Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 572
"Qing's family, the first thing you have to do after you take office as the governor of Henan is to prepare for the establishment of the Henan Disaster Relief Office as soon as possible."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Sun Chuanting with a serious expression, and said: "The current administration of officials in the Ming Dynasty is very bad, even if I want to rectify the administration of officials in the Ming Dynasty, it cannot be done overnight.

After all, this is a stubborn disease that has gradually accumulated and formed since the late Wanli Dynasty.

It is a complicated matter to rectify the administration of officials, and a lot of energy must be invested not only in the court, but also in the localities.

Therefore, the Qing family must first have a group of reliable people to help you understand Henan and the problems that exist in Henan, so that you can prescribe the right medicine. "

Sun Chuanting nodded slightly in approval.

Facts have proved that Emperor Chongzhen set up a special disaster relief office in the court and set up disaster relief offices in the local area, which indeed helped the court solve many problems.

Governor Lu Xiangsheng of Zhili, Governor Yuan Keli of Shandong, Governor Sun Chengzong of Liaodong, Governor Liu Hongxun of Shanxi, and Governor Chen Qiyu of Shaanxi successively set up disaster relief agencies in various places, and gathered a group of scholars who had no hope or intention to take the imperial examination. event.

This group of scholars has not experienced the corruption of officialdom, so they do not have all kinds of bad habits of Ming officials, such as laziness and sluggishness, using power for personal gain and so on.

Otherwise, it is impossible for this group of scholars to endure hardships and go to the grassroots to do all kinds of heavy errands.

Hardening and beating in grassroots practice, cultivating a sense of collective honor, enhancing cohesion, and establishing values ​​are the core ideas that Emperor Chongzhen gave to these local disaster relief agencies.

Emperor Chongzhen knew it very well.

With the passage of time, when batches of groups recruited through the local disaster relief agencies formally enter the Ming Dynasty official career, starting from the lowest level of officials, it is inevitable that a group will be corrupted. These are all objective The fact of existence, after all, people will change.

The big waves wash away the sand and the waves wash away.

Emperor Chongzhen also firmly believed in his heart that those talents who persisted in their integrity and beliefs would be able to shoulder heavier responsibilities in the future to promote the innovation of Ming Dynasty.

"After clarifying these matters, the Qing family will select a group of reliable people, secretly collect suzerains and vassals from all over the country, and occupy fields and acres in various prefectures and counties in Henan."

Emperor Chongzhen continued: "The taxes collected by the current state government every year are simply not enough for the imperial court's needs, after all, the imperial court spends too much food and wages.

Over the past year or so, I have allocated part of the internal funds, and successively ordered the household department and the internal court to use official land and imperial land as anchors to sell bonds to the outside world for emergencies. I am afraid that the treasury has long been overdrawn.

If the national treasury is really going to be overdrawn, there must be someone in the court who will raise the three major salaries again.

And this kind of evil government that damages the roots of the society, entraps the people, and nourishes a group of corrupt officials, I will never do it again! "

In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, apportionment behaviors such as Liao pay, training pay, and suppressing pay are evil policies.

No matter how much was apportioned to the local government, what the imperial court could get was only a small part, most of which were intercepted by officials at all levels.

Emperor Chongzhen would never do the matter of drinking poison to quench thirst.

From the third year of Chongzhen, once the treasury was empty, it would always apportion Liao's salary and other things. Under the deliberate downplay of Emperor Chongzhen, it was never done again.

After all, the local people under the Ming Dynasty had a very hard time.

I could barely breathe.

Regardless of their life and death, to apportion Liao's salary, practice salary, and suppress salary, etc., is really pressing the local people, and there will be a momentum of rebellion in various places. This is what Emperor Chongzhen never wanted to see.

"Your Majesty wants to confiscate the properties owned by the clans and vassals in Henan?" Sun Chuanting frowned slightly and said, "If this is the case, I'm afraid it will cause quite a disturbance in the local area."

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were firm and he said: "It cannot be said that it is a seizure, but that the occupied official land under the jurisdiction of Henan is resubordinated to the names of the local government, and the fish scale book is remade.

I want the Qing family to fight a serious lawsuit with the suzerain and vassal branches in various places under the rule of Henan, so that all the official fields that belonged to the imperial court will return to the imperial court's control.

In addition, all the fields that were involved in violating the laws of the Ming Dynasty and encroaching on the local people must be taken back one by one and returned to those suffering lords.

If this matter can be done well, not to mention how much land taxes can be collected for the court, self-sufficiency under the Henan rule alone can be guaranteed, right? "

The suzerains and vassal groups in various parts of the Ming Dynasty were in a serious situation of encroaching on the land in their respective vassal lands. Previously, Emperor Chongzhen was unable to take action to really reduce these suzerains.

The serious trend of land annexation in Ming Dynasty must be combated. If it cannot be curbed, the conflicts and problems that will intensify in the future will only become more serious.

Taking advantage of the gradual stabilization of the current situation, a series of combined punches such as internal reduction, attack, and differentiation will also be followed.

The vassal group of the Ming Dynasty is the first to bear the brunt!
After all, they have special identities and belong to the Huangming ethnic group. If they really want to take restrictive measures against the suzerains and vassals, or even strip their properties, it will not cause counterattacks from the civil servants.

Not to mention the group of scholars, gentry, landlords and landlords gathered behind the group of civil servants. After all, they do not belong to the same class.

Seeing the emperor's resolute attitude, Sun Chuanting hurriedly bowed and said, "I will do my best to handle this matter well!"

"It's not about trying, but about having to."

Emperor Chongzhen said sternly: "Don't be afraid of those clan vassals, with my support behind you, they can't make any waves.

If you really dare to do something out of line, then the three camps that I organized are also not vegetarians!

What's more, the collection of official land under the jurisdiction of Henan will involve another new policy to be implemented on trial. I will abolish the small tax in the future, and divide the small tax evenly into the land tax for unified collection, so as to improve a whipping method.

The official land under the jurisdiction of Henan is the carrying capacity that will be tried out in the future. If there are any problems encountered at that time, we must try to solve the problem and improve the policy of dividing the land into acres. "

Sun Chuanting's face changed slightly.

Sun Chuanting was a little startled by Emperor Chongzhen's statement that the property should be allocated to the mother. If the matter were to spread, it would definitely cause a lot of opposition.

After all, if you really want to do this, then the more land you own, the more taxes you will pay, and the opposite is the same. Even those who don't have land will not have to pay taxes.

"The Qing family should not make any public announcements about matters related to the distribution of the property into the mu."

Emperor Chongzhen stepped forward, patted Sun Chuanting's arm lightly and said: "The people under the Ming Dynasty had a very hard life, and I want to lighten their burden.

At the same time, all the taxes that should be collected by the country should be collected.

Before the investigation of the suzerain vassals in Henan and the land occupation have not been clarified, this matter should not be done for the time being.

The reason why I told the Qing family this is to let the Qing family know that Daming wants ZTE and changes, and there are many things that need to be done, and most of them are imminent. "

"The minister obeys the order!"

Sun Chuanting bowed immediately and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely do my best to do all these things well, share the worries for Your Majesty, and worry about the society."

(End of this chapter)