Traveled through Daming, but was punished by the old Zhu Shizu

"Xiu'er, where did you find all these chefs? Why is it more delicious than the food cooked by the royal chef in our palace?!"

Liu Xiu explained,

"Your Majesty, these are ordinary housewives who cook at home, how can they be considered chefs?"

"How is this possible?" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard the words, "Then our royal chef is worthless?!"

Liu Beast said,

"Your Majesty, this is due to the method. The food in the cafeteria is all fried in a big pot, and the big pot is naturally very fragrant.

And the dishes in His Majesty's palace are all small dishes one by one. No matter how high the master's skills are, the taste is definitely not as good as the big pot dishes. "

"What else is there to say? After we go back, let the royal chef in the palace try frying dishes in a big pot!"

Then, Zhu Yuanzhang looked around the entire cafeteria and couldn't help sighing,

"You can eat such good food every day, no wonder the workers in your Liu family work so hard.

By the way, I remember you also said that people who work in your family are free of board and lodging, right? "

Liu Xiu nodded.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but let out a long sigh again, the Liu family's treatment was really good.

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of something,

"We do see the benefits of the jobs you give them, but we still have a question."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"This group of people has indeed solved the problem of livelihood, but if they don't farm the land, where will the country's tax come from?

If the country has no taxes, how can it help refugees in other places?

After all, it is not from Daming. Every place is as lucky as Anqing Mansion, and there is a Liu family factory there. "

For a moment, Liu Xiu felt that it was not a good time to talk about reforming the tax system. The most important thing now was how to solve Zhu Yuanzhang's current doubts?

Solve the refugee problem within the scope of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Liu Xiu looked pensive and thought for a while, while Zhu Yuanzhang just looked at Liu Xiu quietly,

He suddenly found that after Liu Xiu had Liu Xiu, he was unwilling to use his head like that.

Anyway, the final solution I came up with was not as unconstrained as Liu Xiu's, so I just waited for Liu Xiu to give the final answer.

I saw Liu Xiu pulled the two eaten clean dinner plates over, put one of the dinner plates on the top, and placed two chopsticks under the dinner plate, one on the left and one on the right.

opened his mouth and said,

"Your Majesty, these are the people of Daming."

Zhu Yuanzhang leaned forward involuntarily, and began to listen attentively.

"The chopsticks on the left and right represent the taxes and corvee that the people of Ming Dynasty have to bear.

Taxation is payment, and corvee is contribution. "

Immediately afterwards, Liu Xiu placed another plate under the chopsticks on the left, and continued,

"This dinner plate represents the government of the Ming Dynasty. The money paid by the people's taxes will eventually flow into the government of the Ming Dynasty for unified management."

Liu Xiu put the remaining two chopsticks side by side side by side, placed them under the second dinner plate, and said,

"Most of the Ming government's money is used to fight disasters and relieve victims. This pair of chopsticks represents the victims."

Chapter 306 Work Relief and Return to Beijing

"The people of Ming Dynasty handed over the tax revenue to the government, and then the government uniformly dispatched it, and distributed it to the victims according to the disaster situation in various places.

Let’s not mention how much bureaucrats at all levels will be corrupt, and how much this batch of disaster relief wages will end up in the hands of the victims.

Your Majesty, don't you think this whole process is too cumbersome?

It is also very unfair to the people who pay taxes. They have to bear both taxes and servitude. Is this necessary? "

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback by the question, and said,

"What's wrong with this? Don't all dynasties and generations do this? We just copied it here,

Is it possible to let the people's tax money go directly to Liu Min?If there is no official dispatch from it, it will add more troubles,

Besides, corvee is also necessary, otherwise, where would people be dispatched to do various projects? "

The composition of the Yao service in ancient feudal dynasties was extremely complex, including not only the construction of palaces and imperial mausoleums,

It also includes the construction of local government water conservancy projects, and even some dynasties' labor,

It also includes serving as a conscript in a local area for a period of time, or serving as a soldier in Beijing and frontier fortresses.

Therefore, as Zhu Yuanzhang said, the corvée cannot be moved, otherwise, the government will spend more out of thin air.

In the end, these expenditures will eventually be spread to the people.

I saw Liu Xiu bowed his head and said nothing, took away the dinner plate representing the common people, and also took away the chopsticks on the left,

Then, he turned a pair of chopsticks representing refugees and pasted them on the part representing corvee,

The pattern on the table changed from a vertical rectangle to a circle,

The government connects the refugees, and the refugees finally point to the corvee.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the past with wide-eyed eyes, and seemed to have vaguely understood the deep meaning.

Liu Xiu said,

"Your Majesty, why don't you provide relief with work?"

"Relief with work?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

"Letting the people pay a little money to exempt from corvee, so that the people can spend more time on busy farming, is beneficial and harmless to the people.

Then, the government assigned these corvees to the refugees who recruited disasters, and asked these refugees to share the corvees, and the government gave them money.

It not only solves the problem of lack of people for public works, but also gives livelihood to refugees.

Most importantly, it is no longer difficult for bureaucrats to act from the middle.

This is the strategy of killing three birds with one stone. "

Zhu Yuanzhang froze on the spot when he heard the words, and then his eyes got bigger and bigger, staring at the circle on the table in the canteen, without saying a word for a long time,

Relief from work, streamlining the structure? !

After figuring out the joints, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but slapped his thighs and praised again and again,

"Wonderful, so fucking wonderful!

This can be done!And we will do it as soon as we get back! "

Zhu Yuanzhang showed ecstasy and laughed endlessly. He patted Liu Xiu's shoulder with a pair of rough hands and praised him.

"Hahahahahahahaha! Xiu'er, your strategy is worth thousands of gold! No! Ten thousand gold!"

Afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer sit still,

got up and asked,

"Just put the dinner plate here?"

Liu Xiu nodded and said

"Your Majesty, just put it here, and someone will come to collect it when the time comes."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and walked out impatiently, saying as he walked,

"We're going back to Beijing right away. By the way, Xiu'er, after you get things done here, go back to Beijing as soon as possible!"

Liu Xiu was about to answer Zhu Yuanzhang, but he had already walked away in a hurry.

Obviously, Liu Xiu's strategy of using work for relief gave Zhu Yuanzhang a great impact!

.........

The next day Zhu Yuanzhang took Li Wenzhong and Xu Da on the earliest boat, left Wudi directly, and returned to Yingtian Mansion.

Few people even knew the news of Zhu Yuanzhang's departure. Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted to go back to Yingtian Mansion and catch those officials by surprise.

Seeing that the Liu family's business in Wudi was on the right track, Liu Xiu directly handed over all the business here to Uncle and Shen Wansan,

After waiting for a few more days, when Zhanlan and Tuotuo patriarch's convoys headed south and north respectively,

Liu Xiu was also preparing to return to Beijing.

Liu Xiu only took Ma Sanbao and Mrs. Li with him, and the rest stayed in Wu.

After all, the land of Wu is waiting to be rejuvenated, and more strength is still needed.

Along the river mouth,

Song Zan, Xia Yuanji, Liu Zhiji, Shen Wansan, Gui Shou, Yu Tonghe, Lao Lang and others were present,

They all saw Liu Xiu off.

Liu Xiu was dressed lightly, Ma Sanbao was carrying the package, and Mrs. Li was like a maid.

Liu Xiu looks like a rich man.

Liu Zhiji brought all the children of the Liu family forward and said,

"Nephew, when you arrive in the capital, take care of my father for me.

The people in the capital are too bad, you have to be more careful in everything, and discuss with your uncle more often. "

It seems that the uncle has not yet come out of the shadow of the Kongyin case, and regards Ying Tianfu as a den of a wealthy wolf and a tiger.

However, the uncle said it well,

Liu Xiu's trip back to Beijing must not be easy.

Song Zan said, "Think more about everything, and write more letters with me if you have nothing to do. Your family's business is protected by me here, so don't worry."

Liu Xiu respectfully saluted and said, "Thank you sir!"

Song Zan's words were less than a reassurance, and it stabilized Liu Xiu's heart. After all, it was his husband who took care of him.