Chapter 293.

Zhu coldly compared the accounts.

Following this, he said, “This is only a year, the hidden fields …… have caught more than double, a Taipingfu so, then the other state capitals in the world?”

Sharwonji’s heart was both nervous and relieved.

He knew very well that when this matter was revealed, it would be absolutely unforgivable for His Majesty.

It’s not just a little bit of land, it’s been hidden for so many years that the nature has changed.

Of course, the reason for his relief lies in the fact that he, the Secretary of the Household, was taken off the hook.

Yes, he jumped ahead to report the good news, the essence is to do so, once others jumped ahead, concealment of the land, will inevitably evolve into the case of the empty seal in general, is the Ministry of the household of the chief official and the local state and county of the parents of the official conspiracy.

But now …… it is like he snatched the revelation first, at least …… his majesty still still treats him as his own person.

It is precisely because it is one of their own that they are interrogated harshly.

If even this basic trust is gone ……

He is aware of Zhu Di, necessarily will never ask more questions, at least not in person, but the Jin Yiwei under the driving sticker, invited him to the imperial prison to explain.

Natsubara Yoshi also could not help but feel bitter in his heart about the hidden land, but he did not dare to say anything.

And he did not expect, things will be so serious, thought it was just the local squire, hiding some, but this is also justifiable, after all, …… do not want to pay taxes, is human nature.

But where did I think that these people, playing with such flowers!

Natsuhara Yoshi said, “Your Majesty …… Although I have occasionally heard of some hidden lands, ……”

Zhu tensed his face and said, “But what?”

Natsubara Yoshi said, “I didn’t dare to make a fuss before.”

“Small talk?” Zhu’s face became even more furious.

Xia Yuanji said, “Originally thought that the hidden land is not much, may only account for one or two percent of the world, or even less, but if a large number of go to clear the land, spend money and food and manpower costs countless, so the minister ……”

Zhu Di’s face is slightly milder, Xia Yuanji said is reasonable, clearing the land is costly, especially these people who conceal the land, since they dare to do so, they must have their energy.

If there is not much land concealed, even if some of it is cleared, but the manpower and resources are spent, the tax may only be increased by one or two percent, then this is called a loss that outweighs the gain.

Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Household, cannot be said to be right for making such considerations, but neither can he be said to be guilty.

Zhu Di closed his eyes, eyes flashed something, he coldly said, “If it is true that it is only hidden a little, what the Secretary said, is not unreasonable, but now it seems …… to be not such a thing.”

“Yes.” Xia Yuanji said, “I was also surprised, this matter if not thoroughly investigated to the end …… the court’s loss is too great. ”

Zhu said, “In addition to the very huge amount of hidden land ……”

After a pause, Zhu Di slowly said, “And …… the increase in registered land in Taiping Province is more than double, but the grain collected, but a full four times the increase …… here… …accounts, have you sorted them out?”

Xia Yuanji said, “Your Majesty, the reason why Taipingfu has a million stones of summer grain is partly due to the fact that the land base has more than doubled, and in addition to that, it is that those who were previously not taxed have been taxed by Taipingfu.”

“People who don’t tax?”

“According to the tax law, the official gentry and scholars with meritorious degrees are exempted from the tax.”

Zhu Di coldly smiled: “I certainly know, but the problem is …… the official gentry and readers of the tax …… reduction is the court’s favorable treatment of them, but now it seems that their land, but also really too much some. This is not counting, there are silver tax, here is even more frightening, a government so, the world so many government counties, and what is it like?”

Speaking of this, Zhu felt the fire in his heart rise high again.

Xia Yuanji hastily bowed down and said, “I am guilty of ten thousand deaths.”

Zhu said, “Of course you are guilty.”

He bellowed angrily.

Teaching Natsubara Yoshi’s mind a single tremor, the heart that had relaxed, but hung high again.

Zhu Di stared at him coldly for half a minute, but said: “But you are compared with other officials and gentry, but better, at least you still know …… that these things should not be. I am afraid that some people …… hide the land, relying on the court’s preferential treatment, tax relief, but also smug, complacent. Into his mother, this group of animals, they are what!”

Zhu Di more and more furious: “Weekdays, everyone is screaming poor, one by one …… all say they can not live, say how the people how, the court to them so much preferential treatment, they do not know enough, but also day after day to complain, now … . look at it, this is a bunch of what things! Today’s matter, can’t rest, quickly summon Wen Yuan Ge University scholar, summon Zhang An Shi to come!”

Under Zhu Di’s anger, Xia Yuan Ji was too scared to utter a breath, so a eunuch, on fire, went to summon someone.

Within a short time, Yang Rong, Hu Guang and the others had arrived, and saw Zhu Di’s face turning blue, while Xia Yuan Ji was prostrate on the ground, not saying a word.

The bachelors were shocked and knew that something had happened, but it was difficult to guess what was in His Majesty’s mind when His Majesty’s expression was obscure and unknown, so they fell to the ground in obeisance.

Zhu Di didn’t even look at them, but just looked down and scrutinized the account book on the imperial table.

Although he had a headache from watching, he was watching extremely seriously, and the more he watched, the more his entire body became taut and shivered with anger.

It’s so much more than a pipe.

The amount of information that can be derived from a Pacific House is just too much.

Dare I say that the world’s money and food, 70% or 80% are letting people accounted for, I got two or three percent, but also fucking to take the money to practice, to relief, to feed the officials. And those who took away 70% or 80% of the people, if only got the benefits, just muffled.

These people, on the other hand, happen to be the most fucking like full of benevolence and morality of the group, all day fucking indoctrination you, every day to give you a wake-up call, open mouth is worried about the country and the people.

Finally, a eunuch hurried in and said, “Your Majesty, the Duke of Wei has arrived.”

“Xuan.”

Zhang Anshi entered the hall.

Only then did Zhu take his eyes off the ledger and look up.

Zhang Anshi has become noticeably thinner recently.

For his part, Zhu Di’s eyes lit up the moment he saw Zhang Anshi and said, “Give him a seat.”

Zhang Anshi looked at the princes who were kneeling on the ground and could not afford it, a eunuch brought him a chair, he was not polite and sat down in a big way.

Zhu Di said, “The accounts, I have read them.”

“Your Majesty …… minister ……”

Zhu Di waved his hand, “The Taiping Mansion was something you had to go to, it’s good that you went, if you didn’t, I’d still be a fool, or a fool, or a fainting king now.”

That’s a lot of words.

Frightened Xia Yuanji several people, even more soulful, head also unconsciously hang down a little lower.

Zhu Di added at this time, “Damn it, they take advantage of me and still want to teach me to say good things about them!”

Zhang Anshi carefully looked at Zhu Di in his full fury, then said, “I …… am in Taipingfu ……”

Zhu Di, however, interrupted him and said, “The matter of taxes, you talk to me. ”

Zhang Anshi had to say, “In order to cut out the White Lotus Sect, I have …… implemented military law in Taipingfu, and in order to eradicate the soil of the White Lotus Sect, so …… I have the audacity to… …made some changes in governance. Governor Yamen want to do more things, first of all, there must be silver, the government are no silver, how to repair bridges and roads, and how to establish the school, how to reinforce the river embankment, how to relief the people? I go along with this idea …… to do it.”

“In the past, some repair bridges to mend the road, in fact …… all over the parents of the officials, to take are some please the gentry to cooperate in the way, such as the parents of the officials, the gentry you dozens of two, I dozens of two, to get together a little bit of silver, and then build a schoolhouse. But the minister to the Taiping Province, but found …… these squires, but also willing to charity, the government if you want to let them funding, they are willing to take out a little silver to ……”

After a pause, Zhang Anshi went on to say: “But the minister took a closer look, but found that it is not such a thing, the government asked the gentry to do things, so they are extremely favorable, and the gentry only need to come up with a little bit of silver, that is, you can get a good man’s reputation. Precisely because of this, they rely on the convenience of the relationship with the government, hiding land, and through the way to let the people cast offerings, exempted a large number of taxes, so that …… they not only do good deeds, but also rely on these, earned several times the profit.”

Zhu listened attentively.

Zhang Anshi then continued: “I was confused, this is not a joke? Small people have to pay taxes, but there are a lot of land people, the government is not a penny, every year out of the district tens of two hundreds of two out of the alms to the government, the government also have to give them to send a good family house of cards. So …… the minister then in Taipingfu, set a few rules.”

“One of them is the clearing of the land, without uncovering all the hidden land, there is no way for the government to do anything, and the unfairness of the tax system will lead to terrible phenomena. People who own more land and don’t have to pay taxes will try to do everything they can to increase their land. And land less small people, bear the tax, slightly encountered some natural and man-made disasters, will have to sell land cheaply to maintain their livelihoods, so go on …… how good, the people in addition to go to believe in that White Lotus Sect, there really is no way to live.”

When Zhu heard this, he subconsciously nodded his head.

Yang Rong and the others, also gradually came back to their senses, only at this time, they decided to play deaf and dumb.

I saw Zhang Anshi said: “After clearing the acres of land, it is spread into the mu, to the number of fields to collect grain tax, and no longer in the past to the head to collect, in this way, there is a lot of land to pay more grain, no land will be less. Of course, this is the government and gentry as a whole to pay grain ……”

Zhu listened and continued to nod his head continuously.

To a certain extent, the Ming Dynasty inherited the Yuan Dynasty system, and the tax system of the Yuan Dynasty was very chaotic. To what extent was it chaotic, that is, it was simply blindly collected, and at one time, it was a package tax.

By the time Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, in fact, there is not much tax thinking, although not dare to play the package tax such a strange thing, but because of a hundred years, there is not much in charge of the tax talent, so they established a very rough and simple system of physical tax.

And Zhang Anshi is considered to clear his thoughts, he said: “Your Majesty, the essence of taxation, I thought there are but two, one: is to borrow the power of the court, to balance the world’s military and civilian people, not to teach the small people are forced by the tax to no place, but also to teach those who have the advantage of the gentry Na more grain, for the use of the court.”

“The second is that the court needs expenses, there must be money and food, if the tax is insufficient, the government even repair bridges and pave roads, also need to beg, then this local government, in the end, is the court appointed by the parents of the official say, or the local powerful say? Wealth is the world’s first-class big thing, can not be ignored, if not, then the court and the government, will be nothing to do.”

Zhu Di nodded repeatedly, “After so many years, only Zhang Qing dares to say such words, just …… to levy, I am afraid it is not easy.”

“Of course not easy.” Zhang Anshi frankly said: “So I these days, daily sitting in the magistrate’s office, dare not have any blunders, which encountered the problem, as many as hair, and I did not serve as a parent official, which is very rusty, there …… is also just a thought. ”

Zhang Anshi here paused, only then said: “But relying on such a thought, want to become practical, is more difficult than heaven. Well, this Taiping House on the next officials, the deep understanding of the righteousness, they learned of the idea of the minister, but also willing to do everything possible to assist the minister, if not for them in every detail for the effectiveness of this, I’m afraid …… that this is as difficult as the sky. Among them there is the co-conspirator Gao Xiang, summer grain levy, he is almost day and night in the co-conspirator hall, or else to go to the counties to patrol, almost feet do not touch the ground, encountered problems, had to personally go to dispose of the daily can only sleep for two or three hours, sometimes busy meal time are delayed.”

“And Li Zhaomu, he presided over the wind discipline, is also blood, tax the most difficult, is to make people convinced, although changed the rules, but the rules are a line, if fair and impartial, according to the rules, although many people are not convinced, see the government as one colleague, but also can not say. Fear, some people levy more, some people levy less, it will inevitably be criticized, triggering disputes. Therefore, this official discipline, is the most important, which a little negligence, or an official bias, will be a big problem, in the process of levying summer grain, Li Zhaomu disposed of a total of seventy-four officials in violation of the law, not only greatly cleared out the past year’s accumulated shortcomings, eliminated a lot of black sheep, but also greatly protect the smooth levying of grain.”

“As for the lower counties of the magistrate, is also extremely cooperative, which has Wuhu County magistrate Zhou Jin. Wuhu County has a lot of powerful families, many of them …… are related to the dignitaries, but Zhou County Magistrate is not afraid of power, for those who dare to block the grain levy, do not ask each other’s identity, are treated equally to deal with ……”

“Your Majesty, I am a person, you know, I am lazy and greedy, I am still young and can’t stay calm, if it is not for all of us to help together, I am afraid that I can’t do such a complicated errand.”

Zhang Anshi’s words were exaggerated.

However, Zhu Di still moved, because Zhu Di knows very well that the local parental officer is different from other errands, and the things to be managed are too detailed.

And Zhang Anshi this guy, or set a precedent, which is like, will be his own one person, stood in the whole of the three counties of Taiping Province on the opposite side.

Without many people working diligently on their errands, ready to deal with the problems caused by the new measures, it would indeed have been impossible to complete this levy in this short period of time.

But now it seems that the levy is not only doing well, but …… is too good to be true, greatly exceeding everyone s expectations.

This, obviously, is inseparable from the support of all those above and below the Peace House who are doing their best to support it.

Then Zhu said, “You don’t have to be self-effacing, although everyone is willing to do their best, may make these officials do their best, this is also your skill as a governor.”

Zhu Di fixedly looked at Zhang Anshi, but is full of praise: “If the world’s officials, such as Taipingfu general, I still worry about what? This Taiping House is the world model, Zhang Qing family and its officials, more officials in the world role model ah.”

Zhu looked serious, the Taiping Province pays too much money and food, food has doubled several times, while the commercial tax is ten times.

If this is true, how can the treasury not be full? With so much silver, whether it is the country’s livelihood, the court can be utilized space, can be too big.

This maneuver of Zhang Anshi was like opening a new path for Zhu Di.

“Such a feat of daring to be the first in the world is an eye opener.” Zhu Di murmured and said boldly, “The Taipingfu has done a good job, and everyone …… should be commended.”

When Zhu Di said that, he immediately looked at Yiluoha: “I want to personally write a decree to honor Taipingfu, and order people to set up a monument in Taipingfu Yamen, so that their achievements will be extolled for generations to come.”

Yiluoha hurriedly said, “The slave girl obeys the decree.”

Zhu added: “As for the officials who have made merit this time, they should also be rewarded.”

With his hands behind his back, he paced up and down, but seemed to be pondering something, and after half a second, he said, “There would be no need to break the ranks and promote the official.”

No promotion?

Zhang Anshi’s heart immediately sank, hell, exhausted for most of the day, is it just a reward for the matter?

Besides, with the petty nature of His Majesty s reward …… that would be no fun.

At first, the reward he also only ten thousand taels of silver it, this Taiping House up and down so many people, may end up manpower up to a ten taels eight taels it.

Although this amount of silver, for ordinary people is not small, but Zhang Anshi still can not help but be greatly disappointed.

Zhu Di but then said: “But this year …… the money and food in Taipingfu, ranked in the world’s top, see how important this Taipingfu, I see …… the Taipingfu upgraded it. This Taipingfu, with the Yingtianfu, Shuntianfu, etc., the governor changed to the governor, Zhang Anshi …… you remain in office, then do this Taipingfu governor.”

When these words came out, Zhang Anshi, who was originally depressed and unhappy, was so shocked that his mouth opened wide and he could not close it a bit.

Yang Rong, Hu Guang, Xia Yuanji and others, at this time, are also greatly surprised, because this matter …… is not small.

There are two capitals in Daming, one is Yingtianfu and the other is Shuntianfu. Yingtianfu is actually the urban area of Nanjing City, while Shuntianfu is the urban area of Beiping.

After Zhu Di’s success in pacifying the country, he entered Nanjing to become the emperor. Considering that Beiping was the place of Dragon’s Rise and a major town in the north, Beipingfu was changed to Shuntianfu, which was listed as the accompanying capital.

These two capitals, in fact, have another name, that is, the capital of the province, their pattern and the management of the territory, although and the unusual province does not have any difference, but after all, because it is the capital of the city, so the level is extraordinary.

For example, in the usual prefectures, the governor is of the fourth rank, but the prefects of Yingtian Prefecture and Shuntian Prefecture, which are the capitals, are of the third rank.

That is to say, Yingtian prefect, the official position is and the provinces of the Buzhengzhi in equivalent, are three ranks.

Except, of course, the governor became the prefect, which was equivalent to becoming a true feudal official. And the other officials within the capital city also rose up the ranks.

By analogy, then the Tongzhi of Jingzhao, which was originally of the fifth grade, but now, has directly become the fourth grade.

As for the magistrates at the lower levels, the unusual magistrates were of the seventh rank, while the magistrates of Jingzhao County were of the sixth rank.

Directly jumped two levels, absolutely belongs to the broken promotion, and this promotion, even Hanlin, although promoted quickly, but also very few such cases.

As for the magistrates, not to mention jumping two levels in a row, even from the seventh grade to the sixth grade such a leap, may need to spend a lifetime, the vast majority of them are stuck in this position, a lifetime without a day to get ahead.

Zhu Di can not care how everyone is surprised and unexpected, he then said: “Taipingfu from now on, also for the Beijing Zhaowu, all matters, can be direct, in addition to the government offices in the province, the newly set up Chajin and House Museum, public halls, yin and yang and medicine, monks and Taoist Department, the river berths, the tax bureau, etc., Zhang Qingjia drew up a directory, reported to me here. ”

This unexpected joy, Zhang Anshi was really unexpected, he even clenched his fists and felt the strength in the palm of his hand before he dared to believe that it was real.

And so it was left full of giddiness.

Since the Taipingfu was upgraded, the institutions of the Jingzhaofu, however, are not comparable to the unusual fu, that is to say, …… the establishment has also increased.

After all, the capital is governed by the scale of the province, in the past, rely on a governor’s office, a Tongzhi Hall, there are a few Zhaomo, pass judge and so on the governance model, as well as far from enough, many new Yamen, need to be established.

And Zhu Di’s meaning, obviously these Yamen to fill the official candidate. He does not care, you Zhang Anshi self-management to report, reported to me here, I give you approval.

Zhang Anshi struggled to stabilize his uplifted mood, and also managed to suppress the urge to laugh out loud, and instead said with genuine gratitude, “Thank you, Your Majesty ……”

The gold in this award is really something!

Zhu Di smiled and said, “There is no need to thank me, is that I want to thank you, into the fucking group of dog officials, one by one to take me as a fool, it is rare that there are those of you who are willing to do their best to use their lives, I am not still not willing to give up?”

Zhu Di was smiling at first, but when he said these latter words, he couldn’t help but gnash his teeth and teeth.

Zhu Di then looked to Yang Rong and others, but did not face Zhang Anshi when the pleasant colors, coldly said: “How do you think the Secretary of my initiative? Come on, all honestly, if the ministers oppose, can also say a son of ugly c and d.”

Words to this point, Yang Rong and others are still deliberating, Xia Yuanji has not hesitated to say: “I think it is very good, should be so also.”

You know, he’s under the most pressure right now!

As a ripple effect of the Minister of the Household, at this time, have to hurry to get close, if not, may be the first to open the knife is his own.

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