Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 193 The hidden undercurrent under the new tax system

The fire in Cochin is burning again.

The people of Yunnan are not surprised by this incident, and even welcome it extremely.

The reason is simple, just two words: resources.

Although Yunnan suffered a lot of losses due to the many years of war with Chen Jikuan, and the population was even less than saturated, for the people, a large number of people moved to Jiaozhi, freeing up a lot of fields.

From a long-term perspective, this is a good thing for them. At least they don’t have to worry about their children and grandchildren having no land to farm. Although they are still a little far away, who doesn’t want to see good changes?
To say that Mu Sheng was also reckless, after the King of Han's edict and imperial edict on changing the title, Mu Sheng no longer had any worries and dared to do anything.

There is no way to effectively control the fire, so in the previous battle with Chen Jikuo, the fire not only burned Jiaozhi, but also suffered heavy losses in Nanzhang, but Champa Kingdom did not suffer much because of the river.

The Champo Kingdom suffered little loss, and it was really not worth provoking a murderous god, so they didn't say anything. Nanzhang simply didn't say anything because Zhu Zhanhe entered the Lancang River by boat before.

This time, the Siamese and Nanzhang coalition forces numbered 14, but were frightened back by Mu Sheng's 3 troops. Mu Sheng kept driving them out of the area affected by the previous fire, and then set fire to them.

Aim directly at the place where the palm is still intact.

Zhu Zhanhe, who returned to Yunnan, was stunned when he heard the news.

He thought that the Mu family would become more obedient to him under the impetus of that edict and imperial decree, but he didn't expect Mu Sheng to reach the standard in one step, and even exceeded the quota.

You know, Zhu Zhanhe was not ready to start setting fires yet, because he was waiting for a reason, a reason that would justify his attack on Siam and Nanzhang.

Now, the reason is not enough, Mu Sheng rushes forward?
However, it was not just this news that surprised Zhu Zhanhe.

"What the hell?" Zhu Zhanhe looked at his father in surprise, and subconsciously picked his ears, as if he didn't hear clearly just now.

"Isn't this a good thing? Why are you so surprised?" Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand.

In his opinion, it was undoubtedly a good thing that the law proposed by his son was implemented, and he didn't even think much about it.

This is a habit he has developed over the past six years because of his trust in his son.

"A good thing is a good thing, but right now, it's not a good thing." Zhu Zhanhe smiled.

When he was in Dagulasi, the old man issued an order to change the tax system. Now a month and a half has passed, and I guess the news has spread, and it has even been almost implemented.

You know, this kind of thing requires a surprise attack. If the interval is long, it won't take long, ten or eight days will make those officials think of various ways to exploit loopholes.

For example, the biggest loophole right now.

"You just haven't thought about this problem. The loopholes here are too obvious. In fact, you can understand it with just a little thought."

Zhu Zhanhe's original intention was not to be sarcastic, but after he said this, it felt a bit wrong even if he didn't mean it.

However, fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu had long been used to it and didn't care.

"What loopholes are there? Isn't this a good thing if tax increases also reduce the pressure on the people? What loopholes can there be?"

"If I hadn't advised you not to fight with your uncle at the beginning, you really couldn't beat him, mainly because you didn't want to use your brain."

Zhu Zhanhe smiled, and rushed the old man eight hundred miles to Yunnan, but because he was in Dagu Lasi, he took the booklet that he couldn't see.

"The common people had land in their hands. It was when Emperor Taizu Gao founded the country and shortly after. Later, as the Ming Dynasty gradually stabilized, money began to slowly transfer to the hands of businessmen and officials."

“Without money, coupled with the bad intentions of officials and businessmen, the land was slowly acquired by them, and the people became tenants.”

"In our Ming Dynasty, officials and gentry do not need to pay taxes."

After hearing Zhu Zhanhe's analysis, Zhu Gaoxu woke up from a dream.

Indeed, this is the biggest loophole. Implementing the law of apportionment before solving the problem that officials and gentry do not need to pay taxes will ultimately only lead to an increase in taxes paid by merchants.

Common people basically do not have land in their hands, so they basically do not need to pay taxes; officials and gentry have much more land than merchants, but they do not need to pay taxes.

The end result was that Ming's tax revenue was greatly reduced.

"You gave the suggestion, so you should have a follow-up method? Otherwise, how could your grandfather follow your suggestion and implement this tax system?"

After thinking about it, Zhu Gaoxu's mind became bright and he reacted quickly.

"Let me think about it, you used the incident of Chen E and Huang Huaishen to kill indiscriminately in the Japanese country, and dealt with those civil servants who talked nonsense in one fell swoop, which served as a warning to the monkeys, and then abolished the need for officials and gentry to pay taxes. This rule?”

"Absolutely [-]% right." Zhu Zhanhe smiled and put down the book in his hand.

"What happened in Huanghuai is just the beginning, and it is just the way of some people. After all, there are hundreds of people who go to the morning court. It is impossible to make such a decision just because of a dozen officials. If it is really like what you said, That grandpa is too hasty."

"Grandpa has three main sources of support."

"First, I killed a lot of southeast sea merchants through my affair with Japanese pirates. It can be said that there are very few of this group left in the entire southeast sea, but there is a big problem that has been left behind."

"Huang Huai is a bachelor of the cabinet. He had contact with those in the Southeast Sea at the beginning. Although he broke off quickly and cleanly at that time, Jin Yiwei is not a vegetarian."

"At that time, grandpa was about to go to the north, and there couldn't be too much turmoil within the imperial court, so this matter was temporarily suppressed."

"The current situation is stable. Although our Ming Dynasty is still conquering the Japanese Kingdom and the current Siamese Kingdom, my grandfather and uncle are both in charge of Yingtian. Even if there is turmoil, there will be no problem."

"Second, Iwami Yinshan and my capture in Japan."

"The annual silver output of Iwami Ginzan is equivalent to [-] to [-]% of my tax revenue next year. In addition, I didn't hide anything I captured in the Japanese country, and gave it all to grandpa."

"You must know that Iwami Silver Mountain has been mined for hundreds of years before this, so the Japanese country is not short of silver. This is also the reason why their tribute gifts were mostly silver in the past few years."

"Ishijian Yinshan plus those seizures, plus the fact that he can still collect a part of the tax every year, so even if the civil servants are in trouble, Ming Dynasty will not worry about money."

"Third, countermeasures for scholars to protest."

"You haven't forgotten what year this is, right? In the year Yiwei, the imperial examination will be held."

"Previously, because of the two methods of passing the exam and making up for it immediately, officials had a sharp sword hanging over their heads. This year, at least more than 100 scholars will become officials. Whoever dares to make trouble, grandpa will dare to punish them. Changed!"

"If we continue to make trouble, grandpa will dare to draw his saber!"

"Don't look at the literati who are full of great truths every day, and even open their mouths to say that they have no regrets about dying for their country and leaving their names in history, but in fact they are the ones who are most afraid of death."

"In the past, my grandfather was worried that if too many civilian officials were killed, the scholars would protest massively, which would eventually lead to a gap in the reserve of officials between the DPRK and China. But what about now?"

"After the instant replacement was implemented, those original substitutes were eyeing each other, waiting for the opportunity to take the position, and now a large number of poor scholars are leaving the official position. Even if they want to make trouble, can they make trouble?"

After saying that, Zhu Zhanhe took a sip of tea happily.

When it comes to this matter, he is the happiest person. After all, the civil servants have stumbled on him countless times before, openly and covertly. Now that the ladder under the civil servants' feet has been removed, he is naturally the happiest.

"Listen to you..." Zhu Gaoxu's brain development is still limited, and this kind of problem that is too complicated and involves too many aspects is still not suitable for him.

"Don't think about this kind of thing. It's not suitable for you, at least it's not suitable for you now. You'd better wait until you get familiar with it."

Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand, he never expected his father to understand thoroughly.

"What you have to do now is to work with the Qianning Prince's Mansion to get the Yunnan side settled first. Compared with Grandpa's side, it is very simple for Yunnan to implement a new tax system."

"What!?" Zhu Gaoxu was completely shocked.

"Have you read what is written in your grandfather's edict? He just said clearly that Yunnan does not need to use the new tax system at the same time as the imperial court, and you still want to do it? And you have to do it first?"

"It's natural." Zhu Zhanhe didn't hesitate.

"If grandpa hadn't mentioned this matter, then I wouldn't be in a hurry. But now that grandpa has mentioned it, we must implement it, and we must be the first to implement it!"

"You are a vassal king, and you are already a vassal king. It is because you have privileges that no other vassal king has, so you cannot leave any excuses to others."

"Now that grandpa is still here, he can still handle the situation. Have you ever thought about the time when grandpa is gone and your uncle ascends the throne?"

Zhu Zhanhe's words suddenly woke up Zhu Gaoxu.

That's how he is, to put it bluntly, he belongs to the kind of person who gets mad when he succeeds, and when he gets mad, he is easy to get carried away.

Zhu Gaoxu is somewhat in this state now.

Since arriving in Yunnan, thanks to Zhu Zhanhe's actions, Yunnan can be said to have been a very dazzling presence in the Ming Dynasty in the past two years, which inevitably made Zhu Gaoxu a little distracted.

"Okay, I won't care about this kind of thing. You and the Mu family can just do it." Zhu Zhanhe stood up as he spoke, preparing to go back and take a nap.

Long-distance riding, especially long-distance riding, is really uncomfortable, and the body is tired and achy.

"Wait a minute!" Zhu Gaoxu was called back to his soul by his son.

"There are two people you need to deal with."

"Deal with it?" Zhu Zhanhe didn't react for a moment.

"Who else needs me to deal with? Can't I just let Zhu Heng go?"

……

Zhu Gaoxu looked at his son speechlessly. He once felt that his son had killed too many people and had become stupid.

"I'm afraid I can't deal with the person I'm talking about, because the first person is Hu Hao, the youngest son of the former Hu Guang."

"The second person is even worse, because he is the stepson of Jin Zhong, Minister of the Ministry of War. If you really deal with it, even the two of us will have to pack up and run for our lives."

(End of this chapter)