Cutting 1719

Chapter 436 The Counterattack Begins

Although Li Fu was retained by Ning Yu, the predicament he is facing now has not changed. It is just that Li Fu at this time also knows Ning Yu's persistence, so he no longer talks about abolishing the imperial examination. Shihlin is lenient, don't be too unfeeling.

"Your Majesty, I think that if you don't care about the thoughts of the scholars at all, I'm afraid it will make some people take risks, which will ultimately be detrimental to the great cause of the unification of the court. Why don't you let it out, and next year there will be an Enke exam, which will mainly focus on stereotypes. As for the new-style imperial examinations, it will be carried out as usual, but part of the admission quota will be released to the old ones to appease the scholars, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

Ning Zhongquan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Education, gave a suggestion. On the surface, it seemed to be okay. Many ministers also nodded their heads to express their approval. If they can take a step back, it should be acceptable.

Ning Yu frowned slightly, and said softly: "If you want to give the scholars a way out, it's not difficult, but you can't use your brains on the imperial examination, otherwise all the efforts at the moment will be in vain."

Seeing that Ning Yu rejected the minister's suggestion again, the chief assistant Ning Zhongjing felt that he had to speak, and he persuaded tactfully: "Your Majesty, although there are many disadvantages in picking scholars by stereotypes, after all, they are only awarded to scholars. Assigning it to Yunnan and other places to carry out the teachings of Confucius and Mencius may also play a role."

Hearing what Ning Zhongjing said, Ning Yu's eyes lit up. This idea seems to be good. Although stereotyped articles are useless, it is a great tool to educate the border areas. If you send Confucian scholars to Yunnan, Tibet, Xinjiang, and even the future Burma, Annan and other places are all masters.

As for the question of whether the scholars are willing to go or not, that’s up to them. As far as Yu Gong is concerned, the imperial court’s selection of scholars is naturally for the purpose of educating the people, so it’s impossible if you don’t want to, unless you give up the exam and don’t be an official; Personally speaking, going to the frontier to spread Confucianism is a merit comparable to that of a saint. Are you embarrassed not to go?
"Hahaha, an old man in a country is like a treasure. The words of the chief assistant are wonderful. The imperial examination system should not be changed, but it is not easy for Confucian students to study. If we can find a way out through this method, it is also a good relationship between me and the imperial court." For extrajudicial favors."

Ning Yu had a bit of a smirk on his face, the hole was dug so hard that people couldn't help but jump in it if he wanted to!
The most important thing is that if there are those Confucian scholars who are not afraid of hardships and dangers to go to the borderlands, after passing the test of the complicated environment in the borderlands, their fundamental ideas can also change, and they will not be blindly ignorant. If those who dare not go to the borderlands Confucian students, either bid farewell to the officialdom completely, or re-study new studies, which can be called a clever plan to kill birds with one stone.

After all, in this era, there are very few people who can read and write. If you blindly suppress Confucian scholars, it may be difficult for Ning Yu to choose suitable officials. Therefore, it seems good if you can use waste.

"Li Qing, what do you think of this strategy?"

Li Fu lowered his head and thought for a while, but he said helplessly: "That's okay, as long as we can leave a way for the scholars, I think they won't continue to make such a fuss, but I still think that your majesty must not underestimate Confucianism." Orthodoxy, it can be used by the kings of all dynasties, that has its own reason."

Ning Yu is silent. Of course he knows the key role played by Confucianism. It can be said that China can always maintain the tradition of great unity. Centripetal force is still indispensable in this era.

"I naturally understand Li Qing's meaning, but it's a world of great controversy right now, and I can only make some choices." Ning Yu shook his head slightly and continued: "This is how we deal with it in advance. Announce this plan, pass it on to the provincial examination institutes, and publish it in newspapers.”

"If they don't agree with this plan, then there is no need to worry about their opinions. How can a small number of people be considered for national affairs? The provincial examination institutes will proceed as usual, and there should be no delay in the selection and appointment of officials."

In fact, Ning Yu was not worried about Shilin's reaction from the beginning to the end. After all, the Qing Dynasty in later generations completely abolished the imperial examination system with a single order, and he didn't see what the scholars could do. He is already polite enough now. , if he is not knowledgeable, he would rather have a gun in someone's hand than a vegetarian.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The ministers clapped their hands in agreement, but these words still made everyone sigh with emotion, because this is already a certainty, the old imperial examination era has completely disappeared, and the new imperial examination in the future may not be as successful as it was in the past The world is famous.

After all, no matter how good you are in the exam, you have to start from the grassroots. If you don’t have the ability to do things and only take the exam, then you will be a scholar in this life. Because you don’t have the corresponding political performance to back it up, you don’t even have the qualifications to take the exam. None, let alone going to a higher position.

Ning Yu thought about it for a while, and decided not to be so cheap. The scholars continued: "From now on, anyone who evades taxes will not be allowed to take the scientific examination. .”

Everyone was a little stunned when they heard it. Almost all of them thought of the worthless Tanhualang in the early Qing Dynasty, and their faces were a little strange, but it was not particularly strange. Just to emphasize again.

Seeing the reaction of the ministers, Ning Yu couldn't help snorting. Among the new policies implemented by Ning Chu, the one that officials do not like the most is the system of gentry and gentry paying food and errands. This is almost a cut of their extra income. Most of the time, so many people have complained in the newspapers, thinking that the system and officials are too harsh and not considerate enough.

"The imperial court has its own laws and regulations. Now that our Great Chu has implemented the system of gentry and gentry paying grain, it needs to be regarded as a good law that has been implemented consistently in order to enrich the national treasury. What's more, as far as you are concerned, my great Chu's generosity and benevolence are in the past. Why are you still greedy for such a small profit?"

All the ministers were silent. They may have been important ministers of the imperial court and looked down on those petty profits, but it didn't mean that their cronies also looked down on them. To a certain extent, these people could only play the role of not holding back.

Ning Yu sneered, since he made concessions in the imperial examination system, he naturally wanted to make up for it from the gentry.

Only by disintegrating the close relationship between the gentry and the gentry can the power of the gentry in the court be curbed, so this time the gentry group's attack on the New Deal has become the best reason for Ning Yu.

Ning Zhongjing was keenly aware of the change in Ning Yu's tone, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes. I'm afraid that this time, those landlords and gentry down below will be completely suppressed.

"I believe that the worry in the world today lies in the trend of land annexation. If landlords and gentry are allowed to buy land, or even merchants in the future, I am afraid that the people will no longer have a place to stand. Therefore, I think it is necessary to restrain annexation and stabilize the livelihood of the people."

What Ning Yu said couldn't be more normal, and it can be said that it is a point that the emperors of all dynasties would emphasize, but to the ears of the ministers, it feels strange. This is the first time the emperor said that he would suppress annexation.

In fact, in Ning Yu's mind, the original idea was not to suppress mergers, because it is very simple, the relationship between land and population in traditional society has a large marginal effect, that is to say, on China's current land, the unit area Although the output is high, it consumes a lot of manpower, resulting in inefficiency. However, Western agriculture has a slightly lower output per unit area, but only occupies a small amount of manpower, so it is more efficient.

Therefore, in Ning Chu's original idea, there was a thought of laissez-faire mergers to improve the efficiency of the unit, and forced the population to enter the industrial and commercial industry, and even carried out population diversion to guide them to live overseas, thereby alleviating the local population pressure and dismantling the population. Drop this population explosion bomb.

But all of this is taken for granted, because the development of industry and commerce is too slow after all, and the industrial population that can be accommodated is still too small. As for emigrating overseas, it is a long-term solution, and it is impossible to transfer so many The population is transferred out at once, and this choice is actually unworkable here.

In the face of the fact that the current population of more than 1 million may reach 30 to [-] million in the next [-] years, Ningyu must stabilize the agricultural economy and maintain a stable state for such a large population through agriculture, otherwise once an outbreak Get up, that is a Taiping Rebellion.

Since this big bomb is a time-delay bomb, Ningyu still has enough time to adjust. The solution is to maintain and stabilize the basics of agriculture while continuing to promote the industrial revolution. Squeezing capital out of agriculture, avoiding large-scale mergers, and directing these funds to the development of industry and commerce is the real long-term way.

"I think that if we want to curb the trend of mergers, we need to implement the land policy registration system. From now on, all anchoring and posting behaviors need to be severely cracked down. It is actually held by the party, and the government will no longer accept similar posting lawsuits.”

A sneer appeared on Ning Yu's face, this was just the first appetizer for the gentry.

But when the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but change their faces. It is nothing to legally deny the posting and affiliation relationship. Fang actually holds it. On the surface, it seems that this is for the consideration of the gentry, but once this law is in place, how can anyone post it?
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the trend of sending land was very strong. The reason was very simple. In order to avoid the taxation of the country, everyone handed over their land to those clans and wealthy families, because the other party did not have to pay taxes. You only need to pay rent to these wealthy clans, and your own harvest will actually be more.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, [-]% to [-]% of the land in the world was under the name of the clan. As a result, the land financial system at the end of the Ming Dynasty was completely bankrupt, and the court could not collect money at all. The land tax can only be doubled on those landowners who did not post, causing these people to go bankrupt and become refugees.

Of course, the current Ningchu has implemented the system of sharing the land into the mu and the gentry paying grain and errands, which has reduced a large part of the land posters from the root cause. The current policy is another warning against the prohibition of posting.

Ning Yu is naturally not that simple, he quickly threw out his second bomb, "All land transactions need to be carried out under the supervision of the government, and in addition to the land transfer deed tax, additional stamp duty is required to This guarantees the legality of land sales.”

"Stamp duty?"

Everyone was confused by this term, what kind of tax is this?What does printing mean?
Looking at the many confused courtiers, a smug smile flashed across Ning Yu's face. Stamp duty is not well-known in this era, but it is famous in later generations. ", the meaning is very simple, that is, stamp duty is the tax that will least arouse the disgust of the people.

Throughout the dynasties, collecting taxes has always been a hard job. In order to make life easier, many people would find ways to pay less or even not pay taxes, and the kings also thought of various ways to collect more taxes. tax.The battle of wits and courage between the two sides can be called a great masterpiece with tens of millions of words.

Therefore, tax collection itself has become a very intellectual game, the purpose of which is to "pluck the most goose feathers and listen to the fewest geese", and stamp duty is a great masterpiece that stands out from these intellectual games.

In fact, in the process of chatting with Ernst, Ning Yu realized that stamp duty has actually been around for 100 years. Yes, it was invented by a country that is extremely good at financial management—the Netherlands.

According to Ernst’s introduction, 100 years ago, the Dutch government’s finances were very difficult. In order to solve the financial problems, the then ruler Morris thought of adding a new tax, but he was worried about public opposition (as mentioned earlier, At this time, the Netherlands is a republic, so the ruler needs the support of the voters), so the design of the new tax is publicly solicited.

The stamp duty is a 'masterpiece' that stands out from the schemes designed by thousands of applicants. It is the product of the contract system itself, that is, in normal economic life, people will produce a large number of contracts and bills, and these contracts The scope of existence of bills and bills is extremely wide, so by stamping the official seal of the government on these contracts and bills, the performance of the contract can be better guaranteed.

The process of affixing the official seal can collect a certain amount of tax according to the value of the contract itself. Since people need the credibility of the government to guarantee the realization of the contract, this behavior is very welcome and recognized, and they are willing to do this Pay a certain tax, so the implementation of stamp duty has become a matter of hello, my big guy.

It was precisely because of Ernst's introduction that Ning Yu remembered that there is such a big killer as stamp duty, so he stopped being polite and directly explained the principle of stamp duty to everyone in the court.

"Now let's see what reason you have to object!"

Ning Yu thought viciously in her heart, spit out everything I ate!
(End of this chapter)