The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 319 Lord Ye used three national policies to make enemies with the scholar-bureaucrats in the world, and Queen Ma’s soul tortured Zhu Yuanzhang!

"Mediocre!"

"You still have important matters to deal with in the Zhongshu Province, so I won't delay you."

Hu Weiyong looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's smiling face and felt a little unresponsive.

Are you not angry when you see such rebellious writing?

Even if you don't care about this treasonous way of writing, these articles of advice are enough for Zhu Yuanzhang to face the situation where all the civil and military officials of the dynasty are forcing him to go to the palace!

He didn't believe that Zhu Yuanzhang was a fool, let alone that Zhu Yuanzhang was so stupid that he couldn't think of the consequences.

He really couldn't understand how he, Zhu Yuanzhang, could not only not be angry, but also order the guests to be kicked out with a smile.
Shouldn't we discuss with him what should be done?

In fact, Hu Weiyong's guess was not wrong. Under Zhu Yuanzhang's kind smile, there was a heart that was going through a storm.

As early as when Zhu Yuanzhang read this memorial, he knew that once he accurate the memorial, he would face a situation where the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty would force him to go to the palace.

If this matter had nothing to do with Ye Qing, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely not have issued an eviction order and would have had a good discussion with Prime Minister Hu.

But when it comes to Ye Qing, it just won’t work!

Although Ye Qing had been angry with Zhu Yuanzhang for a long time and wanted to transform himself into an executioner and cut him into pieces, that was only his Zhu Yuanzhang's business.

Ye Qing is a man who can only be killed by Zhu Yuanzhang!
He would never allow anyone to touch Ye Qing's hair, let alone show any dissatisfaction with Ye Qing in front of the leader of Huaixi nobles.

Because he knew that as long as he showed any dissatisfaction in front of Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang in his hometown in Fengyang would know about it the next day.

Immediately afterwards, the nobles of Huaixi will hold a meeting to discuss how to take the opportunity to borrow Zhu Yuanzhang's knife to kill Ye Qing, who they regard as a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh.

"I remembered that the household registration matter in the Central Plains area has not been completed yet. I will work with the Ministry of Household Affairs to get the matter done as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty is wise, I will retire!"

Hu Weiyong stood up, bowed, then decisively turned around and left.

But at the same time, he also guessed that as soon as he turned the corner and left the imperial study room, Zhu Yuanzhang would burst out with thunderous fury.

Even if he wasn't angry because of the rebellious writing, he would definitely be angry because of the big trouble Ye Qing had caused for him!
In fact, Hu Weiyong guessed it right!

As soon as he walked away, Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he slapped the dragon case in front of him.

On the solid wood tabletop, which was as thick as a cutting board, he once again created a small, imperceptible crack with his palm, which intersected with the crack he had created before.

Most of the time, after a few times, spider web patterns will appear directly!

In other words, what was photographed was just a few pieces of paper. If it were Ye Qing's small body, he would be gone!
Of course, if these memorials written by Ye Qing were not regarded as Ye Qing's brainstorming, Zhu Yuanzhang's military power would never be so high.

This is just like the flying general Li Guang who shot an arrow into a stone. If he didn't regard the opponent as a tiger that was about to bite him, he wouldn't be able to hit the stone with an arrow!
"I'm so mad!"

"He really wants to die. He really wants to die in my hands?"

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In the ears of the eunuch Chang Shi, Zhu Yuanzhang never called himself "we" in this matter. He always came and went.

It was obvious that he really burst into thunderous rage.

But this time, he didn't say a word to yell at Ye Qing to beat or kill him. He was just angry that Ye Qing had caused such a big trouble for him.

Because he knew that all of Ye Qing's advice would indeed benefit the country and the people in the long run.

Not only that, it is also very consistent with his idea of ​​governing the country by sharing the world with the people instead of sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats.

"Someone, go and invite the Queen and His Royal Highness."

The eunuch who served regularly was startled at first, and then he bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

On the way to find the person, the eunuch Chang was still feeling strange.

In matters related to Ye Qing, in the past, it was the Queen and the Crown Prince's coincidence that saved Ye Qing's life.

Now it was the emperor who took the initiative to find the two of them after getting angry.

Could it be understood that His Majesty the Emperor felt that the trouble was too great and he could not think of an effective way to save Ye Qing's life. He wanted the family to discuss together how to effectively save Ye Qing's life?

Thinking of this, the eunuch Chang couldn't help but glance at the sun, only to find that the sun still rose in the east and set in the west.

But His Majesty the Emperor's attitude toward Ye Qing changed, just like the sun rising in the west and setting in the east!
Soon, Queen Ma and Zhu Biao came to the imperial study room one after another.

Before they could ask what happened, Zhu Yuanzhang handed Ye Qing's handwritten memorial directly to them and let them read it and speak directly.

The two of them have basically become immune to those rebellious ways of writing.

Although I frowned from time to time, I didn't take it to heart anymore. The only thing worth mentioning was the sentence, 'If you don't agree, you will be a fool for the ages and will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history and be cast aside by the world. '

'If you don't agree, I, Ye Qing, would rather be cut into pieces by you than become an official for you. '

Such threatening words are really infuriating, and it means that it is not enough to disagree.

Of course, the three of them are not soft persimmons. If the terms they are required to agree to are unreasonable, they would rather Ye Qing die than agree.

But the dilemma is that these provisions are really beneficial to the country and the people, but they are enough to offend the national policy of the scholar-bureaucrats all over the world.

Article [-]: [Spread the land into the acres]

Dividing ding into an acre can also be called spreading ding into the land, and the land is merged into one.

To put it simply, it is to abolish the separate Dingyin system that has been implemented for thousands of years.

The core content of this new system can be divided into four articles.

Article [-]: The dingyin was collected as land tax and the previous "head tax" was abolished.

Article [-]: The government relaxes control over household registration, allowing farmers and craftsmen to move freely and sell their labor. (It can be postponed for ten years, and after the household registration is completely checked, it will be implemented in conjunction with the road guide system)
Article [-]: Provincial and local governments shall find out the number of acres of land in each place and distribute taxes equally according to the acres.

Article [-]: Those who have a large number of clans must have a lot of fields; those who have a few clans must also have fields.

Queen Ma and Zhu Biao nodded with satisfaction after reading all the specific details of "Spreading a small amount into a farm".

Empress Ma smiled and said: "Chongba, this Ye Qing is really a talent. This is indeed a national policy that can effectively reduce the economic burden of landless and landless farmers."

Zhu Biao also smiled and nodded: "Not only that, it can also effectively promote population growth."

"The people have greater freedom, which is conducive to the development of the Ming Dynasty's economy. The simplification of tax rules can also reduce the possibility of arbitrary tax increases by local governments to a certain extent."

Speaking of this, Zhu Biao's eyes became profound.

Because it reduces the possibility of local governments to increase taxes arbitrarily, it also reduces the interests of corrupt officials all over the world. It can also be said that it reduces the interests of the literati class all over the world.

But it's just a reduction, it doesn't hurt their roots.

As long as the emperor and the prince are strong enough, it is not difficult to implement this national policy!
Immediately afterwards, they started to read the second piece of national policy advice.

Article [-]: [Return the fire to the public]

Huo Huo Gui Gong is also known as Huo Xian Gui Gong. When Ye Qing elaborated on this piece of national policy advice, he clearly criticized the 'Huo Xian' surcharge system implemented in the Ming Dynasty.

The core content of this system is that the imperial court uniforms the consumption ratio to collect such taxes, and local officials are not allowed to levy more money on the grounds of consumption when collecting money taxes.

At the same time, the "Integrity Bank" system was implemented, which was used exclusively for living allowances for local officials and civil servants, thereby combating arbitrary apportionment by local officials.

After Empress Ma read it, she nodded again and said, "It's indeed good. This centralizes the court's taxing power, reduces the extra burden on the people, and increases the salary of foreign officials. It has a great positive effect on rectifying officialdom and reducing corruption." ah!"

Zhu Biao frowned and said: "It's a bit of a temporary solution rather than the root cause. If I were a state and county official, I could build the plank road openly and covertly." "I will levy the fire consumption in public according to the regulations of the court, but I will also secretly increase the amount." , there is no way to fundamentally improve the administration of officials!”

Seeing that Zhu Biao could express this opinion, Queen Ma nodded happily again.

But at the same time, she wanted to blame Zhu Biao for not reading the documents carefully.

Empress Ma pointed to the clauses in the article and said: "Look at this supplementary regulation. If local officials are found to be secretly dispatching additional officials, starting from the three Yi tribes, the most respected elders in the countryside will be given supervisory powers. They can report directly to the imperial supervision department."

"The supervisory department must take over the case and verify it!"

"In this way, the scope of involvement becomes wider. The more people corrupt officials want to bribe, the more difficult it will be. There will always be some 'honest people' who are timid and don't dare to gamble with the lives of three tribes!"

Zhu Biao looked at this supplementary regulation and nodded thoughtfully. It was indeed a good regulation.

But when the two of them looked at the last piece of advice, their eyes widened.

Because this last piece of advice is tantamount to fundamentally shaking the interests of the world's scholar-bureaucrats.

It can also be understood that he, Ye Qing, directly applied the phrase "Destroying a person's wealth is like killing his parents" to the scholar-bureaucrats in the world.

The most straightforward explanation is that as long as this national policy is implemented.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang and Ye Qing will both become the father-killing enemies of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world!
Article [-]: [The gentry and the gentry work together as errands and pay food as one body]

The core content of this national policy is easy to understand. It can be summed up in one sentence, which is to abolish the tax-free privileges of officials and landlords.

The current tax policy is that those who have achieved meritorious status are exempted from corvee taxes.

Such favorable conditions have indeed become an effective boost to the imperial examination system to a certain extent and can encourage people to study hard.

It also plays a certain positive role in cultural inheritance.

But if things continue like this, the really wealthy people, such as officials and landlords, do not need to pay much tax. This not only puts the financial burden on the poor people, but also leaves the national treasury empty.

You must know that people's greed will become more and more inflated. During the changes of dynasties throughout the ages, not many people have actually been seized by foreigners.

The more reason is the contradiction between the bureaucracy and the people, that is, the contradiction between the rich and the poor.

The bureaucrats seized a large amount of tax-free land and turned a large number of landed people into landless tenant farmers. In the end, the officials forced the people to rebel!
Often when a dynasty begins, they usually promise that the people can share the land equally, and gain the support of the people.

And often when a dynasty falls, it is mostly because the government forces the people to rebel, but the court cannot effectively control it!
If this policy can be effectively implemented, the tax structure can be optimized and the wealthy class will bear more tax responsibilities!

At the same time, it can also greatly dampen the enthusiasm of bureaucrats to seize land!
No matter how much you take, you still have to pay taxes, so it’s better not to take it!

The key is that Ye Qing added a stepped tax law for the bureaucratic landlord class on the basis of what he already knew [gentry and gentry work as errands and pay taxes as one].

Simply put, the more land you own, the more taxes you pay!

When the amount of land owned reaches a certain stage, you are basically working for the court in vain!
This 'stepped tax law' is a surefire way to dampen the enthusiasm of bureaucrats to seize land!

At the same time, once it is implemented nationwide, Zhu Yuanzhang and Ye Qing will become the ultimate helpers of the 'father-killing enemy' of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world!
Putting aside the conflict between monarch and minister, Empress Ma has praised Ye Qing many times in her heart.

He is indeed a great talent in governing the country!

He is indeed a talented person with courage and courage!

Sure enough, he is someone who can even risk his life for the common people!
But the factor of conflict between the king and his ministers cannot be ignored!
As long as Zhu Yuanzhang says "accurately", it won't be long before a large number of civil and military officials will kneel on the square outside the palace and stage a drama of various literati forcing the palace.

Just thinking about this gave Zhu Yuanzhang and his son a headache.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "We also know that these are good strategies. That's why we got angry and didn't shout to fight or kill."

"This time, without Ye Qing's threats, we all want to obey him."

"But, can we rely on him?"

"All we can do is agree to the first and second items. As for the third item, we absolutely cannot."

"We have to boil the frog in warm water. After these old brothers bury it with us, we will be able to implement the third rule steadily."

"But this Ye Qing keeps saying that if we don't agree, he will never give us an official position!"

"It really makes me angry!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang looked in the direction of Yanmen County and gritted his teeth.

Immediately afterwards, he found that he was so angry that he was dizzy. He quickly looked in the direction of Ningbo Mansion and continued to bite his back teeth. His eyes were full of 'knives' that could cut people.

"Dad, can you please discuss with Mr. Ye to implement the first and second items first, and then I will implement the third item after you and your uncles have gone?"

"But I don't want you to go early!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared in the direction of Ningbo City, and at the same time waved his hands and said: "We know his urine better than you. That bitch spits and nails, there is absolutely no need to discuss."

"No, we are the emperor, why should we discuss it with a minister like him?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He quickly turned around and looked at his big boy, the knives in his eyes were much sharper than when he looked in the direction of Ningbo.

Zhu Yuanzhang grinned and said, "We have to thank you. You don't want us to leave too early, do you?"

"Dad, I, I just"

"My father, the emperor, and my empress are here, and I still have government affairs to attend to, so please retire first!"

The next moment, Zhu Biao jumped up and ran away.

"stop!"

"You bastard, stop for me!"

If Empress Ma hadn't desperately grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang's arm, it would have been impossible for Zhu Biao to run away from Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Queen Ma and said with a serious face: "Just protect her, just protect her well!"

"A rebellious minister, a rebellious son, and a rebellious wife like you, why are we so unlucky?"

Empress Ma just smiled lightly and said: "Chongba, Biao'er is just a quick talker. You don't know how filial he is?"

"Can you be so relieved that he is not filial?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "We know, we have to blame Ye Qing. For Biao'er's quick talk, we have to blame him Ye Qing!"

"Biao'er just glanced at Ye Qing from a distance, and his eloquence was a little off. If we really work together in the same palace, I'm afraid Zhu Biao will also become like that."

"At that time, even if we don't want to go early, they will be angry and go early!"

With that said, Zhu Yuanzhang sat back on the dragon throne and said: "Our daughter Zhuge, tell me if you have any way to implement these strategies without letting the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty come to force the palace."

"Especially those civil servants who are good at benevolence, justice and morality, it gives us a headache just to look at them!"

Queen Ma just smiled faintly, and then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and her eyes suddenly became deep.

She asked seriously in a tone of soul torture: "Will you kill Xu Da?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard such a sudden question, the tea cup in his hand fell directly on the table.

At the same time, he was also frightened that the tea soup that was just about to enter his esophagus suddenly went to his trachea! .
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