Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 514

It is clear that the advantages of the ad hoc military aircraft department lie in the concentration of power, simplification of procedures, integration of resources, and overall planning, so that in a certain matter, it can be as perfect as possible.

The old system of Ming Dynasty is already full of decay and is restricted by civil servants everywhere, so if you want to save Ming Dynasty, you must rebuild a new system.

To improve the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, through the staged reforms of the government, the gradual eradication of bad governance, and the division and suppression of civil servant groups.

"Your Majesty, the Military Aircraft Department issued an order, and it has been expedited for [-] miles, and sent to Liaoqian and Dongjiang Town." Wang Chengen said with a solemn expression, bowing his hands.

"Oh, I see."

Emperor Chongzhen was busy at his desk, and said to Wang Chengen: "Banban, Wang, go to summon Bi Qing to see him. I have some matters that I need to discuss with Bi Qing."

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang Chengen hurriedly bowed in response.

The situation formed under the rule of Liaodong made Emperor Chongzhen see hope. As long as there is a plan and action, there is still a possibility of saving this dilapidated Ming Dynasty.

The first element of the Ming Dynasty is to steadily improve the financial crisis and truly reduce the burden on the people at the bottom.

Only by doing this well can we avoid the outbreak of disasters, sharp class conflicts, and then lead to large-scale rebellions.

No matter when it is, maintaining the stability of the overall order and reducing the scope of local turmoil is what Emperor Chongzhen strives to do well.

"At this stage, to try to spread the income into the mu, too many core interests will be touched, and too many privileged groups will be offended."

Emperor Chongzhen put down his imperial pen, looked at the content written in front of him, and frowned, "If you really dare to do this, how many rebellions will arise under the rule of Ming Dynasty, even if there is no rebellion, it will be rebelled out of thin air.

However, the test of slicing and the return of fire consumption to the public still have the conditions to try.

Attrition has always been used by many local officials, especially low-level officials, as a tool to enrich their own pockets and squeeze the people. This matter must be put an end to.

The three major rates will no longer be apportioned in the future, no matter how difficult it is for the court, they cannot continue to apportion.

To reduce the burden on the people from the imperial court level, even if exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes cannot be completely eliminated at present, at least life will be easier.

After all, the vested interests involved in the return of fire to the public are local officials and officials, and local gentry, large and small landlords and other groups are not involved too much. Even if there are constraints and obstructions during the period, the scope is limited after all. "

Governing the country is like cooking fresh food.

If you want to govern the Ming Dynasty well, you must first distinguish between the primary and secondary contradictions, although there are many primary and secondary contradictions in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

But under the scrambling, it is still possible to distinguish the priorities.

Think about what kind of trend the implementation of a certain new policy will form, one by one, and put forward some targeted ideas. Emperor Chongzhen felt that some new policies could be implemented in time.

"I pay respects to Your Majesty."

"Bi Qing is here."

Seeing Bi Ziyan approaching, Emperor Chongzhen smiled, and stretched out his hand, "Bi Qing is worthy of being the Minister of Finance of the Ming Dynasty. Since entering the cabinet, he has been in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The measures specified have indeed eased the embarrassment of the treasury."

When Bi Ziyan heard the words, he bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty is all wise and powerful, and what I have done is nothing worth mentioning."

Bi Ziyan blushed a little at what the emperor said. At this stage, the relief of the embarrassment of the Ming treasury was not the measures he ordered, which had the desired effect.

Adjusting and changing the tax and service system of the Ministry of Households, even if it wants to see results, will take time to settle, but at this stage, for Daming, the most lacking thing is time.

But on the other hand, Daming's tax and service system cannot be rushed.

After all, if the central government's clear measures are to be passed on to the local governments for rectification and effectively implemented, there should be no impatience.

To alleviate the embarrassment of the Ming treasury, one is the reform of banknote tariffs, and the other is the opening of customs clearance. These two gradually stable sources of income have made the treasury actively open source.

In addition, there are fixed-term bonds for sale, which can be said to have solved the urgent need of the national treasury.

"I'll just cut to the chase."

Seeing Bi Ziyan like this, Emperor Chongzhen handed the draft regulations to Wang Chengen, and said: "I plan to try to return the fire consumption to the public in the prefectures and counties under the rule of Beizhili.

Attrition has always been a maladministration bred by the state, and one or two can be seen through the drift of water transportation.

I know that in the local area, when taxes are collected, 'loss' will be used as an excuse to increase some extra loss to the local people.

This is a very bad maladministration. In the past, I didn't realize the harm in it. Now it is different. This matter must be put an end to it as soon as possible, and it should be tried in Beizhili first. "

Bi Ziyan: "..."

After receiving the official letter from Wang Chengen, Bi Ziyan felt a burst of injustice. If the matter of returning the fire to the public is really done, it may cause turmoil in the local area, especially those local officials and officials.

After all, the extra income has been eliminated, and it is definitely unrealistic to support the whole family and live a good life with only that fixed salary.

Excessive and miscellaneous taxes and chaos in the local area are well known to everyone, whether in the imperial court or in local official circles.

But if you know, you know, whether you can say it, dare to say it, whether you want to say it or not, is another matter.

After all, this involves real money.

"Your Majesty... if under the rule of Beizhili, if you try to return the fire consumption to the public, it may cause some troubles in the local area." Bi Ziyan read the official letter carefully, and he agreed with it in his heart, but he said: "Your Majesty Knowing that Lu Xiangsheng, governor of Zhili, is presiding over the reconstruction of Chidao, this is a good thing for the court and the people.

If we choose to choose this time, to try out Huo Hua Gui Gong..."

"I know Bi Qing's scruples in my heart."

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and interrupted: "The reason why there will be severe exorbitant taxes at the local level, including exploiting the people in the name of loss, is rooted in the lack of salary.

Therefore, when doing this, the Ministry of Household Affairs must clarify the salary details of each official rank as soon as possible, and increase some salary reasonably, so that Ming officials will not be unable to support their families. "

Speaking of which, the official ranks of the Ming Dynasty received the lowest salaries. Emperor Chongzhen knew in his heart that this was because Emperor Taizu Gao knew the greed of officials. , it will still be like this.

However, for Emperor Chongzhen, if he wanted to gradually reform Daming and eradicate those bad policies, he had to protect the good officials who were pragmatic and willing to work, and get rid of the criminal officials who were corrupt and broke the law.

Returning fire consumption to the public, increasing salaries, and new rules for the administration of officials...

This is a set of combined punches played by Emperor Chongzhen.

The intention is to use "returning the fire to the public" as a starting point to gradually rectify the administration of officials. If your salaries have been increased, or you are still corrupt in private, then arresting you and killing you will be righteous.

Some money can be saved, and some money cannot be saved. Even if Daming's financial crisis has not been effectively resolved, the money that cannot be saved is still not saved.

The return of fire consumption to the public and the increase in salary are new policies linked to the implementation. If you want to increase your salary, you must implement the return of fire consumption to the public, otherwise such good things have nothing to do with you.

"These are all my ideas, and Bi Qing will clarify them as soon as possible."

Seeing the surprised expression on Bi Ziyan's face, Emperor Chongzhen said, "However, you can let it out first, and at the same time, in the name of the Ministry of Households, issue the detailed rules for the return of fire consumption to the governor's yamen in Zhili."

(End of this chapter)