Ming Dynasty: Every day, Zhu Yuanzhang is in trouble

"The Mongol Yuan government was corrupt, land annexation was serious, and all kinds of management were extremely crude.

The amount of land and population is unknown.

As a result, even the imperial court could not get a good basis for collecting taxes.

This matter has been bothering us for a long time.

Therefore, we are preparing to survey the land across the country in the future.

We will strive to measure all the land in the country within two years, compile a booklet and store it.

This will also allow us to get a good feel for the bottom of our Ming Dynasty.

Know how many people there are in our Ming Dynasty, how much land we have, and how much land can be mobilized.

Is the land good or bad?

Understand all these situations in detail.

This is also convenient, we can handle government affairs and control the country. "

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his ministers and announced his decision.

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, these court officials, except for a few who had already heard the news before,

Most of the others seemed very shocked!
The news that Zhu Yuanzhang said was really too abrupt.

Moreover, there are so many interests involved!

Who among them doesn’t have relatives, friends, or vested interests?

It was normal for them to react like this when they suddenly received such news.

Does this emperor want to die?
This is really unethical!

This kind of thing happens all of a sudden!
Does he know what he is talking about at this moment?
Do you know how involved this matter is?

It has to be implemented all over the country at once.

This is really a huge issue!

Many court officials exchanged glances with each other.

Many people had something to say, but no one spoke and everyone remained silent.

After a while, someone finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Liu Sanwu finally couldn't help but speak:

"Your Majesty, I...I feel that something is not right."

"What's wrong?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Liu Sanwu and asked.

Just one sentence made Liu Sanwu feel a sudden surge of pressure.

Then he gritted his teeth secretly and suppressed the panic in his heart.

Then he said, “Your Majesty, this is a huge matter involving many people.

If we act rashly, it will inevitably cause panic in many people's hearts.

Although there are some problems with local control, overall, it is not as chaotic as Your Majesty said.

The control over local areas was still far greater than that of the Yuan Dynasty.

For example, household registration.

It is not bad to govern the country according to this..."

After hearing what Liu Sanwu said, some people immediately stood up and agreed with Liu Sanwu's point of view.

It means that what Liu Sanwu said is very right.

They were all here, starting to praise the household card that Liu Sanwu mentioned as very useful.

The household registration card that Liu Sanwu mentioned was something that Zhu Yuanzhang ordered to be produced in the third year of Hongwu.

It records in great detail how many people are in the family, where they live, etc.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang was not satisfied with this.

If he was satisfied with the household registration system, he would never have measured the land at this time.

“The household registration system is too crude.

None of the things recorded above are detailed.

They just asked people to fill out the form voluntarily, telling them how many people were in their family and how much land they had.

The records are too general and do not mention whether these places are good or bad.

Is it a hillside or irrigated land?

It is not feasible to rule on this basis.

Now it is our Ming Dynasty, not the Mongols!

You can’t do this anymore!”

When Zhu Yuanzhang was drawing up the household registration documents, he had thought about measuring the land in one go.

But at that time, just as it was mentioned, it caused a huge reaction.

Many people are against it.

In addition, various conditions were not mature at that time and there were still many things to do.

The Ming Dynasty was not stable, and acting too hastily would easily lead to a series of accidents.

So, after some consideration, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to make a household registration card first.

When people heard that the emperor would no longer survey the land but would just issue a household registration certificate, they were no longer so resistant.

Start to cooperate obediently.

Completed Hutie's rule.

However, the situation is different now.

Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously not satisfied with the household registration system and wanted to better understand the actual situation in the local area.

This is not just about governance, there is also a more practical matter, which is collecting taxes.

In the Ming Dynasty today, in addition to collecting land tax, there is also a head tax.

Those wealthy families, with no one knowing how many people there are, all have hidden fields and corresponding populations.

Under such circumstances, if Zhu Yuanzhang brought up this matter again, I wonder how many people would want to object!

This is perfectly normal.

After all, this is real cutting of flesh from them.

Who would want to spit out the benefits that are already in their mouths?

Moreover, once the land survey is completed, it will not take just one or two years to pay these taxes.

But from now on, you will have to pay so much tax.

That's why so many people came out to oppose it.

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, more people stood up.

Begin to analyze and argue from all aspects the inappropriateness of doing so.

I want to do my best to make the emperor give up this idea.

Give up surveying the land.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, compared with the previous Yuan Dynasty.

Many officials and wealthy businessmen and gentry were already living a very miserable life.

There are many unfreedoms.

It’s nothing like before, when everyone was the local tyrant.

That's real, you can do whatever you want.

As long as the taxes set by the Yuan Dynasty were paid, nothing else mattered.

The emperor didn't ask anything and didn't care at all.

Now that Zhu Yuanzhang has become the emperor, there are a lot of rules and regulations, and they are tied up with many chains.

This has already made a lot of them feel uncomfortable.

Now, he wants to survey the land, so this must not be agreed to!

Zhu Yuanzhang sat here with a gloomy face and said nothing.

Listening to the people debating here.

He was not surprised at all.

But the momentum he displayed made more and more people increasingly frightened.

It feels more and more like something bad is going to happen.

I think the emperor will definitely push this matter forcefully.

Get this done.

After all, the current emperor is different from the previous one. The emperor has even abolished the prime minister and the Secretariat, and holds all the power.

Under such circumstances, it would be particularly difficult for the emperor to do such a thing or to stop it.

But no matter how difficult it is, they still have to say some things.

After all, this time the vital interests of many people are involved.

So they continued to argue here, and Zhu Yuanzhang's words became more intense.

Many people feel hopeless...

Many people's hearts couldn't help but sink to the bottom.

I feel like there's no way this matter can be resolved peacefully.

This guy Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely be determined to do this!

After realizing Zhu Yuanzhang's idea, many people began to secretly make up their minds and make decisions.

If Zhu Yuanzhang really dared to do this, he, Zhu Yuanzhang, would not have a good ending!

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This thing must be screwed!
Even if Zhu Yuanzhang had killed many people before this, there would still be many people who were dissatisfied with this!
They should oppose if they should.

It was a pipe dream for Zhu Yuanzhang to get this done smoothly!

Even now, many people may not have the courage to challenge Zhu Yuanzhang on other issues.

But now, Zhu Yuanzhang has involved too many people and the interests involved are too great!

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly paid attention to everyone's reactions and felt the atmosphere.

After listening to the court officials for a while, his tough attitude suddenly changed.

"That's right, this matter is indeed difficult to handle.

The conditions are not yet ripe.

There is no corresponding experience.

Then we won’t implement it nationwide yet.

It is better to implement it in Jiangxi first.

Let's see what the results are after implementing it there.

If possible, promote it nationwide.

One step at a time."

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang actually relaxed on this matter and said such words.

Many people who had originally prepared themselves to firmly oppose it suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Okay, no need to worry now!
It will be fine as long as the emperor does not implement it throughout the whole world.

If it is just in one place, then it is necessary to oppose it again.

As a result, many people praised it here.

The emperor's method is mature and prudent...

In fact, to be honest, many people are not very satisfied with this and think it is best not to measure the land.

However, judging from the emperor's behavior just now, he was really determined to promote this matter nationwide at the beginning.

Given the current emperor's personality, it's not impossible for him to do such a thing.

Now, the emperor has made a particularly big concession.

From the national scope, it has been reduced to Jiangxi.

It is already extremely difficult.

Naturally, they want to quit while they are ahead.

Otherwise, if the emperor was really driven crazy, he would really start to survey the land across the country regardless of the consequences.

Their resistance would make the emperor uncomfortable, but they themselves would not feel good either.

No one would want to take this step lightly unless it is absolutely necessary.

Moreover, didn’t the emperor also say that these policies would only be promoted nationwide after they were successfully implemented in Jiangxi?

So if the promotion in Jiangxi fails, then we don’t need to promote it nationwide anymore!
There have always been many rebellions in Jiangxi.

There are many mountains in many places, which are most suitable for gathering people to rebel.

There are also many officials from Jiangxi.

Moreover, in Jiangxi, in addition to officials, businessmen, gentry, landlords and many other people, there is an even bigger behemoth, that is Longhu Mountain.

That's the hardest part.

It can be said that the largest landlord in Jiangxi today is Longhu Mountain and the many Taoist temples under its jurisdiction.

It would not be easy for Zhu Yuanzhang to confront the enemy head-on there.

It is not impossible for them here to secretly put some effort over there in the future.

Come to help those people work together to resist the people sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to survey the land...

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at these people's reactions and couldn't help but smile to himself.

Each of these people looks smart.

In fact, many of them fell into his trap.

At the beginning, what he wanted to do was to implement the land survey in Jiangxi first.

There was no thought at all to complete the task of land surveying across the country.

He knew very well how many difficulties and obstacles there were.

But this did not prevent him from saying that this matter should be promoted nationwide when he first faced the court officials.

And he showed a very firm attitude, making these people think that he would really promote it nationwide from the beginning.

In this way, after their persuasion, you can make concessions.

The scope was narrowed down from the whole country to Jiangxi Province.

They will agree.

And they feel that they have taken a lot of advantage.

If I had not said this at the beginning, but told them directly and openly that I was just surveying the land in the entire Xingjiang West.

There will inevitably be a lot of people who oppose it and say this and that.

In the end, it was not easy to announce this matter smoothly.

He has already understood many things about being in power.

It's a matter of compromise between each other.

Some people habitually want to bargain with you.

In this case, why not first propose an excessive condition, ask for an exorbitant price, and then pay back the money later.

Thereby achieving one's true goal.

It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang had already become very skilled at this tactic.

After agreeing to this matter, many court officials were actually sneering in their hearts.

Be prepared to see the emperor make a fool of himself.

I feel that it will not be easy for the emperor to accomplish this task in the future.

Especially after hearing that the emperor appointed Liu Lian as the governor of Jiangxi, he would take the lead in the work of measuring land there and be in charge of the overall situation.

Many people sneered in their hearts.

I think the emperor's move was indeed a bit stinky.

Although Liu Lian was the son of Liu Bowen, he was far inferior to Liu Bowen.

If it weren’t for the fact that his father was Liu Bowen, who would know who Liu Lian was?
Therefore, in such a situation, it would be difficult to ask someone like Liu Lian to take action and complete such a task.

However, while they were thinking this, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly said something new and made new personnel appointments and dismissals.

After this news was spread, many people who were originally sneering inwardly stopped laughing.

"Order Lan Yu to be the general, lead the two Longxiang guards, go to Jiangxi, and control all the troops in Jiangxi!
Let's help Liu Lian to survey the land and fight against thieves!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at everyone and announced the decision.

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, many people who were originally very happy stopped laughing all of a sudden.

I was shocked by Zhu Yuanzhang's decision!
What does this bastard Zhu Yuanzhang want to do? !

What is this guy thinking?

How dare you do such a thing?

He is such a rude person!
How dare you send Lan Yu to do this!

Directly send the two guards in the Beijing camp over there!
These are ten thousand elite soldiers!
Their combat effectiveness is top-notch in the entire army!

You can also control all the troops in Jiangxi and fully cooperate with the military farming!

Did Zhu Yuanzhang want to rebel?!
(End of this chapter)