Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 186
Zhu Yihai sent people to collect this imperial grain, so they didn't need to pay for the grain and transport it themselves, and they didn't need to collect any extra waste.

Someone proposed to levy three rates again, but Zhu Yihai refused.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the three rates were added one by one, and Liao’s rate was one cent and two cents per mu. Later, Lian’s rate was levied, which added one cent per mu, and there was also a suppression rate.

Calculated according to the price of grain in the late Ming Dynasty, the payment of a few cents per mu is actually worth more than ten catties of grain.

The most important thing is that the three rates are designed to be paid per mu, but in fact, the gentry, bureaucrats and landlords, who occupy the most land, transfer their share to the common people, so the common people don’t actually pay that amount. Ten catties, and even the officials took the opportunity to exploit and squeeze it layer by layer, causing countless people to go bankrupt and flee, and the peasant uprising began.

Zhu Yihai is now setting up an imperial ration to collect the clan's tax, which is collected on an acre-by-mu ​​basis. In essence, it is similar to the three-payment-additional pie, but with a different name, but because the collection has a specific target, it is very special.

As long as it is still under the name of the vassal in the Ming Dynasty, half of the land will be collected first, and then one bucket and two liters per mu will be collected, regardless of whether you are a prince or a lieutenant.

"Starting from the registration and collection of the farms under the name of the prison, half of the land under the name will be collected by the Inner Palace. The remaining half will be collected at one bucket and two liters per mu. Even for these fields in the Inner Palace, one bucket and two liters will be collected per mu. "

Zhu Yihai's words shocked Xu Shiqi again and again.

This has confiscated the land and collected food on his own head. King Lu is so ruthless?

"If the Ming Dynasty is gone, how can the royal family of the Zhu family in the Ming Dynasty still exist? How can there be eggs under an overturned nest. So if you can't even figure out these things at this time, you don't deserve the surname Zhu anymore. Whoever wants to No, Na Gu doesn’t mind expelling them from the royal family tree, they can go with whatever surname they want, but they must take back the titles, fields, property, etc. given to them by the imperial court.”

Xu Shiqi didn't know how to answer the conversation.

I feel that the steps are a little too big, but Daming has already reached this point, and what Jian Guo said makes sense.

If the Ming Dynasty is gone, can you continue to be a prince in the Qing Dynasty?
One more thing, this imperial ration is only for the suzerains and vassals, and does not involve other gentry and common people. The involvement is not that wide, and there should not be many objections.

"My Ming Dynasty has been inherited for nearly three hundred years, and the clans and countries have been passed down from generation to generation. Now there are tens of thousands of people. The hereditary title has caused too much burden. I think it should be changed. The title is no longer hereditary. Except for the princes enshrined by the ancestors who can be hereditary, the rest of the princes and their lower ranks will descend to the next level."

"The prince will no longer surrender when he falls to the general of Zhenguo, and the king of the county will no longer surrender when he descends to the general of Fuguo."

"After the rest are downgraded to Fengguo Lieutenant, if they are downgraded again, they will be awarded the [-]th class of loose honors. If they are demoted after the [-]th class of loose honors, they will be awarded the fifth class of hereditary military positions."

Twelve ranks of Honored Officers, left and right Zhu Guo, Zhu Guo, Shang Hu Jun, Hu Jun, and then Yun Qi Wei and Wu Qi Wei.

All the way down to the lowest level of Wuqiwei, and then down to the fifth level of hereditary military positions, from commanding envoys to commanding colleagues, and commanding affairs to thousands of households and hundreds of households.

Along the way, there are 25th-level Spyker, 25th-level World Honor, and 600th-level World Title, a total of [-] levels and [-] generations. It will take [-] years, and Ming Dynasty must have disappeared long ago.

However, the biggest difference from the original hereditary eighth-level nobility, down to Fengguo lieutenant, is that the entire nobility of the huge clan population should be reduced, or the burden should be reduced.

For example, a prince has an annual salary of [-] shi, but a lieutenant of Fengguo has only [-] shi. There is a difference of eight ranks, but the difference in salary is fifty times.If it is descended, it is a geometric descending.

Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang entrusted 24 sons and grandchildren, a total of 25 vassals. At this time, there are [-] vassals. In addition to King Jingjiang, there are Qin, Jin, Zhou, Chu, Lu, Shu, Dai , Su, Qing, Min, Han, Shen, and Tang thirteen vassals.

If Zhu Yihai only regards these thirteen feudal clans as his government, then Daming will only have thirteen hereditary princes in the future, and there will be no more.

The rest of the emperor's sons were named princes, and then they became county kings.

If there are fewer princes, the county kings will naturally decrease, and this will decrease. Even if the number of clans continues to multiply and increase, but the overall title will decrease, and this expenditure will decrease.

If the title of the [-]th Order of the Fifth is added below the eighth rank, and the salary is greatly reduced, the burden will be even lighter.

For example, now there are hundreds of thousands of clans, the lowest is Fengguo Lieutenant, at least 25 shi, even if it is folded, it is still a huge burden, but if it becomes [-]th, the minimum is a hundred households, if Fengguo Lieutenant is at least [-] shi Shi, the twelve ranks of honor, the highest is only a hundred stones, and the lowest Wu Qiwei may only be dozens of stones.

The next five ranks, the highest is dozens of stones, and the lowest may be a few stones.

From two hundred to two stones, this is a world of difference.

This is actually Zhu Yihai's reference to the small grain system of the Eight Banners. After the Manchus entered the customs, hundreds of thousands of bannermen were fed with small grains, and they could earn hard-core crops without doing anything.

In fact, Zhu Yihai also wanted to take one step directly to the stomach, the eighth-class noble descended to inherit, and finally directly reduced to a commoner, but he also had to consider that if he took too many steps, he would easily get hurt, so he took his time.

The eighth grade will change to the third grade and 25th grade, from ten thousand to two hundred, and from ten thousand to two shi, and then hundreds of thousands or even millions of clans, most of whom will only receive a few shi of grain, and the burden It must be reduced by a hundred times or dozens of times, and even after the slowdown, drastic reforms and adjustments can be made.

"Below the king of the county, you are not limited to being an official, and below the eighth rank, you are not limited to four careers."

The defense military officer system in the Ming Dynasty had already become a high-ranking official with the abolition of the guards, and most of the guards in various places survived in name only, and the original post of military officers had actually become chaotic by this time.

Now Zhu Yihai plans to simply separate the hereditary military position from the guard, and even abolish the guard and military households, step by step.First turn the hereditary military position into a purely hereditary gift of grace and reward, with only salary and no actual ministry.

This can be used as the qualification to become an official, and after being selected by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Military Affairs, he will become an official.

In the past, the clan raised pigs. Even if the land was enfeoffed, it could neither manage the civil affairs, nor command the army, nor even take the imperial examinations, nor be a soldier. .

Zhu Yihai thought it had to be changed.

The princes and county kings should be raised first and not come out to join in the fun. After all, these people are either princes or grandsons, and casually joining in the fun is prone to accidents.

But those clans that have become estranged can come out to be officials, and even those members of the royal family who have been reduced to a very low status can completely find their own way out, such as studying, doing business and crafting, they must be encouraged to support themselves.

You can't really raise them just like the Bannermen, otherwise you will be raised and useless.

Giving rations is for guarantee and preferential treatment, not for raising waste.

Xu Shiqi was completely overwhelmed by Jian Guo's courage, he really didn't regard the hundreds of thousands of royal family members of Lao Zhu's family as his own.

Zhu Yihai also said very bluntly, "If you can use the money and food that support hundreds of thousands of clans to support hundreds of thousands of soldiers, why worry about ZTE's recovery?"

"So reforming the suzerainty system is imminent."

"Gu encourages and welcomes the children of the clan to come out to do things, each according to their ability, those who can read and write can be scribes or even officials, those who are brave and strong can join the army and lead soldiers to fight, and those who are willing to go out to do business and start a business are also encouraged. Of course, if If there are clansmen who are lonely, widowed or poor, Gu will naturally not ignore them, and let the inner government be responsible for relief and assistance."

"But the days of wanting to sit and enjoy are gone."

"If Daming dies, there will be no royal Zhu family!"

Xu Shiqi nodded in agreement, "Your Highness is so bold, I am willing to be this pioneer, please ask my minister to propose this matter."

Zhu Yihai knew that he was thinking of himself. After all, it was easier for the courtiers to charge forward than Jian Guo to go off in person, and there was room for turning around.

"Your Majesty, you can discuss this matter with King Deng. It would be even better if King Deng is willing to write a letter together."

Deng Wang Zhu Yujian is more prestigious in the clan, and his seniority is higher, and now he is the Zongling of the clan appointed by Zhu Yihai, and he is in charge of royal affairs.

"I will call King Juye and King Zouping to discuss this matter later."

King Juye and King Zouping are both from the Lu Fan branch, and the current two county kings were both granted the title of Xijue by Zhu Yihai after he became the supervisor of the country, so they have a close relationship with Zhu Yihai. Big patriarch.Secondly, they fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and Zhu Yihai ordered them to inherit the title.

If Zhu Yihai reformed the vassal system, whether it was collecting Wangzhuangtian or expropriating Wangzhuangtian's imperial grain, it would not have much to do with them. Their fiefs and Zhuangtian were both in Shandong, and they had already fallen into the hands of the Qing army.Even if their salaries were cut and their titles reduced, they are now in exile in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is only thanks to Zhu Yihai that they are safe, so who have the right to object.

If they could cooperate well with Zhu Yihai in reforming the vassal system, they might be able to regain a fief and allocate some farmland to them.

Xu Shiqi also understood what Zhu Yihai meant. If Lu Fan started to cut salary and collect food first, then the opposition from other feudal clans would be less.

"The affairs of the country are actually matters of money and food. Only when the money and food are well managed can the army support officials and the world be peaceful. Especially nowadays, money and food are inseparable everywhere. Without money and food, it is impossible to talk about army reorganization and training, and it cannot be rectified. The army cannot fight against the Tartars!"

Chongzhen's subjugation of the country was due to financial collapse.

Whether it was the series of famines caused by the Little Ice River, or the continued use of troops by the Jurchen outside the pass and the bandits inside the pass to increase military spending, in short, the problem of money completely collapsed the already rotten Ming Dynasty.

If the problem of money and food cannot be solved, no matter how much Chongzhen struggles, he will not be able to save Daming.

Similarly, even if Zhu Yihai knows the future, if he can’t improve his finances, he won’t be able to go far. It’s impossible for soldiers to fight for you hungry all the time. Swords, guns and cannon warships, without sophisticated weapons and equipment, it is impossible to use Tianling Gai to fight the bones of the Tartars.

The Qing army knew that it vigorously developed artillery and built a special artillery unit. The Ming army can't expect to win them by cutting a few pieces of wood.

"Money, food, money and food are nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. Let's take a multi-pronged approach."

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