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Chapter 584 Mobilization Before the Decisive Battle
Bi Ziyan was a little flustered. This time, it was a big mistake. He lost points on such an important occasion, and the impression on the emperor might not be that good.

"I'm terrified!..." Bi Ziyan said again and again. By this time, he probably also knew the emperor's plan. The land outside the pass, from the very beginning, the emperor had a plan, and it was definitely not as simple as he said for the refugees. , it seems that the issue of tax payment will be deeply imprinted in every corner of the Ming Dynasty and its serious issue. The dispute between paying taxes and not paying taxes may be the core issue of the political situation of the Ming Dynasty.

"Hehe, what is the Qing family afraid of?" Yang Reform asked with a smile.

"Return to Your Majesty, minister..." Bi Ziyan calmed down quickly, and began to organize his words to see how to regain the emperor's impression of him.He can also be regarded as the emperor's confidant. Although he is not as core as Sun and Xu, he also knows and participated in many secrets of the emperor. He calmed down and compared many things before and after. Tax payment, for example, the sale of the land today has to consider tax payment. All these things point to one thing, that is, the issue of tax payment. Bi Ziyan is not unaware that the dispute over tax payment is fierce nowadays, but When asking this question, I was a little bit dogmatic, and once reminded, I immediately let go, immediately understood the cause and effect of the matter, and immediately understood the meaning of the emperor calling them to come.

"It's okay to be straightforward!" Yang Reform said, this Bi Ziyan has always looked serious and serious, and it is rare to see such a panicked expression. Yang Reform is interested to see what this panic is about.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I understand that the dispute over tax payment is a fight for the century-old plan of the Ming Dynasty; it is a fight for the foundation of our dynasty. Whether or not to pay taxes is related to the success or failure of the court..." Bi Zi was serious said, as if he had figured it out.

"Well, it's good that the Qing family can understand this. As the secretary of the household department, the Qing family is more sensitive to numbers. What is my annual income? How much is the annual expenditure? The holes in this must be the Qing family's. It is very clear that the imperial court has no money, what can it do? Only when it has money can it win battles and provide disaster relief to the people. Where does the imperial court get its money from? The only way to do it is to collect taxes. What is the reason for the tax dispute? It is very simple. It is for those who pay taxes to overwhelm those who do not pay taxes. The two can only have one voice. If those who do not pay taxes win, then my Ming Dynasty can only be like Like before, wars were always lost, there was no money for disaster relief, the people were displaced, and finally my Ming Dynasty collapsed and fell apart..." Yang Reform said, now, it can be regarded as a curse on his core people, or in other words, to his core people. People and horses tell the truth.

Zhu Shun was a little proud from the beginning, but became stunned. He could only lower his head, kept silent, a little scared, and more excited. He originally gave advice to the emperor, but he suddenly thought of it and blurted it out. Thinking that the things involved in this matter would be so deep, although he also knew that the tax disputes in the court are now fierce, almost replacing the original party disputes, but he did not expect that the disputes would be so fierce, nor did he expect that, The fight will go to such a deep level that even the land outside the pass that has not yet been obtained will be the place where the two sides will fight. This is really beyond his expectations.

In other words, there is still a bigger battle between the taxpayers of the imperial party and those who don't pay taxes, which will involve all aspects of the entire Ming Dynasty, almost every corner.Either the matter of not paying taxes will be completely obsolete, and we will go back to the old way; or the emperor will win completely, and every aspect of the Ming Dynasty, every mountain, every ditch, and every handful of mud will have to pay taxes...

Zhu Shun, as the person in charge of the North Tax Administration, thought that the dispute over tax payment would involve such a wide area and would have such a profound impact on the Ming Dynasty. So big, so big that he, the emperor's confidant, felt scared. Zhu Shun didn't dare to think about the scene where every handful of mud in the Ming Dynasty had to pay taxes... excited and scared...

"..., instead of making trouble like this and falling apart, it's better to make a break..." Yang Reform was talking, but he saw Zhu Shun's appearance was a little strange, and looked at it curiously.

"Xiao Shunzi, I'm asking you, do you understand?" Seeing Zhu Shun's strange appearance, Yang Reform asked by the way, Zhu Shun's performance today is a bit eye-catching.

"Return to Your Majesty, servant girl understands, in the future, either my Ming Dynasty will return to the old way, or every inch of land in the Ming Dynasty will have to pay taxes..." Zhu Shun was trembling with excitement when he said this, This scene of paying taxes everywhere made him very excited.

"That's right, that's what I mean... I don't need to say what the fate of the court without money is. Since there are taxes to be collected, I can't get around those people. It's impossible for me to just say, let them pay taxes, etc. , I still have to abide by the many rules that I have passed down from the Ming Dynasty. My Zhu family can't break the promise... It is impossible to persuade those people to pay taxes on their own initiative. Therefore, I also have what I have today. This tax supervision and tax payment policy, and the current tax dispute, can be regarded as getting rid of the shackles of many rules in the past. It is a golden opportunity. Take advantage of this opportunity to thoroughly establish that tax payment is the basic national policy of our dynasty. ..." Yang Reform was very happy, so he told the core of the matter.

This tax dispute and tax policy is actually to bypass the various rules handed down from the Ming Dynasty. Although these rules are very unreasonable, they are extremely corrupt and are the direct cause of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. Existence, after all, is continuing, and it is obviously too blunt to say that these rules are invalid when you come up, without any skills, and it is bound to be opposed by most people. Woolen cloth.To change these rules, the only way is to use ingenuity to bypass these rules and use "momentum" to re-establish a set of rules to force the original set of rules to become invalid, which is today's "voluntary tax payment" policy. Negating the original old policies and rules has also forced the original set of rules and policies to become invalid. People who hold the original set of rules cannot make irresponsible remarks on the new set of rules, because the emperor did not let you pay taxes. , did not force you, you can use this set of rules as a talisman, the emperor will not do anything to you, but you will not get any benefits because of the new "voluntary tax payment" policy, the new tax payment Classes will gradually block your profit channels, will gradually submerge all your interests, and make you gradually isolated in this world and out of this society. This is the new set of "voluntary tax payment" Great.

The new tax-paying class is gaining more and more profits, the channels for making profits are getting wider and wider, the number of members is growing, and its power is growing. However, the old rules, when faced with the new rules, the old class can’t even Against this rule, the most powerful point is that paying taxes is voluntary, and the emperor never forces you to pay taxes, so even if this new set of rules hinders your interests, you can't say anything, let alone take The old rules came to ask the emperor what, because the emperor did not violate those old rules, let alone change those old rules.Everything is as natural as the fallen leaves in autumn.

Of course, for the rise of the new tax-paying class, there must be a very powerful leader, and there must be a certain room for growth. Then there is no doubt that Emperor Yang Reform is the leader of the new tax-paying class, and he has given the new tax-paying class Sufficient room for growth, such as various subsidies, such as various emerging industries, such as the upcoming large-scale infrastructure projects, such as overseas trade, such as dividends from land expansion, etc., all of which can only be participated by the tax-paying class, and the new tax-paying class It is bound to grow rapidly, and will soon become a new class that confronts the old class.

Of course, in the end, there will be a decisive battle between these two classes, and the winning party will win everything completely. In the land of the Ming Dynasty, it will have an absolute advantage. The rules they uphold will become this The only rule on the block of land.

"I understand..." Bi Zi said solemnly. Only now did he understand that the dispute over tax payment is more severe than he imagined. It is not as simple as a party dispute in the court as he thought. It was a battle without gunpowder that involved the entire Ming Dynasty to "change the world".

"Your servant understands..." Zhu Shun's legs are still trembling slightly up to now. His tax supervisor, that is to say, will be the place where the power will dominate the world in the future. His power is so great that it is unimaginable... [Everyone imagine If you don’t know how much power the tax supervisor has, you can refer to the US tax bureau for yourself...]

"Well, it's good to understand. In the future, this tax dispute will become more intense. I will explain to you today. You should be aware that many things will involve tax payment. Therefore, you should pay more attention and understand. Is it?" Yang Reform asked again.

"I understand." Bi Ziyan said seriously this time knowing how serious the matter was.

"Your servant understands." Zhu Shun also said.

Yang Reform nodded. This time, it will be a decisive battle with those who do not pay taxes. If they are dealt with, the root problem of the Ming Dynasty will be considered to be partially resolved, and then it will be combined with the "land revolution", colonial expansion, and cultural loosening. With the great popularization and progress of science and education, a vibrant Ming Dynasty will appear in this world. No one will be able to stop the Ming Dynasty's footsteps, and the world will tremble under the Ming Dynasty's footsteps.

In fact, when it comes to tax payment, there is not only one way to go around the existing rules. Directly negate the various original rules, directly ask them to pay taxes, and directly kill those who do not pay taxes. This successful example is the history of the Yongzheng period that "the gentry pays taxes to the gentry." This is a hard line. The example of asking people to pay taxes directly is still successful, successfully breaking the saying that the barbarians have no luck for a century.

Yongzheng's ability to do this does not mean that Yang Reform can do this. Yongzheng's ability to do this is based on the fact that he has another set of power to guarantee his imperial power, the Eight Banners system, and he directly asks people to pay taxes. and the interests of the scholar class, but the Eight Banners and the Manchus have gained great benefits because of this. This is the key to the success of this system. Yongzheng can ignore the interests of the majority of scholars and the landlord class, and he is not afraid of their opposition. His own rights come from the Eight Banners, from the Manchus, not those scholars and landlords. The rolling heads of the Manchus entering the customs ensured that he would not be afraid of dissatisfaction from these people.

This is fundamentally different from Yang’s Reformation. This is also the point where “the gentry pays taxes to the gentry” [the essence of this sentence is to pay taxes] only the key to Yongzheng’s success. Reformers who wanted to reform in history, except Yongzheng is not one or two, but they are not considered very successful. For example, Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty, although history has a high evaluation of him, and even has the words of a reformer on him, but there is almost no comparison. There have been substantial changes in taxation, or in other words, "split into the mu, and the gentry pay taxes together", and the consequences will not be mentioned.

Farther away, such as Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty, also wanted to make a difference in "tax payment" [Wang Anshi's various laws, reforms on land, commerce, and even the military, are essentially the word tax payment], but he actually There is no way to complete the real reform, and it is not even as thorough as Yongzheng's. His approach is to directly ask people to pay taxes, and offend the big landlords and scholars at the time. Wang Anshi adopted a softer strategy, bypassing the privileges granted to the gentry class in the Song Dynasty at that time, adopting a method of not denying the privileges of the gentry at that time to reform, and reforming with a guiding attitude, I am afraid that the ending of the Song Dynasty will be rewritten.

Wang Anshi's situation is similar to that of Yang Reform now. There is no Eight Banners to rely on, and no other nation to rely on. He himself is Han, and he can only rely on the existing profit-making class to carry out reforms. Down with this class...

Its complexity far exceeds that of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty. This is also the reason why only Yongzheng can succeed.

In order to eat hot soup, taking oneself as a tripod is the end of reformers like Wang Anshi, and it is also the end of their reforms.

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After talking, Yang Reform finally explained the matter of the land outside the customs, and the issue of tax payment that he brought up made his confidants understand his intentions.

"Okay, that's the end of the first thing, so let's talk about the second thing, which is mainly related to Xiao Shunzi." Yang Reform finished the first thing and started to talk about the second.

Both of them lowered their heads and listened earnestly. Today, they can be regarded as having heard the great secret. This kind of thing involving the century-old fortune of the Ming Dynasty is really amazing.

"What happened yesterday, Xiao Shunzi, you must have heard of it." Yang Reform asked.

"Return to Your Majesty, but are you talking about building roads with commerce?" Zhu Shun is also a smart man. Except for the details of the Sancha River Victory, the major event that was reported from the palace yesterday was this. It involved hundreds of years and countless As long as the people in the capital are not deaf, they will know about money, which makes countless people stamp their feet and make agitation.

"Well, that's it, Xiao Shunzi, since you already know it, tell me, what do you think?" Yang Reform asked. This matter can also be regarded as a big killer in the tax dispute. Who can be tempted by such a huge project with such huge profits?I don’t know how many people will increase the number of people who have changed their family and joined the imperial party’s tax-paying faction. In fact, this can be regarded as drawing a big cake for everyone and depicting a beautiful blueprint. As for the actual situation, who knows?Anyway, the current effect is quite good. Most people believe that the emperor wants to build roads, and it is a large-scale road construction. Everyone believes that there are countless silvers that can be earned here, and they can be earned for hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years. Years, that's enough. As for whether to actually repair it, that's another matter. Who told the emperor's reputation to be so good?

"Returning to Your Majesty, the small ones have already been approved. According to the old rules, only those who pay taxes can be allowed to buy shares. Those who don't pay taxes, don't even think about meddling. Naturally, all kinds of materials needed for road construction and so on. Naturally, some will be distributed to those who pay taxes, and they will not eat alone..." When Zhu Shun mentioned this, he immediately became energetic, his legs stopped shaking, and he immediately entered the state. Now he is familiar with it. Who can buy shares and who can't, he doesn't need to look at the files to know who should drink the soup except for the big head. This is also a science, and it is well thought out.

"Well, that's good. I can rest assured about this. I won't say much about workers' wages, you know?" Yang Reform said.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the small ones will never be wrong, and they will compare the wages given by Liulizhai. Although it is not as high as Liulizhai, it is still quite a great wage. It will never treat the common people badly." Zhu Shun said immediately, the wages , but the key to the emperor's victory over the work-for-relief factions, naturally cannot be ambiguous on this point.

"That's good. I've already made an agreement with Shaanxi Li Yanyi about the oil residue. He will send it to you for 500 taels a car..." Yang Reform said again.

Before they finished speaking, Bi Ziyan and Zhu Shun were sweating, this oil is really precious! 500 taels for a car is a little too expensive. How dare the emperor spend such money?This is spreading gold on the ground!There is still a shop for forty miles...

"...By the way, companion, tell Fu Mingde that a large number of carriages may be needed for the road construction this time, at Li Yanyi's side in Shaanxi. Let him figure out a way. The money matter is another matter..." Yang Reform half-spoken, Interjected a word to Wang Chengen.

"Slave obeys the order!" Wang Chengen agreed.

"...I called you here today to say that there will be a big battle in this tax dispute. This road construction involves a lot of money. Some people may want to switch to the court. You must review this Clearly, if they meet the conditions, let them pay taxes in time, and there will be a greater chance of winning in a decisive battle in the future." Yang Reform said, this time, because it involves a tax dispute, it will be a decisive battle with those people. We also had to expand our enrollment, which was a general mobilization before the war.

"Your servant understands!" Zhu Shun replied immediately, and the emperor had spoken, so he had a bottom line in his heart.

(End of this chapter)