Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 262 The new tax system begins to be formally collected

In the 18th year of Chongzhen, the carnival of the Ming army's victory over the Qing army had allowed the joy of the Han people to be swayed as early as on the Huaiyang battlefield. Therefore, the battle of Huguang this time was at most equivalent to icing on the cake. For the entire guard army, It's not enough to cause too much shock.

Liu Fangliang, the commander-in-chief of the Third Army of the Guards, can be said to be a blessed general of the Ming Empire in this era.

Ever since he joined Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian and became the commander-in-chief of one of the three main forces of the Ming Dynasty Guards, he has never experienced any defeat at the hands of the Tartars. Therefore, it is not a big deal for him to injure Azig What a big deal.

This may be due to different times and different expectations.

Seventeen years before Chongzhen, repelling the Tartars or killing a dozen Tartars could be considered a big victory.

But now in the eyes of Liu Fangliang, Liu Fangliang feels very regretful that Prince Azig was not captured alive, and that Azig, like Duduo, was hacked to death at the Taiping Gate in Nanjing City.

Therefore, when Zhu Youjian issued an order to order the governors of various provinces and the commander-in-chief of the Guards to go to Beijing to discuss matters, Liu Fangliang was in distress. He didn't know how to confess to Zhu Youjian that he did not capture Azig alive. .

There are naturally important reasons why Zhu Youjian summoned the governors and general officers of the provinces to Beijing.

Right now, he is the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and the guards he trained have successively achieved the Huaiyang Great Victory and the Huguang Victory. There are countless children of Manchurian military aristocrats, such as a prince of the Qing court, Belle Beizi, etc., and Zhu Youjian's prestige can be said to have risen to a higher level now.

In the past, the gentry were more afraid of Zhu Youjian.

After the incidents of Qian Qianyi and Zhang Shenyan, no one is not afraid of Zhu Youjian's iron fist.

But now the gentry are more obedient to Zhu Youjian. Since His Majesty regained control of the army, he has indeed reproduced the legacy of the Taizu, plowing the court and sweeping the holes, and forced the recruits composed of scholars and farmers to defeat the Manchurian cavalry.

Although in the eyes of later generations, it is very reasonable for the descendants of aristocratic families to form grassroots officers and use the hardworking and honest grassroots people as soldiers. The combat power formed can defeat the serf army that integrates the army and the people. Qi Jiguang has taken this as a guide back then.

But in the eyes of the people of the world, under the influence of the thought that Manchuria is less than ten thousand and more than ten thousand is invincible, the victory of Zhu Youjian's guards not only surprised Dorgon and others in the Qing court, but even the Ming court's The scholar-bureaucrats were also surprised.

They never expected that His Majesty would have such an effect after taking military power in person. After moving south, he quickly subdued the three towns in Jiangbei, and even wiped out Zuo Liangyu. As a result of the army, the scholar bureaucrats felt ashamed for the first time, and began to believe that His Majesty might really have the fate bestowed by the Taizu in person in the dream, otherwise there would not be such a big change.

As a king, if he wants to follow the guidelines of the court and make all the officials follow his own will, it is natural that he does not have the ability to convince all the officials. If a person wants to be respected by others, he can only be strong enough.

In the past, the emperors who grew up in the deep palace relied entirely on the opinions of the officials, and even the right and wrong of things had to be confirmed by the officials, so it was naturally difficult for them to control civil and military officials.

But now Zhu Youjian has made great contributions to the country, the country and the country, has the obedience of hundreds of thousands of troops, and has the awe of most bureaucrats and gentry. A strategy that is beneficial to the country emerges.

Unless he is willing to degenerate himself and prodigal himself.

Standing under the red wall, Zhu Youjian couldn't help but smile on his face as he watched the sunset in the sky.

He has entered the prime of life at this time, although the king of Zhongxing is not yet a king, but he will barely be a king of subjugation.

And next, he naturally wanted to take advantage of his young age to do some great things again, let the empire really flourish in his own hands, and let the current Ming Dynasty reproduce the grand occasion of Yongle Renxuan, and even reproduce the past. The prestige of the Tang Dynasty made the glory of China shine on the Eurasian continent in the seventeenth century.

As for beauties, wine and even beautiful scenery, since he is already an emperor, these are naturally at his fingertips.

Maybe people are like this, the more difficult it is to get, the more they want it, the easier it is to get it, but the desire is not so strong, Zhu Youjian is not interested in singing every night, of course, he does not lack sex in bed every night, but This is no longer what he cares most about and what excites him the most.

The ancients said that when you climb a height, you will fall heavily, when the moon is full, you will lose money, and when the water is full, you will overflow. People tend to get carried away when they are most proud.

The same is true of Zhu Youjian today. Although he is now highly respected, he is still treading on thin ice for the next reforms that will touch the interests of a certain class of a certain group, and he is cautiously planning, even the worst. He only dared to put it into practice after making sure that it was safe and sure enough.

For example, this is the case with the commercial tax, foreign trade tax and personal income tax, which are about to be formally collected now.

Zhu Youjian knew that even if he forcibly ordered the governments at all levels to collect taxes according to the information calculated in advance last year, he would still be successful, and even if there was resistance, he could suppress it, but he still had to provide complete support to ensure that his own There is enough power in it.

That's why he had to summon the governors of the theaters and the commander-in-chief of the Guards to Beijing, so that these military and political officials with real power from all over the place could make up their minds before they dared to collect taxes in all aspects.

Not only must these military and political officials make up their minds first, but Zhu Youjian must first let the officers of the Second Guards Army who are responsible for defending the capital, whose duties are equivalent to the imperial army, understand the intentions of his Majesty and the court. After all, Nanjing City and even Yingtian Mansion are the most critical points for this tax collection.

Nanjing city in July can be said to be extremely sweltering. The heavy rain and high temperature make this still bustling city as hot as the scorching sun in March.

But it was also at this enthusiastic moment that the imperial court formally raised the curtain of taxation in the commercial and foreign trade fields on the grounds of the Northern Expedition and the promotion of agriculture.

The first step in the beginning was at the end of June, the Second Guards Army assembled all officers above the general level in Nanjing City.

Ma Shiying, Minister of the Ministry of War and Chief of Staff, read out His Majesty's decree calling on the officers and soldiers of the Gyeonggi Field Army to support tax collection, explaining why the tax on the commercial income of the scholar-bureaucrats should be levied, and why the amount of taxation on wealthy businessmen and tycoons should be increased, so as not to embarrass the national treasury. Poverty will no longer make Sannong suffer from wars.

Officers from various peasant armies were asked to take the initiative to tell about the hardships of peasant life after the Liaodong War in the past, and the officers from all frontier armies were asked to tell about the lack of military pay when they fought for the imperial court in the past and had to mutiny In this situation, the military officers of various gentry backgrounds were asked to tell about the elegance and luxury of the literati in the past, so as to let the officers themselves realize the truth in it.

Zhu Youjian understands that the levy of business taxes, foreign trade tariffs, and personal income taxes must be supported by the army, so that the officers in the army cannot understand the difference between taxation by the emperor and competition with the people. The city's officials, gentry and wealthy businessmen contended.

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