Call of Heroes: A History Only I Know

Chapter 184 Tax Law and Currency Reform!Su Che's choice! (seeking subscription)
The test is at hand.

Su Che couldn't help thinking, how to solve it?

in the history he knows.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry because of this incident. At first, the officials didn't take it seriously, because everyone did it like this. As the saying goes, the law does not blame the public. You can't do all of us, can you?
If other emperors were left behind, they might have just turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye.

But unfortunately, they met Zhu Yuanzhang!

Zhu Yuanzhang is one of the rare heroes of a generation. He knows exactly what he is doing, and what he does is actually trying to solve a fundamental institutional dilemma faced by the Ming Dynasty, that is, the gap between the formal system and the informal system. contradiction.

As far as the empty printing case is concerned, the Ming court needs a formal financial system and accurate collection of local data. If you are allowed to fill in randomly and there are problems with the data reported at every level, then the court will lose control of the entire country.

After the empty printing case, photographed by Zhu Yuanzhang's butcher knife, the heads rolled under, and the big guy finally became honest.

But the problem is, if you can't solve the problem, but instead solve the problematic person, doing so is essentially treating the root cause instead of the root cause.

After Zhu Yuanzhang's death, blank official documents became popular again, and all efforts would still be in vain, and the countless blood shed for this was ultimately futile.

In the second half of his life, Zhu Yuanzhang did many earth-shattering events.

But the effect is worse than the other.

Even most of the things are backfired.

No matter how hard Zhu Yuanzhang tried, the final result, as well as the entire historical trajectory, seemed to be joking with him.

and so.

Killing, of course, can kill happily, but it can't solve the problem.

Su Che thought for a long time, and finally raised his eyes slightly, "Call us Zhan Hui, Zheng Shiyuan, and Han Yi."

Not long ago, Lao Zhu abolished the Yushitai and established the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

The main duty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is to correct and impeach civil and military officials, identify wrongdoing, and supervise subordinates.

These few people are all the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Of course, they are duty-bound to have such a big problem at this moment.

Not long after, Zhan Hui, Zheng Shiyuan, and Han Yi came in front of Su Che.

After saluting, the three of them waited for His Majesty the Emperor to speak.

And Su Che didn't talk nonsense, knocked on the table, and asked the eunuch to hand over the blank ledger to these censors.

Zheng Shiyuan was the first to hand it, and Han Yi beside him couldn't help but look sideways.

These two people are deeply impressed in Lao Zhu's memory.

In the early days of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang personally appointed two censors, Zheng Shiyuan and Han Yike. It can be said that he had high hopes for them and hoped that they could find out more major cases to deter corruption.

And these two people did find out a lot of major cases.

For example, Zhu Huan, the magistrate of Dingyuan County, was Zhu Yuanzhang's "emperor's nephew". During his tenure, he extorted money, corrupted the law, and robbed people's daughters.

Zheng Shiyuan, the supervisory censor, reported Zhu Huan's crimes to Zhu Yuanzhang. In the end, the evidence was conclusive and he was sentenced to death.

But Zhu Huan's father had saved Zhu Yuanzhang, so Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to spare Zhu Huan's life.

However, Zheng Shiyuan and Han Yike argued hard, and finally Zhu Yuanzhang executed the emperor's nephew.

Later heroes such as Zhu Liangzu, Shangshu Kaiji, household servant Qin Sheng, son-in-law Ouyang Lun and others were all found out by the supervisory censor for their corruption and perverting the law.

At this moment, when the two of them saw the blank ledger, their pupils shrank involuntarily, and their expressions instantly became extremely ugly.

Obviously, the two of them knew what it was...

Empty ledger!

The account book is empty, but the big seal is not fake, with a very pure official atmosphere!
Both Zheng Shiyuan and Han Yi knew why there was such a blank ledger.

For the sake of convenience, the unspoken rules that existed in the Yuan Dynasty were continued. Everyone used it secretly with a tacit understanding, and united with each other to conceal the news together. It has been concealed until now.

But who would have thought that this account book would appear in the hands of the emperor!

Zhan Hui on the side didn't know what happened. He glanced at the ledgers in the hands of the two people. There was nothing there. Why did their faces look so ugly?
Soon, when the ledger came into Zhan Hui's hands, he immediately flipped through it. It was an empty ledger, but it had an official seal on it.

This is... an empty seal! !

Undoubtedly, Zhan Hui's complexion quickly became extremely ugly.

The three fell into silence for a while.

"Why didn't you speak?"

Su Che's tone was very indifferent.

"Your Majesty... Where did you get this account book from?" Zheng Shiyuan was still trying to play around, trying to "explain" this matter clearly.

"What do you think?" Su Che sneered, and asked directly: "If I hadn't found out about this kind of thing, would it have been like this forever? Are you planning to use this method to deceive me for the rest of your life?"

"Your Majesty, this is an old practice in the previous dynasty. Because there is no explicit prohibition, as the saying goes, you can do what you want without prohibition, so it is understandable that the officials below have followed this method, but even so, this is still a problem. If If your majesty wants to deal with it, please issue a decree, and if you use the empty seal again, you will be investigated immediately..." Han Yi said quickly, trying to make the crime less serious.

Most people don't think this is a problem, and think it is one of the unspoken rules of officialdom, so they never care about it.

If it is really investigated, there are really too many people involved!
"What is this called the old habit of the previous dynasty? This is called the old abuse of the previous dynasty!" Su Che questioned: "The big seal is printed directly on it, and the loss can be lost casually, and the account book can be filled in casually. The national account book and the local account book are completely inconsistent. Do you really think such a serious matter is insignificant?"

As soon as these words came out, the three of them bowed their heads in fright, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

Su Che continued: "Calm your anger? Tell me, this matter has been hidden for more than ten years, how long are you going to keep it from me? Are you going to keep it hidden?"

"This is not bullying, what is this?"

"The picture is convenient, so use blank printing?"

"Is it really because of convenience?"

The mouth of a civil servant is a deceitful ghost.

The excuses are high-sounding, but the things that can be done are extremely dirty.

To be honest, for the sake of convenience, it is to fool others as if they were children.

Old Zhu didn't believe it, and Su Che didn't believe it even more.

However, he didn't intend to go on a killing spree because of this.

At this moment, the three of them were lying on the ground, trembling, not daring to breathe, let alone speak.

Su Che looked at the three people, and said lightly: "I know the filth in it, you don't need to explain, and you don't need to argue."

"Official characters have two mouths, you can swallow the fat of the country upwards, swallow the ointment of the people down, and you can also protect the state and feed the people from the bottom."

"Governing the world is inseparable from officials, but if you think you are irreplaceable, it is a big mistake."

"My original plan was to kill all the financial officials in charge of the books in this world."

"Since you think this is an old habit of the previous dynasty and an unspoken rule in the officialdom, then I will kill you all and replace them with clean ones."

"Just change to some cleaner hands and feet, people who don't have this habit, wouldn't it be fine?"

"Did you say so?"

As soon as these words came out, the murderous intent was fully revealed.

The bodies of the three lying on the ground trembled unceasingly.

Because they realized that His Majesty was not joking, what he meant was that he really planned to do this!

At this moment, in a trance, they seem to see human heads rolling, blood flowing like a river, implicated countless, guilty and innocent, lined up to be sent to the execution ground, and all of them have their good heads cut off!

Is this an upcoming scene?
Especially Zheng Shiyuan, in a trance, seemed to be able to see himself being implicated in it and put into a prison!

It felt so real, like something that was about to happen.

The three are clear.

This is the omen.

It is something that the Son of Heaven will do, and it may really happen.

It's not like they're daydreaming!

Thinking of this, the three of them couldn't help but feel their scalps go numb, and goose bumps all over their bodies.

Su Che looked at the reactions of the people in front of him, expressionless.

The reason why the three of them were able to see this was because Su Che let them see this, which was really possible, and let them know the seriousness of this matter and how terrifying the consequences would be!
but.

That's what Zhu Yuanzhang did. Although it's fun to kill, Su Che won't do that.

Su Che said slowly: "Although I will do this, I am not going to do it."

As soon as these words came out, it was as if the drowning person had finally surfaced, and the condemned prisoner was released at the last moment. Zhan Hui, Zheng Shiyuan, and Han Yi were shocked and finally able to breathe. They shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is wise! Your Majesty Shengming!!"

Su Che ignored their praise and continued:

"What you said is somewhat reasonable. This kind of thing is not expressly prohibited, but you are also wrong. Some things are not prohibited by law."

"As an official, you should not wander on the edge of this kind of illegality, this is not what officials should do!"

"Since there is no such decree, there will be this decree starting today."

"From then on, no alterations are allowed in the ledger, let alone printed before writing."

"Fake ledgers, print empty ledgers, be decisive! Kill without pardon!!"

As soon as these words came out, the three of them dared not refute, and quickly said yes.

They knew very well that if they dared to refute at this time, then this matter would never end.

However, there are also stubborn ones, such as Zheng Shiyuan, who gritted his teeth and asked:

"Then Your Majesty... what should we do if the Lingmi is worn out during transportation?"

This is the nature of the problem.

If this cannot be resolved, then the problem is still not resolved. It is not a book ban, and there will be no problems after that. Wear and tear on the way is inevitable. If this is not resolved, then the problem still exists.

As soon as these words came out, the other two subconsciously glanced at Zheng Shiyuan, their eyes were very helpless, His Majesty had already planned to expose it, why do you still chase after him? ? ?

Now this thing just needs to be delayed!
This matter can be resolved later.

Better not talk about it now!

But this Zheng Shiyuan is obviously a stubborn one!

The two looked at His Majesty the Emperor carefully, and found that His Majesty did not seem to be angry.

In fact, Zheng Shiyuan didn't talk about this problem, but Su Che planned to talk about it carefully. If the problem is not solved, then the problem still exists.

Su Che said slowly: "From now on, all taxes on Lingmi will be subject to one whip."

"All land taxes, corvees, and other miscellaneous taxes are always one, and treasure notes are collected together!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhan Hui, Zheng Shiyuan, and Han Yi raised their heads in astonishment. These words are so light, but they are so important!

Tax Reform!

Moreover, what was confiscated was not Lingshi, Lingyin, and Lingjin, but the treasures printed by the imperial court!
What does this mean? ?

According to the past practice, Zhu Yuanzhang frantically printed treasure banknotes and used them as money to spend, but if others paid the bills with treasure banknotes, he would be unhappy with a million.

This is a typical double standard, and it is this kind of behavior that gradually loses the credibility and circulation of banknotes.

From Su Che's point of view, this really smashed a good hand of cards. Treasure notes are such an easy-to-use thing, they can be used like crazy, so why not use them?

Therefore, Su Che directly made a decision to build a new currency system around the treasure banknotes.

Many things in this world are like this. With money, everything will be much easier to do.

Even the emperor is no exception.

In the eyes of many people, the whole world belongs to the emperor, so the emperor must be the richest person in the whole world and the least short of money.

But in fact, the emperor is indeed very rich, but it would be a big mistake to say that the emperor is not short of money.

On the contrary, the emperor is the most needy person in the world.

In order to solve the financial crisis, various means have been used since ancient times.

For example, the emperor took the lead in saving expenses.

Another example is to make straight one hundred and five baht, big money is worth one thousand, and even precious banknotes.

They all use the method of harvesting leeks in exchange for the income of the court.

At this moment, Su Che is going to carry out tax reform, combining land tax, corvee and other miscellaneous taxes into one, and collecting all treasures. This is very bold, and the economy will collapse if you are not careful.

However, risks and benefits always coexist.

Once completed, Daming's finances will be eased like never before, and many things can be done.

So instead of sitting still and waiting to die, Su Che chose to take risks!
As long as this policy comes out, the value of the banknotes will rise in a straight line.

The essence of money is the general equivalent.

As long as the treasure banknotes are completely replaced by commonly used currencies such as spirit stones and spirit gold.

That treasure note will be indistinguishable from those things!

This is Su Che's first move!

One whip, financial reform!

The former reforms all existing taxes.

The latter made changes directly to the monetary system.

These are two bombshells!

Previously.

After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, the tax system was inherited from the Tang and Song Dynasties.

This set of tax system is mainly based on the yellow book and the fish scale atlas.

There was no problem at first.

While economically supporting common people to reclaim wasteland and farmland, the imperial court reduced the collection of corvee and taxes, and cooperated with certain industrial and commercial policies to promote economic development, which quickly stabilized the war-torn economy and made everything flourish.

But the problem is.

With the passage of time, more and more gentry classes began to reduce taxes and corvees through various means, which made the tax burden of ordinary common people heavier and heavier.

And some bureaucrats and literati do not need to pay taxes to the country or bear corvee, so the taxation becomes more and more uneven.

At this moment, Su Che implemented a whip method, which originated from Zhang Juzheng's reform, and Su Che made another change, adding currency reform!
He wants to make these two policies a national policy!
Moreover, it is the policy of the country where the laws of the ancestors cannot be changed!

At this moment, Su Che finished speaking.

Above the sky, a vision suddenly appeared!
The thunder dragon surged, roared one after another, the wind and rain were precarious, and the sky and the earth changed color.

Amidst the wind and rain, the sun is still above the sky, and it looks like a white rainbow penetrating the sun!
(End of this chapter)