Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 227 227 Dad, he knows the emperor’s mind.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he was very good to the grain manager.

How could ordinary people get his personal summons and banquet?

This is an opportunity that ordinary people cannot ask for.

I gave them all.

Don’t they know how to be grateful?
Before the Ming Dynasty, those in charge of villages at all levels were mostly called township officials. The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the court paid them.

By the time Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty reformed the village system, it became clear that the village community system was nothing more than a means for Mongolian and other tribal soldiers to monitor the Han people, and to use village chiefs and the like as a tool to squeeze the people.

Zhu Yuanzhang also inherited such a system of white female tickets, which did not give money.

Of course, as the grain chief in the early Ming Dynasty, he still had quite a lot of power.

On average, a grain chief had to manage 9,000 households. In the Song Dynasty, it was only 2,500 households, and in the Yuan Dynasty, it was only 50 households.

Wu Wei cupped his hands in the direction of the palace:

When I read the files, in the sixth year of Hongwu, the grain chiefs of Suzhou Prefecture were famous for their fraud and abuse of the people.

He thought that after killing a group of people, those monkeys would become more restrained, but after listening to Wang Buli's words, there are still people who dare to continue to fool me!
"We have also seen the figures from the Ministry of Household Affairs. In the past five years from the fourth year of Hongwu to the present, the income from land tax received by Ming Dynasty has been booming."

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wu Wei and listened to him:

Wang Buli chuckled: "Mr. Guo, there are good and bad grain chiefs. Of course we cannot generalize. I remember that the grain chief system was established in the fourth year of Hongwu.

In some heavily taxed counties such as Suzhou Prefecture, more than a thousand people are required to transport grain each time.

"Mr. Guo, have you not had much contact with the villagers?"

The taxed grain sent to the court has to be paid by the people who pay the tax themselves, and bear the freight and losses along the way. If the grain handed in is not good, you have to make up for it.

His idea was to rob the rich and give to the poor. After all, the Ming Dynasty could not afford to lose.

Among them, the transportation to Beijing was the most important, as it was personally escorted by the grain chief, because Lao Zhu would treat these grain chiefs to a meal as usual.

According to Lao Zhu's regulations, the original color should be returned to the warehouse, and the color should be transferred to the warehouse.

Each person paid ten cents plus three with the grain as freight (travelling), hired his own truck and ship, and went to the warehouse to pay the bill under the leadership of the president's grain chief.

Rewards are also given to some grain managers who perform well, hoping to inspire others.

In order to maintain his rule, his main focus is to save money.

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes slightly. He was working hard to control the countryside and tried his best to surpass the subordinate officials so that the people would be less harmed.

Then whoever has money must contribute to the court.

The regular rice was collected with 50% added, and grain households were ordered to exchange their houses, livestock, clothes, farm tools, water trucks, cooking pots, etc. for the taxed grain.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very impressed by the case brought by Wang Buli, because he was extremely angry and asked the inspector to arrest the grain chiefs and the county magistrates in Nanjing. After beheading them, they sent them back to the local area for public display.

Wang Buli also added fuel to the fire: "Whether you are poor or rich, who is willing to take the initiative to pay taxes, so I think Mr. Guo's thoughts are too wishful thinking sometimes."

Small households pay for their food by collecting money from the big households.

"So the grain manager can't be trusted?"

Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang's righteous answer, even Wu Wei, the magistrate, couldn't help but laugh out loud:

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless.

"Whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Yuan Dynasty, the people were not willing to hand over their food."

Such heavy work, collection and transportation were all done by the common people who paid taxes organized by the Grain Chief, on behalf of the government.

Jin Zhongfang, the grain chief of Jiading County, and three other people cleverly came up with nearly 20 reasons why the money was beige in color, in order to exploit grain households.

The rest is transported to other places, to the capital, which is called Jingyun, and another wave is transported to local prefectures, counties or military stations to be used as official and military salaries, which is called counter transfer.

Zhu Yuanzhang just needs to collect money.

You must hand over the good food and keep the bad food for yourself.

"Most of the people who serve as grain chiefs are wealthy and wealthy, and they don't dare to commit trouble easily.

Not all the taxes and grains from various places fell into the hands of Lao Zhu. They were mainly divided into two parts. One part was kept locally to supply local expenses, which was called retention, so as to prevent the local area from suffering any disasters and not being able to allocate it in time.

Those who pay tax and grain in rice and wheat are called true colors by the government, and those who use gold, silver, silk, satin or other items to convert the price of rice and wheat are called discounted colors.

"They are so rich, it doesn't hurt to give out a little bit of food."

"Is it possible that when you were in the Yuan Dynasty, you were also willing to hand over all your family's food?"

Or rely on the power of the county magistrate to beat ordinary people at home and ask them to forcibly pay their summer and autumn taxes.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang thought about asking the school inspector to conduct a secret investigation after returning, he did not admit that there was a problem with the grain chief system he had established.

Either they falsely reported a famine and defrauded the court of food for disaster relief. After the incident, many people died in Suzhou Prefecture. "

"Definitely."

Faced with Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Wang Buli laughed:
"The chief of grain is responsible to the emperor, but once there is a deficit, they have to make up for it. If the emperor hadn't issued this order, who would be willing to take grain from his own home?"

However, Zhu Yuanzhang's move was to take care of the small households that paid grain. Once they were unable to complete the task of paying grain, the vacancy would be filled by the grain chief to make up for the court's deficit.

Or some stateless people simply colluded with the county magistrate and got the job. After becoming the grain chief, they colluded with the county magistrate again and intertwined the divisions of grain areas in order to hide the number of households.

In addition, there were almost no wars in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, the society was stable, and the people could naturally devote themselves to tending the fields. "

Wang Buli also knew that although the grain chief had some troubles, his overall performance in the Hongwu Dynasty was still good.

Mainly because after Yongle moved the capital, taxes from Jiangnan had to be transported to Beijing through the canal. This trip was delayed a lot of time, and people's farming was affected.

In addition, after Yingzong went to study abroad and the Xungui Group suffered heavy losses, Ming Dynasty's tax revenue began to decline, and it gradually became unable to collect it.

Even if Zhang Juzheng's whipping method is implemented, the average number still does not reach the data of the Hongwu Dynasty.

This is why Zhu Yuanzhang ordered not to increase taxes easily, and even reduced taxes from time to time because of disasters.

In the ninth year of Hongwu's reign, due to a heavy rain, he exempted and exempted summer taxes and autumn grains from eight provinces and five prefectures directly under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou, Huai'an, Chizhou, Anqing and Huizhou.

Although it is said that "the economic base determines the superstructure," some financial and economic policies in the early Ming Dynasty were determined based on the political background.

The south was a place of heavy taxation during the Ming Dynasty.

As one of Zhu Yuanzhang's "places to rejuvenate the king," Zhenjiang Prefecture's political status is in sharp contrast with Susong Jiahu, which originally belonged to Zhang Shicheng Group, and parts of Jiangxi that originally belonged to Chen Youliang Group.

On the one hand, Susong Jiahu and Jiangxi Yuanzhou, Ruizhou, Nanchang and other prefectures have become the leading places of "heavy endowment" in the Ming Dynasty.

On the other hand, Zhu Yuanzhang also stipulated politically that "officials in Su, Song, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are not allowed to have official households."

In theory, it blocked the way for scholars in Susong, Jiahu, Yuan, Rui, Nanchang and other places in Jiangxi to change their tax and labor burdens through political channels.

Who asked them or their ancestors to serve Zhang and Chen?

When Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, Zhenjiang Prefecture's heavy tax treatment was the same as that of Zhang and Chen's Longxing Land.

But Zhenjiang has a very good geographical location. It guards the mouth of the Yangtze River and can geographically control the south of the Yangtze River. Anyone in the Central Plains who wants to reach Wuyue, Fujian and Guangdong must enter here.

If anything happens in the world, people will fight for it.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang separated Susong Jiahu, which had been under the same administrative division since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and divided it into Zhili and Zhejiang provinces. This was a political method used by the Ming Emperor to prevent some careerists from using Jiangnan's wealth to rebel against the separatist regime.

During the reign of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, King Ning rebelled from Nanchang and marched down the river, leading his troops to Nanjing.

Wang Qiong, Minister of War, immediately ordered Li Chongsi, then governor of Yingtian, to guard Jingkou (Zhenjiang).

Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to argue with Wang Buli, but according to the arguments he raised, he really can't refute now.

He decided to send people to investigate the problems of the grain chiefs one and two when he returned. Logically speaking, those grain chiefs should have arrived home long ago. Why haven't they reported the disaster situation and the number of households?
"gone."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up and walked away directly.

After the people left, Wang Buli smiled:

"Fortunately, Mr. Guo works in the Criminal Department. If he were asked to work in the Household Department, I'm afraid he would cause a lot of chaos."

Wu Wei also pinched his beard:

"Buli, you shouldn't have said those words to him. This person knows a lot about the Ministry of Husbandry. I'm afraid he is not willing to sit on the bench in the Ministry of Punishments. He probably wants to leave your relationship and go to the Ministry of Husbandry. "

"Him?" Wang Buli shook his head: "How much kindness does he have to me, why do I have to have a relationship with him?

I think it would be more suitable for him to stay in the Criminal Department. "

"Why?"

Wang Buli took a few steps and exercised his body: "This person smells very strong of Legalism."

Seeing that Wu Wei was confused, he continued to explain:

"Legalists have a thought that the people cannot tell the difference between good and evil at all. The so-called good and evil are just tools of some people. He also believes that the people cannot tell the difference between good and bad, and it is up to him to decide what is good and what is bad. "

"What you said is a bit cryptic."

"That's true." Wang Buli said with his hands behind his back: "Legalists can judge everyone, but not the monarch.

They define the common people as ignorant people, the officials as potential corrupt officials, and the scholars as potential corrupt scholars. "

Wu Wei carefully recalled what Chief Guo said and found that his words indeed revealed such a thought.

"As for the debate I just had with him, I was actually just being sophistical."

Wang Buli chuckled when he thought of this:
"Qin Shihuang used Legalism, but Legalism probably means that after the country is not strong, it has the obligation to feed back to the people.

It is just a matter of course that if the Qin Dynasty becomes stronger, the people will not be invaded by other countries, and they will also benefit.

But after Qin unified the world, the people would not be invaded by other countries, but they still had to bear heavy labor. If things go on like this, how could the people of Old Qin not rebel against Qin? "

"So that's it!"

In fact, what Wang Buli said was extremely one-sided.

In short, Legalism completely served the emperor and was a kind of emperor's mentality.

However, the imperial power of the previous generation was not completely centralized.

In particular, Legalism did not restrict the monarch at all.

For example, if the monarch likes big fish and meat, but requires his ministers to be frugal when eating vegetable soup, that would be too fucked up.

The ministers also wanted to limit the imperial power.

Therefore, imperial power can only coexist with some forces, and Confucianism can well support this state of coexistence.

In particular, Legalism does not give common people any channels for advancement. He always maintains that nobles are nobles and common people are common people. This is mostly based on the theory of blood.

How can it be as double-standard as Confucianism?
There will always be great scholars who will argue for me.

In addition, Legalism is a kind of exploitation that clearly wants to extract fat and marrow from the people, which is particularly direct.

But Confucians are not like this and know how to package themselves.

Liposuction can be done.

But you have to know how to whitewash it and cover it with a fig leaf.

Only in this way can everyone become decent people!
Being a decent person is what many people pursue throughout their lives.

When Zhu Yuanzhang quickly passed through the jubilant county government officials, he returned directly to the carriage and rushed towards the palace.

Jiang Huanke has been staring at this man!

Seeing the emperor's face so pale, I really don't know what serious words he said.

Especially this is not the first time Jiang Huan saw Zhu Yuanzhang leave in anger.

But the emperor still wanted to marry his daughter to Wang Buli, which puzzled Jiang Huan, who knew the inside story.

What happened to the emperor?

Why are you so angry with your son-in-law?

Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the carriage with his eyes closed and meditative, his chest rising and falling.

Mao Xiang, who was waiting on the side, didn't dare to show his anger.

"You sent people to the disaster-stricken areas to secretly investigate the disaster situation of the people. They must investigate clearly. If someone lies about the disaster, I don't need to answer you."

"I understand." Mao Xiang responded repeatedly.

After returning to the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that his son was becoming more and more proficient in handling memorials, and his anger subsided slightly.

Zhu Biao looked at his father's face and knew that he had hit a wall with Wang Buli again.

After the inspector wrote down everything he saw today, Zhu Biao marveled:
"Dad, Wang Buli still understands the emperor's mind?"

Zhu Biao has learned all the legalist thoughts he mentioned, and how to control people.

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang, immersed in work, raised his head:
"We finally know which family this boy studied under. Is he willing to join the county government and work in the execution room to be successful?"

Zhu Biao looked up at his father and said:
"Is it possible that Wang Buli followed the Legalist thinking in order to influence me when he assists me in the future?"

Because Wang Buli despised Confucianism, Zhu Biao could feel it.

I heard that he was very disdainful of the knowledge taught by the Imperial College.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not directly answer his son's words, but just explained to him:

"A person who uses Legalist ideas is destined to become a lonely minister in the court, and no one wants to be friends with him.

If you use it well, it will be a powerful weapon in your hand. If you use it poorly, it will become a gap for those ministers to attack you. "

Zhu Yuanzhang thought it was normal for Wang Buli to become a lonely minister in the future.

This kind of person has arrogance in his bones, and it is difficult for him to talk to others.

After Biao'er's son succeeded to the throne, he appointed scholars on a large scale and improved their treatment.

It must be quite normal to suppress a lonely minister like Wang Buli who has no one to take care of him!
No one would speak for him, so Zhu Yuanzhang put down the pen in his hand, hoping that he would persuade the fourth child!
(End of this chapter)