I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 206 Civil Service Officer: Fang Xiaoru, you idiot...

"Grandpa Huang is wise!"

"My grandson, on behalf of the millions and millions of people in the world, I would like to thank Grandpa Huang for his kindness."

Zhu Yunzhen was relieved.

The abolition of corvee was definitely a crucial step in his reforms.

This will release a large amount of free labor and lay the foundation for the development of the commodity economy.

"This is all your credit, but you can't put it on our heads."

Lao Zhu ordered the eunuch next to him: "Go and draw up an order. It must be clearly stated that His Royal Highness Taisun requested it. Please take pity on the people of the world and ask for an order to abolish corvee in the world."

"In this way, all the people in the world will be grateful to him, and he will inherit the throne in the future, and the country will be more stable."

Zhu Yunzhen was moved for a while.

No matter when Lao Zhu thinks about it, he always thinks about the country, the country, and the future generations.

……

Wenhua Hall.

Advisory Office.

All the ministers who received the imperial decree were so shocked that they couldn't keep their mouths shut.

Although His Highness Taisun had discussed this matter with them before and explained the reasons and benefits of doing so, it was still a bit difficult for everyone to accept it.

after all.

The impact of the abolition of corvee is too great.

This is something that has never happened since ancient times.

Only Taisun dared to do this.

If it were them, they wouldn't even dare to think about it.

It would be great if the corvee can be reduced.

Completely abolished, how is it possible?

His Highness Taisun really gave up on his word, what a great courage!

After receiving the order, Yang Jing took a deep breath.

Unlike other ministers.

He is the Minister of the Household Department, and he is in charge of Daming's money bag. After the abolition of corvee, the funds for various construction expenditures from the central government to the local government will immediately increase several times.

Fortunately, today's Ministry of Revenue is not short of money.

It's just that the speed at which money is being spent makes Yang Jing a little frightened.

"His Royal Highness Taisun has already explained how to act, so let's follow the instructions before."

Yang Jing said.

Zhu Yunxi's request is that after the abolition of corvee, new treasuries will be established from the court to the localities.

The treasury is managed by the People's Bank of China.

All income is paid into the national treasury and cannot be withheld, spent or kept for oneself.

When money is needed for expenditure, it is withdrawn from the treasury.

In the past, in order to promote the RMB, the People's Bank of China was established in various places. The People's Bank of China and the National Treasury were all implemented vertical management and directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

A modern financial management system has begun to take shape.

……

"Extremely big news, His Royal Highness Taisun invites His Majesty, starting next year, the Ming Dynasty will abolish corvee."

"Extremely big news, His Royal Highness Taisun invites His Majesty, starting next year, the Ming Dynasty will abolish corvee."

……

The People's Daily published an article and quickly spread the news throughout the country.

For a time, the world was boiling.

You know, compared with corvee labor, taxes are so light that they can be ignored.

Moreover, except for the royal relatives, officials and scholar-bureaucrats who were exempted from service, corvées were collected on a per-capita basis.

The family did not have any land, but they still had to perform very heavy corvee labor.

For poor people, the burden is particularly heavy.

Furthermore, the regional distribution of corvee labor was also very uneven.

For example, in border areas or areas near rivers, because of the need to build border defenses and repair rivers, there are particularly many corvees.

For this reason, many people fled to other places.

Now, with the abolition of corvee, all this has become history.

"Is this true? The corvee has been abolished?"

A commoner who is plowing the land is unbelievable.

"It's absolutely true. The People's Daily has published it. His Royal Highness is kind-hearted, sympathizes with the suffering of the common people, and abolishes corvees all over the world."

"But without the corvee, who will build the rivers? Who will build the city walls? Who will do all the government affairs?"

"That's right, it can't really be abolished, right?"

"Can this still be false? The newspaper said that in the future, these things will be paid by the government to hire people to do them, and free corvees will no longer be collected."

"How much will it cost?"

"This is nothing for us ordinary people to worry about. His Highness the Grand Sun has his own solution."

"No more corvées, no more corvees!"

Someone yelled frantically.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

Someone knelt on the ground and bowed to the capital.

The same scenes were staged throughout the Ming Dynasty.

The people were moved to tears.

The officials were dumbfounded.

"Since the Three Yellow Emperors and the Five Emperors, we have only heard of light corvee and low taxes in ancient times. I didn't expect that His Highness Taisun would abolish corvee directly."

Many officials lamented that it was hard to believe.

At the same time, in accordance with the requirements of the court, a large number of people began to be hired.

After all, what should be done must be done.

The money in the treasury was being withdrawn like a tide.

Recruitment offices everywhere were crowded with people who came to sign up to work.

In the past, the people who were recruited to build rivers and roads often worked but did not contribute any effort.

Just to waste time and complete corvee tasks.

Because of this kind of thing, whoever works hard is stupid!

If you don’t get paid, why do you have to work so hard?
The government had to take harsh measures, even whipping lazy people.

This caused a lot of conflicts.

But the root of the problem has never been resolved.

Because the people who work have no enthusiasm and will never work when they can be lazy.

But now that it has become an employment system, the situation is immediately reversed.

The flagellation disappeared.

Not at all.

After all, finding a job in this day and age is not easy!

Who wouldn’t rush to get a job that provides food, clothing, shelter, and a salary?
be lazy?

Do you still want to do it?
Governments in various places soon discovered that even if they only hired a small number of people, work efficiency would be doubled compared to the original.

Not at all comparable.

These things were later reported in memorials, and many officials were puzzled.

Zhu Yunzhen didn't find it strange at all.

The magic of money!
The capitalist mode of production is certainly a qualitative leap compared to the mode of feudal society.

Although it will also embark on the road of destruction in the later stages.

But at least this time, it's a giant leap forward.

……

Outside Jinling City, near the city gate.

Fang Xiaoru was riding a donkey, coming from a distance.

A large group of literati are waiting here.

Although Fang Xiaoru was not an official, he had a very high prestige among scholars.

After the executions of Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru was regarded by many as a spiritual leader, and his status was further improved.

Previously, Lao Zhu asked him to take up the post of professor in Hanzhong.

Later, Zhu Yunxuan followed Yao Guangxiao's suggestion and decided to recall these Confucian scholars who were "raising their reputation" outside to the capital to facilitate the court to control public opinion.

At the same time, he also took the opportunity to criticize the great Confucians and establish new ideas.

Clear ideological obstacles for Ming Dynasty's reform.

As a great scholar of the time, Fang Xiaoru was naturally among those who answered the call.

Therefore, he returned to Jinling again.

"Xizhi, you're back, we all look forward to your coming to lead the group!"

An official greeted warmly.

Xizhi is Fang Xiaoru's word.

Of course, calling someone by their first name is to bring them closer together and show intimacy.

Other officials also spoke out.

Ever since the grandson came to power, Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai had been executed one after another. Their life was too hard.

His status plummeted and he lost control of public opinion.

Nowadays, the common people in the capital must call it "People's Daily".

If what they say is not published in newspapers, no one will read it at all.

It wasn't like this before.

As a courtier and a great scholar, his every word and deed attracts attention.

And now.

Although he is still an official.

Salaries have also been substantially increased due to the currency reform.

But this feeling is very bad.

Being left out and not being noticed!

When they heard that Fang Xiaoru was coming back, they all thought they had found their backbone.

After all, Fang Xiaoru's reputation is the most famous in the world among literati in the world.

With him here, the prosperity of Shilin in the past can be restored.

"I heard that the imperial court issued an order to abolish corvee service in the world?" When Fang Xiaoru saw them, he got off his donkey.

It's too late to say hello, just ask right away.

He had seen the news a long time ago, but he still didn't quite believe it.

These people in front of him are all court officials, Fang Xiaoru wanted to confirm with them.

"That's right, His Highness Taisun asked His Majesty to abolish corvee service in the world. In the future, when the enemy invades, they will still be required to perform military service, and the common people will no longer perform corvee service."

"It's actually true!" Fang Xiaoru was shocked.

Immediately he shouted: "A virtuous government! A benevolent government that has never been seen in the ages!"

"His Royal Highness Taisun's merits are immeasurable!"

He was so excited that he yelled.

All the officials who came to greet him suddenly looked at each other.

We are waiting for you to take charge of the overall situation, and together we will fight His Highness's oppression of literati and resist his aggressiveness. Why did you flatter His Highness right away?

Did something go wrong?
For a while, many officials regretted coming to greet him.

Fang Xiaoru, you twenty-five boy.

You betrayed our Confucianism!

You... are a traitor!

They cry out in their hearts.

Fang Xiaoru completely ignored it.

"With such a virtuous policy, I must write a good article that will be passed down through the ages. So that thousands of years later, His Highness the Grand Sun's honorable name will still be remembered."

(End of this chapter)