Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Time passed by every minute, and as the ministers and officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs read out the financial documents one by one, the atmosphere in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace began to become intriguing.

"Your Majesty, these documents compiled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs are clearly taken out of context." When Zhang Kentang read it out, Wen Tiren walked out of the courtroom and bowed in salute.

"Just like the per capita tax, since Sun Chuanting flouted the laws of the country, blatantly violated the ancestral system, and implemented the so-called per capita tax in Henan, it caused great public outrage.

Personnel tax is one of the important taxes, and it is the root cause of the country's dynasty, but Sun Chuanting does not care about these at all for his own official career.

Since Henan tried to transfer people to mu, and now it has expanded to Beizhili and Shandong, there have been many people who have come to Beijing to sue imperial petitions. The roots of the country are also being destroyed. "

"Old Wen Ge, you are wrong to say that."

Bi Ziyan, who was listening, saw Wen Tiren come out to interrupt, and immediately frowned and said: "The policy of distributing people to the mu is to ensure the continuation of the taxes set by the state, but I think there is nothing wrong with Sun Chuanting's trial strategy.

People who have more land pay more per capita tax.

Those with less land pay less per capita tax.

Without land, there is no per capita tax.

Is there anything wrong with this?
Since the late Wanli Dynasty, disasters have occurred frequently in various places under the rule of our Ming Dynasty, which caused a sharp decline in the number of self-cultivating farmers under the rule of the country.

It was also from that time that the scale of taxes collected by the state has been on a continuous downward trend. For this reason, the state has successively apportioned Liao's salary, suppressed salary, and training salary to ease the pressure on the state's finances.

But in this way, it caused a more serious problem. The actual tax apportioned and collected did not increase too much, but local conflicts became increasingly intensified. "

Tax collection is an eternal topic.

Whether it is in the Ming Dynasty or other dynasties, if you want to ensure the normal operation of the dynasty, you must have a sound virtuous circle framework.

Taxation should be taken from the people and used for the people.

However, in the late period of the dynasty, the speed of tax collection collapsed beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

The root cause of this situation.

It is the vested interest groups who are unwilling to use part of the wealth under their own names to pay taxes, and even try to evade taxes, which will breed a serious tendency to squeeze.

Let's make a noise.

Make trouble.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly. That's why he didn't raise the banner of reform and always acted according to his wishes.

The maladministration, stubborn diseases, and cancers that bred in the Ming Dynasty did not form in a year or two, but accumulated little by little over decades, or even longer.

Not breaking certain pots and pans is like realizing the idea of ​​eradicating these cancers, which is unrealistic.

But Emperor Chongzhen is the Son of Heaven, he can't throw his pot away, if that happens, Emperor Chongzhen will not end well.

"The adjustment of the population tax is also a matter for the court. Sun Chuanting is the governor of Henan. What qualifications does he have to do these things?"

Facing Bi Ziyan's gaze, Wen Tiren continued: "Now it is because of his trial of dividing the land into the mu, which has caused the country to be very passive at the court level, and even intensified conflicts in Beizhili, Henan, Shandong and other places.

If the court does not deal with this situation as soon as possible, I am afraid that the bandit rebellion that broke out in Shanxi and other places in the past will appear in the above-mentioned places. "

"It's simply unreasonable."

Xu Guangqi stepped forward with a frown and looked at Wen Tiren, "According to Mr. Wen Ge's point of view, even if it is a good government that benefits the country and the people, it is a heinous bad government just because some groups suffer losses?
Benfu would like to ask, what exactly is Elder Wen Ge thinking?Why is there so much hostility and misinterpretation about the matter of sharing a small business with a family member.

If this is the case, does Wen Ge always think that Yan Shenggong is also wrong, you must know that the proposal of expanding the shareholding to the mu was proposed by Yan Shenggong Shangshu. "

Temples are complex.

Although there are so many Beijing officials gathered in the court hall of Ming Dynasty, there are small groups standing behind them, and under the premise that outsiders don't know, these small groups may connect with each other Get up and form a larger interest group.

Why is the New Deal difficult to implement?

The root cause is not touching the interests.

These existing interest groups do not want their own interests to be affected by the New Deal and suffer losses. This is also the most difficult reason for the New Deal to maintain.

Reformation is difficult.

Emperor Chongzhen deeply understood that the New Deal he conceived would inevitably require the use of batches of newcomers to constantly get rid of the roots of vested interests.

Just like this group of talents gathered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it may be suitable for the initial reform and reform, but when it reaches a new stage, it will become a stumbling block to continue to implement it.

Why?

It's not because of interests.

People don't live in a vacuum, they need to communicate with each other, and they are sophisticated. In this kind of connection, benefits will inevitably arise.

The quarrel in the main hall of Qianqing Palace began to expand.

Zhou Yanru, Liu Hongxun, Huang Liji, Wang Qia and other cabinet ministers and courtiers all participated in it one after another, which forced the Ministry of Internal Affairs to stop what it was going to do.

Qian Sule, Li Changxiang, Zhang Kentang, Shen Tingyang, Huang Daozhou, He Tengjiao and other ministers and officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs showed different expressions when they saw the scene in front of them.

This is reality.

At this moment, the ministers and officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs deeply understood why their own emperor was so arbitrary in certain matters.

It's all there for a reason.

"It seems that this court discussion, I'm going to make decisions again."

After an unknown amount of time, Emperor Chongzhen's voice sounded, making the quarrelsome officials quiet down.

"The public says the public is right, and the mother-in-law says the old woman is right."

Emperor Chongzhen got up slowly, lifted the sleeves of his robe, and looked around at the officials in the hall, "If you want to quarrel, then quarrel. Since you don't want to hear it, then I won't waste time. I have made up my mind about the reformation." .

From now on, I will clarify a series of new policies involving the northern provinces and the adjustment of the authority of the department. The cabinet, the military aircraft department and other departments will be responsible for assisting me in implementing them.

I really want to see whether this reformation is good or bad for Ming Dynasty. I will use five years to gradually implement the new policy in the northern provinces of Ming Dynasty and retreat from the dynasty. "

After saying that, under the suspicious gaze of the crowd, Emperor Chongzhen flicked his robe sleeves, turned around and walked towards the back of the palace, completely ignoring the reactions of the officials in the palace.