After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 112 A Few Small Actions
Their relatives, their families, were also local landlords.

Although the crowd felt that something was wrong, they did not dare to stand up against it.First of all, the local tyrants were divided into fields in the southwest, and they had nothing to do with them.Second, bandits in the southwest were rampant, and the local landlords had the responsibility to force the people to rebel. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with Zhu Yuanzhang's decree to overthrow them.

The knives didn't cut the court officials, and they felt no pain.

At the same time, the crowd is still lucky, as long as they don't cause harm to the village in the future, the emperor should not target them, right?No emperor in all dynasties has ever issued a policy specifically targeting landlords.

Therefore, they felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's overthrow of the southwestern landlords was probably just a coincidence.

"Your Majesty." Liu Bowen said again, "In addition, this minister also understands. Mu Ying also implemented another measure, that is, to cancel the poll tax, and collect taxes according to the amount of land."

"Yeah, this is what we taught Mu Ying as well, it's called sharing a piece of land into an acre, what's wrong?" Zhu Yuanzhang said in an understatement, "After the people are allocated the land, they should be taxed according to the amount of the land. If they get If the land is not taxed, where does the money from the treasury come from?”

"It's just a small move, you don't have to make a fuss."

The tax system has been changed and the minister should not make a fuss?The ministers were dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty, the key is that you abolished the tax on people and changed the tax on land." Liu Bowen said, "You are changing the tax system! The tax on people has been implemented for thousands of years, and it has been changed so easily..."

"We're doing this to encourage people to have children, and to increase the population of the southwest. It's no big deal. It's a small matter, and it has nothing to do with everyone here." Zhu Yuanzhang didn't plan to take their advice, "The southwest region is already poor and the population is still low. No, let’s try to change the tax system a little bit. If this tax system doesn’t work, it can be abolished in the future.”

The ministers were speechless when they heard the words, but Zhu Yuanzhang downplayed what he said, as if he didn't take it seriously at all.

"But Your Majesty, you also let Mu Ying implement the gentry as a messenger to pay food together..." Liu Bowen said again.

When the ministers heard the words, they couldn't sit still anymore.In the southwest, Emperor Zhu was fighting the local tyrants to divide the land, and also abolished the poll tax to collect the land tax, and now another gentry has come to work as a messenger to pay grain...

It's like implementing the New Deal!
No, this is not like, but the implementation of the New Deal at all.

And it's a very complete set of new policies.

Until this moment, the crowd finally understood.

In the past, when the imperial court wanted to implement the New Deal, it was only after several months, or even years, of collective discussions among ministers that they dared to finalize the plan.Then pick a place to try it out and see the results.

But now, without their knowledge, Zhu Yuanzhang has implemented such a large set of new policies, hiding the ministers.

"Your Majesty, you are implementing the New Deal!" Song Lian said.

"Your Majesty, when the imperial court implements the new policy, it needs to be discussed by the ministers... The ministers discussed it collectively, rummaged through the historical books and ancient examples, and felt that there was nothing wrong before it could be officially implemented. And now, His Majesty is not discussing with us..." Li Shan said long.

"What kind of new policy is this? It's just that we took a few small measures in view of the special situation in the southwest region." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

A few small steps?The ministers were dumbfounded. If the abolition of the poll tax and the collection of land tax, and the gentry working as a missionary to pay grain, are all small moves, then what is a big move?
Change the taxation system, and the gentry will be on duty and pay grain as one, no matter which one, it will cause a huge reaction, right?
"Report to Your Majesty, I believe that the previous tax system cannot be easily changed. Once it is changed, it will be unpredictable. The tax system is a national policy, and a little change will have a great impact on the world." Lu Chang stood out of the train and said, "If Your Majesty really wants to change, it needs to be discussed collectively by the ministers..."

As the minister of households, he has the most say in the tax system.

"Shut up for us!" Before Lu Chang could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a thunderous sound from Zhu Yuanzhang.Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Our two measures are only aimed at the poor southwest. You need to make such a fuss? Lu Chang, remember, you still owe us [-] million taels of silver. If we hadn't sold words to enrich the national treasury, You can't even pay for disaster relief and water conservancy construction in Shandong."

"You have no right to oppose us."

When Lu Chang heard the words, he retreated speechlessly.

"Your Majesty, are you saying that these two measures will only be implemented in the southwest region?" Hu Weiyong stood up and asked.

"That's right," Zhu Yuanzhang said. "The southwest region is poor, and there is not much tax revenue. If these two measures have no effect, the court will not have much loss or even no loss."

"Anyway, these measures will not be carried out elsewhere. What are you afraid of?"

Won't do it elsewhere?
When the ministers heard the words, they finally felt relieved.

No longer opposed.It is only implemented in the southwest region, what does it have to do with them?

If the emperor wanted to try the New Deal, let him try it. Anyway, the New Deal might not be successful.When the time comes, it will not be anyone's fault.To stand up and oppose it fiercely now is to ask yourself for boredom, and it is better to sit back and watch its success or failure.

"The measures specifically aimed at the southwest, you don't have to listen to the wind and it is rain, and the court is scattered!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and left the court.

He is too lazy to discuss with the ministers whether the New Deal is feasible, it is already being implemented anyway.

When the southwest has become the most fertile place in the entire Ming Dynasty, it will be announced that it will be promoted nationwide.At that time, they will stand up to oppose it again, and naturally there will be promoted officials from the southwest to fight against them.

At that time, the southwest region became a model for the whole country. The population was several times that of other places, and the taxes paid were several times that of other places. Only then did they stand up against it, and the advantage was in me.

This is called stabilizing them first, as Mr. Qin said, play the easy copy first, and don't provoke the difficult ones first.

When the ministers saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was gone, they went to court one after another.

……

"The emperor's two new policies are probably not only implemented in the three southwestern provinces." Liu Bowen's house, Lu Chang, Gao Qi, Song Lian, and other literati gathered together to discuss Zhu Yuanzhang's major measures. Among them, Gao Qi said, "Implementing the new policy, It can't be just in a certain place, or a certain region, I boldly predict that the emperor will be promoted to the whole country in the future."

This group of people represents the Civil Service Group, the Zhedong Party.

"It can only be said that there is a possibility." Liu Bowen said, "The emperor has made it clear that it will only be implemented in the southwest. Why do you make bold predictions? Can you predict that the New Deal will achieve great results?"

"In any case, these two measures are really too earth-shattering, it's not like His Majesty came up with it himself." Lu Chang said.

"Isn't it obvious?" Song Lian said, "It must be the suggestion given to him by the person from Lujia Village."

"That person is indeed a great talent, and he can actually propose these two bold new policies."

"And the emperor listened to him and implemented it directly in the three southwestern provinces." The crowd was a little jealous, and Zhu Yuanzhang could be said to be obedient to that person.The New Deals that can affect the whole country are directly implemented without consulting the ministers.

(End of this chapter)