Baidu otaku as Chongzhen

Chapter 128
Seeing that both Sun and Xu were in favor of increasing the land tax, Yang Reform also convinced others, so he prepared to make a decision on this matter.

"Then since all of you gentlemen have no other opinions, the South-to-North grain transfer matter is settled. According to what Master Xu said, part of the grain and disaster relief grain will be transported by sea, and the disaster relief grain from Shaanxi will be transported by canal. It goes directly to Kaifeng via the Yellow River, and then goes up to Xi’an. For this matter, Master Xu will draw up a specific detailed rules and plan, and then implement it in detail.”

Yang Reform added another task to Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty obeys the decree. I would like to ask Your Majesty how to proceed with the issue of tax exemption in the north? And how should your Majesty promote sweet potatoes?"

The question Xu Guangqi said caused Yang Reform, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, another headache.Regarding the issue of promoting sweet potatoes, it was previously agreed that sweet potatoes would be used as a discount for taxation. Now that the tax has been exempted, how can sweet potatoes be promoted?Yang Reform knows that looking at this sweet potato will save the Ming Dynasty's life!
Yang Reform wiped his forehead, and said, "Master Xu has a countermeasure for this matter?" Yang Reform had a headache, so he directly threw the problem to Xu Guangqi. Presumably, Xu Guangqi would have a solution.

Xu Guangqi did not disappoint Chongzhen Yang's reforms, saying: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there is no contradiction between the tax exemption and discounted sweet potatoes, and the promotion of sweet potatoes. I think this year's drought will happen, and sweet potatoes will not be promoted no matter what this year, so This year, the tax can be exempted, and it has nothing to do with sweet potatoes; in the second year of the coming year, it can be stipulated that those who plant more than [-]% to [-]% of the field of sweet potatoes can be exempted from tax. Isn’t your majesty planning to recycle some sweet potatoes? You can stipulate that one of them should be recycled per mu [-]%, or [-]% or [-]%, these sweet potatoes can be turned into cash for the people to use, so tax exemption, sweet potato discount, and promotion of sweet potatoes are all possible.”

Xu Guangqi's words made things clear to Yang Reform that he thought were complicated.Xu Guangqi is really good at domestic affairs.Yang Reform was very fortunate, fortunately he had brought Xu Guangqi here in advance, otherwise, Yang Reform would have a headache and die of these problems and how to deal with them.Sun Chengzong beside him also made some achievements in internal affairs, but Sun Chengzong focused more energy on the military.This can be regarded as both civil and military arms.

Ask Sun Chengzong if you are undecided in military affairs; ask Xu Guangqi if you are undecided in internal affairs.Yang Reform suddenly had such a realization.Perhaps, these are the two "angels" sent by God to see myself working too hard.The Ming Dynasty is slipping into the abyss step by step, and God has not completely abandoned himself, the heaven is also very close to him.

Yang Reform's mood became quite good, and he said loudly: "This matter, according to what Master Xu said, combine the tax exemption in the north, the promotion of sweet potatoes, and the taxation of color, and hand it over to Master Xu. Master Xu will draw up a specific plan. detailed plan and organize its implementation.”

Yang Reform wisely threw this thing to Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guangqi said: "Zunzhi, Your Majesty, I would like to ask, Your Majesty is exempt from tax in the north. Which provinces are they specifically? Or is it Shaanxi?"

This is simple, Yang reformed: "The northern part is exempt from taxes... the whole territory of Shaanxi, the northern part of Henan, the whole part of Gansu, and the western part of Shanxi. For the time being, this is the scope. The specifics will be determined according to the actual disaster situation. Disaster relief will be based on Shaanxi." Mainly, especially the northern part of Shaanxi, which is said to be even poorer, Master Xu must pay special attention.” Yang Reform recalled the scope of peasant wars in the late Ming Dynasty, most of which were in these places, so he decided to exempt these places from taxation. As for disaster relief, It even mentioned northern Shaanxi, where the peasant rebellion broke out.

This small-scale staff discussion is indeed more efficient than the court. Many things can be said directly, and the opinions raised are more reliable. Yang Reform began to like this small-scale handling of political affairs.

Yang Reform was about to end the discussion, but Xu Guangqi hesitated to speak.Seeing Xu Guangqi's embarrassment, Yang Reform wondered, "Master Xu, is there anything else?"

Xu Guangqi hesitated for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, I have a policy, I don't know if it should be said or not."

Yang Reform is strange, what else is something that even Xu Guangqi, the emperor's teacher, is scrupulous about?Said: "Master Xu, if you have anything to say, just say it. I am the Son of Heaven, and I will make the decision for Master Xu. Why not say it? Is there anyone else who threatens you?" If someone threatens the emperor, then Yang Reform It must be given to Xu Guangqi.Damn, it's shit on the emperor's head.

Xu Guangqi was very hesitant, very embarrassed, and finally said: "Your Majesty, this matter is related to disaster relief. I have a plan, so that Your Majesty can transport a large amount of food to Shaanxi without spending much money and food."

Yang Reform was surprised, what else could be done to get the food to go to Shaanxi by itself?I was also very puzzled: "Master Xu, what is the strategy?"

Xu Guangqi said with a very embarrassed expression: "Your Majesty, although this matter is feasible, but..." Xu Guangqi said half of it, but then stopped, which made Yang Reform feel strange. What kind of power made Xu Guangqi so considerate?

"Master Xu, just say, I will support you if you have anything to do." Yang Reform had no choice but to cheer up Xu Guangqi.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to reopen China and France." Xu Guangqi spit out these words.

"Reopening China and France?" Yang Reform was very puzzled, what is this opening of China and France?
"Yes, Your Majesty, please reopen China and France." Xu Guangqi said firmly, completely different from the hesitation just now.

Yang Reform asked weakly: "Master Xu, what is Kaizhongfa?"

Xu Guangqi explained: "Your Majesty, to open the Chinese law means to encourage merchants to transport grain to the frontier fortress in exchange for salt, and then the merchants use the salt to sell in the salt field in exchange for salt, which is to open the middle."

Damn, Yang Reform has to admire this move. In this way, food supply at the border and disaster relief in Shaanxi will not cost much at all. Yang Reform clearly remembers that one of the great weapons of the traversers is drying salt. This large-scale salt-making technology really needs as much salt as it needs!This is simply tailor-made for traversers!
Yang Reform was extremely excited, and said: "Master Xu's idea is very fresh! It's a wonderful strategy! In this way, it can be used for disaster relief with almost no money. I think the businessman will definitely transport it for Yanyin. When food arrives at border crossings and disaster-stricken areas, we will naturally find a way to solve the problem of transportation consumption, which is much better than the imperial court organizing transportation for disaster relief! Good strategy, good strategy..." Yang Reform kept praising Xu Guangqi's method as good.

Xu Guangqi corrected: "Your Majesty, opening up China and France is not a strategy that I came up with. It has existed in ancient times, and it has been practiced in our dynasty for many years. It's just that this system has been corrupted in recent years..."

Already have?Well, only then did Yang Reform realize that the ancients were also very smart. They were really smart when they came up with this method to solve the problem of grain transportation in the frontier. Who said that only modern people are smart?Look at the way the ancients thought, it is really high.

"Uh~~ Is it like this? Then Master Xu will explain to me the reason for the opening of Chinese law, and how it was implemented before?" Yang Reform suddenly became interested in this opening of Chinese law. This is a sharp weapon for disaster relief!Coupled with the large-scale salt drying technology of the traverser, this is almost invincible!
"Your Majesty, the method of opening China follows the system of the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Our dynasty is more in the frontier than opening the middle to solve the problem of grain transportation in the frontier. The law of opening China is divided into three steps: reporting to the middle, keeping the branch, and changing the market. In the middle, the salt merchants transported the grain to the designated granary in the border area according to the requirements of the imperial court, and exchanged the salt with the imperial court for the salt; The salt merchants transport the obtained salt to the designated area for sale, which is the open-China method.”

Yang Reform was shocked!How similar is this to the outsourcing and foundry emphasized by future generations?The imperial court used a salt in exchange for the merchants to transport the grain to the border. Among them, the merchants would naturally try their best to reduce consumption and transport more grain. The ancients were not pedantic!
"What's the effect?" Yang Reform was in a turbulent mood. If he had this method, he would be afraid of a bird's famine!As long as you print money as hard as the United States in later generations, you will have money to spend. Now, as long as you print hard, you will automatically have food to go to Shaanxi!

"Returning to Your Majesty, this method is very effective. In the early years, it was able to solve the problem of grain transportation at the border. There were even merchants who bought land at the border and hired people to farm nearby to collect grain. The nearest one was opened. It was called a commercial village. Thinking of the border, It was once prosperous." Xu Guangqi seems to have worked hard on this internal affairs, and he is quite familiar with this salt administration!
I rely on ~!Yang Reform yelled in his heart, who said the Chinese are lying down?Who said that the Chinese are small-scale peasants with a serious plot to guard the soil and don't know how to make progress?In order to make profits, they dared to hire people to farm at the border. This, profit-seeking, is quite strong. Why didn't it continue to be implemented?If this is the case, the law of opening up China has been promoted, and the border has been pushed out year by year, and the merchants will be closer to the farmland. This is not to push where they want to go.It won't take many years to rush out of Asia!Thinking about the Ming Dynasty, it has been 200 years, why has the national border remained unchanged?
"Then why did it stop again?" Yang Reform regretted why the law of opening up China had not been implemented all the time. If it had been implemented, this Asia would have been China's Asia long ago.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the system gradually deteriorated and it was difficult to achieve actual results. Therefore, it gradually fell into disrepair, and the commercial villages here also fell into disrepair. Therefore, in recent years, the food in this pass has often become tense."

Yang Reform's fist smashed his own palm. It's a pity, a pity, a pity that such a good method has been abandoned. If it is not abandoned, let alone flattening the wild boar's skin and defending against the wild boar's skin. !There is no shortage of food at the border, and there is no need to worry about food and wages. This combat effectiveness is still guaranteed.It's a pity that such a good method has been lost.I don't know if it's those pig-like teammates who ruined this "good method" like this.

Don't be afraid of opponents like gods, but teammates like pigs. Yang Reform has a clear understanding of this sentence again.

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