Chapter 564.

That miserable cry of being hammered to death by a golden melon had long since come to an abrupt end.

But as if it were a nightmare, it is still echoing in the ears of the ministers at this time.

Just as everyone was appalled.

Zhu continued, “Liu Lai, come and say ……”

This person called Liu Lai, quite prestigious in the dynasty, both imperial historians, this time also ordered to patrol the Guangdong Prefecture, he heard Zhu Di’s naming, his body has been a shock, and then showed fear, snapped and fell to the ground.

“I’m a minister …… I’m a minister ……”

Liu Lai’s voice was laced with despair.

At this moment, of course, he did not dare to follow the example of the party that was killed alive like the royal historian, only rely on prevarication, to clear their own relationship, and ultimately fall a dead without burial place of the end.

But …… the truth …… is this something that can be said?

Zhu Di coldly stared at him and slowly said, “Say it, whether you live or die, you’ll see for yourself.”

His tone was actually calm.

While Liu Lai at this time, he had to say, “Your Majesty …… Majesty ……鑷� ……鑷�……. …said ……”

He said this sentence with difficulty, people have atrophied down half, just breathless: “I to Guangdong Buzhengji, first to Shaoguan and other places, after the inventory …… perceived a lot of problems, many of which are hidden households, indeed … . did not clear out ……”

Zhu Di said lightly, “Why haven’t you cleared it out?”

Liu Lai where no longer dare to hesitate, can only cry and say, “Because …… cast offerings ……”

Vote for ……

Liu Lai period ai ai continued: “local gentry, there are also many meritorious scholars, explicitly, the court …… did issue a decree to authorize them to be exempted from the tax ……”

“Naturally, exemptions also have rules, how many acres of land can be exempted from taxation, how many showmen can be exempted …… from the norms of their own laws and regulations. Just …… just …… if just a district of 100 acres of land exemption, the real …… real …… is a drop in the bucket! .”

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, his face growing more and more somber.

Speaking of which, the Ming Dynasty is considered to be extremely preferential treatment of the scholars, not only the merit can enter the dynasty as an official, and in the tax and other aspects have a large number of preferential treatment.

But when Emperor Taizu Gao made the rules, he was by no means a fool, so how could he be willing to let a scholar with a meritorious title, without restraint, exempt his land from taxation?

Therefore, the number of exemptions from taxation was set to guard against this eventuality.

Zhu Di said, “Is it that the people in the localities, in order to also enjoy the exemption from taxes, put themselves into the name of those who have meritorious titles, so as to avoid taxes and corv茅e?”

“Yes …… and no ……” Liu Lai said, “The reason why it is not is because the land that can be exempted from taxes is limited, and with so many people pitching in to offer their land. This amount of tax exemption has long been far exceeded.”

“But if it is …… is because, although beyond the number, but because people have merit, and can collude with the local parents of the official, collusion, can be cast into the people, so sex also into their own home, so that, clearly is dozens of hundreds of families, but ultimately and as a family! …… And this household, and has a public name in the body, they can on the one hand let the lower head of the Zhuang households are exempted from taxes and corv茅e, at the same time can take this will be regarded as their own slaves, which …… This is the problem of hidden households and hidden land ……”

When Zhu Di heard this, his lips hooked in a cold smile, only feeling ridiculous.

The so-called preferential treatment has, in fact, become an opportunity for many people to make profits.

At this time, Zhang Anshi in the side added: “I also heard some rumors, said in the local, but where someone won the title, there are many people, willing to sell their bodies to him as slaves and servants, or someone will be their own land is also cast into it. Even the scholar, a few days ago, may still be hungry and cold, can be transformed, with a merit in the body, in an instant, can have ten thousand acres of good land and slaves in groups. Such a situation, in Zhili is not yet obvious, because after all, is the foot of the emperor, but in many places, it is the wind …….”

Zhu Di and cold smile, then said: “good very, the original book has its own gold house, is actually true. Liu Lai, you have found out the problem, why not play?”

Meet Zhu Di Chen cold sinking gaze, Liu Lai efforts to press the heart of the panic, busy said: “I perceived a lot of problems, after, wherever, are the local parents of the officials and the gentry, scholars wholeheartedly welcome, a day a small feast, three days a big feast, and each other to climb up, and even …… there are a number of Friendship ……”

Zhu Di said, “National affairs, only some personal friendship can be abandoned?”

Liu Lai was even more scared and trembled, panicked, “Non …… non just so, but …… but …… can not be messed with …… can not mess with ah ……”

“Can’t mess with him?” Zhu Di laughed, “You can’t mess with him, but you can mess with me?”

Liu Lai drooped his head, difficult to say: “I if I put the scholar in disregard, then the scholar must be abused, regarded the minister as the son of a rebel, since then notorious, if it is transmitted back to his hometown, the family clan, but also to be spurned, harming the children and grandchildren. But if …… for them to cover up, cover up and not the minister alone …….”

Zhu Di couldn’t help but lose his smile, which was quite a bit desperate, but said, “This account, you’re counting clearly.”

Liu Lai said with a bitter face: “The local parents of the officials, by and large, is also so, if it is too harsh, will inevitably be disliked by the local scholars, when it is not inevitable that the official reputation suffered a huge impact. However, if …… they are satisfied with their hearts, will be praised by the people, people are said to be Qingtian, even if it is the time of departure, it is not inevitable that many people go to send each other to present the umbrella of ten thousand people. The right and wrong of this is good and bad, parents and officials will not be able to distinguish?”

“As for your majesty …… Your Majesty …… Your Majesty …… Your Majesty, you are too far away …… Not to mention that when a magistrate arrives at his office, he will be surrounded by nothing but the lowly officials and the ignorant people. If this magistrate offends the scholars, he will not even have a single person to talk to at the local level, and all he can make friends with is the scholars and the squires, or discuss the current situation, or play chess, and discuss calligraphy and painting, so that …… naturally …… naturally ……”

Under Zhu Di’s gaze like a sword blade, Liu Lai could be considered to have shaken out everything.

In fact, what he said, is nothing more than a sentence, in the end, but it is just the circle, everyone in their own circle, and will only look at the circle of people on their own evaluation, whether it is the imperial court or the parents of the official to the office, the lowly officials they have to be wary of, the ordinary people, to put it bluntly, each other, may not even be able to language, can be described as the same as the chicken and the duck, and can speak a mouthful of official language, and you have the same interest! The same interest, can teach learning and chess and painting this kind of interest, in addition to the scholars, who else can have?

Everything you do will be influenced by them, and your honor and official reputation will be tied to them.

Needless to say, a government within a county, these scholar’s relatives outside the official in the minority, and each other joint marriage, can be said to be a glory, a loss, their energy, but also by no means in a parental officer and the royal historian below, really want to mess with the urgent, but is the result of a lose-lose situation.

Liu Lai at this time in the eyes both with fear, with despair, face tears like rain, mouth said: “Your Majesty spare your life, I ……鑷�……鑷�……钂欒斀闄涗笅鑰咃紝闈炶嚕涓€浜猴紝鑷�……………… …Since I joined the court, I have been considered to be reserved ……鑷�……”

He couldn’t help but let out a sob as he spoke.

I don t know whether it is because of fear, or fear, or …… shame.

Zhu Di in the midst of this crying, actually can not help but also eyes wet.

Zhang Anshi can t help but be stunned, he Wan did not expect …… Zhu Di s reaction today, so abnormal.

But I saw Zhu Di long sigh, “Liu Lai is a good official ah ……”

This one sigh …… at first let Zhang Anshi listen, seems to be sarcastic, but look closely at Zhu Di s face, but it seems …… to be a sincere sigh.

Thus, Zhang Anshi quickly came to a realization.

Liu Lai this person …… is indeed considered a good official, he high school two a jinshi, thereafter, first for the Hanlin plebeian, involved in the editing of the “literature Dacheng”, it is said …… that he is in the middle of the process, can be described as sleep and food, very responsible.

As a result, he quickly into the Censorate, become the Imperial Secretary, in the course of this Imperial Secretary, he also on many of the Sheng Si, there are quite a few, is about the mercy of the local people, hit the country’s ills of the dynasty.

At least …… before today, he is definitely considered a stream of clear water, both for Zhu Di, or for his colleagues in the Duzha Academy, can be fully described as reserved, laborious and successful.

It is not too much to say that he is a good official with a bang.

Zhu Di can directly say Liu Lai’s name, obviously also Zhu Di itself on this imperial historian is very impressive, and even belongs to the emperor’s future cultivation of the object, to Zhu Di’s vision, Liu Lai in the future is also absolutely not nameless.

And the reason why Zhu Di such a feeling, probably should be as if the heart is dead, all thoughts are burning.

Such a good official, and yet all of them, unable to eradicate such a stubborn disease as hidden households, such a person with a strong iron bone, but also had to be in collusion with the local scholars as well as the parental officials, choosing to compromise and hide the truth.

So …… even Liu Lai is like that, where are the others?

Zhu’s pessimism is almost palpable.

Liu Lai heard these words, has long been sobbing uncontrollably, had to grab the ground with his head, wailing and shouting, “Ten thousand deaths of the crime, ten thousand deaths of the crime …….”

A voice tinged with grief!

Zhu Di but at this time stood up, eyes with a thick sadness, waved a sleeve, before saying: “Er, etc., all when executed, all deserve to die …… can I if I am executed all Er, the world there is someone else?”

Zhu’s pain was obvious!

On the contrary, Zhang Anshi blinked and said without missing a beat, “Your Majesty ……鑷�……”

Zhu sidelong glance at Zhang Anshi, took a deep breath, the sadness in his eyes seems to be also in this moment a few points less, said: “Fortunately …… fortunately for this world, there are still people like Zhang Qing and Hu Qing, if not …… Daming’s Gas number end also, even if still can survive, but also is just a walking corpse.”

After a pause, Zhu Di scanned the treasury a glance, sighed, before continuing: “the world state can not be things, the Postal Service a few months of work, can be sorted out in order, then the court set a hundred officials, what is the use?”

No one dared to respond to this line of cross-examination.

Zhu Di, however, at this time, his eyes fell on a person, said, “Xie Qing …… how to say?”

Suddenly named Xie Jin, immediately put away the appearance that does not care about himself.

In fact, in this matter, the responsibility of Wen Yuan Ge is there, but not much.

Of course, it is not to say that there is no responsibility, but compared to the lower part of the parents and the imperial inspectors of the Imperial Household Survey, this responsibility has been considered very light.

After all, they were named Zaifu, but in reality they were not really Zaifu, and all they could do was just to keep conveying the emperor’s will and carry out some admonitions.

Xie Jin did not hesitate for too long, then said: “your majesty, the postal department of the documents, should be immediately transcribed, not only to submit to the ministry of households, but also need to be sent to the abundance of the cabinet and the Hanlin Academy storage. Just …… what I am concerned about is, if in the future, this postal department of the paperwork has changed, and how?”

No one expected Xie Jin suddenly asked about this!

This is also Xie Jin clever place, he was at this time, raised a new issue, not only diverted Zhu Di’s attention, I’m afraid that those who have been silenced by the Imperial Court of the Imperial Historians, at this time is not without gratitude to Xie Jin.

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes, it is clear that the immediate solution to the actual affairs of the party is the top priority, he slightly drooped his eyes, pondered for a moment, before slowly said, “If there is a change, timely submission can be, teach the Ministry of households and the Postal Service …… at any time to communicate with each other.”

But then, Zhu pondered.

Check the situation of hidden households, if it is given to the postal service, the postal service, after all, is only a yamen under the Ministry of Railways, but need to bear such a major stake. At the same time, but also need to dock with the Ministry of the household such a large department Xie Jin some words, in fact, did not tell the whole story.

Because as long as the time is long, to the Ministry of the household such a large department hall, necessarily may not be a small postal department in the eyes, and ultimately …… this postal department may have to look at the eyes of the Ministry of the household everywhere to act.

Then the yellow book could be distorted at any time.

Seems to have seen Zhu Di’s worries, Xie Jin said, “Your Majesty, may as well worship the Postal Service Transit Envoy as the Secretary, I do not know what Your Majesty thinks?”

As soon as these words came out, the gazes of Yang Rong and Jin Youzi subconsciously looked toward Hu Mu.

Even Hu Guang had been confused by this time.

The so-called Secretary, in effect, means that the Postal Service is simply upgraded to one of the Nine Secretaries of State, just like the Honglu Temple and the Da Lisi, whose specifications are naturally better, and their chief, who has changed from being a transit ambassador to being a full Secretary of State of the Postal Service, is also subordinate to the Nine Secretaries of State.

Nine Ministers and the ministries are not subordinate to each other, although the official position of the Nine Ministers, more than the ordinary Shangshu to offset a level, but in fact, there is a very strong independence.

For example, the relationship between the Ministry of Justice and the Da Lisi, the Minister of Justice was the second rank, while the Secretary of the Da Lisi was the third rank, but in reality, the Ministry of Justice was responsible for the world’s criminal prisons, while the Da Lisi reviewed many of the Ministry of Justice’s cases, as well as hearing the crimes of officials. Thus, to some extent, the Da Lisi even had some supervisory power over the Ministry of Justice.

This is actually very much in line with the so-called intention of using the small to curb the big, as set out by Emperor Tai Zu Gao.

And once the postal service is ranked as one of the nine ministers, then almost this postal service many situations, will have the authority to directly report to the emperor, and within the postal service, many people are afraid that they will also have to be promoted to a higher rank.

As for the impact on Hu Mu, it is greater, serious nine ministers, which is undoubtedly so far, the youngest Ming, and in charge of a Yamen affairs, while having the right to go to the court, to see the driving, is a serious step into the temple high position, became the role of the Ming tripod weight.

Zhu Di heard, for this proposal of Xie Jin, he also showed a few unexpected color.

I only saw him lightly raise his eyebrows, a thoughtful face, but soon, he said, “Granted! Just …… this postal division ……”

Said here, he paused, has begun to think about it, both listed as the nine ministers, that is, the future of Daming has ten ministers, the treatment has been improved, Zhu Di is concerned about …… the problem of money and food.

Only his words fell.

At this time, he was planning to ruthlessly dispose of the imperial historian of the Duzha Academy, but suddenly, there was a cacophony of voices faintly heard in the distance.

Zhu Di was actually not in a very good mood at this time, he showed a displeased face and frowned, “What is it?”

Yiluoha went out in a panic and returned a moment later, reporting, “Your Majesty, there are many merchants gathered at the corner of the street, and there is a long line outside.”

Zhu Di then looked at Hu Mu and said, “Secretary Hu, what is the reason for this?”

Hu Mu suddenly remembered something and then said, “Your Majesty …… may be because …… because ……”

Things happen too fast, Hu Mu himself did not think of how he became the Nine Ministers, thus Hu Mu’s heart could not help but be nervous, he was busy saying, “It is because …… there are some matters in the Postal Department that have not been perfected, so that …… the Postal Department Some of the business, had to invite people to come to the postal division of the Yamen to do ……”

“Business ……” Zhu muttered, seeming to seek out something even in a moment, then said, “What business?”

Hu Mu showed shame, but still said, “It’s about …… newspapers ……”

“Newspapers ……,” Zhu said with a slight cast of his eyes, “You still sell newspapers in the postal division?”

Hu Mu shook his head and said, ”No, no, no, it’s not the selling of newspapers …… but because …… because there are newspaper kiosks all over the world, plus …… again, there is the sending of the After the newspaper business, under the account of His Highness the King of Song, the sale of this newspaper, has been climbing higher and higher! Nowadays, on the side of the Postal Department, the number of booked newspapers per month is as many as one million, and besides Zhili, all the states and counties in the world, and even many of the villages, subscribe to the newspapers, and there are not a few of them either.”

Zhu Di heard, at this time …… the haze in the heart is finally swept away some, even with the face is also all of a sudden back to slow down a lot, but with interest: “A million copies? This is not a few ah, this million copies of the newspaper, can earn how much silver?”

Hu Mu, however, darted a glance at Zhang Anshi, then smiled bitterly and said, “There is no profit to be made.”

Chu: “……”

Daily orders reached a million, but it is unprofitable, which can not help but let Zhu Di have some doubts about life, he immediately showed a tasteless color.

Of course, what made Zhu Di more unexpected was at the back!

Only to see Hu Mu then but said, “But …… where the profitability lies, not in the newspaper, but in …… what’s in the newspaper.”