also something about coercing the people in Nanya to order the state government?" Zhu Qiyu didn't intend to pursue Li Xian's forced and helpless appeal at the beginning. If he pursued it, he would have pursued it at the beginning.

Li Xian made an indelible contribution to Daming's lifting of the huge thunder of Nanya's arrogance.

How to use Li Xian's talent to make Daming great again is the key.

Li Xian said solemnly: "Yes."

"Is Renhe County a special situation, or a common phenomenon?" Zhu Qiyu asked again.

Li Xian bowed his head and said, "It's a common phenomenon."

"Yeah." Zhu Qiyu looked out the window and stopped talking.

It is an unspoken rule to bargain with the local sages, clans, gentry and the court to coerce the common people to order the affairs of the state government.

Take summer time as an example.

Xia Shizheng took over [-]% of the official tax and business tax in Renhe County, which was not a contract, but a kind of arrogance. There was no official tax package system in Ming Dynasty.

The law of the Ming Dynasty: Anyone who collects the summer tax will open the warehouse on May [-]th, and it will be fully paid by the end of July.For autumn grain, the warehouse will be opened on the first day of October, and it will be in full supply at the end of December.

Forty percent will be kept locally, and the rest will be shipped to Beijing and put into storage before February.

Every summer and autumn when the two taxes come, the Renhe county government goes to the countryside to collect high taxes, but they can't collect a grain of rice, and the government offices can't collect it, but summer time is fine.

Xia Shizheng asked Renhe County to be exempted.

Xia and Qiu Liangzheng of Renhe County should pay 14 shi, but Xia Shizheng asked the Renhe county government to exempt [-]%, that is, to pay only [-] shi for [-] shi.

If the Renhe county government doesn't agree, then go and collect taxes yourself!

Let's see if the villagers pay their food well, or fight against taxes with arms!

In fact, the vast majority of villagers will choose to resist the tax and get a lot of feathers. In the end, the county government has to bear the risk of the government forcing the people to rebel.

After the Renhe County Government agreed to Xia Shizheng's request, Xia Shizheng would hand over the two taxes to the Renhe County Government on time.

Xia Shizheng is coming down this round, is it to seek blessings for the villagers?

In the summer time, two taxes in summer and autumn are collected in the countryside, and [-]% of the tax is exempted.

The Renhe Xia family obtained about 12 yuan in summer and autumn taxes from the villagers, handed it over to the county government for [-] shi, and could keep about [-] shi in income.

The Renhe county government can only report the disaster and ask the court to waive it. If the court refuses to waive it, it will default, which will result in tax arrears.

This kind of trick where the gentry and the yamen jointly owe taxes, the court pursues the arrears, and finally the court exempts the tax arrears, dragged on from the early Southern Song Dynasty to the outbreak of the Jin Shengtan crying temple case.

In the 18th year of Shunzhi, Jin Shengtan's hometown Wu County, Suzhou, the new county magistrate didn't know the rules, refused to grant the local gentry an exemption, and forcibly pursued the five-year tax arrears. Jin Shengtan's crying temple case broke out.

In fact, the 300 years of the Qing Dynasty failed to solve this problem.

The gameplay of later generations is just a new name called tax collection.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Xing'an, and asked with some hesitation: "Xing'an, when Xu Youzhen and Chen Yi were in Zhangqiu to control the water, it seemed that there was something they owed, which forced Xu Youzhen and Chen Yi to kill all the gentry. Putting grain in the warehouse is the way to quell civil unrest, there must be such a thing.”

"I remember that the memorials for the impeachment of Xu Youzhen and Chen Yi piled up on a table."

Xing'an took out a heavy memorandum from his sleeve, and flipped through it. Although Xing'an couldn't remember clearly what happened in the first year of Jingtai, he had a pen and recorded it as an official document.

Xing'an turned to the records and said: "Xu Youzhen and Chen Yi did not pay back when they were controlling the water in Zhang Qiu. At that time, Zhang Qiu was hit by the flood of the canal burst."

"But the gentry's private request, regardless of it, chased the people down and destroyed their homes, their families were destroyed, and almost caused a civil disturbance. Xu Youzhen and Chen Yi had to kill the gentry and release food for disaster relief."

"For the past seven years, Zhang Qiu has paid the summer and autumn taxes in full every year."

"Shen Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, also gave a Taoist memorial in February this year, praising Shandong, saying that most of Shandong is full, and only some of them are exempted because of the Ministry of Industry's management of the Yellow River."

Zhu Qiyu said with emotion: "Shandong without the Confucian mansion is indeed better. No matter how you look at it, I am very satisfied. Pei Lun has done a really good job."

"Thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king." Yu Qian, who is Pei Lun's fellow-ranking member, said naturally.

Pei Lun did a good job, leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade to a certain extent.

Mizhou Shipping Department changed the industrial structure of Shandong, and the Confucian Mansion was a big case. His Majesty is still chasing down the remnants of the Confucian Mansion, even the remnants of the Confucian Mansion as far away as Japan.

Almost all the Shandong gentry were trembling with fright, for fear that the guillotine would fall behind their necks tomorrow, so naturally they didn't dare to do anything wrong.

Pei Lun's own ability also played a great role.

However, during the orthodox years, Pei Lun was also very capable as the chief examiner of the general examination. In the end, he resigned from office and returned to his hometown to compile the county annals.

The referee does not allow you to be an official, even if you have great abilities, you can only hide your strength and bide your time.

"Is there a way for Yu Shaobao to deal with this kind of thing?" Zhu Qiyu looked at Yu Qian and asked how to deal with it.

Yu Qian thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty already has a countermeasure in mind, why should I say more?"

Seeing that Yu Qian didn't answer, Zhu Qiyu said, "I plan to kill chickens to scare monkeys."

"And this trick seems to be very useful. At least for now, the gentry in Shandong are very well-behaved."

Yu Qian agreed deeply and said: "I also think it is very useful."

The reason for Yu Qian's refusal to speak is very simple. One of his important responsibilities is to persuade His Majesty to forgive, but the solution to this matter is violence, and he can't open his mouth.

This kind of coercion of the people to order the state capital is a kind of usurpation of imperial power.

What is Zhengfu?
It is imperial food.

The white rice that the emperor and Beijing officials ate was the official Fu from the Jiangnan provinces.

This is a serious dragon grabbing food from its mouth, and it is a big treason.

In fact, there is no good solution, the best way is to do it regularly like leeks, and tell the gentry who is the sky of Ming Dynasty.

After a period of time, the gentry have forgotten that people will die if they are killed, and the emperor will come again, and this cycle will go on and on, and it will naturally be guaranteed that the full amount of compensation will be paid.

Wei Guogong Xu Chengzong, who was escorting outside and carrying the dragon flag banner, suddenly felt a cold wind blowing, and shuddered.

"Ah!" Xu Chengzong sneezed heavily.

In a sense, Wei Guogong Xu Chengzong is indeed the most suitable chicken to kill for monkeys.

Perfect match.

Of course, Xu Chengzong is not confused, and Zhu Qiyu is not guilty of holding the national flag.

Zhu Qiyu got off the big driving jade rudder, and said to Xing'an: "It's a matter here, let's drive to Hangzhou the day after tomorrow. Last time, I said I would go to see it. I came and went in a hurry, and I didn't see the West Lake, which is always suitable for light makeup and heavy smear. This time, we must take a good look.”

"After a few days of play, I just waited until Li Binyan returned to Songjiang Mansion to pick him up."

Xing'an bowed his head and took the order: "I obey the order."

"Nanya is good. Going back to Nanya is like going home." Zhu Qiyu walked into the other courtyard of Nanya.

Zhu Qiyu went to Nanya mainly to solve the matter of Dongxu, and the core project to solve Dongxu was to work for relief.

The core of work-for-relief is the hardening of official roads and post roads and the dredging of waterways in Daming, both of which are extremely expensive public facilities.

Even Zhu Qiyu, who has a good way of making money, has to grit his teeth.

Zhu Qiyu came to Nanya to raise money for charity!
As soon as they arrived in Nanya, the Renhe Xia family couldn't wait, ruined their homes and paid all their wealth as charity, supported Daming's work-for-relief, and set an example by sending the whole family to Jilong Island to build a new building for the Ming Dynasty. earth.

Logging is very tiring, but the Xia family is not afraid.

Xia Shizheng himself will also go to the Jiejie Hospital in person to make his final contribution to Daming's medical cause.

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty did not give up too much. The students of the Ming Dynasty supported the emperor’s ambition to open borders with actions, and went to Liaodong, Western Regions, Yunnan, Guizhou, Ryukyu and other places to contribute their own strength to the cause of the kingship of the Ming Dynasty. .

That's why Zhu Qiyu said that coming to Nanya is like going home.

Very full, very warm, very cozy.

Zhu Qiyu was delayed for another two or three days in Nanya.

After the conversion of the Xiashi official case, the Renhe Xia family only converted (copied) and donated (family) more than 300 million taels of silver, more than 150 three-masted ships, [-] ocean-going ships, nearly [-] tank ships, and large-scale shipbuilding. There are five factories and more than [-] Tongyuan.

If Xia Shizheng couldn't be called a great benevolent person, then who else could be called a great benevolent person?

Zhu Qiyu's car drove slowly towards Hangzhou.

At this time, Zhu Zhanqian, who was supervising the country in the capital, was devastated and confused.

Zhu Zhanqian sometimes wonders, is he crazy, or is the world crazy?
The students of the Nanya Guozijian are over, and the students of the Beiya Guozijian are also making trouble!

Specifically, I still blame His Majesty.

His Majesty has stayed in Beiya for eight and a half years since he ascended the throne, and he has not once gone to the Beiya Guozijian to teach the Tai students!

The Gongyuan, Guozijian, and Hanlinyuan are all opposite the Qintianjian. Your Majesty has visited Qintianjian many times to see Qintianjian's flattering ministers and workers offering auspiciousness, and he has never been to the Guozijian to meet the imperial students of the Guozijian.

The students from the Nan Yamen are making a fuss, but the students from the Bei Ya are so well-behaved?

The Tai students of the Beiya spoke extremely fiercely to the ten calendar bureaus established by His Majesty, the Xiejie Yuan, the Lecture Hall, the Lecture Hall, and the Qin Tianjian.

They had quarreled, but His Majesty didn't even look at them. Could it be because the quarrel was not violent enough?
Under the imperial system, thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king.

When the Tai students in Nan Ya made a fuss, His Majesty personally stepped forward and taught the Tai students in Nan Ya two principles, one is to let the bullets fly for a while, and the other is to think twice before acting.

Your father is partial!This is the reason why the Beiya students made a fuss this time.

Scholars are good at doing things that seem reasonable but are actually very irrational.

Zhu Zhanqian asked with his mind full of lawsuits: "Luo Changshi, I just don't understand. Are they crazy?"

"The students from the Southern Yamen are going to go to the Western Regions, Liaodong, Yunnan and Guizhou to suffer, and it's been five years. Are the students from the Beiya not afraid? What are they doing?"

"It's unheard of to make a fuss about seeking punishment."

Zhu Zhanqian is the prince of Zhide. He doesn't understand the thinking of these Tai students, but Luo Bingzhong can somewhat understand.

Luo Bingzhong thought for a while and said, "However, fame and fortune are touching, does Your Highness know about Cen Shen?"

Zhu Zhanqian thought for a while and said: "Is it to write about the frontier poet Cen Shen who suddenly came like a spring breeze overnight and thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloomed?"

"Of course." Luo Bingzhong said with a smile: "Cen Shen was born in a family of officials, and he was a Jinshi and ranked first. He also went to the Western Regions twice."

"Actually, when the poets of the Tang Dynasty were not in time, they liked to roam around and observe the customs and customs."

"Why are they like this?" Zhu Zhanqian came back to his senses, as if it was true, the Tang poets always ran all over the Tang Dynasty.

"Accumulate knowledge and enrich your resume." Luo Bingzhong thought for a while and said, "Your Highness doesn't know something. Our Daming's official position is three carrots for one. If you don't do anything, you don't get a salary, and you have no authority."

"If His Highness is to employ people, is it more useful to use a Jinshi who has traveled thousands of miles, or a Jinshi who has read thousands of books?"

Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, and the same is true for imperial servants.

It was only then that Zhu Zhanqian suddenly realized that the reason for such an unreasonable thing to be punished by His Majesty is actually very simple, just one word, volume.

The official ranks of the Ming Dynasty are limited, but the number of Jinshi and Juren in the Ming Dynasty has increased over the years.

If you are not an official, you have no authority. You can be an official for thousands of miles only for money, and you have to be a superior official anywhere.

How many people, after winning the Jinshi, entered the Hanlin Academy and received a salary that barely survived, and they spent half their lives before they could get ahead?

Wang Zhi had been the Hanlin for more than 20 years before he ushered in his position as the head of a hundred officials. He had not been in office for a few years before he handed over to Yu Qian.

Zhu Zhanqian still frowned and said: "But the Western Regions, Yungui, Ryukyu Chicken Coop, and Liaodong are mostly places of bitter cold, and the people's customs are tough. It is extremely dangerous to go to these places, is it worth it?"

Luo Bingzhong shook his head and said, "Your Highness, this is the Mili Huo who is going to the Western Regions, that is, Xia Zhiyi, the Kokang King of the Turpan Khanate. Will he let these students die in the Western Regions for no reason?"

"No, these students were all sent by His Majesty to the Western Regions." Zhu Zhanqian said in a daze, "Whether it's Xia Zhiyi or Shaanxi Xingdusi, they will do their best to protect the safety of these students."

"Yungui is the same. The Duke of Guizhou will not let these students have troubles. The same is true for Liaodong. Fan Guang, as the chief military officer of the Liaodong Capital Division, will only pay more attention to these students."

"Five years is five years. Even if they want to die by themselves, it will be five years later."

Luo Bingzhong continued: "That's the reason. Once these students' customs clearance documents are printed, Xia Zhiyi, Ke Qian, and Fan Guang will take care of them, and that's all..."

"Your Highness, going to the Western Regions is a bit hard, but the Western Regions can make meritorious service!"

The emperor of Ming gave names, officials, and titles to Yemi Lihuo, was he just playing around?

His Majesty Luntai City is obviously bound to win, so what is Luntai City, it is clearly a top card one after another!

In the past few years, Ke Qian has been in the limelight in the Ming Dynasty Hall. He reported to the mansion every three to five times, and within a few months, there will be an imperial decree about Ke Qian in Fengtian Hall.

Ke Qianqian, the capital of Shaanxi Province, caught the spies, and got the first card.

Why was Li Binyan slipped away by His Majesty to Juxian Pavilion to attend the Salt and Iron Conference?Why did Li Binyan repeatedly make ridiculous remarks, but His Majesty just laughed it off?Has been entrusted with important tasks until now.

Why was Li Binyan able to pick the best location in the official residence?

Zhu Chun, a procurator who had never participated in the imperial examination, why was he able to control the Gongshi in the Xuanfu, so that the Tatar king was born, but the Tatar king dared not die?

Wasn't it because Li Binyan, Zhu Chun and others had the top card that everything followed?
Accumulating qualifications is very abstract. To put it another way, it is to get a brand.

Even if it is a Qili card, it will be a qualification that is heavier than others in the future. You can say loudly: I have made contributions to Daming, and I have shed blood for Daming.

This is the reason why the Beiya students are making a fuss. In the final analysis, it is still the fame and wealth that move people's hearts.

It was only then that Zhu Zhanqian fully understood the inner reason, and said quite seriously: "Since you are interested in this, then let them go."

"It's good to read more. If you read dead books, you will end up reading your mind to death."

　Centralized tax collection: For example, in a coal transportation industry, the transportation of coal requires a 17% applicable tax, which is a huge cost. At this time, you only need to buy tickets for the 10% applicable tax for the good people, and you can save 7% of the tax. Taxation, but also legal tax stamps can be obtained.Why can great benevolent people issue tax invoices at a low price?Because all the coal transportation industry in the whole place is in their hands, they negotiate with the local government to ask for tax relief, which is called the power of the platform.Before the tax reform, such a game was played, but after the tax reform, it was a different game.Ask for a monthly ticket, woohoo! ! ! ! ! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)