Cutting 1719

Chapter 308
"My Majesty, before the rebellion of Chu, my annual income in Qing Dynasty was 3000 million taels of silver. Now Huguang, Jiangnan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang have all fallen into the hands of thieves. I am afraid that the total annual income will be lost as much as 200 million taels. In the future, if the imperial court loses the entire south again, then the annual revenue may drop to less than 500 million taels, and by that time, the Ministry of Household Affairs will be unsustainable!"

"If the imperial court can lift the ban on mining and realize the donation policy, maybe some money can be collected."

Zhang Tingyu knelt on the ground and painstakingly listed this large series of numbers. In fact, he wanted to tell Yongzheng that there is no free lunch in this world. Even if you want to collect taxes from businessmen, you must first give them some benefits!
The mining ban was a condition that Zhang Tingyu thought of to negotiate with businessmen. As long as the mining ban was lifted, there would be an explanation inside and outside the court, and the money could be collected, and some money could be collected by the mine later. The best of both worlds.

However, for Yongzheng, this one is not feasible, "Farming is the main task of the world, and workers and merchants are the last. One more person who works in the shop, that is, one less person who cultivates the crops in the field. The trend of the group For work, there must be many producers of things, and if there are many things, it will be difficult to sell them, and they will inevitably be stagnant and the prices will be low. This means that there will be too many people chasing the end, which is not only harmful to agriculture, but also harmful to industry.”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers understood that it was still impossible to mine.In fact, it is easy to understand that although mining can bring big profits, it is also easy to gather refugees. If something goes wrong in the future, no one can take the responsibility.

When this one was denied, Yongzheng talked about another one, but he also opposed it.

"Manchuria is where the Qing dynasty is located. How can it be easily developed? But it would be great if the children of the Eight Banners could return to Manchuria. The Clan House may organize the unemployed children of the Eight Banners to return to Manchuria to cultivate land for future use."

Yongzheng frowned. He would not let the Han people go to Manchuria. After all, it was the back route of the Eight Banners.Therefore, if the Eight Banners go, Yongzheng is still very happy, after all, the hard-core money and grain are also a lot of money at the moment.

Of course, this order is not surprising. In June, Yongzheng also issued a decree to order people without permanent property in the Eight Banners to move to Rehe for land reclamation, which would not cause any controversy.

It's just that at this time, Zhang Tingyu's suggestion was rejected in various ways, but he himself was not at all unhappy, he just stepped aside gently and stopped talking.

There was a moment of calm in the hall, but Yongzheng's expression gradually turned to disappointment. At this moment, Li Weijun, the governor of Zhili, came out and knelt down, and said loudly: "My lord, Li Weijun, the governor of Zhili, has an announcement."

Everyone was a little surprised when they heard that this person had presented the book, but many people looked at Li Weijun with a bit of contempt and disdain, and this had to start with this person's background.

If it were two years ago, there would probably not be many people who knew Li Weijun. At that time, Li Weijun served as the guard of Zhili, and his immediate boss was Zhao Zhiyuan, the acting governor of Zhili. Sun Tzu is the son of Zhao Hongcan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the nephew of Zhao Hongxie, the former governor of Zhili.

It can be said that in front of Zhao Zhiyuan, Li Weijun, a scholar who was born as a Gongsheng, was almost worthless. However, after Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Li Weijun replaced Zhao Zhiyuan as the governor of Zhili, and the reason was that Li Weijun flattered General Fuyuan. Nian Gengyao, and after Nian Gengyao succeeded to the throne in Yongzheng, he participated in Zhao Zhiyuan's mediocre dude and couldn't afford to be entrusted with the important task of governor of Zhili, so Li Weijun became the governor of Zhili as a matter of course.

"I checked the old regulations. The first trial of Zhili people every five years is divided into nine cases. The upper part is nine qian, and the lower one is one qian. The wealth of the family is the amount of silver. Entering, the dead are expelled, this is the law. If you have a secretary, you may not be able to pay attention to the inspection... and follow the old custom, every time you encounter an editorial review, there is a name for the increase in the account of the secretary. Therefore, those who should be deleted are not deleted, and those that should not be added are added. What is more, the person is dead and refuses to be expelled, and the son is responsible for registering when he is born. It is inevitable to call for compensation at the beginning, and then to flee.”

When Li Weijun presented the report, the ministers quickly sensed a different taste. Since the Ministry of Households previously pursued the payment of outstanding arrears and fire consumption to the public, the ministers have become more and more sensitive to policies. This time, what Li Weijun reflected The question of Dingyin is also a big problem that has been wronged by the Qing Dynasty for a long time. Now that it is brought up, it should not be that simple behind it.

In fact, the so-called Dingyin issue has a long history. It has already started since the Ming Dynasty. It is also known as the poll tax. This tax was used as a kind of local tax in the Ming Dynasty. Together with silver, they were requisitioned by local officials and were not handed over to the central government of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, it became a kind of malpractice for officials of the Ming Dynasty to collect money as a matter of course.

Later, after the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, it was obvious that it had learned the lessons brought about by this maladministration, and the collection of Dingyin was regarded as a tax collection by the central government, that is, the local officials were asked to hand over Dingyin along with the land tax. Institutionalized, every five years, the compilation and review of personnel is guaranteed to ensure the requisition of Dingyin.

As the saying goes, "At the end of each year in the province, each of the provinces will report the total number of Dingyi's tax status, and observe the growth and decline of household registration, and take the test in Dingzhou County." At that time, the growth of Dingyin also became one of the assessment goals of local officials.In the 18th year of Shunzhi, this tax reached a huge amount of 300 taels, so it was also a target that the Qing court attached great importance to at that time.

Of course, at the beginning of the establishment of the Dingyin system, there were already deep drawbacks. As Li Weijun said, the false reports and exaggerations in the household editorial review were very serious, especially many officials and gentry took advantage of their privileges to hide their personnel. The cunning people entrusted them as customers to escape, but the money Ding Yin wanted to collect was still there, so it fell on the poor people more heavily.

As a result, many inexplicable things happened at that time. For example, in Caoxian County, Shandong Province, there were already people who benefited from users and so on. Tens of acres of land were reported according to the facts, and they were promoted to households. During the period, the families had no land, insufficient subsistence, and those who called out to the sky were all middle-level households listed in the book. There are no cones in the poor land, and there is too much corvee."

Later, in order to win the hearts of the people and win the title of a sage, Kangxi came up with a policy of "never adding taxes".

But the problem is that this "never increase tax" policy is more of a formalism. It just doesn't increase the amount of Dingyin, it doesn't reduce or don't collect it, and the original burden is still there now. However, the name has fooled many people, and they all praised it as a virtuous government.

"I believe that in order to solve the disadvantages of Dingyin in Zhili, Dingyin should be allocated to the land tax, and the amount of Dingyin should be determined by the land."

Before Li Weijun could finish his words, the turmoil in the hearts of the officials in the palace had already been stirred up. The reason is very simple. , someone jumped out to object.

"The slave thinks it's impossible. This strategy is called solving the difficulties of the people, but it is actually harming the people!"

"I think that if the family is spread into the mother, it will damage the name of the late emperor. This person has evil intentions and should be killed!"

"The ancestral system should not be changed lightly, please the emperor to check it out!"

Some people directly blamed others, some confused right and wrong, and some were murderous. On the surface, they were shouting at Li Weijun, but in fact they were protesting to Yongzheng. This is not the way people play, asking for money Forget it, how can we attack the foundation of the gentry now?In particular, Zhili is still the base of the Eight Banners, and many of the Eight Banners are also expressing their opposition.

This trick is too vicious. For the gentry, their rights mainly lie in two points, one is the land, and the other is the population. In the past, because the big guys were hiding the population, the so-called Ding Yin could not receive them at all. At this time, Ding Yin was turned into the land tax. After all, you can hide the population, but the land cannot be hidden.

If according to Li Weijun's idea, the sharing of Ding Ding into mu is realized, the tax collection in the future will depend entirely on the amount of land, and the amount of taxation will be determined. Those with more land will pay more, those with less land will pay less, and those without land will not pay.In this way, in essence, the money of the landless is passed on to the gentry with a large amount of land. In addition, with this trick, the number of people who contribute will be reduced. , Dig to death.

Yongzheng didn't speak, just watched the performance of these clowns with cold eyes, but he felt extremely tired in his heart. The current Qing Dynasty appeared to be on the same boat, but these people had their own thoughts.

But the current Yongzheng didn't want to stop there, he quickly called out his name, "Zhang Tingyu, you are the Secretary of the Household Department, what do you think?"

Zhang Tingyu had no choice but to smile bitterly. This is not a book written by Li Weijun. It is obviously a method that Yongzheng tried. That is to aim the knife at the powerful landlords in the world as much as possible. On the surface, Yongzheng does not want popular support, but in fact he most hopes that the world can be stabilized.

"The servant thought that it would be all right to implement it in Zhili."

Although Zhang Tingyu only said such a sentence, the effect in it was very good. First, he told Yongzheng that it could be implemented, but at present only Zhili can do it.I also told the officials that this policy is limited to Zhili, so don't jump around. Both ends sound quite satisfactory, which shows how quick his thinking is.

Seeing that Zhang Tingyu opened his mouth, the others didn't dare to pierce him anymore. They didn't have the character of a big talker, they just didn't see the movement clearly before, but now that they saw the movement clearly, how dare they dare to offend Yongzheng?
Yongzheng glanced at the officials in the hall and cleared his throat.

"The magistrates of the prefectures and herdsmen are officials who are close to the people, and the foundation of official governance. As for money and food, the relationship is particularly important, and the slightest particle is the fat of the people. One point increases, and the people suffer by one point, and one point decreases, and the people benefit by one point. Zhize. In the past, there was a person who asked for a temporary increase in fire consumption to make up for the shortfall. The imperial examination ordered the court to refuse his request. All the ministers have heard about it. Today, the arbitrary increase in fire consumption in prefectures and counties is regarded as a rule of thumb. Why is it so embarrassing? Afterwards, it is absolutely appropriate to ban it, or be impeached by the superiors, or be corrected by the science and Taoism, and the crime must be severely punished, and the loan will never be lenient."

All the ministers knelt down to promise, and Yongzheng earnestly urged again, "Be diligent in seeking the people's attention, no matter how big or small, we must delay the visit and observe, and do our best to benefit the people. And pay special attention to the collection of money and food, lest Lu Yan will disturb you, when you think about it Cut to the bosom."

The officials smiled wryly. Some of them might really care about the life and death of the poor, but there are definitely not many such people. After all, the big guys want to climb into the Palace of Mental Cultivation, not by those low-level people, but by those who already have power. Emperor Yongzheng is no longer within the reach of these courtiers.

Everyone did not expect that this crusade against Hanchen turned into another attack on the gentry under Yongzheng's means, but no one dared to object, whether it was Hanchen or the Eight Banners, at this time They all have a bit of suffering, and being unable to buy it is as uncomfortable as being forced to swallow a fly.

Jiangning City.

"This move is really unusual, Yongzheng, you really shouldn't be underestimated!"

Li Fu was somewhat admiring. He really didn't expect that Yongzheng would fight such a beautiful fight against the opportunity of the fall of Zhejiang. It can be said that the realization of the policy of sharing the land into the mu is even more significant than the fall of Zhejiang. more important.

Ning Yu knew about Yongzheng's policies from later generations, so he wasn't overly surprised, but just smiled and said, "Sir, do you think that this can make the Qing Dynasty look brand new?"

"A new look? Hahahaha, that's out of the question, but this trick is much stronger than Kangxi's never adding a gift!"

Li Fu chuckled, he began to wriggle his fingers, and said with a smile: "If you have more land, you will have more land, and if you have less land, you will have less land. There is no way to deceive people, and the benefits are the same; there is no guarantee for compensation among the people." Bitterness, its benefit is two; in the year of compilation and review, the book is compiled as usual, no need to re-check, its benefit three; after finishing each field, there is no one who can't help it, its benefit four"

"Ding corvettes are divided into three classes and nine classes, there is a whip, there are Ding Sui Jia faction, and there are Ding Cong Ding faction, within a province, there are different cases. . . . "

Seeing Li Fu praising Yongzheng, Ning Yu was not angry. After all, Yongzheng did a good job this time, but he was not false, he said with a smile: "Although Yongzheng's move can win people's hearts, there are still loopholes in it. We haven’t been able to go any further.”

"A more thorough step? What does the governor mean?" Li Fu seemed to understand, but he was still a little unsure.

"Officials and gentry work together to pay food. This is the last resort to plug this loophole." Ning Yu smiled.

But these words sounded like a thunderbolt to Li Fu's ears, because this move was more radical and daring than the one that spreads out to the mother, so he couldn't help saying: "If this strategy is adopted, I am afraid that all the gentry in the world will be shocked." It is time to oppose Yongzheng! This is not reform, this is war!"

A smile appeared on Ning Yu's face. He seemed to like the word of war very much, and he recited it a few times lightly.

"Yongzheng will not implement this policy yet, but I have just established a new system for the Han army, and this is the best time to determine this system!"

"Yongzheng dare not go to war, I dare!"

(End of this chapter)